Judith Mostyn White Family - Person Sheet
Judith Mostyn White Family - Person Sheet
NameLillian Mae FRANKLIN, G Grandmother
FatherBenjamin FRANKLIN (1827-1907)
MotherSarah HEIDENHEIM (1841-1909)
Spouses
1Adolph L JACOB, G Grandfather
Marriageabt 1882, Troy?, Rensselaer, NY, USA
2Henry Austin BROWN, Step G Grandfather
Marriage21 Feb 1915, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
No Children
Web Notes notes for Lillian Mae FRANKLIN
1867 - She was born in Glens Falls, Warren Co, NY.
1870 - She is listed at the National Archives, Roll 1109, in the 1870 US Census taken on 1 July 1870 in NY, Warren County, page 50, line 4 as Lilly Franklin, 5, white, female, born in NY, father foreign born, living at # 309 [street name not given], Queenstown, Glens Falls, NY, with her mother, Sarah Franklin, father, Benjamin Franklin, brother, John [sic should be Charles] Franklin, brother, Isaac Franklin, sister, Carrie Franklin, and Mary Bond, a domestic servant from Bavaria.
1875 - Listed in the NY State Census, First Election District of North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, NY, 14 June 1875 lines 10-19 as:
Lillie M Franklin, 10, female, daughter, born Warren County, NY, single, living in a brick building, a store, worth $2,400, with:
father, Benj; mother, Sarah; brother, Charles B; brother, Isaac H; sister, Carrie A; brother, Millard A.; greataunt, Mary Bond; and servant, Barhuen??? Bullhoues??.
1880 - Her father is listed in the Troy, NY City Directory as Benjamin Franklin, watchmakers, 280 River St (upstairs), Troy, with a house at Bath. She is listed at the National Archives, Microfilm T-9, Roll 922, in the 1880 US Census taken on 5 June 1880 in NY, Rensselaer County, e.d. #165, page 15, line 25 as Lillian Franklin, an inhabitant of N. Greenbush, dwelling # 131 [no street name given] white female, age 15, single, working in a shoe factory, did not attend school the preceding year, born in NY, father born in Russia, mother born in NY, living with her father, Benjamin Franklin, her mother, Sarah Franklin, her brother, Charles B. Franklin, her brother, Isaac H. Franklin, her sister, Carrie A. Franklin, her brother, Millard Franklin, and Mary Bond, no relationship given, a 64 year old white married female born in "Beveria" [Bavaria].
1882 - Her husband is listed in the Troy, NY City Directory as a cigarmaker boarding at 138 Fourth St, Troy, her father's house. 1882 is the first time Adolph is mentioned in the Troy city directory.
1882/83: Age 16 or 17, She married Adolph Jacobs
1883-4: Her daughter, Sarah Jacobs, was born. She was named after Lillian's mother.
1885 - Her daughter, Carrie Jacobs, was born in Troy on 13 Nov. She was named after Lillian's sister.
1888 - Her son, Samuel Jacobs, was born on 15 July in Troy.
1894 - Her son, Benjamin Franklin Jacobs, was born Feb 2, 1894 at 45 Mercer St, Boston. He was named after her father.
1907 - Her father died on 11 Sep in Watervliet, NY. Her name appears as "Mrs. A. Jacob" of Boston, Mass. in the Troy Record newspaper on Friday, 13 Sep 1907, p 12 col 6, as a survivor of Benjamin Franklin, her father, who had died on 11 Sep 1907.
1909 - Her mother died on 27 Dec in Watervliet, NY. Her name appears as "Mrs. L.M. Jacobs" in the Troy Record newspaper on Tuesday, 28 Dec 1909, p 8 col 4 as a survivor of Mrs. Sarah Franklin, her mother, who had died on 27 Dec 1909.
1910 - Her name appeared as "Mrs. L.M. Jacobs" in the Troy Northern Budget newspaper on 2 Jan 1910, p 19 col 4 as a survivor of Mrs. Sarah Franklin, her mother, who had died on 27 Dec 1909.
1910 - She is listed at the National Archives, Microfilm T624, Roll 619, in the US Census taken on 21 April 1910 in MA, Suffolk Co, e.d. #1475, sheet 9A, line 20 as Mrs. Lillian W. Jacobs, living at 168 O St, Boston, head of the household [it is very unusual for the wife to be listed as head of the household!] white female, age 43, married for 27 years, the mother of 5 children, 4 still living, born in NY, father born in Germany, mother born in NY, native language English, a dressmaker who worked at home, an employer or self-employed, employed all during the year, able to read and write, did not attend school the preceding year, renting her home, living with her husband, Adolph, her daughter, Sadie, her daughter, Carrie A, her son, Benjamin, and two boarders, Joseph D. Brown who appears to be the father of the other boarder, and Henry A. Brown, who became her second husband! Is this how she met her second husband?
1913 - Her first husband, Adolph Jacobs, died of lobar pneumonia on 1 Nov. They were living at 168 O St, S Boston, MA.
She first married my great grandfather, Adolph Jacobs. He died & she married Harry Brown, with whom she was deeply in love. They had no children. She played piano and was a beautiful cook & housekeeper. When my mother, Marion Jacobs, and her cousin, Florence Jacobs, were little, they used to visit their Grandma and she had a child's table and two chairs for them. She always made rice custard pudding for my mother. She used to play the piano, especially "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" and my mother used to sing along. She lived in Troy, NY, South Boston, Braintree, and Dorchester. She was a seamstress for Conrad's, a high class department store in Boston. She and her husband owned their home in Braintree for awhile, but she became lonely in Braintree, so they moved back to Dorchester. My mother knew her and loved her very much.
1915 - She married her second husband, Henry A Brown, on 21 Feb. The marriage is recorded at the Dept of Vital Statistics, Boston, MA, 1915, Vol. 1, Page 176. It states in part:
#1132, Married on February 21, 1915 at Boston by William J Rutledge CL, Recorded February 27, 1915:
GROOM:
Henry A Brown, 48, Residence 168 O St, 1st marriage, occupation carpenter, born Boston, father Joseph D Brown, mother Mary G Best
BRIDE:
Lillian M Franklin, 48, Residence 168 O St, 2nd marriage - widowed, occupation dressmaker, born Glens Falls NY, father Benjamin Franklin, mother Sarah Heidenheim
1917 - On 2 July, she and her husband, living in Boston, bought 4 contiguous lots of property with no building in Braintree, MA, Lots #1137, #1138, #1139 & #1140 as recorded in the Plan of Harbor Villa, Plan #3075 Bk 64, from Henry S Moody, trustee of the Moody Land Trust. The lots are on the corner of Ferncroft Rd and Audubon Ave, Braintree, bounded southerly by Audubon Ave 80 ' & easterly by Ferncroft Rd 100 ', for a total of 8,000 sq ft. One of the conditions of the sale was that no dwelling-house costing less than $1500 would be built on the land. Deed recorded 12 Jan 1920 at Norfolk Co Registry of Deeds, bk 1444 p 86-87.
1917 - Brooklyn Citizen, Sat., 10 Nov 1917, p. 11:
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF New York, by the grace of God free and independent, to Jacob Heidenheim, Louis L Rolland, Alfred Rolland, Isaac Franklin, Charles Franklin, Millard Franklin, Carrie Castle, Lille [sic] M. Brown, Bertha Kleinbub, Benjamin Heidenheim, Abraham Heidenheim, otherwise known as Albert W. Harris, Caroline Julia Walters, Mabel Waters, and to the following named persons, nephews of the hereinafter named testator, whose residences and whereabouts are unknown, and cannot, after due diligence and due and diligent inquiry and effort, be ascertained, to wit: Julius Rolland, Samuel Heidenheim, Charles Heidenheim and Luke Heidenheim, and if any of them be not living, then to their heirs, next of kin, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees and creditors send greeting:
Whereas, Bertha Minzesheimer, who resides at 733 Putnam avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, has presented a petition praying for a decree that a certain instrument in writing bearing date the 22nd day of June, 1915, relating to real and personal property, be duly proved as the last will and testament of LEOPOLD M. HEIDENHEIM, lately residing at No. 733 Putnam avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
Now, therefore, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before our Surrogates’ Court of the County of Kings, to be held at the Hall of Records, in the County of Kings, on the 22nd day of November, 1917 at ten o’clock in the forenoon, why such decree should not be made.
