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John T Dow of Portsmouth, NH

5/31/2014

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The photo on right is of my great-grandparents, John T Dow and Dorothy M (Yeaton). Except for a brief time following their 1889 marriage, when they stayed with her father in New Castle, they lived their lives in Portsmouth, NH. They didn't own a home, they were renters, and stayed in at least eight different addresses within the city.

These two pictures from the family photo album were clearly taken at the same location. But, where was it? I have looked at all their known living places on the Sanborn fire maps, and didn't find a matching residence. I have looked at the same places from Google's street and satellite views, but can't seem to locate this spot! It may be the backside of 28 Blossom, but photo I do have of Dorothy that was marked "Blossom St" shows her a lot younger than this one. The brickwork does look similar to the back part of the building. 
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Reggie Dow and his sister (I think that's Louise)
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Known Portsmouth residences of John T Dow:
1900 Census: 19 1/2 Gates St
1901-1908 Street Directories: 19 1/2 Gates (ship fitter/laborer

1910 Census: 2 Stark St (wagon drvr, water dept)

1910 St Dir: 30 Sudbury St (lab)

1912 St Dir: 28 Ball St (lab)

1914, '16, '18 St Dir: 28 Blossom St (lab/foreman)

1920 Census: 83 Marcy St (welder, auto...)
1920 St Dir: 83 (formerly #17) Marcy (welder)

1923, '25, '26, '28, '31 St Dir: 406 Pleasant St (janitor, Haven Sch)

1933, '35 St Dir: 294 Marcy (janitor, Haven Sch)
1937 St Dir: water meter rpr


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83 Marcy (formerly 17), at corner w/ Gates; 19 1/2 Gates (aka 19B), later 130 Gates St
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30 Sudbury Street
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28 Blossom St - 1920 map
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28 Ball St - 1920 map
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Bing maps view of 28 Blossom
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Google satellite view
With it being about 90 years since the photos were taken, I would expect that a perfect match would not be found in comparing the buildings.
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406 Pleasant St
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294 Marcy (formerly 154 and 30 Marcy)
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Brown - Locke's Cove, Kittery, Maine

5/20/2014

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Called Oak Bank or Locke's Cove, this inlet near the "back gate" of the Shipyard was the home of the Brown family for several generations. Their home (the yellow house just over the dock in the above postcard) was said to have been built in 1794. I don't have enough information on hand to say when it first came into the Brown family, but the 1872 map of Kittery shows it in the possession of "E Brown", who was Elihu Deering Brown. His son, my 3rd great-grandfather Joseph William Brown, would later own it. In 1900, my great-grandmother and her sisters moved here with their mother, when she was separated from her husband. When Joseph W Brown died in 1923, he willed this property to his daughter May F Brown, who lived there until the 1950's. 
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Kramer girls at the Brown homestead
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1872 Kittery map
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The former Brown home in center, w/ red car
(at right) From the 2013 Kittery tax maps, #24 is the former Brown property, with .35 of an acre.

More about the property can be read on the Kittery Tax Appraisal and Assessment website:
http://gis.vgsi.com/KitteryME/Parcel.aspx?Pid=978
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