| Title |
Grandon, Joseph |
| Date |
ca. 1843-November 10, 1905 |
| Description |
Joseph Grandon, born in Ireland ca. 1843, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1856, and worked as a lithographer ca. 1856-1880s.
Employed at P. S. Duval at his 8 South Fifth Street establishment during the 1850s, he resided in North Philadelphia with
his older sister Mary in Ward 13 by 1860 and Ward 17 by 1864. Although Grandon worked as a lithographer, engraver, and printer
through the 1880s, a May 1864 U.S. IRS Tax Assessment List indicates that he also operated a retail establishment with a
residence at 1345 North Second Street (Ward 17); his address until his death. The business, described in Philadelphia city
directories as "gents furnishing," "dry goods," and "shirts," operated, probably from East 2431-2433 Somerset Street, until
at least the turn of the century. About 1885, Grandon married Annie (d. 1913) and in February 1893, he received $2,654 from
the city for damages to his East Somerset property during grade changes. Grandon died on November 10, 1905.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Duval, P .S. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 |
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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s |
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Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1857-1905 (intermittently) |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, April 26, 1891, February 4, 1883, November 14, 1905, December 28, 1913 |
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U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1861-1918 |
