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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