Ascension of Our Lord is located at Westmoreland and F Sts. Boundaries are Erie Ave. from C St. to J St.; to Onatario St.; to Jasper St.; to Westmoreland St.; to Emerald St.; to Allegheny Ave.; to Frankford Ave.; to Orleans St.; to Indiana Ave.; to C St.; to Erie Ave. Gene Stackhouse will know what neighborhood that is. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Cunningham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Where is Nicetown? > Where in Ascension? My (non-Catholic) father from a part Catholic > family lived on Wishart > Street near the El (which wasn't built yet when he lived there.) I > myself grew up in Mayfair and Holmesburg where my family had a store. I > live in Germantown. I think your explanation > was well done and to the point. > > Elizabeth Cunningham > > Gene Stackhouse wrote: >> I am not Catholic so I don't know the parish names. The only Catholic >> parish that I know is Ascension, in Kensington, where I grew up. >> We live in East Germantown, near Nicetown. Nicetown is named for the Nice >> family (originally de Neuss), early settlers who owned what is now >> Nicetown. >> >> Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights, President Emeritus, Germantown >> Historical Society. >> Author: "Germantown in the Civil War", >> The History Press, 635 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, SC 29403, c. 2010 >> www.historypress.net >> Now available on Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBookstore >> on iPad, Google's eBookstore. >> >> >> >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:44:28 -0500 >>> Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Where is Nicetown? >>> >>> What a splendid explanation of neighborhood boundaries! Thank you Gene. >>> I was born and raised in Philadelphia (West End, now Cobbs Creek >>> neighborhood, St. Carthage) and allowed to take public transportation >>> into >>> "the city" while still in grammar school. Yet, Nicetown, Ogontz, etc. >>> were >>> as foreign to me as Louisiana! Of course, if you had written Nicetown >>> is in >>> St. Stephen's parish it would help :-) >>> Mary McCanney Finley >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Gene Stackhouse" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 7:55 PM >>> Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Where is Nicetown? >>> >>> >>>> The boundaries of Philadelphia neighborhoods are often not >>>> universally >>>> agreed upon. There are no "official" boundaries to the Nicetown-Tioga >>>> area, but some possible boundaries are: >>>> Wingohocking Street to the northeast (beyond which lies Ogontz);Roberts >>>> Avenue to the northwest (beyond which lies Germantown);Allegheny Avenue >>>> and the SEPTA rail tracks to the south (beyond which lie Allegheny West >>>> and Glenwood); andOld York Road to the east (beyond which lies Hunting >>>> Park).This makes Wayne Junction station the northernmost tip of >>>> Nicetown-Tioga. >>>> >>>> >>>> Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights, President Emeritus, Germantown >>>> Historical Society. >>>> Author: "Germantown in the Civil War", >>>> The History Press, 635 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, SC 29403, c. 2010 >>>> www.historypress.net >>>> Now available on Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBookstore >>>> on >>>> iPad, Google's eBookstore. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:46:39 -0700 >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >>>>> Subject: [PAPhl] Where is Nicetown? >>>>> >>>>> While indexing Philadelphia county will testators I came across one >>>>> place name... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Nicetown >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Where is it in Philadelphia county? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This name kept showing up in 1810s records. >>>>> >>>>> W. 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Ascension Church is in Kensington, near K and A. I grew up around the corner from that church. Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights, President Emeritus, Germantown Historical Society. Author: "Germantown in the Civil War", The History Press, 635 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, SC 29403, c. 2010 www.historypress.net Now available on Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBookstore on iPad, Google's eBookstore. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:42:25 -0500 > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Where is Nicetown? > > Ascension of Our Lord is located at Westmoreland and F Sts. Boundaries are > Erie Ave. from C St. to J St.; to Onatario St.; to Jasper St.; to > Westmoreland St.; to Emerald St.; to Allegheny Ave.; to Frankford Ave.; to > Orleans St.; to Indiana Ave.; to C St.; to Erie Ave. > Gene Stackhouse will know what neighborhood that is. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elizabeth Cunningham" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 9:22 AM > Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Where is Nicetown? > > > > Where in Ascension? My (non-Catholic) father from a part Catholic > > family lived on Wishart > > Street near the El (which wasn't built yet when he lived there.) I > > myself grew up in Mayfair and Holmesburg where my family had a store. I > > live in Germantown. I think your explanation > > was well done and to the point. > > > > Elizabeth Cunningham > > > > Gene Stackhouse wrote: > >> I am not Catholic so I don't know the parish names. The only Catholic > >> parish that I know is Ascension, in Kensington, where I grew up. > >> We live in East Germantown, near Nicetown. Nicetown is named for the Nice > >> family (originally de Neuss), early settlers who owned what is now > >> Nicetown. > >> > >> Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights, President Emeritus, Germantown > >> Historical Society. > >> Author: "Germantown in the Civil War", > >> The History Press, 635 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, SC 29403, c. 2010 > >> www.historypress.net > >> Now available on Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBookstore > >> on iPad, Google's eBookstore. > >> > >> > >> > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:44:28 -0500 > >>> Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Where is Nicetown? > >>> > >>> What a splendid explanation of neighborhood boundaries! Thank you Gene. > >>> I was born and raised in Philadelphia (West End, now Cobbs Creek > >>> neighborhood, St. Carthage) and allowed to take public transportation > >>> into > >>> "the city" while still in grammar school. Yet, Nicetown, Ogontz, etc. > >>> were > >>> as foreign to me as Louisiana! Of course, if you had written Nicetown > >>> is in > >>> St. Stephen's parish it would help :-) > >>> Mary McCanney Finley > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Gene Stackhouse" <[email protected]> > >>> To: <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 7:55 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [PAPhl] Where is Nicetown? > >>> > >>> > >>>> The boundaries of Philadelphia neighborhoods are often not > >>>> universally > >>>> agreed upon. There are no "official" boundaries to the Nicetown-Tioga > >>>> area, but some possible boundaries are: > >>>> Wingohocking Street to the northeast (beyond which lies Ogontz);Roberts > >>>> Avenue to the northwest (beyond which lies Germantown);Allegheny Avenue > >>>> and the SEPTA rail tracks to the south (beyond which lie Allegheny West > >>>> and Glenwood); andOld York Road to the east (beyond which lies Hunting > >>>> Park).This makes Wayne Junction station the northernmost tip of > >>>> Nicetown-Tioga. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights, President Emeritus, Germantown > >>>> Historical Society. > >>>> Author: "Germantown in the Civil War", > >>>> The History Press, 635 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, SC 29403, c. 2010 > >>>> www.historypress.net > >>>> Now available on Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBookstore > >>>> on > >>>> iPad, Google's eBookstore. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:46:39 -0700 > >>>>> From: [email protected] > >>>>> To: [email protected]; [email protected] > >>>>> Subject: [PAPhl] Where is Nicetown? > >>>>> > >>>>> While indexing Philadelphia county will testators I came across one > >>>>> place name... > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Nicetown > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Where is it in Philadelphia county? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> This name kept showing up in 1810s records. > >>>>> > >>>>> W. David Samuelsen > >>>>> ********* > >>>>> 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 > >>> ********* > >>> 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 > >> > >> > > > > ********* > > 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