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| 310-312 South Main Street, Phillipsburg, New Jersey 1975 |
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| 310-312 South Main Street - City Directories indicate that 310 was the store, while 312 may have been the upstairs residence. |
Last week's writing prompt for #52ancesters was "The Old Homestead." I have always been interested in family homes and have written about the homes of several families I research. This building above is the childhood home of my grandmother, Edith Giddens. She and her family lived in the rooms above her father's store in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
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| Charles Giddens was born in 1865 in Sampson County, NC. |
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| Mary Lucy Glynn was born in 1865 in Putney, VT. |
Photos seen in the post Friday's Photo: Inside the House show the inside of the Giddens home in the early 1900s. The photos above, taken by my mother, show the outside of the store as it looked in 1975.
Charles Giddens came to Phillipsburg with his family in 1894 after living in Crewe, Virginia for three years where he owned a store. Charles, his wife (Mary Lucy Glynn Giddens) and their children were living on 182 West Mercer Street while he was working as a laborer.
By 1898, Charles Giddens had a dry goods store at 322 South Main and his family was living at 75 Mercer Street.
In 1906, his store was described as a clothing and dry goods store at 310-312 Main Street and his family lived upstairs. By 1908, his store was described as an "Outfitter to Men and Boys, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, and Haberdashery."
Charles Giddens continued to run the store until he divorced his wife and left for St. Louis, Missouri in 1922. Lucy rented out the store to John and William D. Myers (Myer Brothers Clothiers) for $80 monthly and continued to live upstairs with daughter, Edith. Son, Warren, and his wife, Calla, were living with Lucy and Edith just prior to Lucy's death in 1926.
My grandmother, Edith, inherited and sold the building.
Other posts about homes of families I research can be found by clicking on the links below.
These posts, Looking for the Murray Family Home in County Clare and The Irish Uprising: The Quinn Home, are about my husband's Irish families' homes.
In 1906, his store was described as a clothing and dry goods store at 310-312 Main Street and his family lived upstairs. By 1908, his store was described as an "Outfitter to Men and Boys, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, and Haberdashery."  |
| My grandmother, Edith Giddens. |
Charles Giddens continued to run the store until he divorced his wife and left for St. Louis, Missouri in 1922. Lucy rented out the store to John and William D. Myers (Myer Brothers Clothiers) for $80 monthly and continued to live upstairs with daughter, Edith. Son, Warren, and his wife, Calla, were living with Lucy and Edith just prior to Lucy's death in 1926. My grandmother, Edith, inherited and sold the building.
Other posts about homes of families I research can be found by clicking on the links below.
These posts, Looking for the Murray Family Home in County Clare and The Irish Uprising: The Quinn Home, are about my husband's Irish families' homes.
Friday's Photo: Borger, Texas and Family Photos: The House in Seymour – Part I are posts about my father's homes in Texas.
The Bryan Log Cabin in Bienville Parish was the home of my great-grandparents, Reddick and Elizabeth Regan Bryan.
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Sources
Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta). Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Family photographs and documents from the collection of Diana Bryan Quinn.
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