Hi Syd, The Morris Ave. Springfield print came out great. Thanks again and I'll download some of the others since it's a wonderful collection. Fred Reinman

Hello, I am very interested in the Plainfield post cards offered by Sydney and am happy to hear she'll scan them all and send a link. I lived on E. 7th Street and went to Maxim School for a short time before moving to Compton Ave. and attending Evergreen (I think that was the name) School. My grandfather, Grove P. Hinman had an artist studio on E 7th St. where he crafted many bronze items, including the statue of a fireman that stands in New Brunswick. Am looking for further information on the families below; Henry Hays, James M. Morrison and Ogden E. Meeker. I have a music box that belonged to my g. grandfather, James Morrison - supposedly won at a fair in Trenton. Anyone familiar with this fair that would have been before 1937? Barbara Benjamin

We just found an old business card.....Touchon's Floral Gardens, Growers of Quality Perennial and Alpine Plants, New Market, NJ Tel. Dunellen 2-6969-W. Now talk about getting nostalgic!!! This was my husband's grandfather. He died in 1937, so the card is pretty old. Jan Jacot, Could we possibly get a copy of the newsletter mentioned below about Leon Touchon? I will be glad to pay for copies and postage. Bruce says to ask you if you remember the Lawlers, Gunns, and Hewitts in Warren. He went to Watchung Boro and North Plainfield High School. (Long time ago! <grin>) I have had two emails bounce back from you, so I thought I would post to the list about the newsletter. Sydney {Here's how a Warren Township Historical Society newsletter (Vol. II, No. 1, Spring 1994 issue) reads, and there also is 1930s pixture of bar and dancehall with Sunoco Station in front: "Leon Touchon, whose ancestors were French-speaking Swiss, opened his general store and gasoline station on Stirling Road in the early 1930s. The area, then known as South Stirling (or Sterling) was sparsely populated except for nearby Plainfield Gardens}

Just thought I would let all of you know that I *plan* to have all of the Union County uploaded in the next day or so, hopefully by tomorrow. Or is that wishful thinking. I will send a link to the album. I am very excited about getting to share them. My husband and I have found some real treasures in the *barrel* of family stuff we had stored away. I hope to upload some of them under the heading of Nostalgia. They are pictures, not postcards, but are just wonderful of NJ, Union, around the 1930's. I think this site will allow you to print off also. So if you don't get the cards you requested, be patient as I can share better this way. I must say this has been the most polite list about asking for the scans. Very courteous. I offered to do something on another list and it got very burdensome. Sydney Cardner

