My great great grandfather. William J. Fleck was a son of William Fleck Sr and Esther Jenkin Fleck. On all censuses he is a resident of Phoenixville Borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania. All censuses list him and his parents as having been born in Pennsylvania.
In 1860, he lives at home with his siblings and his parents William and Esther Fleck and is listed as age 12.
On 1870's census, he's age 21 and out on his own, living with new wife Eliza J, age 20. With the couple is 59 year old Marie Moon, possibly Eliza's mother with her name mispelled. William's occupation is listed as "rolling mills hand". His marriage to Eliza had taken place on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1869, under the guidance of Rev. Joseph W. Porter, a Presbyterian minister and Laffayette College graduate. Born in Ireland and a resident of Mauch Chunk, studying at Princeton Theological Seminary 1852 to 1854, Reverend Porter was a pastor in Phoenixville from 1859 to 1876. This marriage data is reinforced by info sent in October 2013 by kind contributor Dan Oh, which said the newspaper "The Jeffersonian" of January 29, 1870 announced:
FLECK-MOORE- On Dec. 31st, 1869, at Phoenixville, by the Rev. Jos. W. Porter, Mr. Wm. J. Fleck, to Miss Eliza J. Moore, both of Phoenixville.
The 1880 census shows William Fleck as age 32 and working in an iron works. He and his family live on either 1st or Washington Avenue - the census taker did not write the street name on his page, but 1st is on the preceeding page, and Washington on the next page. I believe there is an informally drawn division line and they are on Washington. Children in the home are Nettie (age 11), Bertha (8) and George (5).
On the 1900 census, William (age 51) and wife Eliza (50, who was born in New Jersey) live at 26 Binder Street, very close to son George Fleck's family at 13 Binder. William works as a day laborer as do most men on his census page. Married 30 years, the couple reports four children born to them and three alive. They rent their home.
The 1910 census, his last, says he and his wife Eliza J. were married 39 years, so they were wed about 1871 though we know from the 1870 census that he was married by then. She again reported 4 children born to her, of whom 3 were alive. William, age 61, works in a steel mill.
It had been guessed that William probably died in early 1918 since that was the year he was buried, and cemetery records show Eliza purchased perpetual care Lot 170 in Section D on February 18, 1918. The obituaries prove it however, and tell us William died of stomach cancer at age 70.
His death certificate tells us William was socked with several conditions. Cause of death was listed as stomach cancer with chronic interstitial nephritis (kidney problems) and rheumatoid arthritis as contributory.
The 1920 census shows his wife, the widowed Eliza living with her daughter Nettie C, who is married to John Austin, who works in structural steel. John and Nettie's children Edith (21, an operator in a shirt factory) and Curtis (16) are also in the home at 321 Milligan Street.
Next to use the lot Eliza purchased for her husband William would be their daughter Bertha's husband, John S. Weber who passed in 1923. Eliza herself would follow in 1927, and finally daughter Bertha in 1937.
Eliza died one day before the first anniversary of her son George's death. One wonders if anticipating it was difficult for her.
In 1860, he lives at home with his siblings and his parents William and Esther Fleck and is listed as age 12.
On 1870's census, he's age 21 and out on his own, living with new wife Eliza J, age 20. With the couple is 59 year old Marie Moon, possibly Eliza's mother with her name mispelled. William's occupation is listed as "rolling mills hand". His marriage to Eliza had taken place on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1869, under the guidance of Rev. Joseph W. Porter, a Presbyterian minister and Laffayette College graduate. Born in Ireland and a resident of Mauch Chunk, studying at Princeton Theological Seminary 1852 to 1854, Reverend Porter was a pastor in Phoenixville from 1859 to 1876. This marriage data is reinforced by info sent in October 2013 by kind contributor Dan Oh, which said the newspaper "The Jeffersonian" of January 29, 1870 announced:
FLECK-MOORE- On Dec. 31st, 1869, at Phoenixville, by the Rev. Jos. W. Porter, Mr. Wm. J. Fleck, to Miss Eliza J. Moore, both of Phoenixville.
