Hello All, Since everyone seems so interested in food, how many of you remember or know of "window boxes"? These were sheet metal boxes that were used to keep food cold during the cooler/colder months. They fit outside a lower window opening and were accessed by raising the lower window. My mom used one when we lived in an upstairs apartment on Church Street in Bridgeton, NJ during the 1930s. She kept milk, etc. in this box. Every once in a while she either forgot or the weather got colder than expected and everything in the box would freeze. Of course, you could not use the box during subfreezing weather. We also had an icebox at that time. I don't recall, but the window box probably served as extra storage space rather than as a primary cooler. The icebox was not that large with part of the interior required to store blocks of ice. The ice man came around every so often. I recall a cardboard sign that people put in their doors or windows to tell the ice man how much ice they needed. I think that the sign had a rotating arrow that could be pointed at numbers indicating either the price or the weight of the ice desired. I do recall 15 cent, 25 cent, etc. pieces of ice. The ice man would use an ice pick to chip the desired piece from 300-pound blocks that were made at the ice house on the east side of East Lake by the railroad. The ice man would pick up the chunk with ice tongs, carry it up the stairs to our apartment and put the ice in the ice box. You don't get service like that anymore. When the ice truck came around in the summer, we kids would pester the ice man for a piece of ice to chew on. I don't recall ever being refused a hunk of ice. I suspect that the ice company used this for advertising or just plain good will, of which there was a lot in those days. There was a raised catwalk beside the railroad siding at the ice house. Men would wheel the 300-pound blocks out across the catwalk and put them in the end of the refrigerator or "reefer" cars. There were two hatches at either ends of the roofs of the reefers for placing the ice. This was the days before mechanical reefer cars came along. A steam engine would haul the loaded cars up to the main line. I suppose that they were used to haul fresh produce from the New Jersey truck farms. During World War II German prisoners of war worked at the ice house. We kids always got a drink of water at the ice house while playing war games along the east shore of East Lake. One time seven or eight of us were at the spigot getting a drink when one of the prisoners came down the stairs with a bucket to get some water. He stood politely three or four steps up the stairway until we all had gotten a drink. I think that all of us were scared to death of that fellow. If you're out there Hans or whoever, drop me a line. Speaking of food, I don't recall Taylor Ham or Pork Roll but have fond memories of scrapple. My wife (who was born in Florida and raised in New Mexico) loves it. We could get it in Lincoln, NE in the 1960s. She had never had it before then. Scrapple is not available here in Montana to my knowledge. I doubt that the natives know what it is, poor souls. Wil Husted Billings, MT

To All I also grew up in Bridgeton and joined the military but not until 1962. We lived on Fayette St from 1958 until 1962 and I must agree with most on the message below except that one of the Pritchard plants was in operation every summer from 58 - 62. We could smell that wonderful smell 24 days a day during ketchup season. Have not been back to the area in over 5 years but I was surprised at the change in the city, not all good. Russ McClelland El Paso, TX -----Original Message----- From: Wil Husted [SMTP:wmhusted@wtp.net] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 3:53 PM To: NJCUMBER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NJCUMBER-L] Catsup/ketchup Hello All, >From the subjects of today's messages, I gather that most of you are younger folks. Well, I'm 70 and want to pass on a few memories of south Jersey. I was born and raised in Bridgeton and lived there until September 1947 when I joined the Air Force. At that time, there were three catsup/ketchup factories in Bridgeton. Two were Pritchard's and one was Ritter's. I liked both brands. One Pritchard's plant was at the intersection of Irving Avenue and either Bank or Pearl Street. The other two plants were down along the Cohansey River below the Broad Street bridge. Many farmers in the surrounding area, including two of my uncles, grew tomatoes for the ketchup industry. I think that most of the tomatoes were the Rutgers variety, a very tasty tomato. The tomatoes would be hand-picked when they were ripe, put into wooden baskets (called five eighths baskets - 5/8 bushel I believe), loaded onto flatbed trucks and hauled into one of the plants. At the height of the ketchup season trucks would be lined up along streets around the plants waiting their turn to unload. A truck would enter the plant gate and pull up beside a culling or sampling station. Several baskets of tomatoes would be taken from a truck at random and emptied into separate bins where they would be inspected and "culled". I believe that the price the farmer was paid for his load was based on this culling - how many bad/unacceptable tomatoes were in the sampling. Then the truck would pull ahead and park beside a metal flume. The baskets of tomatoes were dumped into the flume to be carried inside the plant by a flow of water. I never got inside the plant to see what happened beyond that point but there must have been a lot of cooking going on. When the ketchup season was in full swing, the entire town had the aroma of ketchup. I loved it! Both Pritchard's and Ritter's had a wide distribution. I recall both brands being on the mess hall (dining hall) tables at Albrook AFB, in the Canal Zone 1948-1951. However, all three plants went out of production not too long after the end of World War II. Many of the messages today concerned favorite foods. Tomatoes were and remain one of my favorites. However, ya can't get 'em like that anymore. I suspect that they have been bred for disease resistance, shipping and shelf life and other factors rather than flavor. I've tried to grow many varieties including Rutgers, but they just don't taste like those south Jersey tomatoes of my youth. My experiment with Rutgers was in Georgia where the nematodes got them. The home grown small cherry tomatoes come closest in flavor. Maybe some of you older readers can correct my recollections and/or add details. Wil Husted Billings, MT

