PHILLY-ROOTS-L Archives

Archiver > PHILLY-ROOTS > 2009-04 > 1240867608


From: "prswain" <>
Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Digby Terrace, Philadelphia
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:26:48 -0400
References: <B0169693724@mailsite2.communityweb.net><20090427133117.FXPN22934.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@DUTHIE><COL103-W3382C90CB5DA3C9BCC5DF2C6710@phx.gbl>


I don't know if this is connected to Ann's query about Digby Terrace, but my
2nd great grandmother and her 2nd husband lived in a home called "Digby" in
Fox Chase in the latter part of the 19th century.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene Stackhouse" <>
To: "philly-roots" <>
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Digby Terrace, Philadelphia


>
> There is no record of a Digby Terrace at any time in Philadelphia, PA.
>
> No American has died of old age since 1951. That was the year the
> government eliminated that classification on death certificates.
>
> Gene Stackhouse
>
>
>
>> From:
>> To:
>> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:31:11 +0100
>> Subject: [Phly-Rts] Digby Terrace, Philadelphia
>>
>> Thank you Bob for your wonderful maps of Philadelphia. I have a record of
>> a
>> death in 1859 of a 3 x greatgrandfather. The notice in an Australian
>> newspaper (where his son was living at the time) read:
>>
>> DIED.
>>
>> November 17, 1859 at his residence, Digby-terrace, Philadelphia. U.S.
>> America, Jonathan De Vine, Esq., father of Dr.De Vine, Hindley-street,
>> Adelaide, aged 54 years
>>
>> I assumed it would be Philadelphia, PA but various people have been
>> trying
>> to find the death record and to find a Digby Terrace with no success so
>> maybe it's in one of the other 9 Philadelphias in US. However, I just
>> thought I would check again if anyone has a record of a Digby Terrace in
>> Phil. PA. Bob, do you think it might perhaps have been a row of houses in
>> a
>> street? Would anyone have a record of that? There do not appear to be any
>> Terraces as such, only Streets and Avenues.
>>
>> Ann
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
>> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Bob Moyer
>> Sent: 25 April 2009 16:40
>> To: ;
>> Subject: [Phly-Rts] PA Workers in Brazil
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I have started another project that might help the readers on this
>> list. Although it is only partially finished, I thought I would share
>> what I have done so far. Perhaps some of you have something else to
>> add to my discoveries.
>>
>> Many workers went to Brazil in 1878 on what was known as the
>> Madeira-Mamore Expedition to build a railroad and the majority were
>> from Philadelphia and eastern PA. Hundreds never returned home and
>> died in Brazil.
>>
>> There are many newspaper accounts and several books written about the
>> expedition. I have collected a great number of these documents that
>> have individual names and I decided to transcribe the names as I read
>> through the material. I finally found my ancestor in one of the
>> newspaper articles but there are so many other names I thought it
>> would be an interesting project.
>>
>> I shortened the RootsWeb link so it doesn't get cut-off using a
>> shorter method called "Tinyurl".
>>
>> The Madeira Mamore Expedition of 1878
>> http://tinyurl.com/dnf4j9
>>
>>
>> My other map projects are basically finished. You might check again
>> to see if I added anything else since your last looked at them.
>>
>> Philadelphia City Maps
>> http://tinyurl.com/5hb8dv
>>
>> Pittsburgh Allegheny Maps
>> http://tinyurl.com/6b7zoj
>>
>> Ohio River Maps
>> http://tinyurl.com/3whb8z
>>
>> Good luck everyone,
>>
>> Bob Moyer
>> Asheboro, NC
>>
>> Researching REMPP, BOWERS, STONE, MAGARGAL, KLUG
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *********
>> Visit the threaded archives of this list:
>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS
>> *********
>>
>> -------------------------------
>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the
>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message
>>
>>
>>
>> *********
>> Visit the threaded archives of this list:
>> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS
>> *********
>>
>> -------------------------------
>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the
>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message
>
>
> *********
> Visit the threaded archives of this list:
> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS
> *********
>
> -------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the
> quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This thread: