>From NJOCEAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Sat Feb 13 16:58:05 1999 >Received: from [207.113.245.30] by hotmail.com (1.1) with SMTP id MHotMailB88F6A9D32253D101708CCF71F51E0BFE0; Sat Feb 13 16:58:05 1999 >Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA21125; > Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:56:29 -0800 (PST) >Resent-Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:56:29 -0800 (PST) >From: EatFish1@aol.com >Message-ID: <b8d8b247.36c61f21@aol.com> >Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 19:56:01 EST >Old-To: njocean-l@rootsweb.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: NJ State Library Lookups >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 230 >Resent-Message-ID: <"FpZxSB.A.vIF.38hx2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: NJOCEAN-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NJOCEAN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/30 >X-Loop: NJOCEAN-L@rootsweb.com >To: NJOCEAN-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Errors-To: NJOCEAN-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NJOCEAN-L-request@rootsweb.com > >I can do lookups at The New Jersey State Library in Trenton. Census, Birth, > Death, Marriage, Etc. Very reasonable. Let me know if I can help. > Geoffrey Cooper EatFish1@aol.com > Hi, Geoffrey, I really don't know if the things I'm looking for are in Trenton. Is there a site that lists what records are available ? I need my great grand fathers will from 1942 Jersey City, a marriage about 1944 & a divorce about 44 or 45, a WWI army record etc. If I knew when, where, & what was available we could do business. All the records I need would be from Hudson Co. & maybe Ocean , as early as 1889 to about 1950. Joe jphay@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I can do lookups at The New Jersey State Library in Trenton. Census, Birth, Death, Marriage, Etc. Very reasonable. Let me know if I can help. Geoffrey Cooper EatFish1@aol.com

I am french. I have recently learned that I am Franco-American. My name is Claude Richard and I live in the southern part of France. The circumstances surrounding my birth were concealed from me until recently. My father is Richard Gray and this is what I know about him:        1. He was in Oran, Algeria, during few months until end November, 1943 .        2. He may well have been in the US Army. His provisional camp was not near the harbor or the airport.        3. He was almost 6 feet, with light brown hair, and blue eyes.        4. His military base was situated southeast of Oran, between the Choupot area and the Cuvelier area (near Cite Petit). A road separated the base from a big Algerian market hall.        5. His dress uniform was a khaki jacket made of silky cloth. He had a cap and wore high shoes and gaiters. 6. My father was an "MP" (military police).        7. His friends called him Dick and he had a friend called Mike.        8. He apparently came back to the States, it seems before the end of the war. 9. He was in Oran until around 15 November - beginning December 1943. He came back in Oran : he had a few days'leave at the end of December 1943. Last day I saw my uncle (my mother's brother) and he has remembered that, in Oran at that time, rolling stock (jeep, truck, motor-driven, etc..except tank or plane) were unloaded in Oran (Oran harbor or Mers El Kebir harbor) then conveyed to the camp where was my father in Oran. This rolling stock were conveyed (by boat) from US in separate pieces. In this camp, there was a very large shed (named Les Halles) where american soldiers and french men re-assembled rolling stock. In my uncle's opinion, they were around 4.000 - 5.000 soldiers in this camp. My father was MP in this camp. I have tried to find my father without success. The results of my research are