William and Anna Marie (McCaffery) Gallagher #6

3907 Ridge Avenue Philadelphia, PA.19132 (red brick with black door, left of white house)

In 1953, William and Anna bought 3907 Ridge Avenue from the Schroeder Family located just a few doors up the street. It was a five bedroom, one bath, three story house very much like the one they rented at 3919 Ridge Avenue. This was the first and only home William and Anna owned. It was the house where William and Anna spent most of their married lives together. It was the house where their children "left the nest" and where some "returned", "stayed" and "left again".

It was the house we called haunted. It was the house where my paternal grandparents lived before they sold it in 1953 to my maternal grandparents even though their children did not meet and marry until years later.

It was the house where I was born and lived the first three years of my life. It was the house where I would return again and again and again throughout my life. It was the house where I have the most cherished memories.

In 1969, William and Anna moved away from the area and resided in various houses and apartments in the NorthEast section of Philadelphia the remainer of their lives. With the exception of 1975 to 1976 when they lived in Costa Mesa, California which was a short distance from their son John and his family who lived in Newport, California.