Sending this to you as a sample what has been appearing on the Butler Co., OH Discussion List. I recognize many surnames that appear to be family names from NJ, so perhaps someone will want to access Butler Co., OH archives to see these Marriage Listings. Audrey -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, February 28, 2000 12:58 PM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Butler County Marriages 1803-1812 >LEE,John/Massey LONGBURY - 18 May 1812 >LEE,John/Lucas MASSEY - 26 Sept 1804 >LEE,Lydia /William LAME - 15 June 1809 >LEE,Nancy/John FERRIS - 8 Oct 1810 >LEFFERSON,Arthur/Eliza BARKALOW - 24 Sept 1812 >LEGG,Clarissa/John CLARK - 22 March 1808 >LEGG,Owen/Lucy DAVIS - 17 Dec 1807 >LEMON,Nancy/Samuel JOHNSTON - 2 Aug 1807 >LENNEN,Margaret/Eliphus LISTER - 24 Dec 1808 >LENNEN,Samuel/Elizabeth Beaver - 1 Jan 1808 >LIMPUS,Elijah/Lydia YOUNG - 4 Feb 1810 >LIMPUS,Enoch/Sarah SACKET - 6 July 1809 >LIMPUS,Levi/Betsey ERSKIN - 30 Aug 1808 >LINDLEY,Bethsheba/Benjamin REED - 18 April 1811 >LINE,Elihu/Nancy BELL - 6 May 1810 >LINE,Henry/Sarah BELL - 20 March 1807 >LINE,Jacob/Ruth HALL - 21 Sept 1806 >LINE,John/Sarah HALL - 5 March 1809 >LINE,Jonathan/Johannah BONNELL - 11 Aug 1804 >LINE,Margaret/Dennis BALL - 12 Sept 1805 >LINE,Mary/Richard COMPTON - 13 Dec 1804 >LINE,Sarah/George DECKER - 3 Jan 1811 >LINGLE,Catharine/Samuel GARVER,Jr. - 2 March 1808 >LINN,Polly/Enoch THOMPSON - 10 May 1810 >LINTNER,Andrew/Rachel LYTLE - 28 March 1809 >LISTER,Eliphus/Margaret LENNEN - 24 Dec 1808 >LISTER,Mary/James WEAR - 12 Oct 1811 >LISTON,Betsey/Reuben MOORE - 27 Oct 1808 >LISTON,Sarah/William DRAKE - 3 Jan 1804 >LISTON,William/Nancy PATTON - 4 July 1811 >LITTLE,John/Susanna GUNYON - 9 July 1810 >LITTLE,Mary/Maxwell THOMPSON - 25 June 1807 >LODER,John/Isabell RINGLAND - 25 Sept 1806 >LOGAN,Alexander/Ann McCLURE - 20 Feb 1812 >LOGAN,Catharine/Daniel McDONALD - 4 June 1807 >LOGAN,Charles/Elizabeth JOHNSTON - 6 Sept 1810 >LONG,Eleanor/John SMITH - 21 Nov 1811 >LONG,James/Margaret MARTIN - 11 Jan 1811 >LONG,John/Phebe BAILEY - 3 May 1810 >LONG,Robert/Jane CARTMILL - 10 Jan 1805 >LONG,Ruth/Eli DAVIS - 10 Jan 1808 >LONG,Thomas Jr./Jemima PINE - 20 Feb 1810 >LONG,William/Catharine FREEMAN - 12 Dec 1809 >LONGBURY,Massey/John LEE - 18 May 1812 >LOOMAN,Rebecca/William REED - 30 Jan 1810 >LOVE,George/Elizabeth PHILLIS - 22 March 1812 >LOVE,Sarah/Alexander JONES - 26 April 1812 >LOWES,James/Mary ANDRE - 30 Jan 1812 >LOWRY,Leah/Samuel CARSON - 26 Feb 1811 >LOY,Mary/Jacob PARKER - 20 Nov 1803 >LUCAS,Elizabeth/Samuel McCRAY - 4 Jan 1810 >LUSE,Robert/Mary JONES - 9 June 1808 >LYONS,Jotham/Elizabeth SELLERS - 31 Dec 1806 >LYTLE,Jane/Robert McKEAN - 22 Dec 1807 >LYTLE,Margaret/Thomas BLAIR - 23 March 1809 >LYTLE,Rachel/Andrew LINTNER - 28 March 1809 >McCAIN,Susanna/William OLLIFANT - 6 Feb 1811 >McCARREN,Barnabas/Polly HUNTER - 27 June 1805 >McCASKEY,Catharine/George HUSLER - 19 Feb 1807 >McCLELLAN,Polly/John JONES - 10 May 1810 >McCLOSLEY Elizabeth/Arthur PARK - 12 May 1806 >McCLOSKEY,John/Elizabeth BROCIAS - 13 Dec 1810 >McCLOSKEY,Lettice/John DUNN - 14 March 1805 >McCLURE,Ann/Alexander LOGAN - 20 Feb 1812 >McCLURE,Samuel/Margaret HANNAH - 13 March 1806 >McCLURE,William/Esther GREGORY - 2 June 1808 >McCORNICK,John/Bethea CASR - 9 Aug 1810 >McCOWEN,James/Margaret MANSFIELD - 15 Nov 1809 >McCRAY,Samuel/Elizabeth LUCAS - 4 Jan 1810 >McCRAY,Sarah/James WOOD - 7 Nov 1811 >McCREA,Catharine/James CLAP - 5 Oct 1811 >McDONALD,Daniel/Catharine LOGAN - 4 June 1807 >McDONALD,Hannah/John WHITE - 9 April 1810 >McDONALD,Harriet/John WILCOCKS - 12 June 1806 >McDONALD,Jupiter/Lydia MOORE - 19 March 1808 >McDONALD,Leah/Joseph ORSON - 5 May 1808 >McDONALD,Sally/Isaac GIBSON,Jr. - 19 March 1805 >McDONALDS,Sally/John HART - 8 Jan 1809 >McERVEN,Elizabeth/Isaac JONES - 24 Dec 1812 >McGAREY,Betsey/John MARTIN - 30 Jan 1812 >McGAREY,Fanny/Platt BAYLES - 1 April 1812 >McGAREY,Jane/Fredrick TROXELL - 15 Oct 1807 >McGREGOR,John/Elizabeth MALONE - 24 Dec 1812 >McGUIRE,John/Betsey STREET - 10 July 1811 >McGUIRE,Mary/William CARSON - 30 June 1806 >McKEAN,Elizabeth/David VINNEDGE - 21 May 1812 >McKEAN,Peggy/James SANDERS - 28 Dec 1809 >McKEAN,Robert/Jane LYTLE - 22 Dec 1807 >McKEAN,Samuel/Mary FRANCIS - 27 March 1807 >McKEE,Alice/Andrew PERKINS - 3 Dec 1804 >McKINSEY,Jane/Ninian BEATY - 13 April 1809 >McKINSTRY,James/Mary Margaret CRANE - 28 July 1811 >McKINSTRY,Jane/Benjamin DAVIS - 1 March 1812 >McKINSTRY,John/Charity GARD - 27 Sept 1810 >McKINSTRY,Sally/Ephraim CATTERLIN - 13 Oct 1805 >McKINZIE,Andrew/Mary Ann THOMPSON - 21 Feb 1811 >McLASKEY,Mary/James DUNN Jr. - 7 July 1807 >McMANUS,Charles/Christanna SMILEY - 27 Feb 1812 >McMANUS,Robert/Margaret NELSON- 28 Dec 1809 >McMANUS,William/Rebecca SHIELDS - 28 March 1809 >==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== >Search all of Surname Helper for surnames ~ >http://surhelp.rootsweb.com/srchall.html

