Servants in the Weygandt Household – 1900
From the Diaries of Cornelius N. Weygandt Like most upper middle class Philadelphians in the last half of the nineteenth century, Cornelius N. and Lucy E. (Thomas) Weygandt took advantage…
A Day in the Life of a Banker
This entry describes a fairly typical Saturday in Cornelius N. Weygandt’s life. By the 1890s people generally did not work a full day on Saturdays. One of the things that…
Thanksgiving on Tulpehocken Street in 1886
Cornelius and Lucy Weygandt hosted the Weygandt family for Thanksgiving Day in 1886. The families of Cornelius’ brother George and sisters Sophie, Bessie and Tilda were all there as well…
July Fourth on Tulpehocken Street in 1879
This entry provides an interesting glimpse into various aspects of life on Tulephocken Street in the 1870s. The Weygandt family at this time was renting a house (later demolished) a…
Upper Middle Class Housing in the 19th Century Germantown
The family of Cornelius N. Weygandt lived in rented houses for the first twenty years of their residence in Germantown. It was fairly common for middle class families to rent…
Bryn Mawr Graduation
Sunday, 19 May 1889 …Sophie left us soon after breakfast, to take the 10.14 train on her way back to Bryn Mawr, to continue her preparations for the final examination…
Life in Victorian Germantown – Christmas 1881
The entries here from the Weygandt diary for Christmas 1881 offer an interesting glimpse into holiday customs and basic family dynamics, which don’t change much over time, as well as…
