Old newspapers are filled with interesting stories, written in a much different fashion than we usually see today. School Teacher Awarded Damages A Chester county jury on Thursday awarded Mrs. Anna B. Tucker, wife of Alva J. Tucker, of Fulton township, this county, $600 damages in her suit against B. Franklin Reynolds, of Chester county, …
Elopements and Other Miscreant Deeds of Women as Advertised in The Pennsylvania Gazette Such was the title of the article written by Judith A. Meier for the Pennsylvania Genealogy Magazine and, as such, it would be hard not to read further. The article itself is very lengthy and so I’ll restrict myself to merely abstracting …
The original Chester Chuckles was part of my original Chester County Genealogy site back in the late 1990’s. My favorite taglinesI’m not stuck, I’m Ancestrally Challenged!Whadya mean my grandparents didn’t have any kids!?!Searching for elusive ancestors? Run for public office!Genealogists do it with dead relatives!Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as progress. God grant …
Parasols and fans and hankerchiefs were all used by young ladies to signal intent, serving as a form of communication to would-be suitors. An article appearing in El Paso Herald on December 6, 1900, takes flirtation devices to a whole new level. The Brick Flirtation The Enterprise of Lewisville, Denton county, states that a young …
Anna Drinker, once a well-known woman in the society pages of Philadelphia and beyond, and a published writer under the name of Edith May, was a recluse at the end of her life, leaving a life of mystery in her wake. A number of articles appearing in the news after her death in 1903 note …
Strange enough title for an article, eh? I’ll get to that shortly… it’s a bit gruesome, so carry on at your own risk. Over the years of researching Chester County genealogy, I have come across many interesting tales, most of which have some background of truth. The one I’m about to relate first came to …
Sometimes, in the course of our research, we come across stories that really make us wish we could travel back in time to learn more. We found one such story recently concerning the well-known Pennock family of Chester County. By all standards, Charles Pennock was an upstanding citizen – a successful Philadelphia businessman and very …