Name/Title
Betty Cary's recollection of who lived in West Chester when…Entry/Object ID
chs-018600Description
Photo copies of Betty Cary's recollection of who lived in West Chester when she was a child and before that she prepared for Chester Historical Society's 2004 "Chester - Then and Now " exhibit at the 1915 Erie Train Station.Acquisition
Accession
Betty CaryNotes
2004 Gift from Betty CaryMap Details
Maker or Creator
Carey, Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Murray, 1922-2010Date Published
2004Transcription
Betty Cary's recollection of who lived in West Chester when she was a child and before that she prepared for Chester Historical Society's 2004 "Chester - Then and Now " exhibit at the 1915 Erie Train Station.
Map and list:
West Chester
1. Emma and Eliza Foster
2. Houses store - later a 2 family house - later Sam's Cozy Corner
3. John and Maggie Beach - later Charles Babock - later Sam Wekstein
4. LaForge family (Ed's parents)
5. Mr. and Mrs. William De Groat and son Pete
6. Hudson Board (grandfather of Hudson Green) - later Hudson and Louise Green
7. Samuel Durland (father of Frank) - later Sam's son Seely Durland
8. Frank J. Murray - later Harry, Frank, Jim and Francie McCoy
9. James H. May - later Joseph Alex family
10. George Andrews - later William and Sadie Lawrence
11. William A. Laurence owned - Mr. and Mrs. James H. Conklin - later Theodore and Harriet Lawrence
12. William A. Lawrence owned - store run by James S. Murray - later Virginia Carman had an antiques shop
13. William A. and Mary Lawrence - later his son Theodore and Harriet Lawrence
14. William A. Lawrence owned
15. F. B. Seely and operated a grist mill - later James S. Murray
16. William A. Lawrence owned - occupied by creamery workers
17. William A. Lawrence owned - occupied by creamery workers
18. William A. Lawrence owned - later Harry and Theodora Talmadge
19. William A. Lawrence owned - keeper of pigs lived here
20. Help for Oscar Durland lived here before 1901
21. Oscar Durland - house and barns razed for Route 17 in 1930's
22. James Bull owned - Bob McCoy lived here - Hamill owner - then Sheehan
23. Captain Cross - Peter HamillCreate Date
October 22, 2024Update Date
December 17, 2024
