Ocean County , NJ History

New Egypt Press, March 31,1916: "Jackson township friends of Mrs William Webb were shocked to hear of her sudden death at Lakewood. Mrs Webb was 80 years of age. Besides her husband she is survived by three children, Mrs R E Whitmore of Asbury Park; Mrs Mahlon Messler of Freehold and Jackson Webb of near Pemberton. Her six grandchildren are: Mrs William Cottrell of Asbury Park; John Whitmore of Lakewood and Warren, Arthur & Fred Messler. Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Grove church Wednesday at one o'clock and interment was made in the church cemetery".

New Egypt Press 31 Mar 1916 Jackson township friends of Mrs William Webb were shocked to hear of her sudden death at Lakewood. Mrs Webb was 80 years of age. Besides her husband she is survived by three children, Mrs R E Whitmore of Asbury Park; Mrs Mahlon Messler of Freehold and Jackson Webb of near Pemberton. Her six grandchildren are: Mrs William Cottrell of Asbury Park; John Whitmore of Lakewood and Warren, Arthur & Fred Messler. Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Grove church Wednesday at one o'clock and interment was made in the church cemetery

New Egypt Press 31 Mar 1905 A party of friends were entertained on Monday evening by Walter Bell and wife, it being their first evening in their new home. Those present spent a very pleasant evening playing bingo, Jenkins up Copenhagen, and various other games. Refreshments were served at a late hour. There were about forty people present. There have been many moving here during the past week. Walter Bell moved his family on the farm at the schoolhouse corner, lately vacated by Thomas Riley whom moved on the Davis farm. Alfred Southard moved on the old Henry Moore place; George Horner moved from the corner house formerly occupied by Jackson Southard, on the road to the Hopkins place; Alfred Bell moved in the house vacated by Walter Bell, and Ellis Hopkins moved where Albert moved from. Nearly everyone of Archertown's inhabitants have moved in new homes. Edward Ivins whose birthday was on Wednesday of this week, had the misfortune to be sick all day. He is twelve years old, and ...

from the New Jersey Courier of 19 Oct 1923 Correll Clayton, Lakehurst, convicted of having liquor unlawfully in his possession, was fined $250 and costs, which was paid.

Tuckerton Beacon 19 Feb 1920: ANOTHER COUNTY PAPER SUSPENDS PUBLICATION The Eatontown Advertiser, a Democratic weekly newspaper which has been issued for nearly half a century, has suspended publication because of the illness of the editor, William T. COLE. Mr. Cole is 78 years of age, and in addition to his duties as editor and publisher, comprised the mechanical force as well. The Advertiser is the seventh Monmouth County weekly to suspend publication since the commencement of the war. LAST OF A.E.F. HAVE LEFT CAMP DIX: Last week saw the last of the A.E.F. demobilization at Camp Dix, where half a million soldiers have been converted into civilians. As there are several thousand wounded Americans in hospitals and convalescent stations the demobilization department will not close at once, as groups of these men are arriving at Camp Dix every week.

Tuckerton Beacon 5 Feb 1920: WINTER CENSUS WILL SHOW UP SHORE TOWNS VERY POORLY: The shore towns from Atlantic Highlands to Cape May are being worried about the 1920 census. Taken in the month of January, when many of the trades people are away, none of the summer folks are on the coast, and many of the other residents are in Florida or California, or in nearby cities, the shore towns will make a poor showing indeed. To add to the difficulty, thousands of workingmen on the Jersey shore have left home and taken their families with them, to get work in other places for the winter, intending to return in the spring. Asbury Park was pretty well scared at the first reports from the census, and Mayor Hettrick has appealed to citizens to tell the census takers all about the absent residents. Ocean County towns find themselves in the same situation. In fact so far there are some places in Ocean County where no enumerator has been secured.

Civil War News Concerning Ocean County and its Residents OCEAN EMBLEM 11 AUG 1864 From a gentleman who is pretty well acquainted with the figures, we are informed that the quotas of the several townships in Ocean County, under the call for 500,000 men, are as follows: Jackson....24 Plumsted...33 Brick......46 Dover......65 Union......44 Stafford...54 total.....266 The Coming Draft We are requested by Mr. John H. Irons to say, that the time for paying in and receiving the Thirty Dollars from enrolled men, has been extended to Saturday of this week. From the 14th Regiment Camp 14th N.J. Volunteers, near Harper's Ferry, VA, 26 Jul 1864 Editor of the Emblem: --I have several times thought that I would drop you a line since the battle of Monocacy, where our regiment was engaged. I have delayed writing mainly because it seemed impossible to get a true report of the casualties in Co. F. and to write the half of the reports for the second or third days after the bat...

