Ocean County , NJ History

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 ...

DOMINIC GANGEMI Dominic was a 41 year old Italian immigrant living at Brookville in1930. He gave Italian as his primary language, and he worked at 'odd jobs'. Living with him was a woman named Martha Alick, age 36. She is listed as "married", and has been since she was 25, but her husband does not appear in this house. She was born in New York, as were her parents, and gave her occupation as "housekeeper". I'm not positive if this is the same man yet or not, but in 1920, there is a Dominic Gangemi living on Center Street in Brooklyn, NY. He was 29 at the time, also an Italian immigrant. He worked as a painter in a shipyard, and had immigrated in 1906. (He was not a citizen). At that time he lived with his wife, Martha, age 26. It seems likely that Martha Alick and Martha Gangemi are the same person, though why she gave her maiden name in 1930 is not at all clear. Nor is it clear why someone would move from Brooklyn to the Pine Barrens, although there we...