FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY ~ How to make Parker House Rolls, early 1900’s, from by maternal grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne

My grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne left us a spiral bound notebook, written entirely by hand.  The notebook was begun about the time of her marriage to my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne in 1906.  In it she left a treasure chest of family information and wonderful clues to life back in the early 1900's.

 
P.S.  That's my grandmother in the group picture of the ladies in the right column of this blog.  She’s the one in the center.

TODAY’S RECIPE IS FOR PARKER HOUSE ROLLS

Here’s my transcription of the recipe.  There are some words in doubt, but I’ll do the best I can.

Put  3 Tablespoons of butter

        2    “         “       of sugar

        1 Tea “     “       of salt

2 cups   “  hot milk in bowl

  When luke warm add

1 cake of yeast disolved in a quarter of cup of luke warm water and

3 cups flour   Beat well cover and let rise till light  Stick a knife down center of dough add

2 1/2 cups of flour knead and return to bowl to rise untill double _ Toss it on biscuit board _____ one third inch think cut with biscuit cutter.  Dip handle of spoon in flour make think crease across each biscuit

Brush with melted butter fold and place in butter pans one inch apart let rise untill light

Bake in oven (hot) 15 minutes

I have never tried any of my grandmother’s recipes.  I suppose one day I should.  However, anyone who knows me, knows I’m not “into” cooking.  Preserving these recipes from the early 1900’s though, does allow us to take a look back and that time in our history.

OTHER POSTS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST

FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY–HOW TO MAKE BAKED CHICKEN FRICASSEE

FAMILY "RECIPE" FRIDAY - HOW TO KEEP HAIR CURLED BACK IN 1906

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2010-2019   Diane Gould Hall

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MY GRANDMOTHER’S JOURNAL ~ Let’s look at some anniversaries–Bert SEAVER & Mary Ada SEIGLE - 1929

I haven’t written any posts highlighting my grandmother’s journal in a long time.  So let’s fix that.
 
Several years ago, in my early blogging days, I wrote about my MILNE surname and my grandmother’s journal.  Here is a link to that post, which gives the background of how I came into possession of this family treasure SURNAME SATURDAY – MILNE

A couple of weeks ago, fellow blogger (I call him the blogging guru), Randy Seaver wrote a post about his ancestor Bertram Seaver.  WOW!  I said to myself.  That’s the Seaver that links Randy & me.  Not by blood, but by marriage.  So we are shirttail cousins. Here’s a link to Randy’s post.
Seavers in the News -- Gertrude (Smith) Seaver Run Over By a Traction Car in 1908

That’s a very sad story about the death of Bertram Seaver’s first wife, Gertrude.  Bertram remarried 10 years later to Bessie Cahill on 15 Jun 1918.  They divorced in 1928.

Where Bertram enters my family is with his 3rd marriage to Mary Ada Seigle.  Mary is my 1st cousin twice removed.  She had become a widow when her first husband Edward Donnelly died at the age of 44 in 1926.

Mary SEIGLE Donnelly married Bertram H. Seaver on 20 Apr 1929.  At least according to my grandmother’s journal.  I have yet to locate the marriage record, but I’m still looking.

Here’s the page from my grandmother's journal.

As you can see there are other couples on this page.  More family anniversaries.

Mary & Bertram were enumerated in the 1930 census in Loveland, Clermont, Ohio.  The record indicates they are married, giving some evidence that my grandmother’s record may be correct.  Also in the household were Mary’s parents, Jacob & Myra and Bertram’s daughter Juanita.

And remember to check those neighbors.  Living at the same address is Mary's brother, Arthur and his family.

1930 census - Loveland, Clermont, Ohio

Sadly, at the age of 56, Mary died suddenly at her home.This left Bertram widowed for a second time.  He died in 1942 at age 67.

If you are related to any of the people mentioned in this post, or you have corrections or additions to it, please contact me.

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY–Fried cauliflower from my Grandma Florence

 

 

 

 

 

 

My grandmother, Florence BOWDEN  MILNE left us a spiral bound notebook,  which I refer to has her journal.  The entire notebook is written in her hand and was begun about the time of her marriage to my grandfather, Joseph, in 1906.  In it she left a treasure trove of family information and wonderful clues to life back in the early 1900's.

