The
Borthwick Diaries
Events of the
Cornwallville Community
Culled from Sixty Years of Diaries of William S. Borthwick
1888-1947
Contributed by the Durham Center Museum and re-typed and sorted alphabetically by surname by Judy Davison.
Note #1: Please remember this
information was originally in Mr. Borthwick's diaries. The date he wrote the
entry may not necessarily be the exact date that the event occurred.
Note #2: Don't be discouraged if your surname does not appear in the first
column; some events (marriages, for example) have more than one surname to a
line. Do a "find on this page" search to find many other names listed.
Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the S-Z page for nearly 150 other events!
SURNAME |
Mo |
Da |
Yr |
EVENT |
GARDINER |
6 |
6 |
1919 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Gardiner, a girl |
GARDINER |
3 |
7 |
1930 |
Will Gardiner bought the Ransom Farm |
GARDINER |
10 |
17 |
1930 |
Will Gardiner's barn burned |
GARRISON |
2 |
24 |
1909 |
Albert Garrison and Rosina Smith married |
GATES |
2 |
24 |
1914 |
Egbert Gates and Ruth Van Dyke married |
GILBERT |
12 |
20 |
1940 |
House on the Gilbert farm burned |
GLENN |
7 |
29 |
1929 |
Born to Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Glenn, a boy |
GLENN |
3 |
20 |
1931 |
Robert W. Glenn died, age 20 mos. |
GLENN |
2 |
15 |
1932 |
Born to Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Glenn, a boy |
GLENN |
6 |
26 |
1935 |
Helen Glenn murdered, age 9 years |
GLENN |
2 |
11 |
1937 |
Alfred Volckmann electrocuted for the murder of Helen Glenn |
GOFF |
3 |
16 |
1893 |
Eugene W. Goff is agent for "The Life of James G. Blaine" |
GOFF |
6 |
19 |
1907 |
Ostrander Goff died, age 70 |
GOFF |
10 |
22 |
1908 |
Mrs. Lydia Goff died, age 66 |
GOFF |
11 |
10 |
1910 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Goff, a boy |
GOFF |
9 |
29 |
1915 |
Eugene Goff and Laura White married |
GOFF |
11 |
10 |
1915 |
Allen Goff and Gussie Nietsch married |
GOFF |
4 |
7 |
1917 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Goff, a boy |
GOFF |
3 |
2 |
1921 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Goff, a girl |
GOFF |
7 |
1 |
1921 |
Eugene Goff became mail carrier |
GOFF |
6 |
24 |
1922 |
Infant daughter of Eugene and Laura Goff died |
GOFF |
5 |
16 |
1923 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Goff, a girl |
GOFF |
5 |
16 |
1924 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Goff, a girl |
GOFF |
12 |
20 |
1933 |
Eugene W. Goff died, age 62 |
GOFF |
2 |
15 |
1942 |
Emory Goff and Elsa Paul married |
GOGGIN |
9 |
12 |
1926 |
Dwight Goggin and Florence Griffen married |
GOODFELLOW |
4 |
29 |
1931 |
Burton Goodfellow died, age 67 |
GORDON |
11 |
25 |
1924 |
J. Carlisle Gordon and Ida France married |
GOUILLARD |
1 |
3 |
1910 |
Funeral of Joshua Gouillard, age 46 (see also Couillard ) |
GREEN |
9 |
16 |
1903 |
Wilson Green and Flora Austin married |
GREEN |
3 |
16 |
1910 |
Gus Green moved from Brooklyn to the Smith farm |
GREEN |
2 |
3 |
1935 |
Mrs. Gustav Green died, age 83 |
GREEN |
1 |
30 |
1936 |
Gustav Green died, age 78 |
GRIFFEN |
2 |
25 |
1916 |
Warren Griffen moved from N. Windham to Coxsackie |
GRUETT |
4 |
20 |
1900 |
William Gruett died, age 82 |
HAINES |
7 |
1 |
1936 |
Dallas Haines and Mrs. Linda Bronson married |
HALL |
4 |
10 |
1895 |
Asahel Hall died, age 83 |
HALL |
6 |
19 |
