20 Tenby Road

5 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms
Built between 1908 and 1910
Inhabitants
Names | Years |
---|---|
Henry Volkmar Gummere & Lydia Craft Flagg Gummere | c. 1910 |
Dr. Frederick Deforest Weidman & Florence Krewson Weidman & Lillian Nutter Weidman | at least 1920–1965 |
Donald Wagner & Ann Wagner | 1965?–1998 |
History
The home is not included on the 1908 map of Haverford, but was present by the 1910 census.
1910 census: Professor of mathematics Henry is living with his family and Irish maid.
Name | Age | Relation to Head of Household |
---|---|---|
Henry V. Gummere | 40 | Head |
Lydia Y. Gummere | 41 | Wife |
John F. Gummere | 8 | Son |
John Gummere | 71 | Father |
Rosella Logan | 29 | Servant |
John died in 1910. The home went up for sale in 1919 for $14,000, although it's unclear if the Gummeres are the ones to have sold it.
1920 census: Connecticut-origin doctor Fred and family.
Name | Age | Relation to Head of Household |
---|---|---|
Fred D. Weidman | 38 | Head |
Florance L. Weidman | 37 | Wife |
Dorothy M. Weidman | 2 | Daughter |
William H. Krewson | 65 | Father-in-law |
Mary E. Krewson | 52 | Mother-in-law |
1930 census: Weidman family and widowed New Yorker maid
Name | Age | Relation to Head of Household |
---|---|---|
Frederich D. Weidman | 47 | Head |
Florence L. Weidman | 45 | Wife |
Dorothy M. Weidman | 12 | Daughter |
Allen F. Weidman | 9 | Son |
Mary E. Krewson | 72 | Mother-in-law |
Emma Cunningham | 62 | Servant |
In 1933, Florence died. Fred remarried to a woman named Lillian. The home was burglarized in 1940.

Delaware County Daily Times, April 5th, 1940, page 1
1950 census: Weidman couple
Name | Age | Relation to Head of Household |
---|---|---|
Frederick Weidman | 68 | Head |
Lillian E. Weidman | 50 | Wife |
Fred died in 1956 whilst on holiday at Bailey Island in Maine. Lillian died in 1965, still residing in the home.

Philadelphia Inquirer, September 2nd, 1956, page 29
Following their deaths, the home was occupied by the Wagners. They sold the home in 1998 for $224,900.