Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Dowdell, Harry Leo, 1884-1951 |
Born |
Aug. 26, 1884 |
Birthplace |
Peabody, Mass. |
Deceased |
Feb. 4, 1951 |
Deceased where |
Portsmouth, N.H. |
Places of residence |
Portsmouth, N.H. (50 Cornwall Street) |
Occupation |
Store owner at 581 Islington Street in Portsmouth. Worked at the Portsmouoth Naval Shipyard. State representative (1923). Portsmouth Board of Education. Manager at the Olympia Theater (for six years until he retired due to poor health in April 1950). Member of the LIttle Bowery Athletic Club. |
Father |
Patrick Dowdell. |
Mother |
Elizabeth Taft. |
Spouse |
Helena Frances "Lena" Sullivan, b. 1890, d. Mar. 1938, m. 1914. |
Children |
1. Eleanor Theresa Dowdell, b. Jan. 15, 1917, d. Aug. 24, 2000, m. Oct. 14, 1946, to Gerald Patrick Kelliher. 2. Frances Cecelia Dowdell, b. Sept. 1925, d. Nov. 19, 2021, m. 1956 to Irenee "Remi" Lebel. |
Notes |
Buried in Calvary Cemetery. |
Relationships |
Spouses: Helena Frances "Lena" Sullivan, b. 1890, d. Mar. 1938, m. 1914. |
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MS149 - Dowdell-Grace-Lebel family papers, 1873-1967
Papers of the Dowdell, Grace, and Lebel families of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, dating largely from 1873 to 1967. The Dowdell family papers include deeds, mortgages, and an abstract of title related to 4 Cornwall Street, later renumbered 50 Cornwall Street, dated 1873 to 1940. The papers also include loans and a record of payments made on the loans. There are also papers related to the deaths of Dowdell and his wife as well as a poem and photo ...
Record Type: Archive
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