tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71823019475373225362024-03-18T19:01:48.037-04:00Family History Research by Jody LutterGrowing family trees from leaves and branches. Finding lost relatives. Solving family mysteries. Concentrating in New Jersey and New York.Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.comBlogger648125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-36369789997007071932024-03-18T00:05:00.003-04:002024-03-18T00:05:36.022-04:00Happy Birthday GrandpaMarch 18 is the birthday of my paternal grandfather, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7094145/" target="_blank">Clifford Lutter (1915-1980)</a>.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUz9PFXababaZR0KSfpt5WT94vZ4GfpRmsWGmdUHktW7bjas9cLQaOn1w0MxUf4jPFbDEU5OOze9MxX1M4RHcO55nlGdHFi0IfrMJdUysoQD7Pj5UW491OJdpzT4qh4HJLPl6d8eoFSRCG6j9GQ1omePlEf4S3Q8SbnOcKSKNN616dYEPa1I5brasbek3B/s2146/1915%20Lutter%20Cliff%20birth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2090" data-original-width="2146" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUz9PFXababaZR0KSfpt5WT94vZ4GfpRmsWGmdUHktW7bjas9cLQaOn1w0MxUf4jPFbDEU5OOze9MxX1M4RHcO55nlGdHFi0IfrMJdUysoQD7Pj5UW491OJdpzT4qh4HJLPl6d8eoFSRCG6j9GQ1omePlEf4S3Q8SbnOcKSKNN616dYEPa1I5brasbek3B/w640-h624/1915%20Lutter%20Cliff%20birth.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Birth certificate of Clifford Lutter.<br />March 18, 1915 in Philadelphia.<br />Father- Howard Lutter. Mother- <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11303121/" target="_blank">Laura Ethel Winterton</a>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Clifford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1915. The story surrounding his birth was that his father, musician <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12826011/" target="_blank">Howard Lutter (1889-1959)</a>, was performing in Philadelphia. Otherwise, the family resided in Newark, New Jersey.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the anniversary of his birth, I am posting some newly discovered photographs of him. I had these photos for years from various sources, but I did not realize that he was the young person in these photos. I suspect they were taken in Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey at the residence of his maternal grandparents, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30401784/" target="_blank">William Walling Winterton (1863-1932)</a> and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30401823/" target="_blank">Catherine Butterfoss Dunn (1865-1944)</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUL4TEPKsjshxXID6F4vb61u2NdeMv2bsFouFEC4aG08W_Qi9jkN82c5UnyBgMzk-2xN0Od2IyDRaSF3yxQElu5PpzQLQnkdbY9LVDOkBs0ojvB4tNsTEz6qnlTTR9P_qZh44BtK0eFimF1hUfb1dlMlkh-prVpvjkaCMDur93BB71UaCFpNkOCsI_yHU/s4032/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUL4TEPKsjshxXID6F4vb61u2NdeMv2bsFouFEC4aG08W_Qi9jkN82c5UnyBgMzk-2xN0Od2IyDRaSF3yxQElu5PpzQLQnkdbY9LVDOkBs0ojvB4tNsTEz6qnlTTR9P_qZh44BtK0eFimF1hUfb1dlMlkh-prVpvjkaCMDur93BB71UaCFpNkOCsI_yHU/w480-h640/1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Hannah lived in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey with her "cousin," Anna Donnelly. Anna was born around 1887 in Pennsylvania to Anthony Mang and Rose Stuginwald, both of Germany. So Anna could not have been a cousin of Hannah Preston, whose parents were Irish. Anna's absent husband, George Donnelly, was more likely to be Hannah's cousin.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6UFSuhSqXCHWSd6Kr8M2Jb9jwZ2jEDQlaoUpWpeTTQ3ni-hoEgGFQWFNWnRGLTwyF-X9ZD48bSj-S1SWA9O2PCvtpOIyAKAr6hO7tyot7yEXvhJEvm13LGu0gzBFs4aEwy8RjYdflMtvkFsOu1mOR2vRBrPBuqPc2ej9zLxH44i9tV_MR7Gq3G0xYFLA/s1146/1930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="1146" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6UFSuhSqXCHWSd6Kr8M2Jb9jwZ2jEDQlaoUpWpeTTQ3ni-hoEgGFQWFNWnRGLTwyF-X9ZD48bSj-S1SWA9O2PCvtpOIyAKAr6hO7tyot7yEXvhJEvm13LGu0gzBFs4aEwy8RjYdflMtvkFsOu1mOR2vRBrPBuqPc2ej9zLxH44i9tV_MR7Gq3G0xYFLA/w640-h170/1930.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1930 federal census<br />Newark, Essex County, New Jersey<br />Hannah Preston, head; rents for $100; owns a radio; age 60; single; born in New York.<br />Anna Donnelly, cousin; age 47; [illegible marital status]; born in Pennsylvania.<br />Frank Donnelly, son of cousin; age 23; single; born in New Jersey.<br />Raymond Donnelly, son of cousin; age 22; single; born in New Jersey.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>George Donnelly and Anna Mang were married in Newark in Newark in 1905. His parents were John Donnelly and Ellen Brady. He was 32 years old (born about 1873).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4pBtXV5wCI80LhiTR4sBkvgj0Fhm2UJcXZxhQSxRemtB-rU0-xfvOSp3h3m6wy5fS3BFX5XXZfGthDwFQyTY1L5-CJZ-hNI-fOYTG50gZ3kg4v2DOmdUKGhHY3sxMJKAV-a-MC0mqFBhO87LvRcXqZgzRF7HWuIkNVU4Fa2xDCSUpENlmefeeog65uSH/s3399/1905%20Donnelly%20m%20Mang.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3067" data-original-width="3399" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4pBtXV5wCI80LhiTR4sBkvgj0Fhm2UJcXZxhQSxRemtB-rU0-xfvOSp3h3m6wy5fS3BFX5XXZfGthDwFQyTY1L5-CJZ-hNI-fOYTG50gZ3kg4v2DOmdUKGhHY3sxMJKAV-a-MC0mqFBhO87LvRcXqZgzRF7HWuIkNVU4Fa2xDCSUpENlmefeeog65uSH/w640-h578/1905%20Donnelly%20m%20Mang.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage record George F Donnelly and Anna Mang.<br />Married March 6, 1905 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>George Donnelly was last seen in the 1905 New Jersey State census in Newark. With <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93810356/" target="_blank">Anna Mang (1887-1963)</a> he had three children:</p><p>- <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/244216655/" target="_blank">Mary Donnelly</a> (11 December 1905 - 21 April 1909)</p><p>- <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93810375/" target="_blank">George Francis Donnelly</a> "Frank George" (31 December 1906 - 12 February 1974)</p><p>- <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130960210/" target="_blank">Raymond Anthony Donnelly</a> (26 March 1908 - 18 March 1953)</p><p>Three-year old Mary was buried at Saint Mary's Cemetery in East Orange. She died of Scarlet Fever at the <a href="http://www.oldbelleville.org/Essex_County_Geriatrics_Center.html" target="_blank">Essex County Isolation Hospital</a> in Belleville. </p><p>Raymond never married. He was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in East Orange.</p><p>George Donnelly Junior married Imelda Heery in 1938. His descendants are among the DNA matches connected to Catherine Donnelly, wife of Michael Preston. They trace their origins to Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.</p><p>In the 1880 census, George, age 8, was enumerated with his parents, John and Ellen "Donley," in Bridgewater, Plymouth County. Ten of George's siblings were also listed.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNbSf6O5oUEK1NId028vr50N7vJcJIzqAKu1gnYz39WxlGaO6B3BJCDygpgm4g2YZzeTrsLCdopxL6XRj_d3htVDcoq5XKwtTEi8jAlbFodfLHvaZkJxaLZihATT5xVoWXE60BHNvGaBMOBV_jtrAxqqut43UGHTj0oeLKQA67C7J6RM9mj5Gq3eOfn0U/s1084/1880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1084" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNbSf6O5oUEK1NId028vr50N7vJcJIzqAKu1gnYz39WxlGaO6B3BJCDygpgm4g2YZzeTrsLCdopxL6XRj_d3htVDcoq5XKwtTEi8jAlbFodfLHvaZkJxaLZihATT5xVoWXE60BHNvGaBMOBV_jtrAxqqut43UGHTj0oeLKQA67C7J6RM9mj5Gq3eOfn0U/w640-h406/1880.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1880 federal census<br />Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts<br />Household of John Donley [Donnelly]</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>If George Donnelly and Hannah Preston were first cousins, then George's father, John Donnelly, was a sibling of Hannah's mother, Catherine Donnelly.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExXcCX0HTBm5a2_I_wC6bJKKgLtJ9zV0hhwVPs4gL8hIQGQZdJyv6-pTUFdQ1sTdlqb0TpJ_7mcuxHBNYJK4xJB3lOAz7gt6vIhUAzayapuyelMho8qx5EKnIKtLUvhe_O0KjkL7NMhc8YVOdOgevniEBdUo0DZISW1PevZkqsWO0AwWlDoVDqqohmjcd/s709/tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="709" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExXcCX0HTBm5a2_I_wC6bJKKgLtJ9zV0hhwVPs4gL8hIQGQZdJyv6-pTUFdQ1sTdlqb0TpJ_7mcuxHBNYJK4xJB3lOAz7gt6vIhUAzayapuyelMho8qx5EKnIKtLUvhe_O0KjkL7NMhc8YVOdOgevniEBdUo0DZISW1PevZkqsWO0AwWlDoVDqqohmjcd/w640-h340/tree.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tree explaining cousin relationship between<br />Hannah Preston and George F Donnelly.<br />Birthdates are approximate years.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>John Donnelly died June 21, 1921 in Brockton. His parents were listed as Bartholomew Donnelly and Ellen E Brady. (John's wife was also named Ellen Brady. Did both women share a name, or was this an error?)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiql7Rpk27z_pZZKlFcoRqJ4GBXvB0fpxZ5asO-5DunWn0K4uBgTsj97uiC0KmELqTHVuklrJwiwEQvDnr_yXYp_NmkECt-kt_tPYI81YV9_1TzIaTW87caj6JM4tzlOsWoRsYZvL6EdBP4RQJVyO0pJX3XU53KgFiu5CqhWNhg7QQ4mBcbEZl06dF2TktN/s2121/1910%20Donnelly%20John%20death.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2101" data-original-width="2121" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiql7Rpk27z_pZZKlFcoRqJ4GBXvB0fpxZ5asO-5DunWn0K4uBgTsj97uiC0KmELqTHVuklrJwiwEQvDnr_yXYp_NmkECt-kt_tPYI81YV9_1TzIaTW87caj6JM4tzlOsWoRsYZvL6EdBP4RQJVyO0pJX3XU53KgFiu5CqhWNhg7QQ4mBcbEZl06dF2TktN/w640-h634/1910%20Donnelly%20John%20death.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Death certificate of John J Donnelly.<br />Died June 21, 1910 in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.<br />Father- Bartholomew Donnelly. Mother- Ellen E Brady.<br /><a href="https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2101/" target="_blank">Available on Ancestry</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Catherine Donnelly named a son Bartholomew. Was he named for his maternal grandfather?</p><p>Catherine Donnelly is a close relative, perhaps the sister, of John J Donnelly (1842-1910) of Brockton.</p><p>John Donnelly's daughter, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241611694" target="_blank">Jennie (1868-1950)</a>, married <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241611693" target="_blank">John Joseph Reagan (1868-1944)</a>. Several of Jennie's descendants are also DNA connections.</p><p>Identifying the town of origin in Ireland and viewing records could help solidify Catherine Donnelly's connection to John Donnelly.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEW8qjG1En-4JB6vHJx5XSPRIlmJotZck9c_zQawpVPeuozK1wWLy7lSu7TR2_q0pyVfAzfGv87vtWzjwuqmIXwOIKEqAH1nF5t-ldMNq98t8_byUwOS-r4cEJQ4na_QyuCLY1WAL5ApQY3IsyNixhHVCAJ74Ceb6Qu3ch9U6qYb8PpQysPk_v0WkMsvRj/s3024/shamrock%202019%20single.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEW8qjG1En-4JB6vHJx5XSPRIlmJotZck9c_zQawpVPeuozK1wWLy7lSu7TR2_q0pyVfAzfGv87vtWzjwuqmIXwOIKEqAH1nF5t-ldMNq98t8_byUwOS-r4cEJQ4na_QyuCLY1WAL5ApQY3IsyNixhHVCAJ74Ceb6Qu3ch9U6qYb8PpQysPk_v0WkMsvRj/s320/shamrock%202019%20single.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shamrock crocheted by my grandmother<br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9566516/" target="_blank">Jeannette ODonnell (1920-1993)</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-61366155395792512952024-03-03T19:45:00.001-05:002024-03-03T19:45:32.558-05:00Earnings reported to Social Security<p>The Itemized Statement of Earnings for my grandmother, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9566516/" target="_blank">Jeannette ODonnell (1920-1993)</a>, arrived from the Social Security Administration. This information was requested in June of 2023 for a fee of $100. Proof of death and direct descent was required. (<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ssa-7050.pdf" target="_blank">Form SSA-7050-F4</a>.)</p><p>The point of requesting this information was to see when and where she worked and possibly ascertain when important life events happened.</p><p>The Social Security Act of 1935 created federal old age benefits. Not all workers and employers were required to participate.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_a6p-qXMWXyijoBksXLC8lOb_fdhAlhmzycX4e1c_tZ670YlqzNnYzx8TWgI1i1KnusPS4cxB7h2My47_jR_6WgAXqrGW3Sd9w7SwEqDFeygX-yjCvPBqXBSR2PYHumpzPLfY7FiMlC33l1BL7TU59AFBzdgPYxV2vlM8eTdTs1LeLZYnT_oRT3ZopsAf/s605/ss%20newspaper.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="481" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_a6p-qXMWXyijoBksXLC8lOb_fdhAlhmzycX4e1c_tZ670YlqzNnYzx8TWgI1i1KnusPS4cxB7h2My47_jR_6WgAXqrGW3Sd9w7SwEqDFeygX-yjCvPBqXBSR2PYHumpzPLfY7FiMlC33l1BL7TU59AFBzdgPYxV2vlM8eTdTs1LeLZYnT_oRT3ZopsAf/w508-h640/ss%20newspaper.png" width="508" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One of many newspaper articles explaining the new Social Security Act of 1935.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Jeannette was born in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey in 1920. She applied for a Social Security Number on December 2, 1941. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqH-rMNSaCX5zhe_rtfot470-KIfdkF9RhE6d6upyJTb8UIYpMoEBawXrc4kV21SGkImMXu0rKg1BawWkkF7XGI86JKvanYMhBwt37J79pcCUNDvPmkGXfr5ZoBn7xZodZXam8m0cIopfW6Wz5wqxGgC4ATuh9-bpVu_Nc93nX500k_IWupoiUZ-etN5Ab/s1168/appl%20SSN%20Jeannette%20transf.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="1168" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqH-rMNSaCX5zhe_rtfot470-KIfdkF9RhE6d6upyJTb8UIYpMoEBawXrc4kV21SGkImMXu0rKg1BawWkkF7XGI86JKvanYMhBwt37J79pcCUNDvPmkGXfr5ZoBn7xZodZXam8m0cIopfW6Wz5wqxGgC4ATuh9-bpVu_Nc93nX500k_IWupoiUZ-etN5Ab/w640-h338/appl%20SSN%20Jeannette%20transf.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Form SS-5 "Application for Social Security Account Number"<br />completed December 2, 1941.<br />The year of birth and name differ, but that's another story.<br />To locate a deceased individual's Social Security Number, search in the <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Social Security Death Index</a><span style="text-align: left;">.<br />Then fill out form </span><a href="https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ssa-711.pdf" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">SSA-711</a><span style="text-align: left;"> and submit $30.</span></span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Jeannette probably worked before December of 1941. The wages were not reported to Social Security.<div><br /></div><div>Her first reported employer was W T Grant. She earned $39.55 in the last quarter of 1941 and $26.75 in the first quarter of 1942.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFVY_Pm0reBHJQhDnvjoQaUd-gIbtXd0V7Jo5WVCz5uF0q4hTw-5WMDDv4J-ofPH8PHFGAy0tBoRmrKMh67gnrBfzQNc-JifnuZqElblusD7J2txNKbPC1N8n5y2-yo5Btxi0-h5aM3_laj19upZA3JHyR89Zkk4XJGdV2Nlo0Fxg-f_XWvGLncPFwHVk/s2085/w%20t%20grant%20earnings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="2085" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFVY_Pm0reBHJQhDnvjoQaUd-gIbtXd0V7Jo5WVCz5uF0q4hTw-5WMDDv4J-ofPH8PHFGAy0tBoRmrKMh67gnrBfzQNc-JifnuZqElblusD7J2txNKbPC1N8n5y2-yo5Btxi0-h5aM3_laj19upZA3JHyR89Zkk4XJGdV2Nlo0Fxg-f_XWvGLncPFwHVk/w640-h186/w%20t%20grant%20earnings.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._T._Grant" target="_blank">W T Grant</a> was a bargain store that sold household items. In 1975, the national chain declared bankruptcy, hence the attorney name of Joseph Pardo and the address in New York City. Jeannette probably worked for the store located at 493 Broadway in Bayonne.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvT0Pl73nFtBw8VXpWoWjJub703Umy-KFm9Ktgq5IXme92YT5SIyL-Cx1CjzOsxh7P-jNBm1yliSOMrfVcauYB4mWD99W14Qn0kxqLtF8NYjgcLNlMFW2OKa83KZqbOsgzUMLsAK-4VHt2c3jX6QfKidH8u6bAxghs6dtdLKV6yEho2IwhEMihAz635i_U/s510/w%20t%20grant%20ad%201941.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="463" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvT0Pl73nFtBw8VXpWoWjJub703Umy-KFm9Ktgq5IXme92YT5SIyL-Cx1CjzOsxh7P-jNBm1yliSOMrfVcauYB4mWD99W14Qn0kxqLtF8NYjgcLNlMFW2OKa83KZqbOsgzUMLsAK-4VHt2c3jX6QfKidH8u6bAxghs6dtdLKV6yEho2IwhEMihAz635i_U/w582-h640/w%20t%20grant%20ad%201941.png" width="582" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Advertisement of sale for W T Grant Co Store in Bayonne.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQC9rz_KDoqTvME22r2uD9mS822oO13c093cXdWZs_hKDJYNKJ8MO1EGyLu-4oRJqyVy_Vhh98YzJNSkBeVoBd2KjkXhzTOsvmGmCn3Nyqt4r_SLyAL8Pk9opKLrolzViKyjTS9doAe0Wce85A1Aqg5gDP3Nd8ZkxPWrNVzsHfdEpunIZof_LmfxLqfKdD/s404/w%20t%20grant%20employment%20ad%201942.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="404" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQC9rz_KDoqTvME22r2uD9mS822oO13c093cXdWZs_hKDJYNKJ8MO1EGyLu-4oRJqyVy_Vhh98YzJNSkBeVoBd2KjkXhzTOsvmGmCn3Nyqt4r_SLyAL8Pk9opKLrolzViKyjTS9doAe0Wce85A1Aqg5gDP3Nd8ZkxPWrNVzsHfdEpunIZof_LmfxLqfKdD/w640-h530/w%20t%20grant%20employment%20ad%201942.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Help Wanted ad for W T Grant Co Store.<br />Maybe Jeannette saw this in her local paper.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />In 1942 Jeannette began working at the telephone company. This was a national chain, so the current names and addresses do not reflect their names and addresses when Jeannette worked for them. Her last reported earnings from a telephone company were in 1957. Some quarters were little or no earnings. This is probably when she needed time off to have babies.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2ZQ7B1FD5McmH68JpvGc5N0pOZVdU9ac8Xt0b6nsOqAIe4i2_3ylsUrfWJ7eFM33yCs-Ct-VgnF-7Yy8ypaXOy4fMhLtcOirmArAQKwmmurUojudmANXrAP3D6P9w1dGelwCR6Y8Pv1vSGK_biNkULG-Ry5B6q3PsfZIc1cM_LYXlCrcmTKUK3686va9/s362/telephone%20addresses%20and%20earnings.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="246" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2ZQ7B1FD5McmH68JpvGc5N0pOZVdU9ac8Xt0b6nsOqAIe4i2_3ylsUrfWJ7eFM33yCs-Ct-VgnF-7Yy8ypaXOy4fMhLtcOirmArAQKwmmurUojudmANXrAP3D6P9w1dGelwCR6Y8Pv1vSGK_biNkULG-Ry5B6q3PsfZIc1cM_LYXlCrcmTKUK3686va9/w434-h640/telephone%20addresses%20and%20earnings.jpg" width="434" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jeannette's yearly earnings from what is now called AT&T and Verizon.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3B6MbpeDLUBMSHFVuSSjphw2FcNjgVwUmnA61Ovd3it3vyVDZYqliCJ1zQJQWPASFYHuN7_Mzd7CBPutkpvdz6U1Lh9or33usmE0XkmG9eZSo9EI_r8A6K2votDD3Jzxd0VTm9JPtymhBALWHkZmRR-_mvFo-6mrb8CBfVdvGsRJS0ZLDSKsRIPUJ3QPj/s412/bench.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="412" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3B6MbpeDLUBMSHFVuSSjphw2FcNjgVwUmnA61Ovd3it3vyVDZYqliCJ1zQJQWPASFYHuN7_Mzd7CBPutkpvdz6U1Lh9or33usmE0XkmG9eZSo9EI_r8A6K2votDD3Jzxd0VTm9JPtymhBALWHkZmRR-_mvFo-6mrb8CBfVdvGsRJS0ZLDSKsRIPUJ3QPj/w640-h608/bench.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jeannette is seated and third from the left, wearing the dark suit.<br />Supposedly the other people are her coworkers at the phone company.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLGqHQ65dO8r21_mIFBMchuHlazMaeZ90z92_1Y86LfvqaTu2T871dyl7sQHAxnNTBkzGDCkLe3M58w15r0lPzjLveyQGHBtSZE-mfGWn5PIn-KHUeYV1QFgU3N5t5k9-QcrwA9DZC4CdYpBtHCKAPDQjNJfB5mjaSXW6nZO6O2ody5nAHM128WblQvx-/s1206/nj%20bell%20ad.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="624" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLGqHQ65dO8r21_mIFBMchuHlazMaeZ90z92_1Y86LfvqaTu2T871dyl7sQHAxnNTBkzGDCkLe3M58w15r0lPzjLveyQGHBtSZE-mfGWn5PIn-KHUeYV1QFgU3N5t5k9-QcrwA9DZC4CdYpBtHCKAPDQjNJfB5mjaSXW6nZO6O2ody5nAHM128WblQvx-/w332-h640/nj%20bell%20ad.png" width="332" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Help wanted ad for New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, 1944.<br />"The telephone company needs more girls to handle war calls."</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Jeannette needed a paycheck for personal reasons. The country was at war and women were called upon to work outside the home. This could have made Jeannette's jobs seem natural for the time period without indicating problems in her personal life.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFe82vtF2U_Duu_TEpwMCRxbx2YaRxIkjnaRLlts8lYL1nkZzSAPGTNEHl9V2GQ-Ls4X0OKuQaf0hXAtgBytPl_QRA5MPCBYUWcB9KQC-dLdARma49yS56PJySgfEihiVAWEIky7OS8YsNRuor6lnSmZ2BONtyvKOWleSbRdDwhpfhkDWtXzdO25ulQLQ/s641/wages%201950.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="641" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFe82vtF2U_Duu_TEpwMCRxbx2YaRxIkjnaRLlts8lYL1nkZzSAPGTNEHl9V2GQ-Ls4X0OKuQaf0hXAtgBytPl_QRA5MPCBYUWcB9KQC-dLdARma49yS56PJySgfEihiVAWEIky7OS8YsNRuor6lnSmZ2BONtyvKOWleSbRdDwhpfhkDWtXzdO25ulQLQ/w640-h434/wages%201950.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wages for operators and service assistants at Bell Telephone.<br />This was published in 1950 to address concerns over rate hikes.<br />We do not know Jeannette's hours, so we do not know her hourly rate.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>After twenty years of no reported wages, Jeannette returned to work in 1978 at Freedman's Bakery in Belford, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She worked there until 1981. This was another national chain, so the current address of the employer is not where Jeannette physically worked.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchd6Pe-9ex99c2Srl04DTjGbI2k7PetvU_0hM0dN8h8QH5ikwdS8p2JL6llH_ByYqEg2WJsydjv3pS2YtVq8f-wRg8fWMnswyJxjWQl808CT6HlITkvoMcwStFMS9a5Q9KHD_CmRXxycv1I85O0VU7oyxsbyPhff4M6CT0rSSNjL_Boxn606WXMlRDRJ9/s384/f.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="384" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchd6Pe-9ex99c2Srl04DTjGbI2k7PetvU_0hM0dN8h8QH5ikwdS8p2JL6llH_ByYqEg2WJsydjv3pS2YtVq8f-wRg8fWMnswyJxjWQl808CT6HlITkvoMcwStFMS9a5Q9KHD_CmRXxycv1I85O0VU7oyxsbyPhff4M6CT0rSSNjL_Boxn606WXMlRDRJ9/w400-h241/f.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jeannette's earnings at Freedman's Bakery 1978-1981</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmGZ4SKT4AgzZAToyfd7ZH7zeiUh2PBH8pSEj-5DVPJL3qNHqzyrzz10aai7RBwi_I4IhN8MnJAnQArjzeaFoaVXlkZ9nZd-Gd-rXqp60xzYQ6p7Nxo4vaqWY_C2nekGdfEdk-hM4EN12XN3ONrl1wW9qnxAi5Nqgm3p0Iw7yBeefURlG2wjkApAHSuWs/s635/Jeannette%20bakery.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="635" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmGZ4SKT4AgzZAToyfd7ZH7zeiUh2PBH8pSEj-5DVPJL3qNHqzyrzz10aai7RBwi_I4IhN8MnJAnQArjzeaFoaVXlkZ9nZd-Gd-rXqp60xzYQ6p7Nxo4vaqWY_C2nekGdfEdk-hM4EN12XN3ONrl1wW9qnxAi5Nqgm3p0Iw7yBeefURlG2wjkApAHSuWs/w640-h500/Jeannette%20bakery.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jeannette behind the counter at Freedman's Bakery</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpGUxXZVpA9T5FYKIjroe-Ojz_7bQhX9EjFkDYnrLZgWyZC6Gtmp3A36dODB7A3XWvlE1Y7VF3zI2TYk_dJ8_5Pwd_0lmRLt3xH_Yz9rSfkFTuKv0-u2rTROtm9DXBTQvgqwqbU5QKeT9jjuxswJ2rPRHjUUlQP17o5Z-GmPfQXHiIBdKsmmkKf3oEsS8/s669/Freedman%20bakery%20ad.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="486" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpGUxXZVpA9T5FYKIjroe-Ojz_7bQhX9EjFkDYnrLZgWyZC6Gtmp3A36dODB7A3XWvlE1Y7VF3zI2TYk_dJ8_5Pwd_0lmRLt3xH_Yz9rSfkFTuKv0-u2rTROtm9DXBTQvgqwqbU5QKeT9jjuxswJ2rPRHjUUlQP17o5Z-GmPfQXHiIBdKsmmkKf3oEsS8/w464-h640/Freedman%20bakery%20ad.png" width="464" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ad for Freedman's Bakery, Monmouth County locations</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>The printout of earnings by quarter provides leads as to Jeannette's whereabouts and activities during her younger years. This was worth the fee and effort to obtain.</div><div><br /></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-64366174224764959942024-02-12T13:17:00.000-05:002024-02-12T13:17:10.922-05:00Pending Orders<p>Below is the list of records not available online that were ordered and not yet fulfilled.</p><p>More items were ordered since the <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2024/01/pending-orders-of-records.html" target="_blank">last published list</a> on January 21, 2024.</p><h4><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-weight: normal;">Service Record and Application for Bounty Land of Jonas Long, War of 1812</i></h4><div><br /></div><div>Requested from <a href="http://CivilWarRecords.com">CivilWarRecords.com</a> on February 12, 2024.</div><div><br /></div><div>$55 via credit card online.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-weight: normal;">Death certificate of James Cummings, 1912</i></h4><div><br /></div><div>Requested of the New York State Department of Health. <a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/forms/doh-4384.pdf" target="_blank">Form DOH-4384</a> mailed February 9, 2024.</div><div><p>$22 check.</p><p><br /></p></div></div><div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-weight: normal;">Death certificate of Jane Cummings, 1899</i></h4><div><br /></div><div>Requested of the New York State Department of Health. <a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/forms/doh-4384.pdf" target="_blank">Form DOH-4384</a> mailed February 9, 2024.</div><div><p>$22 check.</p><p><br /></p></div></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-weight: normal;">Death certificate of <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66863122/" target="_blank">John Grant</a>, 1882</i></h4><div><br /></div><div>Requested of the New York State Department of Health. <a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/forms/doh-4384.pdf" target="_blank">Form DOH-4384</a> mailed February 9, 2024.</div><div><p>$22 check.</p></div><div><br /></div><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Death certificate of Beryl Nanejian, 1989</i></span></h4><p>Requested from the State of California. <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/CDPH%20Document%20Library/ControlledForms/VS112.pdf" target="_blank">Form VS 112</a> mailed January 19, 2024.</p><p>$24 check cleared February 8, 2024. Confirmation email received February 7, 2024.</p><p><br /></p><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Probate records of Jonas Long, 1837, and William Owens, 1853</i></span></h4><p>Requested of the Richmond County, New York Surrogate's Court. Email dated June 25, 2023.</p><p>No fee at this time.</p><p><br /></p><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Social Security Earning Information of <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9566516/" target="_blank">Jeannette ODonnell</a>, 1937 through 1993</i></span></h4><p>Requested of the Social Security Administration. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ssa-7050.html" target="_blank">Form SSA-7050-FR</a> mailed June 2, 2023.</p><p>$100 check cleared October 26, 2023.</p><p><br /></p><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Death certificate of Mollie Schwartz, 1925</i></span></h4><p>Requested from City of Bridgeport and State of Connecticut. <a href="https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Departments-and-Agencies/DPH/hisr/VR/Death-Certificate-Request-Form_State-1_2023.pdf" target="_blank">Forms VS-39DST</a> mailed April 6, 2023. (Same form number on both town and state forms.)</p><p>$20 each via money orders.</p><p><br /></p><h4><i style="font-weight: normal;">Death certificate of Edward Sheeby [<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92698514/" target="_blank">Edmond Sheehy</a>], 1893</i></h4><p>Requested of the New York State Department of Health. <a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/forms/doh-4384.pdf" target="_blank">Form DOH-4384</a> mailed March 1, 2022.</p><p>$22 check cleared April 2, 2022.</p><p>Originally requested in 2015.</p><p>Town of Amenia provided an <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2023/05/death-records-in-state-of-new-york.html" target="_blank">obscure ledger entry in 2023</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-22891380771850899292024-01-21T00:10:00.001-05:002024-01-21T00:10:35.113-05:00Pending Orders of Records<p> While a lot of records are online, many are not.</p><p>Below is a list of records I ordered and am still awaiting a response.</p><p><a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2024/01/personnel-file-for-works-progress.html" target="_blank">One item</a> was received since my <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2023/12/return-time-on-genealogical-requests.html" target="_blank">last published list</a> on December 6, 2023.</p><h4><br /></h4><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Death certificate of Beryl Nanejian, 1989</i></span></h4><p>Requested from the State of California. <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/CDPH%20Document%20Library/ControlledForms/VS112.pdf" target="_blank">Form VS 112</a> mailed January 19, 2024.</p><p>$24 check.</p><p><br /></p><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Probate records of Jonas Long, 1837, and William Owens, 1853</i></span></h4><p>Requested of the Richmond County, New York Surrogate's Court. Email dated June 25, 2023.</p><p>No fee at this time.</p><p><br /></p><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Social Security Earning Information of <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9566516/" target="_blank">Jeannette ODonnell</a>, 1937 through 1993</i></span></h4><p>Requested of the Social Security Administration. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ssa-7050.html" target="_blank">Form SSA-7050-FR</a> mailed June 2, 2023.</p><p>$100 check cleared October 26, 2023.</p><p><br /></p><h4><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Death certificate of Mollie Schwartz, 1925</i></span></h4><p>Requested from City of Bridgeport and State of Connecticut. <a href="https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Departments-and-Agencies/DPH/hisr/VR/Death-Certificate-Request-Form_State-1_2023.pdf" target="_blank">Forms VS-39DST</a> mailed April 6, 2023. (Same form number on both town and state forms.)</p><p>$20 each via money orders.</p><p><br /></p><h4><i style="font-weight: normal;">Death certificate of Edward Sheeby [<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92698514/" target="_blank">Edmond Sheehy</a>], 1893</i></h4><p>Requested of the New York State Department of Health. <a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/forms/doh-4384.pdf" target="_blank">Form DOH-4384</a> mailed March 1, 2022.</p><p>$22 check cleared April 2, 2022.</p><p>Originally requested in 2015.</p><p>Town of Amenia provided an <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2023/05/death-records-in-state-of-new-york.html" target="_blank">obscure ledger entry in 2023</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-25988421485204502802024-01-14T23:55:00.000-05:002024-01-14T23:55:12.396-05:00Personnel File for the Works Progress Administration<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XhmPZa3Dysn9q-vNUPOtDBjOBSn960Bm-KyQIk55M4e3oKL927B1NRz3hqmGbvfAnKsoNeaxq7PmeQ8C-RLhT3sNFWPEUnOq4R_6UVLcttC-VPsBYKK4GISXHf-ba__71N1lxocvGNKvdVYXGKUFq19rFUPcG-IN7m25Ivl4GZ6X1y4wjpKYUTnx9uOp/s973/page%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="973" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XhmPZa3Dysn9q-vNUPOtDBjOBSn960Bm-KyQIk55M4e3oKL927B1NRz3hqmGbvfAnKsoNeaxq7PmeQ8C-RLhT3sNFWPEUnOq4R_6UVLcttC-VPsBYKK4GISXHf-ba__71N1lxocvGNKvdVYXGKUFq19rFUPcG-IN7m25Ivl4GZ6X1y4wjpKYUTnx9uOp/w640-h442/page%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Certification of Eligibility<br />Works Progress Administration file of Clifford Lutter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />From the <a href="https://www.archives.gov/" target="_blank">National Archives and Records Administration</a> ("NARA"), I received nineteen pages of the personnel file of my paternal grandfather, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7094145/" target="_blank">Clifford Lutter (1915-1980)</a>, for his work with the Works Progress Administration ("WPA"). I knew he worked for the WPA because he wrote them as his employer when he applied for a Social Security number in 1936. (You can request a <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/foia/request.html" target="_blank">copy of this application</a> for a deceased person, no relation necessary.)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-JnztzQ09ZK_CppZStBdE1EOXjmxPZ0nD5qqOnCD84JB92Gs6xGtQBfy-L525VPqzmy3pJ62hRtcvEE9LcmPwn6aqaFYIC9tHGjGmBiFM0M0c_9K95diaY8bx4b-wB1SKgid95Qlv3tJ4XrRPVf6dH-ym9O-yEOs4GCYUdLNxwFcGo3-o7rGGy5hWHb5/s1544/Lutter%20Clifford%20Charles%20SSN%20appl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1544" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-JnztzQ09ZK_CppZStBdE1EOXjmxPZ0nD5qqOnCD84JB92Gs6xGtQBfy-L525VPqzmy3pJ62hRtcvEE9LcmPwn6aqaFYIC9tHGjGmBiFM0M0c_9K95diaY8bx4b-wB1SKgid95Qlv3tJ4XrRPVf6dH-ym9O-yEOs4GCYUdLNxwFcGo3-o7rGGy5hWHb5/w640-h336/Lutter%20Clifford%20Charles%20SSN%20appl.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Form SS-5 "Application for account number"<br />Clifford Charles Lutter, dated December 1, 1936.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The information was originally requested on October 14, 2023 via postal mail using NARA's form 14137 (<a href="https://www.archives.gov/files/st-louis/archival-programs/civilian-personnel-archival/NA_form_14137.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2_bjyZdbLHF1xgoZGiR6QjjLD5M8RyqSyxEl64pLpuztsy-8DJ00ipo0k_aem_AU2IZ_nKWwc1KAF3d49cmEaPikce4UE7XMYh5WzCN89yHa_bZbByKWWV7nxeRUsRIaw" target="_blank">found here on their website</a>).</p><p>On January 9, 2024 NARA sent an email indicating that the file was located and the fee for copying was $70. I remitted payment the same day.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9xoX1ad9PidB4zEQ9wbOmTN1rJv9-76yyIg94Tjkp9N8CIZndO5Hv8L6pyL9lK8-1Dx1ehOKA2GitNyXbnuZIGClOh00IEAnbz6Jc6ia4Ua41ppSzN4Ep1eFiGS6iJHkdDfqVmaU526S5UwaVZdhvo-e5T2lMuvpcX3p1pqRVa1moZj1QTKb_mw2rrTy/s557/email.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="557" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9xoX1ad9PidB4zEQ9wbOmTN1rJv9-76yyIg94Tjkp9N8CIZndO5Hv8L6pyL9lK8-1Dx1ehOKA2GitNyXbnuZIGClOh00IEAnbz6Jc6ia4Ua41ppSzN4Ep1eFiGS6iJHkdDfqVmaU526S5UwaVZdhvo-e5T2lMuvpcX3p1pqRVa1moZj1QTKb_mw2rrTy/w640-h206/email.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Email from NARA<br />"Please allow time for the scanning and uploading process to be completed. Our staff is minimal and all requested records need to be digitized and redacted prior to delivery, so we care currently looking at a much longer turnaround than is typical."</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>On January 11, 2024 the file was received via an email link.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQmboNFP-S83HbQ_kgdLBDdaHIsSpRleNC_71Mc3egCuMlg2YT1pgBQ-T7pVQOROR23HsJxLH5xbh-ObYIxKhlFJTO8Okm_Nig5OzUbbymyTDp4YEzo_KqN8LUU5cC5DOBBUcSfi0Y4rdbRrgQNbBoMRWMO80403jbpCYEaz6gJDevWKE5kOp4aV5Arlt/s559/email%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="559" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxQmboNFP-S83HbQ_kgdLBDdaHIsSpRleNC_71Mc3egCuMlg2YT1pgBQ-T7pVQOROR23HsJxLH5xbh-ObYIxKhlFJTO8Okm_Nig5OzUbbymyTDp4YEzo_KqN8LUU5cC5DOBBUcSfi0Y4rdbRrgQNbBoMRWMO80403jbpCYEaz6gJDevWKE5kOp4aV5Arlt/w640-h138/email%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Email from NARA<br />"We apologize for the quality of the documents. Our WPA records were microfilmed and the originals destroyed several decades ago. The images we provide are the best possible quality that we can produce."</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Works Progress Administration, later renamed the Work Projects Administration, was <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/works-progress-administration" target="_blank">created in 1935</a> to ease the high unemployment rate in the United States during the Great Depression.</p><p>Clifford Lutter entered his adulthood during the Great Depression. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1915 to <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12826011/" target="_blank">Howard Lutter (1889-1959)</a> and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11303121/" target="_blank">Ethel Laurel "Laura" Winterton (1891-1962)</a>. They lived in Newark, New Jersey, but Howard was performing as a musician in Philadelphia, hence the out-of-state birth. His sister, Beryl, was born in 1918. His parents divorced in 1927. His father remarried in 1928. Clifford resided with his father's newly created blended family.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQs-R7FOXKompNnd3wb98NAKgfQTxlvuJyxHP5GJkXTAdjV_UbczSm3TwZ2T_q1w5E5JpDZkZm7NxqnVxUkDtkOKnVUBi8G4NBBKNYvQE2hLq5hIbNBIgIPn4K_gxjO45XxYsAGrGHXtCyLUEM42GM0fmjJyqScY91aWd_yBgXtl01wadbLdDdsMdylxjv/s906/1930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="906" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQs-R7FOXKompNnd3wb98NAKgfQTxlvuJyxHP5GJkXTAdjV_UbczSm3TwZ2T_q1w5E5JpDZkZm7NxqnVxUkDtkOKnVUBi8G4NBBKNYvQE2hLq5hIbNBIgIPn4K_gxjO45XxYsAGrGHXtCyLUEM42GM0fmjJyqScY91aWd_yBgXtl01wadbLdDdsMdylxjv/w640-h234/1930.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">1930 federal census: 171 Ampere Parkway, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: left;">Howard Lutter, head; owns a home worth $8,000; owns a radio; age 41; first married at age 23; born in New Jersey.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Fiorita Lutter, wife; age 40; first married at age 21; born in Germany.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Rita Lutter, daughter; age 16; born in New Jersey.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Clifford Lutter, son, age 15; born in Pennsylvania.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Beryl Lutter, daughter; age 12; born in New Jersey.</div><div style="text-align: left;">*Rita was Fiorita's daughter from her first marriage.*</div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Great Depression was in full swing as Clifford finished high school and sought employment as a young man.</p><p>In 1935, he sought relief from his unemployment through the WPA. He resided in Newark, New Jersey at 8 Gouverneur Avenue with his mother. He began work in December of 1935 as a laborer in Newark at a rate of $55 per month.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCkx4WKo_9nNZQpS6SBv2FrtK_4DAS4koSebafqCJfyo5sL86aLmDbpp5VEDrGN9cFEEsOYhXFLh0Sxu-XbHI1ft84aqQVkxoPnWtV1li91GyOneGJ7PwENslTfl57QQ5RYFiG4I-laP7BB3tdiXuMQ6rTBcHvtlzxcYfA-GNGn8EpoliX3ys-lcY_lbT/s927/page%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="927" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCkx4WKo_9nNZQpS6SBv2FrtK_4DAS4koSebafqCJfyo5sL86aLmDbpp5VEDrGN9cFEEsOYhXFLh0Sxu-XbHI1ft84aqQVkxoPnWtV1li91GyOneGJ7PwENslTfl57QQ5RYFiG4I-laP7BB3tdiXuMQ6rTBcHvtlzxcYfA-GNGn8EpoliX3ys-lcY_lbT/w640-h496/page%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDsfHzCYmARpzAjsUMn4Ja2tK-Q-ow_6iclp2jrdUmxnkdimQi11_CTPmOCLdc7-yj6KbnIVSmbnmg6VGXBFoQ-fD4tTcdt4tujR1O9qGiFbXmqsufA6pzbW4DTBSRApSkl4UMZed3Wg7aoKtHbwptV6nCX-HOK9Dp3taMANPaj1HW99rCu_z4goLpVoR/s412/Winterton%20Ethel%20Laurel%20Lutter%20and%20Clifford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="412" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDsfHzCYmARpzAjsUMn4Ja2tK-Q-ow_6iclp2jrdUmxnkdimQi11_CTPmOCLdc7-yj6KbnIVSmbnmg6VGXBFoQ-fD4tTcdt4tujR1O9qGiFbXmqsufA6pzbW4DTBSRApSkl4UMZed3Wg7aoKtHbwptV6nCX-HOK9Dp3taMANPaj1HW99rCu_z4goLpVoR/w400-h306/Winterton%20Ethel%20Laurel%20Lutter%20and%20Clifford.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Clifford Lutter with his mother, Laura Winterton</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Clifford stopped working for the WPA on June 18, 1937 because he became privately employed. He was working as an observer at City Hall Annex in Newark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4M872Vw1HlKR5BaQKfKvv4EqV-dLM0WVO2fcEone4XE7QAyUPWzBIr31hwT9SIgB6CzgwKiBpaiyv87IKw0Ny5Mbev7mgiBtGnViZxo1qkqkYK_3wMi1Ruuzfl9MPE26MaWurH-huxrgLHrnCdwdoy44B5QCp0fJWA5E8iLY_ihampZxxG_4KU6Nobgl/s939/page%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="939" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4M872Vw1HlKR5BaQKfKvv4EqV-dLM0WVO2fcEone4XE7QAyUPWzBIr31hwT9SIgB6CzgwKiBpaiyv87IKw0Ny5Mbev7mgiBtGnViZxo1qkqkYK_3wMi1Ruuzfl9MPE26MaWurH-huxrgLHrnCdwdoy44B5QCp0fJWA5E8iLY_ihampZxxG_4KU6Nobgl/w640-h480/page%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A "Reassignment Slip" appears a few times in the file. This informed of a new job title, location, and rate of pay.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88PZRuPZoSH_JclbPe3UlWhjLS0VXhbLiVODxBD5RDyd0aOAFEoKjxRBCjo5PzVvHUA_qvPVwur0BmUzgxn9otMoxAzxr83MhFbtB1TVRV1R8VXL-LZ2bIpLT95lKbJvJD-NPO-ltbsYgDmgzGdszRffN18AxtMkQJML-ote1ed8SvT9K3RYd7BGo-MQT/s936/page%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="936" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88PZRuPZoSH_JclbPe3UlWhjLS0VXhbLiVODxBD5RDyd0aOAFEoKjxRBCjo5PzVvHUA_qvPVwur0BmUzgxn9otMoxAzxr83MhFbtB1TVRV1R8VXL-LZ2bIpLT95lKbJvJD-NPO-ltbsYgDmgzGdszRffN18AxtMkQJML-ote1ed8SvT9K3RYd7BGo-MQT/w640-h488/page%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Clifford Lutter reassigned to work as a laborer at <a href="https://www.oldnewark.com/photos/historical/displayimage.php?pid=359#top_display_media" target="_blank">Port Newark</a> on April 8, 1936<br />under the WPA.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>On September 4, 1936, Clifford was laid-off from his position as a junior statistical field clerk.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNe52crWjOauVrFfFn3FyFp7IjGZRlsYjM-U3Skg4Fj-yzBckarFg1hyphenhyphenuoCc9c8YTBFjKmSel91rX_3pmacTxYph-BNl36hd07In_PKD3r1A3Kd3EG27UiGgF4Z9pyLrXiQgD4ShFFwXsFLl0Cn1SYxyrhX3pV8avS6WDCtEdPtMeUoj4XhasUZWPapTL/s922/page%206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="922" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNe52crWjOauVrFfFn3FyFp7IjGZRlsYjM-U3Skg4Fj-yzBckarFg1hyphenhyphenuoCc9c8YTBFjKmSel91rX_3pmacTxYph-BNl36hd07In_PKD3r1A3Kd3EG27UiGgF4Z9pyLrXiQgD4ShFFwXsFLl0Cn1SYxyrhX3pV8avS6WDCtEdPtMeUoj4XhasUZWPapTL/w640-h494/page%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>At the end of September of 1936, Clifford was reinstated as a junior clerk on the Radio Survey project at the firehouse on Congress and Lafayette Streets in Newark. His salary was 55 cents per hour and 130 hours were allotted. This is the first time that a new home address was used- 55 Chester Avenue.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBz_pA_VcBfdVneiyhuKKL4zmxnEqtuRsP9PrI0PGjxxfABmk2dnwaH8USVFv4pJRzAPzKmnTQ7G-WeMXbgWFeMxciRm9CTfCYsJeJUHfVrL6UhkjbRmkBgaEoYFOjDnMMKlJ6URV9S74ABC8cAYWu0YOuYNQjW6o8O46cEb5jODSnAtSbRIjGF08aA3ng/s935/page%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="935" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBz_pA_VcBfdVneiyhuKKL4zmxnEqtuRsP9PrI0PGjxxfABmk2dnwaH8USVFv4pJRzAPzKmnTQ7G-WeMXbgWFeMxciRm9CTfCYsJeJUHfVrL6UhkjbRmkBgaEoYFOjDnMMKlJ6URV9S74ABC8cAYWu0YOuYNQjW6o8O46cEb5jODSnAtSbRIjGF08aA3ng/w640-h488/page%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>On November 2, 1936 Clifford signed a Review of Workers Status. He was unemployed for one and a half years. His household grew from two people to three with the addition of his maternal grandmother, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30401823/catherine-butterfoss-winterton" target="_blank">Kate Winterton</a>, age 72.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTzLZZZoFejkiSqcFFoXmHKyiQFphwTRfY8Oh7E-HrSM4vn6GhaLZAZV94_Rmxt5DUGe6Bn0VysYuA5uewU4aBUOyeGCU6CmyG2m57bCIGzIWmI-yq_En73ebTxf7AitBY53unO5EGpVgPFHeyDv5UwxKWL_0bApUKRMFpNxI6F9_Vi8tIjSxQ7W6Q5eU/s1029/page%207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="745" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTzLZZZoFejkiSqcFFoXmHKyiQFphwTRfY8Oh7E-HrSM4vn6GhaLZAZV94_Rmxt5DUGe6Bn0VysYuA5uewU4aBUOyeGCU6CmyG2m57bCIGzIWmI-yq_En73ebTxf7AitBY53unO5EGpVgPFHeyDv5UwxKWL_0bApUKRMFpNxI6F9_Vi8tIjSxQ7W6Q5eU/w464-h640/page%207.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFwYygzyd0bevEhFHRXmwnKqPavM93ppn_z88_VMtfyKmT_j3wbe7l2vkabqpsloeN5sZxpEJ9IRzjmBRcsnvaNDScKGmWg_ua-zgdFxaQph6pVTO0fV_aRG8eIl3_6yVSe_EhUcBBllw8DivuH7kRDgv7vWL89H9wW-SGIgiT62PfKUM9WBtMJ6xD47q/s4032/IMG_3475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFwYygzyd0bevEhFHRXmwnKqPavM93ppn_z88_VMtfyKmT_j3wbe7l2vkabqpsloeN5sZxpEJ9IRzjmBRcsnvaNDScKGmWg_ua-zgdFxaQph6pVTO0fV_aRG8eIl3_6yVSe_EhUcBBllw8DivuH7kRDgv7vWL89H9wW-SGIgiT62PfKUM9WBtMJ6xD47q/w300-h400/IMG_3475.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Clifford Lutter's grandmother and mother-<br />left: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30401823/" target="_blank">Catherine Butterfoss Dunn</a>, wife of William Winterton, (1865-1944)<br />right: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11303121/" target="_blank">Ethel Laurel "Laura" Winterton</a>, wife of Howard Lutter, (1891-1962)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The most informative page was the Questionnaire filled out on November 10, 1936. Clifford provided information on his background that I did not know. He attended schooling after high school. I cannot make out the name of the school's initials- looks like "N. I. A. (N.Y.C.) 9 months newspaper co." He also attended the American School of Graphology, where he studied handwriting classification for one year. (I'm not sure where this was located.) He worked as a police reporter for the <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020507/" target="_blank"><i>Star Eagle</i> newspaper</a> in Newark for two years before leaving in 1934. His rate was $22 per week. His other occupation was hand writing expert.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEPyhvU3KR5Su36fOh6cUF4mHSxPeinUtD6gdwMaJ8sMFtcwsn1iEsea3EqHoNe9yanbeyz-bMllgC-ZpK55KJBUcPPo4S3EaUPQygGNI-1Q-GBp65gJRbsvRfVv0CWHicvk0eMPMGoWxab5IoJ_87TJm3dgAvXIMpthkaCZGSFkAmEuRy_Bclc2H6iMo/s1035/page%208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="757" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEPyhvU3KR5Su36fOh6cUF4mHSxPeinUtD6gdwMaJ8sMFtcwsn1iEsea3EqHoNe9yanbeyz-bMllgC-ZpK55KJBUcPPo4S3EaUPQygGNI-1Q-GBp65gJRbsvRfVv0CWHicvk0eMPMGoWxab5IoJ_87TJm3dgAvXIMpthkaCZGSFkAmEuRy_Bclc2H6iMo/w468-h640/page%208.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><div>In the 1940 census, Clifford was still living at 55 Chester Avenue in Newark with his grandmother and mother. I think that <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2014/02/take-ride-on-roller-coaster.html" target="_blank">his employment line was misattributed</a> to this mother. He was working as a photographer for the N.Y.A. Project and earned $360 for working 26 weeks in the previous year. This would average out around $13.85 per week, far less than the $22 per week he reported earning when he worked for the newspaper in the early 1930s. N.Y.A. probably stood for <a href="https://nddaily.blogspot.com/2014/06/accomplishments-of-national-youth_4.html?m=1" target="_blank">National Youth Administration, another program</a> to ease unemployment.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw75hHYRnQsBJq61PSEybr3aZSKL1JP6qAQaGfdGupvAuQ5adyKVmasPt-Xmn2VITvRbKHwX8sUXOdDPdyHZhubdeRwo0brFEUbnxoWdNh0YlgUdrXDGH9M0XqAXgny3Yzcra-y_lHRvsyKArVMK-5D44cTpBybU_CjJkMzZoxj4nPV1odJvfQWkEMv5cv/s1047/1940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="1047" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw75hHYRnQsBJq61PSEybr3aZSKL1JP6qAQaGfdGupvAuQ5adyKVmasPt-Xmn2VITvRbKHwX8sUXOdDPdyHZhubdeRwo0brFEUbnxoWdNh0YlgUdrXDGH9M0XqAXgny3Yzcra-y_lHRvsyKArVMK-5D44cTpBybU_CjJkMzZoxj4nPV1odJvfQWkEMv5cv/w640-h364/1940.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Note: As of this writing, the newspaper <i>Star Eagle</i> is not online. At <a href="http://Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a> is a collection with this title for the years 1907-1916, but is actually the predecessor, <i>The Evening Star</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgr98BSYshwvefLF_rYBO39IdE8mlCPRKDXbcOdKVaELlmIDLx18IGBkK0faTAH-ryZtzfZN2a_A3Nk1_4J-lXSoB1znQSX8aC71yycVpAIdCwFeaiotlEw0LmlAoEaxSIcDfpdMDz5BOZdDEhZAKHeWwTEQP9XnkyjTYc2CKHlI0nVY3ZOSMku7aawQ9/s1612/1907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1612" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgr98BSYshwvefLF_rYBO39IdE8mlCPRKDXbcOdKVaELlmIDLx18IGBkK0faTAH-ryZtzfZN2a_A3Nk1_4J-lXSoB1znQSX8aC71yycVpAIdCwFeaiotlEw0LmlAoEaxSIcDfpdMDz5BOZdDEhZAKHeWwTEQP9XnkyjTYc2CKHlI0nVY3ZOSMku7aawQ9/w640-h284/1907.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>If your person of interest lived his or her working years in the 1930s in the United States, you may want to inquire of NARA for a WPA personnel file.<p></p></div><br />Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-21305727920170183722024-01-12T00:33:00.001-05:002024-01-12T00:33:40.658-05:00Envelope Addressed to Anna B Duryee<p>Another envelope addressed to the Duryee family of Newark, New Jersey <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/335194398595?hash=item4e0b249f83:g:c5UAAOSwR6JllhBk&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4G4pr3%2B%2Fq9%2FGTkPRGqwd%2B91Owxz5%2BsBlwI7Vg4Qi96iTuDhdgOyNqNDusq85MXFQiOg0lVHs770J5kk1iORDJ4sSCeEISkvfAY1WxIqDyzrntUJwpY8o9G0GDQ0lsMCuvRCWivbqS34vJEKHSpbKq51MZgISCWZJY1zrIMwb2L3iLIlBFWtPzXNU8WTRg1eDk6q5TMVeKJevFoVVXBsxvZuBgP%2FG%2BmV9%2FNx9gQh0Jae4OFQgt%2FL0BBCG2uZy9dojXCaZlcH%2BPS5R8q%2FrMIf3Rr5S11hhfT1kcpmHg%2B6iKr6E%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_6ktb-fYw" target="_blank">appeared on eBay</a>.</p><p><a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2023/12/envelope-addressed-to-george-s-duryee.html" target="_blank">The prior one was for George S Duryee</a>. This one was for his sister, Anna Brower Duryee, care of their father, Peter Sharpe Duryee.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVrNo2l9ddrCXDWsbPZj-wqus5hmDj5BNGnfB2hVhyZuFn01wtrDi02-PbGREmwDrVwh74TqWsP_71nqoMAOJwBxXGjYzYaVZLuDE9tblID4vZZBMzEaVu5AStJjMJJxmsGNAEhfYYhyphenhyphenEpCJ3m4wzdE1KO_DUGK7A_aeQI8h9woG6CGGZHm36ayuagfAE/s955/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="955" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVrNo2l9ddrCXDWsbPZj-wqus5hmDj5BNGnfB2hVhyZuFn01wtrDi02-PbGREmwDrVwh74TqWsP_71nqoMAOJwBxXGjYzYaVZLuDE9tblID4vZZBMzEaVu5AStJjMJJxmsGNAEhfYYhyphenhyphenEpCJ3m4wzdE1KO_DUGK7A_aeQI8h9woG6CGGZHm36ayuagfAE/w640-h360/image.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Envelope addressed to Miss Anna B Duryee, care of P S Duryee Esq, Newark, New Jersey.<br />"For plate 2L6"<br />"1858" written under reddish stamp, three cents U.S. Postage, of George Washington</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Anna Brower Duryee was born around 1841. She died in 1922. I found no marriage record for her. She was <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147846448/" target="_blank">buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark with her parents and siblings</a>.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTtJiLmJn2PSYIhs4u06MJtu4z5_yOCKa2c9_iQUYK_VlNrUTW3kTwQQSS3tFjo7Zbl2Iu5HscbqT0Ih9PRaQLCANJfpFYkSU7POOLACJcSQkffQsPVmTn5ZEwQ7V5GZh7DOl6gI-Mmud3G96aG6HRnakc6tO9G3Irz-05r6k9r-2SdYkvaPNSi1OtkZa/s3264/IMG_2967%20copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTtJiLmJn2PSYIhs4u06MJtu4z5_yOCKa2c9_iQUYK_VlNrUTW3kTwQQSS3tFjo7Zbl2Iu5HscbqT0Ih9PRaQLCANJfpFYkSU7POOLACJcSQkffQsPVmTn5ZEwQ7V5GZh7DOl6gI-Mmud3G96aG6HRnakc6tO9G3Irz-05r6k9r-2SdYkvaPNSi1OtkZa/w640-h480/IMG_2967%20copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Duryee family plot<br />Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>The Duryee family was living in Newark when the 1850 census was created.</p><div><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152520132/" target="_blank">John Brower Duryee (1839-1940)</a> lived his brief life before this census.</div><div>George, Susan, Joseph, Edward, and Amy had not been born yet.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eQjOA47zG7GoD-lT2FpsSjbGI5WFv_hooAjEIuzfVxGEounDr1TozlgM1yJ32Td83FdGHdgpvvLKgpj5NdavQMKRabvepspQ85cMFI4kBZ91qkX4Wud9Aqc3APBxiY_y_96izDQAyYS3xnF_ajCzKACMgfWOIQ6Arp_f4a70bvWv8xwXQNq_5k0OXsCB/s1195/1850%20Duryee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1195" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eQjOA47zG7GoD-lT2FpsSjbGI5WFv_hooAjEIuzfVxGEounDr1TozlgM1yJ32Td83FdGHdgpvvLKgpj5NdavQMKRabvepspQ85cMFI4kBZ91qkX4Wud9Aqc3APBxiY_y_96izDQAyYS3xnF_ajCzKACMgfWOIQ6Arp_f4a70bvWv8xwXQNq_5k0OXsCB/w640-h526/1850%20Duryee.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1850 census. Household of Peter Sharpe Duryee and Susan Rankin.<br />Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.</span><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p>The advertised value of this item is not as a family heirloom, but rather as a collectible stamp. I am not familiar with philately. From a brief look, the <a href="https://www.stampplating.com/identify-plates" target="_blank">plate refers to the reddish three cent stamp</a> with the image of George Washington. