Aaron S. Binnard, 1859-1904, and Sarah (Binnard) Binnard, 1863-1933
Aaron S.5 Binnard (Izrael4, Mosiek3, Jacob2, Lewin1) was born 15 November 1859 according to the inscription on his gravestone.[1] One source gives his birthplace as New York City,[2] while another states he was born in Buffalo, New York in 1861.[3] In 1864 his family resided in Buffalo, where his father worked as a hoop skirt manufacturer.[4] Over the next 15 years they lived in a variety of places: Cincinnati, Ohio;[5] Rochester, New York;[6] Auburn, New York;[7] Turner, Oregon;[8] and finally Whitman County, Washington.[9]
While the family was living in Auburn in 1876, Aaron, age 16, started working as a clerk in his father's millinery and fancy goods store.[10] In the city directories of Rochester for 1877 and 1878, Aaron is listed as the head of the fancy goods business at 145 Main, while James is the clerk.[11] After the family went west in 1880, Aaron worked as a clerk for his great-uncle Birka Binnard in Mt. Idaho, Idaho,[12] but a few years later he joined the family business, J. Binnard & Son, in Palouse City, Washington.[13] Aaron married his first cousin, Sarah Binnard, on 28 January 1886 in Lewiston, Idaho. William Wing, probate judge for Nez Perce County, officiated.[14] Sarah, the daughter of Abraham and Rachel (Grostein) Binnard, was born 25 September 1863[15] in Erie County, New York.[16] At a young age she came with her parents to Lewiston and was raised there. Aaron and Sarah's first child was born in September 1887 at Lewiston. The newspaper reported that Aaron's parents, James and Anna, came from Palouse City to see their first grandchild.[17] The child, whose sex and name are unknown, evidently died young. The 1900 census reported that Sarah had given birth to two children, but only one, Beatrice, who was born in December 1892, was then living.[18] Aaron and Sarah were in Spokane, Washington by 1889. The city directory for that year shows Aaron running a second-hand store at 414 Howard.[19] By 1890 the store had moved to 224 N. Monroe and was called Binnard & Co., run by Aaron, Sarah, and Aaron's brother, Daniel.[20] In 1893 Daniel was replaced by another brother, Ike, and the store was located at 927 Sprague Avenue.[21] Aaron and Sarah must have lived briefly in Salt Lake City. The firm of Millzner & Binnard (Manuel Millzner and Aaron Binnard) was selling lace curtains and rugs there in 1896.[22] Soon the couple moved to Butte, Montana, where Aaron opened a second-hand store on Park Street and played a small part in a murder investigation that attracted national attention. Rev. Francis Hermans of Salt Lake City was accused of killing two young women, Henrietta Clausen and Anna Samuelson, and cremating their bodies in the furnace of the Scandinavian Church there.[23] Shortly thereafter Hermans arrived in Butte with a trunk filled with women's clothes, which he said had belonged to his deceased wife. He sold the clothes to Aaron, who paid him $12. Aaron had sold most of the garments by the time an enterprising reporter tracked down the trunk and the remaining items were identified as having belonged to Miss Samuelson.[24] Four years later, in 1902, the newspaper reported that Hermans had not yet been captured.[25] Still in Butte in 1899, Aaron took on a partner, his mother-in-law, Rachel Binnard, who was living in Lewiston. Their business was Binnard & Binnard, a clothing store.[26] By 1903 Aaron had switched to real estate, and also advertised that he would loan money "on all kinds of security."[27] Later that year he and Sarah moved to the warmer climate of Los Angeles because of his "lung trouble."[28] The city directory gives his occupation there as miner.[29] He died there on 9 April 1904. His body as shipped to Idaho on the steamer Lewiston, accompanied by his wife and other relatives. The flag on the ship was lowered to half-mast in his honor. He was buried in the Normal Hill cemetery.[30] Sarah remained in Butte until 1911, when she and Beatrice moved to Spokane.[31] By 1920 they were in Portland, Oregon, where Beatrice was employed as a stenographer.[32] In 1922 Sarah resided in the Watts section of Los Angeles,[33] and in 1926 she lived in South Pasadena.[34] The 1930 census shows her there in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, Beatrice and James Francis.[35] Sarah died in California on 9 March 1933.[36] Her remains were cremated.[37] Children: 1. Child born about September 1887 in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho;[38] died before 1900[39] 2. Beatrice Binnard, born 5 December 1892, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington;[40] married James Francis;[41] died 18 October 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California[42] ____________________________ [1] Photograph of Aaron S. Binnard’s gravestone, Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho, in possession of Mildred Starr. [2] 1875 New York state census, Fourteenth Ward, Rochester, Monroe County, p. 84, dwelling 692, family 776, entry for Aaron Binnard, son, in household of James Binnard; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 4 April 2012); Family History Library microfilm 833780. [3] “Hold Funeral Today: Remains of Aaron Binnard Arrived from Los Angeles.” Photocopy from unidentified newspaper, probably Lewiston Daily Tribune, with date of April 15, 1904 written at top of page. [4] Thomas’ Buffalo City Directory for 1864 (Buffalo, N.Y.: E.A. Thomas, 1864), 142. [5] 1870 U.S. census, north half of the Ninth Ward, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, p. 11, entry for James Binnard; dwelling 13, family 89, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 July 2012); Family History Library Film: 552711. [6] 1875 New York state census, Fourteenth Ward, Rochester, Monroe County, p. 84, dwelling 692, family 776, entry for James Binnard; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 