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Philadelphia is the largest
city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the fifth-most-populous city in the United States. It is
located in the Northeastern United States
along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, and it is the only consolidated city-county in Pennsylvania. In 1682, William
Penn founded the city to serve as
capital of Pennsylvania Colony. By the
1750s it was the largest city and busiest port in British America. During the American
Revolution, Philadelphia played an
instrumental role as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787.
Philadelphia was one of the nation's capitals during
the Revolutionary War, and the
city served as the temporary U.S. capital while Washington, D.C. was under construction. During the 19th century,
Philadelphia became a major industrial center and railroad hub that grew from
an influx of European immigrants. It became a prime destination for African
Americans during the Great Migration
and surpassed two million occupants by 1950. Philadelphia is located at 40° 00′ north latitude and 75° 09′
west longitude. According to the United States Census Bureau,
the city has a total area of 142.6 square miles (369.3 km2), of
which 135.1 square miles (349.9 km2) is land and 7.6 square miles
(19.7 km2), or 5.29%, is water. Bodies of water include the
Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, and Cobbs, Wissahickon,
and Pennypack Creeks. Philadelphia is located on the fall line separating the Atlantic Coastal Plain from
the Piedmont. The rapids on the
Schuylkill River at East
Falls disappeared after the
completion of the Fairmount Dam. The city is the seat of its own county.
The adjacent counties are Montgomery to
the north; Bucks to the northeast; Burlington County, New Jersey to the east; Camden County, New Jersey
to the southeast; Gloucester County, New Jersey to the south; and Delaware County
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The following are
names of persons, found within our databases as having been either
born, married or died in this location. Names in dark red denote direct ancestral
lines. To find out more
about each surname listed click on the corresponding Link. |
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McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied
families (MMPS) |
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Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart
and allied families (BPQR) |
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Peiffer; Quigley; Huff; Rainear |
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Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied
families (DKPS) |
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Barstow; Benner;
Bothwell;
Clement; Dellinger; Fink;
Fulmer; Gotta; Hocker; Horn;
Knauf;
Knecht; Mildenberg;
Miller; Neff; Pfeffer; Pohlke; Silar/Siler; Speece; Strube; Vandegrift;
Walker |
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above as well as other surnames found within our three family databases. |
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Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart and allied families (BPQR) Henry
Jacob Phifer or Peiffer probably
immigrated to the USA about 1840 as they appear on the 1840 Federal Census
for 7th Ward, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They also
appear on the 1850 Census for the same location but sometime before the 1860
Census they relocated across the Delaware River to Bordentown, Burlington
County, New Jersey I know that a Magdelina Huff married a Henry Jacob Peiffer in December
1852 in Philadelphia, PA. And that they then moved to the Bordentown,
Burlington Co., NJ. area by the 1860 Federal Census.
In this census Jacob is shown to be working as a Chairmaker. Magdelina was
born in 1831 in Philadelphia, PA. |
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Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied
families (DKPS) All of our Philadelphia ancestors were
immigrants from Germany who came to America between 1855 and 1875. The first
to come to America and reside in Philadelphia was Charles
Mildenberg who arrived in 1858. He married Augusta Mildenberg
(nee?) with whom two daughters Elizabeth (1860) and Dora
Mildenberg (1861) both born in
Philadelphia. Charles initially
worked as a tailor, and later opened his own tobacco store most likely at 807 South Third
Street in Philadelphia. Their daughter Elizabeth Mildenberg
married Frederick Knecht,
Jr. in 1879 and were living with the Mildenberg
family in 1880. To this union at least 5 children were born between 1878 and
1891. Charles Mildenberg
died at Gloucester City, Camden Co., New Jersey in 1885 and was buried at
Lafayette Cemetery* in Philadelphia.
The widow Augusta Mildenberg
continued to live in Philadelphia at 1313 S. 4th
Street. By 1910
Augusta was residing with her grand-daughter Carrie Knecht
at 1922 Mole
Street in Philadelphia. She died here in 1916. In 1870
Frederick Pfeffer
emigrated from Germany to the United States.
Frederick entered America at the port of New York, and moved on the
Philadelphia and obtained a job in a factory making gas fixtures. His wife Catherine Clement
came to America from Germany in November, 1871. They were married at
Philadelphia on May 15, 1872. The
young couple and their growing family moved into a house at 911 19th Street
and were living there in 1880. Catherine became a naturalized citizen of the
United States in 1878, and Frederick became a citizen upon swearing and Oath
of Allegiance at the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court on August 30, 1880. Frederick and Catherine had a total of
eight children all born in Philadelphia between 1873 and 1890. Their eldest son Frederick
Lewis Pfeffer married Elizabeth
Knecht at Philadelphia in 1896.
Four children were born to this marriage of which only two survived they were
Florence (1899) and Irene (1901). According
to the 1900 census Frederick and Catherine were living in a rented house at 2130 Eighth
Street in Philadelphia. Frederick Pfeffer, aged 60 years, died at
Philadelphia in 1906. After the death
of her husband Catherine Clement Pfeffer
and her son George Pfeffer
resided with the family of her eldest daughter Elizabeth Pfeffer Knauf
in Camden, New Jersey. By 1903 the Frederick
Lewis Pfeffer family was living at 832 Jackson
Street in Philadelphia. It was here that Frederick’s
wife Elizabeth Knecht Pfeffer
passed way in July of that year at age 25 years. Elizabeth was laid to rest
in Lafayette Cemetery*. Frederick
Lewis Pfeffer Frederick later remarried a woman
named Rosella Pohlke. This event occurred around 1908. In 1920 Frederick and his family were
living in a house at 2259 N. Van
Pelt Street in Philadelphia. By 1930, Fred then aged 54 years, had purchased a home at 6941 Cedar Park
Ave.
which is located in the Oak Lane section of north Philadelphia. Frederick Lewis Pfeffer died at the in 1951 at age of
76. At the time of his death his
address was reported to be 3603 N. Percy
Street in Philadelphia, the home of his daughter Irene
(Pfeffer) Benner. Frederick’s eldest daughter Florence
Pfeffer married Sherman
Silar at Philadelphia in 1923. Their son Frederick George Siler
was born in Philadelphia in August, 1924.
Florence and Sherman continued to live in Philadelphia until about
1926 when they moved to Florence, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Frederick Knecht, Sr.,
a widower, and his son Frederick Knecht,
Jr. immigrated to the United States from Germany in
1873. In 1879 Frederick, Jr. married Elizabeth
Mildenberg at Philadelphia and
resided with the Mildenberg family at 807 South Third
Street. Of this
union at least 5 children were born between 1878 and 1891. Their eldest
daughter Elizabeth Knecht
married Frederick Lewis Pfeffer
in 1896. After his son’s marriage
Frederick, Sr., became a boarder in the household of Jacob
Thom, at 1615 Sanderson Street in Philadelphia. Frederick Knecht, Jr.
was residing at 638 Pierce
Street in 1890.
By 1900 Frederick Sr. was living with his son Frederick, Jr. and his
family at 611 McKean
Street in Philadelphia. Frederick Knecht, Jr. passed away in 1901 and was
buried at Lafayette Cemetery* in Philadelphia. Frederick Knecht, Sr. probably lived until 1909 when
he died at Philadelphia. * The location
of this cemetery is now a playground at the corner of Ninth and Federal
streets in Philadelphia. The graves
were moved to the Rosedale Memorial Park in Bensalem (Bucks Co.),
Pennsylvania in 1945 and placed into a mass grave. |
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