Other Borthwicks in the USA

This page contains a collection of bits and pieces of Borthwick data, shared by many others, colunteered by Borthwick researchers or collected by me. Much of the information has been obtained from online databases or has been provided to me by generous genealogists from their own research.

I have not yet worked out the best way to sort this material on-line - by State, by County, by subject, etc? So please use the Find facility in your web browser to check for specific names and details.

SECTION 2: The second section of the page contains Borthwick data State by State, or County by County, in alphabetical order:

SECTION 3: At the end of the page is a section for Lost Borthwicks in the USA. If you too are looking for lost Borthwicks in the USA let me know and I'll post your query on this page.

I have included negative results for various searches as this may save time for others (if you are prepared to trust my research - no guarantees!)

If you have any Borthwick data that you'd like to share I would be very pleased to add it to this collection. And if you are looking for Borthwicks with US connections I would be happy to post a plea on this page under Lost Borthwicks.

The 1607-1996 index for "Who Was Who in America" lists Harry Alfred Borthwick as being in Volume 6 (1974-1976) and John David Borthwick as being listed in the Historical Volume. Unfortunately I do not currently have access to the volumes in question. (Thank you Peter F Wells.)

ANDERSON, Henry Marriage Wife: Susanna BOTHWICK Marriage Date: 24 Feb 1816 Recorded in: Saint Marys, Maryland Source: FHL Number 989061 Dates: 1794-1897

BATHWICK, Zebina Marriage Wife: Amanda KEITH Marriage Date: 14 Dec 1840 Recorded in: Erie, Ohio Source: FHL Number 954128 Dates: 1838-1864

BORTHICK, Daniel B. Marriage Wife: Hattie A. SMILEY Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1891 Recorded in: Davidson, Tennessee Source: FHL Number 200298 Dates: 1888-1891

BORTHICK, Forest Dean Age: 19 years Marriage Wife: Jessie Roseline HARGIS Age: 18 years Marriage Date: 20 May 1903 Recorded in: Woodward, Oklahoma Husb's Birthplace: MO Wife's Birthplace: KS Husband's Father: Alonzo C. BORTHICK Source: FHL Number 1403037 Dates: 1893-1895

BORTHICK, J. W. Marriage Wife: S. E. MC MUNN Marriage Date: 30 Jan 1868 Recorded in: Robertson, Tennessee Source: FHL Number 425212 Dates: 1839-1878

BORTHICK, J. W. Marriage Wife: Annie E. MILLER Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1875 Recorded in: Robertson, Tennessee Source: FHL Number 425212 Dates: 1839-1878

Wife: Eleanor POND Marriage Date: 09 Dec 1847 Recorded in: Robertson, Tennessee Source: FHL Number 425212 Dates: 1839-1878

WILLIS, Henry Marriage Wife: Nora BORTHICK Marriage Date: 28 May 1891 Recorded in: Robertson, Tennessee Source: FHL Number 425215 Dates: 1890-189

Congregations of the Regent House on 29 June, 30 June, and 1 July 2000 Thursday, 29 June 2000 A Congregation of the Regent House was held at 9.30 a.m. The following degrees were conferred: KING'S COLLEGE Borthwick, Daniel James BA

Land Record record for ALEXANDER J BORTHWICK Name: ALEXANDER J BORTHWICK Date: 15 Apr 1873 Location: MN, Document #: 6048 Serial #: MN1640__.200 Sale Type: CASH ENTRY SALE Acres: 0.0000 Meridian or Watershed: 4TH Parcel: Township 53 N, Range 25 W, Section 4

Land Record record for JOHN BORTHWICK Name: JOHN BORTHWICK Date: 14 Sep 1835 Location: OH, Document #: 4549 Serial #: OH0430__.055 Sale Type: CASH ENTRY SALE Acres: 40.0000 Meridian or Watershed: US MILITARY SURVEY Parcel: Township 8 N, Range 9 W, Section 18