In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our said Surrogate’s Court to be hereunto affixed.
(L.S.) Witness, Hon. Herbert T. Ketcham, Surrogate of our said county, at the Borough of Brooklyn, in the said county the 5th day of October 1917. John H. McCooey, Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court.
1920 - She is listed at the National Archives in the 1920 US Census in MA, Suffolk County, Microfilm T625, Roll 734, e.d. #289, sheet 11, line 30: 163 O St, S. Boston, Lillian M. Brown, wife of Henry A. Brown, white, married female age 53, living with her husband, Henry A. Brown and her daughter, Carrie A. Jacobs, able to read and write, born in New York, her father born in Poland with Polish as his mother tongue, mother born in NY, able to speak English, no profession
1922 - On 21 July, she and her husband, still living in Boston, bought 3 contiguous lots of property with no building in Braintree, MA, Lots #1021, #1022 & #1023 as recorded in the Plan of Harbor Villa, Plan #3075 Bk 64, from Henry S Moody, trustee of the Moody Land Trust. The lots are on the corner of Ferncroft and Trefton Sts, Braintree, in the back of 4 lots they already owned. The lots are bounded northerly by Trefton Dr, 60', & easterly by Ferncroft Rd, 100', for a total of 6,000 sq ft. All together, they owned all the land on the corners of Audubon, Ferncroft and Trefton Sts. One of the conditions of the sale was that no dwelling-house costing less than $1800 would be built on the land. Deed recorded 7 Aug 1922 at Norfolk Co Registry of Deeds, bk 1526 p 130-31.
1930 - She is listed in the US Census taken on 24 Apr, in Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Braintree, Precinct 3, ed 11-5, sheet 26B, lines 82-84 as:
Lillian M Brown, wife, owned her home worth $4,000, owned a radio, female, white, 63, married for the first time at age 17, did not attend school in the past year, able to read and write, born NY, father born Germany [sic], mother born NY, able to speak English, no occupation, living at 97 Trefton St, Braintree, with her husband, Henry A, and daughter, Carrie A.
1936 - Her name appears as "Mrs. Harry A. Brown" in the Troy Times Record newspaper, 2 Jan 1936, at p 11 col 1 and p 26 col 7 as a survivor of her brother, Charles B Franklin, who had died on 1 Jan 1936.
1937 - On 14 May, she and her husband, living in Hyde Park, Boston, sold their 3 contiguous lots of property with a building they had put up in Braintree, MA, Lots #1021, #1022 & #1023 as recorded in the Plan of Harbor Villa, Plan #3075 Bk 64, to Dorothy Wakefield. The lots are on the corner of Ferncroft and Trefton Sts, Braintree, in the back of 4 lots they already owned, bounded northerly by Trefton Dr 60' & easterly by Ferncroft Rd, 100', for a total of 6,000 sq ft. According to my mother, her husband, Harry, a carpenter, built the house. Deed recorded 3 Jun 1937 at 10:28 am at Norfolk Co Registry of Deeds, bk 2146 p 628.
Troy City Directories
Year Page Listing
1886 ? Jacobs, Adolph, cigarmaker 720 River St, h 92 Congress St
[They lived right next door to her father's business.]
1888 ? Jacob, Adolph, cigarmaker 720 River St, h 742 River St
1889 ? Jacob, Adolph, cigar mfr 720 River St, h 742 River St
1890 ? Jacob, Adolph, cigar mfr 720 River St, h 731 River St
1891 ? Jacob, Mrs L. A., 2437 6th Ave [her father's, her husband is no longer listed. Perhaps he went off to Boston to find a place and get established there.]
