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129 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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129 Essex Street
1808
1896
1910
Father Theobald Mathew Total Abstinence Society
Gideon Tucker
Salem MA
Samuel McIntire
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18 Beach Avenue, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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1887, 1910, 2001
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18 Beach
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1910
2001
Beach
Charles
Colonial Revival
George
George W. Hobart
Hobart
Lucy
Lucy A. Hobart
Sarah
Turner
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�In 1857 a master mariner named Victor Francis Debaker and his wife Mary purchased a
parcel of land on Hancock Street in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Debaker was born
in Nantes, France in 1818, arrived in the United States in 1837 with his wife, and was
naturalized as a citizen on July 1, 1847. Captain Debaker and his family lived on Essex Street in
Salem, perhaps drawn to the city because of its worldwide reputation as a seaport town,
although by 1837 the glory days of Salem as a port were waning. Debaker must have seen real
estate as a wise investment. After the initial purchase of land, he augmented it by buying an
additional adjacent strip. This area of Salem, Hancock Street stretching west to Canal Street,
was just beginning to be developed in the mid-nineteenth century as Salem was rapidly growing
and becoming more industrialized. Debaker died in 1878 leaving the land to his wife and heirs
as specified in his will, written in 1858.
Upon Mary Debaker’s death, the land on Hancock Street went to the only surviving child,
a daughter Mary Alice, born in 1845. In 1867 Mary Alice was married to Joseph Morrill Hoyt and
living in Lynn, Massachusetts. Joseph owned a successful wholesale liquor business with
outlets in both Lynn and Salem (see ad from the 1882 Salem Directory in appendix.) The 1897
Salem Atlas shows the plot of land on Hancock as belonging to J.M. Hoyt. There is no building
on it. The Hoyts had invested in other real estate throughout Essex County as well. (See
photograph of Mary and Joseph Hoyt in appendix.)
In 1909 Mary and Joseph Hoyt sold the land on Hancock to Louis Alfred Ouellette and his wife,
Marie Boucher Ouellette, for “one dollar and other valuable considerations.” The land is
described as follows:
Beginning on Hancock Street at land of Mudgett westerly from corner of Cabot
Street;
NORTHERLY: on said land of Mudgett, one hundred thirteen feet(113) three (3) inches,
more or less, to land on Gardner at which is sixty (60) feet Westerly at corner of
Cabot Street; thence running
WESTERLY: Forty-five (45) by land now or late of V. F. Debaker thence turning and
running
SOUTHERLY: One hundred and fourteen feet (114) more or less to Hancock Street;
thence turning and running
EASTERLY: on Hancock Street, forty-five (45) feet to said land of Mudgett and to
point begun at.
�There is no building on the land at purchase; however, by 1910 the Salem Directory lists L. A.
Ouellette as living at 22 Hancock Street while 24 Hancock is listed as “vacant.
Sometime then in early 1910 the Ouellette’s built a “double decker” two-family house, the firstfloor unit identified as 22 Hancock and the upper unit as 24 Hancock. After the first year, the
Ouellette family moved upstairs with their four children (Rene, Leon, Eva and Regina) and they
leased the lower unit to the Goodman family.
Louis Ouellette, a French Canadian by birth, was born in1870 and became a naturalized citizen
in 1887. He is listed in the Salem Directories, beginning in 1906, as a foreman for the Salem
Streetcar of the B&N Railway. Marie Ouellette was also from Canada, born in 1876 and
naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1896. Over the years the number of children living at home
varied as they grew up and married or moved out on their own; in 1920, Louis’s mother Exora,
also joined the household until her demise. Louis and Marie continued to own 22 - 24 Hancock
and to occupy 24 Hancock from 1910 until their deaths, Louis in 1950 at age 80, and Marie
sometime shortly after 1955 when, as a widow, she had sold the double-decker.
