Name: Cassel, Virginia G.
Date: Jul 20 1944
Source: unknown, Reel #13
Notes: Cassel: Virginia G. (nee Ford), beloved wife of Edwin D., mother of Virginia M., sister of Miss Anna M. Ford of Philadelphia, Pa., residence, 11708 Detroit ave. Friends may call at Klanke Funeral Parlors, 12629 Detroit ave., Lakewood, where services will be held Thursday, July 20, at 3:30 p. m.
d/George Ford & Virginia Benner
Virginia's first appearance in the Philadelphia newspapers is an article in the Times of August 30, 1896, concerning a birthday party at the Century Hotel in Atlantic City. One of those in attendance was "Miss Virgie Ford…of Philadelphia."
From an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 26, 1898, we know that Virginia attended the National Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia. The Inquirer reported the Conservatory held a musicale on the 24th of June. The opening exercise was by the National Conservatory Ladies' Orchestra, consisting of eighteen active members, and "there were violin solos by Miss Virgie Ford…." (The National Conservatory of Music was located at 809 N. Broad Street, less than a block from the Ford house at 1347 Brown Street.) In addition to the violin, Virginia may also have received vocal instruction, for her obituary in the Philadelphia Inquirer states that she was a former soloist at the Memorial Church of Our Redeemer (Reformed Episcopal) in Philadelphia. She would have been in her twenties when she sang there.
In the 1900 census, taken in June of that year, Virginia is 24, living at home with her parents, and, interestingly, her occupation is Dentist. A news article in September 1900 reported that "Samuel Cassel and wife, and Miss Virgie Ford, of Philadelphia, spent their vacation with the Miller and Roth families" at Green Spring, Pa. This is the first mention of the Cassel family as regards Virginia Ford. (Samuel and Malinda Cassel lived at 1327 Melon Street in Philadelphia, just a few blocks away from the Ford home.) Virginia spent a week visiting friends in Dauphin, Pa., in 1903. The same newspaper article noted that a "Mr. Edwin Cassel, of Philadelphia," also visited friends there. Two years later, Virginia Ford, Edwin Cassel and Elizabeth Higgins traveled together from Philadelphia to Green Spring, Pa. Virginia is first listed in the Philadelphia city directory in 1905. She is a stenographer at 925 Chestnut, living at 1347 Brown with her parents. The same information is found in 1906 and 1907.
Virginia and Edwin Cassel were married in Philadelphia in 1907, and moved to Washington, DC. Edwin is found in the 1907 Washington city directory, which gives his business as "civil engineer and general contractor, all kinds of cement work, grading and excavating." Only his business address is listed (615-617 14th Ave. NW), which was only a couple of blocks from the White House. Their daughter Virginia M. was born on January 25, 1908. At the time of the 1910 census they were living in Falls Church, Virginia, some 10 miles west of Washington. In addition to Edwin, Virginia, and their daughter Virginia, they had living with them Edwin's widowed mother, Malinda; Elizabeth Higgins, friend of the Ford family; and two servants—one a 14-year-old girl who did house work, and the other a 39-year-old man who did farm work. Edwin listed his occupation as farmer. The family was still residing in the area in 1911, when Virginia, along with her daughter and Elizabeth Higgins, visited friends in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
The family then moved to Akron, Ohio. In the 1917 city directory Edwin is a civil engineer with the Goodyear Company. Sometime around 1919 the family moved to Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. In the 1920 census Edwin, Virginia, their daughter Virginia (age 11), and Edwin's mother are living at 1496 Lincoln Avenue. Edwin is a civil engineer. In the 1921 Cleveland city directory Edwin is a district manager for the Barber-Greene Company.
In the 1930 census Edwin, Virginia and their daughter Virginia are listed as living in an apartment at 16520 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. Edwin is a manager for a conveyer company. Another move occurred, and in the 1937 directory they are living in an apartment at 11706-08 Detroit Avenue. The Cassels are at 11708 Detroit Avenue in the 1940 census. Edwin is a solicitor for a manufacturer of road machines. Virginia died at the age of 68 in her apartment on Detroit Avenue on July 18, 1944. Since no doctor had been attending her, the cause of death was listed as "Undetermined Natural Causes."
