Norman Gasbarro | September 21, 2011
In the years before the Civil War and in the years following the war in which veterans returned and lived in Gratz, this property, known as Lot #42 on the original Simon Gratz subdivision, was owned by three families. Each of the families had a number of Civil War veterans who were associated with it. […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 20, 2011
The original owner of this lot was probably Samuel Dubendorf and the house that is here was probably built before 1828. Dubendorf sold the property to Henry Schreiner in 1830. In 1838, Henry Schreiner sold this property to Abraham Hess. Hess was a shoemaker and probably built the shop building that still stands today adjacent […]
Norman Gasbarro | September 2, 2011
This is the ninth in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The current house on Lot #65 on the north side of Market Street was built about 1857. Originally, this corner lot was purchased from Simon Gratz by George Philip Keener, a carpenter, but by 1852, it reverted back to the […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 16, 2011
This is the fifth in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. Lot #16 and the house on it was purchased by Daniel Good (1809-1870) in 1859, the owner of the Good Tannery at the west end of Gratz, who owned it and several other properties in this block during the Civil […]
Norman Gasbarro | July 6, 2011
The story of Octavius Valentine Catto (1839-1871) gives researchers an interesting opportunity to connect the events of his life with major events in Pennsylvania – and in particular with members of the Gratz family in Philadelphia and events that were happening in Gratz Borough, Dauphin County. Octavius Catto was the son of a former slave […]
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