Ocean County , NJ History

 New Jersey Courier 29 May 1911

 New Jersey Courier 29 Jun 1911

 New Jersey Courier 29 Jun 1911

EVANS-THOMAS from the Trenton Evening Times 22 Sep 1911 BORDENTOWN Miss Edith Thomas and Richard Evans who were quietly married nearly a year ago and who have kept the marriage a secret will depart in a few weeks for Denver, Colo., to take up a permanent residence. Both the young people are well known in this city.

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.

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.

NEW JERSEY COURIER 9 MAR 1911 C. Leland Haslett is spending some days at his home here from Boston Mrs. W.F.Simmons entertained the Toms River orchestra on Friday evening. Freeholder W.s. Jackson has been quite sick in Philadelphia at Jefferson hospital. Miss Beatrice Bunnell spent the weekend home from Trenton where she attends school. Mrs. J.C.P. MacWalter returned last week after spending the winter in New York and vicinity. George McKaig of Island Heights brought F.G. Stanwood and S.E. Leming to town in his car Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Leon Chamberlain on Monday entertained the former's brother, Jesse Chamberlain of Providence, RI. Miss Alfred Smythe returned to Long Branch last week after spending several months with Mrs. George Wissmach. The young folks gave Rowland Buckwalter, Jr a surprise party on Thursday evening last and had a jolly time, too. C.A. Morris Monday went to Trenton to attend the funeral of a cousin; Tuesday and Wednesday he inspected the New Egypt sch...

New Jersey Mirror 5 Mar 1911 Mrs. Emma Hopkins has been granted a divorce from her husband, Charles F. Hopkins, son of Caleb Hopkins, a hotel keeper at Cassville

From the New Jersey Courier 20 Jan 1911 Mrs. Ralph Cummings and daughter were recent visitors from Double Trouble. ( to Forked River)

Allentown Messenger 28 Apr 1911: William Cranmer has been on the sick list this past week. The Rev. Henry Compton is able to be out again after an illness of several weeks. Miss Leoni Feaster of Philadelphia visited her father, Dr. Feaster last week. Mrs. George Borden of Jobstown was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wright Longstreet on Sunday. Joseph Kester has been spending the past week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Kester. Mr. and Mrs. William Layton spent Sunday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Layton. Charles Schneibner has been spending the past few weeks with his aunt, Miss Myra Lamb. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kester of Red Valley, spent Sunday at the home of Walter Kester.

Allentown Messenger 28 Apr 1911: Mr. Henry Reed of Union Mills and Holmes Herbert of Pemberton, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herbert of near Chesterfield on Sunday. Joseph Lawyer and son Eugene were Bordentown visitors on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herbert and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lawyer spent Saturday evening in Bordentown. Mrs. Henry Chaffee and daughters Helen and Emma spent Friday last shopping in Trenton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Francis of Crosswicks were vistors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Barton Carter on Friday. George T. Forsythe is not very well at this writing. Miss Zilpa Burtis and Leon, Marie and Adele LaRue all spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Forsythe. Mrs. William Forsythe and daughter Harriett, of near Columbus spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Forsythe.

from the New Jersey Courier 30 Mar 1911 Jesse Sprague, Jr has joined the navy and gone to training quarters at Newport, RI A daughter was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. Allen. Capt A.B. Stratton was about the first to start the flounder fishing succesfully. Mumps are sweeping this part of the beach. Wm. L. Butler has contracts for two new cottages, one on Second street, the other on Bay avenue, for MA Todd and Mrs. Jopsom of Philadelpia. R.F. Engle of Engleside was here last week and will soon be overhauling for the summer business. Eight geese and 23 ducks was the bag of Carrol Stratton and Jim Sprague on windy day in March. Charles Brewer has moved here from Manahawkin in one of the James Welsh houses. Thomas K. Lane has moved into the James Sprague house at North Beach Haven. Charles Beck of Philadelphia is a frequent visitor at his farm here.

