Dennis Sutton just sent this: <Just looked at the Hunterdon County Democrat for August 18th, 1874 and found the following article: New Bridge The Board of Freeholders decided at a meeting held on Tuesday last, to erect a new bridge over what used to be known as "Snake Creek", in Delaware township near "The Duck's Flat." What nice names those "Shunktowners" give their water courses and so forth. What could be more euphonious or high sounding then "Snake Creek" and "Duck's Flat"? Might this the same reference? > Hunterdon County Place Names gives this reference for "Duck Flat", there was no reference to "Snake Creek" <DUCKS FLAT, Delaware Township. In Traditions of Our Ancestors John W. Lequear said "Mr. Emley sold 600 acres to Christopher Cornelius in 1750. Mr. Cornelius sold 400 acres to Daniel Howell in 1750 near the upper boundary line of what is now Delaware Township east of 'Duck's Flat', a part now occupied by Thomas Robinson (1881)." (Snell: 371)> The only creek near "the upper boundary line of Delaware Township" is the Lockatong Creek. The Cornell map of 1851, especially, and the Hagstrom Map of 2000, show that the Lockatong Creek was somewhat serpentine, suggesting a possibility that it may have been called the "Snake Creek" at one time. Although I did bicycle to Frenchtown on Route 29, I cannot recall the topography exactly where the Lockatong enters the Delaware River! Anyone know for sure? Is there a bridge there now? Conclusive evidence is still lacking for location of the "Rio Grande", but we are getting warmer! Keep up the good detective work, Regards, Bill

Bill, Just looked at the Hunterdon County Democrat for August 18th, 1874 and found the following article: New Bridge The Board of Freeholders decided at a meeting held on Tuesday last, to erect a new bridge over what used to be known as "Snake Creek", in Delaware township near "The Duck's Flat." What nice names those "Shunktowners" give their water courses and so forth. What could be more euphonious or high sounding then "Snake Creek" and "Duck's Flat"? Might this the same reference? Dennis At 12:01 PM 7/1/2008, you wrote: >Thank you Marfy, > >If I didn't hear from you, I was going to send a special request! > >As you may know, I am going to put up the Hunterdon Republican >Newspaper on the Internet. The project will take a few years to >complete since the paper was in existence from 1856 until 1953. I am >presently getting digital images of the microfilm which is being >lent to me by the Hunterdon County Library. I have just completed >1874 and working my way up to the present. I've got some preliminary >material at http://www.huntrepnews.com > > >From now on, as I scan each issue, I will be looking for any > information that may shed light on what river or creek may have > been called the "Rio Grande". The committee assigned the task of > building the bridge was Capt. James Bird, a freeholder from > Lambertville, William B. Hockenbury from Kingwood and Joseph Smith > from Delaware Township. This does not in itself pinpoint the > location. I am leaning towards the Alexauken Creek. I rode my > bicycle many times on both Lambertville/Headquarters Road down to > Lambertville and also on Alexauken Creek Road. If the people at > that time (1870s) knew about the real Rio Grande River, then they > would have known that it made quite a cut in the topography of the > land. If you have driven either of the roads that I mentioned, the > Alexauken Creek runs between them. As it nears Lambertville and > exits into the Delaware River, there is an escarpment of perhaps 50 > or so feet as the creek eroded its way through the sandstone. Of > course, many of the c! > reeks that empty into the Delaware River that flow through > Delaware Township have similar examples of erosion as they make > their final approach through the sandstone. Wickecheoke Creek, near > Stockton, also has this characteristic and there is also a creek > that runs along Brookville Hollow Road just South of Stockton! > >I will take your advice and as I continue scanning, I'll look at all >the possibilities. > >Thanks again, and if I find the answer, it will be posted. > >Bill > > > >----- Original Message ----- > From: Marfy Goodspeed > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:55 AM > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township > > > Dear Bill, > > What an interesting question. I had never heard of "Rio Grande" in Delaware > Twp. before. > > One way to approach this question is to check the list of bridges in the > township and their dates of construction. Sad to say, none of them is known > to have been built in 1874. > > However, the beautiful truss bridge over the Lockatong Creek has a date of > 1876. It was built by Lambertville Iron Works. Perhaps it took > two years to > build, but I rather doubt it. > > I was intrigued by the description of "an iron stringer bridge, the trusses > to be enclosed with boards." That suggests that the finished product looked > a lot like a covered bridge, although the only surviving covered bridge in > Delaware Twp. is made of wood, and that was built in 1872. > > There are some bridges whose date of construction is not known. All of them > are stone arch bridges, which do not meet your description. The one > exception, a truss bridge, is the bridge over the Wickecheoke on Whiskey > Lane but the Wickecheoke at that point is not that "Grande". > > But the freeholders were certainly planning for a real bridge. I wonder if > the minutes show when the bridge was finished. > > Regards, > Marfy > > > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:26 PM, William Hartman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Does anyone know the location of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Township? > > > > I have checked the book "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis B. > > D'Autrechy and the name was not listed. > > > > It was found in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper dated August 20, 1874, > > on page 3, left column about mid-way down!: > > > > "The Board of Freeholders met at Sergeantsville on Tuesday of > last week and > > after viewing the site, ordered a new bridge to be built at Rio > Grande, in > > Delaware Township. It is to be an iron stringer bridge, the trusses to be > > enclosed with boards, which has proved to be the most > economical method. The > > building of the bridge was placed in the hands of the following > committee, > > viz: Capt. James Bird, W. B. Hockenbury, and Joseph Smith. The probable > > expense of its construction will be about $700." > > > > Thank you for any positive assistance. > > > > Regards, Bill > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enjhunter> > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > 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 >Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >------------------------------- >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

