Joseph Bernard Acker, his brother Charles Backus Acker, his sister Mary Ellen (Acker) Lowery, and Mary's two children - Edwina and Jessica - were living in this large brownstone house when the 1900 Census was taken. Several boarders, including Agnes Linen, the future wife of Charles Acker, were also living in the house.
Franklyn Henry Lowery and his family were living in this house in 1897. At that time, the household consisted of Franklyn, his wife Mary Ellen (Acker) Lowery, and their two daughters, Edwina Acker Lowery and Jessica Bernard Lowery.
Martin Cleveland Delaney, Sr. and Edwina Acker (Lowery) Delaney, were living at this location in Brooklyn after their marriage on 08 June 1907.
In 1922, Carl Winslow Stocks purchased this residence located at the corner of Avenue N and East 12th Street. For the next sixteen years, Carl and his wife Jessica Bernard (Lowery) Stocks lived here, along with Jessica's mother, Mary Ellen (Acker) Lowery. Also residing here during that period was Jessica's sister, Edwina Acker (Lowery) Delaney, and her two sons, Martin Cleveland Delaney, Jr. and Franklyn Lowery Delaney. The two-story wood frame structure was part of two attached houses and had a garage, which Carl had built on the 12th Street side of the property.
In 1938, Carl and Jessica Stocks sold the Avenue N house and purchased a home located at 81 Trafalgar Square in Lynbrook, New York. Jessica's sister, Edwina Acker (Lowery) Delaney continued to live with the Stocks. Also in the household, until her death in 1944, was Jessica's and Edwina's mother, Mary Ellen (Acker) Lowery. By this time, Edwina's son Martin Cleveland Delaney, Jr. had married and was no longer living with the family. Edwina's other son, Franklyn Lowery Delaney, was away at school or work, although he did live in this house for brief periods of time between school and work. Jessica and Carl Stocks and Edwina Delaney continued to live in the Lynbrook house until they moved to Malvern, NY, in 1955.
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