Hello Fellow Researchers,            I have finally found out a little more about my gg grandfather, LOUIS GINOCCHIO,(like Pinocchio except with a G).  With the help of the Pennsylvania State Archives I have located him in the 1861 Philadelphia city directory badly misspelled as Louis Genochir.However, I would like a little help with the listing.  He is listed as manufacturer of cylinderinstruments r 743 S 7th, h r 1 Ashbury.            The 1862 directory lists him as Louis Genochio, ( a little closer!), organ manufacturer,Delany pl E 743 S 7th.           Can anyone tell me what Delany and Ashbury refer to?  Also, what Methodist churches would be in this area?  His three children were married in the 1870's and 1880's by Methodist ministers.                                                            Thanks for any ideas,                                                               Bob Pearce

Bob, I wouls say they are streets, I found a Delancey Place an Asbury Ter. searching-for ancestors GEIGER-Veach-Allen-Barnett-CARROLL -GEARIN-KANE-SMITH-MOYLAN DONAHUE-BURNS-Fowler-Fahey UHLE -MANTZ -PSCHYBYLSKI -GRIGOLEIT BUSCHMANN -MONTING-ODONNELL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Pearce" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:43 PM Subject: [Phly-Rts] Louis Ginocchio Philadelphia Hello Fellow Researchers, I have finally found out a little more about my gg grandfather, LOUIS GINOCCHIO,(like Pinocchio except with a G). With the help of the Pennsylvania State Archives I have located him in the 1861 Philadelphia city directory badly misspelled as Louis Genochir.However, I would like a little help with the listing. He is listed as manufacturer of cylinderinstruments r 743 S 7th, h r 1 Ashbury. The 1862 directory lists him as Louis Genochio, ( a little closer!), organ manufacturer,Delany pl E 743 S 7th. Can anyone tell me what Delany and Ashbury refer to? Also, what Methodist churches would be in this area? His three children were married in the 1870's and 1880's by Methodist ministers. Thanks for any ideas, Bob Pearce ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- 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

On Sep 29, 2009, at 6:43 PM, Bob Pearce wrote: > ...1861 Philadelphia city directory ... manufacturer of > cylinderinstruments r 743 S 7th, h r 1 Ashbury. Rear of 743 S. 7th is his business address; Rear of 1 Ashbury is his home address. > The 1862 directory ... organ manufacturer,Delany pl E 743 S 7th. I'd GUESS that Delany Place East was at / intersected with 743 S. 7th -- or the building opens on two streets, parallel or intersecting. OR you overlooked a comma (easy to do with the microfilmed / digital PCDs) and the "Delany" (could it have been Delanc(e)y?) address is home and the other is business -- but in that case, there should have been an "h" preceding the address to indicate "home" address. According to Mapquest, the 7th St. address today is just below Fitzwater, and there is an unlabeled one-block street just to the east. Maybe this is / was Delany Place?? Based on the 1861 listing, this is probably still his business address. Did you note (for both directories) whether they were business directories? Phila. Historic Streets Index at http://www.phillyhistory.org/historicstreets/ does not have a Delany Place. PhillyHistory.org (photos) came up with Delancey Place when I searched for Delany. BTW, Footnote.com has all the Phila. City Directories, if you have a subscription or can get to a National Archives or library (etc.) that has one. HTH Claire K [email protected]