Ocean County , NJ History

Adamston, 1930 Brick Township, Ocean County, New Jersey Hse# Fam# Surname Name Age Birth Occupation Real Est. 128 119 HULSE Samuel A. 58 NJ fish merchant $5000 Jessie 48 NJ Raymond 22 NJ contractor- builder Francis 12 NJ HALL Rebecca 77 NJ she is Samuel's mother in law 129 120 MILLER William 27 NJ carpenter $5000 Carrie 26 NJ Bette 5 NJ Fran? 3 NJ 130 121 FALKINBURGH Arthur L. 46 NJ house carpenter $4500 Gladys L. 20 NJ Harry 17 NJ Aaron A. 13 NJ Trysa M. 10 NJ Charles W. 8 NJ Armenia S. 5 NJ 131 122 HULSE Abram L. 69 NJ --- $1500 Mary E. 55 NJ Her father was born in New York 132 123 WILSON? Arthur W. 43 NY common laborer $1500 Margaret D. 42 Hungary Her father was from Austria, mother from Bohemia; Margaret only speaks Hungarian ...

S.N. Bunnel was the father of Dr. Fred N. Bunnel and Beatrice Bunnel; he lived t the corner of Hooper Avenue and Madison as of April 1905. Fred passed the state Medical Examination early in July 1905; he attended the Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons. A news item appeared in the NJC on 7 June 1902, mentioning that S.N. Bunnel was thrown to the ground and hit across the ankles with a 6 x 6 timber while working in A.S. Tilton's barn and was unable to walk. In August of that year he was advertising a house for rent on Park Street, with 'cheap terms.' William Riley Bunnel may or may not have been another son; he married a Susan and fathered: Fred Graham Bunnel, who married on Dec 25, 1901, Alice Mead Harris, the daughter of S.C. Harris and Sidney Harris. Alice Mead Harris had a brother, Sidney, who married Lizzie Mae Holman. On 17 Oct 1901, Fred Grrham resigned as librarian at the M.E. Sunday School. Apparently he worked in New York, as the NJC for 18 May 1905 state...

from the Ocean Emblem 28 Nov 1855

New Jersey Courier 28 Nov 1878

From the Ocean Emblem 28 Nov 1855: "By the same, on the 19th of October, Mr. Crammer Akers, to Miss Elizabeth Giberson at Gibersonville, Ocean County, N.J."

from the Trenton Times 28 Nov 1914 Miss Florence Reeder, daughter of Frank K. and Emma Reeder, died last night at the home of her brother-in-law, J.W. Thoman, 134 Hoffman Avenue, where she resided. Death was caused by mastoiditis, from which she suffered two weeks. Miss Reeder was a well known dressmaker and besides her parents she left a sister, Mrs. J.W. Thoman. She was 20 years old. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning, with the Rev. ? L. Howard officiating. Interment will be in the Wrightstown Friends Burying Grounds, under direction of Poulson & Coleman

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, A.A. Brant advertised "everything for building"; he ran a lumber company on Robbins Street, in Toms River. He was a father to Henry L. Brant, a New York lawyer who married Cornelia C. Henry won a prize for best paper on medical jurisprudence. In 1872, A.A. Brant built a home on Hooper Avenue. This home burned down on 7 March 1902, and was said to be still smouldering 10 days later. He moved into a home he had recently bought at the corner of Walter and Allen Streets. According to the New Jersey Courier of 13 Feb 1879, "A.A. Brant came near losing his horse a day or so since, by it's catching one of its forefeet between the railroad track and the planking at the crossing." The New Jersey Courier of 20 Mar 1879 says that "Charles Brewer is building a dwelling on Hooper Avenue, nearly opposite the residence of A.A. Brant". In August of 1902, he was re-elected to the board of directors of the Toms Rive...