New Egypt Press 10 Mar 1905: William HOMES, of Forked River, and Miss Stella JONES, of Waretown, were married at Barnegat last Thursday. John WEBB, of Tuckerton, is in the Hanemann Hospital, Phila., receiving surgical treatment. He was operated on Wednesday last and is doing nicely. Not for sometime has the oyster situation at Tuckerton assumed such serious aspects as at the present owing to the continued freeze. The ice is from a foot to a foot and a half thick, and the skipper's reserves stock is exhausted. Some shippers who have standing orders have been compelled to cut holes in the ice and tong for the oysters. Not only is a famine threatened but many of the planters are afraid that the continuance of the ice will kill their stock.

Tuckerton Beacon 25 Mar 1920: MOSQUITO FIGHTERS PLAN CAMPAIGN FOR THIS SUMMER: The County Board of Mosquito Extermination had a full meeting Thursday at the Central House, Toms River. Work for the summer was planned and will be started at once, as soon as Superintendent Stephen JOHNSON can get men together to do it. It was decided to advertise for some tow to three hundred thousand feet of new ditching to be done this summer on the meadows below Tuckerton. In addition to this, which will be contract work, Supt. Johnson and his force will clean out the ditches already dug, and patrol the meadows during the danger periods. Drains will be put under the new county road in Long Beach, and under the road on the beach above Seaside Park. There is also some work to be done below Seaside Park.

According to the Industrial Directory of New Jersey, 1901: "ATCO, Camden County: On the Atlantic City Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey, and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Station of each road in the town. Population 500. Banking town, Camden. Money order post office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams, United States, and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $ 2.38 Land for factory purposes bordering directly upon the line of the railroads ma y be had in any size plots, free of charge or at nominal prices. Water is pure and plentiful, the climate is healthful and free from malaria, and there is a good supply of labor, either male or female. One small factory building, floor area of 600 feet, with steam engine and boiler, will be rented for $ 10 per month or sold outright for $ 1500. These industries are now in operation E.H. Flood, manufacturers of window glass; employs 47 persons. John E. Hand, manufacturers of ship's compasses; employs 8 persons"

Until recently, the photo and hand drawn map on this page were the only evidence I really had that this place even existed. A visitor to this site sent them to me asking if I'd heard of the place, which I had not, so this page was created in hopes that someone out there knew something else about it. Finally someone found an article in the Trenton Times from 22 Feb 1906, and from that provided us with the following information: "...Asay Springs may not refer to an area, but to actual springs that are located in the White Horse area of present day Hamilton, across the Crosswicks Creek from Bordentown. That approximate area is the former location of a house once known as the Asay-Cubberly house. It was the home of Isaac Asay (son of Joseph, I believe), from 1849-1858 and maybe longer. A good account of the area can be found in Louis Berger & Associates, Historic Sites, Trenton Complex Archaeology: Report 12, The Cultural Resource Group, Louis Berger and Associates, Inc., Eas...

New Jersey Courier 7 Feb 1872 An interesting and lively game of baseball was played at Bass River on Saturday, 13th ult., between the Buck Tails of Bass River, and the Liberties of Bass River Neck, the former proving champions by a score of 23 to 15. The Buck Tails are now champions along the shore.

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 ...

New Jersey Courier 31 Jan 1885

Asbury Park Press, 22 Mar 1965 Joseph B. Robertson, 25, of 38 Park Ave, Berkeley, who died Saturday in an automobile crash in Absecon, had lived here since 1962. He was born in Camden, S.C.. Mr. Robertson worked for the J.F. Kieley Construction Co., Toms River. He was a former member of the Bayville Civil Defense Unit. Mr. Robertson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Janice Robertson; 2 sons, Joseph B., jr. and Lewis, at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Messick Robertson, Camden, S.C.; three brothers, Bruce and Lewis, Camden, S.C. and Neville Roberts, Tennessee. Anderson And Campbell Funerals Home, Toms River, is in charge of arrangements.

Burlington County Petit Jurors List, 22 Mar 1884 from the Burlington Gazette, March 22 1884 : Judges PARRY, LEE and BLACK with the Sheriff and the Clerk met on Tuesday and drew the following list of petit jurors: 1. Harry HARKER, Southampton 2. Louis C. OSMOND, Beverly 3. George OSMOND, Bordentown 4. Benjamin R. IVINS, Burlington 5. Thomas H. NUTT, New Hanover 6. John C. WOODINGTON, Northampton 7. John P. HENRY, Beverly 8. Burr WILKINS, Medford 9. David REEVES, Northampton 10. Henry L. GARWOOD, Medford 11. Henry GRANT, New Hanover 12. Edward B. STOKES, Shamong 13. Harry C. LAUMASTER, Burlington 14. Joseph H. WARNER, Beverly 15. Eckard P. BUDD, Northampton 16. Josiah BALLINGER, Medford 17. William SMALL, Shamong 18. Caleb G. KINSLEY, Mansfield 19. William H. BROWN, Chester 20. Gilbert AITKEN, Chester 21. John HUNTER, Beverly 22. Thomas SUTTON, Florence 23. Samuel STILES, Springfield 24. William STOKES, Willingboro 25. Ellis R. CLIVER, Burlington 26. ...

