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Priscilla Walker Streets Genealogical Research Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-143

Scope and Contents

These papers are largely genealogical data compiled on the Walker, Baynes, and collateral lines for her book, Lewis Walker of Chester Valley and His Descendents, 1686-1896, and correspondence after its publication. It includes one folder containing genealogical data collected by Priscilla Walker Streets, with related correspondence. Includes some earlier miscellaneous material, including an account of a cholera epidemic in Philadelphia in 1832 by Lewis Walker. Also, a bound volume primarily on the Baynes family.

Dates

  • Creation: 1779-ca. 1923 (bulk 1880-1923)

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Biographical / Historical

Priscilla Walker Streets (1848-1927) was a birthright member of Radnor Monthly Meeting (Quaker) and a genealogist of the Walker family of Chester Valley, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Thomas R. and Mary Baynes Walker and in 1875 was married to Dr. Thomas Hale Streets.

Extent

0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Priscilla Walker Streets (1848-1927) was a birthright member of Radnor Monthly Meeting (Quaker) and a genealogist of the Walker family of Chester Valley, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Thomas R. and Mary Baynes Walker and in 1875 was married to Dr. Thomas Hale Streets. These papers are largely genealogical data compiled on the Walker family for her book, Lewis Walker of Chester Valley and His Descendents, 1686-1896, and correspondence after its publication.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Esther Heacoc, 1964

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was given by the niece of Priscilla Walker Streets.

Related Materials

See also:

  1. Lewis Walker of Chester Valley and His Descendents, 1686-1896, by Priscilla Walker Streets, FHL call number BX 7791. W16 S9

Subject

Title
An Inventory of the Priscilla Walker Streets Genealogical Research Papers, 1779-ca. 1923 (bulk 1880-1923)
Author
FHL staff
Date
1964
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

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