Phoebe (Binnard) Goldstone, 1871-1905 and Anna (Binnard) Goldstone, 1874-1964
Phoebe5 Binnard (Abram4,
Mosiek3, Jakob2, Lewin1) was born in Lewiston, Idaho on 7 March 1871 and was
raised there.[1] In
addition to her regular schooling, she also took courses in music and fancy
work at the Sisters' school in Lewiston.[2]
Phoebe married Samuel Goldstone on 29 April 1890 in Lewiston.[3] He was born 25 January 1859 in Hadley, Michigan, the son of Harris and Golda (Rosenberg) Goldstone.[4] When Samuel was a boy, the family traveled to California via the Isthmus of Panama and settled at Petaluma. As a young man he took a job as a commercial traveler for Feigenbaum & Company, dealers in wholesale notions, and remained in their employ for 20 years.[5] The company was billed as the largest notion and toy house in the United States.[6] After their marriage Samuel and Phoebe moved to Cottonwood, Idaho, a small town about 50 miles southeast of Lewiston, where Samuel went into the general merchandise business with Henry Wax, husband of Phoebe's sister Hinda. In 1893 Samuel sold out to Wax and opened his own store.[7] Phoebe and Samuel had three children: Ellis (1891), Bernice (1893),[8] and Abram Hirsch, who was later called Abner (1901).[9] Ellis and Bernice died as infants and are buried in Normal Hill Cemetery at Lewiston. Phoebe died of Graves' disease, an autoimmune ailment that affects the thyroid, on 5 February 1905 at St. Luke's Hospital in Spokane.[10] Her son wrote that “she was a Christian Scientist and was sick for quite a while with a goiter and refused to see a doctor. When she was practically on her death bed my father took her to Spokane where they operated on her goiter but her heart was too weak to stand the operation.”[11] She is buried at Normal Hill Cemetery.[12] In 1906 Samuel enlarged his store in Cottonwood, making it one of the largest in central Idaho. He went to San Francisco, planning to spend $25,000 for new stock.[13] On 18 April, while he was staying at the Hotel Savoy with his son Abram and sisters-in-law Anna and Minnie Binnard, the famous earthquake struck. They escaped into the street in their night clothes, then risked returning to their rooms to retrieve some of their belongings. They and other survivors were ordered to Golden Gate Park, where they spent two days and nights before they were allowed to leave. Eventually they were able to make their way to Oakland and then to Portland. Their hotel was destroyed in the fire that swept the city and Samuel estimated their lost property was worth $1,500.[14] In June 1907 Samuel and his in-laws Anna Binnard, her sister Sarah, her brother Birka and his wife Gussie, and her brother Isaac and his wife Rosa incorporated the Binnard Estate Company in Butte, Montana, with capital stock of $105,000. They named Frank W. Kettenbach of Lewiston as their agent in Idaho. Samuel was named president of the company.[15] A year later, in July 1908, a devastating fire swept through Cottonwood. No lives were lost, but the entire business district of 54 buildings was destroyed. Samuel's loss was one of the heaviest, estimated at $35,000, of which about $25,000 was covered by insurance.[16] He remained in Cottonwood, entering into the mercantile business with John Nash and A.L. Creelman. In addition to their store, Goldstone, Nash & Creelman also shipped goods via a string of 16 mules and pack horses to miners in the gold fields.[17] Samuel also purchased a 350-acre farm in near Cottonwood in 1909.[18] The 1910 census shows his sisters-in-law Anna and Minnie Binnard, who had their own incomes, living with him and his son.[19] In 1911, for $35,000, Samuel purchased one of four business blocks owned by the Binnard Estate Company in Lewiston. Located at Fifth Street and Main, the lot contained a one-story building that Samuel said he intended to replace or remodel.[20] On 28 December he married his sister-in-law, Anna Binnard, at Portland, Oregon.[21] Anna was born 13 November 1874 at Lewiston, where she attended parochial school.