The only Island I know of is an avenue very far south in Philadelphia, next to the airport. There are no normally used islands in Philadelphia, with the possible exception of Hog Island, where I think there used to be a shipbuilding facility. The problem with my explanation is that there were a lot of name changes to streets in Philadelphia in the 1880's and 90's, to eliminate duplicate names. The City and County got the same boundaries about 1854, which resulted in duplicate street names like "Mill" because of the different little settlements in the county that had been built up. The Post Office or somebody forced removal of a great many of the duplicate names. So there may have been another Island Street or Avenue or Road, though I seriously doubt it. I don't know of any settlements with the word "Island" in them, either. Elizabeth C Ann Brown wrote: >Elizabeth, > >We were talking about a church at /on Island. is that a real Island or a >street? > > Ann > > >On 3/17/06, Elizabeth Cunningham <drybones@netreach.net> wrote: > > >>Island is pretty far south from north 7th. At least the current Island >>is -- there may have been one further north in 1890. I have an 1878 >>Public Ledger Almanac which has an English Lutheran Church at Race below >>Sixth (St John's), and St Luke's (4th above Girard),. German Lutheran >>St Jacobus, 3rd and Columbia (where I think my grandmother went -at >>about the same period), and another German Lutheran at Franklin below >>Vine. Street numbers evidently came in after 1878. I am not sure >>where all of these are or were, exactly, but they should be within a >>mile or 2 of 733 north 7th. >> >> Elizabeth C >> >>Ann Brown wrote: >> >> >> >>>List members that Know Philly >>> >>>I am trying to figure out where my Ggrandparents may have attended church >>> >>> >>in >> >> >>>Philly. 1890 they lived at 733 North 7th Street and his Pipe and tobacco >>>store was at 16 North 6th. I'm figuring that they went to church >>> >>> >>somewhere >> >> >>>near by. A note I have says they may have lived on Race St. but I think >>>that was in 1910. They attended a German Luthern Church on Island? Can >>>anyone help me with this one ? >>> >>> Ann >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Ann Brown " Cookie" >>> >>> >>>==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >>>FREE: unlimited webspace! >>>http://freepages.rootsweb.com/ >>> >>>============================== >>>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >>Helpful abbreviations: (APS)American Philosophical Society, >>[ARI]Annenberg Research Institute,(BI)Balch Institute,[DU] Drexel >>University Library, FLP)Free Library of Philadelphia, [GHS] Germantown >>Historical Society, GSP)Genealogical Society of PA, (HSP)Historical Society >>of PA, LC)Library Company, [NARS] National Archives Regional >>Branch-Philadelphia, PCA)Philadelphia City Archives,(PCH)Philadelphia City >>Hall, (PJAC)Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, (RWA)Register of Wills >>Archives,(TU)Temple University, (UP)University of Pennsylvania Libraries and >>Archives >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > >-- >Ann Brown " Cookie" > > >==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >FREE: Search the SSDI [Social Security Death Index] >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >

There is a Island rd in west phila, near 7300 Woodland ave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Cunningham" <drybones@netreach.net> To: <PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [PAPHL] Looking for a Church > The only Island I know of is an avenue very far south in Philadelphia, > next to the airport. There are no normally used islands in > Philadelphia, with the possible exception of Hog Island, where I think > there used to be a shipbuilding facility. > > The problem with my explanation is that there were a lot of name changes > to streets in Philadelphia in the 1880's and 90's, to eliminate > duplicate names. The City and County got the same boundaries about > 1854, which resulted in duplicate street names like "Mill" because of > the different little settlements in the county that had been built up. > The Post Office or somebody forced removal of a great many of the > duplicate names. So there may have been another Island Street or > Avenue or Road, though I seriously doubt it. I don't know of any > settlements with the word "Island" in them, either. > > Elizabeth C > > Ann Brown wrote: > > >Elizabeth, > > > >We were talking about a church at /on Island. is that a real Island or a > >street? > > > > Ann > > > > > >On 3/17/06, Elizabeth Cunningham <drybones@netreach.net> wrote: > > > > > >>Island is pretty far south from north 7th. At least the current Island > >>is -- there may have been one further north in 1890. I have an 1878 > >>Public Ledger Almanac which has an English Lutheran Church at Race below > >>Sixth (St John's), and St Luke's (4th above Girard),. German Lutheran > >>St Jacobus, 3rd and Columbia (where I think my grandmother went -at > >>about the same period), and another German Lutheran at Franklin below > >>Vine. Street numbers evidently came in after 1878. I am not sure > >>where all of these are or were, exactly, but they should be within a > >>mile or 2 of 733 north 7th. > >> > >> Elizabeth C > >> > >>Ann Brown wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>List members that Know Philly > >>> > >>>I am trying to figure out where my Ggrandparents may have attended church > >>> > >>> > >>in > >> > >> > >>>Philly. 1890 they lived at 733 North 7th Street and his Pipe and tobacco > >>>store was at 16 North 6th. I'm figuring that they went to church > >>> > >>> > >>somewhere > >> > >> > >>>near by. A note I have says they may have lived on Race St. but I think > >>>that was in 1910. They attended a German Luthern Church on Island? Can > >>>anyone help me with this one ? > >>> > >>> Ann > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>Ann Brown " Cookie" > >>> > >>> > >>>==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > >>>FREE: unlimited webspace! > >>>http://freepages.rootsweb.com/ > >>> > >>>============================== > >>>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > >>>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >>>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > >>Helpful abbreviations: (APS)American Philosophical Society, > >>[ARI]Annenberg Research Institute,(BI)Balch Institute,[DU] Drexel > >>University Library, FLP)Free Library of Philadelphia, [GHS] Germantown > >>Historical Society, GSP)Genealogical Society of PA, (HSP)Historical Society > >>of PA, LC)Library Company, [NARS] National Archives Regional > >>Branch-Philadelphia, PCA)Philadelphia City Archives,(PCH)Philadelphia City > >>Hall, (PJAC)Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, (RWA)Register of Wills > >>Archives,(TU)Temple University, (UP)University of Pennsylvania Libraries and > >>Archives > >> > >>============================== > >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >-- > >Ann Brown " Cookie" > > > > > >==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > >FREE: Search the SSDI [Social Security Death Index] > >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > > > >============================== > >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > TO CONTACT THE LIST ADMIN, WRITE TO: > PAPHILAD-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >