There is most definitely a St. John the Evangelist PE Church in Philadelphia. I am much more in tune with Catholic records and have several records from the beautiful, historic St. John's RC church, but I am certain a knowledgeable person on this list can help you. To get started just google St. John the Evangelist PE Church Philadelphia for several hits. It can be a bit confusing! There is a historic St. James RC church and an equally hsitoric (old) St. James in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia where some of my Protestant relatives atteneded and are buried in that churchyard. Best wishes finding answers! Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Railton" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected] com" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 8:29 AM Subject: [PAPhl] St John the Evangelist, Philadelphia >I have just found a record of the marriage of two of my relatives at the > church of St John the Evangelist in Philadelphia. The marriage was in 1887 > between Ebenezer Clarke and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Clarke. Ebenezer > was a ship's carpenter. The home of both of them was Seacombe, Cheshire, > England. Elizabeth had married Joseph Clarke at Liverpool, England in > 1864. > Joseph was also a mariner who disappeared from the records in the 1880s. > It > is not known if Joseph died or had deserted Elizabeth. > > > > This raises a number of questions: > > > > 1. Why did Elizabeth travel all the way from England, probably > leaving > her young children in the care of her sister, to marry? Ebenezer, being a > mariner, could well have been there anyway. It is possible that they did > not > know if Joseph was still living and wanted to have a bigamous marriage > away > from those who might find out. The difficulty with this is that they both > immediately went back to England to live openly as man and wife. > > > > 2. I understand that the Church of St John the Evangelist is Roman > Catholic. Ebenezer and Elizabeth were certainly not Catholics, very > definitely Protestants. Is there another Church of St John the Evangelist > in > Philadelphia that is Protestant. This is the main question that I am > putting > to the List. > > > > David Railton > > Cheshire > > England > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
The church was closed and demolished, in early 2013. Sorry I do not have any additional information on the church or it records http://hiddencityphila.org/2013/05/benediction-at-st-john-the-evangelist/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Finley" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 10:30:51 AM Subject: Re: [PAPhl] St John the Evangelist, Philadelphia There is most definitely a St. John the Evangelist PE Church in Philadelphia. I am much more in tune with Catholic records and have several records from the beautiful, historic St. John's RC church, but I am certain a knowledgeable person on this list can help you. To get started just google St. John the Evangelist PE Church Philadelphia for several hits. It can be a bit confusing! There is a historic St. James RC church and an equally hsitoric (old) St. James in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia where some of my Protestant relatives atteneded and are buried in that churchyard. Best wishes finding answers! Mary McCanney Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Railton" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected] com" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 8:29 AM Subject: [PAPhl] St John the Evangelist, Philadelphia >I have just found a record of the marriage of two of my relatives at the > church of St John the Evangelist in Philadelphia. The marriage was in 1887 > between Ebenezer Clarke and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Clarke. Ebenezer > was a ship's carpenter. The home of both of them was Seacombe, Cheshire, > England. Elizabeth had married Joseph Clarke at Liverpool, England in > 1864. > Joseph was also a mariner who disappeared from the records in the 1880s. > It > is not known if Joseph died or had deserted Elizabeth. > > > > This raises a number of questions: > > > > 1. Why did Elizabeth travel all the way from England, probably > leaving > her young children in the care of her sister, to marry? Ebenezer, being a > mariner, could well have been there anyway. It is possible that they did > not > know if Joseph was still living and wanted to have a bigamous marriage > away > from those who might find out. The difficulty with this is that they both > immediately went back to England to live openly as man and wife. > > > > 2. I understand that the Church of St John the Evangelist is Roman > Catholic. Ebenezer and Elizabeth were certainly not Catholics, very > definitely Protestants. Is there another Church of St John the Evangelist > in > Philadelphia that is Protestant. This is the main question that I am > putting > to the List. > > > > David Railton > > Cheshire > > England > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message