Ocean County , NJ History

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

New Jersey Courier 26 Jan 1859

New Jersey Courier 18 Jan 1918 Sugar and condensed milk are high in price and hard to get; so is corn meal. High prices is one way our small villages feel the effects of the war. Another way is that so many of our men have gone away to work, and now the young women are leaving to take jobs in the industiral centers. Miss Bertha Eno is out of town. Eugene Bunnell has gone home to New York, having been here to the funeral of Mrs. Tillie Bunnell. Joseph Collins, while in New York one of these slippery mornings, had a bad fall on Broadway. Amos Lewis and son are working on the hydroplane job at League Island navy yard, Philadelphia. Lloyd Reeves is now coastguard at Forked River station. Edward Cranmer of Double Trouble drove here to Hollywood farm Tuesday for a load of hay. The oxteam is quite a curiosity these days. Saturday morning's gale did considerable damage. Daniel Wilbert had a building blown down. Almost a flood Tuesday, with heavy rain on ice covered ground. The inf

New Jersey Courier 3 Nov 1910 Mrs. Julia Bunnell and Miss Lou Frazee were delegates last Friday to the County Sunday school convention in Lakehurst.

These bits of genealogy was pieced together from various references in turn of the century issues of the New Jersey Courier. 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,

New Jersey Courier 3 Jul 1879 Our farmers are in luck at present as all kinds of farm crops are growing nicely. Chas. S. Grant has, in our opinion, the banner corn field of the shore townships. The huckleberry harvest has begun. A few shipments have already been made from here The asparagus crop is about ended. David Ward has been sending from 75 to 100 bunches a day for the last two months. James P. Lewis, from less than an acre of land, has sent from 35 to 50 bunches per day. C.F. Bunnell is rebuilding his residence here, and the new church has been treated to a coat of paint.