Contributor: Stephen Ford (50289063)
Date: Jul 20 1944
Source: unknown, Reel #13
Notes: Cassel: Virginia G. (nee Ford), beloved wife of Edwin D., mother of Virginia M., sister of Miss Anna M. Ford of Philadelphia, Pa., residence, 11708 Detroit ave. Friends may call at Klanke Funeral Parlors, 12629 Detroit ave., Lakewood, where services will be held Thursday, July 20, at 3:30 p. m.
d/George Ford & Virginia Benner
Virginia's first appearance in the Philadelphia newspapers is an article in the Times of August 30, 1896, concerning a birthday party at the Century Hotel in Atlantic City. One of those in attendance was "Miss Virgie Ford…of Philadelphia."
From an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 26, 1898, we know that Virginia attended the National Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia. The Inquirer reported the Conservatory held a musicale on the 24th of June. The opening exercise was by the National Conservatory Ladies' Orchestra, consisting of eighteen active members, and "there were violin solos by Miss Virgie Ford…." (The National Conservatory of Music was located at 809 N. Broad Street, less than a block from the Ford house at 1347 Brown Street.) In addition to the violin, Virginia may also have received vocal instruction, for her obituary in the Philadelphia Inquirer states that she was a former soloist at the Memorial Church of Our Redeemer (Reformed Episcopal) in Philadelphia. She would have been in her twenties when she sang there.
In the 1900 census, taken in June of that year, Virginia is 24, living at home with her parents, and, interestingly, her occupation is Dentist. A news article in September 1900 reported that "Samuel Cassel and wife, and Miss Virgie Ford, of Philadelphia, spent their vacation with the Miller and Roth families" at Green Spring, Pa. This is the first mention of the Cassel family as regards Virginia Ford. (Samuel and Malinda Cassel lived at 1327 Melon Street in Philadelphia, just a few blocks away from the Ford home.) Virginia spent a week visiting friends in Dauphin, Pa., in 1903. The same newspaper article noted that a "Mr. Edwin Cassel, of Philadelphia," also visited friends there. Two years later, Virginia Ford, Edwin Cassel and Elizabeth Higgins traveled together from Philadelphia to Green Spring, Pa. Virginia is first listed in the Philadelphia city directory in 1905. She is a stenographer at 925 Chestnut, living at 1347 Brown with her parents. The same information is found in 1906 and 1907.
Virginia and Edwin Cassel were married in Philadelphia in 1907, and moved to Washington, DC. Edwin is found in the 1907 Washington city directory, which gives his business as "civil engineer and general contractor, all kinds of cement work, grading and excavating." Only his business address is listed (615-617 14th Ave. NW), which was only a couple of blocks from the White House. Their daughter Virginia M. was born on January 25, 1908. At the time of the 1910 census they were living in Falls Church, Virginia, some 10 miles west of Washington. In addition to Edwin, Virginia, and their daughter Virginia, they had living with them Edwin's widowed mother, Malinda; Elizabeth Higgins, friend of the Ford family; and two servants—one a 14-year-old girl who did house work, and the other a 39-year-old man who did farm work. Edwin listed his occupation as farmer. The family was still residing in the area in 1911, when Virginia, along with her daughter and Elizabeth Higgins, visited friends in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
The family then moved to Akron, Ohio. In the 1917 city directory Edwin is a civil engineer with the Goodyear Company. Sometime around 1919 the family moved to Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. In the 1920 census Edwin, Virginia, their daughter Virginia (age 11), and Edwin's mother are living at 1496 Lincoln Avenue. Edwin is a civil engineer. In the 1921 Cleveland city directory Edwin is a district manager for the Barber-Greene Company.
In the 1930 census Edwin, Virginia and their daughter Virginia are listed as living in an apartment at 16520 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. Edwin is a manager for a conveyer company. Another move occurred, and in the 1937 directory they are living in an apartment at 11706-08 Detroit Avenue. The Cassels are at 11708 Detroit Avenue in the 1940 census. Edwin is a solicitor for a manufacturer of road machines. Virginia died at the age of 68 in her apartment on Detroit Avenue on July 18, 1944. Since no doctor had been attending her, the cause of death was listed as "Undetermined Natural Causes."
Contributor: Stephen Ford (50289063)
Name: Cassel, Virginia G.
