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Moss Family From Philadelphia

Any help for the reader who sent me this email?
Hello, I’m hoping that you may have something in your archives that would help me a great deal.
My Gr.Gr. Grandfather William Archer Moss came from England to Philly in 1900 with his wife and 5 sons. They settled in the Frankford/Kensington/Coopersville area of Philadelphia where he was a member of the Coopersville Yearly Beneficial Assn., the Aberle Yearly Beneficial Assn., and L.O.O.M. Lodge #54, until his death Nov. 1st, of 1915.
I’m trying to possibly locate a group photo of any of these organizations from 1910 to 1915. If not in your archives maybe you can tell me if any of these organizations still exist and share their contact info with me.
Moss A.A. at Cheltenham and Torresdale Aves. was named after William’s grandson (my grandfather’s cousin), Victor A. Moss. I’m doing a lot of family research in your area and any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I can be reached at Philamoss@aol.com
Thank You
John W. Moss III
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5003 Penn Street Update

John E. Findeisen

John E. Findeisen

We rarely have this much interest in a run down house as we have had in 5003 Penn St.  Our previous posts here.  The latest news developed over the weekend when Laura and Nikki Kaftan emailed with some information.  They were doing genealogy and googled an address from an obituary and found our post.  They forwarded a picture to me of the house as it originally looked.

The obituary was for John Findeisen who was manager of American Fork and Hoe Company which was located at Ashland Street and the Frankford Creek.  He died in 1913.  John Findeisen obituary

Below is a slide show of the original house and some current shots of what it looks like today.  There have been major changes.  Not many of those old porches survive 100 years.  There were major changes to the upper floor in the front and on the side.

However, it looks like the original shutters were still somewhere inside.  You can see them in one of the pictures.

I have to admire Frank J Rocchino for taking on this project.  Thanks to Debbie Klak of the Historical Society of Frankford for her input.

 

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Historical Society of Frankford March Meeting

March 12th at 7:00 PM
GLOBE DYE CONFIDENTIAL:
Divergent Paths of Two Founding Families
Cheryl Harper, Artist-Curator
 
While curating the dynamic art installations of “Catagenesis at Globe Dye Works” last fall, Ms Harper familiarized herself with the history of this 125 year old Frankford textile factory (1867) and the lives of the founding Greenwood and somewhat more colorful (scandalous even!) Bault families of Frankford. Globe Dye Works, which once got its water supply from the Little Tacony Creek, has now been repurposed for artists studios and light manufacturing. Join the Society as Ms Harper presents vintage photographs and a history of one of Frankford’s historic treasures.
As this is also the Society’s annual membership meeting and election, you are invited to meet the directors and learn what has been done this past year. Your ideas are important – so please come out and share them and how you plan to get involved to make these happen. Then, enjoy a rare, behind the scenes tour of our 1930’s building and vast museum and library collections by our president. Don’t miss it!
2013 memberships and Society publications (including the 2012 “Illustrated Frankford Walking Tour”) are available at the meeting.