A place to gather and share information about the Thomas Willcox and Elizabeth Cole Willcox Family of Ivy Mills, PA. For more information see the Home page link above or contact Deniane Kartchner at Denianek@gmail.com. My husband is a descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth's son James who married Prudence Doyle. Their son John's daughter Prudence married John Christopher Kartchner.

Note: This is a work in progress! I am trying to verify everything before I post, but feel free to send me corrections and/or suggestions. It’s also not a complete history of Ivy Mills or a website for current operations, although I will gladly try to answer any questions and/or lead you to the right information.

I'm currently working on tracing this family back to England through this link:

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

James Willcox Residence Catawissa

There is a reference to a photo of a James Willcox residence in Catawissa, Columbia, PA taken in 1924 at this link:

http://findingaids.hagley.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/1970_200.xml


[Description and dates], Box/folder number, Dallin Aerial Survey Company photographs (Accession 1970.200), Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE 19807

 Box
1 James Willcox residence, circa 1924 [File ID# 70.200.00267]
Box
1 George Willcox residence, circa 1924 [File ID# 70.200.00268]
More about the collection:
In 1924, pilot J. Victor Dallin, a former member of the Royal Air Force and veteran of the First World War, formed the Dallin Aerial Survey Company. Operating out of the Philadelphia Municipal Airport, his company was one of many during the era searching for business opportunities that utilized the nascent technology of the airplane. Dallin's company took thousands of aerial photographs throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, most in the Philadelphia area.

The images in this online exhibit include a small fraction of the aerial views from the Victor Dallin Aerial Survey Collection at the Hagley Library. 


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