William Reeves injured at Tuckerton, 1920
New Jersey Courier 26 Nov 1920
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Finding Jack Maskell's family
Many years ago, the website I used to host this information on before moving to blogger helped out another researcher locating a family member they had been looking for. They sent me this story about that process: OUR STORY FINDING JOHN (JACK) MASKELL JR'S FAMILY BY BEN & SUSAN LANE January 20, 2003 Our story starts out with Ben working for the Army Awards Branch and back in September 2002 he brought home a mailing tube that the U.S.Postal Service had forwarded to his office. They had found it in an old mailbag in the Atlanta,Georgia postal facility. It was dated 1945 and addressed to Mrs. Edith W. Maskell. The documents in the tube had the name of her son, a young Army soldier who was killed in action at Kaledorn,Germany during World War II and buried in the American Cemetery at Henri Chapelle,Belgium, at the age of 19. My search began with Ancestry.com trying to locate the family on the 1930 census and death index for mother and father. I found the 1930 census and th
Lewis Lane's school for young ladies, 1856
Ad in the Ocean Emblem 6 Aug 1856 I know the ad says "May 2 1855". It ran quite a bit in the paper, and this copy is taken from the 6 Aug 1856 issue. The date didn't change each time the ad ran.
Deaths in Washington Township, Burlington Co, 1869-70 (From the Federal Census)
Washington Township Deaths, 1 Jun 1869- 1 Jun 1870 Family # on census Name Age Date of Death cause of death occupation 60 Lane, Peter 55 February 1870 inflammation of brain ship carpenter 76 Ford, Lucinda 2 August 1869 cholera inflammation 85 Brewer, Hannah 24 March 1870 consumption housework 29 Johnson, William 68 Feb 1870 killed by machine laborer 121 Carney, Hannah A. 4 mos. July 1869 cholera inflammation
Mary Lane Obituary, 1937
LANE, MARY E from the New Jersey Courier 2 Jul 1937 Point Pleasant, July 2--Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lane, 96, oldest resident of Point Pleasant, died on Thursday of last week at the home of her son and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lane, 324 Richmond Ave, after a long illness. She had been a resident of this place for the last 15 years. Funeral services were held on Sunday by the Rev. Herbert Frick. Interment was made in Senate Street Cemetery, Wallingford, CT. Mrs. Lane is survived by her son, Robert J. Lane, of this place, a daughter, Mrs. Julius Tuckerman, Brooklyn, and six grandchildren and one great grandchild.