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History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1923, Westervelt, Frances Augusta Johnson, 1229 pgs. ...
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History of Bergen County, New Jersey. Van Valen, James M. New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Co., 1900. Genealogical History ...
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 | Saddle River - Page 213It is a sheet that reflects the ability of its editor in every line, and by many is retained as and encyclopaedia of events in Saddle River borough, ... |
| Hackensack - Page 78Extensive enlargements to the generating plant in Hackensack are now under way with a view to shutting down all of the smaller outlying plants and ... |
| Englewood - Page 585The act of the Legislature for the erection of the township of Englewood provided that the first meeting for the election of township officers should ... |
More | Ridgewood - Page 253The following statistical table will illustrate in brief the present status of the Reformed Church family of Ridgewood. ... |
| Carlstadt - Page 376Young August was but one year old when his parents emigrated to this country, and located in the village of Carlstadt, where he received his education ... |
| Paramus - Page 276They are members of the Reformed church of Paramus. PETER L. ZABRISKIE. Peter L. Zabriskie, a builder and contractor of Ridgewood and one of the ... |
| Tenafly - Page 673he located at Tenafly thirty years ago, selecting a fine site and erecting upon it an attractive and expensive residence, where he has since resided ... |
| Cresskill - Page 665of men constantly employed he has constructed a great number of houses in Cresskill, being one of the largest contractors in this part of the county. ... |
| Paterson - Page 378his father until sixteen years of age, when he went to Newark and worked five years as a butcher, following the same business for a time in Paterson. ... |
| Woodridge - Page 142CUMMING New York Railroad, and also for the line running from Essex street to Woodridge. In New York their business was mostly in the line of building ... |
| Moonachie - Page 356The district of Moonachie was nearly depopulated on account of the ravages of bands of Hessians from New York. There is scarcely a representative of ... |
| Staten Island - Page 9at which time they sought safety by flight to the West side of the river and at which time Staten Island was laid waste and Pavonia was burned. ... |
| Teaneck - Page 639There are no villages in Teaneck township, but a villa grange lies within its precincts, of more than usual significance and historical importance, ... |
| Hillsdale - Page 302within the bounds of the village of Hillsdale. This place contains one summer hotel and a number of beautiful residences built by the Hillsdale ... |
| Rutherford, NJ - Page 470Soley built his factory in Rutherford, NJ, where he carries a heavy and varied stock, and is able to fill orders without delav. ... |
| Trenton - Page 411This venture was attended with fair success and from there he removed to Trenton, where he established the largest general store in New Jersey. |
| Brooklyn - Page 470During his residence in Brooklyn, he was a member of all the leading social Clubs, of that city; the Oxford Club, Union League Club and Marine and ... |
| Mahwah - Page 197all of which have since been taken off leaving simply the villages of Ramsey and Mahwah, and their vicinities as a relic of the old township. ... |
| New York - Page 240The product of these mills finds a ready market in New York and elsewhere. |
| Cherry Hill - Page 323The two hamlets of River Edge and Cherry Hill are in the borough of Riverside. Both of these places have been trading centres since a very early day. ... |
| Demarest, NJ - Page 666The old Bogert homestead farm is situated in Cresskill, on the Closter road, midway between Tenafly and Demarest, NJ During the year after his ... |
| Maywood - Page 323The village of Maywood is situated on the Susquehanna Railroad sixteen miles west of New York and two miles west of Hackensack, and is in close touch ... |
| New Brunswick - Page 276New Brunswick and immediately became pastor of a church in Hoboken, where he remained two years. From there he removed to Davenport, Iowa, ... |
| Closter, New Jersey - Page 31Nearly four years before these calamities at Closter, New Jersey had declared herself independent of the British crown, and nearly three years before ... |
