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HISTORY 


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Passaic  and  Its  Environs 


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BY 

William  W.  Scott 


Historical — Biographical 


Volume  III 


1922 

Lewis  Historical  Publishing  Company,  Inc. 

New  York  and  Chicago 


COPYRIGHT,   1922 
I^EWIS  HISTORICAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY,  INC. 


History  of  Passaic  and  Its  Environs 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  193 

ELMER  WILLIAMSON  KENT,  superintendent  of  the  Public  Service 
Electric  Company  of  Passaic,  is  a  native  of  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  his 
birth  having  occurred  there  July  27,  1886.  He  is  a  son  of  the  late  John  V.  and 
Anne  Elizabeth  (Venderhoef)  Kent,  both  natives  of  New  Brunswick.  John  V. 
Kent,  for  many  years  previous  to  his  death,  which  occurred  in  August,  1911, 
was  an  auditor  for  the  Grand  Trunk  railroad.  To  the  elder  Kent  were  born 
four  children :  Edwin  V.,  assistant  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  New 
Brunswick;  Mabel,  who  married  Milton  Mook,  a  resident  of  Metuchen,  New 
Jersey;  Clayton  A.,  who  is  a  coal  broker  of  Uniontown,  Pennsylvania;  and 
Elmer  Williamson,  of  further  mention. 

The  boyhood  of  Elmer  Williamson  Kent  was  spent  in  his  native  town,  and 
it  was  here  that  he  attended  school,  graduating  from  the  high  school  in  1904. 
He  then  matriculated  at  Rutgers  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1908 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  Immediately  after  graduating  he  went 
to  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  employed  by  the  General  Electric 
Company  for  one  year.  He  subsequently  returned  to  New  Jersey,  and  at  Cam- 
den was  assistant  in  the  construction  department  of  the  Public  Service  Electric 
Company.  Here  he  remained  until  1911,  when  he  went  to  Newark,  New  Jersey, 
as  assistant  illuminating  engineer,  and  the  latter  part  of  that  same  year  came  to 
Passaic  and  accepted  the  position  of  district  superintendent  for  the  same  com- 
pany, in  which  he  has  since  continued,  a  post  which  he  has  filled  with  untiring 
faithfulness  and  devotion  to  duty. 

Mr.  Kent  is  a  member  of  the  National  Electric  Light  Association,  being 
made  president  of  the  New  Jersey  branch  in  1917 ;  also  member  of  the  National 
Committee  for  several  years.  He  is  a  member  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  fraternity 
of  Rutgers  College,  and  in  politics,  a  stunch  Republican.  He  is  a  councilman 
for  West  Paterson  and  on  its  Board  of  Health. 

On  March  3,  1915,  at  Passaic,  Elmer  Williamson  Kent  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Flora  S.  Wiegand,  and  to  them  have  been  born  three  children: 
Frances  Mary,  December  27,  1915;  Katherine,  September  19,  1917;  Jane  Eliz- 
abeth, March  9,  1920.     His  residence  is  in  the  borough  of  West  Paterson. 


GUSTAVE  WILLIAM  ALFRED  FALSTROM— Representatives  of 
this  family  patronymic  have  for  a  number  of  generations  resided  in  the  Scan- 
dinavian countries  of  Northern  Europe,  where  they  have  been  identified  with 
the  moral  and  social  interests  of  the  various  communities  wherein  they  resided. 
The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  family  was  Jonas  W,  Fal- 
strom,  Sr.  He  was  born  in  the  city  of  Askersund  and  was  there  reared  to  man- 
hood years,  and  later  became  identified  with  the  public  affairs  of  the  community 
wherein  he  resided.  He  there  held  the  official  position  of  sheriff  of  the  district, 
and  continued  to  reside  at  Askersund  throughout  the  entire  period  of  his  life's 
career,  and  died  at  the  family  home,  aged  eighty-three  years.  His  faithful  wife 
and  mother  of  his  children,  whose  given  name  was  Carolina,  was  also  a  native 
of  Askersund,  where  she  was  educated  and  reared  to  the  3'ears  of  womanhood. 
She  survived  her  husband  for  a  number  of  years,  and  died  at  the  home  of  her 
son,  Rudolph,  in  the  city  of  Arboga.  They  were  both  consistent  members  of  the 
Lutheran  church,  in  the  community  wherein  they  resided.  Of  their  union  in 
marriage  the)'^  had  born  to  them  the  following  children:  1.  Rudolph,  who 
married  and  settled  with  his  bride  in  the  town  of  Arboga,  and  reared  a  family 
of  twelve  children.  2.  Jonas  William,  Jr.,  of  whom  further.  3.  Caroline,  who 
did  not  marry.  4.  Maria,  who  married,  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Dalarne, 
where  her  husband  held  the  official  position  of  sheriff  of  the  district  for  a  num- 
ber of  years. 


194  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Jonas  William  Falstrom,  Jr.,  son  of  Jonas  William,  Sr.,  and  Carolina 
Falstrom,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Askersund,  in  1817.  He 
was  there  educated  and  was  conhrmcd  in  the  Lutheran  church.  Soon  after  at- 
taining to  suitable  years,  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  cabinet-making  trade, 
the  occupation  which  his  brother  Rudolph  likewise  had  learned,  and  pursued 
the  same  throughout  the  active  years  of  his  life.  Jonas  William  Falstrom  be- 
came known  as  an  efficient  and  capable  mechanic  in  his  chosen  line  of  work,  and 
for  many  years  was  engaged  in  the  cabinet-making  business  in  the  various  towns 
wherein  he  resided  during  the  active  years  of  his  life's  career.  He  died  at  the 
family  home  in  the  city  of  Wcsteras,  aged  fifty-six  years.  His  wife  and  mother 
of  his  children  passed  away  at  the  age  of  sixty-six  years.  Jonas  William  Fal- 
strom folhnvcd  in  the  faith  of  his  ancestors,  and  his  wife  was  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Baptist  church.  Of  their  union  they  had  born  to  them  the 
following  children:  1.  Gustave  William  Alfred,  of  whom  forward.  2.  Franze 
Albert,  who  died  aged  eight  years.  3.  Carl  Leonard,  who  died  aged  two  weeks. 
4.  Edla  >Lithilda,  born  January  22,  1854,  at  the  family  home  in  Arboga,  where 
she  was  educated  and  reared  to  the  years  of  womanhood.  She  came  to  this 
countr)'  in  1872,  and  upon  her  arrival  settled  in  New  York  City,  where  she  con- 
tinued to  reside  up  to  1879,  in  which  year  she  settled  in  the  city  of  Passaic, 
Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  where  she  married,  November  13,  1879,  John 
William  Lindholm.  He  was  born  in  the  town  of  Arboga,  August  21,  1852,  the 
son  of  Jonas  and  Anna  (Olson)  Lindhom.  John  W.  and  Edla  M.  (Falstrom) 
Lindhom  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  i.  Mabel  Carolina  Lind- 
liolm,  born  February  12,  1881,  died  aged  twelve  years,  ii.  Clifford  Falstrom 
Lindholm,  born  December  8,  1882;  he  married,  December  3,  1918,  Charlotte 
Margarette  \'olger,  born  October  27,  1894,  daughter  of  Theodore  and  Mav 
(Smith)  \'olger.  iii.  Olga  Wilhelmina  Ellida  Lindholm,  born  June  21,  1884. 
iv.  .\lbcrt  NN'illiam  Lindholm,  born  December  9,  1891.  v.  Edla  Marie  Lind- 
holm, born  July  24,  1894;  married  Earl  Malcolm  Ricker,  on  October  1,  1921, 
of  >LTlden,  Massachusetts,  son  of  Earl  Marshall  Ricker,  and  now  resides  at 
Lakeville,  Connecticut. 

Gustave  William  Alfred  Falstrom,  son  of  Jonas  William,  Jr.,  and  Maria 
Carolina  Falstrom,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Arboga,  king- 
dom of  Sweden,  September  29,  1845.  His  early  educational  training  was  acquir- 
ed in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and  after  pursuing  a  course  of  academic 
studies,  and  while  yet  in  his  fifteenth  year,  he  became  apprenticed  to  learn  the 
metal  working  trade  under  a  competent  master,  with  whom  he  served  as  an 
apprentice  and  journeyman  for  a  period  of  six  years,  having  continued  in  his 
employ  up  to  1869,  in  which  year  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  this  country.  He 
sailed  from  Gottcnburg,  bound  for  New  York  City,  where  he  landed  in  due 
course  of  time,  and  remained  in  the  metropolis  for  a  brief  period,  when  he 
settled  in  whar  was  then  the  small,  struggling  village  of  Passaic.  Soon 
after  his  settlement  in  his  adopted  town  of  Passaic,  the  young 
man  entered  the  employ  of  Denholm  Brothers'  metal  working  estab- 
lishment an  Main  avenue,  where  he  continued  actively  engaged  at  his 
chosen  line  of  work  up  to  1873.  During  this  time,  by  strict  economy  and 
careful  management  of  his  affairs,  he  was  enabled  to  begin  business  on  his  own 
account  in  the  metal  working  trade,  in  which  line  of  enterprise  he  met  with 
immediate  success,  as  the  direct  result  of  his  skill  and  his  straightforward 
methods  in  all  his  business  transactions.  The  products  of  his  establishment  soon 
became  recognized  for  their  superior  quality  and  workmanship,  as  well  as  the 
quality  of  material  used  in  their  construction.  In  1873  Mr.  Falstrom  established 
the  metal  manufacturing  business  known  as  Falstrom  k  Tornquist.     The  inter- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  195 

ests  of  the  firm  of  Falstrom  &  Tornquist  were  incorporated  in  1896,  and  later 
the  name  was  changed  to  Falstrom  &  Company,  Inc.  Gustave  William  Alfred 
Falstrom  was  made  president  of  the  corporation,  a  position  which  he  has  held  up 
to  the  present  time  (1920).  During  these  many  years  of  his  business  activities, 
Mr.  Falstrom  has  executed  the  metal  work  on  many  leading  church  edifices  and 
numerous  business  houses  and  manufacturing  plants  in  the  city  of  Passaic  and 
the  surrounding  community,  where  the  name  of  Falstrom  has  become  recognized 
as  being  synonymous  with  straightforward  methods  in  all  their  busines  trans- 
actions. Mr.  Falstrom,  in  his  religious  affiliation,  has  become  identified  with 
the  Baptist  church  in  Passaic,  of  which  he  is  a  member,  and  has  for  some  time 
served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees.     Mr.  Falstrom  is  not  married. 


PETER  JOSEPH  GALLAGHER,  superintendent  of  Weights  and 
Measures,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  is  a  native  of  this  city,  his  birth  having 
occurred  here  May  1,  1883.  He  is  the  son  of  James  and  Anne  (Winne)  Gal- 
lagher. James  Gallagher  was  born  in  Roscommon  county,  Ireland,  in  1842, 
and  came  to  Passaic  in  1883.  Here  he  established  himself  in  the  trucking 
business  at  Nos.  77-79  Jefferson  street,  and  continued  so  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1902.  His  widow  survived  him,  and  her  death  occurred  in  1903,  at 
the  age  of  fifty-eight  years.  To  the  elder  Gallaghers  were  born  eight  children*. 
John,  a  resident  of  Rockaway,  Long  Island;  Dennis,  deceased;  James,  deceased; 
Mary,  who  married  Dennis  Gallagher,  of  Passaic;  Thomas,  deceased;  Ellen, 
wife  of  Henry  Osterman,  of  Passaic;  Peter  J.,  of  further  mention;  Annie,  wife 
of  Charles  Brady,  of  Passaic. 

Peter  J.  Gallagher  obtained  his  education  in  Sf.  Nicholas  grammar  school 
of  this  city,  after  which  he  became  associated  with  his  father  in  the  trucking 
business,  with  whom  he  continued  for  eight  years.  Following  this  he  secured 
a  position  with  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company,  in  New  York,  where  he  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  delivery  department,  but  resigned  sometime  later  to 
become  foreman  for  J.  J.  O'Leary  Company,  of  Passaic  and  New  York,  well 
known  contractors.  After  six  years  with  Mr.  O'Leary  he  next  established  him- 
self in  business  with  his  brother,  the  firm  being  known  as  the  Passaic  Bottling 
Company  and  located  at  No.  79  Jefferson  street,  Passaic.  He  disposed  of  his 
interests  in  the  bottling  business  one  year  and  a  half  later,  and  then  conducted 
the  Plaza  Cafe  on  Main  avenue  for  a  time,  subsequently  accepting  his  present 
position  of  superintendent  of  Weights  and  Measures,  when  the  State  of  New 
Jerse)'  created  this  department. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  as  such  holds  membership  in  the  Pas- 
saic Republican  Club.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  holding  the  office  of  secretary  at  present,  and  is  past  exalted 
ruler  of  this  body.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  in 
religion  is  a  Roman  Catholic,  attending  St.  Nicholas  Church  of  that  deno- 
mination. On  June  30,  1920,  Mr.  Gallagher  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Helen  Boyle,  of  Hazleton,  Pennsylvania.  Their  residence  is  at  No.  266 
Paulison   avenue,   Passaic,  New   Jersey. 


HERMAN  BENZ — Among  the  representative  citizens  of  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  is  Herman  Benz,  agent  of  the  Public  Service,  whose  office  is  located  at 
No.  576  Main  avenue.  Mr.  Benz  is  well  known  in  the  club  circles  of  the  city, 
and  is  active  in  the  promotion  of  her  best  and  most  essential  interests. 

Frederick  Benz,  father  of  Herman  Benz,  was  born  in  Basle,  Switzerland, 
January  31,  1848,  and  came  to  this  country  in  1871,  settling  in  Paterson,  which 
has  -continued  to  be  his  home  ever  since.    For  many  years  he  has  held  a  prom- 


196  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

incnt  place  in  industrial  circles,  having  been  superintendent  of  the  firm  of 
Frank  &  Dugan,  silk  manufacturers,  for  many  years.  He  married  Louise 
Strimlr.  a  native  of  NN'iirttrmberf:.  (irrmany.  her  birth  having  occurred  there  in 
1849.  Mrs.  Brnz  passed  away  March  26,  1918,  at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years. 
The  death  of  Mr.  Benz  occurred  June  21,  1921.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benz  were 
born  the  following  children:  Herman,  of  further  mention;  Otto;  Louise;  Matil- 
da, wife  of  John  Mardcn;  Frederick,  Jr.;  Emma,  deceased;  Ella,  wife  of  John 
^^■hif^hrad;  Paul;   .\delaide,  wife  of  Arthur  Harris,  of  Paterson. 

Herman  Benz  was  born  in  New  York  City,  March  11,  1885,  and  obtained 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Paterson,  having  been  brought  to  this 
city  by  his  parents  when  very  young.  After  graduating  from  the  grammar 
school,  he  immediately  entered  Phillips  Business  College  and  completed  the 
prescribed  course  in  1902.  He  then  secured  a  position  as  chief  clerk  with  the 
Public  Service,  subsequently  being  sent  to  Hackensack  as  agent.  On  July  16, 
1916,  he  came  to  Passaic  to  accept  the  position  of  agent  of  the  Public  Service, 
and  has  continued  in  this  capacity  ever  since.  Mr.  Benz  is  also  president  of 
the  National  Woven  Label  Company,  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  His  clubs  are  the  Rotary,  of  which  he  is  a  charter  member, 
and  the  Passaic  City  Club.  A  Roman  Catholic  in  religion,  and  claiming  Pater- 
son as  his  home,  he  attends  St.  Joseph's  Roman  Catholic  church. 

On  September  6,  1906,  Mr.  Benz  was  united  in  marriage  with  Minette 
Dyer,  daughter  of  Patrick  J.  and  Mary  ( Heaney)  Dyer,  of  Paterson,  New  Jer- 
sey. Patrick  J.  Dyer,  now  deceased,  was  formerly  division  manager  of  the 
Dclnwarr,  Lackawanna  \'  Western  railroad  for  many  years,  and  just  previous 
to  retiring  from  business,  held  the  office  of  city  Weigher  of  Paterson.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Benz  arc  the  parents  of  three  children:  Claire,  born  August  2,  1908; 
Allan  and  \'aun,  twins,  born  February  16,  1915.  The  family  reside  at  No.  624 
East  Twenty-seventh  street,  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Benz  has  also  a 
summer  place  at  Lake  Hopatcong,  and  there  devotes  much  of  his  spare  time  to 
his  favorite  recreation,  fishing. 


S.\Ml'EL  IIIRD — The  first  representative  of  this  family  of  whom  we 
have  any  authentic  information  was  Cornelius  Hird,  who  with  his  family 
resided  in  the  parish  of  Bingley,  in  Yorkshire,  England. 

Henry  Hird,  son  of  Cornelius  Hird,  was  born  at  Bingley,  and  lived  there 
until  he  grew  to  manhood.  He  married  Mary  Rhodes,  of  Harden,  and  of 
this  union  two  sons  and  one  daughter  were  born. 

Samuel  Hird,  the  eldest  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Rhodes)  Hird,  was  born 
in  the  village  of  Harden,  England.  In  1855  his  father  moved  to  Thornton, 
near  Bradford,  with  his  family.  At  an  early  age  his  son  Samuel  was  sent  to  the 
grammar  school  at  Thornton,  where  he  went  through  the  regular  training  and 
afterward  attended  classes  at  the  Bradford  Philosophical  Society,  and  likewise 
the  British  School  of  Chemistry  lonnected  with  the  Thornton  Mechanics  Insti- 
tute. He  was  obliged  to  go  to  work  early  in  life  and  attended  part  time  school 
and  likewise  took  advantage  of  the  night  schools  for  a  number  of  years.  To 
attend  these  night  schools  after  his  day's  work  he  often, had  to  walk  to  the 
nrarrst  town,  a  distance  of  foiir  miles,  but  so  persistent  were  his  efforts  that  he 
not  only  led  the  class  in  chemistry,  but  was  awarded  several  prizes,  among 
which  was  ,i   Ouren's  prize   for  that   subject. 

In  1870  the  trade  conditions  were  so  poor,  owing  to  the  Franco-Prussian 
War,  that  it  was  derided  that  Samuel  should  go  to  America  along  with  a  party 
of  friends.  He  arrived  in  New  York  City  in  October,  1870,  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  held  various  positions  in  textile  mills,  most  of  them  being  as  man- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  197 

ager  and  superintendent.  His  scientific  training  proved  of  great  value  to  him, 
particularly  the  chemistry  branches,  in  connection  with  the  dyeing  departments 
of  his  business.  Having  acted  for  a  number  of  years  as  a  salesman  of  worsted 
yarns  and  being  well  acquainted  with  the  textile  industry,  he  was  invited  by 
William  D'Olier  &  Company  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  to  become  one  of 
their  buyers,  and  he  stayed  with  them  for  about  three  years,  after  which  time 
he  commenced  business  on  his  own  account  as  a  yarn  manufacturer  and  com- 
mission merchant.  His  business  was  prosperous  and  continued  to  grow  for  a 
number  of  years. 

In  1897,  James  Roberts,  the  owner  of  the  Robertsford  Worsted  Mills, 
passed  away  suddenly,  and  Mr.  Hird  was  asked  to  come  and  help  liquidate  the 
affairs  of  his  estate,  which  were  somewhat  complicated.  He  afterward  purchased 
the  property  and  extended  the  business,  gradually  changing  over  from  the  class 
of  fabrics  that  was  then  manufactured  into  a  better  quality  of  men's  wear 
worsteds.  The  firm  met  with  immediate  success  in  this  particular  class  of  goods 
as  a  result  of  the  practical  management  of  the  various  details  in  the  manufacture 
of  these  fabrics.  In  1909  the  busines  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  New  Jersey,  and  has  since  been  known  as  Samuel  Hird  &  Sons,  Inc. 
Under  the  management  of  Mr.  Hird  and  his  sons  the  business  has  become  one 
of  the  leading  industries  of  its  kind  and  furnishes  employment  to  several 
hundred  skilled  operatives  living  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  factory  in  Garfield 
and  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  The  management  of  the  mills  is  undertaken  by  S. 
Ainsworth  Hird  and  Henry  E.  Hird,  the  two  oldest  sons  of  Samuel  Hird, 
while  the  two  sons,  Lewis  and  Ralph,  have  complete  charge  of  the  New  York 
office,  where  a  number  of  salesmen,  in  addition  to  themselves,  are  employed. 

Since  locating  his  manufacturing  interests  in  the  town  of  Garfield,  Mr. 
Hird  settled  with  his  family  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he  has  also  become 
prominently  identified  with  the  material,  as  well  as  the  social,  civic  and  relig- 
ious interests  of  the  city,  as  an  active  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  Passaic  National  Bank,  a  member  of  the  board  of  governors  of  the  Passaic 
General  Hospital,  and  likewise  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  Since 
his  residence  in  Passaic,  Mr.  Hird  has  also  taken  an  active  part  in  educational 
affairs  and  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  for  a  number 
of  years.     In  religion,  Mr.  Hird  is  a  member  of  the  Calvary  Baptist  Church. 

Samuel  Hird  married  (first)  at  Norristown,  Montgomery  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, March  25,  1873,  Selina  Ainsworth,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Eliza- 
beth (Craven)  Ainsworth,  and  of  this  union  four  daughters  and  six  sons  were 
born.  One  of  the  sons,  Percy,  died  in  boyhood,  and  a  daughter,  Elizabeth,  in 
1921.  Selina  (Ainsworth)  Hird,  mother  of  the  aforementioned  children,  was 
born  in  Thornton,  England.  She  was  a  woman  possessed  of  many  fine  qualities, 
both  of  mind  and  heart,  and  during  the  years  of  her  residence  in  the  town  of 
Passaic,  she  formed  the  acquaintance  and  friendship  of  many  leading  and  repre- 
sentative families  and  became  highly  esteemed  as  a  neighbor  and  friend.  She 
was  very  much  attached  to  the  Calvary  Baptist  Church  on  President  street, 
Passaic,  and  during  her  lifetime,  along  with  her  husband,  purchased  the  plot 
of  ground  at  the  corner  of  Clifton  and  Lexington  avenues,  Clifton,  New 
.Jersey,  which  was  afterwards  deeded  to  the  trustees  of  the  aforesaid  church 
for  a  new  building.  During  her  last  illness  she  arranged  that  a  new  organ 
was  to  be  placed  in  the  church,  this  wish  having  recently  been  carried  out  by 
her  children  as  a  memorial  to  her.  She  died  May  11,  1918,  and  was  interred  in 
the  family  plot,  Cedar  Lawn  Cemetery.  Samuel  Hird  married  (second)  Octo- 
ber 6,  1920,  Marie  L.  Barraclough,  daughter  of  James  Barraclough,  J.  P.,  an 
old  English  acquaintance  of  the  Hird  family,  residing  in  Thornton,  England. 


198  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

SAMUEL  AINSWORTH  HIRD,  son  of  Samuel  and  Selina  (Ainsworth) 
Hird,  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  January  4, 
1882.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  Philadelphia  public  schools 
and  Temple  Business  College.  After  leaving  school,  all  his  time  was  devoted 
to  the  study  of  various  branches  of  the  worsted  business.  In  1900  he  moved 
to  Passaic  with  his  father's  family  and  lived  at  home  until  he  married  in.  1914. 
After  moving  to  Passaic  he  was  engaged  in  various  capacities  in  what  was 
then  the  Robertsford  Worsted  Mills,  and  in  1909  became  one  of  the  incorpor- 
ators of  Samuel  Hird  &  Sons,  Inc.,  of  which  Samuel  Hird,  his  father,  was  the 
president.  He  was  made  treasurer  of  the  corporation  and  general  manager  of 
the  mill,  and  holds  these  positions  at  this  writing. 

Mr.  Hird  has  always  been  interested  in  the  welfare  of  young  people,  and 
after  serving  as  superintendent  of  the  Calvary  Baptist  Sunday  School  from 
1905  to  1915,  he  took  up  work  in  the  same  office  with  the  First  Methodist 
Sunday  School  of  Passaic. 

Samuel  Ainsworth  Hird  was  married,  in  Passaic,  May  25,  1914,  to  Mildred 
Flower,  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Lizzie  Flower.  To  this  union  were  born  the 
following  children:  Elizabeth  Flower,  born  May  3,  1915;  and  Samuel  Ains- 
worth, Jr.,  born  Januarv  19,  1918. 


•  HENRY  E.  HIRD,  son  of  Samuel  and  Selina  (Ainsworth)  Hird  (q.  v.), 
was  born  in  Landenberg,  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  6,  1884.  In 
1887  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  acquired  his  educational  training  in  the  public  schools.  In  1900  he 
came  with  his  parents  to  the  city  of  Passaic,  and  entered  his  father's  mill,  then 
known  as  the  Robertsford  Worsted  Mill,  on  the  east  banks  of  the  Passaic  river, 
in  the  town  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  Here  he  took  an  active  part  in  the 
organization,  and  remained  actively  identified  with  his  father's  interests  until 
1909,  when  he  became  one  of  the  incorporators  of  Samuel  Hird  &  Sons,  Inc., 
and  was  made  secretary  of  the  organization. 

Mr.  Hird  was  also  actively  engaged  in  religious  and  welfare  work  among 
boys  and  young  men  in  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and  the  Calvary 
Baptist  Church  and  Sunday  School,  and  was  acting  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  that  church  during  the  erection  of  the  new  building  located  in  Clifton. 

Henry  E.  Hird  married,  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  October  21,  1908,  Olive 
M.  Cole,  born  February  11,  1885,  daughter  of  Lewis  E.  and  Emily  (Myers) 
Cole,  formerly  of  Unionvillc,  New  York.  Henry  E.  and  Olive  M.  (Cole)  Hird 
have  three  children,  as  follows:  1.  Henry  E.,  Jr.,  born  April  29,  1911.  2. 
Floyd  L.,  born  March  22,  1915.    3.  Olive  E.,  born  March  10,  1919. 


JOHN  A.  HIRD,  the  youngest  son  of  Samuel  and  Selina  (Ainsworth) 
Hird  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  June  10,  1895. 
In  1900  he  came  to  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  with  his  father's  family,  and  attended 
the  public  schools  in  Clifton  until  the  family  residence  was  changed  to  Passaic, 
where  he  continued  his  educational  training.  After  having  about  two  years  at 
the  Passaic  High  School,  he  entered  the  Preparatory  College  at  Hightstown, 
New  Jersey,  but  the  World  War  coming  on,  in  July,  1917,  he  enlisted  with 
many  others  in  the  Naval  Reserves,  and  after  six  months  on  a  training  ship, 
where  he  proved  to  be  a  very  good  seaman,  he  was  assigned  as  part  of  a 
special  crew  on  the  S.  S.  "Whippet,"  as  a  coast  guard,  against  submarine 
attacks  on  the  Atlantic  coast  between  New  London  and  Newport,  and  was 
there  stationed  at  the  close  of  the  war.  After  his  return  home  he  decided  to 
commence    his    business    and    technical    training    and    became    identified    with 


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Samuel  Hird  &  Sons,  Inc.,  us  an  assistant  manager  in  the  spinning  division 
of  the  mill.  In  his  religious  associations  he  is  a  member  of  the  Calvary  Baptist 
Church  of  Clifton.  Shortly  after  his  return  from  the  United  States  service, 
he  married  Miss  Millicent  Harrison,  daughter  of  Joseph  Harrison,  manu- 
facturer of  worsted  yarns,  of  Passaic,   New  Jersey. 

DR.  GEORGE  T.  WELCH— The  founder  and  settler  of  this  branch  of 
the  Welch  family  in  this  country  was  John  Welch,  who  came  from  Wales 
about  1682.  He  was  descended  from  a  family  belonging  to  the  landed  aristoc- 
racy in  Wales,  and  was  a  man  possessed  of  many  capabilities,  and  was  known 
as  a  leader  among  the  people.  He  held  a  high  station  in  public  affairs.  The 
Virginia  branch  of  the  Welch  family  states  that  the  symbols  of  the  family 
coat  of  arms  are  those  that  the  family  possessed,  at  Arle  House,  County 
Gloucester,  England.  One  of  the  descendants  of  the  Delaware  family  was 
envoy  to  Great  Britain  in  1877-78. 

Dr.  George  Theodore  Welch,  whose  name  furnishes  the  caption  of  this 
review,  is  a  direct  descendant  of  Anderson  Parker,  who  emigrated  from  Chester 
county,  England.  It  is  stated,  however,  by  some  of  his  descendants,  that  Ander- 
son Parker  came  from  the  Isle  of  Wight,  a  part  of  Hants  county,  a  fact  which 
family  tradition  has  generally  accepted  as  being  correct.  He  was  directly 
descended  from  the  Parkers  of  Norton-Lees,  and  was  entitled  to  the  coat-of-arms 
now  used  by  the  Earl  of  Macclesfield,  England.  Anderson  Parker,  Sr.,  as  he 
was  generally  known,  first  settled  in  Virginia,  whence  he  came  to  Sussex  county, 
Delaware,  about  1701  or  1702.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  Colonial 
Assembly,  and  also  held  other  important  offices. 

Dr.  George  Theodore  Welch  is  also  collaterally  descended  from  Dr.  John 
Rhodes,  who  came  from  Derby  county,  England,  about  1660.  He  settled  in 
Sussex  county,  Delaware,  in  1670.  Dr.  John  Rhodes  was  a  direct  descendant 
from  Sir  Francis  Rhodes,  who  was  created  a  barorv  in  1641.  Dr.  John  Rhodes, 
soon  after  arriving  in  this  country,  settled  in  Long  Island,  but  removed  to 
Lewes,  Delaware,  and  was  there  appointed  by  Governor  Colve  as  a  magistrate 
of  the  Delaware  Colony,  in  1673. 

Dr.  George  Theodore  W'elch,  the  present  subject  of  this  article,  settled  in 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  In  1889,  taking  over  the  practice  of  Dr.  John  C.  Herrick 
and  living  in  the  home  of  the  latter  on  Washington  place  until,  a  few  years 
later,  when  he  erected  the  mansion  on  Passaic  avenue  where  he  has  lived  ever 
since.  He  comes  of  old  Colonial  stock  which  traces  its  ancestry  back  to  John 
Welch,  a  man  of  importance  in  his  day,  who,  with  a  number  of  others  living 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Penn's  Manor,  Wales,  came  to  this  country  with  William 
Penn  in  1682,  and,  settling  in  Newcastle  county,  Delaware,  were  granted  30,000 
acres  of  land  known  as  the  Welsh  tract.  The  descendants  of  these  worthy  fa- 
milies spread  gradually  over  the  whole  peninsula,  including  Delaware  and  the 
eastern  shores  of  Maryland  and  Virginia.  A  majority  of  the  families  in  Dela- 
ware are  of  Welsh  descent,  and  readily  trace  their  lineage  back  to  Wales,  that 
sturdy  province  of  old  Britain  which  the  Romans,  the  Goths,  and  the  Normans 
were  unable  to  conquer,  though  they  crumbled  the  small  kingdoms  of  England 
and  enslaved  the  Saxon  race. 

Dr.  Vv'elch's  father,  N.  D.  Welch,  of  Milton,  Sussex  county,  Delaware, 
was  a  merchant  dealing  largely  in  grain,  iron  ore,  and  quercitron  bark,  which  he 
shipped  to  England  and  Scotland  for  dyeing  purposes.  His  mother  was  Mary 
(Parker)  Welch,  daughter  of  Peter  Parker,  a  merchant,  and  large  landowner 
of  Milton,  Delaware.  His  home  there  was  of  old  Colonial  type,  surrounded 
by  a  plot  of  six  acres,  consisting  of  lawns,  a  park  of  great  trees,  a  garden  of  an 


200  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

acre  in  extent,  symmetrically  laid  off  in  squares  and  semi-circles,  edged  with 
luxuriant  boxwood  from  four  to  six  feet  in  height,  and  containing  quantities 
of  roses  and  other  Howers,  and  semi-tropical  trees.  At  the  rear  of  the  grounds 
was  a  primeval  forest  of  soaring  pines,  through  which  once  ran  a  branch  of  the 
King's  Highway.  Behind  the  forest  was  a  stream  known  as  the  Round  Pole 
branch  of  the  Broadkiln  river,  where  Parker's  mills  were  located  in  the  early 
days  of  the  eighteenth  century. 

Peter  Parker  was  the  grandson  of  Anderson  Parker,  Sr.,  a  younger  son  of 
the  ancient  Parker  family  in  England,  which,  of  noble  estate,  had  produced 
many  famous  men,  not  the  least  among  whom  was  Matthew  Parker,  chaplain 
to  yucen  Anne  Boleyn,  in  1533.  It  was  to  his  wise  and  pious  counsel,  that, 
shortly  before  her  death,  Anne  Boleyn  commended  her  daughter,  Elizabeth. 
He  was  made  a  doctor  of  divinity  and  became  master  of  Corpus  Christi  College, 
at  Cambridge,  but  upon  his  refusal  to  conform  to  many  of  the  observances  and 
rules  oi  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  because  of  his  leaning  toward  the  re- 
formed religion,  he  was  deprived  by  Queen  Mary  of  all  his  preferments.  In 
retirement,  he  then  devoted  himself  to  the  translation  of  the  psalms  into  metrical 
English;  to  the  work  of  drawing  up  the  book  of  common  prayer;  and  to  the 
editing  of  the  "Bishop's  Bible,"  which  last  he  published  at  his  own  expense. 
By  this  time  he  was  knowa  throughout  England  as  one  of  the  principal  leaders 
of  Protestantism,  and  on  the  accession  of  Elizabeth  to  the  throne,  he  was  appoint- 
ed the  second  .\rchbishop  of  Canterbury.  His  great  name  lingered  long  in  the 
memory  of  the  family,  and  one  of  the  relatives  of  Anderson  Parker,  who  came 
with  him  to  America,  about  1695,  was  named  Matthew,  after  the  famous  church- 
man. 

Anderson  Parker  first  settled  in  Mrginia,  but  in  1704  bought  from  the  heirs 
of  Paul  Marsh  the  plantation  of  600  acres,  near  Lewes,  Delaware,  which  is  still 
owned  in  the  family.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Colonial  House  of  Assembly, 
and  held  other  offices  at  various  times.  William  Penn  granted  him  a  tract  of 
300  acres  of  land,  near  his  home  plantation,  and  he  purchased  1,000  acres  more, 
in  Indian  River  Hundred;  in  addition  to  which  he  held  possessions  in  Accomac 
county,  \'irginia.  Indians  remained  in  a  village  on  the  border  of  his  plantation 
until  late  in  the  eighteenth  century,  and  beavers  were  plentiful  in  the  stream.s 
nearby.  He  died  in  1759,  leaving  large  possessions  and  a  number  of  slaves  to 
his  children  and  grandchildren,  and  was  interred  in  the  family  cemetery  where 
his  monument  is  still  standing,  surrounded  by  gigantic  forest  trees. 

During  the  Revolution,  the  family  of  Anderson  Parker's  son,  Peter  Parker, 
Sr.,  to  whom  he  left  the  home  plantation,  were  patriots  and  devoted  to  the  cause 
of  freedom,  in  consequence  of  which  they  were  often  sorely  harrassed  by  roving 
bands  of  Tories.  Their  crops  were  plundered  or  destroyed,  their  cattle  were 
stolen,  and  the  family  terrorized  on  many  occasions.  Peter  Parker,  Sr.,  died 
intestate  shortly  before  the  Revolution,  and  his  two  sons,  John,  born  in  1765, 
and  Peter,  born  in  1772,  were  too  young  to  protect  the  family,  but  their  loyal 
slaves  were  devoted  to  them,  and  became  their  protectors  on  many  notable  oc- 
casions. Three  of  Anderson  Parker's  grandsons,  however,  John,  William,  and 
Thomas,  sons  of  William  Parker,  deceased,  served  during  the  Revolution  in  the 
celebrated  First  Delaware  Regiment. 

Peter  Parker  Sr.,  married  Alice  Rhodes,  daughter  of  Judge  John  Rhodes, 
whose  wife  was  Alice  Fisher,  a  descendant  of  the  saintly  John  Fisher,  Bishop 
of  Rochester,  who,  long  a  favorite  of  Henry  \'III,  incurred  his  displeasure  by 
opposing  his  divorce  from  Catherine  of  Aragon,  and  by  denying  the  ecclesiasti- 
cal supremacy  of  the  king  he  was  cruelly  executed  in  1535. 

Judge  Rhodes  was  the  son  of  John  Rhodes,  who  was  one  of  the  members 


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of  William  Penn's  Council,  and  by  him  appointed  one  of  the  magistrates  in 
1682.  It  is  related  of  him  that,  on  one  occasion,  having  kept  the  court  from 
convening  for  the  want  of  a  quorum,  he  strode  into  the  courtroom  at  noon, 
holding  up  as  his  excuse,  four  wolves'  heads,  which  he  had  captured,  after  a 
battle,  on  his  way  from  his  plantation.  He  was  a  capable  man,  trusted  and 
beloved,  and  v/as  freely  granted  by  Penn  and  his  courts  an  estate  of  about 
6,000  acres.  One  immense  forest  in  Kent  county,  containing  2,000  acres,  he 
left  to  his  son,  John,  in  1687,  and  to  his  granddaughter,  Alice,  were  left  slaves 
and  a  plantation  of  600  acres  on  the  Delaware  river.  This  John  Rhodes,  of 
Penn's  Council,  was  the  son  of  Dr.  John  Rhodes,  whose  father  was  Sir  Francis 
Rhodes  of  England.  He  came,  about  1660,  to  Long  Island  and  received  a  grant 
of  land  in  Flatbush,  but,  dissatisfied  with  the  government  of  Peter  Stuyvesant, 
and  with  his  order,  that  he  should  assist  in  the  persecution  of  the  Quakers,  he 
sold  his  real  estate,  and  came  with  his  family  to  Sussex  county,  Delaware, 
where  Governor  Colve  selected  him  for  one  of  the  magistrates  in  1673.  It  was 
here  that  he,  with  his  servant,  was  found  murdered  in  the  forest,  after  having 
brought  a  charge  of  treason  against  one  of  the  magistrates  of  the  Colony.  The 
matter  was  hushed,  however,  by  a  rumor  that  Indians  had  committed  the  crime, 
though  there  had  been  no  outrage  committed  by  the  Indians  in  forty  years,  so 
peaceably  had  they  lived  with  the  Colonists  all  that  time. 

The  children  of  Peter  and  Alice  (Rhodes)  Parker  had  prospered  upon 
the  old  plantation  until,  one  by  one,  they  left  to  go  into  the  great  world.  Their 
son,  Peter  (2j  Parker,  grandfather  of  Dr.  Welch,  became  a  merchant,  and 
married  Rebecca  Bradley,  of  Maryland,  the  widow  of  Henry  Bradley,  who  had 
left  her  plantation,  in  Sussex  county,  near  St.  Johnstown,  on  a  part  of  which  the 
prosperous  town,  Greenwood,  is  now  located.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Mary  (Alden)  Caulk,  Mary  Alden  being  the  great-granddaughter  of  the  famous 
John  Alden  who  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower,"  in  1620.  Peter  Caulk  was  a 
descendant  of  Isaac  Caulk,  in  whose  manor  house  in  1690,  the  first  courts  of 
Kent  county,  Maryland,  were  held,  and  on  whose  plantation  154  years  later, 
occurred  the  battle  in  the  night  between  Maryland  troops  and  the  British  maraud- 
ers, under  Sir  Peter  Parker,  a  distant  but  disapproved  relative  of  the  Sussex 
county  family,  who  fell  mortally  wounded  while  retreating  to  his  ship.  Peter 
(2)  Parker  and  Rebecca  Bradley,  his  wife,  who  was  a  large  slave  owner,  lived 
for  a  time  on  his  plantation  in  Indian  River  Hundred  where  their  children  were 
born.  He  was  an  officer  during  the  War  of  1812,  and  his  family  were  terror- 
ized by  the  bombardment  of  Lewes  by  the  British,  which,  though  it  continued  all 
day  and  far  into  the  night  did  not  result  in  the  capture  of  the  town.  To  their 
relief,  Peter  (2)  Parker  paid  them  a  hurried  visit  next  day  and  left  them  in 
better  spirits  as  he  rode  back  to  Lewes. 

After  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Milton,  some  years  later,  their  daughter, 
Mary  Parker,  born  in  1818,  married  Nehemiah  D.  Welch,  who  was  then  prin- 
cipal of  the  Milton  Academy,  an  institution  of  prominence  in  its  day  in  which 
many  eminent  men  received  their  education.  Mrs.  Welch's  father  bequeathed 
her  the  manorial  estate  in  1852,  and  here  the  children  of  Nehemiah  D.  and  Mary 
(Parker)  Welch  were  born  and  reared,  in  the  quaint  and  busy  town  of  Milton, 
the  eastern  port  for  Sussex  county,  where  many  ships  were  built  and  from  whose 
harbor  immense  cargoes  of  grain,  bark,  and  iron  ore  were  sent  abroad. 

Their  eldest  daughter,  Arabella  Welch,  educated  in  Milton  Academy  and  in 
Rutgers  Female  College,  in  New  York  City,  became  the  principal  of  the  Aca- 
demy and  the  writer  of  many  pleasing  short  stories.  An  anecdote  is  told  of  her 
that,  on  one  occasion  when  she  was  a  young  girl,  her  mother  observed  her  stand- 
ing for  a  long  time  gazing  at  the  tall  pine  forest,  which,  swayed  by  the  wind. 


202  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

made  a  buoyant  sound  like  tlie  sea.  When  she  called,  at  last,  "Belle,  what  are 
you  doing  V",  she  answered  impressively,  "I  am  listening  to  Imagination  I"  She 
married  Judge  Charles  F.  Holland  of  the  superior  court,  of  Maryland,  and 
lived  afterward  in  Salisbury  of  that  State.  Judge  Holland  had  been  a  soldier 
in  the  Union  Army,  and  was  dangerously  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Antietam. 
His  father  had  been  a  captain,  in  the  Mexican  War ;  and  in  the  Revolution,  two 
of  the  family  lost  their  lives  in  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  in  1776. 

Clara  Rebecca  Welch,  daughter  of  Nehemiah  D.  and  Mary  (Parker) 
Welch,  married  James  Henry  Schoonmaker,  grandson  of  the  Dominie  Schoon- 
maker  who  was  president  of  Rutgers  College.  They  lived  in  the  commodious 
old  stone  house  built  in  the  early  years  of  the  eighteenth  century,  on  lands  near 
Richtield,  New  Jersey,  bequeatehd  by  this  grandsire.  Their  children  are  highly 
regarded,  and  their  grandchildren  are  hne,  vigorous,  ambitious,  studious,  young 
people,  with  every  prospect  before  them  of  living  eminently  useful  lives. 

Thaddeus  Parker  Welch,  a  man  of  genial  temperament,  and  a  gift  for 
friendship,  was  principal  of  schools  in  Monmouth  county,  and  married  Annie 
Walling,  daughter  of  Burrowes  Walling.  Their  son,  Alden  Walling  Welch, 
is  one  of  the  editors  of  a  scientific  journal,  in  New  York,  and  the  author  of  a 
popular  novel  entitled  "Wolves,"  having  for  its  theme  the  savage  greed  of  great 
business  houses.  He  has  written  many  stories  that  have  been  published  in  New 
York,  and  in  magazines  in  both  London  and  Paris. 

William  W.  Welch,  living  in  Passaic,  is  a  successful  lawyer,  with  offices  in 
Paterson,  New  Jersey.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Legislature,  a  writer  on 
public  affairs,  and  is  regarded  by  a  large  clientele  as  a  safe  counsellor  and  a 
successful  advocate.  His  daughter,  Florence,  a  graduate  of  Columbia  University, 
married  Paul  W.  Knox,  a  graduate  of  Yale,  and  a  lawyer  of  ability,  a  govern- 
ment counsellor,  stationed  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  Peter  Parker  Welch 
is  an  architect  and  builder,  living  in  the  old  family  homestead,  in  Milton, 
Delaware.  Kate  Parker  Welch,  an  excellent  writer,  married  William  B. 
Hepburn,  descendant  of  an  old  Scottish  family  which  owned  large  estates  in  the 
North  of  Ireland,  but  emigrated  to  America  early  in  the  last  century,  settling 
in  Essex  county,  New  Jersey.  Fannie  Florence  Welch,  a  graduate  of  Columbia 
University  and  a  notable  essayist,  is  a  teacher  of  history  in  the  Passaic  High 
School. 

George  Theodore  Welch,  M.  D.,  received  his  education  in  the  classical  de- 
partment of  the  Milton  Academy,  and  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  from 
which  he  graduated  with  the  degree  M.  D.  At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  New 
Jersey  State  Medical  Association,  held  at  Cape  May,  June,  1884,  he  delivered 
an  address  entitled,  "Many  Drugs,  Few  Remedies,"  which  aroused  bitter  con- 
troversy, ending  in  a  refusal  on  the  part  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  to  print  the 
address  in  the  minutes  of  the  society.  It  was  printed  in  the  "New  York  Medical 
Record"  and  copied  in  many  other  medical  journals,  eliciting  many  letters  of 
approval,  one  of  which  was  from  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes.  The  following  year, 
the  New  Jersey  State  Medical  Association  reconsidered  its  action  of  the  year 
before,  printed  the  address,  and  apologized  for  the  earlier  adverse  criticism. 
Many  of  the  members  acknowledged  that  after  hearing  the  address,  they  had 
greatly  abridged  the  number  of  ingredients  in  their  prescriptions;  that  they  had 
given  fewer  drugs  to  their  patients,  and  that  there  was  a  general  tendency  to  be 
more  scrupulous  in  the  therapeutics  of  the  day. 

In  1892-3,  he  was  president  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Medical  Association, 
and  was  received  with  a  warmth  strongly  in  contrast  with  the  coldness  of  the 
eight  years  before.  Since  then.  Dr.  Welch  has  been  one  of  the  trustees  of  the 
State  Medical  Society.     He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Delaware  State  Medical 


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Society,  and  of  the  American  Medical  Association  for  many  years.  He  was  the 
tirst  president  of  the  medical  staff  of  St.  Mary's  Hospital.  He  was  also  presi- 
dent of  the  Passaic  Board  of  Education  for  two  terms.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Author's  Guild,  of  New  York;  a  member  of  the  Delaware  Historical  So- 
ciety; and  of  the  National  Historical  Society;  and  vice-president  of  the  Key- 
port  National  Bank.  In  1899,  he  wrote  "Delaware  in  Colonial  Days,"  a  work 
which  created  much  interest  and  aroused  the  State  officials  of  Delaware,  to  pro- 
vide for  the  preservation  and  publication  of  all  the  ancient  documents  and  his- 
torical memoranda  to  be  found  therein.  Already,  several  volumes  have  been 
issued,  and  there  are  more  to  follow.  Besides  writing  many  medical  treatises 
on  current  topics.  Dr.  Welch  has  published  a  psychological  novel  entitled 
"Phantom  Days,"  and  a  book  of  verse,  "An  Age  Hence,"  and  has  completed  a 
novel,  dealing  with  a  tragedy  which  occurred  in  Passaic,  a  generation  ago.  He 
is  now  engaged  in  editing  his  mother's  "Reminiscences  of  Life  in  Delaware  in 
the  Nineteenth  Century,"  a  work  consisting  largely  of  genealogical  stories  of  the 
old  families  in  Sussex  county  before  the  Civil  War,  interspersed  with  anecdotes 
and  traditions  of  the  far-off  days  of  the  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  centuries,  in 
that  romantic  commonwealth. 

Dr.  Welch  married  Eunice  Morgan,  of  Sussex  county,  Delaware,  whose 
grandmother,  Eunice  Jefferson,  sister  of  Warren  Jefferson,  and  wife  of  William 
Morgan,  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Field  Jefferson,  brother  of  Peter 
Jefferson,  the  father  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  the  author  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  and  President  of  the  United  States.  Richard  Jefferson,  son  of 
Field  Jefferson,  and  grandsire  of  Warren  and  Eunice  Jefferson,  left  Virginia 
in  1740,  and  settled  in  Sussex  county,  Delaware,  where  he  received  a  grant  of 
land  known  as  "Poplar  Ridge,"  which  is  still  owned  by  the  family,  though  the 
fine  old  manor  house  was  destroyed  by  fire  some  years  ago.  Grand  old  trees, 
sentinels  of  the  past,  stand  about  the  grounds  where  the  ruins  are  heaped. 

Warren  Jefferson  was  a  noted  public  man  in  his  day,  holding  many  im- 
portant offices  of  the  State,  and  was  the  Democratic  nominee  for  governor  in 
1840.  James  H.  Morgan,  one  of  Mrs.  Welch's  relatives,  is  president  of  Dickin- 
son College ;  and  George  Morgan,  author  of  "The  True  Life  of  Patrick  Henry" 
and  of  "The  True  Life  of  Lafayette"  and  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Philadelphia 
"Record,"  now  engaged  in  writing  "The  Life  of  James  Monroe,"  is  another 
relative.  Mrs.  Welch's  great-grandfather,  Jacob  Morgan,  of  Virginia,  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  Army,  and  was  severely  wounded  in  the  battle  of 
Brandywine.  Her  mother,  Mary  Ann  (Rawlins)  Morgan,  was  the  daughter  of 
Lott  Rawlins  who  owned  the  woolen  mills  at  the  head  of  the  Nanticoke  river, 
the  only  woolen  mills  on  the  peninsula  south  of  Wilmington,  in  those  days. 
His  sons  became  bankers  and  well  known  public  officials.  The  family  is  widely 
scattered,  one  of  the  members,  General  John  A.  Rawlins,  was  Secretary  of  War 
under  General  Grant  in  1869. 

George  Morgan  Welch,  son  of  Dr.  George  Theodore  and  Eunice  (Morgan") 
Welch,  is  a  graduate  of  Cornell  University  and  of  the  New  York  Law  School, 
practicing  his  profession  in  New  York  City.  He  was  an  officer  of  the  Seventieth 
Coast  Artillery  during  the  World  War,  and  on  his  return  from  France,  was 
offered  the  commission  of  captain  in  the  United  States  Army,  which  he  declined, 
resuming  his  legal  work  in  New  York  City. 

He  married  Florence  Schoonmaker  in  1907,  and  their  daughter,  Dorothy 
Catherine,  is  a  student  in  Erasmus  Hall  High  School,  in  Brooklyn. 

RICHARD  (2)  MORRELL,  since  1881,  has  been  a  factor  in  the  business 
life  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  president  of  Campbell,  Morrell  &  Company,  Incor- 


204  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

porated,  the  largest  dealers  in  coal  and  construction  supplies  in  Northern  New 
Jersey,  and  an  eminent  citizen,  widely  known  for  his  prominence  in  the  inves- 
tigation of  New  Jersey's  water  problems  and  the  establishment  of  a  well-defined, 
comprehensive  policy  regulating  the  water  supply  of  the  State  and  safeguarding 
the  public  interest  therein.  He  is  a  descendant  of  John  Morrell,  and  a  son  of 
Richard  (1)  Morrell,  who  settled  in  Passaic  about  1836.  Richard  (1)  and 
Richard  (2)  Morrell  have  been  intimately  connected  with  the  development  of 
Passaic,  the  father  during  the  period  between  1836-1851,  the  son  during  a 
period  dating  from  1881. 

(I)  John  Morrell  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Gravesend,  Long  Island, 
under  the  Dutch  Government  at  New  Amsterdam,  in  1646,  where  he  was  allotted 
a  plantation  lot.  He  married,  in  October,  1650,  Elizabeth  Cornwell,  widow  of 
Thomas  Cornwell,  and  an  inventory  of  the  estate  was  made  January  15,  1656. 

(II)  John  (2)  Morrell,  eldest  son  of  John  (I)  and  Elizabeth  (Cornwell) 
Morrell,  was  born  in  Gravesend,  Long  Island,  about  1651.  After  his  father's 
death  he  evidently  sold  his  property  in  Gravesend  and  removed  to  Hempstead, 
Long  Island,  where  he  is  recorded  as  owning  a  fifty  acre  lot  in  1694. 

(III)  John  (3)  Morrell,  son  of  John  (2)  Morrell,  was  assessor  of  the 
town  of  Hempstead  for  many  successive  years  from  1778.  He  was  a  warden 
of  St.  George's  Church,  Hempstead,  1776-83,  and  an  important  citizen  of  the 
town. 

(I\')  John  (4)  Morrell,  son  of  John  (3)  Morrell,  married  (first)  Phoebe 
Thome,  daughter  of  Richard  Thorne,  of  North  Hempstead;  (second),  April 
20,  1785,  Ann  White,  by  whom  he  had  children:  Susan,  James,  Phoebe,  Eliza- 
beth, William,  Sarah,  Henry,  and  Richard,  of  further  mention. 

{V)  Richard  Morrell,  father  of  Richard  (2)  Morrell,  of  this  record, 
youngest  child  of  John  (4)  and  Ann  (White)  Morrell,  was  born  at  the  family- 
home  in  the  town  of  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  December  19,  1799.  His  educa- 
tional advantages  were  acquired  in  the  schools  of  that  neighborhood,  and  soon 
after  laying  aside  his  text  books,  he  engaged  as  a  clerk  in  the  wholesale  grocery- 
store  of  Richard  Williams,  in  New  York  City.  About  1836  he  became  a  resi- 
dent of  Paterson  Landing,  then  the  shipping  port  of  the  town  of  Paterson,  New 
Jersey,  now  the  city  of  Passaic.  In  this  year  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
Major  John  A.  Post,  trading  in  lumber  under  the  firm  name  of  Morrell  &  Post 
until  1851,  their  business  a  very  successful  one,  which  later  became  known  as 
the  Anderson  Lumber  Company.  Mr.  Morrell  was  an  intimate  friend  of  Isaac 
I.  \'anderbeck,  who  had  come  to  this  locality  In  1827  and  opened  a  grocery 
store,  which  he  conducted  until  1837.  He  then  retired  to  open  a  tavern,  con- 
tinuing its  popular  proprietor  until  the  fall  of  1841,  when,  largely  through  Mr. 
Morrell's  support,  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Passaic  county,  being  the  second 
man  to  hold  that  office.  In  addition  to  conducting  the  tavern  he  acted  as  post- 
master from  1838  to  1841,  being  succeeded  by  Mr.  Morrell,  who  held  that  posi- 
tion until  1854.  The  partnership  of  Morrell  &  Post  dissolved  in  1851,  Mr. 
Morrell  selling  out  to  the  Andersons.  In  the  same  year  Mr.  Morrell  and  Mr. 
\  anderbeck  formed  a  business  partnership,  establishing  in  the  lumber  business 
in  Jersey  City,  and  becoming  one  of  the  important  firms  there,  with  wharves 
and  yards  on  the  Jersey  City  water  front,  adjoining  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road Company's  terminal.  Mr.  Morrell  continued  active  in  the  business  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  1858,  Vanderbeck  &  Sons  succeeding  Morrell  & 
\  anderbeck. 

Richard  Morrell  was  not  only  an  energetic  business  man  of  extraordinary 
ability,  but  a  man  of  kindly  heart  and  helpful  disposition.  It  was  friendship 
that  led  to  the  partnership  between  him  and  Mr,  V^anderbeck,  which  resulted 


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favorably  for  both  men.  There  are  many  instances  of  his  deeds  of  iiindness 
and  interest  in  others,  one  striking  instance  being  recorded  in  "Postmasters 
of  Passaic,"  by  William  W.  Scott.  Another  instance,  not  entirely  philanthro- 
pic, but  helpful  to  those  going  to  California,  was  his  entering  into  a  partnership 
with  his  friends,  Cornelius  Vanderbilt  and  Minturn,  in  constructing  a  vessel, 
"The  Senator,"  which  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  steam  vessel  to  pass  through 
Magellan  Straits.  Such  were  his  fine  qualities  of  mind  and  heart  that  he  left 
an  indelible  impression  upon  all  who  came  into  contact  with  him. 

Richard  Morrell  married  (first)  in  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  in  1825, 
Mary  Elizabeth  Poole,  who  died  April  21,  1828.  Their  two  children  died 
young.  Mr.  Morrell  married  (second)  another  Miss  Poole,  a  sister  of  his  first 
wife,  at  Little  Neck,  Long  Island,  and  to  them  three  children  were  born,  two 
of  whom  died  in  the  early  years  of  childhood.  The  third  child,  Robert  Mor- 
rell, was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  February  21,  1836.  He  married  Sarah 
Latham  Mitchell,  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Latham  (2)  Mitchell,  (1832-1881), 
of  Great  Neck,  Long  Island,  and  granddaughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Latham  (I) 
Mitchell,  (1746-1831),  the  celebrated  physician,  statesman,  educator  and  diplo- 
mat. Richard  Morrell  married  (third)  Emily  Louise  Randol,  daughter  of 
Alanson  and  Mary  (Butterworth)  Randol,  of  Newburgh,  New  York,  sister  of 
Colonel  A.  M.  Randol,  United  States  Army.  She  was  born  in  Newburgh, 
August  11,  1830,  and  to  them  three  children  were  born,  two  of  whom  died  in 
infancy,  and  Richard  (2),  of  whom  further.  Richard  (I)  Morrell  died  at 
Manhasset,  Long  Island,  June  7,  1858.  His  widow  married  (second)  Dr. 
Richard  A.  Terhune,  son  of  Dr.  Garrit  and  Elizabeth  (Anderson-Zabriskie) 
Terhune,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  a  descendant  in  the  seventh  generation 
from  Albert  Albertson,  the  French  Huguenot,  who  immigrated  to  New  Amster- 
dam, now  New  York,  before  1640,  the  line  of  descent  being  Albert  (2)  ;  Rich- 
ard; Nicholas;  Richard  N.;  Dr.  Garrit  and  Dr.  Richard  A.  Terhune,  the 
husband  of  Emily  Louise  (Randol-Morrell)  Terhune. 

(VI)  Richard  (2)  Morrell,  only  son  of  Richard  (I)  Morrell  and  his 
third  wife,  Emily  Louise  (Randol)  Morrell,  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  Hudson 
county.  New  Jersey,  January  27,  1859.  His  early  education  was  acquired  in 
the  public  schools  of  Passaic,  the  Mount  Pleasant  Military  Academy,  at  Os- 
sining,  New  York,  and  in  the  Passaic  Classical  Institute.  Soon  after  leaving 
school  and  while  yet  in  his  teens,  he  became  a  clerk  in  a  banking  house  in  Wall 
street.  New  York,  where  through  application  and  fidelity  he  won  the  confidence 
of  his  employers  and  was  regarded  as  a  capable  young  business  man. 

In  1881  Mr.  Morrell  formed  a  partnership  with  David  Campbell,  Jr., 
collector  of  taxes,  in  the  town  of  Passaic,  conducting  a  grain  business  on 
Passaic  street.  The  firm  of  Campbell  &  Morrell  gradually  expanded  their 
interests,  and  during  the  following  six  years  developed  an  extensive  wholesale 
coal,  grain  and  building  material  trade.  In  1886  the  partnership  became  a 
corporation,  Campbell,  Morrell  &  Company,  and  soon  afterward  Richard 
Morrell  and  General  B.  W.  Spencer,  who  was  associated  with  Mr.  Morrell  at 
that  time,  purchased  the  stock  held  by  Mr.  Campbell,  and  the  business  was 
further  expanded.  In  1884  Richard  Morrell  secured  the  eastern  agency  for 
the  sale  of  the  anthracite  coal  mined  by  the  Erie  Railroad  Company,  and 
represented  the  Erie  coal  interests  from  the  mines  to  Jersey  City  for  some  time. 
During  that  period  the  firm  of  Campbell,  Morrell  &  Company  supplied  most 
of  the  large  mills  in  the  cities  of  Paterson,  Passaic,  and  other  manufacturing 
centers  of  Eastern  New  Jersey. 

About  this  time  Campbell,  Morrell  &  Company  built  a  railroad  from 
Rochelle  Park  connecting  the  New  York,   Susquehanna  &   Western   railroad 


206  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

with  their  plant  in  Passaic,  which  provided  the  big  mills  and  other  businesses 
with  railroad  facilities.  This  road  was  greatly  instrumental  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  eastern  or  manufacturing  section  of  Passaic.  Mr.  Morrell  was 
treasurer  of  the  road  for  a  number  of  years,  until  it  passed  into  the  hands 
of  the  Erie  railroad. 

Campbell,  Morrell  &  Company's  Interests  in  distributing  building  mate- 
rials, brick  and  cement  extended  largely  over  the  same  section,  their  plants 
being  located  on  the  western  bank  of  the  Passaic  river  at  the  extreme  head  of 
navigation,  and  at  the  terminal  of  the  New  York,  Susquehanna  &  Western 
railroad.  The  company  is  perhaps  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  State  of  New 
Jersey  at  the  present  time.  In  addition  to  its  railroad  activities,  Campbell, 
Morrell  ^^  Company  was  identified  with  early  trolley  and  electric  light  develop- 
ment, being  at  one  time  owners  of  the  electric  light  plant.  Mr.  Morrell  was 
treasurer  of  the  electric  trolley  road  between  Passaic  and  Belleville. 

Besides  his  commercial  interests,  Mr.  Morrell  has  been  identified  with  a 
number  of  other  enterprises  in  Passaic  and  the  surrounding  community.  His 
leadership  as  a  citizen  of  Passaic  has  been  of  a  pronounced  type,  and  he  has 
given  freely  both  of  his  time  and  means  to  all  things  for  the  welfare  of  the 
city.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Guarantee,  Mortgage  &  Title  Insurance  Company, 
and  has  served  for  a  great  many  years  as  treasurer  of  the  Passaic  General 
Hospital,  an  institution  of  which  his  step-father  was  one  of  the  founders.  Mr. 
Morrell  has  been  active  in  leading  degree  in  civic  affairs  in  Passaic,  one  of  the 
avenues  of  his  service  the  Passaic  Board  of  Trade,  in  whose  work  he  took  re- 
sponsible part  as  director  and  officer  until  it  was  reorganized  as  the  Passaic 
Chamljer  of  Commerce.  He  was  elected  the  first  president  of  the  latter  body, 
and  upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  was  reelected  for  a  second  year  (1922'). 
Under  Mr.  Morrell's  leadership  the  organization  has  been  markedly  success- 
ful and  has  entered  upon  a  broadening  program  of  usefulness.  He  was  elected 
school  commissioner  from  the  Second  Ward  of  Passaic  in  1881,  a  candidate 
on  the  Independent  ticket,  and  the  youngest  man  ever  elected  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Education  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  His  services  during  his  first  term 
were  appreciated  and  he  was  re-elected,  being  endorsed  by  both  political  parties. 
In  1887  he  was  appointed  police  justice  by  Mayor  Dr.  Charles  M.  Howe,  and 
discharged  the  duties  of  that  office  for  a  number  of  years.  The  office  was 
urged  upon  Mr.  Morrell,  then  a  young  man,  by  Mayor  Howe,  who  empha- 
sized its  opportunities  for  service  and  its  value  as  a  training  school  of  experi- 
ence. Looking  back  to  that  period  after  a  lapse  of  thirty-five  years,  Mr.  Mor- 
rell states  that  from  that  time  there  dates  a  knowledge  of  and  sympathy  with 
human  nature,  a  breadth  of  vision,  to  which  he  attributes  a  generous  measure 
of  the  success  which  he  has  achieved. 

In  1879,  when  twenty  years  of  age,  he  took  a  leading  part  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  Company  B,  Fourth  Regiment,  National  Guard,  State  of  New  Jersey. 
This  company  became  known  as  the  Passaic  Guards,  and  was  the  first  company 
of  the  State  Militia  organized  in  the  city.  Mr.  Morrell  finally  resigned  his 
commission  as  first  lieutenant,  which  he  had  earned  through  successive  pro- 
motion, because  his  business  interests  demanded  his  time. 

After  the  floods  of  1902  and  1903,  which  wrought  such  damage  in  the 
Passaic  Valley,  a  bill  was  passed  by  the  New  Jersey  Legislature,  creating 
the  Northern  New  Jersey  Flood  Commission.  The  first  commission  appointed 
under  that  act  was  composed  of  Franklin  Van  Winkle,  of  Paterson;  John 
M.  Bell,  of  Rutherford;  Marshall  O.  Leighton,  of  Montclair;  Morris  R. 
Sherrerd,  of  Newark,  and  Mr.  Morrell.  The  commission  made  exhaustive 
study  of  the  Northern  New  Jersey  streams  and  water-sheds,  and  investigated 


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closely  different  projects  for  controlling  flood  waters.  They  submitted  a 
report  on  March  4,  1904,  to  Governor  Murphy  and  the  Legislature,  with  the 
result  that  the  attention  of  eminent  engineers  and  legislators  from  all  parts 
of  the  country  were  attracted  to  it  and  the  demand  for  copies  of  the  report 
soon  exhausted  ,the  edition.  Later  an  act  was  passed  creating  the  Passaic 
River  Flood  Commission,  with  membership  the  same  as  the  Northern  New 
Jersey  Flood  Commission.  Of  this  second  commission  Mr.  Morrell  was 
elected  president. 

Following  the  reports  of  these  two  commissions,  and  the  recommendations 
made  by  Governor  Stokes  based  upon  those  reports,  came  the  creation  of  the 
State  Water  Supply  Commission.  Governor  Stokes  appointed  to  that  commis- 
sion the  following:  Former  Governor  Foster  M.  Voorhees,  of  Elizabeth; 
Harry  R.  Humphreys,  of  Camden ;  George  F.  Wright,  of  Paterson ;  J.  H. 
Bacheller,  of  Newark,  and  Mr.  Morrell.  This  commission  has  closely  in- 
vestigated the  question  of  flood  control  and  potable  water  conservation,  and 
from  his  seven  years'  connection  with  the  three  commissions  Mr.  Morrell 
has  written  most  fully,  clearly  and  ably  the  facts  as  the  commissions  found 
them  and  the  suggested  action  to  prevent  future  disaster  through  adequate 
storage,  careful  regulation,  and  proper  distribution  of  the  waters  of  the  State 
of  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Morrell's  club  memberships  are  in:  The  Engineers'  Club 
of  New  York ;  The  Passaic  City  Club ;  the  Acquackanonk  Club ;  the  Passaic 
Republican  Club  and  the  Rotary  ClCub. 

Richard  (2)  Morrell  married,  July  29,  1885,  Josephine  A.  Willett, 
daughter  of  John  A.  and  Jane  Ann  (Torrey)  Willett,  of  Passaic,  her 
father  a  former  mayor  of  Passaic,  and  at  one  time  president  of  the  Pas- 
saic National  Bank.  Richard  (2)  and  Josephine  A.  (Willett)  Morrell  are 
the  parents  of  two  children :    Louise  Willett  and  Richard  Willett. 


JOHN  R.  MacCULLOCH— Archibald  MacCulloch,  the  grandfather  of 
John  R.  MacCulloch,  was  a  resident  of  Ayrshire,  a  maritime  county  of  Scotland, 
where  he  spent  the  whole  of  his  life  as  a  farmer.  He  married  and  had  three 
sons  and  two  daughters :  John  and  Robert,  both  of  whom  came  to  the  L^nited 
States  and  settled  in  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  latter,  Rdbert  MacCulloch, 
served  in  the  Confederate  Army  during  the  Rebellion.  He  had  learned  the 
gun  and  locksmith  trade  in  his  native  land,  which  line  of  work  he  also  pursued 
after  settling  in  the  town  of  Louisville.  Some  of  the  present  day  descendants 
of  these  two  settlers  now  reside  in  the  city  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Elizabeth  and 
Marie  MacCulloch  also  emigrated  to  this  country  and  likewise  settled  in  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky,  where  the  former  married  a  Mr.  Adams,  and  had  one  son. 
Marie  likewise  married  in  the  city  of  Louisville,  and  reared  a  family  of  sons 
and  daughters. 

Richard  MacCulloch,  son  of  Archibald  MacCulloch,  was  torn  in  Ayrshire, 
Scotland,  in  1832.  Soon  after  attaining  manhood  he  became  engaged  in  the 
metal  working  trade,  in  which  line  of  work  he  became  well  known  for  his 
craftsmanship.    He  died  in  the  month  of  April,  1875,  in  Ayrshire,  Scotland. 

Richard  MacCulloch  married  Elizabeth  Woods,  born  about  1835,  in  Ayr- 
shire, Scotland,  where  she  spent  the  major  portion  of  her  life's  career.  She 
died  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Elizabeth,  in  the  city  of  Belfast,  Ireland. 

Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Woods)  MacCulloch  had  the  following  children: 
1.  Jane,  who  married  John  Short,  and  with  her  husband  settled  in  the  city 
of  Belfast,  Ireland.  2.  Archibald,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Ayrshire.  He 
became  engaged  as  a  marine  engineer.  He  married  and  settled  with  his  family 
in  the  city  of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  and  had  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters. 


208  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

3.  Catharine,  who  married  George  Adams,  and  settled  with  her  husband  in  the 
city  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  where  her  husband  was  for  a  number  of  years  foreman 
in  a  large  linen  manufacturing  establishment.  4.  John  Rc/bert,  of  whom 
forward. 

John  Robert  MacCulloch,  son  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Woods)  MacCul- 
loch,  was  born  at  Troon,  in  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  May  12,  1863.  During  his 
early  boyhood  his  parents  removed  to  the  city  of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  where  he 
attended  the  public  schools  until  his  fourteenth  year,  and  soon  thereafter  became 
engaged  at  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  marine  engineering,  having  served  an 
apprenticeship  of  five  years,  and  upon  receiving  his  master's  certificate  as  a 
full-fledged  marine  engineer,  he  immediately  accepted  a  position  as  a  marine 
engineer  on  board  an  ocean-going  steamship,  and  during  the  next  six  years  had 
made  many  voyages  abroad,  visiting  the  different  seaports  of  North  and  South 
American  countries.  During  this  period,  young  MacCulloch  experienced  many 
of  the  perils  and  dangers  of  a  seafaring  life,  and  upon  one  occasion,  had  been 
with  his  ship  held  ice-bound  off  the  coast  of  Newfoundland  for  a  period  of  over 
seven  weeks.  In  1887  he  relinquished  marine  engineering  and  settled  in  Hamil- 
ton, Ontario  county,  Canada,  where  he  was  for  sometime  engaged  as  a  mechan- 
ical engineer,  and  later  became  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  In  1890  John 
R.  MacCulloch  entered  the  United  States  and  settled  in  the  city  of  Paterson, 
Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  found  employment  in  the  Rogers  Loco- 
motive Works,  and  continued  there  during  the  next  four  years.  He  next  entered 
the  locomotive  works  of  the  Cook  Locomotive  Company,  in  the  capacity  of 
hydraulic  engineer,  and  chief  millwright.  He  later  became  engaged  in  the 
capacity  of  engineer  and  machinist  in  the  Miller  Silk  Mills,  in  the  city  of 
Paterson.  In  1891  he  located  in  the  city  of  Dover,  Delaware,  where  he  was 
chief  engineer  and  manager  in  a  braid  manufacturing  plant.  In  1898  Mr.  Mac- 
Culloch returned  to  the  city  of  Paterson,  where  he  again  became  engaged  in  his 
chosen  line  of  work.  He  next  became  employed  with  the  Passaic  Woolen 
Company,  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  in  the  capacity  of  master  mechanic  and  engi- 
neer, and  while  employed  there  devised  and  constructed  one  of  the  smallest 
woolen  carding  machines  ever  built  in  this  country  to  be  used  as  a  specimen  or 
sample  by  the  Passaic  Woolen  Company. 

In  1903  John  R.  MacCulloch  came  to  Lodi,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey, 
where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Boettger  Piece  Dye  Works,  which  have 
since  become  renowned  as  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works  of  Lodi.  Here  Mr. 
MacCulloch  assumed  the  duties  of  chief  engineer  and  master  mechanic,  the  re- 
sponsibilities of  which  position  he  has  faithfully  performed  up  to  the  present 
time  (1920).  Since  his  settlement  in  Lodi,  he  has  become  actively  identified 
with  the  social  and  civic  interests  of  the  borough,  and  also  took  an  active 
interest  in  educational  affairs.  His  first  political  office  was  as  a  member  of  the 
Borough  Council,  and  also  as  a  member  of  the  Borough  School  Board.  In 
November,  1919,  John  R.  MacCulloch  was  nominated  as  a  candidate  on  the 
independent  ticket  for  the  office  of  mayor  of  the  city  of  Lodi,  to  which  he  was 
elected  by  a  substantial  majority.  Fraternally,  Mr.  MacCulloch  is  an  active 
member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  Centennial  Chapter,  No.  54,  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  the  Lodi  Council,  1284,  of  the  Royal  Arcanum.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Paterson  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of  Paterson,  New 
Jersey.  Professionally  he  is  an  active  member  of  the  Stationary  Engineers' 
Association  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  and  also  of  the  Craftsmen's  Council  of  the 
city  of  Paterson. 

John   R.    MacCulloch   married    at   Wilkes-Barre,    Pennsylvania,   July   9, 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  209 

1917,  Sadie  Rush  Moyer,  born  in  the  borough  of  Catawissa,  Columbia  county, 
Pennsylvania,  May  15,  1887,  daughter  of  Hiram  T.  and  Rachel  Emma 
(Styers)  Moyer.  The  former  was  a  native  of  the  Keystone  State,  and  is  a  des- 
cendant from  an  old  Colonial  family  of  Quakers.  His  wife,  Emma  (Styers) 
Moyer,  was  born  at  Columbia  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  is  a  collateral  descen- 
dant from  Doctor  Benjamin  Rush,  one  of  the  immortal  signers  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  (See  reference  to  Doctor 
Benjamin  Rush,  following).  John  R.  and  Sadie  Rush  (Moyer)  MacCul- 
loch  have  one  child,   Elizabeth   Rush,   born   December  21,    1919. 


RUSH  FAMILY — Dr.  Benjamin  Rush  was  born  near  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania,  December  24,  1745.  He  received  his  degree  of  A.  B. 
from  Princeton  College  before  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age.  Soon  after 
attaining  his  majority  he  went  to  Edinburgh,  London,  and  Paris,  where  he  dis- 
tinguished himself  as  a  Greek  and  Latin  scholar.  On  his  return  to  Philadelphia 
he  was  elected  professor  of  chemistry  in  the  college  of  the  city.  Among  his 
colleagues  at  that  noted  institution  were  Drs.  Shippen,  Morgan,  Kuhn  and 
Bond.  When  the  institution  was  changed  into  a  university.  Doctor  Rush  was 
made  professor  of  the  institution  and  practice  of  medicine,  and  continued  as  a 
public  teacher  of  physics  for  forty-four  years.  He  was  always  ready  to  adopt 
new  theories,  and  his  favorite  maxim  was :  "We  think  our  father's  fools  so 
wise  we  grow.  Our  wiser  sons,  I  hope  will  think  us  so." 

Having  been  a  great  advocate  of  blood-letting,  his  theories  were  put  to  the 
test  during  the  year  1793,  when  Philadelphia  was  desolated  by  the  yellow  fever 
scourge.  Four  thousand  people  were  swept  away,  and  there  were  over  six 
thousand  people  sick  with  the  distemper  and  only  three  physicians  to  attend 
them.  The  streets  everywhere  showed  marks  of  distress.  Everyone  was  in 
search  of  a  doctor  or  an  undertaker.  The  hearse  alone  kept  up  the  remembrance 
of  the  noise  of  carriages  on  the  roads,  and  carts  filled  with  the  bodies  of  dead 
met  the  eye  on  every  side.  Doctor  Rush  was  so  successful  in  his  treatment 
among  his  patients,  that  the  following  entry  is  to  be  found  in  his  diary:  "I 
thank  God  that  out  ,of  one  hundred  patients  I  have  visited,  today,  I  have  lost 
none."  So  great  were  the  demands  upon  him  that  hundreds  of  patients  were 
turned  away  from  his  house  each  day,  and  he  was  forced  to  ride  about  town  in 
a  closed  carriage.  During  the  epidemic  he  was  taken  ill  himself,  and  upon  his 
recovery  he  was  urged  by  his  friends  to  leave  town.  His  reply  was :  "I  will 
stick  to  my  principles  and  my  patients  to  the  last  extremity." 

Doctor  Benjamin  Rush  was  the  founder  of  the  Philadelphia  Dispensary, 
the  oldest  in  this  country.  He  was  greatly  opposed  to  hanging  and  wrote  many 
essays  arguing  that  a  murderer  should  be  imprisoned  for  life  instead  of  put 
to  death. 

He  was  an  active  supporter  of  the  popular  cause  in  the  Revolution,  and 
was  elected  a  member  of  Congress  in  1776,  and  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence.  In  the  same  year  he  married  Julie  Stockton,  a 
daughter  of  Judge  Richard  Stockton,  of  New  Jersey. 

In  1777  he  was  appointed  surgeon-general  and  physician-general  of  the 
army.  He  acquired  distinction  as  a  writer  on  medicine,  philosophy,  political 
affairs,  etc.  He  voted  for  the  adoption  of  the  constitution  of  the  United  States 
in  the  State  Convention  which  met  in  1787.  In  1789  he  became  professor  of  the 
theory  and  practice  of  medicine  in  the  medical  college  of  Philadelphia.  He  was 
appointed  professor  of  the  Institute  of  medicine  in  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania in  1791,  when  the  medical  college  was  united  with  the  LTniversity.  He 
was  a  popular  lecturer,  and  was  eminently  qualified  as  a  teacher  of  medical 


210  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

science  by  his  fluency  of  expression  as  well  as  his  profound  learning.  He  was 
treasurer  of  the  Mint  during  the  last  fourteen  years  in  his  life;  was  president 
of  the  Society  for  the  Abolition  of  Slavery,  and  vice-president  of  the  Bible 
Society  of  Philadelphia.  He  was  distinguished  for  his  industry,  benevolence 
and  piety.  In  181 1  the  Emperor  of  Russia  sent  him  a  diamond  ring  as  a  testi- 
monial of  respect  for  his  medical  skill.  Among  his  writings  are  "Medical  In- 
quiries and  Observations,"  2  vols.  (1788-93)  and  a  "Treatise  on  Diseases  of 
the  Mind,"  (1812).  He  died  in  Philadelphia,  in  April,  1813,  leaving  about 
nine  children,  among  whom  was  Richard  Rush,  the  statesman. 

Jacob  Rush,  LL.  D.,  an  American  jurist,  born  in  1746,  was  a  brother  of 
the  celebrated  Doctor  Rush.  He  was  president  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas 
for  Philadelphia.    He  died  in  1820. 

Richard  Rush,  an  American  statesman,  born  in  Philadelphia,  in  August, 
1780,  was  a  son  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush.  He  graduated  at  Princeton  College 
in  1797,  studied  law,  and  was  appointed  comptroller  of  the  treasury  by  Presi- 
dent Madison.  He  was  attorney-general  of  the  United  States  from  February, 
1814,  to  March.  1817.  In  the  latter  year  he  was  sent  by  President  Monroe  as 
minister-plenipotentiary.  After  he  had  negotiated  several  important  treaties, 
he  returned  in  1825.  He  served  as  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  from  March,  1825, 
to  March,  1829.  He  was  nominated  for  the  vice-presidency  by  the  friends  of 
John  Quincy  Adams  in  1828,  and  received  eighty-three  electoral  votes,  but  was 
not  elected.'  In  1836  he  was  sent  to  England  as  a  special  agent  or  commis- 
sioner by  the  President.  He  was  appointed  minister  to  France  in  1847,  and 
was  the  first  of  the  foreign  ministers  at  Paris  to  recognize  the  French  Republic 
formed  in  1848.  He  resigned  his  office  in  1849,  and  retired  from  the  public 
service.  He  published  in  1833,  "Memorials  of  a  Residence  at  the  Court  of 
Saint  James,"  another  volume  on  the  same  subject  in  1845,  and  "Washington  in 
Domestic  Life,"  (1857).     Died  in  Philadelphia,  in  July,  1859. 

James  Rush,  a  son  of  Doctor  Benjamin  Rush,  born  in  Philadelphia,  in 
1786,  was  author  of  a  treatise  entitled,  "Philosophy  of  the  Human  Voice," 
(1827)  ;  ("sixth  edition  1867),  which  has  been  highly  commended;  and  of  other 
works.  About  1840  he  married  Miss  Ridgway,  daughter  of  Jacob  Ridgway,  a 
noted  millionaire.  He  died  in  1869,  leaving  by  his  will  about  one  million  dol- 
lars for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  free  public  library  in  Philadelphia. 

DAVID  CARLISLE — In  Lisburn,  a  town  of  Ireland,  six  miles  from 
Belfast,  Rev.  John  Carlisle  was  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  church  for  over 
half  a  century,  his  life  beine  given  to  ministerial  work  in  Ireland.  He  married 
Maria  Harpur,  and  to  this  Scotch-Irish  couple  were  born  three  children:  Mar- 
garet, who  married  William  Lester,  of  Belfast,  Ireland;  David,  of  further 
mention  ;  and  Ann,  deceased  wife  of  Conway  Scott,  of  Belfast,  Ireland. 

David  Carlisle,  only  son  of  Rev.  John  and  Maria  (Harpur)  Carlisle,  v/as 
born  in  Lisburn,  May  24,  1844.  He  spent  the  first  twenty-five  years  of  his 
life  in  Belfast,  there  securing  a  good  education  and  gaining  business  experience 
as  a  bank  clerk.  In  1869  he  came  to  the  United  States  as  agent  for  the  Brook- 
firld  Linen  Company,  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  and  established  business  headquarters 
in  New  York  City.  In  1870  he  made  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  his  residence,  but 
retained  his  business  offices  in  New  York.  He  continued  American  representa- 
tive for  the  Brookfields  for  a  number  of  years,  then  became  an  importer  of 
linens,  operating  under  his  own  name  from  about  1890.  He  specialized  in  Irish, 
Enf^lish  and  Scotch  linens,  and  was  very  successful  in  his  business,  finally 
retiring  in  1901. 

Mr.  Carlisle  was  a  director  of  the  Passaic  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Com- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  211 

pany  for  a  number  of  years,  and  at  his  death  was  president  of  the  Passaic 
National  Bank.  He  served  the  Brighton  Mills  of  Passaic  as  a  director,  and 
was  a  man  of  the  highest  business  quality.  He  was  a  member  of  the  First 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Passaic  and  one  of  its  board  of  trustees,  was 
treasurer  for  many  years  and  superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school.  He  was 
the  first  president  of  the  Kenilworth  Society,  president  of  the  Passaic  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  at  his  death,  and  for  many  years  was  a  member  of 
the  Merchant  and  the  Reform  clubs  of  New  York  City. 

David  Carlisle  married,  June  1,  1876,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Emmeline 
Jenkins  Howe,  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Emmeline  B.  (Jenkins)  Howe. 
Children:  Emmeline  Howe,  married  W.  H.  Hill,  of  Buffalo,  New  York; 
Anne  Scott,  married  R.  R.  Young,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey;  Marian  Harpur, 
married  R.  R.  Goodlatte,  of  Warwick,  New  York;  and  John  Howe,  a  sketch  of 
whom  follows.     David  Carlisle  died  Septemher  10,  1903,  at  Passaic. 

JOHN  HOWE  CARLISLE,  only  son  of  David  and  Emmeline  Jenkins 
(Howe)  Carlisle,  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  July  5,  1887.  He  acquired 
his  early  education  in  the  schools  of  Passaic,  and  after  graduating  from  the 
high  school  in  this  city  in  1905,  he  matriculated  at  Williams  College,  from 
which  institution  he  won  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  In  1909.  Having  in 
the  meantime  determined  on  a  medical  career,  he  entered  Columbia  Medical 
College,  and  was  graduated  In  1913,  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 
For  the  following  two  and  one-half  years  he  devoted  his  time  exclusively  to 
surgery  at  the  Roosevelt  Hospital,  and  then  entered  Sloane  Hospital,  both  of 
New  York  City,  where  he  was  obstetrician  for  four  months.  At  the  end  of  this 
time  he  returned  to  Passaic  and  here  followed  his  profession  until  May  21, 
1917,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  medical  department  of  the  United  States  army. 
He  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  and  sent  to  Base  Hospital  No.  15,  at 
Chaumont,  France,  where  he  remained  from  August  15,  1918,  to  January  15, 
1919.  While  here  he  devoted  himself  entirely  to  surgery  and  was  promoted  to 
captain  in  October,  1918.  In  the  latter  part  of  Fe'bruary,  1919,  Dr.  Carlisle 
sailed  for  this  country,  and  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  service,  March 
6,  1919.  Three  months  later  he  resumed  his  practice  here.  Dr.  Carlisle  is  an 
attending  surgeon  to  the  Passaic  General  Hospital ;  Is  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association,  the  New  Jersey  State  Medical  Association,  the  Passaic 
County  Medical  Society,  and  the  Passaic  Practitioners'  Club,  and  of  the  alumni 
of  Roosevelt  and  Sloane  hospitals,  New  York  City.  He  also  holds  membership 
in  the  Yountakah  Country  Club,  and  the  Kappa  Alpha  fraternity  of  Williams 
College. 

On  April  12,  1919,  at  Passaic,  Dr.  Carlisle  was  united  In  marriage  with 
Olive  Guthrie  Benson,  daughter  of  Robert  Dix  and  Harriet  (Granger)  Benson, 
of  Passaic.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Carlisle  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  David,  born 
September  2,  1920.    The  family  home  Is  at  No.  88  Boulevard,  Passaic. 

JOHN  COLLINS — The  passing  of  Mr.  Collins,  president  of  the  John 
Collins  Company,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  brought  to  a  close  a  life  marked  by 
its  peacefulness,  calmness  and  kindness,  and  removed  from  the  community  a 
substantial  and  highly-esteemed  citizen.  He  held  an  important  position  in  the 
business  life  of  Passaic,  and  In  the  public  life  of  Wallington,  a  suburb.  He 
never  sought  the  limelight,  hut  it  was  more  In  the  spirit  of  resignation  that  he 
gave  his  time  and  ability  to  the  public.  But  he  was  Intensely  public-spirited, 
and  his  desire  was  to  "lend  a  hand"  and  be  of  benefit  to  his  fellowmen. 

Thomas  Coxon  Collins,  father  of  John  Collins,  was  born  In  Birmingham, 


212  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

England,  December  21,  1838,  and  died  in  Toronto,  Canada,  September  6,  1887. 
He  came  to  this  country  in  1869,  and  was  associated  with  Cassidy  &  Son,  brass 
linishcrs,  until  he  founded  the  T.  C.  Collins  Company  in  Toronto,  and  thus 
continued  until  his  death.  He  married  Phyllis  Wills,  born  in  England,  who 
died  March  1,  1918.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Collins  were  born  seven  children: 
Thomas  R.,  for  many  years  until  his  death  in  1911  associated  with  his  brother 
John  in  business ;  Bessie ;  Ada,  who  married  Donald  M.  Henderson ;  John,  of 
further  mention;  \\'alter;  George,  and  William. 

John  Collins  was  born  August  19,  1873,  in  Toronto,  Canada,  and  there 
attended  the  public  schools.  After  finishing  his  studies  he  entered  the  employ 
of  Robert  Ldcke,  at  Toronto,  and  there  served  an  apprenticeship  to  the  plumb- 
er's trade,  later  entering  the  employ  of  Bennett  &  Wright,  master  plumbers  of 
Toronto.  On  January  6,  1896,  John  Collins  came  to  the  United  States  and 
joined  his  brother,  Thomas  R.  Collins,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  During  the 
months  that  followed  he  was  in  the  employ  of  W.  S.  Clearwater,  as  a  journey- 
man plumber,  then,  in  association  with  his  brother,  established  in  business  as  a 
master  plumber,  in  the  Hobart  Trust  building.  Later  the  brothers  moved  to 
No.  15  Howe  avenue,  where  ten  years  later  Mr.  Collins  built  a  two-story  brick 
structure  and  there  continued  until  his  retirement.  After  the  death  of  Thomas 
R.  Collins  in  1911.  John  Collins  continued  the  business  alone.  Among  the 
public  buildings  and  private  residences  in  which  Mr.  Collins  installed  both  the 
plumbing  and  heating  apparatus  are:  The  Hobart  Trust  Company;  the  First 
Reformed  Church;  the  Casino  Hotel,  at  Midland  Beach,  New  York;  Hopper 
building,  at  Paterson,  New  Jersey:  Rutherford  High  School,  at  Rutherford, 
New  Jersey;  Gera  Mills  Office  building;  the  residences  of  W^illiam  F.  Gaston, 
Christian  Bahnsen,  Henr}'  Richardson,  and  James  A.  Cadmus ;  the  Sanitary 
building  of  the  New  Jersey  Worsted  Spinning  Company,  Garfield,  New  Jer- 
sey;  also  the  plumbing  and  heating  in  the  Passaic  Worsted  Spinning  Company. 

The  thorough  business  qualifications  of  Mr.  Collins  have  always  been  in 
great  demand  on  boards  of  directors,  and  his  public  spirit  led  him  to  accept 
many  such  trusts.  He  was  director  of  the  Clifton  Interstate  Company;  director 
of  the  George  Washington  Land  Company ;  director  of  the  Wallington  Land 
Company;  president  and  director  of  the  Wallington  Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation, and  president  of  the  Wallington  Exempt  Firemen's  Association.  In 
politics  Mr.  Collins  was  a  Republican  and  always  took  a  keen  and  active  part 
in  the  affairs  of  the  organization,  serving  during  the  years  1918-1919  as  mayor 
of  Wallington.  He  affiliated  with  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons :  and  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Pas- 
saic Lodge,  No.  387.  He  attended  the  First  Reformed  Church  of  Passaic,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  clubs. 

On  January  1,  1922,  John  Collins  retired  as  head  of  the  John  Collins 
Plumbing  Company,  the  business  then  being  taken  over  by  his  son,  Elmer  C. 
Collins,  and  brother,  George  Collins.  He  was  for  many  years  president  of  the 
Passaic  Master  Plumbers'  Association,  and  was  foreman  of  the  Hose  Company 
No.  I,  of  W.illingtnn  ;  jjresidcnt  of  the  Wallington  Exempt  Firemen's  Associa- 
tion until  1920;  a  member  of  the  New  York  State  Firemen's  Association; 
and  a  life  member  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Exempt  Firemen's  Association. 
During  his  residence  in  Wallington,  Mr.  Collins  lived  at  No.  173  Maple  ave- 
nue. He  became  interested  in  real  estate  in  the  borough,  and  with  his  brother, 
Thomas  R..  and  William  De\'ogel,  organized  the  Wallington  Land  Companv, 
which  developed  a  large  tract  of  land  in  the  hill  section  near  Public  School 
No.  2.  This  tract  is  known  as  the  Wagner  tract,  and  includes  such  streets  as 
Park  Row,  Kossuth  street.  Mount  Pleasant  avenue,  Szepes  avenue,  and  Zarrow 


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street.  Undeveloped  lands  in  Wallington  are  still  held  by  the  company,  John 
taking  over  Thomas's  share  at  the  death  of  the  latter.  For  tyenty-seven  years 
since  its  organization  Mr.  Collins  was  a  member  of  the  Wallington  Building 
and  Loan  Association.  He  was  president  of  it  from  1912  to  1921,  and  was  a 
director  for  many  years.  In  November,  1917,  he  ran  for  mayor,  and  was 
elected  to  a  two-years'  term  in  the  borough.  He  did  not  seek  election,  the  citi- 
zens forcing  him  into  it,  and  would  not  consider  re-election,  since  he  planned  to 
move  to  Passaic,  which  he  did  on  May  8,  1920.  The  development  of  the 
Wallington  water  plant  was  one  of  Mr.  Collins'  hobbies.  He  was  taken  up 
with  the  plans  for  the  plant  and  was  the  man  who  made  all  the  original  tap- 
pings for  water  main  connections  in  the  borough  of  Wallington — meaning,  of 
course,  the  first  connections  with  the  system. 

On  December  20,  1899,  at  home,  Rev.  Dr.  Vennema  officiating,  John 
Collins  married  Annie  Vander  Vliet,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and  Aggie  Vander 
\'liet,  her  mother  deceased,  her  father  living  at  the  age  of  ninety,  having  been 
a  resident  of  Wallington  sixty  years.  Mrs.  Collins  survives  her  husband 
with  three  of  their  foui\  children:  Elmer  Clifford,  born  September  21, 
1900,  his  father's  successor  in  business;  Edna  May,  born  September  28, 
1902;  Mabel  Evelyn,  born  June  12,  1905,  and  died  February  14,  1907;  and 
Phyllis  Grace,  born  November  14,  1909.  The  family  home  is  at  No.  89 
Park  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Collins  died  May  11,  1922,  and 
was  laid  at  rest  in  Cedar  Lawn  Cemetery  on  May  15. 

JOHN  JOSEPH  ROEGNER  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  March 
19,  1895.  He  is  the  son  of  George  (deceased)  and  Annie  (O'Brien)  Roegner, 
pioneer  residents  of  Passaic. 

He  was  educated  in  the  Passaic  public  schools,  and  graduated  from  Passaic 
High  School ;  he  entered  Seton  Hall  College  at  South  Orange,  New  Jersey,  and 
from  there  enrolled  in  Fordham  University,  from  which  latter  institution  he 
studied  law  and  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  Mr.  Roegner  is  now 
practicing  his  profession  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  with  Edwrad  A.  Levy,  under 
the  firm  name  and  style  of  Roegner  &  Levy.  During  the  World  War,  he  en- 
listed on  April  30,  1917,  and  served  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  48th  Infantry  of  the 
United  States  Regular  Army  until  honorably  discharged  in  the  early  part  of 
1919.  Mr.  Roegner  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  in  November,  1920,  was 
elected  assemblyman  from  Passaic  county.  He  was  re-elected  in  November, 
1921,  and  is  now  serving  his  second  term.  He  is  a  member  of  several  societies 
and  clubs,  and  a  member  of  St.  Nicholas'  Catholic  Church. 

Mr.  Roegner  was  married  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  on  April  30,  1918,  to 
Melva  Frances  Bell,  daughter  of  Charles  E.  and  Lulu  A.  (Bogart)  Bell,  of 
Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roegner  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter, 
Jeanne  Melva  Roegner,  born  December  21,  1919. 


DR.  DAVID  EDWARD  W^ARREN,  who  has  been  successfully  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  since  1907,  is  well  known 
as  a  representative  of  that  class  of  professional  men  who  utilize  the  most 
advanced  methods  of  medical  science,  his  broad  reading  and  earnest  study 
keeping  him  in  touch  with  advancement  that  is  being  continually  made  in  the 
profession.  Dr.  Warren  was  born  in  Elmira,  New  York,  September  7,  1868,  a 
son  of  Archie  J.  and  Anna  E.  (Carpenter)  Warren,  both  deceased,  the  former 
a  native  of  Cold  Springs,  New  York,  the  latter  of  Orange  county. 

David  Edward  Warren  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place, 
being  graduated  from  the  high  school  in  1886.     Afterwards  wishing  to  prepare 


214  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

for  the  practice  of  medicine,  he  entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons 
at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  subsequently  matriculating  at  the  University  of  Buf- 
falo, where  he  was  graduated  in  1893  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 
The  next  ten  years  he  spent  in  practice  as  a  member  of  the  staff  of  the  Long 
Island  State  Hospital,  Brooklyn,  New  York.  Thinking,  however,  to  try  his 
fortune  in  private  practice  he  located  in  Trenton,  New  York,  where  he  engaged 
in  active  practice  for  three  years.  In  1907  he  came  to  Passaic  and  has  been 
practicing  here  continuously  since,  specializing  in  nervous  and  mental  diseases. 
His  ability  as  a  nerve  specialist  is  widely  recognized  and  is  attested  in  the 
liberal  practice  now  accorded  him.  Anything  which  tends  to  ibring  to  man  the 
key  to  the  complex  mystery  which  we  call  life  is  of  interest  to  him,  and  his 
reading  has  been  wide  and  varied. 

On  October  14,  1918,  Dr.  Warren  enlisted  in  the  medical  department  of 
the  United  States  army,  and  was  commissioned  captain.  He  was  ordered  to 
Camp  Gordon,  neuro-psychiatric  division,  base  hospital,  where  he  remained 
three  months,  later  going  to  St.  Elizabeth's  Hospital  for  the  insane,  Washing- 
ton, D,  C,  where  he  remained  in  active  service  until  honorably  discharged, 
July  1,  1919,  when  he  returned  to  Passaic  and  resumed  practice.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Rotary  Club  of  Passaic,  the  Passaic  Practitioners'  Club,  and  the 
Yantacaw  Country  Club  of  Nutley,  New  Jersey.  He  is  also  prominent  in  the 
Masonic  order,  holding  membership  in  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  Constellation  Chapter,  No.  209,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of 
Brooklyn ;  Clinton  Commandery,  No.  14,  Knights  Templar,  of  Brooklyn ;  and 
Kismet  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  Dr.  Warren  is  a  golf  enthusiast, 
and  devotes  much  of  his  spare  time  to  this  recreation.  On  July  6,  1903,  Dr. 
Warren  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary  Parsons,     They  have  no  children. 


EDWARD  ARTHUR  LEVY,  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Roegner  & 
Levy,  of  the  Passaic  county  bar,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
on  April  25,  1895.    He  is  the  son  of  Charles  and  Renate  C.  Levy. 

He  completed  full  courses  of  grade  and  high  school  study  in  the  Passaic 
public  schools,  and  passed  thence  to  New  York  University,  where  he  finished 
classical  courses.  He  prepared  for  professional  life  in  New  York  University 
School  of  Law,  and  there  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.,  class  of  1916.  He  was 
at  once  admitted  to  the  New  Jersey  bar  as  an  attorney,  and  later  as  a  counsellor 
at  law  and  master  in  chancery.  He  is  engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  law 
with  Assemblyman  John  J.  Roegner,  as  Roegner  &  Levy,  No.  652  Main  ave- 
nue, Passaic,  New  Jersey.  This  law  firm  is  well  established  in  public  confi- 
dence. Mr.  Levy  also  pursued  courses  at  Columbia  University.  In  November, 
1917,  Mr.  Levy  temporarily  closed  his  offices  and  enlisted  in  the  United  States 
Army  in  the  war  against  Germany.  After  attending  training  school,  Mr.  Levy 
was  stationed  at  Newport  News,  Virginia,  where  he  was  discharged  with  the 
rank  of  ordnance  sergeant.  He  is  a  member  of  several  societies  and  clubs,  and 
in  religion  follows  the  Jewish  faith.    He  isi  a  member  of  Kappa  Nu  fraternity, 

Mr.  Levy  was  married  on  September  20,  1921,  to  Adele  Marie  Lederer, 
daughter  of  Albert  and  Hermine  (Mueller)  Lederer,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


JOHN  HEM  ION — The  late  John  Hemion  was  well  known  and  most 
highly  esteemed  in  this  city  and  regarded  as  a  progressive,  straightforward 
business  man,  and  socially,  his  friends  were  many.  As  a  citizen  he  stood  in  the 
front  ranks  of  that  class  of  men  which  meant  most  to  the  uplift  and  building 
of  Passaic. 

