It was not a funeral director or undertaker association. It was a burial association, sort of an insurance association. The members paid dues to the society so that when they died there would be a money for them to be buried. This was before the concept of "life" insurance. Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights. > From: geneslady@ec.rr.com > To: paphilad@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:11:52 -0400 > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Eva M. Fleischman, b. 1843 > > Jane..... > I don't understand why he would belong to those organizations (funeral > directors) when he was a grocer. Just doesn't make sense to me. >

Gene and Don.... WOW!!! I did learn something new today! Thanks so much for filling me in on the burial association. I had those phrases translated by a German lady....opps!!! Should have gone straight to the Philly rootsweb folks. So that mystery is cleared up...thanks fellows. Barbara in Wilmington, NC ---- Eugene Stackhouse <genestackhouse@msn.com> wrote: > > It was not a funeral director or undertaker association. > > It was a burial association, sort of an insurance association. The members paid dues to the society so that when they died there would be a money for them to be buried. This was before the concept of "life" insurance. > > Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights. > > > > From: geneslady@ec.rr.com > > To: paphilad@rootsweb.com > > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:11:52 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Eva M. Fleischman, b. 1843 > > > > Jane..... > > I don't understand why he would belong to those organizations (funeral > > directors) when he was a grocer. Just doesn't make sense to me. > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gene, you crack me up. Is there ANYTHING you don't know about Philadelphia and its history. All I can imagine is a Three Hundred year old man, much like a sage, sitting in the lotus position spilling out words of knowledge. There is no long period of time before you respond with your answers, they're right there on the tip of your tongue.   Please, all knowing, never stop.   Sue F. --- On Tue, 5/18/10, Eugene Stackhouse <genestackhouse@msn.com> wrote: From: Eugene Stackhouse <genestackhouse@msn.com> Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Eva M. Fleischman, b. 1843 To: paphilad@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 5:48 PM It was not a funeral director or undertaker association. It was a burial association, sort of an insurance association. The members paid dues to the society so that when they died there would be a money for them to be buried. This was before the concept of "life" insurance. Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights. > From: geneslady@ec.rr.com > To: paphilad@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:11:52 -0400 > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Eva M. Fleischman, b. 1843 > > Jane..... > I don't understand why he would belong to those organizations (funeral > directors) when he was a grocer. Just doesn't make sense to me. >                           ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message