Kat Kooreyby Kat Koorey
First published in April/May, 2004, Volume 1, Issue 2 of The Hatchet: Journal of Lizzie Borden Studies.
April
1st. 1902, Lizzie purchases 11.67 sq. rods on the east side of Belmont, from Mary Swift (R559)
9th. 1920, Melvin Ohio Adams dies in Boston, at age 70 (R197)
10th. 1982, Edward Rowe Snow, author of “Lizzie Borden” published in the Boston Bay Mysteries and Other Tales dies, at age 80 (R417)
13th. 1933, Emma’s estate sells Maplecroft (R561)
14th. 1890, John Vinnicum Morse is in Warren, RI, to visit uncle Charles Morse; he stays 1.5 years (R75/76)
17th. 1859, Captain Philip Harrington is born in Fall River (R151)
24th. 1911, Lizzie enters into an agreement with Emma Lake not to sell their French St. property interests without first consulting one another (R559)
24th. 1844, Andrew, his father Abraham, and William Almy purchase a lot on Anawan St. for $1500 (R549)
29th. 1924, Hannah B. Reagan, matron at the Central Police Station, dies in Fall River, at age 73 (R159)
May
1st. 1911, Lizzie is granted an assignment of the Swansea property, that she had sold to the Gardners in 1910, to John L. Borden for $2000 (R559)
2nd. 1887, Andrew and Abby buy 1/4 share of house of 45 Fourth St. for $1500 (R554)
3rd. 1856, Alice Esther, second child of Andrew and Sarah Morse Borden, is born in Fall River (R7)
5th. 1915, Eli Bence dies in Pittsfield, MA (R80)
5th. 1850, Rufus Bartlett Hilliard is born in Pembroke, Maine (R148)
8th. 1893, Lizzie Borden is arraigned in Superior Court in New Bedford, MA (R183)
9th. 1974, Abby B. Whitehead Potter, daughter of Sarah Bertha Gray Whitehead (Abby’s 1/2 sister), dies, at the age of 89 (R23)
10th. 1892, 92 Second St. is painted by John W. Grouard (drab brown or drab olive green) (R32)
10th. 1916, Asst. City Marshal John Fleet dies of a heart attack in Fall River (R149)
14th. 1929, Dr. Benjamin Handy dies in Marion, MA, at age 81 (R65)
24th. 1886, Bridget Sullivan arrives in US from Ireland (R67)
31st. 1824, Rev. Edwin Augustus Buck is born in Bucksport, Maine (R15)
31st. 1854, Edwin Augustus Buck is ordained in Maine (R15)
31st. 1878, Alice Russell’s father, Frederick, dies (R63)
10th. 1916, Asst. City Marshal John Fleet dies of a heart attack in Fall River (R149)
14th. 1929, Dr. Benjamin Handy dies in Marion, MA, at age 81 (R65)
24th. 1886, Bridget Sullivan arrives in US from Ireland (R67)
31st. 1824, Rev. Edwin Augustus Buck is born in Bucksport, Maine (R15)
31st. 1854, Edwin Augustus Buck is ordained in Maine (R15)
31st. 1878, Alice Russell’s father, Frederick, dies (R63)
Source: Len Rebello, Lizzie Borden Past and Present.