He  was  born  In  Ramapo  Valley,  New  York  State,  July  14,  1837,  was  a 


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carpenter  and  builder  by  trade,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight  he  organized  the 
John  Hemion  Company  on  Bloomfield  avenue,  Madison  Park  (now  called 
South  Paterson),  and  here  continued  until  1874,  when  he  bought  the  coal  and 
grain  business,  which  was  founded  by  Aaron  Millington  in  1869  and  located 
at  Main  avenue,  Passaic.  This  enterprise  was  incorporated  in  1889  under  the 
firm  name  of  the  Hemion  Coal  &  Grain  Company,  with  John  Hemion,  presi- 
dent; J.  Royle,  treasurer;  and  Austen  Hemion,  secretary.  In  1905  the  yards 
were  changed  to  their  present  location,  along  the  Passaic  river  at  East  Ruther- 
ford, New  Jersey.  Mr.  Hemion  continued  as  president  of  this  organization 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1915.  The  qualities  which  go  to  make  the 
successful  executant  were  inherent  in  Mr.  Hemion's  nature,  and  ere  long  he 
found  himself  at  the  head  of  a  flourishing  business,  his  word  carrying  weight 
in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  industry  with  which  he  was  connected.  He 
married  Ann  M.  Millington,  a  native  of  New  York  City,  her  birth  having 
occurred  there  November  5,  1846.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hemion  were  the  parents  of 
seven  children:  Leonard,  a  resident  of  Alberta,  Canada;  J.  Royal,  of  Passaic; 
Aaron  M.,  a  resident  of  Goshen,  New  York ;  Austen,  a  sketch  of  whom  fol- 
lows ;  Claudia,  wife  of  Edward  H.  Whitehead,  of  Ridgewood,  New  Jersey ; 
Charles  M.,  of  Mount  Vernon,  New  York;  Durand,  a  resident  of  Seattle, 
Washington.  On  December  18,  1915,  John  Hemion  passed  away,  mourned  by 
many  in  the  community,  and  leaving  a  name  which- is  inscribed  with  honor  in 
local  records.    His  widow  survived  him  until  her  death.  May  5,  1919. 


AUSTEN  HEMION  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  November  17, 
1873,  son  of  John  and  Ann  M.  (Millington)  Hemion  (q.  v.).  When  he 
was  three  years  old  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
and  it  was  here  that  he  received  his  education,  after  which  he  became  manager 
of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Tea  Company,  of  Passaic,  which  position  he  held 
until  1913,  when  he  became  secretary  of  the  Hemion  Coal  &  Grain  Company. 
Two  years  later,  upon  the  death  of  his  father,  he  succeeded  to  the  latter's  posi- 
tion of  president  of  the  company,  the  other  officers  of  the  organization  being 
changed  to  Charles  Musk,  vice-president,  and  E.  C.  Hemion,  secretary.  Austen 
Hemion  also  held  the  official  position  of  treasurer.  In  no  small  measure  has 
the  growth  of  this  concern  been  due  to  Mr.  Hemion's  aggressiveness  and  indus- 
try. In  recent  months  Mr.  Hemion  has  retired  from  business  and  has  estab- 
lished a  residence  in  Seattle,  Washington. 

In  politics  he  is  affiliated  with  the  Republican  party.  A  man  of  action 
rather  than  words,  he  demonstrates  his  public  spirit  by  actual  achievements  that 
advance  the  prosperity  of  his  city.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387,  holds  membership  in  the 
Passaic  City  Club,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  attended  the 
North  Reformed  Church.  On  December  2,  1915,  Austen  Hemion  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Ella  C.  Cavanaugh,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Caroline  (Car- 
man)   Cavanaugh,   of   Canarsie,   Long   Island. 


WILLIAM  BROOKS— Of  an  old  family  of  Lancashire,  a  northwestern 
county  of  England,  William  Brooks  left  that  great  seat  of  England's  cotton 
manufacturing  industry.  Its  mines  and  its  commerce,  when  quite  young,  and  in 
the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  has  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  years,  forty- 
eight,  while  his  entire  business  career  has  been  in  that  city  and  in  Clifton, 
Passaic's  next-door  neighbor.  He  Is  a  son  of  Peter  and  Elizabeth  A.  (Parkin- 
son) Brooks,  his  mother  being  of  a  North  of  Ireland  family,  from  which  came 
several  ministers  of  the  gospel.     The  Brooks  line  traces  far  Into  the  past,  and 


216  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

many  of  the  name  have  been  prominent  in  their  several  spheres.  Peter  Brooks, 
with  his  wife  and  four  children,  came  to  the  United  States  in  1880,  locating 
first  in  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island.  Later  the  family  came  to  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  conducted  a  grocery  store  for  a  number  of  years.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Peter  Brooks  were  the  parents  of  seven  children:  James  P.;  William,  of 
further  mention;  Mary  E. ;  Margaret  A.;  Thomas;  Herbert;  and  Walter,  the 
last  three  born  in  the  United  States. 

William  Brooks  was  born  in  Lancashire,  England,  December  4,  1874,  there 
spent  his  early  youth,  and  there  obtained  his  first  five  years  of  educational 
training.  A  few  years  later,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  became  his  home,  and  in 
that  city  he  finished  his  education,  attending  the  public  schools,  McChesney's 
Business  College,  and  night  school.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  began  learning 
the  plumbers'  trade,  becoming  a  finished  workman.  He  became  a  contracting 
plumber,  head  of  a  prosperous  business,  and  for  eleven  years  was  engaged  in 
the  plumbing  business.  For  several  years  he  was  president  of  the  Master 
Plumbers'  Association  of  Passaic  and  their  representative  at  many  State  and 
National  conventions  of  the  association.  Since  1904  Mr.  Brooks  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  business.  He  began  building  homes  and  selling  them, 
operating  alone  and  under  his  own  name,  his  dealings  confined  to  the  city  of 
Passaic.  H  then  organized  the  Murray  Realty  and  Construction  Company  to 
carry  on  the  business  he  has  founded,  and  a  great  number  of  buildings  were 
erected  by  that  company  in  Passaic,  including  the  Montauk  Theater.  The 
Metropolitan  Theatrical  Syndicate  was  founded  to  operate  the  Montauk  Thea- 
ter under  the  management  of  Brooks  &  Taylor.  After  several  years  of  theater 
management,  Mr.  Brooks  withdrew  and  soon  afterward  invested  in  desirable 
Clifton  property,  including  the  two  corner  lots  at  Main  street  and  Clifton 
avenue,  on  which  he  erected  the  fine  Brooks  building  adjoining  the  Clifton 
Trust  Company.  He  also  built  a  large  structure,  with  one  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  frontage  on  Passaic  avenue,  fifty  feet  on  Main  street  and  one  hundred  feet 
in  the  rear  of  the  Brooks  building.  This  building,  the  pioneer  enterprise  of  its 
kind  in  Clifton,  is  constructed  of  all  steel  beams  and  is  an  absolutely  fireproof 
building.  It  is  divided  into  stores,  offices,  apartments,  auditorium  and  lodge 
rooms,  and  contains  bowling  alleys,  billiard  rooms  and  a  dancing  academy. 
One  of  the  orders  occupying  lodge  rooms  in  the  building  is  Clifton  Lodge,  No. 
203,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  Other  buildings  erected  by  Mr.  Brooks  in- 
clude many  of  Passaic's  fine  residences. 

Among  the  plans  for  the  future  in  which  Mr.  Brooks  is  interested  is  a 
new  modern  and  fireproof  theater  for  Clifton,  to  be  erected  on  a  lot  owned  by 
Mr.  Brooks  at  the  corner  of  Clifton  avenue  and  Main  street.  Mr.  Brooks,  with 
his  broad  vision  and  public-spirit,  plans  greater  things  in  building  construction 
for  Clifton,  and  has  now  associated  with  him  his  two  sons,  William  E.  and 
James  P.  Brooks,  young  men  of  energy  and  enterprise,  trained  in  the  methods 
and  business  of  their  successful  father. 

Mr.  Brooks  spends  his  winters  in  Miami,  Florida,  devoting  the  other 
months  of  the  year  to  his  building  enterprises.  He  is  a  member  of  Clifton 
Lodge,  No.  203,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  also  is  affiliated  with  chapter  and 
rommandery  of  the  York  Rite,  with  all  bodies  of  the  Scottish  Rite,  and  with 
Salaam  Temple;  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  In 
religious  belief  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  a  member  of  St.  Peter's  Parish  of  Clif- 
ton ;    in  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

On  March  28,  1894,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Mr.  Brooks  married  Isabella 
Laytham,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ellen  (Noblet)  Laytham.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Brooks  are  the  parents  of  three  children :  Ethel  J.,  William  E.  and  James  P. 


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The  family  home  is  at  No.  134  Passaic  avenue,  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Brooks 
was  fond  of  athletic  sports  in  his  earlier  years,  and  was  pitcher  of  the  Mizpah 
Base  Ball  team,  probably  the  best  amateur  baseball   team   Passaic  ever  had. 


WARREN  COOPER  PATTISON— After  years  of  practical  study  and 
experience  in  the  office  of  a  leading  architect  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  supple- 
mented by  study  courses  of  special  interest  to  architects,  Warren  C.  Pattisoa 
was  ready  to  begin  private  work  as  an  architect  when  called  for  military  duty, 
his  service  continuing  until  the  signing  of  the  armistice  between  the  allies  and 
Germany,  when  the  latter  appealed  for  peace  terms.  With  the  return  to  civil 
life,  Mr.  Pattison  took  his  place  in  the  profession  for  which  he  had  so  thor- 
oughly prepared,  and  during  the  few  years  which  have  since  elapsed,  he  has 
become  well  established  in  that  profession.  He  is  the  only  son  of  Charles  A. 
Pattison,  who  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  June  4,  1869,  died  February 
12,  1918,  chief  statistician  with  the  Erie  Railroad  Company  for  about  a  quarter 
of  a  century,  and  well  known  in  Passaic  and  Belleville,  New  Jersey.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  affiliated  with  Belleville  Lodge,  No.  108,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  in  politics  a  Republican.  Charles  A.  Pattison  mar- 
ried Ada  Bell  Cooper,  born  in  Boonton,  New  Jersey,  July  30,  1872,  daughter 
of  a  prominent  iron  and  mine  operator. 

Warren  C.  Pattison  was  born  in  Belleville,  New  Jersey,  December  27,  1891, 
but  Passaic  later  became  the  family  home,  and  there  he  completed  public  school 
study,  with  graduation  from  the  Passaic  High  School,  class  of  1911.  Soon  after 
graduation  Mr.  Pattison  entered  the  employ  of  Herman  Fritz,  architect,  with 
offices  in  the  Daily  News  building,  and  there  remained,  a  student  of  architec- 
ture, until  May  27,  1918,  when  he  entered  the  United  States  army  for  service 
against  Germany. 

Upon  enlistment  he  was  sent  to  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey,  and  shortly 
afterward  to  Camp  Lee,  Virginia,  as  infantry  drill  instructor,  but  not  assigned 
to  any  special  command.  He  continued  in  active  service  at  Camp  Lee  until 
honorably  released  in  November,  1919,  with  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant. 
After  his  release  he  was  assigned  to  Company  K,  New  Jersey  division,  as  a 
reserve  officer. 

Upon  his  return  from  the  army  Mr.  Pattison  opened  an  office  in  the 
Lawyers'  building,  Passaic,  and  began  the  private  practice  of  architecture.  He 
has  met  with  gratifying  success,  and  has  designed  and  superintended  the  con- 
struction of  residences  for  Winfield  T.  Scott,  on  Passaic  avenue ;  Hymau 
Kramer,  at  No.  181  Paulison  avenue;  Michael  Blanda,  on  Brooks  avenue; 
Samuel  Slaff,  on  Passaic  avenue ;  Isaac  Slaff,  on  Passaic  avenue ;  Max  Slaff , 
on  Ayrcrigg  avenue ;  also  the  twenty-four  family  apartment  building  on  Henry 
street  for  the  Valley  Realty  Company  of  Passaic,  and  the  Passaic  Auto  Sales 
Company  building,  at  Nos.  14-16  Howe  avenue,  Passaic.  Mr.  Pattison  has 
taken  special  courses  in  architecture  and  architectural  work  at  Columbia  Uni- 
versity, receiving  a  certificate  testifying  to  the  completion  of  the  prescribed 
courses  of  study. 

Mr.  Pattison  is  a  Republican  in  political  preference ;  Is  affiliated  with 
Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  is  a  member  of  the  New 
Jersey  Society  of  Architects;  and  the  Masonic  and  Republican  clubs  of  Passaic. 

T.  FRANCIS  BUTLER,  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  secretary  of  the  Board 
of  Education,  and  clerk  to  the  supervising  principal  of  Lodi  public  schools, 
was  born  In  Lodi,  January  10,  1890,  son  of  Martin  and  Mary  (Godeke)  But- 
ler.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Butler  were  the  parents  of  seven  children  :   Nora  A.,  married 


218  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

John  N.  Porter  and  resides  in  Lodi;  M.  John,  of  mention  elsewhere;  Mary, 
residing  at  home ;  T.  Francis,  the  principal  character  of  thjs  review ;  George 
L.,  a  resident  of  Wallington,  New  Jersey;  Joseph  M.,  and  Anna  C,  resid- 
ing at  home. 

T.  Francis  Butler  attended  Lincoln  Public  School,  graduating  from  its 
highest  class,  going  thence  to  the  high  school  at  Hackensack,  New  Jersey, 
from  whence  he  was  graduated  after  a  full  three  years'  course  in  June,  1908. 
His  first  employment  after  graduation  was  with  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works 
of  Lodi,  remaining  with  that  company  four  and  half  years  in  a  clerical  capa- 
city. He  then  spent  two  and  one-half  years  in  association  with  his  brothers, 
M.  John  and  George  L.  Butler,  they  conducting  a  grocery  in  Lodi,  and  another 
in  Hackensack,  New  Jersey,  during  that  period.  After  the  business  was  dis- 
continued by  the  Butler  brothers,  J.  Francis  Butler  was  for  a  time  connected 
with  the  State  Census  Bureau,  then  for  five  months  with  the  Carlton  Hill 
Bleachery.  In  October,  1915,  he  was  appointed  clerk  to  the  supervising  prin- 
cipal of  Lodi  schools,  and  in  July,  1920,  received  the  additional  appointment 
of  clerk  to  the  Borough  Board  of  Education.  These  positions  he  most  capably 
fills  at  the  present  time  (May  1922).  During  the  period  of  war  with  Ger- 
many, 1917-18,  Mr.  Butler  was  in  the  service  of  his  country  as  a  private  of 
Company  A,  308th  Machine  Gun  Battalion  of  the  78th  Division  ("The  Light- 
ning Division").  He  and  his  brother  George  were  comrades  of  the  same  bat- 
talion, and  were  engaged  in  many  of  the  historic  battles  of  the  war,  George 
Butler  receiving  a  wound  while  fighting  in  the  Argonne.  They  were  in  the 
battle  sectors  of  France  for  twelve  months,  and  on  active  duty  until  the  signing 
of  the  armistice.  Mr.  Butler  is  a  member  of  Joseph  M.  Lane  Post,  No.  136, 
American  Legion ;  Trinity  Council,  No.  747,  Knights  of  Columbus,  of  Hack- 
ensack; St.  Francis  De  Sales  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  Lodi,  and  of  the 
Holy  Name  Society  of  that  church. 


CHARLES  Mcknight  PAULISON— During  a  period  of  over  a  quar- 
ter of  a  century  the  name  of  Charles  McKnight  Paulison  was  inseparably 
associated  with  the  material  and  civic  interests  of  Passaic.  Here  he  became 
known  as  the  founder  and  builder  of  the  noted  "Paulison's  Castle,"  and  was 
regarded  by  his  fellow-citizens  as  a  leading  and  progressive  business  man. 

Charles  McKnight  Paulison  was  born  in  the  town  of  Hackensack,  Bergen 
county,  New  Jersey,  October  20,  1824.  His  parents  were  descended  from  Hol- 
land ancestors,  who  were  among  the  early  Colonial  settlers  of  Northern  New  Jer- 
sey. Having  acquired  a  common  school  education  in  his  native  town,  he  next  en- 
tered upon  a  course  of  study  to  prepare  himself  for  the  practice  of  law,  but  not 
having  found  it  to  his  liking,  or  the  purposes  of  his  ambition,  he  relinquished  the 
study  of  law,  and  in  the  course  of  time  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits  in  New 
York  City.  Here  he  became  a  member  of  the  Leight  Street  Baptist  Church,  at  the 
age  of  twenty,  which  membership  he  continued  to  hold  during  his  entire  career.  It 
is  of  interest  to  note  that  Mr.  Paulison  was  passionately  fond  of  music,  though 
not  a  trained  musician.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Philharmonic  Society  of  New 
York  City.  Mr.  Paulison  was  a  man  of  amiable  disposition,  cheerful  counten- 
ance and  winning  address.  His  capabilities  were  most  extraordinary,  and  the 
success  of  his  many  undertakings  was  phenomenal.  He  was  passionately  fond 
of  the  beauties  of  nature  and  art,  and  endeavored  to  give  expression  to  his  love 
of  landscape  gardening  in  planting  and  developing  the  grounds  and  park  which 
surrounded  the  Paulison  Mansion  on  the  "Hill." 

Charles  McKnight  Paulison's  business  career  was  unique  in  many  ways, 
and  he   achieved  the   purpose  of  his  ambition,  attaining  to  a  marked   degree. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  219 

financial  success  and  infiuence.  It  was  said  of  him  that  he  had  several  times 
made  fortunes  and  that  he  had  also  lost  fortunes  in  his  various  business  ventures. 
During  the  period  of  the  gold  fever  in  1849  in  California,  Charles  McKnight 
Paulison  cast  his  lot  with  the  pioneer  prospectors,  and  it  is  said  that  in  the  brief 
period  of  ten  years  he  amassed  a  considerable  fortune.  In  1859  he  decided  to 
return  to  the  East,  where  he  later  entered  into  commercial  ventures  in  New 
York  City.  These  did  not  prove  successful,  and  the  fortune  which  he  hao 
brought  with  him  from  the  gold  fields  was  soon  absorbed  in  his  new  undertak- 
ings. He  was  not  to  be  easily  discouraged,  however,  his  hopeful  nature  and 
practical  business  ability  soon  enabling  him  to  triumph  over  misfortune,  and  in 
a  short  while,  as  a  result  of  his  skill  and  enterprise,  he  was  enabled  to  retrieve 
his  losses. 

Soon  after  reaching  California  the  young  prospector  located  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, where  he  finally  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits.  He  had  not  long  been 
a  resident  of  the  new  settlement  when  he  became  identified  with  the  city  govern- 
ment, and  took  an  active  interest  in  helping  to  form  the  municipal  government 
and  to  help  rescue  the  town  from  misrule.  He  was  one  of  the  first  aldermen  of 
San  Francisco,  having  been  chosen  over  his  opponent,  who  was  known  as  a 
desperado,  and  who  subsequently  became  famous  as  Walker,  the  "filibuster." 

Soon  after  his  return  to  the  East,  Mr,  Paulison  again  located  in  New  York 
City,  where  he  became  president  of  the  Ninth  Ward  Bank.  He  was  one  of  the 
forty  representative  New  Yorkers  who,  in  1853,  were  instrumental  in  organizing 
the  Republican  party  on  the  platform  of  the  principles  of  free  speech,  free  soil, 
free  men  and  "Fremont."  His  commercial  activities  and  his  interests  in  public 
affairs  were  a  fair  index  of  the  quality  and  originality  of  his  mind  and  thoughts. 
He  had  for  a  life-time  cherished  the  desire  to  finally  erect  for  himself  a  home, 
modeled  and  designed  so  as  to  meet  the  desires  of  his  own  heart,  and  this  he 
would  construct  and  plan  along  the  lines  of  a  lordly  castle. 

On  the  brow  of  the  hill,  known  as  "Tony's  Nose,"  which  name  it  had  borne 
since  the  Revolution,  and  where  the  present  City  Hall  (1922)  is  located,  stands 
a  structure  as  substantial  and  handsome  as  any  other  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey. 
Its  location  is  absolutely  unrivaled,  standing,  as  it  does,  on  a  hillside,  over- 
looking half  of  the  lower  Passaic  Valley,  and  is  noticeable  as  a  landmark  for 
many  miles  around.  This  noble  building  has  a  beautiful  setting.  It  stands  in 
a  park,  with  an  area  of  two  good  sized  city  blocks,  and  the  grounds  have  been 
carefully  arranged  and  planned  with  beautiful  shade  trees  and  shrubbery,  in 
the  midst  of  which  the  fountain  spray,  falling  in  the  sunlight,  presents  a  parti- 
cularly charming  aspect. 

Charles  McKnight  Paulison  had  become  extensively  engaged  in  handling 
and  selling  real  estate  in  the  city  of  Passaic  for  a  period  of  over  eight  years. 
These  undertakings  had  proven  successful,  and  as  Passaic  was  growing  apace, 
he  began  the  erection  of  the  Paulison  Mansion,  which  he  intended  to  call  "Park 
Heights."  In  laying  out  and  planning  the  grounds  surrounding  the  mansion, 
Mr.  Paulison  employed  trained  and  skillful  gardeners,  who  planted  the  ever- 
greens and  other  varieties  of  shrubbery  and  shade  trees.  Blossoming  plants 
and  flowers  were  one  of  his  especial  delights.  He  built  the  finest  conservatories 
on  the  park  grounds,  which  he  stocked  with  the  rarest  and  most  exquisite  blooms. 
These  grounds  were  free  and  open  to  the  public  at  all  times,  and  the  people 
from  far  and  near  came  and  went  in  crowds.  The  mansion  which  he  started  to 
erect  was  of  imposing  dimensions,  built  like  a  fortress  that  would  last  for  ages. 
The  walls  were  constructed  of  cut  brownstone,  the  material  coming  from  Mr. 
Paulison's  own  quarry  in  North  Passaic.  Being  Moorish  in  design,  the  ma- 
terials were  cunningly  variegated  in  certain  parts  after  a  curious  design.     Mr. 


220  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Paulison's  purposes  were  that  the  first  floor  would  be  large  enough  to  seat  five 
hundred  persons  at  dinner,  if  occasion  required.  The  four  small  corner  towers 
were  each  to  be  surmounted  by  a  glazed  minaret,  while  a  larger  one  was  to  crown 
the  building.  From  these  huge  glass  domes  the  lights  were  to  stream  out  on 
festal  nights  to  show  the  surrounding  country  that  Charles  McKnight  Paulison 
was  entertaining  his  friends. 

Soon  after  1873,  when  Mr.  Paulison  had  abandoned  the  work  on  the 
"Castle,"  he  found  himself  compelled  to  seek  a  more  congenial  climate,  and  with 
that  purpose  in  view  he  went  to  Arizona,  where  he  hoped  again  to  recoup  his 
fortunes.  Had  he  realized  his  plans  and  purposes  he  would  have  no  doubt 
materially  changed  the  present  history  of  Passaic,  in  which  he  took  so  great  and 
enthusiastic  an  interest.  A  number  of  the  avenues  of  the  city  were  lined  with 
beautiful  shade  trees,  which  he  was  instrumental  in  having  planted,  and  which 
today  stand  as  a  living  monument  to  his  memory. 

Charles  McKnight  Paulison  was  a  founder  of  the  Acquackanonk  Water 
Works  and  of  the  Passaic  Fire  Department.  The  numerous  churches  of  the  city 
had  bountifully  received  his  timely  aid.  While  he  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  and  a  generous  contributor  of  that  congregation,  he  donated  a  thousand 
dollars'  worth  of  brownstone  toward  the  erection  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  In  fact  it  can  be  correctly  stated  that  he  evinced  the  broadness  of  his 
mind  and  his  catholicity  by  giving  support  to  all  churches  regardless  of  creed 
or  denomination.  His  fellow-citizens  of  Passaic  had  not  long  cherished  the 
success  of  his  adventures  in  Arizona  when  word  came  of  his  passing  away,  at 
Tuson,  Arizona,  October  25,  1881,  an  event  which  saddened  the  hearts  of  many 
of  his  friends  and  associates  here. 

Charles  ^IcKnight  Paulison  married,  in  New  York  City,  in  1845,  Anna 
Shepherd,  who  was  born  in  New  York  City.  They  were  the  parents  of  two 
children  :  Washington,  of  whom  further ;  and  Charles  Shepherd,  who  was  born 
October  23,  1852,  and  died  August  18,  1873. 

Washington  Paulison,  eldest  son  and  only  surviving  child  of  Charles  Mc- 
Knight and  Anna  (Shepherd)  Paulison,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  August  4, 
1847.  He  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
during  his  early  boyhood  years,  and  he  there  obtained  his  early  educational 
training  in  the  public  schools  and  in  the  Howe  Academy,  a  noted  institution  of 
learning  during  its  day.  Upon  reaching  his  eighteenth  year,  Washington 
Paulison  entered  the  employ  of  one  of  the  leading  banks  in  New  York  City, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  a  clerical  capacity  for  some  time.  He  next  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Aquackanonck  Water  Company,  which  his  father  had  founded. 
The  son,  Washington  Paulison,  continued  to  be  actively  identified  with  the  social 
and  civic  Interests  of  the  city,  serving  for  some  time  as  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Education.  He  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
in  Passaic.    He  died  at  his  home  in  Prospect  street,  January  12,  1919. 

Washington  Paulison  married,  in  Philadelphia,  Pensylvania,  February  20, 
1872,  Charlotte  Elizabeth  Dunham,  born  September  21,  1845,  in  Boston,  Mass- 
achusetts, the  daughter  of  Jacob  Kingsley  and  Jane  (Provost)  Dunham,  both 
of  whom  are  descendants  of  old  and  distinguished  families.  Washington  and 
Charlotte  Elizabeth  (Dunhan)  Paulison  had  born  to  them  one  son,  Charles 
Shepherd  (2),  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  November  29,  1873. 


JAMES  L.  PRESCOTT— In  the  spring  of  1870,  James  L.  Prescott,  of 
pioneer  New  England  stock,  began  the  manufacture  of  stove  polish  in  a  shed  in 
the  village  of  North  Berwick,  Maine.  The  business  was  so  small  at  first  that  the 
product  was  carried  to  the  depot  on  a  wheelbarrow,  but  by  energy,  enterprise 


A.   L.    PRESCOTT 


J.    E.    I'llESC'oTT 


J.    E.    PRESCOTT 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  221 

and  integrity  the  original  investment  brought  progress  and  prosperity,  and  that 
original  investment  has  been  supplemented  by  a  cash  investment  of  more  than 
two  millions  of  dollars.  The  shed  of  1870  is  now  the  largest  stove  polish 
factory  in  the  world;  the  steamship  with  a  dock  at  the  works,  and  the  railroad 
with  tracks  into  the  factory,  have  long  since  replaced  the  wheelbarrow. 

In  1888,  Amos  L.  Prescott,  son  of  the  founder,  together  with  C.  .O  Little- 
field,  succeeded  to  the  business  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  L.  Prescott  &  Com- 
pany, that  firm  continuing  until  1910,  when  the  business  was  incorporated  as 
the  J.  L.  Prescott  Compnay,  with  offices  in  New  York  City  and  a  factory  at 
Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

James  L.  Prescottt,  deceased,  the  founder,  was  actively  connected  with  the 
business  until  his  retirement,  his  son  Amos  L.  Prescott  then  carrying  on  the 
business  in  the  capacity  of  president.  The  company  now  (1922)  is  still  under 
the  management  of  Amos  Prescott,  president;  his  son,  James  E.  Prescott,  was 
vice-president  until  his  death  in  1920;  William  Miller,  treasurer;  Charles  M. 
Lindsay,  secretary.  The  factory  in  Passaic  is  thoroughly  equipped  with  every 
facility,  and  with  many  special  machines  designed  and  built  at  the  plant  for 
milling,  mixing,  and  filling,  also  special  machines  for  making  tin  containers, 
for  labeling  boxes  and  for  nailing  cases.  Many  safety  devices  protect  operat- 
ives, and  through  the  works  a  constant  stream  of  materials  and  products  flows. 
Inward  flows  material,  and  out  by  water  and  rail,  the  finished  goods,  Vulcanol, 
Enameline,  Sun  Paste,  Rising  Sun  Polish,  Powder  and  Flake,  with  liquid  and 
paste  brands  for  the  same  purposes,  a  line  of  goods  which  are  used  in  every 
household,  and  sold  in  every  store. 

Amos  L.  Prescott,  the  president  of  the  J.  L.  Prescott  Company,  resides  in 
New  York  City.  His  son,  the  late  James  Edward  Prescott,  was  born  at  North 
Berwick,  and  died  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  June  8,  1920.  He  came  to  Passaic 
about  1890,  and  until  his  death  was  identified  with  the  Prescott  Company,  being 
vice-president  and  in  charge  of  the  Passaic  plant,  also  associated  with  other 
business  interests  of  the  city.  He  marired  Rose  Neal,  who  survives  him,  and  to 
them  six  children  were  born :  James  Lewis,  who  succeeded  his  father  as  vice- 
president  of  the  J.  L.  Prescott  Company ;  Charles  Edward,  now  connected  with 
the  sales  and  distribution  departments  of  the  J.  L.  Prescott  Company ;  Amos 
Neal,  production  engineer  with  the  J.  L.  Prescott  Company ;  Olive ;  Robert  and 
Ralph.  Mrs.  Rose  (Neal)  Prescott  was  born  in  Osceola,  Iowa,  daughter  of  C, 
W,  and  Mary  (Lewis)  Neal,  of  that  city. 

James  L.  Prescottt,  great-grandson  of  James  L.  Prescott,  grandson  of 
Amos  L.  Prescott,  and  eldest  son  of  James  Edward  and  Rose  (Neal)  Prescott, 
was  born  in  Pasaic,  New  Jersey,  June  24,  1895.  He  completed  public  school 
study  with  high  school  graduation,  then  in  1914  entered  Lafayette  College.  In 
1917  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  J.  L.  Prescottt  Company,  then  five  months 
later  entered  the  LTnited  States  army,  was  sent  to  Camp  Dix,  and  within  two 
months  went  overseas  with  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces,  sailing  on  the 
transport  "Northland,"  his  brother,  Charles  Prescott,  also  on  board  .  The 
"Northland"  landed  her  consignment  of  troops  at  Tilbury  Docks,  London, 
seventeen  days  later,  and  the  next  week  they  went  to  France  via  Dover  and 
Calais.  Mr.  Prescott  was  attached  to  the  Seventy-Eighth  Division,  headquarters 
service,  and  saw  a  year  of  strenuous  duty,  being  in  the  Argonne  Forest  with  his 
regiment  on  Armistice  Day.  Six  months  later  he  returned  to  the  United  States 
on  the  steamer  "Santa  Anna,"  sailing  from  Bordeaux,  France,  and  arriving  at 
the  Bush  Terminal,  Brookl3'n.  He  was  honorablj'  discharged  at  Camp  Dix, 
and  returned  to  his  home  in  Passaic. 

In  the  fall  of  1919,  Mr.  Prescott  entered  the  dental  department  of  Columbia 


222  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

University,  and  there  remained  until  the  death  of  his  father,  James  E.  Pres- 
cott,  vice-president  of  the  J.  L.  Prescott  Company  in  1920,  when  he  succeeded 
in  that  office.  He  is  a  director  of  the  People's  Bank  and  Trust  Company  of 
Passaic,  and  a  man  of  business  ability.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican ;  in  club 
life  an  active  Rotarian,  and  a  member  of  the  Passaic  City  Club.  He  married 
Eleanor  E.  Brewer,  daughter  of  Judge  E.  W.  and  Eleanor  Brewer  of  Jamaica 
Plains,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Charles  E.  Prescott,  second  son  of  James  E.  and  Rose  (Neal)  Prescott, 
was  born  in  Passaic  May  20,  1896.  He  was  educated  in  the  Passaic  public 
schools,  graduating  from  Passaic  High  School  in  1915,  after  which  he  entered 
Lafayette  College  to  pursue  a  B.  S.  course.  Two  years  later,  in  1917,  he  left 
college  to  enter  the  United  States  army,  becoming  a  member  of  Headquarters 
Troop,  Seventy-Eighth  Division,  with  his  brother,  James  L.  Prescott.  He  was 
discharged  from  Camp  Dix  in  June,  1919,  immediately  returning  to  Passaic, 
and  taking  up  his  duties  with  the  J.  L.  Prescott  Company  in  the  sales  and  distri- 
bution departments,  at  the  New  York  Office.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Chi 
Rho  fraternity.  Mr.  Prescott  married  N.  Beryl  Gibson,  daughter  of  D.  Millard 
and  Etta  M.  (Mohler)  Gibson,  of  Osceola,  Iowa. 

Amos  Neal  Prescott,  third  son  of  James  Edward  and  Rose  (Neal)  Pres- 
cott, was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  June  11,  1897.  He  was  educated  in  the 
Passaic  grade  and  high  schools,  Passaic  Collegiate  Institute,  and  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technolog}',  being  a  graduate  of  the  last  named  school,  B.  S.,  class 
of  1918,  in  the  course  of  engineering  administration.  He  then  entered  the 
employ  of  the  J.  L.  Prescott  Company  as  production  en.eineer  and  there  con- 
tinues. He  is  a  member  of  Phi  Sigma  Kappa,  and  the  Theta  Tau  fraternities, 
also  the  Passaic  Rotary  Club.  He  married  Marion  F.  Drukker,  daughter  of 
Dow  H.  and  Helena  Drukker,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


ROBERT  SIMPSON— Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Wright)  Simpson,  the 
parents  of  Robert  Simpson,  well  known  horticulturist  and  citizen  of  Clifton, 
New  Jersey,  were  residents  of  Yapham,  in  Yorkshire,  England,  Thomas 
Simpson  was  a  farmer  there  until  his  passing  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years, 
his  widow  surviving  him,  dying  there  at  the  age  of  eighty-five.  They  were  the 
parents  of  nine  children:  William,  who  died  in  England,  aged  thirty-three 
years ;  James,  now  a  farmer  located  at  Market- Weighton,  England ;  Elizabeth, 
deceased,  wife  of  Thomas  Barnes,  also  deceased,  of  Leeds,  England;  Joseph, 
died  in  England  aged  twenty-nine  years;  Mary,  residing  Avith  her  brother 
Robert  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  widow  of  George  Pratt,  of  York,  England; 
Thomas  W.,  a  farmer  in  England,  his  home  being  near  York;  Ann,  who  after 
her  marriage  to  Thomas  Smith  in  England  came  to  the  United  States  and 
settled  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  where  she  died;  Robert,  of  further  mention; 
and  Jane,  who  married  Harry  Whitehead,  now  engaged  in  farming  near  Leeds, 
England. 

Robert  Simpson,  now  prominent  horticulturist  and  rose  grower  of  Clifton, 
New  Jersey,  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Wright)  Simpson,  was  born  at  the 
home  farm  at  Yapham,  Yorkshire,  England,  August  6,  1862.  He  attended 
the  schools  near  his  home  and  obtained  therein  a  good  common  school  education. 
When  school  years  were  over  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  florist,  in  Pocklington, 
England,  remaining  with  him  several  years  and  obtained  an  intimate  knowl- 
edge of  the  growing  of  plants  and  flowers  as  a  business.  Later  he  added  to 
his  knowledge  of  horticulture  and  to  his  skill  as  a  grower,  much  experience 
gained  in  the  gardens  of  the  estate  maintained  at  Everingham  Park,  England, 
by  Lord  Herries,  whose  eldest  daughter  is  now  the  Duchess  of  Norfolk.     On 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  223 

that  estate  he  remained  until  reaching  legal  age  and  there  he  gained  valuablr 
experience,  the  gardens  being  famous  for  the  rare  beauty  of  the  plants  and 
flowers. 

In  1884  Mr.  Simpson  came  to  the  United  States,  where  he  finally  located 
at  Lake  Forest  near  Chicago,  Illinois,  there  securing  a  position  on  the  estate 
of  Robert  H.  McCormick,  a  son  of  the  original  McCormick  of  harvester  fame. 
For  two  years  he  remained  at  the  McCormick  greenhouses,  making  a  specialty 
of  growing  roses  under  glass,  that  particular  form  of  rose-growing  on  a  large 
scale  then  being  in  its  infancy.  About  1888  he  became  manager  of  the  Charles 
M.  Evans  rose  growing  establishment  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  Mr. 
Evans  then  being  the  largest  grower  of  roses  in  that  State.  Four  years  later 
he  left  the  Evans  employ  and  entered  that  of  Ernest  Asmus,  a  rose  grower  of 
West  Hoboken,  New  Jersey.  He  remained  as  manager  of  that  floral  plant  four 
years,  following  that  period  of  employment  with  four  years  at  the  A.  N.  Pierson 
greenhouses  at  Cromwell,  Connecticut,  Mr.  Pierson  being  famous  as  a  florist 
and  widely  known  throughout  the  United  States.  This  brought  Mr.  Simpson 
to  the  year  1900,  and  to  his  thirty-eighth  year,  and  having  become  an  expert  at 
his  business  and  deeming  the  time  propitious,  he  then  employed  the  capital  he 
had  accumulated  in  developing  rose  growing  gardens  and  he  accordingly  ven- 
tured out  in  the  field  of  activity  for  himself  on  Ackerman  avenue,  Clifton, 
New  Jersey. 

During  the  more  than  two  decades  which  have  since  elapsed  Mr.  Simpson 
has  prospered  abundantly  as  a  rose  grower.  His  greenhouses  extend  the  full 
block  of  Ackerman  avenue  to  Clifton  avenue,  100,000  square  feet  being  under 
glass,  eight  acres  in  all  being  devoted  to  the  growing  of  roses.  From  fifteen  to 
twenty  men  are  constantly  employed,  their  effort  producing  annually  approxi- 
mately 1,200,000  roses  of  various  kinds  which  go  to  the  New  York  City  markets. 
All  the  favorites  are  grown  at  his  gardens  and  greenhouses,  and  in  addition 
Mr.  Simpson  has  caused  some  new  varieties  to  appear  under  his  skillful  ex- 
perimenting. 

Mr.  Simpson  is  well  known  among  horticulturists  and  growers  and  among 
lovers  of  flowers.  He  was  president  of  the  American  Rose  Society  for  two 
years,  that  society  having  been  organized  in  1889  "to  increase  interest  and 
improve  the  standard  of  excellence  of  the  rose  in  America."  Mr.  Simpson 
is  now  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  that  society  and  also  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  New  York  Horticultural  Society.  He  is  a  life 
member  of  the  American  Rose  Society,  life  member  of  the  Society  of  American 
Florists,  member  of  the  National  Rose  Society  of  England,  and  of  the  New 
York  Florists  Club. 

At  the  Simpson  greenhouses  in  Clifton  the  equipment  is  modern  and  the 
most  advanced  methods  are  employed,  both  in  culture  and  in  care  of  the  flowers 
after  they  are  cut.  A  refrigerating  plant  is  part  of  this  system,  and  auto 
trucks  deliver  the  roses  direct  from  the  greenhouses  to  distributors  in  New 
York.  Electric  machinery  is  used  at  the  plant,  large  boilers,  and  an  immense 
stack,  Avith  an  elaborate  svstcm  of  radiation  insuring  the  proper  temperature 
which  roses  demand  at  all  times. 

Mr.  Simpson  devotes  himself  closely  to  the  business  with  which  he  has  so 
long  been  identified  and  has  {ew  outside  interests,  although  he  serves  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  directors  of  Clifton  Trust  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Trinity  Methodist  Church,  of  Passaic,  and  for  the  past  twenty  years  has  been 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School  of  that  church.  He  is  independent  in  hivS 
political  views  and  is  keenly  interested  in  the  welfare  of  Clifton. 

He  married.  May  23,  1887,  in  New  York  City,  Mary  Youhill,  a  native  of 


224  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENMRONS. 

Holmespaldingmoor,  Yorkshire,  England,  daughter  of  George  and  Jessie 
(Marshall)  Youhill.  Mr.  Youhill  was  a  carpenter  and  builder  at  Holmes- 
paldingmoor. The  Youhills  were  the  parents  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters : 
Joseph,  now  a  carpenter  in  Newbold,  England ;  Anna,  who  marired  Howcroft, 
of  Holmespaldingmoor;  Mary,  who  married  Robert  Simpson,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Walter,  now  living  with  his  sister,  Mrs.  Howcroft,  in  England; 
he  also  being  a  carpenter ;  and  Frederick,  who  succeeded  in  the  business  of 
his  father,  in  England. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  Robert  Simpson  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Elsie, 
now  the  wife  of  Fred  E.  Welliver,  of  Sayre,  Pennsylvania,  now  living  in 
Clifton;  Lilly,  now  Mrs.  Clarence  \.  Allen,  of  Rutherford,  New  Jersey,  who 
resides  at  Little  Falls,  this  State;  and  Jessie  E.,  now  a  student  of  the  New 
Jersey  College  for  Women,  at  New  Brunswick. 


LAYTHAM  FAMILY — For  a  number  of  generations  the  ancestors  of 
the  Laytham  family  were  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  Lancashire,  England. 
The  branch  of  the  Lancashire  Laythams  which  introduces  this  family  have, 
during  a  period  of  three  generations,  resided  in  the  boroughs  of  Preston  and 
Manchester,  in  Lancashire,  England,  where  they  were  noted  as  leading  mecha- 
nics of  their  day. 

The  Laytham  coat-of-arms  is  as  follows : 

Anns — Or,  on  a  chief  indented  azure  three  bezants. 

Crest — On  a  chapeau  gules,  turned  up  ermine,  an  eagle,  with  wings  expanded 
or,  prej-ing  on  an  infant  proper  swaddled  gules,  banded  argent. 
Motto — Sans  charger.     (Without  overloading). 

Adam  Laytham  was  an  expert  iron  moulder  and  foundryman,  and  spent 
his  life  in  Lancashire  county,  England,  where  he  married  and  reared  a  family 
of  sons  and  daughters,  among  whom  was  Adam  (2)  Laytham,  of  whom  further. 

Adam  (2)  Laytham,  son  of  Adam  (1)  Laytham,  was  born  at  the  family 
home,  in  the  borough  of  Preston.  He  was  there  educated  and  learned  the  iron 
moulder's  trade  under  the  direction  of  his  father.  Young  Laytham,  in  the 
course  of  time,  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account,  and  spent  the  active 
years  of  his  life  in  Preston.  He  married  Isabella  Norris,  a  descendant  of  an 
old  Preston  family.  She  and  her  husband  were  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
faith.  Children:  William;  Adam  (3),  of  whom  further;  Samuel;  Thomas; 
Alfred;  Joseph;  and  Elizabeth.  All  of  these  children  attained  years  of 
maturity,  but  one  daughter,  unnamed,  died  in  infancy. 

Adam  (3)  Laytham,  son  of  Adam  (2)  and  Isabella  (Norris)  Laytham, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  borough  of  Preston,  Lancashire,  England, 
February  29,  1841.  He  became  associated  with  his  father,  who  was  then  a 
foundryman  in  Preston,  and  after  completing  his  apprenticeship  he  remained 
nrtively  engaged  as  a  journeyman  moulder  in  Preston,  where  he  married,  July 
18,  1863.  He  later  removed  with  his  family  to  Manchester,  England,  where 
he  again  engaged  at  his  trade,  and  continued  there  until  about  1870,  when  he 
sailed  from  Liverpoool  for  the  United  States,  acccmpanied  by  his  wife.  They 
located  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  where  for  a  time  he  was  employed  in  a 
foundry,  he  then  moved  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  was  with  the  New 
York  Steam  Engine  Company  of  that  city,  the  family  home  being  on  Chestnut 
street.  About  1880  he  became  associated  with  Henry  Binns,  an  Englishman, 
and  as  Binns  &  Laytham  they  established  a  foundry  business  on  Chestnut 
street,  Passaic.  Later  Mr.  Laytham  withdrew  and  entered  the  employ  of  the 
E.  C.  Hayes  Foundry  and  Iron  Works.  Several  years  later  he  returned  to 
Passaic  and  established  the  Eagle  Iron  and  Brass  Foundry  on  Second  street. 


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He  built  up  a  large  business,  many  of  his  patrons  being  the  large  manufactur- 
ing establishments  of  Pasasic.  He  continued  actively  engaged  in  the  foundry 
business  in  Second  street  until  his  death,  June  23,  1902.  His  three  sons, 
William  P.,  John  T.,  and  Adam  (4)  Laytham,  who  had  been  identified  with 
their  father  in  the  management  of  the  Eagle  Iron  and  Brass  Foundry,  carried 
forward  the  business  after  the  death  of  the  senior  Laytham.  The  family 
interests  were  later  incorporated  as  the  Eagle  Iron  and  Brass  Foundry,  of  which 
organization  the  son,  William  P.  Laytham,  was  chosen  president,  Adam  (4) 
Laytham,  vice-president,  John  T.  Laytham,  treasurer,  and  J.  G.  Brown, 
secretary,  and  under  this  management  the  Eagle  Iron  and  Brass  Foundry  has 
been  successfully  conducted  until  the  present  1922. 

Adam  (3)  Laytham  married,  in  Preston,  Lancashire,  England,  July  18, 
1863,  Martha  Parkinson,  born  in  Preston,  April  24,  1840,  daughter  of  William 
and  Mary  (Dawson)  Parkinson,  both  of  whom  were  residents  of  Preston. 
The  children  of  Adam  (3)  and  Martha  (Parkinson)  Laytham  are:  1.  Wil- 
liam P.,  born  August  22,  1864,  died  February  1,  1869.  2.  Elizabeth,  born 
December  9,  1866,  died  February  21,  1867.  3.  Joseph,  born  June  2,  1868, 
died  November  23,  1868.  These  three  children  died  at  the  family  home  in 
Manchester,  England.  4.  William  Parkinson,  of  whom  further.  5.  John 
Thomas,  of  whom  further.  6.  Mary  Alice,  born  in  Passaic,  August  28,  1878, 
died  November  14,  1904.    7.  Adam  (4),  of  whom  further. 

William  Parkinson  Laytham,  eldest  surviving  son  of  Adam  (3)  and 
Martha  (Parkinson)  Laytham,  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  May  20, 
1872.  After  school  years  were  over  he  became  associated  with  his  father, 
served  an  apprenticeship  at  the  foundry,  and  has  ever  since  been  identified 
with  the  business.  He  is  president  of  the  Eagle  Iron  and  Brass  Foundry,  and 
has  always  been  conspicuous  in  the  management  of  the  corporation. 

Mr.  Laytham  is  a  member  of  Possaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  is  affiliated  with  other  Masonic  bodies,  and  is  a  noble  of  Salaam 
Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  of  Newark.  He 
married,  July  2,  1895,  in  Passaic,  Sarah  S.  Brown,  born  September  4,  1876, 
in  Belfast,  Ireland,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  (Magee)  Brown,  both  of 
whom  are  natives  of  Belfast,  from  whence  they  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1882.  Of  their  union,  William  Parkinson  and  Sarah  S.  (Brown)  Laytham  are 
the  parents  of  four  children :  Martha,  deceased ;  Vera  May ;  William  B. ;  and 
Allison  W. 

John  Thomas  Laytham,  son  of  Adam  (3)  and  Martha  (Parkinson) 
Laytham,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Chestnut  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
August  4,  1874.  Soon  after  completing  his  studies  he  became  associated  with 
his  father,  acquiring  practical  knowledge  of  the  various  details  of  the  foundry 
business.  When  the  business  was  incorporated,  he  was  chosen  treasurer  of  the 
Eagle  Iron  and  Brass  Foundry,  serving  until  1920,  when  he  retired.  Frater- 
nally he  is  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  389,  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  and  of  the  Masonic  order.  John  Thomas  Laytham  married, 
in  Passaic,  Isabella  Ainsworth,  born  in  England,  a  daughter  of  William  Ains- 
worth,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  a  son,  Russell. 

Adam  (4)  Laytham,  youngest  child  and  son  of  Adam  and  Martha 
(Parkinson)  Laytham,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Chestnut  street,  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  September  27,  1880.  After  completing  school  years  he  became 
associated  with  his  father  and  brothers,  acquiring  a  practical  knowledge  of  the 
foundry  business,  and  has  since  the  incorporation  of  the  Eagle  Iron  and  Brass 
Foundry  been  an  official  of  the  corporation.  Mr.  Laytham  married,  in  Passaic, 
Irene  Hall,  daughter  of  Harry  Hall,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey.     Mr.  and  Mrs. 


226  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

La}  tham  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Martha  Alice. 


RICHARD  J.  SCOLES — As  president  of  two  of  Passaic's  most  important 
financial  institutions,  the  Passaic  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Company  and  the 
Passaic  National  Bank,  Mr.  Scoles  is  widely  known,  not  alone  in  the  banking 
fraternity,  in  which  the  greater  part  of  his  active  life  has  'been  spent,  but  in 
general  business  circles  throughout  the  district.  His  interest  has  extended  to 
many  departments  of  the  city  life  in  substantial  contributions  to  the  common 
good,  and  as  president  of  the  executive  board  of  the  General  Hospital  of  Passaic 
he  has  been  able  to  do  much  to  further  the  welfare  of  this  institution.  Mr. 
Scoles  is  a  member  of  several  societies  and  clubs,  and  has  a  broad  circle  of 
friends  made  in  business,  civic,  and  social  intercourse. 


PETER  REID —  The  late  Peter  Reid  was  one  of  the  leading  pioneer 
manufacturers  and  representative  citizens  of  the  city  of  Passaic.  He  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Govan,  parish  of  Lanark  and  Renfrew,  Scotland,  October  8, 
1829.  He  there  acquired  such  educational  advantages  as  were  afforded  to  the 
)'ouths  of  the  neighborhood  during  that  time.  Upon  taking  up  the  practical 
duties  of  life,  he  became  engaged  in  his  uncle's  dyeing  establishment  in  Govan 
where  he  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  various  details  and  technique 
of  dyeing  and  finishing  cotton  and  woolen  goods.  In  1849  Peter  Reid,  being 
desirous  to  improve  his  opportunities  in  life,  decided  to  immigrate  to  the  United 
States.  Soon  upon  his  arrival  here  he  settled  in  the  city  of  Boston,  where  he 
found  employment  at  his  chosen  line  of  work  with  the  Midddlesex  Dyeing  and 
Bleaching  Company  in  Somerville,  a  suburban  town  of  the  city  of  Boston. 
Here  in  the  course  of  time,  as  a  result  of  his  diligence  and  fidelity  to  duty,  he 
was  advanced  to  the  position  of  manager,  and  he  faithfully  discharged  the 
duties  of  this  responsible  position  during  a  period  of  eighteen  years.  In  1869, 
Peter  Reid,  with  his  friend,  Henry  A.  Barry,  who  had  also  been  identified  with 
the  Middlesex  Dyeing  and  Bleaching  Company  for  a  number  of  )'ears  came  to 
the  village  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  then  a  small  hamlet,  where 
they,  after  careful  investigation,  decided  to  engage  in  the  bleaching  and  dyeing 
business,  and  accordingly  established  their  plant  on  the  western  bank  of  the 
Passaic  river,  where  they  availed  themselves  of  the  water  power  of  the  Dundee 
Company  in  operating  their  plant. 

Peter  i\eid  having  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  various  details  and 
methods  of  the  dyeing  and  bleaching  processes  and  other  mechanical  details  of 
their  nev.'ly  established  plant,  the  operation  of  which  was  chiefly  directed  by 
himself,  had  also  thorough!]'  prepared  himself  for  the  successful  use  and  work- 
ing of  the  many  colors  employed  in  their  line,  and  he  eminently  fitted  himself 
for  the  many  requirements  in  that  department  of  their  newly  established  plant 
in  Passaic.  His  associate  and  partner,  Henry  A.  Barry,  having  acquired  a 
practical  knowledge  of  the  commercial  ends  of  the  business,  also  rendered 
valuable  service  during  the  beginning  of  their  manufacturing  and  commercial 
career. 

Mr.  Reid  and  Mr.  Barry  having  made  their  beginning  with  the  limited 
capital  of  about  five  thousand  dollars,  erected  a  one  story  building,  about  thirty 
by  seventy  feet,  in  the  Dundee  section  of  the  village  of  Passaic,  which,  in 
the  course  of  time,  they  enlarged  so  as  to  meet  the  demands  of  thir  con- 
stantly increasing  business.  In  1888  Mr.  Reid  had  his  interests,  along 
with  those  of  Mr.  Barry,  incorporated  under  the  title  of  the  United  States 
Finishing  Company,  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  the  prin- 
cipal   stockholders    being    Peter    Reid,    Henry    A.    Barry,    William    I.    Barry, 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  227 

and  Joseph  H.  Wright.  Upon  the  establishment  of  this  new  concern  Peter 
Reid  was  made  president,  and  from  that  time  to  1905  he  gave  the  best  of  his 
thought  and  time  toward  advancing  the  interests  of  the  corporation.  As  the 
years  went  by  with  increasing  prosperity,  Peter  Reid  became  identified  with 
other  manufacturing  and  commercial  interests  of  Passaic,  and  for  some  time 
he  held  the  office  of  president  of  the  Pantasote  Leather  Company.  He 
was  also  identified  with  the  Passaic  Print  Works,  the  Manhattan  Rubber 
Manufacturing  Company,  the  Brighton  Cotton  and  Woolen  Mills,  and  the 
Algonquin  Company.  He  was  instrumental  in  the  organization  of  the  Passaic 
National  Bank,  and  the  Passaic  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Company,  in  each 
of  which  orzanizations  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors.  Mr. 
Reid  was  also  actively  identified  with  a  number  of  business  enterprises  in  the 
city  of  New  York.  Indeed  it  can  correctly  be  stated  that  few  men  in  the  city  of 
Passaic  had  ever  been  more  active  in  the  material  as  well  as  the  social  and  civic 
interests  of  the  city  than  Peter  Reid.  He  not  only  gave  generously  of  his  sub- 
stance toward  advancing  the  social  and  civic,  as  well  as  the  moral  interests  of  his 
adopted  city  during  his  lifetime,  but,  in  bequeathing  his  estate  at  the  time  of 
making  his  will,  he  donated  generously  to  numerous  institutions  and  organiza- 
tions which  today  make  Passaic  one  of  the  leading  and  progressive  cities  of 
the  state  of  New  Jersey. 

Mr.  Reid  was  largely  instrumental  in  purchasing  the  noted  Paulison 
Castle,  and  placed  the  same  into  the  possession  of  the  city  of  Passaic  for  the 
purpose  of  a  City  Hall.  In  1903  he  presented  to  the  city  the  Reid  Memo- 
rial Library,  located  in  Third  street,  in  the  Dundee  section  of  the  city, 
known  as  the  manufacturing  section  of  Passaic,  where,  as  he  thought,  the  library 
might  be  of  the  greatest  service  to  many  of  the  families  of  the  operatives.  He 
also  contributed  largely  to  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  and  to  the  General 
Hospital  of  Passaic,  and  assisted  in  the  establishment  of  the  home  for  profes- 
sional nurses  of  that  institution.  It  can  indeed  be  stated  that  Peter  Reid  had 
given  and  helped  more  generously  all  worthy  causes  in  Passaic  during  the 
period  of  his  remarkable  career  than  any  other  man  during  that  time.  He  not 
only  came  to  be  regarded  as  Passaic's  philanthropic  and  grand  old  man,  but  he 
had  in  every  way  demonstrated  the  highest  and  finest  qualities  of  American 
citizenship.  In  his  political  affiliations  he  supported  the  principles  and  policies 
as  advocated  by  the  Republican  party.  He  did  not,  however,  aspire  to  public 
office  and  steadfastly  refused  the  honor  of  official  recognition  up  to  the  time  he 
was  elected,  with  Moses  C.  Worthen,  to  the  office  of  overseer  of  highways,  an 
honorary  position,  the  duties  of  which  he  faithfully  discharged  for  a  number 
of  years. 

Soon  after  settling  In  Passaic,  Mr.  Reid  established  his  first  home  at 
Jefferson  street  and  Hamilton  avenue.  He  later  leased  the  Pell  homestead,  which 
then  stood  near  Aspen  street,  and  in  1885  he  erected  the  beautiful  residence, 
where  he  spent  the  latter  years  of  his  life,  in  Passaic  avenue,  where  he  had,  in 
connection  with  Henry  A.  Barry,  purchased  a  tract  of  seven  acres  on  both  sides 
of  Passaic  avenue,  between  Acyrigg  avenue  and  Ascension  street.  This  location 
has  since  developed  Into  one  of  the  finest  building  sections  In  the  city  of  Passaic. 

Peter  Reid  married  Jane  Watson,  daughter  of  John  Watson,  of  Somerville, 
Massachusetts,  and  a  sister  of  the  late  city  clerk,  Thomas  R.  Watson,  of  Passaic. 
She  was  possessed  of  many  fine  qualities  of  both  mind  and  heart  and  had 
endeared  herself  to  all  who  knew  her  best  in  life.  Of  their  union  in  marriage 
they  had  no  Issue.  Jane  (Watson)  Reid  died  at  the  family  homestead  In  June 
1901,  and  was  interred  in  the  family  plot  in  Cedar  Lawn  Cemetery. 

Peter  Reid  died  at  his  home  in  Passaic  avenue,  December  9,  1912.     Llis 


228  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

remains  were  also  interred  in  the  family  plot  in  Cedar  Lawn  Cemetery,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death  it  was  correctly  stated  that  he  was  the  true  embodiment  of 
a  happy,  successful  man,  as  the  outcome  of  a  straightforward  and  honest  com- 
mercial career,  and  the  result  of  earnest  and  constant  thrift,  coupled  with  strictly 
honest  methods  in  all  his  business  transactions.  He  left  a  large  estate,  a  portion 
of  which  he  designated  in  his  will  to  charitable  and  philanthropic  purposes. 


EDWARD  C.  BRENNAN,  editor  of  the  "Clifton  Journal"  and  president 
of  the  Clifton  Press,  Inc.,  is  also  president  of  the  Clifton  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, president  of  the  New  Jersey  State  League  of  Republican  Clubs  and 
grand  orient  of  the  Court  of  the  Orient  of  Passaic  county. 

Mr.  Brennan  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  on  February  15,  1870,  his 
father,  Philip  F.  Brennan,  having  served  as  fire  commissioner  of  the  former 
city  of  Brooklyn,  and  served  throughout  the  Civil  War  with  the  14th  Regiment 
of  Brooklyn.  His  mother,  Julia  Emma  (Nesbitt)  Brennan,  was  the  daughter 
of  Joseph  Nesbitt,  a  member  of  the  New  York  Legislature,  and  she  was  a 
direct  descendant  on  the  maternal  side  o^f  John  Adams. 

Edward  C.  Brennan,  on  his  father's  side,  is  a  direct  descendant  of  General 
Sebastian  Bauman,  who  served  on  General  Washington's  staff,  and  who  was 
appointed  the  first  postmaster  of  New  York  at  the  conclusion  of  the  War  of 
the  Revolution.  Mr.  Brennan  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Brooklyn. 
He  served  as  a  member  of  the  New  York  State  Assembly  from  1896  to  1900 
inclusive.  In  1897  he  was  appointed  a  director  of  the  Brooklyn  Public  Library 
system  by  Mayor  Frederick  W.  Wurster.  In  1898,  during  the  Spanish-Ameri- 
can War,  Mr.  Brennan  organized  a  volunteer  regiment  which  became  the  147th 
Regiment  of  infantry,  and  for  his  services  Governor  Frank  S.  Black  commis* 
sioned  him  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  regiment.  In  1907,  Mr.  Brennan  organized 
the  American  Life  Saving  Society,  of  which  he  is  still  president. 

Mr.  Brennan  moved  to  New  Jersey  in  1910,  and  in  1916  went  as  a  delegate 
from  Hudson  county  to  the  Republican  National  Convention  at  Chicago,  where 
he  introduced  the  resolution  which  led  to  the  appointment  of  conference  com- 
mittees by  the  Republican  and  Progressive  conventions  and  harmonious  action 
upon  the  part  of  the  two  conventions  on  candidates  and  platforms.  In  1917 
Governor  Edge  appointed  Mr.  Brennan  to  represent  New  Jersey  as  the  State 
Delegate  to  the  Conference  of  Patriotic  Organizations  at  Chautauqua,  New 
York,  during  the  week  of  July  2,  1917. 

Mr.  Brennan  married  Eugenie  Haney,  daughter  of  Ira  Haney,  of  Albany, 
on  July  5,  1900.  They  are  both  of  the  Protestant  faith.  The  family  residence 
is  at  No.  140  DeMott  avenue,  Clifton,  New  Jersev. 


SCOTTO  CLARK  NASH— One  of  the  names  which  will  live  long  in 
Clifton  as  significant  in  a  broad  and  permanent  way  in  the  history  of  the  prosper- 
ity and  progress  of  the  city,  is  that  of  Scotto  Clark  Nash,  whose  activities 
throughout  his  long  life,  and  especially  during  his  fifty  years  of  residence  in 
Clifton,  were  always  constructive,  always  conducive  to  the  public  good.  He 
was  highly  esteemed  by  all,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  the  oldest  resident 
of  Clifton. 

Mr.  Nash  was  born  in  the  year  1841,  and  died,  April  22,  1^20,  at  Lake- 
hurst,  New  Jersey.  From  his  early  youth  until  his  retirement  from  active 
affairs  Mr.  Nash  was  more  or  less  widely  interested  in  farming  operations,  and 
from  the  time  he  settled  permanently  in  Clifton,  about  1870,  he  was  considered 
one  of  the  most  successful  men  of  the  vicinity  in  his  chosen  occupation.  Posses- 
ing  more  than  usual  administrative  ability,  and  also  personally  active  as  well. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  229 

he  early  gained  a  competence,  and  with  unbounded  faith  in  the  future  of  Clifton 
as  a  residential  and  industrial  center,  he  invested  very  largely  in  real  estate  in 
this  vicinity.  His  former  business  association,  as  a  member  of  Nash  Brothers, 
manufacturers  of  agricultural  implements  and  supplies,  made  possible  every 
considerable  activity  along  this  line.  Mr.  Nash  eventually  owned  all  the 
property  along  Madison  and  Clifton  avenues,  the  land  where  now  stands  the 
Erie  Railroad  station  and  the  Clifton  Hotel,  and  also  much  property  on 
Lexington  avenue  and  in  other  sections  of  the  city,  both  central  and  suburban. 
He  built  a  very  beautiful  homestead  on  Clifton  avenue,  near  Main  avenue,  and 
there  laid  out  the  extensive  grounds  with  charming  landscape  effects,  indulging 
his  keen  delight  in  beautiful  flowers.  He  built  a  large  hothouse  and  his  out- 
door rose  garden  was  one  of  the  finest  in  Passaic  county,  if  not  in  the  state.  His 
real  estate  activities  absorbed  the  greater  part  of  his  time  for  many  years,  but 
in  1911  Mr.  Nash  sold  a  large  proportion  of  his  holdings  and  retired  to  this 
beautiful  home,  which  stands  on  the  site  of  the  old  Nash  homestead,  at  No.  254 
Clifton  avenue. 

Never  seeking  or  accepting  leadership  in  social  or  civic  advance,  Mr. 
Nash  was  still  deeply  interested  in  many  branches  of  organized  endeavor  and 
had  a  very  wide  circle  of  friends  both  in  private  and  business  life.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  close  friend  of  Col.  John  H.  Adamson,  and  through  the  frequent 
travels  of  his  later  years  made  many  acquaintances  of  note.  He  had  spent  the 
winter  of  1919-1920  in  Florida,  and  almost  immediately  after  his  return,  at 
a  meeting  of  the  Clifton  City  Council,  he  offered  to  the  city  his  Lexington 
avenue  property  as  a  site  for  a  park,  desiring,  in  his  loyalty  to  the  city  which 
had  been  the  scene  of  his  success,  to  leave  a  lasting  memorial  of  intrinsic  value 
and  beauty  to  the  people,  although  at  the  time  not  anticipating  his  early  passing. 
Mr.  Nash  was  apparently  in  good  health,  and  his  friends  had  no  thought  of 
the  imminence  of  his  passing,  although  he  had  almost  reached  the  four-score 
mark  in  age.  He,  himself  looked  upon  the  beginning  of  his  last  illness  as  of 
no  special  significance,  and  went  to  Lakehurst  for  the  possibility  of  improvement, 
but  in  a  few  days  he  had  gone  out  of  human  ken.  The  sorrow  caused  by  his  loss 
assuaged  for  those  who  are  left  behind  only  by  the  memory  of  the  long  life 
of  usefulness,  of  upright  dealings  with  his  fellowmen  and  of  his  genial  spirit, 
which  seems  to  have  remained  as  a  benediction,  with  those  who  were  close  to  him 
in  his  latter  years.  He  will  be  remembered  for  many  years  by  all  those  whose 
privilege  it  was  to  know  him.  Mr.  Nash  is  survived  by  three  children:  a  son, 
George,  whose  business  activities  follow  agricultural  lines ;  a  daughter,  Ethel, 
and  another  daughter,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Randall,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 


ROBERT  ROBINSON  ARMSTRONG,  M.D.— In  professional  circles 
of  Passaic,  Dr.  Armstrong  holds  an  assured  position.  He  Is  a  son  of  Robert 
Robinson  Armstrong,  who  was  born  In  County  Fermanagh,  Ireland,  and  re- 
ceived a  college  education  in  his  native  land.  Coming  to  Canada  as  a  young 
man  in  1871,  Mr.  Armstrong  brought  his  wife  and  older  children,  then  small, 
to  Que'bec,  settling  in  Shawvllle,  where  he  remained  until  about  1888.  Then 
coming  to  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  he  entered  the  coal  business,  in  which  he  was 
active  in  that  city  throughout  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  married  In  his 
native  land,  Rebecca  MacKeown,  who  was  born  in  the  north  part  of  Ireland,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom  Dr.  Armstrong  is  the  fifth. 
There  were  six  sons  and  three  daughters.  The  father  died  in  1900,  but  the 
mother  still  survives,  residing  In  Paterson. 

Dr.  Armstrong  was  born  In  Shawvllle,  Quebec,  Canada,  and  received  his 
early  education   In   that  province.     With   the   removal   of   the   family   to   the 


230  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

United  States  the  young  man  took  up  the  necessary  preparatory  studies,  then, 
in  1891,  entered  the  New  York  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1895  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Immediately  thereafter  he  took 
up  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Faterson,  where  he  practiced  for  two  years.  Then, 
going  abroad,  he  spent  about  a  year  and  a  half  in  post-graduate  study  in 
Vienna,  Austria,  and  Leipzig,  Germany.  Returning  to  this  country  in  March, 
1899,  Dr.  Armstrong  established  his  office  in  Passaic,  in  May  of  that  year,  and 
has  continued  in  this  city  until  the  present  time.  In  1907  he  was  made  county 
physician  for  Passaic  county,  and  has  also  been  prominent  in  civic  affairs  as  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Education  at  one  time,  and  as  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Health  for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  City,  County 
and  State  Medical  Societies,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic  Chamber  of 
Commerce. 

During  the  World  War  Dr.  Armstrong  was  appointed  to  the  first  draft 
board  that  was  formed  in  this  county,  and  served  until  his  enlistment  in  the 
Medical  Reserve  Corps.  Then  commissioned  captain,  he  was  sent  to  the  offi- 
cers' training  camp  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Georgia,  and  was  eventually  made  com- 
manding officer  of  Base  Hospital  No.  147,  at  Camp  Greene,  North  Caro- 
lina, which  position  he  retained  until  after  the  armistice.  He  was  dis- 
charged from  the  service,  December  17,  1918,  and  returned  to  his  interrupted 
practice  in  Passaic,  resuming  also  the  duties  of  county  physician,  which 
office  was  held  open  for  him.  Dr.  Armstrong  married,  in  Passaic,  May  22, 
1916,  Edna  Schulting,  daughter  of  Herman  Schulting,  of  Passaic.  Dr.  Arm- 
strong's office  and  residence  are  on  Bloomfield  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


LLEWELLYN  L.  LLOYD — A  native  of  New  York  State,  but  coming  of 
an  old  English  family,  Mr.  Lloyd  identified  himself  with  railroad  work 
immediately  upon  leaving  school,  and  is  now  agent  and  station  master  for 
the  Erie  railroad  at  Athenia,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Lloyd  is  a  son  of  William  and 
Margaret  Mary  (Morgan)  Lloyd,  both  born  in  England,  they  coming  to  this 
country  early  in  life.  The  elder  Mr.  Lloyd  is  a  resident  of  Arden,  New  York, 
and  is  manager  of  the  Harriman  poultry  farm  on  the  Harriman  estate  at  Arden. 

Llewellyn  L.  Lloyd  was  born  at  Houghton  Farm,  New  York,  July  27, 
1894,  but  removed  with  the  family  to  Arden  when  he  was  a  small  child,  and 
there  graduated  from  the  public  schools  and  spent  two  years  in  high  school.  In 
1911,  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years,  he  left  school  to  realize  a  boyhood  ambition 
in  learning  railroading.  Securing  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  Arden  station  of  the 
Erie  railroad,  he  continued  there  for  one  year,  after  which  he  was  sent  out  as  an 
auxiliary  man  to  different  stations  along  the  main  line  of  the  Erie  road, 
travelling  thus  for  about  three  years.  The  road  experience  gained  through 
this  activity  now  equipped  him  for  any  position,  and  his  faithful  service  was 
recognized  by  the  company,  his  appointment  as  agent  at  the  Howells,  New 
York,  station  of  the  Erie  road  soon  followed.  This  is  recognized  as  a  difficult 
post  to  fill,  but  he  met  every  requirement,  handling  the  work  efficiently,  and 
making  no  complaint  of  hardships.  On  November  24,  1918,  he  was  transferred 
to  the  Athenia,  New  Jersey,  station,  as  agent  and  station  master,  which  posi- 
tion he  still  fills. 

In  the  various  interests  of  public  life  Mr.  Lloyd  keeps  in  touch  with  the 
general  advance,  but  although  a  supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  is  not  a 
seeker  after  political  honors,  his  home  and  social  life  meaning  more  to  him. 
During  the  World  War  he  was  a  member  of  the  Red  Cross  Campaign  Committee 
at  Howells,  and  worked  ceaselessly  for  this  organization,  assisting  also  with  the 
various  loan  campaigns.     He  was  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  censors  of 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  231 

Howells.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Lloyd  is  a  member  of  Clifton  Lodge,  No.  203, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  and  of  Paterson  Valley  Forest,  No.  33,  Tall  Cedars 
of  Lebanon,  of  Paterson.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Craftemen's  Club,  of  Clifton, 
and  of  the  Don't  Worry  Club  of  Railroad  Workers,  of  Paterson.  He  is  taking 
a  keen  interest  in  community  affairs  in  Athenia,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Athenia 
\'olunteer  Fire  Company.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Athenia  Reformed  Church. 

Mr.  Lloyd  married,  in  Suffern,  New  York,  on  April  15,  1916,  Mary 
Purcell  Latta,  of  Suffern,  daughter  of  James  and  Junette  Latta.  Her  father, 
who  is  now  retired,  was  for  many  years  an  employee  of  the  American  Brake 
and  Shoe  Foundry  Company  of  Mahwah,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lloyd 
are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Edgar  Roland,  born  February  25,  1918. 

JERE  L.  WENTZ — The  name  of  Wentz  is  derived  from  Wenceslau:, 
the  "Saint"  duke  of  Bohemia,  born  about  908.  Descendants  settled  in  the 
German  states,  south  and  west  of  Bohemia,  where  the  name  Wenceslaus  passed 
through  many  changes  after  surnames  were  adopted,  finally  becoming  Wentz. 

The  American  ancestor  of  the  Wentz  family  was  Johann  Jost  Wentz. 
He  was  born  in  the  village  of  "Ortschaft,"  Beerfelden,  in  the  grand  duchy  of 
Hesse-Darmstadt,  Germany,  December  13,  1749,  from  whence  he  came  in  May, 
1773,  with  his  wife,  Anna  Elizabeth  (Horn)  Wentz,  and  two  small  children: 
John  Peter,  who  was  at  that  time  three  years  of  age;  and  Barbara,  aged  one 
year,  who  died  during  the  voyage  and  was  buried  at  sea.  Johann  Jost  Wentz 
and  his  little  family  group  arrived  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
sometime  during  the  month  of  September,  their  journey  having  been  a  long  and 
trying  one.  Johann  Jest  W^entz  remained  in  Philadelphia  for  a  brief  period 
only,  then  settled  in  LTpper  Milford  township,  Northamton  county  (now  Lehigh 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  wealthy  farmer,  Colonel 
Sieibert.  As  a  result  of  his  thrift  and  frugality,  he,  in  the  course  of  time, 
acquired  fifty  acres  of  farm  land,  situated  near  the  Delaware  Water  Gap, 
Pennsylvania.  Here  he  applied  himself  with  great  industry,  and  also  pursued 
liis  trade,  that  of  a  cooper.  Having  had  a  good  elementary  training  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  county,  he  frequently  taught  the  children  of  the  neigh- 
borhood in  the  German  language.  He  was  known  as  a  conscientious  and 
straightforward  Christian,  a  strict  Lutheran,  having  been  confirmed  at  the  age 
of  fourteen  years,  and  the  religious  spirit  which  actuated  his  own  life  was 
inculcated  into  the  minds  and  hearts  of  his  children.  The  sturdy  settler  and 
American  ancestor  of  Jere  L,  Wentz,  of  Passaic,  died  in  Berlinsville,  Penn- 
sylvania, aged  sixty-two  years,  five  months,  nine  days.  Anna  Elizabeth  (Horn) 
Wentz,  wife  of  Johann  Jost  Wentz,  died  at  Berlinsville,  November  11,  1845,  at 
the  age  of  ninety-six  years,  eleven  months  and  eighteen  days.  They  were  the 
parents  of  eight  children :  John  Peter  and  Barbara,  born  in  Germany ;  Jacob, 
of  whom  further ;  John  George,  Magdalene,  John,  Elizabeth,  and  William,  born 
in  America. 

Jacob  Wentz,  second  son  of  Johann  Jost  and  Anna  Elizabeth  (Horn) 
Wentz,  was  born  in  Upper  Milford  township,  Pennsylvania,  August  21,  1777. 
He  received  such  educational  advantages  as  the  neighborhood  afforded.  He 
married  (first)  Catherine  Leibenguth  in  February,  1900,  their  only  child  dying 
with  the  mother  at  its  birth  in  December,  1800.  He  married  (second)  Magda- 
lene Kieffer,  April  12,  1801,  and  to  them  eleven  children  were  born:  Catherine; 
Jacob  (2),  of  wfhom  forward;  John;  Sarah;  Elizabeth;  Joseph;  Polly;  Joel; 
Lydia ;  Levy,  and  Monroe. 

Jacob  (2)  Wentz,  eldest  son  of  Jacob  and  Magdalene  (Kieffer)  Wentz, 
was  born  in  Lehigh  township,  Northampton  county,  Pennsylvania,  December 


232  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

29,  1803,  died  at  his  father's  homestead,  April  1,  1881,  a  farmer.  He  married 
(first)  at  Berlinsville,  Northampton  county,  November  14,  1824,  Catherine 
Berlin,  who  died  March  2,  1853.  To  them  were  born  fifteen  children :  William, 
Charles,  Julianna,  Thomas,  Catherine,  Joel,  Anna  Maria,  Moses,  Reuben, 
Isaac,  Sarah  Ann,  Elizabeth,  Jacob,  Magdalene,  and  David.  Jacob  (2)  Wentz 
married  (second)  May  9,  1857,  Lucy  Ann  Easterday,  a  widow  with  six  children. 
To  them  were  born  seven  children  :  Rdbert,  of  whom  forward ;  John ;  Levy ; 
Rebecca ;  Henry ;  George,  and  Anna.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  the  grandfather 
of  Jere  L.  Wentz,  of  Passaic,  was  the  father  of  twenty-two  children,  and 
married  a  widow  with  six  children,  making  a  total  of  twenty-eight  children 
in  this  family. 

Robert  Wentz,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Jacob  (2)  and  Lucy  Ann  (Easter- 
day) W>ntz,  was  born  at  the  family  homestead  in  Lehigh  township,  North- 
ampton county,  Pennsylvania,  July  19,  1858.  He  received  his  educational 
training  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  and  grew  to  manhood  under  the 
parental  roof.  Upon  taking  up  the  practical  duties  of  life  he  engaged  in 
millwright  work,  and  later  specialized  in  designing  and  constructing  cement 
manufacturing  plants.  He  married  Alice  M.  Farber,  of  Lehigh  township,  July 
19,  1876,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Sarah  (Laubach)  Farber,  and  of  this  union 
were  born  nine  children,  the  first  five  in  Cherryville,  Pennsylvania:  Bertie,  born 
March  6,  1878;  Annie,  born  July  21,  1879;  Jere  Lester,  of  whom  further;, 
Lottie,  born  June  2,  1884;  died  April  3,  1904;  Carrie,  born  May  23,  1888; 
Talmage,  born  in  Trichlers,  Pennsylvania,  January  31,  1890,  died  June  5, 
1895;  Helen,  born  in  Trichlers,  Pennsylvania,  March  13,  1892;  Esther,  born 
in  Siegfried,  Pennsylvania,  August  18,  1894;  and  Willard,  born  in  Siegfried, 
Pennsylvania,  October  14,  1897. 

Jere  Lester  Wentz,  eldest  son  of  Rdbert  and  Alice  M.  (Farber)  Wentz, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Cherryville,  Northampton  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, September  28,  1880.  His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the 
schools  of  the  neighborhood.  Soon  after  passing  his  fourteenth  year  he  began 
to  assist  his  father  in  millwright  work,  and  under  his  guidance  and  tuition  he 
acquired  a  good  knowledge  of  machinery.  He  next  began  the  study  of  mechan- 
ical drawing  and  engineering,  and  in  1908  he  secured  a  position  in  the  engi- 
neering department  of  the  Robins  Conveying  Belt  Company,  in  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  remained  actively  engaged  in  their  engineering  department  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  then  spent  three  years  in  England  in  association  with 
his  father,  who  had  contracted  the  erection  of  a  cement  manufacturing  plant 
in  that  country.  Upon  his  return  to  his  Passaic  home,  he  started  to  develop  a 
portable  conveyor  for  handling  coal,  stone,  sand,  gravel  and  similar  materials. 

After  passing  through  the  difficulties  and  discouragements  which  usually 
beset  an  inventor,  he  succeeded  in  perfecting  a  practical  machine,  now  known 
as  the  "scoop"  conveyer.  During  the  year  1916,  he  personally  constructed 
about  twenty  "Scoop"  conveyers,  nearly  all  of  them  going  to  local  firms.  The 
success  of  this  initial  start  led  to  the  organization  of  the  Portable  Machinery 
Company,  early  in  1917,  of  which  corporation  Jere  L.  Wentz  is  now  (1922) 
president  and  general  manager.  The  plant  of  the  company  is  located  in 
Clifton,  New  Jersey,  at  the  corner  of  Clifton  and  Lakeview  avenues. 

Jere  L.  Wentz  married,  in  Nazareth,  Pennsylvania,  July  24,  1902,  Ada 
M.  Bender,  daughter  of  Lovin  and  Susan  Bender,  and  they  are  the  parents  of 
one  son,  Robert  L.,  born  May  19,  1907. 


JUDGE  SAMUEL  WEINBERGER— For  thirty  years   Samuel  Wein- 
berger  has  been  a  resident  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  has  there  won  the  respect 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  233 

and  esteem  of  all  who  know  him,  and  there  are  few  who  do  not  know  him, 
for  as  merchant,  real  estate  operator,  and  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years, 
he  has  been  prominently  in  the  public  eye.  His  sons  form  the  law  firm  of 
Weinberger  &  Weinberger,  of  the  Passaic  bar  and  the  name  is  honored  in 
both  professional  and  business  circles. 

Samuel  Weinberger  was  born,  in  Nagy-Ddbra,  Austria,  September  5,  1868, 
and  there  obtained  a  good  education.  He  spent  the  years  of  his  minority  in  his 
native  land,  then  came  to  the  United  States  and,  in  1889,  became  a  resident  of 
Passaic,  New  Jersey.  He  was  regularly  admitted  to  the  Indiana  bar,  but  has 
not  practiced  his  profession,  his  title  coming  through  his  quarter  of  a  century 
incumbency  of  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace,  during  which  time  he  has 
frequently  served  as  acting  police  judge,  in  the  absence  of  the  regular  judge. 
For  fifteen  years  he  conducted  "The  Bee  Hive,"  a  department  store  on  Second 
street,  Passaic,  and  became  known  as  one  of  the  city's  large  and  successful 
operators.  He  has  become  one  of  the  large  real  estate  holders  of  Passaic  and 
at  one  time  owned  all  of  what  is  now  the  First  Ward  Park.  He  has  been 
interested  in  several  financial  and  business  corporations  of  his  city  and  is  a 
highly  esteemed  citizen. 

Judge  Weinberger  is  an  ardent  Republican,  and  in  1897  was  first  elected 
a  justice  of  the  peace,  an  office  which  he  has  held  continuously  to  the  present 
time  (1922).  He  is  a  member  of  various  fraternal  and  club  organizations, 
president  of  Chevra  B'nai  Jacob  Congregation,  and  has  done  much  for  the 
good  of  his  countrymen. 

Judge  Weinberger  married  Sarah  Friedman,  daughter  of  Abraham  Fried- 
man, a  well  known  resident  of  Passaic,  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  sons: 
Harry  H.  (q.  v),  Joseph  J.  (q.  v.)  ;  and  a  daughter,  Lillian,  who  married  W-. 
William  Borgenicht,  of  New  York. 


HARRY  HARRISON  WEINBERGER— As  the  head  of  the  firm  of 
Weinberger  &  Weinberger,  attorneys-at-law  of  Passaic,  Harry  H.  Weinberger 
holds  a  position  of  more  than  usual  prominence  in  the  legal  profession.  With 
broadly  comprehensive  preparation  for  Ms  career,  he  is  achieving  marked  suc- 
cess. He  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Weinberger,  his  father  being  a  man  of 
note  in  Passaic,  until  his  retirement  a  few  years  ago,  a  leader  in  real  estate  and 
insurance,  and  also  for  twenty-five  years  justice  of  the  peace  in  this  city,  and 
acting  police  mlagistrate. 

Harry  Harrison  Weinberger  was  born  in  New  York  City,  March  4,  1888. 
His  education  was  begun  at  Dr.  Davison's  Private  Boarding  School,  then  he 
later  attended  the  Passaic  High  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1905.  His  decision  in  regard  to  his  profession  early  made,  he  entered 
New  York  Law  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1908,  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Laws,  receiving  the  degree  of  Master  of  Laws  from  the  same 
institution  the  following  year.  Admitted  to  the  bar  as  attorney-at-law  in  1909, 
he  was  admitted  in  New  Jersey  in  1912  as  counsellor-at-law,  practicing  in  the 
Federal  courts  from  the  earlier  date,  and  as  advocate  from  1912.  An  early 
business  affiliation  was  with  the  State  Finance  Corporation,  of  which  he  is  vice- 
president,  and  since  his  admittance  to  the  bar  of  this  State  he  has  had  his 
offices  in  the  People's  Bank  building,  in  Passaic,  his  brother,  Joseph  Jerome 
Weinberger,  a  sketch  of  whose  life  follows,  being  associated  with  him  in  practice 
in  recent  years.  Mr.  Weinberger  stands  high  in  the  profession,  and  is  one  of 
the  successful  men  of  the  day  in  Passaic  county. 

Always  interested  in  the  civic  progress,  Mr.  Weimberger  is  taking  a  signifi- 
cant part  in  the  welfare  of  the  city  as  playground  commissioner.     Fraternally, 


234  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

he  holds  membership  in  Dirigo  Lodge,  No.  30,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  and 
is  a  member  of  Mecca  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine;  is  a  member  of  Amelia  Lodge,  No.  215,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows ;  of  Joseph  Spitz  I^odge,  Independent  Order  of  B'rith  Abraham ;  of 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America;  and  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Young 
Men's  Hebrew  Association  of  Passaic,  of  w'hich  he  is  past  president.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Jewish  Center  of  New  York  City,  and  is  an  active  member  of 
the  Progress  Club,  of  Passaic.  He  attends  the  Jewish  Center  Congregation  of 
New  York  City. 

Mr.  Weinberger  married,  at  the  Hotel  Savoy,  in  New  York  City,  June  11, 
1916,  Rita  Hecht,  a  graduate  of  Barnard  College,  daughter  of  Sol  Hecht,  of 
New  York  City.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weinberger  have  twk>  children :  Lloyd  George, 
born  July  9,  1918;  and  Constance,  born  October  2,  1920. 


JOSEPH  JEROME  WEINBERGER— A  name  which  is  commanding 
wide  attention  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  vicinity  in  the  legal  profession  is 
that  of  Weinberger,  and  Dr.  Weinberger,  of  the  firm  of  Weinberger  &  Wein- 
berger, while  an  accredited  practitioner  in  dental  surgery,  is  winning  a  position 
of  prominence  in  the  law,  for  which  he  prepared  after  taking  his  dental  degree. 
Dr.  Weinberger  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Weinberger,  of  mention  in  the 
preceding  sketch. 

Dr.  Weinberger  was  born  in  New  York  City,  April  29,  1890,  but  with 
the  removal  of  the  family  to  Passaic,  his  education  was  begun  in  the  public 
schools  of  this  city.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Passaic  High  School  in 
1907,  then  entered  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  wias  grad- 
uated in  1910,  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery.  Determining 
thereafter  to  enter  a  different  profession,  he  attended  the  New  York  Law  School. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  New  Jersey  bar  in  the  year  1915,  and  was  admitted 
as  counsellor-at-law  in  1919,  and  'also  as  Master  in  Chancery,  and  was  subse- 
quently admitted  to  practice  in  the  Federal  courts  as  attorney  and  proctor. 
Meanwhile,  Dr.  Weinberger  practiced  as  a  dental  surgeon  from  the  time  of 
his  graduation  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  all  during  his  preparation 
for  the  law,  but  since  his  admittance  to  the  bar  he  has  largely  devoted  his 
time  to  his  legal  practice,  in  which  he  is  attaining  gratifying  success. 

During  the  World  War,  1917-18,  Dr.  Weinberger  was  a  member  of  the 
Medical  Division  of  the  L^nited  States  army,  serving  as  a  private,  attached  to 
Camp  Dental  Infirmary  No.  3,  at  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey  (1918-1919).  His 
more  personal  interests  include  membership  in  Arcana  Lodge,  No.  245,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  which  he  is  a  noble  grand,  and  also  past  district  deputy  of  District 
No.  47.  In  school  days  he  was  prominent  in  athletics,  was  captain  of  the 
Passaic  High  School  basketball  team  in  1907,  wfas  a  member  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  freshman  basketball  team  in  1908-1909,  also  being  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Athletic  Basketball  team  in  1907-1908.  He  is  a  member  at 
this  time  of  the  Progress  Club,  and  of  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association. 
He  attends  the  Congregation  B'nai  Jacob,  of  Passaic. 

Mr.  Weinberger  married,  on  August  27,  1919,  In  Passaic,  Helen  Pizer, 
daughter  of  Leon  and  Fanny  Pizer,  of  New  York  City. 


HENRY  GAR\'EY  FRAIN— This  family  name,  according  to  Dr.  John 
O'Hart,  a  noted  authority  on  Irish  pedigrees,  is  found  in  various  forms,  as  : 
Freynsce,  Freynsh,  Fralnshe,  Freyne,  and  Defreyne,  but  by  recent  generations 
the  spelling  of  Frain  has  become  commonly  used. 


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The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  family  of  wihom  we  have 
any  authentic  information  was  John  Frain,  who  resided  in  the  village  of 
Kooskey,  County  Roscommon,  Ireland,  where  he  was  born  about  1754.  Tradi- 
tion states  that  his  parents  had  likewise  been  natives  of  County  Roscommon. 

John  Frain,  aforementioned,  received  his  educational  training  in  the 
schools  in  the  neighborhood  of  Rooskey,  and  upon  attaining  to  years  of 
manhood  he  became  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  his  native  village. 
As  a  result  of  his  thrift  and  economy  he  became  well  and  favorably  known. 
In  his  political  affiliations,  John  Frain  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  cause 
of  Irish  freedom,  and  in  his  religious  persuasion  he  was  a  faithful  communicant 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  He  died  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of 
Rooskey,  aged  nearly  fourscore  years. 

John  Frain  married  in  County  Roscommon,  Mary  Kelly,  daughter  of 
William  and  Mary  (O'Dowd)  Kelly.  Of  this  union  were  born  two  children 
who  attained  to  years  of  maturity:  1.  Elizabeth,  born  in  1790.  2.  Edward 
Kelly,  born  about  1793,  of  whom  forward. 

Edward  Kelly  Frain,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Kelly)  Frain,  was  born  at 
the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Rooskey,  County  Roscommon,  about  1793. 
His  elementary  educational  advantages  were  obtained  in  the  schools  of  the 
neighborhood,  after  which  he  pursued  a  course  of  commercial  studies  and  also 
studied  land  surveying.  Soon  after  he  became  identified  with  his  father  and 
assisted  in  the  management  of  his  father's  store  in  Rooskey,  where  he  continued 
up  to  the  time  of  his  father's  death.  Having  succeeded  to  the  management  of 
his  father's  estate,  Edward  Kelly  Frain  continued  in  the  mercantile  business 
which  his  father  had  established  in  the  village  of  Rooskey,  and  he  also  managed 
and  cultivated  lands  belonging  to  his  father's  estate  not  far  distant  from  the 
village.  Having  been  reared  to  habits  of  thrift  and  industry,  Edward  Kelly 
Frain  became  well  known  as  a  progressive  and  useful  citizen,  and  was  likewise 
highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  his  neighbors  and  friends.  In  his  religious 
affiliations  he  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  ancestors  and  Was  a  faithful 
communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  at  Rooskey.  He  spent  the  latter 
years  of  his  life  with  his  daughter  Elizabeth,  in  the  village  of  Rooskey,  where 
he  died  in  1870,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  it  was  justly  stated  that  the  people 
of  the  village  had  lost  a  good  and  useful  citizen. 

Edward  Kelly  Frain  married,  in  1825,  Catharine  Garvey.  She  was  a  native 
of  County  Roscommon.  She  died  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Rooskey, 
aged  forty-seven  years.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  a 
dutiful  wife  and  a  kind  and  indulgent  mother.  The  children  of  Edward  K. 
and  Catharine  (Garvey)  Frain  were:  1.  Edward  Garvey  Frain,  born  in 
Rooskey,  County  Roscommon.  He  married  in  1854,  and  in  the  year  1864 
emigrated  to  the  United  States,  and  upon  his  arrival  here  settled  in  the  city  of 
Paterson,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey.  He  had  a  family  of  five  sons  and  two 
daughters.  2.  Michael,  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Rooskey, 
where  he  spent  his  life.  3.  Mary,  born  at  Rooskey.  She  married  Michael 
Cavanagh.  4.  John,  born  at  Rooskey,  where  he  died  at  the  age  of  three  years. 
5.  Henry  Garvey,  born  March  25,  1839,  of  whom  forward.  6.  Francis,  born 
at  Rooskey.  He  there  received  his  educational  training.  He  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  1870,  and  upon  his  arrival  here  settled  in  the  town  of  Passaic, 
Passaic  county.  New  Jersey.  He  married  and  reared  a  family  of  sons  and 
daughters.  7.  Elizabeth,  born  at  Rooskey,  and  was  there  educated.  She  married 
Michael  Shanley. 

Henry  Garvey  Frain,  fifth  child  of  Edward  K.  and  Catharine  (Garvey) 
Train,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Rooskey,  March  25,  1839. 


236  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  parish  schools  of  his  native 
village,  and  upon  reaching  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  he  began  the  study  of 
land  surveying  and  civil  engineering  under  the  tuition  of  Edward  Moffet,  a 
noted  civil  engineer  and  surveyor  of  County  Roscommon.  At  this  time  he 
allied  himself  with  the  Fenian  Party,  which  at  that  time  had  become  one  of 
the  leading  political  parties  in  Ireland.  In  1866  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the 
United  States,  hoping  here  to  find  a  broader  field  for  his  labor,  and  accordingly 
he  arranged  his  affairs  and  set  sail  from  the  city  of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  bound 
for  the  port  of  New  York  City,  where  after  an  uneventful  voyage  he  first  set 
foot  upon  American  soil  on  May  7,  1866.  Soon  after  his  arrival  here,  the 
young  surveyor  settled  in  the  City  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  he  entered 
the  employ  of  John  Brush  in  the  capacity  of  bookkeeper.  Young  Frain,  how- 
ever, did  not  find  the  duties  of  his  newly  chosen  line  of  wjork  to  his  liking,  and 
finally  decided  to  establish  himself  in  business  on  his  own  account.  He  accord- 
ingly secured  a  store  room  in  Passaic  street,  in  the  town  of  Passaic,  from 
Gilbert  D.  Bogart,  and  on  May  13,  1868,  first  began  his  commercial  career 
by  opening  a  grocery  and  provision  store.  In  this  undertaking  he  soon  met 
marked  success,  and  after  a  period  of  over  twenty-one  years  he  relinquished  his 
interests  in  the  mercantile  business.  In  1889  he  became  actively  engaged  in 
the  real  estate  and  insurance  business  with  an  office  in  Passaic  street,  near  the 
present  Main  street,  where  he  also  established  a  steamship  ticket  agency,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  was  actively  engaged  in  this  line  of  enterprise.  During 
these  many  years  of  his  comn?ercial  activities  and  his  connection  with  the  real 
estate  and  insurance  business,  Henry  Garvey  Frain  became  well  and  favorably 
known  to  a  wide  circle  of  leading  and  representative  men  of  his  adopted  city, 
and  as  a  result  of  his  activities  in  social  and  civic  affairs,  his  fellow  citizens 
elected  him  a  member  of  the  Town  Council  on  the  Democratic  ticket.  He 
faithfully  discharged  the  responsible  duties  of  this  office  for  a  number  of  terms, 
having  finally  refused  to  accept  further  renomination  from  his  fellow  citizens. 
In  1899  Mr.  Frain  was  appointed  by  the  Judges  of  the  County  Court  at 
Paterson,  New  Jersey,  to  serve  as  a  member  of  the  Excise  Commission  of  the 
City  of  Passaic,  the  responsibilities  of  which  office  he  faithfully  discharged  to 
the  full  approval  and  satisfaction  of  all  parties  concerned.  In  1883  Mr.  Frain 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  and  rendered  efficient  service 
in  advancing  the  educational  interests  of  his  adopted  city.  In  1912  he  was 
largely  instrumental  in  the  organization  of  the  Fourth  Ward  building  and 
Loan  Association,  of  which  organization  he  was  elected  president,  an  office  he 
has  held  up  to  the  present  time,  1922.  In  1916,  Mr.  Frain  was  likewise  largely 
instrumental  in  organizing  the  Fourth  Ward  Trust  Company,  now  known  as 
City  Trust  Company,  having  given  much  of  his  time  and  efforts  towards 
securing  the  first  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  thousand  dollars  of  stock  subscrip- 
tions. From  this  initial  beginning,  Mr.  Frain  gave  of  his  time  and  influence 
in  association  with  the  Honorable  J.  J.  McGuire  and  the  Honorable  George 
N.  Seger  of  the  City  of  Passaic,  who  likewise  assisted  in  the  incorporation  of 
the  Fourth  Ward  Trust  Company,  now  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  financial 
institutions  of  the  City  of  Passaic.  At  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the 
Fourth  Ward  Trust  Company,  the  Honorable  George  N.  Seger  was  chosen 
president,  and  Mr.  Frain  was  chosen  vice-president. 

Henry  Garvey  Frain  has  since  his  settlement  in  the  city  of  Passaic  become 
actively  identified  with  the  social  and  civic  interests  of  his  adopted  city,  and 
everywhere  throughout  the  parish  circle  of  St.  Nicholas  he  has  frequently 
been  referred  to  by  his  friends  and  associates  as  "The  Grand  Old  Man"  of 
the   Parish.      He  has   rendered   valuable   service   to   his   fellow   citizens   while 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  237 

holding  public  office,  and  has  become  well  known  as  a  local  contributor  to  the 
leading  newspapers  and  periodical  publications  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  in  addi- 
tion to  which  he  has  also  been  a  regular  contributor  to  a  number  of  publications 
in  his  native  country,  among  which  are  the  "Hibernian  Gems  of  County  Done- 
gal," "Kilgannons  Almanac  of  County  Sligo,"  "The  Old  Moorcs  Almanac  and 
Nugent's  Almanac,"  both  of  the  city  of  Dublin.  In  1909,  upon  the  death  of  the 
late  John  McCall,  Henry  Garvey  Frain  succeeded  him  by  election  to  the  office  of 
King  of  the  Minstrel  Band,  a  social  and  literary  organization  in  Ireland.  During 
these  many  years  of  his  residence  and  citizenship  in  Passaic,  Henry  Garvey 
Frain  has  established  an  enviable  reputation  for  honor  and  integrity,  and  every- 
where in  the  city  of  Passaic  and  the  surrounding  communities,  his  name  is 
regarded  as  being  synonymous  with  straightforward  and  honorable  methods. 

