last updated 12 Jan 2015
Florence Sophia Barlow was the daughter of Andrew Markley Barlow and Ida Matilda Yeager. Florence was born 19 October 1882 in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She died 22 April 1940 and is buried in the Limerick Churchyard, along with many relatives going back to the earliest generations in North America.
Florence married into the Hallman family when she married Samuel Lewis Fry (descended from John Fry & Maria Hallman) on 20 December 1913 in Spring City, Chester County, Pennsylvania. They had one son, Warren Barlow Fry, 7 December 1915-19 December 2005. It appears Warren had no descendants (but I am not positive).
In the 1930's the Frys lived in Linfield, in Limerick Township.
Florence Sophia Barlow Fry kept a journal where she gathered together her family history research on the Barlow, Evans, a few Brookes, and Fry families. Her sources are not identified in the journal, but they appear to include cemetery transcriptions, family bibles, and family members. Some bibles are transcribed, but we do not know who owned the bibles.
From letters to her enclosed in the book, we know that Lotta Reuther Longstreet (my grandfather's sister) borrowed the journal and added additional information to it.
At some point the journal was given to the Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. They contacted cousin Elaine in 2008 and asked if she was interested in the journal. They sent it to her, and cousin Elaine passed it along to me in the fall of 2008.
The journal includes the journal itself, several loose pages, and two letters from Lotta to Florence written in 1933 and 1934.
journal and letters
journal and pages
Here are images of the journal pages, in pdf format. You will need Adobe Reader to view them. See the Home page for a link to download the reader if you do not have it. The bound journal was scanned in page order, blank pages are not included. Some of the loose pages are numbered (but not consecutively numbered). The numbered pages are in numerical order, blank pages not included. The remaining loose pages have been grouped so that pages that appear to belong together are together. These pdf files are large, so please be patient as they load. Please contact me if you would like me to email you the files.
Listed below are some of Mrs. Fry's families - Fry, Evans, & Hollowbush. These are families that are not necessarily included on the main Barlow, Brooke, Evans & Hallman pages. Mrs. Fry's Evans family is probably a branch of ours, but the connection is not known. This is a combination of Mrs. Fry's work with some additional information I have added.
Click the links below for printable versions (pdf) of these charts.
1-John Fry b. 30 November 1794, d. 10 January 1846, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania
+Maria Hallman b. 24 July 1798, d. 22 July 1877, (St. James Church, Limerick
Twp, Montgomery Co, PA), par. Abraham Hallman and Hannah Koons
...2-Peter Fry b. 24 December 1819, d. 27 October 1886, (St. James Church,
Limerick Twp, Montgomery Co, PA)
+Elizabeth R Missimer b. 31 January 1822, m. 15 March 1846, d. 11 October
1890, (St. James Church, Limerick Twp, Montgomery Co, PA)
...2-Henry Fry b. 13 July 1821
+Elizabeth Hollowbush b. 7 August 1824, m. 12 January 1847, par. James
Hollowbush and Susanna Towers
......3-Susanna Towers Fry b. 27 January 1848
+Winfield Scott Grove
......3-James Hollowbush Fry b. 25 August 1849, d. 9 March 1924, Frick's Locks,
East Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
+Harriett Hause , par. David Hause and Harriett Peltz
......3-Joseph Warren Fry b. 7 April 1851, d. 23 July 1914, Pottstown Hospital,
Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
+Anna Maria Evans b. 12 February 1852, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, m. 21 November 1872, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, d. 13 December 1936, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, par. Samuel Evans and Sarah Ann Hause
.........4-Samuel Lewis Fry b. 28 February 1877, Trappe, Lower Skippack,
Mongomery County, Pennsylvania, d. 9 October 1963, Pottstown, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania
+Florence Sophia Barlow b. 19 October 1882, Limerick Township,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, m. 20 December 1913, Spring City, Chester
