My Trails into the Past

I just got back from a 10 day auto trip across the southern part of Pennsylvania from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. I saw a lot of the countryside because we did not travel via freeway but by back roads. We saw farms and woods; barns and covered bridges; railroads and caverns; and when we got to Reading, I knew I had to find the church where my husband's great grandfather, Frederick Henry Davey had been baptized.   Frederick Henry Davey was the 15th and last child of Thomas Davey and Mary Nicholas, born 10 Oct 1853. [1] Thomas and Mary were from Cornwall County and had lived in Somerset County and London before immigrating to America. [2] The ship list has not yet been found, but it was likely between the 1851 census in London and the baptism of their youngest child in Reading. Frederick was baptized 4 Jul 1854 at St. Peter’s Church. [3] Also on the same day, were the baptism of his niece, Adeline Rose Flinn (Flynn), and the marriage of his sister, Susan to Joseph Muir. [4] So h...