Ocean County , NJ History

From the New Jersey Courier 5 Apr 1900

Ad from the New Jersey Courier 5 Apr 1900

New Jersey Courier 5 Apr 1900 "Chambers-Inman---at Cookstown, March 22, 1900, by Franklin B. Haines, Esq, John Chambers of Sykesville, and Nellie Inman of Ocean County"

From the New Jersey Courier 5 Apr 1900

From the New Jersey Courier 5 Apr 1900 "Ho! For Electric Lights" As announced last week work is being pushed on the electric light plant. The building, brick for which is now on the ground, will be about 34 x 70 feet, with concrete foundations for the machinery. It will be divided into two rooms, one for the dynamo, and one for the boiler..."

From the New Jersey Courier , 5 April 1900

Philadelphia Inquirer Apr 2 1983 Officials yesterday identified the dismembered body of one of the two teenage girls found Tuesday in a shallow grave at a Staten Island home, and they said they would seek a murder indictment against the son of the woman who lived there. Monmouth County Prosecutor Alexander Lehrer identified the girl as Maria Ciallella, of Brick Township, Ocean County , who was 17 when she disappeared on Halloween night in 1981. Lehrer said he would seek a murder indictment in the case against Richard Biegenwald, who also is being held in the August slaying of Anna Olesiewicz, 18, of Camden. Lehrer said at a news conference here yesterday that Miss Ciallella had been shot twice in the head before being dismembered and buried in three green plastic trash bags in the yard of the home belonging to Biegenwald's mother, Sally Biegenwald. "There is no motive in this senseless killing, in my opinion," Lehrer said at the news conference, "other than the o

from the New Egypt Press 1 Apr 1910 George F. Harbert, steward of the Burlington County Almshouse, at New Lisbon, died Monday night after a stroke of apoplexy. He was a United States revenue gauger in the seventies, sheriff of the county for one term beginning in 1888 and had been steward since the retirement of Theodore B. Gaskill, several years ago.

from New Egypt Press 31 Mar 1905 Joseph Foster died at his home in North Egypt on Tuesday of this week. He was about 53 years of age and had lived in this neighborhood all of his life.

from the New Egypt Press 25 Mar 1910 Mrs. Mary J. Challender, aged 80 years, died at the home of her daughter-in-law, in Pemberton on Tuesday the 22nd inst. Mrs. Challender was well known in this community, being the mother of the late Richard Challender of this place. Funeral was held at Pemberton yesterday.

from the New Egypt Press 18 Mar 1910 Mrs. Julia Harker, wife of Thomas Harker, died last Friday after a lingering illness of consumption.

TUCKERTON BEACON 18 Mar 1920 Capt. Edwin Cranmer has returned after a two weeks' stay in Hammonton. He was called there by the death of his son. R.P. Shinn and J.C. Horner of Philadelphia, spent the week end here. Mrs. Rebecca Gaskill is visiting in the Quaker City. Leon Holloway is home again and is on the sick list. Mrs. Hazelton Cranmer is visiting in Beach Haven C.R. Rutter is spending a week in Philadelphia. Mrs. Mary Brown has returned after spending the winter in Chatsworth. Mrs. Lydia Garrison and daughter, Lydia Ella, of Atlantic City, were guests of Mrs. W.P. Rutter. Mrs. J. Tierney has gone to Philadelphia for treatment at the hospital. We are glad to have our minister, the Rev. Wolsifer Johnson with us again for another year.

from the Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 16 Mar 2000 Roy Wainwright Hulehan Sr., 84, husband of Mamie Lee Lentz Hulehan, of 68 East Mountain Creek Road, died March 15, 2000. Born in Bordentown, N.J., he was a son of the late John and Laura Urban Hulehan. He was a retired steel worker with C.F.&I. Steel and a member of Berea First Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Loretta H. Host and her husband, Robert, of Martinez, Ga., and Denise DuPell and her husband, Richard, of Levittown, Pa.; two sons, Wayne E. Hulehan and his wife, Peggy, of Fairless Hills, Pa., and Roy W. Hulehan Jr. and his wife, Patricia, of Greenville; two sisters, LaVerne Jones of Beaumont, Calif., and Francis DiVito of Fairfield, N.J.; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife, Isabel D. Hulehan. Services will be held today at 2 p.m. at The Mackey Mortuary, Century Drive, with the Rev. Robert Lentz officiating. Visitation will be held t

NEW JERSEY COURIER 16 MAR 1905 Clarence, son of Edward Irons of this village, who recently graduated from a Trenton business college, has a position as bookkeeper with the Schwarzchild and Sulsberger beef company in that city.

from the Trenton Times 16 Mar 1905 DAVID H. FOLEY IS DEAD He Was for Twenty Years Baggage Master on P.R.R. Passed Away at Bordentown Home Bordentown, March 16. - David H. Foley, brother of Postmaster William H. Foley, died at his home on Park street yesterday after a lingering illness, aged 55 years. He had been in the employ of the P.R.R. Company as baggage master between Trenton and New York for more than twenty years, until his sickness required him to abandon his position.

from the New Jersey Courier 16 Mar 1905 Mrs. Heber R. Bishop, widow of a well known New York Millionaire, died Monday. She was a sister in law to the late Nathaniel Holmes Bishop of Toms River.

New Jersey Courier 16 Mar 1905 George Bishop of Philadelphia who married Emma Sheaff, died last week and was buried on Monday. He was a publisher in Philadelphia, and for some years got out the Temple Magazine, connected with the Baptist temple, of which Russell Conwell is pastor.

NEW JERSEY COURIER 15 MAR 1918 Mrs. William Horner, Jr. and son Edward have gone to lvier where Mr. Horner is in the Coast Guard station. Mrs. Atmore Holman is visiting friends and relations in Merchantville, Mt. Holly and Philadelphia. Clarence Price who is employed as Coast Guard at Avalon NJ is spending his liberty days here with his parents, Capt. and Mrs. A.M. Price. We are very sorry to hear that Leon paul Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parker, of Camp McClellan, Ala., has just been through an operation and is confined to the hospital there. We hope to hear of his improvement at an early date. Our Red Cross members here are kept busy knitting and we are all trying to do our bit in a small way, but have been unable to attend the meetings on account of the weather conditions. Carlisle Gaskill of New Gretna is spending some time here with his daughter, Mrs. Grace Horner.

from the Trenton Evening Times 14 Mar 1911 BOWEN - In this city, on the 14th inst., Robert John, infant son of Frank J. and A. Marie Danz Bowen, aged 2 days. Funeral private. Interment at Lumberton, NJ cemetery.