condensed below. In the fall of 1943, an American soldier named Richard Gray, between 19 and 23, was based at Oran in Algeria. There he met a young woman, my mother Lucienne Martin, 17 years old. They became very fond of each other and planned to be married. Richard received wedding dress photos from his sister who lived in the U.S. At the end of 1943 (end november or beginning december) Richard Gray was transfered to another, unknown to me, place to continue the war. He should have been informed by mail of my birth, probably in September, 1944. This story might be common place, but some troubling, complicating events intervened in this love story. Richard wrote often to my mother during the war and after he returned to the US. He said that he wanted to marry her; he expressed it in his letters. Unfortunately, my grandmother intercepted and destroyed all of his letters. She did not want this marriage to take place - it would mean that her daughter and grandson would move to the USA. I recently learned in March, 1998, from my mother the circumstances surrounding my birth. During this 54 year period, my mother thought she had been deserted, in a cowardly manner, by her fiance . To be deserted pregnant at a tender age was very difficult. I made several inquiries in my family in 1998 and I began to learn several things from an aunt. Before her death in 1977, my grandmother confided to my aunt that she had destroyed all correspondence between them as well as a few papers belonging to my mother. While she never knew Richard Gray, the account of my aunt was a good one and all of her explanations were later verified. In September, 1998 I finally learned the truth to my mother (the destroying of letters). The burdening facts that she was a deserted woman and an unmarried mother were out and, at that time, she told me my father's name. The passing years and the efforts to forget have resulted in fading memories. I have created this site, attempting to look for my father. Here I have placed a photo of my mother at that time. I have written lot of emails to Gray Families who have adress email on the web. I continue to use all the opportunities of the internet in my search. The surname Gray is a very common one in the US. If Richard Gray can be located, if he wishes, he will be able to contact me. I only want to know if he is alive, any details of my American family, and if he has been informed of my search. It's VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW the name of his Army. Is there a veteran who was in Oran during the WWW II and would answer me ? Please excuse me for any improprieties. I would like very much to find him still living If you have no knowledge of my father, if you could forward this request to veterans , and ask them to do the same, Thank you very much for all your help. Yours sincerely, Mr. Claude Richard PAEZ Allee du Vent d'Est - Les Vautes N° 7 83320 - Carqueiranne - FRANCE phone : +33 4 94 58 75 09 My Story site : http://aa-ienet.com/RICHARD.htm e-mail : marie-francoise.vincent-paez@wanadoo.fr ******************************************************* Thank you your help. WHAT I HAVE MADE I subscribe to lot of veterans web site, missing persons, forums, genealogics sites, all sites Army, news, shows, etc .. I or lot of people have inserted my letter to all sites. Without my father birth date, it's difficult to write from the all families who have an Richard Gray dead. I don't have more informations about my father. COULD YOU HELP ME ? Only : I ask you to forward my letter to people you know, and ask them to do the same, it is possible that this message will eventually reach some one with knowledge of my father I have tried all the solutions, it is the last attempt to find my father or my Gray family ***************************************************************