Date: Jul 20 1944
Source: unknown, Reel #13
Notes: Cassel: Virginia G. (nee Ford), beloved wife of Edwin D., mother of Virginia M., sister of Miss Anna M. Ford of Philadelphia, Pa., residence, 11708 Detroit ave. Friends may call at Klanke Funeral Parlors, 12629 Detroit ave., Lakewood, where services will be held Thursday, July 20, at 3:30 p. m.
d/George Ford & Virginia Benner
Virginia's first appearance in the Philadelphia newspapers is an article in the Times of August 30, 1896, concerning a birthday party at the Century Hotel in Atlantic City. One of those in attendance was "Miss Virgie Ford…of Philadelphia."
From an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 26, 1898, we know that Virginia attended the National Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia. The Inquirer reported the Conservatory held a musicale on the 24th of June. The opening exercise was by the National Conservatory Ladies' Orchestra, consisting of eighteen active members, and "there were violin solos by Miss Virgie Ford…." (The National Conservatory of Music was located at 809 N. Broad Street, less than a block from the Ford house at 1347 Brown Street.) In addition to the violin, Virginia may also have received vocal instruction, for her obituary in the Philadelphia Inquirer states that she was a former soloist at the Memorial Church of Our Redeemer (Reformed Episcopal) in Philadelphia. She would have been in her twenties when she sang there.
In the 1900 census, taken in June of that year, Virginia is 24, living at home with her parents, and, interestingly, her occupation is Dentist. A news article in September 1900 reported that "Samuel Cassel and wife, and Miss Virgie Ford, of Philadelphia, spent their vacation with the Miller and Roth families" at Green Spring, Pa. This is the first mention of the Cassel family as regards Virginia Ford. (Samuel and Malinda Cassel lived at 1327 Melon Street in Philadelphia, just a few blocks away from the Ford home.) Virginia spent a week visiting friends in Dauphin, Pa., in 1903. The same newspaper article noted that a "Mr. Edwin Cassel, of Philadelphia," also visited friends there. Two years later, Virginia Ford, Edwin Cassel and Elizabeth Higgins traveled together from Philadelphia to Green Spring, Pa. Virginia is first listed in the Philadelphia city directory in 1905. She is a stenographer at 925 Chestnut, living at 1347 Brown with her parents. The same information is found in 1906 and 1907.
Virginia and Edwin Cassel were married in Philadelphia in 1907, and moved to Washington, DC. Edwin is found in the 1907 Washington city directory, which gives his business as "civil engineer and general contractor, all kinds of cement work, grading and excavating." Only his business address is listed (615-617 14th Ave. NW), which was only a couple of blocks from the White House. Their daughter Virginia M. was born on January 25, 1908. At the time of the 1910 census they were living in Falls Church, Virginia, some 10 miles west of Washington. In addition to Edwin, Virginia, and their daughter Virginia, they had living with them Edwin's widowed mother, Malinda; Elizabeth Higgins, friend of the Ford family; and two servants—one a 14-year-old girl who did house work, and the other a 39-year-old man who did farm work. Edwin listed his occupation as farmer. The family was still residing in the area in 1911, when Virginia, along with her daughter and Elizabeth Higgins, visited friends in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
The family then moved to Akron, Ohio. In the 1917 city directory Edwin is a civil engineer with the Goodyear Company. Sometime around 1919 the family moved to Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. In the 1920 census Edwin, Virginia, their daughter Virginia (age 11), and Edwin's mother are living at 1496 Lincoln Avenue. Edwin is a civil engineer. In the 1921 Cleveland city directory Edwin is a district manager for the Barber-Greene Company.
In the 1930 census Edwin, Virginia and their daughter Virginia are listed as living in an apartment at 16520 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. Edwin is a manager for a conveyer company. Another move occurred, and in the 1937 directory they are living in an apartment at 11706-08 Detroit Avenue. The Cassels are at 11708 Detroit Avenue in the 1940 census. Edwin is a solicitor for a manufacturer of road machines. Virginia died at the age of 68 in her apartment on Detroit Avenue on July 18, 1944. Since no doctor had been attending her, the cause of death was listed as "Undetermined Natural Causes."
