By 1884, 17 Hereford St. (Boston) was the home of Frank Everett James and his wife, Gertrude (Woodworth) James. He was a banker with the firm of Richardson, Hill & Co. They were joined by Gertrude James’s father, Alfred Skinner Woodworth, a tea importer, and her brother, Arthur Vernon Woodworth, who was a clerk at Richardson, Hill & Co. Gertrude James’s mother, Anna Gorton (Grafton) Woodworth, had died in September of 1883. Also living with Frank and Gertrude James in 1885 was his brother, Edward Preston James, whose wife, Carrie (Piper) James, had died in December of 1883.
By 1886, Frank and Gertrude James had moved to Brookline, and Edward James had moved to Monadnock. Arthur Vernon Woodworth and his son, Alfred, continued to live at 17 Hereford in 1886. Arthur Woodworth remarried in October of 1886 and moved soon thereafter to the Hotel Vendôme. (Source:
Back Bay Houses).