I too went begging in Queens Village, NY on Thanksgiving. I remember dunking for apples in our kitchen on Halloween until I was old enough to go trick or treating. Dolores, Jamaica High 47. WOW, had forgotten that one, Have a picture of myself and my sister in 1964 dunking for apples .. We were both married, and now I remember my kids were having a great time laughing at us getting all wet. Great fun .. Have to dig that pic out for Halloween .. MaryPat

Did you know the Holleran's. They lived on Grove near Montgomery. I walked that part of Montgomery st. until 1950 visiting My Uncle Ray at 33 Wayne (Grove). You were just a babe with 20 years after my graduation. The days we went to the Library (Jersey Ave.) it was in beautiful conditions with all the brass shinning up the staircase. Well kept and you had to follow the rules or you were put out. My things have changed but the people in research are still wonderful. From: "Diane" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:00 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Remembering > Teri, > > I work at Ferris Hs :) > Diane > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Remembering > > I lived on Montgomery Street, we were at Montgomery and Grove right by the > City Hall. That was about 31 years ago. I also went to Ferris High School > class > of 67. > > Teri > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: > 10/23/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: > 10/23/2006 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

As everyone is recalling High School as well. I graduated Snyder in 1965. My siblings graduated as follows my brother Jim and his wife Barbara Haytko Ferris 1958, my brother Bill and my sister Barbara Ferris in 1957 and my sister Carol Snyder in 1954. That has to overlap someone on the list! Mike McHenry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Diane Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Remembering Teri, I work at Ferris Hs :) Diane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Remembering I lived on Montgomery Street, we were at Montgomery and Grove right by the City Hall. That was about 31 years ago. I also went to Ferris High School class of 67. Teri ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: 10/23/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: 10/23/2006 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Carole, ...The name Augustine Carey is not familiar to me .. Where did your grandparents get married ??? My Carey's (Patrick and Anna) always lived in Jersey City, first at Whiton St and then on Pacific Ave till 1943 .. Patrick died 1937 and Anna April 1943 in the fire on Pacific Ave . I know Thomas Carey born 1891 married but have no clue on his wife or possible children. He drove a coal truck in Jersey City and Hoboken .. Possibly lived there for awhile but wound up back in JC and died there in July 1962 .. Edward disappears after the 1901 census, possibly died . Hannah (Anna) married an Andrew Cribbins and they had 3 children.She died Feb 1965 William moved to Astoria NY and had 2 sons Died April 1975 James don't know if he ever married .. Died 1980 Cribbins is not a usual name (to me anyway) and I was hoping someone would recognize it .. MaryPat

Hi All: How about the home made pies. Apple, pumpkin and my favorite mince. It is still my favorite! The aroma of the pies being baked was heavenly. Ann In a message dated 10/25/2006 9:08:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi, Lois, I grew up in Hoboken in the 40's & early 50's, and I remember "Anything for Thanksgiving?" well. Getting dressed up in our parents' old clothes was such fun. I remember having Halloween parties in my house, but I don't ever remember anything going on in school. Carole Demas Little Falls, NJ

