Ocean County , NJ History

Information about this family was taken from their headstones in the Green Bank Cemetery and the Pleasant Mills Cemetery, and the 1885 Census. Augustus Ernst Koster was born in Hanover, Germany on 17 June 1840. All that is known of his family in Germany is that he had a brother named Charles, according to the Batsto Citizen's Gazzette vol XXIII #1. He came to America at the age of 14, supposedly after his mother had arranged to have him released from military training in Germany. He originally went to New York City, and in 1869 moved to Hermann, a town which no longer exists in Washington Township, supposedly to make glass. His father in law, John H. Rapp, is the investor who purchased the land and opened that glass works, so it is probable that he had some role in Augustus' choice to move to Washington Township. The town is supposed to have had between 40 and 70 homes at that time, plus one hotel. An 1876 Burlington County directory lists August Koster of Green Bank as a hot...

from the New Jersey Mirror 23 Dec 1936: Weeks-Koster Wedding -- Miss Janice Elizabeth Koster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon A. Koster, of Green Bank, and Franklin Weeks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Weeks, of Somers Point, were married on Saturday evening, December 12th, at the Almonesson M. E. parsonage, by the Rev. C. Russell Nixon, a former pastor in Green Bank. Mrs. Weeks is a graduate of the Egg Harbor High School and of the Atlantic City School of Nursing. Mr. Weeks, a graduate of Hammonton High School, is employed by the Fischer Baking Company in Atlantic City. A reception and dinner was held on Sunday at the home of the bride's parents.