Family life -- Pennsylvania -- 19th century.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Martin, Campbell, and Furlong families papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 90
Abstract
This collection contains papers that document several generations of the Martin, Campbell, and Furlong families with the Martin family receiving the most coverage. To a lesser extent, the Kennedy and Jenkins families, who had strong personal and mercantile ties to the Martin family, are also represented. These interrelated middle class Irish Catholic families from Philadelphia were involved in several prominent industries in the region, including overseas commerce. Devout in...
Dates:
1795-1963; Majority of material found within 1825 - 1930
Mary Brackett Willcox papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 10
Abstract
This collection contains mostly incoming correspondence to Mary Brackett Willcox (1796-1866), wife of James M. Willcox (1791-1854) whose family owned one of the most significant paper mills in the country in Ivy Mills, now Glenn Mills, Pennsylvania. Along with their status in industry, the Willcox family was also one of the most prominent families within the Catholic community in the Philadelphia area. The family’s mansion became the center of Catholicity in Delaware County, and served as...
Dates:
1807 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1842 - 1854
