Edward Charles Conrad (5 August 1905 – 14 July 1981)

Edward C. Conrad

Born:

5 August 1905 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States^1,2,3

Married:

1926 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Susan Lippencott Todd⁴

Died:

14 July 1981 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States⁵

Parents:

Nicholas Conrad (22 Feb 1867 – 16 Nov 1942)^1,2,3
Sophia Levens (30 Nov 1866 – 19 Dec 1934)^1,2,3

Spouse:

Susan Lippencott Todd (27 December 1904 – 1 August 1998)

Children:

Living, Charles Edward Conrad

Ancestors
Edward is a descendant of Nicholas Conrad & Catharine Emminger, and James Levens & Margaret McElhenny.

Biography
Edward Charles Conrad was born on 5 Aug 1905 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.^1,2,3 He was baptized on 11 Feb 1906 at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.¹ Edward lived at 2146 Stella Avenue in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 15 Apr 1910 and 1 Jan 1920.^6,7 He lived at 1642 Hunting Park Avenue in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 1 Apr 1930.⁸ He lived at 2069 E Clarence in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 1 Apr 1940.⁹ In 1930 and 1940 he was a Knitter at a Hosiery Mill.^8,9 He had his own business at H & Ontario Streets in Philadelphia for many years.¹⁰ He died on 14 Jul 1981 at the age of 75 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.⁵ He was buried on 17 Jul 1981 at Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.⁵ Susan Lippencott Todd and Edward Charles Conrad were married in 1926 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.⁴

Last updated: 26 July 2013

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Citations

1. Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Philadelphia: Episcopal: St. John’s Episcopal Church, image 304, p.96, Edward Charles Conrad, Baptisms; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 26 July 2013).
2. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia “Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951739 : accessed 26 July 2013), Edward Charles Conrad, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VBYY-T86.
3. Edward C. Conrad, 159-01-1645, 25 November 1936, Application for Account Numbers (Form SS-5), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.
4. “Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1388247 : accessed 26 July 2013), Edward C. Conrad, License# 529993, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JVWK-44M.
5. Pennsylvania, Department of Health, death certificate 069031 (1981), Edward C. Conrad; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.
6. 1910 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 25, Philadelphia, enumeration district (ED) 560, sheet 3A, line 48, dwelling 66, family 67, Nicholas Conrad; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1727033 : accessed 26 July 2013).
   
7. 1920 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 25, Philadelphia, enumeration district (ED) 775, sheet 11B, dwelling 215, family 226, Nicholas Conrad; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411 : accessed 16 July 2013).
8. 1930 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 33 Philadelphia, enumeration district (ED) 51-1183, sheet 29A, dwelling 406, family 418, Edward Conrad; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2000219 : accessed 26 July 2013).
9. 1940 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 45 Philadelphia, enumeration district (ED) 51-1884, sheet 4A-B, household 68, Edward Conrad; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2000219 : accessed 26 July 2013).
10. Personal knowledge.

Charles Edward Conrad (03 April 1937 – 16 June 1999)

Charles E. Conrad, ca. 1955-58.

Born:

3 April 1937 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States¹

Married:

24 Oct 1959 at First Presbyterian Church in Pitman, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States to Carol Lucille Garrison²

Died:

16 June 1999 in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, United States³

Parents:

Edward Charles Conrad (5 August 1905 – 14 July 1981)¹
Susan Lippencott Todd (27 December 1904 – 01 August 1998)¹

Spouse:

Carol Lucille Garrison (18 Jul 1938 – 25 Aug 1999)

Children:

Living

Ancestors
Charles is a descendant of Nicholas Conrad & Catharine Emminger, James Todd & Elizabeth Martin, James Levens & Margaret McElhenny, and Thomas T. Moore & Susan L. Flenard.

Biography
Charles Edward Conrad was born on 3 Apr 1937 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.¹ He lived at 2069 E Clarence in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 1 Apr 1940.⁴ He enlisted in the United States Air Force on 29 Jan 1955 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and was honorably discharged on 28 Nov 1958 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States.⁵ Carol Lucille Garrison and Charles Edward Conrad were married on 24 Oct 1959 in Pitman, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States.² He died on 16 Jun 1999 at the age of 62 in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, USA.³

Last updated: 26 July 2013

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Citations

1. Pennsylvania, Department of Health, birth certificate 42158 (1937), Charles E. Conrad; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.
2. Pitman, Gloucester County, New Jersey, marriage certificate (1959), Charles E. Conrad & Carol L. Garrison; Office of Registrar of Vital Statistics, Pitman.
3. Florida, Department of Health, death certificate 99-078031 (1999), Charles E. Conrad; Office of Vital Statistics, Jacksonville.
4. 1940 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 45, Philadelphia, enumeration district (ED) 51-1884, sheet 4A-B, household 68, Edward Conrad; digital images, FamilySearch.
5. Charles E. Conrad military discharge,  Form DD-214, 28 Nov 1958, Conrad Family Collection, privately held by Alexander Conrad, 1999.

My father was color blind. I did not think much about it when I was a child. I thought everyone’s dad had their socks pinned together and labeled with their color: blue, black, brown.

When I was an adult my dad told me this story. He worked for a company in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, but often had business in Philadelphia. It was on one of these occasions when he was rushing to an early meeting that he discovered he had inadvertently put on one blue shoe and one black shoe. (His socks matched, though, thanks to Mom and her pins & labels.) He stopped at a shoe store, but it was still early and they were not yet open.

He banged on the door. It would not do to show up at this important business meeting with mismatched shoes. Finally, a clerk came to the front, tapping his watch, then pointing to the closed sign and shaking his head. My father pointed down to his shoes.

The clerk looked down and smiled. He let my dad in and sold him a pair of shoes.

Why this story today? It’s National Two Different Color Shoes Day.

One hundred fifty-seven years ago this week, my great-great grandparents James Levens and Margaret McElhenny were married.

My great grandmother Sophia Levens was raised in Centralia, Pennsylvania, a mining town, but came to Philadelphia sometime before 1900. I learned that her mother was also from Philadelphia when I found the book Schulkill County, Pennsylvania: Genealogy – Family History – Biography, volume II:

James Levens, father of Mrs. Ebert, was a native of Ireland and emigrated to America, landing at Philadelphia, where he made his home for a time. Going to Port Richmond, near Philadelphia, he there married Margaret McElheny…

James Levens and Margaret McElhenny were married on October 8, 1855 at the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Rev. J Rudderow. This is yet another record I found in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Pennsylvania Church and Town Records database available on Ancestry.

James Levens & Margaret McElhenny marriage, 8 Oct 1855. Click to see full image.

One hundred thirty-seven years ago this week, on 25 September 1875, Lena Conrad and John Bowers were wed at the St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. Lena Conrad was the eldest child of Nicholas Conrad and Catherine Emminger and my great grandaunt.

I found their marriage record in the Pennsylvania Church and Town Records collection on Ancestry.com. This is a collection from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and includes church, town, and funeral home records from Pennsylvania and surrounding states. I have also found some of my New Jersey ancestors in there.

Like the other St. James Church records I found for my Conrads, this record is in German. At the top of the full image, it says Verheirathet.  In the online german dictionaries, I have found verheiratet for married, without the ‘h’.  I don’t know if this was an older spelling or a mistake.  Notice also in the partial image below it says ‘mit’ before Lena’s name, which means ‘with’.

Lena Conrad and John Bowers Marriage, 1875. Click to see full page image.

John and Lena stayed at this church and I have also found baptismal records for some of their children in this collection.