After their stepmother's sister received a house, the sisters had demanded and received a rental property (the home they had lived in until their mother died) which they purchased from their father for $1 a few weeks before the murders, they sold the property back to their father for $5,000 (equivalent to $144,000 in 2020). Tension had been growing within the family in the months before the murders, especially over Andrew's gifts of real estate to various branches of Abby's family. After returning to Fall River, a week before the murders, Lizzie chose to stay in a local rooming house for four days before returning to the family residence. A family argument in July 1892 prompted both sisters to take extended "vacations" in New Bedford. Lizzie had recently built a roost for the pigeons, and it has been commonly recounted that she was upset over his killing of them, though the veracity of this has been disputed. In May 1892, Andrew killed multiple pigeons in his barn with a hatchet, believing they were attracting local children to hunt them. from Ireland, testified that Lizzie and Emma rarely ate meals with their parents.
Bridget Sullivan, (whom they called Maggie) the Bordens' 25-year-old live-in maid who had immigrated to the U.S. Borden" and demurred on whether they had a cordial relationship she believed that Abby had married her father for his wealth. Lizzie stated that she called her stepmother "Mrs. Three years after the death of Lizzie Borden's mother Sarah, Andrew married Abby Durfee Gray (1828–1892). She was also a member of the Ladies' Fruit and Flower Mission. She was involved in Christian organizations such as the Christian Endeavor Society, for which she served as secretary-treasurer, and contemporary social movements such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). As a young woman she was very involved in church activities, including teaching Sunday school to children of recent immigrants to the United States. īorden and her older sister, Emma Lenora Borden (1851–1927) had a relatively religious upbringing and attended Central Congregational Church. It was in an affluent area, but the wealthiest residents of Fall River, including Andrew's cousins, generally lived in the more fashionable neighborhood, "The Hill", which was farther from the industrial areas of the city and much more homogeneous racially, ethnically and socioeconomically. For instance, the Borden home lacked indoor plumbing although that was a common accommodation for wealthy people at the time. ĭespite his wealth, Andrew was known for his frugality.
At his death his estate was valued at $300,000 (equivalent to $9,000,000 in 2020). He was a director of several textile mills and owned considerable commercial property he was also president of the Union Savings Bank and a director of the Durfee Safe Deposit and Trust Co. He eventually prospered in the manufacture and sale of furniture and caskets, then became a successful property developer. Her father, who was of English and Welsh descent, grew up in very modest surroundings and struggled financially as a young man, despite being the descendant of wealthy and influential local residents. Lizzie Andrew Borden was born July 19, 1860, in Fall River, Massachusetts, to Sarah Anthony Borden ( née Morse 1823–1863) and Andrew Jackson Borden (1822–1892).
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