I have heard it said that there was an Abel Austin Bozarth that worked at the mill at Batsto in the late 19th century. I have never seen this fellow on any of the censuses for Washington Township, although he could have lived outside of Batsto and just worked there. The man mentioned above lived in Mullica Township, right outside of Batsto, as late as 1860, but by 1880 he was in Trenton. An article from the Batsto Citizen's Gazzette places an Abel Austin Bozarth at Batsto in 1883, however. (The Batsto Citizens Gazette Vol XXVIII, No. 1 - Winter/Spring 1994). This article only cites "letters", presumably in the collection of Wharton papers at Batsto.. All it says about Bozarth is the following: In 1883, every effort was being made to increase the production of wood products at Batsto. The recent employment, by owner Joseph Wharton, of George Wright as manager at Batsto was meant to raise production and hence profits. Wright, who was apparently not knowledgeable about lum...

from the Asbury Park Press 25 Nov 1991 MARY A. MULREED, 87, of Kearny, whose daughter lives in OCEAN TOWNSHIP, died yesterday at the West Hudson Hospital, Kearny. She was born in Ireland and lived in Newark before moving to Kearny 23 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas in 1954, a son, Thomas, and daughter, Jean Ann. Surviving are a son, James V., South Orange; two daughters, Maureen Brown, Kearny, and Catherine E. Meyeres, Ocean Township; six sisters, Sister M. Finola Quinn, Oklahoma, Sister M. Verona Quinn, Texas, Sister M. Therese Quinn, Louisiana, and Kathleen Quinn, Agnes Quinn, and Lillian Hughes, all of Irvington; a brother, James Quinn, Ireland; 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Wilfred Armitage Funeral Home, Kearny, is in charge of arrangements.

from the Asbury Park Press, 25 Nov 1991 THOMAS J. SUTTON, SR, 60, of Highlands and Stuart, Fla., died Friday at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a sergeant with the Highlands Police Department retiring in 1988 after 27 years. He was a member of American Legion Post 143 and of the Elks Lodge, both in Highlands, and a member of the Moose Lodge, Stuart. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and served with the Army military police in Panama. Mr. Sutton was born in Bayonne and lived in Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge Township before moving to Highlands in 1959. Surviving are his wife, Beatrice; three sons, Thomas, Jr, Pennsylvania; Daniel, Highlands, and Harold, Oceanport; three daughters, Patricia Paronto and Marie, both of Highlands, and Diane, Coatesville, PA; a brother, Edward, Sayreville; three sisters, Claire Denver, Cliffwood section of Aberdeen Township; Dolores Hoag, Keyport, and Mary Numes, North Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and ine grandchildren. Posten's Fune...

from the New Jersey Mirror 25 Nov 1818 A Coroner's Inquest was held over the body of Luke Quan (a colored man) on November 19, 1818. The Jury decided "that the repeated blows given him by Richard Denby (a colored man) in an affray near Lumberton, on the 14th instant, occasioned his death." Denby has not yet been taken.

According to an article in the Batsto Citizen's Gazzette, vol. XXIII #2 and vol. XXIX #3, Percy Adams lived at Batsto in 1954. He lived from 1904-1976, the son of Herbert and Mary Adams. He was the father of Elaine Rurdio and Nancy Wescoat; he moved to Batsto sometime after 1936

from the Ocean Emblem 10 Oct 1855:

Accoding to the publication, the Batsto Citizen's Gazzette, vol. XXIX #3, Vera Adams lived at Batsto in 1954; she died on 13 June 1995. Vera moved to Batsto after 1936

John Abbott, sr. is mentioned in the diary of Pleasant Mills resident Isa Leek; as she lived in Pleasant Mills there is a good chance that Mr. Abbott lived either in or near Pleasant Mills as well, although we can not be 100% certain just yet. He is mentioned in the diary as having died in September of 1907. It's not known if he is related to another family from the Mullica region, that of John L. Abbott of Nesco. John lived from 1875-1946, and he was married around 1900 to Henrietta Taylor (7 Feb 1875-1954). (She was the daughter of William B. Taylor and Mary Ella Crowley). John and Henrietta were the parents of: William T. Abbott (20 Mar 1901--). He married Deborah Brown about 1821 Thomas S. Abbott (27 May 1902--) He married Helen Gaskill about 1922 (daughter of H. Howard Gaskill), and was the father of another John Abbott, who married Kathryn Tweedie. Eva S. Abbot (21 May 1904-5 Jun 1944), who married Zay T. Davis about 1930.

from New Jersey Courier, 21 Nov 1878 CAMBURN-SPRAGUE At the M.E. Parsonage, Waretown, Nov 10th, by Rev. Boggs, Gideon A. Camburn and Martha Sprague of Waretown.

