It being Labor Day, I thought I would write a post about the occupations of my direct ancestors. I quickly realized it would become very long, and so have broken it down into my four main lines which I will post during this week. First, the Conrads. » Continue reading “Occupations Part 1: Conrads”

Bride & groom with their parents.

October 24, 1959, Pitman, NJ (from left to right: Orville & Naomi Garrison, Carol & Charles Conrad, Susan & Edward Conrad)

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

U.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.

Edward Charles Conrad Baptism, 1906

Full Name: Edward Charles Conrad
No. 1097
Sponsors: Robert Ellis & Elizabeth Ellis
Parents: Nicholas & Sophia
Birth Date: Aug 5, 1905
Birth Place: 2158 Monmouth
Baptism Date: Feb 11th, 1906
Baptism Place: St. John’s Church
Officiating Minister: Jno. P. Bagley

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Original source citation:
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).

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.