Ocean County , NJ History

Grave marker in the Barnegat Hill cemetery. There is a death record in Mendocino, CA from 1 Jun 1984 for an Eleanor Gordian, the only one I could find; it gives her birth date as 1922 as well, in New Jersey. This could be the same woman. If so, it gives her father's name as 'Miles' and mother's name as 'Smith'. The 1940 census for Vineland, Cumberland Co, NJ has an Elaine Miles, 18 years old. She was the daughter of John Miles and Elizabeth Irish (since the lived in the home of Elizabeth's father, I'm assuming she had the same last name as her father). So this contradicts the death record regarding the mother's last name, leaving nothing but a lot of loose ends and no definitive information on Eleanor.

BLODGETT-SIMPSON from the New Jersey Courier 30 Jul 1879 At Island Heights, July 28 by Rev S. VanSant, Hon. Rufus Blodgett of Manchester and Ms. Chastina C. Simpson of Wentworth, NH.

Temporary grave marker of Joan Goings in the Barnegat Hill cemetery.

From the Jackson News 29 July 1976

Headstone in the Barnegat Hill (aka Rose Hill) cemetery.

from the New Jersey Courier 28 Jul 1892 At Tuckerton, July 17, 1892, Capt. L. Allen Darby, aged nearly 58 years.

Beatrice is another burial in the Barnegat Hill Cemetery. There was an article in the Asbury Park Press on 11 Jan 2009 about the Rose Hill, or Barnegat Hill, Cemetery. The Keith family is mentioned in this article: "On a cold and rainy day in early January, no time to be tramping around an old cemetery at dusk, Greg Ronan has come to explain a few things about this place. It is important to him. "The last one buried here was over a year ago," he says. "Tyrone dug the grave. He dug all the graves. He dug the last one, right over there." Ronan walks over to a light-colored patch of dirt that remains unmarked. Tyrone Palmer died last year. After he died, Yvonne Calhoun, his longtime partner, moved to Georgia to live with her daughter. Barnegat Hill Cemetery, once known as Rose Hill Cemetery, had lost the last of its caretakers, its last trustee. Now it's just a small lot, maybe three-quarters of an acre, surrounded by a chain-link fence. Many of the grav...

VAN HORN-RAFFERTY On Thursday, April 12th, a brilliant wedding was celebrated in St. Peter's Church, Morristown--the parties being Captain James J. Van Horn, of the 8th U. S. Infantry, and a daughter of Colonel John C. Rafferty. The Tuesday following, while the bridal party were passing their honeymoon at the Astor House, New York, the bride was taken ill, and in a few hours was a corpse.

from the New Jersey Courier 6 Feb 1879 BUTTERWORTH-OLIPHANT At New Lisbon, 30 Jan, Joseph E. Butterworth, of Vincentown, and Minnie, daughter of Eayre Oliphant, Esq. of New Lisbon

John is buried in the Barnegat Hill cemetery.

Essie is buried in the Barnegat Hill Cemetery. Thus far, all I know of her comes from her obituary in the 23 Apr 1994 Atlantic City Press : ESSIE MAE (TALBERT) CALHOUN , 84, of Barnegat in Barnegat Township, died Thursday at Barnegat Nursing Center in Barnegat. Mrs. Calhoun was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Barnegat. Born in McCormick, S.C., she lived in Philadelphia and New Gretna before moving to Barnegat in 1952. She is survived by two sons, Stephen of Barnegat, and Marvin D. of Washington, D.C.; two daughters, Yvonne Calhoun Poston of Barnegat, and Lorraine J. of Trenton; a sister, Margaret Johnson of Duquesne, Pa.; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

New Jersey Courier 21 Jul 1916 Five men serving time for murder were paroled from state prisonlast week, among them Givoanni (John) Cayaldi, an Italian cranberry picker who shot and killed iron Cranmer at West Creek on the night of October 7, 1905. Cayaldi pleaded to second degree murder, with constent of the court and on December 19, of that same yer, was sentenced to twenty years in state prison, of which term he has served about ten years and six months. Cayaldi was a young Italian at the time of the killing, 24 years old. He with other Italians were picking cranberries at the Stafford Forge bog. Saturday nights they would take their violins and accordions and go to the hotel in West Creek village, and make music for the hangers on there. This night about midnight when the hotel closed, Cayaldi, with Charlie Baker, the boss Italian and interpreter for John W. Holman, who at that time was running Stafford Forge bogs, started up the road, with Iron Cranmer, his sons, Will and B...