Thanks again Larry, See the conversation with Marfy Goodspeed in the email that I just posted to the NJHunter list. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Housell To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:53 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township HI Bill, While doing the Google search I came across this: http://nj.usgs.gov/adr/WDR-NJ-06-3/bycounty_nm3.html It references a well in Bull Run Park, it might be relevant. Larry On Jun 30, 2008, at 10:50 PM, William Hartman wrote: > Thank you Larry, > > However, One must be very careful using Google. I used your search > criteria and came up with too many hits to look at all of them. > Yes, Rio Grande did come up, but that is Rio Grande, New Jersey > which is located near Cape May in the very Southern part of New > Jersey. I narrowed the search down to "Rio Grande" "Delaware > Township" "New Jersey" eventually added "Bridge" and "Lambertville" > which got me around 300 hits. But as I noted above, the "Rio > Grande" refereed to in all cases was the one in South New Jersey. > > If you did find a reference that noted 'a bridge over the Rio > Grande (river) near Lambertville' I would appreciate the reference. > > Many thanks for taking the time to look this up. > > Regards, > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lawrence Housell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:32 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township > > > Hi Bill, > I just googled Rio Grande, Delaware Twns,NJ. > A bridge at Lambertville came uo. > Larry H > On Jun 30, 2008, at 8:26 PM, William Hartman wrote: > >> Does anyone know the location of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Township? >> >> I have checked the book "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis >> B. D'Autrechy and the name was not listed. >> >> It was found in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper dated August 20, >> 1874, on page 3, left column about mid-way down!: >> >> "The Board of Freeholders met at Sergeantsville on Tuesday of last >> week and after viewing the site, ordered a new bridge to be built >> at Rio Grande, in Delaware Township. It is to be an iron stringer >> bridge, the trusses to be enclosed with boards, which has proved to >> be the most economical method. The building of the bridge was >> placed in the hands of the following committee, viz: Capt. James >> Bird, W. B. Hockenbury, and Joseph Smith. The probable expense of >> its construction will be about $700." >> >> Thank you for any positive assistance. >> >> Regards, Bill >> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> ~njhunter >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http:// > www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- 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