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-75197498862059693242023-12-29T01:17:00.000-05:002023-12-29T01:17:25.676-05:00Gone Ten Years<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8F7pgxzqa97QYMwizq576LaLofm5SGfcBGKl7gfoyzCtpITurBUpJDzTxBWn1pkBJRFEaxX9sQ9eMSrcubU4hyphenhyphenkiGtOe0PVDI9Tnq_hnu1IQpYuBCfraTuwDGKqX4PIk-gQ_avNLzGoxt178P4EWLJRTfCuO-IvjzIkLuUY8w0Zei2mrQTYvhRsTADnv/s461/Judy%20pool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="461" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8F7pgxzqa97QYMwizq576LaLofm5SGfcBGKl7gfoyzCtpITurBUpJDzTxBWn1pkBJRFEaxX9sQ9eMSrcubU4hyphenhyphenkiGtOe0PVDI9Tnq_hnu1IQpYuBCfraTuwDGKqX4PIk-gQ_avNLzGoxt178P4EWLJRTfCuO-IvjzIkLuUY8w0Zei2mrQTYvhRsTADnv/w400-h396/Judy%20pool.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122558667/" target="_blank">Judith Haas Lutter (1950-2013)</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">December 29</span><sup style="color: #1d2228; outline: none;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;"> is the anniversary of my mother's death. 2023 marks ten years.</span></span></p><p class="yiv4585306097MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv4585306097MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She died before I unraveled the mysteries of her origins and discovered three siblings she was unaware of.</span></p><p class="yiv4585306097MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none;"><br /></p><p class="yiv4585306097MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; outline: none;"><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-61841078547807650812023-12-25T12:26:00.007-05:002023-12-25T12:26:36.765-05:00Envelope Addressed to George S DuryeeOn <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/266581219271?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=b015f60495ec404eb3b72d09281ab3b7&bu=43158768477&ut=RU&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20231224055124&segname=11021" target="_blank">eBay is an envelope for sale</a>. The attraction would be to the stamp, I suppose. According to the additional writing on the envelope, the year was 1885. Preprinted as the sender is "United States Senate." The postmark is Washington, D.C. on April 15.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghiICDR-_Hb3pF6cb-QgQDtz5jtEtZxQwwew8tZrdYonXRS6IlUGYqIKI_35ctqhJMWFpG9pIQ-TbNbwyP_60O6VDlZ1UZbKa9e4KnyxvlPFhvkZ0Ax6YNjhleUOk9FpGZV0uDaOoajJn5h4iy_nIJNm9GMAeuWYiVCS_nG8lymFAXHkT87SXtuJ5PAV8S/s859/ebay%20envelope.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="859" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghiICDR-_Hb3pF6cb-QgQDtz5jtEtZxQwwew8tZrdYonXRS6IlUGYqIKI_35ctqhJMWFpG9pIQ-TbNbwyP_60O6VDlZ1UZbKa9e4KnyxvlPFhvkZ0Ax6YNjhleUOk9FpGZV0uDaOoajJn5h4iy_nIJNm9GMAeuWYiVCS_nG8lymFAXHkT87SXtuJ5PAV8S/w640-h378/ebay%20envelope.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Envelope addressed to "Hon Geo. S. Duryea Newark New Jersey"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>I noticed the listing because of the recipient: Hon Geo. S. Duryea of Newark, New Jersey. This is probably George Sharpe Duryee. He was a lawyer who lived and worked in Newark. He was born around 1850 to <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147847064/" target="_blank">Peter Sharpe Duryee (1807-1877)</a> and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99321401/" target="_blank">Susan Rankin (1816-1886)</a>.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqd_DWOxFT_lKpELB_NV3fXKTfgJcwYMqUoypn-EUWe6MVhtsRQoeiGc7D1Rq4LN6dsWwBTarTiaRyOjc3sfDFcBAaBAhRFuhcrIf7FMDoUUWGvJR7xLOY6BcyeAhAot7Z-U7Yy724FPaQrPl2KvFNmxbVEbOuNYG6MIJao_H6Dc-qE_Iibg8L01RmtvG4/s484/1890%20Duryee%20Newark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="484" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqd_DWOxFT_lKpELB_NV3fXKTfgJcwYMqUoypn-EUWe6MVhtsRQoeiGc7D1Rq4LN6dsWwBTarTiaRyOjc3sfDFcBAaBAhRFuhcrIf7FMDoUUWGvJR7xLOY6BcyeAhAot7Z-U7Yy724FPaQrPl2KvFNmxbVEbOuNYG6MIJao_H6Dc-qE_Iibg8L01RmtvG4/w640-h442/1890%20Duryee%20Newark.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Newark City Directory, 1890<br />George S Duryee, lawyer, 810 Broad, resided at 30 Washington place</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This family cluster was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark. Two of George's brothers, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152537771/" target="_blank">Joseph</a> and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147844550/" target="_blank">William</a>, became pastors. You might see their names on baptismal, marriage, and funeral records for families throughout the New Jersey and New York areas in the late 1800s and early 1900s.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VW9hAbSRpCStMKF4v_ycEMdQx5YPXzBSuwY2Rw46M5_tDue08Ylpo_8bG5tMEcy652-8ArQWrmdoQ3C9JC21Vxl2EnZ_stfcmUJVOFlYb7nvgUiPObiHDPLtCbaf11UxQGBYfjIfPLAZHYTeUVvRJmnS62rPXUlVF4tZBKvmsqXGyvLK7BEbiBu0YOTr/s3264/duryee%20all.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VW9hAbSRpCStMKF4v_ycEMdQx5YPXzBSuwY2Rw46M5_tDue08Ylpo_8bG5tMEcy652-8ArQWrmdoQ3C9JC21Vxl2EnZ_stfcmUJVOFlYb7nvgUiPObiHDPLtCbaf11UxQGBYfjIfPLAZHYTeUVvRJmnS62rPXUlVF4tZBKvmsqXGyvLK7BEbiBu0YOTr/w640-h480/duryee%20all.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Duryee family plot.<br />Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey.<br />Section E.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>George died in New York City in 1896. These records are being <a href="https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/" target="_blank">digitized and placed online for free</a>; however, this year is not yet available as of this writing.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqbfrJU6oN7VM5P8qZPYEloJcU7550AEfDieTBPW1r2KaADPqMvjY58akxv0n7tSllwemcTbB-942eiIoYo6QawUSvqTcKohnMID-E5e05RDwxYHckY2BbwppDfw6T1zzl1oQJNzDgvU0mb_t-eQCP5srrXEVqOOhf30CfDUBTCnfT3xiO6DvzPhWEDjQ/s2936/Duryee%20Teackle%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2936" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqbfrJU6oN7VM5P8qZPYEloJcU7550AEfDieTBPW1r2KaADPqMvjY58akxv0n7tSllwemcTbB-942eiIoYo6QawUSvqTcKohnMID-E5e05RDwxYHckY2BbwppDfw6T1zzl1oQJNzDgvU0mb_t-eQCP5srrXEVqOOhf30CfDUBTCnfT3xiO6DvzPhWEDjQ/w640-h534/Duryee%20Teackle%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marker at Mount Pleasant Cemetery for George Sharpe Duryee<br />and his wife, Virginia Teackle Beasley.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Because of the offices that George held, his death was reported in newspapers across the country. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV64pfWWppyaesQXxZTSGmYLgBPUOHvJdhDOfoQektZt_irLoBSnhMSNlUt6D2FQWEpYcTiBc_87DC3kBQ1vbSB9NW6VsbrqsQwpsWRqffq0itECHjXc8KmoYLMMmrp9hIQy-gfSx_hWI0LCPYzfnWhdex6MLfZZjJ6HrpTJVzZBBNt6gVUSGEjBIDfyFk/s742/1896%20Duryee%20George%20died%20Nwk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="339" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV64pfWWppyaesQXxZTSGmYLgBPUOHvJdhDOfoQektZt_irLoBSnhMSNlUt6D2FQWEpYcTiBc_87DC3kBQ1vbSB9NW6VsbrqsQwpsWRqffq0itECHjXc8KmoYLMMmrp9hIQy-gfSx_hWI0LCPYzfnWhdex6MLfZZjJ6HrpTJVzZBBNt6gVUSGEjBIDfyFk/w292-h640/1896%20Duryee%20George%20died%20Nwk.jpg" width="292" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Article in the Newark Evening News announcing the death of George Sharpe Duryee.<br />"The State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance Succumbs to an Illness of Two Years' Standing."</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>George was married once in 1878 in Torresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His wife was Virginia Teackle Beasley, born about 1856 to Reverend Frederick Williamson Beasley and Virginia Teackle Bancker.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmKYURHI7qbHSAY3JyXo12chgAWiC8trVgx15kKYBxjAoBOcLDZfWaMCyl4WXgKhe0JP5V9QUAPDtUsoBRqLlL_RGTRsGNQFRCYRPm7808WTkKeE-fXVkWuA_HuiE-mpaGqstrpqY38hNtg3a6XMem5wyDPwgnVsQ8tHTBFUK7uEE2SYY-kKwo-Qmf5zY/s869/1878%20Duryee%20m%20Beasley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="869" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmKYURHI7qbHSAY3JyXo12chgAWiC8trVgx15kKYBxjAoBOcLDZfWaMCyl4WXgKhe0JP5V9QUAPDtUsoBRqLlL_RGTRsGNQFRCYRPm7808WTkKeE-fXVkWuA_HuiE-mpaGqstrpqY38hNtg3a6XMem5wyDPwgnVsQ8tHTBFUK7uEE2SYY-kKwo-Qmf5zY/w640-h456/1878%20Duryee%20m%20Beasley.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Entry in the records of <a href="https://allsaintstorresdale.org/history/" target="_blank">All Saints Episcopal Church</a> in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<br />Record <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2451/" target="_blank">collection online at Ancestry.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ten months after the wedding, on August 16, 1879 in Newark, Virginia gave birth to their daughter, also named Virginia. The baby and mother were not named on the birth certificate.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVl6JWyx7I_9GyOzRPaU2tguZFzozmcDN19xtUUG3T_kTCkLa7Dmf6Q8aS6iDruPhbM6JvF-6Lk6TbbkW45mNIWQLre50ec6OeO7CzzRbhXZyGVsPIgOjbtjnPLl2g4_QmoX6ONmBLjtNIHZ-xJLYURUB8E_9nNtloNX9JljUKs360SwlEzP-K5i2BAkw/s3470/1879%20Duryee%20Female%20birth%20Newark.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2831" data-original-width="3470" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVl6JWyx7I_9GyOzRPaU2tguZFzozmcDN19xtUUG3T_kTCkLa7Dmf6Q8aS6iDruPhbM6JvF-6Lk6TbbkW45mNIWQLre50ec6OeO7CzzRbhXZyGVsPIgOjbtjnPLl2g4_QmoX6ONmBLjtNIHZ-xJLYURUB8E_9nNtloNX9JljUKs360SwlEzP-K5i2BAkw/w640-h522/1879%20Duryee%20Female%20birth%20Newark.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Birth certificate of Virginia Teackle Beasley Duryee,<br />born August 16, 1879 in Newark, New Jersey.<br />Available through the <a href="https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/index.html" target="_blank">New Jersey State Archives</a> in person or via mail.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Virginia, the mother, died two days after giving birth from an infection. She was 23 years old.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNAXgBdP-L02sggnS3xOGLa4iJ1AvfpLGN2_PCE-bLg4hibaxPyrv1dLeAPisG2ucyvTvM_Coe7UTFzoP9ig0oVVLWnxR5lKdVXEtsQogqWuks6uxTmKaaSKe14zUfLqc09XfCXjVkrRQZU2g8n4HaGEr-7e2xdqjGYREBX6fBh6zvzFVv81j1gv059_P/s2513/1879%20Duryea%20Virginia%20T%20death.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2513" data-original-width="2128" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNAXgBdP-L02sggnS3xOGLa4iJ1AvfpLGN2_PCE-bLg4hibaxPyrv1dLeAPisG2ucyvTvM_Coe7UTFzoP9ig0oVVLWnxR5lKdVXEtsQogqWuks6uxTmKaaSKe14zUfLqc09XfCXjVkrRQZU2g8n4HaGEr-7e2xdqjGYREBX6fBh6zvzFVv81j1gv059_P/w542-h640/1879%20Duryea%20Virginia%20T%20death.JPG" width="542" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Death certificate of Virginia T Duryee, died August 18, 1879 in Newark, New Jersey.<br />Cause of death- puerperal peritonitis.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qS8RDzgkUlXo9qWVcuJtm-FGpfoynHSpO-5eidIZe2n_OpuB0PCE4WYhGBIIX8SU3JBCHh4Cs44IgLmFuFas-cJo43o2TEoPGcrRvzXOkQoaOZHGU-_hKLZA9fZUDKz8FI0g365qTApoIrXUSqjaESqJbYr-KWwsmbRaZMD9eZybd8DpfGP1sLgJYC72/s619/obit%20duryee%20virg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="619" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qS8RDzgkUlXo9qWVcuJtm-FGpfoynHSpO-5eidIZe2n_OpuB0PCE4WYhGBIIX8SU3JBCHh4Cs44IgLmFuFas-cJo43o2TEoPGcrRvzXOkQoaOZHGU-_hKLZA9fZUDKz8FI0g365qTApoIrXUSqjaESqJbYr-KWwsmbRaZMD9eZybd8DpfGP1sLgJYC72/w640-h280/obit%20duryee%20virg.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Death notice for Virginia Teackle Beasley, wife of George S Duryee.<br />Note that her date of death is given as August 17th.<br />Her death certificate, which is a primary source, gives the date as the 18th.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Baby Virginia died a few months later on December 24, 1879 from bronchitis.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRuDr_1PgRjbWDxsgAv50K7X1_hqIGFe3QYHdk8qiSqDoav0nS82gae272K81eCJDOL9eAUsU2KcLmrG-njEIi01sbdVJZjRquoZ_ez9QH2RspTd24L_2J8MZs-gfdQuWFDpH1euuorDTIHi97dysLHcCNWM6SPu-dvV9v8qSuINnTjI0G8NEaKJvBvoG/s2632/1879%20Duryea%20Virginia%20T%20B%20death.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2632" data-original-width="2231" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRuDr_1PgRjbWDxsgAv50K7X1_hqIGFe3QYHdk8qiSqDoav0nS82gae272K81eCJDOL9eAUsU2KcLmrG-njEIi01sbdVJZjRquoZ_ez9QH2RspTd24L_2J8MZs-gfdQuWFDpH1euuorDTIHi97dysLHcCNWM6SPu-dvV9v8qSuINnTjI0G8NEaKJvBvoG/w542-h640/1879%20Duryea%20Virginia%20T%20B%20death.JPG" width="542" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Death certificate of Virginia Teackle Beasley Duryee, died December 24, 1879 in Newark, New Jersey.<br />Cause of death- capillary bronchitis.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Both mother and baby appear in the Mortality Schedules for the 1880 census.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPahIoZrsnkNjeXLT6-nafFg1YlPK9Rgsnyq7z7op0BGW4zgFKKPcelnbvwiA146-9JUGxNcjfYDI7qYf0oTy_ZEthIfFj8ycgA09Q0cLNERfea9gLiAMR6tQmmiYbjIXNn1SeLEA_N4aLIIy-FoRuZ7yXqkF-ryS9_4hTfBWex_w697C99hRAf-6X4ojH/s983/mortality%20sched%20mom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="983" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPahIoZrsnkNjeXLT6-nafFg1YlPK9Rgsnyq7z7op0BGW4zgFKKPcelnbvwiA146-9JUGxNcjfYDI7qYf0oTy_ZEthIfFj8ycgA09Q0cLNERfea9gLiAMR6tQmmiYbjIXNn1SeLEA_N4aLIIy-FoRuZ7yXqkF-ryS9_4hTfBWex_w697C99hRAf-6X4ojH/w640-h444/mortality%20sched%20mom.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Virginia T Duryea [Duryee] in the mortality schedule for the 1880 census</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmreoWaxJPeAVIspWJ9vkH3qe0cN6jW-ajenm5c4H-9oVgLv0FQmjmtibcef0ZmfBzgQV5z2ZgwGydSC7nwr9HV91Q1kzosbr3MB_OUobrpFjMCPm6qql7QiP5uTvi5tbSedZCNmY1U1nq6QVUmdfcDXlsQL8l4oPD6-jzfdOP2I_r8G5EJghOXIRtrkA/s1183/mortality%20sched%20dtr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1183" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmreoWaxJPeAVIspWJ9vkH3qe0cN6jW-ajenm5c4H-9oVgLv0FQmjmtibcef0ZmfBzgQV5z2ZgwGydSC7nwr9HV91Q1kzosbr3MB_OUobrpFjMCPm6qql7QiP5uTvi5tbSedZCNmY1U1nq6QVUmdfcDXlsQL8l4oPD6-jzfdOP2I_r8G5EJghOXIRtrkA/w640-h416/mortality%20sched%20dtr.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Virginia T B Duryea [Duryee], age four months, in the mortality schedule for the 1880 census</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/4889893/person/-1528383114/gallery?galleryPage=1&tab=0" target="_blank">Pictures and documents for Virginia</a> and her family are featured in family trees at Ancestry.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-74487578219782047322023-12-24T03:56:00.013-05:002023-12-24T04:41:32.860-05:00Adopted Daughters of Philip Duryee and Mary Amelia Brown<p>I found these flat markers for <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242193722/" target="_blank">Clara Dunlap (1885-1966)</a> and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242193748/" target="_blank">Edgar N Dunlap (1878-1955)</a> in <a href="https://www.mounthebroncemetery.net/" target="_blank">Mount Hebron Cemetery</a> in Montclair, New Jersey.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAh2BoHv5-t3y9IQtVAZcP9DkODjbjAGi4mDGu1yqKzeardelbexpSlbozpw7J0t6XW8yJtc1uRZL9yftLkePEkV_0xHIdISyyGrUumQlvWbHXd-ycgmwdz89liMC3JxSxVCzOSTCcHX1Vc4Ql_UG0vOeQpiDXY67OlRM2qp5kuTlfBiLzDDXv1N1ZDw/s3608/Dunlap%20Clara%201966%20stone.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="3608" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAh2BoHv5-t3y9IQtVAZcP9DkODjbjAGi4mDGu1yqKzeardelbexpSlbozpw7J0t6XW8yJtc1uRZL9yftLkePEkV_0xHIdISyyGrUumQlvWbHXd-ycgmwdz89liMC3JxSxVCzOSTCcHX1Vc4Ql_UG0vOeQpiDXY67OlRM2qp5kuTlfBiLzDDXv1N1ZDw/w640-h328/Dunlap%20Clara%201966%20stone.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">flat marker<br />Clara L Dunlap 1885-1966</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WkXB7c7QgOND8zGF9iLfk-ZxWA7cRAq45ECQyflieeM4cIzdMeGk5ngX3Srmv0ouLY8YssZMj_wgOd8VsHJKm3X1PgUma5h4W-XRlUo86k-iDZkvJwObyrMX0HCYNyO6kg5c3rtQghnLXhr65-CmueO9klD5IOtvgv_eNTj9hkCCWenWBfOhLehR7A/s3541/1955%20Dunlap%20Edgar%20stone.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2022" data-original-width="3541" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WkXB7c7QgOND8zGF9iLfk-ZxWA7cRAq45ECQyflieeM4cIzdMeGk5ngX3Srmv0ouLY8YssZMj_wgOd8VsHJKm3X1PgUma5h4W-XRlUo86k-iDZkvJwObyrMX0HCYNyO6kg5c3rtQghnLXhr65-CmueO9klD5IOtvgv_eNTj9hkCCWenWBfOhLehR7A/w640-h366/1955%20Dunlap%20Edgar%20stone.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">flat marker<br />Edgar N Dunlap 1878-1955</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The woman on this stone is Clara Louise, the adopted daughter of <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242213618/" target="_blank">Philip Duryee (1848-1936)</a> and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242213679/" target="_blank">Mary Amelia Brown (1852-1931)</a>. Most of the prior generations were buried at Grove Church Cemetery in North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey.</p><p>Here they are in the 1900 federal census at 400 Columbia Street, Town of Union, Hudson County, New Jersey. Philip and Amelia have two daughters: Luela (or Lulla?) Duryee, age 14, and Mary Hazard, age 12.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xEOPNcprilJqJx8-eJSk0Re7t3l47BTDK4TaSPL75HIuBSJJLuWZvxPwb0GpPE-SK8S0S_FbeydaxX4jFZgVfQ7pQ2o9aEoc3CdGTRZELy4lyONrAldjmkc8bmbWLfnScxIqIWyMaCR7MieqfQhvZro4aMaT5v1ORxu86cs_4N0p6c0lq2PTjI76FCgl/s1162/1900%20census.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="1162" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_xEOPNcprilJqJx8-eJSk0Re7t3l47BTDK4TaSPL75HIuBSJJLuWZvxPwb0GpPE-SK8S0S_FbeydaxX4jFZgVfQ7pQ2o9aEoc3CdGTRZELy4lyONrAldjmkc8bmbWLfnScxIqIWyMaCR7MieqfQhvZro4aMaT5v1ORxu86cs_4N0p6c0lq2PTjI76FCgl/w640-h260/1900%20census.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;">1900 federal census for Town of Union, Hudson County, New York:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;">Philip Duryee, head; born Sept 1848 in New Jersey, age
51; married for 12 years.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mary Duryee, wife; born Nov 1852 in New Jersey, age 47;
married for 12 years; has two children, both living.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span><div style="text-align: left;">Luela Duryee, daughter; born Oct 1885 in New Jersey, age
14; single.</div></span><span><div style="text-align: left;">Mary Hazard, daughter; born Nov 1887 in New Jersey, age
12.</div></span><span><div style="text-align: left;">Anna Jacob, boarder; born Dec 1882 in New York, age 17.</div></span><span><div style="text-align: left;">Clifford Morton, boarder; born Jun 1875 in Pennsylvania,
age 24.</div></span></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(The Town of Union was dissolved in 1898. Don't quote me on this, but I think that Columbia Street became 21st Street, then 66th Street, in the Town of West New York.)</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 1910 census, "Lula" is the adopted daughter, while Mary retained the surname Hassard.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyFkcKY3aVoQUGS9DnAWy7WxTpIXiu5xtUULcTnxCdc3f01zRJrACJLDbA8LHHjVk8eavj17rpGgYbVziKAJcRA-UTN3S-f7Gsk9xvX7_45n6P9SamirT7FsNib7blKrBQZiAJZJga3elncjL27cfToE8Df5YC4cjO_Frt3CajDHio8LMAmTVCYSS_qds/s946/1910%20census.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="946" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyFkcKY3aVoQUGS9DnAWy7WxTpIXiu5xtUULcTnxCdc3f01zRJrACJLDbA8LHHjVk8eavj17rpGgYbVziKAJcRA-UTN3S-f7Gsk9xvX7_45n6P9SamirT7FsNib7blKrBQZiAJZJga3elncjL27cfToE8Df5YC4cjO_Frt3CajDHio8LMAmTVCYSS_qds/w640-h288/1910%20census.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">1910 federal census: 400 Columbia Street, Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey.</span></span></p><div data-setdir="false" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Phillip Duryee, head; age 61; married for 22 years.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Mary A Duryee, wife; age 57; married for 22 years; no children.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Lula Duryee, adopted daughter; age 24; single.</span></div><div data-setdir="false" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Mary G Hassard, cousin; age 22; single.</span></div></blockquote><p>Philip Duryee was discussed in an earlier post. He <a href="http://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2014/12/runaway-groom-returned.html" target="_blank">disappeared before his wedding ceremony</a> in 1887. He returned and married Mary Amelia Brown, daughter of James Nathan Brown and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245783916/" target="_blank">Charlotte Amelia Gardner (1826-1891)</a>.</p><p>At first, I did not know how these two children related to Philip and Amelia. I found no birth record for Luela or Lulla Duryee circa 1885 and none for Mary Hazard circa 1887.</p><p>After happening upon the gravestone of Clara, I renewed efforts to uncover the identity of these two "adopted" daughters. </p><p>New Jersey has indexes online for its marriages. One of the issues is the 1920-1929 index, which spells out a bride's name but only includes initials of the husband. The marriage certificate is not online, so you cannot immediately confirm the groom from home.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwxCICOapwP-X0vOJqcAXG4pCLMANKao_AHvPeeiUhaSwPxQLhiZujTGrKu0nvLD4p_Rgxb7oJ-rAd0yNc7V2G-GcC90qUHl5tdnrVXSVMq_koAvWrNP_hwDUrr063qUjA_Tx46Vui83bxMbDZDiloCmL9aeJk5vW1WUdQyr2a4a7oZEv6XfwwQO0Q38p/s2332/1922%20Hassard%20bride%20index%20image.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="2332" height="565" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwxCICOapwP-X0vOJqcAXG4pCLMANKao_AHvPeeiUhaSwPxQLhiZujTGrKu0nvLD4p_Rgxb7oJ-rAd0yNc7V2G-GcC90qUHl5tdnrVXSVMq_koAvWrNP_hwDUrr063qUjA_Tx46Vui83bxMbDZDiloCmL9aeJk5vW1WUdQyr2a4a7oZEv6XfwwQO0Q38p/w640-h565/1922%20Hassard%20bride%20index%20image.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016<br /><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61253/">Ancestry.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSoSRtZbUYkhHc84EarYa8Ut3MwJrbd4tTCMpeJ57lgDOL3eh2cVpA-Yon7EXpvy_JQv_bQqzhpWB0gjMq4QuW5FaQy9eIM6ZkORKHrV7-3_lk-aH8mRBMaU4L_cVRjzek6AxvmxSIvztTIG614Wj7E_Fe9HeWuYWWy72EBXa42Y0TFz4mZoGgtnjuX-K5/s1846/1922%20Dunlap%20m%20Hassard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1765" data-original-width="1846" height="613" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSoSRtZbUYkhHc84EarYa8Ut3MwJrbd4tTCMpeJ57lgDOL3eh2cVpA-Yon7EXpvy_JQv_bQqzhpWB0gjMq4QuW5FaQy9eIM6ZkORKHrV7-3_lk-aH8mRBMaU4L_cVRjzek6AxvmxSIvztTIG614Wj7E_Fe9HeWuYWWy72EBXa42Y0TFz4mZoGgtnjuX-K5/w640-h613/1922%20Dunlap%20m%20Hassard.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1922 marriage record<br />Clara Louise Hassard and Edgar Newton Dunlap</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>In 1922, Clara Louise Hassard married Edgar Newton Dunlap. She listed her parents as William R Hassard and Clara Sears. Philip Duryee was a witness.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUBS5RIP9-cxCEmgxPFZyhTS-nuXFwNPl2kJrtP18ktnbQZEUx-q-ej9-lSsGqLwEng0VWgXa8MZBwQuE9vgvdedzcVz2MGPFxU91ZD5zasnQDAmiJBmDmWgHAfyIVDYQAzTiZ8NuBjhncySuGu1n7hU3m1MqewQ4AkVSUvL0ygpHjfwduv8Mj1k9jHYu/s2012/1925%20Bergin%20m%20Hassard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1769" data-original-width="2012" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUBS5RIP9-cxCEmgxPFZyhTS-nuXFwNPl2kJrtP18ktnbQZEUx-q-ej9-lSsGqLwEng0VWgXa8MZBwQuE9vgvdedzcVz2MGPFxU91ZD5zasnQDAmiJBmDmWgHAfyIVDYQAzTiZ8NuBjhncySuGu1n7hU3m1MqewQ4AkVSUvL0ygpHjfwduv8Mj1k9jHYu/w640-h562/1925%20Bergin%20m%20Hassard.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1925 marriage record<br />Mary Gardner Hassard and James Aloysius Bergin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In 1925, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262511264/" target="_blank">Mary Gardner Hassard (died 1973)</a> married <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262511232/" target="_blank">James Aloysius Bergin (1887-1958)</a>. She listed her parents as William Hassard and Clara Sears.</p><p>Thus, the parents of these two adopted children were identified.</p><p>I did not find a marriage record for William Hassard and Clara Sears. <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/260853985/" target="_blank">William died</a> in Jersey City in 1889 from meningitis. He was 34 years old.</p><p><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/260854064/" target="_blank">Clara Sears died</a> in the Town of Union in 1893 from pulmonary tuberculosis. She was 36 years old.</p><p>Luella, who became known as Clara Louise, and Mary were the only children of this couple who survived their parents.</p><p>Mary Amelia Brown, the wife of Philip Duryee, was a first cousin of William Hassard, the father of Luella and Mary. The common ancestors were James Gardner and Mary Earle, born around 1790 in New Jersey.</p><p><br /></p></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-40657432362922890282023-12-09T13:56:00.002-05:002023-12-09T13:56:47.342-05:00Gravestone Weathering<p>In October I visited Sleepy Hollow Cemetery for a <a href="https://sleepyhollowcemetery.org/walking-tours/" target="_blank">Walking Tour</a>. This ninety acre burial ground is the final resting place of my <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7094136/" target="_blank">paternal grandmother</a> and many of her ancestors.</p><p>I noticed that the stones of the family have become <a href="Gravestone Weathering | UCL Earth Sciences - UCL – University College London" target="_blank">increasingly difficult</a> to read.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YA1yU7YOQ39fNp370mE1Z5AmUDmfAQHLOA7CbcCypPg6yZxw_ICdGxAiERFzjQQqqVUDpF_k6CH-vPBdh-0FqDdyNt65Ao-LaOiUzF6up4OLFfl3Di9O6MGeQ316AXChywo1oq8uxdjBOpbwjdHpsQesU_7kxZ0Y65zizk8KbVsTubiihdPoLsjFoC3E/s1290/2023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="1290" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YA1yU7YOQ39fNp370mE1Z5AmUDmfAQHLOA7CbcCypPg6yZxw_ICdGxAiERFzjQQqqVUDpF_k6CH-vPBdh-0FqDdyNt65Ao-LaOiUzF6up4OLFfl3Di9O6MGeQ316AXChywo1oq8uxdjBOpbwjdHpsQesU_7kxZ0Y65zizk8KbVsTubiihdPoLsjFoC3E/s320/2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">October 29, 2023<br />Stone of Rene Brewer and George Duryea</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pictured here is the shared stone of a couple. The stone now barely reads:</div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9573773/" target="_blank">Rene Duryea<br /></a>Born November 27, 1824<br />Died August 7, 1904</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9573804/" target="_blank">George W Duryea<br /></a>Born February 12, 1823<br />Died May 16, 1864</div><p><br /></p><p>In the 1960s, my paternal grandfather took pictures of stones.