In 1911 Morris and Ida Goodman moved into 22 Hancock. They had immigrated to the United
States from Russia in 1888, becoming citizens in 1893. In the1920 U.S. Census the couple
gave their first language as Yiddish. Morris worked as a caretaker or “sexton” for The Sons of
Jacob Congregation. When they first occupied the unit, their three daughters, a son and a sonin-law lived with them: Sara( 21) and Aaron (24), Dora (15), Harry (13) and Estelle (5). In the
1940 U.S. Census the rent for their first-floor unit was given as $40 a month. That same census
lists three of their four children living with them: Dora, Harry and Estelle. Morris expired in 1948.
City Directories for 1948 through 1955 indicated that Harry, an insurance agent for Prudential,
and Estelle, who worked as a clerk, continued to reside at 22 Hancock Street until the house
was sold by Marie Ouellette in 1955. Ida Goodman was not listed as a resident there after
Morris’s death, nor is there a record of her living in Essex County once she was widowed.
The Ouellette’s and the Goodman’s must have felt extremely fortunate when on June 25, 1914,
a monstrous fire spread through Salem, originating on Boston Street and spreading just east of
Hancock Street as it roared south, consuming 250 acres,1600 house, 41 factories and leaving
three dead and thousands homeless. 22-24 Hancock Street, only four years old at the time, was
only a couple of blocks west of the fire line.
�Arthur and Mary Patricia Worsencroft bought 22 - 24 Hancock from the widowed Marie Ouellette
in 1955. They had lived in Peabody prior to moving to Salem where Arthur worked as a leather
finisher for B.E. Cox Leather. Arthur was born in Manchester England in 1913, arriving in
Peabody and becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1935. Mary Worsencroft was born in
Lithuania in 1915. Her given name in Lithuanian was Rackauskas. Their two daughters, Joyce
and Charlotte, were 20 and 18 when they moved into 24 Hancock with their parents. Joyce
worked as a clerk at Salem Cooperative Bank, Charlotte worked as an office clerk. Both
daughters continued to live with their parents until Joyce moved out around 1960. Arthur held a
variety of jobs over time, among them foreman at Creese & Cook in 1965 and as a color
matcher at Waterloc Finish in 1971.
After purchasing the house in 1955, the Worsencrofts wasted no time in renting out the first-floor
unit. John Sweeney, a native of Northern Ireland, had originally immigrated to Springfield, MA
before coming to Salem with his wife Alice. They lived at 22 Hancock for only three years, from
1955 to 1958. John was 67 in 1955 and retired, having worked as a yard master for the railroad.
In 1958 the next tenants in 22 Hancock were Edward and Muriel Santos. Edward, born in 1927,
was 32 at that time and was listed in the 1957 Salem Directory as a leather worker. By 1962 he
had become a city policeman. The Santos’ lived on Hancock for six years, until 1964.
Not much information is available for the tenants on the first floor who followed the Santos’ in
1965. Roger R. LaFrancois and his wife Theresa lived in the unit for four years, until 1969.
Roger was a Salem native who previously worked as a machine operator and a clerk; by 1969
he is listed in the Salem Directory as an employee of Hood Molded Foam in Danvers.
Number 22 Hancock was listed as “Vacant” in the 1970 Salem Directory after the LaFrancois’
moved out. But in 1971 the Worsencrofts had found some very agreeable tenants. Daughter
Charlotte had married Chester O. Carlson and the couple assumed the first-floor unit. Chester
(Chet) worked as a package systems designer at ITW/Devon Corp. in Danvers. Mary
Worsencroft was probably especially appreciative of the fact that her daughter, son-in-law and
their two children, Derek and Amy, lived in the first floor unit after Arthur’s death in 1974. The
Carlson’s continued to reside in #22, living there from 1971 to 2004.
�As Mary Worsencroft aged, she decided in 1991 to deed 22 - 24 Hancock to Charlotte for
“consideration and other valuable considerations,” retaining a life estate which allowed her to
continue living in #24 until her death, at which time the property would go to Charlotte Carlson.