Ohhhh John, Perhaps 'cause through "one message" generating "multi-responses" some extra bit of gleaning might possibly be opened up for someone or someones of us... sort of like 7 x 7 x 7 :-) Jan in California ---------- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [NJUNION] postcard thoughts >Date: Mon, Feb 28, 2000, 10:00 AM > > The postcards of Sydney (Mrs. Bruce Cardner) sound like a great Union > Co., NJ, resource. But I'm a computer novice and don't really understand why > personal requests and thanks for Sydney's postcard copies are being > transmitted via the NJUnion list rather than via the e-mail address she has > already provided: <[email protected]>. > .........John > >

Dear Sydney, I have sent a copy of your question about Touchon's Grove on to a very old friend of mind in Sterling, NJ. and hope he might have a really good answer for you which I will forward if he does not send it directly. However, I wondered if there is any chance that the place he is talking about might have been near Watchung Lake in Watchung because there is a volunteer fire dept close by there. Even further afield, I wondered if it might have been in Meyersville, NJ where I remember a family oriented bar with a very nice outdoor picnic site in back of it right in the center of Meyersville. Our cows once got loose and went up there to watch the picnickers and scared them half to death. I still have other old friends back there if this one doesn't come through and I'll keep checking. I know how compelling these questions about old places can become! Helaine

Dear Audrey, The Union Historical Society I'm aware of seems to meet at The Caldwell Parsonage on Caldwell Ave in Union. And I know it has enthusiastic members because I met one at the City Hall who was enthralled by all the old Union pictures I had. Someone very generous has been offering to send scans of postcards she has and although I don't yet know how to scan very well, I could try if there is any serious interest out there in some old pictures I have mostly of the early Union Police Dept from when my grandfather, Charles Hopkins, was the chief of police - around 1930. Helaine

Dear Sydney, If you are not already utterly overwhelmed by and buried in requests, I would love copies of the Plainfield cards especially the train station where I spent many happy hours "hanging out" with my grandfather's friends as a little girl. I am continually checking the Arcadia list of books, hoping they will publish a volume on Plainfield, but so far no luck. Thank you again for this very generous offer! Sincerely, Helaine Golann

The postcards of Sydney (Mrs. Bruce Cardner) sound like a great Union Co., NJ, resource. But I'm a computer novice and don't really understand why personal requests and thanks for Sydney's postcard copies are being transmitted via the NJUnion list rather than via the e-mail address she has already provided: <[email protected]>. .........John

