Interesting about this Varick. I lived on Montgomery St between Varick and Monmouth St's. Would this have been named after your Varick line? Also where is this Speer Cemetery located? Trying to find if any of my Carley/Dunn/Carroll/McCormick line may have been buried in this cemetery? Thanks again for your posting. Justine McCormick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tallygators" <tallygators@earthlink.net> To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:45 AM Subject: [NJHUDSON] Elizabeth Waldron Varick - Speer Cemetery > > I am so pleased that the 'forgotten cemeteries' are now getting some > attention. About 1974 I first discovered the graves of my husband's > great grandparents, John James Varick and Elizabeth Waldron Varick in > Speer Cemetery. Bob has been working to get help for this cemetery for > years. I live in Tallahassee, Fl but have visited Hudson County several > times over the past years. > > Elizabeth Waldron Varick is the daughter of Benjamim Waldron and Rachel > Wilmarth. Elizabeth was born in NYC and that is where she married John > James Varick. They were in Jersey City by 1858 (on August 2, 1858 John > James Varick purchased a plot in Speer Cemetery). > > Elizabeth is a descendant of Resolved Waldron (one of the original > patentees of Harlem, NY). > > Thanks to all who volunteered to help with those cemeteries. > > Floreda > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 51 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.download.com/Spamfighter/3000-2382_4-10764780.html

Hi, Justine, Speer Cemetery is on Vroom Street in Jersey City. Bob Murgittroyd is the person to ask concerning the history of the cemetery - he has been stufying it for a number of years. There are two distinct Varick families in Jersey City - and I have so far not been able to find any connection. The street is definitely not named after 'my' Varick line (John James Varick was a blacksmith). The street was either named after Richard Varick (the first mayor of New York City after the Revolution and one of the founders of Jersey City) or possibly after his nephew Dr. Theodore Varick who was the Surgeon General of New Jersey at one time. Please email me at tallygators@earthlink.net. Floreda -----Original Message----- From: njhudson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njhudson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Justine Peterson Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 3:37 PM To: njhudson@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] Elizabeth Waldron Varick - Speer Cemetery Interesting about this Varick. I lived on Montgomery St between Varick and Monmouth St's. Would this have been named after your Varick line? Also where is this Speer Cemetery located? Trying to find if any of my Carley/Dunn/Carroll/McCormick line may have been buried in this cemetery? Thanks again for your posting. Justine McCormick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tallygators" <tallygators@earthlink.net> To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:45 AM Subject: [NJHUDSON] Elizabeth Waldron Varick - Speer Cemetery > > I am so pleased that the 'forgotten cemeteries' are now getting some > attention. About 1974 I first discovered the graves of my husband's > great grandparents, John James Varick and Elizabeth Waldron Varick in > Speer Cemetery. Bob has been working to get help for this cemetery > for years. I live in Tallahassee, Fl but have visited Hudson County > several times over the past years. > > Elizabeth Waldron Varick is the daughter of Benjamim Waldron and > Rachel Wilmarth. Elizabeth was born in NYC and that is where she > married John James Varick. They were in Jersey City by 1858 (on > August 2, 1858 John James Varick purchased a plot in Speer Cemetery). > > Elizabeth is a descendant of Resolved Waldron (one of the original > patentees of Harlem, NY). > > Thanks to all who volunteered to help with those cemeteries. > > Floreda > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 51 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.download.com/Spamfighter/3000-2382_4-10764780.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message