Greetings from Kalamazoo! I have a William Decker b c 1837 in my data base. Parents were Peter (?) Decker and Maria Earles. It seems this may not be the William you are seeking as there is about a 20 year gap for birth year. Hope this helps. Kurt in Kzo ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

In a message dated 11/24/2003 10:02:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, NJMORRIS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: From: MonaMusic@aol.com Subject: [NJMORRIS] William DECKER, Rockaway Twp., 1920; wife Sara A. The 1920 census for Rockaway Twp., Morris County, lists William DECKER, 69 years of age, with wife, Sara A., 53 years of age. He is listed as a laborer for a private estate. Does anyone have additional information on this couple? I need to know the names of his parents; also the parentage of Sara, his wife. Children? Mona, Richmond, IN Mona: I would suggest that you start searching earlier census records - 1910, 1900, 1880, 1870, 1860. Your William Decker was born about 1851 so he misses the 1850 census, but if you find him in the 1860 census as a 9 year old, you then can go back to the 1850 census and see what other children are in the house that may not appear in the 1860 census because they may be deceased. The 1840 census and the 1830 census will only be head of house and so his parents would only appear with the father's name. That is, if they have been here in the US all that time. In the 1920 census, did it state where he was born? You didn't provide much information in your message to the list. That will be your clue to search for everyone in the house. The 1900 census will state his month and year of birth as well as his age, how long he has been married and for the wife the number of children born and living and where his parents were born. If it says he wasn't from New Jersey but came from a foreign country, then it should state the year he immigrated and how long he has been in the US. Oh, you might ceck the Morris County history to see if there is some mention of the Decker family. You might also check the Warren and Sussex county history as well as i seem to recall reading about a Decker family in this history at some time in my research. May or may not be your family, but I would check it out, if I were you. Hope this helps you do your research. Christie Trapp

I recently recieved 2 very old autograph type memory books that belonged to a g-g-g-aunt. Her name was Mary S Condit (born 1819) and she married into the Tichenor family. Her parents were Daniel CONDIT and Hannah SQUIER. Many of the entries are dated around 1829-31 and contain "Morris Institute" in the signatures... Does any one have any idea what that might be? Thanks Betsy Rubel

The 1920 census for Rockaway Twp., Morris County, lists William DECKER, 69 years of age, with wife, Sara A., 53 years of age. He is listed as a laborer for a private estate. Does anyone have additional information on this couple? I need to know the names of his parents; also the parentage of Sara, his wife. Children? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Mona, Richmond, IN

Hi I am new at this but would any one out there have inf. in Carr and Hameltin Names I am looking fo a David Carr Born about 1841 in England and Died in Fox Hill Boonton,Morris Co.,New Jersey and a Sarah Hamelton Born abut 1842 in North Iroland Died in Fox Hill Booton,Morris Co., New Jersey Would be very happy for any and all help I can get. Thank you Alice Hillas E-Mail AliceLkay@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ online games and music with a high-speed Internet connection! Prices start at less than $1 a day average. https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.)

Hello Everyone! The first joint lecture series sponsored by the NJ State Archives and the Genealogical Society of New Jersey wrapped up on November 5 with a most interesting "Ask the Experts" evening. The lecture series was eight evening lectures on a variety of topics. Information on the speakers and topics can be found on the GSNJ's website: www.gsnj.org under the link "Exploring Your Jersey Roots." The lectures were wonderful and I wish everyone could have attended. I learned so much from these lectures and will be keeping my syllabus materials handy for future reference! We hope to co-sponsor other lecture series with the State Archives in the future so that we can continue to provide everyone with this type of information. We promised to make the syllabus available for purchase once the final page count and cost was determined. The syllabus contains all of the handouts from all of the lectures. We have tallied the pages and costs and now pass the information along to you for your consideration. The final syllabus for all eight lectures is just over 100 pages of information, samples, forms and examples. It presents a truly amazing amount of useful material!! It is being made available for purchase for $20.00, including postage and taxes. Order forms and additional information will be available on the GSNJ website (www.gsnj.org) in the near future. You needn't wait for the official order form, however. Order your very own copy now by sending a note and a $20.00 check, made payable to the GSNJ (or Genealogical Society of New Jersey), to the following address: GSNJ P.O. Box 1476, Trenton, NJ 08607 Unfortunately, we are not able to accept credit cards. Individual lecture handouts are not available separately at this time. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at mailto:jml-gsnj@earthlink.net Thank you all for your interest and we hope you will find the syllabus materials to be useful, fun, and informative! Please feel free to forward this message to any other lists or people you think would be interested. Sincerely Joan M. Lowry Joan M. Lowry mailto:jml-gsnj@earthlink.net

