Longfellow Birthday Book

of

Mrs. Minnie Gladwyn Conklin


Town of Hounsfield, near Brownville, Jefferson Co., N. Y.


This little green birthday book was a familiar sight in the household of the transcriber. Grandma kept it with her Bible, her Diary, and her radio in what she called her "little corner" in the kitchen of her half of our double farmhouse. Grandma's visitors were invited to sign this birthday book. Each day had two lines and underneath was a passage containing a portion of a Longfellow poem. Some entries appear to have been written in for deceased love-ones; most others were probably written some time after 1918; and those of Mrs. Conklin's immediate family were written in after they arrived.

I did notice one inconsistency and that concerns entries where dates appear such as "1924-1937." In most cases this meant that the signer was born in the year 1924, but signed the birthday book in 1937. However, there are indeed entries resembling the aforementioned which truly mean the person passed away in the second-mentioned year and which Mrs. Conklin remembered to enter.

The transcription of this birthday book was a bit disappointing to me. As I remember the comings and goings of the household, I should have thought there would have been many more entries. I did see evidences of when certain families came into our lives and in a couple of cases when a pet dog or cat was brought to us! Indeed, a birthday book of the olden days is piece of family memorabilia.

Many of the dates which appear alongside the names are birthyears; and in some cases it is difficult to determine if the second year stated is the date signed or a date inserted by the book's owner after the death of the person.

Shirley Farone
Granddaughter of Mrs. Conklin
November 3, 2003



January 1: Pvt. Jack Gordon Stewart
                    A friend - 1865 - 1921
                    Vernon C. Schofield - 1920
January 2: Burt Gilmore
                    Emma Lucas - 1905
January 3: No entry
January 4: Franki L. Christopher
                    Mrs. Alice Bentley
January 5: No entry
January 6: Myrtie Frost Seeber - 1867
January 7: Pearl M. Congdon - `95
January 8: Dr. H. A. Hoyt - 3/11/37
January 9: Tara Louise Farone - 1960
January 10: F. J. Brundidge
January 11: No entry
January 12: No entry
January 13: Cora G. Post
                     Mabel Johnson
January 14: No entry
January 15: Mr. Harry Bell
January 16: Jeannette Grant Witt
                     Gerald Christopher - 1917
                     Celia G. Pond - 1897
January 17: Eleanor Brundidge
January 18: No entry
January 19: Helen Scee - 1942
                     Raymond E. Walrath
                     Earl C. Hall
January 20: Wilbert O. Gull
                     Luanne Jaye Farone
January 21: Stephen J. O'Connor
                       Florence Schmidt
January 22: Edith B. Frederickson
January 23: Bessie M. Walts
                     H. C. Robinson
January 24: No entry
January 25: Hester M. Gilmore
January 26: Robert Wilton - 1933
                     Janet Ellison Conklin
January 27: Ina Knapp
January 28: Clifford H. Dengler, Jr. - 1922
January 29: No entry
January 30: Anna W. Gladwyn - 1865
                     Janet Warnick
January 31: Sherman D. Wallace - Sept. 6, 1936
                     Addie Johnson - 1863

February 1: No entry
February 2: Wm. Stanley - 1873
                     Norma R. Halstead - 1919
February 3: No entry
February 4: William Conklin
                     Ruth C. Pond - 1924
February 5: G. P. Seeber
February 6: Glenn A. Conklin
                     Wm. F. Adderley
February 7: No entry
February 8: Jessie McCoy - 1895
                     Geo. E. Lytle
February 9: Edwin Gilmore - 1857
                     Elmo S. Halstead - 1898
February 10: Wm. R. Gladwyn 1846-July 1929
February 11: No entry
February 12: No entry
February 13: Marjorie E. Roacher - 1900
February 14: Susie Chapman
February 15: No entry
February 16: No entry
February 17: No entry
February 18: Ida Randall - 1867 - June 25, 1935
                       Kimberly Marie Van Camp - 1966
February 19: Carrie Conklin
February 20: Michel Thomas - February 1852 - 1919
February 21: Frederick W. Schweitzer
                       Grace E. Van Camp
February 22: Lillian T. Miller
                      Alfred M. Farone
February 23: Marion O'Connor
February 24: Frank W. Allen - Feb. 24, 1867
February 25: Myrtle C. (?) Hodge
                       Doris M. Fraser
February 26: Blanche H. Seeber
                       Meroe Allen - born 1831 - died 1894
February 27: Mary Phillips
                       Eva Meyer
February 28: No entry
February 29: Nellie Lamphear - 1917