Mary Patricia “Rackauskas” Worsencroft passed away on May 19, 2003.
Following her mother’s death, Charlotte Carlson sold 22 -24 Hancock in June of 2004 to Paul G.
Clarizia of Beverly, MA and Giorgio and Sheila Manzana of Danvers as tenants in common but
not as joint tenants. Just over a year later, in August 2005, a Master Deed created two
condominium units from the two-family house: 22 Hancock Street as Unit #1 and 24 Hancock
Street upstairs as Unit #2. On that same day a deed was filed for the sale of 22 Hancock Street
to Edward and Pamela Fialho.
The Failho’s owned the condo for seven years, from 2005 to 2012. Edward worked as a service
technician in 2006 and Pamela was a certified nursing assistant. A daughter Sara (born 1986)
and a son Eric (born 1989) initially shared the condo with their parents. After 2009 Edward was
unemployed; from 2010 through 2011 he continued to be out of work and shared the house with
his son. Neither Pamela nor Sara is listed as living there during that time. Early in 2012 the
Failho’s sell the condominium. The new owner is Sandrine Seluca-Aegerter, a psychotherapist.
By August 2012 Cheops, LLC has acquired condo #1 from Sandrine Aegerter for “Consideration
and $1.” Annual Town Listings indicate that no one was living in the unit in 2012; in 2013 Elaine
Paula Gillis, a teacher resided there; the unit was vacant again in 2014. The Listings for 2015
indicated that Elaine Gillis was living there along with twins Ashley and Andrew Chambers (born
1991). In January 2017 Cheops LLC deeded 22 Hancock to Sandrine Aegerter.
On June 12, 2020 Sandrine Aegerter and Michael Tugendhat sell 22 Hancock Street, also
known as Unit #1, to Philippe W. Kelley.
�APPENDIX
Ownership Table
Residents Table
Hoyt Ad from 1880 Salem Directory
Photograph of Joseph Hoyt & Mary Alice Debaker Hoyt
Salem Atlas 1874 Ward 5
Salem Atlas 1894 Ward 5
Salem Atlas 1911
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City of Salem Listing of Residents, 2000-2020
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital
Records, 1911-1915
Salem Atlas, 1874, Plate M
Salem Atlas, 1897, Plate M
Salem Atlas, 1911, Plate 003
Salem City Directory: 1882-1986
Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds
United States Federal Census (1860, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1940)
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22-24 Hancock Street, Salem, MA, 01970
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House History
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Louis Alfred Ouellette
Streetcar Foreman
and his wife
Marie M Boucher
Built in 1910
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Built in 1910
House history completed 2022
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Connie Barlow
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English
1910
2020
22-24 Hancock Street
Boucher
Massachusetts
Oullette
Salem
streetcar foreman
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Lafayette Street
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238 Lafayette Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970
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Historic history
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1910, 1991
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Rory Goff, Nancy Englehardt
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1991
238
Broker
Englehardt
Goff
John
Lafayette
Massachusetts
McMorrill
Nancy
Rory
Salem
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4 Cousins Street
Built for
Mary and J. Frank Boynton
Clothier
1894
Rebuilt 1910
Researched and written by Jen Ratliff
September 2018
Historic Salem Inc,
The Bowditch House
9 North Street, Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-0799 | HistoricSalem.org
©2018
�View of 4 Cousins Street, 2011 (Redfin)
Cousins Street
The land now known as Cousins Street was the last large plot in the Historic Derby
Street Neighborhood to be developed. The area previously housed the India Manufacturing
Company, which operated a jute mill. Jute is a fiber created from the inside bark of a plant,
native to India, that was commonly used to manufacture bags for bailing cotton.1 The jute mill,
Salem’s second, was built in 1867 on land known as the “Old English Estate,” a reference to
1
MACRIS, SAL.3347
�Phillip and Mary English, accused during the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. 2 The land around
the India Manufacturing Company was sold off in plots by the estate of David Nevins in May
1892. By September 1893, the name Cousins Street appears listed in deeds for the area.3 The
name Cousins, is in homage to well-known Salemite, Frank Cousins, a local photographer and
owner of Frank Cousins Bee-Hive, a souvenir shop in Salem’s downtown.