Hello All, >From the subjects of today's messages, I gather that most of you are younger folks. Well, I'm 70 and want to pass on a few memories of south Jersey. I was born and raised in Bridgeton and lived there until September 1947 when I joined the Air Force. At that time, there were three catsup/ketchup factories in Bridgeton. Two were Pritchard's and one was Ritter's. I liked both brands. One Pritchard's plant was at the intersection of Irving Avenue and either Bank or Pearl Street. The other two plants were down along the Cohansey River below the Broad Street bridge. Many farmers in the surrounding area, including two of my uncles, grew tomatoes for the ketchup industry. I think that most of the tomatoes were the Rutgers variety, a very tasty tomato. The tomatoes would be hand-picked when they were ripe, put into wooden baskets (called five eighths baskets - 5/8 bushel I believe), loaded onto flatbed trucks and hauled into one of the plants. At the height of the ketchup season trucks would be lined up along streets around the plants waiting their turn to unload. A truck would enter the plant gate and pull up beside a culling or sampling station. Several baskets of tomatoes would be taken from a truck at random and emptied into separate bins where they would be inspected and "culled". I believe that the price the farmer was paid for his load was based on this culling - how many bad/unacceptable tomatoes were in the sampling. Then the truck would pull ahead and park beside a metal flume. The baskets of tomatoes were dumped into the flume to be carried inside the plant by a flow of water. I never got inside the plant to see what happened beyond that point but there must have been a lot of cooking going on. When the ketchup season was in full swing, the entire town had the aroma of ketchup. I loved it! Both Pritchard's and Ritter's had a wide distribution. I recall both brands being on the mess hall (dining hall) tables at Albrook AFB, in the Canal Zone 1948-1951. However, all three plants went out of production not too long after the end of World War II. Many of the messages today concerned favorite foods. Tomatoes were and remain one of my favorites. However, ya can't get 'em like that anymore. I suspect that they have been bred for disease resistance, shipping and shelf life and other factors rather than flavor. I've tried to grow many varieties including Rutgers, but they just don't taste like those south Jersey tomatoes of my youth. My experiment with Rutgers was in Georgia where the nematodes got them. The home grown small cherry tomatoes come closest in flavor. Maybe some of you older readers can correct my recollections and/or add details. Wil Husted Billings, MT

Subject: Ritter Catsup Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:50:32 +0000 From: "Curtis A. Ritter" <c.ritter@worldnet.att.net> To: wmhusted@wtp.net CC: NREEB@prodigy.net Dear Will, Ritter continued in operation through the 60's in Bridgeton, was sold by the family in 1967 to the Curtice-Burns Co from Rochester NY. Curtice Burns shut the plant down n 1976. There is a series of articles on the operation, from its founding in the mid 1800's to its demise, with photographs, in the South Jersey Magazine, from the Summer 1997 issue through the fall 1998 issue. The articles were written by Paul RitterIII, a cousin, who still lives in Bridgeton. My side of the family was not involved in the operation from about 1933 or so when they moved the offices from Philadelphia to Bridgeton. Pauls family owened and ran it until it was sold in 1967. California tomatos and a asparagus fungus contributed greatly to its demise. After Pritchard died, his operation was sold to Hunts, which operated that plant into the 60's Curt Ritter Arlington, VA