March 1: Doris Kinville (?) - 1924
                 K. H. Roacher - 1892
March 2: Harriet Emery
March 3: Miss Ethel Sheldon
March 4: Michael Schmidt
                 Myra Hart Munson
March 5: Mary J. Allison - 1932
                 Catherine Carpenter
March 6: No entry
March 7: Jane Besaw
March 8: Helen M. Hall
                 Mrs. C. M. Smith
                 Myrtle Adams
March 9: Sarah Gilmore - 1868-May 21, 1932
March 10: Oleta R. Lamon
                  Alida Shaw (1928)
March 11: Evelyn Waters - 1935
March 12: Nettie Brown
                   Mrs. L. Shultz
March 13: Rosamond Conklin - 1902
March 14: Charles Bradley
                   Vera Barrett - 1905
                   "Larrie and Mickey" "Miss Puss Kittens"
March 15: No entry
March 16: No entry
March 17: Lillian Allison - 1925
                   Elsie M. Gilmore
                   Elmo S. Halstead, Jr. - 1930
March 18: No entry
March 19: Francis C. Schofield - 1917
March 20: Pauline Brown - 1935
                   Pearl Conklin
March 21: Clifton F. Dano - 1860
                   Matthew Radena
                   Lewis M. Gearhart
March 22: Laura A. Palmer
                   Gladys L. Campbell
March 23: Howard James Warnick
March 24: No entry
March 25: Dorothy Lee Dengler - 1925
                   Larrie & Laurie - 1932 (pets ??)
                   Virginia Alice Gilmore - 1923
                   Rodney Allen Conklin - 1954
                   DiMatia Bird - Adams Center, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1937
March 26: Joan Myrna Conklin - 1942
March 27: Margaret Mae Adderley
March 28: No entry
March 29: Howard Wesley Harrison
                   Robert Earl Schweitzer
March 30: Lewis Lamon, Dexter, N. Y.
                   Mary Combs - 1869
March 31: No entry

April 1: Wm. Christopher
              Wilma Schweitzer (nee Gardner)
April 2: No entry
April 3: No entry
April 4: No entry
April 6: No entry
April 7: No entry
April 8: Iva Kelley
April 9: Fred Francis Adderly
              Scott Ashley Van Camp - 1969
April 10: Herbert D. Conklin - 1869 - Feb. 1, 1937
                Mrs. Ella Petrie
                Mrs. Emma Pelton - 1856
April 11: Mrs. F. M. Carr - 1867
                Mrs. Martha A. Getman
April 12: Allen J. Phillips - 1888
April 13: No entry
April 14: Lisa Ruth Conklin - 1961
April 15: No entry
April 16: No entry
April 17: Rose Paneque - 1934
April 18: No entry
April 19: No entry
April 20: Bert Lamphear
April 21: No entry
April 22: S. P. Chapman
April 23: Roland Conklin - 1930
April 24: Alfred Soper `04
                 Ethel Holder - 1920
                 Isabel Shaver
April 25: No entry
April 26: W. H. Bradley
                 Fay T. Sargent
                 Rowena B. Peterson
April 27: Kay Wisner
April 28: Stanley Shaw (1930)
                 Isabel Shaver
April 29: Bertha N. Shaw
April 30: No entry

May 1: No entry
May 2: Martin G. Hasner
             William C. Rohde
             John Paul Dengler - 1927
May 3: Helen L. Kentfield
May 4: Mrs. C. M. Smith
May 5: No entry
May 6: Iris Shaver - 1915
             Eugene E. Pond - 1922
May 7: Gladys E. Stafford (?)
              Olive E. Christopher
May 8: No entry
May 9: No entry
May 10: Priscilla C. Gladwyn
May 11: No entry
May 12: Betty Smith - 121 Mullin Street, Watertown, N. Y.
May 13: H. M. Whittus (?)
May 14: Willis C. Schofield - 1894
May 15: Maude Luffman - 1883
May 16: Leon Christopher
               Irma Lota Wylie
               Clyde Clifford Clearo - 1913 (?)
May 17: No entry
May 18: Pansy E. Stanley
May 19: Nellie O. Fox - 1867 - 1922
               Barbara Ann Christopher - 1942
May 20: Charles Christopher - 1922
               Thelma Pond - 1926
May 21: May Gilbert - 1911
May 22: Gordon F. Christopher
               Gary Leonard Conklin - 1963
May 23: Florence E. Schweitzer
May 24: No entry
May 25: No entry
May 26: Hazel M. Schofield - 1894
May 27: Vernon Frederickson
May 28: Eva Hall
               Ella Giles
May 29: Bertha Snyder
               Gilbert Lamon
May 30: No entry
May 31: Olive M. Tucker
               Mary Seychel Schweitzer - 1933