4 April 2012); Family History Library microfilm 833780. [7] Boyd's Auburn City Directory (Auburn, N.Y.: Frederick Allen, 1876-7), 80. [8] 1880 U.S. census, Turner, Marion County, Oregon, p. 3, dwelling house 19, family 19, entry for Anna Binnard; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); Family History Film 1255082. [9] 1880 U.S. census, Farmington District No. 2, Whitman County, Washington Territory, p. 14B, dwelling house 151, family 161, entry for Jas. Binnard; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 July 2012); Family History Film 1255398. [10] Boyd's Auburn City Directory, 1876 (Auburn, N.Y.: Frederick Allen, 1876-7), 80. [11] The Rochester Directory Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, a Business Directory, and the City and County Register, No. XXVIII, for the Year Commencing July 1, 1877 (Rochester, N.Y.: Drew, Allis & Co., 1877), 54; 1878 directory, p. 54. [12] 1880 U.S. census, Mt, Idaho, Idaho County, Idaho, p. 15, dwelling house 187, family 189, entry for Aaron S. Binnard, gr. nephew, in household Birka Binnard; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); citing Family History Library microfilm 1254173. [13] McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory for 1883-4 (San Francisco; Oakland, Calif.: L.M. McKenney, 1882), 1139. [14] "Idaho, Marriages, 1878-1898; 1903-1942," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW69-1HH : accessed 05 Dec 2012), Aaron S. Binnard and Sarah Binnard, 28 Jan 1886. [15] The Floral Birthday Book: Flower and Their Emblems, With Appropriate Selections From the Poets (London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d.), 98. Photocopy of a book owned by Anna Binnard Goldstone in which she noted family births, deaths, and marriages. [16] 1865 New York state census, First District of the First Ward, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, p. 70, dwelling 309, family 526, entry for Sarah, child of Abraham Binnard; digital image, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 4 April 2012); Family History Library microfilm 825683. [17] Lewiston Teller, 8 September 1887. Photocopy of article, no title or page given. [18] 1900 U.S. census, Butte City, Silver Bow Township, Silver Bow County, Montana, enumeration district 114, sheet 1B, dwelling 30, family 39, entry for Sarah Bernard [sic], sister-in-law, and Bernice Bernard [sic], niece, in household of Joseph Bernard [sic]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 October 2012); NARA microfilm T625, roll 246. [19] “Spokane, Washington Directories, 1889-93,” database online, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 October 2012), Aaron S. Binnard entry, 1889. [20] Spokane Falls City Directory, 1890 (Spokane Falls, Washington: R.L. Polk & Co., 1890), 129. [21] Spokane City Directory, 1893 (Spokane, Washington: R.L. Polk & Co., 1893), 201. [22] R.L. Polk & Co’s Salt Lake City Directory, 1896 (Salt Lake City, Utah: R.L. Polk & Co., 1896), 493. [23] “Evidence from Butte,” San Francisco Chronicle, 28 May 1896, p. 5. [24] "Sold a Trunk in Butte,” Salt Lake Tribune, 27 May 1896, p. [1]. [25] “Badly Wanted at Home,” Salt Lake Telegram, 15 February 1902, p. 4. [26] R.L. Polk & Co.’s Butte City Directory, 1899 (Butte: Montana: R.L. Polk & Co., 1899), 103. [27] “Money to Loan,” Anaconda Standard, 10 February 1903, p. 3. [28] “Hold Funeral Today: Remains of Aaron Binnard Arrived from Los Angeles.” Photocopy from unidentified newspaper, probably Lewiston Daily Tribune, with date of April 15, 1904 written at top of page. [29] Los Angeles City Directory, 1904 (Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles City Directory Company, 1904), 63. [30] “Hold Funeral Today: Remains of Aaron Binnard Arrived from Los Angeles.” [31] R.L. Polk & Co.’s Butte City Directory with Indexed Map of the City of Butte for the Year Commencing May 1911 (Helena, Montana: R.L. Polk & Co., 1911), 119. In the entry, Sarah is mistakenly called the widow of Isaac Binnard. [32] Polk’s Portland City Directory, 1920 (Portland, Oregon: R.L. Polk & Co., 1920), 194. [33] Watts City Directory, 1922-23 (Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Directory Co., 1922), 16. [34] South Pasadena and San Marino City Directory, 1926 (South Pasadena, California: Kaasen Directory Company, 1925), 33. [35] 1930 U.S. census, South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, enumeration district 19-1517, sheet 5A, dwelling 104, family 119, entry for Sarah Binnard, mother-in-law, in household of James Francis; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 2 October 2012); Family History Library microfilm 2339910. [36] “Deaths,” Los Angeles Times, 10 March 1933, p. 16. [37] The Floral Birthday Book: Flowers and Their Emblems, With Appropriate Selections From the Poets (London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d.), 98. Photocopy of a book owned by Anna Binnard Goldstone in which she noted family births, deaths, and marriages. [38] Lewiston Teller, 8 September 1887. Photocopy of article, no title or page given. [39] 1900 U.S. census, Butte City, Silver Bow Township, Silver Bow County, Montana, entry for Sarah Bernard [sic], sister-in-law, in household of Joseph Bernard [sic]. Sarah is listed as the mother of two children, with only one still living. [40] Ancestry.com. Washington, Births, 1883-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010; [no first name] Binnard, 5 December 1892, Spokane County, Washington. [41]Ancestry.com. Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-1924, 1946-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2000, Beatrice Binnard, James Francis, 22 May 1920, Multnomah County. [42] Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000; Beatrice B. Francis, Los Angeles County, born 5 December 1892, Washington; died 18 October 1940; father’s surname Binnard and mother’s maiden name Binnard. |