This is the home I grew up in.. M y grandparents, Lars and Rose Somero, bought it the early 1900s. It was a dairy farm. After John died my Mummu sold it to my parents, Walter and Dorothea Somero, and they also operated Somero's Dairy Farm. In 1960 they sold the farm to Dave and Mary Corliss. The Corliss's sold it to Steve Riggs. It was one of the first taverns in New Ipswich. On the corner of Greenville and Temple Road.
It might be Steve Riggs’ house, as people named Jowders lived there. Can’t tell from the photograph if it’s brick though, and the date of the photograph is important, as there were Finns named Ypya living there as indicated on one of the maps, can’t remember which one, but it’s early 20th century I think. I don’t have access to the map at the moment.
This is the home I grew up in.. M y grandparents, Lars and Rose Somero, bought it the early 1900s. It was a dairy farm. After John died my Mummu sold it to my parents, Walter and Dorothea Somero, and they also operated Somero's Dairy Farm. In 1960 they sold the farm to Dave and Mary Corliss. The Corliss's sold it to Steve Riggs. It was one of the first taverns in New Ipswich. On the corner of Greenville and Temple Road.
Aha, that's where it is. Thank you
Nice place to grow up on. The Jowders sold it to Walter Thayer in 1913 and he sold it to your grandparents some years later.
Thank you Bill Niemi for the information. I did know my grandparents bought the farm from Mr Thayer. I have the bill of sale.
It might be Steve Riggs’ house, as people named Jowders lived there. Can’t tell from the photograph if it’s brick though, and the date of the photograph is important, as there were Finns named Ypya living there as indicated on one of the maps, can’t remember which one, but it’s early 20th century I think. I don’t have access to the map at the moment.