1924 |
Miss Elizabeth Hall died, age 78 |
HALLECK |
8 |
2 |
1921 |
Israel Halleck died |
HALLOCK |
3 |
22 |
1925 |
Omar Hallock died, age 50 |
HALLOCK |
12 |
4 |
1935 |
J. Fanning Hallock died, age 78 |
HANER |
4 |
25 |
1916 |
Lyle Haner and Mary Van Dyke married |
HANER |
5 |
2 |
1919 |
Mary Van Dyke Haner died, age 21 |
HANER |
3 |
23 |
1922 |
C. Lyle Haner and Rachel Gardiner married |
HARMSON |
9 |
1 |
1937 |
Louis Harmson bo't Daisy Dell Farm |
HARMSON |
5 |
8 |
1941 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ludwid Harmson, a girl |
HARRIS |
6 |
26 |
1926 |
The house of Dr. Harris, on Turkey Hill, burned |
HART |
10 |
14 |
1921 |
Ed Hart and Mrs. Van Dyke married |
HART |
5 |
21 |
1946 |
Edward V. Hart died |
HAY |
3 |
27 |
1902 |
Fred R. Hay and Miss Ida Hull married |
HAY |
12 |
27 |
1902 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hay, a girl |
HAY |
8 |
11 |
1938 |
Fred B. Hay died |
HAYES |
1 |
7 |
1932 |
Hugh Hayes and Margaret Mabey married |
HENCHLEY |
1 |
6 |
1943 |
Dr. Joseph E. Henchley died, age 69 |
HERVEY |
9 |
7 |
1895 |
170 barrels of pears sent from A. Smith's Hervey St. farm in a week |
HESS |
8 |
3 |
1916 |
Isban Hess killed by being gored by a bull |
HESS |
6 |
21 |
1932 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Hess, a girl |
HEYER |
11 |
18 |
1902 |
Mrs. Frederica Heyer died, age 86 |
HEYER |
8 |
23 |
1911 |
Mr. C. F. Heyer moved to Hatfield, Pa |
HEYER |
1 |
7 |
1941 |
Charles Heyer died, age 83 |
HILL |
11 |
6 |
1902 |
John Hill and Annie Sherman married |
HILL |
6 |
25 |
1903 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Hill, a girl |
HILL |
9 |
11 |
1905 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hill, a son |
HILL |
3 |
31 |
1909 |
John Hill moved from the Wetmore farm to Acra |
HILL |
5 |
3 |
1922 |
Lewis Hill bo't the Chas. Brown farm |
HILL |
8 |
18 |
1935 |
Mrs. Platt Hill died, age 84 |
HILL |
10 |
7 |
1945 |
Lewis Hill died, age 72 |
HILL |
4 |
22 |
? |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Hill, a girl |
HOFFMAN |
10 |
27 |
1914 |
Fred Hoffman moved to Whitestone, L. I. |
HOFFMAN |
12 |
20 |
1939 |
Leslie Hoffman and Gertrude Murta married |
HOPE |
9 |
6 |
1911 |
David Hope died, age 75 |
HOPE |
11 |
15 |
1915 |
Mrs. Fannie Hope died, age 68 |
HOPE |
11 |
29 |
1922 |
Fred Hope started for California |
HOPSON |
4 |
14 |
1911 |
Linus Hopson died |
HOPSON |
1 |
28 |
1916 |
Mrs. Linus Hopson died, age 79 |
HOTCHKISS |
1 |
18 |
1899 |
A. Smith sold his Hervey St. farm to Fred G. Hotchkiss |
HOTCHKISS |
8 |
31 |
1899 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Hotchkiss, a girl |
HOTCHKISS |
9 |
17 |
1899 |
Mrs. Fred G. Hotchkiss died, age 28 |
HOTCHKISS |
4 |
2 |
1900 |
Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hotchkiss died |
HOTCHKISS |
5 |
20 |
1902 |
Fred G. Hotchkiss died, age 45 |
HOUGH |
4 |
1 |
1889 |
Horatio Hough died, age 74 |
HOUGH |
1 |
17 |
1893 |
House of Mrs. H. H. Hough burned |
HOUGH |
4 |
14 |
1894 |
Mrs. Sally Hough died, age 74 |
HOUGH |
6 |
20 |
1898 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart M. Hough, a son |
HOUGH |
6 |
10 |
1903 |
Nelson Hough and Linda Searing married |
HOUGH |
11 |
15 |
1905 |
Elmer Hough and Mabel Barnes married |
HOUGH |
3 |
20 |
1910 |
Nelson H. Hough died, age 32 |
HOUGH |
5 |
2 |
1910 |
Stewart M. Hough died, age 58 |
HOUGH |
1 |
9 |
1926 |
