Would a call to the HCHS help? Do you think they would have an original map of Flemington from around the 1890-1900 period? And where was Water St. in Frenchtown? I grew up there and never knew of a Water St., though there is one in Milford. Kay -----Original Message----- From: Mr. Bill Hartman <mrbill1033@comcast.net> To: njhunter <njhunter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 8:54 am Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington To Kay and Dane, Thank you for responding to my request for information regarding the present ame of "Forker Avenue." I went to MapQuest and the name "Parker Avenue" was not ecognized. I have an old "Precision Mapping Streets" software which did show a arker Avenue with access to Main St. and Capner St., going around the Post ffice Lot. I did not know this and when I was growing up, it could have been he alley next to the old Palace Theater which burned down many years ago, or it ould be the alley that was used by the Tarantola (sp?) trucking company which as a few stores South of the above alley. The map program showed it making a ight angle and then going out to Capner St., somewhere behind the post office arking lot. Unless there is some more positive information about the name change or ocation, I'll just put a caveat in the newspaper abstract and leave it up to uture 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 lemington. It could have been located somewhere near the North end of town, erhaps 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, rBill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ ---- Original Message ----- rom: kaysfo@aol.com o: njhunter@rootsweb.com ent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:51:35 AM ubject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington have not been able to find any information on Forker Ave., but I would not be o quick to dismiss it as a misspelling, though it did occur to me that it might e a misspelling of Parker Ave. There were Forker's in Flemington at least from he 1850's till after 1900. Indeed one Wilson Forker was one of the first embers of Flemington's first Fire Company. The 1873 Beers Atlas shows two roperties on Main Street that were owned by Forkers---one labeled as the G. orker Establishment (seemingly a large building, (approximately across the St. rom where the China Outlet used to be) and another one across the street from here Mine St. joins Main St. On the map it appears as though it was NOT the big brick building that stands here now, but a smaller building fronting onto a small side street (or alley), unning between Main St. and Spring St.. I drove down last night and one can till drive down that alley, but it now becomes a parking lot after a short istance. -----Original Message----- rom: Dane Coefer <danec@osfashland.org> o: 'njhunter@rootsweb.com' <njhunter@rootsweb.com> ent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 4:11 pm ubject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington ikely Parker Avenue? ----Original Message----- om: njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com] On half Of Mr. Bill Hartman nt: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:29 PM : NJHUNTER bject: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington oes anyone know the present name of "Forker Avenue" in Flemington? n 1894, J. Sherman Cooley, the druggist, purchased a building lot on this reet. have no idea what it was changed to, or perhaps it is one more spelling error the newspaper! lease no guessing, I do enough of that myself!!!!! egards, Bill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ sit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ----------------------------- 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 e message isit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ----------------------------- 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 e 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 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 -----Original Message----- From: Mr. Bill Hartman <mrbill1033@comcast.net> To: njhunter <njhunter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 8:54 am Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington To Kay and Dane, Thank you for responding to my request for information regarding the present ame of "Forker Avenue." I went to MapQuest and the name "Parker Avenue" was not ecognized. I have an old "Precision Mapping Streets" software which did show a arker Avenue with access to Main St. and Capner St., going around the Post ffice Lot. I did not know this and when I was growing up, it could have been he alley next to the old Palace Theater which burned down many years ago, or it ould be the alley that was used by the Tarantola (sp?) trucking company which as a few stores South of the above alley. The map program showed it making a ight angle and then going out to Capner St., somewhere behind the post office arking lot. Unless there is some more positive information about the name change or ocation, I'll just put a caveat in the newspaper abstract and leave it up to uture 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 lemington. It could have been located somewhere near the North end of town, erhaps 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, rBill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ ---- Original Message ----- rom: kaysfo@aol.com o: njhunter@rootsweb.com ent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:51:35 AM ubject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington have not been able to find any information on Forker Ave., but I would not be o quick to dismiss it as a misspelling, though it did occur to me that it might e a misspelling of Parker Ave. There were Forker's in Flemington at least from he 1850's till after 1900. Indeed one Wilson Forker was one of the first embers of Flemington's first Fire Company. The 1873 Beers Atlas shows two roperties on Main Street that were owned by Forkers---one labeled as the G. orker Establishment (seemingly a large building, (approximately across the St. rom where the China Outlet used to be) and another one across the street from here Mine St. joins Main St. On the map it appears as though it was NOT the big brick building that stands here now, but a smaller building fronting onto a small side street (or alley), unning between Main St. and Spring St.. I drove down last night and one can till drive down that alley, but it now becomes a parking lot after a short istance. -----Original Message----- rom: Dane Coefer <danec@osfashland.org> o: 'njhunter@rootsweb.com' <njhunter@rootsweb.com> ent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 4:11 pm ubject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington ikely Parker Avenue? ----Original Message----- om: njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com] On half Of Mr. Bill Hartman nt: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:29 PM : NJHUNTER bject: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington oes anyone know the present name of "Forker Avenue" in Flemington? n 1894, J. Sherman Cooley, the druggist, purchased a building lot on this reet. have no idea what it was changed to, or perhaps it is one more spelling error the newspaper! lease no guessing, I do enough of that myself!!!!! egards, Bill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ sit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ----------------------------- 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 e message isit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ----------------------------- 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 e 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 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