1215381 Surnames: 141114 contains all registrants born 1872-1900 from about 15% of U.S. counties.

Last Name First Names Birth Ethnic GRP Birth Site or Other Info City/County State District
Borthwick William Bryan 19 Nov 1896 W his dad b. Wright Co. MN Adams ID
Borthwick William Bryan 19 Nov 1896 W Rathdrum ID Adams ID

This was posted by "LF" on a rootsweb message board to assist another researcher. LF found in the Butte City Directory (to check the year) only the following for Borthwick:

BORTHWICK, James
Business: Johnson & Borthwick & Son
Residence: 333 S. Arizona

BORTHWICK, Wm
Business: Borthwick & Son
Boards at: 333 S. Arizona

BORTHWICK & SONS
Business: Blacksmiths
Bus. Address: 20 S. Arizona

JOHNSON & BORTHWICK
Groceries, Wines, Liquors
333 S. Arizona
Notes: Express & Transfer Gold Southwest Corner Montana

In those years women were not listed in these directories unless they worked or ran a business. I also checked the online Montana Death Index which covers the mid-50s to 1999, but not a Borthwick descendant to be found anywhere in the state during that period.

1. The Guide to the Photographic Collections of the San Diego Historical Society includes PA 191 Anderson Borthwick Presentation Photograph Album, 1953. This album was presented to Anderson Borthwick, President of the San Diego Harbor Commission on the occasion of the visit to San Diego by the SS President Wilson on July 17, 1953. Images include the SS President Wilson cruising into San Diego, bayfront and industrial areas nearby, welcoming crowd, people dining, posing on board and one man lighting another man's cigarette.

Anderson Borthwick was it seems a citizen of note: April 24, 1974, (San Diego) Evening Tribune, E-4. The Committee of 100 will sponsor a Balboa Park Summer Festival, August 16-18, Anderson Borthwick festival chairman announced today.

2. Another reference to Borthwicks in California is on the DAR California Pioneers website: Unpublished records of the families of California pioneers gathered by the various chapters from original sources. California : State Committee of Genealogical Research, Daughters of the American Revolution, [1927- ]. There are two entries of interest.

Borthwick, John Pillins 77; Vol. 6 [NB this should be John Pillans Borthwick?]
Ensley, Elizabeth Borthwick 32; Vol. 1

3. San Francisco Newspaper Vital Records for the Years 1869-1891 (Surnames from: Boole, Fred W. ) FEEFHS Web-Base File 6991-036 Copyright © 2000 by Jim W. Faulkinbury, CGRS and FEEFHS, all rights reserved First Posted 28 February 2000 This is one of a series of files in a web-base finding aid to 229,882 vital events recorded in the San Francisco Call during the years 1869 through 1891. Most events are for San Francisco area births, marriages, and deaths. However many records are for events throughout California and beyond which were of interest to residents of San Francisco. Deaths at sea were also reported by the ships coming into the port of San Francisco.

On Ancestry.com there were as at 15 January 2002 the following records for Borthwick Deaths in California. Please research these data bases yourself if you have an interest as the following is a very inadequate summary of the information. It is much easier to follow in the original.

Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN Age
BORTHWICK ANNA MARGARET 02/05/1907 GORDON CARROLL F MICHIGAN SANTA CLARA 11/04/1991 527-62-8001 84 yrs
BORTHWICK BEVERLY R 10/19/1919 CAMPBELL M CALIFORNIA TULARE 03/19/1969 572-05-7603 49 yrs
BORTHWICK CHARLES HENRY 09/04/1875 HICKS BORTHWICK M MINNESOTA SANTA CLARA 08/03/1943 67 yrs
BORTHWICK CYRUS CLARK 08/09/1874 WATSON BORTHWICK M CANADA LOS ANGELES(19) 07/18/1957 551-05-7821 82 yrs
BORTHWICK DONALD K 08/26/1914 HAMLET M MINNESOTA CONTRA COSTA 09/03/1989 567-07-4915 75 yrs
BORTHWICK DORIS 06/01/1915 BRYCE KENNEDY F REST (OTHER) ORANGE 10/29/1987 72 yrs
BORTHWICK DOROTHY 11/03/1910 FISCHER BOLGER F CALIFORNIA NAPA 08/25/1989 548-10-4831 78 yrs
BORTHWICK DOROTHY M 12/14/1905 DRAPER THOMPSON F MONTANA SAN DIEGO(37) 05/26/1946 40 yrs
BORTHWICK EDITH E 04/23/1886 F CALIFORNIA SAN JOAQUIN 05/31/1970 562-78-8852 84 yrs
BORTHWICK EDITH GREEN 05/16/1869 F MINNESOTA SANTA CLARA 11/29/1953 84 yrs
BORTHWICK ELMER 11/24/1878 BARRIS BORTHWICK M NEW YORK TULARE 06/25/1948 559-10-4025 69 yrs
BORTHWICK ESTAL ANN 11/17/1907 FILBERT BURCH F IOWA BUTTE 05/11/1990 540-14-5473 82 yrs
BORTHWICK GEORGE E 09/26/1919 SEDDEN M REST (OTHER) LOS ANGELES(19) 11/29/1990 102-30-9864 71 yrs
BORTHWICK GEORGE MARION 05/10/1870 HAMMOND BORTHWICK M NEW YORK ALAMEDA(01) 10/24/1947 77 yrs
BORTHWICK GEORGE WALTER 04/26/1946 BUTLER M NEW YORK MARIN 11/13/1997 101-34-7481 51 yrs
BORTHWICK HANNAH JOHANNA 05/04/1905 KNOTH CARLTON F NEW YORK SAN BERNARDINO 10/25/1989 123-14-5539 84 yrs
BORTHWICK HELEN L 12/31/1899 THAYER F MISSOURI LOS ANGELES(70) Glendale 01/12/1961 565-12-6406 61 yrs
BORTHWICK HOWARD R 07/17/1913 M INDIANA SACRAMENTO 11/13/1975 560-10-9136 62 yrs
BORTHWICK IDA A 08/13/1853 TOWNSEND BORST F NEW YORK LOS ANGELES(19) 12/30/1944 91 yrs
BORTHWICK JAMESWILLIAM ANDERSON 12/25/1899 ANDERSON M NEW YORK SAN DIEGO(37) 10/10/1982 552-22-8129 82 yrs
BORTHWICK JANET BERNEICE 03/27/1930 STEPHENS F OREGON SAN DIEGO(37) 07/21/1996 543-30-6492 66 yrs
BORTHWICK JOHN CLAYTON 06/18/1897 CAVANAGH M CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES(19) 08/13/1980 559-10-4517 83 yrs
BORTHWICK JOHN MEIKLE 03/13/1913 MEIKLE INGLES M REST (OTHER) SANTA BARBARA 06/23/1991 563-46-0202 78 yrs
BORTHWICK LILLIAN H 01/01/1879 OLSEN F UTAH LOS ANGELES(70) 10/29/1968 551-05-7821 89 yrs
BORTHWICK LULU F 12/19/1882 BACON CAMPBELL F CALIFORNIA TULARE 06/26/1952 69 yrs
BORTHWICK MARGARET M 06/19/1889 MONNINGER BICHSEL F PENNSYLVANIA LOS ANGELES(19) 05/12/1983 570-48-3350 93 yrs
BORTHWICK MARGARET RENWICK 01/05/1913 INGLIS INGLES F REST (OTHER) SANTA BARBARA 06/05/1997 570-48-0550 84 yrs
BORTHWICK MARION ANDERSON 04/03/1859 BAIN AVELERSON F REST (OTHER) SAN DIEGO(37) 01/02/1948 88 yrs
BORTHWICK MINNIE ETTA 10/05/1879 HARMON HAMLETT F MINNESOTA SANTA CLARA 07/27/1958 78 yrs
BORTHWICK NATHAN A 03/07/1995 TRAN M CALIFORNIA ORANGE 03/28/1995 21 day
BORTHWICK NELSON E 02/03/1907 MILES M CALIFORNIA SUTTER 03/20/1965 557-07-0760 58 yrs
BORTHWICK ROBERT KETCHUM 05/10/1876 BANE BORTHWICK M REST (OTHER) LOS ANGELES(19) 08/05/1959 83 yrs
BORTHWICK RONALD RUSSELL 09/30/1955 ARNOLD M CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO 01/25/1985 550-15-7897 29 yrs
BORTHWICK RUTH LAVINA 01/02/1901 KEITH PORTER F KANSAS ORANGE 05/26/1993 552-36-7637 92 yrs
BORTHWICK VERONICA 06/18/1915 KENNY F REST (OTHER) LOS ANGELES(19) 07/22/1996 546-58-6445 81 yrs
BORTHWICK WILL DRAKE 11/25/1876 DRAKE BORTHWICK M NEW YORK SAN JOAQUIN 03/23/1948 546-03-6314 71 yrs
BORTHWICK WILLIAM ELLIOTT 08/01/1893 DIBBLE BORTHWICK M PENNSYLVANIA LOS ANGELES(19) 03/03/1955 187-04-5494 61 yrs