Burlington County Marriages 1782-1798 These marriages were reprinted in the Early Church Records of Burlington County , New Jersey Vol. 3, pages 115-116 Charlotte D. Meldrum Surname Given Name Date Place Married to? Barbara 2 Sep 1788 Joseph Kimble Addoms Mary 8 Mar 1794 Abraham Witcraft Bennet Deborah 1 Dec 1796 Chester Samuel Hunt Betzler George 9 Nov 1791 Elizabeth Brooks Brooks Elizabeth 9 Nov 1791 George Betzler Brown Mary 2 Jan 1793 Samuel Goforth Bud Elizabeth 20 Jan 1789 Thomas Taylor Budey Peter 23 Dec 1793 Abigail Smith Chambers Mary 9 Feb 1797 Chester Twp John Wilkins . Chew Continue 9 Jul 1787 Martha Ewen Cline, jr. Ephraim 29 Jan 1792 Rachel Salter, dau of Joseph Collins Joseph 31 Jan 1788 Elizabeth Mullen Connaroe Lydia 1 Jun 1788 William Dav...

Ocean County Deaths, 1888 This page contains obituaries and death notices that appeared in the New Jersey Courier , from January -September 1888. This paper was published in Toms River and covered mostly Ocean County. Surname First name Place of Death Date of Death Age NJC Date Notes Aker James Toms River 16 Jul 1888 76 1 Aug 1888 Anderson James Forked River Oct 30 1887 89 y, 9 m, 13d Jan 18, 1888 died of Dropsy; burial at Good Luck Cemetery Anderson William Manchester Feb 4 1888 64y 2m Feb 8 1888 Applegate George Cedar Creek Jan 7 1888 77 Jan 11 1888 Applegate John W. Cedar Grove Apr 16 1888 63 y 2m 10d Apr 18 1888 Birdsall Ann Waretown Feb 17 1888 Feb 22 1888 Branson Joseph H. Toms River Apr 2 1888 Apr 4 1888 Died of consumption in county jail. Nephew of Henry Branson Butcher Lydia State Insane Asylum, Trenton ...

GOFF-EXELL from the New Jersey Courier 19 Dec 1878 At Cookstown, Dec 1st, by Franklin B. Haines, Esq., Jacob R. Goff and Sarah Elizabeth Exell.

Deaths in Ocean County The following are all of the death notices and obituaries that appeared in the New Jersey Courier from October 1878-Jul 1879 NAME AGE DIED RESIDENCE PLACE OF DEATH CAUSE OF DEATH FAMILY NJC DATE BAREFORD, Arthur B. 8y 8m 30 Oct 1878 --- Toms River --- son of Samuel and Sarah M. Bareford 7 Nov 1878 BEATTY, John --- 28 Oct 1878 Cedar Grove --- spinal softening son of Frank and Hester Beatty 31 Oct 1878 BIRD, Eliza 78 7 Feb 1879 Toms River --- --- widow of Paul Bird 13 Feb 1879 BLODGETT, Amanda --- 28 Jan 1879 Manchester Peacham, VT --- wife of Hon. Rufus Blodgett 6 Feb 1879 BROWER, Nancy 77y 3m 14 Feb 1879 --- Bayville --- wife of Barnet Brower 20 Feb 1879 CARHART, Joseph 82y 8m 14 Dec 1878 --- Keyport (@home of son) --- father of Edward 26 Dec 1878 CHAMBERLIN, Aaron 73y 10d 2...

