Ocean County , NJ History

from the Department of Friends Records @302 Arch Street, Philadelphia., PA: Transcribed by Betty Grant Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting, NJ. Births & Burials 1779-1886 103pp; index 3pp. The children of Peter and Elizabeth Parker Hannah was born 24th day of 6th mo 1759 Joseph was born 23rd day of 3rd mo 1761 Phebe was born 21st day of 6th mo 1768 Thomas was born 5th da of 8th mo 1769 Peter was born 4th day of 3rd mo 1772 The children of Thomas and Abigail Parker John Parker was born 18th day of 4th mo 1791 Willits Parker was born 30th day of 8th mo 1792

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

New Egypt Press 24 Nov 1915

from the Ocean Emblem 11 Jul 1855

from the New Jersey Courier 5 Nov 1915

from the Trenton Evening Times, 6 Feb 1906 MRS. HENRY SAVAGE IS DEAD Special to the Times Lambertville, Feb 6. - Mrs. Susan Savage, wife of Henry C. Savage, died at her home at the York Street House early Sunday morning, after suffering from cancers of the stomach for the past four or five months. She was 67 years old. Her husband, four daughters and one son survive her - Miss Jennie Savage, Mrs. Elizabeth NAYLOR, Mrs. Orrin E. PETTY, Mrs. Fred. R. PARKER and Robert Savage. Funeral service, conducted by the Rev. John A. Carr, rector of St. Andrew's P.E. Church, will be held at the house at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be in Mt. Holly Cemetery. Peter Heath, funeral director, has charge of the arrangements.

HOPKINS-PARKER from the New Egypt Press 4 Feb 1910 Jacobstown - Albert Hopkins, of Hornerstown, and Miss Ida M. Parker, of Clarksburg, were quietly married at the Baptist parsonage by the Rev. W.E. Corwell on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Dayton Hopkins, mother of the groom, was present.

from the New Egypt Press 4 Feb 1910 John Parker, aged about 69 years, died at the home of his son Charles Parker, near Cookstown, on Wednesday evening, after a lingering illness. Mr. Parker was sawyer at Hauche Miche for many years. He is survived by two sons, George and Charles and three daughters, Mrs. Jennie Grover of Davisville, Mrs. Rhoda Cawley of near Cookstown, and Miss Anna Parker of near Pasedena, N.J.

from the New Jersey Courier, 13 Dec 1929 Island Heights, December 9--William A. Parker, a long time resident of this place, was buried this afternoon at Riverside Cemtery, Toms River. He died at Monmouth Memorial Hospital, Long Branch, on last Thursday, December 5, aged about 79. Funeral services were held at 1:00 P.M. today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wilbert Martin, Seventh Ave, Wannamassa Park, Long Branch; and at the grave in Riverside cemetery at 2:30 P.M. Mr. Parker was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Parker, who moved here from Toms River in the early days of this resort. He married Miss Mary Kennedy, who survives him; also his daughter, Mrs. Martin, and two sons, Lodge Parker of Baltimore, MD and Walter Parker of Irvington, VA. One sister, Mrs. Charles H. Applegate of Dayton Avenue and Thomas Street, Toms River, also is living, while two brothers, Charles and Daniel, died some years ago. For many years, Mr. Parker carried on the barber shop here, until he was

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

from the New Jersey Courier, 25 Oct 1918 Joshua Parker died at his home in Tuckerton on Sunday morning from an attack of pneumonia.

from the New Jersey Courier, 25 Oct 1918 Mrs. Josephine Parker, wife of Smiley Parker, died at Parkertown on Sunday Oct 13. She was 39 years old and leaves a husband, son and daughter.

from the New Jersey Courier 25 Oct 1918 Mrs. Fred Parker died at her home in Ocean City on Wednesday last. She leaves a husband and six small children. Mr. and Mrs. S. Barton Parker, parents of Fred, have brought the children to their home in Tuckerton to care for them.

from the New Jersey Courier 25 Oct 1918 Edwin C. Parker, the sixteen months old son of Township Clerk and Mrs. Norris L. Parker of Parkertown, died October 11. Both parents and three other children have been very ill but are now recovering.

from the New Jersey Courier 21 Dec 1917 Last Saturday evening the children of the Brookville school held a ten and twenty cent sale of fancy articles at the home of Hiram Parker. Although the night was stormy, most of the goods were disposed of. The proceeds are to pay for Victrola records.

New Jersey Mirror 15 Nov 1871 Married--At his residence in Timbuctoo, on the 9th instant(November, 1871), by Rev. William Williams, after a long and tedious courtship, KING DAVID PARKER, of Timbuctoo, and CLARISSA COLE, formerly of Philadelphia.

New Jersey Mirror 26 Apr 1860 Wardell W. Parker, for many years a preacher among the colored people of this neighborhood, died at Timbuctoo, on Friday night last, at an advanced age.

New Jersey Courier 16 Dec 1921 While looking for deer meat at the home of Lewis Parker, near Manahawkin, Game Warden J. H. Evernham and Constable Joseph K. Johnson, of Toms River, found not venison, but a still in full operation. The still was seized and brought to the county jail. Parker was afterward arrested and brought here. Warden Evernham had received a tip saying that Parker had killed two deer and had them in his house. Parker lives at the Oxycocus plantation, at one time a famous cranberry bog, back in the woods from Manahawkin. The two officers went there and found Parker, demanding that he bring out the meat. He insisted that he had no venison and they proceeded to search the house. When he tried tos teer them away from a certain door all the time, they went into that room and found a still running. It sat on a three burner oil stove, and was steaming. They seized it, and it was still warm when it reached the Sheriff's office and a quart of white mule was in the worm,

HIRAM PARKER FAMILY Hiram Parker was living in Brookville at least as early as 1900, with his wife, Jennie. Hiram was born in July of 1874, and Jennie in August of 1879. At that time, he was employed as a day laborer. By 1910, they had a son, Hiram E., and were still living in Brookville next to Jesse and Debroah Estlow (see above). However, in 1910, Jennie was no longer there: Hiram had been married for seven years to another woman, Florence (she is listed as his second wife; he was her first husband). Hiram E. must be the offspring of the second marriage, as he was only five in 1910. They also had another son, Francis H. Parker, age 3 in 1910. By 1920, the family was still in Brookville. It seems that Hiram E. was now going by the name "Earl". Hiram, sr. was still a laborer, and no new children had arrived. They lived next door to Alvin Couch in 1920. By 1930, Florence was dead. Hiram was now a cranberry grower and his two sons were laborers at a cranberry bog. It may be t