Dear Jan, Read your note and you mentioned Singers. Do you remember the big Christmas parties Singers used to have for their employees and their guests. Having a neighbor working there, I got to attend. The presents we got were unbelievable. Also going down memory lane - every Saturday we went to the port area to shop and the Liberty Theatre showing children's shows all day Saturday. Great memories! Barbara New Jersey [email protected]

Dear Helaine, I saw your note re: police department pictures. I would love to have them if you can possibly scan them. My great uncle, Francis McKeon, started as a "cop" and retired as a detective of the force. I don't know if you remember the big St. Patrick's Day parade, but he was one of the many marchers. My other great uncled, Rich Cummings always marched in the "Top Hat" brigade. Thank you. Barbara [email protected]

Van Horn & Dolan Real Estate & Insurance office had wallpaper made from a long series of photographs of Broad Street Elizabeth around 1950. Does anyone on the list know what ever happened to the negatives? -John

Does anyone have the name HUEY in their tree? Searching for Aaron and Abby Huey born around 1798 and 3 children: John (1830) Isaac (1833) & Susan (1837 ) Abby was listed (alone) as a cook in 1860 Elizabeth census no mention of husband or children tia for any help Evelyn

RUTH, CAN WE ADD TO YOUR/TO OUR MEMORY BANKS OF BROAD STREET AREA "THAT OF "POPPYS", PARAMOUNT SHOP, JANET SHOP, WOLF'S PHARMACY(beyond Levys and headed towards Caldwell Place)"...MY MOTHER WAS IN CHARGE OF SPORTSWEAR AT JANETS, AND I WAS A PART TIME STOCK CLERK... and 1st STREET HEADED TOWARDS THE PORT, SINGERS ETC--I REMEMBER IT QUITE WELL, and DOES EVERYONE REMEMBER THOSE COBBLESTONE STREETS ? Jan in Oakland, California ---------- >From: Joe & Ruth Ryan <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [NJUNION] Postcards >Date: Sun, Feb 27, 2000, 4:56 PM > > Dear Sydney, > > I, too, would like a copy of Broad Street, Elizabeth. I > have very fond memories of shopping in the 30s, 40s., > and 50's at Fishman's, Goerke's, and Levy's. My > grandfather, Charles WEAR had a shoe store at 1541/2 > 1st Street at the time of his death in 1913 and very likely > there in 1906. In 1883, he was at 84 1st Street. > > Thank you very much for sharing your pictures. > > Ruth > St. Augustine, FL > [email protected] > > > > > > > At 23:18 02/26/2000 , you wrote: >>Here are a few of the places on the postcards I have scanned already from >>Union County. They are jpegs, about 30 to 40 kbs. If someone is >>interested in a particular one, I will be glad to share. It would be an >>attachment. >> >>Battin High School, Eliz., NJ 1905 >>Broad St., Eliz.,about 1906 >>C. R. R. of NJ Sta., Plainfield about 1906 >>Country Club, Plainfield >>Park and North Avenue, Plainfield >>Park Golf Club House, Plainfield >>Public Park, Eliz., 1907 >>Plainfield Public Library, 1907 >>Third Avenue First Baptist Church, Roselle, NJ >>Lincoln School, Westfield, NJ about 1907 >>P.R. R. and C. R. R. Crossing, Eliz., 1898 >>East 7th Street, Plainfield, 1906 >>Episcopal Church, Westfield, 1908 >>Morris Avenue, Springfield, 1907 >>Wittkes Corner, Broad and Elizabeth, Westfield, about 1907 >> >>Most are black and white, which I like the best. Download time is pretty >>quick on most. >> >>Sydney Cardner (the Sydney is female) > > Joe & Ruth Ryan >