June 1: Helen E. Gordon
             Lois Elaine Reynolds Conklin - 1932
             Clinton S. Maldoon - 1901
June 2: No entry
June 3: No entry
June 4: No entry
June 5: No entry
June 6: Charlotte Gladwyn - 1813-1883
June 7: No entry
June 8: Mack Warnick
June 9: Earl Knapp
June 10: Robert Bacon
June 11: No entry
June 12: No entry
June 13: Cassius J. Sargent - 1869
June 14: Gregory Charles Conklin - 1956
June 15: Errol Ernest Pond - 1953
June 16: No entry
June 17: No entry
June 18: Ralph Christopher
                Joseph P. Meyer
June 19: Mrs. Carrie Kentfield
June 20: Mrs. F. E. Knapp
                Pascal Di Florio
                Baby June - 1934
June 21: No entry
June 22: No entry
June 23: Florence Mouldey
June 24: Jean Hasner - 1934
June 25: Levi O. Fox - 1903 - 1921
               Libbie A. Ball
June 26: Caroline K. Seeber - born 1843
June 27: No entry
June 28: Anita Wilton - 1930
June 29: Gertie Lingenfelter - 1892
               Hazel A. Ball
June 30: Ruth Lee Merriam

July 1: No entry
July 2: Alan Flanders - July 19, 1898 (?)
             Elsie Lipscomb - 1916
             Ernest M. Pond - 1890
July 3: Grace Congdon - 1899
July 4: No entry
July 5: No entry
July 6: Ralph E. Farrell
            Florence B. Colverd - 1895
July 7: F. M. Carr
            Adaline Knapp
            Frederick F. Schweitzer
July 8: Jean Bradley
             Edith Mary Shaver

July 9: Mrs. J. A. Gould
           Janice Faye Lipscomb - 1940
           Mrs. J. Guraley (probably Sarah Bell Guralney)
July 10: Roy Reg. Colverd - 1928
             Roy Charles Conklin - 1879
July 11: Carrie A. Ross
             Loretta M. Alexander - 1929
July 12: Lena May Knapp - `97
July 13: Dorothy Keith Maynard - 1891 - 1919
July 14: Nancy Fay Sargent - 1937
July 15: Martha A. Parker
             Harold E. Sargent
July 16: Della M. Peck
             Clifford Waters
July 17: Mrs. F. Jos. Brundidge
             Mrs. A. J. Eigabrodt
July 18: Bessie Shaw - 1932
July 19: Sally Ann Hynes - 1932
             Clyde Lipscomb, Jr. - 1939
             Sarah A. Hill - (written March 30, 1951)
July 20: Allen Price Flanders - 1897
             Richard Buckminster
             Rev. Burt Gibbs - 1868 - Nov. 10, 1944
July 21: Ralph Lamon - 1905
               Floyd Connel - 1885
July 22: A. W. Adams
             Ethel Earl Jolly
July 23: Mrs. Frank Graham - 1860
              Lewis Buckminster
July 24: Eugene Ackerman - 1862 - May 2, 1935
July 25: Shirley Conklin - 1937
July 26: No entry
July 27: Fred E. Knapp
July 28: No entry
July 29: C. J. Patrick 1919-1888
             Joyce Wilton - 1934
July 30: William W. Conklin 1870 - Jan. 14, 1919
             Raymond F. Shaver
July 31: Donald E. Wakeman - 1939
              Ferne Phillips
              Margaret Di Florio

Aug. 1: Wilfred H. Chapman - 1879
              Velma Gilbert - 1932
              Bert Flanders - 1869 - Aug. 4, `18
Aug. 2: No entry
Aug. 3: Wm. X. Christopher, Jr. - 1934
Aug. 4: No entry
Aug. 5: Mrs. John Hynes - 1875
Aug. 6: William Gladwyn, Sr. 1800-1880
              Alida Stanley - 1882
Aug. 7: Blanche Lee
Aug. 8: Mrs. Deuyer (sic)
Aug. 9: No entry
Aug. 10: No entry
Aug. 11: No entry
Aug. 12: Mrs. W. H. Bradley
Aug. 13: Henry Douglas - 1885
              Alonzo W. Seeber - born 1843
Aug. 14: No entry
Aug. 15: Helen G. Lindsay
Aug. 16: Robert H. Hodge
                Gordon Snyder
                Effie M. Warn - 1875 - 1918
                Kenneth L. Combs
Aug. 17: Leonard J. Conklin - 1928
                Edward Chapman
                Harry Timmerman
Aug. 18: Jean Van Allen - 1940
Aug. 19: No entry
Aug. 20: Celia Evans
Aug. 21: Beryl A. Buckminster
Aug. 22: Irene M. Mott - 1923
                Aunt Sarah Conklin - age 78
                Nina Mae Fitzgerald
Aug. 23: James Thomson
Aug. 24: No entry
Aug. 25: No entry
Aug. 26: Carl J. Hynes
Aug. 27: Ethel I. Clark - 1918
Aug. 28: Elsie O'Connor
Aug. 29: No entry
Aug. 30: Michael Schmidt, Jr.
                Bernice E. Barber
Aug. 31: Rose Aubertine Walker - Aug. 31, 1937 - age 60 yrs.

