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Creator: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1856/1861 Contributing Institution: Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Description: Record of funerals performed by Old St. Mary's from 1856 to 1861. Entries are chronological and include the date of the funeral, name of the decedent, age at time of death, and fees paid. Entries also often note if the burial was on a church lot or "poor ground." View Full Item at Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia -
Creator: Old St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1861/1874 Contributing Institution: Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Description: Record of funerals performed by Old St. Mary's from 1861 to 1874. "Prices of Interment" are listed on image 5, followed by "Rules" on image 6. Funerals are then listed chronologically, and include the name of the decedent, a note on the location of their grave, age at time of death, and fees paid. View Full Item at Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia -
Creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1799/1806 Contributing Institution: Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of ground rents due to Gloria Dei church from 1799 to 1806, kept by Joseph Marsh. Entries are listed by date and include renters' name, amount of rent for given length of time, and due date. Note: The last two pages of this volume contain congregational and vestry meeting minutes from May... View Full Item at Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1819/1831 Contributing Institution: Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of financial transactions made by Gloria Dei Church from 1819 to 1831. Ground rents make up the bulk of entries, and are listed by renters' name, grouped by date, and include the payment amount. Other transactions include salaries for employees, payments for cleaning and repair, and cash r... View Full Item at Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1800/1817 Contributing Institution: Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of financial transactions made by Gloria Dei Church from 1800 to 1817. Ground rents make up the bulk of entries, and are listed by renters' name, grouped by date, and include the payment amount. Other transactions include the purchase of supplies and payment of salaries. Entries run across... View Full Item at Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1860 Contributing Institution: American Baptist Historical Society Description: Mount Moriah Cemetery was established in 1855, on the outskirts of Philadelphia. As the population grew and land in Philadelphia became scarcer and more valuable, many churches had their burials removed to more rural locations. In 1860, after moving to a new building to accommodate their growing ... View Full Item at American Baptist Historical Society -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1813/1843 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Marriage contracts between members of Congregation Mikveh Israel, from 1813 to 1843. The names of bride and groom have been penciled in at the top of the page for most entries. The Jewish marriage contract is called a ketubah, and is traditionally written in Aramaic. Ketubot (plural) are fairly ... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1843/1866 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Marriage contracts between members of Congregation Mikveh Israel, from 1843 to 1866. The names of bride and groom and the date of their wedding have been penciled in at the top of the page for most entries. The Jewish marriage contract is called a ketubah, and is traditionally written in Aramaic... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1791/1822 Contributing Institution: Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of weddings performed by Gloria Dei Church from 1791 to 1822. Entries are listed chronologically and include the date of the wedding, names of bride and groom, and their town or county of residence. View Full Item at Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1793/1799 Contributing Institution: Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of weddings performed by Gloria Dei Church from 1793 to 1799. Entries are listed chronologically, in three different sections, 1793 to 1795, 1795-1796, and 1796-1799. There is an alphabetical index at the end of each section. Each entry includes the date of the wedding, names of bride and... View Full Item at Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1799/1856 Contributing Institution: Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of weddings performed by Gloria Dei Church from 1799 to 1856. Entries are listed chronologically, and page numbering starts over after October 1811. Early entries span two pages and include the date of the wedding, the names of the bride and groom, and other information such as occupatio... View Full Item at Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1786/1813 Contributing Institution: Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives Description: Record of marriages performed by Rev. Joseph Pilmore, occurring at St. Paul's Church between 1786 and 1794, at Christ Church in New York between 1794 and 1804, and again at St. Paul's Church from 1804 to 1813. Entries are listed chronologically and include the names of the bride and groom. Additi... View Full Item at Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives -
Creator: First Baptist Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1815/1870 Contributing Institution: American Baptist Historical Society Description: Register of marriages occurring at First Baptist Church between 1815 and 1870. It appears the manuscript was used as a financial journal prior to use as a marriage register; financial entries date from 1744 to 1760, but are crossed out, and pages are reused to record marriages. There is an alphab... View Full Item at American Baptist Historical Society -
Creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1759/1824 Contributing Institution: Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives Description: Register of marriages performed at St. Paul's by a succession of ministers, including Rev. William McClenachan from 1759 to1765, Rev. William Shinger from 1768 to 1778, and Rev. Joseph Pilmore from 1786 to 1794 and again from 1804 to 1824. Entries are listed by year, with the date of the wedding ... View Full Item at Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives -
Creator: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1787/1799 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Register of marriages at St. Joseph's Church. In Latin. View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1799/1836 Contributing Institution: Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections Description: Register of marriages at St. Joseph's Church. In Latin. Includes index at rear. View Full Item at Saint Joseph’s University Archives and Special Collections -
Creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1763/1836 Contributing Institution: Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of marriages of the members of Christ Church and Saint Peter's Church from 1763 to 1836. Marriages are listed by date and include the name of the bride and groom and the official who married them. Marriages by license from the governor are marked with an "L" while marriages by publication ... View Full Item at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1836/1870 Contributing Institution: Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of marriages performed at Christ Church from 1837 to 1870. Entries are listed by date and include the name of the bride and groom and the name of the person who married them. A note on the inside front cover from Rector B. Dorr adds to the record five marriages from 1836 and one from 1839... View Full Item at Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: St. Paul's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1759/1803 Contributing Institution: Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives Description: Record of marriages performed at St. Paul's from 1760 to 1802. Each marriage is listed twice, under the last name of the groom and the bride. Each listing includes the date the ceremony was performed and the names of individuals being married. It appears that records were originally recorded in a... View Full Item at Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Archives -
Creator: Gloria Dei Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1750/1789 Contributing Institution: Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of marriages, baptisms and burials performed by Gloria Dei Church from 1750 to 1789. According to the title page, this text was "transcribed from the original records." Marriages are listed first, ordered chronologically and include the name of the bride and groom, method of marriage (lic... View Full Item at Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, PA