[22] The 1900 census shows her, at age 24, living with her widowed mother and siblings Isaac and Minnie in Lewiston. Her occupation was "at school."[23] She might be the Annie Binnard who gave birth to a daughter on 4 February 1908 at the Gateway Hotel in Lewiston. The baby is listed as the mother’s first child, and no father’s name is given.[24] Nothing more is known about the child. Samuel and Anna moved into the house on First Avenue in Lewiston that had been built by her father, Abraham Binnard, in 1890. The house stood until 1966, when it was demolished.[25] In 1912 Samuel and a partner named Ashbaugh bought the Watson Clothing Company, a men’s wear store, and reopened it as Goldstone-Ashbaugh Company.[26] The store was located at 512 Main Street in Lewiston.[27] By August the store was in Samuel's name only[28] and in November the stock had been purchased and put up for sale by another company.[29] The 1920 census shows Samuel and Anna living on First Avenue in Lewiston with Samuel's son, Abram, an 18-year-old university student. Samuel's occupation was partner in general merchandise.[30] They still resided at that address in 1930. Living in the same house in that year were Anna's sister, Amelia Davis, her brother, Isaac M. Binnard, and Isaac's 19-year-old son, Birka. Samuel was working as a real estate agent.[31] Samuel died 18 September 1932 at White's Hospital in Lewiston.[32] He was buried in Normal Hill Cemetery.[33] Anna continued to live in Lewiston. In 1933 she, her sister Amelia Binnard Davis, and her brother and sister-in-law, Birka and Gussie Binnard, formed the Pioneer Estate Company.[34] On the 1940 census of Lewiston, Anna was listed as president of the company.[35] In the 1940s Anna moved to the East Coast, where she lived with her stepson/nephew Abner Goldstone in New York City and with her nephew Birka Binnard in Philadelphia.[36] She died of a cerebral hemorrhage at New York City on 5 July 1964. After a funeral there she was buried next to her husband in Normal Hill Cemetery in Lewiston, with committal service conducted by Rabbi Lloyd R. Goldman of Spokane.[37] She and Samuel had no children. Children of Samuel and Phoebe (Binnard) Goldstone: 1. Ellis5 Goldstone, born 18 January 1891, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho; died 20 January 1891, Lewiston[38] 2. Bernice Goldstone, born 1 September 1893, Cottonwood, Idaho County, Idaho; died 13 February 1894, Cottonwood[39] 3. Abram Hirsch “Abner” Goldstone, born 14 August 1901, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho[40] _________________________ [1] "Samuel Goldstone," An Illustrated History of North Idaho Embracing Nez Perces,Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone Counties, State of Idaho (S.l.: Western Historical Publishing Company, 1903), 529. [2] Ibid. [3] Ibid. [4] "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLT5-WSZ : accessed 30 Apr 2014), Samuel Goldstone, 18 Sep 1932; citing Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, reference 80741, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise; FHL microfilm 1530913. [5] Ibid, 528. [6] "Personal," Helena Independent, 30 August 1882, p. [3]. [7] "Samuel Goldstone," An Illustrated History of North Idaho, 529. [8] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database entry (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 January 2014), entries for Bernice Goldstone, memorial 127571780, and Ellis Goldstone, memorial 127571781, Records of Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho; created by Kerry Moser. [9] "Deaths: Goldstone," New York Times, 21 July 1994, B10. The obituary gives his birthdate. [10] "Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2012); entry for Phoebe Goldstone, no. 8113, p. 130. [11] Abner Goldstone, New York, New York, to Mildred Starr, letter, 21 October 1988. [12] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database entry (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 January 2014), entry for Phoebe Binnard Goldstone, memorial 127571782, Records of Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho; created by Kerry Moser. [13] "New Addition," Lewiston Morning Tribune, 18 March 1906, p. 2. [14] "Mr. Goldstone Tells Story; Cottonwood Merchant and Party at Portland," Lewiston Morning Tribune, 25 April 1906, p. 8. [15] "Articles of Incorporation," Idaho Statesman (Boise, Idaho), 15 Jun 1907, p. 6. [16] "Cottonwood Suffers a Quarter Million Fire; Entire Business District Consumed by Flames Yesterday," Lewiston Morning Tribune, 21 July 1908, p. 1. [17] "Goldstone Severs Link to the Past; Pioneer's Grandson Sells Downtown Landmark," Lewiston Morning Tribune, 8 November 1993, p. 1A. [18] "Buys Near Town; Goldstone Secures Tract Near Cottonwood," Lewiston Morning Tribune, 22 September 1909, p. 8. [19] 1910 U.S. census, Cottonwood Village, Cottonwood Precinct, Idaho County, Idaho, enumeration district 144, sheet 2A, entry for Samuel Goldstone; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2012); Family History Library microfilm 1374237. [20] "Pays $35,000 for a Block; Goldstone Buys from the Binnard Company," Lewiston Morning Tribune, 13 January 1911, p. 3. [21] "Goldstone Weds Miss Binnard," Spokesman-Review, 28 December 1911, p. 10. [22] "Daughter of Early-Day Lewiston Merchant Passes at New York," Lewiston Morning Tribune, 7 August 1964, pp. 1, 18. [23] 1900 U.S. census, West Lewiston Precinct, Nez Perces [sic] County, Idaho, enumeration district 87, sheet 12B, entry for Rachel Binnard; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2012); Family History Library microfilm 1240234. [24] “Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929,” images FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-2717-14100-63?cc=1951759&wc=M6PB-X6D:251424801,251424802 : accessed 11 Apr 2014), Nez Perce > Births 1880-1911 vol 1, p. 76, entry for birth of female child of Annie Binnard, 4 February 1908. [25] "Once-Stately House Being Torn Down," Lewiston Morning Tribune, 8 December 1966, p. 22. [26] “Here is One Thing Certain,” Lewiston Morning Tribune, 3 December 1912, p. [7]. [27] “Our Clothing Talks,” Lewiston Morning Tribune, 9 March 1913, p. 7. [28] “Cool Clothes at a Bargain,” Lewiston Morning Tribune, 3 August 1913, p. 7. [29] “Gigantic Clean-Up Sale,” Lewiston Morning Tribune, 12 May 1914, p. 8. [30] 1920 U.S. census, Ward 1, Precinct 1, City of Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, enumeration district 146, sheet 8A, entry for Samuel Goldstone, dwelling 179, family 206; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2012); NARA microfilm T625, roll 293. [31] 1930 U. S. census, Ward 1, Precinct 15, Lewiston City, Nez Perce County, Idaho, enumeration district 35-10, sheet 3B, entry for Samuel Goldstone, dwelling 54, family 84; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2012); Family History Library microfilm 2340137. [32] “Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937,” Samuel Goldstone, 18 September 1932. [33] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database entry (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 January 2014), entry for Samuel Goldstone, Memorial 127571783, Records of Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho;” created by Kerry Moser. [34] "Incorporations," Seattle Daily Times, 5 January 1933, p. 27. [35] 1940 U.S. census, Ward 1, Election Precinct 11, Lewiston City, Nez Perce County, Idaho, enumeration district 35-8, sheet 62A, entry for Anna B. Goldstone; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2012); NARA microfilm T627, roll 751. [36] "Convalescing," Lewiston Morning Tribune, 1 August 1957, p. 3. [37] "Daughter of Early-Day Lewiston Merchant Passes at New York," Lewiston Morning Tribune, 7 August 1964, p. 1, 18. [38] The Floral Birthday Book: Flowers and Their Emblems, With Appropriate Selections from the Poets (London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d.), 23. Photocopy of a book owned by Anna Binnard Goldstone in which she noted family births, deaths, and marriages. [39] Ibid, 90. [40] Ibid, 85. |