He was born on 17 August 1841, in Middleton, [Dauphin County,] Pennsylvania. [source: date: 16; 5 (20 in 1861), 8 (38 in 1880), 11 (29 in 1870), 12 (9 in 1850), 17 (20 in 1862). place: 5, 8, 11, 20]
In 1850, he was living in South Middleton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was living with George and Mary Elberti (presumably his parents), and Ann and Hannah (presumably his sisters). He had attended school in the previous year. [source: 12]
In 1860, Philip C Elberti was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with George C Evans (a druggist). He was a druggist. [source: 5]
When he enlisted, he was a druggist. [source: 5]
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 5 inches tall, and had a light complexion, grey eyes, and light hair. [source: 5]
When he enlisted in the regular army, he was 5 feet 5-1/2 inches tall, and had blue eyes, brown hair, and a dark complexion. [source: 17]
He enlisted and was mustered into service on 21 August 1861. He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia Pennsylvania, by Colonel Reiff. He was a private, in company A. [sources: 1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 20, 21]
He was promoted from private, in company A, to hospital steward, by 30 November 1861. [sources: 1, 4, 5, 14]
Given his enlistment in the regular army, I assume that he was discharged on 25 May 1862 in order to enlist in the army. He was a hospital steward, in Field & Staff. [sources: 19, 20, 21]
On 26 May 1862, he enlisted as a hospital steward in the regular army. He enlisted for three years, at Washington, DC. He was an apothecary. [sources: 2, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18]
On 26 May 1865, he was discharged, because his term of service had expired. He was discharged as a hospital steward, at Washington, DC. [sources: 10, 17, 18]
In 1867/68, he married Mary F Stehman. She was born on 28 October 1846, in Pennsylvania. They apparently had seven children:
[sources: 8, 11, 13]
In 1870, he was living in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Mary and children Joseph and George. He was a clerk at a furnace, and owned $500 in personal property. [source: 11]
In 1880, he was living in Londonderry, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was a clerk at a furnace. He was living with his wife Mary, and his children Joseph, George, Maggie, Millie, and Philip. [source: 8]
He had another son, Charles Dey Elberti, born between 1881 and 1883. [source: 9]
He applied successfully from Pennsylvania for a pension on 27 May 1897 and on 14 September 1911. [sources: 2, 6]
In 1890, he was living in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. [source: 10]
In 1910, he was living in Middletown Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Mary, his children George, Philip, Harry, and Charles, and his grandchildren Nora and Philip Beck. He was a bank clerk. [source: 13]
His wife, Mary F Stehman, died on 12 March 1913. She was buried in the Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. [source: 16]
On 8 January 1916, he died. He was buried in the Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. [source: 16]
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. [discharged on surgeon's certificate--this seems to be a mistake] (In the roster)
2 pension index, by regiment; a second card is filed with the company A entries (Philip C Elberti)
3 regimental descriptive book (Philip C Elberti)
4 register of transfers, company A (Philip C Elberti)
5 company A descriptive roll, entry 10 (Philip C Elbertis [?])
6 pension index, by name, searched 21 May 2004, at <www.ancestry.com> (Philip C Elberti)
7 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 13, page 421, line 4 (Philip C Elberti)
8 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Londonderry Township, supervisor's district 3, enumeration district 100, microfilm series T9, film 1124, page 442 B = 10 handwritten (Philip C Elberti)
9 e-mail, C P Elberti, Jr, 21 Aug 2004 (Philip C Elberti)
10 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Middletown, North Ward, supervisor's district 4, enumeration district 64, page 3, line 29 (Philip C Elberti)
11 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Londonderry Township, microfilm series M593, film 1334, page 418 = 43 handwritten (Philip Elberti)
12 1850 US census, microfilm series M432, film 772, page 139, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, South Middleton Township (Philip K [?] Alberti)
13 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Middletown Borough, ward 3, microfilm series T624, film 1337, supervisor's district 14, enumeration district 107, page 136B = 4 handwritten (Phillip Elberti)
14 'Camp Chase', Philadelphia Inquirer 30 November 1861 (P C Elberti)
15 'Departure of Col. Gregory's regiment', Philadelphia Inquirer 22 January 1862 page 2 (P C Elberti)
16 Find a grave, memorial 14049185, created by Glenn Koons, added 23 April 2006, accessed 11 March 2011 (identification is likely, given his name, age, and location) [the tombstone, pictured on the memorial, reads: 'ELBERTI PHILIP C. ELBERTI AUG. 17, 1841-JAN. 8, 1916 MARY F. STEHMAN HIS WIFE OCT. 28, 1846-MAR. 12, 1913'] (Philip C Elberti)
17 US Army enlistments 1859-1863, A-D (Philip C Elberti)
18 Register of Hospital Stewards, U.S. Army, appointed under Act of COngress approved August 16, 1856 (Philip C Elberti)
19 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Philip C Elbertia)
20 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Phillip C Elberti)
21 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Philip C Elbertie)
