They loved the house so much, they bought it 20 years after they moved out
John and Agnes Cooney purchased 102 Dudley in 1942 (Montgomery County Deed Book 1447, Page 275).
John and Agnes (née Small) were my paternal grandparents, son John was my uncle, and son Edwin X. was my father. My father is not listed in the 1950 census as he was already married and lived with his wife, my mother Marie M. Cooney, in Philadelphia and then King of Prussia. My parents, Ed and Marie, moved into this house in 1959 with their 4 daughters from their house in King of Prussia. A fifth daughter was born in 1963 while we lived in the house.
Funny thing is that Agnes Small, paternal grandmother, lived in this house during the 1910 and 1920 census! I did not know this until recently. I guess she really loved this house and had her husband John purchase it!
The Mrs. Cooney listed on the MLS was my mother, Marie Margaret Cooney. She sold it in 1974. We didn't move far, just one block over to Conway Ave.
It was a great house to grow up in, one block to town, one block to the wonderful Narberth playground. Now it's a bunch of condos.
—Joan [Cooney] Wensel, 25 February 2023