Henry  Garvey  Frain  was  married  (first)  in  the  city  of  Paterson,  Passaic 
county.  New  Jersey,  by  the  Rev.  Father  Schandler,  on  July  17,  1870,  to  Mary 
Collier.  She  was  born  December  25,  1852,  in  Queens  County,  Ireland,  and  was 
brought  to  this  country  by  her  parents  during  her  early  childhood.  She  had 
been  educated  in  a  private  academy  in'  Paterson  and  reared  to  years  of  woman- 
hood in  the  city  of  Passaic  where  she  died  May  15,  1877.  She  was  a  member 
cf  the  St.  Nicholas  Roman  Catholic  Church.  The  childern  of  Henry  G.  and 
Mary  (Collier)  Frain  were:  1.  Katharine  Maxima.  She  obtained  her  early 
education  in  the  parish  school  and  completed  her  studies  in  St.  Elizabeth's 
Academy,  at  Convent,  Morris  county.  New  Jersey.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
City  Planning  and  Zoning  Board  ;  member  of  executive  board  of  Red  Cross, 
Passaic  Chapter ;  treasurer  of  Associated  Fraternities  of  Passaic ;  an  organizer 
of  the  Catholic  Women's  Guild;  supreme  representative  of  the  Catholic 
Women's  Benevolent  Legion ;  vice-president  of  League  of  Women  Voters ; 
one  of  the  organizers  of  Passaic  Women's  Republican  Club.  2.  Jane,  who  died 
aged  three  years.     3.  James,  who  died  aged  ten  months. 

Henry  Garvey  Frain  married  (second)  Annie  O'Keefe.  She  was  born  in 
Ireland,  where  she  was  educated  and  reared  to  years  of  womanhood.  She  came 
to  this  country  soon  after  her  eighteenth  year.  She  died  at  the  family  home  in 
Passaic  in  1883.  Of  this  union  was  born  an  only  daughter,  Elizabeth  T.  She 
obtained  her  early  education  in  St.  Nicholas  parish  school  of  the  city  of 
Passaic,  and  pursued  a  course  of  commercial  studies  in  the  Drake's  Business 
School  of  Passaic.  She  is  connected  with  the  following:  The  St.  Nicholas  Cath- 
olic Women's  Benevolent  Legion  ;  Catholic  Women's  Guild ;  is  interested  in  all 
public  and  civic  activities;  during  the  war  was  secretary  of  St.  Nicholas  Branch 
of  Red  Cross ;  American  Association  of  Recognition  of  the  Irish  Republic. 

POEMS  OF  HENRY  GARVEY  FRAIN,  OF  PASSAIC,  NEW  JERSEY. 

PASSAIC,  AN  EDEN. 

Oh!    this  city  of  ours  o'erladen  with  flowers 

And  gardens   of  bowers,   where  lovers   might  walk, 

Has  no  equal  I  say  from  center  to  sea, 

For  go  where  you  will  of  our  city  they  talk. 

Oh!    come  to  Passaic  and  just  ride  round  our  city, 

And  to  say  it  is  pretty  none  can  deny, 
For  real  scenic  beauty  in  truth  it's  my  duty 

To  say  there's  no  place  with  our  Eden  can  vie. 

The  old  neighbors  are  pleasing,  they  love  to  be  teasing, 

They  help  one  another  whenever  in  need. 
And  there's  no  friend  or  foe,  they  will  ever  let  know, 

When  they  help  an  old  towney  or  do  a  good  deed. 


238  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Oh!    come  here  in  May  when  the  floodgates  of  beauty, 
Burst  forth  on  our  lawns  "with  a  true  lavish  hand, 

And  you'll  say  there's  no  place  in  this  western  world, 
To  vie  with  our  city  by  zephyr's  breeze  fanned. 

Passaic,  j'ou're  the  pride  of  this  western  world, 
There's  no  town  or  city  that  with  you  can  vie. 

No  matter  dear  friends  where  through  life  I  may  travel, 
It's  back  to  my  Eden  I'm  ready  to  fly. 

OUR  HEROES   FROM  WASHINGTON  DOWN. 

This  is  the  land  of  Washington  who  set  our  country  free; 
This  is  the  land  of  heroes  brave  all  nations  must  agree; 
This  is  the  land  of  the  stranger  and  forever  it  shall  be, 
And  the  Eden  of  this  earthly  ball  for  all  eternity. 

This  is  the  land  of  Barry  too,  that  Commodore  of  fame; 
And  master  of  the  seas  my  boys,  shall  ever  be  his  name; 
Both  left  us  free,  may  heaven  be  their  reward,  I  fervent  pray, 
Maj'  the  angelic  choir  grant  our  desire  upon  the  judgment  day. 

This  is  the  land  made  great  and  grand  by  the  aid  of  Lafa3'ette; 
This  is  the  land  he  fought  to  save  which  we  shall  never  forget; 
His  fortune  lent,  his  monej'  spent,  this  great  free  land  to  save. 
May  the  sun's  'bright  ray  shine  o'er  the  claj'  that  fills  that  hero's  grave. 

This  is  the  land  of  Jackson  bold,  who  showed  England  how  to  fight; 
This  is  the  land  of  New  Orleans  where  he  put  those  boj's  to  flight; 
And  swore  by  the  Eternal  he'd  "die  this  land  to  save"; 
Before  he'd  yield,  lie  on  the  field  and  fill  a  hero's  grave. 

This  is  the  land  of  Lincoln  brave.  Grant  and  McClellan  too; 
This  is  the  land  of  Sheridan's  ride,  who  showed  what  he  could  do; 
This  is  the  land  of  Alaher  too,  and  Corcoran's  brigade; 
Whose  names  shall  shine  in  history,  when  others  are  decayed. 

This  is  the  land  where  patriots'  blood  in  torrents  once  did  flow; 
And  where  and  when  old  England  thought  to  give  us  a  deadly  blov,-; 
The  boys  in  blue  equaled  by  few  and  sure  surpassed  by  none; 
In  freedom's  cause  they  made  the  laws  with  fighting  blood  and  bone. 

So  let  us  toast,  as  we  can  boast,  of  patriots  galore; 
Who  made  us  free,  all  will  agree,  brave  boys  for  evermore; 
No  more  we'll  hear  of  North  or  South,  to  interfere  who  can; 
Ah!    for  evermore  from  shore  to  shore,  we're  united  to  a  man. 

TO  OUR  DEAR  LINCOLN. 
You  true  hearted  sons  of  Columbia 

Who  never  gave  in  to  defeat. 
Throw  your  flags  to  the  breeze  on  tomorrow 

'As  from  it  you  ne'er  did  retreat. 

To  honor  a  hero  and  patriot, 

As,  unselfish  and  just,  he  was  true; 
As  a  martyr  he  died  for  his  country 

'Neath  the  flag  of  the  red,  v.hite  and  blue. 

Oh!    think  of  the  brave  Lincoln  in  boyhood 

And  the  hardships  he  did  undergo; 
Cutting  trees  down  in  Kentucky  forests 

To  his  knees  in  the  frost  and  the  snow. 

As  for  schooling,  it  was  very  modest, 

Yet  his  equals  were  only  a  few; 
He  lived  for  his  country  and  freedom 

And  the  flag  of  the  red,  white  and  blue. 


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Yes,  he  graduated  with  honors, 

From  the  College  of  Good  Common  sense. 
Whatever  he  promised  he  did  it, 

No  matter  what  the  expense. 

When  the  fire  of  freedom  first  burned 

In  his  mighty  soul  he  was  true; 
He  swore  that  all  men  should  be  equal, 

'Neath  the  flag  of  the  red,  white  and  blue.. 

On  the  battlefield  blood  ran  in  torrents 

Which  nearly  distracted  his  mind, 
Though  brave,  he  was  sure  tender-hearted. 

You  never  his  equal  can  find. 

So  we  hope  that  his  soul  may  be  shining 

In  heaven  for  e'er  to  remain 
Is  the  prayer  should  be  oflfered  for  Lincoln 

And  is  surely  the  one  of  H.  Frain. 

February  the  12th. 

BRAVE  YANKEE  BOYS. 

My  brave  Yankee  boys  you're  a  credit 

To  your  friends,  to  your  country,  and  home; 
Since  you  went  to  the  front,  you  were  fearless. 

And  showed  manhood  in  both  blood  and  bone. 

The  Kaiser  was  sure  that  the  Yankees 

Would  run  backward,  afraid  of  the  lead 
But  our  iboys  never  showed  a  white  feather 

But  were  first  to  cross  the  Marne,  instead. 

Then  Pershing,  he  said  to  his  generals, — 

"Why  don't  you  keep  back  our  brave  boys? 
How  in  hell  do  you  think  we  can  stop  them, 

As  the  whole  German  army  seem  toys?' 

We'll  toast  to  each  star  on  our  banner! 

Our  boys  fought  for  freedom  and  peace, 
And  such  shall  be  always  our  slogan, 

"We'll  never  that  old  flag  disgrace!" 

My  gallant  boys,  when  you  all  return, 

A  procession  we'll  have  on  "Broadway," 
That  will  reach  from  the  river  at  Harlem 

To  the  historic  spot,  New  York  Bay! 

A  welcome  we'll  give  you,  dear  brothers, 

Unequaled  in  all  history! 
You  have  earned  laurels  forever 

I'm  sure  everyone  will  agree. 

Hurry  home,  as  the  war  is  all  over, 

And  forever  in  this  Eden  remain 
Is  the  wish  of  your  friends  all  around  here, 

And  is  surely  the  wish  of  H.  Frain. 

DECORATION  DAY. 

You  gallant  sons  of  Columbia 
Come  sympathize  ^vith  me 
For  our  patriotic  fathers 
Who  died  this  land  to  free 
And  whose  honored  bones  are  mouldering 
In  the  cold  and  silent  clay, 
Let  us  strew  their  graves  with  flowers  fine 
On  Decoration  Day. 


240  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Oh!  the  men  who  fought  our  battles 
To  free  this  lovely  land 
And  shed  their  blood  to  save  it 
From  the  tyrant's  hand. 
Ah!  brothers  join  in  unity 
And  for  those  heroes  pray 
Your  voices  raise,  and  sing  their  praise 
On  Decoration  Day. 

Brave  Washington   and   Barry   too, 
Were  warriors  sublime 
Upon  the  pages  of  history 
Their  honored  names  shall  shine 
They  are  the  admiration  of  the  world 
Both  upon  land  and  sea 
So  we'll  deck  their  graves  with  laurel  leaves 
On  Decoration  Day, 

And  every  place  we  know  lies  one 
Who  fills  an  honored  grave 
And  freely  gave  their  noble  lives 
This  great  free  land  to  save. 
Let  us  rush  forward  with  bouquets 
From  every  hill  and  brea 
To  place  them  o'er  their  manly  Ibreasts 
On  Decoration  Day. 

And  now  dear  friends  who  enjoy  the  gifts 
Of  this  earthly  paradise 
Be  cautious  of  your  enemies 
And  of  Carnegie's  advice. 
We  are  a  united  people 
From  the  centre  to  the  sea 
And  we'll  ne'er  forget  our  heroes  bold 
On  Decoration  Day. 

MEDITATING  OF  SCENES  AFAR  AND  NEAR. 
One  evening  for  some  pleasure 
As  I  walked  out  alone, 
To  meditate  at  leisure, 
Upon  my  native  home, 
I  sought  a  place  of  silence. 
Where  no  one  might  me  hear. 
As  I  sang  the  lays  of  bygone  days 
In  the  land  I  loved  so  dear. 

It  was  on  the  Falls  of  Paterson 

I  stood  a  while  to  gaze. 

And  as  I  looked  around  me 

I  was  struck  with  amaze, 

To  view  those  shady  bowers 

And  the  silvery  stream  so  clear 

It  reminded  me  of  the  Shannon  side, 

The  place  that  I  loved  dear. 

To  hear  this  roaring  cataract 

It  did  me  much  confound, 

Where  the  dashing  spray  in  the  sun's  bright  ray, 

It  shone  like  gold  around, 

And  the  flowers  with  all  their  sweetness 

Threw  fragrance  on  the  air; 

It  reminded  me  of  Erin's  Isle, 

The  place  that  I  love  dear. 

It  seemed  like  some  enchanted  place 
Where   fairies   they  had  been, 
For  art  and  nature  seemed  to  vie 
To  decorate  the  scene; 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  241 

The  sweet  briar  and   woodbine 
Wreathed  into  bowers 
To  shield  you  from  the  summer's  sun 
Or  from  the  winter  sho-wers. 

Ah,  but  while  I  gazed  in  rapture 
On  the  scenes  that  spread  around 
I  could  not  hear  the  black  bird's  song 
Or  cuckoo's  lovely  sound; 
No  sky  lark  soared  above  me 
Singing  notes  so  loud  and  clear 
Which  made  me  say   I'm  far  away 
From  the  Island  I  love  dear. 

But  while  in  meditation 

It  grieved  my  heart  full  sore 

To  think  I  left  behind  me 

The  maid  whom  I  adore. 

T  heaved  a  sigh  and  thus  did  say 

Oh  if  my  love  were  here 

To  view  those  scenes  and  share  those  joys 

With  the  heart  that  loves  her  dear. 

But  soon  I  heard  the  vesper  bell 

Upon  the  evening  ibreeze, 

Its  charming  notes  so  soft  and  shrill, 

Rose  high  above  those  trees, 

Which  told  me  I  must  leave  those  bowers, 

And  from  those  scenes  repair 

To  meditate  on  other  things 

'And  worship  God  in  prayer. 

Oh  but  I  will  soon  return 

To  gaze  upon  those  scenes 

Where  the  sweet  Passaic  murmurs 

Through  deep  romantic  glens. 

And  listen  to  the  echoes  sweet 

That  nature  loudly  calls 

Back  to  those  waves  that  dash  their  sprays 

Against   those  granite  walls. 

MUSIC  IN  OLD  IRELAND. 

How  often   I've  listened  to  the  beautiful   music 
On  my  dear  native  home  that  enlivened  my  heart; 
The  soul-stirring  strains  in  my  mind  ever  linger 
These  last  fifty  years,  since,  my  home  I  did  part. 

It's  often   I've  listened   to  Bess  play  "Killarney," 
To  hear  "The  Last  Rose  of  Summer"  I'd  often  delay. 
"And  the  Valley  Lay  Smiling"  and  "Come  Back  to  Erin" 
Remind  me  of  friends  and  my  home  far  away. 

When  the  boys  and  the  girls  assembled  at  the  crossroads, 
To  hear  the  sweet  notes  of  the  fiddle  and  lute. 
"The  Connaught  Man's  Rambles"  or  "Haste  to  the  Wedding" 
Would  awaken  the  dead  when  thej'-  played  on  the  flute. 

Then  my  thoughts  take  a  flight  and  I'm  back  in  old  Rooskej', 
Where  our  noble  ancestors  danced  both  jigs  and  reels, 
And  where  our  grandmothers  sang  the  music  of  Erin 
At  the  top  of  their  voices  while  spinning  their  wheels. 

When   the  battles  of  old  were  hopelessly  raging. 
The  music  was  called  for  by  brave  Bryan  Boru; 
Then  the  clans  made  a  rush  right  to  victory  and  honor, 
With  three  cheers  for  brave  Brvan  and  O'Donnell  Aboo. 


242  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

So  the  bards  of  old  Erin  we'll  always  remember; 
They're  second  to  none  on  this  great  earthly  ball; 
With  purse,  pen  and  pike  they  have  always  been  ready 
In  the  cause  of  our  country,  led  on  by  McCall. 

A  pronoun  for  first,  you  will  write  at  your  leisure, 

A  flower  transpose  and  your  trouble  is  o'er; 

Unite  them  together  I'm  sure  twon't  you  bother 

To  show  what  those  bards  were  on  Erin's  green  shore. 

So,  brothers  of  Erin,  I  pray  be  united, 

Let  old  part}'  feelings  in  silence  remain; 

Be  true  to  the  cause  of  your  birthplace,  acushla! 

And  the  land  of  the  free,  is  the  wish  of  H.  Frain. 

The  foregoing  poems  are  several  of  the  many  written  by  Henry  Garvey 
Frain  since  his  coming  to  this  country  and  settling  in  Passaic  fifty-six  years  ago. 


CLEMENS  A.  KORNHOFF,  formerly  one  of  the  best  known  business 
men  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  latterly  of  Garfield,  is  a  man  of  high  repute, 
and  commands  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow-citizens.  He  is  now  living 
retired  in  his  fine  home  at  Asbury  Park,  New  Jersey,  after  fifty  years  of  active 
business  life. 

When  only  a  small  boy,  Clemens  A.  Kornhoff,  accompanied  by  his  sister, 
left  their  native  land  and  sailed  for  America,  arriving  at  the  city  of  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  in  1850.  They  proceeded  at  once  to  New  York  City,  intending  to 
visit  relatives,  where  they  soon  accustomed  themselves  to  their  new  abode, 
remaining  sometime  with  their  relatives  and  attending  school.  Later  young 
Kornhoff  returned  to  his  native  country,  and  to  his  parents,  there  completing  his 
education.  The  fervor  of  hospitality  of  big  open-hearted  America,  had  been 
firmly  impressed  upon  the  young  man's  mind,  so  in  1871,  he  came  again  to 
the  United  States  to  permanently  establish  himself  and  set  out  upon  a  career. 

Clemens  A.  Kornhoff  was  born  in  Bergholz,  Westphalia,  Germany,  Febru- 
ary 5,  1844,  the  son  of  Frank  and  Theresa  fHartman)  Kornhoff,  both  of 
whom  lived  and  died  in  their  native  land.  The  Kornhoff  and  Hartman  families 
date  back  many  generations,  Graf  Von  Westfalen,  head  of  an  old  German 
house,  was  the  great-grandfather  of  Clemens  A.  Kornhoff.  The  name  Kornhoff 
was  originated  and  adopted  early  in  the  nineteenth  century  by  a  son  of  Graf 
Von  Westfalen,  because  of  his  marriage  to  the  daughter  of  a  doctor  having  no 
rank  of  ncybility.  Besides  Clemens  A.  Kornhoff  and  his  sister,  who  came  here  in 
1850,  an  elder  brother  now  deceased,  preceded  them  to  this  country  by  a  few 
years,  and  was  without  doubt,  the  first  Kornhoff  in  the  New  World. 

Clemens  A.  Kornhoff  resided  with  his  parents  in  Godelheim,  Germany, 
until  1860.  He  learned  the  trade  of  baker  and  became  an  expert,  working  in 
Hoxter  during  the  year  1860;  in  Altendorf  in  1861 ;  and  in  various  other  Ger- 
man cities  in  1862,  which  gave  him  considerable  knowledge  of  this  business. 
He  then  went  to  Berlin,  and  spent  the  years  1863-64-65  working  at  his  trade. 
In  1866  he  visited  his  father  at  Godelheim,  subsequently  traveling  in  Germany, 
Bavaria,  and  Poland,  then  returning  to  Berlin,  where  he  remained  until  1871. 
As  stated  in  a  previous  paragraph,  the  impression  of  America  and  his  wish  to 
return  here  was  still  in  his  mind,  so  in  the  summer  of  1871  he  set  sail,  arriving 
in  New  York  City  on  October  4,  of  that  year.  He  was  employed  as  a  baker  in 
that  city  for  a  short  time,  then  located  in  Orange,  New  Jersey,  where  on  April 
19,  1872,  he  married  Mary  C.  Shuman,  daughter  of  Louis  and  Phoebe  A. 
TYoung)  Shuman,  of  Orange.  With  more  determination  than  capital,  he  and 
his  wife  left  Orange,  and  ventured  out  into  his  first  bakery  and  confectionery 


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establishment,  which  was  located  on  125th  street,  near  Eighth  avenue,  New 
York  City,  a  locality  which  was  then  far  out  from  the  city  proper.  This  place 
of  business  was  but  modest  in  its  pretensions,  even  his  equipment  and  furniture 
being  purchased  on  a  partial  payment  plan.  However,  it  did  not  take  long  for 
the  young  business  man  to  make  his  influence  felt  in  the  community,  where  he 
remained  for  a  time. 

Following  this  came  his  removal  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  on  June  1, 
1874,  he  rented  a  store  on  Passaic  street,  near  Second  street,  which  was  then 
one  of  the  city's  busiest  thoroughfares.  Six  years  were  spent  in  this  location, 
all  successful,  with  the  exception  of  a  dull  period  in  1874,  occasioned  by  the 
failure  of  several  mills  in  the  city.  In  1880,  Mr.  Kipp,  a  well  known  citizen 
of  Passaic  had,  in  the  course  of  construction  a  new  building  on  the  northeast 
corner  of  Jefferson  street  and  Main  avenue,  which  he  induced  Mr.  KornhofF 
to  occupy  as  a  hakery.  Mr.  Kipp  had  promised  to  have  the  building  finished 
by  May  1st  of  that  year,  so  Mr.  Kornhoff  thereupon  leased  the  building  for 
five  years.  The  Kipp  building  was  not  completed  as  promised,  but  Mr.  Korn- 
hoff having  surrendered  his  lease  to  the  Passaic  street  place,  was  obliged  to 
vacate  and  move  into  the  new  and  unfinished  quarters,  with  not  a  door  or 
window  in  place.  The  delay  in  finishing  the  store  and  bakery  meant  a  consid- 
erable loss,  which  was  never  wholly  recovered.  The  population  of  Passaic 
being  small,  and  the  locality  none  too  conducive  to  business  in  those  days,  he 
decided  to  locate  elsewhere  at  the  termination  of  the  Kipp  lease.  A  temporary 
place  was  found  in  the  town  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  until  his  new  store  and 
bakery  were  built  at  No.  65  Passaic  street,  Garfield,  and  on  March  1,  1887, 
Mr.  Kornhoff  moved  to  the  Garfield  esta'blishment,  and  every  year  following 
brought  new  and  increased  business.  He  became  one  of  the  most  substantial 
business  men  of  the  town  and  when  he  retired  in  October,  1908,  his  absence  was 
felt  in  the  business  circles  of  Garfield. 

Upon  his  retirement  he  gave  the  business  to  his  sons,  and  it  has  been  con- 
ducted to  the  present  time  successively  by  Walter  R.,  Oswald  A.,  and  George 
C,  the  latter  now  being  president  and  principal  stockholder  of  the  company. 
Several  years  ago  it  was  incorporated  under  the  firm  name  of  Kornhoff  Broth- 
ers, Incorporated,  and  the  business  has  prospered  from  its  very  inception,  and 
today  stands  as  a  monument  to  its  founder,  Clemens  A.  Kornhoff. 

Clemens  A.  and  Mary  C.  (Catharine)  (Shuman)  Kornhoff  are  the  parents 
of  ten  children,  of  whom  nine  are  now  living:  Albert  A.,  deceased,  is  buried  in 
the  old  churchyard  at  Pa  ramus,  New  Jersey;  William  F.,  now  living  at  Allen- 
dale, New  Jersey ;  Mrs.  John  B.  Logan,  of  Asbury  Park,  New  Jersey ;  Mrs. 
Arnold  C.  Hansen,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey ;  Edward  C,  of  Garfield,  New  Jer- 
sey; Mrs.  William  D.  Gillan,  of  Ocean  Grove,  New  Jersey;  Walter  R.,  of 
Clifton,  New  Jersey;  Oswald  A.,  also  of  Clifton,  a  sketch  of  whom  follows; 
George  C,  of  Garfield,  and  Phoebe  E.  Kornhoff,  of  Asbury  Park. 

When  Mr.  Kornhoff  retired,  he  built  a  house  at  Ridgewood,  New  Jer- 
sey, where  he  lived  for  about  five  years  and  then  leased  the  property ;  he 
next  moved  to  Asbury  Park  and  in  1914  purchased  a  house  at  No.  609 
Fourth  avenue,  Asbury  Park,  where  he  and  his  wife  now  enjoy  the  bless- 
ings of  their  mature  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clemens  A.  Kornhoff  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding  anniversary  on  April  19,  1922,  being  surrounded  by 
their   large   family   and   a   host   of   friends   of   their   lifetime. 

OSWALD  A.  KORNHOFF— All  honorable  success  is  based  upon  a 
definite  aim  in  life,  and  the  persistency  of  purpose  which  enables  one  to  perse- 
vere regardless  of  difficulties,  obstacles  and  discouragements.     There  arc  many 


244  TASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

self-made  men  whose  life  record  proves  this  fact,  and  among  this  number  is 
Oswald  A.  Kornhoff,  one  of  the  owners  and  managers  of  the  Garfield  Auto 
Sales  Company. 

Oswald  A.  Kornhoff  was  born  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  April  12,  1887, 
the  son  of  Clemens  A.  and  Mary  C.  (Catharine)  (Shuman)  Kornhoff.  Mr. 
Kornhoff  is  now  retired  from  active  business  life,  and  he  and  his  wife  reside  at 
Asbury  Park,  New  Jersey. 

The  elementary  portion  of  Oswald  A.  Kornhoff's  education  was  obtained  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  place,  and  Ridgewood,  New  Jersey,  after  which 
he  spent  one  year  here  at  Drake's  Business  College.  He  then  matriculated  at  the 
National  Law  School,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  having  decided  to  practice  law. 
During  this  time  he  also  took  a  course  at  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion's Business  College.  Owing  to  his  father's  reverses  in  the  baking  business, 
Mr.  Kornhoff  was  obliged  to  discontinue  the  study  of  law,  and  returned  home. 
During  the  next  two  years  he  devoted  himself  to  reorganizing  and  reibuilding 
this  business  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  had  it  on  a  paying  basis.  Following 
this,  he,  with  his  brother  George,  purchased  their  father's  interest  in  the  baking 
business,  and  continued  it  successfully  for  the  subsequent  five  years.  Oswald 
A.  Kornhoff  then  sold  out  his  interests  to  his  brother,  who  later  incor- 
porated the  company  as  Kornhoff  Brothers,  Incorporated.  He  later  turned  his 
attention  to  other  business  interests,  and  with  a  fixed  determination  to  establish 
himself  in  some  particular  line,  he  with  W.  T.  Woodford,  purchased  a  large 
piece  of  property  at  the  corner  of  Passaic  street  and  River  road.  The  building 
which  they  erected  has  a  floor  space  greater  than  any  garage  and  automobile 
company  in  this  part  of  the  State,  and  their  business  has  consistently  grown, 
until  today  it  stands  among  the  foremost  of  its  kind  in  this  part  of  New  Jersey. 

While  in  the  baking  business  Mr.  Kornhoff  was  buyer  and  advisor  for  the 
Paterson  Bakers  Mutual  Operation  Association.  In  politics  he  is  an  Inde- 
pendent. He  affiliates  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
Passaic  Lodge,  and  Patriotic  Order  Sons  of  America,  No.  61. 

On  June  7,  1912,  Mr.  Kornhoff  was  united  in  marriage  with  Eleanor  M. 
Jacobus,  daughter  of  Daniel  D.  and  Georgiana  (Cummings)  Jacobus,  of 
Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kornhoff  are  the  parents  of  two  children: 
Elmer,  born  June  5,   1916;    Oswald,  Jr.,  born  June  5,   1920. 


BENJAMIN  GRUBER — This  patronymic  is  of  ancient  Teutonic  origin 
and  is  numerously  found  among  Christian  families  and  also  families  of  the 
Jewish  faith.  The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Gruber  family, 
i^nd  the  first  of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  record,  was  Joel  Gruber,  who 
was  for  many  years  a  resident  of  the  town  of  Kamionka-Strumilowa,  situated 
about  twenty  miles  from  the  city  of  Lemberg,  in  the  Province  of  Galicia,  in 
the  Empire  of  Austria-Hungary.  Family  information  states  that  Joel  Gruber 
was  a  skillful  mechanic  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  farm  implements;  he  was  also  extensively  engaged  in  cattle-raising 
and  was  the  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  land  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  where 
he  resided.  He  had  become  well  and  favorably  known  among  his  neighbors  and 
friends,  and  was  regarded  as  a  useful  citizen.  He  died  at  the  Gruber  family 
homestead  in  Kamionka-Strumilowa,  at  the  mature  age  of  103  years.  He  had 
twice  married  ;  his  second  wife's  given  name  was  Cheitel,  by  whom  he  had  born 
to  him  the  following  children :  1.  Jacob  W.,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Kamion- 
ka-Strumilowa, where  he  was  educated  and  reared  to  the  years  of  manhood  under 
the  parental  roof.  He  learned  the  trade  of  book-binding  and  followed  that 
work  in  his  native  town.     His  wife's  given  name  was  Yctta,   and  they  had 


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one  son,  Chapin  J.,  who  came  to  the  United  States  in  1912  and  settled  in  New 
York  City;  his  wife  and!  two  children  likewise  came  to  New  York  City,  March 
29,  1921,  where  they  joined  the  husband  and  father.  2.  Isaac  M.,  of  whom 
further.  3.  Johnda  H.,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Kamionka-Strumilowa,  where 
he  was  educated  and  reared.  He  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  father,  and 
throughout  his  active  life  was  engaged  in  farming  and  cattle-raising.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  perished  from  exposure  during  the  Great  World  War  in  their  flight  with 
many  others  who  were  driven  from  their  homes  by  the  invading  Russian  armies, 
while  the  Russian  forces  had  laid  seige  upon  the  city  of  Lemberg.  They  were 
the  parents  of  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  now  (1921)  residing  in  Galicia.  4. 
Moses,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Kamionka-Strumilowa,  where  he  was  educat- 
ed and  reared.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  engaged  in  driving  and  cattle  dealing 
in  the  province  of  Galicia.  He  married  and  reared  a  family  of  sons  and  daugh- 
ters, and  his  descendants  now  reside  in  Galicia.  5.  Maljah,  married  Gershan  B. 
Siegel.     6.  Leah,  married  Isaac  Seibert.     7.  Chaje,  who  married  a  cousin. 

(II)  Isaac  M.  Gruber,  son  of  Joel  and  Cheitel  Gruber,  was  born  at  the 
family  home  in  Kamionka-Strumilowa.  He  there  obtained  his  early  educational 
training  in  the  neighborhood  schools,  also  pursued  a  course  of  academic  studies, 
and,  in  the  course  of  time  qualified  himself  as  a  veterinarian.  He  followed  his 
chosen  line  of  work  for  several  years.  Soon  after  his  marriage,  in  1874,  he 
settled  with  his  family  in  Podolia,  situated  near  the  boundary  line  of  Galicia 
and  Russia,  where,  in  the  course  of  time,  he  became  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  agricultural  implements,  in  which  line  of  enterprise  he  met  with  a  marked 
degree  of  success.  In  1896,  Isaac  M.  Gruber  decided  to  visit  the  United  States, 
where  he  expected  to  join  his  son,  Elias,  who  had  preceded  the  family  to  this 
country  in  1893,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  here,  Isaac  M.  Gruber  settled  in 
the  eastern  district  of  Passaic,  where  he  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life, 
dying  at  the  Passaic  General  Hospital.  His  faithful  wife,  and  the  mother  of 
his  children,  died  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Beckie  Taubenkimel,  in  Passaic, 
in  1915,  aged  sixty-nine  years  and  six  months.  Both  she  and  her  husband 
were  active  members  of  Chemra  Tifereth  Isreal  Synagogue,  in  Second  street, 
of  which  Isaac  M.  Gruber  was  largely  instrumental  in  its  organization  and 
establishment.  The  members  of  this  synagogue  held  their  first  services  in  the 
Richmond  premises  in  Second  street,  where  they  had  but  limitd  accommodations, 
and  in  the  beginning  those  present  were  seated  on  improvised  store  boxes  in 
place  of  chairs. 

Isaac  M.  Gruber  married,  in  Kamionka-Strumilowa,  in  1866,  Ethel  Katz, 
born  in  Kamionka-Strumilowa,  and  they  had  the  following  children:  1.  Elias, 
of  whom  further.  2.  Beckie,  born  in  Kamionka-Strumilowa,  was  brought  to  this 
country  by  her  mother  in  1897.  She  married,  at  the  home  of  her  brother,  Elias, 
at  No.  143  Second  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Samuel  Taubenkimel,  and  they 
had  the  following  children:  Irving  M.,  Lottie,  Isreal,  Daniel,  Maxle,  Ely.  3. 
Samuel  Alexander,  born  in  Kamionka-Strumilowa,  was  brought  to  this  country 
by  his  mother  in  1897;  married  Pauline  Fogel,  and  they  had  three  children: 
Bertie.  MolHe,  Irving. 

(III)  Elias  Gruber,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Isaac  M.  and  Ethel  (Katz") 
Gruber,  was  born  in  Kamionka,  near  Lemberg,  Province  of  Galicia,  Austria- 
Hungary,  December  24,  1867.  He  there  obtained  his  early  educational  advan- 
tages in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and  for  two  years  pursued  a  course 
of  study  in  the  high  school.  He  next  entered  upon  on  academical  course  of 
study  with  the  view  of  preparing  himself  for  a  professional  career.  Soon  after 
his  marriage,  in  1885,  he  assisted  his  father  in  the  business  of  driving  and 
cattle-raising.     Two  years   later,   during    1887,   Ellas  Gruber   engaged   in   the 


246  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

mercantile  business  on  his  own  account  in  the  town  of  Kozowa,  district  of 
Podulia,  Province  of  Galicia,  where  he  remained  actively  engaged  in  dealing 
in  dairy  products  and  poultry.  In  1893,  being  desirous  of  improving  his 
opportunities  in  the  commercial  world,  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United 
States,  and  embarked  from  Bremen,  bound  for  New  York  City,  where,  after  an 
uneventful  voyage,  he  first  set  foot  on  American  soil  July  2,  the  same  year. 
Soon  after  his  arrival  in  New  York  City  he  applied  himself  to  such  employment 
as  he  could  obtain  in  a  cloak  and  suit  tailoring  establishment.  This  line  of 
work,  however,  did  not  appeal  to  his  liking,  and  after  a  trial  of  two  days  he 
decided  to  enter  the  employment  of  a  grocery  house  at  the  corner  of  Essex  and 
Houston  streets,  where  he  continued  employed  for  four  months.  He  next  came 
to  the  city  of  Paterson,  and  was  engaged  as  manager  of  a  baking  establishment, 
where  he  continued  for  one  year.  During  this  time  he  had  acquired  considerable 
knowledge  of  the  baking  business,  and  then  entered  in  partnership  with  Abraham 
Siegendorf  and  Mr.  Suslak  in  this  line  at  No.  142  Second  street,  Passaic.  Two 
months  later,  however,  Abraham  Siegendorf  purchased  the  interest  of  his  two 
partners,  and  Elias  Gruber  remained  in  his  employ  up  to  October,  1895,  at 
which  time  Gruber  and  Suslak  engaged  in  the  baking  business  at  No.  80  First 
street,  Passaic.  This  arrangement  was  continued  during  the  next  eighteen 
months,  after  which  time  Elias  Gruber  acquired  his  partner's  interest  and 
established  himself  in  the  baking  business  at  No,  143  Second  street  on  his  own 
account.  Here  Mr.  Gruber  established  a  successful  trade,  and  as  a  result  of 
his  indefatigable  energy  and  persevering  efforts,  along  with  his  straight  for- 
ward dealings  with  all  his  patrons,  he  succeeded  in  establishing  a  large  and 
profitable  concern.  He  later  became  engaged  in  buying  and  improving  real 
estate  in  the  First  Ward  District  of  Passaic,  where  he  has  become  recognized 
as  a  useful  and  valued  citizen.  In  his  religious  affiliations,  Elias  Gruber  has 
followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  ancestors,  and  has  for  a  number  of  years 
discharged  the  duties:  of  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Synagoge  Chemra 
Tifereth  Isreal,  of  which  organization  his  father  was  the  founder,  and  an 
active  member. 

Elias  Gruber  married,  September  12,  1885,  Gettel  Klein,  born  in  1867, 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Esther  B.  (Gang)  Klein,  both  of  whom  were  natives 
of  the  town  of  Podulia,  near  the  border  line  of  Galicia  and  Russia.  They  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Rosie,  born  in  1888,  married,  December 
5,  1920,  Robert  Hirsch;  Benjamin,  of  whom  further;  Annie,  born  March  30, 
1897,  married  Maurice  Kinstler,  and  had  one  son,  Arnold  Kinstler,  born  April 
20,  1919;  Harry  L.,  born  April  11,  1900,  married  in  November,  1919,  Rebecca 
Kaufman;    Irving  M.,  born  September  15,  1902. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Gruber,  eldest  son  and  second  child  of  Elias  and  Gettel 
f  Klein)  Gruber,  was  born  at  the  family  homestead  on  Second  street,  Passaic, 
March  29,  1891.  His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city,  and  he  next  entered  the  high  school,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1912.  He  then  entered  upon  a  course  of  study  in  the  medical 
department  of  the  New  York  Medical  Academy  in  New  York  City.  In  1915 
he  relinquished  his  studies  and  engaged  in  the  life  insurance  business  in  the 
city  of  Passaic,  in  this  undertaking  meeting  with  a  well  merited  degree  of 
success  as  the  logical  result  of  his  intelligent  and  persevering  efforts  in  serving 
his  patrons.  In  1918  he  was  promoted  by  the  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance 
Company  to  the  position  of  chief  clerk,  In  their  Newark  office.  In  1920,  being 
desirous  to  apply  himself  to  some  practical  commercial  pursuit,  he  engaged  in 
the  florist  and  seed  business,  in  the  MacAllister  building,  in  Main  avenue, 
Passaic,  where  he  has  met  with  immediate  success,  which  may  be  rightly  accred- 


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ited  to  his  persevering  and  indefatigable  energy  and  straightforward  methods 
in  dealing  with  all  his  patrons. 

In  his  fraternal  associations  he  is  a  member  of  Amelia  Lodge,  No.  215, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  National  Union ;  Joseph  Spitz  Lodge, 
No.  176,  Independent  Order  B'rith  Shalom.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Passaic 
Board  of  Trade,  and  has  been  actively  identified  with  such  organizations  that 
have  for  their  object  the  advancement  of  the  social,  civic  and  moral  interests 
of  the  community  wherein  he  resides.  Benjamin  Gruber  married  in  Passaic, 
November  26,  1916,  Lena  Braunstein,  born  February  15,  1893,  daughter  of 
Hyman  and  Deborah  (Leiner)  Braunstein,  her  parents  both  natives  of  Austria. 
They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Evelyn,  born  April  28, 
1919;     Murray  Alvin,   born   January    12,    1921. 


NICHOLAS  O.  BEERY— Although  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  bar  but 
a  few  years,  Mr.  Beery  has  established  honorable  position  at  that  bar,  and  has 
won  the  confidence  of  a  satisfactory  and  a  satisfied  clientele.  He  is  a  son  of 
Otto  and  Mary  (McCleery)  Beery,  his  father  a  mechanical  engineer,  and  a 
long  time  resident  of  Wallington,  New  Jersey,  employed  by  the  Standard  Oil 
Company. 

Nicholas  O.  Beery  was  born  in  Wallington,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey, 
January  18,  1891.  He  attended  the  primary  and  grammar  public  schools  of 
Wallington,  then  entered  Passaic  High  School,  finishing  with  a  course  at 
Drake's  Business  College,  Passaic.  Choosing  the  law  as  his  profession,  he 
entered  the  New  York  Law  School,  whence  he  was  graduated  LL.B.,  class  of 
1912.  From  1912  until  1916  he  was  law  clerk  in  the  office  of  Judge  George  H. 
Dalrymple,  of  Passaic  and  during  that  same  period  he  served  the  borough  of 
Wallington  as  clerk  and  police  recorder.  In  1916  Mr.  Beery  was  admitted 
to  the  New  Jersey  bar  as  an  attorney,  and  in  1920  as  a  counsellor.  Since  1916 
he  has  practiced  law  in  Passaic,  his  present  location  No.  639  Main  avenue, 
his  law  partner,  A.  Theodore  De  Muro. 

Mr.  Beery  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  filled  several  offices  in  the 
borough  of  Wallington,  clerk,  police  recorder,  and  since  1920  borough  attor- 
ney. During  the  Great  War  period,  1917-18,  he  was  in  the  National  Guard 
Service  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey.  In  religious  faith  he  is  a  member  of  the 
First  Reformed  Church,  of  Passaic.  He  is  a  member  of  Passaic  City  Bar 
Association ;  the  Passaic  County  Bar  Association ;  the  Bergen  County  Bar 
Association;  Council  No.  803,  National  Union;  Solar  Lodge,  No.  171,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  the  Lions  Club,  of  Passaic,  serving  as  state 
secretary  for  the  Lions  clubs  of  New  Jersey,  and  a  member  of  the  Passaic 
Republican  Club. 

On  January  25,  1916,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Mr.  Beery  married  Jennie 
S.  Zabriskie,  daughter  of  David  R.  and  Elizabeth  (Speer)  Zabriskie,  her  father 
a  former  merchant  of  Passaic.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beery  are  the  parents  of  a  son, 
Donald  W.    The  family  home  is  at  No.  35  Spring  street,  Passaic. 

GEORGE  HARRIS  WRIGHT— A  lifetime  resident  of  Delawanna, 
Passaic  county,  Garfield  section,  Mr.  Wright  in  1883  became  a  resident  of 
Garfield,  New  Jersey,  being  then  a  lad  of  nine  years.  He  is  a  son  of  George 
and  Susan  (Newman)  Wright,  who  at  the  time  of  the  birth  of  their  son  George 
Harris,  were  residents  of  Delawanna,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey.  George 
Wright,  father  of  George  Harris  Wright,  was  long  a  foreman  of  the  Reid 
&  Barry  Company  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  but  later  became  a  merchant  dealer 
in  cotton  goods. 


248  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

George  Harris  Wright  was  born  in  Delawanna,  New  Jersey,  January  2, 
1874,  and  there,  and  in  i^assaic.  New  Jersey,  spent  the  first  nine  years  of  his 
life.  In  1883  Garfield  became  his  home,  and  there  he  has  since  resided. 
He  attended  Public  School  No.  1  of  Passaic  (recently  torn  down),  also  the 
public  schools  of  Garfield,  and  completed  his  school  years  with  a  course  in 
stenography  at  Gokey's  Business  College  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  Upon 
graduation  from  business  college,  Mr.  Wright  secured  a  position  as  steno- 
grapher and  typist  with  the  Reid  &  Barry  Company,  continuing  until  that  com- 
pany was  absorbed  by  The  United  States  Finishing  Company  in  1899.  Mr. 
Wright  has  continued  with  The  United  States  Finishing  Company,  with 
offices  at  320  Broadway,  New  Yorii,  until  the  present  (1922)  and  passed 
through  various  promotions  until  reaching  his  present  position  of  purchasing 
agent.  He  was  for  some  time  editor  of  the  "Garfield  Record,"  a  position  he 
resigned  July  15,  1899. 

A  Republican  in  politics,  Mr.  Wright  has  been  intimately  connected  with 
borough  and  city  affairs  for  years.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Garfield 
Board  of  Education  in  March,  1905,  and  was  subsequently  made  president 
of  that  body,  and  served  until  April  6,  1908.  On  January  1,  1908,  he  became 
borough  clerk  through  appointment  of  Mayor  John  Karl,  and  held  that  office 
continuously  until  March  14,  1912.  He  is  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No. 
67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Washington  Camp  No.  161,  Patriotic  Order 
Sons  of  America,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey;  and  a  member  and  president,  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Garfield. 

Mr,  Wright  married  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  October  4,  1899,  Adelaide 
Inman,  daughter  of  Wiliam  Morehouse  and  Martha  Ann  (Kitson)  Inman. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  1.  Susan  Newman, 
born  April  28,  1902,  died  July  16,  1903.  2.  Charles  Elmer,  born  January  27, 
1906.  3.  Mina  Adelaide,  born  October  16,  1910.  The  family  home  is  at  No. 
109  Marsellus  Place,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


REUBEN  EUGENE  KIPP— For  the  ancestral  data  of  this  branch  of 
the  Kipp  family  see  sketch  of  Frederic  E.  Kip,  in  this  work. 

Peter  John  Kipp,  son  of  John  Paulison  and  Jane  (Marseles)  Kipp,  was 
born  in  the  city  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  March  19,  1840.  He  received  such 
educational  training  as  was  usually  accorded  to  farmers'  sons  of  those  days, 
and  upon  attaining  to  manhood  years  became  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of 
the  soil.  Sometime  after  his  marriage,  he  settled  in  the  town  of  Clifton, 
Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  where  he  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life. 
He  married,  November  13,  1861,  Margaret  Van  Bussum,  born  December  5, 
1839,  daughter  of  Phillip  P.  Van  Bussum,  of  Dundee  Lake,  Passaic  county, 
New  Jersey.  They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children  who  attained 
to  years  of  maturity :  Elizabeth ;  Reuben  Eugene,  of  whom  forward.  3.  John 
Macy,  born  June  4,  1874. 

Reuben  Eugene  Kipp,  son  of  Peter  John  and  Margaret  (Van  Bussum) 
Kipp,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  May  28,  1873.  He  there 
acquired  his  early  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and 
was  reared  to  the  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  He  is  now  (1922) 
engaged  in  the  insurance  brokerage  business,  with  offices  at  No,  2  Wall  street. 
New  York  City. 

Mr,  Kipp  married,  November  6,  1901,  Bessie  Bogart,  born  January  5,  1880, 
daughter  of  the  late  Gilbert  Ditmas  Bogart,  who  was  well  known  as  the  founder 
and  builder  of  the  city  of  Garfield,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  Mr,  and  Mrs. 
Kipp  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Donald  Bogart,  born  November 


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15,  1905;  John  Philip,  born  March  21,  1909  ;  Margaret,  born  November  10,  1915. 


DANIEL  J.  McGRATH — Few  names  are  more  broadly  familiar  in  the 
town  of  Lodi  than  was  that  of  Daniel  J.  McGrath,  who  was  for  many  years 
a  leading  figure  in  political,  financial,  fraternal  and  benevolent  circles,  in 
Passaic  and  Bergen  counties,  and  who,  as  the  host  of  a  widely  popular  hotel, 
was  known  and  beloved  among  the  thousands  who  came  and  went,  stopping 
under  the  shelter  of  his  roof. 

Mr.  McGrath  was  born  in  West  New  Brighton,  Staten  Island,  New  York, 
March  13,  1862,  and  died  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  June  2,  1915.  He  was  a  son 
of  James  and  Mary  (Morgan)  McGrath.  Receiving  a  practical  education  in 
the  public  and  parochial  schools  of  his  native  place,  he  came  to  Passaic,  and 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Meyer  Paper  Mills  ( now  the  Rochelle  Park  Velvet 
Mills).  He  remained  with  the  old  concern  until  its  discontinuation,  when  he 
purchased  from  Patrick  J.  McMahon,  the  Lodi  Hotel  property.  This  was  in 
1888,  and  from  that  time  until  his  death,  Mr.  McGrath  conducted  this  hotel 
with  constantly  increasing  success.  Not  only  in  this  connection,  but  also  in 
his  relation  to  the  community  was  Mr,  McGrath,  a  man  of  significance,  being 
broadly  influential  in  many  ways  and  owning  much  property.  He  built 
another  hotel  which  was  subsequently  destroyed  by  fire,  on  the  site  of  the 
present  Savoy  Hotel.  He  it  was  who  first  proposed  the  organization  of  the 
National  Bank  of  Lodi,  later  the  Lodi  Trust  Company,  and  it  was  through  his 
efforts,  largely,  that  the  First  National  Bank  of  Lodi  was  organized.  He  was 
a  stock-holder  and  director  of  this  institution  until  his  death,  and  was  also  a 
stock-holder  and  director  of  the  Lodi  Water  Company,  and  director  and  or- 
ganizer of  the  Lodi  Building  and  Loan  Association. 

Politicall)',  Mr,  McGrath  was  a  leader  in  the  Democratic  party.  He  served 
as  councilman  of  Lodi  under  mayors  Daniel  Cook,  George  Mercer,  Daniel 
DeVries  and  Adrian  Davidson.  He  also  served  on  the  Bergen  County  Dem- 
ocratic Committee,  and  was  a  capable  and  influential  member  of  the  Bergen 
County  Board  of  Freeholders.  He  donated  the  first  public  library  to  the 
public  schools  of  Lodi,  and  donated  the  Roman  Catholic  church  of  St,  Francis 
de  Sales,  the  pipe  organ  which  is  still  in  use,  and  which  was  their  first  pipe 
organ.  He  was  for  many  years  a  devoted  member  of  this  church.  Fraternally, 
Mr,  McGrath  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Passaic  Lodge,  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  a  charter  member  of  the  Passaic  Aerie  of  Eagles, 
and  also  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Lodi  Council  of  Foresters. 

Mr.  McGrath  married,  in  1894,  Catherine  McMahon,  daughter  of  Squire 
Patrick  and  Ellen  (Dunn)  McMahon,  of  Lodi,  her  father  having  been  the 
former  proprietor  of  the  Lodi  Hotel,  in  the  early  days  of  its  history  and  until 
he  sold  the  property  to  Mr.  McGrath.  Three  daughters  were  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McGrath :  Mabel,  deceased ;  Mildred,  now  the  wife  of  John  P.  Hagerty, 
of  Passaic;  and  Catherine,  deceased. 

With  the  passing  of  such  a  man  as  Daniel  J,  McGrath,  the  community 
sustains  a  loss  which  it  can  ill  afford  to  bear.  Other  hands  take  up  his  duties 
and  the  world  moves  on,  but  among  those  who  knew  him  best  there  is  sense 
of  bereavement  which  will  never  be  entirely  healed,  and  his  name  will  be 
cherished   as   long  as  they   have  memory. 

THE  WORTHEN  &  ALDRICH  COMPANY,  founded  in  1873  by 
Moses  E.  Worthen,  and  William  P.  Aldrich,  was  first  located  at  No.  426 
Washington  street.  New  York  City,  and  there  the  company  operated  the  Man- 
hattan Print  Works,  the  superintendent  of  the  first  plant  being  Charles  White, 


250  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

In  1875  they  established  a  new  enterprise,  the  Empire  Print  Works,  which 
they  operated  until  the  destruction  of  their  plant  in  New  York  by  lire,  when 
they  moved  the  Empire  Print  Works  to  Soho,  New  Jersey.  Worthen  &  Aldrich 
moved  the  Manhattan  Print  Works  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  in  1888,  and 
later  they  moved  the  Empire  Print  Works  to  the  plant  of  the  Manhattan  Print 
Works  in  Passaic,  operating  the  two  as  a  unit.  In  1895  the  Worthen  & 
yVldrich  Company  founded  the  enterprise  at  Delawanna,  New  Jersey,  known 
as  the  Waldrich  Bleachery — bleachers,  dyers,  mercerizers,  printers  and  finishers 
of  cotton  piece  goods.  That  bleachery  now  employs  500  men.  The  Manhattan 
Print  Works,  dyers  and  printers  of  satins,  challis  and  woolens  for  women's 
wear,  also  dyers  and  printers  of  plushes  for  draperies  and  furniture,  employs 
in  their  plant  at  Passaic  150  hands.  Both  plants  are  owned  and  operated  by 
the  Worthen  &  Aldrich  Company,  William  P.  Aldrich,  president,  H.  F. 
Stevens,  treasurer.  The  present  superintendent  of  the  Waldrich  Bleachery  is 
James  Bryce;  present  manager  of  the  Manhattan  Print  Works,  Charles  E. 
Isbills;  the  present  superintendent  of  that  plant,  Thomas  Walsh. 


MRS.  ANNA  MARIA  SEARCH— One  of  the  old  families  of  Passaic 
county.  New  Jersey,  Is  the  \'^an  Winkle  family,  of  Dutch  origin,  coming  from 
Holland  more  than  two  hundred  years  ago,  and  settling  in  Richfield,  where 
various  members  of  the  family,  in  every  generation,  have  been  Identified  with 
community  progress,  and  have  led  in  the  social  and  industrial  activities  of 
this  charming  little  farming  village. 

Simeon  Van  Winkle  owned  the  third  house  below  the  bridge.  In  Richfield, 
and  carried  on  extensive  farming  operations  throughout  his  active  life.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Garbrant,  also  of  this  section  of  New  Jersey,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  seven  sons,  John,  Abraham,  Isaac,  Jacob,  Cornelius  S.,  David  and 
W^arren,  also  three  daughters,  Jane,  Mary  and  Ellen.  Health  and  long  life 
were  always  characteristics  of  the  family.  Isaac  lived  to  be  sixty-five  years 
of  age,  and  others  much  older. 

Cornelius  Simeon  Van  Winkle  was  born  in  the  old  Van  Winkle  home- 
stead, and  as  a  boy  attended  the  village  school.  Assisting  his  father  on  the 
farm  as  a  young  man,  he  later  carried  on  Independent  activities  along  black- 
smithing  lines,  also,  in  common  with  other  members  of  the  family,  doing  con- 
siderable building.  They  built  nine  houses  along  what  Is  now  Colfax  avenue, 
but  was  then  an  open  field,  and  at  the  time  the  location  of  these  houses  caused 
much  remark.  But  the  faith  of  the  Van  Winkles  in  the  future  of  the  village 
was  well  justified,  and  these  houses  now  form  the  center  of  an  attractive  part 
of  the  town.  Cornelius  Van  Winkle  lived  to  the  age  of  eighty-two  years.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Dawson,  who  lived  to  the  age  of  eighty-two  years. 

Anna  Maria  Van  Winkle  was  born  in  the  Richfield  Plotel,  February  21, 
1857,  and  was  educated  in  the  little  old  school  house  of  one  room,  standing 
beside  the  road  now  known  as  Clifton  avenue,  just  over  the  bridge  from  the 
sillage,  one  teacher  presiding.  In  those  days  the  children  sat  upon  old-fashion- 
ed benches,  ranged  around  the  room  with  their  backs  to  the  center  of  the  room, 
and  the  curriculum  lacked  many  of  the  interesting  branches  now  taught  in 
the  most  remote  schools.  Anna  left  school  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years,  and 
resided  at  home,  assisting  her  mother  about  the  holsehold  duties,  until  the  age 
of  twenty-four. 

On  December  19,  1881,  Anna  Maria  Van  Winkle  became  the  wife  of 
Emmet  Search,  son  of  William  and  Sarah  (Davenport)  Search,  the  ceremony 
taking  place  at  the  Methodist  Episcopal  parsonage  on  Ward  street,  in  Pater- 
son.     The  only   child  of  this  marriage   is  a   daughter,   Cora  Filkin,   born   In 


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January,  1883.  Mrs.  Search  has  for  many  years  heen  a  member  of  the  Third 
Presbyterian  Church,  on  the  corner  of  Prince  and  Grand  streets,  in  Paterson, 
and  is  active  in  the  social  and  benevolent  organizations  of  the  church. 

JOSEPH  I.  KROWITZ,  D.  D.  S.,  one  of  the  younger  generation  of 
dentists  in  Passaic,  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  December  25,  1891. 
He  is  the  son  of  Max  and  Sarah  (Peal)  Krowitz.  Max  Krowitz  was  born  in 
Russia,  but  came  to  this  country  early  in  life  and  located  in  Paterson,  New 
Jersey,  where  for  many  years  previous  to  his  removing  to  this  city,  he  carried 
on  a  successful  clothing  business.  Mrs.  Krowitz  died  in  1919.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Krowitz  were  born  four  children:  Joseph  I.,  of  further  mention;  Lee, 
who  married  Dr.  Grosberg,  or  Derby,  Connecticut;  Jane,  and  Anna.  The 
family  home  is  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 

The  boyhood  of  Dr.  Krowitz  was  spent  in  Paterson,  his  native  place,  and 
here  he  attended  school  until  he  moved  with  his  parents  to  this  city  and  entered 
the  Passaic  High  School,  subsequently  going  to  a  preparatory  school  in  New 
York  City.  Graduating  in  1911,  and  having  in  the  meantime  chosen  dentistry 
for  his  career  in  life,  he  entered  the  dental  department  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  won  from  this  institution  the  degree  of  D.  M.  D.  with  the 
class  of  1914.  He  then  returned  to  Passaic,  and  became  associated  with  Dr. 
Joseph  Weinberger,  with  whom  he  remained  until  1914,  when  he  established 
himself  in  his  chosen  profession  at  No.  247  Main  avenue,  subsequently 
opening  his  present  offices  at  No.  653  Main  avenue  in  1916.  The  following 
year  he  enlisted  in  the  LInited  States  army,  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant, 
and  sent  to  Camp  Upton,  where  he  was  assigned  to  dental  infirmary,  and  there 
served  in  his  professional  capacity  until  he  was  honorably  discharged  from 
the  service,  in  December,  1918.  Dr.  Krowitz  immediately  returned  to  Passaic, 
and  resumed  practice,  in  which  he  has  since  continued.  Ardently  devoted  to 
his  profession,  and  keeping  fully  abreast  of  the  times,  he  devotes  a  great  deal 
of  his  time  to  study,  and  at  present  (1921)  is  taking  a  course  in  oral  surgery 
at  the  New  York  Eye,  Ear,  Nose  and  Throat  Hospital. 

He  affiliates  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Young 
Men's  Hebrew  Association,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  the 
Sigma  Epsilon  Delta  fraternity,  post-graduate  chapter.  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. Dr.  Krowitz  is  unmarried  and  resides  at  the  family  home.  He  is 
greatly   interested   in   basketball   and   all    outdoor   sports. 

SCHMIDT  FAMILY— The  family  patronymic  of  Schmidt  Is  numer- 
ously found  in  the  various  provinces  and  states  of  the  present  Republic  of 
Germany.  The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  family,  which 
furnishes  the  caption  of  this  review  was  Casper  Schmidt,  who  was  born  in  the 
village  of  Henfstedt,  not  far  distant  from  the  city  of  Themar,  in  the  Duchy 
of  Saxe-Meinlngen,  Germany.  He  had  been  left  an  orphan  at  the  early  age 
of  twelve  years.  His  educational  training  was  acquired  In  the  schools  of  the 
neighborhood,  where  his  parents  had  resided,  and  he  was  there  confirmed  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  years.  Soon  after  attaining  to  suitable  years,  his  brother 
Michael,  with  whom  he  made  his  home,  desired  that  Casper  should  learn  some 
useful  trade  or  occupation,  and  he  was  accordingly  indentured  to  learn  the  art 
and  technique  of  the  stone-cutting  trade.  He  faithfully  served  his  full  term 
of  apprenticeship,  and  soon  after  became  engaged  as  a  journeyman  in  his 
chosen  line  of  work.  He  later,  however,  felt  himself  compelled  to  relinquish 
the  stone-cutting  business,  owing  to  the  Impaired  condition  of  his  health,  and 
for  some  time  was  employed  by  the  government  In  the  railway  service.     Soon 


252  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

after  the  ending  of  the  Franco-Prussian  War  of  1870,  Casper  Schmidt  decided 
to  emigrate  to  this  country  with  his  family,  and  he  accordingly  arranged  his 
personal  affairs,  and  embarked  with  his  wife  and  four  children  from  the  sea- 
port city  of  Hamburg,  on  the  steamship  "Cimbria,"  which  later  came  into 
collision  with  her  sister  ship  "Cynthia,"  and  found  a  resting  place  at  the  bottom 
of  the  Atlantic  ocean.  Immediately  after  his  arrival  with  his  family  in  New 
York  city,  Casper  Schmidt  settled  in  the  town  of  Wortendyke,  in  Bergen 
county,  New  Jersey,  where  he  continued  to  reside  with  his  family  during  his 
first  two  years  in  this  country.  He  next  removed  to  the  then  rapidly  devel- 
oping town  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  settled  on  First  street,  near 
Monroe  street,  and  continued  to  reside  there  for  a  period  of  three  years.  He 
next  spent  seven  years  of  residence  in  Washington  place,  from  whence  he 
removed  to  President  street,  city  of  Passaic,  where  he  passed  away  August  22, 
1887.  His  faithful  wife  and  mother  of  his  children  survived  him,  and  she 
passed  away  in  1907.  Casper  Schmidt  had  not  amassed  a  large  competence, 
but  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  left  to  his  family  the  priceless  heritage  of  an 
honorable  name.  Both  he  and  his  faithful  wife  were  consistent  members  of 
the  German  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he  had  for  a 
number  of  years  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees. 

Casper  Schmidt  married,  in  the  village  of  Henfstedt,  Eva  Feltmann,  who 
was  likewise  a  native  of  the  same  locality,  and  of  their  union  had  born  to  them 
a  family  or  five  children:  1.  Caroline,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Henfstedt. 
She  was  there  educated  in  the  schools  of  her  native  town,  and  was  confirmed 
at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  She  came  with  her  parents  to  this  country,  and 
was  reared  to  the  years  of  womanhood  under  the  parental  roof.  She  married 
John  Bowker,  born  in  England,  and  of  this  union  were  born  two  children, 
namely:  i.  William  Bowker,  who  married  Martha  Lange,  and  of  their  union 
was  born  a  son,  William  Bowker,  November  1,  1914.  ii.  Walter,  born  May 
22,  1895.  2.  Gustav,  of  whom  further.  3.  Christina.  4.  William,  of  whom 
further.  5.  A  daughter  who  died  in  the  Fatherland  during  the  early  years  of 
childhood. 

Gustav  Schmidt,  second  child  and  eldest  son  of  Casper  and  Eva  (Felt- 
mann) Schmidt,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Henfstedt,  Duchy 
of  Saxe-Meiningen,  Germany.  He  there  attended  the  village  school  in  his 
native  town  up  to  1872,  in  which  year  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  this 
country,  and  upon  their  settlement  in  the  town  of  Wortendyke,  Bergen  county. 
New  Jersey,  there  attended  the  public  schools.  Upon  attaining  suitable  years, 
he  began  to  take  up  the  practical  duties  of  life,  and  assisted  his  parents  in  the 
maintenance  of  the  family,  and  in  the  course  of  time  learned  the  art  and 
technique  of  house  painting  and  decorating,  which  line  of  work  he  successfully 
pursued  up  to  1888.  He  was  then  appointed  to  the  position  of  patrolman 
on  the  police  force  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  and  in  the  performance  of  his  duties 
as  patrolman,  his  efficiency  and  fidelity  to  duty  soon  became  recognized  by 
the  city  officials.  In  1909  Gustave  Schmidt  was  promoted  to  the  office  of 
captain  of  the  police  department  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  and  in  this  responsible 
office  has  proved  himself  a  worthy  guardian  of  the  peace  and  safety  of  the 
people.  Immediately  at  the  beginning  of  his  official  position.  Captain  Schmidt 
proved  himself  a  firm  disciplinarian  in  his  direction  of  the  police  department, 
a  fact  which  became  generally  recognized  by  the  commissioners  of  the  city 
of  Passaic,  and  in  1918  the  popular  and  genial  police  captain  was  appointed 
to  the  office  of  chief  of  the  Police  Department  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  the  duties 
of  which  he  has  faithfully  performed  up  to  the  present  time  (1920). 

William  Schmidt,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of  Casper  and  Eva  (Felt- 


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MR.  AND  MRS.  WILLIAM  SCHMIDT 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  253 

mann)  Schmidt,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Henfstedt,  Duchy 
of  Saxe-Meiningen,  Germany.  He  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  this  country 
in  1872.  He  had  attended  the  village  school  in  his  native  land,  and  soon  after 
he  was  brought  by  his;  parents  to  this  country  attended  the  schools  in  the  town 
of  Wortendyke,  where  his  father  had  first  settled  with  his  family.  Soon  after 
attaining  suitable  years,  William  Schmidt  began  to  learn  the  art  and  technique 
of  the  machinists'  trade  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  and  after  faithfully  serving  his 
apprenticeship  for  a  term  of  three  years,  began  to  work  at  his  trade  under 
special  instruction,  and  for  some  time  was  employed  at  his  chosen  line  of 
work  with  the  Rittenhouse  Manufacturing  Company,  in  the  city  of  Passaic. 
In  1908,  owing  to  the  impaired  condition  of  his  health,  he  decided  to  remove 
with  his  family  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  where  he  remained  but  a  brief 
period,  and  next  located  at  Arden,  Nevada,  where  he  pursued  his  trade,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  was  foreman  in  one  of  the  leading  machine  shops  of  the 
Arden  Plaster  Company,  in  the  town  of  Arden.  In  1915  William  Schmidt 
returned  East,  and  again  settled  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  He  next  located  in 
the  city  of  Clifton,  where  he  engaged  in  the  garage  and  machine  business, 
having  established  his  plant  at  No.  173  Lexington  avenue,  Clifton,  where  he 
now  conducts  a  successful  and  profitable  business. 

William  Schmidt  married,  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  May  28,  1883,  Nellie 
Bullis,  born  in  the  city  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  Novem'ber  15,  1867,  daughter 
of  Gerard  and  Cora  Bullis.  Nellie  (Bullis)  Schmidt  died  at  the  family  home 
on  Russel  street,  Clifton,  November  6,  1918.  Of  this  union  was  born  one  son, 
Casper  William,  of  whom  further. 

Casper  William  Schmidt,  only  son  and  child  of  William  and  Nellie 
( Bullis)  Schmidt,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  January 
7,  1893.  He  obtained  his  early  educational  training  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city.  He  next  entered  Drake's  Commercial  College,  where  he 
pursued  a  course  of  studies  for  some  time,  and  upon  laying  aside  his  school 
books  became  engaged  in  the  capacity  of  an  electrician,  and  has  pursued  this 
line  of  work  up  to  the  present  time  (1920).  He  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Masonic  Lodge,  at  that  time  located  in  Los  Vegas,  from  whence  he  has  trans- 
ferred his  membership  to  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  32,  in  the  city  of  Passaic. 

He  married.  May  1,  1915,  in  Arden,  Nevada,  Vera  Horton,  born  July 
5,  1897,  daughter  of  John  Curry  and  Annie  (Poe)  Horton.  Her  grandfather, 
Curry  Horton,  was  for  many  years  a  resident  of  the  city  of  Newark,  Essex 
county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  had  spent  the  major  portion  of  his  life.  He 
was  a  direct  descendant  of  Barnabas  Horton,  the  settler  and  founder  of  this 
branch  of  the  family  at  Horseneck,  in  the  town  of  Southold,  Suffolk  county. 
New  York,  in  1639,  his  descendants  having  become  numerous  and  have  settled 
with  their  families  in  almost  every  State  of  the  union.  Many  of  them  have  be- 
come men  of  distinguished  account  in  both  professional  and  commercial  walks  of 
life.  Casper  William  Schmidt  and  ^'era  (Horton)  Schmidt  have  born  of  their 
union  the  following  children:  1.  William,  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Decem- 
ber 1,  1916.     2.  Helen,  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  October  19,  1918. 


EDWARD  G.  ULBRICHT— At  the  time  of  the  birth  of  their  son, 
Edward  G.  LTlbricht,  March  16,  1891,  William  and  Caroline  I'lbricht  were 
residents  of  West  Hoiboken,  New  Jersey,  and  there  both  died.  Early  in  life 
Edward  G.  Ulbricht  began  preparation  for  a  professional  engineering  career, 
and  as  civil  engineer  and  surveyor  he  has  become  well  and  widely  known. 
What  Mr.  Ulbricht  considers  the  great  opportunity  of  his  professional  life 
was  lost  through  circumstances  over  which  he  had  no  control.     This  was  when. 


254  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

after  having  signed  an  agreement  to  run  tlie  preliminary  survey  across  Nicar- 
agua, Central  America,  for  the  Trans-Continental  railroad,  unforeseen  con- 
tingencies, which  developed  at  the  last  moment,  prevented  his  going  and  the 
honor  went  to  another.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  firm.  Noble  &  Ulbricht, 
engineers  and  surveyors.  Brooks  building,  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 

Edward  G.  Ulbricht,  after  graduation  from  public  grammar  school,  took 
a  course  at  Drake's  Business  College,  giving  especial  attention  to  stenography 
and  typewriting.  This  was  followed  by  a  course  in  mathematics  at  the  Twenty- 
Third  street  branch  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  New  York 
City,  preparatory  to  the  course  in  engineering.  After  a  course  in  surveying 
and  mapping,  he  accepted  a  position  with  a  New  York  stock  brokerage  firm 
and  with  them  spent  four  years.  He  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  &  Western  railroad,  as  material  clerk  in  the  engineering  depart- 
ment at  Hoboken,  New  Jersey,  and  there  he  spent  six  years,  1910-16,  eighteen 
months  in  the  office  and  four  and  one-half  years  with  the  field  engineering 
corps.  He  then  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  Aluminum  Company  of 
Edgewater,  New  Jersey,  as  field  engineer,  and  it  was  during  this  engagement 
that  the  opportunity  came  to  run  the  preliminary  survey  for  the  railroad 
across  Nicaragua,  previously  mentioned.  From  the  United  States  Aluminum 
Company  Mr.  Ulbricht  went  to  the  valuation  department  of  the  Lehigh  Valley 
Railroad  Company,  where  he  was  engaged  until  the  firm  of  Noble  &  Ulbricht 
began  business  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  as  engineers  and  surveyors. 

Mr.  Ulbricht  is  a  Democrat  of  independent  tendencies,  and  in  religious 
faith  a  Lutheran.  He  is  a  man  of  energy  and  ability,  standing  high  in  his 
profesison. 

Mr.  Ulbricht  married,  at  Union  Hill,  New  Jerse}^  December  2,  1914, 
Mary  Zoeller,  daughter  of  Martin  and  Margaret  Zoeller.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ulbricht  are  the  parents  of  two  children :  Everett  Wilbur,  born  January  18, 
1917,   and   Carol    Marjorie,   born   June    19,    1921. 


WILLIAM  A.  BURKE — Among  the  young  men  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey, 
whose  merit  and  ability  have  brought  them  prominently  into  the  public  eye, 
none  more  deservedly  hold  public  confidence  and  esteem  than  the  present 
mayor  of  the  city,  William  A.  Burke,  who  in  private  life  is  secretary  to  the 
general  sales  manager  of  the  great  Botany  Worsted  Mills.  He  is  a  son  of 
James  and  Anna  (Curry)  Burke,  of  Jersey  City  and  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 

William  A.  Burke  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  May  13,  1885", 
but  later  Garfield  became  the  family  home,  and  there  the  lad  attended  Public 
Schoool  No.  1,  completing  its  courses.  He  then  completed  courses  of  study 
at  McChesney  Business  College,  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  and  in  1903  began 
business  life  as  a  stenographer  in  the  office  of  the  Botan)'  Worsted  Mills, 
Passaic.  In  1918  he  became  secretary  to  the  general  sales  manager  of  the 
company,  which  position  he  is  now  filling  (May,   1922.) 

Mr.  Burke  is  a  Republican  in  politics ;  was  a  member  of  the  Garfield 
Board  of  Education ;  for  several  years  a  member  of  the  Republican  Committee 
of  Bergen  county,  served  the  city  of  Garfield  three  years  as  clerk  and  in  1921 
was  elected  mayor,  an  office  he  is  now  most  ably  filling.  He  is  a  member  of 
Passaic  Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protective  order  of  Elks ;  Perez  Council, 
Knights  of  Columbus ;  was  first  consul  of  the  Garfield  Camp,  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America ;  and  for  a  time  was  foreman  of  Fire  Company, 
No.  1,  of  Garfield.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Belmont  Club,  and  attends 
Most  Holy  Name  Roman  Catholic  Church,  of  Garfield.  He  is  an  ex-pres- 
ident of  the  Holy  Name  Society  of  that  church. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  255 

MAY  ANDERSON,  D.  O.,  M.  D.,  known  in  private  life  as  Mrs.  Samuel 
Ginsburg,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  May  13,  1891,  the  daughter  of 
Lars  and  Anna  (Nilson)  Anderson.  Lars  Anderson  was  a  native  of  Sweden 
and  came  to  this  country  when  a  young  man  locating  in  Brooklyn  .  For  many 
years  he  has  been  a  clerk  in  the  National  Park  Bank  of  New  York  City,  a 
position  which  he  still  retains.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anderson  are  the  parents  of  three 
children:  1.  Lillian,  graduated  from  Columbia  University  and  from  the  dental 
Department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and  subsequently  married  L. 
Nathaniel  Duggan,  of  Atlanta,  Georgia.  2.  May,  of  further  mention.  3.  Law- 
rence Russell,  a  graduate  of  Mt.  Herman  School  for  Boys,  and  veteran  of  the 
late  war. 

Dr.  Anderson  spent  her  girlhood  in  her  native  city  where  she  attended 
the  local  public  schools.  After  graduating  from  the  Girls'  High  School,  she 
matriculated  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Osteopathy  and  received  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Osteopathy  in  June,  1911.  She  then  entered  the  New  York 
Medical  College  and  Hospital  for  women,  and  won  from  this  institution  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  the  class  of  1915.  Then  followed  an  interne- 
ship  at  the  New  York  Medical  College  and  Hospital  for  women  and  later  she 
was  anaesthetist  at  Cumberland  Street  Hospital,  Brooklyn.  In  June,  1917,  she 
was  married  and  came  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey  to  live.  Shortly  after,  she 
served  as  interne  in  the  Passaic  General  Hospital. 

On  June  7,  1917,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey,  Dr.  Anderson  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Samuel  Ginsberg,  of  further  mention.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel 
Ginsburg  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Samuel  Robin,  born  May  13,  1919; 
and   Oliver  Anderson,  born   April   11,   1922. 


DR.  SAMUEL  GINSBURG  was  born  in  Russia,  November  4,  1884, 
the  son  of  Moses  Raphael  and  Glucke  Ginsfeurg,  the  former  a  Rabbi  in  Egypt 
previous  to  his  death.  Mrs.  Ginsburg  died  May  28,  1921.  Rabbi  and  Mrs. 
Ginsburg  were  the  parents  of  six  children:  Bella,  deceased;  Sadie,  wife  of 
David  SlafF,  a  member  of  the  G.  &  S.  Motor  Company  of  Passaic ;  Samuel, 
of  further  mention ;  Abraham,  a  member  of  the  G.  &.  S.  Motor  Company ; 
Fred,  a  dentist  of  Passaic ;  Fannie,  wife  of  Samuel  Kartch. 

At  the  age  of  ten  years  Dr.  Ginsburg  came  to  this  city  with  his  mother, 
from  Egypt.  Here  he  attended  the  public  schools  and  after  graduating  from 
the  Passaic  High  School  entered  New  York  University,  where  he  received  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  He  then  returned  to  Passaic  and  engaged  in  the 
building  and  contracting  business  with  his  brother  Abraham,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Ginsburg  Brothers.  In  the  meantime  having  decided  to  adopt  medicine 
as  a  profession,  he  discontinued  his  business  career  and  entered  Columbia 
College,  where  he  remained  for  one  year,  going  thence  to  Long  Island  College 
Hospital,  where  he  was  subsequently  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine  in  1920.  Immediately  after  graduation  he  returned  to  Passaic  and 
entered  the  Passaic  General  Hospital  as  interne.  In  October,  1921,  he  went  to 
Berlin,  Germany,  to  take  post-graduate  work  in  Surgery  and  Gynecology. 
On  his  return  he  expects  to  establish  himself  in  the  private  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Passaic.     He  is  affiliated  with  the  American  Medical  Association. 

Dr.  Ginsburg  married  Dr.  May  Anderson,  of  above  mention. 


HARRY  CAMPBELL  REYNOLDS,  M.  D.— Since  1901  Passaic  has 
numbered  among  her  representatives  of  the  medical  profession  the  able  and 
progressive  Dr.  Harry  Campbell  Re)molds,  who  is  adding  daily  to  his  already 
high  reputation  as  a  surgeon.     Dr.  Reynolds  combines  with  his  professional 


256  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

activities  a  public-spirited  citizenship,  and  intimately  associates  himself  with 
the  leading  interests  of  the  city. 

Harry  Campbell  Reynolds  was  born  in  New  York  City,  April  6,  1875. 
His  early  and  preparatory  education  was  obtained  in  private  schools  and  at  New- 
bury Academy,  from  which  latter  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1891. 
Choosing  medicine  as  a  profession,  he  matriculated  at  the  Homoeopathic  Medical 
College,  New  York  City,  and  there  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine, 
class  of  1899.  Dr.  Reynolds  then  served  as  interne  at  the  Flower  Hospital  for 
six  months,  going  thence  to  Blackwells  Island  Metropolitan  Hospital,  where 
he  spent  three  months,  and  later  to  the  Brooklyn  Homoeopathic  Hospital,  where 
he  spent  six  months.  With  a  thorough  theoretical  knowledge,  together  with 
the  practical  experience  he  had  gained  in  hospitals  with  which  he  had  been 
connected,  Dr.  Reynolds  came  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  established  himself 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  devoting  himself  entirely  to  the  surgical 
branch  of  the  work. 

During  the  period  of  war  between  the  United  States  and  Germany,  Dr. 
Reynolds  was  commissioned  captain  in  the  United  States  Medical  Corps  and 
assigned  to  duty  at  Camp  Merritt.  On  July  4,  1918,  he  was  ordered  overseas 
with  the  American  Expeditionary  Force  and  served  at  Evacuation  Hospital, 
No.  107,  in  the  Chateau  Thierry  Sector.  Later  he  was  assigned  to  duty  at 
Base  Hospitol,  No.  48,  at  Mars  Sur  Allier,  France,  where  he  was  promoted 
a  major  of  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  United  States  army.  He  continued  on 
duty  at  Base  Hospital  No.  48  until  ordered  to  Brest,  there  taking  ship  for  the 
United  States,  and  arriving  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  April  12,  1919.  He  was 
ordered  to  Camp  Devens,  Massachusetts,  thence  to  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey, 
there  receiving  honorable  discharge,  April  24,  1919.  He  returned  to  Passaic, 
and  at  once  resumed  surgical  practice,  having  been  absent  from  February  20, 
1918,  until  April  24,  1919,  returning  with  the  rank  of  major. 

Dr.  Reynolds  was  made  a  fellow  of  the  American  College  of  Surgery, 
in  1920,  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  New  Jersey 
State  Medical  Association,  the  Passaic  County  Medical  Association,  and  the 
yVcademy  of  Pathol oeical  Science.  His  clubs  are  the  Unanimous,  Meissen, 
and  Helmuth,  New  York  City;  Practitioners,  Passaic;  and  Areola  Country. 
He  is  also  affiliated  with  the  United  American  War  Veterans,  the  American 
Legion,  the  ^'etpran  Military  Order  of  Foreign  Wars,  the  Phi  Alpha  Gamma 
fraternity,  and  Passaic  Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Dr. 
Reynolds  is  ardently  devoted  to  golf,  and  what  time  he  can  spare  from  his 
professional  cares  he  devotes  in  part  to  this  particular  recreation. 


JOHN  SANFORD  BAKER,  member  of  the  law  firm.  Baker  &  Baker, 
is  one  of  the  successful  young  attorneys  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  who  has  al- 
ready made  a  name  for  himself,  through  the  active  part  he  has  taken  in  all  that 
makes  for  the  welfare  of  Garfield,  the  place  of  his  birth. 

Henry  Baker,  father  of  John  Sanford  and  Richard  J.  Baker,  was  born  in 
Holland,  October  20,  1863,  and  sailed  for  this  country  at  the  age  of  twenty 
years.  Upon  landing  in  New  York  City  he  came  immediately  to  Garfield,  New 
Jersey,  bringing  with  him  a  few  choice  Holstein-Friesian  cattle,  and  for  the 
ten  years  following,  he  continued  an  importer  of  that  breed  of  cattle.  He  yet 
resides  in  Garfield,  where  he  takes  an  active  part  in  public  affairs.  He  married, 
July  15,  1891,  Alice  Sanford,  born  in  Holland,  daughter  of  John  and  Bella 
TTouw)  Sanford,  who  came  with  their  daughter  to  the  United  States  in  1881. 
John  Sanford  died  September  22,  1896;  his  widow,  May  29,  1899.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Baker  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  Edwin  Henry,  who  was 


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born  October  7,  1892,  in  Garfield,  and  there  attended  the  public  schools.  He 
then  matriculated  at  New  York  University  Medical  School,  where  he  remained 
two  years,  now  being  engaged  in  scientific  farming,  at  Hancock,  New  York.  He 
married  Evelyn  Phillips,  daughter  of  James  and  Agnes  (Bush)  Phillips,  of 
Hancock.  2.  John  Sanford,  of  further  mention.  3.  Richard  J.,  whose  sketch 
follows. 

John  Sanford  Baker  was  born  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  December  16,  1893, 
and  there  attended  the  public  schools  until  grammar  courses  were  finished ; 
after  which  he  attended  Passaic  High  School.  He  had  in  the  meantime  deter- 
mined to  adopt  the  profession  of  law,  and  accordingly  entered  the  University 
of  New  York  Law  School,  whence  he  was  graduated  LL.  B.,  class  of  1916. 
During  these  college  years  and  for  one  year  after  graduation,  he  read  law  in 
the  office  of  Ex-Congressman  A.  C.  Hart,  the  present  prosecutor  of  Hackensack, 
New  Jersey.  Throughout  his  school  and  college  years  he  proved  himself  a 
painstaking  student,  and  he  entered  upon  his  professional  career  well  equipped 
with  both  natural  gifts  and  adequate  training.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
March  27,  1917,  returned  to  Garfield,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
Later  with  his  brother,  Richard  J.  Baker,  he  formed  the  law  firm  of  Baker  & 
Baker.  The  firm  has  built  up  an  excellent  practice,  although  John  S.  Baker 
has  been  able  to  devote  but  a  small  part  of  these  past  three  years  to  his  profes- 
sion, due  to  his  active  service  in  the  LTnited  States  armv  during  the  war  period, 
1917-18. 

Just  six  months  after  beginning  practice,  he  was  called  to  the  "colors,"  and 
ordered  to  Camp  Dix ;  later  to  Camp  McClellan,  finally  to  a  camp  in  Alabama, 
where  he  was  assigned  to  Company  A.,  104th  Ammunition  Train.  There  he  re- 
mained for  nine  months,  and  then  was  ordered  to  an  embarkation  port,  and 
sailed  for  France,  June  30,  1918,  later  taking  an  active  part  in  the  Meuse-Ar- 
gonne  offensive,  and  was  there  in  a  battle  sector  at  the  time  the  Armistice  was 
signed.  He  remained  in  France  until  June  5,  1918,  when  he  sailed  for  home, 
receiving  honorable  discharge  from  the  service,  July  12,  1919.  Mr.  Baker  then 
returned  to  Garfield,  and  resumed  the  practice  of  law,  and  September  1,  1919, 
it  was  reorganized,  and  became  the  law  firm  of  Baker  &  Baker. 

Besides  his  legal  activities,  Mr.  Baker  has  interested  himself  in  the  com- 
munity, and  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  local  leaders  of  the  Repub- 
lican party.  In  religion  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  attending  the  first  church  of  that 
denomination  in  Garfield.  He  is  also  affiliated  with  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Centennial  Chapter,  No.  34,  Roval  Arch  Masons  ; 
Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks;  Russel  Sen- 
ate;  Delta  Theta  Phi,  a  law  fraternity  of  New  York  L^niversity. 

Mr.  Baker  married,  August  31,  1921,  Burdie  Stienstra,  daughter  of  Charles 
and  Louise  fZylstra)  Stienstra,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  and  is  now  residing 
at   No.   227   Palisade   avenue,    in    the   city   of  Garfield. 


RICHARD  J.  BAKER,  of  the  law  firm,  Baker  &  Baker,  Garfield,  New 
Jersey,  third  son  of  Henry  and  Alice  (Sanford)  Baker,  was  born  in  Garfield, 
December  27,  1895.  He  attended  the  Garfield  public  schools  until  grammar 
grades  were  finished,  then  entered  high  school  in  the  neighboring  city  of  Passaic, 
whence  he  was  graduated  class  of  1914.  He  prepared  for  the  profession  of  law 
in  New  York  University  Law  School,  receiving  his  LL.  B.,  with  the  graduating 
class  of  1917.  He  did  not  at  once  begin  private  practice  but  spent  a  vear  with 
Swift  &  Company,  in  New  York,  and  at  the  December  term  of  1918,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  New  Jersey  bar  as  an  attorney.  He  then  began  practice  in  Gar- 
field, and  continued  alone  until  the  return  of  his  brother,  John  S.,  a  soldier  in 


258  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

the  United  States  army,  on  duty  with  the  American  Expeditionary  Force  in 
France.  Then,  September  1,  1919,  the  brothers  formed  a  partnership,  and  have 
since  practiced  as  Baker  &  Baker. 

The  first  offices  of  the  firm  were  at  No.  258-262  Palisade  avenue,  later  the 
present  offices  at  No.  103  Somerset  street,  Garfield,  being  secured.  This  young 
law  firm  has  had  a  successful  career,  and  a  promising  future  has  opened  out 
before  the  brother  partners.  They  stand  high  at  the  bar,  and  are  winning  the 
confidence  of  a  most  satisfactory  clientele.  On  April  1,  1921,  Richard  J.  Baker 
was  appointed  police  judge  of  Garfield,  for  a  term  of  three  years,  being  just 
twenty-five  years  of  age  when  succeeding  to  that  honor,  an  unusually  youthful 
age  to  attain  judicial  power.  He  is  a  director  of  the  United  States  Battery 
Corporation  of  Passaic ;  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Centennial  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Passaic,  and  of  RapoUo 
Chapter,  Phi  Alpha  Delta  Law  Fraternity,  New  York  University. 

Judge  Baker  married.  May  29,  1917,  Anna  Erzmoneit,  daughter  of  Gus- 
tave  and  Anna  (Benowitz)  Erzmoneit,  of  Carlstadt,  New  Jersey.  Judge  and 
Mrs.  Baker  are  the  parents  of  a  son,  Richard  A.  Baker. 

HENRY  EDWARD  DWYER,  M.  D.,  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
December  27,  1889,  the  son  of  David  and  Honora  A.  (Walsh)  Dwyer.  David 
Dwyer  was  a  native  of  Hinsdale,  Massachusetts,  his  birth  having  occurred  there 
in  1854.  When  a  young  man  he  came  to  Passaic,  later  removing  to  Garfield, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  resided  until  his  death,  as  secretary  and  general  superin- 
tendent of  the  Garfield  Woolen  Company.  He  was  a  member  of  St.  Nicholas' 
Roman  Catholic  Church,  and  took  an  active  part  in  many  of  the  local  fraternal 
nreranizations.  He  died  August  11,  1913.  David  Dwyer  married  Honora  A. 
Walsh,  September  14,  1876,  and  to  them  were  born  the  following  children: 
Joseph,  deceased,  formerly  a  physician  and  surgeon  in  New  York  City; 
Thomas  ;  Charles  ;  Emily ;  Mary,  a  teacher  at  Public  School  No.  2 ;  Frank ; 
Henry  Edward,  of  further  mention;   Alice;   and  David. 

The  elementary  portion  of  Dr.  Dwyer's  education  was  received  in  the 
primary  and  grammar  schools  of  Passaic  City,  after  which  he  entered  the  pur- 
chasing department  of  the  Erie  railroad  and  was  there  two  and  one-half  years, 
when  he  resigned  and  became  identified  with  the  Continental  Insurance  Com- 
pany. Two  years  later,  having  in  the  meantime  decided  to  studv  medicine, 
with  this  end  in  view,  he  entered  a  preparatory  school  at  Astor  Place,  New 
York,  and  subsequently  matriculated  at  Bellevue  Medical  College,  receiving 
from  that  institution  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  and  graduating  from 
there  in  1914.  After  serving  an  interneship  of  two  years  in  Bellevue  Hospital, 
he  came  immediately  to  Passaic  and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his 
chosen  profession,  continuing  thus  until  he  was  called  to  the  colors  on  August  17, 

1917,  having  two  months  previous  enlisted  in  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  United 
States  army.  He  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant,  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Dix, 
where  he  served  as  surgeon  with  the  Motor  Truck  Company.  After  six  months 
he  was  commissioned  captain  and  transferred  to  the  Three  Hundred  and  Third 
Engineers,  where  he  served  as  surgeon  of  the  Second  Battalion  .     On  May  27, 

1918,  he  sailed  for  France  with  the  Seventy-eighth  Division,  arriving  in  Liver- 
pool, England,  June,  1918,  thence  to  Calais,  France.  From  there  the  division 
was  sent  to  Northern  France  for  completion  of  training  with  the  English  at 
Bellebrune,  Gauchen  and  Braineville.  He  then  took  part  in  the  St.  Mihiel  and 
Meuse-Argonne  drives.  After  the  armistice  he  remained  with  the  engineers  at 
Les  Laumes  for  six  months.  Thence  he  went  home,  sailing  from  Bordeaux,  re- 
turning to  this  country  and  receiving  his  honorable  discharge  from  Camp  Dix, 


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in  June,  1919.  Dr.  Dwyer  then  returned  immediately  to  Passaic  and  resumed 
practice,  his  ability  being  widely  recognized  and  attested  in  the  liberal  patronage 
now  accorded  him.  Always  a  close  and  earnest  student  of  his  profession,  Dr. 
Dwyer  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  practical  thought  through  his 
membership  in  the  American  Medical  Association,  and  the  State  and  County 
Medical  societies,  and  his  skill  and  ability  are  everywhere  evident  in  the  excel- 
lent results  which  have  followed  his  labors.  In  religion  Dr.  Dwyer  is  a  Roman 
Catholic  and  attends  St.  Nicholas  Church  of  this  denomination. 


WILLIAM  A.  WHITEHEAD — Having  been  for  years  most  active  in  the 
public  affairs  of  his  city,  an  ardent  worker  in  the  Democratic  party,  and 
understanding  municipal  government  in  its  various  details,  his  election  was  the 
logical  conclusion  of  the  people  at  large  when  William  A.  Whitehead  was  elect- 
ed Mayor  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 

William  A.  Whitehead  was  born  in  Passaic,  and  attended  the  public  high 
schools  of  ths  city,  nd  having  graduated  form  them,  he  then  received  private  in- 
struction from  tutors  in  New  York  City.  At  the  age  of  twenty  years  he  considered 
his  education  finished,  and  secured  a  position  as  traveling  salesman  with  the 
Rotary  Photogravure  Company,  of  Passaic.  Mr.  Whitehead  remained  in  their 
employ  for  the  next  ten  years.  While  in  Passaic,  he  was  active  in  many  things 
pertaining  to  public  welfare  work,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Volunteer  Fire 
Department,  being  assistant  foreman  in  Rescue  Truck  Company  No.  1,  of  that 
city.  Wishing  to  start  in  business  for  himself  as  an  importer  of  high  grade 
objects  of  art  and  pictures,  Mr.  Whitehead  resigned  his  position  with  the  Photo- 
gravure Company  and  opened  a  studio  in  Chicago  for  the  sale  of  such  goods. 
He  made  a  specialty  of  reproductions  of  famous  paintings,  carrying  on  a  suc- 
cessful business  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  World  War,  which  put  a  stop  to 
all  imports  of  that  kind.  He  was  forced  to  discontinue  his  art  sale  and  to  return 
to  New  Jersey.  He  took  up  his  residence  in  Garfield  and  became  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  political  conditions  of  both  city  and  county.  He  very  soon  was 
made  secretary  of  the  Bergen  county  Board  of  Election  and  later  was  appoint- 
ed secretary  of  the  Democratic  County  Committee,  holding  the  office  for  two 
years.  He  then  was  chosen  chairman  of  that  organization  for  the  next  two 
years,  also  having  charge  of  the  Naturalization  Board  of  Bergen  county,  a  posi- 
tion he  held  for  two  years.  Then  becoming  a  candidate  for  the  mayoralty  in 
Garfield  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  Mr.  Whitehead  was  elected  to  that  office  in 
1919,  and  still  holds  the  chair  of  chief  executive  of  the  city.  In  May,  1920, 
Governor  Edwards  appointed  Mr.  Whitehead  to  serve  on  the  Bergen  county 
Board  of  Equalization  of  Taxes. 

Mr.  Whitehead's  father,  Frederick  Whitehead,  came  to  Passaic  many 
years  ago  from  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  born,  and  engaging  in  the  hotel 
business  about  1870,  became  very  successful.  He  believed  in  the  development 
of  all  opportunities  for  the  progress  of  the  city,  and  in  pursuance  of  this  he 
built  the  old  Lyceum  Theatre,  and  later  the  Passaic  Opera  House,  both  of  which 
he  operated.  Some  time  after  these  were  erected,  Mr.  Whitehead,  Sr.,  built  the 
Passaic  County  Hotel,  personally  conducting  it  until  he  sold  out  all  his  business 
interests.  He  purchasd  the  old  Cadmus  farm  in  Bergen  county,  retiring  from 
active  participation  in  public  affairs,  living  quietly  upon  his  estate  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  December  24,  1908.  He  was  a  man  of  agreeable  person- 
ality, and  was  popular  among  his  associates,  being  held  in  high  regard.  In  the 
politics  of  his  community,  Frederick  Whitehead  always  took  a  leading  part,  both 
in  city  and  county  matters.  He  was  an  old  time  Democrat  and,  as  a  represen- 
tative of  that  party,  he  was  sent  as  a  delegate  to  the  convention  in  Chicago,  lUi- 


260  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

nois,  which  nominated  Grover  Cleveland  for  the  Presidency  of  the  United  States. 
The  mother  of  William  A.  Whitehead  was  Mary  McHale,  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania,  where  she  was  married  to  Frederick  Whitehead.  They 
were  the  parents  of  thirteen  children,  six  of  whom  are  still  living.  Mrs. 
Mary  (McHale)  Whitehead  was  a  memher  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 
Her   death   occurred  in   Passaic   a   few  years   ago. 


ABRAHAM  VERMEULEN — Nearly  three-quarters  of  a  century  ago,  a 
young  man,  Abraham  Vermeulen,  the  founder  of  the  branch  of  the  Vermeulen 
family  in  New  Jersey,  left  his  home  in  the  province  of  Zeeland,  Holland,  came 
to  the  United  States,  found  a  home  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  and  there  be- 
came a  man  of  influence  and  means. 

Abraham  Vermeulen  was  born  in  the  province  of  Zeeland,  Holland,  De- 
cember 28,  1825;  died  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  February  4,  1902.  He  was 
educated  in  his  native  land,  there  learned  both  the  tailor  and  barber  trades,  and 
continued  until  about  the  year  1852,  when  he  came  to  the  United  States.  In 
Paterson,  he  was  variously  employed  until  the  Civil  War  period,  when  he  se- 
cured a  government  contract,  under  which  he  manufactured  uniform.s  for  the 
soldiers.  He  kept  about  sixty  hands  employed  in  making  the  uniforms,  do- 
ing all  the  cutting  himself.  In  1870,  he  purchased  the  property  at  24  Main 
street,  Paterson,  and  there  established  a  merchant  tailoring  and  feather  reno- 
vating business,  and  there  continued  for  a  time,  the  equipment  and  tools  he 
used  being  yet  preserved  and  in  use.  Later  he  abandoned  that  business  in 
favor  of  a  grocery,  his  store  becoming  a  gathering  place  for  the  Hollanders  of 
the  neighborhood.  They  came  to  rely  upon  Abraham  Vermeulen  for  help  in 
man}'  ways,  and  when  a  death  occurred  they  would  have  him  arrange  with  the 
undertaker,  and  help  them  both  in  securing  and  collecting  insurance.  This 
brought  him  in  touch  with  insurance  agents  and  undertakers,  who  were  willing 
to  compensate  him  for  his  services  as  middleman.  In  that  Avay  he  became  fam- 
iliar with  the  undertaking  business,  and  finally  adopted  it  as  his  own  calling. 

Mr.  Vermeulen,  after  deciding  to  enter  business  as  an  undertaker,  sold  his 
property  on  North  Main  street  in  1872,  and  established  undertaking  rooms  at 
No.  97  Clinton  street,  Paterson,  and  as  the  years  progressed  his  business  ex- 
tended, until  Vermeulen's  undertaking  business  became  the  leading  establish- 
ment of  its  kind  in  all  Northern  New  Jersey.  It  is  said  that  he  officiated  as 
director  at  more  than  fifteen  thousand  funerals  during  his  career,  and  was  a 
recognized  authority  on  all  matters  relating  to  the  care  and  burial  of  the  dead. 
In  1868,  he  had  purchased  the  cemetery  on  the  Goffel  road,  and  in  later  years 
founded  Fairlawn  Cemetery  on  the  RIdgewood  road,  at  Fairlawn,  near  Pater- 
son, the  original  plot  containing  twenty  acres.  This  tract  was  beautified  and 
developed  under  his  direction,  a  work  in  which  he  was  assisted  by  his  sons. 
After  his  passing,  ten  acres  were  added  to  Fairlawn  Cemetery  by  his  widow. 
While  Mr.  Vermeulen  had  other  business  interests  of  importance,  it  was  as  an 
undertaker  and  funeral  director  that  he  was  v/idely  known  throughout  the  length 
and  breadth  of  Passaic  county.  His  patrons  were  from  all  classes  of  society, 
rich  and  poor  alike  seeking  him  when  their  hour  of  trouble  came.  Sympathetic, 
tactful  and  most  considerate,  his  presence  seemed  a  guarantee  that  the  blow 
would  be  softened  so  far  as  was  humanely  possible,  that  every  convention  would 
be  observed,  and  that  a  quiet  dignity  would  pervade  the  sad  ceremonies. 

In  politics  Mr.  Vermeulen  was  a  Republican,  serving  for  several  terms  as 
a  member  of  the  county  committee.  He  served  as  ta7<  collector,  coroner  of  Pas- 
saic county,  justice  of  the  peace,  commissioner  of  deeds,  and  notary  public.  He 
took  a  deep  interest  in  public  affairs,  and  was  devoted  to  the  interests  of  his  city. 


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For  over  twenty  years  he  acted  as  interpreter  for  his  countrymen,  in  their  con- 
nection with  the  courts,  in  naturalization,  property,  and  other  proceedings  in 
which  he  could  be  of  service  to  them  in  defining  their  duties  and  obligations  as 
citizens.  He  conducted,  in  connection  with  his  other  business  interests,  a  real 
estate  and  insurance  office,  having  been  the  first  agent  employed  in  Paterson 
or  vicinity,  by  the  Holland-American  Steamship  Company.  He  was  one  of  the 
charter  members  of  the  first  Christian  Reformed  Church  of  Paterson,  and  long 
one  of  its  strong  pillars  of  support.  Such  a  man  was  Abraham  Vermeulen, 
whose  useful  life  covered  a  period  of  seventy-four  years,  fifty  of  which  were 
spent  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  he  was  best  known  and  most  highly 
esteemed. 