TODAY'S FEATURED RECIPE

Fried Cauliflower

Here is a transcription of her recipe:

Pick out all the green leaves from a cauliflower & cut off the stalk close; put it head downward into a sauce pan of boiling, salted water, do not over boil it.  Drain it into a sieve, pick out into small sprigs and place them in a deep dish with plenty of vinegar, pepper & salt; when they have laid for an hour in this, drain them, dip them in batter and fry them in hot lard to a golden brown.  Very delicious.

I personally love cauliflower.  It’s one of my favorite vegetables, if I can choose a favorite.  But, I’ve never heard of it deep fried.  It seems that in our current times, people fry all sorts of things, like ice cream, snickers bars & Twinkies.  Maybe my grandma was on to something back over 100 years ago?

Please tell me about recipes you have from your family.

HERE ARE SOME OTHER POSTS FEATURING MY GRANDMOTHER’S RECIPES.

Family Recipe Friday - Chocolate Fudge
Family Recipe Friday - How to Make Baked Chicken Fricassee
Family Recipe Friday - Orange Coconut Custard

AND SOME POSTS THAT ARE “RECIPES” OF ANOTHER KIND.

Family "Recipe" Friday - How to Keep Hair Curled Back in 1906
Family "Recipe" Friday - How to Make Shampoo

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2015   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY - Orange Coconut Custard

 

My grandmother, Florence BOWDEN MILNE left us a spiral bound notebook, which I refer to has her journal.  The entire notebook is written in her hand and was begun about the time of her marriage to my grandfather, Joseph, in 1906.  In it she left a treasure chest of family information and wonderful clues to life back in the early 1900's.

TODAY'S FEATURED RECIPE

Orange Coconut Custard

Here is a transcription of the recipe.

3 eggs slightly beaten
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teas. salt
3 cups milk
3/4 teas. vanilla
3/4 teas. grated orange rind
1/3 cup shredded coconut
1 cup 40% corn flakes cereal
1 teas nutmeg

Mix eggs, sugar & salt: add milk gradually & mix well.  Fold in remaining things.  Put into 1 1/2 qt. casserole, in pan of hot water & bake at 350° an hr. or until set.

Apple crunch
6 cups sliced pared apples
1 1/4 cups light br. sugar
1/4 teas. nutmeg
1 teas. grated lemon rind
4 cups corn flakes
1/4 cup butter or margarine melted

Apples in 9x9 inch pan cover with 1 cup br. sugar, nutmeg & lemon rind.  Crush corn flakes, mix with rest br. sugar & butter, sprinkle over apples bake 375° an hr or until apples tender.

I haven’t tried any of the recipes in my grandmother’s journal.  However, I was curious as to whether this recipe or something called Orange Coconut Custard was still around today.

Here are a couple of sites with recipes with similar names.

Taste of Home - Orange Coconut Custard Recipe
Soft Orange Custard Recipe
Orange-Coconut Custard

These current recipes seem to have far fewer ingredients.  I wonder if they taste similar?

Do you have a family recipe from an ancestor?  I’d love to hear about it in a comment or on your own blog.
 
PREVIOUS POSTS FROM THIS SERIES CAN BE FOUND HERE:
How to Make Complexion Cream
How to Make Shampoo
How to Make Chocolate Fudge
How to Keep Hair Curled Back in 1906
Eggs Baked in Gravy

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2015   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

FAMILY RECIPE FRIDAY–Eggs baked in gravy

My grandmother, Florence Bowden Milne left us a spiral bound notebook, written entirely by hand.  The notebook was begun about the time of her marriage to my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne in 1906.  In it she left a treasure chest of family information and wonderful clues to life back in the early 1900's.

TODAY'S FEATURED RECIPE

EGGS BAKED IN GRAVY

The excerpt from my grandmother's journal - in her handwriting

Here is a transcription of the recipe.

Take chicken gravy, making it thin and season well.  Put it into a baking dish and drop into it as many eggs as will cover the bottom of the dish.  Sprinkle bread crumbs over the top and bake in a hot oven.  Serve on sliced toast.

I’ve personally never heard of this dish, nor have I tried this recipe.  However, it does sound interesting.  Maybe I’ll give this recipe a try.  Wonder if my husband will like it?  What do you think?  Would you try it?

So many of the things written by my grandmother, in this notebook, are interesting and unusual.  I’m sure glad I have this memory from her.