New Jersey Courier 30 Mar 1911 Capt. Joel Van Sant and his mate, Morgan Morris, two mariners, both of this place, were compelled to abandon the yacht Edithanna at sea off Jupiter Inlet, Florida recently and were picked up by the French cruiser Gloire, which landed them at Annapolis, MD. They had been cruising in Florida waters and visited Havana, Cuba whence they sailed for Tuckerton on March 13. They ran into a storm that was too much for their craft were blown off shore, and would probably have gone down with their schooner had not the French cruiser come along. The Edithanna was owned by Thomas Henderson of Philadelphia and had a crew of four men. J.H. Bartlett and wife have gone on a trip to California via the Sunset route, New Orleans and the Grand Canyon of the Rio Colorado. A local debating club has decided that drunkenness is a greater curse to humanity than war. Well, you can neither compel a man to pull a trigger or take a drink if he makes up his mind ot to, and that woul...

New Jersey Courier 30 Mar 1911 Jesse Sprague, Jr has joined the navy and gone to training quarters at Newport, RI A daughter was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. Allen. Capt A.B. Stratton was about the first to start the flounder fishing succesfully. Mumps are sweeping this part of the beach. Wm. L. Butler has contracts for two new cottages, one on Second street, the other on Bay avenue, for MA Todd and Mrs. Jopsom of Philadelpia. R.F. Engle of Engleside was here last week and will soon be overhauling for the summer business. Eight geese and 23 ducks was the bag of Carrol Stratton and Jim Sprague on windy day in March. Charles Brewer has moved here from Manahawkin in one of the James Welsh houses. Thomas K. Lane has moved into the James Sprague house at North Beach Haven. Charles Beck of Philadelphia is a frequent visitor at his farm here.

New Jersey Courier 30 Mar 1911 The Harvey Cedars Realty Company will run a free excursion down from Camden and Philadelphia on Sunday to sell lots here. It is understood these excursions will be continued to and through the summer on Sundays. Samuel Gaskill of Barnegat is overhauling Howlett's motorboat at High Point. D.P. Schramm spent Saturday in Barnegat. The new High Point Yacht Clubhouse is completed and ready for the yachtmen when they come down for the summer. The Harvey Cedars Realty Company is planning to start on a big dredging project about April 15. This will deepen the channel and fill in a large space for building lots. Raymond Palmer of Conrad's station was at Barnegat Monday night. Walter Ridgway was another Barnegat visitor Monday. L.A. deZano of Philadelphia, while here gunning, got tenducks the last day of the season and was well pleased with his trip. Mr. and Mrs. John Schramm of High Point are visiting New York. Joseph Bounds of this place went ba...

from the New Jersey Courier 30 Mar 1911 Edward Crabbe on Saturday last let the water off the big mill pond which he partially set out in cranberry vines last summer. He has two hundred barrels of vines which he will now set out on the bottom of the pond. During the winter sand was carted out on the ice and dumped over the muddy spots, and is now in the places where it is wanted to be spread. The water that was run off the pond was run on the east bog of 200 acres, which was flooded last summer. This will be ready for setting out after another summer under water. When Mr. Crabbe gets through with bog building he will have about 500 acres of vines. The mill is busy on cedar lumber. A neat bungalow is being built on the shore of the lake. Some say the builder expects to have a bride to occupy it with him. From the New Jersey Courier 29 Feb 1912 Jesse Taylor [ of Forked River] and family spent Sunday at Double Trouble.

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.

New Jersey Courier 9 Mar 1911 Miss Matilda Collins of Bamber, Ocean County, died of paralysis at the home of her niece, Mrs. Charles Asselin of Red Bank, yesterday. Miss Collins was in her 85th year. The body will be removed to Barnegat where the funeral will be held.

New Jersey Courier 2 Mar 1911 An old time Ocean County industry can be seen here [Forked River] just now as Zeb Britton has started fires in his five charcoal pits for Dr. G.E. Wallace. Time was when such sights were common, but many people have never seen a coaling.

New Jersey Courier 5 Jan 1911 Mr. and Mrs. William Saulsman have gone back to New York after a week here [ Forked River ] (Josephine Craft's daughter, married a Saulsman. We know that in 1911 Willis Saulsman was still traveling back and forth from Cedar Crest to NY, and Lulu was living with her mother although already married. There is an H. William Saulsman living in NY (although he was born in NJ) in 1910. He worked as a chauffeur for a private family. He was lodged in the home of William Chandler, who also worked as a chauffeur for a private family. They lived next door to real estate manager Charles Smith. There is a Willis Saulsman, who I think may be the same person, in NY in 1920, working as a chauffeur for a private family. (A Willis Saulsman frequently made trips between NY and Cedar Crest). In 1920, he lodged in the home of another chauffeur, Robert Van Zandt on West 95th street.)