Boston City Directories
Year Page Listing
1893 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 328 W.Broadway
1894 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 45 Mercer St
1895 ? "
1896 ? "
1897 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 100 Mercer
1898 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 110 Mercer
1899 ? "
1901 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 178 L St, SB
1902 ? "
1903 ? "
1904 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 637 E Sixth S, SB
1905 ? "
1906 ? Jacobs, Mrs. Lillian M., dressmaker, 637 E Sixth St, SB, h ditto
1907 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 637 E Sixth St, SB
1908 ? Jacobs, Mrs. Lillian M., dressmaker, 561 E Seventh St, SB
1909 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h168 O St, S [Her son Samuel is listed as boarding at 8 Bower St, Roxbury, the home of his in-laws.]
1911 ? Jacobs, Mrs. Lillian M, dressmaker, 168 O St, SB
1912 ? " [her husband is NOT listed]
1913 986 Jacobs, Lilliam M, dressmaker, h 168 O, SB
1917 302 Brown, Henry A carpenter 168 O, SB, h ditto
1918 303 "
1919 308 "
1931 880 not listed
1932 549 "
1933 459 "
1934 433 "
1935 436 Brown, Henry A (Lillian M) r 29 Dana av HP
1936 762 Brown, Henry A (Lillian M) carp r 29 Dana av HP
1937 766 "
1938 766 Brown, Henry A (Lillian M) carp h 104 Greenwood Dor
1938-She died on 25 May. Her death certificate, #4580, says Lillian Brown died of a cerebral hemorrhage treated hypertension by local doctor died within 5 mins of admission to Boston City Hospital, white female married to Henry A Brown, residing at 104 Greenwood St, Boston, MA, occupation "at home", born in New York NY, buried at Mt Hope Cemetery in Boston, father Benjamin Franklin born in Germany and mother Sarah Hindenheim [sic] born in New York NY.
Her obituary in the Friday, 27 May 1938 Boston Globe page 34 says: BROWN - In Dorchester, May 25, Lillian M. (Franklin) Brown, beloved wife of Henry A. Brown, Funeral Service at her late home, 104 Greenwood St., Sunday 5/29 at 2 pm.
Also in the Boston Globe, Saturday, 28 May, 1938, p. 17:
BROWN - In Dorchester, May 25, Lillian M. (Franklin) Brown, beloved wife of Henry A. Brown. Funeral services at her late home, 104 Greenwood st., Sunday, May 29, at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited.
Buried Mt Hope Cemetery, Thuja Walk, Walk Hill St, Jamaica Plain, Boston
Her gravestone says:
BROWN
1868 HENRY A 19
HIS WIFE
1867 LILLIAN M 1938
1870 - She is listed at the National Archives, Roll 1109, in the 1870 US Census taken on 1 July 1870 in NY, Warren County, page 50, line 4 as Lilly Franklin, 5, white, female, born in NY, father foreign born, living at # 309 [street name not given], Queenstown, Glens Falls, NY, with her mother, Sarah Franklin, father, Benjamin Franklin, brother, John [sic should be Charles] Franklin, brother, Isaac Franklin, sister, Carrie Franklin, and Mary Bond, a domestic servant from Bavaria.
1875 - Listed in the NY State Census, First Election District of North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, NY, 14 June 1875 lines 10-19 as:
Lillie M Franklin, 10, female, daughter, born Warren County, NY, single, living in a brick building, a store, worth $2,400, with:
father, Benj; mother, Sarah; brother, Charles B; brother, Isaac H; sister, Carrie A; brother, Millard A.; greataunt, Mary Bond; and servant, Barhuen??? Bullhoues??.
1880 - Her father is listed in the Troy, NY City Directory as Benjamin Franklin, watchmakers, 280 River St (upstairs), Troy, with a house at Bath. She is listed at the National Archives, Microfilm T-9, Roll 922, in the 1880 US Census taken on 5 June 1880 in NY, Rensselaer County, e.d. #165, page 15, line 25 as Lillian Franklin, an inhabitant of N. Greenbush, dwelling # 131 [no street name given] white female, age 15, single, working in a shoe factory, did not attend school the preceding year, born in NY, father born in Russia, mother born in NY, living with her father, Benjamin Franklin, her mother, Sarah Franklin, her brother, Charles B. Franklin, her brother, Isaac H. Franklin, her sister, Carrie A. Franklin, her brother, Millard Franklin, and Mary Bond, no relationship given, a 64 year old white married female born in "Beveria" [Bavaria].
