Abel Atherton’s wife, in whose name the estate stood when it was sold in 1887.[source]
Attributed profile. Drawn mainly from a research compilation (2025) and secondary sources that we have not yet checked against the originals. Treat the detail as leads, not settled fact; the “Research leads” section says what needs confirming.
Georgiana Atherton appears in the house’s record exactly once: as the grantor of the 1887 deed, the title having been put in her name — a common arrangement when a husband’s business carried debt. Nothing else about her has been established from a document read for this site: not her maiden name, her dates, or where she went after 1887.
Georgiana Atherton, with her husband’s consent, conveys the estate "with the buildings thereon" to Arthur P. Bonney, lawyer and former city solicitor. The deed is subject to four mortgages. The state inventory still calls the property the Arthur Bonney Estate.[sources]
DocumentedAbel T. AthertonArthur Perkins Bonney
What is uncertain: A later compilation says Atherton’s business failed; the mortgages are consistent with financial pressure but do not prove it.
Clues gathered from the research compilation and from secondary sources. Published so that others can follow them; none has yet been confirmed against an original record.
Research notes: C-009.
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