Maria Peale
Her only surviving piece was sold at Sotheby’s in 2008.
She helped lead the church for 47 years, established a Sewing School for children, and popular Men’s Bible Study classes, too!
He was a big-time trombone player who received a Purple Heart in WWII.
He went from deck boy to sea captain and even wrote a handbook on seamanship
She had a great ability to locate hard-to-find interviewees.
This Scot was a stone cutter, firefighter & gunpowder-protector in the War of 1812.
She grew up at “The Lilacs” – one of the homes used to create Philly’s Fairmount Park.
He was a paper-maker and hotel landlord who left an impressive family legacy.
Augustus Sargent and his brother Edward were closely linked in their lives and careers.
She was the first Lucia at our Lucia Fest, a diving horse lady at Steel Pier and a masseuse with famous clients like Liberace, Gypsy Rose Lee, Al Capone and the King of Sweden.
She was a Lucia Fest performer for over 40 years who was committed to Breast Cancer Awareness.
He built Gloria Dei Church and convinced William Penn to give its early settlers 10,000 acres of land in Berks County.
Michael Schreiber tell us about Capt. James Snell’s daring acts and rescues at sea and his unsuccessful attempts to avoid capture by the British and the French.
John Lungren operated a papermill located on Chester Creek, PA. The house he built in 1799 is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Andris Souplis was a French Huguenot, a weaver, the first sheriff of Germantown, and the progenitor of the Supplees in America.
Jake and Betsy Roak were married 56 years. They died within 2 days of each other. They lived their lives fully and inspired in the service of others. Together they advanced a family legacy.
The inscription on Capt. Charles Sandgran's headstone is now obliterated. But, a century ago, it was possible to read this terrible pronouncement: "the earth and the sea shall give up their dead."
A large obelisk commemorating the life Capt. Robert Rae stands in the Gloria Dei churchyard. Rae was "lost at sea" somewhere along the River Nuñez in 1839.
Capt. Henry Sharp was "lost at sea" while on a voyage to Africa in 1836. What caused his demise? We may never know but many seamen of the time died from exposure to tropical diseases like malaria.