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqCbepdvFEbNYyTTMmT_FUppCFMUMgoURPbdqF8lYXWb0LQK1Yq_kypFhADoo7Vk_AMBL7L2sdTEt6wbfjZx6XtxFQm-Voe3myvg2xmQDhFTfgw0iRlUfj_Tr_ovs2PansHrsprCpErwUF71y8zZVVWEDgVYr1whxneXZ61ysIiWd9_uqNn04WGVMneQY/s744/blog%20Sleepy%20Hollow%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="744" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqCbepdvFEbNYyTTMmT_FUppCFMUMgoURPbdqF8lYXWb0LQK1Yq_kypFhADoo7Vk_AMBL7L2sdTEt6wbfjZx6XtxFQm-Voe3myvg2xmQDhFTfgw0iRlUfj_Tr_ovs2PansHrsprCpErwUF71y8zZVVWEDgVYr1whxneXZ61ysIiWd9_uqNn04WGVMneQY/s320/blog%20Sleepy%20Hollow%204.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1960s<br />Stone of Rene Brewer and George Duryea</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>I myself took pictures thirteen years ago. The stone was quite legible.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWlZkzcVp9VfZXhTY6KR3SLh9hhjjJkH7eYEVvqpznRBFuo8Y9VF1ANAIPB-7j_Cn-sZJPnrcukqeAojOgha2ycp32G-otS5J8N83fnfMANh4GukrsDrcWno3Atfp6WELQrkH1k7CFn2by5XcivBnh21tt91TF9mZP2QTUmiagUKQjD7j7MyjYXoGKWew/s3045/Sleepy%20Hollow%208.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3045" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWlZkzcVp9VfZXhTY6KR3SLh9hhjjJkH7eYEVvqpznRBFuo8Y9VF1ANAIPB-7j_Cn-sZJPnrcukqeAojOgha2ycp32G-otS5J8N83fnfMANh4GukrsDrcWno3Atfp6WELQrkH1k7CFn2by5XcivBnh21tt91TF9mZP2QTUmiagUKQjD7j7MyjYXoGKWew/s320/Sleepy%20Hollow%208.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">July 30, 2010<br />Stone of Rene Brewer and George Duryea</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Rene Brewer married her first husband, <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2014/05/elusive-surname-evenshirer.html" target="_blank">John Evenshirer</a>, in New York City in 1842. (I descend from this marriage.) In 1847, Rene remarried to George Duryea.</p><p>All four of Rene Brewer's grandparents are buried in the adjacent Old Dutch Burial Ground:</p><p><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9434618/" target="_blank">Solomon Brewer (1746-1824)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12816327/" target="_blank">Rene Benton (1764-1841)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11484436/" target="_blank">Abraham Lent (1772-1851)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11484448/" target="_blank">Margaret Mann (1773-1844)</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-26890840544738876972023-12-06T01:06:00.000-05:002023-12-06T01:06:41.079-05:00Return Time on Genealogical Requests<p style="text-align: left;">While a lot of records are online, a lot are not.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Below is a list of records I ordered and am still awaiting a response.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Works Progress Administration Personnel Records of <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7094145/" target="_blank">Clifford Lutter</a>, circa 1930s</h4><p>Search requested of the National Archives. <a href="https://www.archives.gov/files/st-louis/archival-programs/civilian-personnel-archival/NA_form_14137.pdf" target="_blank">Form 14137</a> mailed October 13, 2023.</p><p>No fee at this time.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Probate records of Jonas Long, 1837, and William Owens, 1853</h4><p>Requested of the Richmond County, New York Surrogate's Court. Email dated June 25, 2023.</p><p>No fee at this time.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Social Security Earning Information of <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9566516/" target="_blank">Jeannette ODonnell</a>, 1937 through 1993</h4><p>Requested of the Social Security Administration. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/forms/ssa-7050.html" target="_blank">Form SSA-7050-FR</a> mailed June 2, 2023.</p><p>$100 check cleared October 26, 2023.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Death certificate of Mollie Schwartz, 1925</h4><p>Requested from City of Bridgeport and State of Connecticut. <a href="https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Departments-and-Agencies/DPH/hisr/VR/Death-Certificate-Request-Form_State-1_2023.pdf" target="_blank">Forms VS-39DST</a> mailed April 6, 2023. (Same form number on both town and state forms.)</p><p>$20 each via money orders.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Death certificate of Edward Sheeby [<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92698514/" target="_blank">Edmond Sheehy</a>], 1893</h4><p>Requested of the New York State Department of Health. <a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/forms/doh-4384.pdf" target="_blank">Form DOH-4384</a> mailed March 1, 2022.</p><p>$22 check cleared April 2, 2022.</p><p>Originally requested in 2015.</p><p>Town of Amenia provided an <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2023/05/death-records-in-state-of-new-york.html" target="_blank">obscure ledger entry in 2023</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-76330469621506235232023-12-03T02:16:00.007-05:002023-12-03T02:22:49.243-05:00Towns of Origin in Hungary<p>Was Rose Roth (1907-1964), wife of Theodore Marmorstein, related to Theodore's mother, Emilia Roth?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZDw_XFEBLpHYnaUa4TGyYthBZ2t4dG4qbnYiNw7C8tm3Y9T2f2qPAKfrjuoCPQgtD5mYbFLO5kLm-9HIqej9uky_LpDmQg_RKWVd7trdmZkxDylV4cjSby773-_upbUIi2u3dQfYrzHZNnopdE8zMFvvUGNd6UoIfZ8YD4mVkTqsaAQ_A-Manydm0B47/s980/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%204%20side%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="980" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZDw_XFEBLpHYnaUa4TGyYthBZ2t4dG4qbnYiNw7C8tm3Y9T2f2qPAKfrjuoCPQgtD5mYbFLO5kLm-9HIqej9uky_LpDmQg_RKWVd7trdmZkxDylV4cjSby773-_upbUIi2u3dQfYrzHZNnopdE8zMFvvUGNd6UoIfZ8YD4mVkTqsaAQ_A-Manydm0B47/w640-h464/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%204%20side%201.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marriage certificate, New York City, May 4, 1929.<br />Theodore Marmorstein, son of Emilia Roth and Bernard Marmorstein,<br />married Rose Rother, daughter Helen (Annie) Bercholtz and William Roth.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Someone raised the question upon reading the article about the <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2023/11/married-twice-in-1929.html" target="_blank">two marriage ceremonies</a> of Theodore and Rose.</p><p>The answer is I do not know, but I don't think so.</p><p>Roth is not an unusual name. Just because people <a href="https://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2018/12/using-frequency-of-names-for.html" target="_blank">share a surname does not mean that they are related</a>.</p><p>The Roths were from the country of Hungary. Identifying a hometown will tell us if a relation was geographically possible.</p><p>Emilia (mother of Theodore Marmorstein) filed a Petition for Naturalization in 1935. Her information included her birthplace of Abony, Hungary on July 16, 1877.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSeRi-Nwru2oYAjBn-K0TkmkxWc-_MLJwq_tO_oeL-B6JN64BIHgXYnKmGxohaZcngYjNIdS5S1hXOEmaxKLECoRokwrfU4azfmtskN16WfjBg-0nK1EwhGxnM3wFPTfMyCy1ahX9hTVtKio8uXum2USAFHYkUuiFbfsJWtYujiWnpF2NGUktEv8zNFrf/s1263/Emilie%20Abony.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1263" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSeRi-Nwru2oYAjBn-K0TkmkxWc-_MLJwq_tO_oeL-B6JN64BIHgXYnKmGxohaZcngYjNIdS5S1hXOEmaxKLECoRokwrfU4azfmtskN16WfjBg-0nK1EwhGxnM3wFPTfMyCy1ahX9hTVtKio8uXum2USAFHYkUuiFbfsJWtYujiWnpF2NGUktEv8zNFrf/w640-h430/Emilie%20Abony.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Petition for Naturalization<br />Emilie Marmorstein 1935<br /><a href="https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2499/" target="_blank">Collection at Ancestry</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>William Roth (father of the bride Rose) filed an application for a passport in 1922. His information included his birthplace of Gönc, Hungary on April 18, 1869.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dTuWBcnEtDgoAGmyfiD7zucaSP_sDC9Cjm3PCrrwSlXZFFgvzr8ecb4ln606rgAi1wsLSY8V8jEo_rvo1C43I36gXqHAW39ojhyphenhyphenTPCkyPizAEMNqRBq9fzdU67vxArcCg0O0eUTfI14rT8kQoNV1EKDlW1kCEZudjhdaT_cA0dmI_XUbKHq1exh3yCa8/s725/Wm%20Roth%20Gonc.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="725" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dTuWBcnEtDgoAGmyfiD7zucaSP_sDC9Cjm3PCrrwSlXZFFgvzr8ecb4ln606rgAi1wsLSY8V8jEo_rvo1C43I36gXqHAW39ojhyphenhyphenTPCkyPizAEMNqRBq9fzdU67vxArcCg0O0eUTfI14rT8kQoNV1EKDlW1kCEZudjhdaT_cA0dmI_XUbKHq1exh3yCa8/w640-h592/Wm%20Roth%20Gonc.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Application for Passport<br />William Roth 1922<br /><a href="https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1174/" target="_blank">Collection at Ancestry</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I visited Jewish Gen to locate these towns. Their <a href="https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp" target="_blank">Communities Database</a> is vital for locating present-day towns or areas that may have undergone name changes over the generations.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ecmam05NvyLb2Ufg43Ouw7-8egTWnT1v1oVUxc_1YQT8WG5PJmBQt5dqr8E1M_X3PIxnfE27mUDJDcFFUVaPTbJ_tP2ily5h0AEe-VErsx4FmqsVc8U-73lhPOQi_4qxE-vbeIXx0y9YUR1CEQRnILNOoaW35O6hx2GeU5BJE20rzlBhBVlOlF6IwqLY/s1198/Abony%20JewishGen.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1198" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ecmam05NvyLb2Ufg43Ouw7-8egTWnT1v1oVUxc_1YQT8WG5PJmBQt5dqr8E1M_X3PIxnfE27mUDJDcFFUVaPTbJ_tP2ily5h0AEe-VErsx4FmqsVc8U-73lhPOQi_4qxE-vbeIXx0y9YUR1CEQRnILNOoaW35O6hx2GeU5BJE20rzlBhBVlOlF6IwqLY/w640-h358/Abony%20JewishGen.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Abony, Hungary<br /><a href="https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp" target="_blank">Communities Database of Jewish Gen</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQhtctFXe64ESltZdR0nAK7ycooyYFEFADmTTR1dQUucH_68SjRH3qlvFuRHWYr9E4TfyBxrTfAXIAmDgMcrdUISh1n0SGmZsIU_xdad_8UNcLjmkOaZdNsVWwbs2EeSs3b0rFmpd7Dk4DOuy3XGPytLVxpqiI_BUd66vZ91j_mB9uMVJPg0iyXmzNsaT/s1205/Gonc%20JewishGen.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1205" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQhtctFXe64ESltZdR0nAK7ycooyYFEFADmTTR1dQUucH_68SjRH3qlvFuRHWYr9E4TfyBxrTfAXIAmDgMcrdUISh1n0SGmZsIU_xdad_8UNcLjmkOaZdNsVWwbs2EeSs3b0rFmpd7Dk4DOuy3XGPytLVxpqiI_BUd66vZ91j_mB9uMVJPg0iyXmzNsaT/w640-h360/Gonc%20JewishGen.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">Gönc</span>, Hungary<br /><a href="https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp" target="_blank">Communities Database of Jewish Gen</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I mapped out these two towns. Using modern roads, these two towns are over 200 kilometers apart and about three hours away.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbotOavMeZKC7Eb7en-pY6YJTjANYlO43DyziduQlRS-vPlsZ1hsh09IIuA-sURa8Vf-96zy4calQmSQHhr5BEnjYlV_jIY6zIx_9IU1m9TvK21tyGrfuN3kTlsSKra0ZL-Hz2VlSPYZ8zMnbCGGjDgEwptEOMn2yt2L6Pn2J_l_DCCW6ze0d9zQhuMxS/s1558/distance.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1558" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbotOavMeZKC7Eb7en-pY6YJTjANYlO43DyziduQlRS-vPlsZ1hsh09IIuA-sURa8Vf-96zy4calQmSQHhr5BEnjYlV_jIY6zIx_9IU1m9TvK21tyGrfuN3kTlsSKra0ZL-Hz2VlSPYZ8zMnbCGGjDgEwptEOMn2yt2L6Pn2J_l_DCCW6ze0d9zQhuMxS/w640-h384/distance.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Distance between Abony and Gönc in Hungary<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps" target="_blank">Google Maps</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I think it is unlikely that these two Roth lines are related on their most recent lines.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-38580937915163317742023-11-28T23:46:00.023-05:002023-11-28T23:50:08.467-05:00Married twice in 1929<p>In my research, finding two marriage ceremonies for the same couple is no longer unusual. I think this is thanks to indexes becoming more readily available online for <a href="https://www.nycmarriageindex.com/#records" target="_blank">New York</a> and <a href="https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/records-request/16/" target="_blank">New Jersey</a>.</p><p>In some instances, the <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2023/02/two-more-marriage-ceremonies.html" target="_blank">reasons may not be apparent</a> on the face of the documents and the length of time between ceremonies.</p><p>For Theodore Marmorstein and Rose Roth, the purpose of their double nuptials was clear- they were married in a civil ceremony and then a religious ceremony in May of 1929 in New York City.</p><p>The civil ceremony was at the municipal building on May 4th.</p><p>The religious ceremony was performed by Rabbi B M Klein on May 9th.</p><p>These images are available for free online through the <a href="https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/" target="_blank">New York City Municipal Archives</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV9hCmpGNBggVrxFMFyz6tGi9AYlu-zzomQrCeXKW_sN0RBM_v3LmMtiTZKDvHLitqfbmi2Qgv97obzAmhz1G_3H_-HAR9xfOwxjIpyvVvFIvAmllaWCSXvbsdBTidXxpQ62tS2nMzhEgbYpcgmSdaJpSvg4a_vubNn4hmaZhBDs72zwZUNpkdhCnWFGz/s980/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%204%20side%201.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="980" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV9hCmpGNBggVrxFMFyz6tGi9AYlu-zzomQrCeXKW_sN0RBM_v3LmMtiTZKDvHLitqfbmi2Qgv97obzAmhz1G_3H_-HAR9xfOwxjIpyvVvFIvAmllaWCSXvbsdBTidXxpQ62tS2nMzhEgbYpcgmSdaJpSvg4a_vubNn4hmaZhBDs72zwZUNpkdhCnWFGz/w400-h290/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%204%20side%201.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1929 marriage record of Theodore Marmorstein and Rose Roth<br />Civil ceremony May 4</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLWsQImYzRVno-n6MmxUypg1zzUYtKEiKcB0Lu3hdrCO8GB25WphC5LNE1qxie-3Yb9mpAuD2Eid1pE5UHekkYXXjXbg0yInuLLqugdQJCFgWi0GJttdOcuy0aZ4hFXadotHAB3XilArfONVmkImCELNdQHS7xi_aOE1EWL_CDqoOSSSPAhUDnZAjWtlQ/s980/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%204%20side%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="980" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLWsQImYzRVno-n6MmxUypg1zzUYtKEiKcB0Lu3hdrCO8GB25WphC5LNE1qxie-3Yb9mpAuD2Eid1pE5UHekkYXXjXbg0yInuLLqugdQJCFgWi0GJttdOcuy0aZ4hFXadotHAB3XilArfONVmkImCELNdQHS7xi_aOE1EWL_CDqoOSSSPAhUDnZAjWtlQ/w400-h293/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%204%20side%202.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPA49MRoR3ga9rXrA2v9tiiL6cqf7Fpjmyijy_B6-O3lH-nc10HpxbvwxRP8j1zX3oqBzh1jsT16rsN-O5zEs1G0UDgrk0_hVrPz5yLDyExgpl-zn2wn3OT8dT3o55AC6d7qRAh2lB43ln7kgBv5wSHtRWuDiu92pe9gNpAhBLZxnf5MbF2pIUTbaT6FG/s859/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%209%20side%201.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="859" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPA49MRoR3ga9rXrA2v9tiiL6cqf7Fpjmyijy_B6-O3lH-nc10HpxbvwxRP8j1zX3oqBzh1jsT16rsN-O5zEs1G0UDgrk0_hVrPz5yLDyExgpl-zn2wn3OT8dT3o55AC6d7qRAh2lB43ln7kgBv5wSHtRWuDiu92pe9gNpAhBLZxnf5MbF2pIUTbaT6FG/w400-h303/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%209%20side%201.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1929 marriage record of Theodore Marmorstein and Rose Roth<br />Religious ceremony May 9</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTDvYTlTBQJHlICzcN-yIP0tKob24ZWzyo1UmXBE0WaJyRS6Eu10TLR_XjZwOI3OJFbIVbOKv4P9c7MgenZC0UN88CGM8s6VEa3jaRWbUPYrk6LMmp0jxR-bHx7ETC6ZYb8pFcQ0I1ixDh4Nzfka9lYvPmfE4RybWBDFNCUZrYR7WYx9gBlDL69eq-ysi/s855/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%209%20side%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="855" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTDvYTlTBQJHlICzcN-yIP0tKob24ZWzyo1UmXBE0WaJyRS6Eu10TLR_XjZwOI3OJFbIVbOKv4P9c7MgenZC0UN88CGM8s6VEa3jaRWbUPYrk6LMmp0jxR-bHx7ETC6ZYb8pFcQ0I1ixDh4Nzfka9lYvPmfE4RybWBDFNCUZrYR7WYx9gBlDL69eq-ysi/w400-h304/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%209%20side%202.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The record for the second ceremony explains at the top of the page, "Married civilly at Municipal Building NYC 4th of May. Number of marriage certificate 165972."</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Questions</i></span>:</p><p>1- What does certificate number 165972 reference? The number on the first ceremony is 11233.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineVmieqjPbYyW1uFx80PADG7BxoIf6jc9g3hIrOStywLz9RI-dgnlKUNph7vpVWlJ_sUUUPCEH57H3Z7LdUD9b8WU73-yVg0UeuLhY7Zrhbdm7WvCuWComUx9U0Ag78ZiQ2KkuAEDZ7wPJq-8QHUIImhpsIhDNbSuvjyDk53JuSS5h0F4AIX3JJRmm7mQ/s824/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%209%20side%202%20mystery.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="824" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineVmieqjPbYyW1uFx80PADG7BxoIf6jc9g3hIrOStywLz9RI-dgnlKUNph7vpVWlJ_sUUUPCEH57H3Z7LdUD9b8WU73-yVg0UeuLhY7Zrhbdm7WvCuWComUx9U0Ag78ZiQ2KkuAEDZ7wPJq-8QHUIImhpsIhDNbSuvjyDk53JuSS5h0F4AIX3JJRmm7mQ/w400-h166/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%209%20side%202%20mystery.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Married civilly at Municipal Building NYC 4th of May.<br />Number of marriage certificate 165972.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>2- What does the stamp and handwriting on the reverse of the first certificate indicate?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0PacQeBwAvM79qrlN1YZGuN5yq7ED1R4vT5cRAqU77YLQ-wzM0q4gEwbsPGM_VIdlDBpU0WzmUn0TnxG0QHOJglzBtBnxCTW-DBlpf7qNoj7tFp07huXzKC625e-NfwRSeMI5P6kI3IMyzIEuXhtathPMAXdyXK_wfKi7beUK00pbS1t3iqQ7pvNPaac/s718/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%204%20stamp%20close.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="718" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0PacQeBwAvM79qrlN1YZGuN5yq7ED1R4vT5cRAqU77YLQ-wzM0q4gEwbsPGM_VIdlDBpU0WzmUn0TnxG0QHOJglzBtBnxCTW-DBlpf7qNoj7tFp07huXzKC625e-NfwRSeMI5P6kI3IMyzIEuXhtathPMAXdyXK_wfKi7beUK00pbS1t3iqQ7pvNPaac/w400-h293/1929%20Marmorstein%20m%20Roth%20May%204%20stamp%20close.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">Order No 368739</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Date 10-10-42</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Number Issued 2</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Searcher</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Photo OP M R</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Observation</i></span>: </p><p><span><span><span><span><span>Marriage records are great because the subject of the record, the bride or the groom, oversees the information written on the document.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span>The spelling of Rose Roth's mother differs slightly on both documents. Rose Roth's birth certificate is available on the <a href="https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/" target="_blank">Municipal Archives website</a>. Rose was born on June 1, 1907 in New York City. Her mother's name was recorded as Annie Buchholz on this birth certificate. This is consistent with other records for Annie. I don't know why Rose listed her mother as Helen on both marriage certificates.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4VlmEwKHy0p5WfWBUlb431oyJnAHvnJ135Qwl08znckSVYBBXIONkAH3f5Xr6-LoDU7_xivFBrHv5b345e2vaZaKV-hYRLAUDijl0UYnWWSwyPucE4zX-Om4ikJy7gsqeeLBtM0vYKqUWA_yKLisG6NvO7v0lHjDEwo44z2_8UrllcEbFcIJwlIB8dGM/s668/1907%20Roth%20Rose%20birth.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="668" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4VlmEwKHy0p5WfWBUlb431oyJnAHvnJ135Qwl08znckSVYBBXIONkAH3f5Xr6-LoDU7_xivFBrHv5b345e2vaZaKV-hYRLAUDijl0UYnWWSwyPucE4zX-Om4ikJy7gsqeeLBtM0vYKqUWA_yKLisG6NvO7v0lHjDEwo44z2_8UrllcEbFcIJwlIB8dGM/w400-h310/1907%20Roth%20Rose%20birth.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Birth certificate of Rose Roth, June 1, 1907 in New York City.<br />Father- <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164648111/" target="_blank">William Roth (1869-1936)</a>. Mother- Annie Buchholz.<br />[Accessed online <a href="https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/" target="_blank">New York City Municipal Archives</a>]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>What became of this couple?</i></span></span></span></span></span></p><p>In the 1930 census, Theodore and Rose were living together on East 66th Street in New York City. I found two children born to them in 1930 and 1937.</p><p>By 1940, Rose was residing at the <a href="https://untappedcities.com/2020/08/28/the-harlem-valley-psychiatric-center-abandoned-and-reborn/" target="_blank">Hudson Valley State Hospital</a> in Dover, Dutchess County, New York. This was an inpatient facility for the treatment of mental health issues. In the 1950 census, Rose was still a patient at this facility.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qI7tb03vLq7HGwuxqO2M3trD7HBAH0kyLsXhepOnoxNeweV0uFFpa1CpBRxYVxWWPK7WfxDscNYR2tp0TKWOWxosDCkv4d74zsYAJq-KnRpLGngyX_vl0gNhOMZ1W8uFjcdl_e6mIuWOr7pF1o9C_qfND0kW6gyxSP-_efJADnd4zxlu3dFr1RupOirX/s946/1940%20Rose.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="946" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qI7tb03vLq7HGwuxqO2M3trD7HBAH0kyLsXhepOnoxNeweV0uFFpa1CpBRxYVxWWPK7WfxDscNYR2tp0TKWOWxosDCkv4d74zsYAJq-KnRpLGngyX_vl0gNhOMZ1W8uFjcdl_e6mIuWOr7pF1o9C_qfND0kW6gyxSP-_efJADnd4zxlu3dFr1RupOirX/w400-h184/1940%20Rose.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1940 United States Federal Census<br />Dover, Dutchess County, New York<br />Hudson Valley State Hospital<br />Rose Marmorstein, patient; age 32; married; born in New York.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>There is an entry in the New York State Death Index for Rose Marmorstein in 1964. The residence was New York City. Remember that New York City's records are not housed with the rest of the state. An entry for Rose in the state's index could indicate that she was still a patient at Harlem State. The address in New York City was likely a relative's home.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyi68FRP2kzvJqDUz66Q1cGFCNii3HV7c7jbFseu7B5xaYnWkYRdpuEIyFQVHFpJJXLy3fej8yrqFuBz_84QM2C3UTrvGriNypk2xLrsK54q4brs7vxwrhBENT-u8sJrCSJdfl4L-rUmwzprUNqBI6Uu3NvUkt-aPydQ6nkFI3e4g9e8hb9ujLuOrZAa3u/s580/Rose%20death%20index.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="580" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyi68FRP2kzvJqDUz66Q1cGFCNii3HV7c7jbFseu7B5xaYnWkYRdpuEIyFQVHFpJJXLy3fej8yrqFuBz_84QM2C3UTrvGriNypk2xLrsK54q4brs7vxwrhBENT-u8sJrCSJdfl4L-rUmwzprUNqBI6Uu3NvUkt-aPydQ6nkFI3e4g9e8hb9ujLuOrZAa3u/w400-h384/Rose%20death%20index.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New York State index of deaths<br />Rose Marmorstein died March 3, 1964</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Theodore Marmorstein remarried in 1954 to Hedwig "Hedy" Erger. He and Rose must have divorced. This marriage record is not yet available on the website of the Municipal Archives.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0NSf5SQQ7QWt-m1mu1ng_z_AxmUEJFhHN6aSfAAtS3781YDlchfYq24YMYlz73MBF8eZB-3N9aWqk3A8z0wrFuo_e6fMJ4z9ceYwpIJb2eWWgIWHOwW2o2JTKccJdu17FnBo2I-oMTtTzccsiZtjXGL_WaXVSzlyQHLRxJXtoDK8DU5XVKcSiypuZZyz/s577/Marmorstein%201954.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="577" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0NSf5SQQ7QWt-m1mu1ng_z_AxmUEJFhHN6aSfAAtS3781YDlchfYq24YMYlz73MBF8eZB-3N9aWqk3A8z0wrFuo_e6fMJ4z9ceYwpIJb2eWWgIWHOwW2o2JTKccJdu17FnBo2I-oMTtTzccsiZtjXGL_WaXVSzlyQHLRxJXtoDK8DU5XVKcSiypuZZyz/w400-h334/Marmorstein%201954.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New York City index of marriages<br />Theodore Marmorstein and Hedwig Erger<br />License issued 1954</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Theodore <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228232492/" target="_blank">died in Hawaii in 1992</a>. Hedy <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228109050/" target="_blank">died in 2002</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-76656943362497361842023-11-22T01:56:00.001-05:002023-11-22T01:56:04.156-05:00Wedding Invitation from 1882<div>A wedding invitation from 1882 <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/314927708203?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=ee1fd9d0e8ad4d9c8617b90edac5be89&bu=43158768477&ut=RU&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20231101070942&segname=11021" target="_blank">appeared on eBay</a>. This family heirloom was offered at $150. Nobody purchased the item.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwNPlu3u82dpsn3mHug-8ImkjkPfj0ZmCislso59Re3asVc3iA1cq7xsjQB4tc4qByCEmc2D-uiqNly68kgNopOwnicJql13_-jfmUqgSwpB6n9eWYa6dXVLOe98BgjHUd-_E42kRTr1Cgt00sq7iJwLBeZqB1H2CsMXZlYrE3LPwO3VF6xfQCPIBJSHz/s960/Duryee%20marriage%20ebay%202.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwNPlu3u82dpsn3mHug-8ImkjkPfj0ZmCislso59Re3asVc3iA1cq7xsjQB4tc4qByCEmc2D-uiqNly68kgNopOwnicJql13_-jfmUqgSwpB6n9eWYa6dXVLOe98BgjHUd-_E42kRTr1Cgt00sq7iJwLBeZqB1H2CsMXZlYrE3LPwO3VF6xfQCPIBJSHz/w640-h480/Duryee%20marriage%20ebay%202.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Picture of wedding invitation, 1882, for Charles Demarest and Martha Duryea<br />via eBay</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The groom was <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191909550/" target="_blank">Charles E Demarest (1859-1937)</a>. The bride was <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196682626/" target="_blank">Martha Jane Duryea (1861-1950)</a>. Below is the marriage record filed with the state of New Jersey. They married on June 28, 1882 in Washington Township, Bergen County.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3S-yNfUDc9LVCaxRwvTP8Nya1VtUDyH09b-0XDKd4KDL9xIbnFnSPT1eEiHTKzz_lcdTxYTSAV2rdBmdJiH95Z5rOjwSe0785qN0-zidGcywlXmMdyIjLr2dsE71dgpS-FkqRKVY7sf9VLe_YrTpeu-70_Qtn0-_fghgtZeV0WKreZF_SEbnaA6I3Vwq/s3189/1882%20Demarest%20Charles%20married%20Martha%20Duryea.