MASKELL, JOHN from the Asbury Park Evening Press 17 Nov 1947 BARNEGAT: - Burial services for Pfc. John Maskell, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Maskell, sr., formerly of High Point, were held Friday afternoon from the Bugbee Funeral Home. Barnegat Light post V.F.W. provided a military escort and the Rev. Sanford Haney, pastor of the Kynett Methodist church, Beach Haven, officiated. Interment was in Cedar Run cemetery. Private Maskell, whose parents now live in Trenton, was among the 6200 dead who arrived in New York aboard the U.S.S. Joseph V. Connolly Oct 26. He was killed in action in Germany March 12, 1945. He was a member of the 78th Division of the First Army. Before his induction into the army Feb 18, 1944, Private Maskell attended Barnegat schools.

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

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from the Ocean Emblem 3 Jan 1855

This page lists all of the deaths that were recorded in the Ocean Emblem newspaper, published in Toms River, between October 1858 and November 1859. Surname Given Name Age Residence Date of Death Place of Death Cause of Death Family O.E. Issue Aker Elizabeth --------- --------- 27 Feb 1859 --------- --------- wife of Stephen Aker 9 Mar 1859 Anderson Joseph --------- Barnegat 10 Nov 1858 Barnegat --------- --------- 1 Dec 1858 Briant Jonathan 3 Colliers Mills 26 Jan 1859 Colliers Mills --------- son of James and Rachel Briant 2 Feb 1859 Brown Laura 3y 8m 12d --------- 7 Feb 1859 --------- inflammation of chest and bowels dau. of John A. and May C. Brown 16 Feb 1859 Carr Jesse 81 --------- 29 Nov 1858 Manahawkin --------- --------- 15 Dec 1858 Cummings Albert --------- --------- --------- West Flambo...

New Jersey Courier 14 Nov 1878

HULSART-MATHEWS from New Jersey Courier 14 Nov 1878 Aaron F. Hulsart and Mary E. Mathews were married at her home, Harmony, on Nov. 6th.

Persons Who Died, Year Ending June 1st, 1850 From the Federal Census Washington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey Name Age Place of Birth Date of Death Length of Illness Cause of Death Marital Status Cranmer, Catherine 40 New York April, 1850 1 day Married Cavileer, Elizabeth 25 March 1850 1 year consumption married Cove, Susanna 6 days April 1850 3 days single Van Zandt, Charles A. 3 mos. July 1849 1 day catarrh single St. Clair, Margaret W. 31 April 1850 3 weeks measles married Brown, Sarah 41 Wattson, rachel 85 August 1849 8 mos. Pthisis widow Bird, Rachel 4 Nov 1849 catarrh single Cline, Emeline 5 August 1849 Billious fever single Mickle, Hannah 25 Sep 1849 consumption married Scull, Catherine 11 mos July 1849 bowels single Cavileer, Anna M. 10 mos. July 1849 rash single Sooy, Noah 47...

Persons Who Died Year Ending June 1st 1860 Washington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey From the Federal Census Name Age Date of Death Cause of Death Length of Illness Occupation Jackson, Enoch 3 March 1860 Catarrh on breast 4 days Jervis, Susanna 7 June 1859 fits 4 days Loyd, William 9 mos July 1859 fits 4 days Hankins, Margaret 20 January 1860 consumption 1 year Hughes, Sarah E. 8 mos February 1860 Billious Fever 9 days Gough, Isaac 1 mo. July 1859 dropsy 3 days Sooy, Rebecca A. 10 Nov 1859 Typhoid fever 9 days Thompson, Theodore 50 June 1859 accident (fell) 1 day laborer Reed, Henry 34 May 1860 inflammation of lungs 10 days Pool, Chas. A. 4 April 1860 maw worms 6 mos Sheppard, Abigail 53 April 1860 consumption 9 days Rumford, Mary 6 days October 1859 disease unknown ...

from the New Jersey Courier 25 Oct 1918 Funeral services of James Lester Worden, who died at Pelham Bay naval training station of pneumonia on Oct. 15, were held at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.B. Worden, Forked River, on Friday, Oct. 18, at 3 p.m. and were conducted by Rev. O.W. Wright, which were largely attended. His robust health and bright future so suddenly cut off has come as a great shock and has cast a deep gloom over the entire neighborhood. He was a student at the Toms River high school and afterward a Rider-Moore Business school graduate in Trenton, where later he was employed by the Charles Schick hardware concern. For the past year he was employed by the Zee Zee Rubber Company. He registered June 5 last and early in July he enlisted in the naval reserves and was called to the colors in August.

from the New Jersey Courier, 18 Oct 1918 Frank White, formerly of Laurelton, died recently at Panama, and his friends in Brick Township were just notified.

