Category: A Mill Town

  • Mrs. Ann (Bordeaux) Desparois and Mr. Eleon Bordeaux

    Mrs. Ann (Bordeaux) Desparois   1903-1994 and Mr. Elond Bordeaux 1898 -1969       Tape 1 Click on Audio link to listen to interview: Audio [audio:http://www.reynoldstonnewyork.org/wp-content/01 Desparois – Bordeaux1.mp3] Tape 2 Click play to listen to interview: [audio:http://www.reynoldstonnewyork.org/wp-content/Desparois-Bordeaux/01-Ann-Desparois&Eleon-Bordeaux2.mp3] Click on link for transcript:   Transcript  

  • Lillian Prue

    Mrs. Lillian (Bordeaux) Prue  1891-1992     Tape 1                                                                                                 Page 9 Day to day life, chores, life at home in the late 19th Century in Reynoldston NY;  Mothers chores, baking making soft soap and housework;  Description of other houses in Reynoldston and that only a few were painted on the outside;  Details on the rooms in…

  • Eugenia Lashomb

    Eugenia (Bordeaux, Brothers) Lashomb Eugenia Lashomb is the daugher to Daisy and Eugene Bordeaux and grew up in Reynoldston before World War II and after the Reynolds Mill closed.   She was one of the last students to attend the one room school house.  During her childhood most of the small number residents who remained in Reynoldston were…

  • Reynolds Mill Photos

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  • The Reynolds Family

    [flagallery gid=4 name=”Gallery”]   Genealogy* Reynolds Family Genealogy  Father John Reynolds Mother Mary Reynolds Benjamin Franklin Reynolds b. 8- 1782 Petersburg NY d. 8-1862 Bombay New York Involved in the War of 1812 and was a farmer and Merchant In 1824 he settled in the wilderness near the St Regis Indian reservation Owned first store…

  • Reynoldston School

    One Room Schoolhouse     Earliest Schooling Mrs. Delia Moquin remembers hearing that when Orson and Phoebe Reynoldst first started the mill that Phoebe taught school to the few children that lived in the community in the same building that later became the company store. *   Only Institution in Reynoldston The Reynoldston school was…

  • Reynoldston Archives

  • Beatrice Reynolds Beaman

    Mrs. Beatrice Reynolds Beaman   Biographical notes provided by her at the time of her interview. Born November 4, 1890 – born in Reynoldston in big house.  Delivered by Dr. Johnson from South Bangor.   Started going to school house when three years old.  Mary Taylor Lawrence (a cousin) was the school teacher.  Came to Malone in 1906. …

  • Eugene & Daisy Bordeaux

    Interviewed in 1969 Comments on the Interview: We first interviewed Eugene and Daisy French Bordeaux, Bill’s grandparents, two of only a few people then living in Reynoldston.  They were a good choice for our first interviews, as they were willing to be patient with us as we learned the ins and outs of interviewing.  During…

  • The Reynoldston Village – Reconstructed – 1900-1930