OTHER POSTS THAT MY BE OF INTEREST

Family Recipe Friday - How to Make Baked Chicken Fricassee

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2015   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

AMANUENSIS MONDAY - TRANSCRIBING MY GRANDMOTHER'S JOURNAL - BIRTH & DEATH DATES - DECEMBER

What does Amanuensis mean anyway?
To put it simply, it means a “person employed to write what another dictates or copy what has been written by another.”

As many of you know from reading previous posts on my blog, my maternal grandmother left a spiral notebook, which I call her journal.  In it she left recipes, a list of 183 family members and their birth dates and some death dates, a list of anniversaries and other various lists or things that were important to her.  It’s a treasure that I cherish.

Today I’m going to be transcribing her list of names & dates from December.  I’m sad to come to the end of my grandmother’s journal posts for birth and death dates.  However, there is much more in her journal and I will keep on posting other transcriptions. 

For the previous posts transcribing January through October, please click on these links.

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - January
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – February
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – March
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – April
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – May
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – June
Amaneunsis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – July
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – August
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – September 
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – October
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - November 

Here is the page from her journal.  This journal was begun when my grandmother, Florence L. Bowden, married my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne, in 1906.  She was just 18 years old at the time.  This journal is very old and falling apart.  I have digitized all the pages and have the original stored in a safe, archival box.

(CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT)

Here is my transcription of this page, with some annotations.  I have indicated the family connection in brackets, even thought it’s not part of the document.  I thought you’d like to know who these people are to me.  And, for any cousins out there reading this, maybe you’ll find it helpful.

I’ve added whatever photos I have of the family members named in this list. (See below)


ADDITIONAL NOTE:  I REDACT TH YEAR OF BIRTH & PART OF THE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO I’M AWARE OF, THAT ARE STILL LIVING, FOR THEIR PROTECTION.

DECEMBER
 
* CAROL LENNEBACKER  Dec 6 
NANCY     Dec 8  [2nd cousin]
KATHLEEN   Dec 12 [3rd cousin]
KATHLEEN  Dec 15  Duplicate name
LYDA TUFTS SEIGLE  Dec 14  ‘88  [wife of 1st cousin twice removed]
ED HOGUE  Dec 16  ‘06  died Sep 11  ‘73  [husband of 1st cousin once removed]
ALLAN MACNICHOL  Dec 25  ‘91  died July 4  ‘61?  [husband of grand aunt]
*  Nelson’s girl  BREHMER  Dec 18  ‘31 
CORNELIA KING   Dec 7  ‘14  [2nd cousin once removed]
NORMAN GOULD   Dec 31  ‘12 [my Dad]
JOAN ESTHER MILNE  Dec 20  ‘15  [my maternal aunt]
*  PAUL PLATZ  Dec 20  ‘19 
JAMES MORRISON  Dec 19   Aug 27  ‘58 [aunt’s husband’s father]
EDNA MORRISON  Dec 28   Mar 1  ;67  [aunt’s husband’s mother]
*   GRACE SEARLS  Dec 23  ‘90  Dec 12, 1960
NORMAN HAROLD GOULD  Dec 31  ‘12  Duplicate
CHAS LINDOW
*  SYLVIA PASKE  DEC 31  ‘15 
CHAS.  KING  Dec 31  ‘87 [1st cousin twice removed]

That’s a total of 19 names.  I am very fortunate to have this kind of list from my grandmother.
I have placed an asterisk * next to the names I have not yet connected to our family.
FIVE of the names are still waiting for me to find their connections.  I have them in my Legacy database as unlinked individuals.  Were they friends of my grandmother & grandfather, neighbors, or are they all family?  Two of the names appear to be duplicates and one name is crossed out.

In the lists from the other 11 months of the year, there are also names that aren’t yet connected.  I keep looking from time to time and link them as I identify them.

This month I have photographs of five of the people on the list.


 
Left to right they are, Lyda Tufts Seigle, Allan McNichol, Joan Milne Morrison and Chas. King

          
And the fifth person is my Dad.  I have many photos of him through the years.  Here are a few of them.

My Dad with his mother, Marie - 1914	The Gould family - 1924	Dad in 1933 - age 21
My parents bringing me home	Dad, his mother, me & my brother Norm - 1965	Dad reunites with his daughters Norlaine & Virginia - 1981

And here’s my favorite picture of me and my Dad on my birthday in 1981.

