Envelope details

envelopes

2009-05-07
Recipient Name

LONGSDON (Charles) Esquire
Street Address
City, County, State, Country

Coleta (or Genesee), Whiteside County, Illinois, USA
Sender Name
Street Address
City, County, State, Country
Postmark Date

1878
Postmark City, Country

Manchester, England
Source

Jim Forte Postal History
Data Entry

Jim Miller
Photo 1
Photo 2
Comments

A Cha. LANGSDON, with a father from England, is in the 1880 US census, Illinois, Whiteside County, Genesee, ED 198, p. 5. Coleta appears to be a village within Genesee Township. Recipient shown as born in England in 1870 US census, but as born in South Carolina (with his father born in England) in the 1880 US census.

Philatelic Genealogy