County, Pennsylvania, d. 22 April 1940, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, par. Andrew Markley Barlow and Ida Matilda Yeager
............5-Warren Barlow Fry b. 7 December 1915, Limerick Township,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, d. 19 December 2005, Linfield, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania
......3-William Fry b. 15 April 1853, d. 21 January 1923, Linfield, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania
+Phoebe Jones b. 23 April 1846, d. 18 August 1896, (St James Churchyard
(Limerick Churchyard), Limerick, PA), par. Thomas Jones and Catharine Evans
.........4-Thomas H Fry b. 30 May 1875, d. 30 June 1875, (St James Churchyard
(Limerick Churchyard), Limerick, PA)
......3-Rebecca Fry b. 30 September 1855, d. 29 February 1856
......3-John Fry b. 25 April 1859, d. 11 July 1860
......3-Maria Fry b. 20 September 1861
...2-Hannah Fry b. 25 September 1823, d. 28 October 1898, (St. James Church,
Limerick Twp, Montgomery Co, PA)
+James F Groff b. 30 August 1818, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, d. 19
June 1882, (St. James Church, Limerick Twp, Montgomery Co, PA)
...2-Catherine Matilda Fry b. 1826
...2-Abraham Fry b. 26 January 1832
...2-John Franklin Fry b. 1839
...2-Elmira Fry b. 12 September 1843, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, d. 13 February 1930, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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1-Samuel Evans
+Anna Maria Fox
...2-Samuel Evans b. 4 Jul 1816
+Sarah Ann Hause b. 12 Oct 1827, d. 11 Jan 1910, par. Daniel Hause and Mary
Ann
......3-Lewis Hause Evans b. 25 Sep 1849, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, d. 16 Aug 1923, (St James Churchyard (Limerick Churchyard),
Limerick, PA)
+Clara Erb Hatfield b. 13 Jun 1858, m. 3 Jan 1882, Trappe, Lower
Skippack, Mongomery County, Pennsylvania, d. 29 Jun 1930, (St James Churchyard
(Limerick Churchyard), Limerick, PA), par. Isaac David Hatfield and Hannah Erb
.........4-Flora H Evans b. 20 Mar 1883, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, d. 18 Jul 1885, Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
.........4-Estella H Evans b. 8 Nov 1885, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, d. 28 Sep 1918, (Limerick Garden of Memories, Limerick,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
+Reuben S Milner , par. Robert Milner and Unknown
.........4-Samuel H Evans b. 15 Jul 1887, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, d. 27 Mar 1908, Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
.........4-Howard H Evans b. 7 Apr 1889, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, d. 29 Jun 1903, Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
.........4-Sarah Ann Evans b. 27 Nov 1890, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania
.........4-Stillborn son Evans b. 27 Nov 1890, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, d. 27 Nov 1890, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania
.........4-Lewis H Evans b. 16 Jan 1893, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, d. Dec 1967, (St James Churchyard (Limerick Churchyard),
Limerick, PA)
.........4-Mary Ann Evans b. 5 Nov 1895, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania
.........4-Franklin H Evans b. 17 Mar 1898, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, d. Nov 1967, (St James Churchyard (Limerick Churchyard),
Limerick, PA)
.........4-Clara H Evans b. 8 Dec 1900, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania
......3-Anna Maria Evans b. 12 Feb 1852, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, d. 13 Dec 1936, Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
+Joseph Warren Fry b. 7 Apr 1851, m. 21 Nov 1872, Limerick Township,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, d. 23 Jul 1914, Pottstown Hospital, Pottstown,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, par. Henry Fry and Elizabeth Hollowbush
.........4-Samuel Lewis Fry b. 28 Feb 1877, Trappe, Lower Skippack, Mongomery
County, Pennsylvania, d. 9 Oct 1963, (St James Churchyard (Limerick
Churchyard), Limerick, PA)
+Florence Sophia Barlow b. 19 Oct 1882, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, m. 20 Dec 1913, Spring City, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, d. 22 Apr 1940, (St James Churchyard (Limerick Churchyard),