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3189" data-original-width="2612" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3S-yNfUDc9LVCaxRwvTP8Nya1VtUDyH09b-0XDKd4KDL9xIbnFnSPT1eEiHTKzz_lcdTxYTSAV2rdBmdJiH95Z5rOjwSe0785qN0-zidGcywlXmMdyIjLr2dsE71dgpS-FkqRKVY7sf9VLe_YrTpeu-70_Qtn0-_fghgtZeV0WKreZF_SEbnaA6I3Vwq/w525-h640/1882%20Demarest%20Charles%20married%20Martha%20Duryea.JPG" width="525" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New Jersey Marriage Return from 1882<br />Groom- Charles E Demarest. Bride- Martha J Duryea.<br />This image is from microfilm housed at the <a href="https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/index.html" target="_blank">New Jersey State Archives</a> in Trenton.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Charles was the son of Peter J Demarest and Margaret Christie. With his son Percy, he operated a jewelry store in New York City.</div><div><br /></div><div>Martha Duryea was the daughter of Benjamin J Duryea and Maria Williams.</div><div><br /></div><div>Charles and Martha had nine children between 1883 through 1901. Three died in infancy. The family plot is in <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/100294/westwood-cemetery-and-mausoleum" target="_blank">Westwood Cemetery</a> in Bergen County, New Jersey.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKm2N6OSqmJi8Y50u7uRkuVO0BjmYx48JD7X3Uu_4Nmlzb_0ILcP_I2NpZ7qBo9NITZmni6AkUbmm4dLlTzWIbWk4Tu4pN2Dk0eEXLY2MDxeYTM2AJhWhlwcj1AyOjLPZBhKR8_TmRUqyTo04IKZQYB9jxZxq3d6-xDuWqpVi5wlrO2Hytxw-M853mDOA_/s967/1910%20Demarest.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="967" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKm2N6OSqmJi8Y50u7uRkuVO0BjmYx48JD7X3Uu_4Nmlzb_0ILcP_I2NpZ7qBo9NITZmni6AkUbmm4dLlTzWIbWk4Tu4pN2Dk0eEXLY2MDxeYTM2AJhWhlwcj1AyOjLPZBhKR8_TmRUqyTo04IKZQYB9jxZxq3d6-xDuWqpVi5wlrO2Hytxw-M853mDOA_/w640-h293/1910%20Demarest.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1910 United States Federal Census<br />Delford, Bergen County, New Jersey<br />Charles E Demarest and wife, Martha.<br />Six children: Clarence, Maggie, Florence, Percy, Edward, and Vietta.<br />(In 1920, Delford became Oradell.)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-32404857153350030072023-10-18T03:44:00.000-04:002023-10-18T03:44:04.750-04:00Shirley Hofacker Missed in 1920<p>Who were the children of <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129209400/" target="_blank">Florence Lutter (1892-1983)</a> and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129209385/" target="_blank">Adam Hofacker (1893-1974)</a>? A mistake in the 1920 federal census might lead someone astray in this inquiry.</p><p>Florence and Adam were married in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey in 1915.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mj-u6jxgPTq6S3F3ltGkNByOzc46zbaepfcYZYCufZS_1iGqbqMOBp4eh82CPRsW-9GFzZMhRN2ouYGn2Y2Z73bDZIW77YdhmwKD_8Kour3hyphenhyphenjs3yVY7m34gsPFNzh-Fcivv0bTQHg6Jr5fE48UQbH_aVfmr5BOQT1Sum-tmeAXKprc0QjCVlzjn1ArH/s2249/1915%20Hofacker%20m%20Flo%20Lutter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2119" data-original-width="2249" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5mj-u6jxgPTq6S3F3ltGkNByOzc46zbaepfcYZYCufZS_1iGqbqMOBp4eh82CPRsW-9GFzZMhRN2ouYGn2Y2Z73bDZIW77YdhmwKD_8Kour3hyphenhyphenjs3yVY7m34gsPFNzh-Fcivv0bTQHg6Jr5fE48UQbH_aVfmr5BOQT1Sum-tmeAXKprc0QjCVlzjn1ArH/w400-h378/1915%20Hofacker%20m%20Flo%20Lutter.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage certificate of Adam Hofacker and Florence Lutter,<br />October 16, 1915 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.<br />Groom's parents- William Hofacker and Minnie Christophe.<br />Bride's parents- <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183677266/" target="_blank">Charles Lutter</a> and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19696490/" target="_blank">Annie Lau</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The couple appeared in the 1920 federal census in Newark with two children. Their daughter, Mildred, was age 3 and 5/12. Her calculated birthday would be around the middle of 1916. Their son, Charles, was age 1 and 2/12. His birthday would be in October or November of 1917.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9Rk64cik5LbgpdqZ5TecconembdHHy8qbo42RpcBU0O29SQwtg7t_5oa12DXuE0Y3bKnQ9OPv3Ht8pu0fXdBtjyGsteccfhV4OPSnPjtuPkxHIMD4VoVs1NmkuF8SKgjyisPXxCx7zhftd0gRfDLhVjGxYB3X_mYY97mt5t_K70AOTR9K9zpJnjoZdIP/s758/1920.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="758" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9Rk64cik5LbgpdqZ5TecconembdHHy8qbo42RpcBU0O29SQwtg7t_5oa12DXuE0Y3bKnQ9OPv3Ht8pu0fXdBtjyGsteccfhV4OPSnPjtuPkxHIMD4VoVs1NmkuF8SKgjyisPXxCx7zhftd0gRfDLhVjGxYB3X_mYY97mt5t_K70AOTR9K9zpJnjoZdIP/w640-h314/1920.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1920 United States federal census<br />62 Madison Avenue, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey<br />Adam Hofacker, head; age 27.<br />Florence, wife, age 27.<br />Mildred, daughter; age 3 years and 5 months.<br />Charles, son, son; age 1 year and 2 months.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In the 1930 census, the family was still in Newark. Their children were Mildred, age 13, and Shirley, age 11. Charles was not listed.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsNOYBfPDs-jpS_n4wOEHSei6u0Pj6vhrRn8_XQ4nbTvagbpObrKG6ubixvy4mpps3rQdWgHhX9lxKBNKIo2rQTfl-pDZ26ch1ZUNUYoaWsq_2VPkX0MDtbK06hcqf3237cwEeJojtJyPBVwuVARPOewCWfpbZ9cgcResEz9ZUQUWP9PIvfs5uck1twyx/s1083/1930.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="1083" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsNOYBfPDs-jpS_n4wOEHSei6u0Pj6vhrRn8_XQ4nbTvagbpObrKG6ubixvy4mpps3rQdWgHhX9lxKBNKIo2rQTfl-pDZ26ch1ZUNUYoaWsq_2VPkX0MDtbK06hcqf3237cwEeJojtJyPBVwuVARPOewCWfpbZ9cgcResEz9ZUQUWP9PIvfs5uck1twyx/w640-h214/1930.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1930 United States federal census<br />93 Nineteenth Avenue, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey<br />Adam Hofacker, head; age 37.<br />Florence, wife; age 37.<br />Mildred, daughter; age 13.<br />Shirley, daughter; age 11.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Charles would have been eleven years old at the time of the 1930 census. The absence of a child in the enumeration of a family could be in error, but usually indicates that the child died. The <a href="https://www.newjerseydeathindex.com/" target="_blank">index of deaths</a> exists for 1920 through 1929. No good match was identified for this child.</div><div><br /></div><div>The index of births in New Jersey has an entry for Charles W Hofacker, born in Union County on April 23, 1918. This is near Newark. This person was the son of Charles Hofacker and Anna Kurz. The parents were with Baby Charles in the 1920 census, along with Dorothy, their older child.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn2ldouuSlbDIhoVSkoLVDJ7BWcX1U8gIfW46b0BuM6EvPfmzjCgbhi-1sM37E-99F0mLYThfqn0_mfxiXc1FCkcMLkdIpOGWFjmZ4rfmXWZ_pOnaOO35mwpbRTUy9ZBqVRm5XmFf6zh5voAID8XnuOEFGOfP1wGKB4abaqvrOPsGOs9_6Z4HyPX7qK5G/s690/1920%20Union.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="690" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKn2ldouuSlbDIhoVSkoLVDJ7BWcX1U8gIfW46b0BuM6EvPfmzjCgbhi-1sM37E-99F0mLYThfqn0_mfxiXc1FCkcMLkdIpOGWFjmZ4rfmXWZ_pOnaOO35mwpbRTUy9ZBqVRm5XmFf6zh5voAID8XnuOEFGOfP1wGKB4abaqvrOPsGOs9_6Z4HyPX7qK5G/w640-h306/1920%20Union.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1920 United States federal census<br />Burnett Avenue, Union Township, Union County, New Jersey<br />Charles Hofacker, head; age 30.<br />Anna M, wife; age 27.<br />Dorothy L, daughter; age 4 years and 6 months.<br />Charles Jr, son; age 1 year and 9 months.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>The birth certificates of these children are housed at the Archives in Trenton.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1807" data-original-width="2129" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwElnkuNqj021bB6ky0c7YxCrssxwP2USt9Wxck9yz6yR_o5z3AhcAxPl3LNXcbKW7ZqNwBJaXpuZRtEGBtEoDwHbUjMmLVNUGR7FETTtHpODRN0d6t9V6O-QbVSKrS6A96ywiBECW1HQDnknGk2JJ6VdJJ1D6Obt5Udk0J_sEdv7EV4oEkSKL4i66nu4l/w400-h340/1918%20Hofacker%20Charles%20birth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth certificate of Charles William Hofacker,<br />second child born to Charles Hofacker and Anna Kurz.<br />April 23, 1918 in Union, Union County, New Jersey.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhec3GkdpB3_xC_EwpMBNG_idRX1UjLh76CruzZBqUXXnY-JVAOK3WaaIMlh0rzPxpVQi8UjZmpjkSZdjV8EUgQWXRuoVuvlw88RdAKSAsGGr65yTXhMULzl9l7gkntbITfOm80v3oXJk8N9oEN0hG8Cqcbgq00wWGv3Q3RULjFo_onmUDdubcG2jU5VSHW/s2165/1916%20Hofacker%20Mildred%20birth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="2165" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhec3GkdpB3_xC_EwpMBNG_idRX1UjLh76CruzZBqUXXnY-JVAOK3WaaIMlh0rzPxpVQi8UjZmpjkSZdjV8EUgQWXRuoVuvlw88RdAKSAsGGr65yTXhMULzl9l7gkntbITfOm80v3oXJk8N9oEN0hG8Cqcbgq00wWGv3Q3RULjFo_onmUDdubcG2jU5VSHW/w400-h361/1916%20Hofacker%20Mildred%20birth.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth certificate of Mildred Hofacker,<br />first child born to Adam Hofacker and Florence Lutter.<br />July 27, 1916 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7f95-ZmAO2Cw9siaTR5dtQxML5pL7_2OQemPUovro49yJdFVjoirrbH2UpAEJuzTqHnf7D3ITVqSBPKipVL0h_Qidrt1R1lW6qio8Zmn2Op3ING7VAgWc9Uno4Iw5PLk1h6YFVn82O3A5TZuyrlZRl3DdU9TnoHFp-kgUhTVmLqxwcLeN7T5tpCs4yio/s2136/1918%20Hofacker%20Shirley%20birth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="2136" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7f95-ZmAO2Cw9siaTR5dtQxML5pL7_2OQemPUovro49yJdFVjoirrbH2UpAEJuzTqHnf7D3ITVqSBPKipVL0h_Qidrt1R1lW6qio8Zmn2Op3ING7VAgWc9Uno4Iw5PLk1h6YFVn82O3A5TZuyrlZRl3DdU9TnoHFp-kgUhTVmLqxwcLeN7T5tpCs4yio/w400-h359/1918%20Hofacker%20Shirley%20birth.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth certificate of Shirley Adelle Hofacker,<br />second child born to Adam Hofacker and Florence Lutter.<br />October 12, 1918 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Florence's obituary from 1983 mentions two daughters, but no son.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHsytvabv6ASdEQL-WqOoNpJAGCplA0aOinO5itr_knlFkig-lda2HJV6yFQuESqoUjvKwJNBjewQ_MIFL-OxMuANhwHUF4Tz_2p155-WSlU8qCS-H0Pl3wsvIxwipEkE0Hgff8tOhIgUiU-A-00trWaPsY8WICTgwBhKk8Alj6phP0hVwwlVj4o2GU8r/s723/1983%20Hofacker%20obit.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="523" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHsytvabv6ASdEQL-WqOoNpJAGCplA0aOinO5itr_knlFkig-lda2HJV6yFQuESqoUjvKwJNBjewQ_MIFL-OxMuANhwHUF4Tz_2p155-WSlU8qCS-H0Pl3wsvIxwipEkE0Hgff8tOhIgUiU-A-00trWaPsY8WICTgwBhKk8Alj6phP0hVwwlVj4o2GU8r/w289-h400/1983%20Hofacker%20obit.png" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Obituary of Florence Hofacker, 1983</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In 1939 Shirley Hofacker married William John Geerke in Irvington (city next to Newark). She died in 2013. I found a notice of her death in Florida, but that is all so far.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZCKPRGvd5xQNxIh3Z-wcAlwblXkKDUCqVXTFE1OFiomKJ5_Qig793_1XT1ZqO-uOOi65jb1qdkfM-U37kgQahG6Fj5oWvvX81L44gYyYAv__FybhG21Acr-pU9LQMdAsE0vNrLvyqK6sC8dDD8uBf0269NxcgxZ4HwUxEz8qL_PxJ-mItYrCLYn3Hehl/s2324/1939%20Geerke%20m%20Hofacker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2085" data-original-width="2324" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZCKPRGvd5xQNxIh3Z-wcAlwblXkKDUCqVXTFE1OFiomKJ5_Qig793_1XT1ZqO-uOOi65jb1qdkfM-U37kgQahG6Fj5oWvvX81L44gYyYAv__FybhG21Acr-pU9LQMdAsE0vNrLvyqK6sC8dDD8uBf0269NxcgxZ4HwUxEz8qL_PxJ-mItYrCLYn3Hehl/w400-h359/1939%20Geerke%20m%20Hofacker.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage certificate of William Geerke and Shirley Hofacker,<br />June 24, 1939 in Irvington, Essex County, New Jersey.<br />Groom's parents- Thomas Geerke and Margaret McGlynn.<br />Bride's parents- Adam Hofacker and Florence Lutter.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><p>In 1940 Mildred Hofacker married John Pisar in Newark. She <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129213195/" target="_blank">died in 1987</a>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgD3F9dEMRN79-PpVDjd7vUEtgKr3-MJvJXGpdp2gQe5uyS-IbQfJMg_5M7h8hcRpZQGRrgR91F2AuYBqrcZDs9hgeVZ-M_TokTGOUL2bX7HoeV1G09u7HMDqwxLVNiHgzvYPMt8rIFPwY5kr06ZMhFDYMgZZgdYgHEk-2lYIp3Fga7QEM9rPOekmfRYmO/s2262/1940%20Pisar%20m%20Hofacker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2022" data-original-width="2262" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgD3F9dEMRN79-PpVDjd7vUEtgKr3-MJvJXGpdp2gQe5uyS-IbQfJMg_5M7h8hcRpZQGRrgR91F2AuYBqrcZDs9hgeVZ-M_TokTGOUL2bX7HoeV1G09u7HMDqwxLVNiHgzvYPMt8rIFPwY5kr06ZMhFDYMgZZgdYgHEk-2lYIp3Fga7QEM9rPOekmfRYmO/w400-h358/1940%20Pisar%20m%20Hofacker.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage certificate of John Pisar and Mildred Anna Hofacker,<br />December 25, 1940 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.<br />Groom's parents- John Pisar and Agnes Sikora.<br />Bride's parents- Adam Hofacker and Florence Lutter.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Charles W Hofacker married Alice J McConnell in 1943 in Newark. He <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140645632/" target="_blank">died in 2009 in Pennsylvania</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzuUduX4uro_TPuCh9S2YstVRR_LGxI4qTVZi82Ows5sEt8sIUM37g6U8sm8E2SUHyZ0D5NyvV6TH8lMGXsWX3NnX0ulWmVHsSjmF4dT1t97qPfo_MiejnqYWNeq6GqeFtnI_vgp3Kxr1EAnwbONLhZkkF9RdJatiyOfLKs_eMKRcQsyqdZ4DFJkIpUd2/s2250/1943%20Hofacker%20m%20McConnell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2013" data-original-width="2250" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzuUduX4uro_TPuCh9S2YstVRR_LGxI4qTVZi82Ows5sEt8sIUM37g6U8sm8E2SUHyZ0D5NyvV6TH8lMGXsWX3NnX0ulWmVHsSjmF4dT1t97qPfo_MiejnqYWNeq6GqeFtnI_vgp3Kxr1EAnwbONLhZkkF9RdJatiyOfLKs_eMKRcQsyqdZ4DFJkIpUd2/w400-h358/1943%20Hofacker%20m%20McConnell.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage certificate of Charles W Hofacker and Alice J McConnell,<br />September 18, 1943 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.<br />Groom's parents- Charles Hofacker and Anna Kurz.<br />Bride's parents- John McConnell and Margaret Donohue.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>It would appear that the entry of Charles as a son of Adam Hofacker in the 1920 census was in error. I submitted a request to update to this entry on Ancestry.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWxcPkCG2N4BZlK5FbAgjtJ7Z7Rx6uU5oqFT-mWJAXmdnRWxH-_10lFyf8_aVdGydqwsFJAgycOvYD8kj7bSw9tlCOC5VZybVtR-WxaX5nTX5xVJ1KjSEkhu6VYH1g4nSS0nLTc13ASHorobBPe2xh7QZ5btf9cgChlpvX6O8O_xhvb4-ko_X1KWLTPlc/s1018/correction.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1018" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWxcPkCG2N4BZlK5FbAgjtJ7Z7Rx6uU5oqFT-mWJAXmdnRWxH-_10lFyf8_aVdGydqwsFJAgycOvYD8kj7bSw9tlCOC5VZybVtR-WxaX5nTX5xVJ1KjSEkhu6VYH1g4nSS0nLTc13ASHorobBPe2xh7QZ5btf9cgChlpvX6O8O_xhvb4-ko_X1KWLTPlc/w400-h261/correction.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-76787848693294653982023-10-13T02:32:00.003-04:002023-10-13T02:32:37.012-04:00Obtaining Marriage and Divorce Records in New Jersey 1949<p>Divorce records are an integral part of <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2014/09/divorce.html" target="_blank">uncovering the lives of those from past generations</a>.</p><p>While researching an ancestor, I happened upon a newspaper article detailing a divorce. The information within this record could prove highly valuable in my pursuits of the family history. The involved parties shall not be named at this point.</p><p>I requested a copy of divorce proceedings (also called dissolution of marriage) from Hudson County, New Jersey, circa 1950. Divorces from the year 1949 forward are in the custody of the Superior Court of New Jersey.</p><p>Keep in mind that divorces were not a secret in the 1950s. The tea was spilled in the local newspapers, reading like gossip columns. Below are samples in <i>The Jersey Journal</i> from 1950 and 1960.</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rRLtJt_g9KWNYGYcy1hMnIHit0Z4Iq-_Afo-s0T6-GcGSklcws6Vd31sKVI5bzhKmuG7iZYKo-8dS1qU0LnIzGC_Q2rdnqntvpCNZdI33wQo6ElWOBXkNJ7DvrbpKmVhid0_61zKJsDGDLW2SHDUg9OX4Kyw_4JzYsjOsKfcT9bjKObAgkne038-9QWg/s846/1950%20newspaper%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="622" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rRLtJt_g9KWNYGYcy1hMnIHit0Z4Iq-_Afo-s0T6-GcGSklcws6Vd31sKVI5bzhKmuG7iZYKo-8dS1qU0LnIzGC_Q2rdnqntvpCNZdI33wQo6ElWOBXkNJ7DvrbpKmVhid0_61zKJsDGDLW2SHDUg9OX4Kyw_4JzYsjOsKfcT9bjKObAgkne038-9QWg/w470-h640/1950%20newspaper%202.png" width="470" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCFahRJU4gBWDcdMw5AS-wio8sVog5dCMWMj-urkIY38A9o0poicEmN9qEap5y0fszyUdexPAGrUw3crhSg59baLqDoeCzilun7w7iGcmnTPT0IyFnV75ygeTND0uj-lnC5LBAd9nKN92ObbYynCEWioN6F_Lj-mrrcz0qpmMGOXPg3Bm3mNWZbdRwFeW/s1158/1950%20newspaper%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="1158" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNCFahRJU4gBWDcdMw5AS-wio8sVog5dCMWMj-urkIY38A9o0poicEmN9qEap5y0fszyUdexPAGrUw3crhSg59baLqDoeCzilun7w7iGcmnTPT0IyFnV75ygeTND0uj-lnC5LBAd9nKN92ObbYynCEWioN6F_Lj-mrrcz0qpmMGOXPg3Bm3mNWZbdRwFeW/w640-h302/1950%20newspaper%203.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I emailed the Court. Records after 1948 used to be obtained by writing to an email address within the Superior Court. The return time was usually about one week. The packet arrived via email as a digitized PDF file.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkauCsf7VkkU9yCsq93NxRbuk_NHbucck1Zt7soRTi1ecsDjG746_BUCQijOPYJwh2WTp1zIJEfj0VjmTfEZeKfBJJdztS_HJHh-gcVatQJV6cPDO7q-nbPmIt8ff_a-pZvIgSVCFvp0eKZbdxn56zPeZEHkrY1Jbkg7AUEn0cfgeKpnjfL5fsNQj2X7v/s920/1952.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="732" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkauCsf7VkkU9yCsq93NxRbuk_NHbucck1Zt7soRTi1ecsDjG746_BUCQijOPYJwh2WTp1zIJEfj0VjmTfEZeKfBJJdztS_HJHh-gcVatQJV6cPDO7q-nbPmIt8ff_a-pZvIgSVCFvp0eKZbdxn56zPeZEHkrY1Jbkg7AUEn0cfgeKpnjfL5fsNQj2X7v/w510-h640/1952.png" width="510" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Final Judgment of Divorce, 1952<br />Names redacted by me as part of an ongoing project.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><br /></p><p>This time, the response explained the new procedure of registering with JEDS, the Judiciary Electronic Document System. The process was easy enough. Within days, the Court responded via email that only the parties or the attorneys could be sent copies of the file.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksd5hp2Sm3ZBOj-yQ24s0U8inwLFu9dKfKwEitZ4cinLdb8i48d7UZUqZ1mnAfiCkF3Q0VD3v5kAHg-BiERJ1rdXBTbAgUkN1aHPJYSsU5YHijMKzJexuyx-6IH7VAjUkoFxqOti0w3_vDXX2QN5uxsMQ7J_AQPPZMrkBayAQVaclyc9SaIqxXV5WQdJU/s1094/email%20rule.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="1094" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksd5hp2Sm3ZBOj-yQ24s0U8inwLFu9dKfKwEitZ4cinLdb8i48d7UZUqZ1mnAfiCkF3Q0VD3v5kAHg-BiERJ1rdXBTbAgUkN1aHPJYSsU5YHijMKzJexuyx-6IH7VAjUkoFxqOti0w3_vDXX2QN5uxsMQ7J_AQPPZMrkBayAQVaclyc9SaIqxXV5WQdJU/w640-h254/email%20rule.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The parties are dead. I don't know if either party had an attorney, never mind their names. They are probably dead, too.</p><p>The Court invoked a Rule from 2009, which limits public access to certain types of documents that might be found in some modern-day divorce files.</p><p>Nevermind that I have received electronic copies of divorce records since 2009. This was the first time I was denied access to an entire file.</p><p>Nevermind that the prohibited documents likely do not exist in a divorce file from 1950.</p><p>I filed a Freedom of Information Act request. Also denied.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwIUSD4sZPgjMnapQ2_Yj3thHQ-E0AeH_cJQrk3NlJJ4ZpMXAGgBW9o-QDDB44bVcntjK8z7ZwaTqyDq_yKHW0lMHm-bEOYxk_mwKx0GWErNhI6gwilURcujgHkaiEjWrO_f6FWVqSSCH4j-4FOHEuXSlf2tnbpOwnOZFKF2qn_unfhR7bVO0WNLDcyQ6/s3279/FOIA%20response%202022%20Dec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3279" data-original-width="2500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwIUSD4sZPgjMnapQ2_Yj3thHQ-E0AeH_cJQrk3NlJJ4ZpMXAGgBW9o-QDDB44bVcntjK8z7ZwaTqyDq_yKHW0lMHm-bEOYxk_mwKx0GWErNhI6gwilURcujgHkaiEjWrO_f6FWVqSSCH4j-4FOHEuXSlf2tnbpOwnOZFKF2qn_unfhR7bVO0WNLDcyQ6/w488-h640/FOIA%20response%202022%20Dec.jpg" width="488" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Paper mail response denying my request to view divorce records from 1950 under the Freedom of Information Act.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The court Rule is below:</p><p>1:38-3 Court Records Excluded from Public Access</p><p><span> </span>The following court records are excluded from public access:</p><p><span> </span><span> </span>(d) <b>Records of Family Part Proceedings</b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(1) Family Case Information Statements required by R. 5:5-2, notices required by R. 5:5-10 including requisite financial, custody and parenting plans, Financial Statements in Summary Support Actions required by R. 5:5-3 including all attachments, and settlement agreements incorporated into judgments or orders in dissolution and non-dissolution actions, except for parties and their counsel of record;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(2) Confidential Litigant Information Sheets pursuant to R. 5:4-2(g) and Affidavits or Certifications of Insurance Coverage pursuant to R. 5:4-2(f), except for the filing party and his or her counsel of record;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(3) Medical, psychiatric, psychological, and alcohol and drug dependency records, reports, and evaluations in matters related to child support, child custody, or parenting time determinations;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(4) Documents, records and transcripts related to proceedings and hearings required by the Supreme Court pursuant to Doe v. Poritz, 142 N.J. 1, 39 (1995), or subsequent orders of the Court;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(5) Juvenile delinquency records and reports pursuant to R. 5:19- 2 and N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-60, except for parties and their counsel of record;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(6) Records of Juvenile Conference Committees to the extent provided under R. 5:25-1(e), except for parties and their counsel of record;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(7) Expunged juvenile records pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-62 f. and 2C:52-15;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(8) Sealed juvenile records pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-62;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(9) Domestic violence records and reports pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:25-33, except for parties and their counsel of record in the underlying domestic violence matter;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(10) Names and addresses of victims or alleged victims of domestic violence or sexual offenses;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(11) Records relating to child victims of sexual assault or abuse pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:82-46;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(12) Records relating to Division of Child Protection and Permanency proceedings held pursuant to R. 5:12;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(13) Child custody evaluations, parenting time and visitation plans, reports, and records pursuant to R. 5:8-4, R. 5:8-5, R. 5:8B, N.J.S.A. 9:2-1, or N.J.S.A. 9:2-3;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(14) Paternity records and reports, except for the final judgments or birth certificates pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:17-42;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(15) Records and reports relating to child placement matters pursuant to R. 5:13-8(a);<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(16) Adoption records and reports pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:3-52;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(17) Records of hearings on the welfare or status of a child, to the extent provided under R. 5:3-2;<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(18) Records related to applications for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) predicate orders.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;">(19) Records of adjudications of delinquency for offenses involving marijuana or hashish sealed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-5.2;</span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(20) Records relating to actions to change the name of a minor.</span></blockquote><div><br /></div><p><i>Adopted July 16, 2009; effective September 1, 2009.</i></p><p>See <a href="http://njcourts.gov/attorneys/rules-of-court">njcourts.gov/attorneys/rules-of-court</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Under the court's interpretation of this Rule, this record is forever locked away with no recourse to view it.</p><p>In my opinion, the Rule is misinterpreted. If all family court records are prohibited from public access, why does the Rule enumerate twenty types of records that are not public? Why not stop at <i>Records of Family Part Proceedings</i>? None of the forbidden categories are what I need, such as the Complaint, Answer, and Final Decree.</p><p>The Court still advertises on its website that records of the Family Division are "available for public inspection." Based on their correspondence with me, this is not true.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8puycOy-iiMuqU9i7TOnhGZ1mt8uqp_zFV1OCZLO0CT2tkaKYWr575csq4MGUgrdYMr8G9sK8lw9mKbV9AGYA2hi_YllUkP-_Dp9maKMVi-iG3PCVnfY9brMzkcX2f1jsvxwSbMjs8uUEsUbwE12wbq1uCqreN2TFOul1Ct0RNb4cSDSx8yUZC-P7sPKq/s994/public%20court%20records%20big.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="994" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8puycOy-iiMuqU9i7TOnhGZ1mt8uqp_zFV1OCZLO0CT2tkaKYWr575csq4MGUgrdYMr8G9sK8lw9mKbV9AGYA2hi_YllUkP-_Dp9maKMVi-iG3PCVnfY9brMzkcX2f1jsvxwSbMjs8uUEsUbwE12wbq1uCqreN2TFOul1Ct0RNb4cSDSx8yUZC-P7sPKq/w400-h226/public%20court%20records%20big.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Divorce records earlier than 1949 can be found at the State Archives in Trenton.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACXHE1l1Ac7XVNUaK3_HTxAbunLDrb0mw6Y7FQERkFGgw9Z7Cyu-BpFNOzEczjqm6lWPS8Bk7hmAJbx4GzYr5GSNG1SsIUYoshkBCIM3pl--62sMLz7pLpcFKTQ5SK7HY_d2Mnj_z30Dls8no_G_F6VA7pEt3c3DRRrROv4GqfkBgBdcJuWPCi8zMOgx0/s3264/1945-1948%20docket%20index%20matrimonial%20film.