To those in search of death certificates: I may be incorrect, but I seem to recall that death certificates from that time period are on microfilm at the NJ State Archives in Trenton. I found my own ancestor's 1879 death certificate there and I paid only a minor fee to have it printed on the spot. The archivists on duty are very helpful and will point you in the direction of the correct microfilm... then you start scrolling and scrolling until you find it. Rita in Hunterdon Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Perry Streeter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 9:46 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] 3 Asher SMITHs (esp. ca. 1805-1880+); Bethlehem & Union Townships >I am a direct descendant of Robert & Jemima (-----) SMITH of Bethlehem > Township. For details on this family, please see... > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~streeter/smith-robert.pdf > > One of my cousins had an excellent suggestion for potentially determining > the maiden name of Jemima (-----) SMITH by locating the death certificate > of > one her younger children. One of the best candidates is the youngest son > with the distinctive name of Asher SMITH. However, there were actually > two > men bearing this name in Hunterdon County and any help in shortening the > list, or narrowing the number of years to be searched, before paying death > certificate search fees would be greatly appreciated! > > In the 1850 census of Bethlehem, Hunterdon, NJ there are two households > with an Asher SMITH as head of household. The older one was most likely > the > son of Robert & Jemima (-----) SMITH: > > 1) Asher Smith, age 45, p 229B [b. circa 1805] > Martha, age 45 > Steven, age 21 > Elizabeth, age 19 > John, age 18 > Estha (?) M., age 12 > Martha, age 11 > Mary, age 7 > > *He died sometime after 1880* *When?* > *His death record may reveal the maiden name of Jemima (-----) SMITH* > > However, there another potential match for the son of Robert and Jemima > (-----) SMITH: > > 2) Asher Smith, age 40, p 237A [b. circa 1810] > Mary Ann, age 31 > Augustus K., age 10 > Mary E., age 8 > John, age 4 > Alexander, age 1 > > In addition to being younger, Asher Smith (b. circa 1810) is a less likely > match for the son of Robert and Jemima (-----) SMITH because, in the 1840 > census, he lived next door to yet a third Asher Smith who was probably his > father and who was too old to have been the son of Robert and Jemima > (-----) > SMITH. Asher Smith (b. ca 1810) married Mary Ann Stires on 4 Dec 1838 and > lived in Union Township after it was split off from Bethlehem Township in > 1853. Asher Smith (b. ca. 1810) lived until 1884 (see notice below). > > http://njsuttonfamily.org/Newspaper/jan1884.htm > >>From the Hunterdon Democrat: > October 21, 1884, Forty-Seventh Volume, No. 10 > <snip> > > Mr. Asher Smith, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Union township, > died > on Friday morning, 10th inst., from an attack of paralysis, while visiting > with his son, near Frenchtown. > > Thank you for any help! > > Perry > > www.perry.streeter.com > > 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 >

Rita: Thanks for your reply. I know that we are distantly related in multiple ways so perhaps you will be interested in this... http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~streeter/updike.pdf Perry www.perry.streeter.com -----Original Message----- From: Rita Chesterton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:06 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] 3 Asher SMITHs (esp. ca. 1805-1880+); Bethlehem & Union Townships To those in search of death certificates: I may be incorrect, but I seem to recall that death certificates from that time period are on microfilm at the NJ State Archives in Trenton. I found my own ancestor's 1879 death certificate there and I paid only a minor fee to have it printed on the spot. The archivists on duty are very helpful and will point you in the direction of the correct microfilm... then you start scrolling and scrolling until you find it. Rita in Hunterdon Co.