Does anyone have any other information on Mary Ann Hickman and her family (parents? siblings?) She was born 20 Feb 1840, maybe in Dividing Creek, NJ and died 24 Feb 1921. (Buried in Newport, NJ). She married Eldridge Hand. Jan Grube grubej@cc.isa.com

Hi everyone and greetings from Morris County, NJ. Ann Wicki and I would like to announce that we have started a new mailing list. It is called NJ-Memories and is for those of you who either live in NJ or have lived in NJ or whose ancestors lived there in the last 100 years and would like to share memories and reminisce or to learn what it was like to live in a certain section of New Jersey. To join the list version send a message to: NJ-Memories-L-request@rootsweb.com or click on the link below: mailto:NJ-Memories-L-request@rootsweb.com To join the digest version: send a message to: NJ-Memories-D-Request@rootsweb.com or click on the link below. mailto:NJ-Memories-D-request@rootsweb.com In the subject of the message just put one word: subscribe Remember do NOT sign it and turn off any signature file. After you receive the welcome message send all messages to the following: NJ-Memories@rootsweb.com or click on this link: mailto:NJ-Memories@rootsweb.com On this list you need no documentation or proof and hearsay is always welcome. Diane Ward Sives List Manager Ann Wicki List Owner

HI: Do you have a HUMMEL-HUMMELL or HOMMEL ancestors who served in the Civil War ?? The Hummel Family History publishes a newsletter four times a year. The newsletter is called "The BumbleBee". The next release will be in March 1999. The prime articles will be on the "Hummels who served in the Civil War." If you have a HUMMEL-HUMMELL or HOMMEL and wish to send us his full name, rank, unit he served in, along with any additional information (possibly a picture, send snail mail) we will insert it in the newsletter and send you a complimentary copy. If you desire additional information on :The Hummel Family History", E-Mail me direct. Thanks a bunch With my best regards Frank frank.hummel@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

-----Original Message----- From: RON MUNSON <RDMBAMALM@email.msn.com> To: COLLINS-L@rootsweb.com <COLLINS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 10:28 PM Subject: Ethel Maude Collins' Bible transcribed >I copied this from the Bible of my grandmother, Ethel Maude Collins Wells >(b. 2/29/1896 in Woodbury, NJ; d. 10/20/1978 in Metairie, LA). > >Florence L. Brown and William B. Collins married 4/29/1893 > >Verna M. Collins and Firman J. Mulford married 10/12/1911 > >Ethel M. Collins and Howard Wells married 11/16/1913 > >Mrs. Ethel Fowler and William B. Collins married 3/7/1914 by Reverend J. A. >Larcombe at Parsonage of First Baptist Church Woodbury, NJ > >5/7/1921 Adelbert Collins and Mabel Hoffman married at Elkton, MD > >2/6/1926 Charles Neal Collins and Madalyn Tangway married by Reverend Sayer >at M.E. Parsonage Woodbury > >6/26/1926 Russell Sage Fowler and Viola Yard married by Reverend Taxis at >bride's home in Pitman, NJ > >Fred William B. Collins - son of Mr. & Mrs. William B. & Ethel COllins born >2/2/1927 > >Florence L. Collins born June 1874 (NOTE: THIS IS FLORENCE BROWN COLLINS) > >William B. Collins born 9/4/1870 > >Verna M. Collins born 3/11/1894 > >Adelbert Collins born 2/8/1898 > >Charles Neal Collins born 10/10/1905 > >Ethel Fowler Collins born 12/31/1886 > >Russell Sage Fowler born 6/3/1904 > >Clifford Collins, son of Charles Neal Collins, born 9/20/1926 > >Patricia Marie, first child of Russell S. Fowler, born 6/1/1931 > >Nancy Jane, second child of Russell S. Fowler, born 5/24/1932 > >Florence L. Collins, beloved wife of William B. Collins, died 9/20/1906 - >now in the sweet arms of Jesus. > >Carlton Mulford suddenly by auto on 10/3/1931 6-1/2 years old. Son of >Verna C. and Furman Mulford. > >Ida Collins Barber age 42 died November 1921 - sister of William B. Collins, >daughter of Mary Ellen and William A. Collins. > >William A. Collins died August 1925 (age 84) > >Mary Ellen Collins died June 4 (age 87 on June 8), buried 6/7/1938. Wife of >William A. Collins and mother of William B. Collins. > >James Albert Wells born 2/13/1932 > >Ruth Verna daughter of Ruth & Parker Mulford born January 20, 1935 - great >grandchild of William B. Collins. > >Parker Mulford, grandson of William B. Collins, born 2/20/1912 - son of Mr. >& Mrs. Furman Mulford. > >William Howard Wells, grandson of William B. Collins, born 4/25/1914. > >Furman Mulford, Jr. born 12/25/1920, son of Mr. & Mrs. Furman Mulford > >Florence Wells, daughter of Howard & Ethel Wells, born 1/25/1917 > >Kenneth Wells, son of Howard & Ethel Wells, born 4/18/1920 > >Maude Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Howard Wells, born 1/13/1923 > >Harold Neal, son of Mr. & Mrs. Furman Mulford, born 12/31/1923 > >Carlton Mulford, son of Mr. & Mrs. Furman Mulford, born 4/14/1925 > >Elwood Adelbert Wells, son of Mr. & Mrs. Howard Wells, born 7/1/1925 in >Millville > >Leonard Neal Wells, son of Mr. & Mrs. Howard Wells, born 5/7/1928 > >Donald Mulford, son of Mr. & Mrs. Furman Mulford, born January 1927 > >Russell Ross Mulford born 9/17/1930, son of Mr. & Mrs. Furman Mulford > > >If anyone connects to this family, please let me know! > >Barbara > >

