3617 Powelton Avenue
3617-3619: “two-and-one-half story, Victorian stone
double with symmetrical front projecting bays at the first floor, regular
fenestration: and a bay addition projecting to the east at the second floor,
and two windows in the slate-shingled mansard roof. Number 3619 has had
alterations to its entrance and it is likely that the
porch originally extended across the entire facade.”
(Inventory of Buildings
in Powelton
from the application submitted to the National Register of Historic
Places, 1985)
History
1870:
Thomas Hanson 27 Clerk
in a dry goods store; born in Delaware; property: $1,500
Hanna Hanson 28
Anna Hanson 24 [Sister];
born in Delaware
Mary M. Carma 19 Domestic
servant
Thomas Ross Hanson married Anna Jane
Howell in 1866. She was the daughter of William Howell and Ann Jane Griven. In 1870 and 1880, her father, brother, step-mother
and half-siblings lived at 3311 Race St.
In
1880, they lived at 304 N. 37th St.
In 1900, they lived at 3604 Baring St.
1881 Directory: Edward Brown. 311 Walnut, United States &
Foreign Patent Office. For sale, Pyrometers, Scotch Glass Tubes, & Steam
Gauges. Established 1860.
In 1880, he lived at 114 N. 34th
St. He was a single boarder.
1900:
Edward Brown 65 Mechanical
engineer; born in England, immigrated in 1857; owner, free of a mortgage
Fanny H. Brown 56 Married
19 years, 3 children; born in England, immigrated in 1851
Richard P.
Brown 15
Fanny E. Brown 14
Edna M. Brown 11
Madge Tully 25 Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1896
Madge Carr 19 Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in
1899
1906 Blue Book: Richard P. Brown
1910:
Fanny H. Brown 66 Widowed,
3 children; born in England
Richard P.
Brown 25 Manufacturer of instruments; single; parents born in England
Edna M. Brown 21 Single
Mary O’Maley 20 Servant; born in Ireland
Annie Walsh 21 Servant; born in Ireland
In 1920, they lived at 130 Johnson
St.
1920:
William R.
Black 43 Automobile repairs; renting
Nella Black 38 Born in Sweden, immigrated in 1900
Jean I. Black 76 Mother
Annie Durk 41 Servant; born in England, immigrated in 1905, parents born in
Ireland
Catherine Stargle [?] 26 Lodger; trained nurse working in
doctor's office; born in Philadelphia, father born in Germany
In 1930, William and Nella Black
lived at 4708 Pine St. Their ages were given as 56 and 53. He was listed as a
financier.
1930:
Charles J.
Brouwer-Ancher 61 Electrical
engineering at a university; born in N.J., father born in Holland
Grace Brouwer-Ancher 61 Born in N.J., mother born in Irish Free
State
Georgine
Brouwer-Ancher 36 File clerk at machine store; born in
N.J.
Edward D.
Brouwer-Ancher 33 Electrical engineer married at age 21; born in N.J.
Charles J.
Brouwer-Ancher 10 Grandson; born in Conn., father born in
N.J., mother in England
Mary M.
Brouwer-Ancher
8 [Grand]daughter; born in Conn.,
father born in N.J., mother in England
Adele G.
Kennelly 20 Granddaughter; born in N.Y., father born
in N.Y., mother in N.J.
William J. Andringa 45 Lodger; born in Irish Free State
In 1920, they lived in Hampton, Conn.
He was a construction engineer. A 1915 passenger list gives his date and place of
birth as 2/9/1869, Jersey City and hers as 12/31/1868, Hoboken.
1950 Directory: Ursula Bucki
Gerard H. Bye
Max Geldman
“While at the Co-op, living at 3617
Powelton Avenue, Lois [Bye Funderburg] met Ursula Bucki.”
(“On the West Side” Melanie
Lamond. University City Historical Society, Sept.,
2007.)
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