I have not been able to find any information on Forker Ave., but I would not be so quick to dismiss it as a misspelling, though it did occur to me that it might be a misspelling of Parker Ave. There were Forker's in Flemington at least from the 1850's till after 1900. Indeed one Wilson Forker was one of the first members of Flemington's first Fire Company. The 1873 Beers Atlas shows two properties on Main Street that were owned by Forkers---one labeled as the G. Forker Establishment (seemingly a large building, (approximately across the St. from where the China Outlet used to be) and another one across the street from where Mine St. joins Main St. On the map it appears as though it was NOT the big brick building that stands there now, but a smaller building fronting onto a small side street (or alley), running between Main St. and Spring St.. I drove down last night and one can still drive down that alley, but it now becomes a parking lot after a short distance. -----Original Message----- From: Dane Coefer <danec@osfashland.org> To: 'njhunter@rootsweb.com' <njhunter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 4:11 pm Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington Likely Parker Avenue? -----Original Message----- rom: njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com] On ehalf Of Mr. Bill Hartman ent: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:29 PM o: NJHUNTER ubject: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington Does anyone know the present name of "Forker Avenue" in Flemington? In 1894, J. Sherman Cooley, the druggist, purchased a building lot on this treet. I have no idea what it was changed to, or perhaps it is one more spelling error n the newspaper! Please no guessing, I do enough of that myself!!!!! Regards, rBill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ isit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message
To Kay and Dane, Thank you for responding to my request for information regarding the present name of "Forker Avenue." I went to MapQuest and the name "Parker Avenue" was not recognized. I have an old "Precision Mapping Streets" software which did show a Parker Avenue with access to Main St. and Capner St., going around the Post Office Lot. I did not know this and when I was growing up, it could have been the alley next to the old Palace Theater which burned down many years ago, or it could be the alley that was used by the Tarantola (sp?) trucking company which was a few stores South of the above alley. The map program showed it making a right angle and then going out to Capner St., somewhere behind the post office parking lot. Unless there is some more positive information about the name change or location, I'll just put a caveat in the newspaper abstract and leave it up to future historians to confirm its identity. I still wonder about where "Water Street" in Flemington was located. There was (or is) a Water St. in Frenchtown and Clinton, but none that I know of in Flemington. It could have been located somewhere near the North end of town, perhaps near the old Gas Works. Thanks again for your input, always looking for confirmation of some of the "Old-Odd!" things I run across in the Hunterdon Republican newspaper! Regards, MrBill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ ----- Original Message ----- From: kaysfo@aol.com To: njhunter@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:51:35 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington I have not been able to find any information on Forker Ave., but I would not be so quick to dismiss it as a misspelling, though it did occur to me that it might be a misspelling of Parker Ave. There were Forker's in Flemington at least from the 1850's till after 1900. Indeed one Wilson Forker was one of the first members of Flemington's first Fire Company. The 1873 Beers Atlas shows two properties on Main Street that were owned by Forkers---one labeled as the G. Forker Establishment (seemingly a large building, (approximately across the St. from where the China Outlet used to be) and another one across the street from where Mine St. joins Main St. On the map it appears as though it was NOT the big brick building that stands there now, but a smaller building fronting onto a small side street (or alley), running between Main St. and Spring St.. I drove down last night and one can still drive down that alley, but it now becomes a parking lot after a short distance. -----Original Message----- From: Dane Coefer <danec@osfashland.org> To: 'njhunter@rootsweb.com' <njhunter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 4:11 pm Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington Likely Parker Avenue? -----Original Message----- rom: njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com] On ehalf Of Mr. Bill Hartman ent: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:29 PM o: NJHUNTER ubject: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington Does anyone know the present name of "Forker Avenue" in Flemington? In 1894, J. Sherman Cooley, the druggist, purchased a building lot on this treet. I have no idea what it was changed to, or perhaps it is one more spelling error n the newspaper! Please no guessing, I do enough of that myself!!!!! Regards, rBill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ isit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message