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    The document answers how Castor Avenue in Philadelphia got its name. It was named for John George Castor, who was born in Switzerland in 1710 and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1736. He later moved to Germantown and purchased 202 acres in Oxford Township, having eight children. Many of his descendants played notable roles in the local area, including in the Revolutionary War and as inventors, builders, and a congressman. According to a local historian, the original Castor Road was cut through John George Castor's farm and later became Castor Avenue.

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    Newspaper clipping – Origin of the street name "Castor Avenue" in Northeast Philadelphia

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    The document answers how Castor Avenue in Philadelphia got its name. It was named for John George Castor, who was born in Switzerland in 1710 and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1736. He later moved to Germantown and purchased 202 acres in Oxford Township, having eight children. Many of his descendants played notable roles in the local area, including in the Revolutionary War and as inventors, builders, and a congressman. According to a local historian, the original Castor Road was cut through John George Castor's farm and later became Castor Avenue.

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    Answers To Queries - How Did Castor Avenue Get Its Name?

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    The document answers how Castor Avenue in Philadelphia got its name. It was named for John George Castor, who was born in Switzerland in 1710 and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1736. He later moved to Germantown and purchased 202 acres in Oxford Township, having eight children. Many of his descendants played notable roles in the local area, including in the Revolutionary War and as inventors, builders, and a congressman. According to a local historian, the original Castor Road was cut through John George Castor's farm and later became Castor Avenue.

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    How did Castor av. get Its name?(F. F.) Historic Castor av., in the Frankford-Castor section, is named for John George Castor (Or Gerster), who Was born In Basel, Switzerland, In 1710 and emigrated to Philadelphia in 1736. He moved to Ger-' mantown in 1746 and In 1762 purchased 202 acres in Oxford Township (35th ward), leaving eight children. Third sons of third sons dating from "the immigrant" and covering six generations are Jacob, an aide to Lafayette in the Revolution; John; Thomas, an Inventor of the horse car; Ellwood, a carriage-maker and Horace W. Castor, architect. Horace Castor, who was horn In 1870 and designed many local structures, is still active and recalls tales told him as a boy In the Jolly Post Tavern of the reception to General Lafayette there. Other members of the family were General George Castor, who p u r a h a s e d "Tacony Farm," a Colonial house still standing near Frankford Arsenal and George Albert Castor (1855108), a Congressman from Philadelphia. According to Omar Shallcross, of the Frankford Historical Society, the original Castor Road was cut through the farm of John George Castor from Cheltenham av. and Oxford pike to Bell's Corner and It later became Castor av.

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