from the New Jersey Courier, 31 Jan 1885

Asbury Park Press, 21 Mar 1965: TWO OCEAN MEN DIE IN CAR CRASH Absecon -- Two Ocean County men were killed yesterday when a car driven by a sixteen year old boy collided with another automobile on the White Horse Pike, Absecon Police said. The victims were identified as Joseph Robertson, 26, of 38 Park Avenue, Berkeley Township, and William Stiles, 36, of Bay Avenue, Tuckerton. Sgt. Nicholas Lo Presti said they were passengers in a vehicle driven by Harold Ireland, North Green St, Tuckerton. Sgt. Lo Presti said Ireland was 16 years old. The legal age for driving in New Jersey is 17. The car was was owned by another passenger, Leroy Salmons, also of N. Green St, Sgt. Lo Presti said. Ireland was in serious condition and Mr. Salmons in satisfactory condition at the Atlantic City Hospital last night. The driver of the other car, Raymond Cook, Absecon Highlands, was in satisfactory condition.

New Jersey Courier 14 Nov 1878

from New Jersey Courier 14 Nov 1878

New Jersey Courier 14 Nov 1878

Nugentown, 1915 Below is the State Census taken in June of 1915 in the village of Nugentown. I have tried where possible to give as much information as I can find on each of these families by way of annotating the census, rather than just listing the data in a table. There were 24 occupied dwellings in Nugentown in 1915, and around 90 residents total. JOHN H. KOHLER FAMILY John H. Kohler was born in Kentucky in N ov 1867. Both of his parents were from Germany. In 1915, he was residing in the town of Nugentown and working as a farmer. H Is wife, Harriet, wsa born in Apr 1868 in England. Living with them in 1915 was a young man named William McGarry--he was born in Nov 1897, making him just about 18 at this time. He was born in New York; William's father was from Ireland and his mother from England. His relationship with John Kohler isn't clear, but there is another person in the house: Mary Kohler, born Aug 1899. In 1920, when the family was living on Clay ...

New Jersey Courier 14 Nov 1878

New Jersey Courier 16 Mar 1879: John H. Dubel started for a prolonged spree at Mt. Holly on Saturday with his week's earnings. It is alleged that while he was drinking, at the bar of the hotel, his father entered and endeavored to persuade him to go home. He replied with epithets to his father, but this did not deter the latter from imploring him to stop his drinking and return home. Dubel, at least partially intoxicated, grew angry and is said to have thrown his father aside, and, drawing his revolver, fired twice, one of the bullets inflicting a serious wound which will probably result fatally. Young Dubel was arrested and since he has grown sober is greatly distressed at his terrible act.

Lakewood Times and Journal 15 Mar 1916

New Jersey Courier 7 Nov 1878

Brookville Residents, 1930 This is, or was, a small community in Ocean Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, near Waretown I don't know much about the place or its history, but below I have transcribed the 1930 Census along with notes on the families who lived there at that time. In 1930, there were only fifteen occupied residences in Brookville. About 44 people made up the entire village. (Compare this with 1920: there were 14 homes, and 45 people). According to the 1930 census, only two of the families (Joseph Spiska and Charles Gynakovic) did not own a radio set at the time. Federal Census For Brookville, 1930 "Main Road" - the streets apparently were not named in Brookville in 1930. BACHMAN FAMILY I can't make out the first name of the head of house for this home, but the last name definitely looks like "Bachman". It's hard to be sure though, as the writing is very sloppy on this entry. At any rate, this house had five residents in ...

Except where otherwise noted, the birthplace of both parents of an individual is New Jersey. New Gretna, East Main Road, April 1910 House # Family # Surname Given Name Age Place of Birth Occupation Notes 1 1 Irons William (H.?) 67 NJ farmer He and his wife were married for 31 years Josephine 63 NJ Mother of one child, who was living with them Joseph W. 30 NJ laborer 2 2 Anderson Billie 37 NJ farmer Listed as head of house, but Billie was the wife, married for 28 years and mother of four children, all of whom were dead by 1910. Samuel 40 NJ farmer Holman Zachariah 32 NJ laborer has been married 9 years; he is Billie's brother Annie 28 NJ cook she is Zachariah's wife, but census states she has only been married 8 years? She has given birth twice, both children are still living. Rhoda 6 NJ Mary B...