Elizaeth Whalen committed to jail, 1886

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 New Jersey Courier 8 Dec 1886



I tried to find out more about this woman...I haven't been able to locate her on the 1880 or 1885 census, and unfortunately there is no 1890 census for Ocean County, so without knowing how long she lived in Manchester it's going to be hard to be certain if any given entry is hers.

I did find a death record for an Elizabeth Whalen of Ocean County in March of 1929, but it's impossible to say if this is the same person.

However, this was not Mrs. Whalen's first time in jail.  On 10 Jun of 1885, the New Jersey Courier also reported:



And the Lakewood Times and Journal reported on that same incident on 13 June 1885 with a little more detail





A June 18th, 1884 story in the Courier makes mention of one Maggie Whalen being a pupil at the Manchester school.  Could this be one of Elizabeth's children?
There was also a man named Thomas Whalen in some news items prior to 1886--Thomas had a wife named Catherine and several children (including an Elizabeth) in 1885, according to the census, so it doesn't seem that this is the same family, although perhaps a relation. 
Thomas's application for a tavern license was approved in Dec 1884, despite 'remonstrances against it.' 

Whatever the case, after 1886 no more stories featuring the family of Elizabeth Whalen have surfaced.    


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