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2405" data-original-width="3264" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACXHE1l1Ac7XVNUaK3_HTxAbunLDrb0mw6Y7FQERkFGgw9Z7Cyu-BpFNOzEczjqm6lWPS8Bk7hmAJbx4GzYr5GSNG1SsIUYoshkBCIM3pl--62sMLz7pLpcFKTQ5SK7HY_d2Mnj_z30Dls8no_G_F6VA7pEt3c3DRRrROv4GqfkBgBdcJuWPCi8zMOgx0/w400-h295/1945-1948%20docket%20index%20matrimonial%20film.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Microfilm of index of matrimonial actions</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyN8ps9xIlWPfKUSWh1BKc9-ez_fvQSW6_K9Xr6fwhaQ9jeH5oQDA4nEnuZjuaqWeIHnI5U6pTFLlwdCxYgKas09Fu-ZPDmX9b8dSNjLEkLjQiKFYflS-bqUkknG7dBwAtiMV7fWFGLo0dW-9Mh2kgcjOdbj93ZIufBlD-VM78Ge8f183axQwKIaHqHsR/s4032/chancery%20court%20both.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyN8ps9xIlWPfKUSWh1BKc9-ez_fvQSW6_K9Xr6fwhaQ9jeH5oQDA4nEnuZjuaqWeIHnI5U6pTFLlwdCxYgKas09Fu-ZPDmX9b8dSNjLEkLjQiKFYflS-bqUkknG7dBwAtiMV7fWFGLo0dW-9Mh2kgcjOdbj93ZIufBlD-VM78Ge8f183axQwKIaHqHsR/w300-h400/chancery%20court%20both.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Microfilm of dockets of combined cases in chancery court.<br />Divorces are intermingled with other types of actions.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtj8D1x5f0Xk7orid5SRiFRI0Fhq-v8C1Q4sOdmtSgIR7uwQO7C9esFyAhIOnSws9B7-pVLabdri5PzLi6E3iEy2YMC2Ni3KQ2VX3-mfZS2k0_2GtOTkEj0BOoGP7Hpul9G7EIaOQW4sNj7LXQhbFxkavSeaJxP98fyN5qVH75wffR9wo-qKBLyoBwUM_3/s3186/docket%20divorce%201941%201942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="3186" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtj8D1x5f0Xk7orid5SRiFRI0Fhq-v8C1Q4sOdmtSgIR7uwQO7C9esFyAhIOnSws9B7-pVLabdri5PzLi6E3iEy2YMC2Ni3KQ2VX3-mfZS2k0_2GtOTkEj0BOoGP7Hpul9G7EIaOQW4sNj7LXQhbFxkavSeaJxP98fyN5qVH75wffR9wo-qKBLyoBwUM_3/w640-h490/docket%20divorce%201941%201942.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Divorcing parties found in the docket of the Chancery Court.<br />This couple, Prince of Hudson County, will be discussed in an upcoming article.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>While divorce records from 1949 are prohibited, the marriage records from 1949 are now available at the Archives.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sb-3C2BYSX1QjIrCetVe26LD-xU5b_fX5_YXZhhD4IK0TAD7h_HuQ6bVCk7anvhvrc2hnd54lbs6v6sGQQwyhkQbLdYQGsolkOi6kE9mWiVqJNORgyRTxuRF8vStAjxJ9JromZn9Kf38bFxFqenkoesP6227q37uuGSXZ2fCrejDdxV9ykhL8Y4ERra4/s2316/jody.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sb-3C2BYSX1QjIrCetVe26LD-xU5b_fX5_YXZhhD4IK0TAD7h_HuQ6bVCk7anvhvrc2hnd54lbs6v6sGQQwyhkQbLdYQGsolkOi6kE9mWiVqJNORgyRTxuRF8vStAjxJ9JromZn9Kf38bFxFqenkoesP6227q37uuGSXZ2fCrejDdxV9ykhL8Y4ERra4/w320-h320/jody.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Eager to view the latest public records-<br />1949 marriages</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8A6qfriXfpK6UddwbybutBBkfhI1-mcNTubfCuXOYFde5Va6EulukZOXXpT5ONfOMJa5gYfW4PZreTtK2CMVEsFaxTlXp10dfWm004sf8LNxJJpIwVFefM4kvj4OEZDeU4os3Ob9X5-UQ_qWnBpURO44jfAimOsMXoE4a0OMcG-2psgrkCb3-EB2Lz8cM/s4009/marriage%201949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4009" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8A6qfriXfpK6UddwbybutBBkfhI1-mcNTubfCuXOYFde5Va6EulukZOXXpT5ONfOMJa5gYfW4PZreTtK2CMVEsFaxTlXp10dfWm004sf8LNxJJpIwVFefM4kvj4OEZDeU4os3Ob9X5-UQ_qWnBpURO44jfAimOsMXoE4a0OMcG-2psgrkCb3-EB2Lz8cM/w482-h640/marriage%201949.JPG" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Microfilm rolls containing marriage certificates from 1949</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-y_TdYhroFYIbsHKug7zXQYIWIvNSFNTpHqJ6rH_sfs3Yzwlz1L2G6d8DJRf4eF0KfEAjCSi6QHJ37MJLh8UWzS8Dy6mZyWgZIvV6cvVVzDEEMXbf4UAZ3zXw8Whkml4NFsbpUHsBIN0ffcjF7VAd0WDCYNGg8J98jCdMOyVNFeqaT58B0UZl55MQUp5w/s3374/1949%20Duryea%20Peter%20m%20Cosgrove.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3139" data-original-width="3374" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-y_TdYhroFYIbsHKug7zXQYIWIvNSFNTpHqJ6rH_sfs3Yzwlz1L2G6d8DJRf4eF0KfEAjCSi6QHJ37MJLh8UWzS8Dy6mZyWgZIvV6cvVVzDEEMXbf4UAZ3zXw8Whkml4NFsbpUHsBIN0ffcjF7VAd0WDCYNGg8J98jCdMOyVNFeqaT58B0UZl55MQUp5w/w400-h373/1949%20Duryea%20Peter%20m%20Cosgrove.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marriage record of Peter Edmond Duryea (1925-1997) and<br />Mary Catherine Cosgrove (1929-1997).<br />December 3, 1949 in Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KgaLAv0Mfw_Ggtp0p7DsOFkVoZmrpBzREAoUaXnRdQ1moKlWSLhCVrcWVavpVmSpYse9GiYM0GwsPyT6Qbkg-DL4LMrG4aOYoVlcvrVGzIVabnU_oedYNpOb6itl_hrtpGb1NoetAeKsYUs970aKiRalDN1GbMsl6ovjMzJpXnPmsRdUJQsXdZ3lQ-Vu/s3444/1949%20Duryea%20Rbt%20m%20Denora.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3149" data-original-width="3444" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KgaLAv0Mfw_Ggtp0p7DsOFkVoZmrpBzREAoUaXnRdQ1moKlWSLhCVrcWVavpVmSpYse9GiYM0GwsPyT6Qbkg-DL4LMrG4aOYoVlcvrVGzIVabnU_oedYNpOb6itl_hrtpGb1NoetAeKsYUs970aKiRalDN1GbMsl6ovjMzJpXnPmsRdUJQsXdZ3lQ-Vu/w400-h366/1949%20Duryea%20Rbt%20m%20Denora.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marriage record of <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257405210/" target="_blank">Robert Charles Duryea (1924-1998)</a> and <br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257405252/" target="_blank">Marion DeNora (1925-1990)</a>.<br />July 24, 1949 in Little Falls, Passaic County, New Jersey.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>These certificates are on microfilm in order by certificate number. To find a certificate number, you can view the images of the index, which are alphabetical by the bride's surname. A digital search of the index is available via <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61253/" target="_blank">Ancestry's database, New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016</a>.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIWmJCkkS9fk-_JMbFhHqyVw5JJvCewxIoK8c-JMnR5F-ByiHMhP4_NdDqlmTFqBuFa_hONQro9Agb8d9bxyXgCLguvZjnnkGXW83ORr3Etdy4PYstw_vBXytFdOXLGiJ4UCjnceWqwxaSUFBkf0bXrJqY5xXyneIh20YJDOxe7n_Sf0cOt4Ei71BINk4/s3249/1949%20Cosgrove%20bride%20Duryea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3249" data-original-width="3209" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIWmJCkkS9fk-_JMbFhHqyVw5JJvCewxIoK8c-JMnR5F-ByiHMhP4_NdDqlmTFqBuFa_hONQro9Agb8d9bxyXgCLguvZjnnkGXW83ORr3Etdy4PYstw_vBXytFdOXLGiJ4UCjnceWqwxaSUFBkf0bXrJqY5xXyneIh20YJDOxe7n_Sf0cOt4Ei71BINk4/w632-h640/1949%20Cosgrove%20bride%20Duryea.jpg" width="632" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Index of marriages in New Jersey for the year 1949</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />The marriage records from 1949 must be obtained in person at the Archives, not via mail or online. You can try requesting a copy from the <a href="https://www.nj.gov/health/vital/order-vital/genealogical-records/" target="_blank">Department of Health</a> or by having someone perform in-person research on your behalf.<div><br /><p>If you live in New Jersey, please write to your <a href="https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/" target="_blank">elected legislators</a> in the New Jersey State Senate and Assembly to advocate for ease of access to these records.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-55729092270308149572023-10-01T21:38:00.004-04:002023-10-02T14:50:00.310-04:00Benefit for the Widow and Children of George Duryea 1864<p>Found on eBay- </p><p>this small card measuring two and a half by four inches.</p><p>A child in Victorian garb is depicted on one side.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1fWg2Q5nqq-1-Ym5EK5F0BEsjkEvm5LqFtimWlTIjaoFVv_YFsVIaJuNluesRxrQSJQOEc8RTTm2UDEC4wTpe0nkZNl3peNKi_wrTmIbEJMq9thg2LxdoR_LFbrkQnctuCUd4xK72Bzv-cyHqIctXtv2O1QHeL88Eb-cjeWzLv80J1ywghWtpt7k6Kpn/s3799/IMG_8825.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3799" data-original-width="2338" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1fWg2Q5nqq-1-Ym5EK5F0BEsjkEvm5LqFtimWlTIjaoFVv_YFsVIaJuNluesRxrQSJQOEc8RTTm2UDEC4wTpe0nkZNl3peNKi_wrTmIbEJMq9thg2LxdoR_LFbrkQnctuCUd4xK72Bzv-cyHqIctXtv2O1QHeL88Eb-cjeWzLv80J1ywghWtpt7k6Kpn/w246-h400/IMG_8825.JPG" width="246" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reproduction of a painting.<br />Child holding an open book. Wavy hair to the shoulders.<br />Shirt sleeve rolled up past the elbow.<br />Garments tied around the waist. Skirt to the knees.<br />Toes peeking out.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>The other side is what interested me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_jTHrf326BTDtv6eIGwGezqvoATkyuqprSHZKFo6HX1MfrZvTYqD7290oSWqPsg4xJVk-ypCzvYvwhVyv8ZrFbnKhM-qB16KpR5bKBFzpy-ofxstnx7OUGE3n8oTUWehEdJ0pG27YNlNGmarQg_iqMFOp-PRq3gxYWZKtBBSQkhwHoVfQLAGb0mEIACM/s3482/IMG_8828.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2150" data-original-width="3482" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_jTHrf326BTDtv6eIGwGezqvoATkyuqprSHZKFo6HX1MfrZvTYqD7290oSWqPsg4xJVk-ypCzvYvwhVyv8ZrFbnKhM-qB16KpR5bKBFzpy-ofxstnx7OUGE3n8oTUWehEdJ0pG27YNlNGmarQg_iqMFOp-PRq3gxYWZKtBBSQkhwHoVfQLAGb0mEIACM/w640-h397/IMG_8828.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The card was trimmed at the sacrifice of the wording. From what I can ascertain, the inscription reads:</p><div style="text-align: left;"><i> Grand Ball<br /> of the<br /> ---ds and Clever Fellows' Jr. Club,<br /> ---d of the widow and children of the late officer<br /> George W. Duryea,<br /> at Irving Hall,<br /> -illegible-</i></div><p><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9573804/" target="_blank">George Washington Duryea (1823-1864)</a> was the brother of my third great grandfather, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9571212/" target="_blank">Stephen Cornell Duryea (1814-1887)</a>. He was <a href="http://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2011/05/life-vanished.html" target="_blank">killed on May 16, 1864</a> in New York City while working as a police officer.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKkbQy6izEdlwhF1_EDkLzQZxxMzELozqDVawhhSlHAW8O6UCo3a8vbQUHRytbj9ANczwp-ZuiR_PNmEEybJMejEH6xuCh11-WQCGl6IGPhA84jasdQ0SOW-yaBKEhRewvwu4T23sbP1svBgHgBQMSjpZ465toU-iU-4ZuzopFxok9PVhVzg64s0TknK1/s1432/NY%20Herald%2018%20May%201864%20obit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1432" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKkbQy6izEdlwhF1_EDkLzQZxxMzELozqDVawhhSlHAW8O6UCo3a8vbQUHRytbj9ANczwp-ZuiR_PNmEEybJMejEH6xuCh11-WQCGl6IGPhA84jasdQ0SOW-yaBKEhRewvwu4T23sbP1svBgHgBQMSjpZ465toU-iU-4ZuzopFxok9PVhVzg64s0TknK1/w400-h349/NY%20Herald%2018%20May%201864%20obit.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Notice of death and funeral services for George W Duryea<br />in The New York Herald</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I did not find much about this club. I saw a few mentions in the newspapers about other benefits for widows and children hosted by the Clever Fellows.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneynNZ-AtRdLS0YlwSclAb1E1lEN-WGuTUttALXqrWaCy97VRrEtdYW4sTNzH25ptPoblKK22U-uMm768R986cME4U3oV9TJ1sGi_FPtLgU2BOvFM9kSkRZFUKtkW3r4KiKg412QHt4L69vlL0ynZUUD7O-f2wARfk5JDMGFJn8Rq5xRZILZj1RmelByM/s727/newspaper%20Fellows.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="727" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneynNZ-AtRdLS0YlwSclAb1E1lEN-WGuTUttALXqrWaCy97VRrEtdYW4sTNzH25ptPoblKK22U-uMm768R986cME4U3oV9TJ1sGi_FPtLgU2BOvFM9kSkRZFUKtkW3r4KiKg412QHt4L69vlL0ynZUUD7O-f2wARfk5JDMGFJn8Rq5xRZILZj1RmelByM/w400-h309/newspaper%20Fellows.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Notice of benefit by the Clever Fellows Club, 1865<br />in The New York Times</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>George's widow, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9573773/" target="_blank">Rene Brewer (1824-1904)</a> (who was also my fourth great grandmother), did not remarry. She died in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, on August 7, 1904. She and George had six children together. When George was killed, they ranged in age from four to sixteen years old.</p><p>To find family heirlooms on eBay, set up emails of saved searches containing the surname. If the surname is common, or is a word in its own right, you will need to add other search parameters to narrow down the results.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjxim5GNAOXymUbA2Uxz0avU-geHSeZoVWJJQtL-VJdKapcYQo1XOmOYItQLmxEmb3FFb-P2aIvKQacKC3R7QT-qtKxLFLx9vKrv6SoiD-z0iCB1qdKXWfe3rstJrP0IVuWQ8OtKk2G3iSW9NCW-GQrVgY1Zdmo5a2EnRckQmoQ-H07ozJ-e-aTDhRV0-/s659/ebay%20email.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="659" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjxim5GNAOXymUbA2Uxz0avU-geHSeZoVWJJQtL-VJdKapcYQo1XOmOYItQLmxEmb3FFb-P2aIvKQacKC3R7QT-qtKxLFLx9vKrv6SoiD-z0iCB1qdKXWfe3rstJrP0IVuWQ8OtKk2G3iSW9NCW-GQrVgY1Zdmo5a2EnRckQmoQ-H07ozJ-e-aTDhRV0-/w400-h293/ebay%20email.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-73176416312925448402023-08-06T17:35:00.001-04:002023-08-06T17:35:15.541-04:00On This Day- August 6, 1919<p>On this day in my family's history, my great grandparents, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139376026/" target="_blank">Eugene Everett Cook (1898-1979)</a> and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149492724/" target="_blank">Rene Marion Duryea (1900-1943)</a>, married in Manhattan, New York.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46TseRsNBDiLnzOoJPkPDHFjnOrCiinJpq6V9tRIbxvN_d_rhy0ji3AEplCaSOQegjwkk1AcfDMxZtJfyFOWUWT6t8zNfYYwlbslY9rjrEi9lBAf40JfbV9hFyEU81HmbGnZacUPgYxB-I-wfVPwDcsUKsaYk6T8B5T6M-_oNk6k0NNtUKQqmQBdMNwSn/s727/1919%20Cook%20m%20Duryea.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="727" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46TseRsNBDiLnzOoJPkPDHFjnOrCiinJpq6V9tRIbxvN_d_rhy0ji3AEplCaSOQegjwkk1AcfDMxZtJfyFOWUWT6t8zNfYYwlbslY9rjrEi9lBAf40JfbV9hFyEU81HmbGnZacUPgYxB-I-wfVPwDcsUKsaYk6T8B5T6M-_oNk6k0NNtUKQqmQBdMNwSn/w640-h470/1919%20Cook%20m%20Duryea.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marriage Record of Eugene Cook and Rene Duryea<br />August 6, 1919<br />Manhattan, New York, United States.<br />Harold Lockwood Duryea and Alwine Wrage were the bride's brother and sister-in-law.<br />(Certain New York City records are available online free of charge at<br />the <a href="https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov" target="_blank">Department of Records and Information Services</a>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Both resided in New Jersey at the time of this marriage. It was not uncommon for residents of New Jersey to marry in nearby New York City. Eugene lived in Newark, Essex County, with his parents, Charles Cook and Minnie Bishop. Rene lived in West Hoboken, Hudson County, with her parents, Abraham Brewer Duryea and Nellie May Cummins. (West Hoboken is now a part of Union City.)</p><p>The couple had two children, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7094136/" target="_blank">Beulah</a> (my grandmother), in 1921, and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164919355/" target="_blank">Jeane</a>, in 1925.</p><p>This was the first marriage for both. Rene died in 1943 in Warwick, Orange County, New York.</p><p>Eugene remarried to <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139376038/" target="_blank">Gladys Marvin (1904-1986)</a>. They resided in Florida.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmM48lSZ1ElnXmeiDnFxEwQGMcQ8mB9YJ_B9RAmceKiFVA_JHfDdzt2zzvG_WzCkZskCnthL1oYXkkwsblB3-cRnZSYAXZLxC33aexzKuVGa_VN_Pwch5UazXqIFqU_c43wMZWRaEVqit36q44ydpGx1OlaYaKCedilhKU9MjWZO_LpFXzYhaNG4A_-KJ4/s2969/Cook%20Eugene%20Beulah%20and%202nd%20wife%20Aug%201978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2028" data-original-width="2969" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmM48lSZ1ElnXmeiDnFxEwQGMcQ8mB9YJ_B9RAmceKiFVA_JHfDdzt2zzvG_WzCkZskCnthL1oYXkkwsblB3-cRnZSYAXZLxC33aexzKuVGa_VN_Pwch5UazXqIFqU_c43wMZWRaEVqit36q44ydpGx1OlaYaKCedilhKU9MjWZO_LpFXzYhaNG4A_-KJ4/w640-h438/Cook%20Eugene%20Beulah%20and%202nd%20wife%20Aug%201978.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beulah Cook (my grandmother)<br />Eugene Cook (my great grandfather)<br />Gladys Marvin (wife of Eugene)<br />1978 in Florida</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Eugene was my only great grandparent who was alive when I was born. I don't think we ever met.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-87575511096046939432023-06-18T22:46:00.001-04:002023-06-18T22:46:25.763-04:00James Kittson's Medicine<p>While researching the <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2022/05/augusta-luther-1892-1956-her-marriages.html" target="_blank">life of Augusta Luther</a> (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236676959/" target="_blank">1892-1956</a>) (my first cousin, three times removed), an advertisement in a newspaper from 1922 surfaced featuring a supposed testimonial for the "medicine" Tanlac by her husband, James Kittson.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sEZbGqVfiqkWR5XKbWIv29rsP-A3DBe3O6gwX-JAA25A1fIMWX791MyXv-4r_snC0JRJC8tRt7mysZM1PWPR5kzyx_CeeuhlYaGvE5caydXzva7HLZEHKndMN2NaR_X-X8p2bcqE9UYkVbFIT5D9TB247K9lyZ3f__dTZhoLT6Rvgk_sQzYHZ4iByw/s954/ad.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="722" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sEZbGqVfiqkWR5XKbWIv29rsP-A3DBe3O6gwX-JAA25A1fIMWX791MyXv-4r_snC0JRJC8tRt7mysZM1PWPR5kzyx_CeeuhlYaGvE5caydXzva7HLZEHKndMN2NaR_X-X8p2bcqE9UYkVbFIT5D9TB247K9lyZ3f__dTZhoLT6Rvgk_sQzYHZ4iByw/w485-h640/ad.png" width="485" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Gains 25 pounds and says it saved his life."<br />Perth Amboy Evening News. July 7, 1922.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>They resided in Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey in the 1920s.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCv289aglejPAXtTGTyXJfTea9mHLsdTHT3ZYQE3-I4MvsDjtIEpRSd1DAb31JDs49-BTqR3NrTdF9dlVtUzRfmtceupX4mRnV0zpIlVK0gGeLLx7Z_GXcSLEno4VM2h4MszXYQdqyIBKdff6ySlcfrQ3-xyZJTRYtaRsRDdRdTSAyEoUUvxk-Kp7AEw/s1716/1920%20census%20Kittson.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1716" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCv289aglejPAXtTGTyXJfTea9mHLsdTHT3ZYQE3-I4MvsDjtIEpRSd1DAb31JDs49-BTqR3NrTdF9dlVtUzRfmtceupX4mRnV0zpIlVK0gGeLLx7Z_GXcSLEno4VM2h4MszXYQdqyIBKdff6ySlcfrQ3-xyZJTRYtaRsRDdRdTSAyEoUUvxk-Kp7AEw/w640-h264/1920%20census%20Kittson.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Family of James Kittson in the 1920 federal census.<br />Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey.<br />Gussie, wife. James, son. Martha [Luther] (born Klindt), mother [in-law]. Pyron Getz, boarder.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>A search for Tanlac from the 1910s through the 1940s produces many advertisements in the form of these personal testimonials presented as news articles. The ingredients of Tanlac are omitted from these ads. Modern-day regulations would not permit this level of secrecy, nor would Tanlac be described as a "medication." The main ingredient was wine, around 17% or 34 proof. Other ingredients included herbs and glycerin. It was touted as a digestive aid among other uses.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsh3-mBSvYYbo5hSItbwkt5XNXUyQrY9UeWk35fNfgcOWJjwLkprNfORXl_V2c2EzAeNxxE48Aj8FUhqlGMMC17NsWk53xxvPH2cz56TKZaYUSYh8Qh60nIuNdiZfxmyAqE-foAavKKxNeNPVs5BZPf8tpjTt5kiRqh1rrplCDGlCUF6_tPDy5sPLu7g/s707/ingredients%20tanlac.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="707" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsh3-mBSvYYbo5hSItbwkt5XNXUyQrY9UeWk35fNfgcOWJjwLkprNfORXl_V2c2EzAeNxxE48Aj8FUhqlGMMC17NsWk53xxvPH2cz56TKZaYUSYh8Qh60nIuNdiZfxmyAqE-foAavKKxNeNPVs5BZPf8tpjTt5kiRqh1rrplCDGlCUF6_tPDy5sPLu7g/w400-h311/ingredients%20tanlac.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Description of the ingredients of Tanlac<br />Journal of The American Medical Association<br />June 5, 1915</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>For all its popularity, I did not find many photographs online of the bottle or packaging for Tanlac.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-Rt3BespocaqSC6Mx1HeTxwY0wtpCbKRqlw0Q1EUO3YELDRh3teNFUT7vGSPU0VKGmrLotRokqQhHgEjDFuwLAct3A8raJeBcewv29rANZ_cyR7CybyDFY61MuUXMAcf5ghyGqilWFlHlle1YVnpg40P3T1e4rDnHa9xQSpxmQeYxuhIsL5GFePMpg/s599/270px-Bottle_of_Tanlac_patent_medicine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="270" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-Rt3BespocaqSC6Mx1HeTxwY0wtpCbKRqlw0Q1EUO3YELDRh3teNFUT7vGSPU0VKGmrLotRokqQhHgEjDFuwLAct3A8raJeBcewv29rANZ_cyR7CybyDFY61MuUXMAcf5ghyGqilWFlHlle1YVnpg40P3T1e4rDnHa9xQSpxmQeYxuhIsL5GFePMpg/w180-h400/270px-Bottle_of_Tanlac_patent_medicine.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Drawn advertisement for Tanlac- A Splendid Tonic and System Purifier.<br />The world's greatest tonic. 25,000,000 bottles sold.<br />https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bottle_of_Tanlac_patent_medicine.jpg</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>I was curious as to why James many have weighed so little. I checked his death certificate. He died from cancer, specifically laryngeal with metastases. But this was in 1934, twelve years after his testimonial for Tanlac. Perhaps consuming wine daily, in the form of medicinal Tanlac, made him feel better.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiG8TRR4sPhOQAep2L1j-2rHgFA1vLMLX_28YQSOQZYyTKhBgfucHJIK6VMpgyz4GGiy1mv_gF8XUAEEdw4pIlYxJRc0oh5e4AGW51Dlw6cUiiFUBN5ic-YNS1BC4ubD5MKOzycVdC32ACza4Y3CERhgflzVmYNJJevwA9i2pUbt49y-cWCk3vXyYSA/s2126/1934%20Kittson%20James%20death.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2126" data-original-width="1910" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiG8TRR4sPhOQAep2L1j-2rHgFA1vLMLX_28YQSOQZYyTKhBgfucHJIK6VMpgyz4GGiy1mv_gF8XUAEEdw4pIlYxJRc0oh5e4AGW51Dlw6cUiiFUBN5ic-YNS1BC4ubD5MKOzycVdC32ACza4Y3CERhgflzVmYNJJevwA9i2pUbt49y-cWCk3vXyYSA/w359-h400/1934%20Kittson%20James%20death.jpg" width="359" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4JQBjTL7gp6he5aM_m1uuivpClqar8jgBmfmmKndh6KuYdWJkcuCPSnMn4cRGgJvu-nq-TJW-8auvkjfiv0oWNvbCznkSkmr5IGWtgtu12mz0EZnh0Z5YUbAXaa1dRFBI3U1BW6lzowpaa758sv34M0tsv2-1P4ISMHw1pg9YXZvoZGZmfODwMFDpQ/s794/cause%20of%20death.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="794" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4JQBjTL7gp6he5aM_m1uuivpClqar8jgBmfmmKndh6KuYdWJkcuCPSnMn4cRGgJvu-nq-TJW-8auvkjfiv0oWNvbCznkSkmr5IGWtgtu12mz0EZnh0Z5YUbAXaa1dRFBI3U1BW6lzowpaa758sv34M0tsv2-1P4ISMHw1pg9YXZvoZGZmfODwMFDpQ/w400-h369/cause%20of%20death.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-50093169801891129182023-06-11T19:06:00.001-04:002023-06-11T19:06:14.850-04:00Pottery of Ancestors<p>In May I saw and touched <a href="http://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2014/10/ezra-dunn-and-his-pottery.html" target="_blank">pottery made by the company of my third great grandfather</a>, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92847459/" target="_blank">Ezra Dunn (1821-1898)</a>. This collection is housed at the <a href="https://matawanhistoricalsociety.org/" target="_blank">Matawan Historical Society</a>. Several historical locations in Monmouth County were open as part of the <a href="https://www.co.monmouth.nj.us/documents/58/2023_Weekend-In-Old-Monmouth_Booklet_REV.pdf" target="_blank">Weekend in Old Monmouth organized by the Historical Commission</a>.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsaClmD9JewedNZ_4A2sHrOsYlwriUUwytjDVklLLX46aNBtvBiZKWhxwKIzuaUnDfQCc2pD1TGxLsNxMR_ZS_tWm_0LxwdydMQPKNzo1tJAVNYYVT2965AI1lwaNTcd8EJSNkjHxV45IN1mBxISsM_V1Jddh_C3G9kJc3-9sQSI9DT8PpUEXvdXxJQ/s3954/pottery%203.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3954" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsaClmD9JewedNZ_4A2sHrOsYlwriUUwytjDVklLLX46aNBtvBiZKWhxwKIzuaUnDfQCc2pD1TGxLsNxMR_ZS_tWm_0LxwdydMQPKNzo1tJAVNYYVT2965AI1lwaNTcd8EJSNkjHxV45IN1mBxISsM_V1Jddh_C3G9kJc3-9sQSI9DT8PpUEXvdXxJQ/w490-h640/pottery%203.JPG" width="490" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Description: beige vase with navy imprint of tulips and the initials A.H.C.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkywwu5RFUVPTccQRk9URRSwrQJQfnmV75c_YKuR2Rgn4kNt-O1G2O1f1XK_RfYL_NP7wtl4IqL_UW26QA_UHBQNrfX4DriZceGmZOe8z5z_Lx9vkrsyF7eQoRGzenQYLGoNch_pOLyvjkc5ks0sEB7-pbE0o6E-dQgofQXa8aTOrFUrr_TDz9xg2W6Q/s3923/pottery%205.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3923" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkywwu5RFUVPTccQRk9URRSwrQJQfnmV75c_YKuR2Rgn4kNt-O1G2O1f1XK_RfYL_NP7wtl4IqL_UW26QA_UHBQNrfX4DriZceGmZOe8z5z_Lx9vkrsyF7eQoRGzenQYLGoNch_pOLyvjkc5ks0sEB7-pbE0o6E-dQgofQXa8aTOrFUrr_TDz9xg2W6Q/w494-h640/pottery%205.JPG" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Description: beige cylindrical container with navy tulips.<br />Imprinted Van Schoik, Dunn, & Co., Makers, Middletown Point, NJ.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aUtqjMsVwaFxdyS6-opAkknjPE72iWKd_H6v_DmZLrpGQDXjRR6SNMWr0GdJr6X02REyfyTikzmzWD6Pt5IWMk6QVJIF54-tv5G_or1aLXs7X8r34tXqVmb1tZk4yhHPzOl4VXRbCxgSsvA0XbgJ0mVrCOxqplnJrE8ARmjwhQ_DIJZeF_TjVB6qSg/s4032/pottery%201.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2959" data-original-width="4032" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aUtqjMsVwaFxdyS6-opAkknjPE72iWKd_H6v_DmZLrpGQDXjRR6SNMWr0GdJr6X02REyfyTikzmzWD6Pt5IWMk6QVJIF54-tv5G_or1aLXs7X8r34tXqVmb1tZk4yhHPzOl4VXRbCxgSsvA0XbgJ0mVrCOxqplnJrE8ARmjwhQ_DIJZeF_TjVB6qSg/w640-h470/pottery%201.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Description: brown glazed cylindrical container with imprint on side<br />"Mrs Wm A Lowe Matawan N.J. Mar 30 1894"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The pottery company, which still exists today, <a href="https://matawanhistoricalsociety.org/matawan-pottery-van-schoick-dunn-dunlop-and-lisk/" target="_blank">underwent changes in ownership over the decades</a>. Ezra Dunn was originally from the Trenton, New Jersey area. By 1850, he and my third great grandmother, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92847649/" target="_blank">Hermione Dunlop (1827-1900)</a>, were residing in what was known as Raritan Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DzdJLOZ5lp2b5djRr9SBFcoWrEEcfZT9AHNDZxHFrFji6hvF5VEwcADDWO3pvNAklwZ6sGOYU5Z1kD_7zU4vYMly0rklIBc0BAszfTS2aiIWOgFM0glwwXSnELlL2amJAp5xFblxO6vrNgQ4NNhY9C9LtIseTSeHHpC4q1hodw4ORn1MmFHdwb4FtQ/s814/1884%20article.