Floyd Hough and Beatrice Stillman married |
HOUGH |
3 |
13 |
1929 |
Mrs. Dora Hough died, age 72 |
HOUGH |
9 |
1 |
1931 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hough, a son |
HOWARD |
3 |
19 |
1908 |
Alva Howard moved to Freehold |
HOWSHIELD |
8 |
25 |
1919 |
Wilbur Sanford sold his farm to Lawrence Howshield |
HUBBARD |
2 |
14 |
1886 |
Mrs. Benjamin Hubbard died |
HUBBARD |
3 |
27 |
1912 |
Clifton Hubbard and Miss Myra Hull married |
HUBBARD |
12 |
7 |
1940 |
Clifton Hubbard died, age 66 |
HUGHES |
8 |
18 |
1908 |
Gov. Charles E. Hughes spoke at the County Fair at Cairo |
HULL |
4 |
26 |
1891 |
Dwight P. Hull died |
HULL |
9 |
14 |
1898 |
W. Lyman Hull and Anna Bejbom married |
HULL |
12 |
29 |
1898 |
John Hull and Etta Reed married |
HULL |
10 |
20 |
1900 |
Austin L. Hull died, age 57 |
HULL |
11 |
20 |
1901 |
George Hull and Evva Proper married |
HULL |
2 |
1 |
1902 |
George Hull and bride began housekeeping |
HULL |
12 |
19 |
1902 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. George D. Hull, a boy |
HULL |
10 |
12 |
1904 |
William D. Hull and Eva Rogers married |
HULL |
11 |
6 |
1906 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. George D. Hull, a boy |
HULL |
12 |
13 |
1907 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. George D. Hull, a girl |
HULL |
6 |
10 |
1908 |
Orville Hull and Ada Alger married |
HULL |
9 |
14 |
1908 |
Gladys Hull died, age 5 mos |
HULL |
1 |
6 |
1911 |
William Lyman Hull died, age 34 |
HULL |
10 |
21 |
1911 |
Ethel Hull died, age 18 |
HULL |
3 |
28 |
1912 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Orville D. Hull, a son |
HULL |
4 |
16 |
1913 |
A. David Hull and Dorothy Nicholson married |
HULL |
10 |
12 |
1914 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. David Hull, a girl |
HULL |
8 |
23 |
1916 |
Lightning struck the house of George Hull |
HULL |
6 |
12 |
1918 |
Lightning killed two cows for George D. Hull |
HULL |
4 |
8 |
1919 |
Edith Hull died, age 19 |
HULL |
6 |
5 |
1919 |
Charley Hull died, age 16 |
HULL |
2 |
5 |
1920 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. David Hull, a boy |
HULL |
10 |
5 |
1922 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. David Hull, a girl |
HULL |
5 |
1 |
1923 |
Mrs. Martha Hull died, age 69 |
HULL |
6 |
9 |
1923 |
Fred Hull and Daisy Smith married |
HULL |
10 |
29 |
1925 |
Ernest Hull suffered a broken arm in the woods |
HULL |
11 |
9 |
1925 |
Ernest Hull and Ruth Hill married |
HULL |
3 |
24 |
1927 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hull, a son |
HULL |
6 |
22 |
1927 |
William D. Hull died, age 49 |
HULL |
12 |
17 |
1927 |
Walter Hull and Madelyn Van Dyke married |
HULL |
4 |
22 |
1928 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hull, a boy |
HULL |
8 |
2 |
1928 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hull, a son |
HULL |
4 |
6 |
1929 |
Fred Hull moved from Durham to the Smith farm |
HULL |
7 |
1 |
1929 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hull, a girl |
HULL |
2 |
25 |
1931 |
Austin Hull operated on in Albany hospital |
HULL |
6 |
30 |
1937 |
Fred Hull finishes four years as Cairo mail carrier |
HULL |
11 |
26 |
1937 |
Austin Hull and Ethel Gifford married |
HULL |
5 |
23 |
1938 |
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hull occupied their new house |
HULL |
9 |
26 |
1939 |
Orville D. Hull's barn burned |
HULL |
4 |