Mary and Frank Boynton purchased the lot on Cousins Street in 1894 from George
Pitman and Charles Brown, who had acquired the land and assisted in the designation of
Cousins Street, following the plots separation from the adjacent jute mill. The Boynton’s never
lived in the home at 4 Cousins Street but resided on Lafayette Street. It is likely that the
Boynton’s purchased the property on Cousins Street as an investment. Between 1890 and 1910,
Salem’s population increased by 42%. This spike led many Salemites and local developers to
build multi-family tenement homes to accommodate the surge of immigrants settling in Salem.4
In the early 20th century, the Historic Derby Street Neighborhood was predominantly
Polish. Attracted to job opportunities in the city’s mills and factories, Polish immigrants began
arriving in Salem around 1890 and by 1911, Poles comprised about 8% of the city’s overall
population. Religion played a strong role in the Polish community and as the number of Polish
Catholics in Salem grew, the need for a permanent house of worship became apparent. Herbert
Street and Union Street became the heart of the Polish Catholic presence in the city, after the
opening of St. John the Baptist Church, a parochial school, convent, and rectory. St. John the
2
Phillip and Mary English avoided execution by escaping from jail and finding refuge in New York. They later
returned to Salem to find their estate had been pillaged by Sheriff Corwin. Phillip sought reparations but only
received £260 of the estimated £1,183 lost.
3
MACRIS, SAL.3360
4
MACRIS, SAL.3270
�Baptist’s Reverend John Czubek was a central figure in this community, marrying or baptizing
many of Salem’s Poles. The new church increased the settlement of Polish immigrants in the
neighborhood and multiple single-family homes were converted or replaced with multi-family
tenements to house the growing population. This is likely the story of 4 Cousins Street, which
appears to have been built by the Boynton’s in 1894 as a two-family home. In 1910, the home
was replaced with a three-family tenement structure, which still stands today.5 It is likely that
the 1894 foundation and materials were re-used to create the larger home. The home is a
common style of its time and has a striking similarity to a home built at 24-26 Becket Street,
which is dated to c. 1911.
The Boyntons (1894-1911)
Jacob Franklin “Frank” Boynton (1859-1929) was born in Buxton, Maine in May 1859 to
Sarah and Charles Boynton, a merchant. On September 18, 1883, he married the daughter of
Mary and Thomas Waters, Mary A. Waters (1861-unknown) of Salem, Massachusetts. In 1881,
Frank began working in Salem’s clothing industry as a manager for H.B. Wilmot’s. By 1888 he
and another former Wilmot’s manager, Emery E. Kent, owned Kent & Boynton at the previous
H.B. Wilmot’s location, 250-254 Essex Street. The partners opened a second location and
factory of Kent & Boynton in Gloucester, specializing in oil cloth. The business was later
5
This hypothesis is based on evidence exhibited in the included maps, as well as directory listings which begin
showing three families from 1910 onward. The owner of the home was consulted and did not find any evidence of
the third floor being added to the home.