and here are the Bothwicks, just in case (with the obvious connection between the last one above & the first below!)
BOTHWICK ELLIOTT BORTHWICK M REST (OTHER) RIVERSIDE 08/17/1950 88 yrs
BOTHWICK ELLIOTT W 08/01/1893 DIBBLE BORTHWICK M PENNSYLVANIA LOS ANGELES(19) 03/03/1955 187-04-5494 61 yrs
BOTHWICK MIRIAM E 12/04/1887 PELLIE F REST (OTHER) LOS ANGELES(19) 04/19/1948 60 yrs

BORTHWICK, Oscar. Spouse: BEAN, Maria T. Marriage Date: 22 Oct 1857 County: Henry State: IL

One of the excellent online databases provided by Illinois State Archives. Other databases include Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database, Database of Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records and Databases of Illinois Veterans.

Death certificates filed after 1947 are not currently held by the Illinois State Archives. Requests for death certificates after 1947 should be submitted to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The following Borthwicks (exact spelling) are listed:

Last Name First Name Middle Name Sex/ Race Age Cert # Death Date County City Date Filed
BORTHWICK ALBERT M/W UNK 0008852 1947-03-18 COOK CHICAGO - -
BORTHWICK ELIZA FOSTER F/W UNK 0430022 1928-01-22 JO DAVIESS STOCKTON 28-01-23
BORTHWICK EMMA J N/S UNK 0000808 1938-12-21 KANKAKEE - -
BORTHWICK ISABELLES JANE F/W UNK 0750023 1925-01-27 PIKE BARRY TWP 25-01-28
BORTHWICK JAMES M/W UNK 6006400 1933-03-05 COOK CHICAGO 33-03-06
BORTHWICK SHELDON SPENCER M/W UNK 0430059 1923-03-26 JO DAVIESS STOCKTON 23-03-28
BORTHWICK WILLIAM M/W UNK 0750192 1933-07-08 PIKE BARRY TWP 33-07-09

James F Borthwick moved to Howard Co. shortly after the civil war. He had three sons Fred C(1854-1944) George, and Frank. They lived a few miles northwest of Howard Center. They planted many trees and had an orchard. Fred worked in the Kimaball and Farnsworth Bank in Cresco. Fred C. and his brother George Borthwick moved to Ness City Kansas in 1885, where they opened a Bank, one of the first in Ness County. Brother George Borthwick loaned the famous negro scientist, George Washington Carver money on his homestead near Beeler Kansas in order for him to go to college in Iowa.

James F. Borthwick is buried in the Ness City Cemetery along with most of the other family members who are deceased.

