3509 Baring Street

 

 

Previous Residents of 3509 Baring Street

1870:

note: the house number is not given in 2nd enumeration.  It appears they lived (as boarders) in 3507.  However, they are at 3509 on the 1872 map.

Isaac Ray                     63        Physician; born in Mass.; real estate: $15,000, personal: $50,000 

Abby Ray                     63        Born in Maine

Benjamin S. Ray          33        Physician; born in Maine

Lucretia Tinkham        67        Born in Maine; real estate: $9,000, personal: $8,000

Martha Tinkham          37        Born in Maine; personal property: $4,000

Catherine Cullin          20        Domestic servant; born in Ireland

(1870: ED 77, pp 24-5)

 

1880:

Isaac Ray                     73        Physician; born in Mass.

Abbie M. Ray              73        Born in Maine

Mary Ann Ray             65        Sister; single; born in Mass.

Annie Mc Elhone        35        Servant; born in Ireland

Annie Conner              20        Servant; born in Ireland; canŐt read or write

(1880: ED 487, p 18)

 

Isaac Ray (1807-1881) was an American psychiatrist, one of the founders of the discipline of forensic psychiatry. In 1838, he published A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity (Boston), which served as an authoritative text for many years. He lived in Philadelphia for the last 15 years of his life during which time he ran a private practice.

For more on Isaac Ray, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Ray.

 

1890 Directory: Ross, Emeline widow of William

                         Ross, Frank R., Clerk

                         Ross, Laura F.

                         Skillern, Samuel R., physician

 

1892: Ross Skillern; undergraduate student, in Biology;  (Catalogue of the U. of Penna.)

 

1900:

Samuel R Skillern        56        Physician; born in Alabama, parents in Va.

Sarah Ross Skillern      47        Married 26 years, 3 children; born in Del.

Ross Hall Skillern        24        Physician

Claude L Skillern         22        Salesman of Strichs (?)

Samuel R Skillern, Jr.   14        In school

Letitia Green               57        Sister-in-law; widowed, 2 children; born in Del.

Esther Ross Green      31        Niece; born in Del.

Sarah Clark                  25        Servant; black; married, 1 child; born in Va.

Lelia Lewis                  20        Servant; black; born in Va.

(ED 543; p 12a)

 

1910:

Samuel R Skillern        75        Doctor of medicine; born in Va.[sic.]

Sarah H Skillern          56        Married 35 years, 3 children; born in Delaware

Claude F V Skillern     32        Meat salesman

Samuel R Skillern Jr.    24        No occupation

Letitia Green               67        Sister-in-law; widowed, 2 children; born in Del.

Esther Green               41        Niece; born in Del.

Grace Taylor               30        Servant; black; born in Va.

(ED 492, p 3a)

 

1911: the Smith Atlas gives the owner as Sallie Hall Skillern.

 

1915: H. Leslie Fry;  application and dues for membership in the Homeopathic Medical Society of Pa. (Hahnemannian Monthly)

 

1918: Major Ross Hall Skillern

            First Lieutenant Samuel Ruff Skillern, Jr.

            Physicians who have been recommended for Commission in the Medical Officers Reserve Corps. (Pennsylvania Medical Journal;)

 

1920:

William A Frain           61        Traveling salesman, lighting; renting

Ella R Frain                 58        Father born in England

William L Frain           36        Music teacher

Madeline R Frain         41        Daughter-in-law

Robert R Frain             4 yrs. 11 mons.            Grandson

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Charles B Pitt              60        Wholesale butter dealer; born in N.Y., father in Englad, mother in N.Y.

Emily E Pitt                57

Mary B Hasting           36        Step-daughter; born in Nevada, father in England, mother in Pa.

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Horace G Hill, Jr.        36        Engineer [rest illegible]

Arline Hollister Hill     29        Born in N.Y.

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Harry W Maloy            43        Merchant, funeral supplies; parents born in Del.

Elsia D Maloy                         42        Born in N.J.

Sara E Maloy               85        Mother; widowed; born in Del.

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Martha B Altemus       63        Widowed

Eleanor L Altemus      28        Daughter; social service, medical; born in N.J.

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Mary G McGlade         42        File clerk at the Navy yard; single; parents born in Ireland

Genevieve McGlade    34        Sister; cataloguer at Free Library; born in N.J., parents in Ireland

Kathleen McGlade      31        Sister; assistant cataloguer at Free Library; born in N.J., parents in Ireland

(ED 686, 2B)

 

1950 Directory: Norman C. Farnlof

                          Joseph T. Heise

                         Milo C. Knight

                         Mrs. Norman P. Stratton

 

2009: current owner: Sarah J. Bernard

            six apartments

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