�renamed Cape Ann Clothing Co. and was lost to a fire in 1899 and again in 1912. 6 It appears
that Frank and Mary briefly lived apart in 1900, as Frank is listed as married but living with his
family without Mary in Wakefield, Massachusetts. 7 This separation may have been due to
financial troubles following the Gloucester fire and the failure of a third store for Kent &
Boynton in Newburyport. In 1912, Frank filed for bankruptcy. The Salem location of Kent &
Boynton was sold and replaced with Palmer Clothing House. In 1916, Frank opened another
store in Salem, Boynton’s Clothing Store at 187 Essex Street.8 In 1911, shortly after rebuilding 4
Cousins Street, Mary and Frank sold the home to Mary Ann and John Tyburski for the
remainder of their mortgage, $1,600.9
The Tyburskis (1911-1913)
John Tyburski (1882 – Unknown) was born in Poland on December 27, 1882 to Mary
(Washlek) and Antoni Tyburski. At the age of 13, John immigrated to America, arriving in New
York City prior to Salem. In 1900, John petitioned for U.S. Citizenship citing his brother, Josef
(Joseph) Tyburski, of Herbert Street and Franciszek (Frank) Soboczinski of Webb Street as his
6
The Clothier and Furnisher, Volume 89, Pg. 98, 1916, The Boston Globe
(Boston, Massachusetts) 05 Jul 1899, Wed • Other Editions • Page 6, The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 12
Feb 1909, Fri Page 5
7
Year: 1900; Census Place: Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0972; FHL
microfilm: 1240667
8
According to Clothiers' and Haberdashers' Weekly, Volume 10, Pg. 14, 1897 - The Greenwood Street area of
Wakefield was commonly known as Boyntonville, named for Frank’s parents, considered to be pioneers of the
area.
9
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 2067:468
�witnesses.10 In 1908, John was married by Reverend John Czubek to Mary Jarocz, the daughter
of Josefa (née Lozdowska) and Mikolajah Jarocz, also from Poland.11 After living with John’s
family on Herbert Street, the couple purchased 4 Cousins Street in 1911, assuming the
remaining $1,600 mortgage of the Boyntons. When they sold the home only two years later,
they passed on a higher mortgage of $2,400.12 It is possible that this additional mortgage was
used to complete the renovation work begun by the Boyntons.
The Zbyszynskis (1913-1978)
Henryk “Henry” Zbyszynski (1882 – 1946) was born in Poland in 1882, to Petronela
(née Turowska) and Francis Zbyszynski. In 1905, he immigrated to the United States and
married Stefania Kozakiewicz (1885-1974), the daughter of Michalina (née Leczczynska) and
Michael Kozakiewicz. The couple was married at St. John the Baptist Church, in Salem, by Rev.
John Czubek on May 20, 1907.13 Together the couple had four children, Zenon (1909-1978),
Othelia “Tilly” (1911-Unknown), Theodosia (1913-1990), and Irene (1915-2009.) In 1913, Henry
and Stefania bought the home at 4 Cousins Street from the Tyburskis, assuming their $2,400
10
According to Salem Maritime National Historic Sites ethnography “In the Heart of Polish Salem,” both Josef
Tyburski and Franciszek Soboczinski were members of St. Joseph’s Polish Society.
National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Copies of Petitions and Records of Naturalization
in New England Courts, 1939 - ca. 1942; NAI Number: 4752894; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: RG 85
11
Reference the House History for 14 Herbert Street and In the Heart of Polish Salem for more information on
Joseph Czubek.
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915
12
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 2202:57
13
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915
�mortgage. 14 While living in the home, Henry worked primarily in the leather industry and later
as salesman. Around 1936, Henry opened a grocery store at 5 ½ Becket Avenue. 15 Stefania
worked in the shop with her husband, while the children began working in local factories as
teenagers. Shortly after opening the grocery store, Stefania and Henry Zbyszynski moved into
the adjoining house at 5 Becket Avenue. They continued to own and rent units in 4 Cousins
Street, moving back into the home in 1948. Their son, Zenon continuously occupied one of the
units with his wife Ann and when Henry died in 1947, Stefania moved in with them. Overall the
Zbyszynskis owned 4 Cousins Street for sixty-five years, the longest occupants in the home’s
history. In 1978, the home was sold to William Little, following the death of Zenon Zbyszynski.