There was an old Swede church located at or near Spring Garden Ferry on the Maurice River near Port Elizabeth in Cumberland Co, NJ in the early 1700's. Does anyone know the name of the church, if it is still standing and where the records might be if they are surviving. Thanks in advance. Gene genem@mail.infohwy.com

Hi I am new to the list. I am researching Jeremiah HUSTED. He married Sarah S. Dunlap at Fairfield Presbyterin Church in 1829. They had one daughter in NJ before moving to Ohio. Their second child was born in Ohio in 1833. Did the church keep records of marriages and births, and if so when did they start. Any help will be appreciated I am trying to find out Jeremiah and Sarah parents and when they were born. Kimberly Liljequist

In a message dated 1/2/1999 lilquist@pacbell.net writes: << I am researching Jeremiah HUSTED. He married Sarah S. Dunlap at Fairfield Presbyterin Church in 1829. They had one daughter in NJ before moving to Ohio. Their second child was born in Ohio in 1833. I am trying to find out Jeremiah and Sarah parents and when they were born. Kimberly Liljequist >> Kimberly: It appears that your Jeremiah was the brother of my Ann Husted who m'd Richard Bennett. Richard & Jeremiah were executors for Hosea Husted, father of Jeremiah & Ann. The Husteds are fairly well documented in this area. I'll look and see if I have anything else on Jeremiah. I can also give you a good website - when I find the URL again. Maybe someone else seeing this on the Cumberland List can post Ron Cook's web address. Good luck in your search, PAT

Seeking further information on William SAYER, born about 1840, who married Rachael GARRISON 19 February 1862 in Bridgeton. Their children were Mary E., born 4 May 1864 in Pittsgrove, Ida and Amanda. Mary E. married Andrew J. SHILES 2 February 1888 in Elmer. Andrew was the son of William SHINN (who adopted his mother's maiden name of SHILES) and Christianna VANAMAN. Does anyone know any of these lines? Ken Grace

Happy New Year to All, I am seeking further information on Tunis Stull, father of Mary Stull, born about 1787, who married John Powell. I believe that Tunis also had a son named Tunis. They may have lived in Deerfield. Ken Grace

Hello Does anyone have any of these SMITHS in their data file? 1 William SMITH b abt 1739 Salem Co. NJ d March 24 1806 Cumberland Co. + Abigail DAVENPORT b abt 1732 Salem Co. NJ d May 1 1819 Cumberland 2 Asa SMITH 2 Joel SMITH 2 Jonathan SMITH 2 Silas SMITH 2 William SMITH 2 Abner SMITH b abt 1754 married abt 1776 d Sept 10 1818 +Jemima GARRISON d Warren Co. OH Thank You John Newbright

The following infomation was recorded in the MADDEN family bible. This has been driving me crazy for years because there must be some connection. I am not sure of the spelling of the names of the children, as it was written long ago and recorded by someone else who gave it to me about 20 years ago. John MICKEL m. Rebacah ? children Gveashion Mickel 1783 Lcynthen Mickel 1786 Hanah Mickel 1789 Elizabeth Mickel 1790 Any information is appreciated. Happy New Year! Lois