RUTH, CAN WE ADD TO YOUR/TO OUR MEMORY BANKS OF BROAD STREET AREA "THAT OF "POPPYS", PARAMOUNT SHOP, JANET SHOP, WOLF'S PHARMACY(beyond Levys and headed towards Caldwell Place)"...MY MOTHER WAS IN CHARGE OF SPORTSWEAR AT JANETS, AND I WAS A PART TIME STOCK CLERK... and 1st STREET HEADED TOWARDS THE PORT, SINGERS ETC--I REMEMBER IT QUITE WELL, and DOES EVERYONE REMEMBER THOSE COBBLESTONE STREETS ? Jan in Oakland, California ---------- >From: Joe & Ruth Ryan <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [NJUNION] Postcards >Date: Sun, Feb 27, 2000, 4:56 PM > > Dear Sydney, > > I, too, would like a copy of Broad Street, Elizabeth. I > have very fond memories of shopping in the 30s, 40s., > and 50's at Fishman's, Goerke's, and Levy's. My > grandfather, Charles WEAR had a shoe store at 1541/2 > 1st Street at the time of his death in 1913 and very likely > there in 1906. In 1883, he was at 84 1st Street. > > Thank you very much for sharing your pictures. > > Ruth > St. Augustine, FL > [email protected] > > > > > > > At 23:18 02/26/2000 , you wrote: >>Here are a few of the places on the postcards I have scanned already from >>Union County. They are jpegs, about 30 to 40 kbs. If someone is >>interested in a particular one, I will be glad to share. It would be an >>attachment. >> >>Battin High School, Eliz., NJ 1905 >>Broad St., Eliz.,about 1906 >>C. R. R. of NJ Sta., Plainfield about 1906 >>Country Club, Plainfield >>Park and North Avenue, Plainfield >>Park Golf Club House, Plainfield >>Public Park, Eliz., 1907 >>Plainfield Public Library, 1907 >>Third Avenue First Baptist Church, Roselle, NJ >>Lincoln School, Westfield, NJ about 1907 >>P.R. R. and C. R. R. Crossing, Eliz., 1898 >>East 7th Street, Plainfield, 1906 >>Episcopal Church, Westfield, 1908 >>Morris Avenue, Springfield, 1907 >>Wittkes Corner, Broad and Elizabeth, Westfield, about 1907 >> >>Most are black and white, which I like the best. Download time is pretty >>quick on most. >> >>Sydney Cardner (the Sydney is female) > > Joe & Ruth Ryan > >

Sydney, Thank you for your kind offer. I would like to have the Westfield postcards. Thank you again for sharing with others. John [email protected]

Dear Sydney, I, too, would like a copy of Broad Street, Elizabeth. I have very fond memories of shopping in the 30s, 40s., and 50's at Fishman's, Goerke's, and Levy's. My grandfather, Charles WEAR had a shoe store at 1541/2 1st Street at the time of his death in 1913 and very likely there in 1906. In 1883, he was at 84 1st Street. Thank you very much for sharing your pictures. Ruth St. Augustine, FL [email protected] At 23:18 02/26/2000 , you wrote: >Here are a few of the places on the postcards I have scanned already from >Union County. They are jpegs, about 30 to 40 kbs. If someone is >interested in a particular one, I will be glad to share. It would be an >attachment. > >Battin High School, Eliz., NJ 1905 >Broad St., Eliz.,about 1906 >C. R. R. of NJ Sta., Plainfield about 1906 >Country Club, Plainfield >Park and North Avenue, Plainfield >Park Golf Club House, Plainfield >Public Park, Eliz., 1907 >Plainfield Public Library, 1907 >Third Avenue First Baptist Church, Roselle, NJ >Lincoln School, Westfield, NJ about 1907 >P.R. R. and C. R. R. Crossing, Eliz., 1898 >East 7th Street, Plainfield, 1906 >Episcopal Church, Westfield, 1908 >Morris Avenue, Springfield, 1907 >Wittkes Corner, Broad and Elizabeth, Westfield, about 1907 > >Most are black and white, which I like the best. Download time is pretty >quick on most. > >Sydney Cardner (the Sydney is female) Joe & Ruth Ryan

Jan, There were cobblestone streets in Elizabeth in the late 40s. We left there in the late 40s and they were there. Sure miss them..I remember all you mentioned. I went to Holy Rosary School..no longer there..sad..and my Grandpa was one of the founders. Grace O'Kane Bruce is a gem for sharing these cards. how I loved living there!

Sydney: I am interested in the RR postcards. Both my grandfather and great-grandfather worked for the RR. so seeing what they saw would be interesting. Thanks for your generosity!!! Lois