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="460" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DzdJLOZ5lp2b5djRr9SBFcoWrEEcfZT9AHNDZxHFrFji6hvF5VEwcADDWO3pvNAklwZ6sGOYU5Z1kD_7zU4vYMly0rklIBc0BAszfTS2aiIWOgFM0glwwXSnELlL2amJAp5xFblxO6vrNgQ4NNhY9C9LtIseTSeHHpC4q1hodw4ORn1MmFHdwb4FtQ/w362-h640/1884%20article.png" width="362" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newspaper article from the Matawan Journal dated April 26, 1884.<br />Details the changes in ownership of the pottery company<br />of Dunn, Dunlop, and VanSchoik.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Much thanks to the Matawan Historical Society for reaching out to me and showing me the pottery and for their continued research into the families of Monmouth County.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-51095953133965696422023-05-15T22:19:00.000-04:002023-05-15T22:19:07.024-04:00Death Records in the State of New York<p><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92698514/" target="_blank">Edmond Sheehy (1825-1893)</a> will remain a tail in my tree for the present time.</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqA6g3OpU7mwNTe_v3afkygmjw1MTRlWExIFEMj4GNzskzT6Kj6JOeBKC_9JLcRiNKYA4IM-oQBLczr3LEiNHg-112jux4p1lcQ4z_v7pqat2j6Jc59lx12ThUGpTqSrVWu10EobeAuQwJCezK0C31Idj2mu0oZq9NAYHStifJe7G7nIxdVQ0f-YOcOg/s4032/gravestone.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqA6g3OpU7mwNTe_v3afkygmjw1MTRlWExIFEMj4GNzskzT6Kj6JOeBKC_9JLcRiNKYA4IM-oQBLczr3LEiNHg-112jux4p1lcQ4z_v7pqat2j6Jc59lx12ThUGpTqSrVWu10EobeAuQwJCezK0C31Idj2mu0oZq9NAYHStifJe7G7nIxdVQ0f-YOcOg/w640-h480/gravestone.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheehy gravestone in Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York.<br />July 22, 2019.<br />Inscription: Edmond Sheehy 1825-1893<br />Bridget his wife 1826-1906 [died 1905]<br />William F their son 1861-1891<br />Thomas Sheehy grandson 1891-1913</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>Edmond was my third great grandfather. He was from Limerick in Ireland, where he married <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68865304/" target="_blank">Bridget Frawley (1826-1905)</a> and had at least nine children. He joined his children in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York for a few years before dying in 1893. He was buried in Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Amenia.</p><p>His death occurred in New York State, which means that seeing his death certificate is filled with blockades. Vital records are maintained by the <a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/vital_records/genealogy.htm" target="_blank">State Department of Health</a>, which is sluggish in releasing copies at $22 each.</p><p>Unlike New Jersey, you cannot visit the <a href="https://www.archives.nysed.gov/" target="_blank">New York State Archives</a> and look up and copy records yourself because birth, marriage, and death records are not there. You have to wait for the Department of Health to fulfill your order. The indexes, flawed as they are, were only <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61535/" target="_blank">published on Ancestry</a> a few years ago.</p><p>You can read about the impact in an <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/genealogists-say-state-hinders-research-17909381.php" target="_blank">article written by Rick Karlin for Times Union</a> in April as well as a <a href="https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/letters-18000370.php" target="_blank">letter to the editor from D Joshua Taylor</a>, president and CEO of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, where he recommends transferring the records to the State Archives and making them available to researchers.</p><p>In 2015, I ordered a copy of Edmond Sheehy's death certificate. Ten weeks later, I received the "Notification of No Record."</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgavWyoHNl5pytO9haeIq33GwW7lIhyI0_ue_BFr6OGIgBHhn4JeyQ61GgQhvdIpPcX8ggLz8ZOaliJ3733NNX41PW1tp7EgHXXcM-JHGURlHj1SorrjY_YWoKqFeZSwEJ4ZQLxCnTDhrp1YwHvVsxiAAT9cuDUKbdk6fWWJ2vFALzL2eLTc6vQDGXUkw=s1334" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1059" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgavWyoHNl5pytO9haeIq33GwW7lIhyI0_ue_BFr6OGIgBHhn4JeyQ61GgQhvdIpPcX8ggLz8ZOaliJ3733NNX41PW1tp7EgHXXcM-JHGURlHj1SorrjY_YWoKqFeZSwEJ4ZQLxCnTDhrp1YwHvVsxiAAT9cuDUKbdk6fWWJ2vFALzL2eLTc6vQDGXUkw=w508-h640" width="508" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notification of No Record<br />Edmond Sheehy died 1893 in New York</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In 2020, I requested a marriage record from the State of New York for a possible daughter of Edmond Sheehy, Joanna "Anna." <a href="http://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2020/12/johanna-ann-sheehy-1851-1929.html" target="_blank">This took two years to arrive</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p>While reviewing the indexes last year on Ancestry, I found an entry for Edward Sheeby, died April 10, 1893 in Amenia. A lowercase h can look like a lower case b. Edmond can look like Edward.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgihcrc3MNHNlh-R_pgZ1XiP9r9dFflIGCK90uZGH0BBygxU7wR0dy8NmV2tb44LQDSYy14ucivpYcH6SKt9C13wR90rLLbi1-qhGsE6B588IEGsZm3z7m28M-tgo6BXVW3v4F6P8JRrOLu6Mk9mnY5dY3yh3LbRV6yHufLAuoDch1LQIokh22FsOo_2g=s1268" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1268" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgihcrc3MNHNlh-R_pgZ1XiP9r9dFflIGCK90uZGH0BBygxU7wR0dy8NmV2tb44LQDSYy14ucivpYcH6SKt9C13wR90rLLbi1-qhGsE6B588IEGsZm3z7m28M-tgo6BXVW3v4F6P8JRrOLu6Mk9mnY5dY3yh3LbRV6yHufLAuoDch1LQIokh22FsOo_2g=w640-h328" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Index of Deaths in New York State. Year 1893.<br />Highlighted entry for Edward Sheeby, died April 10, 1893 in Amenia.<br />File number 16315.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br /></p><p>On March 1, 2022, I ordered this record for $22. The check cleared one month later. Fourteen months after my request, the record has yet to arrive.</p><p>In the meantime, I ordered a copy from the Town of Amenia Town Clerk on February 23, 2023. Today a copy of the entry in the ledger book arrived. The copy looks like an image from microfilm. The surrounding records were redacted, along with the date except for ditto marks and the number "10." The name appears to be "Edward Sheehy, Sr." Age 68. The end of the first image and the beginning of the second image show a blank box for the name of father. Place of death was Smithfield and ditto marks. Cause of death was influenza and typhoid. Place of burial was Amenia.</p><br /><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEbUgG5S-Gs29LajCbJrezdjP3P8UKuy9dD_u_z8U4pA2saMMkfhKGdJ-6Yb7vTYpNID91_M3FGlKNtq6pSjAfbQjJfzAB9N1lW2NDx_TIWH2NpEJtcM0uETWzWxG8-Oc7_x2UpP4msXqVjnwmvYsTHucmILeATmxDABdqBm6YIqkLfT_FhVrjCe1tg/s3376/img519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="3376" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEbUgG5S-Gs29LajCbJrezdjP3P8UKuy9dD_u_z8U4pA2saMMkfhKGdJ-6Yb7vTYpNID91_M3FGlKNtq6pSjAfbQjJfzAB9N1lW2NDx_TIWH2NpEJtcM0uETWzWxG8-Oc7_x2UpP4msXqVjnwmvYsTHucmILeATmxDABdqBm6YIqkLfT_FhVrjCe1tg/w640-h396/img519.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Register of Deaths in the Town of Amenia, Dutchess County, State of New York.<br />Deceased- Edward Sheehy, Sr. Age 68.<br />Name of father blank.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>By redacting most of the original page, I cannot ascertain a date. I don't know if the second part of the image is the true continuation of the line for Edward Sheehy. </p><p>The cover letter reads in part, "In your request you site [<i>sic</i>] a state file number. As this may indicate the complete record is filed at the State. If you have not already made that request I would suggest it."</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyIvH-UCpSYyI_JVGzxi4gXawhT90EhrQEOzNh8p4dzaa_HVREox77TRg_DHorPGeiOIVnjun1SBd0c9pqCj_aNOuXWJdp_aM8cnVG4uAXwZ3epVmh-fZNAoRADLM_J8hn0jHdb81eg0wPzQXlnrGgbcGoB1MyZNFuLS0P9m_MbkYe-QcG_SItNqGdA/s2481/Sheehy%20Edward%20death%20letter%20Amenia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2481" data-original-width="2458" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyIvH-UCpSYyI_JVGzxi4gXawhT90EhrQEOzNh8p4dzaa_HVREox77TRg_DHorPGeiOIVnjun1SBd0c9pqCj_aNOuXWJdp_aM8cnVG4uAXwZ3epVmh-fZNAoRADLM_J8hn0jHdb81eg0wPzQXlnrGgbcGoB1MyZNFuLS0P9m_MbkYe-QcG_SItNqGdA/w634-h640/Sheehy%20Edward%20death%20letter%20Amenia.jpg" width="634" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cover letter included with copy of ledger book</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>New York was not only home to generations of my ancestors for hundreds of years, but also to millions of people who need access to these records to document their families and the history of this country. New York can do better. <a href="http://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2022/04/new-york-city-records-online.html" target="_blank">In 2022, New York City digitized and published</a> their records for free to the public. (See <a href="https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/" target="_blank">this link</a> to the Department of Records and Information Services.) New York State can follow. (And New Jersey while we are on the topic.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-36959473824517294732023-03-10T05:16:00.002-05:002023-03-10T05:19:25.267-05:00Cemeteries of Millerton, New York<p> Does anyone have information on cemeteries in Millerton, Dutchess County, New York?</p><p>I continue searching for information on the death of Catherine Donnelly, my third great-grandmother. She was born around 1833 in Ireland. With <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11450959/" target="_blank">Michael Preston (1813-1904)</a>, she had at least six children and lived in Pine Plains, Northeast, and Stanford in Dutchess County before relocating to Independence in Warren County, New Jersey in the 1880s.</p><p>No death certificate has been located in New York or New Jersey for Catherine. I figure she died around 1900, when she was last seen in the federal census. <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2013/12/double-enumeration-in-census-part-three.html" target="_blank">Her husband was seen twice</a>; once with her and once as her widower.</p><p>While reviewing Preston death records, I noticed a death certificate from Independence in 1896 for a baby named John H Preston, son of John Preston and Bridget.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0E9ESWRm8XmOI4HE4dS60RHClDWywxgc16hVzBZJ8VZBMCyon3JFlF6DNurDyvB6vhAWBKiK50_hXUwsSurq2jxqxuC3t6GoVzdAwaQccZweZlkgb7qmXMOuj966PW6NndLZAfRiLnTjzhZvosS4nONYUwHq6SvxkLyxKQBS4cxTLvEbC5R-9d6C9ew/s3201/1896%20Preston%20John%20death.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3201" data-original-width="1518" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0E9ESWRm8XmOI4HE4dS60RHClDWywxgc16hVzBZJ8VZBMCyon3JFlF6DNurDyvB6vhAWBKiK50_hXUwsSurq2jxqxuC3t6GoVzdAwaQccZweZlkgb7qmXMOuj966PW6NndLZAfRiLnTjzhZvosS4nONYUwHq6SvxkLyxKQBS4cxTLvEbC5R-9d6C9ew/w304-h640/1896%20Preston%20John%20death.jpg" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John H Preston died November 8, 1896<br />in Independence, Warren County, New Jersey.<br />Age 1 year, 5 months, and 7 days.<br />Parents- John Preston and Bridget.<br />Burial at Millerton, New York.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11450941/" target="_blank">John Preston (1857-1928)</a> and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11450933/" target="_blank">Bridget Sheehy (1857-1916)</a> were my second great-grandparents. In 1879 they named a son John David Preston. <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96749645/" target="_blank">He did not die until 1922</a>. I think it's strange that they would name another baby John in 1895 when they already had a child by this name.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW03CKnqxAC68tBwrVm0m6p3BOexEdUas2fyxTEds18fcMuqgcMx_-WPWpacxR-izxN9x2XxX-8p1rxnPiy9hVyWE6rG_1gIlDQV6beEfqAwZiJnjWZ4mQZKcoCx9YfLeSTF-Elu7teXjwf6PPRklmJv6qtYGj1vRMk_qhHBC_Jr6dLnT12K0OtoG9sA/s1158/1880%20Preston%20census.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="1158" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW03CKnqxAC68tBwrVm0m6p3BOexEdUas2fyxTEds18fcMuqgcMx_-WPWpacxR-izxN9x2XxX-8p1rxnPiy9hVyWE6rG_1gIlDQV6beEfqAwZiJnjWZ4mQZKcoCx9YfLeSTF-Elu7teXjwf6PPRklmJv6qtYGj1vRMk_qhHBC_Jr6dLnT12K0OtoG9sA/w640-h176/1880%20Preston%20census.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1880 United States federal census<br />John D Preston, age 23; farm laborer.<br />Bridgett Preston, age 23; wife; keeping house.<br />Michael Preston, age 2, son.<br />John D Junior Preston, age 1; son.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div>Baby John was buried at Millerton. This is difficult to discern at the bottom of the certificate.</div><div><br /></div><div>I hoped (and still do) that this is a clue as to the burial location of Catherine, circa 1900. Upon looking up cemeteries in this area, I found four in Millerton:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/64952/irondale-cemetery" target="_blank">Irondale Cemetery</a></div><div><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1961292/saint-patricks-roman-catholic-church-cemetery" target="_blank">Saint Patricks Roman Catholic Church Cemetery</a></div><div><a href="Spencer's Corners Cemetery" target="_blank">Spencer's Corners Cemetery</a></div><div><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2258315/winchell-mountain-burying-ground" target="_blank">Winchell Mountain Burying Ground</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I was able to make contact with one, Irondale. Staff kindly looked into the Preston and Donnelly surnames and found no matches to my people.</div><div><div><p>So, fellow researchers, if anyone is near Millerton or has access to records for cemeteries in Millerton, I would be most appreciative for some checking.</p><p>Thank you!</p><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-56637208181619556182023-03-10T03:32:00.001-05:002023-03-10T03:32:10.736-05:00Proposed Rate Increases on Immigration Records<p> A substantial fee hike is proposed for genealogical records within the custody of the United States Citizen and Immigration Services ("USCIS"). Your voice is needed.</p><p>An overview of the "Genealogy Program" of the USCIS <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/records/genealogy" target="_blank">can be viewed here</a>.</p><p>You can read about the issues on the website of <a href="https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/uscis/" target="_blank">Records Not Revenue</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Fw0a5mBn8" target="_blank">watch a video</a> by <a href="https://jewishgen.org/" target="_blank">JewishGen</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/50Fw0a5mBn8" width="320" youtube-src-id="50Fw0a5mBn8"></iframe></div><br /><p>Whether or not you plan on needing these records, this situation merits your action. Voicing opposition to the USCIS reinforces that people are aware of the holdings and obligations of this institution.</p><p>Visit <a href="https://www.recordsnotrevenue.com/take-action" target="_blank">this page at Records Not Revenue</a> for the steps and links. They recommend writing in your own words, rather than using a form letter identical to submissions by others. The deadline is March 13, 2023.</p><p>About five years ago, New York City enacted further restrictions on obtaining vital records. This was <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2017/10/trend-is-to-release-records-not-restrict.html" target="_blank">after public outcry</a>.</p><p>You can further push your impact by writing to your elected officials at the federal level. These would be your two state senators and one representative. (Residents of Washington DC, which is not a state, have no such recourse.) To identify these people and their contact information, visit <a href="https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member" target="_blank">the official website of Congress</a>.</p><p>I live in the 11th Congressional District in New Jersey. The officials below are my designated contacts for federal issues. If you contact senators or representatives from other districts, you might receive a response redirecting you to contact the members of Congress for your district.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqk3lHVM3xs84z4u3Vm8r2Uo99055CN02xT0u0DkIrqi29zLOmXASQA3-ic-La0oQxeSq4NCMw-9nbtnPN-KoRwCvUz9pQ78QvCyA0tVTX7YBDpxfQFP-cZmZilr2ddU-SdZX0Kf_CE-2NkprZ_ruE3IPh58NekOIB0ScJTOK0JFGS1ken6aWJ_Y6-_Q/s1230/11th%20US%20names.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1230" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqk3lHVM3xs84z4u3Vm8r2Uo99055CN02xT0u0DkIrqi29zLOmXASQA3-ic-La0oQxeSq4NCMw-9nbtnPN-KoRwCvUz9pQ78QvCyA0tVTX7YBDpxfQFP-cZmZilr2ddU-SdZX0Kf_CE-2NkprZ_ruE3IPh58NekOIB0ScJTOK0JFGS1ken6aWJ_Y6-_Q/w640-h342/11th%20US%20names.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map of the 11th Congressional District in New Jersey<br />with the corresponding Members of Congress</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Aside from this federal issue, you can use this strategy to try to ease access to records in your home state. New Jersey is home to millions and is one of the thirteen original colonies, thus rich in records of value to genealogists and historians. Those of you who attempt research in this State quickly find out that records are mostly not online.</p><p>At the official site of the New Jersey State Legislature, you can find your elected officials in the Senate and Assembly. I reside in the 40th District.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OSKkQz_U7JhO2loDqQj9j8CNBLtVmGi_hhymDI-wr7OyRmNKUPS91sAhPLgIxlfWCRYU7BmYaCNwfyUxs8XCci5DAYLFLSC0wNxbb41plr5Yjh9LZ1ampEnsY1_gdUnE8IePr-sO4cvMHmJ3_zybKpyAqiXuRliSXKwbFfhoIohApCXHt3NuYTPVjQ/s716/NJ%20districts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="699" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OSKkQz_U7JhO2loDqQj9j8CNBLtVmGi_hhymDI-wr7OyRmNKUPS91sAhPLgIxlfWCRYU7BmYaCNwfyUxs8XCci5DAYLFLSC0wNxbb41plr5Yjh9LZ1ampEnsY1_gdUnE8IePr-sO4cvMHmJ3_zybKpyAqiXuRliSXKwbFfhoIohApCXHt3NuYTPVjQ/w624-h640/NJ%20districts.png" width="624" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map of the 40th Legislative District of New Jersey<br />with the corresponding senator and assemblymen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182301947537322536.post-87419668908270810832023-03-05T16:23:00.001-05:002023-03-05T16:23:59.110-05:00The Children of Rhoda Lutter<div style="text-align: left;">Finding all children born to a couple is useful for several reasons:<br />---Build a more complete family tree<br />---Identify possible DNA matches<br />---Recognize naming patterns to better identify ancestors<br />---Track movements via addresses on the birth records</div><p><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19696330/" target="_blank">Rhoda Ann Lutter (1879-1941)</a> was the daughter of John Lutter (1854 - after 1904) and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248160543/" target="_blank">Rhoda Ann Gant (1858-1923)</a>. She married twice and had eight children, as far as I could find. She lived in New Jersey in Bayonne, Hudson County and Newark, Essex County. I do not know if she is related to me.</p><p>The birth certificates of her children are below, along with a discussion of the children and some of their other documents.</p><p>In the State of New Jersey, the life events of births, marriages, and deaths were supposed to be recorded at the state level beginning in 1848. Until 1878, these records are in the format of a ledger, with one or two lines per event. <a href="https://familyhistoryresearchbyjody.blogspot.com/2023/02/new-jersey-vital-records-online-1848.html" target="_blank">Images of these ledger books are available online</a>. In 1878, individual certificates were created for births, marriages, and deaths. Indexes exist online for a lot of these events and years; however, the actual certificates are not online- they are housed on microfilm at the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton. The certificates concerning Rhoda's life were copied from the Archives by me.</p><p>I see this a lot in genealogy groups, so I will explain here: the index is not an absolute. Names were spelled differently, handwriting was interpreted incorrectly, and not all years are indexed! Also, New York City was a very popular destination for marriages of New Jersey residents. Such events are potentially in the indexes for New York City, which is separate from indexes for New York State.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbONGFUQ4UxlQEDlykjfRe4t7pjVEIGCCOTPjxZhI0T8h98eU38JqaFqqSNcAWLcf6b1cR0b5bd91bTNhGEIEf_JCKniIxwztr187_2iftMBYjWi0mBFU6iUgpUbp7OJ-GgUZ5MHKGnsLdlcaBvEO9AN-J8q6DGo645SV45HRNFHcIG18GaPshvzMaSw/s4032/births%201907%208%209.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbONGFUQ4UxlQEDlykjfRe4t7pjVEIGCCOTPjxZhI0T8h98eU38JqaFqqSNcAWLcf6b1cR0b5bd91bTNhGEIEf_JCKniIxwztr187_2iftMBYjWi0mBFU6iUgpUbp7OJ-GgUZ5MHKGnsLdlcaBvEO9AN-J8q6DGo645SV45HRNFHcIG18GaPshvzMaSw/w300-h400/births%201907%208%209.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Microfilm cases of births records<br />New Jersey State Archives</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Indexes at <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1675383" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a> or <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2539/" target="_blank">Ancestry</a> are used to find births 1878-1900, as they were filed by county and large city. The <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4461588" target="_blank">geographic index</a> can be used for births 1901-1929, though 1923 remains the latest year available at the Archives.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4GkEGnRj0ma2uRThLG557hoK85tbjRs5TUyn0Z1WBbWcQY68ZrfP0i4yZ7wwlRXkup4ycYU7BYr-N9u2GQ-Z_ThWL5eIo2btZWBxEhr-AFPqKeIp73Is91k7S5z9GHZmcgesrurzvQNXK4KJfsruY80d3Avg1rJWbtmxSZ5LFTsrLytNAFq5W_8Mug/s1542/geographic%20link%20FamilySearch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="1542" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4GkEGnRj0ma2uRThLG557hoK85tbjRs5TUyn0Z1WBbWcQY68ZrfP0i4yZ7wwlRXkup4ycYU7BYr-N9u2GQ-Z_ThWL5eIo2btZWBxEhr-AFPqKeIp73Is91k7S5z9GHZmcgesrurzvQNXK4KJfsruY80d3Avg1rJWbtmxSZ5LFTsrLytNAFq5W_8Mug/w640-h206/geographic%20link%20FamilySearch.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can search the geographic birth index for free at <br /><a href="http://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4461588">www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4461588</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">or</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://archive.org/details/njgeographicbirthindex?&sort=titleSorter">archive.org/details/njgeographicbirthindex?&sort=titleSorter</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>On April 18, 1899 in Bayonne, Rhoda Ann Lutter married <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249491646/" target="_blank">Frank Clarkson</a>. The following month, on May 25, 1899, their first child, Ruth, was born. But the baby's name was not Ruth on the record, but rather Marie Antoinette. Rhoda's name was given as Annie Farrell Lutter. I have no idea why these names were different.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wmNtsP-s6R-VfRjQFYN5DdK-EF2IhXeJ4SaJm3rNSB01Bz8U85FhXsXOTjUq6kwUrP-SJxKSsWSJCME6BC0tksKuKG6JjLf0nGxFEpziRsKI7xv4SEtSWPwIIa47RLRgQUQGWDoCztTbUNENUKXmHdWIUKQ-mzH1CkpkydUqUP72XUr7BzwLZQF6ew/s4275/1899%20Clarkson%20m%20Rhoda%20Lutter.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4275" data-original-width="1654" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wmNtsP-s6R-VfRjQFYN5DdK-EF2IhXeJ4SaJm3rNSB01Bz8U85FhXsXOTjUq6kwUrP-SJxKSsWSJCME6BC0tksKuKG6JjLf0nGxFEpziRsKI7xv4SEtSWPwIIa47RLRgQUQGWDoCztTbUNENUKXmHdWIUKQ-mzH1CkpkydUqUP72XUr7BzwLZQF6ew/w248-h640/1899%20Clarkson%20m%20Rhoda%20Lutter.JPG" width="248" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage certificate of Frank Clarkson and Rhoda Ann Lutter,<br />married April 18, 1899 in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjNlfZIxvsbIuYoLMiznakCDK2o1rxHEF530Y-yhSRXTnj_p_9W4QpUXmyuhM8u7a6eOixYVzD3HA3NI8s0WBzoEPMFcvWwLunf6PBrTgx_W5vil9JId5spabhoN6UaN2ls-SeyMLDbhotx3icthLajCE7g2nAb3xusOyUxyu5_30ckxb9xOyZMMDEg/s2382/1899%20Clarkson%20Ruth%20birth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2382" data-original-width="1147" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjNlfZIxvsbIuYoLMiznakCDK2o1rxHEF530Y-yhSRXTnj_p_9W4QpUXmyuhM8u7a6eOixYVzD3HA3NI8s0WBzoEPMFcvWwLunf6PBrTgx_W5vil9JId5spabhoN6UaN2ls-SeyMLDbhotx3icthLajCE7g2nAb3xusOyUxyu5_30ckxb9xOyZMMDEg/w308-h640/1899%20Clarkson%20Ruth%20birth.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth certificate of Marie Antoinette Clarkson,<br />later called Ruth,<br />born May 25, 1899 in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Research note: to locate this birth certificate from 1899, you can look in the index at Family Search. At the Archives, I look in the index books for the volume number. This certificate was tricky because I was looking for a baby named Ruth, not Marie, with a mother named Rhoda, not Annie. I've seen stranger things and it was easy enough for me to retrieve this certificate on a trip to the Archives, but if you cannot visit the Archives, you take a $10 gamble by ordering it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EWLjTqz6_7yr10d3J-ALKeuMy5Z73Z6hBMqGUf0cJxa_O_MdcWbJeojBZsNyyoLGDXSzWn3OCobRo85uXwr_RG9eBnyBhqnWlivqSKcKOjv12cLbYn_XQDenDMwq8MvTMakcBVQAQ_Gaiman6o8WNyF4W2Byy0kG4TYTCHqgHCE8CPeXGUnkcGp65g/s1052/1899%20Clarkson%20index%20FamilySearch.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1052" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EWLjTqz6_7yr10d3J-ALKeuMy5Z73Z6hBMqGUf0cJxa_O_MdcWbJeojBZsNyyoLGDXSzWn3OCobRo85uXwr_RG9eBnyBhqnWlivqSKcKOjv12cLbYn_XQDenDMwq8MvTMakcBVQAQ_Gaiman6o8WNyF4W2Byy0kG4TYTCHqgHCE8CPeXGUnkcGp65g/w640-h414/1899%20Clarkson%20index%20FamilySearch.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://FamilySearch.org" target="_blank">FamilySearch</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsb56tbT1DNQUBs6RfC8IdS8gBlpGZpZig47hnxlSKbSjhEotOq_-_nhxrIw1fZ6MQ4xiCUW0v_9GS9HkMrH4YJwj8sNIHzKb3n4gr8hWk4KJD-AkrjHBCvkX-oKUrQbxxgYHbQX3SNVmrdw-vNGWtEOjtNYo52cbgudu347FX7iQAHRH123U45bebww/s3051/Clarkson%20birth%20index%20NJ%201890%201900.