Ocean County , NJ History

from the Asbury Park Press Sep 7 1996

from the Lakewood Citizen 27 Oct 1922 Miss Adele Moller, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Moller of Birch Street, was married at Chicago on Monday to Louis G Davis. Miss Moller had lived in New York for the past few years. and it was there she met Mr Davies. Recently Mr Davies accepted a position in Chicago and settled there. Miss Moller attended the Lakewood Schools and has a large circle of friends and acquaintances here

from the Lakewood Citizen 27 Oct 1922 Mr Joseph A Ward, son of Mr and Mrs A A Ward, of Central Avenue, and Miss Ruth Scripture, daughter of Mr Scripture, of Newfoundland, NJ were united in marriage on Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. The wedding was given Miss Scripture by her friend, Mrs Ripley, at the Ripley summer home, in Newfoundland, which had been prettily decorated for the occasion with autumn leaves and chrysanthemums, and the ceremony was performed by an uncle of the bride. The only attendants were a brother and a cousin of the bride and Mrs Ripley's little daughter as flower girl. After the ceremony a wedding supper was served the guests who numbered about fifty. Mr and Mrs Ward left for an auto tour through New York State. The groom is well known in Lakewood. He was graduated from the public schools and later from Rutgers College. After serving with the American Forces in France, Mr Ward returned and accepted a position with the State Department. He...

from the New Jersey Courier 18 Oct 1918 The funeral of Capt. Stephen D. Rulon of Exmore, VA, was held on Tuesday at the home of Capt.Theodore Lane in Waretown. He was a brother to the late Mrs. William Irving Applegate, Mrs. John Chambers of Toms River, and himself formerly lived here. For many years he was in the rubber trade, sailing a fast schooner, the Anna R. Bishop, to and from New York and Para, Brazil, bringing back mostly rubber, but other tropical products, also. About 20 years ago, with his brother, Capt. Ed. Rulon, he went to Exmore on the lower end of the Virginia peninsula, and started in the oyster business there. They have since made it theri home, with a niece, Miss Myra Applegate of Toms River, who lives with them. With his death and that of Capt. N. V. Lane, of Tuckerton a fortnight ago, two more of the old time mariners have gone on the last voyage, and thre are almost none of their generation left.

from the New Jersey Courier 14 Oct 1909

Early 1990s newspaper ad for A-Z video rental store.

Profile of Toms River resident, written in 1979 by Pauline Miller.

from the Ocean County Observer of 20 Sep 2006

Names and dates unknown, Toms River (Dover Township) police officers.

from the Ocean County Observer June 4 2006

Profile of the house written by Polly Miller in 1979.

Photos from the 1960s of the Bey Le a Dairy in Toms River.

Ocean Emblem 3 Oct 1855

from New Jersey Courier 14 Apr 1916 John Hagaman, a well known Ocean county resident, whose death at Cassville, April 1, in his 94th year, was reported in last week's Courier, was born in 1822, near Toms River. He married Elizabeth Irons early in life, and he had a large family, consisting of 14 children, nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Being almost a giant in stature, Mr Hagaman was noted far and wide for his physical powers. It has been said that he could cut a cord of wood in 40 minutes, or ten cords in ten hours, a remarkable feat when it is considered a good day's work. Mr Hagaman was long recognized as an expert on horses, and in his younger days he traveled quite extensively through the West buying horses for the government

from New Jersey Courier 2 Jun 1909 A pretty home wedding occurred Wednesday in East Fourth Street, when Miss Mary Ethel Johnson, daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Johnson, became the wife of Mr Frank Edgar Baldwin, of Red Bank, the ceremony occurring at one o'clock and performed by the Rev C P Butler of the Presbyterian Church. The bride was gowned in a charming princess dress of white batiste with lace and embroidery and carried white roses. Her going away gown was of London Smoke broadcloth and she wore a panama hat with lilacs. The young couple received many pretty gifts. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served to the company and the bride and groom left amid showers of rice and confetti to their home in Atlantic Highlands which is in readiness for them. The wedding company numbered about twenty six and included the relatives and a few friends from Lakewood, the grooms mother, sister and brothers, Mrs G W Baldwin, Miss Estelle Baldwin and Messrs George B and Will...