1882 - Her husband is listed in the Troy, NY City Directory as a cigarmaker boarding at 138 Fourth St, Troy, her father's house. 1882 is the first time Adolph is mentioned in the Troy city directory.
1882/83: Age 16 or 17, She married Adolph Jacobs
1883-4: Her daughter, Sarah Jacobs, was born. She was named after Lillian's mother.
1885 - Her daughter, Carrie Jacobs, was born in Troy on 13 Nov. She was named after Lillian's sister.
1888 - Her son, Samuel Jacobs, was born on 15 July in Troy.
1894 - Her son, Benjamin Franklin Jacobs, was born Feb 2, 1894 at 45 Mercer St, Boston. He was named after her father.
1907 - Her father died on 11 Sep in Watervliet, NY. Her name appears as "Mrs. A. Jacob" of Boston, Mass. in the Troy Record newspaper on Friday, 13 Sep 1907, p 12 col 6, as a survivor of Benjamin Franklin, her father, who had died on 11 Sep 1907.
1909 - Her mother died on 27 Dec in Watervliet, NY. Her name appears as "Mrs. L.M. Jacobs" in the Troy Record newspaper on Tuesday, 28 Dec 1909, p 8 col 4 as a survivor of Mrs. Sarah Franklin, her mother, who had died on 27 Dec 1909.
1910 - Her name appeared as "Mrs. L.M. Jacobs" in the Troy Northern Budget newspaper on 2 Jan 1910, p 19 col 4 as a survivor of Mrs. Sarah Franklin, her mother, who had died on 27 Dec 1909.
1910 - She is listed at the National Archives, Microfilm T624, Roll 619, in the US Census taken on 21 April 1910 in MA, Suffolk Co, e.d. #1475, sheet 9A, line 20 as Mrs. Lillian W. Jacobs, living at 168 O St, Boston, head of the household [it is very unusual for the wife to be listed as head of the household!] white female, age 43, married for 27 years, the mother of 5 children, 4 still living, born in NY, father born in Germany, mother born in NY, native language English, a dressmaker who worked at home, an employer or self-employed, employed all during the year, able to read and write, did not attend school the preceding year, renting her home, living with her husband, Adolph, her daughter, Sadie, her daughter, Carrie A, her son, Benjamin, and two boarders, Joseph D. Brown who appears to be the father of the other boarder, and Henry A. Brown, who became her second husband! Is this how she met her second husband?
1913 - Her first husband, Adolph Jacobs, died of lobar pneumonia on 1 Nov. They were living at 168 O St, S Boston, MA.
She first married my great grandfather, Adolph Jacobs. He died & she married Harry Brown, with whom she was deeply in love. They had no children. She played piano and was a beautiful cook & housekeeper. When my mother, Marion Jacobs, and her cousin, Florence Jacobs, were little, they used to visit their Grandma and she had a child's table and two chairs for them. She always made rice custard pudding for my mother. She used to play the piano, especially "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" and my mother used to sing along. She lived in Troy, NY, South Boston, Braintree, and Dorchester. She was a seamstress for Conrad's, a high class department store in Boston. She and her husband owned their home in Braintree for awhile, but she became lonely in Braintree, so they moved back to Dorchester. My mother knew her and loved her very much.
1915 - She married her second husband, Henry A Brown, on 21 Feb. The marriage is recorded at the Dept of Vital Statistics, Boston, MA, 1915, Vol. 1, Page 176. It states in part:
#1132, Married on February 21, 1915 at Boston by William J Rutledge CL, Recorded February 27, 1915:
GROOM:
Henry A Brown, 48, Residence 168 O St, 1st marriage, occupation carpenter, born Boston, father Joseph D Brown, mother Mary G Best
BRIDE:
Lillian M Franklin, 48, Residence 168 O St, 2nd marriage - widowed, occupation dressmaker, born Glens Falls NY, father Benjamin Franklin, mother Sarah Heidenheim
1917 - On 2 July, she and her husband, living in Boston, bought 4 contiguous lots of property with no building in Braintree, MA, Lots #1137, #1138, #1139 & #1140 as recorded in the Plan of Harbor Villa, Plan #3075 Bk 64, from Henry S Moody, trustee of the Moody Land Trust. The lots are on the corner of Ferncroft Rd and Audubon Ave, Braintree, bounded southerly by Audubon Ave 80 ' & easterly by Ferncroft Rd 100 ', for a total of 8,000 sq ft. One of the conditions of the sale was that no dwelling-house costing less than $1500 would be built on the land. Deed recorded 12 Jan 1920 at Norfolk Co Registry of Deeds, bk 1444 p 86-87.
