Riot at baseball game in Toms River, 1920
New Jersey Courier 10 Sep 1920
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George C. Brown obituary, 1926
N J Courier, Friday October 8,1926: "Cassville, September 28: George C Brown, a well known resident, aged 72 years, died suddenly on September 24, of heart failure, at his home here. Coroner David O Parker of Tom River gave the burial permit. He was the son of the late Joshua Brown and never married".
Beckerville Census, 1930
This small section of Manchester township only held a few families in 1930; it was actually known as 'Beckertown' in 1930. Below is the information on the 1930 census from Beckertown. Hse Fam Surname Name Age Birth Real Est Occupation 34 36 BECKER Charles H. 28 NY $3500 Hostler- Railroads Anna E. 32 NJ Charles H., jr 5 NJ Walter W. 3 NJ 35 37 BECKER William, Sr. 71 Germany $10,000 --- Theresa 67 Germany 36 38 BROWN Harry H. 38 Denmark $2900 laborer- aviation Elsie M. 30 VA Geneva B. 4 NJ Mildred J. 1 NJ Charles is the son of William and Theresa. In 1910, the family was living on Broad Hollow Rd, Babylon, Suffolk, NY. At that time William and Theresa claimed to have immigrated in 1879, although the 1930 census says 1877. Theresa had given birth twice, and two living children in 1910--presumably William, jr. is the other, though he was not in t
Ellisdale
Ellisdale This place is located in North Hanover Township, Burlington County, along appropriately enough, Ellisdale Road. Maps indicate that there is a cemetery there, although I have not been out that way myself yet. E.M. Woodward's 1883 history says that at that time there were about thirty dwellings in Ellisdale, as well as an M.E. church, two stores, and a post office. While I have been told that at some point this place was also known as Shelltown, it is not to be confused with the place called Shelltown in Plumsted Township, Ocean County. Ellisdale was known as Shelltown until about 1875. According to another visitor here, Ellisdale is actually is a crossroads town, just a few houses. The town also straddles the county line (which goes up the Ellisdale-Arneytown road) between Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co. and North Hanover, Burlington, co. The church is in Burlington, but the old store building, which was still a store in the early 60's and is now a home,