He  married  in  St.  Pierre,  the  Netherlands,  Johanna  Zwarta,  who  bore  him 
seven  children :  Sadie  and  Susie  Vermeulen,  of  Paterson ;  Mary,  deceased ; 
Jennie,  deceased,  wife  of  James  Brady,  of  Oswego,  New  York ;  and  three 
children  who  died  in  infancy.  After  a  short  interval,  Mr.  Vermeulen  married 
(second)  in  Paterson,  Jennie  Verduin,  born  in  Holland,  who  survived  him 
nearly  five  years,  the  mother  of  fourteen  children:  1.  John,  a  sketch  of  whom 
follows.  2,  Minnie,  married  John  \'ander  Plaat,  an  undertaker  of  Garfield, 
New  Jersey.  3.  Tunis,  an  undertaker  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  located  at  No. 
102  North  Main  street.  4.  David,  an  undertaker,  a  member  of  the  firm,  A. 
Vermeulen  Sons,  of  Paterson.  5.  Elizabeth,  died  unmarried.  6.  Mattie,  mar- 
ried Marinus  Kalle,  who  is  engaged  in  the  silk  trade  in  Paterson.  7.  Isaac,  a 
sketch  of  whom  follows.  8.  Abraham,  now  superintendent  of  Fairlawn  Ceme- 
tery. 9.  Martin,  engaged  in  the  silk  trade  in  Paterson.  10.  William,  con- 
nected with  A.  Vermeulen  Sons,  undertakers,  of  Paterson,  11.  Emma,  mar- 
ried Krinnes  Roughgarden,  an  electrical  engineer  of  Garfield,  but  now  re- 
siding in  Paterson,  New  Jersey ;  the  last  three  dying  when  young.  The 
mother  of  these  children,  a  woman  of  strong  character  and  good  business, 
survived  her  husband,  passing  away  December  26,  1906. 


JOHN  VERMEULEN,  eldest  son  of  Abraham  Vermeulen  and  his  second 
wife,  Jennie  (Verduin)  Vermeulen,  was  born  In  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  Septem- 
ber 23,  1864,  and  there  attended  public  school  until  completing  the  eighth  gram- 
mar school  grade.  He  was  then  but  twelve  years  of  age,  yet  from  that  time  he 
was  uninterruptedly  employed  by  his  father,  until  the  death  of  the  latter  in 
1902.  In  1889,  with  the  consent  of  his  father,  John  Vermeulen  greatly  extended 
and  enlarged  the  undertaking  business,  by  adding  a  full  line  of  undertaker's 
supplies  and  an  equipment  of  horses  and  vehicles  so  complete,  that  special 
buildings  were  erected  to  house  and  care  for  them.  In  1894,  the  young  man 
feeling  the  necessity  for  a  more  modern  burial  ground  than  the  old  cemetery  on 
the  Goffel  road,  again  with  the  consent  of  his  father,  and  for  him,  bought 
twenty  acres,  now  Fairlawn  Cemetery,  on  the  Ridgewood  road,  one-half  mile 
north  of  Paterson,  which  they  beautified  and  developed. 

Abraham  Vermeulen  died  In  1902,  appointing  his  son,  John,  sole  executor 
and  trustee  of  his  estate.  Some  dissatisfaction  arising  between  one  of  the  sons 
of  Abraham  Vermeulen  and  his  mother,  she  sold  all  her  Interest  in  the  estate  to 
her  son,  John,  In  trust,  with  instructions  as  to  the  manner  in  which  it  should  be 
conducted  during  her  lifetime  and  after  her  death.  In  1905,  with  the  consent  of 
his  mother,  John  Vermeulen  bought  ten  acres  adjoining  Fairlawn  Cemetery,  and 
added  It  to  the  former  area.  In  1907,  David,  William,  Martin,  Abraham,  Eliza- 
beth, Mattie  and  Emma,  children  of  Abraham  Vermeulen,  left  their  Interest  in 
the  brother's  hands  and  started  an  Independent  business,  although  retaining 
their  interests  in  their  mother's  estate.     In   1911,  through  the  good  offices  of 


262  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

friends,  an  unpleasant  condition  was  improved  and  better  family  conditions 
restored,  by  a  meeting  between  John  Vermeulen  with  part  of  his  dissenting 
brothers  and  sisters,  a  settlement  being  then  effected  by  which  he  paid  them  an 
agreed  share  of  their  mother's  estate.  He  continued  the  undertaking  business 
with  his  brothers,  Isaac  and  Abraham,  until  their  voluntary  sale  of  their  inter- 
ests in  their  mother's  estate.  Since  1911,  he  has  conducted  the  business  under 
his  own  name,  at  No.  97  Clinton  street,  Paterson,  assisted  by  his  sons,  Abraham, 
Jacob  and  William. 

Mr.  Vermeulen  for  three  years  was  associated  with  Herman  E.  Frommelt, 
in  wholesale  undertaker's  supplies ;  was  for  four  years  president  of  the  Holland- 
American  Varnish  Company;  and  in  addition  to  his  undertaking  business,  con- 
ducts a  very  large  fire  insurance  agency,  (a  business  which  came  to  him  as  a 
gift  from  his  father,  as  compensation  for  the  energy  and  tact  in  securing  the 
property  and  obtaining  the  permit  for  Fairlawn  Cemetery).  He  also  succeeded 
his  father  in  his  steamship  ticket  agency,  and  has  been  very  successful  in  main- 
taining all  these  departments  on  a  high  and  profitable  plan  of  efficiency.  The 
undertaking  vehicles,  hearse,  sedans,  business  wagon  and  runabout  have  all 
been  motorized  and  every  department  is  modernly  conducted  by  Mr.  Vermeulen 
and  his  capable  sons.  He  is  a  notary  public,  a  commissioner  of  deeds,  and  a 
thoroughly  capable,  reliable  and  energetic  business  man,  respected  and  esteemed 
in  the  community  in  which  his  life  has  been  spent.  In  religious  connection, 
Mr.  Vermeulen  is  a  member  of  the  First  Christian  Reformed  Church  of  which 
his  father  was  a  founder.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  New  Jersey  Funeral 
Directors'  Association ;  was  coroner  of  Passaic  county,  and  now  keeper  of  the 
county  morgue;   was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  in  politics  is  a  Republican. 

Mr.  Vermeulen  married,  in  Paterson,  September  23,  1885,  Lena  Greendyk, 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Kittie  (Melis)  Greendyk,  of  Paterson.  Sixteen  children 
have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vermeulen,  nine  of  whom  are  living. 


ISAAC  VERMEULEN,  son  of  Abraham  and  Jennie  (Verduin)  Vermeu- 
len, was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  October  26,  1874,  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  city.  After  school  years  were  ended  he  became  a  machin- 
ist's apprentice,  in  the  works  of  the  American  Locomotive  Company,  of  Pater- 
son, remaining  with  that  company  five  years.  He  spent  the  next  two  years  with 
Kearney  &  Foote,  file  makers,  of  Paterson,  then  became  associated  with  the 
undertaking  business  founded  by  his  father,  Abraham  Vermeulen,  later  becom- 
ing superintendent  of  Fairlawn  Cemetery  at  Fairlawn,  near  Paterson,  a  depart- 
ment of  the  Vermeulen  estate.  After  the  death  of  his  mother  in  1906,  he  with- 
drew from  the  superintendency  of  Fairlawn  Cemetery,  and  then  David  and  Wil- 
liam Vermeulen  having  withdrawn,  Isaac  Vermeulen  succeeded  them  and  for 
five  years  was  engaged  in  the  undertaking  business,  under  his  elder  brother, 
John.  On  March  1,  1912,  he  received  from  the  New  Jersey  State  Board  of 
Undertakers  &  Embalmers,  a  diploma  under  which  he  might  conduct  an  under- 
ing  business  as  an  undertaker  and  funeral  director.  He  also  conducts  a  real 
estate  office  and  insurance  agency,  and  is  a  notary  public. 

He  has  become  well-known  in  Passaic,  where  he  has  now  been  in  business 
for  nine  years.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  formerly  was  a  member  of 
the  county  committee.  In  his  younger  years  he  was  an  athlete  of  local  promi- 
nence, and  still  retains  a  love  for  healthful  sports,  hunting  and  fishing  being  his 
favorite  recreations. 

Mr.  Vermeulen  married  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  June  19,  1907,  Clara 
Closterman,  of  Prospect  Park,  New  Jersey. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  263 

ROBERT  MURPHY,  founder  of  the  Quaker  Handkerchief  Company, 
was  born  in  County  Down,  Ireland,  September  13,  1878.  Since  the  incep- 
tion of  his  business  career  Mr.  Murphy  has  always  been  identified  with  this  par- 
ticular line  of  industry,  and  is  well  known  in  industrial  circles  through  his  great 
success  in  his  specializing  of  novelties. 

John  Murphy,  father  of  Robert  Murphy,  was  born  in  Lancashire,  Eng- 
land. He  came  to  this  country  with  his  family  when  a  young  man  and  has  re- 
sided here  ever  since.  He  is  now,  1921,  associated  with  his  son,  Robert,  in 
business.  He  married  Jane  McEwen,  and  to  them  were  born  nine  children : 
David,  deceased ;  Robert,  of  further  mention ;  Annie,  who  married  Matthew 
De  Ruval,  of  Passaic ;  Minnie ;  John,  Jr.,  who  is  manager  of  the  United  Piece 
Dye  Works ;  Joseph,  deceased ;  Grace,  who  married  Walter  Dietz,  of  Passaic  ; 
Samuel  George,  a  salesman  with  the  Chevrolet  Motor  Company;  Eleanor,  a 
school  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Passaic. 

Robert  Murphy  came  to  this  country  when  a  small  child  and,  upon  the 
family's  locating  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  he  entered  the  public  schools  there. 
After  graduating  he  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  Acheson  Harden  Company, 
where  he  remained  for  ten  years,  and  during  this  time  gained  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  the  industry.  Upon  resigning  from  his  position  there  as  foreman,  he 
became  manager  for  the  United  Handkerchief  Manufacturing  Company.  In 
1910  he  formed  the  Murphy  &  Conlon  Company,  employing  twenty-five  opera- 
tives. Six  months  later  Mr.  Murphy  bought  out  Mr.  Conlon's  interests,  and 
changed  the  name  to  the  Quaker  Handkerchief  Company.  The  plant  contains 
150  machines  and  employe  125  operatives  who  are  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  cotton,  linen  and  silk  handkerchiefs,  specializing  in  novelty  handkerchiefs. 

At  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  on  July  21,  1903,  Robert  Murphy  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Mary  McTighe,  daughter  of  the  late  Patrick  and  Margaret 
(Farrell)  McTighe.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Murphy  are  the  parents  of  three  children: 
Helen,  born  February  1,  1905;  Robert  John,  born  September  18,  1906;  David, 
born  July  14,  1908.    The  family  home  is  at  No.  239  Bloomfield  avenue,  Passaic. 


SAMUEL  MAMLET,  D.  D.  S.— In  1920  Dr.  Mamlet  opened  his  present 
offices  at  No.  636  Main  avenue,  Passaic,  and  since  that  time  he  has  acquired  a 
high-class  practice  which  is  bringing  him  consistent  success.  Although  he  has 
not  taken  any  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  city,  he  is  ever  ready  to  give  his 
earnest  support  to  all  measures  calculated  to  promote  the  community's  welfare. 

Morris  Mamlet,  father  of  Samuel  Mamlet,  was  born  in  Odessa,  Russia. 
For  thirty-five  years  he  carried  on  successfully  a  retail  silk  and  dry  goods  busi- 
ness in  his  native  place,  and  in  1904  he  came  to  this  country  with  his  family, 

and  located  in  Passaic  at  No.  331  Passaic  street.    He  married  Tauba 

a  native  of  Russia;  she  died  in  Passaic,  July  21,  1908.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Mamlet  were  born  ten  children:  Isaac;  Abraham;  Eve,  who  married  Jacob 
Feldman;  Eliza,  who  married  Benatal  Teplin,  of  Passaic;  Rose,  who  married 
I.  Abrahamson,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York;  Esther,  married  I.  G.  Holland,  of 
Brooklyn;  Leo;  Bella;  Alfred,  who  graduated  from  the  medical  department 
of  the  University  of  Vermont,  and  is  now,  1921,  serving  an  interneship  at  the 
Newark  City  Hospital ;    Samuel,  of  further  mention. 

Samuel  Mamlet,  son  of  Morris  and  Tauba  Mamlet.  was  born  at  Odessa, 
Russia,  April  30,  1897.  At  the  age  of  seven  years  he  was  brought  by  his  parents 
to  this  country  and  upon  the  family's  locating  in  Passaic  the  lad  entered  the  local 
public  schools.  Upon  graduating  from  the  local  high  school,  in  1915,  hav- 
ing decided  upon  dentistry  for  his  career,  he  entered  the  New  York  College 
of  Dental  and  Oral  Surgery,  receiving  from  this  institution  the  degree  of  Doctor 


264  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

of  Dental  Surgery  in  1918.  In  June  of  that  same  year  he  enlisted  in  the  service 
of  the  United  States  Army  and  was  sent  to  the  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Camp 
Greenleaf,  where  he  remained  but  four  weeks,  being  assigned  there  in  November 
just  previous  to  the  Armistice.  He  was  honorably  discharged,  December  16, 
1918,  and  then  returned  to  New  York  City,  where  he  practiced  his  profession 
until  1920,  when  he  came  to  Passaic  and  opened  his  present  offices  at  No.  636 
Main  avenue. 

Dr.  Mamlet  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic  County  Dental  Society,  and  affili- 
ates with  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  He  resides  at  No.  241  Plarri- 
son  street.  Dr.  Mamlet  is  interested  in  all  out-door  sports  and  also  takes  a  keen 
interest  in  bowling,  devoting  quite  a  share  of  his  spare  time  to  this  recreation. 


WILLIAM  EUGENE  KARL,  JR.— Among  the  younger  generation  of 
business  men  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  is  William  Eugene  Karl,  Jr.,  who  is 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business  here,  and  is  located  at  No.  629 
Main  avenue.  From  the  inception  of  his  business  career  he  has  been  interested 
in  insurance,  and  his  training,  which  fitted  him  for  carrying  on  this  particular 
line,  has  proven  to  be  of  the  best,  if  one  can  judge  by  the  rapid  strides  he  has 
made  since  his  becoming  established. 

William  E.  Karl,  Sr,,  was  born  in  Bavaria,  and  came  to  this  country  when 
a  young  man,  locating  at  Union  Hill,  New  Jersey,  where  he  secured  a  position 
as  ribbon  weaver,  subsequently  becoming  identified  with  the  Genesee  Silk  Com- 
pany, by  whom  he  is  still  employed.  He  married  Celestine  Hilbert,  a  native  of 
Alsace,  and  to  them  have  been  born:  William  Eugene,  Jr.,  of  further  mention; 
and  Elsie,  who  is  associated  with  her  brother  in  business. 

William  Eugene  Karl,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Union  Hill,  February  3,  1895.  His 
preliminary  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Clifton  and  at  Pat- 
erson  High  School.  After  graduating  from  the  latter  institution,  he  entered 
Drake's  Business  College.  Upon  completing  his  course  here,  he  entered  the 
business  world  and  chose  real  estate  and  insurance  for  his  business  career.  His 
first  employment  was  with  Hugh  &  Company,  real  estate,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained three  years,  subsequently  going  with  the  Great  American  Insurance 
Company  of  New  York  City,  and  from  there  he  became  identified  with  Fred  S. 
James,  an  insurance  broker  of  New  York.  He  resigned  from  this  position  and 
came  to  Passaic,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance 
business  at  his  present  location,  which  is  in  the  News  building.  No.  629  Main 
avenue. 

In  politics,  Mr.  Karl  is  a  Republican,  and  gives  to  the  affairs  of  his  chosen 
party  the  interest  which  is  demanded  of  every  good  citizen.  He  has  always 
been  an  active  participant  in  athletic  sports  and  outdoor  life,  and  is  a  keen  lover 
of  baseball.  He  is  unmarried,  and  resides  with  his  parents  at  No.  31  Ludding- 
ton  avenue,  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  William  Eugene  Karl,  Jr.,  is  a  young  man, 
but  his  career  has  been  one  of  good  work  and  satisfactory  results.  There 
can  be  no  reasonable  doubt  that  the  years  which  lie  before  him  will  be  filled 
with  greater  effort  and  more  signal  achievement. 


MORRIS  JOSEPH,  M.  D. — Among  the  younger  generation  of  physicians 
of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  one  who  has  already  made  a  name  for  himself 
among  the  brethren  of  his  profession,  is  Morris  Joseph.  Dr.  Joseph  was  born 
in  New  York  City,  February  11,  1889,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Ida  (Phillips) 
Joseph.  The  elder  Joseph  was  a  native  of  Vilna,  Russia,  and  died  in  Passaic, 
March  17,  1920,  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years.  He  came  to  Passaic  in  1893, 
and  for  the  following  twenty  years  was  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  re- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  26^ 

tiring  in  1913  from  active  business  life.  To  this  union  there  were  born  eight 
children ;  Samuel,  a  merchant  in  New  York  City ;  Rachael,  who  married  Joseph 
Colvin;  David,  a  manufacturer  of  metal  novelties  at  Newark,  New  Jersey; 
Harry,  a  clothier  of  Passaic ;  Anna,  who  married  Max  Blan,  of  Passaic ;  Lena, 
who  is  the  wife  of  Leon  Stein,  a  merchant  of  Passaic;  Morris,  of  further 
mention;   and  Miriam. 

The  elementary  portion  of  Morris  Joseph's  education  was  obtained,  in  part, 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  after  which  he  removed  with  his  parents 
to  Passaic,  where  he  attended  the  elementary  and  later  the  high  school,  graduat- 
ing with  the  class  of  1907  as  valedictorian.  He  then  entered  New  York  Uni- 
versity with  a  four-year  free  scholarship,  and  three  years  later  won  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Science  from  this  institution.  In  the  meantime  he  decided  to 
adopt  the  medical  profession  and  matriculated  at  Johns  Hopkins  University, 
and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1915,  going  thence 
to  the  Santo  Tomas  Hospital  at  Panama  City,  where  he  was  resident  physician 
and  surgeon  for  three  years.  On  April  30,  1918,  Dr.  Joseph  enlisted  in  the 
medical  corps  of  the  United  States  army,  and  was  commissioned  first  lieuten- 
ant, being  made  temporary  commander  of  evacuation  hospital  No.  47  at  Camp 
Greenleaf ;  and  here  he  organized  the  personnel  of  this  hospital.  He  was  hon- 
orably discharged  from  the  service,  January  4,  1919,  and  immediately  returned 
to  Passaic,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  private  practice  of  his  chosen 
profession,  in  which  he  still  continues.  He  is  a  fellow  of  the  American  Medical 
Association,  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Medical  Association,  the  Passaic 
County  Medical  Society,  and  treasurer  of  the  Passaic  Practitioners'  Club.  Dr. 
Joseph  is  also  assistant  surgeon  on  the  staff  of  the  Passaic  General  Hospital, 
and  chief  medical  supervisor  of  the  local  public  schools.  Dr.  Joseph  is  medical 
examiner  for  the  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Company,  medical  examiner  of 
the  Boy  Scouts,  and  affiliated  with  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  of 
which  he  was  formerly  a  president. 

Dr.  Joseph,  both  as  a  professional  man  and  a  citizen,  has  taken  the  keenest 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  community.  He  has  been  active  in  a  number  of 
Passaic's  public  health  movements  and  among  the  first  to  introduce  free  clinics 
for  the  public  schools.  His  work  is  highly  appreciated,  and  his  friends  in  and 
outside  of  the  profession  number  many. 

On  June  26,  1918,  at  Balboa  Heights,  the  American  colony  of  the  Panama 
Canal  zone.  Dr.  Joseph  was  united  in  marriage  with  Louise  Barrow,  a  daughter 
of  Charles  and  Mary  (Saunders)  Barrow,  of  Ontario,  Canada.  Dr.  and  Mrs, 
Joseph  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Catherine  Grace,  born  January  20,  1920. 


ROBERT  B.  MACKAY — Having  served  sixteen  years  as  a  clerk  in  the 
post  office  at  Hackensack,  New  Jersey,  under  several  different  postmasters, 
Robert  B.  Mackay  came  to  Lodi,  well  equipped  with  experience,  when  he  received 
the  appointment  of  postmaster  of  that  borough. 

Robert  B.  Mackay  was  born  in  Langbank,  Scotland,  November  7,  1882. 
His  birthplace  is  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river  from  Dumbarton  Castle,  made 
famous  in  history  because  of  its  connection  with  Robert  Burns.  The  father  of 
Robert  B.  Mackay  was  at  the  time  of  the  child's  birth  the  owner  of  a  number 
of  sailing  vessels,  but  had  met  with  serious  misfortune,  six  of  his  vessels  hav- 
ing been  lost  at  sea  within  the  year.  When  Robert  B.  Mackay  was  one  year  old, 
his  father,  William  B,  Mackay,  left  Scotland  and  came  to  the  United  States, 
with  his  wife  and  a  family  of  nine  children,  six  sons  and  three  daughters.  They 
located  in  Paterson,  at  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Thirty-third  street,  remain- 
ing there  for  three  years,  after  which  the  father  moved  to  Hackensack,  where  he 


266  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

was  engaged  in  the  sewing  machine  business  for  some  years.  He  died  there, 
May  11,  1910,  at  th  age  of  seventy-four  years,  his  wife  continuing  to  live  there 
until  her  death,  October  12,  1915. 

Having  acquired  the  foundation  of  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Hackensack,  when  nineteen  years  of  age  he  joined  his  father  in  the  sewing 
machine  business.  One  year  later,  he  took  the  civil  service  examination,  and 
was  appointed  to  a  clerkship  in  the  post  office  at  Hackensack,  at  first  as  general 
utility  clerk,  then  at  the  stamp  window,  and  later  in  the  postal  savings  depart- 
ment, remaining  there  for  sixteen  years.  Mr.  Mackay  was  appointed  to  his 
present  position  as  postmaster  of  Lodi,  March  9,  1920.  Mr.  Mackay  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Republican  party,  of  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  and  with  his 
wife,  attends  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  of  Hackensack. 

In  Hackensack,  October  1,  1913,  Robert  B.  Mackay  married  Helen  Sher- 
man, of  Englewood,  New  Jersey.  She  is  the  daughter  of  William  T.  and  Mary 
(Smith)  Sherman.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mackay  have  one  child,  Robert  B.,  Jr.,  born 
in  Hackensack,  February  21,  1915. 

ARTHUR  R.  DUNKERLEY — Among  the  representative  business  men 
of  Passaic,  where  he  has  been  established  since  1914  as  a  dealer  in  pianos,  vic- 
trolas  and  various  musical  instruments,  is  Arthur  R.  Dunkerley.  During  his 
seven  years  of  residence  in  this  city  Mr.  Dunkerley  has  identified  himself  with 
everything  pertaining  to  the  welfare  and  advancement  of  the  community. 

William  H.  Dunkerley,  his  father,  is  the  son  of  James  and  Hannah 
(Daniels)  Dunkerley.  James  Dunkerley  was  the  founder  of  the  Dunkerley 
Machine  Company,  manufacturers  of  flute  and  rollers  for  cutting,  at  Paterson. 
William  H.  Dunkerley,  after  finishing  his  schooling,  entered  his  father's  busi- 
ness and  has  carried  it  on  successfully  for  many  years.  He  married  Emma 
Doremus,  and  to  them  were  born  three  children :  William  H.,  a  draftsman, 
residing  in  Paterson;  Arthur  R.,  of  further  mention;  James,  now  connected 
with  the  Dunkerley  Company  in  Paterson. 

Arthur  R.  Dunkerley  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  October  16,  1882. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  after  graduating  from  the 
local  high  school  entered  Oakley's  Business  College,  where  he  took  a  course  in 
business  and  accounting.  He  then  entered  his  father's  business,  where  he  re- 
mained for  a  time,  and  later  secured  a  position  as  salesman  for  Muzzy  Brothers, 
of  Paterson,  mill  supplies.  Three  years  later  he  resigned  from  this  position  and 
secured  one  with  L.  and  M.  Kirsinger  Piano  Company,  also  of  Paterson.  Here 
he  continued  for  seven  years  until  1914,  when  he  came  to  Passaic  and  estab- 
lished himself  in  business  at  No.  16  Lexington  avenue,  which  has  since  contin- 
ued to  be  his  headquarters.  Since  its  inception  the  business  has  grown  until 
today,  1921,  it  stands  as  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  The  spacious  show 
rooms  in  which  he  exhibits  musical  instruments  is  one  of  the  attractive  stores 
of  this  city. 

Intensely  progressive,  Mr.  Dunkerley  has  always  aided  to  the  utmost  of 
his  power  all  movements  which  in  his  judgment  tend  to  further  the  city's  wel- 
fare. His  political  affiliations  are  with  the  Republicans,  He  is  a  cornet  player 
of  prominence,  and  for  five  years  was  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  National 
Guard,  Fifth  Regiment  Band.  During  the  World  War  he  visited  the  various 
barracks,  and  established  bands  as  an  aid  to  the  government.  He  is  affiliated  with 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387,  and 
the  National  Union ;  and  holds  membership  in  the  Rotary  Club,  the  Passaic 
City  Club,  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

In  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  September  1,   1908,  Arthur  R.  Dunkerley  was 


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united  in  marriage  with  Anna  Westervelt,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Jennie  (Van 
Houten)  Westervelt,  the  former  a  native  of  Hackensack,  the  latter  of  Paterson. 
They  reside  at  No.  143  Gregory  avenue,  Passaic. 

ISIDOR  J.  STEIN,  D.  D.  S.,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  January  14, 
1896,  the  son  of  Solomon  and  Pauline  (Geldzeiler)  Stein.  Solomon  Stein  was 
born  in  Austria  and,  when  a  young  man,  came  to  this  country  and  settled  in 
New  York  City,  where  for  many  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
mineral  waters.  In  1915  he  severed  his  connections  with  this  industry  and  came 
to  Passaic,  establishing  himself  in  the  retail  business.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stein 
have  been  born  six  children:  Isidor  J.,  of  further  mention;  Harry,  born  in 
July,  1899,  now  in  the  wholesale  drygoods  business  in  New  York  City;  Joseph, 
born  in  June,  1902,  is  a  member  of  the  class  of  1923  at  Fordham  University; 
Sarah,  born  in  May,  1904;  Rose,  born  in  August,  1908;  and  Philip,  born  in 
February,  1913. 

The  childhood  of  Dr.  Isidor  J.  Stein  was  passed  in  his  native  city  and  it 
was  there  that  he  received  his  preparatory  education.  After  graduating  from 
the  high  school  he  matriculated  at  the  New  York  College  of  Dentistry,  having 
decided  to  make  that  profession  his  career.  He  took  the  usual  dental  course 
and  graduated  with  the  class  of  1918,  taking  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Dental 
Surgery.  After  graduating  he  served  for  a  time  in  the  New  York  Hospital  and 
then  entered  Dr.  Keevuk's  office  on  Grand  street.  New  York  City,  and  was  there 
until  February  17,  1920,  when  he  came  to  Passaic  and  opened  his  office  at  No. 
136  Passaic  street,  his  present  headquarters.  He  is  a  member  of  the  National 
Dental  Association,  the  New  Jersey  State  Dental  Association  and  the  Passaic 
County  Dental  Society.  On  January  4,  1918,  Dr.  Stein  enlisted  in  the  United 
States  army  and  was  sent  to  Camp  Greenleaf,  where  he  remained  until  Decem- 
ber 16,  1918,  when  he  received  his  honorable  discharge  from  the  service.  During 
this  time  he  was  assigned  to  Dental  Corps  No.  1,  at  the  Officers'  Training  Camp. 


HERMAN  VOELKNER — Among  the  representative  business  men  of 
Garfield,  New  Jersey,  Herman  Voelkner,  general  manager  of  the  North  Jersey 
Baking  Company,  holds  a  prominent  place  in  the  community.  From  the  time 
of  his  coming  to  Garfield  he  has  given  his  earnest  support  to  all  measures  of 
business  development. 

Herman  Voelkner  was  born  July  29,  1887,  in  Schaffenberg,  Germany,  the 
son  of  Herman  and  Barbara  Voelkner.  Mr.  Voelkner,  Sr.,  spent  his  entire  life 
in  his  native  place,  and  for  many  years  previous  to  his  death  was  custodian  of 
the  court  house  in  Schaffenberg.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Voelkner  were  the  parents  of 
four  children :     Herman,  of  further  mention  ;   Johanna,  Frederick  and  Karl. 

The  boyhood  of  Herman  Voelkner,  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  thirteen 
years/ was  passed  in  his  native  city,  where  he  attended  the  local  public  schools. 
He  then  set  sail  for  this  country  from  Hamburg,  and  went  immediately  to  Pat- 
erson, New  Jersey,  where  he  secured  a  position  with  his  uncle,  Charles  \'oelkner, 
who  was  engaged  in  the  baking  business  there.  Here  the  lad  served  his  appren- 
ticeship to  this  trade,  and  remained  with  his  uncle  for  four  years,  after  which 
he  became  a  baker  for  the  Consumers  Baking  Company,  of  Paterson.  His  prev- 
ious training  had  already  given  him  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  work,  and  in 
consequence  his  advancement  was  rapid,  for  in  six  months  time  after  becoming 
identified  with  this  company  he  was  made  a  salesman,  and  still  later  became 
foreman.  When  this  company  purchased  their  interest  in  the  North  Jersey 
Baking  Company,  Mr.  Voelkner  was  promoted  to  his  present  office,  general 
manager  of  this  company.     Mr.  Voelkner  is  affiliated  with  the  Passaic  Lodge, 


268  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

No.  387,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  Paterson  Lodge,  No. 
2421,  Knights  of  Columbus.  On  September  2,  1908,  Herman  Voelkner  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Loretta  Lauifer,  daughter  of  William  and  Jennie 
Lauffer,  of  Paterson.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  \'oelkner  are  the  parents  of  three 
children:      Herman,    Jr.,    Frances   and   Jane. 


PETER  EELMAN— In  1904,  Mr.  Eelman  came  to  Garfield,  New  Jersey, 
and  established  himself  in  the  coal  business  in  which  he  has  continued  ever 
since.  The  position  which  he  holds  in  the  community  as  a  citizen  and  as  a  busi- 
ness man  is  entirely  of  his  own  making,  for  coming  here  to  this  country  with 
practically  no  capital,  he  has  by  his  own  indefatigable  effort  won  the  success 
which  he  has  achieved. 

Peter  Eelman  was  born  March  7,  1865,  in  Holland,  the  son  of  Cornelius 
Eelman,  who  died  there  in  1910,  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years.  The  educa- 
tion of  the  boy,  Peter,  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city, 
where  he  remained  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age,  when  he  set  sail  for 
this  country.  Landing  here  September  27,  1887,  he  came  to  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  and  worked  in  various  capacities  until  he  went  to  Goshen,  New  York, 
where  he  secured  employment  upon  the  farms  of  that  locality.  Here  he  remained 
for  but  one  year,  having  in  the  meantime  decided  to  return  to  Holland  to  visit 
his  parents.  Thirteen  months  later  he  returned  to  this  country,  and  resumed 
the  occupation  of  farming,  subsequently  returning  to  Passaic,  where  for  the 
following  ten  years  he  was  employed  by  the  Dundee  Chemical  Works.  In 
1904  he  came  to  Garfield,  and  here  established  his  present  business.  He  is  well 
known  in  the  business  world  of  the  community.  In  politics  Mr.  Eelman  is  an 
Independent.    He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Reformed  Church  of  Passaic. 

On  November  6,  1896,  Peter  Eelman  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mar- 
garet P.  Hartley.  Mrs.  Eelman  was  born  in  Holland,  March  30,  1876,  and 
attended  the  public  schools  there  until  she  was  twelve  years  of  age,  when  she 
was  brought  by  her  parents  to  this  country.  The  family  came  at  once  to  Pas- 
saic and  have  resided  here  ever  since.  Mr.  Hartley  died  December  14,  1917,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-one  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eelman  are  the  parents  of  two 
children:  Cornelius  Peter,  born  March  6,  1898;  Garrie  John,  born  April  18, 
1907.    The  family  reside  at  No.  60  Bogart  avenue,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


IDA  B.  PASTERNACK,  M.  D. — Among  the  younger  generation  of  physi- 
cians in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  is  Ida  B.  Pasternack.  Since  opening  her  office 
in  1918,  Dr.  Pasternack  has  won  the  confidence  of  a  large  clientele  which  is 
steadily  increasing. 

Henry  Pasternack,  father  of  Dr.  Pasternack,  was  born  in  Austria,  and 
came  to  this  country  when  a  young  man,  settling  in  New  York  City,  where  he 
remained  successfully  engaged  in  the  clothing  business  until  1896,  when  he  sold 
out  his  interests  there  and  removed  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  subsequently  open- 
ing a  store  on  Passaic  street  in  partnership  with  his  brother.  Here  he  remained 
for  two  years,  then  built  his  present  large  store  at  Nos.  42-44  Second  street, 
and  today  is  recognized  as  among  the  leading  successful  business  men  of  the 
city,  honored  and  respected  by  all  who  know  him.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can, giving  to  the  affairs  of  the  organization  the  interest  demanded  of  every 
good  citizen.  He  is  affiliated  with  many  of  the  local  fraternal  organizations, 
and  attends  the  synagogue  on  Washington  place.  He  married  Yetta  HoU- 
nader,  a  native  of  Austria,  and  to  them  have  been  born  the  following  children : 
Sadie  (Pasternack)  Ranzenhoffer,  an  attorney  at  law;  Ida  B.,  of  further  men- 
tion;   Rebecca,  associated  with  her  father  in  business;    William,  also  in  busi- 


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ness  with  his  father;  Irving,  a  lawyer;  Dolly,  also  a  lawyer,  practising  with 
her  brother  Irving  at  No.  42  Second  street;  and  Lena,  a  dentist,  a  graduate  of 
the  College  of  Oral  and  Dental  Surgery,  of  New  York,  in  1921. 

Dr.  Pasternack  was  born  in  New  York  City,  June  29,  1895.  Having  been 
brought  to  Passaic  by  her  parents  when  she  was  very  young,  she  attended  the 
local  public  schools,  graduated  as  valedictorian,  in  the  class  of  1911  from  the 
Passaic  High  School.  Having  in  the  meantime  determined  to  study  medicine, 
she  subsequently  matriculated  at  the  New  York  Medical  College  and  Hospital 
for  Women,  and  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  from  this  institu- 
tion in  1915.  After  serving  an  interneship  at  the  Metropolitan  Hospital,  New 
York  City,  and  the  Willard  Parker  Hospital,  also  spending  some  time  at  the 
Lying-In-Hospital,  she  also  attended  the  clinics  at  the  ^estside  German  Hos- 
pital and  Mt.  Sinai  Hospital.  She  then  returned  to  her  native  city  and  opened 
her  present  office  at  No.  54  Pennington  avenue,  March  19,  1918,  which  has 
continued  to  be  her  headquarters  ever  since. 


HYMAN  BODNER,  office  manager  of  the  North  Jersey  Baking  Com- 
pan}'',  located  at  No.  Ill  Maple  street,  Garfield,  was  born  December  18,  1881, 
in  Ottynia,  Austria.  He  was  the  son  of  Moses  and  Anna  (Ohrenstein)  Bodner. 
His  father  died  in  Austria  in  1898,  at  the  age  of  forty-six  years.  His  mother 
now  resides  at  No.  409  Monroe  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

The  education  of  Hyman  Bodner  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  place,  where  he  remained  until  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age. 
In  the  meantime  his  father  died,  and  it  became  necessary  for  the  boy 
to  earn  his  own  livelihood.  Therefore,  in  1900,  he  set  sail  for  this  country, 
and  upon  landing  in  New  York  City  became  identified  with  the  leather  business, 
in  which  he  remained  for  the  following  fifteen  years,  subsequently,  at  the  end 
of  that  time,  establishing  himself  in  a  small  way  in  the  baking  business.  Still 
later  he  came  to  Passaic,  where  he  organized  the  Passaic  Bakers'  Exchange, 
No.  193  Monroe  street,  under  the  name  of  Kaufman's  Sanitary  Bake  Shop, 
Incorporated,  and  here  continued  successsfully  for  four  years.  Mr.  Bodner  then 
bought  the  land  upon  which  the  North  Jersey  Baking  Company  now  stands, 
completing  the  building  in  October,  1918.  A  little  later  the  Consumers  Baking 
Compan}^  of  Paterson,  bought  nearly  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  stock,  the  company 
still  retaining  its  own  name,  the  North  Jersey  Baking  Company.  The  plant 
is  equipped  with  all  the  latest  machinery  for  baking,  and  its  output  is  three 
thousands  dollars  worth  of  bread  each  week.  Beginning  his  connection  in  the 
baking  industry,  in  a  comparatively  minor  and  unimportant  way,  he  gradu- 
ally worked  his  way,  through  force  of  ability,  to  a  position  of  influence  and 
responsibility.  Mr.  Bodner,  on  September  24,  1921,  tendered  his  resignation 
to  the  North  Jersey  Baking  Company  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  as  office  man- 
ager, but  still  retains  his  interest  as  a  shareholder.  Later  he  established  Bod- 
ner's  Fashion  Shop,  located  at  No.  58  Second  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  He 
is  in  partnership  with  his  cousin,  Sol  Bodner.  His  success  and  achievement  in 
the  business  world  have  been  wholly  his  own,  and  have  been  accomplished  bv 
his  untiring  devotion  to  work,  and  his  indefatigable  belief  in  himself  to  succeed. 

Mr.  Bodner  affiliates  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Jewish  Synagogue,  Tiferetn  Israel.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can, and  gives  to  the  affairs  of  the  local  organization  the  interest  demanded  of 
every  good  citizen.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association, 
Progress  Club,  First  Ottyniar  Young  Men's  of  New  York,  Passaic  Sheltering 
Home,  Barnet  Home  of  Old  Age  and  Jewish  Orphan  Asylum  of  New  York. 

On  September  15,  1905,  Hyman  Bodner  was  united  in  marriage  with  Sarah 


270  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Libhaber,  a  native  of  New  York  City.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bodner  are  the  parents 
of  three  children :  Anna,  Charles  J.  and  Mildred.  The  family  home  is  at  No. 
53  Myrtle  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


JOHN  R.  MEADER — When  a  youth  of  seventeen,  Mr.  Meader  entered 
journalism,  and  during  the  years  that  followed  held  many  important  news- 
paper and  magazine  connections  and  was  interested  in  newspaper  work  until  his 
passing  at  near  the  age  of  fifty-one  years.  "He  was  a  born  newspaper  man  and 
never  could  be  quite  content  when  he  was  doing  any  other  kind  of  work."  Dur- 
ing his  last  illness  he  frequently  remarked  how  he  "ached  to  get  to  writing"  and 
"to  pound  a  typewriter."  He  was  a  man  of  wide  reading  and  experience,  a 
good  citizen  and  a  faithful  friend,  holding  the  respect  and  esteem  of  a  large 
circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances  attracted  by  his  many  excellent  qualities  of 
mind  and  character.  During  a  period  he  was  overseer  of  the  poor  of  the  city 
of  Passaic,  and  while  in  that  office  many  were  the  special  Christmas  baskets  he 
distributed  outside  the  red  tape  routine,  for  he  loved  the  Christmas  time,  was 
filled  with  the  true  "Christmas  Spirit,"  and  it  was  his  delight  to  get  out  as  many 
of  these  Christmas  baskets  to  the  poor  and  needy  as  possible,  as  a  matter  of 
fact,  was  the  first  to  promote  the  plan.  He  did  not  spare  his  friends  at  such 
time,  everything  being  subordinated  to  Christmas  "good  cheer"  for  his  needy 
families. 

John  R.  Meader  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  December  12,  1870, 
and  died  at  his  home.  No.  145  Sherman  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  December  4, 
1921,  lacking  eight  days  of  attaining  his  fifty-first  birthday.  He  attended 
school,  grammar  and  private  high,  in  Providence,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
years  became  Providence  correspondent  for  the  "Pawtucket  Times,"  Pawtucket, 
Rhode  Island.  Later  he  became  correspondent  for  the  "New  York  Journal," 
continuing  in  Providence  until  February,  1898,  when  he  accepted  a  position  on 
"The  Journal,"  and  came  to  New  York  City.  His  previous  newspaper  experi- 
ence, other  than  as  noted,  had  been  with  the  "Providence  News"  as  advertising 
man  for  a  short  period. 

In  1898  Mr.  Meader  was  placed  in  charge  of  an  out-of-doors  club  at  New 
City,  Rockland  county.  New  York,  known  as  the  "Hearst  Junior  Republic," 
but  the  outbreak  of  the  war  with  Spain  caused  this  club  to  disorganize.  Mr. 
Meader  returned  to  reportorial  work  on  the  "Journal,"  serving  about  one  year. 
The  eight  years  subsequent  he  was  in  charge  of  the  department  known  on  every 
newspaper  as  the  "Morgue."  He  built  up  that  department  of  quick  reference  for 
biographical  data  to  a  high  state  of  efficiency,  and  gained  for  the  "Journal"  the 
reputation  of  having  one  of  the  finest  "Morgues"  in  the  country.  When  Mr. 
Hearst  bought  the  "Chicago  Examiner,"  Mr.  Meader  was  sent  there  by  him  to 
establish  one  of  the  departments.  He  edited  the  Year  Book  for  three  years  for 
the  "Journal."  After  eight  years  in  that  particular  work,  Mr.  Meader  severed 
his  connection  with  the  "Journal"  and  became  a  "free  lance,"  writing  for  differ- 
ent newspapers  and  magazines.  During  that  period  he  wrote  for  the  "Metro- 
politan" an  expose  of  Madame  Palladino,  who  had  been  mystifying  the  public 
with  her  seances  and  apparently  unexplainable  performances.  Mr.  Meader's 
article  created  a  sensation  upon  its  appearance,  and  brought  him  a  great  of  at- 
tention. He  also  published  an  "Annual"  for  "Colliers,"  and  for  a  time  was  a 
department  editor  on  the  "Delineator."  In  1907,  Mr.  Meader  instituted  the 
Graham  Hood  articles  which  appeared  in  the  "New  York  Globe,"  for  a  period 
of  five  and  one-half  years.  Mr.  Meader,  besides  his  newspaper  activities,  was 
the  author  of  two  books,  one  entitled,  "Death,"  and  the  other,  "Your  Pay 
Envelope." 


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Through  the  offices  of  a  mutual  friend,  Mr.  Meader  formed  an  acquaint- 
ance with  the  later  Congressman  Bremner,  then  editor  of  the  "Passaic  Herald," 
who  made  him  an  offer  to  come  to  Passaic,  an  offer  which  was  accepted  in  1909, 
although  Mr.  Meader  continued  his  connection  with  Wildman's  syndicate,  as 
correspondent.  During  the  year  he  was  connected  with  the  "Herald"  he  also 
wrote  publicity  work  for  the  Passaic  Republican  County  Committee.  Later  he 
became  vice-president  and  editor  of  the  "Clifton  Journal,"  a  weekly  newspaper, 
at  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  and  he  continued  his  connection  with  that  paper  until 
his  passing,  but  only  in  an  advisory  capacity. 

In  1916  he  was  appointed  overseer  of  the  poor  by  Mayor  Seger,  an  office 
he  held  for  nearly  a  year.  During  that  time  he  organized  the  Economic  Service 
Bureau  in  Passaic  and  Paterson,  the  object  being  to  combat  socialism  and  to 
press  with  vigor  a  campaign  against  the  forces  of  unrest  which  were  opposing 
society  as  a  whole.  From  the  poor  office  Mr.  Meader  went  to  the  Brighton 
Mills,  as  employment  manager,  and  the  same  year  he  was  appointed  a  member 
of  the  Passaic  Board  of  Education.  He  had  been  in  failing  health  for  several 
years,  and  for  more  than  a  year  had  been  under  the  care  of  a  physician.  He 
had  not  been  able  to  attend  board  meetings  for  several  weeks,  and  finally  the 
end  came  quietly  and  peacefully.  Mr.  Meader  was  a  member  of  St.  Nicholas 
Roman  Catholic  Church,  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  the  Turn  Verein,  the  Pica 
Club  and  the  National  LTnion.  Mr.  Meader  married,  in  Providence,  October 
5,  1897,  Anne  E.  Bradford,  a  descendant  of  Governor  William  Bradford,  of 
Plymouth  Colony,  Mr.  Meader  himself  being  descended  from  the  Society  of 
Friends,  who  were  long  seated  in  Rhode  Island,  his  Grandfather  and  Grand- 
mother Meader  being  preachers  of  that  particular  sect.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meader 
adopted  a  daughter,  name  Mary,  who  resides  with  Mrs.  Meader  at  the  family 
home,  145  Sherman  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


JACOB  I.  JAFFE,  numbered  among  the  younger  generation  of  practicing 
attorneys  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  a  man  who  has  already  made  a  name  for 
himself  in  the  profession  as  well  as  in  the  public  life  of  this  region,  is  a  native 
son,  his  birth  having  occurred  November  17,  1894. 

Julius  Jaffe,  father  of  Jacob  I.  Jaffe,  was  born  at  J^ovno,  Russia.  He 
came  to  Passaic  when  a  young  man,  and  for  many  years  was  a  Rabbi  and 
connected  with  the  Buker  Chiollen  Synagogue,  and  now  lives  retired.  He  mar- 
ried Dora  Lubdkin,  who  died  in  Passaic,  January  27,  1909,  in  the  forty-seventh 
year  of  her  age.  To  Rabbi  and  Mrs.  Jaffe  were  born  the  following  children : 
Reuben,  a  butcher  on  Third  street,  Passaic ;  Henry  S,,  who  is  engaged  in  a 
mercantile  business  in  New  York  City;  Barnett,  who  is  associated  with  his 
brother  in  New  York  City,  the  firm  name  being  Henry  Jaffe  &  Brother,  and 
located  at  Nos.  127-128  Bleeckcr  street;  Nathan,  a  retail  dry  goods  merchant 
in  Passaic ;  Dora,  who  is  the  wife  of  I.  H.  Mass,  of  Passaic ;  John,  a  shoe 
merchant;  Morris,  a  photographer  of  Camden,  New  Jersey;  Sophia,  who  mar- 
ried S.  M.  Sake,  of  Passaic ;  Lauretta ;  Jacob  I.,  of  further  mention ;  Philip, 
a  photographer  at  Brooklyn,  New  York;  David  H.,  who  graduated  from 
Georgetown  LTniversity  in  1920  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  wScience ;  \'^ictor, 
associated  with  his  brothers  in  business  in  New  York;  Benjamin,  a  student  in 
the  Passaic  High  School. 

Jacob  I.  Jaffe  received  the  elementary  portion  of  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Passaic,  after  which  he  entered  the  local  high  school.  Upon  graduat- 
ing in  1912,  he  entered  the  New  York  University  School  of  Commerce,  where 
he  remained  for  one  year,  subsequently  entering  the  law  office  of  which  Mr. 
Watson  was  a  member,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  at  the  same  time 


272  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

taking  a  course  in  law  at  New  York  University  and  graduating  in  1916  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  After  terminating  his  studies,  he  was  with  the 
law  firm  of  Scott  &  Scott  for  a  period  of  six  months,  and  then  established  him- 
self in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession  at  No.  63  Second  street,  after  his 
admission  to  the  bar,  February  19,  1916.  He  was  made  a  counsellor-at-law, 
June  1,  1919,  and  removed  to  the  Lawyers'  building,  No.  625  Main  avenue, 
Passaic,  his  present  location.  He  has  already  built  up  an  excellent  practice, 
proving  himself  to  be  a  most  able  and  conscientious  attorney. 

In  November,  1917,  he  entered  the  Columbia  University  Stores  Training 
School,  where  he  remained  until  January,  1918,  when  he  was  sent  to  the  Water- 
town  Arsenal.  On  April  1,  that  same  year,  he  was  ordered  to  Camp  Devens 
and  was  assigned  to  the  Ordnance  Department  as  first  sergeant.  Five  months 
later  he  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  and  sent  to  the  Officers'  Training 
School  at  Camp  Meigs,  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  continued  to  be  located 
until  December  16,  1918,  when  he  received  his  honorable  discharge  from  the 
service.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Legion,  Gardner  Post ;  the  United 
American  War  Veterans ;  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  ;  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association  ;  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion ;  and,  professionally,  holds  membership  in  the  Passaic  City  Bar  Association. 
A  Republican  in  politics,  he  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  local 
organization,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Republican  Club  of  this  city.  Mr.  Jaffe 
is  unmarried,  and  resides  at  No.  170  Passaic  street.  He  is  a  great  lover  of  ath- 
letics, and  finds  his  chief  enjoyment  in  football,  baseball  and  basketball. 


ALBERT  GEORGE  JAHN,  M.  D.— Among  the  younger  generation  of 
physicians  of  Passaic  who  have  already  won  for  themselves  the  confidence  of  a 
large  and  steadily  growing  clientele  is  Dr.  Albert  George  Jahn.  Dr.  Jahn  is  a 
native  son  of  Passaic.  George  Arthur  Jahn,  his  father,  was  born  in  Saxon}',  in 
1867.  The  elder  man  came  to  this  country  when  a  youth,  and  settled  in  Passaic, 
where  he  followed  his  profession  as  a  music  teacher  and  has  for  many  years 
been  organist  at  St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic  Church.  He  is  affiliated  with  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.  He  married  Anna  Diehl,  a  native  of  Mainz,  Germany, 
her  birth  having  occurred  there  November  23,  1867.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jahn 
have  been  born  three  children:  Henrietta,  who  is  a  teacher;  Albert  George,  of 
further  mention  ;    and  Dorothea. 

Albert  George  Jahn  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  June  4,  1893,  and 
after  completing  the  grammar  school  courses  entered  the  local  high  school, 
graduating  in  1911.  Having  in  the  meantime  determined  to  study  medicine,  he 
accordingly  matriculated  at  the  New  York  Homeopathic  College,  where  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1915.  He  then  served  as 
interne  at  St.  Mary's  Hospital  for  six  months,  going  thence  to  the  Hahneman 
Hospital,  New  York  City,  where  he  remained  for  eighteen  months,  completing 
a  two  years'  interneship,  and  gaining  during  this  time  much  valuable  practical 
knowledge  about  the  profession.  He  returned  to  his  native  city  in  1917  and 
established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession  at  No.  202  Lexing- 
ton avenue,  and  thus  continued  until  January  18,  1918,  when  he  was  commis- 
sioned first  lieutenant  in  the  medical  department  of  the  United  States  army. 
being  sent  to  Camp  Greenleaf :  and  there  he  remained  until  he  was  ordered 
overseas.  He  landed  in  France,  .June  7,  1918,  being  assigned  to  the  casual  medi- 
cal troops,  on  the  way  over;  but  after  reaching  Blois  he  became  attached  to  the 
British  army  as  a  surgeon  on  the  surgical  team  at  St.  Pol,  which  was  located 
in  the  Arras  sector.  He  was  later  attached  to  the  Canadian  Clearing  Station  at 
the  Canal-du-Nord,  then  to  Drocourt-Qucant,  a  switch  from  the  Hindenburg 


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line.  At  this  location  he  worked,  as  one  may  well  imagine,  with  very  little  rest, 
and  followed  along  with  the  line  of  march  to  Cambrai,  to  Douai,  thence  to 
Valenciennes,  subsequently  being  sent  to  Mons,  Belgium,  but  later  returning 
to  Valenciennes,  where  he  was  located  at  the  time  of  the  Armistice.  In  April, 
1919,  he  was  transferred  to  the  United  States  army  at  Havre,  and  left  Brest, 
arriving  in  this  country,  June  21,  1919,  being  subsequently  honorably  discharged 
from  the  service  at  Camp  Dix.  He  then  returned  to  Passaic  and  to  his  general 
practice.  Dr.  Jahn  was  commissioned  a  captain,  February  17,  1919.  He  is 
affiliated  with  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  New  Jersey  State  Medical 
Association,  and  the  Passaic  County  Medical  Society;  also  holds  membership 
in  the  Practitioners'  Club  of  this  city,  the  Alpha  Sigma,  medical  fraternity  of 
the  New  York  Homeopathic  College,  and  an  appointment  on  the  staff  of  Passaic 
General  Hospital  and  St.  Mary's  Hospital.  In  religion  Dr.  Jahn  is  a  Roman 
Catholic  and  attends  St.  Nicholas'  Church  of  that  denomination  in  Passaic. 

On  March  16,  1918,  Dr.  Albert  George  Jahn  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Gertrude  Carman,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Gregory  Albert, 
born  December  25,  1918;    Catherine  Celeste,  born  March  17,  1920. 


LOUIS  VAN  lERSEL — With  a  record  in  military  service  that  is  in  itself 
a  sterling  guarantee  of  future  usefulness  and  accomplishment,  Louis  Van  lersel 
is  numbered  among  the  younger  merchants  of  the  city  of  Passaic.  He  is  of 
Holland  birth  and  ancestry,  son  of  Bastian  and  Mary  A.  (Van  Rooi)  Y:in 
lersel,  his  father  the  owner  of  a  bakery  in  Dussen,  Holland,  a  man  of  promi- 
nent position  In  business  and  political  affairs  of  that  city,  of  which  he  was 
mayor  in  1891.  Bastian  and  Mary  A.  Van  lersel  had  three  children,  Adrian, 
Henry,  and  Louis,  of  whom  further. 

Louis  Van  lersel  was  born  in  Dussen,  Holland,  October  19,  1893,  and 
there  his  early  education  was  obtained,  supplemented,  after  his  coming  to  the 
United  States,  with  a  course  in  Drake's  Business  College,  Passaic.  In  1917  he 
engaged  passage  on  the  Danish-American  line  steamer,  "Olaf  Maerks,"  and 
came  to  the  United  States,  securing  employment  with  the  Manhattan  Rubber 
Company.  He  remained  with  this  concern  for  but  a  short  time,  then  accepting 
an  appointment  as  special  officer  of  the  People's  Bank,  of  Passaic. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  World  War  he  had  made  an  attempt  to  enlist  in  the 
military  service,  but  was  rejected  because  of  a  stiff  wrist.  His  first  effort  at 
enlistment  in  the  United  States  army  was  a  failure,  because  he  was  unable  to 
s|)eak  English,  but  he  soon  mastered  he  language  to  a  sufficient  degree  to  gain 
acceptance,  June  5,  1917.  On  August  27,  1917,  a  member  of  Company  M, 
Ninth  Regiment  of  Infantry,  Third  Army  Corps,  he  sailed  for  France,  retrac- 
ing the  journey  he  had  made,  a  young  immigrant,  a  few  months  before.  During 
the  voyage  he  performed  the  first  of  a  long  list  of  valorous  acts  by  saving  five 
men  from  drowning,  for  which  he  was  awarded  a  special  medal  by  the  New 
York  Benevolent  Society.  On  another  occasion  he  rescued  an  English  sailor 
from  drowning,  and  in  recog^nition  of  this  action  King  George  awarded  him  a 
medal  and  three  pounds  in  English  money  through  the  English  consul  at  New 
York. 

He  gained  the  rank  of  sergeant  and  participated  in  several  of  the  most 
important  engagements  of  the  war,  including  Chateau-Thierry.  Soissons,  Cham- 
pagne, St.  Mihiel,  and  Meuse-Argonne.  Among  the  many  decorations  he  re- 
reived  are  the  French  Croix  de  Guerre  with  silver  stars  for  remaining  four 
hours  at  his  post  while  half  his  squad  was  killed;  Croix  de  Guerre,  with  palm, 
for  canturing,  single-handed,  sixty-five  Germans  in  a  dug-out;  Medaille  Mili- 
taire   for   exceptional   bravery  in   the  Meuse-Argonne   offensive;     a  medal  of 


274  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Montenegro,  presented  by  King  Nicholas,  of  Montenegro,  personally,  during  a 
review  in  Paris ;  and  finally,  and  most  highly  valued,  the  Congressional  Medal 
of  Honor,  the  greatest  military  distinction  within  the  gift  of  the  United  States. 
In  the  "Kansas  City  Journal,"  under  date  of  August  14,  1921,  there  were 
printed  photographs  and  sketches  of  the  military  careers  of  Congressional  Medal 
of  Honor  men  who  were  to  attend  the  1921  convention  of  the  American  Legion  in 
Kansas  City,  Missouri,  and  among  these  was  that  of  Mr.  Van  lersel,  with  a 
list  of  his  decorations  and  the  citation  that  accompanied  the  Congressional 
Medal  of  Honor  when  it  was  presented  to  him  by  General  Pershing,  as  follows  : 

Louis  Van  lersel.  sergeant,  Company  M,  Ninth  Infantry.  For  conspicuous 
gallantry  and  intrepidity  above  and  beyond  the  call  of  duty  in  action  with  the  enemy 
at  Muzon,  France,  November  9,  1918.  While  a  member  of  the  reconnaissance  patrol, 
sent  out  at  night  to  ascertain  the  condition  of  a  damaged  bridge,  Sergeant  Van 
lersel  volunteered  to  lead  a  party  across  the  bridge  in  the  face  of  heavy  machine-gun 
and  rifle  fire  from  a  range  of  only  seventy-five  yards.  Crawling  alone  along  the 
debris  of  the  ruined  bridge,  he  came  upon  a  trap  which  gave  way  and  precipitated 
him  into  the  water.  In  spite  of  the  swift  current,  he  succeeded  in  swimming  across 
the  stream  and  found  a  lodging  place  among  the  timbers  on  the  opposite  bank. 
Disregarding  the  enemy  fire  he  made  a  careful  investigation  of  the  hostile  position 
b}'  which  the  bridge  was  defended,  and  then  returned  to  the  other  bank  of  the  river, 
reporting  this  valuable  information  to  the  battalion  commander. 

There  was  appended  the  following  list  of  his  decorations: 

1.  Congressional  Aledal  of  Honor,  November  9.  1918.  2.  Medaille  Militairc, 
November  9,  1918.  3.  Croix  de  Guerre  with  palm,  Soissons,  July  18,  1918. 
4.  Croix  de  Guerre  with  palm.  Champagne,  August  19,  1918.  5.  Croix  de  Guerre 
with  silver  star,  St.  Mihiel,  September  18,  1918.  6.  Montenegro  Medal,  Paris, 
July.  1919.  7.  Life  Saving  Medal  from  England,  February  2,  1917.  8.  Life  Sav- 
ing Medal  from  New  York,  February  2,  1917.  9.  Medal  from  Governor  Edwards, 
June,  1920.  10.  State  Medal.  11.  Medal  from  Paterson  for  enlistment.  12.  Hon- 
orarj'-  member  Spanish  American  War  Veterans.  13.  French  Fourragere,  2nd 
Division,  9th  Infantry. 

The  "Passaic  Daily  News"  of  November  7,  1919,  published  a  lengthy 
review  of  his  career,  while  many  periodicals  throughout  the  country  made  ex- 
tended mention  of  his  unusual  military  record,  one  popular  magazine  calling 
him  "the  New  Jersey  Dough  Boy." 

Upon  returning  to  civil  life,  Mr.  Van  lersel  took  up  his  earlier  work  in 
the  People's  Bank  of  Passaic,  leaving  this  institution  to  assume  his  present 
place  in  mercantile  life.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  National  Union,  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  the  American  Legion, 
and  in  religion  is  a  Roman  Catholic.  He  is  an  accomplished  linguist,  speaking, 
reading,  and  writing  five  languages,  Dutch,  French,  Flemish,  German,  and 
English,  and  during  the  war  he  was  frequently  called  upon  by  his  officers  to 
act  as  interpreter. 

Louis  \'an  lersel  married,  August  5,  1918,  Hendrika  De  Ronde,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Adrian,  born  March  5,  1920.  The  family  home 
is  at  No.  67  River  drive,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


THOMAS  J.  KENNEDY,  an  attorney,  with  offices  at  No.  172  Passaic 
street,  Passaic,  was  born  in  County  Galwaj^  Ireland,  July  24,  1883.  Although 
he  has  been  established  in  practice  on  his  own  account  but  a  comparatively  short 
time,  having  opened  his  offices  in  October,  1920,  he  has  already  handled  many 
cases,  proving  himself  to  be  a  most  capable  lawyer. 

Mr.  Kennedy  was  the  son  of  John  and  Honora  fCostcllo)  Kennedy.  His 
father  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  wholesale  liquor  business,  but  is  now 
retired.  To  the  elder  Kennedys  were  born  two  children :  Thomas  J.,  of  further 
mention,  and  Michael,  who  is  now  in  a  business  college  in  Denver,  Colorado, 


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and  who,  during  the  World  War  was  attached  to  the  312th  Infantry,  Company 
C,  78th  Division. 

Coming  to  this  country  early  in  life,  having  been  brought  here  by  his 
parents,  Thomas  J.  Kennedy  attended  the  Passaic  High  School,  graduating  in 
1902.  He  later  matriculated  at  St.  Peter's  College,  Jersey  City,  from  which 
institution  he  won  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  with  the  class  of  1906,  and 
the  following  year  received  his  A.  M.  degree.  He  decided  to  adopt  law  as  a 
profession  and,  realizing  it  was  necessary  to  furnish  finances  to  maintain  him- 
self, with  this  end  in  view  he  taught  school  for  five  years,  and  in  his  spare  time, 
read  law  in  the  office  of  Weinberger  &  Weinberger.  In  February,  1913,  Mr. 
Kennedy  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  three  years  later  was  made  a  counsellor. 
From  his  admission  in  1916  until  1920  he  continued  to  be  identified  with  the 
same  firm,  but  on  October  17,  1920,  being  anxious  to  branch  out,  he  established 
his  present  legal  business.  In  politics  he  is  a  staunch  Democrat,  giving  to  the 
affairs  of  his  chosen  party  the  interest  demanded  of  every  good  citizen.  He 
affiliates  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and,  professionally, 
with  the  Passaic  City  Bar  Association.  In  religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic  and 
attends  St.  Nicholas'  Church  in  Passaic.  On  April  19,  1920,  at  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  Thomas  J.  Kennedy  was  united  in  marriage  with  Alice  Collins.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Kennedy  reside  at  No.    150  Madison  street. 


HAMILTON  MURRAY  ROSS— Since  1911,  when  Hamilton  Murray 
Ross  established  himself  in  business  in  Passaic  as  a  certified  public  accountant 
with  offices  at  No.  625  Main  avenue,  he  has  been  a  prominent  factor  in  the 
business  life  of  the  community,  and  is  well  known  for  the  public-spirited  interest 
which  he  has  ever  shown  here,  his  native  city. 

Hamilton  M.  Ross,  father  of  Hamilton  Murray  Ross,  was  born  in  Glas- 
gow, Scotland,  July  13,  1862.  At  the  age  of  eleven  years  he  came  with  his 
parents  to  this  country,  locating  in  Lodi,  where  the  father  established  himself 
in  the  painting  business.  In  1898  the  younger  man  assumed  the  entire  manage- 
ment of  the  business,  and  thus  continued  until  1911,  when  he  retired.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  National  Guard,  enlisting  in  1884,  and  worked  his  way 
through  the  ranks  from  private  to  captain.  He  attained  this  latter  rank  at  the 
time  of  the  Spanish-American  War,  being  ordered  to  Seagirt,  New  Jersey,  and 
jhence  to  Jacksonville,  Florida,  subsequently  returning  to  Seagirt,  where  he 
was  mustered  out  and  resigned  as  a  captain  in  1903.  In  fraternal  circles  he  is 
affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  being  past  exalted 
ruler  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387 ;  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  and  in  politics,  is  a  Republican.  He  married  Clara  Frances  Reiher, 
and  to  them  have  been  born  three  children :  Bessie  Clara,  who  married  Morti- 
mer Dickerson  Smith,  of  Keyport,  New  Jersey ;  Hamilton  Murray,  of  further 
mention ;    Charles,  who  was  born  in  1890,  and  died  four  years  later. 

Hamilton  Murray  Ross  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  July  28,  1887, 
and  obtained  his  common  school  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
city.  In  1905  he  entered  New  York  University,  and  after  completing  his  studies 
there,  entered  the  New  York  School  of  Accounting  and  Finance,  from  which 
institution  he  won  the  degree  of  Certified  Public  Accountant,  April  16,  1911. 
Mr.  Ross  then  returned  immediately  to  Passaic  and  established  himself  in  offi- 
ces in  the  Lawyers'  building,  which  his  since  continued  to  be  his  headquarters. 
He  has  met  with  great  success  and  this,  in  itself,  is  ample  proof  of  his  ability 
as  an  accountant.  He  is  secretary  of  the  sinking  fund  of  Passaic,  secretary  of 
the  sinking  fund  of  Nutley,  town  accountant  of  Nutley,  auditor  of  the  city  of 
Passaic,  and  auditor  of  the  boroughs  of  Wallington  and  Halcdon.     He  is  a 


276  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Republican  in  politics,  like  his  father  before  him,  and  takes  a  keen  interest  in 
the  affairs  of  the  organization.  Mr.  Ross  affiliates  with  the  Masonic  order, 
being  a  member  of  Clifton  Lodge,  No.  203,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Cen- 
tennial Chapter,  No.  34,  Royal  Arch  Masons.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Accountants,  the  Delta  Sigma  Pi  fraternity  of  New  York 
University,  and  is  a  Fellow  of  the  American  Institute  of  Accountants. 

On  September  27,  1911,  at  Jersey  City,  Hamilton  Murray  Ross  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Mimi  S.  Kohlmann,  daughter  of  Albert  and  Anna  (Menges) 
Kohlmann,  the  former  a  native  of  Hanover,  Germany,  the  latter  of  Staten  Is- 
land, New  York.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Hamilton  M. 
Jr.,  born  April  1,  1914.   The  family  home  is  at  No.  150  Union  avenue,  Clifton. 


AARON  LOUIS  SIMON,  M.  D.,  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  May 
28,  1882,  the  son  of  Abraham  and  Lena  (Bluestein)  Simon.  Abraham  Simon 
was  born  in  Kovna,  Russia,  in  1866,  and  came  to  this  country  at  the  age  of 
fourteen  years,  locating  first  in  Lodi.  He  is  now  manager  of  the  United  States 
Storage  Battery  Company.  Mrs.  Simon's  father  was  Peter  Bluestein,  and  was 
one  of  the  pioneer  merchants  in  Paterson ;  for  the  past  twenty-five  years  he 
has  been  retired  from  active  business  life,  and  lives  in  Passaic  at  No.  174 
Columbia  avenue.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abraham  Simon  are  the  parents  of  seven 
children :  Mortimer,  who  is  identified  with  the  United  States  Storage  Battery 
Company ;  Aaron  Louis,  of  further  mention ;  Irwin,  secretary  of  the  company ; 
Philip,  a  physician  in  Passaic;  Barney,  Irving,  Moses  and  Julius,  all  connected 
with  the  Battery  Company. 

The  preparatory  education  of  Aaron  Louis  Simon  was  obtained  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  place.  Graduating  from  the  local  high  school  in 
1911,  and  having  in  the  meantime  decided  to  pursue  a  medical  career,  he  entered 
the  medical  department  of  Fordham  University,  and  four  years  later  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  After  serving  his  interneship 
in  the  Essex  County  Isolation  Hospital,  Bellevue,  and  at  other  hospitals,  he 
returned  to  his  native  city,  and  here  established  himself  in  practice  at  No.  174 
Columbia  avenue.  Becoming  interested  in  law,  and  assuring  himself  that  he 
could  further  his  practice  with  a  knowledge  of  the  legal  profession,  he  studied 
law,  and  in  1919  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Dr.  Simon  in  his  legal  capacity  has 
been  connected  with  a  number  of  important  cases,  proving  himself  able  in  this 
line,  and  at  the  same  time  has  won  for  himself  success  in  his  labors  as  a  physi- 
cian. Dr.  Simon  in  1919,  was  chosen  by  the  Board  of  Health  to  take  charge  of 
the  Influenza  Hospital,  and  did  remarkable  work  while  engaged  as  such,  having 
used  the  vaccines  to  their  limit.  Besides  his  professional  duties,  he  takes  a 
keen  interest  in  business  life,  being  president  of  the  United  States  Battery  Com- 
pany, in  which  most  of  his  family  are  connected.  Dr.  Simon  is  affiliated  with 
the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  of  which  he  was  president  of  the  local 
organization,  1918-1919,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  National  Union,  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and  the  B'nai  Jacob  Synagogue,  Washington 
place.  Dr.  Simon  is  unmarried,  and  resides  at  No.  174  Columbia  avenue,  Passaic. 


BARNEY  RICHMOND  was  born  in  New  York  City,  July  19,  1887,  the 
son  of  the  late  Louis  and  Esther  (Richmond)  Richmond.  Louis  Richmond  was 
a  native  of  Germany,  and  when  a  young  man  came  to  this  country,  locating  in 
New  York  City,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  meat  business,  being  thus 
engaged  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1897.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Richmond  were  born  six  children :  Kasper,  who  is  a  resident  of  New  York 
City;   Ida,  wife  of  M.  Louis  Ridman,  of  Passaic;   Barnev,  of  further  mention; 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  277 

Morris,  who  resides  in  Brooiclyn,  New  York;  Theodore  J.,  of  Passaic;  and 
Samuel,  a  graduate  of  New  York  University,  class  of  1920. 

Barney  Richmond  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place  until  he 
was  twelve  years  of  age.  Then  the  business  of  life  began  for  the  lad,  and  he 
secured  a  position  in  New  York  City  as  errand  boy  with  the  firm  of  Lucken- 
burg  &  Company.  Here  he  remained  for  a  short  time,  and  then  became  a  clerk 
in  the  grocery  store  of  Keller,  on  East  Third  street.  But  being  an  ambitious 
young  man  he  did  not  remain  at  work  in  this  capacity  for  long,  but  established 
himself  in  business  with  Julius  Rottenburg,  under  the  firm  name  of  Rottenburg 
ik  Richmond,  locating  at  No.  220  Madison  street;  but  five  months  later  sold 
out  his  interests  and  subsequently  became  associated  with  Julius  Zupol,  in  the 
dry  goods  business.  Three  months  later  they  removed  to  No.  165  Third  street, 
Passaic,  and  Mr.  Richmond  took  over  the  entire  management  of  the  enterprise, 
which  he  continued  to  conduct  until  1912,  when  he  sold  out  and  established  him- 
self in  the  insurance  business,  removing  in  1918  to  his  present  location  in  the 
Lawyers  building.  No.  625  Main  avenue.  Although  having  been  identified 
with  this  particular  line  of  business  only  a  comparatively  short  time,  Mr.  Rich- 
mond has  proven  most  amply  that  he  has  made  a  success  in  this  venture,  having 
met  with  the  success  which  a  determination  to  succeed  justly  merits. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
the  local  organization.  He  has  been  justice  of  the  peace  since  1913.  He 
aflfiliates  with  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association  and  the  Foresters  of 
America.  To  everything  pertaining  to  the  welfare  and  advancement  of  the 
city,  Mr.  Richmond  gives  his  earnest  support. 


HARRY  MAURICE  FEDER,  D.  D.  S.— Among  the  younger  generation 
of  practicing  dentists  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  has  been  active  since 
1918,  is  Harry  Maurice  Feder,  a  native  of  New  York  City,  born  April  29,  1895. 
He  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Jennie  (Shapiro)  Feder.  Samuel  Feder  was  born  in 
Kletsk,  Russia,  the  son  of  Solomon  Feder,  who  was  a  rabbi  in  Jerusalem.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-two  years  Samuel  Feder  came  to  this  country,  locating  first 
in  New  York  City,  but  later  removing  to  Passaic,  where  he  has  since  been 
successfully  engaged  in  the  contracting  and  building  business.  Mrs.  Feder  was 
the  daughter  of  the  late  Rabbi  Joel  and  Sarah  (Brenda)  Shapiro,  the  former  a 
f  Hebrew  teacher  for  many  years  in  Passaic.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Feder  were  the 
parents  of  seven  children  ;  Sara,  deceased ;  Harry  Maurice,  mentioned  below  ; 
Joel  A.,  who  is  a  lawyer,  having  graduated  from  New  York  University  in  1917 
and  admitted  to  the  bar  the  following  year;  Lillian  L;  Reba  V.;  William  H., 
who  is  a  student  at  the  New  York  College  of  Dental  and  Oral  Surgery,  class  of 
1925;   and  Louis,  deceased. 

Harry  Maurice  Feder  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and 
after  graduating  from  the  high  school  matriculated  at  the  New  York  College  of 
Dental  and  Oral  Surgery,  graduating  in  1918  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Dental  Surgery,  and  that  same  year  came  to  Passaic  and  opened  his  office  on 
Main  avenue  at  Jefferson  street.  Since  that  time  he  has  made  his  headquarters 
at  this  location,  and  has  already  developed  a  large  and  steadily  growing  clien- 
tele. He  is  a  member  of  the  Newark  Dental  Club,  and  affiliates  with  the 
United  War  \'eterans  and  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association.  He  is  un- 
married, and  resides  at  No.  84  Prospect  street,  Passaic.  Dr.  Feder  is  exceed- 
ingly fond  of  open  air  life,  and  takes  a  keen  interest  in  baseball  and  other 
pastimes  associated  with  out-of-doors. 


EDWARD  A.  WEISS,  of  the  law  firm  of  Kaufman  &  Weiss,  with  offices 


278  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

at  No.  27  Monroe  street,  Passaic,  and  the  Clinton  building,  Newark,  New  Jer- 
sey, is  a  native  of  Pottstown,  Pennsylvania,  his  birth  having  occurred  there 
April  17,  1894.  He  is  the  son  of  Sandor  and  Sarah  (Stern)  Weiss.  Sandor 
Weiss  was  born  in  Austria,  Hungary,  and  when  a  young  man  came  to  this 
country,  subsequently  locating  in  this  city.  He  is  now  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  at  No.  246  Third  street,  Passaic.  He  is  justice  of  the  peace, 
notary  public,  and  for  many  years  was  court  officer  and  interpreter  in  the  Pater- 
son,  New  Jersey,  county  courts.  Mr.  Weiss  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
has  been  very  active  politically  in  the  First  Ward  of  the  city.  He  affiliates  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weiss  have  been  born  six  children : 
Rudolph,  who  is  in  the  police  office;  Edward  A.,  of  further  mention;  Oscar,  a 
member  of  the  local  police  force ;  Israel ;  Diana,  who  married  Leopold  Tauber, 
of  New  York  City;    Bella. 

The  preliminary  portion  of  the  education  of  Edward  A.  Weiss  was  ob- 
tained in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place,  after  which,  upon  removing  to 
this  city  with  his  parents,  he  entered  the  local  public  high  school,  and  after  grad- 
uation secured  a  position  in  the  office  of  the  Westinghouse  Company  at  Bloom- 
field,  New  Jersey,  where  he  remained  for  one  year,  when  he  was  transferred  to 
their  New  York  City  office.  Three  years  later,  having  decided  to  adopt  law  as  a 
profession,  he  read  for  a  time  in  the  office  of  Kennedy  &  Gardiner,  and  then 
matriculated  at  the  New  Jersey  Law  School,  where  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws,  in  1918,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  November 
of  that  same  year.  Without  delay  Mr.  Weiss  returned  to  his  native  city  and 
began  practice,  becoming  associated  with  Samuel  J.  Kaufman,  whose  headquar- 
ters are  in  Newark.  Edward  A.  Weiss  has  since  made  Passaic  his  home,  and 
here  he  has  already  achieved  considerable  success.  He  affiliates  with  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  No.  48,  and  with  the  Pride  of  Jersey  Association. 

On  July  4,  1917,  at  Passaic,  Edward  A.  Weiss  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Elizabeth  Rubenstein,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Ida  (Stein)  Rubenstein.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Weiss  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Milton,  born  January  24,  1918.  The 
family  home  is  at  No.  104  President  street. 


WILLIAM  B.  WARHURST,  manager  of  the  Acheson-Harden  Handker- 
chief Company,  of  Passaic,  entered  the  employ  of  that  concern  in  an  humble 
capacity  in  1900,  and  has  worked  his  way  upward  to  his  present  responsible  posi- 
tion of  manager  of  this  well  known  concern. 

Mr.  Warhurst  was  born  in  Woppingers  Falls,  Dutchess  county.  New 
York,  and  after  completing  his  studies  in  the  schools  of  his  native  place  entered 
upon  his  business  career.  In  1900  he  came  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  entering  the 
employ  of  the  Acheson-Harden  Handkerchief  Company  as  a  clerk,  and  became 
manager  in  1913,  and  has  thus  continued  up  to  the  present  time.  He  is  affiliat- 
ed with  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics,  the  Passaic  City  Club, 
and  the  local  Chamber  of  Commerce.  On  April  27,  1910,  at  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  William  B.  Warhurst  was  united  in  marriage  with  May  C.  Mills, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Phoebe  (Davis)  Mills,  residents  of  Passaic. 


JULES  J.  PERRET,  well  known  chemist  and  resident  of  Clifton,  New 
Jersey,  was  born  in  Tarare,  France,  the  son  of  Eugene  and  Clotilde  (DeSaye) 
Ferret.  Eugene  Perret  was  a  native  of  Tarare,  and  was  a  commissioner  for 
many  years  previous  to  his  death,  which  occurred  January  26,  1900.  His  wife 
died  June  3,  1886,  at  the  age  of  forty-eight  years.  To  the  elder  Ferrets  were 
born  the  following  children:  Jules  J.,  of  further  mention;  Eugene,  deceased; 
Marie,  deceased,  and  Henry  Perret. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  279 

Upon  completing  his  studies  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place,  Jules 
J.  Ferret  entered  the  University  at  Lyons,  and  after  finishing  his  course  here 
in  chemistry  and  engineering,  graduated  in  the  class  of  1885.  He  then  secured 
a  position  with  the  firm  of  Renard,  Villet  &  Bunand,  at  Lyons,  and  was  there 
until  1888,  when  he  resigned  this  position  and  came  to  this  country,  locating 
first  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  until  1891  he  was  employed  by  the  Weid- 
mann  Silk  Dye  Works,  serving  them  in  the  capacity  of  chemist.  Mr.  Perret 
then  went  to  New  York  City,  where  he  founded  M.  DeSaye  &  Company,  which 
later  was  removed  to  Passaic  and  was  located  where  the  Newport  Chemical 
Company  is  now.  This  organization  continued  at  this  location  until  1916,  with 
Mr.  Perret  as  president,  when  it  was  again  removed  to  Rutherford,  New  Jersey, 
and  is  still  operating  there.  In  1916  Mr.  Perret  accepted  a  position  with  the 
American  Piece  Dye  Works,  of  Passaic,  which  specializes  in  novelty  dyeing, 
and  held  the  position  of  secretary  and  general  manager  until  1921,  when  he 
resigned.  He  then  accepted  a  position  with  United  Piece  Dye  Works,  Lodi,  New 
Jersey.  In  politics  he  usually  gives  his  support  to  the  candidate  whom  he  thinks 
best  fitted  for  office,  regardless  of  party  label.  During  the  World  War  he  gave 
his  time  and  energy  to  the  raising  of  funds  for  the  various  drives.  His  hobby 
is  oil  painting,  and  much  of  his  spare  time  is  devoted  to  this  art,  in  which  he  is 
very  proficient. 

On  September  5,  1894,  Mr.  Perret  was  united  in  marriage  with  Clara  L. 
Faure,  a  native  of  New  York  City,  and  to  them  was  born  one  child,  Eugenie, 
November  18,  1895,  died  April  8,  1903. 


JOHN  H.  FINLEY— The  International  Veiling  Company  of  Clifton, 
New  Jersey,  of  which  John  H.  Finley  is  secretary-treasurer  and  general  man- 
ager, Is  a  very  progressive  concern ;  not  only  do  they  keep  abreast  of  the  times 
in  a  business  way,  but  in  the  attitude  of  the  company  toward  their  employees, 
also,  they  show  the  upward  trend  of  this  era.  There  is  in  the  plant  a  fine  audi- 
torium provided  for  the  workers,  where  dances  are  held,  the  floor  being  kept  in 
fine  condition  for  that  recreation.  They  have  an  orchestra,  organized  from 
among  the  help,  and  this  supplies  music  for  dancing  and  for  the  many  enter- 
tainments given  there  during  the  winter  season.  There  is  also  a  club  composed 
of  the  workers  in  the  company,  their  meetings  being  held  in  this  building.  The 
officers  of  the  International  Veiling  Company  are :  President,  William  J. 
Urchs,  who  was  the  founder  of  it;  secretary  and  treasurer,  John  H.  Finley, 
who  has  been  its  chief  organizer  and  leader  in  enthusiastic  spirit  since  its  start. 

John  H.  Finley  was  born  in  Somerville,  Massachusetts,  June  15,  1882, 
the  son  of  George  and  B.  (Huling)  Finley,  the  former  now  deceased.  The  son, 
John  H.,  started  his  education  in  his  native  town,  but  his  parents  moving  to 
New  York  City,  it  was  continued  there  in  the  public  schools.  Later  on  the 
family  went  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  to  live,  and  John  H.  Finley  attended  school 
at  Downer's  Grove,  a  suburb  of  Chicago,  where  he  finished  his  education,  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  years. 

After  leaving  school,  John  H.  Finley  became  an  office  boy  in  a  commis- 
sion house  in  Chicago.  A  short  time  afterward  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  Mr. 
Urchs,  remaining  with  him  for  several  years,  leaving  to  take  a  position  in  the 
jobbing  house  (importers)  of  William  J.  Urchs,  a  position  he  kept  for  three  or 
four  years,  then  Mr.  Urchs  sent  him  to  New  Jersey  to  organize  the  present  plant 
in  Clifton.  This  was  in  1906,  and  Mr.  Finley  has  been  general  manager  ever 
since;  in  1915  he  was  promoted  to  the  position  of  secretary  and  treasurer.  In 
addition  to  his  work  in  Passaic,  Mr.  Finley  is  treasurer  of  the  American  Veiling 
Company  at  South  Langhorne,  Pennsylvania.    He  joined  Mr.  Urchs  and  others 


280  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

in  organizing  this  company  in  April,  1919.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Clifton,  newly  organized. 

Clubs  and  fraternal  societies  do  not  attract  Mr.  Finley,  for  outside  of  his 
business  interests  his  greatest  pleasure  is  found  in  his  home  and  family.  Study 
has  always  been  his  chief  delight,  and  higher  education  is  with  him  a  most 
desired  object.  He  has  studied  music,  accounting  and  public  speaking,  and  the 
latter  he  has  found  to  be  of  great  advantage  in  addressing  the  employees  at  their 
gatherings.    Mr.  Finley  is  an  independent  in  politics. 

John  H.  Finley  married,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  on  October  18,  1905, 
Belle  Kemp,  a  resident  of  that  city.  One  child  has  been  born  to  them,  Mary 
Isabelle,  now  (1921)  ten  years  of  age.  The  family  home  is  No.  56  Albion 
street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Finley  and  the  members  of  his  family  attend 
service  at  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  in  Passaic. 


ELROY  WILLIS  SMITH,  M.  D.,  is  a  son  of  Dr.  Junius  F.  Smith,  who 
was  a  native  of  Winstead,  Connecticut.  The  elder  Smith  matriculated  at  Long 
Island  College  Hospital,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1888  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  was  established  in  general  practice  at  Brookfield, 
Connecticut,  where  he  remained  for  three  years,  subsequently  going  to  Danbury, 
Connecticut,  where  he  specialized  in  diseases  of  the  eyes,  ears,  nose  and  throat, 
until  his  death,  March  13,  1907.  He  married  Emma  Jennings,  a  native  of 
Patterson,  New  York,  who  survives  him  and  now  resides  in  Passaic.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Junius  F.  Smith  were  the  parents  of  two  children :  Elroy  Willis,  of 
further  mention ;  and  Miriam,  who  married  George  Peck,  a  hat  manufacturer 
of  New  Milford,  Connecticut. 

Elroy  Willis  Smith,  son  of  Junius  F.  and  Emma  (Jennings)  Smith,  was 
born  at  Brookfield,  Connecticut,  May  13,  1890.  He  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Danbury,  and  after  graduating  from  the  high 
school  there  matriculated  at  the  Long  Island  College  Hospital,  receiving  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  from  this  institution  in  1913,  subsequently  serving 
his  interneship  of  two  years  at  the  Newark  City  Hospital.  He  then  came  to 
Passaic  and  established  himself  in  practice,  devoting  much  of  his  time  to  sur- 
gery. 

On  September  24,  1917,  Dr.  Smith  enlisted  in  the  medical  corps  of  the 
United  States  army,  and  was  ordered  to  Camp  Greenleaf,  where  he  remained 
for  seven  months.  He  was  later  sent  to  Bronx  Volunteer  Hospital,  where  he 
remained  until  he  received  his  honorable  discharge  from  the  service,  December 
4,  1918.  He  returned  to  Passaic  and  resumed  his  practice.  Dr.  Smith  affiliates 
with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387,  and 
with  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics.  He  also  holds  member- 
ship In  the  leading  medical  associations :  The  American  Medical  Association, 
the  New  Jersey  State  Medical  Association,  the  Passaic  County  Medical  Society 
and  the  Practitioners'  Club  of  Passaic. 

On  March  11,  1919,  Dr.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage  with  Anna  Beers. 
He  and  his  wife  reside  at  No.  100  Elm  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


SAUL  E.  SCHER — Although  but  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  Mr.  Scher 
has  already  attained  a  high  position  in  the  legal  and  business  circles  of  Passaic. 

Saul  E.  Scher  was  born  In  New  York  City,  February  24,  1893,  the  son  of 
the  late  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Cohn)  Scher.  Samuel  Scher  was  born  In  Kovna, 
Russia,  May  22,  1859.  At  the  age  of  nine  years  he  was  brought  by  his  parents 
to  Passaic,  and  this  city  continued  to  be  his  place  of  residence  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  December  5,   1908.     For  many  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 


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clothing  business  on  Main  avenue.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scher  were  born  three 
children;  Annette,  deceased;  Lottie,  who  married  Henry  Lieberfreund,  of 
Passaic;    Saul  E.,  of  further  mention. 

Saul  E.  Scher  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  later  en- 
tered the  Passaic  High  School.  He  graduated  from  this  institution  in  1911. 
His  father,  having  died  in  1908,  made  it  necessary  for  the  lad  to  work  during  his 
vacations,  and  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  Hobart  Trust  Company,  subsequently 
reading  law  in  the  office  of  Harry  Meyers,  who  was  also  president  of  this  com- 
pany. He  matriculated  in  the  law  school  of  New  York  University,  and  was 
graduated  in  1915  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws,  completing  his  studies 
m  a  period  of  sixteen  years.  Throughout  all  his  years  of  training  he  had  proved 
himself  an  intelligent  and  painstaking  student,  as  well  as  an  intensely  ambitious 
one,  and  at  the  close  came  to  the  opening  of  his  career  unusually  well  equipped, 
both  with  natural  gifts  and  a  training  that  was  the  result  of  long  and  con- 
scientious effort.  After  graduating  and  passing  bar  examinations,  he  established 
himself  in  practice,  with  offices  in  the  Lawyers'  building  in  Passaic,  which  have 
since  remained  his  headquarters.  Besides  building  up  for  himself  an  excellent 
practice,  and  having  handled  a  number  of  important  cases,  which  proves  him  to 
be  a  most  capable  and  conscientious  lawyer,  he  has  identitied  himself  prominently 
with  the  business  world  as  well,  and  is  president  of  the  Rutherford  Auto  Sup- 
plies Company,  and  Cadillac  Realty  Corporation,  and  also  a  director  of  the 
Passaic  Rubber  Company,  tire  manufacturers. 

In  politics  he  is  a  strong  Republican,  and  has  been  justice  of  the  peace 
since  1919.  Mr.  Scher  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  affiliated  with  Hum- 
bolt  Lodge  of  Paterson,  No.  114;  Scottish  Rite,  thirty-second  degree;  Salaam 
Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine ;  and  Consistory,  Ancient  and  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  the  Passaic  Hebrew  Institute,  and  the  New  York 
Masonic  Club.    He  attends  the  B'nai  Jacob  Synagogue  of  Paterson. 

On  February  19,  191C,  at  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  Saul  E.  Scher  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Edith  Bloomberg,  daughter  of  the  late  William  and  Esther 
(Pinner)  Bloomberg. 

Mr.  Bloomberg  was  for  many  years  president  of  the  Crown  Suspender  Com- 
pany, of  New  York  City,  and  was  an  inventor  of  some  note.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scher 
have  no  children;  they  reside  at  No.  102  Pennington  avenue,  this  city.  Mr. 
Scher  is  a  great  lover  of  music  and  is  interested  particularly  in  grand  opera. 


LAWRENCE  EARL  BROWN  for  many  years  has  been  active  in  the 
political  circles  of  Garfield,  and  has  rendered  the  community  of  his  adoption 
public  service  of  value.  Mr.  Brown  also  holds  a  recognized  position  in  the 
business  circles  of  Garfield,  having  been  successfully  engaged  in  the  insurance 
business  for  many  years. 

William  Brown,  father  of  Lav/rence  Earl  Brown,  was  born  at  West  Brigh- 
ton, New  York,  in  1853,  and  died  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  July  25,  1909,  at 
the  age  of  fifty-six  years.  He  was  a  dyer  by  trade,  and  was  engaged  in  this 
industry  for  many  years  previous  to  his  death.  He  married  Amelia  Du  Verge 
who  still  resides  in  Garfield,  and  to  them  were  born  four  children:  Jennie, 
secretary  of  the  Red  Cross  at  Garfield;  Lawrence  Earl,  of  further  mention; 
Florence,  who  married  George  Collins,  of  Passaic;    William. 

Lawrence  Earl  Brown  was  born  November  11,  1882,  at  W^est  Brighton, 
Richmond  county,  Staten  Island,  New  York.  At  the  age  of  one  year  he  was 
brought  by  his  parents  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  resided  here  for  eight  years. 


282  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

and  here  began  his  education.  In  1890  the  family  removed  to  Garfield,  where 
the  lad  continued  his  educational  career,  terminating  it  at  Public  School  No.  1. 
His  first  position  was  with  the  Paterson  Parchment  Paper  Company,  where 
after  one  year  and  a  half  he  met  with  a  severe  accident,  his  right  hand  and  arm 
being  crushed  in  one  of  the  company's  machines.  This  necessitated  his  resigning 
from  an  industry  of  this  sort,  and  after  recovering  sufficiently  he  established 
himself  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business,  with  office  in  what  is  now  the 
local  Red  Cross  headquarters.  Here  he  continued  successfully  for  twelve  years. 
When  but  twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace,  which  he  held  for  ten  years.  For  one  year  he  was  chief  of  the  local  fire 
department,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Exempt  Firemen's  Association.  A  pro- 
gressive Republican  in  politics,  he  was  elected  alderman-at-large  in  November, 
1919.  He  affiliates  with  the  Foresters  of  America,  of  Garfield,  and  Passaic 
Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  attends  St.  John's  Epis- 
copal Church. 

On  December  29,  1912,  Lawrence  Earl  Brown  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Mary  Schwartz,  a  native  of  Garfield.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  are  the  parents  of 
three  children:  Evelyn,  Alice  and  Louisa.  The  family  home  is  at  No.  104 
Chestnut  street,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


DR.  NATHAN  MAURICE  RACHLES  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
April  8,  1894.  His  preliminary  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  place  until  ten  years  of  age,  after  which  he  removed  with  his  par- 
ents to  Passaic,  and  here  attended  the  local  public  and  high  school,  finishing  with 
graduation  in  1910  and  1914  respectively.  Having  in  the  meantime  decided  to 
pursue  a  professional  career,  he  finally  settled  upon  dentistry  and  matriculated 
at  the  New  York  College  of  Dentistry.  After  pursuing  the  usual  dental  course, 
he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery,  in  1919,  but  in 
the  meantime  this  course  was  interrupted  by  his  enlisting  in  the  United  States 
army  during  the  World  War.  In  September,  1917,  Dr.  Rachles,  after  his  en- 
trance into  the  service,  was  ordered  to  Camp  Dix,  where  he  became  attached  to 
the  153rd  Depot  Brigade,  subsequently  being  transferred  to  the  312th  Field  Hos- 
pital. Here  he  remained  until  he  was  honorably  discharged,  November  20,  1917, 
when  he  immediately  reenlisted  in  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps  and  returned  to 
college,  finishing  his  training  in  1919,  as  stated  above.  In  September  of  that 
year  he  entered  the  office  of  Dr.  S.  P.  Ratner,  a  dentist  of  Long  Island  City,  with 
whom  he  remained  one  year,  going  thence  to  the  office  of  Dr.  Joseph  Rosen- 
bloom,  of  New  York  City.  In  February,  1921,  Dr.  Rachles  returned  to  Passaic 
and  opened  his  present  office  at  No.  52  Lexington  avenue.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Sigma  Epsilon  Delta  fraternity  of  the  New  York  College  of  Dentistry, 
Alpha  Chapter ;  and  is  affiliated  with  Astoria  Lodge,  No.  963,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Amelia  Lodge,  No.  215, 
of  Passaic.  Dr.  Rachles  married,  June  26,  1921,  Rhoda  Nagler,  of  Pater- 
son, daughter  of  Edward  and  Charlotte  (Victor)  Nagler.  Mr.  Nagler  is 
a  retail   shoe  merchant  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 


JOHN  J.  POLMANN,  recorder  of  the  borough  of  Wallington,  and  also 
justice  of  the  peace,  which  offices  he  has  held  since  1898,  was  born  in  Holland, 
July  18,  1860.  He  is  the  son  of  John  and  Johanna  (Geurts)  Polmann,  both 
of  Holland,  the  former  still  a  resident  there,  the  latter  having  died  in  1916,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-nine  years. 

John  J.  Polmann  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place  until  he 
was  nineteen  years  of  age,  when  he  left  and  entered  the  King's  Life  Guards, 


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where  he  served  for  two  years,  subsequently  becoming  a  teacher.  In  1882, 
accompanied  by  his  wife,  he  set  sail  for  this  country.  They  came  immediately 
to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  Mr.  Polmann  secured  employment,  at  the  same 
time  applying  himself  diligently  to  the  study  of  the  English  language,  which  in 
consequence  was  so  successfully  accomplished,  that  after  one  year  he  was  fitted 
to  and  did  accept  a  position  as  agent  with  the  local  branch  of  the  Prudential 
Life  Insurance  Company.  After  eight  years  he  resigned,  and  moved  to  Wal- 
lington  where  he  established  himself  successfully  in  the  grocery  business,  and 
thus  continued  until  he  later  entered  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business.  In 
politics  Mr.  Polmann  is  a  staunch  Democrat,  and  takes  a  keen  and  active  part 
in  the  affairs  of  this  organization.  In  1898,  he  was  elected  to  the  offices  of  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  and  recorder  of  the  borough  of  Wallington,  which  he  has  held 
until  the  present  date.    He  affiliates  with  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles. 

On  November  30,  1882,  John  J.  Polmann  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Cornelia  Kooiman,  a  native  of  Texel,  an  island  in  the  North  Sea.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Polmann  are  the  parents  of  three  children :  John  Frederick,  a  plumber  of 
Carlstadt,  New  Jersey;  Martha  J.,  who  married  Paul  Wright,  a  master  plumber 
of  Clifton,  New  Jersey ;  and  Cornelius,  who  is  manager  of  a  dry  goods  concern 
in  New  York,  and  lives  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 


MANUEL  NORMAN  MIRSKY— Among  the  well  known  lawyers  in 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  of  the  younger  generation,  is  Manuel  Norman  Mirsky. 
From  birth  Mr.  Mirsky  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city,  and  is  of  high  standing 
as  a  citizen  no  less  than  as  a  lawyer. 

Manuel  Norman  Mirsky  was  born  in  Passaic,  September  28,  1894,  the  son 
of  Barnet  and  Lena  (Ponce)  Mirsky.  Barnet  Mirsky  was  a  native  of  Russia, 
but  came  to  this  country  when  a  young  man,  and  settled  in  Passaic,  where  he 
was  for  many  years  a  leader  in  Jewish  civic,  religious  and  fraternal  affairs.  He 
died  August  10,  1912.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mirsky  were  born  five  children: 
Fannie,  who  married  Joseph  Bernstein ;  Manuel  Norman,  of  further  mention ; 
Anna  and  Aaron,  residents  of  Passaic ;  Isadore,  who  is  attending  New  York 
University  School  of  Commerce,  class  of  1922. 

The  education  of  Manuel  Norman  Mirsky  was  obtained  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city,  graduating  from  Passaic  High  School  in  1912,  and 
from  New  York  University  Law  School,  from  which  he  had  conferred  upon  him 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws,  class  of  1916.  Mr.  Mirsky  was  always  inter- 
ested in  newspaper  work,  and  during  the  years  of  1914,  1915  and  1916,  he  was 
sporting  editor  on  the  "Passaic  Daily  News,"  as  well  as  being  local  correspon- 
dent for  the  "New  York  American"  for  a  number  of  years.  Admitted  to  the 
bar  in  February,  1917,  he  established  himself  in  the  active  practice  of  his  chosen 
profession  at  No.  625  Main  avenue,  which  has  since  continued  to  be  his  head- 
quarters.    Mr.  Mirsky  was  made  a  counsellor-at-law,  February,  1920. 

Manuel  Norman  Mirsky  has  always  shown  a  public-spirited  interest  in 
everything  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  his  native  city,  and  can  be  counted  upon 
to  give  his  earnest  support  to  all  measures  calculated  to  promote  public  welfare. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  City  Recreation  Commission,  being  appointed  in  1919 
for  three  years ;  and  at  the  time  of  the  World  War,  when  the  several  "drives" 
were  being  made,  he  took  an  active  part  and  was  one  of  the  "four  minute  men." 
Mr.  Mirsky  is  past  ex-grand  of  Amelia  Lodge,  No.  215,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows ;  affiliated  with  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  the  Young 
Men's  Hebrew  Association,  the  Progress  Club,  the  Union  Republican  Club,  the 
Passaic  City  Bar  Association.  He  was  State  treasurer  of  the  New  Jersey  Fed- 
eration of  Young  Men's  and  Young  Women's  Hebrew  associations  in   1917, 


284  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

and  is  also  identified  with  Congregation  Tihilim  Synagogue. 

