Lizzie Borden and the Month of June
Partial extracts from my historic timeline for the month of June follows. It helps one gain a perspective on what influenced Lizzie Borden and the world she lived in. Well, sort of. One can also watch old films like Pollyanna to get a peek into the mores, customs, societal hierachy of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Speaking of Pollyanna, I watched it the other day and was particularly struck by its accurate depiction of the power the founding families had within their communities, including the Church. Just as Polly Harrington (Jane Wyman) dictated what her church minister (Karl Malden) would trumpet from the pulpit, made me wonder if the Bordens and Durfees influenced what their ministers would speak on for the Sunday sermons at the Central Congregational Church.
| June 20, 1635 | John Borden, wife, and two children set sail for America. |
| June 9, 1772 | First naval battle of the Revolutionary War, British customs schooner Gaspee is burned off Rhode Island. |
| June 17, 1775 | Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston. |
| June 18, 1804 | Name of “Fallriver” changed to “Troy” |
| June 2, 1832 | Caleb Blodgett (later Judge at Borden Trial) is born in Dorchester, New Hampshire. |
| June 12, 1836 | Justin Dewey, later Judge at Borden Trial, is born. |
| June 26, 1838 | Mary Augusta Demarest is born in NYC; later writes “My Ain Countrie”. |
| June 9, 1861 | John W. Coughlin born; later three-term Mayor of Fall River. |
| June 19, 1863 | Earl P. Charlton born in Chester, Conn. (Later becomes richest man in Fall River). |
| June 9, 1863 | Ricca Allen is born in Canada, later friend of Nance O’Neil and Lizzie Borden. |
| June 6, 1865 | Andrew Borden, 43, marries Abby Durfee Gray, 37, (43 days before Lizzie’s 5th birthday). Emma is 16. |
| June 16, 1867 | Helen Leighton born in Millbridge, Maine. |
| June 28, 1870 | Jerome C. Borden marries Emma Tetlow. (Did 10 yr old Lizzie go to wedding?) |
| June 19, 1874 | Andrew has running water installed in the Second Street house with service from city. |
| June 25, 1876 | General Custer and entire regiment killed at “Battle of the Little Big Horn.” |
| June 29, 1876 | Mill #2 of the American Linen Company, foot of Ferry St., suffered fire damage in the two upper stories. |
| June, 1879 | Spinner’s strike, major summer long strike of mill workers. |
| June 11, 1885 | William Almy dies in Fall River. |
| June 17, 1885 | The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, arrives in the U.S. |
| June 2, 1886 | President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in Blue Room of the White House. |
| June 15, 1887 | Dedication of BMC Durfee High School. William Lambert is first principal. |
| June 4, 1890 | Lizzie signs her passport application for Grand Tour to Europe. |
| June 16, 1890 | The first Madison Square Garden, designed by McKim, Mead & White, opens in New York City. |
| June 21, 1890 | Lizzie sails on S.S. Scythia from Boston to Liverpool, England, embarking on 19 week long “Grand Tour”. |
| June 24, 1891 | Daylight “robbery” at the Bordens. (KP74) |
| May/June 1892 | Andrew kills pigeons roosting in the barn. Morse visits end of June. |
| June 30, 1892 | Morse spends one day at Bordens; takes Butcher Davis’ daughter & Emma for a ride. (CI 96) |
| June 1, 1893 | Grace Hartley graduates from Fall River High School. (FRHN 3/21/2004) |
| June 3, 1893 | Jose Correiro arrested in Manchester case. (Jury is sequestered and does not learn of this arrest.) |
| June 3, 1893 | Lizzie transfers to New Bedford Jail on Ash Street. |
| June 5-20, 1893 | THE TRIAL OF LIZZIE BORDEN |
| June 1893 | Grace Hartley graduates from Fall River High School. (FRHN 3/21/2004) |
| June 5, 1893Monday | Court convened at 11:28 am. 111 questioned before the 12 jurymen are were selected. Charles I. Richards chosen as jury Foreman. |
| June 6, 1893 Tuesday | Indictment is read; William Moody opens for the Prosecution. Lizzie faints and is revived. |
