Blasted Bodycotes yet again!

[kiterunner]

I've found the 1857 Philadelphia city directory on the Internet Archive and there is an entry for Bodycot Joseph, frame work knitter, Logan & Nicetown, lane. Same in 1858 and 1859. Dinner time! Will look some more later.

[Anstey Nomad]

I've seen and saved the 1857 entry. However, if it's also there in 1858/9, it's presumably not the same man as died in 1857.

I'd kind of got to like the idea that the 1857 death was Joseph senior, who would have been 63 or so by then and that he had emigrated with Joseph junior and Charlotte when times got hard in the FWK trade.

How many Joseph Bodycote's can there be?

[Anstey Nomad]

I've looked in the 1866 - nothing there.

I can't get into worldwide Ancestry at the moment (I was using someone else's login - with their agreement). If I PM you my e mail address can you send me the death entry if there is more to it than what you've said? Thanks.

[kiterunner]

If you're asking about the 1857 burial, Sheila, it just says 1857 Jan 7 Joseph Bodycote Chhyd (presumably abbreviation for Churchyard), C M Parkman (presumably the name of the minister). Most of the entries on the page show age at death but not this one.

[kiterunner]

1863 Philadelphia City Directory - no Bodicotes.
1860 - Bodycote Joseph, peddler, Miller (Gtn).

[kiterunner]

Hmmm, just to add more confusion, the 1884 Philadelphia directory has Bodycote Joseph, peddler, h 17 E N Town 1a. But we thought he was in Illinois then!

[kiterunner]

Oh, okay, looks like the same family because there is this entry in the 1911 Philadelphia directory. Maybe they had property in both places:
Bodycote Rebecca wid Jos h 1841 Brunner.
Sorry, forgot that Joseph and Rebecca were in Philadelphia in 1900 (on the census) too. I suppose they moved back there from Illinois after 1880.

[Anstey Nomad]

I've just been to the Library and looked at the burial entry and also the directories all the way through.

Whether or not (again) it's the same chap, I am not sure, because there are three years (1890-92) when the only address given is 25 Hunting Park Avenue, which sounds a bit posh, and no occupation is given.

I've also turned up a burial at St Margaret's in Leicester in 1833 for a child called Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Charlotte. Blimey! Now I really hope she wasn't actually his niece!

Mary from Italy - do I remember that you have the disks for St Margaret's? Would you be able to have a look at this for me? 8 February 1833 - Lydia Bodycote. Any other info there might be will be helpful.

[kiterunner]

Oh, but of course the fact that he lived in Illinois for a while means he could have been naturalised there rather than in Philadelphia; I didn't think of that before.

[kiterunner]

Erm, hopefully this is not connected with your family in any way because it is way too confusing, but looking for Charlotte Noon(e) in Philadelphia has come up with the following:

Philadelphia Death Certificates:
Charlotte E Heald, died 9 Mar 1912, age 68 years 5 months, born 8 Oct 1843 Leicester, England, widow, father John Noone, mother Sarah Chapman. Informant Charlotte Markle.
Pennsylvania Death Certificates