Mr.   Mirsky  is   unmarried.     He  is   interested  in  all   athletic  sports,   and 
resides  at  No.  68  Hamilton  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


LEE  ANDERSON — Several  generations  back,  the  first  of  this  branch  of 
the  Anderson  family  came  from  Scotland  to  the  United  States,  locating  in  Mary- 
land, and  there  built  their  home  on  a  tract  of  land  called  Jumptown,  a  small 
settlement  in  Caroline  county.  The  elder  Anderson  owned  a  farm  there,  upon 
which  he  resided  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

One  of  his  children,  Isaac  David  Anderson,  who  continued  to  live  at  Jump- 
town,  carried  on  the  farm  and  reared  his  family  there.  He  was  married  twice, 
his  first  wife  being  Roxanna  (Sperry)  Anderson,  a  native  of  Caroline  county. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  George  and  Adaline  Sperry,  residents  of  Caroline 
county;  George  Sperry  was  eighty-three  years  of  age  when  his  death  occurred 
in  Jumptown.  Isaac  David  and  Roxanna  (Sperry)  Anderson  were  the  parents 
of  three  children:  1.  George  H.,  a  resident  of  Wilmington,  Delaware.  2,  Elsi« 
M.,  the  wife  of  Clinton  Wright,  of  Denton,  Maryland.  3.  Lee  Anderson,  of 
whom  further.  After  the  early  death  of  his  wife,  Isaac  D.  Anderson  married 
(second)  Harriet  Clough,  of  Queen  county,  Maryland,  by  whom  he  had  three 
children:  4.  Ethel  M.,  wife  of  Kemp  Stevenson,  of  Denton,  Maryland.  5. 
Henrietta,  unmarried.    6.  Russell,  now  living  in  Wilmington,  Delaware. 

Lee  Anderson  was  born  in  the  little  village  of  Jumptown,  Maryland,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1878,  and  attended  the  public  school  in  the  vicinity,  and  later  the  high 
school  in  Denton,  from  which  he  graduated  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Dur- 
ing his  boyhood  he  was  brought  upon  his  father's  farm,  but  after  reaching  the 
age  of  twenty-two  years  he  gave  up  farming,  went  to  Ridgely,  Maryland, 
and  there  engaged  in  the  livery  business,  continuing  it  for  only  six  months.  He 
sold  out  and  came  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  August  30,  1901.  Mr.  Anderson 
then  obtained  employment  in  the  Passaic  Rubber  Works,  remaining  with  this 
concern  for  six  months,  leaving  to  accept  a  position  in  the  Hammersley  Paper 
Company.  At  the  expiration  of  three  years,  Mr.  Anderson  made  another  change, 
becoming  foreman  in  the  Okonite  Company  on  Canal  street,  Passaic,  manufac- 
turers of  insulated  wire  cable.  For  fourteen  years  Mr.  Anderson  held  this  posi- 
tion, resigning  to  go  into  the  insurance  business,  under  the  name  of  Lee  Ander- 
son &  Company,  January  1,  1918.  Their  offices  are  located  at  No.  8  Passaic 
street,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 

He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  political  affairs  of  Garfield,  being  with 
the  Republican  party.  Mr.  Anderson  was  appointed  to  serve  on  the  Republican 
county  committee,  and  was  reappointed  on  October  7,  1920.  At  one  time  he  was 
elected  city  clerk  of  Garfield,  serving  for  a  year  and  a  half.  He  is  greatly  inter- 
ested in  fraternal  affairs,  being  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  of  the  Patriotic  Order  Sons  of  America,  also  of  the 
Patriotic  Order  of  America,  of  which  association  he  is  the  treasurer.  Mr.  Ander- 
son and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Garfield,  in 
which  he  is  superintendent  of  the  children's  Sunday  school. 

Lee  Anderson  married,  in  Garfield,  June  16,  1904,  Harriet  F.  Hepworth,  a 
daughter  of  William  B.  Hepworth,  Sr.,  a  former  mayor  of  Garfield.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Anderson  have  three  children:  William  H.,  Elsie  and  Kenneth.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Anderson,  with  their  children,  reside  at  No.  41  Palisade  avenue,  Garfield. 


DAVID  L.  STEMER,  D.  D.  S.— Although  having  been  established  here 
in  Passaic  only  since  August,  1920,  Dr.  Stemer  has  already  acquired  a  com- 
paratively large  clientele,  which  speaks  in  the  strongest  terms  of  his  ability  as 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  285 

a  dentist.  He  was  born  in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  February  5,  1894,  the  son  of 
Max  and  Rose  (Lentz)  Sterner.  Max  Sterner  was  born  in  Galicia  in  1865.  and 
came  to  this  country  when  he  was  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  locating  in  Newark, 
New  Jersey,  where  for  many  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business. 
Later  he  moved  to  Passaic,  and  here  he  has  since  resided.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Stemer  have  been  born  four  children :  David  L.,  of  further  mention ;  Morris, 
Sadye,  Lillian. 

The  childhood  of  David  L.  Stemer  was  passed  in  his  native  city,  and  it 
was  there  that  he  received  the  preparatory  portion  of  his  education.  He  at- 
tended the  grammar  schools  and  the  city  high  school,  and  after  completing  his 
studies  entered  the  business  world.  His  first  employment  was  with  the  Ameri- 
can Cigar  Company  in  its  clerical  department.  Here,  hov/ever,  he  remained  for 
three  years  only,  in  the  meantime  having  decided  to  adopt  a  professional  career; 
and  with  this  end  in  view  he  resigned  from  the  American  Cigar  Company,  sub- 
sequently entering  the  dental  department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
He  took  the  usual  dental  course  and  graduated  with  the  class  of  1918,  taking 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery.  That  same  year  he  went  to  Ridge- 
wood,  New  Jersey,  where  he  opened  an  office  and  remained  two  years,  develop- 
ing in  the  meantime  a  large  and  high  class  practice.  In  August,  1920,  he 
removed  to  Passaic,  and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  pro- 
fession at  his  present  location,  No.  199  Monroe  street.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Bergen  County  Dental  Society,  and  the  Sigma  Alpha  Mu  fraternity  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  Outside  of  these  he  affiliates  Avith  the  Young 
Men's  Hebrew  Association,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  the  Progress 
Club,  and  also  holds  membership  in  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps.  Dr.  Stemer  is 
ardently  devoted  to  basketball,  baseball  and  football,  and  while  at  college  played 
on  both  the  freshmen  baseball  and  basketball  teams.  He  resides  at  No.  270 
Madison  street,  Passaic. 

Dr.  Stemer  married,  March  13,  1921,  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  Dyna  Subin, 
daughter  of  Meyer  I.  and  Ida  (Raff)  Subin. 


ERNEST  HENRY  KUHNEN— The  drug  store  at  No.  78  Main  street, 
Lodi,  New  Jersey,  the  proprietor  of  which  is  Ernest  Henry  Kuhnen,  is  one  of 
the  best  equipped  to  be  found  in  a  small  sized  town,  it  being  the  ambition  of  the 
owner  to  keep  its  appointments  and  stock  up  to  such  a  standard  that  his  store 
will  compare  favorably  with  many  in  much  larger  cities.  When  Ernest  Henry 
Kuhnen  bought  the  business  from  David  A.  Hiniadi,  it  was  known  as  the  United 
States  Pharmacy,  but  that  name  was  discontinued,  the  new  management  pre- 
ferring that  it  be  known  by  the  name  of  the  present  owner.  He  has  greatly 
increased  the  volume  of  trade,  having  many  new  regular  patrons. 

The  father  of  Ernest  Henry  Kuhnen  was  Theodore  Kuhnen,  born  in  Ger- 
many, in  1865,  coming  to  the  LTnited  States,  about  1885.  He  settled  in  Pater- 
son, New  Jersey,  and  was  employed  in  the  silk  dyeing  establishment  of  the 
Weideman  Company,  of  Paterson.  From  there  he  went  to  the  Ashley  &  Bailey 
Company  at  Riverside.  He, was  a  very  hard  working  man,  devoted  to  his  fam- 
ily, he  and  his  wife  (whose  maiden  name  was  Marv  Lang)  having  six  children : 
1.  Theodore.  Jr..  who  died  in  October,  1916,  at  the  age  of  thirty-six;  he  was 
unmarried.  2.  Charles  W.,  a  silk  manufacturer  of  Paterson :  he  married  Sybil 
Daniels.  3.  Mary,  aged  thirty-three  years ;  unmarried.  4.  Pauline,  now  Mrs. 
Curtis  Von  Eyser,  of  Rochelle  Park;  married  May  9.  1920.  5.  Ernest  Henrv. 
6.  Walter  A.,  a  druggist  of  Garfield.  The  father,  Theodore  Kuhnen,  died  in 
Paterson,  March  10,  1910,  at  the  age  of  forty-five;   his  wife  also  died  there. 

Born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  August  14,  1891,  Ernest  Henry  Kuhnen 


286  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

was  in  his  early  boyhood  a  pupil  in  the  public  school  there.  When  he  reached 
the  age  of  ten  years,  the  boy  went  every  afternoon  and  on  Saturday  to  assist 
in  the  Oates  Drug  Store  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Hamilton  streets,  Paterson, 
spending  all  his  vacations  thus  employed ;  for  several  years  he  continued  work- 
ing in  this  way,  gaining  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  drug  business.  Then  for 
a  time  he  was  relief  clerk  in  a  little  store  at  No.  328  River  street  owned  by  Dr. 
Colacurci,  being  then  only  fifteen  years  old.  From  1908  until  1913,  he  was 
employed  in  the  drug  store  of  J.  I.  Kassel,  at  No.  35  Hamburg  avenue,  Pater- 
son, going  from  this  establishment  to  Pellett  Brothers,  Incorporated,  druggists 
at  No.  159  Main  street,  Paterson.  During  the  time  Mr.  Kuhnen  was  engaged 
in  the  store  of  Mr.  Kassel  he  was  attending  lectures  at  the  New  Jersey  College 
of  Pharmacy,  and  when  twenty-one  years  old  passed  the  New  Jersey  State  ex- 
amination at  Trenton,  receiving  his  license  to  practice  his  profession.  Remain- 
ing with  the  Pellett  Drug  Company  until  October  1,  1915,  Mr.  Kuhnen  then 
bought  his  present  store  in  Lodi.  Independent  of  both  political  parties,  Mr. 
Kuhnen  votes  as  his  judgment  dictates.  He  is  active  in  the  New  Jersey  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  and  in  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons. 

In  Jersey  City,  September  4,  1919,  Ernest  Henry  Kuhnen  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Hazel  Willever,  a  resident  of  Little  Falls,  New  Jersey. 


EMIL  HART — In  far  away  Russia,  a  country  now  separated  from  even 
neighboring  nations  by  a  wall,  seemingly  impenetrable,  lies  the  town  of  Balter- 
mantz,  a  town  in  which  was  living  in  1876,  a  leather  and  hardware  merchant, 
Abraham  Hart,  and  his  wife,  Hannah.  In  that  year  a  son,  Emil,  was  born  to 
them,  who  gladdened  their  home  until  he  reached  the  age  of  seventeen,  when  he 
bade  them  "adieu"  and  sailed  away  to  the  New  World.  The  parents  finished 
their  lives  in  Baltermantz,  then  were  laid  with  their  fathers,  happily  unconscious 
of  the  torrent  of  woe  that  was  to  descend  upon  Russia,  a  torrent  that  was  to  sweep 
away  the  old  order,  engulf  the  royal  family,  the  nobility,  the  middle  class  and 
the  peasantry ;  a  torrent  that  should  spare  neither  age,  sex  nor  condition,  and 
leave  Russia  helpless  and  hopeless  in  the  grip  of  the  forces  she  could  invoke 
but  could  not  control. 

Emil  Hart  was  born  in  Baltermantz,  Russia,  May  25,  1876,  and  there  at- 
tended school  until  reaching  the  age  of  thirteen.  He  then  took  a  special  course 
in  Hebrew  at  an  institution  in  another  town,  returning  to  Baltermantz  at  its 
conclusion,  and  becoming  associated  with  his  father,  Abraham  Hart,  in  the 
leather  and  hardware  business.  In  1893,  Emil  Hart  left  his  native  town  and 
his  parents,  made  his  way  to  Hull,  England,  and  there  took  passage  to  the 
United  States,  landing  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  in  1894.  But 
he  at  once  proceeded  to  New  York  City,  which  was  his  home  and  place  of  busi- 
ness for  eleven  years.  Soon  after  locating  in  New  York,  Mr.  Hart  became 
interested  in  the  manufacture  of  soda  water,  which  line  of  business  he  success- 
fully conducted  until  1905,  when  he  closed  out  his  New  York  interests  and 
moved  to  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  he  opened  a  furniture  store.  Several 
years  were  spent  in  that  business  and  location,  then  came  his  removal  to  Passaic, 
March  1,  1914,  where  Mr.  Hart  has  since  engaged  in  business  on  Lexington  ave- 
nue, as  a  dealer  in  ladies'  cloaks  and  suits,  a  business  in  which  he  has  been  very 
successful.  He  has  won  his  way  to  the  front,  is  recognized  as  a  man  of  fine  busi- 
ness ability,  and  stands  high  in  business  circles  here.  He  is  connected  with  the 
Citizens'  Trust  Company  and  the  Hobart  Trust  Company,  both  Passaic  institu- 
tions. Mr.  Hart  has  dealt  some  in  real  estate  affairs  and  is  owner  of  the  five 
store  and  office  building,  20-22  Lexington  Avenue,  Passaic.     Politically  he  is 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  287 

an  independent,  and  fraternally  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  an  order  of  which  he  has  now  (1921)  been  a  member 
for  twenty  years.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Silk  City  Lodge,  Brith  Abraham,  of 
Paterson,  New  Jersey ;  Progress  Club  of  Passaic,  and  of  the  Jewish  Synagogue. 
He  married,  December  16,  1900,  in  Paterson,  Mary  Marcus,  daughter  of  Abra- 
ham and  Rebecca  Marcus.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hart  are  parents  of  a  daughter,  Edna, 
born  December  6,  1902,  and  a  son,  Arthur  Leonard  Hart,  born  August  22,  1907. 
The  family  home  is  now  No.  118  Lexington  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


REUBEN  B.  KANTROWITZ— A  native  of  New  York  City,  where  his 
birth  occurred  July  9,  1893,  Reuben  B.  Kantrowitz  came  with  his  parents, 
Harris  and  Dora  (Smith)  Kantrowitz,  to  Passaic,  when  he  was  but  four  years 
of  age.  Harris  Kantrowitz,  the  father,  was  born  in  Vilna,  Russia,  and  came 
to  this  country  when  a  young  man,  locating  at  first  in  New  York  City.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  business  of  painter's  supplies,  first  in  New  York  and  later  in 
Passaic,  continuing  for  a  number  of  years,  until  his  death,  July  13,  1920.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Kantrowitz  were  the  parents  of  three  children :  Reuben  B.,  of  further 
mention;  Samuel,  who  has  charge  of  his  late  father's  business  at  No.  271  Pas- 
saic street ;   and  Ida  S. 

Reuben  B.  Kantrowitz  attended  the  local  public  schools  and  Drake's  Busi- 
ness College,  of  Passaic,  previous  to  entering  the  business  world.  After  com- 
pleting his  studies  he  secured  a  position  with  the  Lemley  Dairy  Company  of 
New  York  City,  as  bookkeeper,  where  he  remained  for  one  year,  going  subsequent- 
ly to  the  Calculating  Company,  also  of  New  York,  as  auditor.  One  year  later, 
having  in  the  meantime  been  desirous  of  establishing  himself  in  business,  he  re- 
signed as  auditor  and  founded  the  R.  B.  Kantrowitz  Company  at  Nos.  206-208 
Canal  street,  New  York,  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  gold  and  silver  han- 
dles for  umbrellas.  Here  he  continued  in  business  from  1913  to  1916,  when  he 
sold  his  interests  and  returned  to  Passaic,  and  established  himself  in  the  real  estate 
and  insurance  business  at  No.  50  Second  street.  In  1919,  together  with  Manuel 
N,  Mirsky  and  Jacob  L  Jaffe,  he  formed  the  New  Jersey  Law  and  Mercantile 
Collection  Agency.  Later  Mr.  Kantrowitz  severed  his  connection  with  this  enter- 
prise and  determined  to  adopt  law  as  a  profession.  He  associated  himself  with 
Jacob  I.  Jaffe,  and  since  that  time  has  devoted  the  greater  part  of  his  time  to 
study  at  the  New  York  University  Law  School.  He  is  now,  1921,  studying  at 
the  New  Jersey  Law  School  and  reading  law  in  the  office  of  Mr.  Jaffe.  Mr. 
Kantrowitz  is  treasurer  of  the  Prospect  Auto  Supply  Company  and  the  Home 
Realty  Company,  newly  organized,  and  both  of  Passaic. 

In  1919  Mr.  Kantrowitz  became  interested  in  the  installation  of  a  "bus 
system"  in  and  about  the  city.  Success  well  attended  his  labors,  and  the  busi- 
ness expanded  yearly,  until  twenty-six  busses  were  in  operation  from  Passaic  to 
Lodi,  Garfield  and  Newark.  The  entire  credit  for  the  rapid  growth  of  this 
industry  is  due  to  his  enterprise,  initiative  and  progressive  spirit. 

In  politics  Mr.  Kantrowitz  is  a  Republican.  He  stands  for  everything  that 
Is  of  value  to  the  city,  and  gives  his  ready  support  to  movements  which  have  for 
their  purpose  the  advancement  of  the  community.  During  the  World  War  he 
v/as  active  in  all  the  campaigns.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  is  an  ex-vice-president 
of  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association.  He  also  holds  membership  in  the 
Progress  Club,  of  Passaic,  and  attends  B'nai  Jacob  Synagogue. 

Mr.  Kantrowitz  married,  September  6,  1921,  Cecelia  Klausner,  daughter 
of  Meyer  and  Sarah  (Berman)  Klausner,  of  Jersey  City. 


288  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

ROBERT  CROZIER — The  Crozier  brothers  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  are 
sons  of  Thomas  Crozier,  born  in  Lurgan,  Ireland,  March  7,  1866,  his  birth- 
place near  Belfast,  one  of  the  largest  linen  manufacturing  centers  of  Ireland. 
Thomas  Crozier  was  a  linen  weaver  and  has  there  continued.  He  married  Mary 
Waters,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  seven  children :  Robert,  of  whom  further ; 
James,  of  whom  further;  Frank  G.  Albert;  May;  Harry,  of  whom  further; 
and  Samuel.  Of  these  children  three  came  to  the  United  States,  Robert,  James 
and  Harry,  and  all  are  connected  with  The  Crest  Handkerchief  Company,  of 
Passaic. 

Robert  Crozier,  the  first  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Waters)  Crozier,  was 
born  in  Lurgan,  Ireland,  April  10,  1889.  After  graduating  from  the  Lurgan 
^lodel  School,  he  became  an  apprentice  to  Robert  Watson  &  Sons,  handkerchief 
manufacturers,  of  Lurgan.  Here  he  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  that  indus- 
try and  remained  with  the  company  until  1910,  when  he  came  to  the  United  States. 
LTpon  his  arrival  he  located  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  secured  employment 
with  the  Acheson-Harden  Company,  handkerchief  manufacturers,  where  he  con- 
tinued one  year.  Later  he  was  in  charge  of  domestic  manufacture  for  the  Belfast 
Linen  Handkerchief  Company,  of  New  York,  remaining  with  that  company 
five  years,  until  1916.  In  that  year  he  founded  The  Crest  Handkerchief  Com- 
pany, since  1918  a  corporation  operating  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New 
Jersey ;  Robert  Crozier,  president  and  general  manager ;  James  Crozier,  vice- 
president;  Harry  Crozier,  treasurer.  The  principal  offices  of  the  company  are 
in  Passaic. 

In  August,  1918,  Mr.  Crozier  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army  and  was 
sent  to  Camp  Green.  He  was  connected  with  the  adjutant-general's  department, 
and  was  subsequently  commissioned  battalion  sergeant-major.  Mr.  Corzier  was 
honorably  discharged  from  the  service,  February,  1919.  He  is  a  member  of 
Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  the  Passaic  City  Club,  the 
International  Homing  Pigeon  Association,  and  the  United  Homing  Pigeon 
Concourse,  of  New  York  City. 

Robert  Crozier  married,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  April  28,  1920,  Emma 
Banvard,  of  Totowa,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crozier  reside  at  No.  415 
Passaic  avenue,  Passaic.  They  have  one  daughter,  Eleanor,  born  October 
26,  1921. 

James  Crozier,  the  second  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Waters)  Crozier, 
was  born  in  Lurgan,  Ireland,  April  7,  1891,  and  upon  coming  of  age,  in  1912, 
came  to  the  United  States,  where  for  three  years  he  was  in  charge  of  the  domes- 
tic department  of  the  firm  of  E.  Wolff.  In  1915  he  resigned  his  position  to 
accept  one  with  the  American  News  Company,  and  until  1912  he  was  with  that 
corporation.  In  1918  he  was  elected  vice-president  of  the  Crest  Handkerchief 
Company,  of  Passaic,  and  so  there  continues. 

Mr.  Crozier  is  deeply  interested  in  the  rearing  and  training  of  homing 
pigeons,  and  with  his  brother,  Robert,  he  has  imported  a  large  number  from 
England ;  it  is  interesting  to  note  here  that  their  pigeons  have  won  many  prizes 
In  races  from  one  hundred  to  one  thousand  miles.  James  Crozier  is  secretary 
of  the  Paterson  Concourse  Association,  and  holds  membership  in  the  Interna- 
tional Federation  of  Homing  Pigeons. 

Harry  Crozier,  fifth  son  of  Thomas  and  Marv  (Waters)  Crozier,  was 
born  in  Lurgan,  Ireland,  December  28.  1899.  In  1920  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  where  he  is  identified  v.-ith  The  Crest  Handkerchief  Company,  of 
Passaic,  as  treasurer.  During  the  World  War,  1914-1918,  he  was  a  mem- 
ber cf  the   Royal   Air  Force  of  the   British   Army. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  289 

SOPHIE  (BADE)  SCHEEL,  M.  D.— Those  who  doubt  the  capacity  of 
women  for  success  in  the  profession,  will  find  ample  refutation  of  their  opinion 
in  the  successful  career  of  Dr.  Scheel,  who  is  among  the  leaders  of  her  profes- 
sion. She  possesses  a  deep  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  underlying 
principles  of  medicine,  and  has  always  been  conscientious  and  practical  in  her 
application  of  them,  having  a  sympathy  with  human  suffering  and  a  sense  of 
personal  responsibility,  which  makes  her  unusually  able  in  her  chosen  field  of 
labor. 

Claus  Bade,  father  of  Dr.  Scheel,  came  to  this  country  from  Germany  in 
1847,  and  established  himself  in  the  wholesale  grocery  business  at  No.  172  West 
street,  New  York  City.  He  married  Elise  Lammert  in  1856,  of  whom  an  inter- 
esting experience  is  related.  Coming  here  from  Germany  in  1851,  she  desired 
to  visit  California,  so  in  1853  she  crossed  the  Isthmus,  with  her  brother 
and  cousin,  and  subsequently  resided  in  San  Francisco  for  three  years,  there 
being  only  seven  other  women  living  there  at  that  time  .  In  1856  she  returned 
to  New  York,  and  married  Mr.  Bade,  and  they  resided  on  Park  avenue  for 
forty  years. 

Dr.  Scheel  was  born  in  New  York  City,  January  29,  1859,  the  daughter 
of  Claus  and  Elise  (Lammert)  Bade.  She  obtained  her  preliminary  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  her  native  city,  and  after  graduating  from  the  high 
school  entered  Hunter  College,  from  which  she  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1875.  Six  years  later  she  was  married,  and  subsequently  engaged  in  home 
duties  until  1897,  when  she  decided  to  adopt  the  medical  profession,  and  with 
that  end  in  view  entered  the  New  York  Medical  College  and  Hospital  for 
Women,  from  which  she  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1901,  winning  a  regents 
certificate  with  honor.  Immediately  after  completing  her  studies,  she  established 
herself  in  the  active  practice  of  her  profession  at  No.  970  Park  avenue  and  there 
continued  successfully  until  1900,  when  she  removed  to  Brooklyn  where  she 
continued  in  her  professional  work.  In  1911  Dr.  Scheel  came  to  Passaic  and 
has  continued  to  reside  here  up  to  the  present  time.  For  eighteen  years  she  was 
an  instructor  in  the  college,  and  was  on  the  teaching  staff  of  the  Community 
Hospital.  From  1897  until  1908  Dr.  Scheel  was  a  member  of  the  New  York 
School  Board.  She  is  a  Bepublican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  League 
for  Women  Voters.  She  affiliates  with  the  New  York  County  Medical  Society, 
the  New  Jersey  State  Medical  Association,  the  Hunter  College  Alumni,  Ameri- 
can Institute  Homoeopathic  Alumni,  the  Chiropean  of  Brooklyn,  and  Lutheran 
Education  Society  of  New  York.  For  twelve  years  she  was  supervising  physi- 
cian of  the  eastern  district  of  the  Royal  Neighbors  of  America,  which  is  the 
women's  fraternal  society  auxiliary  to  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  Of 
a  social  nature.  Dr.  Scheel  holds  membership  in  the  Graduate  Club  of  Hunter 
College,  Monday  Afternoon  Club,  the  Woman's  Club  of  Passaic,  the  Business 
and  Professional  Women's  Club,  and  the  League  of  Women  Voters. 

On  January  25,  1881,  Dr.  Sophie  Bade  was  united  in  marriage  with  John 
H.  Scheel,  a  native  of  New  York  City,  engaged  in  the  exporting  business  at 
No.  28  Moore  street.  They  are  the  parents  of  five  children:  I.  Henry  Van 
Riper,  whose  sketch  follows.  2.  William  Bade,  who  was  born  in  1883,  died  in 
1887.  3.  John  Brailly,  born  November  10,  1884,  was  commissioned  captain  in 
the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps  on  his  enlistment,  and  served  in  Washington,  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  until  discharged  in  1920.  He  is  president  of  the  Dolo- 
mite Products  Company  at  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  and  affiliates  with  the 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
4.  Elise  Rebecca,  wife  of  Fred  Rudolph  Hirsh,  is  the  mother  of  one  child, 
Elise.     5.  Senie,  who  was  born  in  1892,  resides  at  home. 


290  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

HENRY  VAN  RIPER  SCHEEL  was  born  in  New  York  City,  January 
23,  1882,  the  son  of  John  H.  and  Dr.  Sophie  (Bade)  Scheel.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  place,  and  subsequently  entered  the  City  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1901  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Science.  He  then  taught  school  for  two  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time  he 
entered  Stevens  Institute,  and  graduated  from  there  in  1905.  Mr.  Scheel  se- 
cured a  position  with  the  American  Tobacco  Company  after  completing  his 
studies  at  the  institute,  but  later  resigned  from  this  position  and  came  to  Passaic, 
where  he  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  planing  department  in  the  Brighton 
Mills.  This  was  but  a  stepping  stone  towards  advancement,  for  his  capabili- 
ties were  readily  seen  and  appreciated,  and  it  was  but  a  comparatively  short 
time  before  the  young  man  was  promoted  to  his  present  position,  that  of  assist- 
tant  treasurer  of  the  Brighton  Mills. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  People's  Bank;  has  served  as  president  of  the  Rotary 
Club  of  Passaic ;  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
Society  of  Automotive  Engineers,  and  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers.  Of 
social  nature  he  holds  membership  in  the  following  clubs :  North  Jersey 
Stevens,  Engineers,  and  the  Yanautakah  of  Nutley.  It  is  interesting  to  note 
here,  that  while  he  was  at  Stevens  Institute,  he  founded  the  "Stute,"  which  is 
the  name  of  the  school  publication.  During  the  World  War  Mr.  Scheel  served 
as  a  "dollar  a  year"  man,  and  while  thus  engaged  wrote  a  finding  that  is  being 
used  today  on  the  "Relative  Desirability  of  Ships  Operating  in  Four  Trade 
Routes." 

On  January  20,  1909,  Henry  Van  Riper  Scheel  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Rose  Geddes,  a  native  of  Newark,  New  Jersey;  she  died  January  6,  1912. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scheel  were  born  two  children:  Susan  Isabel,  March  16, 
1910;  Henry  Alexander,  December  25,  1911.  The  family  home  is  "Rose- 
mawr,"  a  very  attractive  estate  just  outside  of  the  city  of  Passaic. 

Henry  ^'an  Riper  Scheel  is  yet  a  young  man,  and  the  progress  that 
he  has  already  made  indicates  the  success  which  will  come  to  him  in  the 
future,  for  he  has  selected  as  the  foundation  upon  which  to  build  pros- 
perity the  substantial  qualities  of  industry,  determination  and  thorough  under- 
standing  of   everything   he   undertakes. 


GEORGE  HAYCOCK  RICE — Among  the  representative  citizens  of  Pas- 
saic, New  Jersey,  was  Samuel  Wilder  Rice,  deceased,  an  educator  of  note  in  his 
time  and  well  known  in  this  section  when  Passaic  was  a  small  outlying  town. 
The  present  representatives  of  his  family  now  living  in  Passaic  are  Dr.  Charles 
A.  and  George  H.  Rice,  the  latter  at  present  clerk  of  the  local  police  court. 

Samuel  Wilder  Rice  was  born  in  Rowe,  Massachusetts,  July  3,  1834,  and 
died  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  January  14,  1882.  His  boyhood  was  spent  In  his 
native  place,  but  early  In  life  he  felt  a  longing  for  education.  After  finishing 
his  studies  at  the  district  school  in  his  home  town,  he  went  to  the  Academy  at 
Shelburne  Falls,  Massachusetts,  to  prepare  for  college,  but  upon  graduating 
from  that  Institution  unforseen  circumstances  prevented  him  from  taking  further 
time  for  study,  and  he  therefore  entered  upon  his  life's  work,  beginning  a"?  a 
teacher  in  a  district  school  at  Conway,  Massachusetts.  The  first  graded  school 
of  which  he  was  principal  was  at  Somerville,  New  Jersey.  For  more  than  three 
years  he  taught  at  Mauch  Chunk,  Pennsylvania,  and  the  Board  of  Education 
of  that  State  honored  him  with  a  life  certificate,  which  he  retained  until  his 
death,  authorizing  him  to  teach  anywhere  In  the  State  limits  without  further 
examination.  At  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  Professor  Rice  was  principal  of  the 
high  school,  and  while  there  he  was  offered  the  position  of  principal  at  the 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  291 

Model  School  in  Trenton,  which  he  declined.  In  1857,  when  the  Passaic  dis- 
trict schoolhouse  was  located  near  the  First  Reformed  Church,  he  came  here 
and  taught  a  year,  and  in  the  summer  of  1870  he  was  again  urged  to  teach  in 
the  same  school.  He  supervised  the  building  of  School  No.  1  on  Passaic  street; 
the  school  was  opened  October  3,  1870,  with  Mr.  Rice  as  principal.  This  first 
public  school  soon  became  so  popular  that  private  schools  were  for  a  time  dis- 
banded for  lack  of  support.  Later  the  report  of  the  secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Education,  made  June  1,  1881,  showed  four  school  buildings,  a  corps  of  teachers 
numbering  eighteen,  and  an  enrollment  of  1,099  scholars.  The  State  Board  of 
Education  honored  this  faithful  man  by  issuing  him  a  life  certificate,  which  was 
renewed  in  1880,  granting  him  further  privileges.  Besides  being  principal, 
Professor  Rice  was  made  superintendent  of  the  public  schools,  and  held  this 
position  until  July,  1881.  It  is  said  of  him  that  he  was  a  born  educator,  his 
greatest  delight  being  his  work.  In  his  religious  affiliations  he  was  a  Metho- 
dist, and  for  many  years  was  superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school,  but  always 
willing  to  work  anywhere  in  his  church  where  he  could  be  useful.  His  domestic 
life  was  perfect,  for  as  a  son  he  was  dutiful  and  kind ;  as  a  brother  faithful  in 
an  eminent  degree ;  as  a  father  he  was  trusted  implicitly  and  loved  most  ten- 
derly by  his  children ;  and  as  a  husband  he  was  ever  true  to  the  impulses  of  a 
strong  love.  It  has  been  written  of  him:  "If  remarkable  humanity,  evenness  of 
spirit,  freedom  from  pride,  envy,  jealousy  and  censoriousness,  and  selfish  am- 
bition are  evidences  of  the  moral  nature,  then  this  man  has  a  clean  heart." 

Professor  Rice  married  Sophia  Payne,  April  10,  1858,  who  also  was  a  native 
of  Rowe,  Massachusetts.  To  them  were  born  four  children:  Maggie  C,  mar- 
ried John  H.  Brown,  of  Paterson ;  Dr.  Charles  A.  Rice,  of  Passaic ;  George 
Havcock,  of  further  mention ;  Brownie  J.,  aged  thirty-five,  a  school  teacher, 
died  in  1916. 

George  Haycock  Rice  was  born  at  Mauch  Chunk,  Pennsylvania,  September 
3,  1868,  and  was  brought  to  this  city  by  his  parents  when  he  was  but  two  years 
of  age.  He  attended  the  local  primary  and  grammar  schools  and  at  the  age  of 
fourteen,  when  his  father  died,  he  was  obliged  to  assist  in  the  financial  support 
of  the  home ;  so  secured  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  Bogert  paint  shop,  subsequent- 
ly being  an  auditor  in  the  office  of  the  Erie  railroad  at  New  York  City.  Five 
years  later  he  resigned  from  this  position  and  became  bookkeeper  for  the  Camp- 
bell-Morrell  Company,  but  later  returned  to  the  Erie  railroad,  this  time  in  the 
traffic  department,  where  he  remained  for  ten  years.  In  1905  he  came  to  Passaic 
and  established  himself  in  the  grocery  business  at  the  corner  of  Linden  and 
Maple  streets,  and  thus  continued  until  1911,  when  he  sold  out  to  accept  his 
present  position,  that  of  clerk  of  the  police  court.  In  politics  Mr.  Rice  is  a 
Republican,  and  holds  membership  in  the  Republican  Club.  He  affiliates  with 
the  Royal  Arcanum  and  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics,  and, 
in  religion  is  a  Methodist,  attending  the  First  Church  of  this  denomination,  of 
which  he  has  been  financial  secretary  for  many  years. 

On  June  26,  1894,  George  Haycock  Rice  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Elizabeth  Magee,  of  Jersey  City.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Anna 
CArmour)  Magee,  the  former  a  member  of  the  I.  T.  Williams  Company,  of 
New  York  City.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rice  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Doris  E. ; 
she  is  a  school  teacher  at  Public  School  No.  2.  The  family  home  is  at  No.  258 
Paulison  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


JOSEPH  AUGUSTINE  LYONS,  well  known  funeral  director  of  Passaic, 
has  been  in  charge  of  some  of  the  imposing  funerals  of  the  community.  Giving 
his  careful  attention  to  all  the  details  of  this  difficult  work,  he  has  discharged 


292  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

his  duties  in  such  a  quiet  and  dignified  manner  that  he  has  earned  the  confidence 
of  the  residents  of  the  section. 

Joseph  A.  Lyons  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  October  22,  1880,  the 
son  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Dunn)  Lyons.  Henry  Lyons  was  a  native  of 
Wicklow  county,  Ireland.  Coming  to  this  country  when  a  young  man,  for  many 
years  in  New  York,  he  specialized  in  fancy  scroll  plaster  work.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Lyons  were  born  seven  children :  Joseph  A.,  of  further  mention ;  Henry, 
an  electrician  of  Passaic ;  Mary,  who  married  John  Ashley,  of  Seneca  Falls, 
New  York ;  Margaret,  who  married  Alexander  Swanstrom,  of  Passaic ;  Ethel, 
unmarried;  Esther,  who  married  Edward  Quigley,  a  member  of  the  Clifton, 
New  Jersey,  Police  Department;  and  Peter  T.,  a  member  of  the  Passaic  Fire 
Department. 

Joseph  A.  Lyons  attended  St.  Nicholas'  Grammar  School  until  he  was  four- 
teen years  of  age,  when  he  terminated  his  studies  and  secured  a  position  with 
Fogerty  &  Son,  funeral  directors,  of  Passaic.  Here  he  remained  for  eighteen 
years,  and  during  this  time  he  thoroughly  acquainted  himself  with  all  the 
branches  of  the  profession.  On  September  15,  1913,  Mr.  Lyons  passed  the  State 
Board  examinations  for  embalmers  and  undertakers,  and  four  years  later,  in 
March,  1917,  he  established  himself  in  this  business  at  his  present  location.  No. 
81  State  street.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Eergen  and  Morris  Counties  LTnder- 
takers'  Association,  of  which  he  was  elected  president  in  April,  1921  ;  he  is  a 
member  of  the  State  and  National  Funeral  Directors'  Association;  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  and  the  Foresters  of  America.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic  and  attends  St.  Nicholas'  Church,  and  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Holy  Name  Society  of  this  church. 

On  August  25,  1915,  Joseph  A.  Lyons  was  united  in  marriage  with  Rosa 
Frank,  daughter  of  Hugo  and  Maria  (Poehler)  Frank,  and  to  them  has  been 
born  one  child,  Helen  Elizabeth,  March  16,  1919. 

Mr.  Lyons  is  a  man  of  executive  ability,  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the 
most  modern  methods  in  his  business,  and  is  successful  as  an  undertaker. 


HERMAN  MOSKOWITZ — Among  the  younger  generation  of  business 
men  in  the  city  of  Passaic  is  Herman  Moskowitz.  Although  having  been  a 
certified  public  accountant  but  a  comparatively  short  time,  he  has  already  made 
a  name  for  himself  in  this  particular  line,  which  might  well  be  the  envy  of  a 
much  older  and  more  experienced  man. 

Herman  Moskowitz  was  born  at  Hicksville,  Long  Island,  June  11,  1893, 
the  son  of  Louis  and  Sarah  (Lorber)  Moskowitz.  Louis  Moskowitz  was  born 
in  Russia,  and  came  to  this  country  at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years.  He  engaged 
in  farming  for  many  years,  and  died  at  the  age  of  sixty,  in  1903.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Moskowitz  were  born  two  children :  Herman,  of  further  mention ;  Max, 
who  is  engaged  in  business  in  New  York  City.  After  terminating  his  studies 
In  the  New  York  public  schools,  Herman  Moskowitz  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Botany  Worsted  Mills,  of  Passaic,  where  he  secured  a  position  as  time-keeper, 
and  this  he  held  for  nine  years.  During  this  time,  however,  he  had  determined 
to  become  an  accountant,  and  with  this  end  in  view  entered  New  York  LTniver- 
sity  where  he  studied  this  subject,  and  was  graduated,  B.  C.  S.,  in  1918. 

In  March  of  that  same  year,  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army,  and  was 
Immediately  sent  to  Camp  Dix,  where  he  remained  for  seven  weeks,  being 
assigned  to  Company  C,  312th  Infantry.  He  was  subsequently  ordered  to 
France,  and  after  spending  one  week  at  Calais,  he  was  in  active  service  In  the 
Arras  sector,  St.  Mihiel  and  Argonne.  The  suffering  and  privations  actually 
endured  in  the  front  lines  can  hardly  be  described,  when  life  itself  became  such 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  293 

an  uncertainty,  perhaps  only  a  few  minutes  more.  But  this  made  him  stick  all 
the  more  to  his  purpose — best  endeavor  in  the  fulfillment  of  his  duties,  and 
service  and  thoughtfulness  to  his  "buddies,"  if  it  consisted  only  of  sharing  a 
piece  of  hard  bread,  which  he  had  somehow  managed  to  secure.  Just  what  it 
meant  to  them  after  a  fast  of  several  days  can  easily  be  imagined,  for  fasting, 
too,  had  become  one  of  the  many  privations  to  be  accepted.  In  his  performance 
of  duty  in  the  Argonne,  as  a  runner,  an  extremely  hazardous  and  thrilling  serv- 
ice, he  was  severely  wounded  in  his  right  thigh  by  a  bursting  shell,  after  which 
he  was  sent  to  one  of  the  base  hospitals  in  France.  While  here,  news  of  the 
Armistice  reached  the  hospital,  and  was  heralded  with  great  acclamation,  and 
even  those  who  had  not  been  able  to  move  tried  to  dance  around,  so  great  was 
their  joy.  It  was  also  here  that  Mr.  Moskowitz  gave  his  blood  to  a  "buddy," 
when  he  heard  that  a  transfusion  was  necessary  to  prolong  life. 

In  February,  1919,  Mr.  Moskowitz  was  sent  to  Brest,  leaving  this  port  on 
the  steamer  "Agamemnon,"  arriving  at  Camp  Merritt,  March  11,  1919.  He 
received  his  honorable  discharge  on  March  26,  1919,  at  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey. 
On  May  19,  1919,  he  received  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross,  and  in  General 
Orders,  No.  98,  of  the  War  Department,  at  Washington,  dated  August  3,  1919, 
is  recorded: 

Herman  Moskowitz  (Army  serial  No.  2414791),  private,  first  class,  Company  C, 
312th  Infantry.  For  extraordinary  heroism  in  action  near  Talma  Hill,  France, 
October  17-21,  1918.  As  a  runner,  Private  Moskowitz  displayed  exceptional  cour- 
age and  devotion  to  duty  in  frequently  volunteering  and  carrying  messages  through 
dangerous  zones,  in  addition  to  his  regular  duties.  Thoug'h  lame  as  a  result  of  an 
accident,  he  carried  a  number  of  messages  through  a  heavy  barrage  until  he  was 
severely  wounded  by  a  bursting  shell. 

Mr.  Moskowitz  resumed  his  business  after  his  return  from  the  service,  and 
became  a  certified  public  accountant.  May  10,  1920.  He  is  president  of  the 
Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association;  a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association ;  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  and  the  United  Ameri- 
can War  Veterans. 

Although  Herman  Moskowitz  is  a  young  man,  the  progress  he  has  made 
Indicates  the  success  which  will  come  to  him  in  the  near  future,  for  he  has 
selected  as  the  foundation  upon  which  to  build  prosperity  the  substantial  quali- 
ties of  industry,  determination,  and  the  thorough  understanding  of  the  subject 
he  has  undertaken.  Mr.  Moskowitz  is  unmarried,  and  resides  at  No.  336 
Pennington  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


MAURICE  JOSEPH  FORTGANG,  D.  D.  S.— Soon  after  receiving  his 
degree  authorizing  him  to  practice  dentistry.  Dr.  Fortgang  came  to  Passaic,  and 
here  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession.  In  spite  of  his 
private  practice  having  been  interrupted  by  his  participation  in  the  World  War, 
he  has  already  gained  a  large  and  ever  increasing  clientele,  which  speaks  in  no 
small  terms  of  his  efficiency  as  a  dentist. 

Dr.  Fortgang  was  born  in  New  York  City,  September  15,  1894.  He  is  the 
son  of  Joseph  and  Lena  (Schnur)  Fortgang.  Joseph  Fortgang  was  born  in 
Austria,  I)ut  came  to  this  country  when  a  young  man,  locating  first  in  New  York 
City,  but  later  removing  to  Passaic,  where  he  is  now,  1921,  engaged  In  business 
at  No.  136  Second  street.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fortgang  have  been  born  other 
children :  Sarah,  who  married  Harry  Hirschhorn,  of  New  York  City ;  Louis 
H.,  a  graduate  of  the  New  Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  is  now  In  the  drug 
business  in  Passaic ;  Abraham,  who  is  in  business  in  New  York  City ;  SIgmund, 
who  is  associated  with  his  father  in  the  dry  goods  business. 

The  preliminary  education  of  Maurice  Joseph  Fortgang  was  obtained  In 


294  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

the  public  schools  of  Passaic.  After  graduating  from  the  high  school,  in  1913, 
the  time  was  come  when  it  was  necessary  to  decide  in  the  matter  of  a  profession ; 
and  the  practice  of  dentistry  was  chosen  for  his  life  work.  He  prepared  at  the 
College  of  Dental  and  Oral  Surgery,  New  York,  and  received  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery  from  this  institution  with  the  graduating  class  of 
1916.  He  immediately  came  to  Passaic  and  opened  an  office  at  No.  140  Second 
street,  which  has  continued  to  be  his  headquarters  up  to  the  present. 

In  June,  1918,  Dr.  Fortgang  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army  and  was 
assigned  to  the  Medical  Detachment  as  dental  assistant,  being  sent  to  Camp 
Wheeler,  Macon,  Georgia.  From  here  he  was  subsequently  ordered  overseas. 
While  in' France  he  was  assigned  to  the  106th  Ammunition  Train,  serving  in 
a  professional  capacity  until  July,  1919,  when  he  returned  to  this  country,  and 
was  honorably  discharged  from  service,  July  17,  1919.  He  then  returned  to 
Passaic  and  resumed  his  private  practice.  Dr.  Fortgang  is  affiliated  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association, 
and  professionally,  holds  membership  in  the  Newark  Dental  Society. 

He  is  unmarried  and  resides  at  No.  123  Autumn  street,  Passaic.  Dr. 
Fortgang  is  especially  devoted  to  motoring,  basket  ball  and  base  ball,  and 
indulges   himself   freely   in   these   recreations. 


WILLIAM  J.  HULL — Among  the  well-known  manufacturers  of  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  is  William  J.  Hull,  owner  and  manager  of  the  William  J.  Hull 
Manufacturing  Company  at  No,  44  Lexington  avenue.  He  was  born  in  Lurgan, 
Ireland,  July  1,  1875,  the  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Hull,  both 
deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hull  were  born  five  children :  Joseph,  a  salesman 
with  H.  H.  Leon,  of  New  York  City ;  Annie,  a  resident  of  Belfast,  Ireland ; 
Christiana,  who  married  John  Cummings ;  William  J.,  of  further  mention ; 
James,  a  resident  of  Belfast,  Ireland. 

The  boyhood  of  William  J.  Hull  was  spent  in  his  native  city,  and  it  was 
there  that  he  obtained  his  education.  After  terminating  his  studies  he  went  to 
Belfast,  Ireland,  where  for  three  years  he  was  employed  by  the  John  Glenden- 
ning  Company,  handkerchief  manufacturers.  At  the  end  of  this  time  he  resigned 
to  go  with  the  Charles  Harding  Handkerchief  Company,  of  Belfast,  and,  two 
years  later,  in  1894,  he  was  transferred  to  this  country,  where  he  became  the 
New  York  salesman  for  this  organization.  Two  years  later  he  established  him- 
self in  this  industry  at  West  Brighton,  Staten  Island,  and  thus  continued  for 
three  years.  He  then  sold  out  his  business,  and  became  manager  for  R.  &  B. 
Heiney,  Broadway,  New  York,  which  position  he  resigned  after  three  years.  He 
then  came  to  Passaic,  Nev/  Jersey,  where  he  became  manager  of  the  Criterion 
Handkerchief  Company,  In  1917  he  resigned  this  position  and  again  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  manufacture  of  handkerchiefs,  with  Joseph  Walker,  but 
one  year  later  he  bought  out  Mr,  Walker's  interests  and  has  since  continued 
alone,  under  the  name  of  the  William  J,  Hull  Manufacturing  Company.  He 
employs  one  hundred  and  ten  people,  and  has  equipped  the  plant  with  seventy- 
five  machines,  two  of  which  are  double  embroidery  ones.  Although  Mr,  Hull 
has  been  established  but  a  short  time,  he  has  already  met  with  great  success  in 
his  venture,  which  is  the  result  of  his  own  unaided  efforts.  Throughout  his 
whole  career  he  has  been  animated  by  the  spirit  of  progress,  and  furnishes  the 
picture  of  the  upright,  self-made  business  man. 

In  politics  Mr.  Hull  is  a  Republican  but  is  In  no  sense  of  the  word  a  politi- 
cian, preferring  to  devote  his  entire  time  to  business  affairs.  He  is  affiliated  with 
Dorack  Lodge,  No,  60,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  with  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Lodge  No,  387,    He  holds  membership  in  the  Passaic 


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City  Club,  and  in  religion  is  an  Episcopalian,  attending  the  First  Church  of 
this  denomination  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  In  everything  pertaining  to  the  city's 
welfare  Mr.  Hull's  interest  is  deep  and  sincere,  and  no  project  which  in  his 
judgment  tends  to  further  that  end  lacks  his  co-operation  and  support. 

At  West  Brighton,  Staten  Island,  December  22,  1899,  William  J.  Hull  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Mamie  McCrumm,  and  to  them  has  been  born  one 
child,  Reginald  Balford,  September  8,  1901.  After  graduating  from  the  Pas- 
saic High  School  in  the  class  of  1917  he  entered  the  United  States  navy,  and 
during  the  World  War  served  as  a  first  class  seaman  on  the  "Mt.  Vernon." 
He  is  now,  1921,  a  salesman  with  Worthington  Ward,  auto  supplies.  William 
J.  Hull  is  an  ardent  sportsman,  and  takes  a  keen  delight  in  all  out-of-door 
sports.     The  family  home  is  at  No.  117  Clinton  avenue,  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 

PIETRO  CHICHI — As  the  head  of  a  flourishing  business,  dealing  in  an 
essential  commodity,  that  of  food  products,  Pietro  Chichi  has  by  honest  endea- 
vor, perseverance  and  thrift,  established  himself  substantially  in  the  local  busi- 
ness circles  of  Passaic. 

Mr.  Chichi  is  a  native  of  Geraci,  Siculo,  Province  of  Palermo,  Italy,  his 
birth  having  occurred  there  March  6,  1878.  He  comes  from  a  long  line  of 
descent  and  his  people  were  prominent  in  their  native  land.  His  father, 
Thomas  Chichi,  was  a  manufacturer  of  ice  there  by  the  native  method,  which  is 
quite  unique  and  interesting  when  compared  to  American  ice  manufacturing. 
It  was  his  custom  to  gather  tons  of  clean  snow,  and  pack  it  in  forms,  layer 
after  layer,  which  caused  it  in  time  to  become  a  heavy  bed  of  ice.  Besides  this 
he  was  the  owner  of  a  dry  goods  business,  and  in  both  of  these  enterprises  he 
spent  many  years  of  his  life  with  success,  and  is  now  living  retired  there  at  the 
venerable  old  age  of  eighty-one  years.  Thomas  Chichi  served  gallantly  in  the 
service  of  his  country,  being  called  to  the  military  in  1860,  was  wounded  in  bat- 
tle against  the  Austrians  in  1866,  and  after  recovery  he  again  joined  his  regi- 
ment, continuing  in  active  service  until  his  honorable  discharge  in  1867.  He 
and  his  wife,  Josephine  (Maggio)  Chichi,  the  latter,  who  is  still  living  at  the 
advanced  age  of  seventy-four,  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Maria, 
Stephno,  Rosina,  Giacomo,  Pietro,  of  further  mention ;  Josephine,  deceased ; 
and  Nunziata. 

Pietro  Chichi  received  a  good  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  land 
and  later  took  a  course  in  music.  Following  his  school  years  he  became  con- 
nected with  his  father,  and  there  received  a  business  training.  With  the  ambi- 
tion to  embark  for  himself,  he  emigrated  to  America  in  1899,  locating  at  once 
in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  He  had  but  seventeen  cents  in  his  pocket  when  he  land- 
ed, but  with  a  fixed  determination  to  succeed,  a  strong  mind  backed  up  by  brawn, 
he  accepted  the  first  job  that  came  along,  that  of  a  laborer.  Knowing  that  he 
was  fitted  for  a  more  advantageous  position,  he  became  employed  in  the  Dela- 
wanna  Bleachery,  where  he  remained  for  seven  years.  He  saved  from  his  meager 
earnings  a  little  capital,  and  in  1906  he  began  in  a  small  way  to  manufacture 
macaroni  products,  his  first  place  of  business  being  at  No.  40  Aspern  street, 
Passaic.  Later  he  moved  to  No.  8  Main  avenue,  and  in  1911  he  built  his 
present  property.  His  business  has  grown  from  year  to  year,  by  virtue  of  his 
integrity  and  the  high  quality  of  his  goods.  Besides  this,  he  deals  extensively 
in  flour,  his  present  factory  and  warehouses  being  at  28-30  Water  street,  Passaic. 
Mr.  Chichi  has  taken  an  interest  in  everything  concerning  his  adopted  land.  He 
became  a  citizen  in  1910.  He  is  a  staunch  Republican,  but  places  his  vote  where 
it  best  fits  the  service  of  the  people.  He  has  done  much  welfare  work  amongst 
his  countrymen  who  have  come  to  this  country,  and  is  ever  trying  to  make  them 


296  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

better  grounded  in  their  principles  in  American  citizenship.  He  is  widely  known 
in  Italian  circles,  being  a  member  of  the  Italian  Citizenship  Club,  Circolo  Na- 
zionale,  and  the  Passaic  Union  Republican  Club.  Mr.  Chichi  has  travelled 
considerably  in  this  country,  going  on  different  trips  to  California,  Texas,  Colo- 
rado, Kansas,  and  other  States  west,  as  well  as  in  the  east. 

He  married  in  Passaic,  December  24,  1905,  Marie,  daughter  of  Bartolo 
and  Marie  (Corradino)  Baldanza.  Bartolo  and  Marie  (Corradino)  Baldanza 
are  the  parents  of  six  children,  as  follows :  Liborio,  Josephine,  Grace,  Marie, 
who  is  Mrs.  Pietro  Chichi;  Muncia,  and  Lena.  Mrs.  Chichi  was  born  in  the 
same  town  as  her  husband,  December  27,  1880.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chichi  have 
been  born  two  children;  Thomas,  born  June  24,  1907;  and  Josephine,  born 
April  29,  1910.  Mr.  Chichi  and  his  family  are  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church,  and  the)-  have  a  fine  residence  at  No.  137  Lexington  avenue,  Passaic. 

Mr.  Chichi  is  an  accomplished  musician.  In  Italy  he  led  in  musi- 
cal organizations,  and  shortly  after  his  arrival  here,  organized  the  Atna 
Brass   Band   of  which  he  was  leader  until    1912. 


LOUIS  FRANK  TUCCI,  proprietor  of  a  prosperous  plumbing  and  heat- 
ing business,  is  one  of  the  well-known  men  in  his  line  in  Lodi. 

Anthony  Tucci,  father  of  Louis  F.  Tucci,  was  born  in  Italy  and  died  in 
Lodi,  New  Jersey,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years.  He  was  educated  in  his 
native  land  and  there  learned  the  trade  of  mason  and  builder.  In  1886  he  came 
to  the  United  States,  with  his  family.  They  landed  in  New  York  City,  and  a 
few  years  later  came  to  Lodi,  New  Jersey.  At  that  time  this  town  was  scarcely 
more  than  a  wayside  village,  and  Mr.  Tucci  was  largely  instrumental  in  the 
growth  of  the  community.  From  his  arrival  here  he  engaged  in  contracting  and 
building.  He  always  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  public  affairs  of  his  adopted 
country,  early  became  naturalized,  and  always  supported  the  Republican  party. 
He  married,  in  Italy.  He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  four  children: 
Jennie,  now  the  wife  of  Raphael  Du  Boise,  of  Lodi ;  Josephine,  now  the  wife 
of  Michael  Petro,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey;  Mary,  the  wife  of  Sylvester  Mar- 
tillo,  of  New  York  City ;   and  Louis  Frank. 

Louis  Frank  Tucci  was  born  in  New  York  City,  December  16,  1888.  The 
family  removing  to  Lodi  when  he  was  two  years  of  age,  it  was  here  that  he 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  left  school  at  thirteen  years  of 
age  to  learn  the  plumber's  trade  and  worked  as  a  journeyman  for  a  time.  In 
1906,  when  only  eighteen  3'ears  of  age,  he  went  in  business  for  himself,  estab- 
lishing at  No.  369  Passaic  avenue,  and  has  since  remained  there.  In  the  devel- 
opment of  this  business  Mr.  Tucci  has  also  broadened  his  interests  to  include 
that  of  real  estate. 

He  was  some  years  ago  sought  for  the  public  service,  and  is  a  leader  in  the 
Republican  party.  He  has  served  on  the  Board  of  Health  for  one  year,  has 
been  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  past  ten  years,  and  also  notary  public  for  the 
same  length  of  time.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Society  for  the  Prevention 
of  Cruelty  to  Animals.  In  fact  in  every  movement  which  advances  the  good  of 
those  about  him,  Mr.  Tucci  takes  an  active  part,  Mr.  Tucci  married,  on  July 
7,  1906,  Josephine  Margrasse,  who  was  born  in  New  York  City,  and  they  have 
six  children:  Caroline,  Anthony,  Louis  F.,  Jr.,  Nicholas,  Mildred  and  Joseph. 
The  Tucci  family  have  always  been  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 


WILLIAM  J.  WEISS— Since  coming  to  Passaic,  in  1913,  William  J. 
Weiss,  local  manager  of  the  brokerage  office  of  Elsele  &  King,  has  identified 
himself  with  all  that  makes  for  the  good  of  the  city  and  stands  high  in  the 


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esteem  of  the  community. 

Theodore  Weiss,  father  of  William  J.  Weiss,  was  born  in  Solothorn, 
Switzerland,  January  25,  1862.  Coming  to  this  country  when  a  young  man,  he 
located  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  he  founded  the  Weiss  Brewing  Company 
on  East  Twenty-seventh  street,  and  here  continued  with  success  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  Paterson,  1894.  He  married  at  Paterson,  January  27,  1883, 
Minnie  Oertig,  a  native  of  Switzerland,  and  to  them  were  born  two  children : 
1.  Theodore,  who  was  born  in  Paterson,  October  15,  1883,  is  now  owner  of  the 
Superior  Lingerie  Shop  at  71  Lexington  avenue,  Passaic;  married  (first)  Carrie 
Devries,  who  bore  him  a  child,  Theodore,  born  February  6,  1905;  married 
(second)  Leonia  Goetsche.     2.  William  J.,  of  further  mention. 

William  J.  Weiss  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  October  20,  1886. 
After  graduating  from  the  Paterson  High  School,  he  secured  a  position  In  the 
real  estate  office  of  R.  M.  Ekings,  subsequently  resigning  and  becoming  identi- 
fied with  Ennis  &  Stoppani,  stock  brokers,  who  were  located  in  the  Brown  build- 
ing. Here  he  remained  until  1907,  when  he  became  private  secretary  to  Dr. 
McBride,  who  was  at  that  time  mayor  of  Paterson.  Three  years  later,  in  1913, 
he  came  to  Passaic  as  manager  of  the  branch  office  of  the  firm  of  Hobart  & 
Gray,  brokers,  and  was  with  them  until  April,  1918,  when  he  was  called  to  the 
service  of  his  country.  He  was  sent  to  Camp  Dix,  and  from  there  was  ordered 
to  France,  being  attached  to  the  309th  Infantry,  Company  H,  78th  Division. 
Arriving  at  Calais  he  was  sent  to  the  Arras  front  for  intensive  training,  and  six 
weeks  later  participated  in  the  St.  Mihiel  drive  and  the  Meuse-Argonne,  and 
was  one  of  the  eight  men  picked  from  every  division  and  sent  to  Langres,  to  the 
officers'  training  school,  remaining  there  for  one  month.  He  was  made  a  cor- 
poral at  St.  Mihiel,  a  sergeant  at  Argonne,  and  was  subsequently  honorably  dis- 
charged from  the  service  on  his  return  to  Camp  Dix,  April  25,  1919.  There- 
upon he  immediately  returned  to  Passaic,  and  accepted  his  present  position  as 
manager  for  the  firm  of  Eisele  &  King,  brokers.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Paterson  Lodge,  No.  60,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Acquackanonk  Club.  Mr.  Weiss  is  unmarried,  and  resides  at  No.  51 
Henry  street,  Passaic.     He  is  intensely  interested  in  all  outdoor  sports. 


MARY  (CASE)  MAHONY,  M.  D.— Coming  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
in  1900,  Dr.  Mahony  opened  an  office  at  No.  39  Lincoln  street,  where  she  has 
spent  the  years  which  have  since  intervened.  These  years  have  brought  her 
honors  in  the  oldest  of  professions,  and  the  good  will,  respect  and  love  of  a  vast 
throng  of  friends  and  acquaintances. 

Dr.  Mary  (Case)  Mahony  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  January  13,  1874,  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Rev,  Dr.  William  Wickham  and  Mary  Etta  (Kline) 
Case,  the  former  a  Baptist  minister  for  fifty-two  years  previous  to  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1916.  To  the  Rev.  Dr.  and  Mrs,  Case  were  born  three  chil- 
dren :  Edith,  who  is  an  artist  in  New  York  City ;  Anna,  who  married  the  Rev. 
S.  L.  Harter,  of  Trenton,  New  Jersey;    Mary,  of  further  mention. 

After  terminating  her  studies  in  the  public  schools  of  her  native  place, 
Mary  Case  entered  Peddie  Institute,  Hightstown,  New  Jersey,  and  graduated 
from  this  institution  in  1894,  subsequently  matriculating  at  the  Women's  Medi- 
cal College,  New  York  City,  from  which  she  obtained  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine  in  1898.  Immediately  after  graduation  she  served  a  year  and  a  half 
as  externe  to  the  New  York  Infirmary  for  Women  and  Children,  and  then  came 
to  Passaic,  where  she  has  since  continued  to  practice.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Women's  Medical  Society  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,  and  in  politics  is  a  Republi- 
can.   A  Baptist  in  her  religious  affiliations,  she  attends  the  First  Church  of  this 


298  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

denomination  in  Passaic.  Always  a  close  and  earnest  student  of  her  profession, 
she  keeps  in  touch  with  the  most  advanced  practical  thought;  and  her  ability 
is  widely  recognized,  which  is  very  evident  in  the  excellent  results  which  have 
followed  her  labors. 

On  July  3,  1907,  Dr.  Mary  Case  married  Heuston  Mahony,  of  Passaic,  the 
son  of  Florence  and  Emma  (Joselyn)  Mahony. 


WILLIAM  P.  AMERMAN,  the  late  recorder  of  the  borough  of  Lodi, 
occupied  a  somewhat  unique  position  among  his  fellow-townsmen.  He  was  the 
only  old  soldier  in  the  borough,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  in  which  he  fought 
from  the  beginning  until  the  end,  enlisting  October  3,  1861,  and  being  mustered 
out,  July  12,  1865. 

William  P.  Amerman  was  born  in  Neshanic,  New  Jersey,  November  23, 
1844,  the  son  of  Cornelius  B.  and  Jane  E.  (West)  Amerman,  the  former  a  man 
of  exceptionally  good  habits,  an  elder  and  deacon  in  the  Reformed  church  of 
Hackensack.  William  P.  Amerman  died  while  in  Lodi  with  his  son,  Walter  R., 
January  21,  1921,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years.  The  West  family  was  a 
well  known  and  highly  respected  one  in  Hunterdon  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Cornelius  B.  Amerman  were  the  parents  of  five  children. 

Continuing  to  live  in  his  birthplace  until  he  reached  the  age  of  six  years, 
William  P.  Amerman  then  moved  with  his  parents  to  Raritan,  New  Jersey, 
residing  there  for  a  short  time  only,  when  the  family  went  to  Somerville,  New 
Jersey,  there  making  their  home.  There  the  boy  acquired  an  education,  con- 
tinuing until  about  sixteen  years  old,  when  he  left  school  to  take  a  position  as 
clerk  in  Milltown,  New  Jersey.  This  was  during  the  first  campaign  of  Abra- 
ham Lincoln,  when  the  whole  country  was  in  the  turmoil  which  preceeded  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion.  In  the  summer  of  1861,  the  Amerman  family  moved  to 
Lodi,  where  the  father  was  employed  in  one  of  the  mills  as  master  mechanic  and 
carpenter;  the  son,  William  P.,  joined  his  father  in  this  work  in  the  sash  and 
door  department. 

In  April,  1861,  a  military  company  had  been  formed  in  Lodi,  and  William 
P.  Amerman  immediately  joined  its  ranks  upon  his  arrival  in  the  village. 
Though  not  yet  seventeen  years  old  William  P.  Amerman,  with  two  other  boys 
of  his  age,  went  to  Paterson  and  enlisted  as  privates  in  Company  E,  Ninth  Regi- 
ment, New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry,  the  regiment  being  mustered  in  at  Tren- 
ton, November  20,  1861,  and  was  named  the  "Olden  Rifles"  in  honor  of  Gov- 
ernor Olden.  Their  first  battle  was  at  Roanoke  Island  in  February,  1862. 
After  the  battle  of  Newburn,  North  Carolina,  young  Amerman  was  detailed  as 
mounted  orderly  at  the  quarters  of  General  Reno,  his  duties  being  to  act  as 
dispatch  bearer.  Next  he  was  detailed  for  duty  as  clerk  to  General  Hickman 
in  Virginia.  Just  before  the  battle  of  Drury's  Bluff,  Mr.  Amerman  went  home 
on  a  thirty  day  furlough,  and  upon  his  return  to  duty  was  sent  to  General 
Weitzel's  quarters,  where  he  had  charge  of  the  general's  office,  later  being  sent 
to  Brigadier-General  Wild's  quarters,  where  he  was  placed  in  command  of  a 
brigade  of  colored  soldiers.  The  young  officer  was  offered  the  position  of  adju- 
tant of  this  regiment,  but  declined  it.  When  Richmond  fell,  Mr.  Amerman 
was  among  those  who  entered  the  city ;  finally  he  requested  to  be  returned  to 
his  regiment,  then  stationed  in  North  Carolina,  but  upon  reaching  there  was 
sent  to  the  headquarters  at  Greensboro,  North  Carolina,  in  the  adjutant-gener- 
al's office.  At  this  time  his  regiment  was  ordered  to  Trenton,  to  be  mustered 
out,  and  William  P.  Amerman,  at  his  own  request,  was  also  returned. 

After  the  war  was  over  and  Mr.  Amerman  had  gone  home,  he  received 
word  from  a  Mr,  Powers,  whom  he  had  known  in  the  army,  that  a  position 


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awaited  him  as  entry  clerk  with  a  firm  of  dealers  in  hats  and  caps.  After  three 
years  spent  there,  Mr.  Amerman  became  assistant  bookkeeper  for  Colgate  & 
Company,  of  New  York,  where  he  remained  for  thirty-five  years,  when  he 
resigned  on  December  31,  1905,  at  that  time  having  entire  charge  of  their  com- 
plete system  of  accounts.  From  that  time  on  he  was  retired  from  business,  but 
was  appointed  recorder  of  the  borough  of  Lodi,  January  1,  1920,  by  Mayor  Mc- 
Cullough,  a  position  he  held  until  his  recent  death. 

William  P.  Amerman  married,  in  Lodi,  Rachel  E.  Bush,  of  that  borough. 
Her  brother,  William  O.  Bush,  was  the  first  mayor  of  Garfield.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Amerman  had  two  children:  1.  Walter  R.,  of  Lodi,  who  married  Isabelle 
Ackerman.  2.  Nellie  J.,  now  deceased,  the  wife  of  F.  F.  Bridgewater.  The 
family  were  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  of  Hackensack.  Mrs.  Amer- 
man died  April  3,  1907.  She  was  a  woman  of  unusually  fine  character,  grace- 
fully presiding  over  a  beautiful  home  in  Hackensack  for  many  years.  After  her 
death  Mr.  Amerman  sold  this  fine  property,  in  1913,  having  lived  upon  it  for 
forty  years.  In  politics  Mr.  Amerman  was  a  Republican.  He  resided  at  No.  90 
Liberty  street,  Lodi,  being  survived  by  his  son,  Walter  R.,  a  resident  of  Lodi. 


MAX  MERKEL,  attendance  officer  of  the  city  of  Garfield,  was  born  in 
Strassburg,  Germany,  December  25,  1867,  the  son  of  Edward  and  Rosina 
(Webber)  Merkel.  Edward  Merkel  for  many  years  was  a  resident  of  Kehl, 
which  was  directly  opposite  the  city  of  Strassburg,  Germany.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  political  circles,  having  been  tax  collector  of  the  city  and  its  mayor  for 
many  years.  He  died  there  in  1910,  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Merkel  were  born  three  children :  Otto,  who  still  resides  in  Germany ; 
Rosa,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York ;   and  Max,  of  further  mention. 

Max  Merkel  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place  until  he  was 
fourteen  years  of  age,  when  he  entered  the  University  of  Strassburg,  where  he 
remained  for  one  year.  He  then  sailed  for  this  country,  and  upon  landing  went 
directly  to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  to  his  uncle,  who  owned  and  managed  a 
barber  shop  there.  The  boy  served  an  apprenticeship  to  the  barber's  trade  under 
the  direction  of  his  uncle,  and  then  went  to  New  York  City,  where  for  the  fol- 
lowing seven  years  he  was  a  journeyman  barber.  In  1890  he  came  to  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  but  did  not  remain  here  long,  however,  coming  thence  to  Garfield, 
where  he  established  himself  in  the  same  line  of  business,  opening  the  first  barber 
shop  in  the  town  at  his  present  location.  No.  78  Passaic  avenue.  This  building 
was  built  for  him  by  the  Honorable  Gilbert  D.  Bogert,  the  first  mayor  of  Gar- 
field. Here  Mr.  Merkel  remained,  carrying  on  a  successful  business  as  a  barber 
until  August  12,  1919,  when  he  retired  from  that  business,  and  renovated  the 
building  to  meet  the  demands  as  his  personal  headquarters  for  his  new  position 
as  attendance  officer  of  Garfield,  which  position  he  has  held  for  sixteen  years, 
and  still  holds  at  the  present  time. 

A  staunch  Democrat,  he  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  the  local  affairs 
of  the  organization,  and  for  fourteen  years  was  a  member  of  its  board  of  elec- 
tions. Mr.  Merkel  has  also  served  on  the  petit  jury  at  the  court  in  Hackensack 
for  seven  years,  at  which  time  the  men  had  to  serve  the  full  term  of  the  court. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic,  and  is  a  devout  member  of  the  church  of 
that  denomination  in  Garfield.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Holy  Name  Society 
connected  with  the  church,  and  has  organized  the  Holy  Name  Fife  and  Drum 
Corps.  Mr.  Merkel  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Garfield  Volunteer  Fire  Depart-, 
ment,  and  for  many  years  has  been  an  exempt  member. 

Mr.  Merkel  married  Mary  Ling,  of  Crefeld,  Germany,  April  14,  1890,  and 
to  them  have  been  born  five  children:     1.  Amanda,  who  died  at  the  age  of 


300  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

eighteen  years,  while  a  student  at  Drake's  Business  College,  Passaic.  2.  Clara, 
a  renowned  student  in  the  art  of  music.  3.  Edward,  who  holds  a  responsible 
position  at  the  New  Jersey  Spinning  Company,  in  Garfield;  he  also  attends 
Drake's  Business  College,  of  Passaic.  4.  Lillian.  5.  Emma.  The  family 
home  is  at  No.  78  Passaic  avenue,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


JOSEPH  J.  NOVACK — Having  received  his  appointment,  February  10, 
1920,  Joseph  J.  Novack  now  holds  the  position  of  city  clerk  of  Garfield,  New 
Jersey.  He  is  a  lifelong  resident  of  the  city,  and  thoroughly  in  touch  with  all 
things  pertaining  to  it. 

Born  in  Garfield,  February  5,  1898,  Joseph  J.  Novack  is  the  son  of  Andrew 
and  Julia  (Larkin)  Novack;  the  former  was  born  in  1849,  and  for  some  years 
was  a  resident  of  Passaic,  where  he  was  foreman  in  the  Manhattan  Rubber 
Works.  Later  he  moved  to  Garfield,  where  he  still  lives.  He  and  his  wife 
were  the  parents  of  seven  children:  Joseph  J.;  Edward,  who  was  engaged  in 
the  late  war ;  Frank,  Louis,  Margaret,  Julia,  Jennie,  attending  school.  All 
reside  at  home. 

Joseph  J.  Novack  attended  the  public  school  in  Garfield,  and  later  the 
Passaic  High  School,  following  this  by  attending  for  one  year  Drake's  Business 
College.  For  some  time  after  leaving  this  school,  Mr.  Novack  was  employed 
for  short  periods  with  various  business  concerns,  until  finally  he  entered  the 
service  of  the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  Company  in  New  York  City,  remaining 
there  for  nine  months.  During  this  time  he  took  up  a  course  in  accounting, 
with  the  International  Correspondence  School,  of  Scranton,  Pennsylvania.  After 
leaving  the  Lehigh  Valley  railroad  office,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie 
Railroad  Company  in  their  Jersey  City  office,  as  an  assistant  in  charge  of  the 
accounting  department.  Fifteen  months  later,  Mr.  Novack  received  the  appoint- 
ment he  now  fills.  Politically,  Mr.  Novack  is  a  Republican ;  in  religion,  he  is  a 
Roman  Catholic,  being  a  member  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  of  Paterson.  He  is 
also  connected  with  several  fraternal  orders,  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  order 
of  Elks,  of  Passaic,  and  Court  Belmont,  of  Garfield,  Foresters  of  America,  and 
is  a  member  of  Fire  Company  No.  3,  of  Garfield.  Mr.  Novack  married, 
August  31,  1921,  Margaret  E.  Simon,  of  Cortland,  New  York. 


ERWIN  WILLIAM  REID,  M.  D. — Among  the  younger  successful  mem- 
bers of  the  medical  fraternity  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  its  environs,  is  num- 
bered Erwin  William  Reid,  of  Garfield.  Dr.  Reid  since  coming  to  this  com- 
munity in  1916  has  thoroughly  identified  himself  with  it,  both  as  a  physician 
and  a  citizen. 

William  Reid,  father  of  Erwin  William  Reid,  was  born  in  Fort  Covington, 
New  York,  and  now  lives  retired  in  Malone,  New  York,  He  married  Harriett 
Morrow,  who  is  also  living,  having  attained  the  age  of  seventy  years.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Reid  are  the  parents  of  five  children:  1.  Edgar,  a  resident  of  Potsdam, 
New  York.  2.  Charlotte,  who  married  Joseph  Richards,  of  Moira,  New  York. 
3.  Erwin  William,  of  further  mention.  4.  Frank,  of  Dickinson,  New  York, 
who  married  Ruth  Davidson.     5.  Charles, 

Erwin  William  Reid  was  born  April  2,  1888,  in  Malone,  New  York,  and 
obtained  the  preliminary  portion  of  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
place,  after  which  he  entered  Franklin  Academy,  from  which  he  was  graduated, 
class  of  1906,  and  subsequently  matriculated  at  Dartmouth  College,  where  he 
remained  for  two  years  and  this  completed  his  collegiate  courses.  Having  in 
the  meantime  decided  upon  medicine  as  his  profession,  he  matriculated  in  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Vermont,  and  from  that  institution 


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received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  in  1913.  After  graduation,  Dr.  Reid 
went  to  New  York  and  served  his  interneship  at  St.  Vincent's  Hospital,  of  that 
city,  after  which  he  spent  one  year  as  Dr.  O'Meara's  assistant,  and  then  came 
to  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  where  he  has  become  well  established  in  general  prac- 
tice, and  is  one  of  the  well  known,  highly  regarded  physicians  and  surgeons  of 
the  community.  Dr.  Reid  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  served  Garfield  as 
school  inspector  from  1918  to  1919.  In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and 
attends  the  local  church  of  that  denomination.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic 
County  Medical  Society  and  the  White  Beeches  Golf  and  Country  Club. 

On  December  31,  1913,  Dr.  Reid  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary  Hart- 
nett,  of  Staten  Island,  New  York,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Devan, 
born  September  20,  1915.  The  family  home  is  at  No.  123  Marsellus  street, 
Garfield,  and  here  Dr.  Reid  has  his  office. 


HERBERT  L.  MERRICK— Among  the  many  varied  industries  in  Pas- 
saic, New  Jersey,  none  is  more  progressive  than  the  Merrick  Scale  Company, 
and  its  president,  Herbert  L.  Merrick,  may  well  be  classed  as  one  of  the  enter- 
prising men  in  his  particular  line  of  work.  To  quote  from  a  current  periodical, 
"The  Cement,  Mill  and  Quarry,"  date  of  February  5,  1920,  will  give  some  idea 
of  the  work  in  which  he  is  engaged : 

Herbert  L.  Merrick,  president  of  the  Merrick  Scale  Manufacturing  Company, 
is  a  man  with  whom  many  users  of  belt  conveyors  have  had  business  dealings.  Mr. 
Merrick,  though  a  comparatively  young  man,  has  made  a  business  record  that  would 
be  a  credit  to  one  of  more  mature  years.  In  a  little  more  than  ten  years  he  has 
built  up  a  substantial  enterprise  as  the  manufacturer  of  the  Merrick  conveyor 
weightometer,  which  automatically  weighs  and  records  all  kinds  of  materials  as 
they  pass  along  on  a  belt.  More  than  five  hundred  of  these  weighing  machines  are 
in  use  today,  while  the  company  is  operating  overtime  to  fill  orders  in  hand. 

To  quote  again  from  another  article,  this  mechanism  "solves  in  a  clever, 
economical  manner  the  problem  of  weighing  bulk  carried  on  a  belt  conveyor  and 
recording  the  weight,  without  stopping  its  flow  and  without  loss  of  time." 

The  Merrick  family  is  an  old  one  in  this  country,  having  come  originally 
from  England  or  Wales,  five  or  six  generations  of  the  name  being  on  record  in 
the  United  States.  Herbert  L.  Merrick  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  April 
16,  1873,  the  son  of  Charles  Merrick,  a  business  man  in  New  York  City,  at 
present  residing  in  East  Orange,  New  Jersey,  at  No.  56  North  Arlington  ave- 
nue. The  mother  of  Herbert  L.  Merrick  was,  before  her  marriage,  Anna  Marie 
Pinkham.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Merrick  were  the  parents  of  three  children :  Herbert 
L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Henry  P.,  residing  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  a  repre* 
sentative  of  Lord  &  Burnham,  builders  of  greenhouses ;  Arthur,  who  died  in 
infancy. 

After  graduating  from  the  common  schools  of  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey, 
Herbert  L.  Merrick  became  a  student  at  the  Stevens  Institute  of  Technology  at 
Hoboken,  New  Jersey,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1892.  Having  become  great- 
ly interested  in  mechanics,  Mr.  Merrick  entered  the  mechanical  engineering  de- 
partment of  the  New  York,  Ontario  &  Western  Railroad  Company.  After 
spending  some  time  there  he  was  engaged  successively  in  the  works  of  the 
Sprague  Electric  Elevator  Company,  of  New  York ;  the  Marine  Engine  and 
Machine  Company,  of  New  York;  and  Robins  Conveying  Belt  Compan)',  of 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  This  was  in  1903  and,  having  been  made  superintendent 
of  this  concern,  Mr.  Merrick  moved  his  family  to  Passaic.  For  five  years  he 
retained  his  position  with  this  company,  then  started  in  a  modest  way  in  his 
present  occupation,  his  business  increasing  rapidly  and  it  becoming  necessary 
to  increase  its  facilities.    The  Merrick  Scale  Manufacturing  Company  is  located 


302  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

at  No.  84  Autumn  street,  Passaic.  Mr.  Merrick  is  active  in  politics,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Republican  party.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  First 
Reformed  Church  on  Passaic  avenue,  Passaic. 

In  Crystal  Run,  New  York,  July  20,  1898,  Herbert  L.  Merrick  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Catherine  A.  Selleck,  a  resident  of  Middletown,  New  York. 
They  have  one  child,  Alice  E.,  who  is  now  attending  high  school.  Mr.  Merrick 
and  his  family  make  their  home  at  No.  295  Gregory  avenue,  Passaic. 


JOHN  GOTFRID  LARSON— In  the  industrial  circles  of  Clifton,  New 
Jersey,  the  name  of  John  Gotf rid  Larson  is  one  held  in  high  esteem  for  ability, 
integrity  and  public  spirit.  Establishing  himself  in  the  sheet  metal  industry  in 
1913,  Mr.  Larson  since  that  time  has  won  success  in  the  business  world  by 
means  of  his  own  efforts  and  ability. 

John  Gotfrid  Larson  was  born  February  5,  1865,  in  Bredaryd,  Sweden, 
the  son  of  Lars  and  Anna  (Johnson)  Larson.  The  son  lived  on  his  father's 
farm  until  1881,  when  the  elder  man  met  with  financial  reverses,  and  it  was 
decided  that  the  mother  with  the  two  children,  John  G.  and  Minnie,  should 
come  to  this  country  and  start  life  anew.  Upon  reaching  New  York  City,  July 
3,  1881,  John  G.  Larson  secured  employment  on  the  farm  of  Augustus  Meeker, 
in  Westport,  Connecticut,  where  he  went  immediately  upon  landing  in  this 
country.  His  mother  and  sister  journeyed  to  New  Milford,  Connecticut,  and 
became  employed  in  a  private  family.  In  1882,  John  Gotfrid  Larson  came  to 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  secured  employment  with  the  firm  of  Falstrom  & 
Tornquist  with  the  understanding  that  he  would  be  given  the  chance  to  learn 
the  business.  He  remained  there  until  he  had  gained  a  thorough  insight  into 
the  methods  of  the  industry,  and  in  1887  journeyed  west,  securing  positions  in 
various  cities  as  a  sheet  metal  worker.  Subsequently  he  went  to  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut,  and  became  identified  with  the  G.  Drouve  Company,  with  whom 
he  remained  until  1904.  He  then  resigned  In  order  to  return  to  Clifton  to  again 
accept  a  position  with  the  concern  he  had  learned  his  trade  with.  In  the  mean- 
time he  had  become  desirous  of  establishing  himself  in  this  particular  business, 
and  in  1913  his  ambition  was  realized  by  his  founding  the  Clifton  Sheet  Metal 
Works.  In  1916,  the  company  was  Incorporated  with  John  Gotfrid  Larson, 
president  and  treasurer;  F.  T.  Tllton,  vice-president;  and  Anna  E.  Larson, 
secretary.  The  present  flourishing  state  of  the  organization  is  In  large  measure 
due  to  the  business  genius  of  Mr.  Larson  and  his  indefatigable  efforts  In  its 
behalf.  He  Is  also  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Larson  Realty  Company,  of 
which  his  daughter,  Anna  E.   is  secretary. 

In  politics,  Mr.  Larson  is  a  Republican,  but  is  no  office  seeker,  giving  his 
entire  time  to  the  affairs  of  his  ever  increasing  business.  He  is,  however,  very 
active  in  Masonic  bodies,  and  is  a  member  of  Blue  Lodge,  No.  203,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons ;  Centennial  Chapter,  No.  34,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Wash- 
ington Commandery,  No.  21,  Knights  Templar;  and  Salaam  Temple,  Ancient 
Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

On  November  26,  1896,  Mr.  Larson  was  united  in  marriage  with  Elina 
Helena  Lundberg,  of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Larson  are  the 
parents  of  two  children  :  Anna  Elizabeth,  secretary  to  the  Clifton  Sheet  Metal 
Works;  Frederick,  a  public  school  student.  The  family  home  Is  at  No.  113 
Washington  avenue,  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 


AUGUST  A.  MILLER— The  Miller  family  is  both  ancient  and  historic 
in  the  annals  of  Holland,  the  lineage  being  traced  to  the  time  of  the  fourteenth 
century.    On  the  maternal  side  August  A.  Miller  traces  his  ancestry  back  to  the 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  303 

twelfth  century,  the  Leistra  family  having  taken  part  in  the  storming  of 
Damiata. 

August  A.  Miller  was  born  August  8,  1887,  in  Holland,  and  there  attended 
the  public  schools.  After  completing  his  studies  the  business  of  life  commenced 
for  the  boy  and  he  entered  the  feed  store  of  his  uncle  where  he  remained  until 
he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age,  when  he  desired  to  establish  himself  in  business, 
and  accordingly  became  a  dealer  in  machinery.  In  this  he  continued  until  1913, 
when  he  set  sail  for  this  country.  Upon  landing  in  Hoboken,  June  2,  1913, 
he  came  direct  to  Clifton,  and  three  months  later  established  himself  in  his 
present  position  as  an  electrical  contractor,  at  No.  927  Main  avenue,  Passaic, 
New  Jersey.  His  business  venture  has  met  with  great  success  due  to  his  tire- 
less efforts  to  succeed,  and  he  is  well  known  in  business  circles  of  Clifton. 

Since  taking  up  his  residence  in  Clifton,  Mr.  Miller  has  identified  himself 
closely  with  the  affairs  of  the  city,  giving  his  time  and  attention  to  every  measure 
which  has  for  its  aim  the  betterm.ent  of  civic  conditions.  On  the  Third  Liberty 
Loan  drive,  during  the  great  World  War,  he  was  made  chairman  of  the  sub- 
committee. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  On  September  22,  1915,  August 
A.  Miller  was  united  in  marriage  with  Margaret  Sisco,  daughter  of  John  and 
Jane  (DeVries)  Sisco,  of  Athenia,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  are  the 
parents  of  one  child,  Ruth  Julia,  born  September  14,  1918.  Both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Miller  are  members  of  the  Christian  Reformed  Church  of  Passaic.  The 
family  home  is  at  No.  582  Paulison  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


SAMUEL  HIRSCH,  M.  D.— In  1913,  Dr.  S.  Hirsch  came  to  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession  at 
No.  32  Munroe  street.  During  these  years  he  has  been  identified  with  all  that 
makes  for  progress  in  the  medical  profession,  and  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem 
by  the  citizens  of  the  city,  and  the  brethren  of  the  medical  fraternity,  who  accord 
him  full  recognition. 

Jacob  B.  Hirsch,  father  of  Dr.  Hirsch,  was  born  in  Mad,  Hungary, 
and  came  with  his  family  to  this  country  in  1886,  locating  in  New  York  City, 
where  for  many  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  importation  of  wines  from  Hungary 
to  this  countr5\  He  retired  some  years  ago.  He  married  Esther  Burger,  a 
native  of  Hungary,  and  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Katherine  (Rosenwassen) 
Burger.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hirsch  were  born  the  following  children :  Adolph, 
who  lives  retired  in  New  York  City;  Pauline,  wife  of  Adolph  S.  Miller,  of  New 
York  City;  Ida,  wife  of  Maurice  Pollack;  Regina ;  Samuel,  of  further  men- 
tion ;  Louise,  a  teacher  in  New  York  City ;  Henry,  an  X-Ray  specialist  in  New 
York  City;  Laura,  wife  of  Julius  Newcorn,  of  New  York;  Louis,  a  chemist; 
Florence,  wife  of  Barney  Elman. 

Dr.  Hirsch  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  New  York  City  when  he  was  but 
ten  years  of  age,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Mad,  Hungary,  December  10, 
1876.  After  completing  his  studies  in  the  public  schools  of  New  York,  he 
entered  Cooper  Union  and  was  graduated  A.  B.  in  1895;  after  which,  having 
in  the  meantime  decided  to  study  medicine,  he  matriculated  in  the  medical  de- 
partment of  New  York  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1898.  Until  1913  he  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  his  chosen  profession  in  New  York  City,  and  then  came  to  Passaic,  where  he 
has  since  been  active  in  his  work.  His  practice  has  increased  steadily  and  his 
skill  and  ability  have  become  more  widely  known.  He  is  affiliated  with  the 
American  Medical  Association,  the  Passaic  County  Medical  Society,  and  the 
Practitioners'  Club.  Dr.  Hirsch  gives  his  political  allegiance  to  the  Republican 
party,  and  as  a  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizen  he  has  taken  an  active 


304  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

part  in  the  affairs  of  the  local  organization,  having  acted  in  the  capacity  of 
county  committeeman.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Foresters  of  America,  and  the  Woodmen  of 
America.  Dr.  Hirsch  was  united  in  marriage  with  Staphanie  Lammel,  daugh- 
ter of  Adolph  and  Marie  (Stonewsky)  Lammel.  Adolph  Lammel  was  a 
government   official    at   Yagerndorf,    Austria. 

CALVIN  TERHUNE — Tracing  his  ancestry  back  to  pre-Revolutionary 
days,  Calvin  Terhune  is  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  highly 
respected  families  in  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey.  Prior  to  1775,  a  large  portion 
of  land  in  that  section  of  New  Jersey  was  owned  and  occupied  by  a  Tory  settler, 
to  whom  the  King  of  England  had  given  this  grant  of  land.  During  the  early 
days  of  the  War  for  Independence,  this  large  tract  was  confiscated  by  the  Amer- 
ican forces,  and  in  1776  was  sold  to  the  Terhune  family,  who  built  their  home- 
stead upon  it.  The  property  consisted  of  a  strip  of  land,  four  or  five  miles 
long  and  two  miles  wide,  taking  in  what  is  now  part  of  Lodi,  Garfield,  Has- 
brouck  Heights  and  part  of  Saddle  River  township.  New  Jersey.  Generation 
after  generation  of^Terhunes  have  been  born  and  died  upon  this  homestead 
farm,  the  grandfather  of  the  present  generation,  Nicholas  Terhune,  having 
been  born  there,  and  after  spending  his  entire  life  upon  it,  and  rearing  his  chil- 
dren, died  there.     His  wife  was  Catherine  (Brinkerhoff)  Terhune. 

Richard  P.  Terhune,  son  of  Nicholas  and  Catherine  (Brinkerhoff)  Terhune, 
was  born  in  the  homestead,  in  1838,  attending  the  village  school,  and  receiving 
the  education  customary  in  those  days.  He  married  Ellen  M.  Voorhis,  born  in 
Hackensack,  New  Jersey,  in  1841,  the  daughter  of  Isaac  P.  and  Ellen  (Dema- 
rest)  ^'oorhis.  Richard  P.  Terhune  died  at  the  homestead,  December  4,  1901,  his 
wife  having  died  August  3,  1896.  They  had  three  children:  Delia,  the  wife 
of  William  O.  Bogert,  of  Hackensack ;  Ellen,  now  Mrs.  John  Stewart,  of  Gar- 
field ;   and  Calvin. 

Calvin  Terhune  was  born  in  New  York  City,  September  27,  1867.  His 
parents  moved  to  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  five  years  later,  and  the  lad  was 
educated  there,  attending  the  public  schools.  Later  he  assisted  his  father  in  the 
trucking  business,  which  he  followed  for  three  or  four  years.  In  1887  the 
father,  Richard  P.  Terhune,  returning  to  his  ancestral  home,  the  son,  Calvin, 
took  up  farming,  spending  the  early  years  of  his  manhood  on  the  home  farm, 
and  in  1892  he  went  to  Garfield,  engaging  in  the  retail  meat  business.  He 
later  became  a  clerk  in  a  grocery  store,  remaining  as  such  for  about  sixteen  years. 
Mr.  Terhune  was  appointed  assistant  to  John  Stewart,  collector  of  taxes;  in 
1917  he  was  elected  for  one  year,  under  the  borough  form  of  government,  to 
fill  the  unexpired  term  of  Mr.  Stewart.  In  1918,  Garfield  having  become  a  city, 
Mr.  Terhune  was  appointed  by  the  new  government  to  the  same  office  for  1919, 
and  again  in  1920  for  one  year,  a  position  he  now  holds. 

Politically,  Mr.  Terhune  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Patrio- 
tic Order  Sons  of  America,  and  cf  the  Patriotic  Order  of  America.  He  is  also 
very  active  in  the  work  of  the  First  Reformed  Church,  of  Garfield,  having  been 
an  organizer  of  it  and  a  charter  member,  being  one  of  the  elders  for  thirty  years. 
He  is  also  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  school.  In  Garfield,  November  9,  1892, 
Calvin  Terhune  was  united  in  marriage  with  Rebecca  Melnotte,  born  in 
Oswego,  New  York,  February  27,  1868,  daughter  of  John  Henry  and  Emily 
TTwilliges)  Melnotte.  They  have  one  child,  Marian  A.  The  family  resi- 
dence is  at  No.  32  Washington  place,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


WILLIAM  BAILEY  HEPWORTH— In  the  days  when  the  present  city 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  305 

of  Garfield  was  known  as  Saddle  River  township,  William  Bailey  Hepworth 
came  to  the  village  and  settled  with  his  wife  and  children  in  1887  and  since  has 
continued  to  make  his  home  there.  After  the  township  was  incorporated  as  a 
borough,  Mr.  Hepworth  was  elected  its  second  mayor  on  the  Republican  ticket, 
having  always  been  a  member  of  that  political  party,  and  was  re-elected,  serv- 
ing for  four  terms,  of  two  years  each. 

William  Bailey  Hepworth  is  of  English  parentage.  His  father,  Benjamin 
Hepworth,  was  born  in  Oldham,  England,  his  mother  being  also  a  native  of 
England.  In  his  early  youth  Benjamin  Hepworth  was  bound  out  as  an  appren- 
tice in  a  dry  goods  store,  to  learn  salesmanship  in  that  line  of  business.  In  1852 
he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  bringing  with  him  his  wife,  Margaret  C. 
(Foden)  Hepworth,  and  two  children,  Harriet  and  Joseph  C.  The  family 
resided  at  Poughkeepsie  for  some  time,  then  moved  tc  Newburgh,  later  going 
to  live  at  Matteawan,  all  in  New  York  State.  There  were  four  children:  Har- 
riet, now  Mrs.  John  Magee,  of  Garfield;  Joseph,  residing  in  Philadelphia; 
William  Bailey,  of  further  mention;  and  Sarah  J,,  who  married  Walter  Free- 
man, of  New  York  City.  Benjamin  Hepworth  died  in  New  York,  and  his  wife 
died,  while  living  with  her  son,  William,  in  Garfield. 

William  Bailey  Hepworth  was  born  in  Matteawan,  New  York,  September 
23,  1853,  but,  his  parents  moving  to  New  York,  the  boy  grew  from  infancy  to 
manhood  in  that  city.  He  attended  the  public  schools  until,  having  reached 
the  age  of  eleven  years,  he  left  to  assist  his  sister  who  was  a  maker  of  shirts. 
Her  work  was  done  at  home  and  the  boy,  William,  learned  to  operate  the 
machines.  Some  time  later  he  became  an  employee  in  the  William  H.  Locke 
Print  Works  of  New  York,  and,  in  1873,  when  the  concern  moved  its  plant  to 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Mr.  Hepworth  moved  with  them.  The  firm  eventually 
discontinued,  but  he  remained  with  their  successors,  the  Passaic  Print  Works, 
first  as  assistant  engineer  and  afterwards  as  chief  engineer,  being  in  this  line 
of  activity  forty-four  years  and  a  half.  He  lived  in  Passaic  from  1873  to  1887, 
when  he  established  himself  In  Garfield,  and  during  his  residence  has  always 
taken  a  lively  interest  in  public  affairs  here.  Mr.  Hepworth  entered  the  public 
affairs  of  Garfield  In  the  spring  of  1899,  as  chief  executive,  which  position  he 
held  for  eight  years,  when,  the  time  for  the  election  of  new  city  officials  being 
changed  from  spring  until  fall,  Mr.  Hepworth  was  held  over  for  nine  months 
longer.     He  was  once  clerk  of  the  local  Board  of  Education. 

In  addition  to  his  political  interests  Mr.  Hepworth  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  fraternal  matters ;  he  is  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  of  Solar  Lodge  No.  171,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of 
Passaic,  being  a  past  officer  in  that  association.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Garfield,  and  was  one  of  Its  early  promoters.  In 
church  work  he  has  been  quite  active,  being  treasurer  of  this  church  for  twenty- 
five  years. 

In  Passaic,  August  1,  1878,  William  Bailey  Hepworth  was  united  In  mar- 
riage with  Rachael  Butterworth  of  LodI,  New  Jersey.  She  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Garfield,  and  was  verv  active 
in  all  the  work  pertaining  to  that  body  until  her  death.  They  had  four  children : 
Katie  C,  living  at  home;  Harriet  F.,  who  married  Lee  Anderson,  of  Garfield; 
William  B.,  Jr.,  and  James  A.  The  latter  was  a  soldier  during  the  World  War 
and  was  sent  with  an  aero  squadron  to  Texas.  He  went  home  on  a  furlough 
and  was  taken  ill  with  pleuro-pneumonia,  which  caused  his  death.  Mr.  Hep- 
worth resides,  retired,  at  43  Palisade  avenue,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


WALTER  FREDERICK  NUTT— Among  the  representative  citizens  of 


306  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Clifton,  New  Jersey,  Is  Walter  Frederick  Nutt,  principal  of  the  Clifton  High 
School.  Since  coming  to  this  city  in  1911,  Mr.  Nutt  has  done  much  towards 
the  advancement  of  educational  matters  here,  and  not  alone  with  this  phase  of 
the  city's  affairs  has  he  taken  an  active  interest,  but  also  all  that  pertains 
to  civic  betterment,  has  found  him  an  earnest  supporter. 

Thomas  Nutt,  grandfather  of  Walter  Frederick  Nutt,  was  born  in  Eng- 
lang  and  died  in  Utica,  New  York,  at  the  age  of  ninety-three  years.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Trowbridge,  of  England,  and  she  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nutt  were  the  parents  of  four  children,  all  of  whom  are  still 
living:  Elizabeth,  who  married  William  Warnes,  and  now  resides  at  Utica, 
New  York;  Harriet,  who  married  James  C.  Bigelow,  and  is  a  resident  of 
Utica,  New  York;  John,  who  married  Maria  Wright,  and  resides  at  Utica; 
Thomas  F.,  of  further  mention. 

Thomas  F.  Nutt,  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Trowbridge)  Nutt,  and 
father  of  Walter  Frederick  Nutt,  of  further  mention,  was  born  September  7, 
1851,  at  Utica,  New  York.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city  and  supplemented  this  with  a  course  at  Utica  Business  Institute, 
from  which  he  was  graduated.  For  twenty-two  years  he  was  secretary  of  the 
Empire  Woolen  Company  of  Clayvllle,  New  York,  since  which  time  he  has  been 
active  as  president  of  the  Cornhill  Realty  Company,  the  Obliston  Company  and 
the  St.  James  Realty  Company.  He  married  Julia  Bland,  who  died  in  Utica  in 
1894,  at  the  age  of  thirty-six  years.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nutt  were  born  five 
children,  two  of  whom  are  still  living:  Walter  Frederick,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  who  married  Joseph  Reilley,  of  Buffalo,  New  York. 

