My House And My Ancestors

My house is rented; new people move in March 1, the day after Eileen leaves! It's a long, involved story I won't go into, but it started with info from Kim about another prospect I rejected (so did my children), then the ones who look good. This is a couple--not sure if they're married  or not, as she uses a different name--younger (63 and 58), both work (he's a lineman for AC Electric), and excellent credit rating. Now, of course, I'm agonizing over whether I should have listed it for more. However, Kim said she thought it was a lot and she knows the market there.

I was also heavily involved yesterday in the Facebook site, Vintage Philadelphia. I had posted the picture as my Mom as a bride and, from that, two guys on the site found all kinds of historic documents, including this newspaper article from the Philadelphia Inquirer of July 7, 1890, which quotes my grandfather, the barber.  (His first initial was "G" for "George," not "E."

The guys on the site also posted other Figenshu items, including the certificate of my mother's baptism, which took place on March 9, 1902:

And information about my grandfather's estate:

I think that was considered a fairly large estate in the year of his death (1929).  That "and upward" phrase is fascinating--what could it possibly imply?