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Ambler also belonged to the American Geographical Society, the Masonic Order, and the International Order of Odd Fellows. Among Ambler's most notable legacies was his efforts in the creating the West Virginia and Regional History Collection in the West Virginia University library. [1] Charles Ambler died on August 31, 1957, aged 81.
As of 2018, there were 15.72 miles (25.30 km) of public roads in Ambler, of which 0.98 miles (1.58 km) were maintained by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 14.74 miles (23.72 km) were maintained by the borough. [57] Butler Avenue serves as the main street through Ambler, with the road known as Butler Pike outside the borough.
Ambler's Reports embrace a period of forty years, and contain many of the decisions of those great Chancellors, Lords Hardwicke and Northington. Atkyns, Dickens, Barnadiston, Vessey, sen., and Eden, have also reported the decisions of these learned Chancellors. 12 Leg. Observer, 524; 1 Kent's Com. 460; Preface to Vol.1. Eden's Reports. [3]
Ambler was born to Abigail and Benjamin Johnson of Richland Township in 1805. Little is known of her early years. She married Andrew Ambler, a weaver and fuller, on May 14, 1829. Three years later, the Amblers purchased the Fulling Mill and eighty-three acres in the village of Wissahickon. They repaired the run-down, century-old mill and began ...
Founded in 1873 by Henry Griffith Keasbey (1850-1932) and Richard Van Zeelust Mattison (1851-1935), the company moved to Ambler, Pennsylvania, in 1881. By World War I, the Keasbey and Mattison Company's presence caused Ambler to be known as the "asbestos capital of the world". [1] Keasbey and Mattison was purchased by Turner & Newall in 1934.
History [ edit ] Founded in 1882, [ 3 ] six years before the borough of Ambler was incorporated, [ 4 ] the Gazette was the successor to the Ambler Times, which had been founded in 1879 by Dr. Rose. [ 5 ] Irwin S. Weber took over the paper in 1882 and renamed it Ambler Gazette. [ 5 ]
Ambler is an English surname. [1] It may refer to: Alfred Ambler (1879–unknown), English footballer; Charles Ambler (1868–1952), English footballer; Charles Ambler (barrister) (1721–1794), English barrister and politician; Charles Henry Ambler (1876–1957), American historian and writer; David Ambler (born 1989), New Zealand sprinter
Mary Cary Ambler (1732 – May 1781) was an early American diarist. Her 1770 diary provides an early account of smallpox inoculation in colonial America. [1] [2] [3]Mary Cary was the daughter of Colonel Wilson Cary (1702-1772), owner of the plantation Ceelys on the James in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, and his wife Sarah (1710-1783).