Does anyone know the older cemeteries in Lakewood proper and surrounding area?Bev

Anyone researching RUDD/STEWART families in Ocean co. Found in Jackson twp. then think they moved to Lakewood. Stewarts may have moved to Wisconsin . Will share what little I have. Thanks, Bev

---------- > From: Andrew A. Hendricks, M. D. <DrH@carolina.net> > To: Dutch-Colonies@rootsweb.com. > Cc: HENDRICKS-L@rootsweb.com; NJOCEAN@rootsweb.com; NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: HENDRICKS AND HENDRICKSON FAMILIES OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ > Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 5:13 PM > > I am preparing a manuscript for the first FAMILY REUNION of the > HENDRICKS AND HENDRICKSON families of Monmouth County, New Jersey. > Information about this reunion is contained in a separate e-mail. The > Reunion is scheduled for Friday June 11th through Sunday June 13th, 1999 at > Old Brick Church in Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Old Brick > Church is celebrating her 300th anniversary this year. Since the Hendricks > and Hendrickson families helped found this church, it seems appropriate to > try to get the family together on this occasion. > > I thought members of this list and related lists might be interested in > the first page of my manuscript on the Hendricks and Hendrickson families. > My manuscript presently numbers over 80 pages and will be handed out at the > family reunion. So, if you are related, you HAVE TO COME TO THE REUNION!! > Due to space considerations at the church and their reception hall, we > are limited to 150 people. > > "There has been much speculation as the identity of the original immigrant > who founded the Hendricks and Hendrickson families of Monmouth County, NJ. > Family tradition has been that he was among the earliest settlers in New > Netherland. Several authors have proposed different theories as to his > identity. > > (1) George C. Beekman in "Early Dutch Settelrs of Monmouth county, New > Jersey" (Freehold, NJ: > Moreau Brothers, 1901, page 121) attributed the family origin to Hendrick > Hendrickson who was living in Monmouth County, NJ in the 1690s. > > (2) Francis B. Lee in "Genealogical and Memorial History of New Jersey" > (1910, Volume 4, pages 1479-1483) created a fanciful ancestry through > Hendrick Hendrickson who emigrated on de Rooseboom in 1663. This erroneous > history was repeated in the Genealogical Notes section of "The History of > Tennent Church" by Reverend Frank R. Symmes (Cranbury, NJ: George W. > Burroughs, Printer, 1904, page 452-454). > > (3) Andrew J. Provost, Jr. in "The Hendrickson Family of Long Island, NY" > (1943, pp 6-7) suggested a line of descent from Jacob Hendricks and Geese > Bartels of Kings County, Long Island, NY. Each of these conflicting > histories contain contain an element of truth. > > A scholarly study by Henry B. Hoff in the "New York Genealogical and > Biographical Record" 106: 1-3, 1975) traced the true family origin from > Hendrick Willemsz. The > transformation of the name "Willemsz" to "Hendricks" requires a knowledge > of the customs of the period. Surnames like "Hendricks" originated for the > purpose of more specific identification around 1000 AD. The primary > sources for most surnames were the family occupation, location, personal > characteristics, or father's name. The name "Hendricks" is patronymical in > origin and derives from the > Dutch, German, and Scandinavian customs of adding -sz, -s, -se, -zoon, or > -sen to the father's name to designate "son of" or "daughter of". In this > manner, the name Hendrick Willemsz means "Hendrick, the son of William". > > The first names of the first two sons and daughters were also determined > by a system of patronymics especially among the Dutch. The first son was > named after his paternal grandfather and the second son after his maternal > grandfather. In contrast, the first daughter was named after her maternal > grandmother and the second daughter after her paternal grandmother. For > example, the first born son of Hendrick Willemsz was named "William > Hendricks"; "William" after his paternal grandfather and "Hendricks(z) as > he was the "son of Hendrick". > > Family surnames were spelled in many different ways and most people with > the name Hendricks or Hendrickson are probably not directly related to > each other. "Hendrik" is probably the more correct Dutch spelling. After > the British conquest of New Netherland (i.e. the mid-Atlantic states) in > 1664, many of these family surnames like Hendricks and Hendrickson were > adopted by successive generations of each family (so-called "frozen > patronymics"). The name "Hendricks" appears in many different forms from > Hendrik and Hendriks (Dutch); Heinrich, Hendricks, Hendrix, Hanke, Hankes, > Heinz, Heintz, Heins (German); Henricksen and Hendricksen (Scandinavian); > Henri and Herriot (French); Henrici and Ricc (Italian); Jindra (Czech); and > Enriquez (Spanish)." > > > >

Brick wall families: any help appreciated. REYNOLDS,Catherine, 1783-1860 HOLMAN,Henry, 1788-187 COTTRELL,Charles, ca. 1780 ANDERSON, Elias, 1790-1863 MILLER,Joseph, father to william allen Miller, 1813-1893 PHILLIPS, Thomas, father to Charity 1775-1860m. Jonathon Johnson JOHNSON, Elizabeth 1786-1865,m. John Bills HERBERT,Phebe 1761-1834, m.Zachariah Hankin Thanks Bev

Anyone researching Aumack family of Dover top.? Have Sarah Aumack 1781-1865 , m. William Johnston. Looking for Sarah's parents and sibs. Thanks Bev

Bev: Thanks for your postings here and Monmouth on Johnsons-they will save me a lot of work in eliminating Johnsons not mine. I should be grateful for any info about Barzillai Johnson of Dover- along-standing brick wall. Sorry i have no info about your other names. Elda