I may be wrong on this, but it was The Alderny Milk barn on the corner of Rt. 10 and ? Rd. Now the Property, formerly the Alderny Farm with real cows, is an office complex. Once in a while my mother would take me to the "Milk Barn" for a shake. I very seldom go down Rt. 10 since it has been so overly developed and traffic is awful and, of course, the "Milk Barn" is long gone. Bob, in Western NJ. -- "Wilson Brown" <w.brown@uwinnipeg.ca> wrote: The O'Dowds milk bottles came with a waxed heavy paper cover, wrapped around the top, and fastened with a wire. We collected the wires on a shelf bracket in the kitchen and found endless uses for the wires I still miss them at Christmas, when the hanger for the ornament is missing. I recall that one or two of our old ornaments still have the milk-bottle wires to act as a long hook. WB >>> RichH <rhaycook@mitre.org> 11/12/03 07:04AM >>> Kathy Fisher sent a description of the of the Nov 10 Montville Twp Historical Society presentation about the O'Dowd Family. I'm just curious, and risking a long thread reminiscing about O'Dowds and Sip&Sup and so on, but "inquiring minds have to know." The establishment you describe was in Pine Brook ... is it the same family who owned O'Dowds Milk Barn at the intersection of Rt 10 and Malpardis Road? We used to have O'Dowds milk delivered. Their color scheme on their trucks was chocolate brown, even the porch milkbox where they dropped it off was brown. The Milk Barn was chocolate brown as was the silo on the side. This is the place that later became Sip&Sup in the early 60s. Would have been a fascinating opportunity to see the show....... that's what you get when you move away and live in the sticks. Cheers Rich in NH

The O'Dowds milk bottles came with a waxed heavy paper cover, wrapped around the top, and fastened with a wire. We collected the wires on a shelf bracket in the kitchen and found endless uses for the wires I still miss them at Christmas, when the hanger for the ornament is missing. I recall that one or two of our old ornaments still have the milk-bottle wires to act as a long hook. WB >>> RichH <rhaycook@mitre.org> 11/12/03 07:04AM >>> Kathy Fisher sent a description of the of the Nov 10 Montville Twp Historical Society presentation about the O'Dowd Family. I'm just curious, and risking a long thread reminiscing about O'Dowds and Sip&Sup and so on, but "inquiring minds have to know." The establishment you describe was in Pine Brook ... is it the same family who owned O'Dowds Milk Barn at the intersection of Rt 10 and Malpardis Road? We used to have O'Dowds milk delivered. Their color scheme on their trucks was chocolate brown, even the porch milkbox where they dropped it off was brown. The Milk Barn was chocolate brown as was the silo on the side. This is the place that later became Sip&Sup in the early 60s. Would have been a fascinating opportunity to see the show....... that's what you get when you move away and live in the sticks. Cheers Rich in NH

Kathy Fisher sent a description of the of the Nov 10 Montville Twp Historical Society presentation about the O'Dowd Family. I'm just curious, and risking a long thread reminiscing about O'Dowds and Sip&Sup and so on, but "inquiring minds have to know." The establishment you describe was in Pine Brook ... is it the same family who owned O'Dowds Milk Barn at the intersection of Rt 10 and Malpardis Road? We used to have O'Dowds milk delivered. Their color scheme on their trucks was chocolate brown, even the porch milkbox where they dropped it off was brown. The Milk Barn was chocolate brown as was the silo on the side. This is the place that later became Sip&Sup in the early 60s. Would have been a fascinating opportunity to see the show....... that's what you get when you move away and live in the sticks. Cheers Rich in NH

>From the USGenWeb <<[Daily-Uploads] New Files, 9-10 Nov 2003>> Good luck. Marybeth C. ========== << http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/bergen/wills/wills01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/burlington/wills/wills01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/essex/wills/wills01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/gloucester/wills/wills01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/hunterdon/wills/wills01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/middlesex/wills/wills01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/monmouth/wills/wills01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/salem/wills/wills01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/somerset/wills/wills01.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/statewide/wills/wills01.txt >>

Linda, this is example of what I send out a month ahead - we always meet 2nd monday in the month at 7:30 pm. We don't meet December, June thru august. We meet at the MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY Pio Costa Auditorium 90 Horseneck Road, Montville and always at the same time. I have all the programs worked out for the next year. I will send the schedule (as its on my home computer) Thanks again, Kathy FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE. If you have any questions, please call 973 394-0554. Thank you ________________________________________________ Short Version MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY Presents �O�Dowd�s and the O�Dowd Dairy in Pine Brook� Presenters: Kathy O�Dowd-Allen and Bill O�Dowd MONDAY, November 10 7:30 p.m. MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY Pio Costa Auditorium 90 Horseneck Road, Montville free admission refreshments served For further information, please call 973�334�3665 or 973-394-0554 ---------------------------------------------- Article Version MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS �O�DOWD�S AND THE O�DOWD DAIRY IN PINE BROOK� Come see this program at the Montville Township�s Historical Society�s November 10 program, 7:30 p.m. in the Pio Costa Auditorium, Montville Township Library, 90 Horseneck, Montville. �O�Dowd�s and the O�Dowd Dairy in Pine Brook� will be the subject of the next program at the Montville Township�s Historical Society�s November 10 (Monday) program, 7:30 p.m. in the Pio Costa Auditorium, Montville Township Library, 90 Horseneck, Montville. The program is presented by Kathy O�Dowd-Allen and Bill O�Dowd. Everyone for miles around knew about O�Dowd�s. Even today people will say, �I could use some O�Dowd�s ice cream.� It was a landmark and very fondly remembered. A slogan used by the O�Dowd�s was �I want O�Dowd milk or nothing.� which is the way a lot of people felt. The O�Dowd Dairy was in operation from the early 1900�s to the l970�s. Joseph O�Dowd began by delivering milk in 1904. The sizable operation later included a Dairy Bar which became a town favorite. The O�Dowd store, which sold milk, ice cream, butter and eggs, was in operation till 1981. Their slogan was �The Dairy Store with More�. They were open seven days a week 8 am to 10 pm. The O�Dowd family will be presenting mementos, souvenirs and lots of photos. Come share in the memories of O�Dowd�s of Pine Brook. The program is presented at Montville Township�s Historical Society�s November 10 program, 7:30 p.m. in the Pio Costa Auditorium, Montville Township Library, 90 Horseneck. All are invited to come. Refreshments will be served. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard

Ruby June Branscome Beamer MOUNT AIRY - Mrs. Ruby June Branscome Beamer, 84, of Mount Airy died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Airy. Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 11/7/2003.

It's been a few years since I have been at the Presbyerian church there, but the graves are not all together. The First Hanoverian Ellis (fourth in line from the Primordial Immigrant Ellis), his wife, Mary Williams, and her father, are buried to the left (west) of the church. I don't recall any others right there. (My line is Jonathan and his son Williams, and neither is there anyway). There was another cluster of Cooks behind the church, that is to the north, about half-way back and further up the slope that is there. WB

Hi, I need to know if there is a way to find information about the old graveyard at Hanover. Twelve Cooks are buried there, according to the 1894 Wheeling book on the subject. Four of them are relatives of mine. I want to know if all the Cooks are buried together as a family, or if they are separated. I am trying to determine if any of the other eight Cooks might be my people. Maryann

Found a web site for New Jersey cemeteries: <A HREF="http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-NJ-001.html">http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-NJ-001.html</A> Kathleen LPurch6636@aol.com

To Roger Boyce: Thank you so much for sending the Milden info. All came through just fine. Tried to reply directly to you but my e-mail didn't get through, I don't think, due to your SpamKiller software. Thank you again! I really appreciate your help! Marg

Joan, This is so great. Thank you! I just found "Three Mile Run Cemetery"--my ancient ancestors came from "Three Mile Run-on-the-Raritan." Hopefully, I will find some of them there! Kathleen In a message dated 11/04/2003 11:13:37 PM US Mountain Standard Time, jmlowry@earthlink.net writes: > Another site to check for cemeteries is the GSNJ's website. There is a > list > of what cemeteries we have transcribed over the last 82 years and > information on which ones have been published in the GMNJ. Check the GSNJ's > website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/cemetery.html If that doesn't get > you to the right place, then go to www.gsnj.org and click on the Cemetery > Inventory link about midway down the left margin. > > Happy Hunting! > Joan

Another site to check for cemeteries is the GSNJ's website. There is a list of what cemeteries we have transcribed over the last 82 years and information on which ones have been published in the GMNJ. Check the GSNJ's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/cemetery.html If that doesn't get you to the right place, then go to www.gsnj.org and click on the Cemetery Inventory link about midway down the left margin. Happy Hunting! Joan Joan M. Lowry mailto:jmlowry@earthlink.net > -----Original Message----- > From: LPurch6636@aol.com [mailto:LPurch6636@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 4:51 PM > To: NJMORRIS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NJMORRIS] New Jersey Cemeteries > > > Here, Here in praise to Helen! > > I went thru many of the sites-- and although my name is an usual one, and > difficult to find-- I "kept the faith" and I did find a few Hamlers! > > It dawned on me as well that quite a few of my Hamlers visited family or > spent spots of time over in Pennsylvania so could have died and > been buried there. > Will apply the same trick for PA. > > Kathleen > LPurch6636@aol.com >

Here, Here in praise to Helen! I went thru many of the sites-- and although my name is an usual one, and difficult to find-- I "kept the faith" and I did find a few Hamlers! It dawned on me as well that quite a few of my Hamlers visited family or spent spots of time over in Pennsylvania so could have died and been buried there. Will apply the same trick for PA. Kathleen LPurch6636@aol.com In a message dated 11/4/03 2:28:52 PM US Mountain Standard Time, rjknauf@earthlink.net writes: > Thank you so much Helen for the cemetery lists you took the time to post. > I had a look at one or two and especially like the "find a grave" one What > a great site. > Thanks again for your trouble. > > Jeannette >

Thank you so much Helen for the cemetery lists you took the time to post. I had a look at one or two and especially like the "find a grave" one What a great site. Thanks again for your trouble. Jeannette