Thank you Marfy, If I didn't hear from you, I was going to send a special request! As you may know, I am going to put up the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper on the Internet. The project will take a few years to complete since the paper was in existence from 1856 until 1953. I am presently getting digital images of the microfilm which is being lent to me by the Hunterdon County Library. I have just completed 1874 and working my way up to the present. I've got some preliminary material at http://www.huntrepnews.com >From now on, as I scan each issue, I will be looking for any information that may shed light on what river or creek may have been called the "Rio Grande". The committee assigned the task of building the bridge was Capt. James Bird, a freeholder from Lambertville, William B. Hockenbury from Kingwood and Joseph Smith from Delaware Township. This does not in itself pinpoint the location. I am leaning towards the Alexauken Creek. I rode my bicycle many times on both Lambertville/Headquarters Road down to Lambertville and also on Alexauken Creek Road. If the people at that time (1870s) knew about the real Rio Grande River, then they would have known that it made quite a cut in the topography of the land. If you have driven either of the roads that I mentioned, the Alexauken Creek runs between them. As it nears Lambertville and exits into the Delaware River, there is an escarpment of perhaps 50 or so feet as the creek eroded its way through the sandstone. Of course, many of the creeks that empty into the Delaware River that flow through Delaware Township have similar examples of erosion as they make their final approach through the sandstone. Wickecheoke Creek, near Stockton, also has this characteristic and there is also a creek that runs along Brookville Hollow Road just South of Stockton! I will take your advice and as I continue scanning, I'll look at all the possibilities. Thanks again, and if I find the answer, it will be posted. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Marfy Goodspeed To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:55 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township Dear Bill, What an interesting question. I had never heard of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Twp. before. One way to approach this question is to check the list of bridges in the township and their dates of construction. Sad to say, none of them is known to have been built in 1874. However, the beautiful truss bridge over the Lockatong Creek has a date of 1876. It was built by Lambertville Iron Works. Perhaps it took two years to build, but I rather doubt it. I was intrigued by the description of "an iron stringer bridge, the trusses to be enclosed with boards." That suggests that the finished product looked a lot like a covered bridge, although the only surviving covered bridge in Delaware Twp. is made of wood, and that was built in 1872. There are some bridges whose date of construction is not known. All of them are stone arch bridges, which do not meet your description. The one exception, a truss bridge, is the bridge over the Wickecheoke on Whiskey Lane but the Wickecheoke at that point is not that "Grande". But the freeholders were certainly planning for a real bridge. I wonder if the minutes show when the bridge was finished. Regards, Marfy On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:26 PM, William Hartman <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know the location of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Township? > > I have checked the book "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis B. > D'Autrechy and the name was not listed. > > It was found in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper dated August 20, 1874, > on page 3, left column about mid-way down!: > > "The Board of Freeholders met at Sergeantsville on Tuesday of last week and > after viewing the site, ordered a new bridge to be built at Rio Grande, in > Delaware Township. It is to be an iron stringer bridge, the trusses to be > enclosed with boards, which has proved to be the most economical method. The > building of the bridge was placed in the hands of the following committee, > viz: Capt. James Bird, W. B. Hockenbury, and Joseph Smith. The probable > expense of its construction will be about $700." > > Thank you for any positive assistance. > > Regards, Bill > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enjhunter> > ------------------------------- > 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 > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- 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

Dear Bill, What an interesting question. I had never heard of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Twp. before. One way to approach this question is to check the list of bridges in the township and their dates of construction. Sad to say, none of them is known to have been built in 1874. However, the beautiful truss bridge over the Lockatong Creek has a date of 1876. It was built by Lambertville Iron Works. Perhaps it took two years to build, but I rather doubt it. I was intrigued by the description of "an iron stringer bridge, the trusses to be enclosed with boards." That suggests that the finished product looked a lot like a covered bridge, although the only surviving covered bridge in Delaware Twp. is made of wood, and that was built in 1872. There are some bridges whose date of construction is not known. All of them are stone arch bridges, which do not meet your description. The one exception, a truss bridge, is the bridge over the Wickecheoke on Whiskey Lane but the Wickecheoke at that point is not that "Grande". But the freeholders were certainly planning for a real bridge. I wonder if the minutes show when the bridge was finished. Regards, Marfy On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:26 PM, William Hartman <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know the location of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Township? > > I have checked the book "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis B. > D'Autrechy and the name was not listed. > > It was found in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper dated August 20, 1874, > on page 3, left column about mid-way down!: > > "The Board of Freeholders met at Sergeantsville on Tuesday of last week and > after viewing the site, ordered a new bridge to be built at Rio Grande, in > Delaware Township. It is to be an iron stringer bridge, the trusses to be > enclosed with boards, which has proved to be the most economical method. The > building of the bridge was placed in the hands of the following committee, > viz: Capt. James Bird, W. B. Hockenbury, and Joseph Smith. The probable > expense of its construction will be about $700." > > Thank you for any positive assistance. > > Regards, Bill > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enjhunter> > ------------------------------- > 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 Bill, While doing the Google search I came across this: http://nj.usgs.gov/adr/WDR-NJ-06-3/bycounty_nm3.html It references a well in Bull Run Park, it might be relevant. Larry On Jun 30, 2008, at 10:50 PM, William Hartman wrote: > Thank you Larry, > > However, One must be very careful using Google. I used your search > criteria and came up with too many hits to look at all of them. > Yes, Rio Grande did come up, but that is Rio Grande, New Jersey > which is located near Cape May in the very Southern part of New > Jersey. I narrowed the search down to "Rio Grande" "Delaware > Township" "New Jersey" eventually added "Bridge" and "Lambertville" > which got me around 300 hits. But as I noted above, the "Rio > Grande" refereed to in all cases was the one in South New Jersey. > > If you did find a reference that noted 'a bridge over the Rio > Grande (river) near Lambertville' I would appreciate the reference. > > Many thanks for taking the time to look this up. > > Regards, > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lawrence Housell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:32 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township > > > Hi Bill, > I just googled Rio Grande, Delaware Twns,NJ. > A bridge at Lambertville came uo. > Larry H > On Jun 30, 2008, at 8:26 PM, William Hartman wrote: > >> Does anyone know the location of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Township? >> >> I have checked the book "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis >> B. D'Autrechy and the name was not listed. >> >> It was found in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper dated August 20, >> 1874, on page 3, left column about mid-way down!: >> >> "The Board of Freeholders met at Sergeantsville on Tuesday of last >> week and after viewing the site, ordered a new bridge to be built >> at Rio Grande, in Delaware Township. It is to be an iron stringer >> bridge, the trusses to be enclosed with boards, which has proved to >> be the most economical method. The building of the bridge was >> placed in the hands of the following committee, viz: Capt. James >> Bird, W. B. Hockenbury, and Joseph Smith. The probable expense of >> its construction will be about $700." >> >> Thank you for any positive assistance. >> >> Regards, Bill >> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> ~njhunter >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http:// > www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

