Ocean County , NJ History

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"

Atco Cemtery Surname Given Name Born Died Note Allen Elizabeth W. 1889 1930 Allen Nora I. 1891 --- same stone as Robert S. Allen Robert S. 1888 1957 Anning David Earl 1934 1987 Anning Edith Emily 1882 1922 Anning Emma 1876 1951 Auxer John 1876 1946 Ballenger Anna D. --- 7 Jan 1905 age 7; d/o H.C. and L.S. Ballenger Bancroft Mary B. 1917 --- same stone as Richard B. Bancroft Richard S. 1916 --- same stone as Mary B. Banfill Ella M. 1904 1942 Barnes Anna J. 1916 --- Barnes Emily H. 1888 1979 Barnes Florence M. 8 Aug 1911 5 Aug 1923 Barnes Howard 1881 1937 Barnes Howard J. 1909 1981 same stone as Anna J. Barry P. 1939 1941 may be a Zulker; in same plot Bartling Jean M. 28 Nov 1932 31 Jul 1995 Beath William F., Sr.

from the New Jersey Mirror Mar 4 1908 Angered at his wife because she refused to leave her parents and go home with him to Atco, this State, Jacob Kobler shot and instantly killed her on Thursday afternoon at her parents' home, on Kensington avenue(number not stated), Philadelphia, and during the struggle which followed, shot and wounded Rudolph A. Ferber and Elizabeth Ferber, his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and then made a bluff at committing suicide by shooting himself in the head. He then jumped out of a second-story window and tried to make his escape across the fields to a small creek into which he plunged. The icy water soon chilled his heated blood and he crawled back and surrendered to his pursuers.

New Jersey Courier 13 Sep 1936 Mrs. Helen Shoemaker, 36, of Jacques Bridge, near Atco, a patient for the past year in the Burlington County Insane Law, at New Lisbon, committed suicide late Sunday afternoon by hanging herself in her room at the institution. Miss Florence Frantz, a nurse, found the woman hanging at about 4:30 o'clock. Mrs. Shoemaker had made a noose of a strap, the end being fastened to the top of a screen at the window. Artificial respiration was applied by the nurses for some time. She was finally pronounced dead by Dr. H. E. Longsdorf, asylum physician. Coroner George A. Whomsley, of Burlington, following an investigation, issued a certificate of death by suicide. A husband, Theodore, survives.

from the New Jersey Mirror Mar 4 1908 Angered at his wife because she refused to leave her parents and go home with him to Atco, this State, Jacob Kobler shot and instantly killed her on Thursday afternoon at her parents home, on Kensington avenue, Philadelphia, and during the struggle which followed, shot and wounded Rudolph A. Ferber and Elizabeth Ferber, his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and then made a bluff at committing suicide by shooting himself in the head. He then jumped out of a second-story window and tried to make his escape across the fields to a small creek into which he plunged. The icy water soon chilled his heated blood and he crawled back and surrendered to his pursuers.

from the Industrial Directory of New Jersey, 1901, p. 24: 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

from the Industrial Directory of New Jersey , 1901, p. 2 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