Mildred Viola Borth

b. 18 September 1898, d. 8 December 1956
  • Mildred Viola Borth was born on 18 September 1898 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
  • She was baptized/christened on 6 November 1898 according to the churchbooks of Trinity United Evangelical Church, Gold Street. sponsored by Otto H. Borth and Louisa Antweiler.
  • John F. Borth and Gertrude Elizabeth Antweiler appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 442 Gold Street. Other members of the household included Mildred Viola Borth.
  • John F. Borth appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, New York, at 442 Gold Street. Other members of the household included Mildred Viola Borth, Gertrude Elizabeth Antweiler and Chester J. Borth.
  • She was employed as clerk by an automobile manufacturer, according to the 1920 census.
  • John F. Borth and Gertrude Elizabeth Antweiler appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 295 Sumner Place. Other members of the household included Mildred Viola Borth, Chester J. Borth and Clifford J. Borth.
  • She was a clerk for an outomobile manufacturer, according to the 1920 census.
  • The following appeared on 18 January 1953 in the Bufflo Courier-Express: [Died] Gertrude E. Borth of 20 West Cleveland Drive, in this city, Jan. 17, 1953, wife of the late John F., mother of Mildred, Chester and Clifford; grandmother of David, Alan and Bruce Borth; sister of the late Louise Howe and Lena Ertel. Friends received at the Marvin E. Malzan Funeral Home, 1520 Kensington, until noon Tuesday. Services from Forest Lawn Chapel at 2 p. m. Friends invited. Mrs. Borth was a member of Women's Association of the Maccabee.
  • Mildred Viola Borth died on 8 December 1956 at age 58 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 20 West Cleveland Drive at her residence.
  • She was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
  • The following appeared on 9 December 1956 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Miss Mildred V. Borth, 58, of 20 W. Cleveland Dr., an employe of the New York Central Railroad for 27 years, died yesterday at her home.
         Miss Borth was a clerk for Pullman reservations for the railroad.
         She was born in Buffalo the daughter of the late John and Gertrude Antweiler Borth, and attended School 43.
         She was a member of Salome Chapter 311, Order of the Eastern Star, Railway Business Women and the Cleveland Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church.
         Surviving are two brothers, Chester J. and Clifford J. Borth.
         Calls may be made at the Marvin E. Malzan Funeral Home, 1520 Kensington Ave. until 11 Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be at 1 at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
  • Last Edited: 8 Nov 2013