| June 6, 1893 Tuesday | Civil Engr. Thomas Kieran called, gives measurements, testifies a man could have hid in front entry closet. |
| June 6, 1893 Tuesday | Jurors travel to Fall River; visit Kelly’s house, Wade’s store, Crowe’s stone yard, Chagnon’s house, Kirby’s yard, Alice Russell’s house, Gorman’s store, Clegg’s store and banks. Tour finished at 4:00 pm. |
| June 6, 1893Tuesday | Jurors taken to Mellen House, Franklin & North Main Street where they spend the night. |
| June 7, 1893 Wednesday | James A. Walsh, photographer testifies as to the accuracy of the pictures he had made of the victims and the house on the day of the killing. |
| June 7, 1893 Wednesday | John Vinnicum Morse examination conducted by Moody, not different from that as in the Preliminary Hearing. Lizzie smiled as her uncle tried to calculate her age and shook her head vigorously when he stated she was “33.” (She was only 6 weeks shy of 33), |
| June 7, 1893 Wednesday | Abraham G. Hart, Treasurer of Union Savings Bank, testifies as to Borden’s movements on morning of the 8/4. |
| June 7, 1893 | Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, dies. Had home in Middletown, RI. |
| June 9, 893Friday | John Minnehan, patrolman assigned to follow John Morse on August 5, 1892, dies at age 48 in Fall River. |
| June 12, 1893 Monday | Lizzie’s Inquest Testimony ruled inadmissible. |
| June 13, 1893 Tuesday | AG Pillsbury arrives by train from Boston, consults with Knowlton & Moody & returns same evening. |
| June 14, 1893 Wednesday | John T. Burrill, Cashier of Union National Bank, Everett M. Cook, Cashier of the First National Bank, Jonathan Clegg, a hat dealer, Joseph Shortsleeves, a carpenter, and John Maher, a carpenter give testimony as to Andrew’s movements August 4th. |
| June 14, 1893 | Judges ruling excludes Eli Bence’s prussic acid testimony . |
| June 14, 1893 | At Knowlton’s request during Dr. Draper’s testimony, Dr. Dolan brings in the skulls of Andrew & Abby. Lizzie is allowed to retire from the courtroom. (TT1046) |
| June 14, 1893 Wednesday | 9th Day: C. C. Potter’s son (Freddy) finds hatchet w/gilt on roof of Crowe’s barn. Carpenter Carl McDonnel claims it is his hatchet; prussic acid testimony (Eli Bence) ruled inadmissible. |
| June 15, 1893 | FR Evening News reports hatchet found on roof of John Crowe’s barn. ( FREN18) |
| June 15, 1893 Wednesday | Opening statements by Defense are given by Andrew Jennings. |
| June 16, 1893 Wednesday | Emma Borden testifies. |
| June 16, 1893 | Governor Robinson reads from Bridget’s Inquest Testimony (a missing document) (TT) |
| June 17, 1893 | Carpenter McDonald claims Crowe’s roof hatchet is his. (FRHN) |
| June 18, 1893 | Carrie Poole, Lizzie’s friend residing 20 Madison Street, New Bedford, dies. |
| June 19, 1893 Wednesday | Governor Robinson gives closing arguments; Knowlton begins his closing. |
| June 20, 1893 3:24 pm | 13th Day: The Jury retires to deliberate. |
| 4:32 pm | Lizzie Borden pronounced “Not Guilty” at 4:35 pm. (TT1928) |
| 8:15 pm | Lizzie & Emma arrive by coach w/Mrs. Holmes at 67 Pine St. in FR; small reception follows. Lizzie spends night there. Large crowd gathered at 92 Second St. (CaseBook228) |
| June 22, 1893 | Reupholstered sofa is delivered back to the house on Second Street. (LR1111-112) |
| June 23, 1893 | Lizzie visits the Wm. Covel’s in Newport, RI, has classic picture of her “standing behind the chair” taken. |
| June 23, 1893 | Morse attempts to get mileage reimbursement from Iowa to New Bedford from Co. Treasurer. (FRHN) |
| June 27, 1893 | Lizzie & Emma go to Taunton to visit Sheriff Wright’s wife. |
| June 4, 1900 | Mary Howe (Baker) is born, daughter of Grace and Louis Howe. |
| June 5, 1905 | Newspaper article states Lizzie writing play for Nance O’Neil. (Spiering p208) |
| June 5, 1905 | Boston Globe reports Emma moving out of “Maplecroft”. |
| June 21, 1905 | Bridget Sullivan marries John M. Sullivan in Anaconda, MT. |
