According to Norma Conklin Kern, Jonathan Conklin (TG, Mott-MageeSkewes 1970-71 and 1983-84, and Wilkey-Conklin 1984-85) was the father of 10 children of whom four, George, Herbert, Eugene and Charles, remained in Roslyn as adults. George, Herbert and Eugene Conklin all were employees of the John D. Hicks Lumber Company which, ca. 1900, was bought out by the firm of Conklin, Tubby and Conklin (T.G. Anderis Onderdonk 1970-71), in which Eugene and Herbert were partners and George was in charge of the sawmill.

Eugene Conklin built the "Eugene and Herbert Conklin House" in 1889 and resided there for about a year or two. At that time the Anderis Onderdonk House (TG 1970-71) which belonged to the John D. Hicks Lumber Company, became available to him and he moved there. Later on, of course, the Anderis Onderdonk House became the property of the Conklin, Tubby and Conklin Lumber Company. Eugene's brother, Herbert, who was married in 1891, bought Eugene's house and moved in at the time of his marriage.

In 1946, Norma Conklin Kern and her husband George moved into the house to live with her widowed mother. Mrs. Kern continued to reside in the house after the deaths of her mother and her husband, until she sold the house to Martin and Wendy Katz in 1986.