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.

from the New Jersey Courier 25 Oct 1918 News has reached Lakewood last week of the death in Philadelphia of Mrs. Allison White, daughter in law of Mrs. Kate F. White of Lakewood, a victim of the epidemic. Her husband and two small children survive here. Lakewood relatives motored to Philadelphia to attend the funeral services.

The following bit of information I came across in an issue of the New Jersey Courier; as of this posting I have not been able to find the original record with the date of the paper, although I do believe it was in the 1920s. John Herbert married a woman named Elizabeth, last name unknown, who lived in Herbertsville, Ocean County, New Jersey. They had a number of children, including the following: Catherine who married a Mr. Gilford an unnamed daughter, who died young Three boys, all dead as of the printing of the article Hannah, born 1839. She married David Brewer of Herbertsville and had: Morton Brewer Herbert Brewer W.V. Brewer Charles Brewer James Brewer Elizabeth Herbert, Hannah's twin sister (born 1839). She married, in 1860, William Morton, and had: Craig Morton Thomas Morton Edward Morton John Morton Ella Morton All of the Morton children lived in Allenwood, New Jersey.

from the Asbury Park Press 8 Nov 1985 Charles Michael Moore, 68, of Howell Township, died Wednesday at Saddlebrook Hospital. Mr. Moore was born in Paterson and lived in West Paterson before moving to Howell 28 years ago. He was a chauffeur for Bencix Corp., Teterboro, for more than 40 years, retiring three years ago. Mr. Moore was a Navy veteran of World War II and was president of the Howell Youth Organization and president o fthe West Paterson Boys Club. Surviving are his wife, Sophie; three sons, Charles Lawrence, Metuchen, Michael John, Berkshire, NY, and Stephen Paul, Lakewood; and two daughters, Kathleen Ronan, Lakewood and Colleen Slattery, Sayreville. Hennessey-Powell Funeral Home, Hasbrouck Heights, is in charge of arrangements.

KITZMAN, ANTOINETTE from the Asbury Park Press, 8 Nov 1985 Antoinette Kitzman, 73, of Long Branch, died Wednesday at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was a lifelong resident of Long Branch. Mrs. Kitzman was a registered nurse and worked for Dr. Alfred Shapiro in Long Branch for 15 years, retiring 10 years ago. She was a communicant of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Long Branch, and was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, Council No. 52, Long Branch. Surviving are her husband , Emil; a son, Frank Cook, Ocean Township; two sisters, Rose Morawski, Melbourne, Fla., and Mary Mazza, Long Branch; three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Damiano Funeral Home, Long Branch, is in charge of arrangements.

from the Asbury Park Press 8 Nov 1985 Frank Smith, Sr., 68, of Hightstown, died Tuseday at home. Born in Townsend, VA, he lived in Cranbury Township before moving to Hightstown nine years ago. He was a truck driver for Wright's Roses, Cranbury for 23 years. Mr. Smith was a member of the St. Jane A.M.E. Church, Hightstown. His wife, Ethel, died in 1981. Surviving are two sons, Frank, Jr., West Peterborough, NH, and Gerry, Hightstown; a daughter, Eunice Laidler, Bristol, PA; a brother, Cecil Smith, Cranbury; three sisters, Mae Nina May and Leona Wright, both Townsend, VA; and Quientelia Smaw, Norfolk, VA; 14 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren. Nathaniel Small Funeral Service, Irvington, is in charge of arrangements.