After 1978, the home went through a series of owners and foreclosures, falling into
disrepair. In 2015, 4 Cousins Street was purchased by Keith Crook (b. 1984) a marketing
specialist, and Oliver Kempf (b. 1990), an engineer. The couple spent the next few years
updating and restoring the three-family home, to include adding solar panels. During this
process, they discovered shoes hidden within a wall, a traditional practice meant to bring
protection and good luck to a home.16 The couple also unearthed items from the home’s privy
pit, including tea cups, pottery fragments, and medicine bottles. 17
14
Othelia also appears as Oliya in records.
Southern Essex County Registry of Deeds, Deed 2202:57
15
Also listed as 74 Derby Street
16
Shoes were left undisturbed in the first floor, interior wall, next to the bathroom.
17
The privy pit dates c. 1894-1905, when Salem adopted city-wide trash pick-up.
�Buyer
Years of
Ownership
1893-1894
Number
of Years
<1
1894-1911
17
Mary Ann Tyburski
John Tyburski
1911-1913
2
Henryk and Stefania
Zbyszynski
1913-1978
65
William D. Little
John P. Keane, Jr.
Andrew T. Hingson
Eric D. Jackson
Joanne Y. Jackson
John J. Suldenski
1978
1978-1981
1981-1982
1982-1893
<1
4
<1
9
1983-1992
9
Daniel T. Curtin
Four Cousins Realty
Trust
Robert J. O’Grady
Thomas E. Lawlor
(a.k.a. Lawler)
Yvonne Greene
Federal National
Mortgage Association
Anoniou Aristides
Keith Crook
Oliver Kempf
1992-1995
3
1995-2002
2002-2011
7
9
2011-2012
2012-2015
2015-Present
(As of 2018)
George W. Pitman
Etta M. Pitman
Charles W. Brown
Mary A. Boynton
Jacob Frank Boynton
Purchase Price
“One dollar
and other
considerations”
“One dollar
and other
considerations”
“One dollar
and other
considerations”
“One dollar
and other
considerations”
$4,500
$15,000
$57,000
$40,000
$5,000
$53,582
Document
Referenced
Deed 1395:525
Deed 1407:214
Notes
1345:63 (Plan)
Owned in conjunction with land between Webb and
English streets. References Cousins Street
$2,800 mortgage with Salem Savings Bank
Never listed as occupying the home
Deed 2067:468
$1,600 previous mortgage remainder
Deed 2202:57
$2,400 previous mortgage remainder
Henryk and Stefania a.k.a. Henry and Stephanie
Deed 6445:443
Deed 6452:739
Deed 6789:574
Deed 7017:366
Deed 8414:507
Mortgaged for $30,000
Foreclosed (Deed 6999:159)
Purchased after property was foreclosed
Deed 11655:170
Assumed responsibility of previous mortgage balance of
$53,582
Foreclosed (Deed 11186:583)
Purchased after property was foreclosed
$117,500
$315,000
Deed 13194:2
Deed 19000:422
Foreclosed (Deed 29980:370)
<1
$223,119
Deed 30336:496
Foreclosure
4
3+
$300,500
$510,000
Deed 31110:526
Deed 34270:508
Purchased after the property was foreclosed.