| June 2, 1906 | Emma Borden departs on White Star liner RMS Cymric, departing from Boston for Queenstown & Liverpool, enroute to Scotland. |
| June 30, 1908 | Lizzie writes to Asst. Supt R. I. Hospital re her maid Hannah B. Nelson. (Gateway Mag. Summer 1997) |
| June 15, 1909 | Marshal Hilliard retires. |
| June 19, 1911 | Opening Day of Fall River’s Cotton Centennial |
| June 23, 1911 | President Howard Taft arrives in Fall River for Cotton Centennial celebration. |
| June 10, 1912 | Grisly axe murders of 2 adults and 6 children, all while they sleep, in Villisca, Iowa. |
| June 25, 1914 | Animal Rescue League of Fall River established as a corporation (Later becomes Faxon Animal Rescue League). |
| June 29, 1914 | Austrian Prince, Archduke Ferdinand shot by Serbian assassin, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, leading to World War I. |
| June 28, 1915 | Patrick Doherty (Captain, FRPD) dies in Fall River, Mass. |
| June 15, 1918 | Lizzie and Emma sell 230 Second St. (changed from #92) to John W. Dunn. (LR557) |
| June 19, 1919 | Naval Fighting Ship commissioned “Moody” launched. William H. Moody’s sister, Mary E. Moody, sponsored the ship. |
| June 22, 1922 | Emma Borden signs the Codicil to her Will. |
| June 1, 1923 | Leontine Lincoln dies. (Grandfather of Victoria Lincoln and a founder of Fall River Historical Society). |
| June 1, 1927 | Lizzie Andrew Borden dies of heart failure at 8:30 pm at her home “Maplecroft” in (59 days short of her 67th birthday). |
| June 4, 1927 | Nance O’Neil’s interview about Lizzie appears in New Bedford Standard. |
| June 7, 1927 | Lizzie’s Will is filed in Taunton Probate Court. |
| June 10, 1927 | Emma Borden dies in Newmarket, New Hampshire at age 76. |
| June 12, 1927 | Helen Leighton interview saying Lizzie was bitterly unhappy, suffered from depression. ( FRHN) |
| June 13, 1927 | Emma Borden is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery. |
| June 30, 1927 | Emma’s Will is filed in Taunton Probate Court. |
| June 3, 1939 | Arthur Sherman Phillips writes to son of Defense Attorney Robinson asking to be forwarded Lizzie’s answers to the questions he posed her back in 1892. |
| June 23-27, 1936 | Grace Hartley Howe attends Democratic Nat’l Convention in Philadelphia as a Delegate At-large. |
| June 14, 1955 | Grace Hartley Howe, Lizzie’s cousin and legatee, dies at the age of 80 in Fall River. (FRHN) |
| June 1, 1961 | Adelaide Churchill home destroyed by fire. (LR44) |
| June 13, 1981 | Author Victoria Lincoln Lowe dies at age 76. Her body given to Science at John Hopkins University. |
| June 22, 1994 | Josephine Vohnoutka McGinn (wife of John) dies in Fall River. |
| June 1, 2001 | Jules Ryckebusch retires from Bristol Community College and names Gabriela Schalow Adler Publisher of The Lizzie Borden Quarterly. |
| June 2, 2004 | Robert Dube files for variance to convert garage to single family residence on Maplecroft property. |
| June 7, 2004 | FR Herald News reports 92 Second Street purchased by Donald Woods of Portsmouth, RI.; says he will tear down “Leary Press”, increase parking & rebuild the barn. |
| June, 2008 | Lizzie Borden Took an Axe, or Did She? – A Rhetorical Inquiry by Annette Holba is published. |
| June, 2008 | Leonard Pickel announces he will open a Lizzie Borden Gift Shop & “Museum” in Salem, MA. |
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Beverly Patt
February 13, 2014 at 2:31 PM
“June 18, 1804 – Name of “Fallriver” changed to “Troy”
Is this a mistake? Did you mean the opposite?
Or was it changed back at some point not noted in the timeline?
phayemuss
February 14, 2014 at 6:09 PM
No, it was “Fallriver” (ONE WORD RUN TOGETHER), then changed to to Troy then changed to Fall River.
phayemuss
June 10, 2015 at 9:58 AM
Reblogged this on Tattered Fabric: Fall River’s Lizzie Borden.
Charlotte Gerber, Author
June 11, 2015 at 8:49 AM
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