Way after my time. Our cousin was a wood shop teacher in the new Ferris on Montgomery St. He retired soon after saying conditions were terrible. A large group of destructive students who really didn't want to learn any trade and just took the class for points. Think that school was up near the old "30 acres" now a park and pool (maybe). I think my old flat at 339 Montgomery St. was turned into a complex of flats (with heat, hot water, washers and dryers and even an elevator and a private park in the back yards combined. Took pictures of the complex when on a genealogy hunt about 18 years ago when it was new. Hope it looks as beautiful as it did at that time. I now am across the US living in AZ. Justine. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Remembering > Your in the new Ferris which isn't all that new anymore. I went to the old > Ferris, which is now Academic High School. My niece was in the first class > to > graduate at the Ferris on Montgomery Street. > > Teri > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, MaryPat and All, I'm actually trying to find information on some Carey family from Hoboken or Jersey City or Union City. Augustine Carey appears as a sponsor on my grandparents' wedding certificate, but I have no idea who he was. Even more mysterious - three Carey children who died young in the late 40's and all within a year or so of each other are buried in the Andriasen plot at Fairview in North Bergen. Again, I have no idea about them. Is any of this familiar to anyone? Greatly appreciate any information. Carole Demas [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Remembering I have to ask, did anyone here grow up on Pacific St and know the Carey's at 227 ???? Thanks, MaryPat ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Remembering > Your in the new Ferris which isn't all that new anymore. I went to the old > Ferris, which is now Academic High School. My niece was in the first class > to > graduate at the Ferris on Montgomery Street. > > Teri > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, Lois, I grew up in Hoboken in the 40's & early 50's, and I remember "Anything for Thanksgiving?" well. Getting dressed up in our parents' old clothes was such fun. I remember having Halloween parties in my house, but I don't ever remember anything going on in school. Carole Demas Little Falls, NJ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NJHUDSON] Remembering Hello All, I was born and grew up in Weehawken, NJ. I was wondering if anyone else out there from Weehawken remembers that we went Begging on Thanksgiving? I, myself never even knew about Halloween until I was about 12 years old when a friends father told us about it. Each Thanksgiving we would wake up, make ourselves up a ragamuffins and go Begging for Thanksgiving. I was wondering if anyone out there remembers these days? If so please share it with me. I went to Roosevelt Grammar School and WHS. Lived on Highwood Terrace, #82 and have such fond memories of those days. Back then the Mayor was Mayor Meister and he was succeeded by Mayor Krause. Those were the days! Sincerely, Lois Segall Friedman Delray Beach, FL [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Teri, I work at Ferris Hs :) Diane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Remembering I lived on Montgomery Street, we were at Montgomery and Grove right by the City Hall. That was about 31 years ago. I also went to Ferris High School class of 67. Teri ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: 10/23/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: 10/23/2006

All this remembering is sure making me wonder too. Would anyone happen to know of an African-American family by the name of Ray that lived on Halladay Street around the 1930's in Jersey City? My great uncle, Bruce Ray, was a bus driver. Just wondering if anyone knew the kids: Gladys, Robert, William, Charles...there may be a few more I don't know about at the present time. If not, reading the memories have been great! Everyone has a story to tell, and I love it. Thanks for sharing a bit of nostalgia and history with us who don't have grandparents around to ask. Yours, S. Lyman --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.

I lived on 12th street Union City, born in 43 and we did anything for Thanksgiving too. We could only go out in costume (ragamuffin type) from 9 AM to 12 PM. Most people gave pennies, fruit, nuts or candy. I remember one house that the lady let you reach into a bowl and how many pennies you could hold in one hand you could keep. One neighbor would tape pennies or nickels in a string and through them out the window since she was on the 3rd. floor. After 12 PM was family time and we had to go home. EL

I lived on Montgomery Street, we were at Montgomery and Grove right by the City Hall. That was about 31 years ago. I also went to Ferris High School class of 67. Teri

I was born Jersey City all I remember is Halloween. But my mother told me stories about going begging on Thanksgiving. Everyone was dressed the same as ragamuffins. Teri

I have to ask, did anyone here grow up on Pacific St and know the Carey's at 227 ???? Thanks, MaryPat

We go through this Thanksgiving day begging thing on line every year and I'm still jealous. I lived in Union until 1948 and then down in Spring Lake and we never heard of the practice. Don Lutz Virginia Beach On Oct 24, 2006, at 10:17 PM, MJ Mann wrote: > On 10/24/06, Justine Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: >> I very well remember Thanksgiving day begging. I grew up on >> Montgomery St. >> Jersey City. ..... The mayor was Hague >> but can't remember his first name. I moved out of JC in 1950 so it >> was a >> long time ago to remember how great Thanksgiving was for us. >> Justine (Teena) McCormick - Ferris High class of 1847. > > Justine, > > The mayor of JC was Frank Hague. > > 'Ferris High class of 1847' --- did you have a long day? I presume you > meant 1947?? > > My parents grew up in the Heights (Manhattan, Terrace, Carlton, > Liberty). They told stories about Thanksgiving, my Mom even admitted > they were really big 'boobs', since they continued the practice well > into HS. <g> > I got the impression, most looked like hobos, dressing in father's old > clothes. They would each take a sock, fill it with cinders from the > coal furnace, stove, etc. If some household didn't come through .... > they wacked the sock, leaving gray/black ash marks on the house/stoop. > Mostly pennies, some fruit, and there was a doctor, up on the Blvd, I > think, that gave quarters. They tried to time visits there at the very > beginning of their travels, and again, at the end, on the way home for > Thanksgiving dinner. <g> At least with the kids out of the house, the > mothers had sanity while preparing Thanksgiving dinner! > > I know, by the mid 50's, my cousins in JC were doing Halloween, not > Thanksgiving. > > My Mom was Dickenson, class of 1933. Dad attended St Michael's UC, > didn't finish --- the depression made other things a priority. > > By the way, there was a bunch of Halloween/Thanksgiving stories on > this list, at this time of year, maybe last year or the year before > (??) You may want to check the list archives. > > Maureen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUDSON- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