�Resident
Henry M. Strout
Daniel M. Hersey
William H. Foye
Meader A. Buck
William H. Foye
F.H. Haines
William H. Foye
F.H. Haines
David J. Hard
C.H. Gillis
C.H. Gillis
James Curran
C.H. Gillis
P.J. Curran
Mrs. C. Clark
J. Tyburski
J. Callahan
Mrs. C. Clark
E.A. Montgomery
J. Callahan
Mrs. C. Clark
Henry C. Zbyszynski
J. Callahan
Mrs. C. Clark
Henry C. Zbyszynski
A. Danda
Mrs. C. Clark
Henry C. Zbyszynski
Mrs. C. Balcomb
Mrs. C. Clark
Henry C. Zbyszynski
Mrs. C. Balcomb
Miss F. Clark
Directory
Year
1895
Notes
1897
1899-1901
1898 directory unavailable
1903-1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
Mrs. C. Clark resides in the house until 1924. (14
years)
1911
John and Mary Tyburski
1912
1913
1914-1915
1916-1924
1926
First listing for Zbyszynski
�John J. Clark
Ellery B. Hendricks
Benjamin LeVasseur
Henry C. Zbyszynski
Dennis F. Lawlor
Frank Tobin
Henry C. Zbyszynski
Joseph Bajkiewicz
Oliver F. Davidson
Henry Zbyszynski
Zenon R. Zbyszynski
Fred Harrison
Henry Zbyszynski
Zenon R. Zbyszynski
Henry Zbyszynski
Zenon R. Zbyszynski
John J. Stankiewicz
Chester Kobuczwiski
Zenon R. Zbyszynski
Raymond E. DesRosiers
Chester Kobuczwiski
Zenon R. Zbyszynski
Vacant
Chester Kobuczwiski
Zenon R. Zbyszynski
Frederick Kelliher
Ernest A. Dempsey
Zenon R. Zbyszynski
Frederick Kelliher
Zenon R. Zbyszynski
Frederick Kelliher
Everette E. Saunders
Zenon R. Zbyszynski
Frederick Kelliher
Anthony Lamonte
Stefania and Zenon Zbyszynski
Anthony Lamonte
Zenon and Stefania Zbyszynski
and Mrs. Victoria Kozeo
1929
1930-1932
1934
1935
Zenon’s first year appearing in the directory at
this address.
1936
1937
1939
1940
1942-1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1964
The Zbyzynskis resided in the home until 1978
�1874 Salem Atlas
�1897 Salem Atlas
�1911 Salem Atlas
�1890-1903 Salem Atlas (Plate 12)
�1906-1938 Salem Atlas
�Similar construction seen at 24 Becket Street, built c. 1911. (MACRIS: SAL 3270)
�Salem (Mass.). City Documents. 1893.
�Clothiers' and Haberdashers' Weekly, Volume 10, Pg. 14, 1897
�The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 12 Feb 1909, Fri Page 5
�The Boston Globe
(Boston, Massachusetts)
04 Dec 1912, Wed • Main Edition • Page 8
The Clothier and Furnisher, Volume 89, Pg. 98, 1916
�Massachusetts Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards 1733–1990. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
�Palmer Clothing House, 250 Essex Street. c. 1912. Previously the home of Kent & Boynton.
(Salem State University Archives and Special Collections)
�The Boston Globe
(Boston, Massachusetts)
19 Feb 1929, Tue • Main Edition • Page 13
�History of 5 Becket Avenue, which housed Zbyszynski’s grocery store. (MACRIS Sal.3301)
�Find A Grave, memorial page for Henry Zbyszynski (22 Oct 1882–1946), Find A Grave Memorial no. 82112501, citing Saint Mary's Cemetery, Salem, Essex County,
Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Kathy Krysiak (contributor 46917874).
�The Boston Globe
(Boston, Massachusetts)
02 Feb 1992, Sun • Page 167
�Restoration: before (2015) and after (2018) by Keith Crook and Oliver Kempf.
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Cousins Street
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4 Cousins Street, Salem, MA 01970
Subject
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House history
Description
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Built for
Joseph “Frank” & Mary Boynton
Clothier: Kent & Boynton; Cape Ann Clothing Co.
1894; rebuilt 1910
Built on the former estate of
Philip & Mary English (née Hollingsworth)
Maritime Merchant & Salem Selectman
Accused of Witchcraft, 1692
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Historic Salem, Inc.
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Historic Salem, Inc. house histories
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Historic Salem, Inc., Salem Historical Society
Date
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1894, 1910, 2018
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Jen Ratliff
Language
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English
1894
1910
2018
4
Boynton
Cousins
English
Frank
History
Hollingsworth
House
Joseph
Mary
Massachusetts
Philip
Salem
Street