My great great grandmother, Minnie Caroline Bishop (1866-1910), had a sister named Jennie Maud Bishop (1878-1957). They were buried in the same plot and share a gravestone at Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, Union County, New Jersey. (The cemetery stretches across the Township of Hillside and the City of Elizabeth. This grave lies in Hillside.)
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| Gravestone at Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey. Children of William Reuben Bishop and Susan Jane Marsh. Transcription: William F. January 19, 1973 - March 20, 1895. Mabel E. September 3, 1868 - April 17, 1907. Minnie E. Wife of Charles E Cook. February 19, 1866 - March 25, 1910. Jennie Maud. 1878 - 1957. |
Evergreen Cemetery's records are available for viewing.
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| Picture of plot listing at Evergreen Cemetery owned by William R Bishop. William F Bishop, age 22, buried March 24, 1895. Mabel E Bishop, age 37, buried April 21, 1907. Minnie Caroline Cook [nee Bishop], age 44, buried March 28, 1910. William Bishop, age 72, buried April 29, 1915. Susan Jane Bishop [nee Marsh], age 83, buried January 21, 1932. Eugene T Bishop, age 60, buried May 4, 1936. Miss Jennie M Bishop, age 74, buried July 5, 1957. Lafon Allen Foster, age 57, buried March 7, 1964. Bessie Foster [nee Gulick], age 54, buried March 7, 1964. Bessie Gulick [nee Bishop], age 85, buried June 9, 1972. |
When the 1957 death certificates became available at the New Jersey State Archives, I looked for Jennie Maud Bishop's record. She was buried in July 5, 1957. The index for death records has an entry for Jennie J Bishop, died in August of 1957. Close and worth a look. (Note: if you cannot travel to the Archives, you can request a copy from the Department of Health, but the cause of death will be blocked. Although the Archives holds the record, it is not authorize to release it via mail because it is too recent.)
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| New Jersey index of deaths Available online at Ancestry.com or NewJerseyDeathIndex.com |
Good that I did look at this death certificate. This is not my Jennie. This is the record for Jennie Josephine Bishop, born Tier, wife of John Michael Bishop. She was born in Jersey City in 1884. She died in Long Branch on August 4, 1957 and was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington.
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| Death certificate of Jennie Josephine Bishop. Born June 15, 1884 in Jersey City. Died August 4, 1957 in Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey. |
I remembered how I recently found a death record in Florida for a great great great grandmother. I checked Florida's death index. A possible match for Jennie appeared.
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| Online Florida death index at Ancestry.com |
The turnaround time for a record request is only a few weeks and the cost is a mere $5. (Go Florida!)
This is the death record for my great great grandaunt, Jennie Bishop. She died on July 2, 1957, age 74, in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida. She had uterine cancer.
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| Death certificate of Jennie Maud Bishop. Born October 25, 1882 in Newark, New Jersey. Died July 2, 1957 in Daytona Beach, Florida. |
Although Jennie's death certificate has her date of birth as 1882, this cannot be. Jennie was enumerated in the 1880 census as age 2.
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| 1880 federal census. 29 Cross Street, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Wm R Bishop, age 37; locomotive engineer. Susan, wife, age 32. Minnie, daughter, age 14. Mabel, daughter, age 11. Emma, daughter, age 9. Willie, son, age 7. Eugene, son, age 5. Jennie, daughter, age 2. Georgie, daughter, age 8 months. |
Jennie's sister, my great great grandmother Minnie, also died of uterine cancer, but at an earlier age. Jennie was the informant on that record.
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| Death certificate of Minnie Caroline Cook, born Bishop. Born February 19, 1866 in Newark. Died March 25, 1910 at 224 North 3rd Street, Newark. |
Why did Jennie move to Florida? Was she staying with any family? I have not found a marriage record for her.