Happy hunting,

Copyright ©  2010-2015   Diane Gould Hall

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AMANUENSIS MONDAY - TRANSCRIBING MY GRANDMOTHER'S JOURNAL - BIRTH & DEATH DATES - NOVEMBER

 

What does Amanuensis mean anyway?

To put it simply, it means a “person employed to write what another dictates or copy what has been written by another.”

As many of you know from reading previous posts on my blog, my maternal grandmother left a spiral notebook, which I call her journal.  In it she left recipes, a list of 183 family members and their birth dates and some death dates, a list of anniversaries and other various lists or things that were important to her.  It’s a treasure that I cherish.
Today I’m going to be transcribing her list of names & dates from October
.
For the previous posts transcribing January through October, please click on these links.

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - January
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – February
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – March
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – April
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – May
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – June
Amaneunsis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – July
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – August
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal September

Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - October

Here is the page from her journal.  This journal was begun when my grandmother, Florence L. Bowden, married my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne, in 1906.  She was just 18 years old at the time.  This journal is very old and falling apart.  I have digitized all the pages and have the original stored in a safe, archival box.

(CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT)

Here is my transcription of this page, with some annotations.  I have indicated the family connection in brackets, even thought it’s not part of the document.  I thought you’d like to know who these people are to me.  And, for any cousins out there reading this, maybe you’ll find it helpful.

This month the unknown people out number the ancestors.

I’ve added whatever photos I have of the family members named in this list. (See below)

ADDITIONAL NOTE:  I REDACT THE YEAR OF BIRTH & PART OF THE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO I’M AWARE OF, THAT ARE STILL LIVING, FOR THEIR PROTECTION.

NOVEMBER

* EDNA AUSTIN  Nov 10

Susan’s baby  CHARLES ANDREW 7”12 oz.   Nov 22 [2nd cousin once removed]

LULU E. VERNEY LINDOW   Nov 3  ‘87  Feb 11, ‘78  [1st cousin twice removed]

* HAROLD ROBINSON  Nov 3  ‘30  July ‘63 

ANDREW CHARLES  Nov 22   [I believe this is a duplicate of entry #2]

* MARGARET AUSTIN PINSON  Nov 1 

LOUISA FORSYTHE   Nov 12    Jan 22, ‘50  [Great grandaunt]

* LINDA KATHRYN ROBSON  Nov 14  ‘44 

MARY EMILY KING Nov 10  ‘21  [related to our 2nd cousin once removed via my great grandaunt, Ada Emily Hunter King?]

girl  FERRY  Nov 26  ‘46  [related to our 2nd cousin once removed who married a Ferry?]

SUSAN GILLESPIE  1841  Nov  20  died Mar 8, ‘33 [my 2nd great grandmother]

* MATIE ROBSON  Nov 24  ‘72  Feb 21, ? 

* RONALD SILER  Nov 2      ‘35

* MARY PETOSKEY  Nov 25  ‘41

* LYNN VANCE   ‘41

* TIFFIN MAY VANCE   Nov 21  ‘42

* LINDA JEAN THOMAS  D. J. Titus  Nov 5  ‘43

That’s a total of 17 names.  I am very fortunate to have this kind of list from my grandmother.

I have placed an asterisk * next to the names I have not yet connected to our family.

TEN of the names are still waiting for me to find their connections.  I have them in my Legacy database as unlinked individuals.  Were they friends of my grandmother & grandfather, neighbors, or are they all family?

In the lists from the other 11 months of the year, there are also names that aren’t yet connected.  I keep looking from time to time and link them as I identify them.

This month I have photographs of two of the people on the list.  These two ancestors are grandmother & granddaughter to one another.

My 2nd great grandmother, Susan Burgess Gillespie 20 Nov 1841, Barnstaple, Devon, England to 8 Mar 1933, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.

My 1st cousin twice removed, Louise “Lulu E. Verney, 3 Nov 1887, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada to 11 Feb 1974, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.

“Lulu” is Susan Gillespie’s granddaughter via her son, James Burgess Gillespie.

Here are Lulu (on the left) and Susan on the right.  I’m not sure where or when this photo was taken. 

