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1. "Lizzie Borden Timeline for February"
Posted by laurie1125 on Jan-26th-02 at 7:59 AM

Feb 26, 1829-Hiram Harrington born (later married Lurana Borden
February 3, 1854-Abraham Borden deeds house on Ferry Street to his son Andrew

February 11, 1889-Service at Central Congregational Church calls for pledges of $82,000 to clear dept. (Did Andrew contribute?)

February 22, 1896-Governor Robinson died

February 16, 1897-Providence Daily Journal prints story of Lizzie's shoplifting at Tilden Thurber

February 28, 1904-Edwin H Porter died
February 2, 1920-92 Second Street house purchased by Mandel and Annie Mark from John Dunn

February 16, 1926-Adelaide Churchill dies
February 24, 1926-Lizzie enters hospital for gall bladder operation
February 7, 1965-Nance O'Neil dies in New Jersey nursing home

Here's something I don't understand:
If Abraham deeded the Ferry Street property to Andrew in Feb., 1854, 4 months after Phebe Davenport dies (Andrew's mother), why then does Andrew BUY LURANA'S 1/3 share in the same property  in August, 1883, after the death of the step-mother BeBe?  (Rebello. page 28)

"August 1, 1893....Equal distributions went to BeBe...Andrew...and Lurana (Harrington) sold her share of the Ferry Street home to her brother, Andrew..."*

Page 6, "Note":  BeBe left an estate of "approx. $2400 to her brothers, Ephraim and Ferdinand, and several nieces and nephews..."

*The equal distribution of Abraham's estate = $1,960.00 x3 people.

BeBe died leaving $2400, $1960 of which could be her share of the property...difference of $440 private possessions?

--This post "edited" AFTER Stefani's post appeared....

(Message last edited Jan-27th-02  1:06 AM.)

Rebello. page 318:
FALL RIVER HERALD, Feb.24, 1926: 4

"Personals:  Miss Lizbeth A. Borden, 306 French Street, is ill at the Truesdale (Hospital).  It is understood that Miss Borden was operated on ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO and that she is well on the way of convalescence."

That would make it about Feb. 3 or 4, which IS soon upon us...

Rebello, page 361:
"Edwin H. Porter died at his home in Fall River on Sunday, February 18, 1904.  He was thirty-nine years old..."

-one source listed is "Death Records, City Clerk's Office."

Rebello, page 308, Profile of Nance O'Neil:  as added information, she died at The Actors Fund Home in Englewood, at the age of 90...had lived until age 89 in Manhattan at 145 West 55th Street...

Could it be that something else happened between 1854 and 1883? To the property I mean.

Could it be that Lurana had either been given or purchased 1/3 of the house in between these dates?

I agree with you confusion. Why would Andrew buy something he already owned?

So far, what comes to sight, after comparing the TEXT of Rebello, to what is contained in the Appendix, there are a few discrepencies that I alone cannot reconcile:
Appendix C, pg. 554, land transactions &
Appendix H. pg. 593, date of Porter's death.

So now I have to ask:  Laurie, what are your sources?

(Message last edited Jan-27th-02  3:12 AM.)