Walter  Frederick  Nutt  was  born  November  25,  1881,  at  Utica,  New  York. 
Here  he  remained  until  reaching  young  manhood,  and  attended  the  local  public 
schools.  After  graduating  from  the  Clayvllle  High  School,  in  1900,  he  matric- 
ulated at  Hobart  College,  Geneva,  New  York,  following  one  year  of  teaching 
in  a  rural  school  at  Marcy,  Oneida  county,  New  York.  Upon  completing  the 
prescribed  four  years'  course  at  the  college,  in  1905,  he  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Science,  and  then  secured  a  position  as  instructor  at  the  New 
York  Institute  for  the  Blind,  at  New  York  City.  Here  he  remained  for  two 
years,  and  in  1907  secured  the  principal  ship  of  the  East  Rockaway,  New  York, 
public  schools.  In  1911  he  came  to  Clifton,  and  has  continued  here  since  as 
principal  of  the  local  high  school.  When  he  first  came  to  this  school  there 
were  but  fifty-six  pupils  enrolled;  today  the  enrollment  Is  five  hundred  and 
thirty,  and  the  teaching  force  numbers  twenty-one.  The  success  of  the  school 
is  due  In  a  large  measure  to  the  capable  direction  of  Mr.  Nutt. 

Mr.  Nutt  is  a  member  of  the  National  Geographic  Society,  the  New  Jersey 
Science  Association,  and  the  State  Teachers'  Association  of  New  Jersey.  In 
religion  he  Is  an  Episcopalian  and  attends  St.  Peter's  Church  of  that  denomina- 
tion in  Clifton,  taking  an  active  part  In  the  affairs  of  the  church,  and  holding 
membership  on  the  Board  of  Vestrymen  and  the  Men's  Club  connected  with 
the  church.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  Lodge  No.  203,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  of  Clifton,  and  is  also  affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  Lodge  No.  279,  of  Rockville  Center,  Long  Island,  and  the  Junior 
Order  of  American  Mechanics.  His  clubs  are:  The  Masonic,  of  Paterson,  and 
the  Clifton  Tennis,  of  Clifton. 

On  November  15,  1911,  Walter  Frederick  Nutt  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Elizabeth  Merritt,  of  Rockaway,  Long  Island.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nutt  are 
the  parents  of  one  child,  Walter  Frederick,  Jr.,  born  March  4,  1915.  The 
family  home  is  at  No.  31  Maple  place,  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  307 

JOSEPH  PHILIP  SCHWARTZ,  D.  D.  S.— Among  the  younger  mem- 
bers of  the  Dental  fraternity  in  Passaic  is  Dr.  Joseph  Philip  Schwartz.  Al- 
though he  has  been  established  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  but  a  compara- 
tively short  time,  having  opened  his  office  at  No.  27  Monroe  street,  February 
4,  1920,  he  has  already  gained  the  confidence  of  a  large  number  of  the  citizens, 
and  of  the  dental  fraternity  as  well,  which  accords  him  full  recognition. 

Leopold  Schwartz,  father  of  Dr.  Schwartz,  was  born  in  Hungary.  When 
a  young  man  he  came  to  this  country  and  located  in  New  York  City,  where  he 
carried  on  an  extensive  business  in  wholesale  notions.  In  1905  he  came  to 
Passaic,  and  together  with  Samuel  Samovitz  established  himself  in  the  same 
line  of  business  here,  at  No.  32  Monroe  street.  Previously  to  his  retirement 
from  business  he  purchased  the  interests  of  Mr.  Samovitz  and  conducted  the 
business  alone  until  1919.  He  married  (first)  Sarah  B.  Bauman,  who  died  in 
New  York  City,  in  1904,  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven  years;  he  married  (second), 
Minnie  Samovitz,  of  New  York.  To  the  first  marriage  were  born  three  chil- 
dren: Joseph  Philip,  of  further  mention;  Bella,  who  married  Henry  Schoen- 
brun,  a  Passaic  merchant ;  and  William.,  a  student.  To  the  second  marriage 
four  children  were  born :     Herbert,  Sylvia,  Jerome  and  Helen. 

Joseph  Philip  Schwartz  was  born  in  New  York  City,  January  7,  1896, 
coming  to  this  city  with  his  parents  when  he  was  a  child.  He  attended  the  local 
schools,  and  after  graduating  from  the  Passaic  High  School,  having  in  the 
meantime  decided  to  adopt  dentistry  for  his  career,  he  matriculated  at  New 
York  College  of  Dentistry  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1917.  He  subse- 
quently enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army  and  was  ordered  to  Newport  News, 
Virginia,  where  he  remained  until  the  early  part  of  March,  1919,  when  he  was 
sent  to  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey,  and  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  service, 
March  24,  1919.     Dr.  Schwartz  is  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

On  October  10,  1920,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Dr.  Schwartz  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Muriel  Hochberg,  daughter  of  Louis  and  Katherine  (Hockberg) 
Hochberg.     Dr.  and  Mrs.  Schwartz  reside  at  No.  27  Monroe  street,  Passaic. 


THURLOW  WEED  HOFFMANN  is  the  third  generation  of  this  branch 
of  the  Hoffmann  family,  which  had  its  beginning  in  this  country  in  1805,  when 
Samuel  Hoffmann,  grandfather  of  Thurlow  Weed  Hoffmann,  came  to  <-his 
country  with  his  wife  and  one  son  and  settled  in  Hudson,  New  York,  where 
he  engaged  in  a  mercantile  business  throughout  the  remainder  of  his  lifetime. 
He  married  Hedwig  Von  Garten,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Germany,  and  died 
in  Hudson  in  1888.  They  had  two  children:  Arthur,  who  died  in  infancy, 
and  Frank,  of  further  mention. 

Frank  Hoffmann,  son  of  Samuel  and  Hedwig  (Von  Garten)  Hoffmann, 
was  born  in  1862,  and  died  in  1892,  at  the  age  of  thirty  years.  He  obtained  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place,  and  at  Albany  Business 
College.  He  was  an  expert  accountant  for  a  number  of  years  previous  to  his 
death.  Lie  married  Amelia  A.  Clum.  Mrs.  Hoffmann  was  a  native  of  Living- 
ston, New  York,  her  birth  having  occurred  there  August  19,  1863.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Rueben  and  Amelia  (Lasher)  Clum.  The  progenitor  of  the 
Clum  family  came  from  Holland  with  Clement  Livingston,  as  his  secretary. 
Philip  Clum  married  Felicia  Livingston,  daughter  of  Clement  Livingston,  and 
they  located  at  Livingston,  which  was  the  name  of  the  grant  of  land  given  to 
Clement  Livingston.  Philip  Clum  fought  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  his 
sons,  of  whom  there  were  five,  fought  in  the  War  of  1812.  Reuben  Clum,  of 
the  next  generation,  was  a  first  lieutenant  during  the  Mexican  War. 

Hon.  Philip  G.  Lasher,  Thurlow  Weed  Hoffmann's  maternal  great-grand- 


308  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

father,  came  from  Germany  about  the  same  time  as  did  Philip  Clum.  He  also 
became  very  influential  in  affairs  of  that  section  of  New  York  State,  being  active 
in  political  circles,  and  serving  in  the  General  Assembly  at  Albany.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Cooper  of  the  old  Peter  Cooper  stock.  He  died  in  Germantown, 
New  York,  in  1886. 

Thurlow  Weed  Hoffmann,  son  of  Frank  and  Amelia  A.  (Clum)  Hoffmann, 
was  born  at  Livingston,  New  York,  November  15,  1884,  his  birth  occurring  in 
one  of  the  old  manor  houses  located  on  the  banks  of  the  Hudson  river.  He 
obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools  at  Hudson,  graduating  from  the 
high  school  there  in  1903,  after  which  he  matriculated  at  New  Platz,  New  York, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1907.  Upon  finishing  his  studies  he  immediately 
entered  upon  his  professional  career  as  principal  of  School  No.  6,  at  Athenia, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  continued  until  September,  1920,  when  he  came  to  Clifton, 
New  Jersey,  to  accept  his  present  position  as  principal  of  Public  School  No.  12. 
He  devotes  a  great  deal  of  his  time  to  study,  which  is  proven  by  the  fact  that 
in  1916  he  received  from  Columbia  University,  where  he  had  been  studying,  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science. 

He  affiliates  with  Delphi  Fraternity  of  New  Platz,  New  York,  and 
politically  takes  an  interested  part  in  the  local  affairs  of  the  Republican  party. 
In  religion  he  attends  the  Lutheran  church  at  Clifton,  of  which  he  is  a  member. 


TYCHO  O.  CLAUSEN — One  of  the  best  known  and  most  highly  respected 
citizens  of  Wallington,  New  Jersey,  is  Tycho  O.  Clausen,  who  since  1914  has 
been  successfully  established  here  in  the  drug  business,  and  since  1916  has  been 
postmaster  of  Wallington. 

Tycho  O.  Clausen  was  born  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  January  26,  1871. 
and  obtained  the  elementary  portion  of  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  place.  After  graduating  from  the  high  school,  he  matriculated  at  the 
University  of  Copenhagen,  and  spent  three  years  in  its  medical  department. 
Immediately  after  terminating  his  studies,  he  set  sail  for  this  country,  and  upon 
landing  went  to  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  drug 
business.  In  1914  he  came  to  Wallington,  and  re-established  himself  in  the 
same  particular  line.  Two  years  later,  in  1916,  he  was  made  postmaster  of 
Wallington.  Politically,  Mr.  Clausen  is  an  Independent.  He  affiliates  with  the 
Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  On  October  1,  1897,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
Tycho  O.  Clausen  was  united  in  marriage  with  Emma  Zoffmann,  and  to  them 
have  been  born  two  children :  Thyra  Dorothy,  who  married  Edward  Gantz, 
and  resides  in  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  where  she  is  a  school  teacher;  Emma, 
who  is  a  music  teacher,  and  resides  in  Wallington,  New  Jersey. 

CHARLES  SLAFF — Coming  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  early  in  life,  he  has 
known  no  other  home  than  this,  and  being  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  the 
citizens  of  this  community,  as  well  as  by  his  legal  brethren,  Charles  Slaff  has 
attained  the  success  in  his  chosen  profession  which  is  the  result  of  conscientious 
effort. 

Simon  Slaff,  father  of  Charles  Slaff,  was  born  in  Russia.  He  came  to  this 
country  with  his  family  when  a  young  man  and  located  in  Passaic,  where  he 
established  himself  in  the  real  estate  business,  and  has  thus  continued  with 
great  success  ever  since.  He  married  Mary  Gilman,  and  to  them  have  been 
born  nine  children:  Charles,  of  further  mention;  Frank;  Samuel;  Jacob; 
Maurice ;  Bella ;  Frances,  who  married  Nicholas  Menaker ;  Grace,  who  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Salow;    and  Esther. 

Charles  Slaff  was  born  in  Central  Russia,  April  23,  1887.    He  was  brought 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  309 

by  his  parents  to  this  country  when  he  was  very  young  and  located  in  Passaic, 
New  Jersey.  Here  the  lad  attended  the  local  public  schools,  and  after  graduat- 
ing from  the  Passaic  High  School  in  1905,  entered  the  law  school  of  New 
York  University,  and  was  graduated  Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1910.  Returning  to 
Passaic,  he  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession,  having 
been  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1912.  Mr.  Slaff's  executive  ability  is  widely  recog- 
nized, as  he  has  officially  identified  himself  with  the  following  organizations: 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Centennial  Mortgage  Company,  director  and 
counsel  of  the  Equitable  Loan  Company,  and  president  of  the  Charles  Silk 
Company.    He  is  also  interested  extensively  in  real  estate. 

The  political  allegiance  of  Mr.  Slaff  is  given  to  the  Republican  party, 
but  he  takes  no  active  share  in  the  affairs  of  the  organization,  being  wholly 
engrossed  by  his  professional  duties  and  business  responsibilities.  He  affiliates 
with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Asso- 
ciation, the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  is  a  member  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  Passaic  Boys'  Club. 

At  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  September  3,  1914,  Charles  Slaff  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Regina  Wertheim,  daughter  of  the  late  Jacob  and  Bertha  (Berg) 
Wertheim.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Slaff  are  the  parents  of  three  children :  Justin,  born 
October  29,  1915;  Beatrice,  born  December  7,  1918;  Richard,  born  September 
14,  1920.    The  family  home  is  at  No.  72  Ascension  street. 

CHESTER  FRANCINE  OGDEN— This  is  an  early  New  England  name, 
and  was  identified  with  the  settlement  and  development  of  the  State  of  Connec- 
ticut. Its  Revolutionary  record  is  an  honorable  one  and  its  members  have  been 
no  less  worthy  in  civil  life. 

Nathaniel  Ogden,  grandfather  of  Chester  Francine  Ogden,  married  Ruth 
Fithian ;  she  was  a  member  of  an  old  South  Jersey  family.  Nathaniel  Ogden 
had  children,  among  the  number  being  Benjamin  F.,  of  further  mention. 

Captain  Benjamin  F.  Ogden,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Ruth  (Fithian)  Ogden, 
and  father  of  Chester  Francine  Ogden,  was  born  in  1839,  and  died  at  Bridgeton, 
New  Jersey,  December  20,  1915,  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  The  Civil 
War  occurred  just  at  the  time  when  he  had  reached  young  manhood,  and  accord- 
ingly, being  devoted  to  the  Union  Cause,  he  enlisted  and  became  a  member  of 
Company  H,  7th  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry,  serving  almost 
four  years  in  battle,  and  receiving  severe  wounds.  He  married  Martha  E. 
Jones,  and  to  them  was  born  a  son,  Chester  Francine,  of  further  mention. 

Chester  Francine  Ogden  was  born  August  20,  1870,  at  Cedarville,  Cumber- 
land county.  New  Jersey,  and  obtained  the  preliminary  portion  of  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place.  This  training  was  supplemented 
by  diligent  study  with  private  tutors,  in  preparation  for  the  New  Jersey  State 
examinations  which  he  later  passed,  securing  for  himself  a  Permanent  Life 
Supervisor's  Certificate.  Having  in  the  meantime  decided  to  devote  himself  to 
the  teaching  profession,  he  took  a  course  at  New  York  University  in  Pedagogy 
in  which  he  earned  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science,  and  still  later  took  a 
course  in  graduate  work  at  this  same  university  for  which  he  received  the  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts.  For  the  next  few  years,  or  until  accepting  his  present  posi- 
tion, he  was  identified  with  the  following  schools :  As  teacher  in  the  ungraded 
school  at  Jones'  Island,  Cumberland  county;  principal  of  a  three-room 
school  at  Haleyville,  New  Jersey ;  principal  of  a  grammar  school  at  Maurice- 
town,  New  Jersey;  principal  of  Fairton  Grammar  School,  and  at  the  same  time 
supervisor  of  Fairfield  township  schools,  where  he  remained  until  1907  when 
he  came  to  Clifton,  New  Jersey.    Upon  coming  to  this  city  he  was  made  princi- 


310  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

pal  of  public  schools  Nos.  4  and  5  until  1917,  when  he  accepted  his  present 
position  as  principal  of  Public  School  No.  7.  This  school  is  modern  in  every 
feature ;  it  has  a  department  of  domestic  science  and  manual  training,  and  here 
also  has  been  introduced  the  continuation  school,  which  has  an  enrollment  of 
three  hundred  students.  The  daily  attendance  of  the  school  itself,  is  eight  hun- 
dred and  seventy-five.  Mr.  Ogden  is  a  student,  keeping  abreast  of  modern 
thought,  and  devoting  his  entire  time  to  his  educational  work. 

Mr.  Ogden  served  two  years  as  head  of  the  Clifton  Principals'  Club,  and 
at  the  present  time,  1920,  is  chairman  of  Passaic  county's  enrollment  committee 
of  the  New  Jersey  State  Teachers'  Association.  He  affiliates  with  Evening 
Star  Lodge  No.  97,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey,  of 
which  lodge  he  is  a  past  master;  also  Brearley  Chapter  No.  2,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey,  of  which  chapter  he  is  past  high  priest;  and 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey,  Lodge 
No.  733. 

On  September  25,  1916,  Chester  Francine  Ogden  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Ella  Woodruff,  of  Paterson.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ogden  have  no  children. 


MARTIN  NEMIROW,  M.  D.— When  Dr.  Nemirow  came  to  American 
shores,  in  1906,  he  did  not  come  as  a  supplicant,  but  as  one  thoroughly  equipped 
intellectually,  having  had  a  wealth  of  training  in  German  universities.  He  is 
a  native  son  of  Russia,  born  in  Elisavetgrad,  province  of  Cherson.  His  parents 
were  Simeon  and  Regina  (Goldstein)  Nemirow. 

Simeon  Nemirow  was  born  in  Elisavetgrad,  and  died  there  in  1889,  at  the 
age  of  forty-three  years.  He  was  a  manufacturer  of  woolen  goods,  in  which  he 
attained  much  success,  and  as  a  citizen  was  very  influential  in  the  political  life 
of  the  place.  To  the  elder  Nemirows  were  born  six  children :  Michael,  who 
was  a  banker  in  Petrograd,  Russia,  but  when  the  government  was  overthrown 
all  his  property  was  confiscated  and  he  was  obliged  to  flee  to  France,  where  he 
is  now  identified  with  the  Credit  Auxiliarie  De.  Chemin  De  Fox ;  Ef  rim,  a 
match  manufacturer  in  \^oronej,  Russia;  Marcus,  a  banker  in  Roumania;  Mar- 
tin, of  further  mention ;  Freida,  who  married  Ouisen  Elisavetzki,  of  Elisavet- 
grad, Russia;  Tatjana,  who  is  the  wife  of  Ouisen  Seider,  of  Elisavetgrad, 
Russia. 

Dr.  Martin  Nemirow  was  born  March  24,  1881.  After  graduating  from 
the  native  schools,  he  entered  the  University  of  Charkof,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  in  1902,  going  thence  to  the 
University  of  Breslau,  from  which  institution  he  won  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Philosophy  two  years  later.  He  then  served  as  assistant  superintendent  of  the 
State  Chemical  Laboratory  at  Heidelberg  for  two  years.  In  1906  he  came  to 
this  country  and  located  immediately  in  Passaic,  which  has  continued  to  be  his 
place  of  residence  since  that  time.  Upon  coming  to  this  community,  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  drug  business  with  two  stores,  at  No.  113  Monroe  street 
and  No.  108  President  street.  In  the  meantime  he  decided  to  adopt  the  medical 
profession,  and  later  attended  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  New 
York  City  for  one  year,  going  from  there  to  the  Bellevue  Medical  College, 
where  he  remained  another  year,  and  subsequently  matriculated  at  New  York 
Eclectic  College,  from  which  he  graduated  M.  D.  in  1911.  Dr.  Nemirow  then 
returned  to  Passaic  and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profes- 
sion at  No.  171  Columbia  avenue,  which  has  continued  to  be  his  headquarters 
ever  since  that  time.     He  specializes  in  women's  and  children's  diseases. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  New  Jersey  State 
Medical  Association,  the  Passaic  County  Medical  Society,  the  National  Eclectic 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  311 

Medical  Association,  and  the  New  Jersey  State  Eclectic  Society.  He  is  promi- 
nent in  Masonic  circles,  being  a  member  of  Alpha  Lodge,  No.  89,  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons;  has  received  the  thirty-third  degree  of  the  Ancient  Ac- 
cepted Scottish  Rite,  and  has  served  as  provincial  grand  master  of  the  Interna- 
tional Masonic  Federation.  Dr.  Nemirovv  is  also  a  member  of  the  Medical 
Reserve  Corps  of  the  United  States,  and  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Foresters  of  America,  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew 
Association,  and  holds  membership  in  the  Passaic  Turn  Verein. 

On  December  29,  1907,  Dr.  Martin  Nemirow  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Fannie  Wisnev,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Clara  (Nefsky)  Wisnev.  Jacob  Wisnev 
is  treasurer  of  the  Colonial  Handkerchief  Company,  of  Passaic.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Nemirow  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Regina,  born  November  24,  1908; 
Dorothy,  born  June  25,  1916.  Dr.  Nemirow  is  a  great  lover  of  music,  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Philharmonic  Orchestra,  having  graduated  from  the 
Scharvenke  Conservatory  of  Music  in  piano. 

LAURA  F.  LA  VANCE — There  is  no  more  vital  factor  in  community  life 
than  that  of  public  education.  The  training  of  the  youthful  mind  in  the  for- 
mulative  stage  along  those  lines  which  will  prove  most  beneficial  to  it  in  later 
life,  is  a  task  which  to  the  community  is  a  large  and  life-size  problem.  The 
more  intelligent  and  capable  the  persons  into  whose  hands  the  direction  of  educa- 
tion is  given,  the  greater  the  value  to  themselves  and  the  world  are  the  recipi- 
ants  of  the  training.  It  is  admitted  that  a  sound  education  is  the  best  basis  on 
which  to  begin  a  career  in  any  walk  of  life. 

Laura  F.  LaVance,  well-known  principal  of  School  No.  8,  of  Clifton,  is  a 
member  of  a  family  which  had  its  origin  in  this  country,  in  the  name  of  James 
LaVance,  who  came  from  England  and  settled  at  a  place  called  Laurel  Hill, 
along  the  Manasquan  river,  Monmouth  county,  New  Jersey.  To  him  was  born 
a  son,  Edward  LaVance. 

Edward  LaVance,  son  of  James  LaVance,  was  born  at  Laurel  Hill,  and 
died  there  in  1913,  having  followed  the  trade  of  carpenter  throughout  his  entire 
lifetime.  He  married  Henrietta  Sheible,  a  native  of  Monmouth  county,  New 
Jersey,  and  to  them  was  born  a  son,  Albert. 

Albert  LaVance,  son  of  Edward  and  Henrietta  (Sheible)  LaVance,  and 
father  of  Laura  F.  LaVance,  was  born  June  24,  1859,  at  Laurel  Hill.  After 
finishing  his  studies  at  the  local  public  schools,  he  served  his  apprenticeship  as 
a  carpenter  with  his  father,  and  since  then  has  followed  successfully  this  par- 
ticular line  of  business.  In  politics  he  is  a  staunch  Democrat  and  takes  an  active 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  local  organization.  He  affiliates  with  the  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men,  and  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics.  He 
married  Edna  Allen,  and  to  them  have  been  born  five  children :  Everett,  de- 
ceased ;  Laura  F.,  of  further  mention ;  Joseph,  a  shipbuilder  in  the  Brooklyn 
Navy  Yard;  Oakley,  who  served  during  the  World  War  with  the  502nd  Engi- 
neer Corps,  American  Expeditionary  Force;  and  Alta,  married,  now  living  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York. 

Laura  F.  LaVance,  daughter  of  Albert  and  Edna  (Allen)  LaVance,  was 
born  in  Manasquan,  New  Jersey,  and  obtained  her  preliminary  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  her  native  place.  After  graduating  from  the  local  high 
school  in  1904,  she  entered  the  State  Normal  School  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey, 
from  which  she  was  graduated  two  years  later,  and  immediately  entered  upon 
her  profession  as  a  teacher,  accepting  her  first  position  at  Englishtown,  New 
Jersey,  after  which  she  came  to  Clifton  and  taught  for  three  years  in  Public 
School  No.  7.    Subsequently  she  became  assistant  principal  where  her  ability  in 


312  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

handling  pupils  of  a  school  soon  brought  her  to  the  notice  of  the  educational 
authorities  in  the  city,  and  she  came  to  have  the  reputation  of  being  unusually 
well  qualified  in  the  teaching  profession.  During  this  time  she  took  special 
courses  at  New  York  University,  and  in  1917  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Science,  which  oifered  her  greater  opportunities  for  advancement,  and  when 
the  principalship  of  School  No.  4  was  offered  to  her,  she  accepted  it,  later  being 
transferred  to  School  No.  8,  in  1919,  and  has  remained  at  the  above  mentioned 
institution  as  principal,  ever  since. 

Under  the  direction  and  management  of  Miss  LaVance,  the  school  has  been 
brought  to  a  higher  standard  of  efficiency,  and  the  position  which  she  holds  in 
the  educational  circles  in  the  city  of  Clifton  is  of  the  very  highest. 


JAMES  A.  CROWLEY,  son  of  James  and  Ellen  (Murphy)  Crowley, 
was  born  in  Saugerties,  Ulster  county,  New  York,  January  19,  1875.  He  there 
attended  parochial  and  public  schools  until  fourteen  years  of  age  when  he 
entered  Ulster  Academy,  where  he  continued  his  studies  until  graduation  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  years.  Soon  after  graduation  young  Crowley  came  to  New  York 
City  where  he  engaged  in  various  occupations  until  about  1903,  when  he  entered 
in  the  real  estate  business  with  offices  in  the  St.  Paul  building  on  Park  Row. 
He  continued,  actively  and  successfully,  in  New  York  City  as  a  real  estate 
broker  until  1908,  when  his  business  brought  him  to  the  city  of  Passaic,  New 
Jersey.  Here  later  he  established  a  real  estate  and  insurance  business  and,  in 
1911,  permanently  settled  with  his  family.  Since  establishing  in  business  in 
Passaic,  Mr.  Crowley  has  been  identified  with  a  number  of  real  estate  enter- 
prises as  well  as  with  commercial  interests  of  the  city.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Fourth  Ward  Trust  Company,  and  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  board  of  directors  from  the  time  of  its  organization.  He  is  a  member  of 
Perez  Council,  Knights  of  Columbus,  of  Passaic ;  and  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  James  A.  Crowley  married,  June 
30,  1908,  in  New  York,  her  native  city,  Josephine  Claiborn,  and  they  are 
the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Dorothy,  born  March  28,  1909. 


WILLIAM  JOHN  MILLAR— Coming  of  a  family  of  scholarly  men  and 
trained  from  youth  for  his  present  vocation,  William  John  Millar,  a  well  known 
school  principal  of  Passaic,  is  especially  fitted  for  the  responsibility  which  rests 
upon  him.  Mr.  Millar  is  a  son  of  John  and  Amelia  Grace  Millar,  and  his 
father  was  a  prominent  educator  of  a  day  gone  by. 

William  J.  Millar  was  born  in  London,  England,  June  8,  1866,  and  after 
his  early  education  under  the  eye  of  his  able  father,  entered  Williams  College, 
in  Williamstown,  Massachusetts,  but  on  account  of  ill  health  was  obliged  to 
leave  college  during  the  fall  term  of  his  junior  year.  Unable  to  resume  his 
studies  for  some  years,  he  eventually  entered  the  Albany  Normal  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1896.  With  the  beginning  of  the  next  school  year 
Mr.  Millar  assumed  the  duties  of  principal  of  the  Mount  Kisco,  New  York,  high 
school,  which  he  filled  for  a  period  of  five  years.  For  six  years  thereafter  he 
was  principal  of  the  Fishkill-on-the-Hudson  high  school,  then  for  three  years 
served  as  superintendent  of  schools  at  Peekskill,  New  York.  In  1910  Mr. 
Millar  came  to  Passaic  to  accept  the  position  of  principal  of  Public  School  No. 
10,  which  post  he  has  filled  continuously  until  the  present  time.  In  1919  he 
assumed  the  further  duties  of  principal  of  Evening  School  No.  12,  of  Passaic, 
which  he  is  also  still  serving  as  principal.  Mr.  Millar  is  highly  esteemed  in 
this  city,  not  only  by  his  associates,  but  by  the  students  under  his  charge  and  by 
the  people  generally. 


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Fraternally  Mr.  Millar  holds  membership  in  Clifton  Lodge,  No.  203,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Clifton  Republican  and  the 
Clifton  Tennis  clubs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  North  Reformed  Church  of  Pas- 
saic, of  which  he  is  a  deacon. 

Mr.  Millar  married,  on  July  12,  1905,  Mary  Martha  Marsters,  daughter 
of  DeForest  and  Lucetta  Marsters.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Millar  have  two  children: 
Ruth,  born  April  4,  1908,  and  Beatrice,  born  May  19,  1911. 


BENJAMIN  I.  SIDLOVSKY,  D.  D.  S.— Upon  receiving  his  degree,  in 
1916,  Dr.  Sidlovsky  returned  to  his  native  city  and  established  himself  in  the 
practice  of  his  chosen  profession  at  No.  48  Second  Street,  which  has  since  con- 
tinued to  be  his  headquarters.  He  is  the  son  of  Nathan  and  Anna  (Kaplan) 
Sidlovsky,  both  natives  of  Kovna,  Russia.  Nathan  Sidlovsky  came  to  this 
country  when  a  young  man,  and  located  in  Passaic,  where  for  twenty-seven  years 
he  was  successfully  engaged  in  business  as  a  butcher.  In  1919  he  became  iden- 
tified with  the  Aetna  Company,  of  Paterson,  being  president  of  the  organization, 
and  so  continued  until  his  retirement  from  it.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  B'rith  Abraham,  and  with  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Associa- 
tion. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sidlovsky  have  been  born  four  children:  Benjamin  I., 
mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth ;  Nella ;  and  Sadye ;  all  graduates  of  the  local  high 
school.    The  family  reside  at  No.  19  Meade  Avenue. 

Dr.  Sidlovsky  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  after 
graduating  from  the  Passaic  High  School  entered  the  dental  department  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  graduating  from  this  institution  in  1916,  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery.  Returning  almost  immediately  to  Passaic, 
he  became  identified  with  the  Holland  Dental  office  which  is  located  on  Main 
avenue.  Eight  months  later,  however,  he  severed  his  connections  here  and  es- 
tablished himself  in  the  active  practice  of  his  chosen  profession  at  his  present 
location,  where  he  has  since  continued.  The  years  which  have  intervened  have 
been  years  of  success  for  Dr.  Sidlovsky  has  developed  a  large  and  high  class 
practice.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Sigma  Epsilon  Delta  fraternity  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Young 
Men's  Hebrew  Association,  and  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  Dr. 
Sidlovsky  is  also  secretary  of  the  Aetna  Silk  Throwing  Company,  of  which  his 
father  is  the  president.  On  April  23,  1917,  at  Passaic,  Benjamin  I.  Sidlov- 
sky was  united  in  marriage  with  Sarah  Margolin,  daughter  of  Philip  and 
Jeanette  (Lambert)  Margolin.  Philip  Margolin  is  one  of  the  owners  of 
the  Royal  Winding  Company,  silk  converters,  New  York  City.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Sidlovsky  are  the  parents  of  one  child :  Bernice  Ruth,  born  April  8,  1920. 
The  family  home  is  at  No.  166  Autumn  street. 


CHARLES  FRANCIS  LODOR— Since  1908  Mr.  Lodor  has  been  con- 
nected with  Public  School  No.  4,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  his  duties  and  re- 
sponsibilities having  extended  with  the  increase  in  school  building  and  scholars 
until  he  is  now  principal  of  school  No.  4,  school  No.  4  annex,  and  school  No. 
11.  He  has  made  pedagogy  his  profession  and  from  the  date  of  normal  school 
graduation,  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  (1897),  has  been  connected  with 
public  schools  in  Ridgewood,  Westwood  and  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  He  is  a 
v/ell  known  and  highly  successful  educator,  his  long  term  in  responsible  position 
in  Passaic  testifying  to  the  appreciation  of  the  educational  board  of  that  city. 
Mr.  Lodor  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Anna  (Taylor)  Lodor,  his  father,  who 
died  in  1905,  being  long  connected  with  the  Belvldere  division  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania railroad,  stationed  at  Lambertville,  New  Jersey,  at  the  time  of  the  birth 


314  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

of  his  son. 

Charles  Francis  Lodor  was  born  in  Lambertville,  New  Jersey,  Sept.,  1875. 
He  completed  public  school  study  with  high  school  graduation,  after  which  he 
entered  New  Jersey  State  Normal  School  at  Trenton,  whence  he  was  graduated, 
class  of  1897.  Since  that  time  he  has  continued  his  education  at  Columbia  and 
New  York  universities.  The  same  year  he  began  teaching,  his  first  position 
being  as  an  instructor  in  the  high  school  at  Ridgewood,  New  Jersey.  Thence,  in 
1902,  he  went  to  Westwood,  New  Jersey,  where  he  was  in  charge  of  the  public 
schools  for  six  years,  until  1908,  when  he  became  principal  of  Public  School  No. 
4,  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  This  was  the  old  No.  4,  prior  to  the  establishment  of 
No.  4  annex  in  the  old  high  school  building,  when  that  building  became  vacant 
through  the  completion  of  the  new  high  school  building.  Since  No.  4  annex  has 
been  placed  under  his  principalship,  school  No.  1 1  has  been  added  to  his  re- 
sponsibilities, the  three  schools  now  being  under  his  supervision. 

Mr.  Lodor  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  Schoolmasters'  Club,  Passaic 
Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  die  Royal  Arcanum,  Junior  Order 
of  United  American  Mechanics,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association;  mem- 
ber and  trustee  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Passaic  and,  politically  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  married  in  Trenton,  November  29,  1900,  Carolyn  Helen  Heller, 
daughter  of  Louis  and  Elizabeth  (Braum)  Heller.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lodor  are  the 
parents  of  three  children :  Margaret,  Dorothy,  and  Barbara. 


WILLIAM  BESWICK — For  three  generations  the  Beswick  family  has 
been  known  in  Passaic  county,  the  grandfather  of  William  Beswick,  of  whom 
we  are  writing,  being  Wright  Beswick,  a  native  of  Bolton,  England.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  finisher  in  a  dyeing  establishment  in  his  own  country  and 
after  coming  to  the  United  States,  found  employment  in  that  line  in  Paterson, 
with  a  bleach  and  dye  works  there.  After  he  had  become  settled  in  his  new 
home  he  sent  for  his  family  to  join  him  in  Paterson,  where  he  died  some  years 
later.  He  was  the  father  of  fourteen  children,  some  of  whom  were  born  in  this 
country,  among  them  Wright  Beswick,  Jr.,  of  whom  further. 

Wright  Beswick,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  July  21,  1840, 
and  attended  the  public  schools  in  that  city.  He  also  was  a  finisher  in  one  of 
the  dyeing  establishments  in  Paterson.  He  married  Mary  Jackson,  born  in 
England,  who  came  to  the  United  States  at  the  age  of  two  years  with  her 
parents,  John  and  Jane  (Horsefall)  Jackson.  Wright  Beswick,  Jr.,  built  the 
second  house  erected  in  Garfield,  which  at  that  time  was  called  East  Passaic. 
This  house  still  stands  on  Monroe  street,  between  Pierre  and  Palisade  avenues. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright  Beswick,  Jr.,  had  seven  children,  three  of  whom  reached 
maturity:  William,  of  whom  further;  John,  a  resident  of  Garfield,  who 
married  Leah  Vreeland ;  and  Harriet,  now  Mrs.  William  Rafferty,  who  resides 
in  Paterson. 

William  Beswick  was  born  m  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  November  14,  1864. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city,  and  Passaic  and 
Garfield,  going  to  this  last-named  town  in  1874,  and  growing  to  manhood  there. 
He  also  attended  the  country  school  at  Saddle  River  township,  Bergen  county, 
where  he  really  gained  most  of  his  education,  finishing,  when  sixteen  years  of 
age,  at  old  Public  School  No.  1,  at  Passaic. 

After  leaving  school,  young  Beswick  obtained  employment  in  the  Reid  & 
Barry  Company  Dye  Works  of  Passaic,  following  this  line  of  business  for 
three  years,  then,  when  twenty-seven  years  old,  going  to  Orange  county,  New 
York,  where  he  conducted  a  dairy  farm  for  five  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time 
Mr.  Beswick  returned  to  Garfield,  where  he  has  continued  to  make  his  home 


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ever  since.  Finding  employment  with  the  Millbank  Bleachery  Company  of 
Lodi,  he  remained  there  for  the  next  three  years. 

Meanwhile,  in  1889,  Mr.  Beswick  was  elected  to  the  City  Council  of  Gar- 
field, serving  for  two  years,  and  a  few  years  later  he  was  again  elected  a  coun- 
cilman for  two  years.  He  was  then  appointed  superintendent  of  public  works, 
holding  the  position  from  1908  to  1917.  In  the  fall  of  1915  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Freeholders  of  Bergen  county,  taking  his  seat  January 
1,  1916,  was  reelected  in  1919,  and  again  in  1921.  Mr.  Beswick  was  chairman 
of  the  Road  Commission  of  Bergen  county  for  six  years  and  has  served  on  the 
Institution  Commission  and  the  Committee  of  Public  Buildings  and  Grounds 
of  Bergen  county.  He  has  always  been  greatly  interested  in  all  public  questions 
relating  to  municipal  progress,  and  has  been  a  worker  in  the  Republican  party. 
Mr.  Beswick  attends  the  Reformed  church  of  Garfield.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Patriotic  Order  Sons  of  America. 

William  Beswick  married,  in  Garfield,  January  13,  1892,  Eleanor  Miller, 
of  that  city,  daughter  of  James  H.  and  Catherine  (Winters)  Miller,  of 
Orange  county.  New  York.  There  are  no  children  of  this  marriage.  Mr. 
and  ^rs.  Beswick  reside  at  No.  74  Marsellus  place,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


JOSEPH  F.  A.  RUBACKY,  M.  D.— Establishing  himself  in  practice  as  a 
physician  in  December,  1918,  Dr.  Rubacky  has  already  made  an  enviable  record 
in  his  work,  being  the  only  practitioner  who  qualifies  as  an  expert  in  tuberculosis. 
Not  only  has  he  made  himself  prominent  in  a  professional  way,  but  he  has  also 
identified  himself  with  the  public  life  of  the  city  and  all  that  pertains  to  the 
welfare  of  his  native  city,  Passaic. 

George  H.  Rubacky,  father  of  Dr.  Rubacky,  was  born  in  Austria,  and, 
when  a  young  man,  came  to  this  country,  locating  first  in  New  York  City,  where 
he  was  a  cigar  manufacturer.  He  then  went  to  Jersey  City,  and  there  was  en- 
gaged in  the  hotel  business,  subsequently  coming  to  Passaic  and  establishing 
himself  in  the  wholesale  butcher  business,  and  thus  continued  successfully  until 
1914,  when  he  retired.  He  died  March  13,  1919,  at  the  age  of  fifty-five  years. 
Mr.  Rubacky  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  was  always  very  active  in  the  af- 
fairs of  his  chosen  party.  In  religion  he  was  a  Roman  Catholic  and  attended 
St.  Mary's  Church  in  Passaic,  He  married  Rose  Dobransky,  a  native  of  Aus- 
tria, her  birth  having  occurred  there  December  21,  1867.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Rubacky  were  born  seven  children:  Rose,  who  married  Roy  Dalrymple,  of 
Passaic;  George  H.,  who  is  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  Passaic;  Joseph  F.  A.,  of 
further  mention;  Emil  Stephens,  a  graduate  of  the  Renouard  School  of  New 
York  City,  class  of  1920;  Anna,  now  with  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works;  Irene, 
and  John. 

Dr.  Joseph  F.  A.  Rubacky  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  May  23,  1897. 
His  preliminary  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city, 
and,  after  graduating  from  the  local  high  school  in  1913,  he  matriculated  in 
the  medical  department  of  New  York  University,  where  he  took  a  special  course 
in  medicine.  The  following  year  he  entered  Fordham  University,  and  was 
graduated  from  that  institution  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1917. 
Immediately  after  graduating  he  returned  to  Passaic  and  served  an  interneship 
of  one  year  at  the  Passaic  General  Hospital.  In  May,  1918,  he  enlisted  in  the 
medical  corps  of  the  United  States  army  and  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant. 
He  was  sent  to  the  United  States  General  Hospital  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and 
here  was  in  command  of  the  tuberculosis  division.  Dr.  Rubacky  received  his 
honorable  discharge  from  the  service  in  December,  1918,  and  returned  to  this 
city,  establishing  himself  in  the  private  practice  of  his  chosen  profession  at  No. 


316  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

172  Passaic  street.  Pie  has  done  much  medical  research  work  in  connection  with 
the  combating  of  tuberculosis,  and  takes  special  study  courses  annually  at 
various  institutions.  For  a  young  practitioner  it  can  be  said  that  he  has  a  large 
practice,  which  is  rapidly  growing.  Dr.  Rubacky  is  affiliated  with  the  American 
Medifal  Association,  the  New  Jersey  State  Medical  Association,  the  Passaic 
County  Medical  Society  and  the  Practitioners'  Club  of  the  city.  He  has  been 
Commissioner  of  Health  of  Passaic  since  1919  and  is  a  member  of  St.  Mary's 
Hospital  staff.  He  is  prominent  in  the  fraternal  organizations  of  the  city,  hold- 
ing membership  in  the  following:  The  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks ; 
the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose ;  Woodmen  of  the  World ;  the  National  Union ; 
Chi  Zeta  Chi  (a  National  Medical  fraternity),  and  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association.  In  religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic  and  attends  Holy 
Trinity  Church,  taking  a  prominent  part  in  the  Holy  Name  Society  connected 
with  that  denomination.  While  at  college  Dr.  Rubacky  was  very  prominent  in 
athletics,  being  a  track  man  at  Fordham.    Dr.  Rubacky  is  unmarried. 


AUGUST  KIMMIG — Attaining  his  own  success  and  at  the  same  time 
serving  the  people  along  the  lines  of  a  daily  necessity,  August  Kimmig,  of 
Passaic,  has  now  retired  to  comparative  leisure  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his  life- 
long endeavors.  He  is  a  son  of  Peter  and  Madeline  Kimmig,  and  his  father's 
career  was  noteworthy  as  a  hotel  and  restaurant  owner. 

August  Kimmig  was  born,  in  Baden,  Germany,  December  15,  1864,  and  re- 
ceived a  thorough  training  in  the  essentials  of  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  land.  At  an  early  age  he  left  school  and  learned  the  baker's 
trade,  mastering  both  bread  and  cake  making.  He  learned  his  trade  in  the 
city  of  Lahr,  where  he  worked  for  three  years.  Determining  then  to  come  to 
America,  he  sailed  from  Havre,  France,  on  October  19,  1882,  and  landed  in 
New  York  City.  There  he  remained,  working  at  his  trade,  and  gaining  a  fund 
of  experience  which  was  to  be  broadly  useful  to  him  in  future  years.  Later  he 
worked  in  Hoboken  for  about  a  year  and  a  half,  then  in  1891  came  to  Passaic, 
where  he  bought  the  bakery  business  of  Charles  Rumpler.  Highly  skilled  in 
his  trade,  which  is  after  all  more  of  an  art,  holding  the  highest  standards  of 
excellence  in  both  quality  of  product  and  in  the  conditions  of  sanitation,  etc., 
which  count  for  so  much  in  work  of  this  nature,  Mr.  Kimmig  was  successful 
from  the  beginning,  and  carried  on  a  large  and  growing  business  for  a  period  of 
nineteen  years  in  Passaic.  In  1910,  feeling  that  he  had  done  his  share  in 
the  work  of  the  world,  he  sold  his  bakery  business  to  Fred  Boheme  and  Gustave 
Otto.  He  was  not  content,  however,  to  settle  down  to  complete  idleness,  and  his 
long  connection  with  the  business  world  of  Passaic  had  convinced  him  of  the 
prosperity  of  the  city,  so,  since  disposing  of  his  bakery,  he  has  occupied  his 
attention  with  real  estate,  in  which  field  he  is  still  active. 

For  some  years  Mr.  Kimmig  has  been  prominent  in  financial  circles  and 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  City  Trust  Company,  of  Passaic,  of  which  he 
is  still  a  director.  Politically  he  has  always  supported  the  Republican  party, 
but  has  never  been  an  office  seeker.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  Passaic,  No.  387,  and  the  Republican  Club  of  Pas- 
saic. He  is  a  director  of  the  Fourth  Ward  Building  and  Loan  Association,  of 
which  he  is  also  one  of  the  organizers,  and  a  director  of  the  People's  Building 
and  Loan  Association  for  the  past  twenty-six  years.  Formerly  a  member  of  the 
German  Presbyterian  Church  on  Madison  street,  he  is  now  connected  with  the 
Madison  Street  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Kimmig  married,  in  New  York  City,  September  8,  1888,  Katie  Hert- 
zog,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Kunigunde  Hertzog,  and  they  have  one  daughter, 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  317 

Madeline  Marie,  born  August  28,  1890. 


JOHN  J.  SEBECK— One  of  the  best  markets  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey, 
is  that  owned  by  John  J.  Sebeck,  at  No.  64  Palisade  avenue,  where  may  be 
found  all  kinds  of  edible  products,  and  in  the  adjoining  stores,  Nos.  66  and 
68  Palisade  avenue,  Mr.  Sebeck  carries  a  large  stock  of  hardware,  general 
house-furnishing  goods,  etc.  Having  been  in  business  at  the  same  place  for  the 
last  twenty  years,  he  has  won  the  confidence  of  a  large  circle  of  customers  by 
fair  and  honest  dealings  and  courteous  treatment. 

Born  in  Austro-Hungary,  March  28,  1874,  John  J.  Sebeck  is  the  son  of 
John  Sebeck,  a  native  of  Austro-Hungary,  where  he  learned  the  shoemakers 
trade  from  the  beginning,  the  raw  material,  to  the  finished  product.  He  follow- 
ed this  business  all  his  life,  his  death  occurring  at  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  in  1886, 
at  the  age  of  forty-seven  years.  His  wife  was  Mary  (Orris)  Sebeck,  also 
born  in  Austro-Hungary;  she  survived  her  husband  for  many  years,  conduct- 
ing a  candy  and  grocery  store  in  Bayonne,  New  Jersey,  until  her  death  in  1913, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sebeck  were  the  parents  of  three 
children:  1.  John  J.,  of  whom  further.  2.  Mary,  who  married  Julius  Uher- 
kovisch,  and  resides  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Joseph,  who  died  in 
Austro-Hungary,  aged  three  years. 

John  J.  Sebeck  attended  the  public  schools  until  he  became  fourteen  years 
old;  then  with  his  mother  and  sister  came  to  the  United  States  to  join  the  father, 
who  had  emigrated  to  the  country  two  years  before,  locating  in  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  had  established  himself  in  business.  After  his  arrival  here, 
John  J.  Sebeck  entered  the  public  school  in  Passaic,  remaining  two  years,  leav- 
ing it  when  sixteen  years  old  to  take  a  clerkship  in  a  grocery  store.  About 
twenty-five  years  ago,  1895,  Mr.  Sebeck  started  in  business  for  himself,  opening 
a  small  grocery  store  in  the  Cunningham  building,  at  No.  164  Second  street, 
Passaic.  Remaining  there  until  1896,  he  came  to  Garfield,  where  he  opened 
a  small  market  at  No.  64  Palisade  avenue,  his  present  location.  It  was  then 
only  a  one-storied  frame  structure,  with  a  single  room  store.  Putting  on  an 
addition,  and  building  a  second  story,  Mr.  Sebeck  greatly  enlarged  his  place 
of  business.  From  the  beginning  trade  increased  rapidly,  until  at  the  present 
time,  1920,  after  twenty  years  in  the  same  location,  he  has  a  large  number  of 
regular  customers.  He  also  built  three  more  houses  in  that  section,  and  in 
addition  to  the  grocer)^  store  conducts  two  others,  where  he  does  a  thriving 
business  in  paints,  oils,  builders'  hardware,  and  general  housefurnishings. 

In  the  same  year  in  which  he  started  business  in  Garfield,  John  J.  Sebeck 
married,  August  26,  1896,  Mary  Borbely,  a  resident  of  Garfield.  She  was  born 
in  New  York  City  in  1881,  spending  her  early  childhood  there  and  attending 
the  public  schools.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Emerick  and  Mary  Borbely, 
natives  of  Austro-Hungary.  They  emigrated  to  this  country  prior  to  1880, 
the  father  obtaining  employment  at  his  trade,  a  tailor.  He  afterward  moved 
to  Garfield,  where  he  died  in  1905,  his  wife  surviving  him  by  several  years. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sebeck  have  seven  children,  all  born  in  Garfield;  1,  Albert 
John,  born  June  28,  1898;  he  attended  the  public  schools,  and  is  now  in  the 
hardware  store  with  his  father.  2,  Edward  Francis,  born  May  6,  1899;  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  for  part  of  one  year  in  the  high  school, 
leaving  it  to  take  a  course  in  business  training  at  Drake  "Business  College ; 
at  the  age  of  seventeen  he  became  a  clerk  in  his  father's  store.  3.  Emma 
Helen,  born  July  10,  1905;  she  graduated  from  the  grammar  school,  and  is 
now  a  student  at  the  high  school.  4,  John  Joseph,  born  June  27,  1908,  attend- 
ing public  school.    5,  Lillian  Genevieve,  born  November  9,  1910;  also  at  school. 


318  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

6,  Herbert  Vincent,  born  June  26,  1914,  at  school.  7,  Joseph  Emerick,  born 
July  4,  1916.  Their  home  is  at  No.  64  Palisade  avenue,  Garfield.  In  politics 
JMr.  Sebeck  is  a  Republican,  and  in  religion  a  Roman  Catholic,  he  and  his 
family  attending  the  Holy  Name  Church,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 

ANDREW  FOULDS,  JR.,  a  native  of  Passaic  and  a  prominent  lawyer, 
is  engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  that  profession  in  the  courts  of  New  York 
and  New  Jersey,  in  the  Federal  District  Courts  and  in  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  United  States.  He  is  widely  acquainted  in  Masonic  circles  and  enjoys  the 
distinction  of  being  the  only  Mason  in  the  city  of  Passaic  who  has  attained  the 
tliirty-third  degree,  the  highest  degree  in  Masonry. 

Mr.  Foulds,  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Hannah  Ann  (Pinckney)  Foulds,  was 
born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  February  6,  1872.  He  attended  the  local  public 
schools  and  is  an  alumnus  of  the  Passaic  High  School,  class  of  1889.  Upon 
the  completion  of  his  high  school  course,  Mr,  Foulds  entered  the  University  of 
the  city  of  New  York,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  LL.B. 
in  1891.  He  then  became  associated  with  Hon.  Francis  Forbes,  an  international 
authority  in  patent,  trademark  and  copyright  law,  which  connection  was  main- 
tained until    1901. 

Upon  attaining  his  majority,  in  1893,  Mr.  Foulds  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  the  State  of  New  York  as  an  attorney  and  counsellor-at-law.  In  1895 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  Jersey  as  an  attorney.  He  was  subsequently 
admitted  to  practice  as  a  counsellor-at-law,  and  was  appointed  a  Master  of  the 
Court  of  Chancery  of  New  Jersey.  In  1901  Mr.  Foulds  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
bar  of  the  United  States  Court  of  Claims,  and  a  registered  Solicitor  of  Patents 
of  the  United  States  Patent  Office.  While  Mr.  Foulds  enjoys  an  extensive 
patent  practice,  he  has  not  confined  himself  to  any  specialty  but  is  engaged  in 
general  practice. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic  County  Bar  Association  and  of  the  New 
York  County  Bar  Association,  and  has  been  counsel  in  many  important  cases. 
He  is  the  author  of  articles  on  habeas  corpus,  rescission,  revocation  and  cancel- 
lation of  contracts,  and  other  subjects,  all  of  which  have  appeared  in  legal  pub- 
lications. Mr.  Foulds  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Passaic, 
and  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  In  1900  Mr.  Foulds  was  initiated  in  Passaic 
Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  the  following  year  received  the 
Master  Mason  degree  in  that  Lodge.  After  filling  the  minor  offices  he  was 
elected  Worshipful  Master  and  served  the  lodge  in  that  capacity  during  the 
year  1912.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Scottish  Rite  bodies  of  the  Valley  of 
Paterson  and  was  Thrice  Past  Master  of  Adoniram  Lodge  of  Perfection,  in 
1913-1914;  and  Sovereign  Prince  of  Adoniram  Council,  Princes  of  Jerusalem, 
in  1918-1919.  He  is  a  life  member  of  the  New  Jersey  Consistory,  Ancient 
Accepted  Scottish  Rite,  of  Jersey  City,  and  holds  office  in  that  body,  being  also 
one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Scottish  Rite  Society.  In  September,  1917,  Mr. 
Foulds  was  crowned  Sovereign  Grand  Inspector  General,  of  the  Thirty-third 
and  last  degree  of  the  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  for  the  Northern  Juris- 
diction of  the  United  States  of  America,  and  became  an  honorary  member  of 
the  Supreme  Council.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Passaic  Chapter  No.  34,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  and  a  Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  being  a  member  of  Salaam 
Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Newrak,  in 
which  body  he  now  holds  the  office  of  Chief  Rabban.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
Newark  Court,  No.  37,  Royal  Order  of  Jesters.  In  1917,  Mr.  Foulds  was  ap- 
pointed Junior  Grand  Deacon  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  319 

sons  for  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  and  thereafter  served  on  Grand  Lodge  Com- 
mittees until  1920,  when  he  was  appointed  District  Deputy  for  the  Fourth 
Masonic  District.  In  1921  he  was  elected  Junior  Grand  Warden  and  at  the 
Annual  Communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1922,  he  was  elected  Senior 
Grand  Warden,  which  position  he  now  holds.  He  is  a  member  of  the  North 
Jersey  Past  Masters'  Masonic  Association,  which  body  he  served  as  president 
in  1918,  1919,  and  1920;  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Club  of  the 
city  of  Passaic.  Mr.  Foulds  is  also  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks ;  and  of  Hugh  C.  Irish  Camp,  No.  8, 
Sons  of  Veterans,  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  In  1897,  Mr.  Foulds  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Mabel  Winans  Kip,  of  Passaic,  and  they  have  two  children : 
Miss  Marian  Kip  Foulds,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  Passaic  High  School 
and  of  Pratt  Institute ;  and  Andrew  Kip  Foulds,  a  graduate  of  the  Pas- 
saic High  School  and  of  Rutgers  College,  Bachelor  of  Science,  1922. 


JOSEPH  KELEMEN— The  field  of  memorial  art  is  well  represented 
in  the  borough  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  by  Joseph  Kelemen,  proprietor  of  the 
Granite  and  Marble  Monumental  Works,  at  No.  301  Passaic  avenue. 

Mr.  Kelemen  was  born  in  the  city  of  Gyor,  Hungary,  December  16,  1870, 
and  is  a  son  of  Martin  and  Juliana  Kelemen,  both  of  whom  died  in  their  native 
land.     The  elder  Mr.  Kelemen  was  a  miller  by  trade. 

Gaining  his  education  in  the  city  of  his  birth,  Mr.  Kelemen  also  learned 
the  trade  of  granite  and  marble  cutting.  In  1897  he  came  to  this  country  from 
Brenen,  bringing  his  young  wife  with  him.  He  located  in  Westchester  county. 
New  York,  where  he  plied  his  trade  for  ten  years.  During  this  time  he  accum- 
ulated a  little  capital  with  which  to  found  an  independent  business.  Looking 
about  for  a  suitable  location,  the  best  that  offered  was  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
and  this  was  where  he  made  his  start  at  the  corner  of  Second  and  Mercer 
streets.  This  was  in  1910,  and  a  little  later  a  better  location  offered  in  Gar- 
field, New  Jersey.  Here  Mr.  Kelemen  purchased  two  lots  opposite  the  St. 
Nicholas  Cemetery,  and  established  his  monumental  works.  The  first  year  he 
sold  goods  to  the  value  of  only  three  hundred  and  forty  dollars.  But  each 
year  the  sales  have  increased  steadily.  In  the  public  life  of  the  community,  Mr. 
Kelemen  is  deeply  interested.     Politically  he  is  an  Independent. 

He  married,  November  27,  1896,  in  Hungary,  Maria  Voros,  who  was 
born  in  his  own  native  city  of  Gyor.  They  have  five  children :  Helen,  Julia, 
Malvin,  Edith  and  Elizabeth,  all  of  whom  have  been  given  a  good  education. 


ERNESTO  CASINI,  M.  D.— Of  Italian  birth  and  parentage,  Ernesto 
Casini  has  been  a  resident  in  the  United  States  for  the  past  fifteen  years.  He, 
his  father  and  grandfather  have  all  been  soldiers  in  the  Italian  army,  the  two 
older  men  both  serving  in  the  forces  of  Garibaldi,  when  that  famous  hero  led 
his  followers  to  battle,  the  grandfather  holding  the  position  of  apothecarian. 
Ernesto  Casini  served  three  years  in  the  medical  corps  of  the  army  in  Italy 
before  coming  to  this  country,  and  when  America  was  at  war  with  Germany 
and  her  allies,  Dr.  Casini  served  in  the  medical  department  of  the  United  States 
army  for  four  months,  his  rank  being  that  of  first  lieutenant.  He  received 
from  the  government  a  bronze  medal  in  recognition  of  the  services  he  had 
rendered. 

Ernesto  Casini  was  born  in  Italy,  December  30,  1873,  his  father  being 
Annibal  Casini,  a  maker  of  military  uniforms  for  officers  of  the  Italian  army. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  afterwards  became  a 
student  at  the  University  of  Naples,  graduating,  July  8,   1899.     Beginning 


320  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

to  practice  medicine  at  once,  Dr.  Casini  remained  in  Italy  for  the  next  six 
years,  then  came  to  the  United  States,  arriving  February  3,  1905.  His  first  place 
of  residence  was  in  Portland,  Maine,  where  he  was  engaged  in  his  profession 
for  two  years  and  a  half,  then  at  Wilmington,  Delaware,  where  he  practiced 
the  following  two  years,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  came  to  New  Jersey,  locat- 
ing in  Bayonne,  in  1909.  He  left  Bayonne,  then  came  to  Passaic,  remaining 
for  a  time,  eventually  going  back  to  Italy.  Upon  his  return  to  this  country, 
six  months  later.  Dr.  Casini  came  to  Garfield,  and  has  practiced  there  ever 
since.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Republican  party,  taking  an  interest  in  welfare 
work.  At  present  he  is  city  physician  of  Garfeld,  and  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Health. 

In  Boston,  July  5,  1905,  Ernesto  Casini  was  married  to  Francesca  Sapor- 
Ito ;  they  have  five  children:  Nicholas,  born  in  Portland,  Maine;  Annibal, 
born  In  Wilmington,  Delaware;  Ernesto,  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey;  Mary, 
born  in  Bayonne,  New  Jersey;  Anna,  born  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Casini,  with  their  family,  reside  at  No.  59  Harrison  avenue,  Garfield. 


THE  WOLFF  FAMILY— This  branch  of  the  Wolff  family  has  for  a 
number  of  generations  resided  In  the  old  historic  town  of  Eisenach,  Grand 
Duchy  of  Saxe-Welmar,  Germany,  in  the  principality  of  Eisenach,  situated 
on  the  river  Horsel  at  the  foot  of  the  Wartburg  mountain,  midway  between 
the  cities  of  Leipsic  and  Cassel.  Eisenach  is  the  principle  town  in  the  Thur- 
ingia  forest  district,  not  far  distant  from  the  castle  of  Wartburg,  which  was 
once  the  residence  of  the  Landgraves  of  Thuringla.  It  was  in  this  historic 
castle  that  Martin  Luther  passed  ten  months  of  durance  from  May  4,  1521, 
to  March,  1522,  while  under  friendly  arrest  of  the  elector  of  Saxony.  Num- 
erous legends  associated  with  the  period  of  the  great  Reformer's  career,  while 
he  was  engaged  In  his  work  at  the  Wartburg  castle,  have  become  matters  of 
history. 

The  coat-of-arms  of  the  Wolff  family  is  as  follows : 

Arvts — Azure,  on  a  bend  or  a  wolf  passant  proper;  in  chief  a  dove  volant 
argent,  in  its  beak  an  olive  branch  vert,  and  in  base  three  mullets  bendways  of 
the  third. 

Crest — Five  ostrich  plumes,  alternately  argent  and  azure. 

(I)  It  was  in  this  historic  town  that  the  first  representative  of  this  branch  of 
the  family,  SIgmund  Wolff,  was  born.  He  was  there  reared  and  educated  to 
years  of  manhood,  having,  upon  attaining  to  suitable  age,  learned  the  art  of 
a  gun-smith,  which  line  of  work  he  pursued  throughout  the  active  years  of  his 
life,  having  executed  considerable  work  for  the  German  Government,  and  also 
rendered  faithful  service  In  the  German  army  during  the  troublous  days  of 
1848  and  1864-65,  during  the  Prussian  and  Austrian  War.  SIgmund  Wolff 
died  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Leipsic,  at  the  age  of  fifty-two  years. 
He  married,  in  his  native  city,  in  1854,  Elizabeth  Koestllng.  Two  children, 
as  follows:  1.  Julius,  of  whom  fonvard.  2.  Emma,  born  March  5,  1859. 
She  married.  In  Leipsic,  George  Drescher. 

(II)  Julius  Wolff,  son  of  Sigmund  and  Elizabeth  (Koestling)  Wolff, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Halle,  on  the  river  Saale,  March  19,  1855. 
He  there  obtained  his  early  educational  training,  and  next  attended  the  schools 
In  Leipsic,  where  he  completed  his  studies  in  the  Gymnasium  of  that  city  at 
the  age  of  twenty-two  years.  He  next  prepared  himself  for  the  study  of  music 
in  the  city  of  Leipsic,  which  vocation  he  has  successfully  followed  throughout 
the  active  years  of  his  life. 

In   1882,  Julius  Wolff  decided  to  emigrate  to  this  country,  and  set  sail 


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from  the  seaport  city  of  Bremen,  where  he  embarked  on  the  steamship  "Elbe" 
on  her  second  trip,  bound  for  the  port  of  New  York  City,  where  he  landed 
August  15,  1882.  Soon  after  his  arrival  here  he  settled  in  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  at  once  engaged  in  teaching  music,  and  as  a  result  of 
his  thorough  knowledge  of  his  profession,  he  succeeded  in  establishing  a  large 
clientele  among  a  number  of  the  leading  families  in  the  Quaker  City.  Four 
years  later  he  removed  to  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  where  he  continued  to 
reside  up  to  1893,  in  which  year  he  located  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he 
continued  to  reside  up  to  1900,  when  he  settled  in  Clifton,  where  he  has  rem- 
ained up  to  the  present  time  (1920).  For  a  number  of  years  he  occupied  a 
clerical  position  with  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills  in  Passaic.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Passaic  Turn  Verein.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  St.  John's 
Evangelical  Lutheran  Church. 

Julius  Wolff  married,  in  Philadelphia,  October  8,  1882,  Margarette  Het- 
zel,  born  July  27,  1855,  daughter  of  Gustave  and  Augusta  (Krassel)  Hetzel, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Leipsic,  Germany.  Of  this  union  were  born  the 
follov/ing  children:  1.  George,  of  whom  forward.  2.  Charles,  of  whom  for- 
ward. 3.  Margaret,  born  November  24,  1887.  She  married  Schuyler  Craw- 
ford Clarkson,  of  an  old  New  England  family.  4.  Emma,  born  December  6, 
1889.  5.  Rudolph,  of  whom  further.  6.  Hugo  Julius,  of  whom  further.  7. 
Paul  R.,  of  whom  further. 

Margarette  (Hetzel)  Wolff  in  1903,  with  the  associated  help  of  her  two 
sons,  Hugo  J.  and  Paul  R.,  under  the  firm  name  of  Mrs.  Julius  Wolff  & 
Sons,  engaged  in  dealing  in  and  cultivating  flowers  and  house  plants  at  the 
family  home  on  Ackerman  avenue,  corner  Cutler  street,  Clifton,  where  they 
have  since  developed  and  established  a  successful  and  profitable  business,  and 
have  also  become  well  and  favorably  known  to  many  of  the  leading  families 
in  Passaic  county.  In  1915  Mrs.  Julius  Wolff  &  Sons  established  a  nursery 
department  on  lands  located  at  Jacksonville,  Morris  county.  New  Jersey,  where 
they  have  also  developed  and  established  a  successful  business. 

(Ill)  George  Wolff,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Julius  and  Margarette 
(Hetzel)  Wolff,  was  bom  at  the  family  home  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
August  15,  1883.  He  acquired  his  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  Jersey 
City  and  Passaic.  Soon  afrer  laying  aside  his  text  books,  he  began  to  take  up 
the  practical  duties  of  life,  and  became  engaged  with  the  Botany  Worsted 
Mills  in  Passaic,  where  he  acquired, a  practical  knowledge  of  the  various  de- 
tails and  technique  of  the  cotton  machinery  trade,  which  line  of  work  he  pursued 
in  various  places  up  to  1910,  in  which  year  he  engaged  in  business  on  his  own 
account,  having  erected  a  building  and  plant  on  Ackerman  avenue,  near  Cutler 
street,  Clifton,  where  he  has  since  been  actively  engaged  in  the  machinery  busi- 
ness, and  as  a  result  of  his  practical  knowledge  and  persevering  efforts  he  has 
met  with  a  marked  degree  of  success. 

(Ill)  Charles  Wolff,  second  son  of  Julius  and  Margarette  (Hetzel)  Wolff, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  May  3,  1885.  He  oibtained  his  early 
educational  training  in  the  schools  of  Passaic,  and  soon  after  laving  aside  his 
school  books  became  engaged  with  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills  in  Passaic,  where 
he  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  various  details  of  the  machine  trade, 
and  continued  actively  engaged  in  his  chosen  line  of  work  with  the  concern 
up  to  1904,  when  he  entered  the  combing  department  of  the  same,  and  has  con- 
tinued in  this  line  of  work  at  both  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills  and  the  New 
Jersey  Worsted  Spinning  Company. 

Charles  Wolff  married,  February  26,  1910,  Fannie  Hathaway,  born  Nov- 
ember 19,  1889,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Lucy  (Jowett)  Hathaway,  and  their 


322  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

children  are  as  follows:  1.  Charles,  Jr.,  born  February  15,  1912.  2.  Russel, 
born  September  12,  1917. 

(Ill)  Rudolph  WolfF,  fifth  child  and  son  of  Julius  and  Margarette  (Het- 
zel)  Wolff,  was  bom  at  the  family  home  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  March 
1,  1891.  He  obtained  his  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  Passaic  and 
Clifton.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his  school  books,  he  engaged  at  learning  the 
machinist's  trade  in  the  employ  of  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills,  Passaic.  After 
completing  his  apprenticeship  he  next  became  associated  with  his  brother, 
George  Wolff,  in  Clifton,  where  he  was  employed  in  the  machine  trade  up  to 
1919,  during  which  year  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Passaic  Metal  Ware 
Company,  Incorporated,  in  the  capacity  of  machinist. 

Rudolph  Wolff  married,  December  21,  1912,  Adrianna  Joele,  born  August 
9,  1892,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and  Johanna  Helena  (Quadland)  Joele.  Issue; 
1.  Johanna  Helena,  born  August  6,  1913.  2.  Augusta  Margarette,  born  Oct- 
ober 10,  1917. 

(Ill)  Hugo  Julius  Wolff,  sixth  child  and  son  of  Julius  and  Margarette 
(Hetzel)  Wolff,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  June 
19,  1894.  His  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of  Clifton. 
Soon  after  laying  aside  his  school  books,  he  became  identified  with  his  mother 
and  his  brother,  Paul  R.,  in  the  development  and  building  up  of  the  Wolff 
green  houses  and  stores,  corner  Ackerman  avenue  and  Cutler  street,  Clifton, 
where  they  have  as  a  result  of  their  painstaking  care,  along  with  their  thrift 
and  enterprise,  contributed  much  to  the  development  of  the  present  successful 
floral  and  nursery  trade,  now  being  conducted  by  Mrs.  Julius  Wolff  &  Sons, 
which  firm  name  is  regarded  as  synonymous  with  honesty  and  straightforward- 
ness in  their  commercial  transactions.  Hugo  Julius  Wolff  was  drafted  Into 
the  United  States  Military  Service,  May  27,  1918,  and  entered  Camp  Dix,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  was  mustered  into  Battery  C,  334th  Field  Arillery,  and  after 
six  months  training  at  Camp  Dix  was  sent  to  Fort  Niagara,  New  York,  where 
he  was  for  some  time  engaged  in  study  and  training,  and  later  was  sent  to  the 
United  States  Arsenal,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  continued  activ- 
ely ens'aeed  in  the  service  until  his  discharge,  February  26,   1919. 

(Ill)  Paul  R.  Wolff,  seventh  child  and  son  of  Julius  and  Margarette 
(Hetzel)  Wolff,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  April 
10,  1896.  His  educational  training  was  acquired  In  the  schools  of  Clifton. 
Soon  after  laying  aside  his  school  books,  he  became  Identified  with  his  mother 
and  his  brother,  Hugo  Julius,  in  the  development  and  building  up  of  the  Wolff 
green  houses  and  stores  at  the  corner  of  Ackerman  avenue  and  Cutler  street, 
Clifton,  where  he  has  contributed  no  small  part  to  the  success  which  the  firm  of 
Mrs.  Julius  Wolff  &  Sons  have  established.  He  continued  actively  identified 
with  the  interests  of  the  Mrs.  Julius  Wolff  &  Sons  establishment  up  to  Febru- 
ary 23,  1918,  when  he  responded  to  the  call  of  his  country  and  entered  upon  ac- 
tive military  training  as  a  private  In  Company  C,  308th  Machine  Gun  Battal- 
ion, 78th  Division  at  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey,  where  after  sevenal  months  of  in- 
tense training  he  embarked  with  his  battalion  and  landed  in  Calais,  France. 
There  his  division  was  soon  drawn  into  the  midst  of  this  terrible  conflict,  and 
young  Wolff  rendered  valiant  service  at  St.  Mihiel  and  also  In  the  LImay  Sector. 
His  division  also  took  an  active  part  In  the  Meuse  Argonne  Sector,  where  young 
Wolff  was  dangerously  "gassed"  on  Octdber  17,  1918,  and  after  a  period  of 
intense  suffering  he  again  returned  to  his  battalion.  He  returned  to  this  coun- 
try, May  10,  1919,  landing  at  New  York  Harbor,  from  whence  he  was  sent  to 
Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey,  and  was  honorably  discharged.  May  10,  1919,  after 
an   experience  which  had  been   attended   with  severe   suffering   and   privation 


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during  the  advance  at  St.  Mihiel  and  the  Limay  Sector.  Soon  after  his  arrival 
home  in  Clifton,  he  again  became  actively  identified  with  his  interests  in  the 
Mrs.  Julius  Wolff  &  Sons  Nursery  and  Floral  Establishment, 

JOHN  H.  McGUIRE — The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the 
McGuire  family  of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  information,  was  Connor 
McGuire,  who  spent  the  whole  of  his  life  in  county  Roscommon,  Ireland. 
Family  information  states  that  he  pursued  the  tilling  of  the  soil,  and  was 
regarded  by  his  neighbors  as  a  good  and  useful  citizen.  Connor  McGuire 
married  Polly  Sheridan,  and  of  their  union  were  born  a  family  of  sons  and 
daughters,  among  whom  was  Patrick,  of  further  mention. 

Patrick  McGuire,  son  of  Connor  and  Polly  (Sheridan)  McGuire,  was 
born  at  the  family  home,  in  the  town  of  Rouen,  county  Roscommon,  Ireland, 
in  1832.  He  there  obtained  his  educational  advantages,  chiefly  under  private 
tuition,  and  was  reared  to  the  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof. 
Upon  taking  up  the  practical  duties  of  life,  Patrick  McGuire  visited  Scotland 
In  the  capacity  of  jewelry  salesman.  In  this  undertaking,  he  met  with  merited 
success  and  continued  as  a  commercial  traveler  up  to  1856,  in  which  year  he 
decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States.  He  accordingly  set  sail  from  the 
seaport  city  of  Dublin,  bound  for  the  port  of  New  York  City,  where,  upon  his 
arrival,  he  at  once  made  his  way  to  the  city  of  Rutland,  Vermont,  settling  in 
that  city,  with  friends  of  the  family.  Soon  after  locating  in  the  city  of  Rut- 
land, young  McGuire  entered  the  employ  of  the  ex-Governor  of  the  State, 
taking  charge  of  the  management  of  the  Governor's  homestead  property,  and 
in  the  course  of  time,  as  a  result  of  his  fidelity  to  duty,  he  was  appointed  one 
of  the  keepers  of  the  local  jail  in  the  city  of  Rutland,  Vermont.  In  1869-70, 
Patrick  McGuire  came  with  his  family  to  the  city  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county, 
New  Jersey,  where,  soon  after  settling  in  the  silk  city,  he  erected  his  own  house 
and  established  a  comfortable  home  for  his  family.  The  latter  years  of  his 
life  were  spent  at  the  family  home  at  No.  148  Sherman  street,  in  the  city  of 
Passaic,  where  he  died  January  16,  1914.  Soon  after  becoming  a  resident  of 
Passaic,  Mr.  McGuire  became  actively  identified  with  the  social  and  civic  inter- 
ests of  the  city,  and  was  elected  Superintendent  of  Streets,  in  which  capacity  he 
served  for  two  terms.  Much  of  his  time,  however,  prior  to  his  public  service, 
had  been  spent  in  the  contracting  and  construction  business,  both  in  the  city 
of  Paterson  and  Passaic. 

Patrick  McGuire  married,  in  1861,  Anna  Carl  on,  a  native  of  Ireland,  born 
January  15,  1842,  daugihter  of  John  and  Miary  (Kelly)  Carlon,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  Mary,  educated  in  the  Passaic 
schools,  and  at  present  (1922)  teacher  in  the  public  schools.  2.  Margaret  Helen, 
born  October  19,  1867,  educated  in  the  Passaic  schools,  married  P.  F.  McCann, 
son  of  Frank  McCann  and  Mrs.  (Bee)  McCann,  and  has  two  children:  John 
A.,  born  November  28,  1891;  and  Margaret  E.,  born  November  11,  1893. 
3.  John  H.,  bom  December  25,  1878,  of  whom  further. 

John  H.  McGuire,  son  of  Pa/trick  and  Anna  (Carlon)  McGuire,  was  born 
at  the  family  home  in  Pasaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  December  25, 
1878.  His  early  educational  training  was  obtained  In  the  parochial  schools 
of  Passaic,  and  he  next  entered  upon  a  course  of  study  In  St.  Peter's  College,  in 
Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  where  he  pursued  a  course  of  scientific  study.  At 
the  age  of  twenty,  he  began  the  study  of  law,  in  the  New  York  Law  School, 
where  he  continued  his  studies.  Upon  leaving  his  alma  mater,  he  entered  the 
law  office  of  Miller  and  Myers  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  remaining  with  them 
until  1904,  In  which  year  he  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  New  Jersey  bar, 


324  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

and  soon  after  established  an  office  of  his  own  in  the  People's  Bank  Building, 
where  he  began  a  successful  practice  of  his  profession.  In  1915,  Mr.  McGuire 
was  elected  Park  Commissioner  of  Passaic,  and  efficiently  discharged  the  duties 
of  that  office  for  four  years.  In  1919  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Mayor 
of  Passaic  by  the  Board  of  Commissioners  and  has  since  that  time  faithfully 
discharged  the  duties  of  Mayor  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  his  constituents. 

Since  establishing  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  in  Passaic, 
Mayor  McGuire  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  all  enterprises  which  have  had 
for  their  object  and  purpose  the  advancement  of  the  material  and  civic  interests 
of  the  city.  In  1916,  he  was  chiefly  instrumental  in  organizing  and  establish- 
ing the  Fourth  Ward  Trust  Company,  of  which  institution  he  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  later  holding  the  office  of  vice-president  of 
the  company,  and  also  serving  as  counsel  to  the  Fourth  Ward  Trust  Company 
up  to  the  present  time,  (1922).  In  1915,  Mr.  McGuire  was  instrumental  in 
organizing  the  Fourth  Ward  Building  and  Loan  Association,  and  has  been 
actively  associated  with  this  institution,  both  as  a  member  of  the  board  and 
as  counsel.  In  1919,  Mr.  McGuire  was  chiefly  instrumental  in  organizing  the 
Security  Mortgage  and  Title  Insurance  Company  of  Passaic,  and  has  served 
as  president  and  council  for  that  company,  up  to  the  present  time,  (1922).  In 
his  professional  associations  he  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic  County  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, and  also  of  the  Passaic  City  Bar  Association.  In  his  fraternal  asso- 
ciations he  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks ;  and 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  Perez  Council,  Passaic.  John  H.  McGuire  mar- 
ried, in  New  York  City,  April  24,  1911,  Mary  L.  Nicholson,  daughter  of 
Arthur  O.  and  IMary  (Lenaham)  Nicholson,  and  to  this  marriage  the  following 
children  have  been  born:  1.  Mary,  born  April  5,  1912.  2.  John  P.,  born  April 
4,  1914.    3.  Margaret,  born  August  15,  1918.     4.  Anna,  born  April  22,  1919. 


RE^^  VALENTINE  CICHY  was  born  in  the  city  of  Cracow,  late 
Kingdom  of  Poland,  October  19,  1864.  His  parents  were  Adalbert  and  Mag- 
dalene (Sieprawska)  Cichy.  His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  In 
the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  while  in  his  twentieth  year,  he  entered  upon 
his  ecclesiastical  studies  in  Cracow  University,  and  graduated  from  same.  He 
was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  by  the  Apostolic  Delegate,  August  Bonnetti,  in 
the  city  of  Constantinople,  Turkey,  in  1890.  Soon  after  his  ordination  to  the 
priesthood.  Father  Cichy  was  appointed  professor  of  the  Theological  Seminary 
at  Saloniki,  Turkey,  which  at  that  time  was  a  part  of  the  Turkish  Empire. 
Father  Cichy  continued  as  professor  of  Theologic  at  Saloniki  from  1888  up  to 
1894.  He  next  was  made  chaplain  at  the  General  Hospital  at  Lwow,  Kingdom 
of  Poland,  where  he  labored  among  the  inmates  of  the  latter  institution  during 
the  next  six  years.  In  1904,  Rev.  Father  Cichy  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
and  soon  after  his  arrival  here,  he  accepted  a  professorship  in  the  Polish  Theo- 
logical Seminar}-  in  the  city  of  Detroit,  Michigan,  where  he  continued  his  edu- 
cational work  during  the  next  three  years.  He  next  went  to  Rossford,  Ohio, 
where  he  was  made  rector  of  the  Catholic  Church  of  Mary  Magdalene,  and 
rendered  efficient  and  helpful  services  among  his  congregation  during  the  next 
seven  3'ears. 

Father  Cichy  next  organized  the  Polish  National  Church  in  Toledo,  Ohio, 
and  since  that  time  has  been  an  active  worker  of  the  Polish  National  Catholic 
Clergy.  Rev.  Father  Cichy  is  one  of  four  clergymen  who  In  1914  were  In  line 
of  eligibility  to  succeed  Bishop  Hoduz.  The  many  years  of  his  association 
and  spiritual  work  among  foreign  families  who  have  settled  in  this  country 
enabled  him  to  acquire  a  knowledge  of  not  only  his  mother  tongue,  but  also 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  325 

to  fluently  speak  German,  French,  Bulgarian,  English,  Latin,  and  the  old 
languages.  His  linguistic  knowledge  has  been  of  great  help  to  the  many  newly- 
setcled  families  in  this  country,  who  have  come  from  the  various  provinces  and 
states  of  Eastern  Europe.  In  October,  1921,  Rev.  Father  Valentine  Cichy  was 
appointed  rector  to  succeed  Rev.  Father  Roman  Pawlikowski,  of  the  National 
Polish  Catholic  Church,  in  Passaic,  where  he  has  since  applied  himself  to  the 
work  of  ministering  to  the  numerous  families  and  members  of  his  congregation. 


POLISH  NATIONAL  CATHOLIC  CHURCH  OF  STS.  PETER  AND 
PAUL — Many  of  the  sons  and  daughters  of  the  former  Kingdom  of  Poland 
who  left  the  home  of  their  ancestors  and  emigrated  to  the  United  States  have 
settled  and  established  their  families  in  the  industrial  districts  of  the  State  of 
New  Jersey.  Many  of  these  new  settlers,  upon  their  arrival  in  New  York  City, 
settled  with  their  families  in  the  industrial  districts  of  Passaic,  Garfield  and 
Lodi,  and  the  surrounding  communities  on  both  the  eastern  and  western  banks 
of  the  Passaic  river.  A  large  majority  of  these  families  having  been  reared  to 
the  faith  and  precepts  of  the  Catholic  Church  in  their  Fatherland,  faithfully 
adhered  to  the  religious  doctrines  under  which  they  had  teen  taught  at  home. 

About  1900,  a  number  of  these  Polish  Catholic  families  decided  to  organize 
a  congregation  of  their  own  people,  and,  accordingly,  a  number  of  their  leaders, 
among  whom  were  M.  Zaratkiewicz,  A.  Uszynski,  A.  Mazowiecki,  and  others, 
held  a  conference  at  which  it  was  decided  to  organize  and  incorporate  an  inde^ 
pendent  church  among  their  countrymen  in  Passaic  and  the  surrounding  com* 
munities.  The  first  services  at  which  Mass  was  served  was  in  part  of  the  present 
Fallstrom  building,  on  Monroe  street,  where  they  continued  to  worship  and 
had  Mass  said  for  some  time.  The  first  rector  who  served  Mass  and  preached  to 
these  people  was  the  Rev.  Wladislaus  Krebski,  who  had  for  some  time  faith- 
fully ministered  to  the  spiritual  needs  of  these  Polish  families,  and  who  in  the 
course  of  time  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Father  Roman  Pawlikowski,  who  be- 
came their  spiritual  advisor,  and  who  gave  his  parishioners  the  fullest  sympathy 
and  kindly  ministrations  of  a  loving  and  indulgent  father  and  spiritual 
comforter. 

In  1903  the  congregation  of  the  Polish  National  Catholic  Church  of  Sts. 
Peter  and  Paul  of  Passaic,  after  a  conference  with  the  trustees  and  their  rector, 
decided  to  acquire  a  church  edifice  of  their  own  in  which  they  might  regularly 
worship  and  hear  Mass  served  and  have  the  gospel  preached  to  them  in  their 
native  language,  and,  accordingly,  the  Polish  National  Catholic  Church  orga- 
nization purchased  the  Old  First  Dutch  Reformed  Church  edifice  and  all  its 
accessory  buildings,  situated  on.  River  Drive,  near  the  present  county  bridge 
in  Passaic.  In  this  undertaking  the  members  of  the  congregation  responded 
generously  to  the  call  of  their  rector  and  they  soon  liquidated  the  first  purchase 
cost  ($6,000),  The  congregation  have  since  added  many  repairs  and  improve- 
ments to  the  church  edifice,  involving  an  approximate  expenditure  with  the  first 
cost,  exceeding  over  $15,000. 

The  number  of  newcomers  of  the  congregation  of  the  Polish  National 
Catholic  Church  of  Sts,  Peter  and  Paul  now  exceed  over  600  families,  with  a 
total  of  over  2,000  souls.  The  children  of  the  families  comprising  the  con- 
gregation are  all  now  being  trained  and  educated  in  the  public  schools  in  their 
respective  localities.  The  present  board  of  trustees  are  all  residents  of  the 
surrounding  communities. 

Rev.  Father  Roman  Pawlikowski,  during  the  period  of  his  administration 
and  rectorship  of  the  Polish  National  Church  of  Sts.  Peter  and  Paul,  rendered 
efficient  and  helpful  service  among  his  parishioners,  all  of  whom  came  to  love 


326  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

him  for  his  sympathetic  and  spiritual  helpfulness  to  the  young  and  old  alike. 

Rev.  Father  Roman  Pawlikowski  was  born  September  26,  1876,  near  the 
city  of  Cracow,  in  the  late  Kingdom  of  Poland,  where  his  parents,  Ignatius 
and  Natalie  (Wolski)  Pawlikowski,  resided.  His  early  educational  training 
was  acquired  in  the  schools  of  Cracow,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight  he  enter- 
ed upon  a  course  of  study  in  the  University  of  Lwow,  and  in  1910,  after  leaving 
his  alma  mater,  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  where  he  completed 
his  ecclesiastical  studies  and  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  by  the  Rt.  Rev. 
Bishop  Hoduz,  in  Scranton,  Pennsylvania.  After  assuming  the  rectorship  of 
the  Polish  National  Catholic  Church  of  Sts.  Peter  and  Paul  in  Passaic,  and 
later  establishing  the  rectory  immediately  adjacent  to  the  First  Dutch  Reformed 
Church  of  Acquackanonk,  he  took  an  active  interest  in  studying  the  environ- 
ments of  the  church  site,  and  frequently  expressed  a  keen  desire  of  perpetuating 
the  present  conditions  of  the  old  Acquackanonk  Burying  Ground  surrounding 
the  rectory  and  church  edifice,  to  which  he  frequently  referred  to  as  comparing 
with  an  archselogical  museum,  owing  to  its  ancientness  and  its  present  form 
of  dilapidation  and  decay,  and  Rev.  Father  Pawlikowski  frequently  expressed  his 
regrets  concerning  the  immediate  prospects  of  the  proposed  changes  of  this  ancient 
and  hallowed  burial  ground  which  the  city  of  Passaic  proposes  to  convert  intJo  a 
memorial  park.  In  October,  1921,  Rev.  Father  Valentine  Cichy  was  appointed  rec- 
tor of  the  Polish  National  Catholic  Church  to  succeed  Rev.  Father  Pawlikowski. 


IGNATIUS  PAWLIKOWSKI  was  born  in  tihe  city  of  Cracow,  in  the  late 
Kingdom  of  Poland,  October  26,  1847,  where  his  parents  resided,  his  father, 
Thomas  Pawlikowski,  being  an  extensive  land  owner  and  a  man  of  large  affairs. 
He  was  also  a  patriotic  and  loyal  citizen.  He  served  in  the  Polish  army  during 
the  Revolution  of  1831  against  the  Russian  forces,  and  was  taken  prisoner, 
and  with  others  was  transferred  to  Siberia.  When  amnesty  had  been  declared 
by  the  Russian  Government,  the  Siberian  prisoners  were  again  given  their 
freedom. 

Ignatius  Pawlikowski  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  city,  where 
he  received  his  elementary  training  and  also  pursued  a  course  of  study  in  the 
Cracow  University  in  the  city  of  Cracow,  and  upon  leaving  his  alma  mater 
he  became  engaged  in  directing  the  interests  of  the  family  estate  to  which  he 
succeeded  after  his  father's  death.  He  served  in  the  Polish  army  during  the 
Revolution  of  1863  and  took  an  active  part  in  numerous  battles  during  that 
notable  conflict.  Ignatius  Pawlikowski  was  made  a  military  prisoner  with 
many  of  his  fellow  comrades  by  the  Austrian  forces  and  was  held  in  captivity 
for  a  period  of  three  years.  During  the  war  of  1865  and  1866,  between  Prus- 
sia and  Austria,  these  Polish  troops  were  taken  into  the  Austrian  army  and 
were  later,  after  the  war  was  over,  given  their  freedom.  Ignatius  Pawlikowski 
again  returned  to  his  native  city  (Cracow)  and  spent  the  remaining  active 
years  of  his  life  on  the  family  plantation. 

Ignatius  Pawlikowski  married,  in  Cracow,  in  1875,  Natalie  Wolski;  both 
her  parents  were  residents  of  the  city  of  Warsaw,  where  her  father  held  a 
responsible  position  in  the  government  employ.  Natalie  (Wolski)  Pawlikowski 
at  the  present  time,  1921,  resides  in  Cracow.  This  worthy  couple  became  the 
parents  of  three  children,  namely:  1.  Rev.  Roman,  of  whom  forward.  2. 
Sophie,  who  married  Dr.  John  Markiewicz,  an  army  surgeon  in  Poland.  3. 
Hedwig,  who  married  Albert  Nunberg,  a  major  in  the  Polish  army.  Ignatius 
Pawlikowski  died  at  the  family  estate  in  1883,  during  the  prime  years  of  man- 
hood, at  the  age  of  thirty-seven. 

Rev.  Roman  Pawlikowski,  son  of  Ignatius  and  Natalie  (Wolski)   Pawli- 


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kowski,  was  born  at  the  family  estate  near  Cracow,  September  26,  1876,  where 
he  was  reared  to  years  of  manhood.  His  early  educational  training  was  acquired 
in  the  schools  of  Cracow,  where  he  entered  the  university  and  pursued  a  course 
of  technical  study  in  engineering.  In  1910  he  came  to  America  and  settled  in 
Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  entered  the  diocesan  Seminary  and  graduated 
from  that  institution  in  1911.  He  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  in  Scranton 
in  the  same  year  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Hoduz  of  the  Scranton  Diocese.  Soon 
after  his  ordination  he  became  assistant  at  All  Saints'  Catholic  Church,  of 
Chicago,  Illinois.  In  1914  he  was  appointed  rector  in  Adams,  Massachusetts, 
and  the  same  year  he  came  to  Passaic,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  where  he 
assumed  the  rectorship  of  the  Polish  National  Catholic  Church  on  River  Drive. 
In  1919  Rev.  Father  Pawlikowski  was  elected  dean  of  the  Atlantic  district  of 
their  diocese  in  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey. 

Thomas  Pawlikowski,  son  of  Thomas  Pawlikowski,  and  brother  of  Igna- 
tius Pawlikowski,  above  named,  served  in  the  Polish  army  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary period,  1848  and  1849,  and  after  the  close  of  that  memorable  conflict, 
he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  New  World,  having  first  gone  to  London,  Eng- 
land, and  then  sailed  for  New  York  City.  Some  time  after  his  arrival  in  New 
York  City,  he  joined  the  Leslie  Expedition,  which  was  sent  by  the  Leslie 
Publishing  House  of  New  York  City  to  the  extreme  northwest  territory  of  Alas- 
ka, where  he  arrived  with  others  who  had  gone  there  for  scientific  investigation 
and  exploration,  and  while  there,  Thomas  Pawlikowski  lost  his  life  at  the  hands 
of  the  natives.  His  daughter,  Theofita,  married  the  first  Consul  General  of 
Poland,  Dr.  St.  Grotowski,  in  America. 


ABRAM  PREISKEL,  a  leading  and  representative  citizen  of  the  city  of 
Passaic,  where  he  has  served  as  commissioner  of  public  safety  since  1920,  was 
born  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  May  8,  1883.  His  parents,  Moses  D. 
and  Minnie  (Simon)  Preiskel,  were  natives  of  one  of  the  provinces  of  the  late 
Empire  of  Russia,  and  came  to  this  country  in  1881. 

The  early  educational  training  of  Abram  Preiskel  was  acquired  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city.  His  parents  being  desirous  that  he  should 
prepare  himself  for  professional  work,  it  was  finally  decided  that  he  should 
take  up  the  study  of  architecture,  and  the  boy  accordingly  entered  upon  an 
apprenticeship.  Having  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  this  line  of  work, 
he  concluded  to  establish  himself  in  business  on  his  own  account.  In  this  under- 
taking he  met  with  an  immediate  response  from  a  number  of  the  leading  con- 
tractors and  builders  of  Passaic  county,  and  as  a  result  of  his  painstaking  care 
and  practical  knowledge  of  his  profession  qualified  himself  for  the  examination 
and  received  a  State  certificate  In  1910  as  a  full-fledged  architect.  He  estab- 
lished his  oflSce  and  studio  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  at  the  present  time 
(1922)  he  is  engaged  in  specializing  in  the  construction  of  theatre  buildings. 

In  1912  Mr.  Preiskel  was  chosen  for  the  office  of  health  commissioner  of 
the  city  of  Passaic,  and  while  discharging  the  duties  of  this  office  was  chiefly 
instrumental  in  instituting  a  numiber  of  reforms  which  have  greatly  benefited 
the  public-at-large.  In  1916  Mr.  Preiskel  was  a  candidate  for  the  office  of 
commissioner  in  Passaic.  In  this  canvass  he  made  a  remarkable  showing,  owing 
to  the  fact  that  there  were  numerous  candidates  for  the  same  commissionership, 
Mr.  Preiskel  being  the  sixth  man  on  the  list  of  candidates.  In  1920  Mr. 
Preiskel  was  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  commissioner  of  public  safety.  In 
this  canvass  his  record  stood  as  the  third  highest  man,  and  he  was  finally 
selected  for  the  office  of  director  of  public  safety,  becoming  practically  the  head 
of  the  police  department,  the  fire  department  and  the  building  department.     In 


328  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

1921  Commissioner  Preiskel  was  appointed  by  Mayor  John  H.  McGuire  as  a 
member  of  the  City  Planning  and  Zoning  Commission. 

Notwithstanding  the  many  arduous  duties  which  demanded  much  of  his 
time  and  thought  in  his  professional  work,  Mr.  Preiskel  has  at  all  times  shown 
an  active  interest,  and  has  given  of  his  time  and  substance  towards  advancing 
the  interests  of  such  organizations  as  have  had  for  their  object  the  moral  and 
civic  welfare  of  the  city  of  Passaic.  He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  City  Trust  Company,  the  Belmont  Lumber  Company,  and  is  also  actively 
concerned  in  the  cotton  converting  business  in  New  York  City.  Fraternally, 
Mr.  Preiskel  has  become  identified  with  and  holds  membership  in  the  following 
organizations:  Orange  Lodge,  No.  43,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Salaam 
Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  Mystic  Shrine;  Lodge  No.  387,  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  in  Passaic ;  the  Masonic  Club,  the  Progress 
Club,  the  Union  Republican  Club,  the  Passaic  Republican  Club,  and  the  Lions 
Club  of  the  city  of  Passaic.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose, 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  the  Passaic 
Turn  Verein,  the  Benai  Brith,  Independent  Order  Brith  Abraham,  Joseph 
Spitz  Lodge,  the  Union  Benevolent  Association,  and  the  National  Police  Bu- 
reau. Professionally,  he  is  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Board  of 
Architects,  and  an  honorary  member  of  the  Patrolmen's  Bureau  Association,  and 
of  the  Firemen's  Mutual  Bureau  Association  of  New  Jersey,  and  for  some  time 
has  served  as  treasurer  of  the  Passaic  Christmas  Fund  for  the  Poor,  and  has 
been  active  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the  Out-Door  Tubercular  League. 
Being  fond  of  hunting  and  fishing,  he  has  allied  himself  with  the  Little  Falls 
Gun  Club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  advisory  board  of  the  State  Federation 
of  New  Jersey,  and  the  Young  Men's  and  Young  Women's  Hebrew  Associa- 
tion. During  his  schoolboy  days,  Mr.  Preiskel  was  actively  identified  with  local 
athletic  sports,  and  has  since  been  active  in  advancing  the  Fresh  Air  Camp 
for  Boys. 

Abram  Preiskel  married,  June  26,  1910,  Viola  Prager,  daughter  of  Sig- 
mund  and  Mary  Prager,  and  of  their  union  in  marriage  they  had  born  to 
them  two  children:    Bernice,  and  Shirley. 

Robert  S.  Preiskel,  son  of  Moses  D.  and  Minnie  (Simon)  Preiskel,  was 
born  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey.  He  there  received  his 
early  educational  training  in  the  public  schools,  and  graduated  from  the  high 
school  of  Passaic.  He  then  entered  upon  a  course  of  study  at  Bucknell 
University  in  Pennsylvania,  and  graduated  from  that  institution.  He  next 
entered  upon  a  course  of  study  in  civil  engineering  and  architecture  in  the 
University  of  Michigan,  and  graduated  from  that  institution  as  a  full-fledged 
architect.  Immediately  upon  leaving  his  alma  mater,  Mr.  Preiskel  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Detroit  Steel  Company,  Detroit,  Michigan,  where  he  was  actively 
engaged  at  his  profession  until  he  entered  the  service  of  the  American  Expedi- 
tionary Force  during  the  great  World  War,  and  was  mustered  in  with  the 
308th  Field  Artillery,  from  which  he  was  later  transferred  to  General  Persh- 
ing's Headquarters  Division,  where  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Intelligence 
Bureau.  Robert  S.  Preiskel  died  while  in  active  service,  and  his  remains  were 
later  returned  to  his  native  home  and  were  interred  in  the  family  plot  in 
Lodi    cemetery,    Lodi,    Bergen    county,    New    Jersey. 

THE  HILTON  FAMILY— The  early  representatives  of  this  family 
patronymic  who  became  distinguished  for  their  scholarship,  are  found  in  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  British  empire.  John  Hilton,  a  noted  English  composer  and 
musician,  was  admitted  to  the  degree  of    Bachelor    of    Music    at    Cambridge, 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  329 

England,  in  1626.     He  composed  anthems,  songs,  etc.     He  died  about  1656. 

Another  distinguished  representative  of  this  family  patronymic,  was  Walter 
Hilton,  an  English  monk  of  the  sixteenth  century.  The  records  state  that  he 
lived  at  Sheen,  and  he  there  wrote  "The  Ladder  of  Perfection." 

William  Hilton,  a  noted  English  historical  painter,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Lincoln,  in  1786.  In  about  1800  he  became  a  student  in  the  Royal  Academy, 
and  in  1804  he  exhibited  his  "Hector  Re-inspired  by  Apollo."  In  1819  and 
1820  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Academy,  and  in  1825  he  succeeded  Fuseli 
as  keeper  of  that  institution.  He  attained  a  high  rank  among  the  English 
artists  of  his  time.  Among  his  works  are :  "Nature  Blowing  Bubbles"  and 
"Graces  Teaching  Cupid  to  play  on  the  Lyre."     William  Hilton  died  in  1839. 

The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Hilton  family,  of  whom  we 
have  any  authentic  information,  was  William  Hilton,  who  resided  in  the  town 
of  Bolton,  a  municipal  borough  and  parish  in  Lancashire,  England,  where  he 
settled  soon  after  his  marriage  and  reared  his  family.  During  the  latter  years 
of  his  life,  William  Hilton,  having  become  afflicted  with  rheumatics,  found 
himself  compelled  to  relinquish  his  mechanical  pursuits,  and  in  the  course  of 
time  he  applied  himself  to  teaching  in  a  local  school  in  the  neighborhood.  In 
this  vocation  he  established  for  himself  a  fine  record  for  integrity,  and  he  was 
highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  his  neighbors  and  friends  for  his  help- 
fulness to  the  many  families  of  the  neighborhood  whose  children  he  had  taught 
in  the  local  schools.  William  Hilton  died  in  Lancashire,  England,  about  1860. 
His  faithful  wife  and  mother  of  his  children  also  passed  away  at  the  family 
home  in  Lancashire.     They  were  both  regular  attendants  of  the  parish  church. 