We have to be very cautious when using Wikipedia as the entries are created, edited and personalized by site visitors who add what they believe something to be.   Anyone visiting a Wikipedia site can add information to the page.  Nancy Janyszeski Bucks County  &  Northampton History and Genealogy http://www.BucksCountyHistory.com http://www.pa-roots.com/~northampton/ http://www.nockamixon.us http://www.pagenweb.org/~bucks/ --- On Mon, 6/30/08, Madge Johns <[email protected]> wrote: From: Madge Johns <[email protected]> Subject: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township To: [email protected], "NJHUNTER" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 10:41 PM Rio Grande, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rio Grande is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Middle Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey. It is part of the Ocean City ... I found the above by googleing "RIO GRANDE IN NEW JERSEY". More info is there. Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- 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

Thank you Madge, But you didn't read the entire newspaper article which stated "Rio Grande" was in Delaware Township which is in Hunterdon County, over 100 miles from the one noted in Wikipedia! ----- Original Message ----- From: Madge Johns To: [email protected] ; NJHUNTER Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 10:41 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township Rio Grande, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rio Grande is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Middle Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey. It is part of the Ocean City ... I found the above by googleing "RIO GRANDE IN NEW JERSEY". More info is there. Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- 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

Thank you Larry, However, One must be very careful using Google. I used your search criteria and came up with too many hits to look at all of them. Yes, Rio Grande did come up, but that is Rio Grande, New Jersey which is located near Cape May in the very Southern part of New Jersey. I narrowed the search down to "Rio Grande" "Delaware Township" "New Jersey" eventually added "Bridge" and "Lambertville" which got me around 300 hits. But as I noted above, the "Rio Grande" refereed to in all cases was the one in South New Jersey. If you did find a reference that noted 'a bridge over the Rio Grande (river) near Lambertville' I would appreciate the reference. Many thanks for taking the time to look this up. Regards, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Housell To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Rio Grande, Delaware Township Hi Bill, I just googled Rio Grande, Delaware Twns,NJ. A bridge at Lambertville came uo. Larry H On Jun 30, 2008, at 8:26 PM, William Hartman wrote: > Does anyone know the location of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Township? > > I have checked the book "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis > B. D'Autrechy and the name was not listed. > > It was found in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper dated August 20, > 1874, on page 3, left column about mid-way down!: > > "The Board of Freeholders met at Sergeantsville on Tuesday of last > week and after viewing the site, ordered a new bridge to be built > at Rio Grande, in Delaware Township. It is to be an iron stringer > bridge, the trusses to be enclosed with boards, which has proved to > be the most economical method. The building of the bridge was > placed in the hands of the following committee, viz: Capt. James > Bird, W. B. Hockenbury, and Joseph Smith. The probable expense of > its construction will be about $700." > > Thank you for any positive assistance. > > Regards, Bill > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- 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

Rio Grande, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rio Grande is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Middle Township, in Cape May County, New Jersey. It is part of the Ocean City ... I found the above by googleing "RIO GRANDE IN NEW JERSEY". More info is there.

