Possibly Quincy and Martha Towns adopted Louise. There is no birth record for Louise stating them as parents and they would have been fairly elderly parents at her birth c. 1884. Louise's marriage record does give them as her parents.
Sources
"New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL5P-7T5 : 12 December 2014), Quincy Adams Towns, 02 Oct 1834; citing Roxbury Twp, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,049.
"Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQ4T-61D : 15 November 2014), Quinsey Towns in household of Ellen F Dennis, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,978.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4ZL-FF2 : 17 February 2016), Quincy A. Towns and Martha Courtney, 24 Feb 1859; citing , Danvers, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,017.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZC4-R75 : 30 December 2015), Quincy A Townes, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, 1860.
"Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQCS-13V : 15 November 2014), Q A Towns, Lynn, Ward 04, Essex, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,560.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDSB-CCD : 17 October 2014), Q. A. Towne, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 92, family 739, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,109.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH66-5QC : 11 August 2016), A Towns Quincy, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 212, sheet 168B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0531; FHL microfilm 1,254,531.
"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NWZZ-J5M : 10 December 2014), Quincy A. Towns, 11 Jan 1894; citing Lynn, Massachusetts, v 445 p 489, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,512.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4DL-K24 : 17 February 2016), Quincy A Towns in entry for Malcolm G Little and Louise M Towns, 12 Jul 1907; citing Lynn, , Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,299.
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