William  Hilton  m'arried  Sarah  A.  Hardman,  and  they  were  the  parents 
of  five  sons  and  three  daughters  as  follows:  John,  who  was  ordained  in  the 
ministry  and  preached  the  Gospel  for  many  years,  died  in  early  manhood; 
William  (2),  of  further  mention;  Hugh;  Ralph;  Henry,  married  and  settled 
in  Lancashire,  England,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life,  engaged  in 
the  cabinet-making  business;  Sarah  Anna,  died  in  infancy;  Alice,  married  a 
Mr.  Duckworth  and  they  settled  in  the  county  of  Lancashire,  England ;  Martha, 
married  a  Mr.  Davis,  and  also  settled  in  Lancashire,  England. 

William  Hilton,  son  of  William  and  Sarah  A.  (Hardman)  Hilton,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  the  borough  of  Bolton,  County  of  Lancashire, 
England,  in  November,  1831.  He  was  there  reared  to  manhood  and  received 
such  educational  training  as  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  afforded.  During 
his  early  years  he  had  acquired  a  knowledge  of  music,  which  vocation  he  pursued 
for  many  years,  having  through  his  careful  study  and  practice,  made  himself 
efficient.  In  the  course  of  time  he  became  recognized  as  a  competent  instructor 
in  violin  and  piano  music.  William  Hilton  had  also  devoted  much  of  his  time 
to  the  study  of  color-making,  used  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing  paper. 
In  1858  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  and  in  company  with  his 
young  wife,  they  set  sail  on  the  steamship  "Henry  Clay,"  bound  for  the  port 
of  New  York  City.  They  landed  at  what  was  then  known  as  Castle  Garden, 
for  many  years  the  landing  place  for  all  immigrants  to  the  port  of  New  York 
City,  on  August  15,  1858.  Soon  after  setting  foot  upon  American  soil,  William 
Hilton  with  his  bride,  settled  in  what  was  then  the  struggling  village  of  De- 
lawanna,  in  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  spent  the  remaining  years  of 
his  life.  Soon  after  locating  at  Delawanna,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Joseph 
&  Richard  Kingsland  paper  mills,  and  continued  with  this  concern  for  a  number 
of  years.    He  died  at  the  family  liome  in  Delawanna,  February  3,  1897. 

William  Hilton  married,  in  Lancashire,  England,  in  1858,  Ann  Brady, 
born  in  1833,  died  in  Delawanna,  November  25,  1888,  highly  respected  and  es- 


330  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

teemed  by  all  who  knew  her  best  in  life.  In  her  religious  conviction  she  was  of 
the  Roman-Catholic  faith.  William  and  Ann  (Brady)  Hilton  had  born  to  them 
the  following  children:  1.  Sarah  Ann,  born  in  Delawanna,  July  13,  1860,  and 
there  educated.  She  married,  October  27,  1885,  John  Doole,  born  May  3,  1857, 
in  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
Florence  H.  Doole,  born  October  1,  1886;  William  Walter  Doole,  Harold 
Hardman  Doole,  and  Charles  James  Doole,  a  sketch  of  each  following.  2. 
Florence,  born  in  Delawanna,  March  19,  1862,  was  there  educated,  and  died 
July  21,  1916.  She  married,  Joseph  Freeman  of  Nutley,  Essex  county.  New 
Jersey.  Their  children  are  as  follows :  Florence  Freeman,  born  September  9, 
1893;  Catherine  Freeman,  born  May  27,  1895;  Charles  Freeman,  born  April 
16,  1899.    3.  James  Henry,  of  whom  further. 

James  Henry  Hilton,  son  of  William  and  Ann  (Brady)  Hilton,  was  born 
in  Delawanna,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  September  4,  1868.  His  early  edu- 
cational training  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town.  While  yet 
in  his  seventeenth  year  he  began  to  learn  the  machinist  trade  in  the  establish- 
ment of  McKee  &  Harrington,  machinists  and  manufacturers  in  the  town  of 
Lyndhurst,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey.  During  the  first  year  of  his  apprent- 
iceship the  young  mechanic  met  with  a  painful  injury  to  his  right  arm,  having 
come  in  contact  with  a  rapidly  revolving  belt  which  lacerated  his  hand  and 
forearm  so  severely  that  the  arm  had  to  be  amputated.  This  unfortunate  opera- 
tion was  performed  in  the  home  of  his  parents  at  Delawanna,  where  after  a 
long  and  tedious  period  of  recuperation  and  final  recovery,  the  young  mechanic 
found  himself  unfit  for  further  usefulness  at  his  work,  and  in  consequence 
entered  upon  a  course  of  study  in  the  Franklin  School  near  his  parents'  home. 
Soon  after  passing  his  eighteenth  year,  he,  however,  decided  to  apply  his  time 
towards  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  telegraphy,  and  at  once  began  to  learn  the 
business  of  a  telegraph  operator,  at  the  Franklin  station  on  the  Erie  rail- 
road. Soon  after  he  acquired  competent  knowledge  as  a  telegraph  operator, 
young  Hilton  entered  the  employ  of  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western 
Railroad  Company  at  Kingsland  station,  where  he  continued  for  a  brief  time. 
He  next  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company  and  remained  with 
them  as  a  telegraph  operator  and  station  agent  for  a  period  of  over  twenty- 
eight  years.  During  this  time,  however,  James  H.  Hilton  gave  some  of  his 
time  and  thought  towards  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business,  chiefly  in  that 
section  which  now  comprises  the  city  of  Clifton,  in  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey, 
and  the  surrounding  community.  In  this  undertaking  he  met  with  a  well  merited 
degree  of  success,  as  a  result  of  his  painstaking  care  and  straightforward 
methods  of  dealing  with  all  his  patrons,  and  he  established  an  enviable  record 
for  reliability  and  straightforwardness  among  the  general  public  of  Clifton 
and  the  surrounding  neighborhood.  A  few  years  ago,  James  H.  Hilton  relin- 
quished his  professional  work  with  the  Erie  Railroad  Company,  and  thereafter 
applied  all  his  time  and  resources  towards  promoting  his  interests  in  the  real 
estate  and  insurance  business  in  Clifton,  where  in  1920  he  erected  his  present 
office  at  No.  841  Main  avenue.  The  misfortune  of  being  partially  disabled  in 
the  early  years  of  his  life  was  indeed  a  serious  handicap  for  any  young  man, 
but  being  possessed  of  wonderful  energy  and  a  resolve  to  succeed  in  life, 
James  H.  Hilton  has  by  his  indefatigable  and  persevering  efforts  succeeded 
in  achieving  a  success  equal  to  that  of  others  who  possessed  superior  advantages 
in  their  chosen  line  of  work.  James  H.  Hilton  can  be  correctly  classed  as  a 
self-made  man.  The  success  that  he  has  achieved  is  a  splendid  example  to 
others  who  may  likewise  have  to  begin  life  entirely  dependent  upon  their  own 
efforts  and  j>ersonal  resources. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  331 

James  H.  Hilton  married,  in  Passaic,  February  1,  1893,  Catherine  Riley, 
born  October  13,  1873,  at  Middletown,  Orange  county.  New  York,  daughter 
of  David  and  Catherine  (Liggett)  Riley,  whose  ancestor  came  to  this  country 
from  Great  Britain,  where  an  early  representative  of  this  family  patronymic, 
John  Riley,  became  noted  as  a  portrait  painter.  He  was  born  in  the  city  of 
London,  in  1646.  In  the  early  years  of  his  career  he  took  Van  Dyck,  the  noted 
Dutch  portrait  painter,  as  a  model.  John  Riley  was  patronized  as  a  portrait 
painter  by  Charles  II.,  James  II.,  and  William  III.  He  became  renowned  as 
a  portrait  artist,  and  was  considered  the  best  English  portrait  painter  prior  to 
Sir  Joshua  Reynold's  time.  John  Riley  died  in  1691.  Other  reference  is  made 
to  later  representatives  of  this  family  patronymic  in  later  generations. 

James  H.  and  Catherine  (Riley)  Hilton  had  born  to  them  the  following 
children:  Catherine,  who  died  in  infancy;  James  H.,  Jr.,  of  whom  further; 
William  D.,  of  whom  further;  Florence,  born  January  27,  1899;  Charles, 
born  March  27,  1901;  Catherine  (2),  born  February  22,  1903;  Anna,  born 
October  21,  1905. 

James  H.  Hilton,  Jr.,  eldest  son  of  James  H.  and  Catherine  (Riley) 
Hilton,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  borough  of  Clifton,  Passaic  county. 
New  Jersey,  December  13,  1895.  His  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the 
public  schools.  He  next  entered  the  Clifton  High  School  and  graduated  from 
the  same  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his  text  books 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company  in  New  York  City,  in  a 
clerical  capacity,  where  he  remained  until  1917,  in  which  year  he  enlisted  in 
the  military  service  of  his  country,  and  during  the  remaining  period  of  the 
great  World  War,  served  in  the  capacity  of  army  field  clerk  at  the  port  of 
deportation  in  the  city  of  Hoboken,  New  Jersey.  He  was  honorably  discharged 
from  further  duty  in  the  city  of  Hoboken,  New  Jersey,  in  1919. 

William  David  Hilton,  second  son  of  James  H.  and  Catherine  (Riley)  Hil- 
ton, was  born  in  Clifton,,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  March  4,  1897.  He  ob- 
tained his  educational  training  in  the  public  school,  and  graduated  from  the  Clif- 
ton High  School  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  Then,  for  some  time,  he  was  en- 
gaged as  a  typist.  In  1918  he  answered  the  call  of  his  country,  and  was  mustered 
into  service,  September  5,  the  same  year,  at  Camp  Humphreys,  Virginia,  where 
he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  corporal.  Since  his  return  home  he  has  been 
engaged  as  manager  of  an  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Tea  Company  store  in  Passaic. 

THE  DOOLE  FAMILY— William  Walter  Doole,  second  child  and  first 
son  of  John  and  Sarah  Ann  (Hilton)  Doole,,  (see  preceeding  sketch)  was  born 
at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Lyndhurst,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  Fe- 
bruary 5,  1888.  He  obtained  his  early  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town  .  While  in  his  eighteenth  year,  he  became  apprenticed  to  the 
plumbing  and  steam-fitting  trade  in  one  of  the  leading  establishments  of  New 
York  City,  where  he  completed  a  five-year  term  of  service.  He  then  followed 
his  chosen  line  of  work  up  to  the  spring  of  1917,  when  he  answered  the  call  of 
his  country  on  May  12,  the  same  year,  having  been  mustered  into  service  at 
Pompton  Plains,  New  Jersey.  From  there  he  went  with  the  104th  New  Jersey 
Regiment  to  Camp  McClellan,  Anniston,  Alabama,  where  he  spent  several 
months  under  military  training.  In  June,  1918,  he  sailed  with  his  company 
from  Hoboken,  bound  for  Brest,  France,  where,  after  a  brief  period  of  intense 
training,  he  entered  the  trenches  and  went  through  his  first  experience  of  fire 
from  the  enemy.  From  this  time  on,  the  young  soldier  was  in  constant  active 
service  in  the  Argonne  campaign  which  lasted  during  the  month  of  August, 
September  and  the  forepart  of  October.     From  this  region  of  conflict,  he  was 


332  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

sent  with  his  company  to  the  valley  of  the  Meuse  river,  and  was  actively 
engaged  there  up  to  November  2,  when  he  was  sent  to  the  region  of  Chamont. 
Here  he  remained  in  active  service  until  May  1919,  having  experienced  many 
hardships  and  severe  fighting  during  the  whole  time  of  his  service.  In  May 
1919,  he  sailed  with  his  company  from  Brest,  France,  and  landed  at  Hoboken, 
whence  he  was  sent  with  his  company  to  Camp  Dix,  where  he  was  finally 
discharged  on  Decoration  Day. 

Soon  after  returning  home  he  engaged  in  the  taxicab  and  transportation 
business  in  the  borough  of  Rutherford. 

William  W.  Doole  married,  in  Rutherford,  August  6,  1916,  Gertrude 
Fister,  daughter  of  Paul  and  Bertha  (Lieter)  Fister.  They  had  born  to  them 
one  child,  William  Warren  Doole,  born  August  3,  1920. 

Harold  Hardman  Doole,  third  child  and  second  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
Ann  (Hilton)  Doole,  was  born  in  Delawanna,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey, 
July  21,  1890.  He  obtained  his  early  educational  training  in  the  schools  of 
Delawanna.  In  1916  he  became  engaged  in  the  automobile  and  taxicab  busi- 
ness, in  connection  with  his  brother  Charles  James,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Doole  Brothers'  Taxicab  and  Transportation  Company.  In  his  fraternal 
associations,  he  is  an  active  member  of  Rutherford  Lodge,  No.  547,  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

Charles  James  Doole,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Ann 
(Hilton)  Doole,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Delawanna,  Passaic  county,  New 
Jersey,  November  8,  1894,  and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Rutherford. 
While  yet  in  his  sixteenth  year,  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  garage  in  Ruther- 
ford and  continued  at  that  line  of  work  up  to  1916,  during  which  year  he  en- 
gaged in  the  transportation  and  taxicab  business  in  partnership^  with  his  brother 
Harold  Hardman,  under  the  firm  name  of  Doole  Brothers'  Taxicab  and 
Transportation  Company.  In  1917,  Charles  J.  Doole  answered  the  call  of 
his  country  and  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army,  and  was  mustered  into  the 
service  August  2,  1917.  During  the  same  year  he  went  with  his  regiment  to 
Pompton  Lakes,  New  Jersey,  and  later  was  sent  with  his  regiment  to  Camp 
McClellan,  Anniston,  Alabama,  where  he  remained  in  active  training  for  some 
time.  In  February,  1918,  he  sailed  with  his  regiment,  from  Hoboken,  and 
landed  at  Bordeaux,  France,  where  he  again  entered  into  active  training  up  to 
July.  He  then  joined  the  Third  Division,  Ammunition  Train,  American  Ex- 
peditionary Force,  and  was  kept  at  the  front  constantly  up  to  October  30, 
following.  During  this  time  he  took  an  active  part  at  Chateau  Thierry,  Verdun, 
St.  Mihiel,  the  various  engagements  in  the  valley  of  the  Meuse  river,  and  the 
Argonne  district.  On  October  31,  1918,  the  young  soldier  was  severely  gassed 
during  the  engagement  in  the  valley  of  the  Meuse  and  Ballancourt.  Being 
completely  disabled  from  further  service,  he  was  sent  to  the  Evacuation  Hos- 
pital, where  he  received  temporary  relief,  and  then  was  sent  to  the  Base  Hos- 
pital, where  he  remained  some  time  under  medical  treatment;  upon  leaving  the 
hospital  he  again  joined  his  regiment.  Hostilities  having  ceased  upon  the 
signing  of  the  armistice,  he  was  sent  with  his  regiment  to  Brest,  France,  and 
embarked  there  for  New  York.  Upon  his  arrival  in  Hoboken,  he  was  sent  to 
Camp  Upton,  Suffolk  county.  Long  Island,  and  from  there  to  Camp  Dix,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  was  finally  discharged  from  service  in  1919.  Soon  after  his 
return  home,  he  again  engaged  in  the  taxicab  and  transportation  business,  in 
connection  with  his  brother  Harold  Hardman,  in  the  town  of  Rutherford,  Ber- 
gen county.  New  Jersey.  Here  the  Doole  brothers  have  become  well  and 
favorably  known  for  their  industry  and  straightforwardness  in  all  their  busi- 
ness transactions. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  333 

Charles  James  Doale  married,  in  Montclair,  New  Jersey,  May  7,  1921, 
Marie  Vick.  She  had  been  left  an  orphan  during  her  childhood,  and  has  not 
been  able  to  establish  the  records  pertaining  to  her  father's  family. 


SQUIRE  PATRICK  J.  McMAHON— Coming  of  a  long  line  of  landed 
gentry  in  Ireland,  and  a  resident  of  the  United  States  from  his  childhood, 
Patrick  J.  McMahon,  long  prominent  in  Passaic  and  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  was 
broadly  representative  of  that  citizenship  which  has  been  for  generations  the 
exponent  of  progress  in  the  young  Republic  of  the  Western  Hemisphere.  Mr. 
McMahon  was  a  son  of  Bernard  McMahon,  a  gentleman  farmer  of  County 
Meade,  Ireland,  and  Elizabeth  (Cassidy)  McMahon,  also  of  County  Meade. 

Patrick  J.  McMahon  was  born  in  County  Meade,  Ireland,  December  31, 
1848,  and  coming  with  his  family  to  this  country  in  1853,  he  became  a  resident 
of  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  where  the  family  settled  at  once.  They  resided  on  the 
spot  where  now  stands  the  Buzzi  homestead.  As  a  boy  Mr.  McMahon  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Lodi,  in  District  No.  35,  gaining  a  practical  preparation 
for  the  battle  of  life.  Interested  from  childhood  in  any  form  of  construction 
work,  he  became,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  a  carpenter's  apprentice,  with 
George  Conklin,  then  a  prominent  general  builder  and  contractor  of  Lodi.  Mr. 
McMahon  was  not  satisfied,  however,  to  do  his  chosen  work  in  an  ordinary 
manner,  and  while  serving  his  apprenticeship  with  Mr.  Conklin,  took  a  course 
in  architecture  under  Jeremiah  O'Rourke,  a  man  of  wide  note,  having  attained 
more  than  passing  fame  as  the  designer  of  the  White  House,  and  also  through 
having  opened  Hell  Gate  to  the  coast-wise  commerce  which  has  long  been  such 
a  significant  part  of  the  harbor  activities  of  New  York  City.  Later  severing  his 
connection  with  Mr.  Conklin,  Mr.  McMahon  entered  upon  the  business  of 
general  contracting  and  building  in  Lodi,  in  partnership  with  John  MuUane, 
of  this  place.  In  this  connection  Mr.  McMahon  was  identified  with  the  con- 
struction of  most  of  the  aristocratic  old  homes  of  Passaic  and  vicinity.  He 
also  won  recognition  in  his  field  beyond  the  confines  of  his  immediate  neigh- 
borhood, and  did  the  interior  carpenter  work  on  the  Paulist  Fathers'  Church  at 
the  corner  of  59th  street  and  Ninth  avenue,  New  York  City. 

At  the  death  of  Mr.  MuUane,  which  occurred  in  1880,  Mr.  McMahon 
entered  the  hotel  business,  opening  the  Lodi  Hotel,  at  the  corner  of  Main  and 
Union  streets,  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  a  house  which  became  one  of  the  far-famed 
hostelries  of  Northern  New  Jersey.  From  the  beginning  the  enterprise  was  a 
success,  Mr.  McMahon  gathering  about  him  a  corps  of  assistants  well  fitted  to 
cater  to  the  public.  Following  the  hotel  business  with  marked  success  for  about 
eight  years,  he  then  sold  the  Lodi  Hotel  to  Daniel  J.  McGrath  (a  sketch  of 
whose  life  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work,),  who  later  became  his  son-in-law. 
Removing  thereafter  to  Passaic,  Mr.  McMahon  resumed  the  contracting  and 
building  business,  which  he  carried  forward  in  that  city  until  1898,  then,  in 
that  year,  was  appointed  building  inspector  of  Passaic.  This  position  he  held 
for  a  period  of  eight  years,  then,  in  1906,  he  began  a  tour  of  the  United  States, 
and  spent  eight  years  in  leisurely  travel,  both  among  the  famous  points  of  inter- 
est in  the  tourists'  beaten  path  and  in  the  less  familiar  by-ways  which  are 
missed  by  the  hasty  sightseers,  but  which  hold  some  of  the  most  marvelous  and 
most  typical  scenes  of  the  Western  World.  Returning  in  1914,  he  took  up  his 
residence  with  his  daughter,  Catherine  (Mrs.  McGrath),  and  resided  with  her 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  on  October'  10,  1920. 

But  Squire  McMahon's  personal  interests  were  by  no  means  the  whole  of 
his  broadly  active  life.  By  a  unanimous  election  of  both  the  Republican  and 
Democratic  parties,  he  was  made  squire  of  the  township  of  Lodi  in  1876.    This 


334  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

was  an  unusual  tribute  to  the  man  and  his  ability,  as  he  was  a  staunch  Democrat 
in  principles,  and  fearless  in  the  advocacy  of  his  convictions.  His  services  in 
office  were  acceptable  to  both  parties,  and  he  was  retained  as  squire  until  the 
year  1890,  the  title  being  popularly  accorded  him  throughout  the  remainder  of 
his  life. 

Fraternally  Mr.  McMahon  was  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  w'hich  he  was  past  exalted  ruler, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians  and  the  Knights  of 
Columbus.  He  was  for  many  years  a  member  and  for  a  number  of  years  presi- 
dent of  the  Carpenters'  Union  of  Passaic.  He  was  a  devoted  member  of  St. 
Francis  de  Sales  Roman  Catholic  Church,  of  Lodi,  of  which  he  was  also  a 
trustee.  He  was  an  ardent  devotee  of  the  Catholic  faith,  and  contributed 
largely  to  the  support  of  the  church. 

Mr.  McMahon  married  (first)  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  in  1871,  Ellen  Dunn, 
daughter  of  Peter  Dunn,  of  Drumcondra,  County  Dublin,  Ireland,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Elizabeth,  born  January  25,  1872, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Patrick  Gilligan,  a  railroad  man  of  Scranton,  Pennsyl- 
vania, she  now  being  prominent  in  social  and  benevolent  activities  in  Dunmore, 
Pennsylvania,  being  a  member  of  the  Red  Cross  Home  Nursing  Unit  there ; 
Catherine,  wife  of  Lodi's  well  known  citizen,  the  late  Daniel  J.  McGrath ; 
Bernard,  born  May  18,  1875,  died  February  6,  1911;  Mary  A.,  born  May  19, 
1877,  wife  of  Luke  T.  Clabby,  whose  life  is  also  reviewed  in  a  following  sketch; 
Margaret,  born  August  15,  1879,  wife  of  Joseph  Farley,  of  Paterson,  New  Jer- 
sey, a  sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere;  John,  born  June  4,  1881,  former 
building  inspector  of  Lodi ;  James  A.,  a  sketch  of  whom  follows.  Mrs.  Ellen 
(Dunn)  McMahon  died  when  the  youngest  child  was  still  an  infant,  and  Mr. 
McMahon  married  (second)  in  1884,  Bridget  Morgan  Willis,  daughter  of  a 
well  known  citizen  of  Rutherford,  New  Jersey,  and  she  died  two  years  later. 


JAMES  AUGUSTINE  McMAHON— Bearing  a  name  which  has  long 
been  an  honored  one  in  Lodi  and  in  the  nearby  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jerse)-, 
James  Augustine  McMahon  holds  a  position  of  prominence  in  the  community. 
He  is  a  son  of  Squire  Patrick  J.  and  Ellen  (Dunn)  McMahon,  and  the  life  of 
his  late  father,  who  was  a  leading  figure  in  both  business  and  public  life,  is 
reviewed  in  the  preceding  sketch. 

James  Augustine  McMahon  was  born  in  Lodi,  October  7,  1883,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  at  St.  Nicholas  Parochial  School,  in  Passaic.  On  January 
1,  1913,  he  was  made  borough  clerk  of  Lodi,  and  served  for  a  period  of  seven 
years  under  Mayor  John  J.  Geoghegan,  his  term  of  office  closing  on  January 
1,  1920.  Mr.  McMahon  is  now  a  clerk  in  the  offices  of  the  United  Piece  Dye 
V/orks,  of  Lodi. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  McMahon  holds  membership  in  Trinity  Council,  Knight? 
of  Columbus,  of  Hackensack,  New  Jersey,  and  in  Hackensack  Lodge,  No.  658, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Always  interested  in  all  civic  ad- 
vance, he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Lodi  Fire  Department,  a  charter 
member  of  Hose  Company  No.  1,  and  the  Exempt  Firemen's  Association. 
He  is  a  member  and  trustee  of  St.  Francis  de  Sales  Roman  Catholic  Church, 
of  Lodi,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey.  Mr.  McMahon  married,  on  February 
15,  1911,  at  St.  Francis  de  Sales  Church,  Mary  Hakstege,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mary  (Kruitbosch)  Hakstege,  her  father  being  a  resident  of  Lodi,  but 
her  mother  is  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McMahon  have  one  son,  James, 
born  January  3,   1912,  now  a  pupil  at  Washington  School. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  335 

LUKE  T.  CLABBY — Prominent  in  the  social  and  fraternal  life  and  for 
many  years  active  In  business  in  Passaic,  Luke  T.  Clabby  holds  a  responsible 
position  with  the  Erie  railroad,  and  is  also  the  owner  of  much  valuable  real 
estate  in  and  about  the  city. 

Mr.  Clabby  is  a  son  of  Richard  and  Anastatia  (Kelly)  Clabby,  his  father 
having  been  far  many  years  a  Passaic  business  man,  and  a  well  known  citizen 
and  large  owner  of  real  estate  here.  The  elder  Clabbys  were  the  parents  of 
seven  children:  Luke  T. ;  Bridget;  Anastatia;  Mary;  Robert;  Winifred,  and 
Bessie. 

Luke  T.  Clabby  was  born  in  the  Dundee  section  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
June  7,  1875,  and  receiving  his  early  education  in  the  St.  Nicholas  Parochial 
School,  he  later  attended  the  Passaic  High  School,  and  the  McChesney  Busi- 
ness College,  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  From  the  year  1897,  Mr.  Clabby  was 
engaged  in  the  liquor  business  with  his  father,  until  the  death  of  the  latter  In 
1902,  when  he  continued  the  business  alone,  eventually  selling  out  to  Richard 
Zo'ber,  in  1906.  At  that  time  Mr.  Clabby  became  identified  with  the  Erie  rail- 
road, in  the  capacity  of  foreman  in  the  freight  department  in  Passaic,  and  this 
position  he  has  now  held  for  more  than  fifteen  years.  In  connection  with  the 
activities  of  this  position,  Mr.  Clabby  finds  his  leisure  time  largely  occupied 
with  personal  business  affairs  in  the  managemnet  of  his  real  estate  Interests  in 
Passaic. 

Politically  Mr.  Clabby  has  always  supported  the  Republican  party.  Fra- 
ternally he  Is  a  charter  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387,  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  he  has  long  been  a  member  of  Passaic  Council, 
No.  1092,  Royal  Arcanum.  He  was  a  member  of  the  old  Dundee  Fire  De- 
partment, No.  2,  and  is  now  an  exempt  fireman.  He  and  his  family  are  mem- 
bers of  St.  Francis  de  Sales  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  Lodi,  where  the  Clabby 
family  now  live. 

Mr.  Clabby  married,  on  April  26,  1899,  Mary  A.  McMahon,  daughter  of 
Squire  Patrick  J.  and  Ellen  (Dunn)   McMahon  (q.  v.). 

Mrs.  Clabby  has  long  been  a  leader  In  social  and  civic  affairs  in  Lodi. 
During  the  World  War  she  was  very  active  In  the  leadership  of  the  women's 
aid  organizations  of  various  kinds.  She  was  treasurer  of  the  Lodi  branch  of 
the  American  Red  Cross,  was  chairman  of  the  French  Orphans'  War  Drive, 
receiving  citations  from  both  the  United  States  and  French  governments,  and 
was  largely  instrumental  in  carrying  Lodi's  quota  "over  the  top"  In  the  Red 
Cross  and  other  drives.  She  was  active  in  the  work  of  the  local  food  adminis- 
tration, and  Is  now  in  charge  of  the  Lodi  branch  of  the  Home  Service  and 
other  post-war  activities.  She  is  at  present  organizing  the  Representative 
Women  of  Lodi,  and  Is  also  serving  as  county  committeewoman  of  the  First 
District.  For  many  years  Mrs.  Clabby  has  been  a  member  of  the  Catholic 
Women's  Benevolent  Legion,  served  as  a  member  of  the  Law  Committee  of 
the  Supreme  board  of  directors  of  the  legion  for  three  years,  and  was  elected 
as  the  New  Jersey  representative.  She  Is  also  a  State  officer  of  the  Ladies' 
Auxiliary  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  and  helped  to  secure  a  plot  in 
Arlington  Cemetery  to  erect  a  monument  to  the  Nuns  of  the  battlefields  of  the 
Civil  War.  She  Is  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Baby  Clinic 
of  Lodi. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clabby  are  the  parents  of  five  sons:  Richard  W.,  boni 
February  22,  1900,  died  July  17,  1901 ;  Bernard,  born  March  22,  1903,  now 
serving  In  the  United  States  navy  as  petty  officer  on  the  United  States  Steam- 
ship "Vixen,"  at  St:  Thomas  Island,  Virgin  Islands ;  Austin,  born  November 
28,    1904,   now   In   the   United   States   navy,   on   the   United   States   Gunboat 


336  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

"Savannah,"  as  third  class  electrician;  Richard  (2),  born  April  17,  1906,  a 
graduate  of  the  Roosevelt  Grammar  School  and  now  (1922)  a  student  at  the 
Newark  Preparatory  School;  and  Arthur,  born  July  17,  1915,  now  attending 
Washington   School,   at   Lodi,   New   Jersey. 


JOHN  NICHOLAS  RYAN,  M.  D.— Holding  a  leading  position  in  the 
medical  profession  and  public  activities  in  Passaic,  Dr.  Ryan  is  considered  one 
of  the  successful  practitioners  of  the  day  in  this  district.  He  is  a  son  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  (Meade)  Ryan,  old-time  residents  of  Passaic,  who  came 
here  from  Ireland  about  1857.  They  were  the  parents  of:  Elizabeth,  married 
Francis  McGuire,  of  Passaic;  Mary  and  Susan,  unmarried,  living  in  Passaic; 
Margaret,  now  a  Sister  of  Charity,  in  Paterson ;  William  R.,  a  lawyer  of  Los 
Angeles,  California ;  and  Dr.  John  N.,  of  whom  further. 

Dr.  Ryan  was  born  in  Passaic,  May  16,  1876,  and  his  education  was  begun 
in  St.  Nicholas'  Parochial  School  in  this  city,  from  which  he  was  graduated  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  years.  Then  spending  one  year  at  McChesney's  Classical  and 
Business  College,  in  Paterson,  he  thereafter  entered  the  New  York  School, 
where  he  covered  a  comprehensive  course  in  preparation  for  his  chosen  profes- 
sion, subsequently  matriculating  in  the  medical  department  of  the  Long  Island 
College  Hospital,  from  v/hich  he  was  graduated  on  May  16,  1899,  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Dr.  Ryan  immediately  entered  upon  the  practice 
of  medicine  in  Passaic,  opening  his  office  at  No.  275  Passaic  street.  He  later 
removed  to  No,  136  Jefferson  street,  and  still  later  to  his  present  office  at  No. 
158  Lexington  avenue.  Specializing  in  internal  and  preventative  medicine. 
Dr.  Ryan  has  built  up  a  very  extensive  practice,  and  stands  among  the  leaders 
in  medical  circles  in  this  section.  He  is  a  member  of  the  medical  staff  of  St. 
Mary's  Hospital,  also  its  president,  and  superintendent  and  medical  inspector 
of  the  Passaic  Isolation  Hospital ;  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, the  Association  of  Military  Surgeons,  the  New  Jersey  State  Medical 
Society,  and  the  Passaic  County  Medical  Society. 

During  the  World  War  Dr.  Ryan  was  commissioned  a  captain  in  the 
Medical  Corps,  on  September  19,  1918,  and  was  stationed  at  Fort  Oglethrope, 
Georgia,  after  v/hich  he  was  transferred  to  Newport  News,  Virginia,  thence  to 
Debarkation  Hospital,  No.  51,  at  Hampton,  Virginia,  from  which  point  he  was 
discharged  on  April  5,  1919,  when  he  returned  to  his  practice  in  Passaic.  Dr. 
Ryan  is  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks ;  of  Perez  Council,  No.  262,  Knights  of  Columbus ;  the  Foresters  of 
America,  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and  in  club  circles  he  is  affiliated 
with  the  Lions  Club  of  Passaic.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Democratic  party,  and 
has  taken  a  keen  interest  in  the  affairs  of  his  city,  not  only  from  a  medical 
viewpoint,  but  also  as  a  citizen.  In  1900  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Education,  being  re-elected  in  1903.  Still  later,  in  1909,  under  the 
commission  form  of  government  in  Passaic,  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
same  board.  In  1912  he  was  appointed  health  officer  of  Passaic,  a  position  he 
still  holds  (1922).  In  1916  he  was  appointed  by  the  State  a  member  of  the 
Passaic  County  Mosquito  Commission,  and  Is  still  a  member  thereof. 

Dr.  Ryan  married,  In  Brooklyn,  New  York,  April  12,  1902,  Helen  S.  Far- 
rell,  daughter  of  Bartholomew  and  Honoria  (Hanley)  Farrell,  of  that  city. 


FRANK  CANNOVA — Although  Mr.  Cannova  is  still  a  young  man  and 
has  not  yet  been  In  this  country  two  decades,  he  has  achieved  marked  success 
in  his  chosen  line  of  actlvit}',  and  is  counted  among  the  leading  young  men  of 
the  borough  of  Lodi.    Mr.  Cannova  is  a  son  of  Santo  Cannova,  who  was  born 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  337 

in  Palermo,  Italy,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years  joined  the  Italian  army, 
serving  as  a  member  of  the  Military  Police  for  a  period  of  thirty-two  years 
He  died  in  1894,  in  Palermo.  He  married  Cira  Raso,  who  still  survives  him. 
and  now  resides  in  Lodi. 

Frank  Cannova  was  born  in  Palermo,  Italy,  April  5,  1889,  and  his  edu- 
cation was  begun  in  his  native  city.  Coming  to  the  United  States  with  his 
mother  when  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  they  made  their  home  in  New  York 
City  for  one  year,  while  the  youth  studied  the  language  of  the  new  land,  and 
prepared  for  his  future.  Then  coming  to  Lodi,  Mr.  Cannova,  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  years,  entered  the  confectionery  business,  establishing  a  store  at  the 
corner  of  Antrim  and  Summer  streets,  in  Lodi,  but  later  removing  to  Main 
street.  Following  the  confectionery  business  until  he  was  twenty-four  years 
of  age,  Mr.  Cannova  then  struck  out  in  a  more  congenial  field.  The  rapid 
growth  of  the  section  had  inspired  him  to  take  a  hand  in  the  construction  work 
going  on  all  about  him,  but  he  wisely  arranged  to  gain  experience,  entering 
the  employ  of  the  Snyder  &  Trest  Construction  Company,  of  New  York  City, 
with  whom  he  remained  for  two  years,  then  being  employed  for  a  time  with 
McCarthy  Brothers.  Mr.  Cannova  then  established  himself  in  the  construc- 
tion business  in  Lodi,  his  first  contract  being  for  the  Emergency  Fleet  Corpor- 
ation, at  Chester,  Pennsylvania.  In  1918  the  United  Engineering  and  Con- 
struction Company  was  organized,  Mr.  Cannova  being  treasurer  of  the  con- 
cern, then,  a  year  later,  he  was  made  president.  He  has  been  active  from  the 
start  in  the  management  of  the  affairs  of  the  company,  and  largely  instru- 
mental in  its  success.  The  concern  has  built  roads  and  sewers  throughout 
Rutherford,  Garfield,  Lodi,  Carlstadt,  and  other  towns  in  this  section  of  the 
State,  and  at  the  present  time  has  a  contract  to  construct  eleven  miles  of  New 
York  State  highway.  They  stand  among  the  leading  firms  in  their  field  of 
effort,  and  are  making  marked  progress. 

In  the  various  interests  of  the  community,  civic,  social  and  fraternal,  Mr. 
Cannova  takes  a  part.  A  Democrat  by  political  convictions,  he  gives  cordial 
support  to  every  advance  movement.  He  is  a  member  of  Archimedes  Lodge, 
No.  935,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  and  of  Galliano  Lodge,  No.  135,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

Mr.  Cannova  married,  in  Lodi,  in  1910,  Katy  Triolo,  of  Lodi,  and  they 
have  four  children:  Santos,  Mike,  Carl,  and  Ciro,  all  but  the  youngest  now 
(1922)    attending  school   in   Lodi,   New   Jersey. 


THE  FREDERICK  FAMILY— Jeremiah  Frederick,  third  child  and 
second  son  of  William  and  Jane  (Van  Riper)  Frederick,  was  born  at  the  fam- 
ily homestead  in  Franklin,  now  Delawanna,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey, 
September  6,  1828.  His  educational  advantages  were  acquired  in  the  schools 
of  the  neighborhood,  and  during  his  boyhood  years  he  assisted  his  father  with 
the  various  chores  on  the  homestead  farm.  He  continued  to  reside  under  the 
parental  roof  at  Delawanna  up  to  the  time  of  his  marriage  in  1864.  Shortly 
afterwards  he  settled  with  his  bride  on  the  old  Frederick  homestead,  where  he 
became  actively  engaged  in  cultivating  the  ancestral  acres,  and  general  farm 
work.  After  his  father's  demise  in  1857,  he  succeeded  to  the  management 
of  the  Frederick  homestead  farm.  Jeremiah  Frederick  had  in  the  course 
of  time  become  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  residents  of  the  surround- 
ing neighborhood,  and  he  also  became  actively  identified  with  the  social, 
civic  and  moral  interests  of  the  community.  In  1921  he  was  elected  to  the 
office  of  road  master  in  the  town  of  Delawanna,  now  the  city  of  Clifton, 
and  faithfully  discharged  the  duties  of  that  position  for  several  terms.     He 


338  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

likewise  became  actively  identified  with  the  educational  interests  of  the  town 
of  Delawanna,  and  for  some  time  served  as  a  member  of  the  School  Board. 
In  his  political  associations,  he  supported  the  principles  and  policies  as  advo- 
cated by  the  Republican  party.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
First  Dutch  Reformed  Church  on  River  road  in  Passaic. 

Jeremiah  Frederick  married,  March  16,  1864,  Eliza  Jane  Miller,  born 
December  11,  1831,  daughter  of  George  and  Jane  (Shuart)  Miller,  both  of 
whom  were  residents  of  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey.  They  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  1.  William  Jeremiah,  of  whom  further.  2.  Cath- 
erine Huyler,  born  January  17,  1868.  She  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the 
neighborhood,  and  graduated  from  the  Nutley  High  School.  She  was  reared 
to  years  of  womanhood  under  the  parental  roof.  She  married,  February  18, 
1891,  Nathaniel  P.  Moore,  born  December  31,  1868,  son  of  George  and  Mar- 
garet Jane  (Williamson)  Moore.  They  settled  on  the  homestead.  Of  this 
union  were  born  two  children:  Marian  Moore,  November  9,  1891,  and  War- 
ren Moore,  May  13,  1905.  The  former  graduated  from  the  Passaic  High 
School,  and  married,  January  17,  1912,  Claude  J.  Covert.  3.  Henry  Milton, 
born  February  16,  1871.  He  received  his  early  educational  advantages  in  the 
schools  of  the  neighborhood  and  in  the  Nutley  High  School.  He  next  entered 
upon  a  course  of  technical  study  in  the  office  of  Wise  &  Watson,  civil  engi- 
neers, in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  civil 
engineering  and  surveying.  At  the  present  time,  1921,  he  resides  with  his 
family  at  Spotswood,  Middlesex  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  holds  the  offi- 
cial position  of  tax  assessor  and  borough  engineer  of  the  town.  He  married 
(first)  Julia  Waters,  and  after  her  demise,  married  (second)  Anna  Van  Scholt. 
No  Issue.    4.  Anna  Rachel,  born  June  18,  1877,  died  April  13,  1878. 

Jeremiah  Frederick  died  at  the  family  home  in  Delawanna,  August  9, 
1907.  His  wife  and  mdther  of  his  children,  Eliza  Jane  (Miller)  Frederick, 
passed  away  at  the  homestead,  January  28,  1916.  The  remains  of  both  were 
interred  in  the  family  plot  at  Cedar  Lawn  Cemetery. 

William  Jeremiah  Frederick,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Eliza 
Jane  (Miller)  Frederick,  was  born  at  the  family  homestead  in  Delawanna, 
Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  October  29,  1865.  His  early  educational  advan- 
tages were  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and  during  his 
boyhood  days  he  assisted  In  the  various  duties  and  chores  on  the  family  home- 
stead, and  was  there  rearer  to  years  of  manhood.  In  1891  he  decided  to 
enter  upon  a  course  of  study  In  the  New  York  College  of  Veterinary  Surgeons 
in  New  York  City,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  for  a  period  of  four  years, 
and  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1895,  with  the  title  of  V.  S.  Soon  after 
leaving  his  alma  mater.  Dr.  Frederick  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  with 
offices  at  his  home  in  Delawanna,  and  as  the  years  went  by  his  practice  fre- 
quently called  him  to  the  various  towns  In  Bergen,  Essex  and  Passaic  counties. 

Dr.  Frederick,  soon  after  his  marriage,  erected  the  dwelling  house  on  the 
west  side  of  Franklin  avenue,  nearly  opposite  the  old  Frederick  homestead  in 
Delawanna,  and  which  Is  now  used  for  the  executive  offices  of  the  Ridgelawn 
Cemetery  Corporation.  In  1897,  Dr.  Frederick  sold  a  portion  of  the  old  Fred- 
erick homestead  farm,  comprising  about  twenty-five  acres,  on  the  western  side 
of  Franklin  avenue  in  the  town  of  Delawanna,  to  the  Ridgelawn  Cemetery 
Corporation,  who  have  since  converted  these  lands  into  sections  and  plots  for 
sepulchral  purposes.  These  Improvements,  with  the  natural  topography  of  the 
lands,  form  one  of  the  most  attractive  cemetery  locations  in  the  State  of  New 
Jersey.  Soon  after  disposing  of  his  residence  and  lands.  Dr.  Frederick  erected 
his  present  residence  opposite  the  cemetery  office  on  the  east  side  of  Franklin 


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avenue,  where  he  has  continued  to  reside  up  to  the  present  time,  1921.  He 
has  become  well  known  and  esteemed  as  a  useful  and  progressive  citizen,  and 
is  highly  respected  by  all  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact. 

William  Jeremiah  Frederick  married,  in  Passaic,  November  14,  1888,  May 
Van  Blarcom,  born  in  New  York  City,  September  8,  1868,  daughter  of  William 
and  Amanda  (Sembler)  Van  Blarcom;  her  father  was  a  direct  descendant  ot 
one  of  the  early  Colonial  families  of  northern  New  Jersey.  She  is  an  only 
child  of  her  parents.  Of  this  union  was  born  the  following  children:  1.  Edith 
May,  born  September  14,  1889.  She  obtained  her  early  educational  advantages 
in  the  public  schools,  and  graduated  from  Coleman's  Commercial  College  in  the 
city  of  Newark.  She  married  Marinus  C.  Tamboer,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 
No  issue.  2.  Viola,  born  September  27,  1893.  She  obtained  her  educational 
advantages  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  and  graduated  from  the  Clifton 
High  School.  3.  William  Milton,  bom  December  11,  1897.  4.  LeRoy,  born 
May  22,  1901.  Both  the  latter  obtained  their  early  educational  training  in 
the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  and  in  the  Clifton  High  School. 

Nicholas  Frederick,  fifth  child  and  son  of  William  and  Jane  (Van  Riper) 
Frederick,  was  born  at  the  old  Frederick  farm  homestead  which  stood  upon  the 
site  which  now  comprises  the  Ridgelawn  Cemetery  at  Delawanna,  Passaic 
county,  New  Jersey,  May  21,  1836.  He  obtained  his  educational  advantages 
in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  where  his  parents  resided.  Soon  after 
laying  aside  his  school  books,  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  mercantile  house  in 
New  York  city,  where  he  remained  engaged  for  several  years.  Upon  his 
return  to  Delawanna,  he  continued  to  reside  under  the  parental  roof,  and  soon 
after  his  marriage  settled  with  his  bride  on  part  of  the  ancestral  estate,  where 
he  established  his  home  and  reared  his  family.  He  was  actively  engaged  in 
cultivating  his  farm  for  many  years,  and  at  the  present  time,  1921,  resides  with 
his  daughter  Rachel,  on  the  farm  homestead,  which  he  inherited  from  his 
parents.  Throughout  his  active  years  he  became  identified  with  the  social  and 
civic  interests  of  Delawanna,  where  he  became  well  and  favorably  known  as  a 
progressive  and  useful  citizen. 

Nicholas  Frederick  married,  in  Allwood,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey, 
Elizabeth  Agnes  Speer,  born  February  21,  1840,  daughter  of  John  P.  and 
Rachel  (Demarest)  Speer,  and  of  their  union  were  born  the  following  children: 
1.  John,  who  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  neiighborhood,  and  was  reared 
to  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  He  died  at  the  family  home  in 
Delawanna,  in  1912.  2.  Walter,  of  whom  further.  3.  Rachael,  born  Occtober 
3,  1871.  She  obtained  her  educational  advantages  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  neighborhood,  and  was  reared  to  years  of  womanhood  under  the  parental 
roof.  She  married,  August  20,  1895,  Leonard  Riker,  born  July  30,  1866,  son 
of  Leonard  and  Elizabeth  G.  Riker,  and  of  their  union  they  had  born  one  child, 
Agnes  Riker,  born  July  29,  1897. 

Walter  Frederick,  seccond  child  and  son  of  Nicholas  and  Elizabeth  Agnes 
(Speer)  Frederick,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Delawanna,  Passaic  county. 
New  Jersey,  September  13,  1865.  His  early  educational  advantages  were 
acquired  in  the  schools  of  Delawanna,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  up  to  his 
fifteenth  year,  at  which  time  he  met  with  an  unfortunate  injury  to  his  left  hip, 
caused  during  a  friendly  act  of  play,  which  resulted  in  permanent  disability. 
Soon  after  his  partial  recovery,  Walter  entered  the  employ  of  the  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  &  Western  Railroad  Company,  in  the  capacity  of  station  agent  at 
Delawanna,  and  remained  thus  employed  with  the  railroad  company  for  a 
period  of  over  twenty-six  years.  During  this  time  he  also  conducted  the  post- 
office  at  the  station  house  in  Delawanna.    In  1915,  he  relinquished  his  employ- 


340  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

ment  with  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  Railroad  Company  and 
has  since  that  time  discharged  the  duties  of  postmaster  at  Delawanna  in  a 
building  which  he  erected  at  his  own  expense.  The  Delawanna  United  States 
Post  Office  has  retained  the  use  of  the  aforementioned  building  up  to  the 
present  time,  1921.  In  his  fraternal  association  Mr.  Frederick  is  a  member  of 
Pyramid  Lodge,  No.  225,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  at  Lyndhurst, 
Bergen  county.  New  Jersey.  Both  he  and  the  members  of  his  family  adhere  to 
the  same  religious  faith  of  his  ancestors. 

Walter  Frederick  married,  in  Bloomfield,  Essex  county,  New  Jersey, 
in  1897,  Minnie  Crowell,  born  in  1875.  Of  this  union  were  born  two  children, 
as  follows:  1.  Russell,  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Delawanna,  and  was 
there  reared  to  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  He  married  Margaret 
Wood,  and  they  have  one  son.  2.  Walter,  Jr.,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in 
Delawanna,  where  he  obtained  his  educational  advantages,  and  was  reared  to 
years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.     He  married  Matilda  Pleasant. 


HENRY  FREDERICK— The  early  generations  of  the  branch  of  the 
Frederick  family  which  furnishes  the  caption  of  this  review  were  among  the 
Colonial  settlers  of  the  old  town  of  Acquackanonk,  in  w*hat  is  now  Passaic 
county.  New  Jersey.  The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  family  of 
whom  we  have  any  authentic  information  was  William  Frederick,  born  August 
20,  1796,  who  resided  on  the  farm  homestead,  which  stood  upon  the  site  which 
now  comprises  Ridgelawn  Cemetery,  Delawanna,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey. 
William  Frederick  had  been  trained  to  the  routine  of  farm  life,  and  spent  the 
whole  of  his  active  career  as  a  practical  farmer.  Soon  after  his  marriage  to 
Jane  Van  Riper,  October  23,  1823,  a  descendant  of  an  early  Colonial  settled 
family  of  Acquackanonk,  they  settled  and  established  their  home  on  the  old 
Frederick  farm  homestead,  mentioned  above.  Here  they  spent  the  whole  of 
the  active  years  of  their  life.  William  Frederick  died  at  the  Frederick  farm 
homestead,  August  28,  1857,  in  the  prime  years  of  his  manhood.  His  dutiful 
wife  and  mother  of  his  children,  Jane  (Van  Riper)  Frederick,  died  at  the 
family  homestead,  July  11,  1841,  aged  about  thirty-eig'ht  years.  This  worthy 
couple  had  born  to  them  the  following  children:  1.  Rachael  Ann,  born  July 
15,  1824,  died  March  2,  1889.  She  married  (first)  John  Henry  Banta, 
and  of  their  union  they  had  born  to  them  two  children,  as  follows :  i.  Jane 
Ann,  married  George  Stager,  a  Civil  War  veteran ;  no  issue,  ii.  William 
Henry,  born  October  27,  1847.  Rachael  Ann  (Frederick)  Banta  married 
(second)  James  Sargent,  and  of  their  union  they  had  four  children.  2.  Henry, 
of  whom  further.  3.  Jeremiah,  born  September  6,  1828.  He  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  where  his  parents  resided,  and  upon  attaining 
to  manhood   years  married  Jane   Miller.     Of  their  union  they  had  born  to 

them  four  children.  4.  Gitty  Maria,  born  September  20,  1831.    5. ,  twin 

sister  to  Gitty  Maria,  died  during  childhood  years,  August  4,  1841.  6.  Cath- 
arine Jane,  born  December  27,  1833.  She  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the 
neighborhood,  and  was  reared  to  the  years  of  womanhood  under  the  parental 
roof.  She  married  Abram  Folly,  and  of  their  union  they  had  born  to  them  four 
children.  7.  Nicholas,  born  May  21,  1836.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  the  neighborhood,  and  upon  attaining  to  manhood  years  married  Elizabetli 
A.  Speer,  a  member  of  an  old  Colonial  family.  Of  their  union  they  had  born 
to  them  three  children.  8.  Gitty  Maria  (second),  born  June  4,  1841,  died 
June  20,  1849. 

Henry  Frederick,  second  child  and  son  of  William  and  Jane  (Van  Riper) 
Frederick,  was  born  at  the  family  homestead  in  Delawanna,  New  Jersey,  Sep- 


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tember  28,  1826.  He  there  obtained  his  educational  advantages  in  the  schools 
of  the  neighborhood,  and  was  reared  to  manhood  years  under  the  parental  roof. 
During  this  period  he  assisted  in  the  work  and  care  of  the  homestead  farm, 
and  upon  applying  himself  to  the  practical  duties  of  life  engaged  in  cultivat- 
ing the  ancestral  acres.  He  became  well  known  for  his  industry  and  thrift, 
and  had  also  become  well  and  favorably  known  throughout  a  wide  region  of 
the  neighborhood  of  Delawanna.  Both  he  and  his  faithful  wife  attended  the 
First  Reformed  Church  in  Passaic.  In  his  political  associations,  Henry  Fred- 
erick supported  the  principles  and  policies  advocated  by  the  Republican  party. 
He  died  at  the  family  home  in  Delawanna,  January  1,  1882.  The  remains 
of  Henry  Frederick  and  his  children  were  interred  in  the  family  plot  in  the 
Cemetery  of  the  First  Dutch  Reformed  Church  in  Passaic,  from  whence  they 
were  removed  in  1921  and  were  re-interred  in  the  family  plot  in  Ridgelawn 
Cemetery.  His  wife,  Leah  Ann  (Speer)  Frederick,  passed  aawy  at  the  late 
family  home  in  Delawanna,  January  4,  1919.  She  had  become  well  and  highly 
esteemed  by  her  neighbors  and  friends  for  her  many  fine  qualities  of  mind  and 
heart,  and  at  the  time  of  her  death,  it  was  justly  stated  that  many  persons  of 
the  surrounding  community  missed  her  kindly  friendship  and  benefactions. 

Henry  Frederick  married,  in  the  town  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New 
Jersey,  February  27,  1853,  Leah  Ann  Speer  and  of  their  union  they  had  born  to 
them  the  following  children:  1.  Emma  Jane,  born  September  15,  1854, 
died  December  15,  1854.  2.  Anna,  born  August  18,  1855.  She  was  educated 
in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and  was  reared  to  years  of  womanhood 
under  the  parental  roof.  She  married  Thomas  H.  Kingsland,  and  of  their 
union  they  had  born  to  them  the  following  children :  i.  Grace  Annetta  Kings- 
land,  born  August  5,  1884;  ii.  Henry  Frederick  Kingsland,  born  November 
18,  1886,  died  in  October,  1887.  iii.  Ethel  Lorene  Kingsland,  born  Aug- 
ust 16,  1889.  iv.  Bessie  Leah  Kingsland,  born  February  18,  1892.  v.  Mable 
Marie  Kingsland,  born  February  28,  1895.  vi.  Margery  Jane  Kingsland, 
born  February  28,  1895,  twin  of  Mable  M.  vii.  Helen  Grant  Kingsland, 
born  August  20,  1897.  viii.  Alma  Elizabeth  Kingsland,  born  May  28, 
1898.  3.  John  William,  born  February  10,  1859.  He  obtained  his  educa- 
tional advantages  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and  was  reared  to  years 
of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  He  married  Theresa  Wise,  and  of  their 
union  had  no  issue.  He  died  February  19,  1895.  4.  Jeremiah,  born  April  2, 
1861,  died  in  June,  1917.  He  obtained  his  educational  advantages  in  the 
schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and  was  reared  to  years  of  manhood  under  the 
parental  roof.  He  married  Malinda  Tiece  Jacobus,  and  of  their  union  they 
had  born  to  them  four  children,  as  follows :  i.  Etta.  ii.  Walter,  born  August 
7,  1890.  iii.  Raymond,  born  June  22,  1895.  iv.  A  son,  twin  of  Raymond, 
died  in  early  life.  5.  Mary,  born  November  18,  1862.  She  obtained  her  educa- 
tional advantages  in  the  schools  of  Delawanna,  where  she  was  reared  to  years 
of  womanhood  under  the  parental  roof,  and  at  the  present  time  (1921)  resides  on 
the  paternal  homestead  with  her  sister  Jane,  in  Delawanna.  6.  Jane,  born  Aug- 
ust 28,  1864.  She  obtained  her  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  Delawanna, 
where  she  was  reared  to  years  of  womanhood  under  the  parental  roof,  and  at 
the  present  time,  1921,  resides  with  her  sister  Mary  at  the  paternal  homestead  in 
Delawanna,  7.  Henry,  born  December  25,  1866.  He  obtained  his  educational 
advantages  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and  was  reared  to  years  of 
manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  He  died  May  29,  1916.  8.  Wilson  Speer, 
born  July  2,  1869.  He  obtained  his  educational  advantages  in  the  schools  of 
the  neighborhood,  and  was  reared  to  years  of  manhood  under  the  parentai 
roof.     He  married  Margarite  Schwackhammer,  and  of  their  union  they  had 


342  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

born  to  them  two  children:  i.  Allen  Morgan,  born  March  11,  1897.  ii.  Mar- 
garet Dean,  born  June  16,  1901.  9.  Howard  Everetit,  born  November  18,  1870. 
He  obtained  his  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and 
was  reared  to  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  He  died  March  23, 
1893.  10.  Catharine  A.,  bom  July  20,  1872.  She  obtained  her  educational 
training  in  the  schools  of  Delawanna,  where  she  was  reared  to  years  of  woman- 
liood  under  the  parental  roof.     She  died  July  23,  1895. 


BENJAMIN  DANSEN,  JR. — Among  the  progressive  young  men  who 
have  attained  prominence  in  the  environs  of  Passaic,  bearing  at  the  same  time 
practical  responsibilities  in  public  life,  Benjamin  Dansen,  Jr.,  is  a  noteworthy 
figure.  A  native  of  Holland,  he  was  reared  in  this  country,  and  has  given  to 
the  land  of  his  adoption  his  best  and  highest  efforts,  now  serving  the  people 
as  mayor  of  his  home  town  of  Lodi. 

Benjamin  Dansen,  Sr.,  Mr.  Dansen's  father,  was  born  in  Holland,  and 
came  to  this  country  in  the  year  1889,  bringing  his  family  with  him.  Locating 
in  Lodi,  he  was  for  several  years  engaged  in  the  milk  business,  then,  disposing 
of  this  interest,  entered  the  trucking  business.  Later,  he  became  connected  with 
the  Dupont  Chemical  Works,  where  he  remained  until  the  year  1919,  when  he 
retired  from  active  life.  He  now  resides  at  No.  136  Liberty  street.  Lodi.  He 
married,  in  Holland,  Jannetje  R.  De  Graff,  who  also  was  born  in  that  country, 
and  who  died  October  19,  1919,  in  Lodi,  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight  years. 

Benjamin  Dansen,  Jr.,  was  born  in  the  town  of  lerseke,  Province  of  Zee- 
land,  Holland,  March  6,  1888,  and  came  with  his  parents  to  the  United  States 
when  he  was  about  one  year  old.  His  education  was  begun  in  the  Church  street 
school,  which  was  the  first  school  in  Lodi,  and  he  afetrwards  attended  the  Lin- 
coln Grammar  school.  At  the  early  age  of  thirteen  years  he  left  school  and 
assisted  his  father  in  the  milk  business.  About  two  years  later  he  became  con- 
nected with  the  Union  Piece  Dye  Works,  then  known  as  the  Alexander  Piece 
Dye  Works,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  clip  boy  for  albout  one  year.  Not 
satisfied,  however,  with  the  future  possibilities  in  this  line  of  activity,  Mr. 
Dansen  left  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he  followed  until  1909.  At 
that  time  he  entered  the  construction  field  as  a  contractor,  in  association  with  his 
brother  Peter,  under  the  firm  name  of  Dansen  Brothers,  carrying  the  business 
forward  under  his  own  management  very  successfully  for  four  years.  With 
the  growing  business  and  the  advisability  of  expansion,  he,  in  1913,  incorporated 
the  concern,  under  the  name  of  the  Dansen  Construction  Company,  Incorpor- 
ated, at  the  same  time  receiving  into  association  with  him  his  six  brothers. 
The  company  has  since  figured  as  one  of  the  foremost  business  organizations 
of  its  kind  in  this  part  of  the  State.  In  the  course  of  his  operations  in  this 
connection,  Mr.  Dansen  has,  in  the  nature  of  the  case,  been  closely  in  touch 
with  the  real  estate  situation  at  all  times,  and  somewhat  as  an  outgrowth  of  his 
construction  work,  he  has  developed  a  thriving  real  estate  business.  Under  the 
name  of  Benjamin  Dansen,  Jr.,  he  has  for  some  years  taken  a  part  in  the 
physical  growth  of  the  community  through  his  real  estate  activities,  buying, 
selling  and  developing,  while  still  actively  engaged  in  the  management  of  the 
construction  firm. 

Broadly  representative  of  the  spirit  of  the  community,  Mr.  Dansen  was 
brought  forward  into  the  public  service  a  number  of  years  ago.  He  was  coun- 
cilman for  a  period  of  two  years  and  served  that  body  as  chairman  of  the 
finance  committee.  In  the  fall  of  1921  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Lodi,  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  this  office,  January  1,  1922,  with  the  expiration  of  his  term 
as  councilman.    He  still  keeps  general  oversight  of  his  business  interests,  giving 


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unstintedly,  however,  of  his  time  to  the  duties  of  his  office.  Mr.  Dansen  is  a 
member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum,  of  which  he  is  past  Regent,  and  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Christian  Reformed  Church  of  Lodi. 

Mr.  Dansen  married,  in  Passaic,  August  27,  1909,  Agatha  J.  DeGraff, 
daughter  of  Leonard  and  Lena  DeGraff,  and  they  have  three  children:  Ben- 
jamin (3),  born  August  29,  1910;  Leonard  P.,  born  March  26,  1913;  and 
Ruth  J.,  born  January  5,  1915.  All  are  now  attending  the  Lincoln  School,  Lodi, 

HENRY  F.  BANT  A — Family  tradition  states  that  the  early  progenitor 
of  the  Banta  family  which  furnishes  the  caption  of  this  review  was  among  the 
colonial  settlers  of  New  Jersey. 

The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  family  in  old  Acquackanonk, 
Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  was  John  Henry  Banta.  He  married  Rachael 
Ann  Frederick,  daughter  of  William  and  Jane  (Van  Riper)  Frederick,  of 
mention  in  preceding  sketch.  John  Henry  Banta  settled  with  his  bride 
in  Delawanna,  where  he  pursued  his  trade,  that  of  carpenter  and  builder. 
He  died  in  the  prime  of  manhood,  and  his  remains  were  interred  at  Mount 
Pleasant  Cemetery  in  the  city  of  Newark.  John  Henry  and  Rachael  Ann 
(Frederick)  Banta  had  born  to  them  two  children,  as  follows:  Jane  Ann,  who 
married  Captain  George  Stager,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  and  had  no  issue; 
William  Henry,  of  whom  further. 

William  Henry  Banta,  son  of  John  Henry  and  Rachael  Ann  (Frederick) 
Banta,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Delawanna,  October  27,  1847.  He  was 
left  an  orphan  at  the  early  age  of  five  years,  his  mother  having  married  (sec- 
ond) James  Sargent;   of  this  union  four  children  were  born. 

William  Henry  Banta  obtained  such  educational  advantages,  as  his  oppor- 
tunities and  time  afforded,  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  where  his  parents 
resided.  Being  dependent  chiefly  upon  his  own  efforts,  he  learned  the  carpenter 
trade,  which  line  of  work  he  pursued  up  to  his  thirtieth  year.  In  1875  he  was 
able  to  begin  business  on  his  own  account  in  the  towns  of  Delawanna  and 
Franklin,  in  the  ice  distributing  trade.  In  this  undertaking  he  met  with  prompt 
success  as  the  logical  result  of  his  straightforward  and  honest  methods  in  deal- 
ing with  his  patrons.  In  1890,  William  Henry  Banta  purchased  the  interests 
of  Yantacaw  in  the  Belleville  and  Nutley  districts,  and  successfully  managed 
the  same  until  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  December  18,  1902.  He 
had  become  well  known  and  highly  respected  throughohut  the  various  commu- 
nities wherein  he  conducted  his  ice  distributing  business  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  it  was  justly  stated  that  these  communities  had  lost  a  good  and  valued 
citizen.  In  his  political  associations,  William  Henry  Banta  supported  the 
principles  and  policies  advocated  by  the  Republican  party.  During  his  resi- 
dence with  his  family  in  the  town  of  Franklin,  now  Nutley,  he  took  an  active 
interest  in  the  social,  civic  and  educational  affairs  of  the  town.  He  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  school  board  and  faithfully  discharged  the  duties  of  that 
office  for  a  period  of  over  three  years.  He  also  served  numerous  times  upon 
various  committees  in  the  town  of  Nutley. 

William  Henry  Banta  married,  at  Franklin,  Essex  county.  New  Jersey, 
December  24,  1871,  Mary  C.  Preston,  born  August  14,  1846,  in  the  town  of 
Franklin,  where  her  parents,  Isaac  and  Mary  (Seneior)  Preston  resided.  Both 
the  latter  were  natives  of  Yorkshire,  England,  and  came  to  this  country  and 
settled  in  the  town  of  Franklin  in  1844.  William  Henry  and  Mary  C.  (Pres- 
ton) Banta,  had  born  to  them  the  following  children:  1.  Henry  Frederick,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Millie  G.,  born  September  18,  1875,  in  Bloomfield,  Essex 
county.  New  Jersey.     She  obtained  her  early  education  in  the  schools  of  the 


344  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

neighborhood  where  her  parents  resided  and  was  reared  to  womanhood  in  the 
town  of  Franiilin.  She  married  Sydney  Wassel,  and  they  have  one  child, 
William  Wassel.  3.  Jane  A.,  was  born  April  4,  1877,  and  was  educated  in  the 
Nutley  schools.  She  married  G.  Willis  Saunders,  and  they  have  three  chil- 
dren, as  follows :  Mariana  Saunders,  Wallace  Saunders,  and  Phelan  Saunders. 
4.  Lottie  M.,  born  October  7,  1879,  died  October  9,  1904.  5.  Rachael  S.,  born 
August  25,  1882,  died  March  20,  1906.  6.  Fanny  L.,  born  January  17,  1885. 
She  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Nutley  and  at  the  present  time,  1921,  resides 
with  her  mother  on  the  homestead. 

Henry  Frederick  Banta,  son  of  William  Henry  and  Mary  C.  (Preston) 
Banta,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Franklin,  Essex  county, 
New  Jersey,  Ju;ly  15,  1873.  He  there  received  such  educational  advantages  as 
the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  afforded  at  that  time.  Soon  after  his  seven- 
teenth year,  young  Banta  decided  to  learn  a  trade  and  accordingly  arranged 
with  Robert  E.  Day,  a  mason  and  builder  of  Bloomfield,  New  Jersey,  with 
whom  he  served  an  appreniticeship  of  four  years.  He  did  not,  however,  pursue 
his  chosen  line  of  work,  but  became  identified  with  his  father  in  the  wholesale 
and  retail  ice  trade  in  the  towns  of  Nutley  and  Delawanna,  and  the  surround- 
ing communities.  In  1904-5,  Henry  Frederick  Banta  purchased  the  coal  yard 
and  office,  with  all  its  accessories,  from  the  late  Charles  W.  Chaplin,  engaged 
in  the  coal  trade  in  connection  with  his  ice  distributing  business  which  he  had 
established  during  the  preceding  years.  In  this  undertaking  he  likewise  met 
with  immediate  success  through  his  indefatigable  energy  and  persevering  efforts 
coupled  with  straightforward  and  honest  dealings  with  all  his  patrons. 

Since  attaining  his  majority,  Henry  Frederick  Banta  has  at  all  times  taken 
an  active  interest  in  the  social,  civic  and  m^oral  interests  of  the  community 
wherein  he  resided.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Volunteer  Fire  Department 
of  the  town  of  Nutley  for  a  period  of  nearly  twelve  years,  and  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Town  Council  and  served  as  a  member  of  that  board  for  over 
five  years.  Politically  he  gives  his  support  to  the  Republican  party.  Frater- 
nally, Mr.  Banta  is  an  active  member  of  Lodge  No.  1290,  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks  of  the  town  of  Nutley.  He  is  also  an  active  member  of 
Crystal  Lodge,  No,  32,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Progress  Benefit  Associaition  and 
of  the  Exempt  Firemen's  Association  of  the  town  of  Nutley. 

Henry  Frederick  Banta  married,  in  the  town  of  Nutley,  Octo'ber  15,  1901, 
Mary  E.  Dinneen,  daughter  of  Donald  and  Ellen  (Lucy)  Dinneen,  both  of 
them  natives  of  the  Emerald  Isle.  Henry  Frederick  and  Mary  E.  (Dinneen) 
Banta  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Mary  Claire,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1902,  a  graduate  of  the  Nutley  High  School;  Frederick  Wil- 
liam, born  January  17,  1910;  Donald  Frederick,  born  November  8,  1916; 
Deloros   Banta,   born   November  3,    1921. 


FREDERICK  C.  STRECKFUSS— This  family  patronymic  is  of  ancient 
Teutonic  origin,  and  early  representatives  bearing  the  name  are  variously  re- 
ferred to  by  both  historic  writers  and  heraldists  throughout  Central  Germany. 
The  eminent  German  heraldlst,  Johann  Slebmacher,  mentions  the  early  ances- 
tors of  the  Streckfuss  family,  and  also  has  published  a  copperplate  Illustration 
of  the  symbols  of  the  Streckfuss  coat-of-arms,  which  is  contained  In  his  work 
published  In  the  city  of  Nuremberg,  Kingdom  of  Bavaria.  Germany,  in  1701. 
The  same  authority  also  declares  that  the  Streckfuss  family  during  that  early 
period  had  resided  In  the  town  of  Streckburg,  from  whence  the  name  of  Streck- 
fuss took  Its  origin. 

Frederick  Charles  Streckfuss,  the  founder  of  this  branch  of  the  Streckfuss 


ifretieritfe  C.  t)trEcftfuss 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  345 

family  in  this  country,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Forchtenberg,  not  far  distant 
from  the  city  of  Heilbrenn,  in  the  Kingdom  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  No- 
vember 5,  1851.  His  parents  were  Christian  and  Margarette  Streckfuss. 
Frederick  Charles  Streckfuss  received  such  educational  advantages  as  the 
schools  of  his  native  town  afforded,  and  he  was  there  confirmed  at  the  age  of 
fourteen  years.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his  school  books,  his  parents  having  de- 
cided that  the  boy  should  learn  some  useful  trade  or  occupation,  he  became  an 
apprentice  to  the  butchering  business  as  conducted  in  the  cities  and  towns  of 
Germany.  Immediately  upon  completing  his  course  of  apprenticeship,  Fred- 
erick Charles  Streckfuss  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  hoping  here 
to  find  a  broader  field  for  his  skill  and  labor.  He  sailed  from  the  city  of 
Bremen,  and  landed  in  the  harbor  of  New  York  City  in  1867-8.  Immediately 
upon  his  arrival  here,  he  at  once  sought  employment  at  his  chosen  line  of  work, 
and  for  some  time  was  engaged  at  his  trade  in  New  York  City,  where  he  con- 
tinued his  education.  In  1874  he  decided  to  locate  in  the  then  rapidly  growing 
town  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  where  In  the  course  of  time,  as 
a  result  of  his  industry,  he  was  enabled  to  begin  business  in  the  butcher's  trade, 
and  in  this  undertaking  he  succeeded.  His  skill  and  enterprise,  along  with  his 
straightforward  and  honest  methods  in  all  his  dealings  and  business  trans- 
actions, won  for  him  a  large  clientele  among  many  of  the  leading  families  of 
his  adopted  city. 

It  was  not  long  after  Frederick  Charles  Streckfuss  had  become  a  resident 
and  citizen  of  Passaic  that  his  enterprise  and  business  ability  became  recognized 
by  his  fellow-citizens.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  Passaic  National  Bank,  and  also  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  gov- 
ernors of  the  Passaic  General  Hospital.  He  also  was  actively  interested  in  a 
number  of  other  corporations  and  financial  institutions  in  Passaic,  and  has 
given  much  of  his  time  and  thought  towards  advancing  the  material  and  civic 
interests  of  his  adopted  city,  and  for  a  number  of  years  served  as  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Council  men  of  Passaic.  He  was  an  active  member  of  Passaic 
Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Centennial  Chapter,  No.  34,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  and  Washington  Commandery,  No.  21,  Knights  Templar,  of 
which  chapter  he  served  as  treasurer  for  some  time.  He  was  also  an  active 
member  of  Mecca  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
and  an  active  member  of  the  Acquackanonk  Club,  a  social  organization  of 
Passaic.    He  died  at  his  home  in  Passaic,  November  6,  1912. 

Frederick  Charles  Streckfuss  was  twice  married.  His  first  union  was  with 
Alice  M.  Colwell,  of  New  York  City,  where  she  was  born,  August  23,  1853. 
Of  this  marriage  a  family  of  seven  children  were  born,  two  of  whom  died  in 
years  of  early  infancy.  Those  who  attained  to  years  of  maturity  are  as  fol- 
lows: 1.  Honora  M.,  born  December  27,  1874,  now  Mrs.  Thomas  J.  Walsh, 
a  resident  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  2.  Frederick  C,  born  February  3,  1877, 
now  a  resident  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  3.  Alice  M.,  born  December  1,  1879, 
now  Mrs.  Richard  A.  Baker,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  4.  Josephine  L.,  born 
January  14,  1882,  now  Mrs.  William  J.  Mulvihill,  a  resident  of  Athenia, 
New  Jersey.  5.  Henry,  who  died  in  the  early  years  of  childhood.  Alice 
M.  (Colwell)  Streckfuss,  mother  of  the  aforementioned  children,  died  at 
the  family  home  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  April  23,  1885.  Frederick  Charles 
Streckfuss  married  (second)  June  7,  1887,  Wilhelmina  Schumann,  in  the 
town  of  Fremont,  in  Sullivan  county.  New  York. 


JOHN  DE  VOGEL — Of  the  younger  business  men  of  Passaic  county, 
John  De  Vogel,  a  jeweler  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  is  a  representative  figure. 


346  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

moving  forward  on  the  high  road  to  success,  making  his  own  opportunities  for 
advance.  Mr.  De  \'ogel  is  a  son  of  Kommer  De  \^ogel,  who  was  born  in 
The  Netherlands,  and  came  here  from  Holland  about  fifty  years  ago.  The 
elder  man  has  spent  his  entire  active  career  as  a  waterproofer  on  silk  and  ribbon 
materials,  and  has  long  been  highly  esteemed  as  one  of  the  most  proficient  men 
in  this  line  of  work.  He  is  now  seventy  years  of  age,  and  one  year  ago  retired 
from  active  employment,  making  his  home  with  his  son.  He  married  Anna 
Williams,  a  member  of  one  of  the  old  aristocratic  Netherlands  families,  a  de- 
scendant of  the  French  Huguenot  settlers  of  that  country.  Their  three 
children  are :  John,  of  further  mention ;  Johanna,  who  keeps  the  home  for  her 
father  and  brother;  and  Marie,  who  recently  became  the  wife  of  William 
Zuidema,  of  Paterson,  where  they  reside  in  the  Hawthorne  section.  The 
mother  died  in  1919. 

John  De  Vogel  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  July  18,  1899,  and 
received  a  thorough  grounding  in  the  essentials  of  education  at  Public  School 
No.  10,  in  that  city,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  year  1914.  He 
immediately  entered  the  employ  of  A.  C.  Hover,  a  prominent  jeweler  of  that 
city,  where  he  made  a  thorough  study  of  the  business.  In  1919  he  opened  his 
own  business,  taking  a  room  in  the  Romaine  building,  at  No.  136  Washington 
street,  in  Paterson  (Room  320).  He  made  a  very  auspicious  beginning,  the 
only  drawback  being  the  unsuitable  room,  and  for  this  reason  he  gave  up  the 
business  after  a  time  until  a  better  location  offered,  meanwhile  taking  a  posi- 
tion with  B.  A.  Weber,  of  Ridgewood,  New  Jersey.  In  February,  1921,  he 
found  an  ideal  location,  and  severing  his  connection  with  Mr.  Weber,  Mr.  De 
^'^ogeI  established  his  present  high-class  jewelry  store  at  No.  695  Main  avenue, 
Clifton.  He  is  doing  a  large  and  constantly  increasing  business,  and  is  counted 
one  of  the  progressive,  forward-looking  young  men  of  the  community. 

A  Republican  in  political  faith,  Mr.  De  Vogel  is  unable  to  give  his  time  to 
public  activities,  but  endorses  every  advance  movement.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Third  Christian  Reformed  Church  of  Paterson,  the  city  of  his  residence. 


REV.  LADISLAUS  MSCISZ— The  former  Province  and  Kingdom  of 
Poland  has  furnished  many  settlers  from  among  its  laymen  citizenry  who  have 
emigrated  to  this  country  and  who  have  here  established  their  homes,  reared 
their  families,  and  become  good  and  useful  citizens.  Poland  has  also  furnished 
to  the  United  States  many  scholars  and  others  of  high  educational  attainments, 
as  well  as  men  of  note.  Many  of  these  settlers  have  located  their  homes  in  the 
great  "Metropolis"  and  the  surrounding  communities,  where  they  have  also 
built  their  churches  and  have  established  some  of  the  leading  charitable  organ- 
izations in  this  country. 

In  1905  the  Rev.  Ladislaus  Mscisz,  whose  name  furnishes  the  caption  of 
this  sketch,  left  the  land  of  his  forefathers  and  emigrated  to  the  United  States 
in  1905.  Rev.  Ladislaus  Mscisz  was  born  in  the  town  of  Allamaw,  in  the 
late  Province  of  Poland,  June  18,  1862.  His  parents  were  Thomas  and  Con- 
stantina  (Dydacka)  Mscisz.  He  there  obtained  his  elementary  educational 
training  in  the  parish  school,  and  upon  attaining  suitable  years  entered  upon  a 
preparatory  course  of  study  for  entering  college.  Soon  after  completing  his 
collegiate  course,  he  entered  a  theological  institution  in  the  city  of  Lemberg, 
from  which  institution  he  graduated  and  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood,  July 
28,  1884,  by  the  late  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Marawska,  of  the  Lemberg  Diocese,  in 
the  Province  of  Galicia.  Here,  soon  after  his  ordination,  Father  Mscisz 
entered  upon  his  first  charge  as  assistant  rector  in  the  village  of  Niamirow, 
where  he  ministered  to  the  spiritual  needs  of  his  congregation  until  1905,  during 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  347 

which  year  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States.  Soon  after  his  arrival 
in  New  York  City,  he  went  to  the  city  of  South  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  where 
he  assumed  the  rectorship  of  St.  Waicik's  Roman  Catholic  Church,  and  where 
he  ministered  to  the  spiritual  needs  of  his  congregaition  up  to  1913,  during 
which  year  he  assumed  the  rectorship  of  St.  Michael's  Roman  Catholic  Church 
at  Lacrosse,  Wisconsin.  In  1919  Father  Mscisz  came  to  Lodi,  New  Jersey, 
where  he  entered  upon  the  duties  of  chaplain  at  the  Felician  Sisters'  Convent, 
where  he  has  faithfully  minisitered  to  the  spiritual  needs  of  the  Sisters  and  the 
orphan  children  of  that  institution  up  to  the  present  time,  1921. 

GEORGE  HENRY  NOBLE— As  the  head  of  the  firm  of  Noble  & 
Ulbricht,  engineers  and  surveyors,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  George  Henry  Noble 
brings  to  'his  present  clientele  rare  breadth  of  experience  and  the  practical  knowl- 
edge gained  thereby,  in  addition  to  thorough  preparation  for  his  life  work  in 
metropolitan  institutions.  Mr.  Nobble  is  a  son  of  William  and  Mary  J.  (Boyd) 
Noble,  and  his  father,  who  is  now  retired  from  business  activity,  was  for  fifty 
years  superintendent  of  New  York  railways. 

George  H.  Noble  was  born  in  New  York  City,  March  1,  1883,  and  his 
early  education  was  acquired  in  the  public  and  parochial  schools  of  the  city.  In 
his  fourteenth  year  he  began  attending  evening  schools,  and  was  employed 
during  the  day,  following  this  arrangement  for  a  number  of  years,  and  taking 
special  courses  in  preparation  for  the  technical  studies  upon  which  he  had  early 
determined.  In  1905-06  be  realized  his  ambition,  completing  his  technical  edu- 
cation at  the  Mechanics  Institute  of  New  York  City.  Meanwhile,  from  1904-06, 
Empire  City  Subway  Company,  of  New  York,  in  1911  going  to  the  New  York 
Contracting  Company,  in  the  work  on  the  Pennsylvania  terminal,  then  in  process 
of  construction.  In  1906  he  became  assistant  engineer  in  the  employ  of  the 
Empire  City  Subway  Company,  of  New  York,  and  within  the  year  also  acted 
as  topographic  draftsman  on  preliminary  survey  and  location  with  Westing- 
house,  Church,  Kerr  &  Company,  on  the  Deer  Creek  &  Susquehanna  Electric 
railway  in  Maryland.  Then,  until  1908,  Mr.  Noble  was  draftsman  in  the  office 
of  the  designing  engineer  for  the  New  York  Central  railroad,  after  which,  for 
about  one  year,  he  was  instrument  man,  topographer  and  inspector  of  construc- 
tion on  location  and  construction  of  the  New  York  &  North  Jersey  Rapid 
Transit  Company.  For  two  years  thereafter  he  was  assisitant  engineer  of  the 
Empire  City  Subway  Company  ,of  Newi  York,  in  1911  going  to  the  New  York 
Central  railroad  for  designing,  in  the  office  of  their  designing  engineer.  Re- 
maining with  that  road  for  three  years,  he  then  entered  private  business  in  New 
York  City  as  engineer  and  surveyor.  With  the  year  1915  Mr.  Noble  became 
identified  with  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  on  Federal  railroad  valua- 
tion, located  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  In  1916  he  was  with  the  commission  on 
similar  work  at  Roanoke,  Virginia,  then  the  following  year  in  New  York  City. 
In  1918-20  he  was  with  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  at  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia,  and  in  New  York  City,  as  computer.  In  1920  he  became 
the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Noble  &  Ulbricht,  which  is  taking  a  foremost 
position  in  the  engineering  world  of  Northern  New  Jersey,  with  headquarters 
at  Clifton. 

In  the  profession  Mr.  Noble  sitands  high,  being  a  member  of  the  American 
Society  of  Military  Engineers,  and  an  associate  member  of  the  American  Society 
of  Civil  Engineers.  During  1917-18  he  served  as  lieutenant  of  engineers,  80th 
Division,  United  States  Army,  located  at  Camp  Lee,  Virginia.  For  some  years 
a  resident  of  Clifton,  Mr.  Noble  was  nominated  for  the  General  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  from  Passaic  county,  in  1920,  but  was 


348  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

defeated.  In  the  same  year  he  was  appointed  assistant  city  engineer  of  Clifton, 
then  the  office  was  abolished  in  1921,  but  shortly,  thereafter,  re-created  (June, 
1921),  and  Mr.  Noble  was  re-appointed  for  a  term  of  three  years.  In  Decem- 
ber of  1921  he  was  appointed  a  member  for  three  years  of  the  City  Planning 
Commission,  and  in  November  of  the  same  year  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Edward  I.  Edwards  state  commissioner  on  the  board  of  professional  engineers 
and  land  surveyors.  Mr.  Noble  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic  County  Democratic 
Club,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Charter  Club  of  Clifton.  His  religious  faith  is 
that  of  the  Roman  Catholic.  Mr.  Noble  married,  on  September  1,  1910,  in 
Paterson,  New  Jersey,  Kathryn  C.  Kelly,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Catherine 
(Donnelly)  Kelly.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Noble  have  three  children,  two  daughters 
and  one  son:  Kathryn  Adele,  born  June  5,  1911;  Georgette,  born  March 
8,  1916;   and  George  Henry,  Jr.,  born  April  10,  1919. 


WINTER  FAMILY — The  family  patronymic  of  Winter  is  numerously 
found  in  the  northern  states  and  provinces  of  Europe.  John  William  (Jan 
Willem)  Vv'inter,  a  Dutch  naval  commander  and  diplomatist,  was  born  in 
Kampen,  in  1761,  Kingdom  of  Holland.  He  served  for  a  dme  in  France 
under  Dumouriez  and  Pichegru,  and  rose  to  b€  genera;l  of  brigade.  He  was 
created  vice-admiral  after  his  return,  with  the  command  of  the  texel  fleet,  and 
in  1797  was  defeated  by  the  English  under  Admiral  Duncan.  Winter  was 
sent  as  minister-plenipotentiary  to  France  in  1798,  and  was  afterwards  made  a 
marshal  of  the  Kingdom  of  Holland  by  Louis  Bonaparte.  After  the  union  of 
Holland  with  France  he  was  created  by  Napoleon,  grand  officer  of  the  legion 
of  honor.     John  Winter  died  in  1812. 

The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Winter  family  in  this  coun- 
try, of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  information,  was  John  A.  Winter.  He  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Mahwak,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey, 
and  there  obtained  his  educational  advantages  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood. 
Upon  attaining  to  suitable  age  he  became  apprenticed  to  learn  the  blacksmith 
trade,  and  upon  completing  his  apprenticeship  he  pursued  his  trade  in  connection 
with  farming  in  the  neighborhood  where  he  resided.  He  became  well  known  for 
his  industry  and  thrift,  and  in  course  of  time  acquired  considerable  property  by 
inheritance  and  as  a  result  of  his  frugality  and  practical  management  of  his  bus- 
iness affairs.  He  finally  possessed  a  large  tract  of  farm  lands  in  Bergen  county, 
where  he  spent  the  whole  of  his  life's  career.  After  his  demise,  his  farm  lands 
were  apportioned  among  his  sons,  who  had  been  likewise  trained  to  agricultural 
pursuits,  and  also  had  become  recognized  as  successful  farmers  and  good  and 
useful  citizens.  Both  John  A.  Winter  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Dutch 
Reformed  Church  of  Ramapo,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey. 

John  A.  Winter  married,  at  Saddle  River,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey, 
Adaline  Terhune,  daughter  of  Herman  and  Rachel  (Zabriskie)  Terhune.  John 
A.  and  Adaline  (Terhune)  Winter  had  born  to  them  the  following  children:  1. 
Anna  Elizabeth,  married  Dr.  Albert  Zabriskie.  2.  Albert  Zabriskie,  of  whom 
further.  3.  Andrew,  married  Adaline  Snider.  4.  Garret,  married  Charity  Dater. 
5.  Martha,  unmarried.  6.  Stephen,  married  Elizabeth  Messenger.  7.  Rachel, 
unmarried. 

Albert  Zabriskie  Winter,  second  child  and  son  of  John  A.  and  Adaline 
(Terhune)  Winter,  was  born  at  the  family  home  at  Ramapo,  Bergen  county. 
New  Jersey,  May  25,  1837.  His  early  educational  training  was  obtained  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and  under  the  private  tuition  of  Dr. 
Albert  Zabriskie,  a  relative  of  the  Winter  family.  During  his  early  manhood 
years,  he  studied  land  surveying  and  was  for  some  time  engaged  at  his  chosen 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  349 

line  of  work  in  connection  with  teaching  school  in  the  neighborhood  of  Ramapo 
anci  Sand  Lots.     This  form  of  employment  did  not,  however,  appeal  to  his 
liking,   and  he  finally  concluded  to  engage  in  mercantile   trade,  having  first 
established  his  store  and  wareroom  in  Saddle  River,  Bergen  county,  New  Jer- 
sey.    Here,  in  the  course  of  time,  he  also  engaged  in  dealing  in  flour,  feed, 
grain  and  hay,  and  with  the  handling  of  various  kinds  of  agricultural  imple- 
ments.     In   this   undertaking  he   met  with   immediate   success   as    the   logical 
resu/lt  of  his  straighforward  methods  in  dealing  with  his  patrons.     He  next 
engaged  in  the  same  line  of  enterprise  in  the  city  of  Paterson,  where  he  had 
located  his  store  and  wareroom  near  the  site  where  the  River  street  depot  of 
the  Erie  railroad  now  stands.    Here  Mr.  Winter  continued  actively  engaged  in 
handling  flour,  feed,  grain,  hay  and  various  kinds  of  agricultural  implements 
up  to  about  1895,  at  which  time  he  temporarily  relinquished  active  commercial 
pursuits.     In  1898,  Albert  Zabriskie  Winter  came  to  the  rapidly  growing  town 
of  Passaic,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  where  he  first  became  engaged  in  the 
sale  and  exchange  of  real  estate,  and  in  the  course  of  time  also  became  actively 
engaged  in  the  building  and  contracting  business  in  Passaic.     In  these  under- 
takings Mr.  Winter  likewise  met  with  a  marked  degree  of  success  as  a  direct 
result  of  his  indefatigable  energy  and  perseverance,  and  of  his  straightforward 
and  honorable  methods  of  dealing  with  his  patrons.     His   business  activities 
brought  him  into  contact  with  many  of  Passaic's   leading  and   representative 
business  men,  with  whom  he  came  to  be  regarded  as  a  useful  and  representative 
citizen.     The  latter  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  pleasant  retirement  at  his 
summer  home  in  Saddle  River,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  and  at  his  city 
home.  No.   16  Grove  terrace,  Passaic.     He  passed   away  at  the  latter  place, 
December  5,  1905.     In  his  political  affiliations,  he  followed  in  the  footsteps  of 
his  ancestors,  and  like  them  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  principles  and 
policies  advocated  by  Jefferson  and  Jackson.     In  his  church  affiliation,  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church  in  Saddle  River,  New  Jersey.     Dur- 
ing the  many  3^ears  of  his  residence  in  Bergen  and  Passaic  counties,  he  had  won 
the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  neighbors  and  fellow-citizens,  and  at  the  time  of 
las  death  it  was  justly  stated  that  the  communities  where  he  had  spent  his  life 
had  lost  a  good  and  valued  citizen.     He  not  only  left  his  family  a  substantial 
competence,  but  he  also  left  to  them  the  priceless  heritage  of  an  honorable  name. 
Albert  Zabriskie  Winter  married,  at  the  home  of  his  bride  in  Saddle  River, 
New  Jersey,  February  21,    1859,  Mary  Lucretia  Wanmaker,   born   February 
21,  1841,  only  child  and  daughter  of  Adolphus  A.  and  Euphemia  (Zabriskie) 
Wanmaker.     Her  father,  Adolphus  A.  Wanmaker,  was  born  near  the  town  of 
Suffern,  Rockland  county.  New  York,  where  his  parents,  Abram  and   Mary 
(Wanmaker)    Wanmaker,   resided  in  the  old  family  homestead.      The   latter 
was  a  descendant  of  the  ancestors  of  the  renowned  merchant,  John  Wanamaker, 
of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.    The  old  Wanmaker  house,  which  was  the  home- 
stead of  the  family  at  Suffern  for  a  number  of  generations,  was  made  historic  by 
General  George  Washington  and  officers  having  made  their  headquarters  in 
the  old  Wanmaker  house,  which  had  been  preserved  and  kept  in  good  order 
up  to  about  1860.     Abram  Wanmaker  and  his  wife  had  born  to  them  six  sons 
and  one  daughter,  among  whom  was  Adolphus  A.,  referred  to  above.     Albert 
Zabriskie  and  Mary  Lucretia  (Wanmaker)  Winter  had  born  to  them  the  fol- 
lowing children:     1.  Eva  W.,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Saddle  River,  New 
Jersey,  May  5,  1866.     She  there  obtained  her  early  educational  training  in  the 
public  schools  and  under  the  private  tuition  of  Mrs.  Rev.  Bogardur,  a  noted 
educator,  and  Professor  Oborski,  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  and  was  reared  to 
years  of  womanhood  under  the  paternal   roof.     She  married  May   19,    1886, 


350  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

John  A.  Lydecker,  born  June  12,  1862,  son  of  Christian  and  Christiana 
(Ackermann)  Lydecker.  Of  their  union  in  marriage  they  had  born  to  them 
two  children:  i.  Adaline  Marie  Lydecker,  born  April  13,  1896.  She  died 
April  12,  1904.  ii.  Aline  Lucretia  Lydecker,  born  November  26,  1906.  2. 
Adaline;  she  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Saddle  River,  Bergen  county. 
New  Jersey,  and  there  obtained  her  educational  training  in  the  public  schools 
and  also  pursued  a  course  of  study  in  the  Ladies'  Seminary  at  Allendale, 
Bergen  county.  New  Jersey;  she  was  reared  to  years  of  womanhood  under 
the  parental  roof.     She  married  David  Barclay  Smith. 

Rachel  (Zabriskie)  Terhune,  mother  of  Adaline  (Terhune)  Winter,  was 
a  direct  descendant  from  John  Sobieski,  John  III,,  King  of  Poland,  1674-96, 
one  of  the  greatest  warriors  of  the  seventeenth  centur}\  His  father,  James 
Sobieski,  castillion  of  Cracow,  was  a  man  of  virtuous  character,  and  in  behalf 
of  his  fellow  countrymen  developed  a  warlike  spirit  which  secured  to  him  the 
throne  of  Poland.  He  brought  up  his  sons,  Mark  and  John,  born  between 
1624  and  1629,  with  the  utmost  care,  and  they  completed  their  education  by 
travel  and  observation  in  France,  England,  Germany  and  Italy.  On  the  death 
of  their  father,  in  1648,  they  were  recalled  home,  and  after  the  defeat  of  the 
Polish  army  by  the  Russians  in  the  battle  of  Pilawieez,  the  brothers  Sobieski 
took  up  arms  to  restore  the  fortunes  of  their  countrymen,  and  Mark  fell  in 
battle  on  the  banks  of  the  Bog.  This  spurred  John  to  greater  valor,  and  he 
became  the  admiration  of  the  Poles,  and  the  dread  of  the  Tartans  and  Cossacks. 
He  received  the  highest  military  rank  in  the  army,  and  on  November  11,  1673, 
in  the  great  battle  of  Choezim,  defeated  the  Turks,  who  left  twenty-eight  thou- 
sand men  dead  and  wounded  on  the  battlefield.  This  led  to  his  unanimous 
election  as  King  of  Poland,  May  21,  1674,  and  he  was  crowned  at  Cracow. 
In  1683  the  Turks  besieged  Vienna,  and  King  John'  III.,  with  twenty  thousand 
Poles  aided  by  the  German  auxiliaries,  raised  the  siege  by  the  victory  of  Sep- 
tember 12,  1683,  in  which  battle  he  took  the  banner  of  Mohammed  and  sent  it 
as  a  trophy  to  the  Pope.  His  entry  into  Vienna  was  that  of  a  conqueror,  and 
the  citizens  of  the  besieged  city  showed  every  demonstration  of  joy  and  thanks- 
giving their  ingenuity  could  devise  or  their  glad  hearts  express. 

John  Sobieski  was  not  only  a  warrior  and  ruler,  but  a  lover  of  science, 
and  a  man  of  gentle  disposition  and  agreeable  manner.  His  constant  wars  did 
not  allow  him,  however,  to  attend  to  the  industrial  needs  of  the  citzens  at 
home,  and  the  want  of  such  fostering  care  hastened  the  downfall  of  Poland. 
He  died  of  apoplexy,  June  17,  1696.  His  ancestors  had  been  for  two  centuries 
Palatine  nobles  of  Poland,  and  famous  soldiers  and  statesmen.  It  is  from 
such  ancestors,  with  such  records  of  military  and  executive  greatness,  that  the 
Zabriskies  of  New  Jersey  and  New  York  are  descended,  and  the  cognomen  has, 
through  the  German,  Holland  and  English  spellings,  evolved  from  Zobrieskl. 
Saboroweski,  Sobrisco,  Zabrioski,  to  Zabriskie. 

(I)  Albert  Saboriski,  son  of  a  brother  of  James  Sobieski,  and  cousin  of 
King  John  III.,  of  Poland,  who  like  his  nephew  was  a  famous  soldier,  was 
born  in  Zolkwa,  Poland  (or  Enghsburg,  Prussia),  probably  in  1638.  He  was 
given  a  liberal  education,  being  sent  by  his  father  to  Amsterdam,  Holland, 
with  the  hope  that  he  would  enter  the  ministry,  and  he  directed  his  studies  to 
that  end  for  a  time,  but  the  preparation  proved  distasteful,  and  he  abandoned 
theology;  subsequently  he  was  pressed  into  the  Prussian  army.  To  fight  for 
the  old  enemy  of  Poland  was  far  more  distasteful,  and  he  determined  to  seek 
his  fortune  in  the  New  World  and  join  his  friends  who  had  gone  from  the 
Upper  Palatinate  to  New  Amsterdam,  and  made  homes  there  and  in  New 
Jersey.    He  took  passage  in  the  Dutch  ship  "D'Vos"  (the  "Fox"),  with  Captain 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  351 

Jacob  Jansz  Huys,  at  Amsterdam,  Holland,  August  31,  1662,  and  landed  in 
New  Amsterdam,  where  he  lived  for  ten  or  more  years  without  settling  in  any 
one  place  or  engaging  in  any  settled  business.  We  find  him  in  Bergen  (now 
Jersey  City)  about  the  time  of  his  marriage,  which  is  registered  in  the  books  of 
the  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  of  Bergen,  December  17,  1676,  and  the  marriage 
certificate  recorded  as  issued  January  8,  1677.  He  married  Machtelt  (Ma- 
tilda), daughter  of  Joost  Van  der  Linde,  whose  brother,  Roloff  Van  der  Linde, 
became  one  of  the  largest  landholders  in  Bergen.  Upon  his  marriage  he  took 
title  to  a  tract  of  land,  patents  20,  21,  22.  In  1682  he  obtained  patents  from 
Lady  Cartaret  of  several  adjacent  tracts,  thus  extending  his  estate  from  the 
Hudson  river  on  the  East  to  the  Hackensack  river  on  the  West.  The  Indians 
also  bargained  with  him  for  land  at  Tappan,  higher  up  the  river,  which  in 
1702  he  nominally  exchanged  for  2100  acres  owned  by  the  Indians,  adjoinin" 
his  original  purchases,  and  this  second  purchase  became  known  as  the  New 
Paramus  Patent.  (See  map  of  Perth  Amboy).  He  erected  a  house  at  Old 
Hackensack  (now  near  Ridgefield  Park),  and  his  eldest  sons,  Jacob  and  Jan 
(John),  and  probably  all  his  children,  were  born  there.  He  helped  to  organize 
the  church  on  the  green  at  Old  Hackensack  in  1696,  his  name  appearing  on 
stone  in  the  present  church  wall,  and  was  the  leading  member  and  supporter 
of  that  church  for  over  twenty-five  years.  He  was  also  the  first  justice  of  the 
peace  of  Upper  Bergen  county,  (his  original  signature  appearing  on  the  deed 
held  by  Wesley  \'an  Emburgh,  of  Ridgewood,  New  Jersey),  his  commission 
having  been  signed  by  Governor  Hamilton  in  1682.  He  died  in  Hackensack, 
and  is  supposed  to  have  been  buried  there,  September  11,  1711,  according  to  the 
record  of  the  Lutheran  churches  in  and  about  New  York,  and  his  age  is  stated 
as  between  seventy-two  and  seventy-three  years.  His  widow,  born  in  1656, 
died  in  1725.    In  the  record  of  his  death  his  name  is  written  "Albert  Saboriski." 

Children  of  Albert  and  Matilda  (\'an  der  Linde)  Saboriski,  born  in  or 
near  Hackensack,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey:  1.  Jacob  A.,  born  April  12, 
1679.  2.  Jan  (John),  bom  in  Hackensack,  about  1682;  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember 20,  1706,  Elizabeth  Cloes  Romeyn,  of  Gravesend,  New  York,  born 
1683,  died  in  Hackensack  in  1712;  he  married  (second),  December  6,  1712, 
Marguaretta  du  Rij  (Durie),  and  lived  on  the  old  homestead  facing  the  green 
alongside  the  church  in  Hackensack,  which  he  inherited.  Besides  being  a 
farmer,  he  was  active  in  public  affairs.  He  had  four  children  by  his  first 
wife,  and  nine  by  his  second.  3.  Yost  (George).  4.  Christian.  5.  Hendrick, 
of  whom  further. 