| Boston - Page 56Accordingly a local Committee of Safety was organized in Bergen county, a measure probably hastened by the closing of the port of Boston in the Spring ... |
| Waldwick - Page 215A church building was first erected near where the Erie Railroad now runs, within the bounds of Waldwick. This growing too small for their needs was ... |
| Tappan, New York - Page 207His grandfather, John Quackenbush, was a native of Tappan, New York. His father was John, also, and married Mary Ann Van Sise, a relative of the ... |
| Haverstraw - Page 205Upon returning he went to Haverstraw where he spent seven years, working at his trade. He has been a resident of Ramseys for many years and is ... |
| Claverack, NY - Page 646and at seventeen years of age entered Claverack Institute, a boarding school, situated at Claverack, NY After leaving school Mr. ... |
| Easton, Pa - Page 75On the 3d of August a force of United States troops having reached Easton, Pa., the Second Battalion and regiments of National Guard were relieved. ... |
| Albany - Page 213His son, GH Bamper, the last of a long line of proprietors, who entertained stage drivers with their passengers, on the way from Albany to New York, ... |
| Philadelphia - Page 84The new road became a part of the great stage route from New York to Philadelphia. The Hackensack turnpike was constructed in 1804 by the Bergen ... |
| Newark, NJ - Page 469After receiving a course of instruction at the New Jersey Business College, Newark, NJ, he entered the employ of the United States National Bank, ... |
| Washington, DC - Page 224at which time he removed with his family to Washington, DC, where he still resides, and at the present time is one of the city's wealthy and leading. |
| Elizabeth, NJ - Page 349Homeopathic Medical College in New York city, and upon the completion of this course, opened an office in Elizabeth, NJ, where he practiced two years. ... |
| Chicago - Page 410Anson was one of the five operators of Chicago chosen to attend to the telegraphic business of the meeting, and again at the Cincinnati Convention ... |
| Whitefield, NH - Page 122At the age of thirteen he professed conversion, and was baptized in a pond, fed by mountain springs, at Whitefield, NH, and united with the Baptist ... |
| Newburgh, NY - Page 345Lozier of Oradell, NJ Hiram Lozier was born at Newburgh, NY, June 4, 1852, and was educated in the Latin and English branches, in the Newburgh public ... |
| Allendale, NJ - Page 209Christopher, daughter of Joseph Christopher, of Allendale, NJ The Judge is a Republican, but does not take an active part in politics. ... |
| Utica, NY - Page 599Congregational ; two from the Westminister Presbyterian Church, Utica, NY, two from the Reformed Dutch Church, Utica; three from the Reformed Church ... |
| Lawrenceville, NJ - Page 132He was prepared for college at the academy at Lawrenceville, NJ, and at the Rutgers Grammar School at New Brunswick. ... |
| Bradley Beach, NJ - Page 457William McMains, now a resident of Bradley Beach, NJ, has been prominent in Rutherford during the past thirty years. ... |
| La Cygne, Kansas - Page 276His next call was to La Cygne, Kansas, at which place he organized a congregation, becoming its pastor for five years. ... |
| Charleston, South Carolina - Page 307year he engaged in the export of cotton, succeeding which came three years' experience in the dry goods business in Charleston, South Carolina. ... |
| Park Ridge, NJ - Page 307In August 1891, he returned North locating at Park Ridge, NJ, where he has since been associated with Mr. FO Mittag in the manufacture of typewriter ... |
| River Edge, NJ - Page 686tract of land in the northern New Jersey province and Mr. des Marest with his entire family settled at what is now known as River Edge, NJ in 1678. ... |
| Flushing - Page 209in Bergen county, opposite Fort Washington, his parents removing to New York city a few years later, eventually becoming residents of Flushing, h. ... |
| Fredericksburg - Page 646He was one of "Father Abraham's Three Hundred Thousand ; " was in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, advancing in the famous mud ... |
| Cincinnati - Page 139He was made a delegate from the Fifth Congressional District to the National Democratic Convention which met at Cincinnati in 1880, and nominated ... |