In my last post I failed to mention G-G-Grandma's maiden name was CHADWICK. I'd also like to here from anyone researching this name. Thanks, Joe jphay@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hello All, Here is an 1880 census index for my Great-great grandparents. I'd like to here from any Boardman researchers. Soundex= B635, NJ vol. 18, e.d. 128, sheet 23, line 12. BOARDMAN, Geo. D., color W, sex M, age 31, bp. Massachusetts. Location Ocean CO., Brick Township, Point Pleasant, NJ. Family: Wife Sarah E., Age 30 Daughter Lucinda, age 7 (my great grandma) Son George W. age 5 George & Sarah were married in NJ in 1873. His occupation was listed as "Carpenter" on his sons birth record in 1875. He is not found on the 1870 census in NJ, but his wife Sarah was working as a domestic at the home of, boat builder/farmer, John Dorcett. The 1870 census of Mass. has several BOARDMANs. Could someone tell me which Family George D., age abt. 21, was in. Thank you kindly, Joe jphay@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Henry Holman b. 4-15-1788 d. 3-16-1875, Ocean co., prob. Jackson twp. m. Nancy Hankins 1788-1877, d.o Zachariah Hankins and Phebe Herbert. Henry is buried in Holmanville Cem and Nancy in Crosswicks Cem. Have not been able to find any background on Henry Holman----parents, sibs, etc. Any help greatly appreciated. bev

Sarah Swallow, d. ca. 1803 ,m. Benjamin Johnson of Dover twp. d. 9-30-1783. they were married in 1748. Son William Johnston of Dover twp. Children of Sarah and Benjamin Johnson were: John, Daniel wiulliam, James, Davie, amos, rachal, Elizabeth, Hannah, Rebedkah and Lydda. Have nothing on the swallow family so anything will be an improvement. Thanks, Bev

Sarah Aumack b. 1781 in NJ, d. 4-24-1865 in Dover twp. ,m. William Johnston 1750-1811/12. Son, Jonathon Johnson 1778-1857 , Dover twp. m. Charity Phillips. Looking to connect Sarah to her family. Will share any and all information. Bev

I have the following NJ/PA surnames being researched, please contact if you have the same lines. Ocean and Burlington Co. NJ ANDREWS BENNETT CRANMER HARRIS MADERA MATHEWS RILEY ROSSEL/RUSSELL SPENCER STOUT Philadelphia Co., PA DILLMAN HALLMAN HARRIS MATHEWS MCNEIL SULLIVAN

Have following Ocean co. surnames researching, please contact if you have same lines. TOMSON/THOMPSON HENDRICKSON] HOLMAN HERBERT HANKINS MILLER JOHNSON REYNOLDS COTTRELL ANDERSON OSBORNE PHILLIPS BILLS AUMACK, SWALLOW Thanks, Bev

Hi everyone and greetings from Morris County, NJ. Ann Wicki and I would like to announce that we have started a new mailing list. It is called NJ-Memories and is for those of you who either live in NJ or have lived in NJ or whose ancestors lived there in the last 100 years and would like to share memories and reminisce or to learn what it was like to live in a certain section of New Jersey. To join the list version send a message to: NJ-Memories-L-request@rootsweb.com or click on the link below: mailto:NJ-Memories-L-request@rootsweb.com To join the digest version: send a message to: NJ-Memories-D-Request@rootsweb.com or click on the link below. mailto:NJ-Memories-D-request@rootsweb.com In the subject of the message just put one word: subscribe Remember do NOT sign it and turn off any signature file. After you receive the welcome message send all messages to the following: NJ-Memories@rootsweb.com or click on this link: mailto:NJ-Memories@rootsweb.com On this list you need no documentation or proof and hearsay is always welcome. Diane Ward Sives List Manager Ann Wicki List Owner

Would like to share with anyone researching these surnames in Ocean Co.: THOMPSON, HENDRICKSON, HOLMAN, HERBERT, BILLS,REYNOLDS, HANKINS,COTTRELL,ANDERSON,JOHNSON, MILLER, CLAYTON . BEV

I am looking for information on a JAMES ROBBINS, wife LENA, told he was in the lumber business, lived in Rio Grand, Wildwood area, they both passed away in the mid 1950's. Thanks, William Robbins

Would like information on a CHARLES CLOUTING and any family members. He was my Great Grandfather, told he had at age 9 taken a stagecoach to Philadelphia, became a cabin boy and later a captain of a sailing vessel at age 21 or so. Thanks, William Robbins