New Jersey Courier 21 Jul 1916 The electrical storm of Thursday night, July 13, played many pranks in this section, and pretty well demoralized electric light service for the time being. It kept the force of local company busy repairing damage it had done. The queerest prank was at Hooper and Dayton avenues, where it supposedly melted off a wire and ran the electric current into the ground. It is claimed that the next morning the ground around an electric light pole on that corner was so charged with electricity that a horse stepping upon it fell down, and a cat running over it was nearly killed.

New Jersey Courier 21 Jul 1916 Pulmotor Saved Life of Woman Thought to be Drowned Mrs. Pierson of Brooklyn, daughter in law of JE.P. Pierson of the Lakehurst road, narrowly escaped death on Tuesday afternoon while bathing in the brook at Wright's bridge. To the pulmotor is given the credit of her still being alive and well by Dr. Frank Brouwer. Mrs. Pierson and her family came down from Brooklyn on Sunday to spend the summer on the farm. With some friends Tuesday afternoon she went bathing in the stream, lost her footing and was swept downstream. She had been under water some time when her friends reached her and pulled her out. They sent for a doctor and at the same time started work trying to revive her. When Dr. Brouwer reached there with the pulmotor, she is said to have been to all appearances beyond resucitation; but the pulmotor pumped oxygen and life into her lungs and in a little while the color came back to her face and natural breathing was resumed.

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 The staging of the Manahawkin Annual Japanese Lake Carnival celebration on July Fourth was the biggest success ever attempted in that town and the presence of such a large crowd of pleased people has resulted in the adoption of next year's program which will surprise them all for attractive features and wholesome sport. The big pageant was a success from every point of view and it would be hard to say just which feature drew the largest crowd, however, next year will see the elimination of the field events and quatic sports with a big baby parade to fill the gap.

from New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 Joseph Francis Chatellier, in years past a frequent visitor at Toms River, died Tuesday, July 4th, at the home of his daughter, Ella F. Cook, at Lawrence, Long Island, in his 90th year. Funeral services were held on the following Thursday. Mr. Chatellier was well known to all the older people of Toms River, and his family also were frequently here, stopping at the Ocean House every summer forty or fifty years ago. He was a brother to the late Mrs. Ivins Cornelius of Toms River. Another brother, John Chatellier, also visited here.

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 If you read the Barnegat letter in this issue you will get the bayman's idea of the shark question; and will find that they are always here in the summer,in greater or less quantities. It does seem likely that there are more of them just now than the average summer brings; but again it may be simply because attention has been focused on them, and every person who sees one or who catches one, tells about it. For instance, two big fellows, 8 and 12 feet long, were caught Monday at Little Egg harbor inlet, and the captor towed them to Beach Haven, to have a picture taken of them, when ordinarily they would have been left to float away, or else to feed the pigs. At Seaside Park on Monday a twelve footer was caught by Dick Meyer and crew at the Larkin pound. Ordinarily, the catching of a shark in a fish pound is all in a day's work; but just now it is good for a newspaper story.

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 Fishermen report the fish are unusually erratic in both bay and ocean this summer. Today there will be large catches, and tomorrow not a fish to be seen; while the schools will be found in some spot that had before been without a fish. The baymen are inclined to blame the sharks for hurrying the schools around and driving them hither and yon, so that the bluefish, weakfish, and other edible fish do not have time to stop and feed at their favorite feeding grounds. Friday of last week large numbers of big weakfish were caught off Waretown; and the next day not a fish ws seen--that is the way the reports come in.

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 The fishing season at Barnegat Pier just about opened this week. The fleet can be found there mornings waiting for parties. The Pier is not as good a stand as it was five years ago. Now all the parties from up the beach resorts, come by auto, and either stop at Seaside Park,or else come down the main shore road to Forked River, Waretown, or Barnegat. This leaves only the Philadelphia and Camden and vicinity trade for Barnegat Pier. To make it worse, the railroad is all the time advertising the south Jersey fishing resorts, like Stone Harbor, and Anglesea, but will do nothing to exploit Barnegat Pier. If the railroad would take a hand, and help, the business at the Pier could be built up in a couple of summers far surpassing anything that it ever was in the past, for there are thousands of fishermen in Philadelphia who would come down if they knew about the place.