| Davenport, Iowa - Page 276From there he removed to Davenport, Iowa, where he resided two years. His next call was to La Cygne, Kansas, at which place he organized a ... |
| Adrian, Pa - Page 529His son Alfred Calloway is superintendent of the Rochester <& Pittsburg Coal Company, at Adrian, Pa., and Ernest Evelyn, a second son, is assistant ... |
| Jacksonville, Florida - Page 594On May 25, they were ordered to Jacksonville, Florida, where thev remained until about September 1st, when the company was removed to Pablo Beach, ... |
| Romeo, Michigan - Page 136He was educated at Romeo, Michigan, afterwards studying law at Dixon, Illinois, under the late Attorney General Edson, of that state. ... |
| Princeton - Page 553Ayers prepared for college in Berlin, Germany, and at Princeton and Hackettstown, NJ He was graduated from Yale University June, 1898, and entered New ... |
| Hamilton Square, NJ - Page 470Case served at Hamilton Square, NJ, ten years and was at Holmdel, NJ, for a period of twelve years. In 1896 he came from Hoboken to Rutherford where ... |
| High Falls, NY - Page 276He then returned East, taking pastoral charge of a church at High Falls, NY, remaining with it thirteen years. Finally in 1887, he removed to his ... |
| Dixon, Illinois - Page 136He was educated at Romeo, Michigan, afterwards studying law at Dixon, Illinois, under the late Attorney General Edson, of that state. ... |
| Hoboken, NJ - Page 373Coming to America in 1871 he first resided in Hoboken, NJ He remained there a short time and then settled permanently in Carlstadt, where he soon ... |
| Port Gibson, Mississippi - Page 149In 1859 he went to Port Gibson, Mississippi, as teacher of mathematics and physics in the academy at that place, but returned North after two years, ... |
| Warren, Mass - Page 396Eventually he became superintendent of Libby's Woolen Mill at Warren, Mass., which position he held for fifteen years. ... |
| Middletown, Connecticut - Page 4701846, and was educated in his native city, afterward completing a course of instruction in the Commercial College at Middletown, Connecticut. ... |
| Lisbon, NH - Page 122In full view of the White Hills of Mount Washington stands '"Sugar Hill," in the town of Lisbon, NH, where George H. ... |
| Geneva, NY - Page 104Dr Holley is a native of Geneva, NY, and a graduate of Trinity College. He was ordained to the ministry in 1865. THE UNITARIANS established a church ... |
| Parkersburg, West Virginia - Page 139Nash, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, after which he read law in Hackensack with the late George H. Coffey and Abraham D. Campbell, being admitted to ... |
| Bloomingdale - Page 382He had an extensive laundry in Bloomingdale, yielding him a large fortune which he" enjoyed and used with commendable good sense. ... |
| Holmdel, NJ - Page 470Case served at Hamilton Square, NJ, ten years and was at Holmdel, NJ, for a period of twelve years. In 1896 he came from Hoboken to Rutherford where ... |
| Dunkirk, NY - Page 209to Miss Amanda, daughter of Captain Seth Miller, of New York. They had five children, Amanda J., wife of Marshall L. Hinman, of Dunkirk, NY; Ezra W., |
| St. Louis - Page 410Pennsylvania, later being employed by the Western Union Company in the cities of Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis and New York. ... |
| Hartford, Connecticut - Page 470Keeney of Hartford, Connecticut. REV. WILLIAM WICKHAM CASE. Rev. William Wickham Case, son of Rev. John B. Case and Elizabeth Wickham, is a native of ... |
| East Rutherford, NJ - Page 488Volmer, florist, conducts a profitable trade in flowers on the Paterson Plank Road, East Rutherford, NJ He was born in Brunswick, Germany, in 1856. ... |
| Stanhope, NJ - Page 472Conkling was educated in Stanhope, NJ, public school and prepared for college at Stoutenbourgh's Latin School at Schooler's Mountain Springs, ... |
| Machias, Maine - Page 408Laurence's wife is Lydia A., daughter of Captain Myer Bradbury, of Machias, Maine. JOHN VAN BUSSUM. The old homestead of the Van Bussum family at Peck ... |
| New London, Connecticut - Page 470His first charge was at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, following which were New London, Connecticut, and other places. ... |
| Harrisburg - Page 150After a few months' practice at Harrisburg he removed to California, and opened a law office at Stockton, where, however, he had remained onlv a short ... |
| Oradell, NJ - Page 345Lozier of Oradell, NJ Hiram Lozier was born at Newburgh, NY, June 4, 1852, and was educated in the Latin and English branches, in the Newburgh public ... |
