Northern New Jersey Genealogy

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Comment by Charity Johnson on September 15, 2011 at 1:23pm

Looking for Tiltons of NJ. An ancestor married then moved to Brooklyn. We believe the Monmouth vicinity in NJ. Leads?

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on August 19, 2011 at 1:20pm

do you have any idea how I can get when they died and where they are buried?Most of my Friesian ancestors are buried at Fairlawn Cemetery,it is possible they are also they were not wealthy and may not have had headstones,I have tried to call the cemetery but my calls on genealogy are never returned,I am also trying to see if Lewis and Jessie VanCampen are buried there also.I really would like to find out because if they don't have headstones because they could not afford them I want to get then headstones!The entire Meyer and Waardenburg family are there bit they had money so all have headstones and my Grandpa VanCampen hd a headstone because the company paid for it when he died in the explosion in 1967.

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on August 19, 2011 at 1:12pm

I did find a Jennie Hagsma born the right time in Friesland I will see if marriage records show her.

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on August 19, 2011 at 1:10pm

you are amazing thank you!!!I will let you know what I find in the teasour

Comment by Marilyn P Clark on August 19, 2011 at 12:40pm

My mistake, it is NOT the second marriage for both Adrian and Jennie on the 1910 Census; they have been married for only TWO years, which indicates that all the children above age 2 belong to Adrian's first wife. Sorry for the error.

Comment by Marilyn P Clark on August 19, 2011 at 12:37pm

Sande:

I found them on the 1910 Census in Paterson, NJ. The enumerator had a problem matching up husbands & wives...Jennie is listed at the top of the page (Sheet 4B) with the DeKarts family. This is in error.

Jennie is listed as Wife, age 29 and Adrain [sic] is listed as Head, age 42, which matches their age difference. Note that this is the SECOND marriage for both of them. She is listed as having borne ONE child, ONE living. Also, the 1910 (living in Paterson), 1920 (living in Prospect Park), and 1930 (living in Hawthorne) censuses all show Jennie as having been born in the Netherlands (not NJ).

Another problem is that her child is listed as Rensha, a Son, age 1. This is probably your Rena. Given the errors this enumerator is making, it's not surprising that this is messed up, too. Also, Ancestry has this family indexed as the "Coah" family, not the "Cook" family, and has indexed the given names of several kids wrongly, as well.

Adrian's employment is consistent through all 3 censuses - a clerk at a silk factory. I would NOT jump to the conclusion that Dekarts is Jennie's maiden name, not just yet. You might look in Dutch records for their marriage in Friesland. It's possible that the widower Adrian returned home to find and marry a second wife - Jennie. Just a thought. Altho... the Dekarts do have a couple "Peters" in their family, as does Jennie...but that will turn up when you get her marriage record.

I found Adrian's first family on the 1900 Census via FamilySearch. The childrens' names match those mangled ones on the 1910 Census. He's living in Manchester Township, Passaic County, on Sheet 9B. He is 33 years old, b. Nov 1876. His wife Dryje is 32, b. Nov 18?? (splotchy). You will note that the year of birth is transposed by the enumerator. If you subtract 33 y.o. from 1900, you get 1867,  not 1876. Sheesh. He is listed as a Teamster.

Dryje is mother of 3, 3 still living. They are: Katie (dau) b. Nov 1892, age 7, b. NJ; (next page) Trinie (dau) b. Aug 1895, age 4, and Tunis (son) b. Mar 1898, age 2.

Immigration dates are various, depending on Census year.

Further steps: I'd recommend checking tresoar.nl or genlias.nl for a marriage record for Jennie and Adrian Cook. Also, try to get your hands on some city directories for Paterson or Passaic county and see if you can trace them from year to year. Adrian says he's been naturalized on the 1910 census, where he's an Alien in 1900, so you could try to see if there are any naturalization records for him. Good Luck!

Comment by James P. LaLone on August 19, 2011 at 11:49am

Descendants of Founders of New Jersey

 

http://www.njfounders.org/

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on June 23, 2011 at 10:08am

1. Can you believe I found my entire Meyer family at Find a grave in Fairlawn Cemetery!  I need help with another side of my family if anyone has an suggestions.  I can't find anything more than a 1920 and 30 US censes for my Grandpa and Grandma Cook.I cant find her Maiden name or when they died,nothing.All I have is that Adrian Cook was born in Friesland,Holland appox 1867 came to the us around 1887,Jennie was alot younger born around 1881. I think she was born in north Jersey.They had 3 children Rena,William and Peter. I know they lived in Hawthorne. Can anyone point me in the right direction where else to search? thanks

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on June 22, 2011 at 10:06pm

I just found my grandfathers grave at Fairlawn Cemetery! I found it on find a grave it has a picture and everything!

Comment by Sande Meyer Smith on June 22, 2011 at 9:08pm

the other article you found is the correct one,no where do they have a victim list.That is my next search but this is without a doubt the explosion he died in.

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