Certificate Last First Middle Death Date Age Place Post-ems
8203595 BORTHWICK ISABELLA F 05-05-1982 87 BREWER Add
9506307 BORTHWICK JOAN T 07-27-1995 102 BANGOR Add

The New England Historical & Genealogical Register lists the marriage of Ora M. Borthwick and Robert Drummond, both of Amesbury, Mass., Dec. 22, 1908, Volume 83, page 423, records of the South Church of Portsmouth, N.H.

Rootsweb Marriages pre-1920
Name Date State County Source Notes/PostEms
BORTHWICK, Robert Charles Jr. 12 Feb. 1939 MA Barnstable. Name: BORTHWICK, Robert Charles Jr. Born: Feb. 12 1939 in Chatham , Barnstable Co, MA Father: Robert C. Mother: Mary (Nichols)

Alexander Borthwick & Mary Isabelle Lawson. Descendant Murray Borthwick advises that Alexander Borthwick emigrated to Canada, arriving in Halifax Nova Scotia on 28 March 1905 and went to Toronto, Ontario.The shipping manifests show that Alex Borthwick, age 33, Mrs Borthwick, age 33, William age 4 and Cameron an infant, were passengers on the vessel "Laurentian" embarking on March 17 from Glasgow, Scotland and Londonderry, Ireland bound for Boston as a final destination by way of Halifax. Later, branches of this family moved to Detroit, Michigan.

Death Notices, Detroit Newspapers recently included a notice for a family with Borthwick connections. Kenneth W Stevens who died on March 18, 2002, had nephews Clarence Borthwick and James Borthwick. Are they descendants of the Alexander Borthwick and Mary Isabelle Lawson family?

In 1902 Halsey Borthwick wrote "There is in Brooklyn, another family of which John Wilson Borthwick was the head. He was born in Scotland (not far from Borthwick Castle) about 1817; and had six children: Ann, Alexander, John, Mary, Robert and Margaret. Alexander was born 14th Feb 1843; married 29 April 1867; and died 25th July 1890; he had nine children of whom three boys and four girls are living (two of those are Alex T and Helen Borthwick; 929 Kent Ave Brooklyn, NY). John Borthwick went from Brooklyn to Virginia in 1876. Margaret Borthwick married a Mr Henderson; she has three children and lived in Newark, NY. Robert and Mary died in childhood; and Ann died at the age of twenty-six." The source for this information was a letter from Helen Borthwick.

If any reader is descended from this family, or knows of them, I would be pleased to hear. On the US passenger lists there is a John Borthwick arriving in Virginia in 18??. Was this the same John or perhaps a relative of his?

The Delaware County Genealogy and History Site. Transcribed from original records by Linda Ogborn and Deb Goodrich Coordinator's Note: The data contained here is to be used in conjunction with the Marriage Index files online since April of 1998. Use the 'find' feature of your browser to find names on any particular page. Names from Book 2 of the Marriage Records Index July 12, 1909 to Nov. 7, 1910 - on file at the Delaware County Clerk's Office. Columns are

47 Wesley W. Clark John W. Ella M. Scott Jennie Mabel Borthwick James R. Borthwick Margaret A. Lambert

Troy, New York. The website for the Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, an institution of the Presbyterian Church (USA), indicates that 1936 (graduate?) George Borthwick became pastor emeritus of the First United Presbyterian Church of Troy, New York, where he served since 1948.