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 Miss Zilda Stevens of Marlton, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Henry Wills. Mrs. Seidenburg of Pittsburg is the guest of Mrs. Hirshblond. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Gandy are at Riverside house for the summer as their customer is. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morris and three daughters of Chicago spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Morris. Joseph Hensley of Trenton spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. John Dorsett W.A.Crane of the New York customer house was in town yesterday. Mrs. Wm. Grant of Hooper Avenue is entertaining her father from Jersey City. William Britton, wife, and daughter, Beatrice, of Philadelphia, motored down Sunday for a week with Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bills. Mr and Mrs. A.C. King returned yesterday from several weeks at Maplewood, NH in the White Mountains. Mr. King did some fine shooting while there at the tournament. He was a member of a squad of five that broke the world's record by smashing 497 targets out of a possible...

From the New Jersey Courier of 14 Jul 1916: TWO LADS DROWN; SHARK GOT THREE MORE BATHERS First Drowning of Summer at Barnegat Pier Sunday Lewis Stoer, aged 19 years, was drowned at Barnegat Pier on Sunday while swimming. The body was recovered Monday and taken to his home at Palmyra. The boy's mother was prostrated by the shock. Stoer with his father, John Stoer, his brother Roy, and three friends, Frank and Conrad Windish, and Austin Raymond, came to the Pier on the Sunday excursion train for a days outing. Three of the lads went in swimming. Lewis swallowed a lot of water and seemed to be in difficulty, and the other two swam to him and held him up. He told them he was all right, but wh en they let go of him he went down and did not come up again. This was about 2:30 on Sunday afternoon. The body was found by Capt. Holmes Van Note on Monday at noon. Coroner Shuts gave a burial permit and his brother took the body home. WILL HARROP DROWNED IN ALMONESSON LAKE, MONDAY Will...

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 Charles P. Anderson has a new automobile hearse. It was built at Piqua, Ohio, by Meteor Motor Car Company, a concern which builds nothing but hearses, and is 148 inch wheel base, 45 hp. Continental engine, Tymkin axles, Delco ignition system, with electric lights and self starter, and is a jet black over all. The growing use of the automobile at funerals, Mr.Anderson says, convinced him that a hearse of this kind was a necessity.

from the New Jersey Courier 16 Nov 1916 Edward Yarnall, son of Captain Davis L. Yarnall, formerly of Forked River, has been re-elected clerk of the Bradley Beach School Board George W. Anderson, a former Toms River lad, recently transferred his headquarters from Lansdown, PA, to Alden, PA. George is a builder and l ike most building mechanics, his work takes him from one place to another. Chief Justice William S. Gunmere, who is now living at Point Pleasant, and Chancellor Walker, who has many friends in this county, were among the guests at the dinner given Vice Chancellor John R. Foster of Atlantic Highlands at Port-au-Peck on Saturday afternoon last in honor of his appointment to the Chancery Court. Major John C. Patterson of Ocean Grove, who, before the war lived at Toms River and left here to go to the front with the Fourteenth NJ Volunteers, has been reappointed a member of the Monmouth Board of election as a Republican. Alphonso Platt, only son of Howard Platt of Bay...

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916: The plant of the Toms River Chemical Company, several hundred acres and a number of buildings, on the south side of the P.R.R. and west of the Dover Road, was sold last week through E.R. Yoder by Charles Cooper & Co. of Newark. The buyers are Davis Chemical Company of 120 Broadway, New York and it is reported that they will manufacture no explosives, but dyestuffs and drug chemicals. The new company has brought a few men down and will start work today with two shifts. While only a small force is put on now, they are credited with saying that it is expected to run 150 men when in full operation. Phillip L. Davis is president and Silas D. Davis is vice president of the new company.

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 D. C. Vosbury of Camden, who since last winter has been working on a set of sewer plans for Toms River, and as told two weeks ago in the Courier, has had them approved by the state board of health, will submit them to the Township Committee at a meeting to be held this afternoon at the town hall. Any and all citizens interested would do well to attend this meeting.

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 Will the party who borrowed Judge Hallock's ladder from his property at Island Heights kindly return the same as he wants to use it.

from the New Jersey Courier 13 Jul 1911 Asbury Park, July 8 Two more arrests on a charge of illegal liquor selling were made by the police here today. The accused are Robert E. Ryno, a son of J.E. Ryno, a restaurant keeper on Cookman avenue who himself was arrested a week ago on a similar charge and is out on bail, and Jacob Hannaford, an employee of Ryno. Both prisoners were taken to the county jail at Freehold in default of bail. Ryno is a Lakewood man and has a restaurant there.

New Jersey Courier 12 Jul 1918 last winter, two Point Pleasant boys, Walter Clifton and George Tilton, were sent to the Rahway Reformatory and the State Home For Boys, respectively, having pleaded guilty to taking property belonging to somebody else at that place. Friday Tilton was allowed to come home, and on Monday Clifton was brought back. They both promise to be good, and some Point Pleasant people have agreed to see that they do.