Hi Bill, I just googled Rio Grande, Delaware Twns,NJ. A bridge at Lambertville came uo. Larry H On Jun 30, 2008, at 8:26 PM, William Hartman wrote: > Does anyone know the location of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Township? > > I have checked the book "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis > B. D'Autrechy and the name was not listed. > > It was found in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper dated August 20, > 1874, on page 3, left column about mid-way down!: > > "The Board of Freeholders met at Sergeantsville on Tuesday of last > week and after viewing the site, ordered a new bridge to be built > at Rio Grande, in Delaware Township. It is to be an iron stringer > bridge, the trusses to be enclosed with boards, which has proved to > be the most economical method. The building of the bridge was > placed in the hands of the following committee, viz: Capt. James > Bird, W. B. Hockenbury, and Joseph Smith. The probable expense of > its construction will be about $700." > > Thank you for any positive assistance. > > Regards, Bill > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Does anyone know the location of "Rio Grande" in Delaware Township? I have checked the book "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis B. D'Autrechy and the name was not listed. It was found in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper dated August 20, 1874, on page 3, left column about mid-way down!: "The Board of Freeholders met at Sergeantsville on Tuesday of last week and after viewing the site, ordered a new bridge to be built at Rio Grande, in Delaware Township. It is to be an iron stringer bridge, the trusses to be enclosed with boards, which has proved to be the most economical method. The building of the bridge was placed in the hands of the following committee, viz: Capt. James Bird, W. B. Hockenbury, and Joseph Smith. The probable expense of its construction will be about $700." Thank you for any positive assistance. Regards, Bill

Dear Hunterdon List Members - I am new to the list and need some help on the Jacob Rupel/Ruple family of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, NJ. He executed a will in 1808 leaving property to his wife Barbarry(Barbara) and sons John, William, Jacob Jr. Joseph, William. Jacob Jr. and Wm are named executors. I believe this family may be GErmanic in origin, but would appreciate any information whatsoever to educate me on the ancestors and descendants of Jacob Sr. I believe some family may have remained in the county and there is a Rupel/ Ruple cemetery I would like to know more about on Route 625, Alexandria Twp according to one post I saw. I would like to find family Bibles, photos, immigration records, and family historians or researchers with information on this family. One legend was the family was from Holland but there is no proof of this I know of. Please help as we are trying to piece together this Last of six lines of the Ruple family who were in this country prior to the REv War. Thanks so much Jack Ruple, SR [email protected]

Thanks to everyone who has responded. I have also found out that my Aunt remembers visiting here when she was a child and she will come with me; perhaps when she gets there her memory will be jogged! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelvin Kean" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] CLINTON NJ CEMETERIES > > > > Evergreen cemetery is not terribly large and in so being has no > office where one can make inquiries. But in not being large, it's > also easily walked. If the stone you are seeking is only 90 years > old, you should have no trouble spotting it amongst the others. A > pair of my great-great grandparents is buried there and I had no > difficulty locating their stones several years ago. despite their > stones being marble (which erodes quickly from acid rain) and dating > from the 1850's. > > I'm not familiar with the Lower Valley Cemetery. > > Kelvin Kean > Elverson PA >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:njhunter- >> [email protected]] >> On Behalf Of [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:41 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [NJHUNTER] (no subject) >> >> >> Does anyone know current contact information for either the Evergreen >> Cemetery in Clinton or the Lower Valley Cemetery (Califon?). I am >> going to >> the area next week and have just a short time to spend in the area. >> I am >> looking for internment of Jack Cooper and his parent Mary and >> George Cooper >> (1918's or so) and also a John or JC HILL ans his spouse, also >> before 1920. >> I have NO information other than "they died" and old B&W photo of >> headstone >> for Cooper with handwriting "evergreen" --they all live in High >> Bridge. Any >> help would be appreciated. Thanks, >> >> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> ~njhunter >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >> ~njhunter >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > 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. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.2.0/1495 - Release Date: 6/10/2008 5:11 PM