The following was posted to the NJ-L list and I thought it would be of interest to those of us doing research in South Jersey. Hope to helps someone! Migration Routes and Settlement Patterns, 1607-1890 By George K. Schweitzer, PHD, SCD The Early colonial Era 1607-1700 1607-1700 Chiefly English Settlers English settle VA 1607 & MA 1620 Dutch in NY 1624 Eng, ND 1634 English moved from MA & ME 1630 Revolution 1776-83 indian attacks and cheap land sent people to TN-KY, also came down OH river to WV-KY-S-OH UP TO THE APPALACHIANS 1700-63 many Germans & Scotch-Irish Behind lowlands was rugged upland, sloping up to Appalachian Mtns, which run from (NE NY) - (EC PA)-(E WV)-(E KY)-(EC TN)-NW GA) Running along the uplands (called Piedmont in S) just E of Mtns is long, broad, easily-traveled, fertile, Great Valley, also (NE NY) -to-(NW GA) VA & NC Piedmont settled first from E by Engl & Scots (NC) Indians (Span) blocked SC In NY Indians (French) & land speculators blocked settlers, so immigrants entered by Philadelphia, many Germans (1710-) & Scotch - Irish (1717-) They filled SE PA, then cheap land turned them down Valley (1727) filled Valley to TN, then left it through passes into upland VA-NC-SC In N, where many Scotch-Irish also came, uplands of MA-CT-NH-MD & VT settled, NY blocked so they moved NW instead of W. THROUGH THE APPLACHIANS (1700-83) Hostile French U Indians across the Mtns before 1763, French defeated, gave English Canada & all the land up to MS River, drove Indians back Settlers moved (1) from MD-VA-MC thru Valley Thru Cumberland Gap in KY (2) VA-NC-MD thru Valley into NE TN (3) from PA-NJ-MD-N VA to Forks of OH River (SW PA, later Pittsburg) on Forbes and Braddocks Roads. (4) From VA into WV toward and to OH River thru river valleys Then American Revolution (1776-83), savage British-incited Indian attacks, but cheap land brought people into TN-KY, also came down OH River to WV-KY-S OH. Revolution gave US all land E of MS River , gave Spain FL & W of MS River, hostile Indians in OH (British incited) and AL-MS (Spanish incited) INTO TRANS-APPLACHIAN REGION (1783-1812) NY indians left during the Rev. OH Indians defeated 1795 Spain sold LA terr to France 1802 who sold it to US 1803 5 MAJOR ROUTES 1. New Engl into NY along Mohawk 2. NJ-DE-PA-MD-VA to Pittsburgh ten down OH 3. NJ-PA-MD down Valley to TN-KY-S OH 4. NC-SC to TN-KY on Jonesboro road (Saluda Gap.) 5. SC across river to GA VT statehood 1791 KY 1792 TN 1796 W NY & NW PA 1795-1812 S OH then NORTHWARD 1790-1803 (OH statehood) N OH settled thru NY-PA, OH populated from VA-NC-SC by poor soil farmers KY-PA moving W, NY vets, by MA-CT thru NY Settlement rapid, spilled over into S IN & S IL, reached C GA UP TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 1812-50 1812 settlement pattern was a triangle with base on Atlantic seaboard, apex confluence of OH-MS Rivers, indians in N IN-IL & AL -MS 1812 War broke Indian power in both N & S pushing them westward 1815-30 Southerners KY-TN-VA-NC-SC crossed KY & WV & S OH to S IN & S IL, then to mines in NW IL & SW WI 1830 -50 Middlers (NY-OH-PA) & Germans settle N IN, & N IL & S MI & S WI, importance of Erie Canal, lake travel, rise of Detroit & Chicago. Meanwhile… 1815-50 W GA-AL-MS-W TN filled by people from NC-SC-GA-TN the cotton land ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 1812/21-61 LA settled early following LA Purchase 1803 Fench refugees, then from MS-AL-GA & Ireland & Germans, statehood 1812. MO then settled by KY-TN-VA-OH-GER-IRE, statehood 1821, became trade center of W, then AR more slowly from TN-AL-MS-NC-KY-GA statehood 1836 E. Indians put in OK & KS 1825-40 with settlers forbidden, behind them desert, formed migration barrier, LA-MS-AR-MO-KY people could go S to TX or jump to CA-OR from W MO No barrier on Upper MS River, IA settled from OH-IN-IL-PA-NY-KY, statehood 1846 then MN from NY-WI & Ger & Irl , statehood 1858 Americans move into MEX-TX beginning 1821, TX independence 1836, annexed 1845, settled from TN-AL-GA-MS & Germans People began entering KS in 1854 (from OH-IL-MO-IN-IA-GER-IRE), statehood 1861 NE settled 1850's from IL-IA-OH-MY-PA-GER-SWE, statehood 1867 THE JUMP TO THE FAR WEST (1826-46) Beginning with the Methodist Mission 1834, Brit OR began to fill thru OR Trail (MO up Platte River to Ft Laramie thru S Pass to Ft Bridger & Ft Hall down Snake River to Fts Boise & Walla Walla down Columbia River) Sizeable migrations after 1842, Brit abandon