Dorothy May Scott Part 6

Dorothy Mae Scott, born 1929, died 1996, New Hampshire.  

Part 6, 1980s and 1990s.

1981 age 51

Death of Husband William Percy French Sr, 2 May 1981.  

He was 73 years old, and they'd been married for 22 years.

no further activity noted in this decade.

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1992 age 62

Death of Father Chester C. Scott, 15 July 1992, Derry, Rockingham NH.  

He was 91 years old, and is buried in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin NH.  See his Find a Grave memorial here.

1996 age 66

Died 24 March 1996 in Concord, Merrimack NH.  

Dorothy was 66 years old.  I would like a copy of her death certificate, but NH is extremely stingy with this type of records. 

The story Norm Jr. heard when he was a teenager is that she was dying of cancer.  She'd called her brother Norm, wanted him to take her pascall of kids, but brother Norm either couldn't or wouldn't take those kids in.  Norm Jr always wondered what happened to them, and felt guilty on behalf of his father because they couldn't keep them.  That call would have been about 1965.  The kids were put into orphanages, is what Norm Jr heard, because by the time Dorothy found she wasn't actually dying, it was too late and the kids were all placed. 

Once again, with this family and with this state, I cannot find one ounce of proof for this story.  I have no reason to doubt it, since those parts I was able to prove have panned out.

1998 

John W. Coons died 21 August 1998, Goffstown, Hillsborough County NH.

Isn't it interesting that John Coons died in Goffstown, same place William French lived.

Unfortunately, I don't have that much information on these people.  If you have any information you would like to share, I'd be happy to include this.  If you have any corrections -- because, hey, I'm only human.

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Footnotes:  

John W. Coons seems to have been quite a bit older than Dorothy, may have been a teacher at Tilton School in Franklin NH.  There is, at the same school, a James E. Coons who is the headmaster at Tilton School as well as president of Tilton Junior College.  Could be his father?  Dates found are 1939 directory; 1942 directory; 1947 directory.  Also 1952, John Coons living 121 Hanover, suite 31, Manchester NH.  Also 1961 John Coons living 142 Central, Manchester NH.

Still have no information on the Dick S. and Mary L. Scott Bell who supposedly adopted Dorothy.  I suspect Mary could be an aunt?  It would be on Chester's side.

I found two addresses I've not included in this blog because they seem like anomolies.  They are 68 Boyd Street, Newark NJ, and 1 Branch Brook Plaza, Apartment 2, Newark NJ.  I don't know.

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