Contributor: Stephen Ford (50289063)
Date: Jul 20 1944
Source: unknown, Reel #13
Notes: Cassel: Virginia G. (nee Ford), beloved wife of Edwin D., mother of Virginia M., sister of Miss Anna M. Ford of Philadelphia, Pa., residence, 11708 Detroit ave. Friends may call at Klanke Funeral Parlors, 12629 Detroit ave., Lakewood, where services will be held Thursday, July 20, at 3:30 p. m.
d/George Ford & Virginia Benner
Virginia's first appearance in the Philadelphia newspapers is an article in the Times of August 30, 1896, concerning a birthday party at the Century Hotel in Atlantic City. One of those in attendance was "Miss Virgie Ford…of Philadelphia."
From an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 26, 1898, we know that Virginia attended the National Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia. The Inquirer reported the Conservatory held a musicale on the 24th of June. The opening exercise was by the National Conservatory Ladies' Orchestra, consisting of eighteen active members, and "there were violin solos by Miss Virgie Ford…." (The National Conservatory of Music was located at 809 N. Broad Street, less than a block from the Ford house at 1347 Brown Street.) In addition to the violin, Virginia may also have received vocal instruction, for her obituary in the Philadelphia Inquirer states that she was a former soloist at the Memorial Church of Our Redeemer (Reformed Episcopal) in Philadelphia. She would have been in her twenties when she sang there.
In the 1900 census, taken in June of that year, Virginia is 24, living at home with her parents, and, interestingly, her occupation is Dentist. A news article in September 1900 reported that "Samuel Cassel and wife, and Miss Virgie Ford, of Philadelphia, spent their vacation with the Miller and Roth families" at Green Spring, Pa. This is the first mention of the Cassel family as regards Virginia Ford. (Samuel and Malinda Cassel lived at 1327 Melon Street in Philadelphia, just a few blocks away from the Ford home.) Virginia spent a week visiting friends in Dauphin, Pa., in 1903. The same newspaper article noted that a "Mr. Edwin Cassel, of Philadelphia," also visited friends there. Two years later, Virginia Ford, Edwin Cassel and Elizabeth Higgins traveled together from Philadelphia to Green Spring, Pa. Virginia is first listed in the Philadelphia city directory in 1905. She is a stenographer at 925 Chestnut, living at 1347 Brown with her parents. The same information is found in 1906 and 1907.
Virginia and Edwin Cassel were married in Philadelphia in 1907, and moved to Washington, DC. Edwin is found in the 1907 Washington city directory, which gives his business as "civil engineer and general contractor, all kinds of cement work, grading and excavating." Only his business address is listed (615-617 14th Ave. NW), which was only a couple of blocks from the White House. Their daughter Virginia M. was born on January 25, 1908. At the time of the 1910 census they were living in Falls Church, Virginia, some 10 miles west of Washington. In addition to Edwin, Virginia, and their daughter Virginia, they had living with them Edwin's widowed mother, Malinda; Elizabeth Higgins, friend of the Ford family; and two servants—one a 14-year-old girl who did house work, and the other a 39-year-old man who did farm work. Edwin listed his occupation as farmer. The family was still residing in the area in 1911, when Virginia, along with her daughter and Elizabeth Higgins, visited friends in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
The family then moved to Akron, Ohio. In the 1917 city directory Edwin is a civil engineer with the Goodyear Company. Sometime around 1919 the family moved to Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. In the 1920 census Edwin, Virginia, their daughter Virginia (age 11), and Edwin's mother are living at 1496 Lincoln Avenue. Edwin is a civil engineer. In the 1921 Cleveland city directory Edwin is a district manager for the Barber-Greene Company.
In the 1930 census Edwin, Virginia and their daughter Virginia are listed as living in an apartment at 16520 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. Edwin is a manager for a conveyer company. Another move occurred, and in the 1937 directory they are living in an apartment at 11706-08 Detroit Avenue. The Cassels are at 11708 Detroit Avenue in the 1940 census. Edwin is a solicitor for a manufacturer of road machines. Virginia died at the age of 68 in her apartment on Detroit Avenue on July 18, 1944. Since no doctor had been attending her, the cause of death was listed as "Undetermined Natural Causes."
Contributor: Stephen Ford (50289063)