Kay, RE: Water Street - If you go to the Hunterdon Republican Website noted below and put Water Street into the Search Box, it will show one listing for 5 North Water Street. I read the item a few times and I now believe it referred to an address in Philadelphia, PA and not Frenchtown. My error! The item: "Many of our older inhabitants [at Frenchtown] will remember PERKINS, Edward W., of the firm of PITTENGER & PERKINS, who did business on Harrison Street. He removed to Philadelphia, PA, several years ago and entered the wholesale grocery business. The firm is doing business at 5 North Water Street." Bill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ ----- Original Message ----- From: kaysfo@aol.com To: njhunter@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:16:59 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington Would a call to the HCHS help? Do you think they would have an original map of Flemington from around the 1890-1900 period? And where was Water St. in Frenchtown? I grew up there and never knew of a Water St., though there is one in Milford. Kay -----Original Message----- From: Mr. Bill Hartman <mrbill1033@comcast.net> To: njhunter <njhunter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 8:54 am Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington To Kay and Dane, Thank you for responding to my request for information regarding the present ame of "Forker Avenue." I went to MapQuest and the name "Parker Avenue" was not ecognized. I have an old "Precision Mapping Streets" software which did show a arker Avenue with access to Main St. and Capner St., going around the Post ffice Lot. I did not know this and when I was growing up, it could have been he alley next to the old Palace Theater which burned down many years ago, or it ould be the alley that was used by the Tarantola (sp?) trucking company which as a few stores South of the above alley. The map program showed it making a ight angle and then going out to Capner St., somewhere behind the post office arking lot. Unless there is some more positive information about the name change or ocation, I'll just put a caveat in the newspaper abstract and leave it up to uture 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 lemington. It could have been located somewhere near the North end of town, erhaps 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, rBill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ ---- Original Message ----- rom: kaysfo@aol.com o: njhunter@rootsweb.com ent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:51:35 AM ubject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington have not been able to find any information on Forker Ave., but I would not be o quick to dismiss it as a misspelling, though it did occur to me that it might e a misspelling of Parker Ave. There were Forker's in Flemington at least from he 1850's till after 1900. Indeed one Wilson Forker was one of the first embers of Flemington's first Fire Company. The 1873 Beers Atlas shows two roperties on Main Street that were owned by Forkers---one labeled as the G. orker Establishment (seemingly a large building, (approximately across the St. rom where the China Outlet used to be) and another one across the street from here Mine St. joins Main St. On the map it appears as though it was NOT the big brick building that stands here now, but a smaller building fronting onto a small side street (or alley), unning between Main St. and Spring St.. I drove down last night and one can till drive down that alley, but it now becomes a parking lot after a short istance. -----Original Message----- rom: Dane Coefer <danec@osfashland.org> o: 'njhunter@rootsweb.com' <njhunter@rootsweb.com> ent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 4:11 pm ubject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington ikely Parker Avenue? ----Original Message----- om: njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com] On half Of Mr. Bill Hartman nt: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:29 PM : NJHUNTER bject: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington oes anyone know the present name of "Forker Avenue" in Flemington? n 1894, J. Sherman Cooley, the druggist, purchased a building lot on this reet. have no idea what it was changed to, or perhaps it is one more spelling error the newspaper! lease no guessing, I do enough of that myself!!!!! egards, Bill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ sit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ----------------------------- 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 e message isit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ----------------------------- 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 e 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 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 -----Original Message----- From: Mr. Bill Hartman <mrbill1033@comcast.net> To: njhunter <njhunter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 8:54 am Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington To Kay and Dane, Thank you for responding to my request for information regarding the present ame of "Forker Avenue." I went to MapQuest and the name "Parker Avenue" was not ecognized. I have an old "Precision Mapping Streets" software which did show a arker Avenue with access to Main St. and Capner St., going around the Post ffice Lot. I did not know this and when I was growing up, it could have been he alley next to the old Palace Theater which burned down many years ago, or it ould be the alley that was used by the Tarantola (sp?) trucking company which as a few stores South of the above alley. The map program showed it making a ight angle and then going out to Capner St., somewhere behind the post office arking lot. Unless there is some more positive information about the name change or ocation, I'll just put a caveat in the newspaper abstract and leave it up to uture 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 lemington. It could have been located somewhere near the North end of town, erhaps 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, rBill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ ---- Original Message ----- rom: kaysfo@aol.com o: njhunter@rootsweb.com ent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:51:35 AM ubject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington have not been able to find any information on Forker Ave., but I would not be o quick to dismiss it as a misspelling, though it did occur to me that it might e a misspelling of Parker Ave. There were Forker's in Flemington at least from he 1850's till after 1900. Indeed one Wilson Forker was one of the first embers of Flemington's first Fire Company. The 1873 Beers Atlas shows two roperties on Main Street that were owned by Forkers---one labeled as the G. orker Establishment (seemingly a large building, (approximately across the St. rom where the China Outlet used to be) and another one across the street from here Mine St. joins Main St. On the map it appears as though it was NOT the big brick building that stands here now, but a smaller building fronting onto a small side street (or alley), unning between Main St. and Spring St.. I drove down last night and one can till drive down that alley, but it now becomes a parking lot after a short istance. -----Original Message----- rom: Dane Coefer <danec@osfashland.org> o: 'njhunter@rootsweb.com' <njhunter@rootsweb.com> ent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 4:11 pm ubject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington ikely Parker Avenue? ----Original Message----- om: njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com] On half Of Mr. Bill Hartman nt: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:29 PM : NJHUNTER bject: [NJHUNTER] Forker Avenue, Flemington oes anyone know the present name of "Forker Avenue" in Flemington? n 1894, J. Sherman Cooley, the druggist, purchased a building lot on this reet. have no idea what it was changed to, or perhaps it is one more spelling error the newspaper! lease no guessing, I do enough of that myself!!!!! egards, Bill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ sit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ----------------------------- 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 e message isit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ----------------------------- 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 e 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 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 ------------------------------- 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