Ocean County , NJ History

 New Jersey Courier 4 Jan 1900 Harry Eno is probably the son of Byron Eno, who ran a hotel in Lacey.  He was born Aug 1869 in PA and worked as a 'hotel proprietor'. He lived (probaby at the hotel) with parents, Byron E. and Mary), as well as sister Bertha (b. Sep 1871), brother Russel (b. May 1878), and Katie A. (who is Byron's daughter in law, though it's not clear on the census if she's married to Harry or Russel). There is a young  Byron E. (not yet 1), though again, it's not clear who's son he is.  R.C. Eno could be Harry's brother, Russel.  Daniel Holmes appears a few entries away from the Eno hotel on the 1900 census in Lacey.  He was born Dec 1869, and lived with his mother, Carolyn, and sister, Lydia B. (b. Aug 1877), and aunt Margaret Jeffrey (b. Mar 1841). It is not clear who Dr. Wallace is---I found a lot of Wallaces in Lacey in 1900, but none of them were doctors. Likewise with Eugene Bunnell--while that family name is common in Ocean County,...

 Asbury Park Press 12 Sep 1980

 Ocean Emblem 28 Sep 1865

 New Jersey Courier 26 Nov 1920

 Lakewood Citizen Jan 12 1917

 Many years ago, the website I used to host this information on before moving to blogger helped out another researcher locating a family member they had been looking for.  They sent me this story about that process: OUR STORY FINDING JOHN (JACK) MASKELL JR'S FAMILY   BY BEN & SUSAN LANE January 20, 2003   Our story starts out with Ben working for the Army Awards Branch and back in September 2002 he brought home a mailing tube that the U.S.Postal Service had forwarded to his office. They had found it in an old mailbag in the Atlanta,Georgia postal facility. It was dated 1945 and addressed to Mrs. Edith W. Maskell. The documents in the tube had the name of her son,  a young Army soldier who was killed in action at Kaledorn,Germany during World War II and buried in the American Cemetery at Henri Chapelle,Belgium, at the age of 19.   My search began with Ancestry.com trying to locate the family on the 1930 census and death index for mother and father. ...

Ocean Emblem 16 Jan 1856

Ocean Emblem 5 Nov 1856

New Jersey Courier 21 May 1915

Ad in the Ocean Emblem 6 Aug 1856 I know the ad says "May 2 1855". It ran quite a bit in the paper, and this copy is taken from the 6 Aug 1856 issue. The date didn't change each time the ad ran.

from the Ocean Emblem 31 Jan 1855

Washington Township Deaths, 1 Jun 1869- 1 Jun 1870 Family # on census Name Age Date of Death cause of death occupation 60 Lane, Peter 55 February 1870 inflammation of brain ship carpenter 76 Ford, Lucinda 2 August 1869 cholera inflammation 85 Brewer, Hannah 24 March 1870 consumption housework 29 Johnson, William 68 Feb 1870 killed by machine laborer 121 Carney, Hannah A. 4 mos. July 1869 cholera inflammation

LANE, MARY E from the New Jersey Courier 2 Jul 1937 Point Pleasant, July 2--Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lane, 96, oldest resident of Point Pleasant, died on Thursday of last week at the home of her son and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lane, 324 Richmond Ave, after a long illness. She had been a resident of this place for the last 15 years. Funeral services were held on Sunday by the Rev. Herbert Frick. Interment was made in Senate Street Cemetery, Wallingford, CT. Mrs. Lane is survived by her son, Robert J. Lane, of this place, a daughter, Mrs. Julius Tuckerman, Brooklyn, and six grandchildren and one great grandchild.