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John A. Todd, Sr. Birth (1870)

Alexander Todd, birth, 1870
Transcribed from digital image by Alexander Conrad

1870. Births in the District of Govan Church in the County of Lanark.

No. 740
Name and Surname: Alexander Todd
When and where born: 1870 August Sixth, [time indecipherable], 9 Albert Street, Govan
Sex: M
Name, Surname and Rank or Profession of Father: James Todd, Joiner[?], Journeyman[?]
Name and Maiden Surname of Mother: Elizabeth Todd, M.S. Martin
Date and Place of Marriage: 1861 September 9th, Newry, Ireland
Signature and Qualification of Informant: James Todd, Father, Present
When and Where Registered and Signature of Registrar: 1870 August 27th at Govan, Thomas S. Steel, Registrar [this section all very faded and difficult to read]

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Original Source Citation:
Govan, Lanark, Scotland, Statutory Birth Registers, p. 247, Alexander Todd, 1870; digital images, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ : accessed 5 December 2012).

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Edward Conrad SS5

Edward C. Conrad SS-5
transcribed from photocopy by Alexander Conrad

ConradEdward_SS5U.S. Social Security Act
Application for Account Number

1. Edward Charles Conrad
2. 2069 E. Clarence Street  3. Philadelphia, Penna  (residence)
4. International Hosiery Co.  5. 1920 E. Venango Street, Phila. PA.  (employer)
6. 31 (age at last birthday)
7. August 5 1905  (birth date)
8. Philadelphia, Penna. (birth place)
9. Nicholas Conrad (father)
10. Sophia Levens (mother)
11. Male  12. White
..
15. Nov. 25 1936
16. [signed] Edward Conrad

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Original Source Citation:
Edward C. Conrad, 159-01-1645, 25 November 1936, Application for Account Numbers (Form SS-5), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Sophia Levens baptism (1867)

Sophia Levens baptism (1867)
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Ashland, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania

Sophia Levens baptism record

Baptized: 1867 Oct 6
Name: Sophia
Born: Nov 31st 1866
Parents: James & Margaret Levans

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Original Source Citation:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), North Parish Episcopal Church Records, Ashland, 1867, p90, Sophia Levans; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 17 December 2013).

 

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Nicholas Conrad baptism (1868)

Nicholas Conrad Baptism (1868)
St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nicholas Conrad baptism record

 

Parents: Nicolaus Conrad and Catharine
Child: Nicolaus Conrad
Born: 26th Feb 1867
Baptized: 3rd Aug 1868

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Original Source Citation:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church 1868, unnumbered page, Nicolaus Conrad; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 17 December 2013).

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Conrad-Levens Marriage (1905)

Nicholas Conrad – Sophia Levens Marriage (1905)

Issued Mar 16 1905
No. 183838

Nicholas Conrad
AND
Sophie Levins

Affidavit of Applicant for Marriage License

State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County, ss.

Personally appeared Nicholas Conrad who hereby requests the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, for the said County, to issue a License for the marriage of himself to Sophie Levins and who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say: that he was born in Phila, Pa, on the 22nd day of Febry A.D. 1867; that he resides at 1729 N. 4th st., Phila; that he —– occupation Mill Hand; that he is not related by blood or marriage to the person whom he desires to marry; that he has never been married before; that Sophie Levins whom he is about to marry, was born in Centralia, Pa on the 26th day of Febry A.D. 1866, that she resides at 2035 E. Allegheny ave, Phila, —– occupation servant; that she has never been married before; that he knows of no reason why the said marriage may not be lawfully made.
[signed by] Nicholas Conrad
Sworn and subscribed before me this 16th day of Mch A.D. 1905
J—– Goebel, Clerk of Orphans’ Court

DUPLICATE
No. 183838
Filed Mar 23 1905

I, Rev. Martin S. Stockett hereby certify that on the sixteenth day of March one thousand nine hundred and five, at Philadelphia, Nicholas Conrad and Sophia Levins were by me united in marriage, in accordance with License issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, numbered 183838
[signed by] Martin S. Stockett

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Original Citation:
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, marriage license no. 183838 (1905), Nicholas Conrad & Sophie Levins; Clerk of the Orphan’s Court, City Hall, Philadelphia.

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