The 1880 census shows William Fleck as age 32 and working in an iron works. He and his family live on either 1st or Washington Avenue - the census taker did not write the street name on his page, but 1st is on the preceeding page, and Washington on the next page. I believe there is an informally drawn division line and they are on Washington. Children in the home are Nettie (age 11), Bertha (8) and George (5).
On the 1900 census, William (age 51) and wife Eliza (50, who was born in New Jersey) live at 26 Binder Street, very close to son George Fleck's family at 13 Binder. William works as a day laborer as do most men on his census page. Married 30 years, the couple reports four children born to them and three alive. They rent their home.
The 1910 census, his last, says he and his wife Eliza J. were married 39 years, so they were wed about 1871 though we know from the 1870 census that he was married by then. She again reported 4 children born to her, of whom 3 were alive. William, age 61, works in a steel mill.
It had been guessed that William probably died in early 1918 since that was the year he was buried, and cemetery records show Eliza purchased perpetual care Lot 170 in Section D on February 18, 1918. The obituaries prove it however, and tell us William died of stomach cancer at age 70.
His death certificate tells us William was socked with several conditions. Cause of death was listed as stomach cancer with chronic interstitial nephritis (kidney problems) and rheumatoid arthritis as contributory.
The 1920 census shows his wife, the widowed Eliza living with her daughter Nettie C, who is married to John Austin, who works in structural steel. John and Nettie's children Edith (21, an operator in a shirt factory) and Curtis (16) are also in the home at 321 Milligan Street.
Next to use the lot Eliza purchased for her husband William would be their daughter Bertha's husband, John S. Weber who passed in 1923. Eliza herself would follow in 1927, and finally daughter Bertha in 1937.
Eliza died one day before the first anniversary of her son George's death. One wonders if anticipating it was difficult for her.
My great great grandfather. William J. Fleck was a son of William Fleck Sr and Esther Jenkin Fleck. On all censuses he is a resident of Phoenixville Borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania. All censuses list him and his parents as having been born in Pennsylvania.
In 1860, he lives at home with his siblings and his parents William and Esther Fleck and is listed as age 12.
On 1870's census, he's age 21 and out on his own, living with new wife Eliza J, age 20. With the couple is 59 year old Marie Moon, possibly Eliza's mother with her name mispelled. William's occupation is listed as "rolling mills hand". His marriage to Eliza had taken place on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1869, under the guidance of Rev. Joseph W. Porter, a Presbyterian minister and Laffayette College graduate. Born in Ireland and a resident of Mauch Chunk, studying at Princeton Theological Seminary 1852 to 1854, Reverend Porter was a pastor in Phoenixville from 1859 to 1876. This marriage data is reinforced by info sent in October 2013 by kind contributor Dan Oh, which said the newspaper "The Jeffersonian" of January 29, 1870 announced:
FLECK-MOORE- On Dec. 31st, 1869, at Phoenixville, by the Rev. Jos. W. Porter, Mr. Wm. J. Fleck, to Miss Eliza J. Moore, both of Phoenixville.
The 1880 census shows William Fleck as age 32 and working in an iron works. He and his family live on either 1st or Washington Avenue - the census taker did not write the street name on his page, but 1st is on the preceeding page, and Washington on the next page. I believe there is an informally drawn division line and they are on Washington. Children in the home are Nettie (age 11), Bertha (8) and George (5).
On the 1900 census, William (age 51) and wife Eliza (50, who was born in New Jersey) live at 26 Binder Street, very close to son George Fleck's family at 13 Binder. William works as a day laborer as do most men on his census page. Married 30 years, the couple reports four children born to them and three alive. They rent their home.