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3051" data-original-width="2877" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsb56tbT1DNQUBs6RfC8IdS8gBlpGZpZig47hnxlSKbSjhEotOq_-_nhxrIw1fZ6MQ4xiCUW0v_9GS9HkMrH4YJwj8sNIHzKb3n4gr8hWk4KJD-AkrjHBCvkX-oKUrQbxxgYHbQX3SNVmrdw-vNGWtEOjtNYo52cbgudu347FX7iQAHRH123U45bebww/w604-h640/Clarkson%20birth%20index%20NJ%201890%201900.jpg" width="604" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Index of births, New Jersey, 1890-1900<br />Available at the Archives in Trenton.<br />The father's first initial, location, and date help narrow down<br />which certificate you need.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>In the 1900 census, Rhoda was living in Bayonne with her parents and her daughter, "Ruth," age one. The 1900 federal census asked about the number of children of (married) women. Rhoda's answers were one child born, one still living. Rhoda's husband, Frank, was not listed in this household.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRT9BdyIRSPRZhTi_NgYTQDsfBPPvV4FNf0mTGTFVIEOhsL6bUOmxrGW15Xc8rVQ0IjBnqwg8yEdZN5Q61TQQnxbuXpdrMGoMqdE7Ch4cGIpHZMeuYkCAkBmJhtVn83XX0SkiZglt9z-2ih39v8qKCWoYFiqdFZxOAV1NJlrzSnXXUa3khVvZiTndSAw/s861/1900%20census.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="861" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRT9BdyIRSPRZhTi_NgYTQDsfBPPvV4FNf0mTGTFVIEOhsL6bUOmxrGW15Xc8rVQ0IjBnqwg8yEdZN5Q61TQQnxbuXpdrMGoMqdE7Ch4cGIpHZMeuYkCAkBmJhtVn83XX0SkiZglt9z-2ih39v8qKCWoYFiqdFZxOAV1NJlrzSnXXUa3khVvZiTndSAw/w640-h242/1900%20census.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1900 United States Federal Census<br />95 West 21st Street, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In 1904, Rhoda lost her husband and child. Frank <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249491646/" target="_blank">died on November 12</a>. Two weeks later, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248160528/" target="_blank">on November 26</a>, Ruth Caroline, formerly known as Marie Antoinette, died. New York Bay Cemetery was the final resting place of father and daughter. The Evening Journal of Jersey City published a short article about these close deaths.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUDIQBUXTEEbaSAk6Vurl91kFEQkscxLAJYAz8BdlPh2ZLgcFLCWqKjZHUSNQFF7a3dhgCFA1zsXRZnnjgUhr5v0IoVw0GPQMxi2aDGQ3lMkenQewmRgNKaVHQNi46du4kw5F-JE1OJK_ReSX89QxcoRX2ptmqI3KCDRb4cPnStqhBSDSMjEzxwfX-A/s668/1904%20Clarkson%20Ruth%20death%20article.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="668" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUDIQBUXTEEbaSAk6Vurl91kFEQkscxLAJYAz8BdlPh2ZLgcFLCWqKjZHUSNQFF7a3dhgCFA1zsXRZnnjgUhr5v0IoVw0GPQMxi2aDGQ3lMkenQewmRgNKaVHQNi46du4kw5F-JE1OJK_ReSX89QxcoRX2ptmqI3KCDRb4cPnStqhBSDSMjEzxwfX-A/w400-h276/1904%20Clarkson%20Ruth%20death%20article.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DIED TWO WEEKS AFTER HER FATHER<br />Ruth Clarkson, 6 years old, of 483 Avenue D, Bayonne, died last Saturday.<br />Two weeks ago her father was buried. The little girl's funeral will take place<br />this afternoon. Rev. Mr. Troy of the People's Baptist Church officiating.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Rhoda remarried to Alexander Cross in Bayonne on February 16, 1909.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrVe6LKVHnrR9JNYulTdbUte2u1ewDNZY0lgz8AVbfNmCDLGdNw3oYw1amquO8tj1HR2WOgngyfsy4XnVypyrg38tmiKLiSxNILs5JJBkUyTJM99vZfAUM85ioIeSE9WMa7oSEdPG4N3H_-DXQ92rRLnT2vzN-ZyU_KubS4iz3--O8-vy5IawIE3-bQ/s3128/1909%20Cross%20m%20Lutter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2764" data-original-width="3128" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrVe6LKVHnrR9JNYulTdbUte2u1ewDNZY0lgz8AVbfNmCDLGdNw3oYw1amquO8tj1HR2WOgngyfsy4XnVypyrg38tmiKLiSxNILs5JJBkUyTJM99vZfAUM85ioIeSE9WMa7oSEdPG4N3H_-DXQ92rRLnT2vzN-ZyU_KubS4iz3--O8-vy5IawIE3-bQ/w400-h354/1909%20Cross%20m%20Lutter.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage certificate of Alexander Cross and Rhoda Ann Lutter,<br />married February 16, 1909 in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The first child of Alexander and Rhoda was born later that year. Rhoda Ann Cross was born November 29, 1909 in Newark. Note the information requested on the birth certificate: "Number of children in all by this marriage." The number "1" was written. Rhoda Junior was the first child of this marriage, but she was the second child born to her mother.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiki5f5RtQtzjpFErm6j6yO_bJj3VeuYeylgKZgSm-c9KbM8AGCknolI93zQ_3Dyxzycm7PqoS0BSSMYNrr08fqT0aCTN4wcMLblP2W8364XjlvMko3pkwFW_U3FNefHfuaWjh8wLXxyn_08JUE6RmjWj1ZicTJuC0LPte1cU30ORk4SrCBE08QTGtQcg/s3105/1909%20Cross%20Rhoda%20birth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2616" data-original-width="3105" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiki5f5RtQtzjpFErm6j6yO_bJj3VeuYeylgKZgSm-c9KbM8AGCknolI93zQ_3Dyxzycm7PqoS0BSSMYNrr08fqT0aCTN4wcMLblP2W8364XjlvMko3pkwFW_U3FNefHfuaWjh8wLXxyn_08JUE6RmjWj1ZicTJuC0LPte1cU30ORk4SrCBE08QTGtQcg/w400-h338/1909%20Cross%20Rhoda%20birth.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth certificate of Rhoda Ann Cross,<br />born November 29, 1909<br />at 25 Merchant Street, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In the 1910 census, Rhoda and Rhoda Junior were living in Newark with Alexander Cross and Rhoda's mother, also named Rhoda. The number of children was a question for the 1910 census also. Rhoda was listed as having one child, one still living. The correct response would have been that she had two children, one still living. Her mother was listed with ten children, five still living. I have not found all these children, but that can be for another article. Spoiler alert: I did not find a birth certificate for Rhoda circa 1879.</div><div><br /></div><div>Alfred Cross and family, living in the same house, is probably the brother of Alexander. Alfred relocated to Morris County, New Jersey.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tdiGsf2hJ1NNSYr3au1rVG-XZ28Yj2dZAaBHnKWSw7f7WiaA9FSAbXV7mYKipCdx6VCjNUhGtzTdGtMcrX_AVd35PyeoWmqdWfs9rDDs34N9xWWG-Vlio1UVylRlxHfIfXt-AXe2K1jWaPFUllg887Ux085JARRTTcE88jX6fkLRkRqCQmxrDQiUPQ/s1098/1910%20census.png.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="1098" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2tdiGsf2hJ1NNSYr3au1rVG-XZ28Yj2dZAaBHnKWSw7f7WiaA9FSAbXV7mYKipCdx6VCjNUhGtzTdGtMcrX_AVd35PyeoWmqdWfs9rDDs34N9xWWG-Vlio1UVylRlxHfIfXt-AXe2K1jWaPFUllg887Ux085JARRTTcE88jX6fkLRkRqCQmxrDQiUPQ/w640-h222/1910%20census.png.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1910 United States Federal Census<br />25 Merchant Street, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Another observation about the 1910 census: two houses away was the household of Martin Lang, widower. In 1912, Rhoda's sister, Lucie Lutter, married Martin.</div><br /><p>Rhoda and Alexander's next child was Letitia Cross, probably born in March of 1911. I cannot find a birth certificate for her. <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245641295/" target="_blank">She died August 7, 1985 in Newark</a>. Her parents were not mentioned, but her two surviving sisters, Doris and Lucille, were mentioned, linking her to this family.</p><p>The geographic birth index does not have a baby with the surname Cross born in March of 1911 in Newark.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5C7ladak5dYtbRkVuleQ83aPdkddo_KMINSYa_q72ciFq6ujt_gjlHKfQp6K-M_N-B5QwiPQmJH-tjqBHJ0LkJVfFfd0XEb-zZEYvhi4tO29XXuymqMy0GCMCNWqkXMn_7nSzoLaM4g_cH2Forhb5OME8_FqknEHgXiiswO4Y1QXte-p5DYpAIY2YRw/s942/1911%20birth%20index.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="942" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5C7ladak5dYtbRkVuleQ83aPdkddo_KMINSYa_q72ciFq6ujt_gjlHKfQp6K-M_N-B5QwiPQmJH-tjqBHJ0LkJVfFfd0XEb-zZEYvhi4tO29XXuymqMy0GCMCNWqkXMn_7nSzoLaM4g_cH2Forhb5OME8_FqknEHgXiiswO4Y1QXte-p5DYpAIY2YRw/w640-h536/1911%20birth%20index.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Jersey Geographic Birth Index 1910-1914, Reel 30<br /><a href="https://archive.org/details/New_Jersey_Geographic_Birth_Index_-_reel_30_-_1910-1914/page/n101/mode/1up?view=theater" target="_blank">Archive dot org</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvmNBwExOS0YRcJuA-3Q6orsItGvt8DF_n3oEbTc5p5VK7yFcHIUYAAb5FdgoHiLwWOcAL8ETPRc0uCSuoETVAqm8flzltvdcy4PFZ_hYQmD40QYUKvdB8F0hFp2XxQzQ8ytJuZjflqeCi2Zy-wbOrv86r5Eyalg6rdbBvKR9Ca8__X0ZdpjVQARebA/s722/1985%20Cross%20Letitia.png.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="722" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvmNBwExOS0YRcJuA-3Q6orsItGvt8DF_n3oEbTc5p5VK7yFcHIUYAAb5FdgoHiLwWOcAL8ETPRc0uCSuoETVAqm8flzltvdcy4PFZ_hYQmD40QYUKvdB8F0hFp2XxQzQ8ytJuZjflqeCi2Zy-wbOrv86r5Eyalg6rdbBvKR9Ca8__X0ZdpjVQARebA/w400-h363/1985%20Cross%20Letitia.png.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obituary of Letitia V Cross from the Newark Star Ledger newspaper,<br />August 8, 1985.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The New Jersey Death Index (not her actual death certificate) gives Letitia's birthdate as March 4, 1911.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRy3AiXGY_nrjmEityDnbtNYHv88U3stXS3sgGaaILn5fSJiR6Su5dmq5oemTCjziAcCAWXmdEM1EqIv4T6OPVlrEsok06If3UwwnD1zEAC7vrdWu9xxARUW7UMzmYu0Q8LKhfVc0QufFHeGKEoI49dWL9qn4hHu4_W_6Jfw8xUarN84SbmTgFXWaeyQ/s1671/death%20index.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="1671" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRy3AiXGY_nrjmEityDnbtNYHv88U3stXS3sgGaaILn5fSJiR6Su5dmq5oemTCjziAcCAWXmdEM1EqIv4T6OPVlrEsok06If3UwwnD1zEAC7vrdWu9xxARUW7UMzmYu0Q8LKhfVc0QufFHeGKEoI49dWL9qn4hHu4_W_6Jfw8xUarN84SbmTgFXWaeyQ/w640-h188/death%20index.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Index of death certificates, New Jersey<br />Letitia Cross died August 7, 1985 in Newark.<br />Date of birth March 4, 1911.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In contrast, the Social Security Death Index gives her birthdate as March 7 (not 4), 1911.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPKnD47ZMYDHUvSC5QIUqqYub51VgZ5syWCqG_zL-J3Cshud5HiQPbS_1CswiWSTWmm7GCMsGttbtoRXMJSZb-edHFQwbgO624nXjAdjb2FRbdCnMM1nwjgynTq5513xzsl8jy4KK_jr459n5MMfL7GhZre29fuZ4TF5K2BFO4nWNHjnzMcd-M_M59w/s519/Letitia%20SS.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="519" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPKnD47ZMYDHUvSC5QIUqqYub51VgZ5syWCqG_zL-J3Cshud5HiQPbS_1CswiWSTWmm7GCMsGttbtoRXMJSZb-edHFQwbgO624nXjAdjb2FRbdCnMM1nwjgynTq5513xzsl8jy4KK_jr459n5MMfL7GhZre29fuZ4TF5K2BFO4nWNHjnzMcd-M_M59w/w400-h255/Letitia%20SS.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Social Security Death Index from Ancestry dot com.<br />Letitia Cross, born March 7, 1911; died August 1985.<br />Last residence Newark.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>On May 2, 1912, baby Rhoda died from pneumonia. She was <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249939251/" target="_blank">buried at Woodland Cemetery in Newark</a>.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_QSJv-QuL5we8Jh_SFx5uUFoi8wiOA6LhLqYhbkI45me66BgT-QT4B-DUKj2yvV-Bjt27ozMtwmxuixiwAgVTeF85_48nVlH1C9HBrEL5yKhY83AYUljmBLqEARIWGNJgzYp6KNTtgd1mzelvWMLLUIyLKT-9NOpJTqcHIPR2_cLX1rWgjMgK9aSHg/s2080/1912%20Cross%20Rhoda%20death.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="2061" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_QSJv-QuL5we8Jh_SFx5uUFoi8wiOA6LhLqYhbkI45me66BgT-QT4B-DUKj2yvV-Bjt27ozMtwmxuixiwAgVTeF85_48nVlH1C9HBrEL5yKhY83AYUljmBLqEARIWGNJgzYp6KNTtgd1mzelvWMLLUIyLKT-9NOpJTqcHIPR2_cLX1rWgjMgK9aSHg/w396-h400/1912%20Cross%20Rhoda%20death.jpg" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Death certificate of Rhoda A Cross,<br />died May 2, 1912 at 23 Merchant Street, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.<br />Age 2 years.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>At this point, Rhoda had given birth to three children. Two had died. She was pregnant with her fourth child. On January 19, 1913, Lucy Nomi Cross was born in Newark. Her birth certificate listed her as the fourth child of the marriage; actually she was the third.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA11UCCZytSEv23ROXNG6kuG65LEBP0Y-hbJJoT-uxgN5bXSrmQDAzcb1i9siXzy3VUbvB3wEEJeRNx7rqB5YhFndapCVHZCy--15Xa9JPYWeSEHTZKB590iEL7FNg254vaJZpV2Eg0UJ1hBQmJSZg3082LtiPxLdqx3-3zAd66uaesxa8wLfGI9_Yg/s2424/1913%20Cross%20Lucy%20birth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2275" data-original-width="2424" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA11UCCZytSEv23ROXNG6kuG65LEBP0Y-hbJJoT-uxgN5bXSrmQDAzcb1i9siXzy3VUbvB3wEEJeRNx7rqB5YhFndapCVHZCy--15Xa9JPYWeSEHTZKB590iEL7FNg254vaJZpV2Eg0UJ1hBQmJSZg3082LtiPxLdqx3-3zAd66uaesxa8wLfGI9_Yg/w400-h375/1913%20Cross%20Lucy%20birth.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth certificate of Lucy Nomi Cross,<br />born January 19, 1913<br />at 23 Merchant Street, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Alexander Hamilton Cross was born May 11, 1914 at Newark City Hospital. He was listed as the fifth child of the marriage; he was the fourth. Three children were still living. He was not named at birth.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupiLuyZxF_YxlTKCnIYz4Yx22k5Y47EZOwwIeEH5M8yevcrGyoWma0T6pPrdv70P2JaAVLZjzK45sHu6FOm51DBcEtDFt6LTUmRjNtw5HZqDniD5zSzT5oloSlf269g_6YLQQPWZ8qeq8b7NN2FxuG21l212XPsbx7nWq-GycEFz_baKOR87g5l4VOg/s2908/1914%20Cross%20Alex%20birth%20Baby.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2508" data-original-width="2908" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupiLuyZxF_YxlTKCnIYz4Yx22k5Y47EZOwwIeEH5M8yevcrGyoWma0T6pPrdv70P2JaAVLZjzK45sHu6FOm51DBcEtDFt6LTUmRjNtw5HZqDniD5zSzT5oloSlf269g_6YLQQPWZ8qeq8b7NN2FxuG21l212XPsbx7nWq-GycEFz_baKOR87g5l4VOg/w400-h345/1914%20Cross%20Alex%20birth%20Baby.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth certificate of Baby Cross, later named Alexander Hamilton Cross,<br />born May 11, 1914<br />at Newark City Hospital in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.<br />(Original copy on microfilm is blurry.)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-drGduh_cSPM1W3zkLAebls863t1LqiVqmLYRLWpDAI0XVtGa7063i_CozoAsYbEfMlal-h-XQwYrd1tfYvpVPDoWJzyEP-NSjCTIJ-9QHRbTXbW86Xl6Di_gEseW_rSn-gAb4lCV1fhx7ahWNZhw7ZL0AG_1jGh-mqbo2_4fN_BIDiQuuax5exQzw/s2461/1914%20Cross%20Alex%20birth%20correction.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="2461" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-drGduh_cSPM1W3zkLAebls863t1LqiVqmLYRLWpDAI0XVtGa7063i_CozoAsYbEfMlal-h-XQwYrd1tfYvpVPDoWJzyEP-NSjCTIJ-9QHRbTXbW86Xl6Di_gEseW_rSn-gAb4lCV1fhx7ahWNZhw7ZL0AG_1jGh-mqbo2_4fN_BIDiQuuax5exQzw/w400-h243/1914%20Cross%20Alex%20birth%20correction.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Supplemental Report of Birth<br />naming Baby Cross as Alexander Hamilton Cross<br />(original is blurry)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Marjorie Morton Cross was born February 24, 1916 at Newark City Hospital. She was listed as the fifth child of the marriage, with four still living. This is accurate for the marriage. I do not know where the middle name "Morton" comes from.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFqQzkh-lnfqmv1V6Ba2VILei7pNE4ab1kThhCn11kC_kiz7t49v9ayx3MMmgdO1MLAalAqY1DEtcSFeUol84qcad8oBwNVXBku2ZCihhsukRJ6c7MNl3CWjGUdkKiTcgV7a_7vdxCRCGoSkzkG8R7YulDGAgt3usFeZRie4hC1SHEVw9sysDCdHJag/s1726/1916%20Cross%20Marjorie%20birth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="1726" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFqQzkh-lnfqmv1V6Ba2VILei7pNE4ab1kThhCn11kC_kiz7t49v9ayx3MMmgdO1MLAalAqY1DEtcSFeUol84qcad8oBwNVXBku2ZCihhsukRJ6c7MNl3CWjGUdkKiTcgV7a_7vdxCRCGoSkzkG8R7YulDGAgt3usFeZRie4hC1SHEVw9sysDCdHJag/w400-h345/1916%20Cross%20Marjorie%20birth.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth certificate of Marjorie Morton Cross,<br />born February 24, 1916<br />at Newark City Hospital.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Marjorie died July 12, 1917 from whooping cough. She was <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249491376/" target="_blank">buried at Woodland Cemetery</a>.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB3fM3l2Ud9WmK5NML15qWzyMFtMlYC79iANomJ0foyQ7OsCJ98jpEXbFDpE3iDZek69bxWTfLamOI24a8MjpvpfLvnx9bdZbcmYYxm_atNRCQj0haq5Svf4kNV0NcZoTg3VE9ExNaNijS3cwuFCqRyq98jb2DnxQGJXrYj3ppk3R5Xni3_0-DQ9PMg/s2675/1917%20Cross%20Marjorie%20death.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2675" data-original-width="2546" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB3fM3l2Ud9WmK5NML15qWzyMFtMlYC79iANomJ0foyQ7OsCJ98jpEXbFDpE3iDZek69bxWTfLamOI24a8MjpvpfLvnx9bdZbcmYYxm_atNRCQj0haq5Svf4kNV0NcZoTg3VE9ExNaNijS3cwuFCqRyq98jb2DnxQGJXrYj3ppk3R5Xni3_0-DQ9PMg/w381-h400/1917%20Cross%20Marjorie%20death.jpg" width="381" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Death certificate of Marjorie R Cross,<br />died July 12, 1917 in Newark.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Edith Cavell Cross was born July 28, 1918 in Newark City Hospital. She was listed as child seven of the marriage with four still living. She was actually the sixth of the marriage. She was not named at birth. I do not know where the middle name "Cavell" is from.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbaPP7U_hj-KdoFzTixMpdu3ihkGQxuBqB5WirJ2_VLk6GTqTRHp4HVe1ETLwMHxQHSHsjcD67tEF-ScDKpVA_50HiqvVKhpZFFseHV01Co07m33PQdZRoxUMWuh52M3rocwx5HFN9OCgHce1Zg5P9t66T9Gp3dxWdgt_deW628CHjmN8ersvmyp3eZg/s1835/1918%20Cross%20baby%20Edith%20birth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1835" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbaPP7U_hj-KdoFzTixMpdu3ihkGQxuBqB5WirJ2_VLk6GTqTRHp4HVe1ETLwMHxQHSHsjcD67tEF-ScDKpVA_50HiqvVKhpZFFseHV01Co07m33PQdZRoxUMWuh52M3rocwx5HFN9OCgHce1Zg5P9t66T9Gp3dxWdgt_deW628CHjmN8ersvmyp3eZg/w400-h331/1918%20Cross%20baby%20Edith%20birth.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth certificate of Baby Cross, later named Edith Cavell Cross,<br />born July 28, 1918<br />at Newark City Hospital.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhgrWalRKKrgOWe1Eezs8r6JZtJjNmhTrAAyoluVNRjaFNAyZtVGbBLaTmTG1XtXlCppHphrHnRWNyKuqvphF9gmn2J9MssXcOq3msg5h6SMedcMwmvkXtIKFDfel52Tr6MLNUDYIa5PV5Pytm9DhHZI4WYTqEo1_aRvTWRLtBlnwbqC-3vV-PibYMg/s1297/1918%20Cross%20Edith%20birth%20correction%201923.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1297" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhgrWalRKKrgOWe1Eezs8r6JZtJjNmhTrAAyoluVNRjaFNAyZtVGbBLaTmTG1XtXlCppHphrHnRWNyKuqvphF9gmn2J9MssXcOq3msg5h6SMedcMwmvkXtIKFDfel52Tr6MLNUDYIa5PV5Pytm9DhHZI4WYTqEo1_aRvTWRLtBlnwbqC-3vV-PibYMg/w400-h240/1918%20Cross%20Edith%20birth%20correction%201923.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Supplemental Report of Birth<br />naming Baby Cross to Edith Cavell Cross</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Edith died July 5, 1923 from gastroenteritis caused by meningitis. She was <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249939268/" target="_blank">buried at Woodland Cemetery</a>.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjciH39JD16Jj8u_vbR7eA7klX8cqWuFyC2ciIe-SnYS9O9dIgYbwgQtTRZ6nfeApNsRTWpf2t2vWjr-xyNcfBkoQN4MSlmt_xVC7GNg6T73Jk-GBwu2bFLzvFmnof6nEQ2mTLm9vHTt3d31v5AjXF5Vr-RbydB8RWnQ-ePVsZlc-oOMNhiV1MgpukKhQ/s2677/1923%20Cross%20Edith%20death.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2677" data-original-width="2408" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjciH39JD16Jj8u_vbR7eA7klX8cqWuFyC2ciIe-SnYS9O9dIgYbwgQtTRZ6nfeApNsRTWpf2t2vWjr-xyNcfBkoQN4MSlmt_xVC7GNg6T73Jk-GBwu2bFLzvFmnof6nEQ2mTLm9vHTt3d31v5AjXF5Vr-RbydB8RWnQ-ePVsZlc-oOMNhiV1MgpukKhQ/w360-h400/1923%20Cross%20Edith%20death.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Death certificate of Edith Cross,<br />died July 5, 1923 at Newark City Hospital.<br />The year of birth is listed incorrectly as 1923.<br />She was born in 1918.<br />She was a few weeks shy of her sixth birthday.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Rhoda's final child was Doris, born May 9, 1921 at Newark City Hospital. The requested information on this birth certificate was not for the number of children of the marriage, but rather "No. of children born to this mother, including present birth." Doris was listed as child number eight, with five still living. I think this is an accurate count.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHdl0ca8jSv7KRHchBhcrQwN6CCVd5-rwH3-LxtJcZbIl_pvCnkXKmjEeZ-cl0C5b_rS1gQGMrvqeUymnOUmftP6DzWlV1656c5JPAAtAP0o1XH72w0wyjy6TtP6M_Tk30jTbsf4bZ6VkttnPRmM9Jk3L4IVbYcWVwquazo_iRgOwHUD8q9DJ0wcucg/s1659/1921%20Cross%20Doris%20birth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1659" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHdl0ca8jSv7KRHchBhcrQwN6CCVd5-rwH3-LxtJcZbIl_pvCnkXKmjEeZ-cl0C5b_rS1gQGMrvqeUymnOUmftP6DzWlV1656c5JPAAtAP0o1XH72w0wyjy6TtP6M_Tk30jTbsf4bZ6VkttnPRmM9Jk3L4IVbYcWVwquazo_iRgOwHUD8q9DJ0wcucg/w400-h346/1921%20Cross%20Doris%20birth.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth certificate of Doris Cross,<br />born May 9, 1921<br />in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYqh0vnXeHT0PDpKufVwLmPB1A_7-37CaFltXG_BAUtbz5bCWhKg478bXp_nMtADqjudw7JOoI1y9IEXOwaV0VtPtA4vPJ74tsmWaJBO2s2mlLy28j3zvHzA1bFTnJUrnwyuZwoLy3lgTDIKK1EuRmmjX7G0gHLONjVtblAJrgxxsF1k9UR0Wce1U9g/s3256/IMG_1466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="3256" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYqh0vnXeHT0PDpKufVwLmPB1A_7-37CaFltXG_BAUtbz5bCWhKg478bXp_nMtADqjudw7JOoI1y9IEXOwaV0VtPtA4vPJ74tsmWaJBO2s2mlLy28j3zvHzA1bFTnJUrnwyuZwoLy3lgTDIKK1EuRmmjX7G0gHLONjVtblAJrgxxsF1k9UR0Wce1U9g/w640-h52/IMG_1466.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Rhoda died September 10, 1941 in Newark. She was <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19696330/" target="_blank">buried at Woodland Cemetery</a> with her three young children by Alexander Cross. Only Rhoda has a marker.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGtZr1Xj-LzZGNAwBdiDjtQM5HNBv2yGfZP5_-NpC2BF5uMFhqhcWBh89Gg05VjAoXW8ehGn7JwTLNDmCEKN-q0Y9WZCL1Tt3dxiSimFRcDG8zvVnTfHuXurk3LgKI5jh7BjbCzgk3BfIVb78P5b3CTkFKcG6rKy6NwzdSKUs3ijNkV0NkQlfVUvc9Q/s1872/1941%20Cross%20Rhoda%20Lutter%20death.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="1690" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGtZr1Xj-LzZGNAwBdiDjtQM5HNBv2yGfZP5_-NpC2BF5uMFhqhcWBh89Gg05VjAoXW8ehGn7JwTLNDmCEKN-q0Y9WZCL1Tt3dxiSimFRcDG8zvVnTfHuXurk3LgKI5jh7BjbCzgk3BfIVb78P5b3CTkFKcG6rKy6NwzdSKUs3ijNkV0NkQlfVUvc9Q/w361-h400/1941%20Cross%20Rhoda%20Lutter%20death.jpg" width="361" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Death certificate of Rhoda Ann Cross,<br />died September 10, 1941 in Newark.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNH1lqk6NVQlXMIqcaP5s0N6XsHCs-wQ2zDPdMAOQAEl3H7gQ9EK8b04XHCjtfnViOqf3fTIAi1UyELlBRDBrswg75Wnduht_GYBjIW5Gp7RSrhEJaFOWsgYiklm53j261utLpqPiQdlk9FMKU28-RKBP9dVK7wLJ-A-N4XflmqcCs1CdeiFersMqKXw/s1392/Cross%20Rhoda%201941%2017A.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1392" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNH1lqk6NVQlXMIqcaP5s0N6XsHCs-wQ2zDPdMAOQAEl3H7gQ9EK8b04XHCjtfnViOqf3fTIAi1UyELlBRDBrswg75Wnduht_GYBjIW5Gp7RSrhEJaFOWsgYiklm53j261utLpqPiQdlk9FMKU28-RKBP9dVK7wLJ-A-N4XflmqcCs1CdeiFersMqKXw/s320/Cross%20Rhoda%201941%2017A.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flat stone marker in Woodland Cemetery in Newark<br />for Rhoda Ann Cross (1879-1941).<br />Block A, Lot 17.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Alexander Cross, the husband of Rhoda Lutter, died April 21, 1958 at Martland Medical Center in Newark. He was <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249490745/" target="_blank">buried at Rosemount in Newark</a>. The informant was Letitia Cross.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48G1YEbK-4o8cYLn4JJPaHWv6WYIFa5U_z-fBAk4VvMDI_8PZdmUv21ncEcokk1ZPqoKXBf5i-HWSdwfYkEBd9nxE5lvUjwLsZ9Xvdbq6dtjDjnUmaXY6ALrZ0fthUea3SzlIJZ58MdOUS7R9F2QWOyAjMCVGxp14QRCb6darZv0beuBznM56jAgo4A/s2658/1958%20Cross%20Alex%20death.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2653" data-original-width="2658" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48G1YEbK-4o8cYLn4JJPaHWv6WYIFa5U_z-fBAk4VvMDI_8PZdmUv21ncEcokk1ZPqoKXBf5i-HWSdwfYkEBd9nxE5lvUjwLsZ9Xvdbq6dtjDjnUmaXY6ALrZ0fthUea3SzlIJZ58MdOUS7R9F2QWOyAjMCVGxp14QRCb6darZv0beuBznM56jAgo4A/w400-h399/1958%20Cross%20Alex%20death.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Death certificate of Alexander Cross,<br />died April 21, 1958 in Newark.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Four of Rhoda's children survived to adulthood. I found no marriage record for Letitia.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Lucille" Cross married Robert Hunt in Newark on September 21, 1941. Letitia was a witness. Lucille had two sons. She died February 5, 2000.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJEh5-JgBeThAA32yp5GmBFie10qpaodfsAV2vaShKYOayyQngkDroXCInq_4LpTPHUhK_gOedH3tfH3cW5G03BJvbTXzatOkKtRKY_5mxIZO23kbZkD4kb2d3Lylkop4LpQWE4QgShFnRZx8UECe5w2M1bEClvNrfAiUx8yroLWpozaTGWZp9ZL-gA/s3014/1941%20Hunt%20m%20Cross.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2702" data-original-width="3014" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJEh5-JgBeThAA32yp5GmBFie10qpaodfsAV2vaShKYOayyQngkDroXCInq_4LpTPHUhK_gOedH3tfH3cW5G03BJvbTXzatOkKtRKY_5mxIZO23kbZkD4kb2d3Lylkop4LpQWE4QgShFnRZx8UECe5w2M1bEClvNrfAiUx8yroLWpozaTGWZp9ZL-gA/w400-h359/1941%20Hunt%20m%20Cross.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage certificate of Robert Hunt and Lucille Cross,<br />married September 21, 1941 in Newark.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Alexander married Dorothy Ellis. They lived in Massachusetts. <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229797420/" target="_blank">He died in April 28, 1975</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Doris married Samuel Burger in Manhattan on May 28, 1942. They lived in Queens, New York and had four children. Doris died in 1987.</div><div><br /></div><div>Uncovering the arrival of the children in Rhoda's life paints a picture of her early adulthood. She lost four of her eight children when they were young. She lost her first husband when she was only about 25 years old. The middle names of the children could provide additional clues about family origins.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Jody Lutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01166860142168646494noreply@blogger.com0