Sept. 1: Mary Yerdon
              Ida M. Stanley - 1877
              Mirin C. Crawe (?) (nee Benjamin) 1905 --
Sept. 2: Levantia M. Fox - 1932
              Mrs. M. Thomas - 1854
Sept. 3: Ervin F. Shaver - 1935
              Clifford H. Dengler - 1895
Sept. 4: Mrs. Rosina Schmidt
Sept. 5: Blanche Seeber Alendrack (?) - Sept. 1890
              Harold N. Peck - 1887
Sept. 6: Henrietta Gladwin
              Mrs. Orville Walts - 1874
Sept. 7: No entry
Sept. 8: Ella M. Warn - 1905-1918
              George Panegue - 1936
Sept. 9: Sarah Katherine Adderly
Sept. 10: No entry
Sept. 11: Virgiline Scott - 1925
                Arthur Kentfield
Sept. 12: B. G. Miller
                 Mrs. Herbert Harrison
Sept. 13: Edith J. Warn - 1899-1918
                Minnie M. Gladwin - 1867 - Oct. 17, `36
Sept. 14: Margaret Parker
               Minnie E. Wright - 1860
Sept. 15: Mrs. Wesley J. Alexander - 1907
                Dorcas Janette Ball (1895)
                Anita A. Shay
Sept. 16: Marjorie K. Wight (E Jolly)
Sept. 17: Blanche Stewart Lytle
Sept. 18: Frances B. Reed
Sept. 19: Mr. C. J. Patrick - 1888-1919
Sept. 20: Fred N. Warn 1872-1918
Sept. 21: J. H. Lingenfelter - 1880-1917
Sept. 22: Barbara McManaman
                Annie E. Kiechle - 1893-1934
                Clara G. Owens - 1871-1952
Sept. 23: No entry
Sept. 24: No entry
Sept. 25: Mr. Albert Rohde
Sept. 26: Jennie Cummings - 1864
               Jimmy Wilton - 1943
Sept. 27: Watson Cummings - 1855 - Nov. 1, 1936
                Muriel L. Walker - 1925
Sept. 28: No entry
Sept. 29: No entry
Sept. 30: Wesley J. Alexander - 1898

Oct. 1: No entry
Oct. 2: Emma Schultz
Oct. 3: Dorothy Adams (Natica) - 1938-1924
Oct. 4: Helen Jarrett Bacon - N. C.
Oct. 5: William Roacher - 1895
            Jean Lipscomb - 1952
Oct. 6: Edward Joseph Ottenheimer, 3rd. - 1953
Oct. 7: Doris E. Hasner - 1904 - 1922
Oct. 8: Jackie Farmer - 1932
Oct. 9: No entry
Oct. 10: F. J. FitzGerald - 1886 - 1934
Oct. 11: No entry
Oct. 12: Clair Timmerman - 1919-1937
Oct. 13: Mamie Schmidt
Oct. 14: Mrs. Matilda Paul - 1860
Oct. 15: Mrs. C. G. Hart
              Jean A. Hynes - 1929
Oct. 16: Jay P. Lawton
               Herbert Harrison
               A. D. Getman - born 1854
Oct. 17: Geo. E. Reed
              Anna Holder - 1918
              Pearl W. Lawton
Oct. 18: No entry
Oct. 19: No entry
Oct. 20: Flora M. Bertsch - 1924
               B. B. Brady
              Marjorie Card - 1898 - 1917
               Elaine M. Conklin - 1924
Oct. 21: Harold M. Buckminster
Oct. 22: No entry
Oct. 23: Carol Doris Pond - 1949
Oct. 24: James O'Connor
               Ruth M. Congdon
Oct. 25: No entry
Oct. 26: Betty Marie Adderly
Oct. 27: William Schmitt
               Mabel S. Fulton - 1878 - Oct. 15, 1953
Oct. 28: Hattie (?) A. Whittier
               Elizabeth Greene
Oct. 29: Marion B. Dengler - 1893
Oct. 30: P. B. Gilmore - 1867 - initials ?
               Mark Allen Pond - 1959
Oct. 31: No entry

