Ocean County , NJ History

 Asbury Park Press 10 Mar 1941 Whitesville- C Stratton Holman, Justice of the Peace in Jackson Township for the past 25 years, died yesterday at his home on the Cassville-Toms River Road after a brief illness. Mr. Holman, a painter and paper hanger, was a member of Laurel Council, Jr O U A M; Camp 113, Patriotic Order sons of America and the Whitesville Methodist Church.  He is survived by two sons, George L and C Chester Holman, Manasquan; a granddaughter, Miss Dorothy Holman, Manasquan; a grandson, George Louis Holman, Miami, FL; a brother, John W Holman, Lakewood and two sisters, Mrs. Harriet Buckwalter and Mrs. Sidney Harris, Toms River. Funeral services will be conducted at his home at 1:30 PM Wednesday, in charge of Rev C Albertus Hewitt, pastor of the Whitesville Church. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Toms River. Friends may call tomorrow night at the home

New Jersey Courier 21 May 1908

 

New Jersey Courier 18 Jun 1920

New Egypt Press 15 Dec 1905

Lakewood Citizen 21 Apr 1916

Lakewood Times and Journal 25 Jul 1924

New Jersey Courier 18 Mar 1932

Trenton Times 6 Jul 1939

New Jersey Courier 2 Jan 1879

Ocean Emblem 21 May 1856

Ocean Emblem 14 May 1856

Emmelville According to Joe, a visitor to this site, Emmelville is a small town right next to Weymouth, NJ. Another visitor has it on an Atlantic County map, a few miles south of Weymouth. It is situated on the land between Weymouth Road and the Great Egg Harbor River. According to the map, the only things located there now are a Girl Scout Camp to the north and Lake Lenape Park to the south. Joe has provided me with this genealogical outline of the original settlers of Emmelville.: Philip Emmel was born in New Jersey in 1786. He died 10 Mar 1865. He married a woman named Sylvia Ireland on 2 Oct 1811 in Gloucester County. She was born in 1787 and died 7 May 1866. According to Philip's census entry, recorded 5 Sep 1850 in Atlantic County, his occupation was that of a farmer. He had real estate valued at $4000. Ten years prior, in 1840, he was probably living in Upper Alloway Creek in Salem County, New Jersey. There are a few other Emmel families living ...

New Jersey Courier 11 Jul 1878

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...

This page lists all of the deaths that were recorded in the Ocean Emblem newspaper, published in Toms River, between October 1858 and November 1859. Surname Given Name Age Residence Date of Death Place of Death Cause of Death Family O.E. Issue Aker Elizabeth --------- --------- 27 Feb 1859 --------- --------- wife of Stephen Aker 9 Mar 1859 Anderson Joseph --------- Barnegat 10 Nov 1858 Barnegat --------- --------- 1 Dec 1858 Briant Jonathan 3 Colliers Mills 26 Jan 1859 Colliers Mills --------- son of James and Rachel Briant 2 Feb 1859 Brown Laura 3y 8m 12d --------- 7 Feb 1859 --------- inflammation of chest and bowels dau. of John A. and May C. Brown 16 Feb 1859 Carr Jesse 81 --------- 29 Nov 1858 Manahawkin --------- --------- 15 Dec 1858 Cummings Albert --------- --------- --------- West Flambo...

This was taken in 2009 from Robbins Street, looking at the back of what was at that time Harris's department store.

Looking north on Main Street, 2009 from the corner of Herflicker Blvd

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, ...