The 1910 census, his last, says he and his wife Eliza J. were married 39 years, so they were wed about 1871 though we know from the 1870 census that he was married by then. She again reported 4 children born to her, of whom 3 were alive. William, age 61, works in a steel mill.
It had been guessed that William probably died in early 1918 since that was the year he was buried, and cemetery records show Eliza purchased perpetual care Lot 170 in Section D on February 18, 1918. The obituaries prove it however, and tell us William died of stomach cancer at age 70.
His death certificate tells us William was socked with several conditions. Cause of death was listed as stomach cancer with chronic interstitial nephritis (kidney problems) and rheumatoid arthritis as contributory.
The 1920 census shows his wife, the widowed Eliza living with her daughter Nettie C, who is married to John Austin, who works in structural steel. John and Nettie's children Edith (21, an operator in a shirt factory) and Curtis (16) are also in the home at 321 Milligan Street.
Next to use the lot Eliza purchased for her husband William would be their daughter Bertha's husband, John S. Weber who passed in 1923. Eliza herself would follow in 1927, and finally daughter Bertha in 1937.
Eliza died one day before the first anniversary of her son George's death. One wonders if anticipating it was difficult for her.
In 1860, he lives at home with his siblings and his parents William and Esther Fleck and is listed as age 12.
On 1870's census, he's age 21 and out on his own, living with new wife Eliza J, age 20. With the couple is 59 year old Marie Moon, possibly Eliza's mother with her name mispelled. William's occupation is listed as "rolling mills hand". His marriage to Eliza had taken place on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1869, under the guidance of Rev. Joseph W. Porter, a Presbyterian minister and Laffayette College graduate. Born in Ireland and a resident of Mauch Chunk, studying at Princeton Theological Seminary 1852 to 1854, Reverend Porter was a pastor in Phoenixville from 1859 to 1876. This marriage data is reinforced by info sent in October 2013 by kind contributor Dan Oh, which said the newspaper "The Jeffersonian" of January 29, 1870 announced:
FLECK-MOORE- On Dec. 31st, 1869, at Phoenixville, by the Rev. Jos. W. Porter, Mr. Wm. J. Fleck, to Miss Eliza J. Moore, both of Phoenixville.
The 1880 census shows William Fleck as age 32 and working in an iron works. He and his family live on either 1st or Washington Avenue - the census taker did not write the street name on his page, but 1st is on the preceeding page, and Washington on the next page. I believe there is an informally drawn division line and they are on Washington. Children in the home are Nettie (age 11), Bertha (8) and George (5).
On the 1900 census, William (age 51) and wife Eliza (50, who was born in New Jersey) live at 26 Binder Street, very close to son George Fleck's family at 13 Binder. William works as a day laborer as do most men on his census page. Married 30 years, the couple reports four children born to them and three alive. They rent their home.
The 1910 census, his last, says he and his wife Eliza J. were married 39 years, so they were wed about 1871 though we know from the 1870 census that he was married by then. She again reported 4 children born to her, of whom 3 were alive. William, age 61, works in a steel mill.
It had been guessed that William probably died in early 1918 since that was the year he was buried, and cemetery records show Eliza purchased perpetual care Lot 170 in Section D on February 18, 1918. The obituaries prove it however, and tell us William died of stomach cancer at age 70.
His death certificate tells us William was socked with several conditions. Cause of death was listed as stomach cancer with chronic interstitial nephritis (kidney problems) and rheumatoid arthritis as contributory.
The 1920 census shows his wife, the widowed Eliza living with her daughter Nettie C, who is married to John Austin, who works in structural steel. John and Nettie's children Edith (21, an operator in a shirt factory) and Curtis (16) are also in the home at 321 Milligan Street.
Next to use the lot Eliza purchased for her husband William would be their daughter Bertha's husband, John S. Weber who passed in 1923. Eliza herself would follow in 1927, and finally daughter Bertha in 1937.
Eliza died one day before the first anniversary of her son George's death. One wonders if anticipating it was difficult for her.
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