On 10/24/06, Justine Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > I very well remember Thanksgiving day begging. I grew up on Montgomery St. > Jersey City. ..... The mayor was Hague > but can't remember his first name. I moved out of JC in 1950 so it was a > long time ago to remember how great Thanksgiving was for us. > Justine (Teena) McCormick - Ferris High class of 1847. Justine, The mayor of JC was Frank Hague. 'Ferris High class of 1847' --- did you have a long day? I presume you meant 1947?? My parents grew up in the Heights (Manhattan, Terrace, Carlton, Liberty). They told stories about Thanksgiving, my Mom even admitted they were really big 'boobs', since they continued the practice well into HS. <g> I got the impression, most looked like hobos, dressing in father's old clothes. They would each take a sock, fill it with cinders from the coal furnace, stove, etc. If some household didn't come through .... they wacked the sock, leaving gray/black ash marks on the house/stoop. Mostly pennies, some fruit, and there was a doctor, up on the Blvd, I think, that gave quarters. They tried to time visits there at the very beginning of their travels, and again, at the end, on the way home for Thanksgiving dinner. <g> At least with the kids out of the house, the mothers had sanity while preparing Thanksgiving dinner! I know, by the mid 50's, my cousins in JC were doing Halloween, not Thanksgiving. My Mom was Dickenson, class of 1933. Dad attended St Michael's UC, didn't finish --- the depression made other things a priority. By the way, there was a bunch of Halloween/Thanksgiving stories on this list, at this time of year, maybe last year or the year before (??) You may want to check the list archives. Maureen

Helen, Lois and the rest of the Hudson County: We also got apples and oranges and home made cookies. My older sister dressed in my father's clothes and at one house the man came out and gave my sister a nickel for being such a "nice big boy". We laughed at that one. Also my brothers went out the night before and removed gates and had ashes in stockings and would hit people and get their clothes all white. There were never any arrests, it was good clean fun. Ann, North Bergen, now Farmingdale, NJ In a message dated 10/24/2006 8:21:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I remember it well, Lois. We lived in North Bergen when I was about five and six years old in the early thirties. I had three older brothers, and they dressed me in my father's clothes, jacket and hat and blacked my face with a burned cork. then they took me around and we would say "Anything for Thanksgiving?". We moved to Jersey City in the mid thirties and we still went out for Thanksgiving. Of course no one ever went out to BUY outfits. who had the money for that ? But we had fun, and we received pennies from some people and then we would go to the "Square" (Journal Square) to either the State, Stanley or the Loews Theaters to see the latest movies. I don't think that it was the same day. We sat through the Feature Movie, the B Movie, the Newsreel and the Coming Attractions, and a Comedy TWICE, too. We weren't chased out either, of course we were behaved. Fond memories, thanks for bringing it up. I'm retired now in Florida. Helen G.

I remember it well, Lois. We lived in North Bergen when I was about five and six years old in the early thirties. I had three older brothers, and they dressed me in my father's clothes, jacket and hat and blacked my face with a burned cork. then they took me around and we would say "Anything for Thanksgiving?". We moved to Jersey City in the mid thirties and we still went out for Thanksgiving. Of course no one ever went out to BUY outfits. who had the money for that ? But we had fun, and we received pennies from some people and then we would go to the "Square" (Journal Square) to either the State, Stanley or the Loews Theaters to see the latest movies. I don't think that it was the same day. We sat through the Feature Movie, the B Movie, the Newsreel and the Coming Attractions, and a Comedy TWICE, too. We weren't chased out either, of course we were behaved. Fond memories, thanks for bringing it up. I'm retired now in Florida. Helen G.

I too, remember begging on Thanksgiving. It seemed to die out though, around 1960. That's when we last did it (age 12) and it was never mentioned again, even by the younger sibs. RJ Strutton