23 |
1940 |
Madelyn Hull appointed Welfare officer |
HULL |
4 |
30 |
1942 |
Infant of Walter and Madelyn Hull died |
HULL |
10 |
19 |
1943 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hull, a girl |
HULL |
10 |
8 |
1944 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Hull, a boy |
HULL |
2 |
15 |
1946 |
George Hull sold part of his farm to Walter Hull |
HULL |
6 |
18 |
1946 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hull, a girl |
HULL |
6 |
18 |
1946 |
Mrs. Ada Hull died, age 60 |
HULL |
4 |
20 |
? |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Hull, a girl |
HUTCHINSON |
9 |
12 |
1919 |
Wm. Hutchinson died, age 34 |
HUTTE |
7 |
20 |
1907 |
Mrs. Anna Hutte's barn burned by lightning |
HUTTE |
5 |
25 |
1940 |
Mrs. Anna Hutte died, age 75 |
INGALLS |
12 |
2 |
1921 |
Wm. Ingalls and Lillian Smith married |
INGLIS |
4 |
4 |
1928 |
Gilbert Inglis and Miss Dorothy Bosch married |
INGRAHAM |
4 |
22 |
1939 |
J. Frank Ingraham died, age 83 |
JANSSEN |
2 |
13 |
1920 |
Albert Janssen died, age 32 |
JANSSEN |
3 |
1 |
1930 |
Mrs. Mary Janssen died |
JENNINGS |
1 |
18 |
1899 |
Hyatt H. Jennings died, age 23 |
JENNINGS |
4 |
16 |
1899 |
Mabel Jennings died, age 22 |
JENNINGS |
9 |
23 |
1921 |
Mrs. Lulu Potter Jennings died, age 51 |
JENNINGS |
12 |
23 |
1923 |
Charles Jennings and Mrs. May Brown married |
JENNINGS |
7 |
12 |
1930 |
Charles Jennings suffered a broken leg |
JENNINGS |
2 |
24 |
1936 |
Mrs. Ida Jennings died, age 77 |
JENNINGS |
8 |
7 |
1937 |
Charles Jennings died, age 66 |
JEROME |
4 |
10 |
1947 |
Mrs. Anna Jerome a former resident, 103 years of age |
JOHNSON |
9 |
6 |
1911 |
Sherwood Johnson died, age 75 |
JOHNSON |
3 |
8 |
1938 |
Gordon Johnson broke an arm |
JOHNSTON |
9 |
29 |
1932 |
Arthur Johnston and Drois Bronson married |
JONES |
9 |
18 |
1896 |
Alvin Jones died, age 81 |
JONES |
2 |
22 |
1898 |
Mrs. Alvin Jones died, age 87 |
KARKHCEK |
2 |
25 |
1931 |
Henry Karkhcek suffered a broken leg in Albany |
KARNOW |
8 |
17 |
1921 |
Charles Karnow and Eva Mattice married |
KEIL |
5 |
23 |
1923 |
Rev. C.J.F. Keil and Caroline Gebhard married |
KEIL |
3 |
13 |
1924 |
Born to Rev. and Mrs. C. J. F. Keil, a girl |
KELLERHOUSE |
1 |
3 |
1915 |
Funeral of Mrs. Kellerhouse, age 51 |
KIMBLE |
11 |
30 |
1933 |
George Kimble and Freda Low married |
KINGSTON |
4 |
12 |
1937 |
William Kingston died, age 79 |
KIRTLAND |
2 |
9 |
1899 |
Mrs. Delia Kirtland died, age 82 |
KLINGER |
7 |
16 |
1932 |
G. W. Klinger and family returned from France |
KLINGER |
10 |
7 |
1941 |
George Walter Klinger died, age 46 |
KNAPP |
6 |
22 |
1921 |
Herbert Knapp and Mabel Burns married |
KNOWLES |
3 |
18 |
1903 |
Nelson G. Knowles and Annie Palmer married |
KRIER |
7 |
29 |
1927 |
George H. Krier bo't "Clifton Villa" at Shady Glen for $3100 |
LACY |
2 |
1 |
1931 |
Roscoe Lacy died, age 53 |
LAMONT |
4 |
16 |
1890 |
Dr. Wilbur F. Lamont and Grace Johnson married |
LAMOREAUX |
3 |
12 |
1907 |
Abbott Lamoreaux died, age 71 |
LAMOREAUX |
9 |
6 |
1921 |
Mary Butts Lamoreaux died |
LANCE |
6 |
27 |
1927 |
Born to Dr. and Mrs. Frank Lance, a girl |
LANCE |
6 |
6 |
1932 |
Born to Dr. and Mrs. Frank Lance, a girl |
LANDT |
4 |
25 |
1942 |
The "Landt Trio" performed at Central School |
LARSON |
2 |
23 |
1911 |
Fred Larson and Nellie Smith Palmer married |
LARSON |
3 |
2 |
1911 |
J. F. Larson began housekeeping on Tiplin farm |
LARSON |
