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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Minnie Alice Swint Robbins (1874-1961) Music teacher, business owner 1813 Main Road – and owner of the Robbins Tract Minnie Swint Robbins was born in Stoneham in 1874, the daughter of John W. Swint and Delia Richardson Swint. Her paternal grandparents were from Germany. Her father was a baker born […]
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Marjorie Newell Robb (1889 – 1992) Survivor of the Titanic disaster 1656 Main Road and Dune Cottage Marjorie was born in Lexington MA, the daughter of Arthur (a prominent Boston banker) and Mary (Greeley) Newell. She survived the Titanic disaster, and lived to become one of the oldest survivors, dying at the age of 103. […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Pauline Avis Nelson 1824 Main Road, Westport Pt. She served in the coast guard in WW2, trained at boot camp in Manhattan Beach training school, training for SPARS US Coast Guard. She became a yeoman, doing secretarial work at Lake Ponchatrain, Louisiana. Pauline was honorably discharged in May 1946. She […]
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Katharine Hamlin Hall Preston (1930 – 2020) 1787 B Main Road and 3 Windward Way Katharine “Kathy” Hamlin Hall was born in 1930, in Northampton, Ma. the daughter of Rev. Basil Hall and Anna Loraine Washburn. Her grandfather Hall built Synton in Westport and was Director of the Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was […]
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Helen R. (Sampson) Moore (1893 – 1988) 2 Fairview Avenue, Westport Point Helen was the daughter of George Thomas and nellie (Teel) Sampson. Born in Medford in 1893, she was a summer resident of Westport Point from 1928 and became a year-round resident in 1955 to her death. Helen was a graduate of Wellesley College […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Emily J. Sowle Manchester (1867-1963) Aunt Emma Famous for her johnnycakes and her dedication to the Westport Point Methodist Church 1942 Main Road, Westport Point Back in the late 1860s, James Sowle came home from a long whaling voyage to find his wife Betsy caring for a red-headed child. He promptly […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Grace Whalon LaValley (1896 – 1988) Business woman and realtor 1868 Main Road, 1892 Main Road, 1991 Main Road, 2018 Main Road, Westport Point Grace Whalon LaValley was born in 1896 in New Bedford, Ma. She was employed by Frank LaValley as a bookkeeper. He was a cotton broker, formerly […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Norma K. Judson (1932-2015) Business owner, historian 1809 Main and 1853 Main Road, Westport Point Norma, born in New Bedford, was the daughter of Sheldon and Evelyn Corey Judson. They moved to Westport in 1950 and lived at 1809 Main Road. She attended New Bedford High School (class of 1949), Endicott […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Bertha Gertrude Tripp Johnson (1892 – 1976) Owner of antiques store 2037 Main Road, Westport Point Bertha was born in Jamaica Plains, Boston in 1892, the daughter of Abel W. Tripp and Emaline Arnold Tripp. Her mother was from Westport Point. She spent her childhood in Boston and by 1930, she […]
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WOMEN OF WESTPORT POINT Grace Hartley Howe (1874 – 1955) First female postmaster in the U.S. Horseneck Beach Cottage Grace Hartley Howe, a cousin of the infamous Lizzie Borden, came into her fortune early, and was both a socialite and activist in Fall River and Washington. Howe’s father, Dr. James Hartley, died in 1897 […]
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