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History of Peter Little's Lot number 66 now 49 East
King Street
49 East King Street - September 13, 2008
Owners of Lot 66 of Peter Klein's Town:
Petter Little (1724-1773) purchased 311 acres in Germany Township
from the Penns
on September 18, 1760. In 1765 he laid out 35 acres of this
311 acres for a town he
named Petersburg. He laid out a total of 84 lots along what
is East and West King
Street. Lot number 66 (now 49 East King Street) is what
is referenced below.
(Information provided by Elizabeth
Keitel, great-granddaughter
of Elizabeth Hartman
who owed this lot from 1898 - 1920)
Lot # 66 was acquired by Mary and Mathias Baker
January 1, 1790 - John Guckis
James M. McIlvain
William McIlvain.
On March 28, 1855 - John Miller and Mary (John's wife)
March 31, 1860 - John Spangler, Sr.
On March 31, 1870 - Samuel Rebert
Administrators of Reberts' estate
April 3, 1878 - Lydia Rebert
April 1, 1898 - George W. Hartman
(dec'd) and heirs **
Administrators of George Hartman
June 3, 1920 - E. H. Matthias
April 1, 1922 - Charles C. and Queenie C. Miller
March 29, 1923 - Dr. J. W. amd Clara W. Hickey
March 31, 1927 - John Ward and Lillian Little *
April 1, 1944 - William Sneeinger
Administrators of Sneeringer's estate
Mary A. Sneeringer
Administrators of Mary Sneeringer's estate
September. 28, 1964 - Wayne L. and G. Leone Secrist
April 20, 1967 - Jeanne W. and Charles D. Bowser
November 2, 1987 - Dolores and Charles E. Risso
Dolores Risso (upon Charles' death)
Administrators of Dolores Risso's esate (d. November 6, 2007) |
** This
is the time period when Elizabeth Keitel's Great-grandmother
lived in this home. This may also be where a Steinway
Square 1878
Piano was housed while she lived here. Story of the Piano.
*This was the location of Littles'
Funeral Home for
a number of years.
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