OR-WA 1846, became OR Territory 1848 (from MO-IL-IA-OH) 1847 /8 persecuted Mormons moved to isolated UT desert on OR Trail to Ft Bridger, then SW, established sizable theocracy, became Terr of UT 1850, with Mormons governing In 1841 US settlers began moving overland into Mexican CA, 1846/8 US won Mexican War, CA-NM-AZ-ceded to US 1849 Gold Rush CA settled from NY-MO-OH-MA-PA-CHINA-IREL-GER 3 ways to CA: 1.. OR Trail to Ft Hall then CA Trail to San Francisco 2.. Santa Fe Trail to Santa Fe then Spanish Trail SW to Los Angeles 3.. Santa Fe SW then W on Gila Trail to San Diego or Los Angeles FILLING IN BETWEEN (1861-90) Mining frontier moved W-to-E- (CA-NV-CO, WA-ID-MT-SD) 1858 Gold Strikes NV-CO 1864 NV statehood (CA-NY-OH) 1876 CO statehood (IL-NY-MO-OH-IA) 1855 Strike in WA 1889 State (IA-WI-IL-NY-NOR-GER ) in years after gold, copper, lead, tin mined 1.. The Great Plains opened up and filled with ranchers & their longhorned cattle. Indians finally ended up on reservations in this area. Plains spread N from TX(W TX-W K-KS- NE-CO-WY-MT-SD-ND, then NM-ZA-E-OZ Ranchers were followed 1825 - Erie Canal completion (followed by other canals opening up in Indiana and Illinois to settlement) 1828- Gold Rush, Georgia 1828, and opening to settlement of the Cherokee lands in GA, Al, TN and Carolinas in 1838. 1848 - Gold discovered in California 1857 - Gold discovered at Pike's Peak, Colorado (Illinois men go) 1857 - Panic of 1857 - economic disaster, recall of mortgages, low pay for crops 1860-65 - Civil War 1863-65 - Steep incline in prices; low crop prices; high rail costs to transport crops (good for manufacturers, hard on farmers) 1866 - Depression following the Civil War 1868 - Ads begun in newspapers to attract emigrants west 1873 - Railroad Panic - another economic downfall 1874 - Gold discovered in Black Hills of the Dakotas (a means to get the public interested in a topic other than the depression and corruption of the Railroad Panic) 1874 - World wide depression 1875 - Grasshoppers on the plains of Dakota Territory and Kansas 1875-79 - Poor crop years on the prairies 1879 - Economic Hard Times - another depression 1881 - Peak of emigrant trains to that time 1887 - Dawes Act (breaking up communal Indian lands; opened land to white settlement) 1889-1901 - subsequent Land Runs in Oklahoma 1896 - Gold discovered in the Alaskan Klondike ==== NJ Mailing List ==== Listowner: Adrianne kee46@msn.com Send your NJ family, Censuses, Probate, etc..records to the NJ GENWEB Project Archives: Contact: Renee:jamesed@spnt.com To keep free access to genealogical data, consider sending a donation to RootsWeb at http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Townships: http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/locality.htm -- Karen L. 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Hello everyone! I thought I would bring you up to date. At the present time we have 108 subscribers in mail mode with an additional 42 subscribers in Digest mode. I think that's terrific!!! The posts on the list have been wonderful and I am grateful to the many people willing to help others in their family search. I've been trying to index the surnames being posted and they are available on the Cumberland County website located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~njcumber/webdoc13.htm If I have missed any, please email me at piperka@midvalerangers.org and I'll update the index. I also have a message to pass along from Cyndi Howell: >Hello all - >I have a link to the site above as well as several other helpful sites on: Internet Stuff You Need to Know <http://www.CyndisList.com/internet.htm> >This page contains links to resources for each of the following categories: Computer Viruses Cookies Copyright Resources on the Web E-mail Chain-Letters, Folklore, Hoaxes, Misunderstandings & Scams Internet & Computer Terminology Netiquette Newbies Privacy Issues Search Engines: Helpful Sites, Articles and Tips Software Features and Utilities Spam Y2K ~ Year 2000 Let's have a wonderful and fruitful new year with our research. -- Karen L. Piper Student Advisor for IIGS University http://www.iigs.org/university/index.htm.en Listmom for NJCUMBER-L and NJCUMBER-D Mailing Lists Cumberland County NJ Website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~njcumber/index.html Listmom for NJSALEM-L and NJSALEM-D Mailing Lists Salem County NJ Website - http://www.rootsweb.com/~njsalem/index.html

