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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Dorothy May Scott Part 5

Dorothy Mae Scott, born 1929, died 1996, New Hampshire.  Part 5, 1960s and 1970s.

1960 age 30

Birth of son William Percy French Jr, 20 May 1960, Hooksett, Merrimack County NH

1960 birth of William Percy French, Jr.

Sometime between 1958 and 1960, the family moved to Goffstown NH.  Interesting to note that this is Dorothy's third Junior she'd birthed.  Paul Kimball Jr; John Coons Jr; now William French Jr.

Goffstown NH
Google Maps 2018

Goffstown is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 17,651 at the 2010 census.Wikipedia

1961 age 31

Historical Insight -- John F. Kennedy's Inauguration

Dorothy Mae Scott Kimball Coons French may have tuned in to the inauguration of John F. Kennedy on television or radio while living in Manchester, New Hampshire, in January 1961. -- Ancestry.com

Kennedy was the first Catholic to take the presidential oath, 

and he was the youngest president ever elected.

 – from Ancestry.com Historical Insights

January 20, 1961, Washington, D.C..

Credit: Getty Images

1962 age 33

Historical Insight -- The Cuban Misile Crisis

Dorothy Mae Scott Kimball Coons French lived in Manchester NH during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis when the nation waited with bated breath as the world's superpowers arrowly avoided nuclear war. -- Ancestry.com

During the crisis, the U.S. Army set up antiaircraft missiles 

along the Florida coast to hedge their bets against a Cuban attack. 

– from Ancestry.com Historical Insights

1962, Key West, Florida. Credit: Underwood Archives/Archive Photos/Getty Images

During a Soviet-American nuclear standoff in October 1962, the nation held its breath as the world teetered on the brink of total annihilation. U.S. spy planes discovered that the Soviets had secretly delivered nuclear missiles to Cuba, located just 90 miles off Florida’s coast. U.S. President John F. Kennedy responded by establishing a blockade to prevent the delivery of more nuclear warheads and on October 22, he went public with the unfolding crisis, announcing the startling discovery of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). Americans immediately prepared for their impending doom, struck with fear after the President’s announcement. During the 13-day stalemate known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev battled it out for the Earth’s future. In the end, the Soviet Union agreed to dismantle the nuclear missiles and in exchange, the United States promised never to invade Cuba again. – from Ancestry.com Historical Insights 

1963 age 33

Historical Insight -- March on Washington

Dorothy Mae Scott Kimball Coons French from Manchester NH may have attended or read about the March on Washington in August 1963. -- Ancestry.com

August 28, 1963, Washington, D.C.. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

More than 2,000 buses and 21 trains rolled into Washington from cities across the nation carrying citizens to the march. -- from Ancestry.com Historical Insight

1966 about age 35

Social Security name changed to Dorothy May French.  

I don't have an image for this, just on Ancestry it lists dates and name changes.

I also don't have any activity for her in the 1970s.

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