> Evergreen cemetery is not terribly large and in so being has no office where one can make inquiries. But in not being large, it's also easily walked. If the stone you are seeking is only 90 years old, you should have no trouble spotting it amongst the others. A pair of my great-great grandparents is buried there and I had no difficulty locating their stones several years ago. despite their stones being marble (which erodes quickly from acid rain) and dating from the 1850's. I'm not familiar with the Lower Valley Cemetery. Kelvin Kean Elverson PA > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:njhunter- > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NJHUNTER] (no subject) > > > Does anyone know current contact information for either the Evergreen > Cemetery in Clinton or the Lower Valley Cemetery (Califon?). I am > going to > the area next week and have just a short time to spend in the area. > I am > looking for internment of Jack Cooper and his parent Mary and > George Cooper > (1918's or so) and also a John or JC HILL ans his spouse, also > before 1920. > I have NO information other than "they died" and old B&W photo of > headstone > for Cooper with handwriting "evergreen" --they all live in High > Bridge. Any > help would be appreciated. Thanks, > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ~njhunter > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry, that 3rd link was not what I had sent, don't know how I did that. Julie B in NC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Julie & Kevin Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NJHUNTER] CLINTON NJ CEMETERIES Hello, I found this .... http://martinfh.com/?p=obituary_view&id=47766 which might help. They have contact info in the article..... also Evergreen Cemetery on this page, great info about it .... http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Essex/state.html New Jersey cemeteries .... http://www.dagonbytes.com/graveyards/listings/statepage/newjersey/newjersey. htm AND Lower Valley contact information ... http://holcombefisher.com/cemetaries.htm I hope this sis helpful to you, Julie B in NC I found some answers for myself doing this .... thanks -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NJHUNTER] (no subject) Does anyone know current contact information for either the Evergreen Cemetery in Clinton or the Lower Valley Cemetery (Califon?). I am going to the area next week and have just a short time to spend in the area. I am looking for internment of Jack Cooper and his parent Mary and George Cooper (1918's or so) and also a John or JC HILL ans his spouse, also before 1920. I have NO information other than "they died" and old B&W photo of headstone for Cooper with handwriting "evergreen" --they all live in High Bridge. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- 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 Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- 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

Hello, I found this .... http://martinfh.com/?p=obituary_view&id=47766 which might help. They have contact info in the article..... also Evergreen Cemetery on this page, great info about it .... http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NJ/Essex/state.html New Jersey cemeteries .... http://www.dagonbytes.com/graveyards/listings/statepage/newjersey/newjersey. htm AND Lower Valley contact information ... http://holcombefisher.com/cemetaries.htm I hope this sis helpful to you, Julie B in NC I found some answers for myself doing this .... thanks -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NJHUNTER] (no subject) Does anyone know current contact information for either the Evergreen Cemetery in Clinton or the Lower Valley Cemetery (Califon?). I am going to the area next week and have just a short time to spend in the area. I am looking for internment of Jack Cooper and his parent Mary and George Cooper (1918's or so) and also a John or JC HILL ans his spouse, also before 1920. I have NO information other than "they died" and old B&W photo of headstone for Cooper with handwriting "evergreen" --they all live in High Bridge. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- 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

Follow this link: http://www.holcombefisher.com/cemetaries.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:41 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] (no subject) > Does anyone know current contact information for either the Evergreen > Cemetery > in Clinton or the Lower Valley Cemetery (Califon?). I am going to the area > next > week and have just a short time to spend in the area. I am looking for > internment of Jack Cooper and his parent Mary and George Cooper (1918's or > so) > and also a John or JC HILL ans his spouse, also before 1920. I have NO > information other than "they died" and old B&W photo of headstone for > Cooper > with handwriting "evergreen" --they all live in High Bridge. Any help > would be > appreciated. Thanks, > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I mistakenly left off a subject line in my prior post. Sorry for the confusion. Does anyone know current contact information for either the Evergreen Cemetery in Clinton or the Lower Valley Cemetery (Califon?). I am going to the area next week and have just a short time to spend in the area. I am looking for internment of Jack Cooper and his parent Mary and George Cooper (1918's or so) and also a John or JC HILL ans his spouse, also before 1920. I have NO information other than "they died" and old B&W photo of headstone for Cooper with handwriting "evergreen" --they all live in High Bridge. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

Does anyone know current contact information for either the Evergreen Cemetery in Clinton or the Lower Valley Cemetery (Califon?). I am going to the area next week and have just a short time to spend in the area. I am looking for internment of Jack Cooper and his parent Mary and George Cooper (1918's or so) and also a John or JC HILL ans his spouse, also before 1920. I have NO information other than "they died" and old B&W photo of headstone for Cooper with handwriting "evergreen" --they all live in High Bridge. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,