Does anyone have information on the Wells family of Millville, NJ? Mary, wife of Samuel, supposedly moved from Delaware to Millville, NJ prior to 1900 (after Samuel's death) with their children. The children included: Howard Rufus (b. 6/25/1886, d. 5/11/1976 in Louisiana) Harvey Edward Elwood (left for Maryland and was never heard from again) Maude (a vaudeville performer) Howard lived most of his life in Millville after marrying Ethel Collins of Woodbury. They moved to Louisiana after their sons were discharged from the service down here. I have dates on Howard & Ethel - they were my grandparents, but none on any of the rest of the family. Howard and Ethel are buried in Millville. I thought perhaps someone up there has seen the graves of the others, and might have information on them. Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated! Barbara Munson St. Rose, LA

I am looking for the following information on these recently uncovered names in my line: Hennessey Woodlin m. Vashti Hahn (both born c. 1815, married c. 1835) child George Woodlin (Bridgeton) Thomas Everingham m. Susannah Veal (both b. c 1820 married c. 1840). Daughter Hannah M. Everingham (Bridgeton and Cedarville connections) Jonathan Shaw (Downe Twp, Newport) married Mary Bailey c. 1849. Children William, Charles, Hannah, Samuel (also Cedarville connections). Any and all help appreciated. Bob Howey robert.howey@reedtech.com Researching surnames: HOWEY, VENABLE, BOWEN, WOODLIN, HARRIS, SHAW, VEAL, HAHN, EVERINGHAM

Junie These are all of the Bennett's I found in Holy Cross Cemetery in Millville, N.J. The Bennett's are complete. There could be more Smith's though. Nancy BENNETT Helen B. 1901-1969 Andrew C. 1898-1970 BENNETT John A. 1899-1967 BENNETT Joseph 1922-1976 Aurora 1930- BENNETT Leo F. 1893-1959 BENNETT Madeline V. 1897-1975 wife of Milton, Mother of Catherine Helen George Milton Doris David Edward Elizabeth Mary Anne Hannah Barbara Joseph Frances John BENNETT Mary C. 1889-1968 BENNETT Muriel N. 1881-1952 Albert T. 1869-1950 BENNETT Ruth C. 1894-1918 Charles J. 1892-1953 SMITH Charles 1929-1975 Marie 1928- SMITH Harriett E. 3-20-07 to 4-29-86 Wallington C. 12-17-06 to 2-20-97 SMITH Helen I. 1914-1990 Louise J. 1911-1997 SMITH Helen M. 1912- Richard X., Sr. 1912-1971 SMITH John R. 1879-1967 Alice 1886-1953 SMITH Josephine A. 1898-1975 Gordon H. 1936-1960 Jester C. 1895-1978 SMITH Katherine 1912-1996 James L. 1913-1996 SMITH Loretta J. 1917- Thomas M., Sr. 1916- SMITH Violet R. 1921-1993 Jack L. 1917-1993 Junie1965@aol.com wrote: > I am looking for any information on my ancestors. My grgrandfather was Harry > Steelman Riggins born abt.1867 NJ ,married Lenora Biggs born abt. 1865 > Millville,NJ. They resided in Millville,Cumberland Co. and had two children > Velma and Earl. Harry was the son of Frank Steelman Riggins born abt.1835 NJ > and Myria Smith born abt 1840 NJ. Lenora was the daughter of Dennis Biggs > born 1835 Cumberland Co,NJ and Sophia Bennett born abt. 1840 NJ. Any and All > Information would be welcome! Thank you ! Earl Williams <junie1965@aol.com>