Re: Samuel BIDDLE of Bailey Banks & Biddle
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In reply to:
Re: Samuel BIDDLE of Bailey Banks & Biddle
Joan Timmons 12/18/02
HELLO,
I ALSO HAVE BEEN TOLD FOR YEARS THAT WE ARE FROM THE BIDDLES OF PHILADELPHIA.
LITTLE FAMILY HISTORY.....MY GRANDPA(HOPPER EMERSON BIDDLE,(EMERSON!IF YOU EVER MEET HIM & VALUE YOUR LIFE/FRONT TEETH! & THAT'S WITH ONE ARM!...HE LEFT THE OTHER ONE IN WW2 POW CAMP.) SAID HE WENT TO PHILLY IN THE 40S' TO FIND "HIS PEOPLE". (CAME FROM DELAWARE/MARYLAND AREA) HE WENT INTO THE MACHINEST TRADE & WAS HIRED AS SUCH INTO THE ARMY FOR THE WAR EFFORT. ENLITED WHO WON HIS COMMISION INTO THE 82nd AIRBORN I BELIEVE?.? MOVED TO CAPE MAY NJ W/ HIS SISTER FRANCIS & OPENED "THE BREEZEY LEE" MARINA & STEAK HOUSE. STILL ALIVE @ 93!