Nov. 1: W. E. Walker - 1874 - Aug. 2, 1938
             Fred A. Fields - 1930 - Jan. 13, 1949
Nov. 2: No entry
Nov. 3: Harry Schweitzer - 1917
             Grace E. Pond Lenz - 1919
             Gail Elizabeth Conklin - 1957
Nov. 4: Laura R. Conklin - 1839 - 1894
Nov. 5: Ina Starkweather
             Chas. K. Parker - July 31, 1936
             Sarah E. Lawton
Nov. 6: No entry
Nov. 7: No entry
Nov. 8: Iora M. House - 1914 - 1937
Nov. 9: William Schmidt
              Esther E. Warn - 1901-1918
              Robert F. Christopher - 1934
              Bruce Christopher
Nov. 10: No entry
Nov. 11: Mrs. Cleve Wilton - 1908
                J. Martin Prame - 1846-1911
                Clyde Lipscomb - 1914
Nov. 12: No entry
Nov. 13: Mrs. C. K. Parker - Dec. 28, 1933
Nov. 14: Clyde C. Taylor - 1922
                Cpl. Fred J. Bacon - U. S. M. C.
Nov. 15: Ellen Rohde
               Leita Kentfield
Nov. 16: George Schweitzer
Nov. 17: Charles R. Hasner - 1930
               H. J. Carey
               Roy F. Congdon
               Dale William Pond - 1955
Nov. 18: No entry
Nov. 19: Theodore C. Conklin - 1844-1897
                C. M. Smith
                Zilvio Leola Sargent - 1885-1936
Nov. 20: No entry
Nov. 21: No entry
Nov. 22: Leona Karley - 618 N. Y. Ave., Watertown, N. Y.
Nov. 23: Nellie S. Ford - 1869
                Sadie A. Schenck
Nov. 24: W. J. Congdon - 1862
Nov. 25: No entry
Nov. 26: Maybelle R. Warnick
                Mrs. Henry Bell
                Mabel F. Douglas - 1887-1948
Nov. 27: M. A. C. - 1867 (Minnie A. Conklin)
                Karen Frye
                Ross G. Hill - 1927 Nov. 28: No entry
Nov. 29: Ethel Williamson
                Lizzie Parker
Nov. 30: Bertha M. Adderley
                Lulu Gray Scott - 1870-1944

Dec. 1: Cora A. Congdon 1871
              Audrey Lamon
Dec. 2: Ferdie B. Cosselman - 1877
Dec. 3: No entry
Dec. 4: Eddie Evans
Dec. 5: J. E. Gilmore
Dec. 6: No entry
Dec. 7: No entry
Dec. 8: No entry
Dec. 9: Fred J. Bacon
Dec. 10: No entry
Dec. 11: No entry
Dec. 12: Eliza E. Brady
               Della Peters
Dec. 13: Myrtle Gilbert - 1930
               Leitha M. Lamon - 1917
Dec. 14: Eva Conklin - 1854
                 Mrs. Roy Prior (Anna Lee)
Dec. 15: Nina B. Waters
Dec. 16: No entry
Dec. 17: E. H. Brown
Dec. 18: Marion V. Dengler (Millar) 1918
Dec. 19: Susie E. Christopher - 1881
               Orville W. Millar 1911
Dec. 20: No entry
Dec. 21: Mrs. H. J. Carey
Dec. 22: John W. Frederickson
               Gladys C. Wilton - 1928
Dec. 23: Basil A. Van Camp II
              Charles A. Lee
              David E. Shaw - 1943
Dec. 24: No entry
Dec. 25: No entry
Dec. 26: Glenn G. Pond - 1933
              Nerva Eveleigh - 1879
Dec. 27: Arthur T. Cort
               Lottie C. Prame - 1851 - Dec. 26, 1931
               Florence E. Sampson
               Hiram L. Fulton
Dec. 28: Margaret Ball
Dec. 29: No entry
Dec. 30: Mrs. H. C. Robinson
               Lester S. Wakeman
               Mrs. A. Farrington
Dec. 31: Betty Gilbert - 1933
               Ernestine Marie Pond

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