1917 - Brooklyn Citizen, Sat., 10 Nov 1917, p. 11:
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF New York, by the grace of God free and independent, to Jacob Heidenheim, Louis L Rolland, Alfred Rolland, Isaac Franklin, Charles Franklin, Millard Franklin, Carrie Castle, Lille [sic] M. Brown, Bertha Kleinbub, Benjamin Heidenheim, Abraham Heidenheim, otherwise known as Albert W. Harris, Caroline Julia Walters, Mabel Waters, and to the following named persons, nephews of the hereinafter named testator, whose residences and whereabouts are unknown, and cannot, after due diligence and due and diligent inquiry and effort, be ascertained, to wit: Julius Rolland, Samuel Heidenheim, Charles Heidenheim and Luke Heidenheim, and if any of them be not living, then to their heirs, next of kin, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees and creditors send greeting:
Whereas, Bertha Minzesheimer, who resides at 733 Putnam avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, has presented a petition praying for a decree that a certain instrument in writing bearing date the 22nd day of June, 1915, relating to real and personal property, be duly proved as the last will and testament of LEOPOLD M. HEIDENHEIM, lately residing at No. 733 Putnam avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
Now, therefore, you and each of you are hereby cited to show cause before our Surrogates’ Court of the County of Kings, to be held at the Hall of Records, in the County of Kings, on the 22nd day of November, 1917 at ten o’clock in the forenoon, why such decree should not be made.
In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of our said Surrogate’s Court to be hereunto affixed.
(L.S.) Witness, Hon. Herbert T. Ketcham, Surrogate of our said county, at the Borough of Brooklyn, in the said county the 5th day of October 1917. John H. McCooey, Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court.
1920 - She is listed at the National Archives in the 1920 US Census in MA, Suffolk County, Microfilm T625, Roll 734, e.d. #289, sheet 11, line 30: 163 O St, S. Boston, Lillian M. Brown, wife of Henry A. Brown, white, married female age 53, living with her husband, Henry A. Brown and her daughter, Carrie A. Jacobs, able to read and write, born in New York, her father born in Poland with Polish as his mother tongue, mother born in NY, able to speak English, no profession
1922 - On 21 July, she and her husband, still living in Boston, bought 3 contiguous lots of property with no building in Braintree, MA, Lots #1021, #1022 & #1023 as recorded in the Plan of Harbor Villa, Plan #3075 Bk 64, from Henry S Moody, trustee of the Moody Land Trust. The lots are on the corner of Ferncroft and Trefton Sts, Braintree, in the back of 4 lots they already owned. The lots are bounded northerly by Trefton Dr, 60', & easterly by Ferncroft Rd, 100', for a total of 6,000 sq ft. All together, they owned all the land on the corners of Audubon, Ferncroft and Trefton Sts. One of the conditions of the sale was that no dwelling-house costing less than $1800 would be built on the land. Deed recorded 7 Aug 1922 at Norfolk Co Registry of Deeds, bk 1526 p 130-31.
1930 - She is listed in the US Census taken on 24 Apr, in Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Braintree, Precinct 3, ed 11-5, sheet 26B, lines 82-84 as:
Lillian M Brown, wife, owned her home worth $4,000, owned a radio, female, white, 63, married for the first time at age 17, did not attend school in the past year, able to read and write, born NY, father born Germany [sic], mother born NY, able to speak English, no occupation, living at 97 Trefton St, Braintree, with her husband, Henry A, and daughter, Carrie A.
1936 - Her name appears as "Mrs. Harry A. Brown" in the Troy Times Record newspaper, 2 Jan 1936, at p 11 col 1 and p 26 col 7 as a survivor of her brother, Charles B Franklin, who had died on 1 Jan 1936.
