These are the March entries in Aida Austin’s 1881 Diary. Aida was staying with her Eldred-Austin cousins in NYC. She turned twenty in November. N.Y.C., Saturday, March 5, 1881 The door bell has rung about fifty times I guess today. … Continue reading
November 1941 It rained quite hard most of Saturday in Eldred. Herman Sr. and Jr. were down to see Lon in the evening. They asked about putting up signs forbidding hunting. Harry Wormuth was in to see Lon after the … Continue reading
October 1941 Wednesday, October 1, Lon (84) received a birthday card from his brother Ell. Thursday, October 2, one of the state police stopped in to see if Lon had seen anything of the neighbor’s adopted boy. “A lot of … Continue reading
September 1941 Monday, September 1, was Labor Day. Art was at the old Austin farm for quite a while in the morning. Tuesday morning Aida was once again at the A&P. In the afternoon her niece Lillie stopped by for … Continue reading
Left: A brother of Mr. Quick; Mr. and Mrs. Quick from Barryville; Mr. Deats, Lottie Dewey, Uncle Lon Austin, Frank Dewey. In front from left: Mildred, Laura and Mary Briggs; unknown lady; Chester Middaugh is behind the watermelon that Irwin … Continue reading
Note: Alfred and Bessie Hill were good friends of the Austins. Art boarded with them when he came home after the War. The photos of Alfred and Bessie and their daughter Joan shown here are from the summer of 1949. … Continue reading
April 1941 Tuesday morning, April 1, Aida went to the Village. Wednesday afternoon Aida went over to Mae’s, who had gone to Port Jervis. Mae’s brother Will Hammond was sick. Thursday morning Lon went to Mae’s to see Will Hammond … Continue reading
January 1941 February 1941 March 1941 March 1 (Saturday) came in like a cold, blustery lion. Lon went up to Herman Bosch’s in the morning to see about wood for the church. Then he was down to the Village. Monday … Continue reading
Lon and Aida Austin In 1940 Aida, 79, and Lon, 83 (who had never married) continued to live in Eldred and refer to it as “the Village.” They each lived in their own place next door to each other, on … Continue reading
Aida A. Austin kept a diary in 1881, the year she turned 20 in November. She lived in New York City with or near her Eldred-Austin relatives during the winter months. In the summer, Aida and her New York City … Continue reading
