Hi , Saw your post today about Philly police and was very interested. I can share with you some facts about my G-GGandfather George Washington Dungan who was with the Philly Police Dept. Feb 6, 1850 he was elected town constable. In Marchg 1853 he was elected town constable again. In sept, 1854 he was appointed sergeant in the 22d ward (thats Germantown). In April ,1861 George W Dungan was promoted from sergeant to Lieutenant of police,in place of Taylor, who was appointed superintendent of the Germantown,gas works. at a later date my g-g-grandfather went on to the gas works. there has to be a connection between the police and the gas works. If you have any info to share please e-mail me. Thanks in advance gary Thomas Dungan feb 6, 1850 he was elect ---- larzemail <larzemail@yahoo.com> wrote: ============= I've begun wondering how one became a police officer in the mid-1800s to late 1800s. One person I've researched was a police officer appointed by the city due to his military history (per the newspaper); he was a shoemaker until that time. Another person of interest is a police officer in Philly, but he shows up as such in only one directory; I suspect he either was living in another city or emigrated right about that. That led me to wonder what the qualifications might be, if it was always a political appointment or a vocation choice, if there was training, if a person might be a police officer while working another job. Where can I learn more, and if you know anything of Philly police in that time frame, I'm interested--it helps to sort out who's who when the occupation is better understood. Thanks! --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ********* 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 PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I will check into the Sir Robert Peel thing as soon as I get a second. I have been busy as my brother's wedding is Saturday.......so give me a few days. ----- Original Message ----- From: <gtdungan@cox.net> To: <philly-roots@rootsweb.com>; <larzemail@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Police > Hi , > Saw your post today about Philly police and was very interested. I can > share with you some facts about my G-GGandfather George Washington Dungan > who was with the Philly Police Dept. Feb 6, 1850 he was elected town > constable. In Marchg 1853 he was elected town > constable again. In sept, 1854 he was appointed sergeant in the 22d ward > (thats Germantown). In April ,1861 George W Dungan was promoted from > sergeant to Lieutenant > of police,in place of Taylor, who was appointed superintendent of the > Germantown,gas works. at a later date my g-g-grandfather went on to the > gas works. there has to be a connection between the police and the gas > works. > > If you have any info to share please e-mail me. > Thanks in advance > gary Thomas Dungan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > feb 6, 1850 he was elect > ---- larzemail <larzemail@yahoo.com> wrote: > > ============= > I've begun wondering how one became a police officer in the mid-1800s to > late 1800s. One person I've researched was a police officer appointed by > the city due to his military history (per the newspaper); he was a > shoemaker until that time. Another person of interest is a police officer > in Philly, but he shows up as such in only one directory; I suspect he > either was living in another city or emigrated right about that. That led > me to wonder what the qualifications might be, if it was always a > political appointment or a vocation choice, if there was training, if a > person might be a police officer while working another job. > > Where can I learn more, and if you know anything of Philly police in that > time frame, I'm interested--it helps to sort out who's who when the > occupation is better understood. Thanks! > > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. > > > ********* > 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 > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com 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/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message