Ocean County , NJ History

 New Jersey Courier 22 Dec 1922

From the Lakewood Citizen 26 Jan 1934 Miss Katherine Adele Lamarche, daughter of John V and the late Rose Nelson Lamarche, died Monday evening at 6 o'clock at her home on Sycamore Avenue, Shrewsbury. She was born in Lakewood. Surviving besides her father are a brother, John V of New London, Conn, and two sisters, Miss Ruth Nelson Lamarche of Shrewsbury and Mrs George Murfit of New York City. Funeral service was held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at her late home and at 11 at St James R C Church, Red Bank. Burial was made in Mt Olivet Cemetery, Middletown. The Lamarches when they made Lakewood their home resided in the house later occupied by the late Dr George W Lawrence on Second Street

The following is paraphrased from E.M. Woodward's History of Burlington County, published in 1883. Robert Allen of Shrewsbury came to Little Egg Harbor in 1716, and married Edith Andrews, daughter of Edward Andrews, of Tuckerton. They were wed in the Friends meetinghouse in that town, and it is said they were only the second couple ever wed there. Where he settled seems in some dispute; Woodward believed he settled on the west side of Wading River, while others believe he settled at Bass River. He purchased land and took up farming. His children were: Edward Allen. He married Rachel, daughter of John Cranmer,Sr., of Bass River. They had: Charles Allen Simeon Allen Edward Allen John Allen Edith Allen Mercy Allen Sarah Allen Kesiah Allen Phoebe Allen Edith Allen Peter Allen, "Like Nimrod of old, was a great hunter, and lost his life in consequence of his love for the chase. Sometimes he went a considerable distance from home for the purpose of killing deer, and