Limerick, PA), par. Andrew Markley Barlow and Ida Matilda Yeager
............5-Warren Barlow Fry b. 7 Dec 1915, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, d. 19 Dec 2005, Linfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
......3-Howard Evans b. 29 Dec 1854, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, d. 18 Apr 1924, Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
+Mary Bower Isett b. 21 Mar 1861, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, m. 18 Mar 1880, Trappe, Lower Skippack, Mongomery County,
Pennsylvania, par. Samuel Isett and Harriett Brower
.........4-Daniel Lewis Evans b. 3 Jun 1880, d. 1958, (St James Churchyard
(Limerick Churchyard), Limerick, PA)
+Hannah B b. 1878, d. 1951, (St James Churchyard (Limerick
Churchyard), Limerick, PA)
.........4-Harriett Isett Evans b. 14 Dec 1881
+Frederick J Rumler b. 24 Apr 1874, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, m. 25
Dec 1909, Linfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, par. Frederick Rumler and
Annie Elk
............5-Mary Evans Rumler b. 12 May 1912
............5-John Frederick Rumler b. 16 Apr 1913, d. 18 Apr 1998
............5-Frank Rumler b. 17 Mar 1917, d. 13 Nov 2005
............5-Howard Evans Rumler b. 9 May 1918, d. 24 Jul 2010
.........4-Joseph Warren Evans b. 12 Oct 1884, d. 12 Jun 1933
......3-Phoebe Jane Evans b. 3 Sep 1860
+George Hunter Hines , par. Jefferson Hines and Rachel Hipple
.........4-Adam Hines
.........4-Samuel Hines
......3-Sarah Katharine Evans b. 6 Sep 1862, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, d. 8 Sep 1924, Sanatoga, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
+Ephriam S Hartenstine b. 16 Mar 1858, Lower Pottsgrove Twp, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, par. Samuel Hartenstine and Charlotte Sabold
......3-Emma Naomi Evans b. 16 Jun 1865, d. 16 Mar 1898, Sanatoga, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania
+Samuel G Brooke b. 1866, m. 1 Jul, par. Matthew Brooke and Mary Ann
Roeller
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1-James Hollowbush b. 25 Dec 1799
+Susanna Towers b. 15 Jul 1805, par. William Towers and Elisabeth
...2-William Towers Hollowbush b. 29 Apr 1822
...2-Elizabeth Hollowbush b. 7 Aug 1824
+Henry Fry b. 13 Jul 1821, m. 12 Jan 1847, par. John Fry and Maria
Hollowbush
......3-Susanna Towers Fry b. 27 Jan 1848
+Winfield Scott Grove
......3-James Hollowbush Fry b. 25 Aug 1849, d. 9 Mar 1924, Frick's Locks, East
Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
+Harriett Hause , par. David Hause and Harriett Peltz
......3-Joseph Warren Fry b. 7 Apr 1851, d. 23 Jul 1914, Pottstown Hospital,
Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
+Anna Maria Evans b. 12 Feb 1852, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, m. 21 Nov 1872, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, d. 13 Dec 1936, Limerick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, par. Samuel Evans and Sarah Ann Hause
.........4-Samuel Lewis Fry b. 28 Feb 1877, Trappe, Lower Skippack, Mongomery
County, Pennsylvania, d. 9 Oct 1963, (St James Churchyard (Limerick
Churchyard), Limerick, PA)
+Florence Sophia Barlow b. 19 Oct 1882, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, m. 20 Dec 1913, Spring City, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, d. 22 Apr 1940, (St James Churchyard (Limerick Churchyard),
Limerick, PA), par. Andrew Markley Barlow and Ida Matilda Yeager
............5-Warren Barlow Fry b. 7 Dec 1915, Limerick Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, d. 19 Dec 2005, Linfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
......3-William Fry b. 15 Apr 1853, d. 21 Jan 1923, Linfield, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania
+Phoebe Jones b. 23 Apr 1846, d. 18 Aug 1896, (St James Churchyard
(Limerick Churchyard), Limerick, PA), par. Thomas Jones and Catharine Evans
.........4-Thomas H Fry b. 30 May 1875, d. 30 Jun 1875, (St James Churchyard
(Limerick Churchyard), Limerick, PA)
......3-Rebecca Fry b. 30 Sep 1855, d. 29 Feb 1856
......3-John Fry b. 25 Apr 1859, d. 11 Jul 1860
......3-Maria Fry b. 20 Sep 1861
...2-Sarah Hollowbush b. 17 Apr 1827, d. 16 Jan 1852
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