New Jersey Courier 12 Sep 1918 Because he failed, or as he claims, he could not support his two children, John Baggett of Lakewood is serving six months in the county jail, on complaint of Wm. A. Doherty, superintendent of St. Michael's Aid Society of Trenton. The children are Charles, aged nine years, and Margaret, aged six years. In 1916, Baggett served 121 days in the county jail on the same charge. He claims he made $12 a week working steady, and paid $7 for board. What he had left he now says he was willing to pay toward the support of his children, but he said they were satisified with that. Meantime the taxpayers are supporting him in idleness for six months, the country at large has lost one working man when men are most needed, he is now able to contribute nothing towards the support of his children, and there must be a screw loose somewhere. He ought to be made to work and support his children and himself.

saw this ad in the New Jersey Courier of 12 Jul 1918: "WANTED - Neat young white girls for waitresses. Apply at Hotel Albion, 107 Second Ave, Asbury Park, NJ"

New Jersey Courier 11 Jul 1913 At Bayville on Monday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ad Allgor, a pot of boiling ham on a gasoline stove resulted seriously to Mrs. Allgor, her little grandchild, and the house itself. The gasoline stove sat on top of the kitchen range, and the pot of ham boiled over, making a splutter and a blaze. Mrs. Allgor grabbed a piece of carpet to smother the blaze, and her son tried to help her. In the excitement the gasoline stove was knocked on the floot. The carpet which was being used to smother the flames got on fire, and was thrown out the kitchen door, where it fell on the little child of Harry Allgor of Double Trouble, which was visiting its grandparents, and burned it badly. The child was brought up to Dr. Brouwer to have its wounds dressed. It was burned on the head, shoulders, hands and legs. Mrs. Allgor, Sr. was also badly burned about the head and hands, and the boy had his hands and arms burned. The kitchen and the adjoining room were pretty wel...

New Jersey Courier 11 Jul 1913 Tuckerton, July 6--In a fit of despondency, due it it supposed by his family and friends, to a belief that he was suffering from an incurable disease, Nathan Gerber, a wealthy merchant of this place, committed suicide this morning by cutting his throat and leaping or falling from the open window of the third floor of his store building to the ground. Gerber was one of the most influential Hebrews in South Jersey, and was the owner of a chain of stores in Tuckerton, Atlantic City and Mount Holly. He was supposed to be a wealthy man, and to all his acquaintances, excepting his family and his few intimates, was believed to be in good health. However, he had been feeling bad recently and went to Philadelphia to consult a specialist. What he was told no one knows, for he would not talk about his visit to the physician with his family. He had been melancholy and brooding since. This morning Gerber was up early, and bought a horse from a neighbor, and wen...

New Jersey Courier 11 Jul 1913 While speeding on the Lakewood-Toms River road at sixty miles an hour gait, an auto driven by Mr. Adams of New York on Saturday afternoon, July 6, struck the soft sand in the side of the road and turned turtle. Mrs. Adams, who was with her husband, was caught under the heavy car, her hip dislocated, and she was otherwise injured. Onlookers said the car was going at least sixty miles an hour;that another car coming about the same speed from the opposite direction reached a wagon loaded with gravel, bound for Lakewood, at the same time Adams' car did; that Adams, trying to avoid hitting the wagon or the car, took the side of the road, hit soft sand, and his car turned over. The driver of the car himself is reported as saying that the driver of the wagon caused the trouble by failing to turn out for the automobile.

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 Benjamin Evernham, a Toms River man, who is lifeguard at Asbury Park, got his name in all the papers the past week during the shark scare, a newspaper reporter writing a glowing tale about a battle Evernham had with a shark, while patrolling outside the bathing beach in a lifeboat--according to the story, he beat the shark off with his oars.

New Jersey Courier 14 Jul 1916 Miss Pauline E. Grant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. U.S. Grant, was married July 10 at Bridgeport, Conn. to Mr. Stanley DeJanococha of that city. This wedding was the culmination of a romance begun several summers ago at Asbury Park.

from the New Jersey Courier of 14 Jul 1916 QUEER THINGS WE SEE A car with Georgia tag on Main street, its occupant shoeless, but stockinged feet, sticking up on the back of the front seat, as he reclined on the rear seat. A county politician refused a proferred cigar from another c.p. in front of the post office. A small boy refusing to eat a green apple. Also, a group of women from ocean Gate without a basket.