Hi list: I hope somebody can help me with this research. I looking for Abraham FORSHAY, b; 28 May 1889 in Campgaw, NJ. I did a mapquest and found that it was near Waldwick, Bergen co., NJ. I don't have any other information on him. I would like to know who his parents were and if he had a family? Any help on this is greatly appreciated. Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX
Hi Bill -- I don't have proof of his parents (but since he married as Abram Forshay, Jr., perhaps his father was also Abram Forshay and his mother may have been Agnes Ramsey). I do have the following: Abram Forshay (b. 28 May 1889; d. May 1986), m. (1) 30 Apr 1912 Archer Memorial Methodist Ch, Allendale, NJ (he of Campgaw), Elsie Mowerson, dau. of Albert Mowerson & Sara Jane Eckerson. Elsie was b. 7 Dec 1888; d. 24 Jan 1964. She was living in Saddle River in 1947. Abram Forshay m. (2) Anne -?-. She was b. 23 Dec 1900; d. 3 May 1993. I don't believe he had children with either wife. Campgaw was locality in Bergen County, N.J., mostly in what is present day Franklin Lakes, but possibly also partially in present day Oakland, Mahwah, and Wyckoff. The name was in use by 1700, when it appears on an Indian deed. There are at least two interpretations of the Indian name: one suggests the name is from a personal name of a particular Indian, and the other suggests the meaning "ground hog." Variant spellings include Campque, Kamgwah, Campua, and Comp Gough. Campgaw was a station (in 1909) on the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad. Also called Kunschitown. Pat >Hi list: > > I hope somebody can help me with this research. I looking for >Abraham FORSHAY, b; 28 May 1889 in Campgaw, NJ. I did a mapquest >and found that it was near Waldwick, Bergen co., NJ. I don't have >any other information on him. I would like to know who his parents >were and if he had a family? > > Any help on this is greatly appreciated. > > Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NJBERGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Pat & Walter Wardell Englewood, FL the.wardells@gte.net