tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post4764845272873981541..comments2024-03-02T21:28:03.033-05:00Comments on Old Long Island: 'The Downs'Zach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-86651616483398499492018-01-01T11:39:07.221-05:002018-01-01T11:39:07.221-05:00I got it... Dryden Kuser, who was the father of Br...I got it... Dryden Kuser, who was the father of Brooke's son, Anthony Kuser who later changed his last name to Marshall, after Brooke's second husband Buddy Marshall, the brother of Marshall Field III's wife Evelyn Marshall Field who became Mrs Diego Suarez... got it? Up the River https://www.blogger.com/profile/16651905034730413281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-3733211402806847832016-02-15T15:15:03.426-05:002016-02-15T15:15:03.426-05:00*bit of a cad* I should give up typing on my phon...*bit of a cad* I should give up typing on my phone.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-6958744668042684612016-02-15T15:13:50.826-05:002016-02-15T15:13:50.826-05:00Aldop Borrower, by some accounts, was a but if a c...Aldop Borrower, by some accounts, was a but if a cad. He was the cause of the divorce of Mrs. Astor's daughter Charlotte and her husband, Coleman Drayton in 1894. Mr. Drayton even challenged Borrowe to a duel. It was shaping up as the biggest society divorce ever, until a couple of months later the WK Vanderbilts called it splits, knocking the Drayton's off the front page. And the rest is history.<br /><br />Bonus Trivia Round, Six Degrees of Separation Edition. After the Drayton Divorce (and Borrowe didn't marry Mrs. Drayton), the Drayton estate in NJ was sold to John Dryden, whose grandson married Brooke Russell, who later married Mrs. Drayton's nephew, Vincent. Got all that? The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-60507727660403580112016-02-15T11:40:11.870-05:002016-02-15T11:40:11.870-05:00Borrowe's father-in-law also had a Long Island...Borrowe's father-in-law also had a Long Island connection:<br /><br />http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14775791The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.com