1937 - On 14 May, she and her husband, living in Hyde Park, Boston, sold their 3 contiguous lots of property with a building they had put up in Braintree, MA, Lots #1021, #1022 & #1023 as recorded in the Plan of Harbor Villa, Plan #3075 Bk 64, to Dorothy Wakefield. The lots are on the corner of Ferncroft and Trefton Sts, Braintree, in the back of 4 lots they already owned, bounded northerly by Trefton Dr 60' & easterly by Ferncroft Rd, 100', for a total of 6,000 sq ft. According to my mother, her husband, Harry, a carpenter, built the house. Deed recorded 3 Jun 1937 at 10:28 am at Norfolk Co Registry of Deeds, bk 2146 p 628.
Troy City Directories
Year Page Listing
1886 ? Jacobs, Adolph, cigarmaker 720 River St, h 92 Congress St
[They lived right next door to her father's business.]
1888 ? Jacob, Adolph, cigarmaker 720 River St, h 742 River St
1889 ? Jacob, Adolph, cigar mfr 720 River St, h 742 River St
1890 ? Jacob, Adolph, cigar mfr 720 River St, h 731 River St
1891 ? Jacob, Mrs L. A., 2437 6th Ave [her father's, her husband is no longer listed. Perhaps he went off to Boston to find a place and get established there.]
Boston City Directories
Year Page Listing
1893 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 328 W.Broadway
1894 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 45 Mercer St
1895 ? "
1896 ? "
1897 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 100 Mercer
1898 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 110 Mercer
1899 ? "
1901 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 178 L St, SB
1902 ? "
1903 ? "
1904 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 637 E Sixth S, SB
1905 ? "
1906 ? Jacobs, Mrs. Lillian M., dressmaker, 637 E Sixth St, SB, h ditto
1907 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h 637 E Sixth St, SB
1908 ? Jacobs, Mrs. Lillian M., dressmaker, 561 E Seventh St, SB
1909 ? Jacobs, Adolph L, cigarmaker, h168 O St, S [Her son Samuel is listed as boarding at 8 Bower St, Roxbury, the home of his in-laws.]
1911 ? Jacobs, Mrs. Lillian M, dressmaker, 168 O St, SB
1912 ? " [her husband is NOT listed]
1913 986 Jacobs, Lilliam M, dressmaker, h 168 O, SB
1917 302 Brown, Henry A carpenter 168 O, SB, h ditto
1918 303 "
1919 308 "
1931 880 not listed
1932 549 "
1933 459 "
1934 433 "
1935 436 Brown, Henry A (Lillian M) r 29 Dana av HP
1936 762 Brown, Henry A (Lillian M) carp r 29 Dana av HP
1937 766 "
1938 766 Brown, Henry A (Lillian M) carp h 104 Greenwood Dor
1938-She died on 25 May. Her death certificate, #4580, says Lillian Brown died of a cerebral hemorrhage treated hypertension by local doctor died within 5 mins of admission to Boston City Hospital, white female married to Henry A Brown, residing at 104 Greenwood St, Boston, MA, occupation "at home", born in New York NY, buried at Mt Hope Cemetery in Boston, father Benjamin Franklin born in Germany and mother Sarah Hindenheim [sic] born in New York NY.
Her obituary in the Friday, 27 May 1938 Boston Globe page 34 says: BROWN - In Dorchester, May 25, Lillian M. (Franklin) Brown, beloved wife of Henry A. Brown, Funeral Service at her late home, 104 Greenwood St., Sunday 5/29 at 2 pm.
Also in the Boston Globe, Saturday, 28 May, 1938, p. 17:
BROWN - In Dorchester, May 25, Lillian M. (Franklin) Brown, beloved wife of Henry A. Brown. Funeral services at her late home, 104 Greenwood st., Sunday, May 29, at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited.
Buried Mt Hope Cemetery, Thuja Walk, Walk Hill St, Jamaica Plain, Boston
Her gravestone says:
BROWN
1868 HENRY A 19
HIS WIFE
1867 LILLIAN M 1938