Below is a picture of Susan Burgess Gillespie with her husband Joseph Gillespie and their granddaughter, Irene “Peggy” Marie Milne (1893-1989).  This photo would have been around the turn of the century 1900-1903.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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AMANUENSIS MONDAY - TRANSCRIBING MY GRANDMOTHER'S JOURNAL - BIRTH & DEATH DATES - AUGUST

What does Amanuensis mean anyway?
To put it simply, it means a “person employed to write what another dictates or copy what has been written by another.”

As many of you know from reading previous posts on my blog, my maternal grandmother left a spiral notebook, which I call her journal.  In it she left recipes, a list of 183 family members and their birth dates and some death dates, a list of anniversaries and other various lists or things that were important to her.  It’s a treasure that I cherish.

Today I’m going to be transcribing her list of names & dates from August.

For the previous posts transcribing January through July, please click on these links.
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - January
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – February
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – March
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – April
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – May
Amanuensis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal – June
Amaneunsis Monday - Transcribing my grandmother's journal - July

Here is the page from her journal.  This journal was begun when my grandmother, Florence L. Bowden, married my grandfather, Joseph A. Milne, in 1906.  She was just 18 years old at the time.  This journal is very old and falling apart.  I have digitized all the pages and have the original stored in a safe, archival box.

(CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT)


Here is my transcription of this page, with some annotations.  I have indicated the family connection in brackets, even thought it’s not part of the document.  I thought you’d like to know who these people are to me.  And, for any cousins out there reading this, maybe you’ll find it helpful.

I’ve added whatever photos I have of the family members named in this list. (See below)

ADDITIONAL NOTE:  I REDACT THE BIRTH DATES & FULL NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO I’M AWARE OF, THAT ARE STILL LIVING, FOR THEIR PROTECTION. 
August

* Hazel HARRIS Aug 3  ‘89
Susan C. CRESSE died Mar 26 ‘13   Aug 4 [2nd great grandmother, mother of Daisy Skinner & Florence Bell]
Florence H. Bowden BELL Aug. 7  ‘69     5-27 ‘46  [great grandmother, daughter of Susan Cresse]
Eva Knowles GILLESPIE Aug 7  ‘63 or ‘69  [wife of great granduncle]
Ralph Milne FORSYTH    Aug 10  ‘96 Feb 3-7-52 [1st cousin twice removed]
Everett Pierre ROE Aug 12  ‘93  May 14  ‘58 [husband of grandaunt]
Etta VERNEY Aug 24  ‘92  Oct 1  ‘61  [1st cousin twice removed]
Raymond GILLESPIE   Aug 27    died Dec ‘43  [1st cousin twice removed]
Daisy D. SKINNER  Aug 28  ‘77  died Nov 20, ‘48 [great grandaunt, daughter of Susan Cresse]
* Alfred W. LANGTON    Aug 5  ‘10   3-29-39 
* Donald SEARLS Aug 9   Nov 25  1954  [
* Frank ROEMER    Aug 19
* Margo Francis RIGGS Aug 26  ‘30
* VERNEY (Boy) Aug 3   ‘35
* Billy DONALDSON Aug 27  1037
Etta COCKBURN   Aug 24  ‘92
*Naia Anne COONS Aug 29  ‘41
Aunt Ada’s great grand child  Katherine  Aug 10  ‘40  [2nd cousin once removed]
Barbara      ‘53? [2nd cousin]

That’s a total of 19 names, (including the name that is lined out).  I am very fortunate to have this kind of list from my grandmother.

I have placed an asterisk * next to the names I have not yet connected to our family.
 
EIGHT of the names are still waiting for me to find their connections.  I have them in my Legacy database as unlinked individuals.

In the lists from the other 11 months of the year, there are also names that aren’t yet connected.  I keep looking from time to time and link them as I identify them
.
This month I am fortunate to have photographs of four of the people listed.
                                                 
Susan C. Hunter Cresse Haskins nee BOGGS                                    Florence Bowden Bell nee HUNTER
                                                    
       Everette Pierre Roe                                                               Daisy Skinner nee HUNTER

NOTE: All 3 ladies pictured this month are related.  Susan in the first photo, is the mother of both Florence and Daisy.

Here is a post I wrote about the Hunter sisters and them being featured on Maureen Taylor’s article for Family Tree.

SIBLING SATURDAY - THE HUNTER SISTERS

Please contact me if you recognize any of the names with asterisks or if you are related to any of these family members.  I’d love to hear from you.

Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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