| NO. | 96 |
| NAMES. | Elberti Philip C. |
| ENLISTED WHEN. | [1862] " [sc. May] 26 |
| WHERE. | Washn D.C. |
| BY WHOM. | A S Asst [?] |
| PERIOD. | " [sc. 3 yrs] |
| WHERE BORN. | Middleton Penn |
| AGE. | 20 |
| OCCUPATION. | Apothecary |
| DESCRIPTION | |
| EYES. | Blue |
| HAIR. | Br |
| COMPLEXION. | " [sc. Dk] |
| HEIGHT. | 5 feet 5 1/2 inches |
| REGIMENT. Co. | Hospital Steward |
| REMARKS. | Dischgd May 26 '65 Ex. of serv. At Washington DC a Hospital Stw'd |
| NAME. | Elberti, Philip C. |
| DATE OF APPOINTMENT. | May 26" 1862 |
| DATE OF ENLISTMENT. | May 26" 1862 |
| ORGANIZATION | General Service |
| REMARKS | Discharged May 26 /65 Expiration of Service. at Washington D.C. SS [?] PO July 6 /97 |
| line | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Dwellings visited | 96 | ||||
| Families visited | 100 | ||||
| Name | George W Alberti [sic] | Mary A " | Philip K [?] Alberti | Ann C | Hannah M |
| Age | 34 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Sex | M | F | M | F | F |
| Color | |||||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | Tailor | ||||
| Real estate owned | |||||
| Birthplace | Pa | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | |||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | |||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | |||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| [line 4] | |
| Dwelling number | [1] |
| Family number | [1] |
| Name | Philip C. Elberti |
| Age | 19 |
| Sex | M |
| Color | |
| Occupation | " [sc. Druggist] |
| Value of real estate owned | |
| Value of personal estate | |
| Place of birth | " [sc. Penna] |
| Married within year | |
| Attended school within year | |
| Cannot read & write | |
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |
| line | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Dwelling-house number | [323] | |||
| Family number | 346 | |||
| Name | Elberti Philip | - Mary A | - Joseph L | - George W |
| Age | 29 | 25 | 2 | 4/12 |
| Sex | M | F | M | M |
| Color | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Clerk at Furnace | Keeping house | ||
| Real estate value | ||||
| Personal estate value | 500 | |||
| Birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| Father foreign born | ||||
| Mother foreign born | ||||
| Birth month if born within year | Jan | |||
| Marriage month if married within year | ||||
| Attended school past year | ||||
| Can't read | ||||
| Can't write | ||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | ||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | |||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
| line | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| street name | |||||||
| house number | |||||||
| dwelling visit # | 84 | ||||||
| family visit # | 96 | ||||||
| name | Elberti Philip C | - Mary F | - Joseph L | - George W | - Maggie S | - Millie C | - Philip C |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M | M | F | F | M |
| age | 38 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| month born if born in year | |||||||
| relationship | wife | Son | Son | Daughter | Daughter | Son | |
| single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| married | 1 | 1 | |||||
| widowed/divorced | |||||||
| married during year | |||||||
| occupation | Clerk at Furnace | Keeping house | At home | At home | |||
| months unemployed | |||||||
| currently ill? | |||||||
| blind | |||||||
| deaf/dumb | |||||||
| idiotic | |||||||
| insane | |||||||
| disabled | |||||||
| school this year | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| can't read | |||||||
| can't write | |||||||
| birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| father's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| mother's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| line | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 |
| street | North [?] Union | |||||||
| house nr | 343 | |||||||
| dwelling nr | 88 | |||||||
| family nr | 92 [?] | |||||||
| name | Elberti Phillip | - Mary | - George | Phillip Jr | - Harry | - Charles | Beck Nora [?] C | - Phillip E |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Son | Son | Son | Son | G Child | G Child |
| sex | M | F | M | M | M | M | F | M |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| age | 69 | 69 | 42 | 33 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 11 |
| marital status | M1 | M1 | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| #years present marriage | 42 | 42 | ||||||
| mother of # children | 7 | |||||||
| mother of # living children | 6 | |||||||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigrated | ||||||||
| naturalized/alien | ||||||||
| speaks English | English | English | English | English | English | English | English | English |
| occupation | Clerk | None | Printer | Clerk | Bagage [?] | [illegible] Fitter | None | None |
| nature of industry etc. | Bank | Office | Restaurant [?] | P.R.R. | Car Works | House Work | ||
| employer etc. | W | W | W | W | W | |||
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | No | No | No | No | No | |||
| # weeks out of work 1909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| can read | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| can write | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| school since 1 Sep 09 | No | Yes | ||||||
| owned/rented | R | |||||||
| owned free or mortagaged | ||||||||
| farm/house | H | |||||||
| nr on farm schedule | ||||||||
| civil war vet | [blank] | |||||||
| blind | ||||||||
| deaf & dumb | ||||||||