A Guide to the PROPERTY OWNERS
of the
village of
Lansford
station
&
Ashton
in
Mauch
Chunk Township
The history of what is now Lansford Borough goes back to the
mid 1840s when the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. expanded their mining operations
from the old quarry near Summit Hill to the first deep mines in the Panther
Creek Valley. The village or patch town
of Ashton grew up around these first mines in the west end of the valley, Storm
Hill came shortly afterward in the east end.
There were several other patch towns such as Andrewsville, Jamestown
& Skintown, but of these only Andrewsville remains in existence to form
part of modern Lansford. From its
birth, coal mining was the area’s main industry. It is said that the LC&N kept other industries out of the
valley so as they didn’t deplete the labor pool. Only in later years did the silk and garment industry make
inroads in the town and then only because their labor pool consisted mainly of
women.
It was on July 1, 1876 (one year after the publishing of
this atlas) that the villages of Storm Hill and Ashton merged into the borough
of Lansford. From 1880 to 1890 the town
nearly doubled in population. By 1910
it was the most populous borough in the county, reaching its peak around 1930
with a population of nearly 10,000.
Since that time, what with the decline of the anthracite industry, the
population is about half that peak.
NOTES ON THE TRANSCRIPTION:
Lansford proved to be the most difficult of the sections of the county
to transcribe due to the smaller print used for property owners. Only a few of the lots had street numbers
given and I have provided them accordingly.
In all cases, I stuck to the name spelling as it appeared in the atlas,
although some names, like Brisland and Brislin, are no doubt the same. The Lehigh & Wilkes Barre Coal Co. was
the majority owner of property in the town at the time the atlas was
printed. They owned both mining
operations and housing, but since these properties do not pertain to genealogical
research, I have omitted them here. So
as the web page isn’t too large, I’ve divided the list of property owners into
two different pages. They are:
PROPERTY OWNER
|
STREET / LOCATION
|
HS. #
|
BLOCK
|
SIDE
|
NOTES
|
Allen, T
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Allen, T
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Alvey, G.
|
East Ridge
|
|
Coal to Center
|
South
|
|
Argus, T.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Bacon, H.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Coal
|
North
|
|
Bacon, H.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Coal
|
North
|
|
Bacon, H.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Coal
|
South
|
Unimproved lot
|
Bacon, H.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Coal
|
South
|
Unimproved lot
|
Baptist Society
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
Church
|
Barron, B.
|
East Ridge
|
74
|
Spring Garden to Tunnel
|
South
|
Lansford Hotel
|
Boyle, D
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Boyle, D.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Boyle, T.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Brink, J. W.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Brisland, J.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Brisland, P. H.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Brisland, P. H.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Brislin, J.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Brockett, F. E.
|
North end of town
|
|
|
North
|
Owned by L & W.B.
Coal Co., occupied by named
|
Bynon, G., Mrs.
|
East Ridge
|
56
|
Tunnel to Coal
|
South
|
Store
|
Bynon, G., Mrs.
|
East Ridge
|
58
|
Tunnel to Coal
|
South
|
Home
|
Caminson, J.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Campbell, P.
|
East Ridge
|
67
|
Spring Garden to Tunnel
|
North
|
|
Carr, J.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Davis, D. W.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Davis, J. W.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Davis, T.
|
East Ridge
|
63
|
Spring Garden to Tunnel
|
North
|
|
Drumheller, N.
|
East Patterson
|
124
|
East of Thompson
|
North
|
Unimproved lot
|
Drumheller, N.
|
East Ridge
|
70
|
Spring Garden to Tunnel
|
South
|
Double lot home
|
Drumheller, N.
|
East Ridge
|
72
|
Spring Garden to Tunnel
|
South
|
Double lot home
|
Early, F.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Edwards, C. O.
|
East Ridge
|
65
|
Spring Garden to Tunnel
|
North
|
|
Edwards, J. C.
|
East Ridge
|
66
|
Spring Garden to Tunnel
|
South
|
Double lot home
|
Edwards, J. C.
|
East Ridge
|
68
|
Spring Garden to Tunnel
|
South
|
Double lot home
|
Edwards, William
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
Unimproved lot
|
Edwards, William
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Ellis, E.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Empty lot
|
East Ridge
|
78
|
Spring Garden to Tunnel
|
South
|
|
English Cong. Society
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
Church
|
Evans, H.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Evans, H.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
Unimproved lot
|
Evans, J.
|
East Bertsch
|
79
|
Thompson to Spring
Garden
|
North
|
|
Evans, M., Mrs.
|
East Ridge
|
|
Coal to Center
|
South
|
|
Evans, T.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Evans, W. Y.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
Double lot building
|
Evans, W. Y.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
Double lot building
|
Fawkes, J.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Gallagher
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Gallagher, C.
|
East Ridge
|
76
|
Spring Garden to Tunnel
|
South
|
|
Gibbons
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Givins, J.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Griffiths, D
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Griffiths, J.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Griffiths, J.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
Unimproved lot
|
Griffiths, W. D.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Gwillym, E.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Gwillym, M., Mrs.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Hartraft, J.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Hefferfinger, J.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Hefferfinger, J.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Hill, J.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Hobart, W. S.
|
West end of town
|
|
|
|
Large lot
|
Hollenbach, J.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
James, T.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Jones, D. A.
|
West Water
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
Jones, D. J.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Jones, E.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Jones, E.
|
West Ridge
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Jones, J.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Jones, M. M.
|
East Ridge
|
|
Coal to Center
|
South
|
|
Kelly, J.
|
West Abbott
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
North
|
|
Kline, C. F.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
House & store
|
Kline, C. F.
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
Unimproved lot
|
Lauer, J. E.
|
Front
|
|
Spring Garden to
Thompson
|
South
|
|
Lewis, D. H.
|
East Bertsch
|
82
|
Thompson to Spring
Garden
|
South
|
|
Lewis, J.
|
East Ridge
|
|
Coal to Center
|
South
|
|
Lewis, J.
|
East Ridge
|
|
Coal to Center
|
South
|
|
Lewis, L.
|
East Ridge
|
|
Coal to Center
|
South
|
Broadway Hotel
|
Lewis, T.
|
East Bertsch
|
84
|
Thompson to Spring
Garden
|
South
|
|
Lewis, William
|
West Bertsch
|
|
Center to Cortright
|
South
|
|
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Transcription,
research &
web page
by
Jack
Sterling
March, 2003