7 |
4 |
1913 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Larson, a boy |
LARSON |
12 |
18 |
1918 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Larson, a boy |
LARSON |
10 |
29 |
1941 |
J. Fred Larson died, age 56 |
LATTA |
4 |
10 |
1888 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Latta, a son |
LATTA |
11 |
20 |
1891 |
A "stone bee" for Wm. Latta's new house |
LATTA |
5 |
2 |
1893 |
Mrs. Harriet Latta died, age 64 |
LATTA |
3 |
19 |
1900 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Latta, a son (poss. 1920; strikeover on orig) |
LATTA |
2 |
1 |
1917 |
Supervisor Wm. C. Latta very ill with pneumonia |
LATTA |
3 |
19 |
1919 |
Ralph Latta and Annett Chamberlin married |
LATTA |
3 |
30 |
1923 |
Wm. Latta moved into Albert Smith's tenement house |
LATTA |
4 |
10 |
1926 |
Wm. C. Latta bought Albert Smith's tenement house |
LATTA |
11 |
16 |
1926 |
Mr. and Mrs. William Latta married 45 years |
LATTA |
2 |
2 |
1928 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Latta, a boy |
LATTA |
5 |
30 |
1930 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Latta, a boy |
LATTA |
6 |
8 |
1934 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Latta, a girl |
LATTA |
9 |
25 |
1939 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Latta, a son |
LATTA |
1 |
24 |
1943 |
Mrs. Lovina Latta died, age 82 |
LATTA |
4 |
27 |
? |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. William C. Latta, a girl |
LAWRENCE |
5 |
16 |
1887 |
Fred J. Lawrence was born |
LAWRENCE |
1 |
12 |
1888 |
Barn of Wm. H. Lawrence burned |
LAWRENCE |
3 |
27 |
1891 |
Wm. H. Lawrence died |
LAWRENCE |
3 |
29 |
1899 |
Erwin Lawrence moved to Durham |
LAWRENCE |
4 |
5 |
1918 |
Fred Lawrence enlisted 1st World War |
LAWRENCE |
10 |
21 |
1918 |
Fred J. Lawrence killed overseas, age 31 |
LAWRENCE |
11 |
25 |
1922 |
Mrs. Jane M. Lawrence died, age 85 |
LAWRENCE |
8 |
28 |
1924 |
Mrs. Erwin Lawrence died, age 71 |
LAWRENCE |
9 |
16 |
1928 |
Erwin Lawrence died, age 77 |
LAWSON |
9 |
29 |
1935 |
Langdon Lawson and Ruth Proper married |
LAWYER |
4 |
24 |
1908 |
Edna Lawyer died, age 13 |
LAYMON |
5 |
8 |
1928 |
Sylvanus Laymon died, age 83 |
LAYMON |
7 |
16 |
1931 |
Lucius Laymon died, age 77 |
LAYMON |
2 |
26 |
1936 |
Mrs. Rose Laymon died, age 77 |
LEE |
10 |
23 |
1930 |
Barn of Mrs. Olive Lee burned |
LEHANE |
12 |
19 |
1931 |
Dr. Timothy D. Lehane died, age 63 |
LELAND |
8 |
1 |
1942 |
Mrs. Emma Leland bo't the Hope farm |
LEVINESS |
9 |
10 |
1919 |
Auction sale of C. T. Leviness |
LEVINESS |
5 |
20 |
1924 |
Charles T. Leviness died, age 73 |
LISK |
7 |
28 |
1891 |
Mrs. Benjamin Lisk died, age 98 |
LITTLEFIELD |
3 |
11 |
1895 |
Miss Sara Littlefield bought the Strong place for $1200 |
LOTZ |
3 |
21 |
1941 |
Mrs. Anna Zeilbeer sold her farm to Otto Lotz |
LOW |
11 |
3 |
1901 |
William Low bo't the Warner place for $300 |
LOW |
6 |
6 |
1936 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Low, a boy |
LOW |
11 |
26 |
1936 |
Charles Low and Doris Hull married |
LOW |
9 |
8 |
1939 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Low, a son |
LOW |
12 |
2 |
1941 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Low, a boy |
LOW |
3 |
31 |
1944 |
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Low, a son |
LOW |
11 |
20 |
1947 |
Mr. and Mrs. William Low married 50 years |
LOWN |
8 |
31 |
1923 |
Addie Lown died, age 27 |