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Mallie M. Yost genealogy research files
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Held at: Historical Society of Montgomery County [Contact Us]1654 Dekalb Street, Norristown, PA, 19401
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Mallie Mae Morris, born about 1883, married Walter Feather Yost and settled in Norristown, Pennsylvania. They owned the successful Walter Yost Rug and Awning Shop, located on the corner of Dekalb and Airy Streeets in Norristown.
The Yost family progenitor was Jacob (Jost) Yost (1696-), who emigrated from Zweibrucken, Germany in 1727. He settled with his wife Elizabeth Shambach in what is now known as Whitpain Township. The Yost Homestead Farm remained in the family until 1922.
This collection consists of Yost family genealogy research, circa 1920s-1930s, with notes on individual family members, clippings, correspondence, transcribed deeds and wills, and copies of historic documents.
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- Historical Society of Montgomery County
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- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
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- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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