Lizzie on the Cape

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:25 pm

This very brief newspaper item refers to a visit Lizzie made to visit the Cory family on Cape Cod

http://www2.townonline.com/barnstable/a ... eid=290877

Anybody ever heard of the Cory family?

Tina-Kate · Post by **Tina-Kate** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:49 pm

Thanks for that, Harry. *Kid's Corner*?? I find this little article kind of strange. It's like a teaser & doesn't say anything much. Wants to get kids interested in Lizzie? Bizarre.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:56 am

Thanks, Har! That's pretty weird!
Len always told me he had heard of Corys around Massachusetts!

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:39 am

Thanks Harry, interesting blip. Hmmm, I found a few things, but, don't know if its what the article refers to?

There was an Great Island Club built in 1902 by Charles B. Cory, a wealthy ornithologist. Cory lost his fortune in the stock market crash and the island was sold and the club became the Aberdeen Hall Hotel. You can see a pic of Aberdeen Hall and find out more here:

http://www.hsoy.org/tours/West/pages/4.aberdeenhall.htm

Theres more info here:

http://www.capecodonline.com/special/wi ... gthe22.htm

nbcatlover · Post by **nbcatlover** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:58 pm

I'm rehashing an old topic because I believe it warrants more research.

The Cape Cod references are interesting, but locally the name Cory had ties to Tiverton, RI, and Westport, MA. Gray is a name tied to Tiverton to this day (Gray's Ice Cream is a popular summer stop).

But this gave me a jolt when I was looking for genealogy leads. Pardon Cory's mother and his wife both had the same name--Abby Durfee Gray. And we all know how the same names keep occurring in the same families over and over again.

http://www.grandcestry.com/GedHTree/ghtout/gp1497.html

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:02 pm

That is unusual to say the least.

I guess old Pardon Corey took that song "I want a girl, just like the girl that married dear old dad" VERY seriously.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:05 pm

I'm surprised at a man named Pardon.
Thanks for the link!

We had been hashing or rehashing the use of the spelling of Abbie on that cup of Len Rebello- and lately I've noticed in the older newspapers they always spelled the name Abbie, like in her marriage announcement (1865). Another woman named/spelled "Abbie" was also in an announcement in the same paper.
(The sight of "Abigail" in that tree is what reminded me).
However , Porter also spells her name Abbie.
I think it is an old-fashioned way to spell it.
At least to my knowledge, our Abby/Abbie, tho, was not ever an Abigail, I don't think. Just extra info - I didn't know where to put it.

Edisto · Post by **Edisto** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:09 am

I understand there are examples of Abby's own signature, using the "Abby" spelling, but I don't know how early they are. It would seem to me that the spelling on the cup would probably be consistent with the way Abby herself spelled her name, since she would probably have ordered the engraving herself. I myself haven't seen the examples. Perhaps someone who has could comment and give us an idea of the date(s).

Kashesan · Post by **Kashesan** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:37 am

Mabe the newspaper misspelled the last name and it was really Koorey...?

kash

nbcatlover · Post by **nbcatlover** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:32 pm

There's Cory and there's Corey in the same family, so why not Koorey?

I had emailed the Mr. Gray who submitted the Gedcom with the 2 ADGs. He says the first is definitely Durfee Gray. The second one changes between Abby Durfee Gray and Abby A. Gray, but she is a contemporary to the murders.

Many of the families around the murders seem to have tweaked their names to make themselves less identifiable.

It's amazing how many genealogists just lose the family line that would connect them to the Borden
case.

I was looking at a Gray genealogy today that lists an Oliver Gray from the Tiverton/Fall River area around 1762. After some quibbling about whether his father is Edward or Gideon, you're left with the feeling he was illegitmate and he and Gideon just disappear...hmmm.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:41 pm

I know it was posted that a member had said they had seen examples of a signature on a deed, but I asked at the FRHS this past trip and was told there are not original deeds extant, but rather "fair copies" which we have all seen on the UMASS site.

Given, a "fair copy" would probably be true to the detail of how a signature was spelled, but I'm getting the impression that Abby's name spelling may have changed over time.
It's possible that Lizzie spelled it that way ("Abbie"-shades of Maggie?), and Abby had the cup engraved with that "pet" spelling. I really don't know for sure, but in the old newspapers I did see it as "Abbie."

nbcatlover · Post by **nbcatlover** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:30 pm

Is it possible that Abby/Abbie was illiterate and had to accept whatever spelling others imposed on her?

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:11 am

The names of Andrew's sisters are variously spelled.
Lurana, Laura Ann etc.
I don't think they were too carefull with spelling names *back then.* Abraham, Andrew's father is listed in one Federal census as Abram.

nbcatlover · Post by **nbcatlover** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:31 pm

Yes, Ms. Koorey--

I just found a southern Cory who evolved into a Cary. Next thing you know, we'll get Jim Carrey involved as somebody's 8th cousin 6 times removed.

I was reading someone's blog, and they had a whole discourse on "old New England families" and how one was named after you (as father), one was named after your father, then one after your father-in-law, then one after your oldest brother, etc.

Julia Roberts caught flack for naming her twins after Moder family names--Hazel and Phinneaus. After looking at some local families, I think the little girl could have been named Sophoronia or Freelove and the little boy could be Wanton or Philander. The twins actually faired quite well!

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:17 am

Well, our name is not New England on our father's side.
But we are pretty close on our mother's.

I just saw another *Abbie* spelling today.
Rebello, 556, under Land Transactions:

"1893 - August 17
Emma and Lizzie sold for '$1.00 and other good and valuable considerations, property to Sarah B. Whitehead of Fall River and Priscilla S. Fish of Hartford, Connecticut ... all our rights, title of which Abbie D. Borden, wife of Andrew J. Borden, late of said Fall River, died seized and possessed wherever said real estate...' et al. (Book 16: 259) This was the half interest in the property on Fourth Street in Fall River that Andrew and Abby Borden purchased in 1887."

Granted- it's a transcription.