Ocean County , NJ History

Ocean Emblem 2 Mar 1854

From NJ Archives-WWI casualties:

New Jersey Courier 23 Jun 1892

from New Jersey Courier, 21 Nov 1878 CAMBURN-SPRAGUE At the M.E. Parsonage, Waretown, Nov 10th, by Rev. Boggs, Gideon A. Camburn and Martha Sprague of Waretown.

from the New Jersey Courier 18 Oct 1918 Charles Ridgway, an employee of the Ocean County Gas. Co.'s plant at Toms River, died at his home in Waretown on Monday from pneumonia after a short illness. He was buried at Manahawkin. He leaves a widow and one child.

from New Egypt Press, 10 Mar 1905 HOMES-JONES William Homes, of Forked River, and Miss Stella Jones, of Waretown, were married at Barnegat last Thursday.

CAMP-BAREFORD from the New Jersey Courier 13 Feb 1879 At the residence of the bride's parents, Waretown, Feb 4th, by Rev. R.S. Harris, Reuben Camp and Anna Elizabeth Bareford, all of Waretown.

From the New Jersey Courier 27 Apr 1905 Allan Cross, a well known citizen of Waretown, died on Friday last, at the age of 77. He had for many years lived on the Samuel Birdsall farm, and was loved by all the community.

New Jersey Courier 9 Sep 1875: BORN at Waretown, Aug 29, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Selah Camburn. Also, Aug 31, a daughter to Capt J.R. Robinson.

New Jersey Courier 3 Jun 1866 We visited Waretown last week in search of new subscribers. Met "Forked River Joseph" on the way, raving like a distracted bedbug, because he had lost a baby's cloak. Found the cloak for him, and restored his peace of mind. Waretown contains a Methodist and Presbyterian Church, two stores, a hotel, post office, two graveyards, in one of which, the "forefathers of the hamlet" sleep, and in the other, their descendants repose. Mr. J. Birdsall is building a nice little sloop, 33 feet keel, 12 feet beam, for carrying marl down from the terminus of the Toms River Railroad, whenever that blessed institution arrives at Toms River village. Mr. Ezekiel Birdsall has a large schooner, the hull of which is completed but perversely refuses to travel overland to water, and they are digging out a channel so that the water will come to it. Waretown is quite a village. We saw our friend James of blessed rail road memory. His eyes snapped and twink

New Jersey Courier 11 May 1905: A social will be held at Mrs. H.A. Howard's on Friday evening for the benefit of the Ladies Aid Society. Ice cream, cake, pie and coffee will be for sale. Capt. J.H. Birdsall came down from Red Bank to the Bayview last week, which they are now having put into shape for the summer. Much sympathy is felt for Edwart Thybault whose house and contents were burned to the ground on Tuesday by a fire alleged to have been set by the freight train on the C.R.R. Much damage was also done to the timber and buildings belonging to Mrs. Adelaide Bowker. The baseball game on Saturday between the Bayville and Waretown team ended with victory for our boys. Wilkens Burden has finished painting J.C. Eayre's house, which presents a very nice appearance.

New Jersey Courier 10 Apr 1879: Down at Waretown, Capts. Jacob Birdsall, and John Holmes, have got a wire running from their respective dwellings and a telephone at either end, through which they can converse with each other readily.