from the Asbury Park Press 8 Nov 1985 Martin M. Sinteff, 75, of Berkeley Township, died yesterday at Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River. He was born in Jersey City and lived in Plainfield for 27 years before moving here nine years ago. Surviving are his wife, the former Marie Hirsch, two sons, Martin Jr, of Charleston, SC and William, East Windsor Township; five daughters, Ann Bishop, Piscataway Township, Mimi Yantz, Toms River, Renee Cowles, Boston, Marion Carlino, Somers Point, and Beth Sinteff, Pittsburgh; 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, Toms River, is in charge of arrangements.

from the Asbury Park Press 8 Nov 1985 Lena Schurgin, 92, of Lakewood, died yesterday at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. She was born in Cincinatti and lived in Freehold before moving to Lakewood 30 years ago. Mrs. Schurgin was a member of the Pioneer Women of Lakewood; and the Deborah of Lakewood; the Golden Ring Club, Lakewood; and the Farmingdale Jewish Community Center. Her husband, Isaac, died in 1970. Surviving are a son, Jerome, Lakewood; a daughter, Frances Sradnick, Lakewood; two sisters, Gertrude Shapiro and Ann Rosensweet, both Detroit; seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Belkoff Jewish Memorial Chapel, Lakewood, is in charge of arrangements.

from the Asbury Park Press, 8 Nov 1985 Della Perry, 75, of 258 Mechanic St., Red Bank, died Wednesday at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Mrs. Perry was born in Craven County, N.C., and lived in Red Bank for 30 years. She was a member of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Neptune, and the Red Bank Senior Citizens. Surviving are a son, Ernest, Jr., Tinton Falls; four daughters, Hilda Goode, Tinton Falls, and Alyce Greene, Louetta Hendrex, and Darnell Lane, all Red Bank; a brother, Clayton Dixon, Toledo, Ohio; a sister, Ethel Edwards, New Bern, N.C.; 20 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Childs Funeral Home, Red Bank, is in charge of arrangements.

from the New Jersey Courier, 18 Oct 1918 Horatio Taylor of Forked River is reported to have died in France during September, the telegram from the war department being received by Mrs. Charles Taylor on Saturday last. Young Taylor went to Camp Dix in the draft and from there to Camp Lee, Va; and thence to France in the 139th infantry. There are two stories around, one that he was killed in battle and the other that he died from disease. He married Miss Fennimore of Bordentown. A brother, Arthur Taylor, is also in the army.

According to the Batsto Citizen's Gazzette, vol. XXXI #4, Annie and William Heineke were a brother and sister who lived in Pleasant Mills around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. I haven't come across these names anywhere else in that part of the world, so I'm curious where they came from and how long they stayed in the area.

from the New Jersey Courier 25 Oct 1918 William Walter Stults died in New York City, and his body was brought to Forked River, his former home, on Sunday morning. Funeral services were held and burial made at Good Luck burying ground. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stults, and grew up here, but had been working in the city. He leaves the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Stokes Collins of Barnegat; Mrs. Jennie Evans of Forked River; Mrs. Hattie Bennett of Briarcliff, NY; Charles Stults, Jr, of Scranton, PA. He also leaves a widow, two sons and a father. He was jolly and full of fun, and frequently visited Forked River, says our correspondent from that place.

from the New Jersey Courier 18 Oct 1918 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strauss of Lakewood received word of the death of their only son, F. Axel R. Strauss, who died in Buffalo, NY from influenza. He was 20 years of age and had for some time been employed in the Brooklyn navy yard.

from the New Jersey Courier 25 Oct 1918 Staffordville, October 18---Mrs. Sadie Stevens died at Salmon's brother's home with the influenza and blood poisoning. She leaves a daughter, 14 years old, besides mother, father and several brothers and sisters at Atlantic City. She will be greatly missed. She was 42 years of age. Interment at Stafford Cemetery. The Manahawkin preacher conducted the services.

from the New Jersey Courier, 18 Oct 1918 Mrs. Raymond Stevens died at Tuckerton Tuesday morning from influenza. She leaves a husband and five small children, all of whom are very sick.