WI: Warner Co: United Church of Christ Cemeteries, Immanuel West Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery Records Interment Record for Lorena V. BORTHWICK Name: Lorena V. BORTHWICK Born: Died or Buried: 30 Apr 1853 Age: 15y Buried: Vernal County/State: Wyoming, NY Notes: Dtr of H. & O. V. Borthwick

WI: Washington Co: Lofy Marriages Name Year Spouse County State Notes Borthwick, Elmer 1902 Lulu F. Campbell Tulare CA View/Add Notes Borthwick, Will D. 1904 Edith E. Miles Tulare CA View/Add Notes WI:

Milwaukee Co: Knuth Early Births - Birth Records Birth Record for Robert Charles Jr. BORTHWICK Name: BORTHWICK, Robert Charles Jr. Born: Feb. 12 1939 in Chatham , Barnstable Co, MA Father: Robert C. Mother: Mary (Nichols)

WI: Clark Co: York Cemetery Obituary Index, York Township - Obituaries Obituary for Mary Elizabeth Borthwick Name: Borthwick, Mary Elizabeth Age: 82 Born: c. 1918 Died: //2000 in HUNTSVILLE Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery Source: Huntsville Times - Madison AL - 7-11-2000 Notes: No death date extracted. Death year taken from date of notice. (It is assumed that the death had been recent). Birth year also estimated from the age.

http://www.trussel.com/books/aka.htm Authors a.k.a. also known as author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, noms des plumes, maiden names... etc. Creighton-Borthwick, J.S.W. [J.S. Borthwick, Joan Scott Creighton]

Thursday, 20 Nov 1873. Jemina BORTHWICK, 3 years, daughter of Thomas and Euphemia BORTHWICK died on the 16th inst. (Pittston Gazette Film 11-19-1868 10-11-1889 Luzerne Co, PA - extracted by Marge Gray. On the Luzerne County GenWeb pages)

8 JUNE 1904. Mrs. Thomas BORTHWICK of William Street, Pittston, received a message today from England announcing the death of her mother. (Pittston Gazette Extracts 1904 on the Luzerne County GenWeb pages)

An obituary in the Cape Cod Times of April ? 2002: Mary Nichols Slavin, 83 Bookkeeper at Chatham A&P for 24 years; Orleans native RICHMOND, VA. - Mary Nichols Slavin, 83, formerly of Chatham, died Sunday at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond after a brief illness.Born and educated in Orleans, she was a bookkeeper for the A&P Store in Chatham for 24 years before retiring in 1978. She lived in Chatham until 1996, when she moved in with her daughter in Richmond, Va. She was the wife of the late Thomas Slavin and the late Robert C. Borthwick. She is survived by three sons, Robert C. Borthwick, Jr. of East Harwich, Gilbert Borthwick of Chatham and Arnold "Butch" Borthwick of Farmington, Maine; a daughter, Margaret Chase of Richmond, Va.; a sister, Evelyn Briggs of Brewster; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren, one step-great-grandchild and four nieces and nephews. Service and burial are private. Memorial donations may be made to St. Mary's Hospital, 5 West Unit, Richmond, VA 23226.

1. Old Fettesians who have gone astray as at 30th September 2001. www.presence.co.uk/fettes/lost.htm

. . . SH 1976 . . Borthwick, D M R, Mr (g.a.80) . . . Ar 1983 . . Borthwick, Sophie A, Miss (g.a.88)

"My Name is John Kent Liddle and I am looking for more information on my family heritage. My great-grandfather (George Liddle) came from Edinburgh. he moved to Nashville, TN with his wife (Margret Barthwick Liddle) and his children; James B Liddle, married to a Marie Philgard Liddle; George Liddle Jr. married to Roxie R Liddle; Alexander Borthwick Liddle married to Margaret Jennings Liddle( my grandfather); Christina R Liddle (never married). They are all buried in Nashville, TN. My Great-Great-grandfather, James Liddle, was 28 years old and lived in Edinbururgh, when trying to save a woman from a train he was ran over and killed. I hope this will help someone and if you have any information please contact me. [email protected]"

3. Borthwick Family of Watertown, Ma. Posted by: mark turchinetz Date: July 30, 2000 at 12:52:13 of 71 Seeking any info. on Walter Borthwick of Scotland who married Elizabeth Brady in Watertown, Ma. on 31 Aug. 1893. One of their children, Ellen, was born on 12 Dec. 1897. She married a man by the name of George Cotton and died in 1978.

OTHER BORTHWICKS IN THE USA