Nathan Essick

  General Notes:

See general notes on his father, Jacob, for 1850 census facts.

The 1860 Federal Census for Reading, Spruce Ward, Berks Co., PA, page 1017A, dated July 11, 1860 records Nathan (45 - PA) and Deliah (29 - PA) Essic with children Nathan (6 - PA) and William (3 - PA). Nathan is a day laborer with real estate valued at $500 and a personal estate valued at $100.

The 1870 Federal Census for Reading, Berks Co., PA, page 718A, dated Aug 10, 1870 records Nathan (50 - PA) and Deliah (35 - England) Essick with children Nathan (16 - PA), Will (13 - PA), and Walter (7 - PA). Nathan is a pipe cutter with real estate valued at $2,000 and a personal estate valued at $100.

The 1880 Federal Census for Reading, Berks Co., PA, District 40, page 34B, dated June 2, 1880 records Nathan (58 - PA/PA/PA) and wife Delilah (42 - PA/PA/England) Essick living at 429 South 7th Street in Reading, PA with sons William (23) and Walter (17). Nathan is listed as Rheumatic. Deliah continued to live there through 1900.

The Reading, PA Register of Wills lists Nathan Essick with a date of death as January 23, 1888.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Engineer.

Nathan married Deliah Jenkenson. (Deliah Jenkenson was born on 13 Dec 1834 in England, died on 27 Feb 1906 in Reading, Berks Co., PA. and was buried on 3 Mar 1906 in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks Co., PA.) The cause of her death was Can not read the handwriting.