| Jersey City, NJ - Page 421Kingsland, president of the Provident Savings Institution, of Jersey City, NJ Besides this old land-mark there remains also the old mill pond, ... |
| Hackettstown, NJ - Page 553Ayers prepared for college in Berlin, Germany, and at Princeton and Hackettstown, NJ He was graduated from Yale University June, 1898, and entered New ... |
| Cooperstown, NY - Page 219After receiving a common school education he entered Hartwick Seminarv, near Cooperstown, NY, where he took a course of instruction, which finished ... |
| Stonington, Conn - Page 205Seth Slack, a native of Canada removed to New York going finally to Ulster county, NY, and from there to Stonington, Conn., where he died and where ... |
| Carroll, NH - Page 122and shortly after this, George H., then but eight years of age. went to live with Joseph Clark, who owned a good-sized farm at Carroll, NH Mr. ... |
| Oakland, NJ - Page 207His father was John, also, and married Mary Ann Van Sise, a relative of the Demarest family, and resided at Oakland, NJ, where our snbject was born ... |
| Toronto - Page 395He is a native of Canada, born in Toronto, in 1864, and was educated in the public schools of that city. When sixteen years of age he came to New York ... |
| Sea Girt, NJ - Page 75During the Spanish-American War four companies from Bergen County were mustered into the United States service at Sea Girt, NJ, May 2, 1898. ... |
| Englewood, NJ - Page 640The estate upon which he resided is situated near Englewood, NJ, and comprises about twenty-nine hundred acres of land. ... |
| Providence, RI - Page 553The Doctor married Miss Lillian Packard of Providence, RI, on November 4, 1835. His son Nelson M. Ayers prepared for college in Berlin, Germany, ... |
| Morristown - Page 38It was the compromise line agreed upon Initweeu Governors Coxe and barclay in 1(.82, which ran a little north ol Morristown to the Passaic River ... |
| Falmouth, Virginia - Page 378He was wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, Sunday, June i, 1862, and was discharged at Falmouth, Virginia, December nth of that year, ... |
| Pittsfield, Mass - Page 396He came to America in 1860 with his family settling at Pittsfield, Mass. Eventually he became superintendent of Libby's Woolen Mill at Warren, Mass., ... |
| Bogota - Page 505At that time the road extended only as far as Leonia Heights, but has since been extended to the city of Englewood, and Bogota, on the Hackensack ... |
| Oakland - Page 192he established a new school district, and contributed largely toward the building of two new school houses, one at Riverdale and one at Oakland. ... |
| Meppel - Page 491The earliest settlers bearing the name in America were Lubbert Lubbertson and Willem Van Westervelt, who came from the town of Meppel, province of ... |
| Berlin - Page 484Anders immediately entered a business college in Berlin, and after completing the prescribed course of instruction, began his career by spending three ... |
| Genoa - Page 510Sardi was born in Italy in the city of Genoa in 1855. When sixteen years of age he came to America and worked for a pittance until he amassed a small ... |
| Amsterdam - Page 19He studied under a notary in Amsterdam, came to this country in 1658, and was admitted to practice the same year. ... |
| Tunis - Page 291All but Tunis left descendants. John I., the son of John, was a resident in the township. Cornelius D., a soldier of the Revolutionary war, had a son, ... |
| Hanover - Page 307Ever since 1420 members of this family have represented, uninterruptedly, the city of Hanover, in the highest offices, such as Senators etc. ... |
| Paris - Page 136Snow went to Paris, where he spent two years in the study of civil law. In 1875 he was admitted to the New York Bar, receiving, the same year, ... |
| San Francisco - Page 588afterwards occupving the same position in a large banking institution in San Francisco, and Robert Baylis, then assistant cashier in the same bank, ... |
| Leipzig - Page 373Richter was born in the year 1840 in Sackingen, Germany, and at the celebrated institutions of Leipzig he received an education and prepared himself ... |
| Darmstadt - Page 380George Muller, proprietor of the Monumental Marble Works, and of the Casino, ^Carlstadt, was born in Darmstadt, in the province of Hesse, Germany, ... |
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