I research Bishop and variant spellings in Morris County and Newark, New Jersey. I came across this article about Frederick and Henry Bischof eating poisonous plants in woods by Woodland Cemetery in Newark in 1895. [Hence the name Woodland?] Over 100 years later, I document graves at Woodland Cemetery. Lewis Street was northeast of the cemetery and ran from West Kinney Street to 17th Avenue. The area was redeveloped into housing and the current streets do not bear the name Lewis. The woods are also gone.
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Original immigrants, documents, and place names
Patrick Frances O'Donnell was born around 1856 in Ireland. In the 1900 United States federal census, he is living with his wife, Delia Joyce, and six children in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, with an immigration date of 1880. I was working under the theory that he was the original immigrant- the first in that family to come to the United States.
While playing around at the website familysearch.org, I came across the following record.
According to the death certificate for Patrick O'Donnell, his parents were Peter O'Donnell and Margaret Gallagher.
This was a great find. Rose O'Donnell could be the sister of Patrick O'Donnell, indicating that Patrick came over with family. I neeeded to find the original marriage document, so I went to the archives in Trenton.
Rose O'Donnell married James Kenny in Bergen Point, New Jersey in 1883. She was the daughter of Peter O'Donnell and Margaret Gallagher. But, Patrick and his family lived in Bayonne. What of the Bergen Point location? I immediately thought of Bergen County, New Jersey. I did some searching online and came up with an answer: Bergen Point is a southern location within Bayonne. Now it looks as if I have found a sister for the original O'Donnell immigrant.
While playing around at the website familysearch.org, I came across the following record.
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pilot.familysearch.org |
This was a great find. Rose O'Donnell could be the sister of Patrick O'Donnell, indicating that Patrick came over with family. I neeeded to find the original marriage document, so I went to the archives in Trenton.
Rose O'Donnell married James Kenny in Bergen Point, New Jersey in 1883. She was the daughter of Peter O'Donnell and Margaret Gallagher. But, Patrick and his family lived in Bayonne. What of the Bergen Point location? I immediately thought of Bergen County, New Jersey. I did some searching online and came up with an answer: Bergen Point is a southern location within Bayonne. Now it looks as if I have found a sister for the original O'Donnell immigrant.
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Bergen Point, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey mapquest.com |
Drowning

John Preston, his wife, Bridget, and their ever-growing family moved to Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey around 1901. They had previously resided in Warren County, New Jersey and before that, Dutchess County, New York. Tragedy struck when their son, Edward, almost 18 years old, drowned in New York Bay. The story is that he dove in and never came back up. According to the newspaper account, Edward came back up to call for help, but drowned before his body was found.
Edward was buried at Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City. I have a listing of Preston burials at this cemetery, so I easily located Edward's death certificate. The cause of death promised an explanation in a local paper.
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Preston deaths in New Jersey for the year 1903, all counties. The death indexes for years 1901, 1902, and 1903 are on one microfilm reel. The number next to a name is the death certificate number. |
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