There  is  a  tradition  in  the  family  that  Jacob  A.,  eldest  son  of  Albert 
Saboriski  was  stolen  by  the  Indian  sachem  when  seven  years  old  and  carried 
to  the  Indian  village  nearby,  and  that  some  time  elapsed  before  his  whereabouts 
became  known.  As  his  father  was  a  true  friend  of  the  Indians,  the  sachem  at 
last  disclosed  the  secret  of  taking  the  child,  and  he  expressed  the  wish  that  he 
be  allowed  to  keep  the  boy  until  he  had  become  versed  in  the  Indian  language, 
that  he  might  be  able  to  maintain  the  friendship  esitablished  by  the  father, 
and,  like  him,  act  as  an  arbitrator  and  interpreter  in  any  trouble  that  might 
come  up  between  the  Indians  and  their  white  neighbors.  The  father  consented, 
and  when  he  returned  to  his  father's  home  he  had  acquired  the  language, 
and  his  friendship  for  the  Indians  was  a  fixed  principle  of  his  life.  The  tra- 
dition adds  that  in  consideration  of  allowing  the  boy  to  remain,  the  second  grant 
of  Upper  Paramus  was  secured.  The  fact,  however,  remained  that  valuable 
merchandise,  wampum,  and  money  were  paid  the  Indians  by  Albert  Saboriski 
for  the  land. 

(II)   Hendrick  Zabriskie,  youngest  child  of  Albert  and  Matilda  (Van  der 


352  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

N  Linde)  Saboriski,  was  born  November  11,  1696.  He  settled  in  the  Point 
neighborhood,  now  East  Paramus.  He  married.  May  16,  1719,  Gertie  (Ger- 
trude) Hendrikse  Hoppe,  sister  of  his  brother  Christian's  wife. 

(III)  Jacob  Hendrikse  Zabriskie,  third  son  of  Hendrick  and  Gertrude 
Hendrikse  (Hoppe)  Zabriskie,  was  born  in  the  Point  neighborhood,  Bergen 
county.  New  Jersey,  November  19,  1729.  He  married  Wyntje  Terhune. 
Children,  born  in  the  Point  neighborhood:  1.  Hendrick  J.,  of  whom  further. 
2.  Martje,  born  April  15,  1754,  died  unmarried.  3.  Geatina,  born  October  17, 
1756;  married  Jacob  Demorest.  4.  Antje,  born  February  5,  1759;  married 
Johannas  Bogert.     5.  Albert,  born  October  18,  1760;  married  Maria  Wester- 

-  velt.  6.  Aaltje,  born  October  31,  1762;  married  John  Christopher.  7.  Rachel, 
born  March  6,  1765;  married  Joost  Zabriskie.  8.  Wyntje,  bom  March  22, 
1766,  died  young.  9.  Wyntje,  born  November  2,  1768;  married  Jacob  C. 
Banta.  10.  Elizabeth,  born  December  2,  1770;  married  John  Terhune.  11. 
Jannetje,  born  June  27,  1773.  12.  Abram,  born  January  14,  1776;  married 
Susanna  Helm. 

(IV)  Hendrick  J.  Zabriskie,  eldest  child  of  Jacob  Hendrikse  and  Wyntje 
(Terhune)  Zabriskie,  was  born  in  Point  neighborhood,  New  Jersey,  March  8, 
1752.  He  married  Willentje  Bogert.  Children,  born  in  the  Point  neighbor- 
hood: 1.  Jacob  H.,  of  whom  further.  2.  Magdalina,  born  February  6,  1773, 
died  unmarried.  3.  Cornelius  J.,  born  July  14,  1776;  married  Mary  Van 
Dien.  4.  Lydia,  born  August  17,  1780,  died  unmarried.  5.  Nettie,  born  June 
18,  1783.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  August  13,  1786.  7.  Margarettje,  born  February 
4,  1789.  8.  Gerret,  born  March  18,  1792.  9.  John,  bom  May  15,  1795.  10. 
Maria,  bom  September  20,  1796.  11.  Abram,  married  Sarah  Van  Dien.  12. 
Hendrick,  married  Christina  Voorhees.  13.  Catherine,  married  Andrew  Acker- 
man. 

(V)  Jacob  H.  Zabriskie,  eldest  child  of  Hendrick  J.  and  Willentje  (Bo- 
gert) Zabriskie,  was  born  in  the  Point  neighborhood,  June  29,  1770.  He 
married,  June  29,  1790,  Ann  J.  Hopper.  Children  born  to  them  in  the  Point 
neighborhood  :  1.  Henry  J.,  born  March  30,  1798 ;  lived  at  Saddle  River.  2.  John 
J.  H.,  born  January  24,  1801  ;  married  Maria  Van  der  Linda;  lived  near  Para- 
mus Church.  3.  Cornelius  J.,  born  October  3,  1803 ;  married  Jane  Hopper ;  lived 
near  Paramus  Church.  4.  William  J.,  born  January  13,  1805;  married  Dolly 
Ackerman ;  lived  at  Siccomac.  5.  Hannah,  born  July  13,  1807;  married  James 
Blauvelt;  lived  at  Cherry  Lane.  6.  Ellen  J.,  born  July  13,  1809;  married 
Henry  Ackerman;  lived  at  Saddle  River.  7.  Jacob  J.,  born  November  30,  1811 
lived  at  Paterson.  8.  Gillian  J.,  born  October  13,  1812;  married  Levina  Osborn 
lived  at  Spring  ^'^alley,  New  Jersey.  9.  Abram  J.,  born  August  28,  1813 
married  Marv  Berdan  ;  lived  at  Hohokus,  New  Jersey.  10.  Rachel  Ann,  born 
August  28,  1815;  married  Isaac  Bogert;  lived  at  Wearimus,  New  Jersey. 


FRED  VOSBURGH,  M.D.,  was  bom  at  Cobleskill,  New  York,  March  4, 
1891.  His  father,  George  \^osburgh,  and  mother,  Julia  (Herbert)  Vosburgh, 
are  the  parents  of  five  children:  Edward,  who  is  connected  with  Forstmann  Sc 
HufFmann  Company,  Passaic,  New  Jersey;  Ada;  Fred,  of  further  mention; 
Marguerite,  who  married  Martin  Reynolds,  teacher  in  the  high  school  at  Schen- 
ectady, New  York;  Hazel,  teacher  at  a  Newark  high  school,  Newark,  New 
Jersey. 

In  1915  he  was  graduated  as  Doctor  of  Medicine  from  Albany  Medical 
College,  Alban5%  New  York,  and  immediately  entered  St.  Peter's  Hospital  as 
resident  physician.  Subsequently  he  went  to  Standish,  New  York,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  his  professional  capacity  vyith  the  Northern  Iron  Company  In- 


WILSON  T.  SPEER 
PETER  SPEER 


SARAH  M.    (PAULISON)    SPEER 
MARGARET  G.    (SANDERS)    SPEER 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  353 

dustrial  Works.  At  Castleton,  New  York,  July  10,  1917,  Doctor  Vosburgh 
married  Florence  Ingalls,  daughter  of  H.  H.  G.  Ingalls,  president  of  Ingalls  & 
Company,  paper  manufacturers  of  Castleton,  and  Harriett  (Tracy)  Ingalls. 

Early  in  August,  1917,  Doctor  Vosburgh  entered  the  military  service  of  the 
United  States  and  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant.  Medical  Corps,  at  the 
Plattsburg,  New  York,  officers'  training  camp.  He  served  at  camps  Greenleaf, 
Georgia,  and  McClellan,  Alabama.  Later  he  was  assigned  to  the  One  Hundred 
and  Sixteenth  Infantry,  Twenty-ninth  Division.  The  division  sailed  for  France 
in  June,  1918,  and  was  immediately  ordered  to  the  trenches  in  the  Alsace  sector. 
Later  the  division  served  in  the  Argonne  where,  October  15,  1918,  Doctor 
Vosburgh  was  severely  wounded  by  machine  gun  fire.  He  was  honorably  dis- 
charged from  the  service  at  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey,  February  7,  1919,  having 
been  awarded  the  Distinguished  Service  Cross  for  valor  at  the  Argonne. 

Since  February  1,  1920,  Doctor  Vosburgh  has  been  in  charge  of  the  medical 
department  of  Forstmann  &  Huffmann  Company,  a  firm  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  woolen  goods.  In  the  time  Doctor  Vosburgh  has  been  with  this  com- 
pany the  work  of  the  medical  department  has  been  greatly  enlarged,  until  now 
it  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  finest  examples  of  industrial  medical  service  in  the 
country.  Not  only  does  this  service  include  the  treatment,  without  cost,  of  all 
sickness  and  accident  cases  which  occur  while  employees  are  engaged  in  their 
work,  but  also  medical  attendance  at  their  homes  when  sick.  On  the  medical 
staff  are  ten  local  physicians  to  whom  employees  may  go  for  free  advice  and 
assistance,  and  an  eye  and  ear  specialist  who  visits  the  mills  at  regular  intervals. 

Doctor  Vosburgh  is  a  member  of  the  Courtesy  Staff  of  the  Passaic  General 

Hospital,  and  affiliates  with  many  of  the  important  medical  associations.  AmoUj^ 
them  are  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  New  Jersey  State  Medical  As- 
sociation, the  American  Association  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  the  Passaic 
County  Medical  Society,  the  Omega  Upsilon  Phi  fraternity,  and  the  Practi- 
tioners' Club  of  Passaic. 

Doctor  and  Mrs.  Vosburgh  are  the  parents  of  two  children :  Jeanne  Eliza- 
beth, born  May  6,  1918,  and  Barbara  Evelyn,  born  March  2,  1921.  The  family 
home  is  at  No.  82  Midland  Avenue,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


PETER  SPEER — The  name,  with  its  various  ways  of  spelling  it,  as 
adopted  by  locality  or  possibly  by  errors  in  writing,  transcribing  or  through 
ignorance  or  carelessness  on  the  part  of  persons  bearing  the  name,  appears  to 
be  distinctive  of  locality,  as  in  Maine  we  find  the  direct  spelling  Spear  and  in 
other  parts  of  New  England,  Speare  and  Spears.  In  Pennsylvania  and  the 
Southern  States,  it  is  universally  called  Speer,  in  the  West  either  Speer  or 
Speers.  In  New  Jersey,  Speirs  and  Speers  claim  Hendrick  Jansen  Speer  as 
their  first  American  ancestor;  the  descendants  are  entitled  to  the  orthography 
as  it  has  been  handed  down,  wlien  not  changed  by  families  or  genealogists 
through  the  habit  of  copying  from  town  and  church  records  the  misspelling  of 
clerks  and  translators. 

For  the  purpose  of  this  sketch,  when  we  use  the  surname,  we  will  uniformly 
spell  It  Speer,  and  in  so  doing  intend  no  offense  to  bearers  of  the  name,  who 
may  ihave  adopted  other  spellings.  Unlike  many  surnames,  the  pronunciation  is 
not  changed  by  the  change  in  the  letters  making  up  the  name,  whether  spelled 
Speir,  Spier,  Spear,  Speer,  Speare,  or  by  affixing  the  s,  which  is  undoubtedly 
caused  through  the  use  of  the  possessive  case.  Speer  and  Speir  are  the  only 
spelling  used  by  immigrant  ancestors,  so  far  as  our  research  goes ;  Speer  by 
Scotch  covenanters,  who  came   to  America   and  settled   in   Pennsylvania  and 


354  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

drifted  South  and  West,  and  Speir  by  the  Dutch  immigranits. 

Hendrick  Jansen  Speer  came  from  Amsterdam,  Holland,  to  New  Amster- 
dam at  the  mouth  of  the  Hudson  river  in  North  America,  December  23,  165C, 
arriving  on  the  Dutch  ship  "Faith,"  He  had  with  him  his  wife,  Madeline 
(Hance)  Speer,  and  two  children;  the  third  child,  Jacobus,  embarked  with  them, 
but  died  on  the  voyage  and  was  buried  at  sea.  The  family  lived  in  Nieu  Am- 
sterdam on  Manhattan  Island,  until  the  settlement  of  New  Utrecht  and  Flat- 
lands  on  Long  Island  was  undertaken  by  the  Cowenhovens.  Inducements  were 
made  to  the  Dutch  settlers  living  in  Nieu  Amsterdam,  who  were  looking  for 
investments,  and  the  families  of  Albertse,  Cortelyou,  Gerretson,  Speer  and  Van 
Winkle  became  extensive  landholders  in  the  Flatlands  neighborhood  between 
1657  and  1660.  Here  the  Speer  family  lived  and  there  was  added  through 
births,  one  son  and  two  daughters  to  the  two  sons  who  survived  the  long  voyage 
in  the  "Faith"  from  the  Fatherland.  On  January  15,  1674,  Hendrick  J.  Speev 
joined  with  other  immigrant  settlers  in  a  petition  for  title  to  land  on  Staten 
Island,  described  as  being  at  the  mouth  of  the  Kill  von  Kull,  and  the  next  year 
he  joined  with  the  Cortelyous,  Gerretsons,  Van  Winkles,  Albertses  and  other 
land  owners  and  men  of  wealth  in  Flatlands  in  exploring  the  lands  on  the 
Passaic  river  in  eastern  New  Jersey,  known  as  Acquackanonk  Patent,  of  five 
thousand  acres  of  land,  of  which  tract  these  families  became  proprietors,  and 
the  Albertses,  Van  Winkles  and  Speers,  settlers.  The  governor-general  and 
council  of  East  New  Jersey  coniirmed  the  original  Indian  deed  purchase  in  1685 
as  recorded  in  Volume  I.  of  the  journal  of  proceedings  of  the  government  of 
that  date.  Additions  to  the  patent  were  made  for  several  thousands  of  acres 
near  the  Hackensack  river,  and  the  deed  given  about  1701  by  Tapyan  and  other 
Indians  for  a  tract  in  Essex  county  on  the  east  side  of  the  Passaic  river  to  the 
"hills." 

In  these  various  patents  John  Frederick  Speer  was  a  grantee  as  he  was  in 
several  purchases  of  hundreds  of  acres,  where  Belleville  and  Franklin  were  sub- 
sequently founded.  By  these  various  documents  we  notice  that  hisi  name  appears 
as  Hendrick  Jansen  Speer,  son  of  John  H.  Speer,  while  in  the  patents  as  granted 
by  the  government  it  appears  as  John  Hendrick  Speer.  It  is  quite  evident  that 
the  same  man  is  referred  to  and  that  the  latter  arrangement  of  names  is  more 
correct.  Among  the  allotments  made  to  him  from  the  Acquackanonk  Patent  is 
a  farm  of  a  large  acreage  fronting  on  the  Passaic  river  and  located  between 
Passaic  and  Delawanna,  the  land  running  back  from  the  river  to  the  mountains, 
and  this  tract  was  subsequently  divided  between  Henry,  John  and  Garret  Speer. 

John  Joseph  Speer,  a  descendant  from  one  of  the  Acquackanonk  pa.tentees 
aforementioned,  became  the  ancestor  of  Peter  Speer,  whose  name  heads  this  re- 
view. John  Joseph  Speer  was  born  at  the  family  homestead  on  what  is  now 
Franklin  avenue,  in  the  village  of  Delawanna,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey, 
December  16,  1801,  his  parents  having  resided  there  for  a  number  of  years  prior 
to  his  birth.  John  Joseph  Speer  was  there  educated  and  reared  to  the  years  of 
manhood  under  the  parental  roof,  and  upon  attaining  to  suitable  years  acquired 
a  practical  knowledge  of  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  line  of  work  he  followed 
for  a  number  of  years  in  his  native  town  and  the  surrounding  communities. 
Soon  after  his  marriage  John  Joseph  Speer  settled  with  his  bride  in  the  town 
of  Allwood,  where  he  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life's  career.  Both  him- 
self aud  his  faithful  wife  were  members  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church.  He 
died  at  the  family  home  in  Allwood,  February  18,  1883. 

John  Joseph  Speer  married  in  the  town  of  Allwood,  in  the  year  1826, 
Eunice  Speer,  born  October  24,  1801,  daughter  of  Peter  I.  and  Elizabeth 
(Speer)  Speer.    Her  parents  were  likewise  residents  of  the  same  locality,  having 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  355 

been  born  in  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey.  John  Joseph  and  Eunice  (Speer) 
Speer,  'had  born  to  them  one  son  and  two  daughters,  as  follows :  Wilson  I.,  of 
whom  further;  Leah  Ann,  born  November  22,  1831,  married  Henry  Fredericks, 
and  settled  with  her  husband  in  the  town  of  Delawanna ;  Margaret,  born  No- 
vember 24,  1836,  died  unmarried  at  her  sister's  home  in  Delawanna,  Passaic 
county.  New  Jersey,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 

Wilson  I.  Speer,  son  of  John  Joseph  and  Eunice  (Speer)  Speer,  was  born 
at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Highland,  now  Allwood,  Passaic  county.  New 
Jersey,  in  the  year  1827.  He  there  received  such  education  as  the  schools 
of  the  neighborhood  afforded,  and  was  reared  to  manhood  under  the  paternal 
roof.  Soon  after  applying  himself  to  the  practical  duties  of  life  he  became 
engaged  in  a  clerical  capacit)'  in  a  country  store  at  Stonehouse  Plains,  in  Essex 
county,  where  he  remained  actively  engaged  for  a  number  of  years.  He  finally 
learned  the  blacksmith  trade,  which  line  of  work  he  pursued  for  a  number  of 
years  in  Orange,  Essex  county,  New  Jersey,  where  he  had  established  a  wide 
circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances  by  whom  he  was  highly  respected  and  es- 
teemed. Wilson  I.  Speer  died  at  his  home  in  Allwood,  Passaic  county,  New 
Jersey,  May  3,  1903.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  consistent  members  of  the 
Dutch  Reformed  Church  which  was  then  located  in  the  district  known  as  Stone- 
house  Plains  in  Essex  county.  New  Jersey. 

Wilson  I.  Speer  married,  at  Stonehouse  Plains,  February  20,  1851,  Sarah 
Maria  Pawlison,  born  May  24,  1832,  died  November  25,  1885,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Maricha  Pawlison,  both  of  whom  were  residents  of  Stonehouse  Plains. 
Wilson  I.  and  Sarah  Maria  (Pawlison)  Speer  had  born  to  them  the  following 
children:  Charles,  born  December  9,  1851,  died  during  the  first  year  of  his 
life;  Henrietta,  born  January  4,  1853,  died  aged  thirteen  years;  Mary,  born 
April  11,  1855,  married  Mungo  Sanders,  Jr.,  and  had  no  issue;  Peter,  born 
October  21,  1864,  of  further  mention. 

Peter  Speer,  son  of  Wilson  I.  and  Sarah  Maria  (Pawlinson)  Speer,  was 
born  in  Allwood,  October  21,  1864.  He  there  acquired  such  education  as  the 
public  schools  of  the  neighborhood  afforded  at  that  ime.  Soon  after  laying  aside 
his  school  books  he  began  to  take  up  the  practical  duties  of  life,  and  engaged 
in  general  farm  work  until  1920  in  the  town  of  Allwood  and  the  surrounding 
neighborhood.  In  1895,  Peter  Speer  acquired  a  homestead  farm,  comprising 
thirty-five  acres  of  land,  in  the  town  of  Allwood,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
with  his  family  up  to  1920,  and  as  a  result  of  his  industry  and  thrift  came  to 
be  regarded  as/  a  good  and  useful  citizen  by  his  neighbors  and  friends.  In  the 
spring  of  1920  Peter  Speer  disposed  of  his  homestead  farm  and  moved  with  his 
family  to  Passaic. 

Peter  Speer  married,  at  the  home  of  his  bride's  parents,  in  Passaic,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1895,  Margaret  Glen  Sanders,  born  December  27,  1875,  daughter  of 
Mungo,  Sr.,  and  Jessie  (Gillis)  Sanders,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Jessie  Gillis,  born  August  26,  1896,  a  graduate  of  the  Passaic 
High  School;  Wilson  James,  born  September  1,  1898,  obtained  his  educational 
training  in  tlie  public  schools  of  Clifton;  Archibald  Mungo,  both  December  31, 
1900;  Margaret  Sarah,  born  November  17,  1907.  The  faithful  wife  and 
mother  of  the  aforementioned  children,  Margaret  Glen  (Sanders)  Speer, 
died  at  the  family  homestead  in  Allwood,  July  7,   1919. 

THE  BRAENDER  FAMILY — The  family  patronymic  of  Braender,  as 
it  has  been  spelled  by  the  later  generations  during  the  nineteenth  century,  is 
according  to  leading  German  historic  and  iheraldic  authorities,  a  modification  of 
the  original  family  name  of  Brander.     This  form  of  spelling,  "Brander,"  is 


356  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

according  to  August  Frederick  Pott,  professor  of  philology  in  the  University  of 
Halle,  1833,  in  his  work  published  in  the  city  of  Nuremberg,  Kingdom  of 
Bavaria,  Germany,  in  1853,  in  wthich  the  author  declares  that  the  early  genera- 
tions of  the  Braender  family  were  classed  among  the  distinguished  and  repre- 
sentative families  of  the  central  provinces  in  the  late  empire  of  Germany. 

Another  German  authority,  Johann  Siebmacher,  the  noted  German  heral- 
dist,  states  in  his  work  published  in  the  city  of  Uuremberg,  Kingdom  of 
Bavaria,  Germany,  in  1701,  that  the  later  generations  of  the  Braender  family 
resided  in  the  Hessian  provinces  of  Germany,  and  also  that  one  branch  of  the 
Braender  family  removed  to  England  during  the  seventeenth  century  and  are 
referred  to  by  the  English  heraldic  authorities  who  give  their  native  place  as  the 
Hessian  province  in  Germany. 

The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Braender  family  of  whom  we 
have  any  authentic  Information  was  Rudolph  Braender,  a  native  of  one  of  the 
Hessian  provinces,  in  the  late  Empire  of  Germany.  Family  Information  states 
that  by  trade  and  occupation  he  was  engaged  In  the  roofing  business  and  was  a 
practical  slater.  He  spent  the  latter  years  of  his  life's  career  on  the  plantation 
Hofglesmer,  near  the  village  of  Deissel,  In  what  was  formerly  the  provinces  of 
Hessen,  Germany.  He  married  Charlotte  Hlldebrand,  a  member  of  an  old 
distinguished  and  representative  family  of  the  same  locality.  Of  their  union  in 
marriage  they  had  born  to  them  three  sons:  Phillip,  of  whom  further;  Henry, 
and  Frederick ;  and  two  daug'hters :  Amelia  and  Mary :  all  of  whom  attained  to 
years  of  man  and  womanhood.  Family  Information  further  states  that  the 
members  of  this  generation  were  all  regarded  as  eminently  respectable  in  their 
social  and  civic  stations  of  life. 

Phillip  Braender,  son  of  Rudolph  and  Charlotte  (Hlldebrand)  Braender, 
was  born  at  Hofglesmer,  near  the  village  of  Deissel,  In  what  was  formerly  the 
provinces  of  Hessen,  Germany,  April  5,  1849.  His  early  educational  advantages 
were  acquired  In  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  where  his  parents  resided,  and 
he  was  there  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran  church,  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years. 
Soon  after  laying  aside  his  school  books,  his  parents  having  decided  that  the  boy 
should  learn  some  useful  trade  or  occupation,  he  was  accordingly  apprenticed 
to  learn  the  house  lathing  and  plastering  business.  Soon  after  passing  his  six- 
teenth year  the  young  mechanic  decided  to  leave  the  Fatherland  and  seek  his 
fortune  in  the  United  States,  rather  than  to  devote  the  early  years  of  his  man- 
hood to  the  military  service,  as  was  required  by  the  Imperial  German  Govern- 
ment at  that  time.  He  therefore  arranged  his  personal  Interests  and  set  sail  for 
New  York  City,  hoping  here  to  find  better  opportunities  to  apply  his  skill  and 
labor.  The  good  ship  landed  her  cargo  of  human  freight  at  Castle  Garden, 
which  was  at  that  time  the  regular  landing  place  for  all  immigration  arriving 
at  this  port.  Immediately  upon  setting  foot  on  American  soil,  the  young  German 
mechanic  sought  employment  at  his  trade.  In  this,  however,  he  was  not  success- 
ful, and  for  some  time  he  applied  himself  to  such  work  as  was  obtainable,  and 
as  a  result  of  his  industry  and  thrift  he  finally  managed  to  find  employment 
at  his  chosen  line  of  work,  that  of  mason  and  builder.  In  the  course  of  time 
the  young  German  mechanic  was  enabled  to  begin  business  on  his  own  account. 
He  later  settled  in  the  town  of  Carlstadt,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  which  at 
that  time  was  chiefly  populated  by  German  families  who  had  come  here  from  the 
Fatherland.  Being  desirous  of  finding  a  broader  field  for  business  opportunities 
in  the  mason  and  building  trade,  Mr.  Braender  finally  settled  In  New  York  City, 
where  he  again  became  actively  engaged  in  the  building  and  contracting 
business.  Here  Phillip  Braender,  in  the  course  of  time,  became  extensively 
engaged  In  the  construction  of  modern  houses  and  commercial  buildings.    Phillip 


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Braender  and  his  building  activities  rapidly  increased,  and  during  the  many 
years  of  his  career  as  builder  and  contractor  he  erected  in  the  borough  of  Man- 
hattan and  the  Bronx  many  modern  homes  and  residences,  in  addition  to  a 
large  number  of  modern  commercial  and  office  buildings,  all  of  which  today 
stand  as  splendid  examples  of  his  skill  and  enterprise.  Not  only  had  the  name 
of  Phillip  Braender  become  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  builders  and  con- 
tractors of  New  York  City  during  his  day,  but  everywhere  in  the  Metropolitan 
city  the  name  of  Phillip  Braender  was  regarded  as  being  synonymous  with 
honor  and  straightforwardness  in  all  his  business  transactions. 

In  1911  Phillip  Braender  had  contracted  with  the  Cable  Pneumatic  Tire 
Company  to  erect  a  large  and  modern  factory  building,  in  what  is  now  part  of 
the  town  of  Wallington,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey.  The  then  Mayor  Frank 
H.  M'cGowan,  of  the  city  of  Trenton,  who  was  at  the  head  of  the  aforementioned 
Pneumatic  Tire  Company,  at  the  time  of  the  completion  of  the  new  factory 
building  failed  to  comply  with  the  financial  arrangements,  so  Mr.  Braender  was 
finally  compelled  to  take  over  the  property  in  order  to  cover  his  claim  for  the 
cost  of  construction  of  the  new  building  in  Wallington.  On  Christmas  Day 
of  1911,  at  a  union  and  meeting  at  the  home  of  the  Phillip  Braender  family,  the 
father  suggested  to  his  four  sons  the  proposition  to  start  them  in  the  business 
of  manufacturing  rubber  tires  for  automobiles.  This  suggestion  was  finally 
accepted  and  put  into  practical  operation  by  his  four  sons,  who  have  since, 
through  their  united  efforts,  skill  and  enterprise,  developed  and  perfected  the 
processes  and  methods  of  manufacturing  the  Braender  Bull  Dog  Brand  auto- 
moibile  tires,  which  have  become  recognized  for  their  superiority  and  excellence 
throughout  this  country  and  abroad. 

On  February  11,  1912,  the  Braender  Rubber  and  Tire  Company  was  incor- 
porated under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  New:  Jersey,  and  Phillip  Braender  was 
chosen  president  of  the  corporation.  His  son,  Herman  Harry  Braender,  was 
made  vice-president,  another  son,  Walter  P.  Braender,  was  chosen  treasurer, 
and  Frederick  L.  Braender  was  made  secretary  of  the  corporation. 

On  February  24,  1913,  the  first  automobile  rubber  tire  was  perfected  and 
completed  by  the  Braender  tire  plant,  the  eldest  son,  Frederick  L.  Braender, 
having  obtained  the  services  of  Adolf  Strauss,  a  former  employee  of  the  Goodyear 
Rubber  Company,  who  instructed  Mr.  Braender  in  the  art  and  methods  of  pre- 
paring the  formulaes,  as  well  as  the  processes  of  applying  the  same  to  the 
Braender  automobile  rubber  tires.  This  was  Frederick  L.  Braender's  first 
experience  in  the  manufacture  of  rubber  automobile  tires.  Mr.  Strauss  having 
died  in  the  month  of  May,  1912,  no  other  technical  men  were  employed  or 
brought  into  active  service  in  the  Braender  establishment.  Phillip  Braender 
remained  actively  identified  with  the  Braender  Automobile  Rubber  Tire  business 
up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  Which  occurred  November  4,  1916,  at  his  home  in  the 
borough  of  White  Plains,  Westchester  county,  New  York,  where  he  had  settled 
with  his  family  soon  after  his  second  union  in  marriage. 

In  his  political  affiliations  he  supported  the  principles  and  policies  as  ad- 
vocated by  the  Republican  party.  In  his  social  and  fraternal  associations,  he 
was  an  active  member  of  the  Arion  Singing  Society  of  New  York  and  the 
Scheutzen  Verein  of  New  York  City.  He  was  an  active  member  of  Trinity 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  not  only  left 
to  his  family  a  substantial  competence,  but  he  also  left  to  them  the  priceless 
heritage  of  an  honorable  name. 

Phillip  Braender  had  twice  married,  his  first  union  being  with  Minnie  DIehl. 
Of  this  union  they  had  born  to  them  several  children,  among  whom  was  Peter 
who  attained  to  manhood  years.  Minnie  (DIehl)  Braender,  mother  of  the 
aforementioned  children,  died  at  the  family  home  In  New  York  City  in  1872. 


358  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Phillip  Braender  married  (second)  December  12,  1883,  Lizzie  Bente,  born  in 
New  York  City,  July  26,  1862,  daughter  of  Nicolaus  and  Wilhelmina  (Wil- 
kin) Bente.  The  former  was  a  native  of  the  city  of  Bremen,  Grand  Duchy  of 
Oldenburg,  Germany,  from  whence  he  came  to  this  country  and  settled  in  New 
York  City.  He  was  a  cigar-maker  by  trade  and  occupation,  and  for  a  period  of 
over  forty  years,  conducted  one  of  the  leading  cigar  emporiums  at  No.  217  on 
the  Bowery,  corner  of  Rivington  street,  where  he  had  become  popularly  known  as 
the  leading  tobacconist  during  his  day.  His  dutiful  wife,  Wilhelmina  (Wil- 
kin) Bente,  was  a  native  of  the  Duchy  of  Brunswick,  Germany,  the  twelfth, 
State  of  the  German  Confederation.  Phillip  and  Lizzie  (Bente)  Braender  had 
born  to  them  the  following  children,  who  attained  to  years  of  maturity:  Fre- 
derick L.,  of  whom  further ;  Walter  Phillip,  of  w^om  further ;  Herman  Harry, 
of  whom  further ;  and  Edwin,  of  w(hom  further. 

Frederick  L.  Braender,  eldest  son  of  Phillip  and  Lizzie  (Bente)  Braender, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  New  York,  January  26,  1887.  He 
obtained  his  early  educational  advantages  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
city,  and  White  Plains,  Westchester  county.  New  York,  where  he  pursued  his 
studies  in  the  high  school.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  laid  aside  his  school 
books  and  became  identified  with  his  father  in  his  building  and  contracting 
business,  the  boy  having  his  first  practical  experience  with  his  father  in  the 
construction  of  the  Braender  apartment  house,  a  ten-story  building,  located  at 
one  hundred-second  street.  Central  Park  West,  in  New  York  City;  this  was  in 
1904.  He  next  entered  upon  a  course  of  study  in  the  Eastman  Commercial  Col- 
lege in  New  York  City,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  for  a  period  of  six  months 
and  again  resumed  his  activities  with  his  father  in  his  building  operations,  and 
during  the  period  of  his  building  activities,  Frederick  L.  Braender,  took  an  active 
part  in  the  construction  and  erection  of  more  than  sixty  modem  buildings.  In  1906 
and  1907,  while  his  father  was  absent  on  a  trip  to  Continental  Europe,  the  son, 
Frederick  L.,  assumed  full  charge  and  supervision  of  all  his  father's  building 
operations  until  the  return  of  the  latter.  Phillip  Braender,  after  his  return 
home,  again  actively  entered  into  the  building  and  construction  work,  and 
together  with  his  son,  they  erected  the  twelve-story  building  ac  Broadway  and 
Great  Jones  street,  and  another  twelve-story  building  at  Nos.  26-32  West 
Seventeenth  street,  and  at  Nos.  7-9  East  Twentieth  street,  and  also  the  building 
at  No.  17  West  Nineteenth  street.  They  next  erected  a  sixteen-story  building 
at  Broadway  and  Fourth  street,  and  a  twenty-story  modern  building  at  Fourth 
avenue  and  Twenty-fourth  street,  which  has  since  become  known  as  the  Ashland 
building. 

In  1911  Frederick  L.  Braender  became  actively  identified  with  the  construc- 
tion of  the  large  brick  factory  building  located  at  the  northwest  corner  of  the 
Bergen  branch  of  the  Erie  railroad,  and  in  the  borough  of  Wallington,  where  in 
the  course  of  time  he  became  actively  Identified  in  the  practical,  as  well  as  the 
technical  processes  of  manufacturing  automobile  rubber  tires,  and  in  this  under- 
taking he  has,  as  a  result  of  his  skill  and  ingenuity,  contributed  much  toward  de- 
veloping and  perfecting  the  Braender  Bull  Dog  brand  automobile  rubber  tires, 
which  have  become  universally  recognized  in  this  country  and  abroad  for  their 
superiority  and  excellence,  as  well  as  their  durability  for  wear.  In  1916,  upon 
the  death  of  his  father,  Frederick  L.  Braender  succeeded  to  the  presidency  of  the 
Braender  Corporation,  and  since  that  time  has  been  actively  Identified  with  his 
three  brothers,  Walter  Phillip,  Herman  Harry  and  Edwin  Braender,  in  the 
manufacture  of  the  Braender  automobile  rubber  tires,  and  in  this  line  of  enter- 
prise he  has  been  instrumental  in  establishing  one  of  the  leading  Industries  of 
its  kind  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey.     Not  unlike  his  respected  father,  he  takes 


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an  active  interest  in  the  social  and  civic  affairs  of  the  community  wherein  he  has 
resided.  While  a  resident  of  White  Plains,  Westchester  county,  New  York, 
he  there  became  a  member  of  the  White  Plains  Lodge,  No.  535,  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  In  his  present  home  town  in  Montclair,  Essex  county, 
New  Jersey,  he  has  become  to  be  regarded  as  a  good  and  useful  citizen. 

Frederick  L.  Braender  married,  at  W'hite  Plains,  New  York,  December 
23,  1913,  Norma  Catherine  Schlinke,  daughter  of  Gustave  and  Ida  (Steche) 
Schlinke,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  city  of  Berlin,  Germany.  Of  their 
union  in  marriage  they  had  born  to  them  one  son,  Frederick  L.,  Jr.,  born  May  9, 
1919.    He  died  during  early  infancy. 

Walter  Phillip  Braender,  second  son  of  Phillip  and  Lizzie  (Bente)  Braen- 
der, was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  borough  of  White  Plains,  Westchester 
county,  New  York,  June  1,  1889.  His  early  educational  training  was  ac- 
quired in  the  schools  of  his  native  town.  Upon  completing  his  elementary  and 
high  school  training,  being  desirous  of  preparing  himself  for  a  profession,  he 
entered  .upon  a  course  of  study  in  the  department  of  mining  and  engineering  in 
the  Nevada  State  LIniversity  at  Reno  in  1906.  On  account  of  sickness  at  the 
end  of  the  term  he  finished  the  course  at  the  Columbia  School  of  Mines,  Colum- 
bia University,  New  York  City,  class  of  1911.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Sigma 
Alpha  fraternity  at  the  Nevada  University,  and  of  Delta  Upsilon  at  Columbia. 
While  at  Columbia  University  he  was  very  active  in  the  athletic  crew  and  foot- 
ball team,  and  was  vice-president  in  his  sophomore  year.  In  1912  he  became 
identified  with  his  three  brothers  in  the  automobile  rubber  tire  manufacturing 
business  in  the  borough  of  Wallington,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he 
has  since  been  actively  associated  in  the  management  and  direction  of  the 
Braender  automobile  rubber  tire  plant,  and  has  by  his  skill  and  enterprise  con- 
tributed much  towards  advancing  the  interests  of  the  corporation. 

Walter  Phillip  Braender  married,  in  the  borough  of  White  Plains,  October 
22,  1914,  Alice  Grace  Erbeck,  daughter  of  Ernest  L.  and  Zella  (Cams)  Erbeck, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  Ernest  L.  Erbeck 
is  of  the  Von  Wagner  family,  noted  pianist,  etc.  Of  this  union  one  son  was 
born,  Walter  Phillip,  Jr.,  born  September  26,  1915. 

Herman  Harry  Braender,  third  son  of  Phillip  and  Lizzie  (Bente)  Braen- 
der, was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  New  York,  February  16,  1891. 
His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  the  borough 
of  White  Plains,  Westchester  county.  New  York.  Soon  after  completing  his 
elementary  training,  he  entered  upon  a  course  of  studies  in  Princeton  University, 
where  he  pursued  his  studies  up  to  1912,  in  which  year  he  became  identified  with 
his  brothers  in  the  management  and  direction  of  the  Braender  Automobile 
Rubber  Tire  plant,  in  Wallington,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  and  has  con- 
tributed much  by  his  skill  and  enterprise  in  advancing  the  interests  of  the  cor- 
poration. 

Herman  Harry  Braender  married,  in  White  Plains,  New  York,  December 
12,  1912,  Marjorie  Purdy,  daughter  of  George  M.  and  Alice  (Smalley) 
Purdy,  both  the  latter  members  of  old  Westchester  county  families.  Herman 
Harry  and  Majorie  (Purdy)  Braender  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 

I.  George  Phillip,  born  January  5,  1914.  2.  Harry,  born  in  August,  1917. 
3.  Barbara,  born  in  February,  1920. 

Edwin  Braender,  fourth  son  and  youngest  child  of  Phillip  and  Lizzie 
(Bente)  Braender,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  New  York,  May 

II,  1892.  He  obtained  his  early  educational  training  in  the  public  schools  of 
the  borough  of  White  Plains,  Westchester  county.  New  York.  He  remained 
under  the  parental  roof  up  to  1918,  during  which  year  he  became  identified  with 


360  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

his  brothers  in  the  management  and  direction  of  the  Braender  Automobile  Rubber 
Tire  plant  in  Wallington,  New  Jersey,  where  he  has  since  been  actively  engaged 
up  to  the  present  time  (1922). 

Edwin    Braender   married,    June    17,    1919,    May    McCabe,    born    May 
27,  1897,  daughter  of  William  F.  and  Minnie  (Anthees)  McCabe. 


THE  COSTELLO  FAMILY— The  family  patronymic  of  Costello  is  of 
early  Latin  origin,  and  is  referred  to  by  Dr.  John  O'Hart,  in  his  "History  of 
Irish  Pedigrees,"  in  which  the  author  refers  to  the  founder  of  this  family  and 
gives  the  name  spelled  "Castello"  and  "Costello."  The  first  representative  and 
settler  of  this  family  came  to  Ireland  in  1653,  A.  D.,  at  which  time  he  bore  the 
Latin  name  of  Don  Dudleo,  Mariscal,  de  Campo.  This  settler,  according  to 
Dr.  O'Hart's  history,  married  in  Ireland,  where  his  descendants  used  the  fol- 
lowing symbols  for  their  family  escutcheon  and  coat-of-arms : 

Arms — Or,  three  lozenges  gules. 
Crest — A  falcon  proper,  billed  or. 
Motto — Me  Te  Quaesiveris  extra. 

Dr.  O'Hart  further  states  in  his  "History  of  Irish  Pedigrees,"  that  Cos- 
tello was  the  second  son  of  Gilbert  de  Angelo,  who  was  the  ancestor  of  "Nangle" 
and  also  was  the  ancestor  of  Costello.  Don  Dudleo,  Mariscal,  de  Campo's  de- 
scendants were  as  follows :  First,  Gilbert  de  Angelo,  who  became  the  father  of 
Costello  Oge,  whose  son  had  a  brother  named  Meyler,  and  the  latter  became  the 
ancestor  of  a  "Macjordan  family."  Gilbert  de  Angelo's  next  descendant  of  the 
third  generation  was  Philip,  son  of  Costello  Oge.  The  fourth  generation  was 
Gilbert  Costello  Oge,  the  fifth  was  Jordan  Costello  Oge,  and  the  sixth  was 
Philip  2nd,  Costello  Oge. 

This  same  author,  Dr.  John  O'Hart,  further  states  that  members  of  the 
Costello  family  emigrated  from  Ireland,  settled  in  this  country,  and  served  in 
the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War.  The  author  refers  to  Clark  Costello  as  a 
first  lieutenant,  but  it  seems,  however,  that  he  had  not  been  mustered.  The  same 
authority  also  refers  to  Thomas  M.  Costello  as  a  first  lieutenant  in  the  Union 
army,  who  was  mustered  out  on  July  15,  1865. 

The  first  representative  of  this  family  patronymic,  and  founder  of  this 
branch  of  the  Costello  family  in  this  country,  was  Martin  Costello.  He  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  Kush,  district  of  Ballansloe,  County  Galway,  Ireland, 
August  4,  1849.  His  father  was  likewise  a  native  of  the  same  locality,  married 
and  reared  his  family  in  Ballansloe,  County  Galway.  Martin  Costello  obtained 
his  early  educational  training  in  the  district  school  and  under  private  tuition 
in  the  parish  where  the  family  resided.  His  father,  having  been  a  well-to-do 
farmer  the  son  Martin  during  his  boyhood  years  was  trained  to  the  various 
details  and  chores  on  the  farm  homestead,  where  he  was  reared  to  years  of 
manhood.  In  1867  Martin  Costello  decided  to  emigrate  to  America,  and  accord- 
ingly set  sail  from  the  seaport  city  of  Oueenstown,  bound  for  the  port  of  New 
York  City,  where  he  finally  landed,  after  a  brief  and  successful  voyage,  at  Castle 
Garden,  which  was  at  that  time  the  chief  landing  place  of  all  immigration  to 
the  port  of  New  York.  Soon  after  setting  foot  on  American  soil,  he  made  his 
way  into  New  Jersey,  and  finally  settled  in  the  rapidly  growing  town  of  Passaic, 
Passaic  county,  where  he  promptly  found  employment  with  the  late  Alfred 
Speer,  the  founder  and  proprietor  of  the  Speer  New  Jersey  Wine  Company. 
Here  young  Costello  in  the  course  of  time  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  the 
various  details  and  technique  of  the  wine  making  business,  and  remained  in  the 
employ  of  that  company  up  to  1877,  at  which  time  he  was  enabled  to  begin 


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business  on  his  own  account.  He  established  his  first  store  on  Main  avenue, 
Passaic,  where  he  conducted  a  successful  business  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
became  well  and  favorably  known  to  a  wide  circle  of  families  in  Passaic  and  the 
surrounding  community,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  at  his 
home  in  Washington  Place,  August  24,  1915,  it  was  justly  stated  that  the  neigh- 
borhood had  lost  a  good  and  useful  citizen.  In  his  religious  affiliations,  Martin 
Costello  adhered  to  the  faith  of  his  ancestors,  and  was  a  faithful  communicant  of 
St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Martin  Costello  married,  in  Mahanoy  City,  Schuykill,  Pennsylvania,  Anna 
Mulhern.  She  was  born  in  Mahanoy  City,  September  18,  1855.  Her  parents 
were  Edward  and  Anne  (Mulhern)  Mulhern.  Martin  and  Anna  (Mulhern) 
Costello  had  the  following  children :  1.  Thomas  P.,  of  whom  forward.  2.  John 
J.,  born  January  5,  1879.  3.  Annie,  died  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  4.  Ed- 
ward, died  in  early  childhood.  5.  Martin,  died  in  early  childhood.  6.  Mathilda, 
died  in  early  childhood.  7.  Alphonsus  A.  8.  Mary.  9.  Cecelia,  educated  in  St. 
Nicholas'  Parish  School,  and  the  Passaic  High  School.  At  present  she  is  a  music 
instructor  in  the  Convent  of  the  Sisters  of  St,  Joseph,  Minneapolis,  Minnesota. 

Anna  (Mulhern)  Costello,  the  mother  of  the  aforementioned  children,  died 
at  the  family  home  in  Washington  place,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  June  26,  1917. 
She  was  a  faithful  communicant  of  St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic  Church,  and 
in  her  home  life  was  a  splendid  example  of  kindness  and  affection,  an  indulgent 
and  loving  mother,  and  at  the  time  of  her  death  it  was  justly  stated  by  those 
who  knew  her  best  in  life  that  she  had  possessed,  to  a  marked  degree,  many  fine 
qualities  of  both  mind  and  heart. 

Thomas  P.  Costello,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Martin  and  Anna  (Mulhern) 
Costello,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  June  4,  1877. 
He  obtained  his  early  educational  training  in  the  Parochial  School  of  St.  Nicho- 
las' parish.  His  preparatory  training  was  obtained  in  St.  Peter's  College,  Jersey 
City,  New  Jersey.  He  next  entered  upon  a  course  of  study  in  the  New  York 
Law  School,  and  graduated  from  that  institution  with  degree  of  A.  B.,  and  soon 
after  leaving  his  alma  mater  he  was  admitted  to  the  New  Jersey  bar,  and  in  1899 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Passaic  with  offices  in  the  News  building. 
In  January,  1910,  he  was  appointed  police  justice,  and  has  filled  that  office  up 
to  the  present  time,  1921.  In  his  political  affiliations  Judge  Costello  is  an  ardent 
supporter  of  the  principles  and  policies  as  advocated  by  the  Republican  party. 
He  has  at  all  times  given  the  best  of  his  thought  and  much  of  his  time  towards 
advancing  the  social  and  civic  interest  of  his  native  city.  Fraternally,  Judge 
Costello  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  in  Passaic,  and  a  faithful  com- 
municant of  St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Thomas  P.  Costello  married,  in  Passaic,  April  15,  1903,  Mary  D.  Meade, 
born  January  10,  1882,  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Annie  (O'Brien)  Meade. 
They  had  two  children,  as  follows  :  Mary  Anita,  born  April  23,  1904;  Thomas 
P.,  Jr.,  born  September  5,  1905,  died  May  23,  1908. 


PETER  C.  WARNER — A  member  of  an  old  Passaic  family,  and  for  many 
years  active  in  the  construction  world,  Peter  C.  Warner  is  a  representative  man 
in  this  section,  and  is  broadly  interested  in  every  phase  of  public  advancement. 

Cornelius  Warner,  Mr.  Warner's  father,  is  one  of  the  oldest  citizens  of  the 
city  of  Passaic,  if  not  the  oldest,  having  celebrated  his  eighty-sixth  birthday  on 
February  14,  1922.  He  is  a  native  of  South  Holland,  born  in  1836,  but  came 
to  America  in  1862,  and  at  first  settled  at  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  then  came  to 
Passaic,  four  years  later.     His  wife  was  likewise  a  native  of  South  Holland, 


362  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

born  in  1845,  she  coming  to  America  in  1866  and  settling  in  Lodi.  They  were 
married  in  the  Dutch  Reformed  church  in  Lodi,  May  29,  1867,  and  May  29, 
1917,  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  at  their  home  in  Passaic.  Cornelius 
Warren  has  spent  his  entire  active  lifetime  as  a  carpenter,  which  trade  he  learned 
in  his  youth,  and  he  has  worked  on  many  of  the  substantial  residences  and 
business  structures  of  Passaic,  where  he  has  resided  for  the  past  fifty-five  years. 
He  gave  up  regular  work  some  years  ago,  but  is  still  in  good  health,  and  in 
possession  of  all  his  faculties.  He  lives  in  the  old  house  at  No.  192  Summer 
street,  which  was  the  first  house  built  on  this  street,  and  which  stands  on  a  plot 
100x200  feet  in  area.  Here  the  old  gentleman  cultivates  a  large  garden,  and 
takes  great  pride  in  exhibiting  some  of  the  finest  vegetables  raised  in  Passaic. 
Earlier  in  life  Mr.  Warner  took  an  interest  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  city, 
being  a  Free  Holder  of  Passaic  for  six  years,  and  serving  three  terms  as  a  juror. 
He  married  Cornelia  Van  Houten,  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  twelve  children:  1.  John  C,  now  (1922)  fifty-there  years  old,  connected 
with  the  New  York  Belting  Company  of  Passaic.  2.  Nicholas,  now  fifty-one 
years  of  age,  is  a  Paterson  business  man.  3.  Peter  C,  of  whom  further.  4.  Cor- 
nelius, aged  chirty-two,  is  a  carpenter  in  Passaic.  5.  Mrs.  William  Connelly. 
6.  Clara,  now  deceased,  who  married  Jacob  Keyser,  of  Paterson.  7.  Pauline, 
deceased.  Five  children  died  young.  The  mother  has  now  passed  her  seventy- 
seventh  birthday  and  is  still  well  preserved. 

Peter  C.  Warner  was  born  in  the  old  family  home  at  No.  192  Summer 
street,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  received  a  practical  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  city.  Interested  from  childhood  in  the  work  which  his  father  did, 
he  early  determined  to  spend  his  life  in  the  building  trades,  and  served  an  ap- 
prenticeship as  a  carpenter.  He  has  followed  this  line  of  work  all  his  life  thus 
far,  and  is  going  forward  to  constantly  increasing  success.  Although  he  has 
not  gone  into  contracting  on  an  extremely  large  scale,  his  ability  and  judgment 
have  placed  him  among  the  foremost  men  in  his  field. 

A  member  of  the  Carpenters'  Union,  Mr.  Warner  is  deeply  interested  in 
every  movement  which  tends  to  advance  the  public  welfare,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Defense  Society.  Politically  he  has  always  supported  the 
Republican  party;  he  is  active  in  the  party's  councils,  and  is  a  member  and 
trustee  of  the  Passaic  Republican  Club.  He  was  once  a  municipal  committeeman, 
and  at  present  is  a  county  committeeman  for  his  party.  He  attends  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church  of  Passaic. 

Mr,  Warner  married,  on  February  24,  1916,  Alice  E.  Shaw,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Maria  (Stagg)  Shaw.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warner  have  two  children: 
Irene  Beatrice,  born  January  9,  1917,  and  Peter  C,  Jr.,  born  December  2.  1921. 

The  Shaws  are  well  known  in  Passaic,  where  they  have  lived  for  many 
years,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  four  children  Abbie,  now  the  wife  of  Euclid 
H.  Pierce,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York;  Alice  E.,  the  wife  of  Peter  C.  Warner; 
Charles,  who  is  now  living  in  Passaic ;    and  Esther,  who  is  unmarried. 

RUSSELL  SHERWOOD  WISE— As  an  active  factor  in  the  success  of 
the  engineering  firm  of  Wise  &  Watson,  in  Passaic,  Russell  Sherwood  Wise 
holds  a  position  of  wide  prominence  in  engineering  circles  in  northern  New 
Jersey.  The  history  of  his  career  includes  activity  in  many  of  the  most  noted 
construction  contracts — work  which  has  counted  far  for  the  progress  and  devel- 
opment of  this  entire  section. 

Mr.  Wise  is  a  son  of  Colin  Reed  Wise,  founder  of  the  firm  of  Wise  & 
Watson.  The  career  of  the  elder  Mr.  Wise  has  been  largely  connected  with 
railway  construction  and  big  engineering  work.  He  has  for  many  years  been 
civil  engineer  for  the  West  Shore  and  Erie  railroads,  chief  engineer  and  super- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  363 

intendent  of  the  Brunswick  &  Western  railroad,  and  engineer  for  the  Third 
avenue  elevated  railroad  in  New  York  City.  He  has  long  been  city  engineer  for 
the  city  of  Passaic,  and  was  formerly  engineer  of  Garfield,  Wallington  and 
Acquackanonk  township.  He  built  all  the  electric  railways  in  and  through 
Passaic,  Garfield,  Lodi,  Wallington,  Acquackanonk  township,  East  Rutherford, 
Carlstadt,  etc.  Mr.  Wise  is  a  central  figure  in  the  profession  in  New  Jersey, 
and  is  widely  consulted  in  connection  with  important  engineering  enterprises  in 
the  East.     He  married  Serena  Sherwood. 

Russell  Sherwood  Wise,  son  of  Colin  Reed  and  Serena  (Sherwood)  Wise, 
was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  December  14,  1882.  Receiving  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  he  prepared  for  his  chosen 
field  of  activity  at  the  Polytechnic  Institute  in  Brooklyn,  New  York.  In 
January,  1900,  Mr.  Wise  became  identified  with  the  firm  of  Wise  &  Watson, 
as  rodman  and  chainman  with  the  field  party,  and  general  office  boy.  One  of 
the  first  pieces  of  v/ork  with  which  he  was  connected  in  an  active  capacity  was 
in  the  tracing  of  lines  and  assisting  with  the  preparation  of  the  Acquackanonk 
township  assessment  maps,  in  June  of  1901,  following  which  he  acted  as  chain- 
man  on  the  Wallington  Water  Works  surveys.  The  following  year  he  was 
associated  with  Charles  Levett  on  the  survey  of  the  Palisade  Interstate  Park  for 
about  five  months.  From  June  until  December  of  the  same  year  (1902),  he 
assisted  the  field  party  with  the  preparation  of  the  Garfield  assessment  map,  and 
also  as  chainman  and  assistant  tracing  draftsman  on  the  Madison  (New  Jersey) 
sewerage  system.  He  was  thereafter  chainman  on  the  topographical  survey  of 
Silver  Lake,  Staten  Island,  for  the  New  York  Park  Commission.  His  activities 
in  1903  included  work  as  levelman  and  tracing  draftsman  on  the  surveys  and 
plans  for  the  Woodcliffe  reservoir  of  the  Hackensack  Water  Company,  prelimi- 
nary plans  for  the  electric  railway  from  Hoboken  to  Millburn,  four  months  with 
the  East  Jersey  Water  Company,  on  surveys  for  construction  of  a  tunnel  at  the 
Meadows,  and  drafting  on  the  New  Jersey  Flood  Commission  plans  following 
the  disastrous  flood  of  October  9-10-11,  1903.  The  year  1904  found  Mr.  Wise 
busy  for  several  months  as  assistant  draftsman  and  inspector  of  construction  in 
the  maps  and  development  of  the  Garfield  water  supply,  also  as  inspector  of  the 
first  asphalt  pavement  on  Main  avenue  and  Passaic  street,  in  the  city  of  Passaic. 
Then  in  1905  he  acted  as  first  assistant  draftsman  on  the  maps  of  the  Rapid 
Transit  Company  of  New  York,  in  connection  with  their  line  to  Paterson,  also  on 
data  of  land  developments  of  Passaic  and  Clifton,  in  the  calculations  for  lines 
and  grades  for  improvements.  In  September  of  that  year  he  drafted  plans  for 
the  reinforced  concrete  reservoir  for  this  district,  also  acting  as  inspector  of  con- 
struction, this  work  including  the  extension  of  water  supply  lines  then  existing. 
Thereafter,  as  chief  draftsman,  Mr.  Wise  handled  various  plans  of  small 
culverts,  assessment  maps,  land  company  layouts,  etc.,  and  as  assistant  he  was 
connected  with  the  designing  of  the  sewerage  systems  of  Carlstadt  and  East 
Rutherford.  In  1907  he  was  active  in  the  field  on  municipal  work,  including 
small  sewers,  water  pipe  extensions,  road  improvements,  culverts,  etc.,  also 
acting  as  inspector  of  the  construction  of  the  Gera  Mills  reservoir  and  dam.  In 
July  and  August  of  the  same  year  he  was  in  charge  of  surveys  and  acted  as 
first  assistant  on  plans  and  designs  for  the  sewerage  system  of  Woodmere,  Long 
Island,  immediately  following  the  completion  of  which  he  assumed  similar 
responsibility  in  connection  with  the  Point  Pleasant  (New  Jersey)  sewerage 
system,  then  under  construction.  During  the  first  quarter  of  the  year  1908,  Mr. 
Wise  was  assistant  engineer  in  the  perfection  of  preliminary  plans  for  the 
Garfield  sewerage  system.  On  March  15,  he  was  made  principal  assistant 
engineer  under    Colin  R.  Wise,    in  charge  of  the    office  of  the  concern,    then 


364  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

followed  soon  the  preliminary  plans  and  reports  of  the  sewerage  system  for 
West  Ridgewood,  New  Jersey.  During  the  latter  half  of  the  year  he  was  busy 
on  the  preparation  of  complete  assessment  maps  for  the  block  and  lot  systems  for 
Union  township,  and  the  preparation  of  water  district  plans  for  Acquackanonk 
township.  In  the  designing  of  the  water  works  for  Arlington,  New  Jersey,  in 
1909,  Mr.  Wise  acted  as  principal  assistant,  also  in  the  preparation  of  new 
assessment  maps  on  the  block  and  lot  system  for  Acquackanonk  township,  and 
water  plans  for  Union  township.  It  was  at  this  time  that  Mr.  Wise  was  appoint- 
ed borough  engineer  of  Ramsey,  New  Jersey,  which  office  he  ably  filled  for  two 
years.  Then  for  more  than  two  years  he  was  active  as  principal  assistant  engi- 
neer for  surveys  made  for  Passaic  Valley  Sewerage  Commission,  Wise  &  Watson 
having  the  contract  to  establish  lines  and  furnish  all  data,  plans  and  locations 
in  Bergen  and  Passaic  counties  as  far  up  as  Hawthorn,  Passaic,  Clifton,  Pat- 
erson,  Garfield,  Rutherford,  etc.  Thereafter  for  four  years  Mr.  Wise  was  in 
full  charge  of  right-of-way  grants  through  Passaic,  Clifton  and  Paterson,  for 
the  trunk  sewerage  commission,  in  connection  with  the  above  extensive  project, 
and  also  acted  as  assistant  on  valuation  of  the  West  Shore  railroad.  Meanwhile, 
during  1910-12  he  was  first  assistant  engineer  and  resident  engineer  on  the  de- 
signing and  construction  of  the  Garfield  sewerage  system  and  assessment  maps 
connected  therewith.  For  the  next  few  years,  in  addition  to  the  work  for  the 
Passaic  Valley  Commission  Mr.  Wise  was  variously  engaged  on  surveys  of 
large  estates,  topographical  surveys,  land  company  and  industrial  development 
projects,  including  two  small  reservoirs  and  one  large  three-quarter  million  gal- 
lon reinforced  concrete  reservoir  for  the  Passaic  Print  Works.  This  was  in 
1915,  and  for  the  next  four  years  Mr.  Wise  was  broadly  active  in  connection 
with  various  industrial  construction  projects  which  now  fill  important  places  in 
the  economic  prosperity  of  this  section.  Among  these  contracts  may  be  enumer- 
ated the  designing  and  construction  of  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills,  sewers  for 
the  Andrew  McLean  Company,  to  connect  with  the  trunk  sewer,  and  similar  con- 
tracts for  the  Okonite  Company,  the  Gera  Mills,  the  Standard  Textile  Products 
Company,  the  Campbell  &  Morrell  Company,  the  Reid  &  Barry  plant,  the 
Enameline  Company,  the  Passaic  Worsted  Spinning  Company,  the  Paterson 
Parchment  Company;  also  the  repair  surveys  for  industrial  plants,  and  the 
furnishing  of  data  for  further  construction  possibilities,  the  laying  out  of  the 
Mexican  Petroleum  Company's  plant,  etc.  In  1920  Mr.  Wise  was  appointed 
city  engineer  of  the  city  of  Clifton,  and  has  since  been  thus  engaged,  having 
charge  of  general  municipal  work,  the  establishment  of  grades  and  street 
improvements.  His  activities  have  thus  far  included,  among  much  routine  work 
and  extensive  preliminary  work  on  projects  under  consideration,  the  designing 
of  storm  water  sewers  for  about  three  and  one-half  square  miles  of  central 
Clifton,  the  designing  of  an  adequate  water  distribution  system  for  Albion 
Place  and  Delawanna,  also  reports  and  investigations  regarding  many  phases 
of  public  works. 

Professionally  Mr.  Wise  stands  high.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Association  of  Engineers,  American  Society  for  Municipal  Improvements  and 
the  New  York  section  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  Fraternally 
he  holds  membership  in  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  No.  387, 
in  the  National  Union  and  in  the  Layman's  League,  of  which  he  is  secretary 
and  treasurer.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  the 
Clifton  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  a  member  of  both  the  Passaic  and  Clifton 
Republican  clubs.  He  serves  as  mapping  and  surveying  instructor  for  the 
Passaic  Boy  Scouts,  and  his  more  personal  interests  include  membership  in  the 
Lions  Club  and  the  Passaic  Rifle  Club.     Some  years  ago  he  was  a  member  of 


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the  New  Jersey  National  Guard.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Unitarian  church  and 
prominent  in  the  work  of  the  church.  Mr.  Wise  married,  on  September  30,  1907, 
at  the  Unitarian  church  of  Passaic,  Martha  Esther  Low,  daughter  of  Frederick 
Rollins  and  Adeline  (Giles)  Low.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wise  are  the  parents  of  five 
children:  Russell  Tallman,  born  October  19,  1910;  Lois  Adeline  and  Ruth 
Serena,  twins,  born  January  6,  1913;  Frederick  Rollins  Low,  born  April  6, 
1915:     and     Colin    Reed,    born    December    4,     1920. 


EDWIN  FLOWER — Many  indeed  are  the  warm  friends  of  Mr.  Flower. 
An  analyzation  of  his  life  work  up  to  the  present  time  (1921)  shows  that  the 
regard  in  which  he  is  held  is  the  logical  sequence  of  a  life  of  activity,  integrity 
and  honor.  He  possesses  in  large  measure  a  sense  of  that  growing  community 
spirit  which  is  manifest  throughout  the  country,  and  which  is  but  a  keener, 
stronger  recognition  of  the  brotherhood  of  man  and  the  obligations  of  the  in- 
dividual to  his  community. 

A  native  of  England,  Edwin  Flower  was  born  in  Frome,  Somerset  county, 
October  1,  1857,  his  parents  being  Alfred  and  Lydia  (Webley)  Flower,  both 
natives  of  England.  After  completing  his  studies  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  place,  he  served  an  apprenticeship  to  the  electrotyper's  trade  and  con- 
tinued In  this  particular  line  until  1879,  when  he  came  to  this  country,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one,  locating  in  Brooklyn.  In  1888  he  established  himself  in 
business  at  No.  215  Centre  street,  New  York  City,  later  moving  to  the  Metro- 
politan realty  building,  at  No.  216  William  street,  and  subsequently  incorporat- 
ing as  Edwin  Flower,  Inc.  In  1910  he  enlarged  his  business,  opening  an  esta- 
blishment in  the  up-town  district  of  New  York  City,  under  the  name  of  the 
Flower  Steel  Electrotype  Company,  now  located  at  No.  461  Eighth  avenue,  in 
the  Printing  Crafts  building.  Mr.  Flower  is  president  of  both  of  these  organ- 
izations, his  keen  business  discernment  and  unfaltering  energy  proving  the 
salient  features  in  attaining  this  success,  and  his  plans  and  methods  constituted 
the  foundation  upon  which  later  prosperity  has  been  builded. 

But  It  Is  not  only  In  his  Immediate  business  life  that  Mr.  Flower  makes 
use  of  these  attributes  of  his,  but  also  In  the  public  life  of  the  city  of  Passaic, 
which  has  been  his  home  since  1892.  He  has  maintained  a  remarkable  helpful 
attitude  toward  movements  for  the  public  good,  and  the  measures  which  he 
introduced  and  carried  forward  will  ever  be  remembered.  Very  soon  after  his 
election  to  the  presidency  of  the  local  Board  of  Education,  Mr.  Flower  used 
every  Influence  toward  the  building  of  more  schools  and  the  Improving  of  those 
already  built,  and  In  consequence  the  following  work  was  acompllshed  during 
his  term  of  office  as  president,  which  covered  a  period  of  fourteen  years,  1905- 
1919:  School  No.  9  was  finished  and  furnished;  No.  7  trebled  In  size;  No.  10 
was  built;  No,  3  was  raised  three  feet  from  the  ground  and  trebled  In  size;  to 
No.  8  was  added  one  story;  the  present  high  school  was  built  (see  forward)  ; 
the  sites  for  Nos.  10  and  12  were  purchased  and  the  buildings  erected;  and  the 
old  high  school  was  remodeled  and  called  School  No.  11.  There  was  consider- 
able controversy  over  the  proposed  new  high  school,  principally  over  the  appro- 
priation of  the  money  needed  for  its  erection,  the  plans  which  Mr.  Flower 
favored  being,  according  to  the  opinion  of  the  rest  of  the  board,  far  too  extensive. 
Mr.  Flower,  believing,  however,  in  spite  of  this  opposition,  that  his  choice  was 
for  the  best  Interest  of  the  city,  took  the  committee,  at  his  own  expense,  on  a 
visit  to  high  schools  throughout  the  neighboring  cities,  and  as  a  result  of  this 
study  and  observation,  It  was  decided  to  adopt  the  plans  which  the  president  of 
the  board  favored. 

For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Flower  was  a  director  of  the  Passaic  Young 


366  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Men's  Christian  Association.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Advertisers'  Club  of 
New  York  City;  the  New  York  Employing  Electrotypers'  Association;  New 
York  Rotary  Club;  the  Economic  Club,  of  New  York;  and  the  Yountakah 
Club  of  Nutley.  Another  notable  line  of  his  activity  arose  from  his  eager 
interest  in  the  choir  of  the  Methodist  church,  of  which  he  has  been  the  leader 
for  many  years.  In  1914  the  church,  in  recognition  of  the  creditable  work  and 
time  which  he  had  spent  during  twenty  years  with  the  choir,  presented  him  with 
a  book,  inscribed  in  gold  letters  on  pure  parchment,  a  testimonial,  and  the 
autographs  of  the  members  of  the  congregation. 

On  June  3,  1887,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Edwin  Flower  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Lizzie  E.  Purdy.  They  are  the  parents  of  four  children :  Herbert 
J.,  who  is  identified  with  the  silk  business  at  Paterson ;  Alfred  R.,  vice-president 
of  the  Flower  Steel  Electrotype  Company  and  of  Edwin  Flower,  Inc. ;  Mildred, 
wife  of  S.  Ainsworth  Hird ;  and  Walter  C,  also  associated  with  his  father  in 
business.    The  family  home  it  at  No.  313  Gregory  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


PAUL  ROSE — This  family  patronymic  is  of  ancient  Teutonic  origin  and 
many  representatives  of  the  family  have  resided  in  the  northern  provinces  in 
Prussia,  Germany,  where  early  generations  of  the  Rose  family  were  classed 
among  the  representative  men  of  their  day.  The  noted  heraldist,  Johann  Sieb- 
macher  of  the  city  of  Nuremberg,  kingdom  of  Bavaria,  Germany,  gives  a  copper- 
plate illustration  of  the  symbols  of  the  Rose  family  coat-of-arms  in  his  "Wap- 
penbuch"  published  in  1701. 

The  immediate  ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  Rose  family  which  introduces 
the  caption  of  this  review,  and  of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  information,  was 
Gottfried  Rose,  w'ho  lived  with  his  family  in  the  town  of  Kottbus,  province  of 
Brandenburg,  on  the  river  Spree.  The  town  is  enclosed  by  walls  and  has  several 
suburbs,  a  royal  palace,  college,  orphan  asylum,  and  various  other  public  insti- 
tutions, and  has  also  extensive  factories  of  woolen  cloths,  linen,  hosiery  and 
tobacco,  and  has  a  large  export  and  transit  trade.  Gottfried  Rose,  upon  taking 
up  the  practical  duties  of  life,  learned  the  technique  of  machine  work  in  his 
native  country,  where  he  pursued  his  trade  throughout  the  active  years  of  his 
life,  and  at  present,  1921,  resides  with  his  family  in  Kottbus,  province  of 
Brandenburg,  Germany. 

Gottfried  Rose  married,  in  his  native  province,  Caroline  Heindrischk.  Her 
ancestors  were  likewise  natives  of  the  province  of  Brandenburg  where  she  was 
born  and  reared  to  the  years  of  womanhood.  This  worthy  couple  had  a  family 
of  six  children,  three  sons  and  three  daughters,  as  follows:  1.  Paul,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Otto,  born  February  28,  1888.  He  was  drafted  into  the  German 
army  and  served  during  the  great  World  War  with  his  regiment  during  the 
invasion  of  the  German  troops  in  France,  where  he  took  part  in  the  battle  of 
Champagne  in  1915,  and  during  that  great  conflict  he  rescued  his  brother,  Max, 
from  the  battlefield  and  assisted  in  placing  him  in  the  field  hospital.  The  latter 
finally  recovered  but  is  permanently  crippled,  as  a  result  of  his  wounds.  Two 
days  later,  during  the  continuance  of  the  battle  of  Champagne,  Otto  was  killed 
while  in  action  and  his  body  was  buried  in  the  field  of  battle.  3.  Martha,  born 
October  25,  1891 ;  she  married  and  resides  in  her  native  province.  4.  Max, 
born  April  30,  1893.  He  was  drafted  into  the  German  Army  and  served  during 
the  World  War  with  his  regiment,  and  during  the  battle  of  Champagne  in 
France,  was  seriously  wounded,  and  was  rescued  from  perishing  on  the  field 
of  battle  by  his  brother  Otto,  who  himself,  two  days  later  in  the  same  battle, 
was  killed  while  in  action.  5.  Johanna,  born  March  16,  1902.  6.  Gertrude, 
born  October  1,  1903. 


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Paul  Rose,  eldest  son  of  Gottfried  and  Caroline  (Heindrischk)  Rose,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  Kottbus,  province  of  Brandenburg,  kingdom  of 
Prussia,  Germany,  February  12,  1886.  He  obtained  his  early  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  was  confirmed  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years. 
Immediately  upon  laying  aside  his  school  books,  he  began  to  apply  himself  to 
the  practical  duties  of  life,  and  entered  upon  an  apprenticeship  in  the  dyeing 
business  in  his  native  town.  Upon  completing  his  apprenticeship,  he  pursued 
his  chosen  line  of  work  in  the  capacity  of  a  journeyman,  in  accordance  with  the 
customs  of  the  trade  guilds  in  the  Fatherland.  Upon  attaining  suitable  years, 
and  having  become  eligible  for  military  service,  he  entered  the  German  Army 
and  served  the  required  time  in  compliance  with  military  laws  of  the  land.  In 
1903,  he  visited  a  number  of  the  large  cities  in  the  German  empire.  In  1905,  he 
entered  the  employ  of  one  of  the  leading  dyeing  establishments  in  Greiz  in  the 
capacity  of  superintendent,  having  had  full  charge  of  the  various  departments 
of  the  establishment.  He  continued  actively  engaged  in  his  chosen  line  of  work 
until  1914,  during  which  year  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  hoping 
here  to  find  greater  opportunities  to  apply  his  skill  and  knowledge  of  his  trade. 
He  accordingly  arranged  his  personal  interests  and  family  affairs,  and  sailing 
from  Hamburg,  reached  New  York  City  February  25,  1914.  Soon  after  his 
arrival  in  New  York,  the  young  artisan  settled  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where 
he  found  employment  in  his  profession  in  the  Gera  Woolen  Mills,  where  he 
assumed  charge  and  management  of  the  dyeing  department.  He  continued 
actively  engaged  with  the  Gera  Mills  during  the  next  six  years  and  as  a  result 
of  his  industry  and  thrift,  coupled  with  practical  economy,  he  was  able  to  engage 
in  the  dyeing  and  woolen  machinery  trade  in  partnership  with  Christian  Werner 
and  others  under  the  corporated  name  of  "Werner  &  Company,"  the  firm  having 
established  their  plant  and  offices  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  In  this  undertaking 
the  firm  of  Werner  &  Company  have  met  with  a  marked  degree  of  success,  result- 
ing from  their  skill  and  enterprise  as  well  as  their  straight-forward  and  honest 
methods  in  dealing  with  all  their  patrons.  The  products  of  their  establishment 
have  met  with  constantly  increasing  demands  in  the  various  States  throughout 
the  country. 

Paul  Rose  married  in  his  native  land,  September  20,  1910,  Johanna  Rein- 
holdt,  born  April  6,  1886,  daughter  of  Aban  and  Lena  (Canis)  Reinholdt,  and 
they  have  two  children:  Werner,  born  August  12,  1911;  Annalise,  born 
January  2,  1916.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  Rose  are  members  of  the  German 
Evangelical  Lutheran  St.  John's  Church  in  Lexington  avenue. 


NICHOLAS  HOEDEMAKER— For  the  past  fourteen  years  active  in  the 
construction  circles  of  Clifton  and  vicinity,  Nicholas  Hoedemaker  Is  taking  a 
foremost  part  in  the  general  progress  of  his  community,  and  winning  success 
as  a  business  man. 

Jacob  Hoedemaker,  his  father,  was  born  in  Holland,  and  lived  there  until 
the  prime  of  life,  when  he  brought  his  family  to  the  United  States,  landing  in 
New  York  City,  March  25,  1903.  Locating  at  once  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey, 
the  family  has  remained  there  since,  the  father  following  the  trade  of  painter 
until  his  retirement.  He  married,  in  Holland,  Elizabeth  Kok,  and  their  seven 
children,  John,  Garret,  Trina,  Nicholas,  Dora,  Jacob  and  Peter,  were  all  born 
in  Holland. 

Nicholas  Hoedemaker,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of  this  family,  was  born 
in  Texel,  in  the  northern  part  of  Holland,  May  10,  1888,  Attending  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  country,  he  received  a  thorough  grounding  in  the 
essentials  of  education,  then  found  It  necessary  at  the  age  of  ten  years  to  enter 


368  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

the  world  of  industry  and  assist  with  the  family  finances.  He  was  variously 
employed  for  a  time,  principally  as  a  farm  boy,  then  later,  in  a  grain  store, 
where  he  received  his  first  business  experience.  Coming  with  the  family  to 
America,  he  first  resided  in  Paterson  at  their  home,  entering  the  employ  of  the 
Nicholson  File  Works  in  a  minor  capacity,  where  he  remained  for  about  one 
year.  He  then  became  associated  with  Baker  Brothers,  of  Passaic,  as  an  appren- 
tice to  the  carpenter's  trade,  and  continued  with  them  until  1908,  being  advanced, 
meantime,  to  the  position  of  foreman.  This  promotion  was  achieved  through 
spare  time  study  with  the  International  Correspondence  School,  of  Scranton, 
Pennsylvania,  along  technical  lines  relating  to  his  work,  which  enabled  him  to 
prepare  plans  and  specifications  for  the  company.  In  1908  Mr.  Hoedemaker 
struck  out  for  himself  in  the  building  and  contracting  business,  having  his 
headquarters  at  No.  182  De  Mott  avenue,  Clifton,  and  receiving  into  partner- 
ship, a  brother-in-law,  John  Miller.  This  partnership  continued  until  1915, 
when  Mr.  Hoedemaker  purchased  Mr.  Miller's  interest,  thereafter  continuing 
alone  until  1921.  During  the  foregoing  period  Mr.  Hoedemaker  constructed 
about  250  homes,  in  Clifton,  and  in  the  environs  of  Passaic,  and  was  known  as 
one  of  the  largest  independent  builders  in  this  section  of  the  State.  In  July, 
1921,  Mr.  Hoedemaker  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Clifton  Builders'  Supply 
Company,  and  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  concern.  He  has  since  been  active 
in  the  progress  of  this  business,  his  partner  being  Mr.  Troast,  a  review  of  whose 
life  and  business  activity  appears  in  a  following  sketch.  In  connection  with 
the  above,  Mr.  Hoedemaker's  principal  business  interest,  he  has  for  some  time 
been  active  in  other  lines.  During  the  World  War  he  was  associated  with  C.  P. 
Van  Genderen  in  the  organization  and  incorporation  of  the  Clifton  Steel  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  was  secretary  and  treasurer  during  their  conduct  of  the  busi- 
ness.   He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Clifton  Building  and  Loan  Association. 

Politically  Mr.  Hoedemaker  has  been  influential  in  local  affairs  for  several 
years,  and  was  elected  councilman  from  the  Fifth  Ward  of  Clifton  in  the  year 
1921.  He  has  long  taken  a  broad  interest  in  welfare  work  in  Clifton,  and  gave 
unsparing  aid  in  all  drives  and  campaigns  during  the  war.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  of  the  Clifton  Citizenship 
League.  With  his  family  he  holds  membership  in  the  First  Reformed  church 
of  Clifton.  Mr.  Hoedemaker  married,  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  Phoebe  Van 
Saders,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Van  Saders,  of  Little  Ferry,  New 
Jersey,  and  they  have  had  five  children :  Jacob  William,  Marie,  Helen 
Elizabeth,  Edward  Nicholas,  deceased,  and  Evelyn. 

KOLMAN  S.  C.  VON  HAITINGER,  M.  D.— Dr.  Von  Haltlnger  was 
born  in  the  small  but  far  famed  health  resort  in  Hungary,  Rank  Freund 
^meaning  running  water),  June  10,  1882,  and  there  spent  the  first  eleven 
years  of  his  life.  He  was  of  influential  Hungarian  parentage,  the  Von  Haiting- 
ers  and  Dubinsky  de  Mintszantis  holding  high  station  and  public  position.  The 
lad  attended  private  schools  and  continued  in  his  native  land  until  1893,  when 
he  came,  with  his  parents,  to  the  LTnited  States,  locating  in  Chicago,  Illinois, 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools  and  later  continued  his  education  at  Seton 
Hall,  South  Orange,  New  Jersey,  where  he  spent  two  years.  Later,  he  pursued 
courses  of  study  in  Richmond,  Virginia;  Toronto,  Canada;  Chattanooga, 
Tennessee;  and  in  Montreal,  Canada;  under  private  tutors  in  Budapest,  Hun- 
gary; Vienna,  Austria;  and,  deciding  upon  the  profession  of  medicine,  prepared 
at  the  American  Collegre  of  Medicine,  Valparaiso  LTniversity,  Valparaiso,  In- 
diana, there  receiving  his  M.  D.  with  the  class  of  1904. 

With  his  newly  acquired  degree  Dr.  Von  Haitinger  passed  the  Illinois 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  369 

State  board  of  examiners  and  opened  an  office  in  Chicago,  but  later  he  came 
East  and,  in  January,  1906,  his  license  was  transferred  by  the  New  Jersey  board 
of  medical  examiners.  He  located  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  soon  afterward,  and 
there  continues,  well  established  in  public  confidence  as  a  physician  of  skill 
and  learning.  His  offices  are  at  No.  118  Second  street,  Passaic,  and  he  is  one 
of  the  highly  esteemed  men  of  his  profession.  He  is  an  accomplished  linguist, 
speaking  fluently  eleven  languages. 

Notwithstanding  the  demands  of  a  large  practice,  Dr.  Von  Haitinger  is 
widely  known  outside  his  profession,  and  is  a  member  of  several  societies,  in- 
cluding Passaic  Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  ;  Passaic  Lodge, 
Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles;  Amelia  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows; 
Clifton  Lodge,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  ;  Passaic  Lodge  Woodmen  of  America ; 
Passaic  Lodge  of  Ben  Hur;  the  Practitioners'  Club,  and  others.  In  1920  he 
was  appointed  a  member  of  the  American  Relief  Committee  for  the  repatriation 
of  Hungarian  war  prisoners  in  Siberia.  As  a  citizen,  he  is  interested  in  all  good 
causes  aiming  at  the  betterment  of  the  municipality  or  the  individual,  his  interest 
being  manifested  by  personal  cooperation.  In  religious  faith  he  is  a  Roman 
Catholic. 

Dr.  Von  Haitinger  married  Mabel  E.  Scott,  of  Montreal,  Canada,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  two  children:     Adele,  and  Kolman  (2). 

ISAAC  TROAST — Although  a  man  of  about  thirty  years  of  age,  having 
begun  his  business  life  but  comparatively  a  short  time  ago  in  the  lumber  indus- 
try and  now  ranking  as  one  of  the  foremost  figures  in  Clifton  in  this  line  of 
activity,  Isaac  Troast  has  by  strict  application  and  conscientious  effort  made  a 
name  for  himself  in  his  community. 

Isaac  Troast  is  a  native  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  his  birth  having  occurred 
here  November  14,  1892,  a  son  of  Leonard  and  Henrietta  (Van  London)  Troast. 
The  elder  Mr.  Troast  was  at  one  time  connected  with  the  J.  A.  Troast  Building 
Company,  of  the  above  city,  and  now  lives  retired  in  Passaic.  His  son  Isaac, 
with  whom  this  review  chiefly  deals,  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  city,  and  being  of  the  ambitious  type,  he  early  started  out  to  make 
his  way  in  the  world,  his  first  employment  being  with  the  New  York  Belting  and 
Packing  Company  of  Passaic,  in  a  minor  position,  where  he  remained  five  years, 
gaining  much  experience  in  a  business  way.  Having  sort  of  an  inheritance  for 
the  building  and  lumber  supply  business,  he  next  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Shecly  &  Hanzel  Lumber  Company,  of  Passaic,  as  a  driver,  and  thus  continued 
in  their  employ  for  some  time.  This  firm  later  sold  out  to  the  Passaic-Bergen 
Lumber  Company,  and  Mr.  Troast  was  retained  on  the  new  company's  pay- 
roll, his  value  as  an  employee  being  recognized  by  both  old  and  new  firms. 
From  time  to  time  he  was  given  more  responsible  duties  to  perform,  and  in 
1917  was  elevated  to  the  important  post  of  manager.  During  his  regime  as 
manager  for  this  company  he  played  a  big  part  in  its  affairs,  greatly  increasing 
its  business  and  putting  this  company  in  the  foreground  of  lumber  circles.  Mr. 
Troast  had  always  had  a  desire  to  head  a  company  himself  independently  and 
work  out  his  own  ideas,  and  with  such  ability  and  confidence  he,  in  December, 
1919,  organized  the  Clifton  Builders'  Supply  Company,  becoming  its  president 
and  general  manager.  This  company  has  already  enjoyed  a  most  marked 
success,  and  its  extensive  lumber  yards,  saw  mill,  store  houses  and  offices  at 
No.  30  Sewell  avenue,  Clifton,  are  the  results  of  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Troast  and 
his  partner,  Nidholas  Hoedemaker. 

Mr.  Troast  has  always  taken  a  keen  interest  as  a  citizen  in  the  affairs  of 
this  community  and  has  supported  all  movements  for  the  advancement  of  Clifton 


370  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

and  surrounding  territory.  While  confining  himself  chiefly  to  business,  his 
opportunity  to  broaden  his  career  is  yet  to  come.  In  politics  he  is  an  Indepen- 
dent.   He  is  a  member  of  the  Clifton  Building  and  Loan  Association. 

On  September  19,  1914,  at  Garfield,  Isaac  Troast  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Marie  M.  Baker,  daughter  of  Tunis  and  Tessie  (Blum)  Baker,  of  that 
city.  Three  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Troast:  Leonard;  Einar, 
deceased ;  and  Anna.  The  family  home  is  at  No.  39  Wellington  street,  Clifton. 


GAETANO  CAVALLO — A  descendant  of  a  long  line  of  educated,  refined 
ancestors,  whose  mental  attainments  were  unusual  in  the  days  in  which  they 
lived,  Gaetano  Cavallo  was  reared  in  an  atmosphere  conducive  to  study,  enjoy- 
ing the  privilege  of  individual  instruction  at  home,  both  parents  being  teachers 
in  the  schools  of  their  native  town  in  Italy.  The  great-grandfather,  Frederick 
Cavallo,  was  a  poet  and  composer  of  music,  living  and  dying  in  Italy.  His  son, 
Rafael,  was  an  attorney  in  Italy  where  he  and  his  wife,  Lucrezia,  were  born 
and  where  they  too  died.  Their  son,  Ferdinando,  a  native  of  Satriano,  Lucano, 
Italy,  was  a  teacher  all  his  life  in  the  old  schools  of  his  native  land.  He  died  in 
Italy,  March  23,  1920,  at  the  age  of  eighty -five  years.  His  wife,  Matilda 
Arnone,  was  a  teacher  also,  she  and  her  husband  giving  their  children  lessons  at 
home  in  addition  to  their  school  training.  She  is  still  living  in  Italy  at  the  age 
of  seventy-four  years,  having  five  living  children :  Caroline,  who  came  to  the 
United  States,  and  is  now  Mrs.  Vignola  of  Garfield;  Rafael,  still  residing  in 
Italy;  Jasamine,  the  wife  of  Pasquale  Russo,  who  lives  in  South  America; 
Joseph,  living  in  Italy;   Gaetano,  of  further  mention. 

Gaetano  Cavallo  was  born  in  Satriano,  Lucano,  Italy,  July  28,  1887.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  and  also  the  technical  high  school  in  Italy,  finishing 
that  course  at  eighteen  years  of  age.  He  then  worked  as  a  clerk  in  a  drug  store 
for  one  year  and  a  half.  Leaving  his  home  in  Italy,  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  arriving  in  New  York  City,  October  12,  1905.  Here  he  obtained  a 
position  as  drug  clerk,  remaining  four  years.  In  the  meantime  he  entered 
Columbia  University  in  the  department  of  pharmacy,  working  in  the  drug  store 
on  Sundays  and  at  night,  and  pursuing  his  studies  during  the  day,  thereby  earn- 
ing sufficient  money  to  pay  for  his  college  course.  He  graduated  from  the  school 
of  pharmacy  in  the  class  of  1914,  and  a  few  days  prior  to  commencement  took 
the  State  examinations  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  passing  both  successfully. 
Mr.  Cavallo  next  became  manager  of  a  drug  store  in  Hoboken,  but  remained 
only  a  short  time.  He  later  opened  a  drug  store  at  No.  189  Harrison  avenue, 
Garfield,  New  Jersey,  remained  there  for  seven  years,  and  then  moved  into  the 
more  spacious  quarters  of  his  newly  erected  store  and  home,  at  No.  198  Harri- 
son avenue,  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  where  he  is  still  located. 


ABRAHAM  KOVIN,  M.  D. — Among  the  younger  generation  of  practicing 
physicians  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  is  Dr.  Abraham  Kovin,  a  native  of  London, 
England,  where  his  birth  occurred  March  16,  1893.  His  father,  William  Kovin, 
was  a  native  of  Odessa,  Russia ;  when  a  young  man  he  went  to  London, 
England,  where  for  many  years  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes.  In 
1900  he  came  to  this  country,  locating  first  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  he 
still  continued  in  the  same  industry  until  1919,  when  he  removed  to  Passaic  and 
established  the  Boston  Shoe  Market.  His  mother,  Mary  (Puchart)  Kovin, 
was  a  native  of  Vilna,  Russia. 

Abraham  Kovin  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents  when  he  was  but 
eight  years  of  age.  Upon  the  family's  locating  in  Brooklyn,  the  lad  entered 
the  local  public  schools,  and  was  subsequently  graduated  from  the  high  school 


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in  the  class  of  1912.  Having  in  the  meantime  determined  to  adopt  medicine  as 
a  profession,  he  entered  the  Homoeopathic  Medical  College  and  Flower  Hospital, 
and  won  from  this  institution  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  the  class  of 
1918.  He  next  served  as  interne  in  the  Bushwick  Hospital,  Brooklyn,  for  one 
year,  and  subsequently  became  resident  physician  at  Kingston  Avenue  Hospital 
for  one  year,  after  which  he  established  himself  in  the  private  practice  of  his 
profession  at  No.  619  Rockaway  avenue.  Here  he  remained  for  six  months,  and 
then  removed  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  in  March,  1921,  he  opened  his 
present  office  at  No.  306  Passaic  street.  Dr.  Kovin  is  a  member  of  the  Medical 
Reserve  Corps.  On  January  4,  1918,  he  enlisted  in  the  Medical  Corps  of  the 
United  States  army,  and  was  discharged  from  the  service,  January  9,  1919.  Dr. 
Kovin  is  a  great  lover  of  music  and  the  fine  arts,  and  is  a  violinist  of  some  note. 


DR.  JOKICHI  TAKAMINE— The  Takamine  Laboratory  and  Chemical 
Manufacturing  plant  in  Clifton  has  become  a  helpful  and  important  industry 
to  the  community,  giving  employment  to  a  number  of  technical  and  scientific 
men  and  women,  and  also  a  number  of  office  and  clerical  operatives  in  addition 
to  many  skilled  artisans  and  laborers,  a  number  of  whom  are  residents  of  Clifton 
and  the  surrounding  communities,  where  they  have  established  their  homes  and 
have  become  good  and  useful  citizens.  The  founder  of  this  enterprise.  Dr. 
Jokichi  Takamine,  was  born  in  Takaoka,  Japan,  November  3,  1854,  and  died 
July  21,  1922.  His  parents  were  Dr.  Seichi  and  Yuki  Takamine.  Soon  after 
completing  his  preparatory  educational  training  Dr.  Takamine  entered  upon  a 
special  course  of  study  in  the  department  of  chemistry  and  engineering  in  one  of 
the  leading  colleges  in  the  city  of  Tokyo,  and  from  there  entered  the  Imperial 
University  of  Tokyo,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  1879.  He  next  was 
sent  by  the  Imperial  Japanese  Government  as  a  student  to  the  University  of  Glas- 
gow, and  the  Andersonian  University,  in  Scotland,  where  he  remained  for  three 
years,  1879-81.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Chemical  Engineering  from 
the  Imperial  University  of  Japan,  in  1899,  and  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy 
in  1906.  In  1881  Dr.  Takamine  entered  the  agricultural  and  commercial  depart- 
ment of  the  Imperial  Japanese  Government  in  the  city  of  Tokyo,  the  duties  of 
which  position  he  faithfully  discharged  up  to  1884,  after  which  be  became  the  Im- 
perial Representative  of  the  Japanese  Chamber  of  Commerce  to  the  Cotton  Cen- 
tennial Exposition  in  New  Orleans,  1884-85.  Soon  after  entering  actively  upon 
his  chosen  line  of  work,  Dr.  Takamine  organized  and  erected  the  first  superphos- 
phate manufacturing  works  in  Tokyo  in  1877.  In  1890,  desiring  to  apply  his 
time  and  skill  to  further  investigation  and  studies  in  his  chosen  line  of  work, 
he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States.  Soon  after  his  arrival  here  he 
began  to  apply  his  methods  and  processes  of  conversion  and  fermentation  to 
practical  use,  which  efforts  finally  resulted  in  the  production  of  diastatic  enzyme 
("Takadiastase")  which  is  now  largely  used  as  a  starch  digestant.  He  next 
established  a  research  laboratory  in  New  York  City  where  he  originated  a  process 
for  isolating  the  active  principle  of  the  suprarenal  glands.  This  product  became 
known  in  scientific  and  medical  fraternities  as  "adrenalin."  In  1920  Dr. 
Jokichi  Takamine  was  the  consulting  chemist  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Company  in 
Detroit,  Michigan.  His  studies  and  investigations  in  chemistry  caused  him 
to  become  well  and  favorably  known  in  professional  and  scientific  circles  in 
every  civilized  country  of  the  world. 

In  addition  to  his  many  professional  and  technical  responsibilities  in  New 
York  City  and  the  immediate  vicinity,  Dr.  Takamine  likewise  became  identified 
with  other  commercial  enterprises  in  his  line  of  endeavor.  He  was  president 
of  the  Takamine  Ferment  Company  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  the  Takamine  Inters 


372  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

national  Ferment  Company  and  the  Takamine  Ferment  Company  of  New  York. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Takamine  &  Darby,  with  offices  at  220 
Broadway,  New  York  City.  He  was  president  of  the  firm  of  Sankyo  &  Company, 
Limited,  the  largest  manufacturers  of  chemicals  and  pharmaceuticals  in  Japan, 
with  offices  in  the  city  of  New  York,  London,  and  Tokyo,  Japan,  and  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Asia  Aluminum  Company  of  New  York  and  Tokyo.  In  1915 
Dr.  Takamine  was  decorated  by  the  Emperor  of  Japan  with  the  4th  Order  of 
the  Rising  Sun.  In  1913  the  Emperor  of  Japan  appointed  him  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Academy  of  Science.  In  his  social  and  fraternal  relations  Dr.  Takamine 
was  a  member  of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club,  Nippon  Club,  Metropolitan 
Club,  Bankers'  Club  and  Lotus  Club. 

Jokichi  Takamine  married,  August  10,  1885,  Caroline  Hitch,  of  New 
Orleans,  Louisiana.  His  home  was  at  No.  334  Pviverside  Drive,  New  York 
City,  and  his   office  in  the   Equitable   building.   New  York  City. 

JOKICHI  TAKAMINE,  JR. — Among  the  representative  manufacturers 
of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  and  one  whose  business  involves  scientific  effort,  is 
Jokichi  Takamine,  Jr.,  who  is  the  local  representative  and  an  official  of  the 
Takamine  Laboratory,  Incorporated. 

Jokichi  Takamine,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Tokio,  Japan,  August  28,  1889,  and 
came  to  the  United  States  when  but  three  years  of  age  with  his  parents,  who 
permanently  established  their  residence  in  New  York  City.  His  education  was 
obtained  at  Horace  Mann,  a  private  school  of  New  York  City,  preparing  for 
college  at  the  famous  "prep"  school,  Andover,  Massachusetts,  going  from  there 
to  Yale  University,  where  he  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.  in  1913.  His 
scientific  studies  at  Yale  were  obtained  in  one  of  its  well  known  departments,  the 
Sheffield  Scientific  School.  For  further  advanced  studies  in  chemistry  he  next 
took  a  course  of  studies  at  Pasteur  Institute,  Paris,  France.  In  1915  he  returned 
to  America  and  at  once  became  connected  with  the  Takamine  Laboratory,  Incor- 
porated, New  York  City,  which,  November,  1915,  was  removed  to  Clifton,  New 
Jersey.  This  well  known  firm  carries  on  extensive  research  and  manufacture 
in  pharmaceuticals,  and  among  their  products  is  the  well  known  "Polyzime." 
Mr.  Takamine  is  directly  concerned  with  the  general  management  of  the  com- 
pany of  which  he  is  also  treasurer.  During  the  World  War  this  company  gave 
valuable  aid  to  the  United  States  Government  in  the  manufacture  of  medicinal 
products. 

Mr.  Takamine  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club ;  Chemists'  Club ;  Nippon 
Club;  Westside  Tennis  Club,  all  of  New  York;  North  Jersey  Country  Club; 
the  American  Chemical  Society;  the  American  Biological  Society,  and  Societe 
Industriale  Francaise.  In  all  things  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  Clifton  and 
Passaic,  he  takes  a  keen  interest.  His  residence  Is  No.  93  Boulevard,  Passaic. 
Mr.  Takamine  married,  June  4,  1917,  Hilda  Petrie,  of  New  York  City. 


WALTER  A.  KUHNEN— In  the  business  world  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey, 
in  charge  of  that  which  closely  involves  the  welfare  of  the  public,  the  drug  busi- 
ness, Walter  A.  Kuhnen  is  making  a  substantial  success. 

Mr.  Kuhnen  is  a  son  of  Theodore  Kuhnen,  who  was  born  in  Germany  and 
grew  to  manhood  there.  The  elder  Kuhnen  came  to  the  LTnited  States,  bringing 
his  wife  and  family,  and  locating  at  once  in  Paterson.  where  he  died  at  the  age 
of  fiftv-two  3'^ears.  He  was  an  aniline  dye  chemist  all  his  life.  His  wife  sur- 
vived him,  and  died  in  Paterson  at  the  age  of  fiftv-nlne.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  six  children:  Theodore,  Marie,  Charles,  Pauline,  Ernest  and  Walter 
A.,  of  further  mention.     The  two  elder  brothers  remained  in  Germany,  where 


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it  is  supposed  they  still  live.  Walter  A.  Kuhnen  was  born  in  Paterson,  New- 
Jersey,  June  26,  1894.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city,  and  was  graduated  from  the  Paterson  High  School  in  1911.  Dur- 
ing his  spare  moments  after  school  hours,  he  worked  for  various  druggists  near 
his  home,  and  upon  completing  his  high  school  course,  he  entered  the  New 
Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy,  at  Newark,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1914. 
He  followed  his  profession,  in  the  employ  of  druggists,  until  August  1,  1919, 
on  which  date  he  purchased  the  business  which  he  now  conducts  so  successfully 
in  Garfield,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Kuhnen  has  little  time  for  any  interests  outside 
his  business,  but  is  alert  to  every  phase  of  public  progress.  Politically  he  is  an 
Independent,  and  in  religious  belief  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 
On  June  4,  1919,  Mr.  Kuhnen  married,  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  Cecelia 
Cooke,  of  that  city,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Feleo)  Cooke,  and  they 
have  a  son,  Walter  Theodore,  born  July  25,  1920. 


EMMETT  A.  BRISTOR— This  name  is  of  ancient  English  family. 
The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  whom  there  is  any  definite  infor- 
mation v/as  George  Bristor,  founder  of  his  family  in  this  country.  Thomas, 
George,  John  and  James  Bristor,  sea-faring  men,  and  owners  of  the  vessel  in 
which  they  crossed  the  Atlantic,  found  their  way  up  the  Chesapeake  to  Baltimore, 
one  of  these  brothers,  if  brothers  they  were,  George  Bristor,  being  the  American 
ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  family.  Thomas  Bristor  settled  in  Virginia,  but 
family  tradition  is  silent  as  to  the  other  two  men,  John  and  James.  George 
Bristor  settled  in  the  territory  along  the  Monongahela  river,  in  a  district  then 
in  Virginia,  but  later  awarded  to  Pennsylvania,  and  made  into  the  counties  of 
Washington  and  Greene  by  the  verdict  of  the  surveyors  who  ran  the  celebrated 
Mason  and  Dixon  line  which  established  the  boundary  between  Virginia  and 
Pennsylvania.  Here  George  Bristor  made  a  clearing  and  erected  a  home,  the 
cabin  to  which  he  brought  his  bride,  Elizabeth  Galway,  or  Galloway.  Their 
home  lay  twelve  miles  from  the  river,  and  here  both  George  Bristor  and  Eliza- 
beth, his  wife,  died.  She  was  born  in  Ireland  and  was  the  mother  of  eight  child- 
ren. These  children  grew  up  at  the  home  farm,  which  they  aided  in  wresting 
and  Greene  counties,  to  become  a  farming  section.  Children  of  George  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Galway  or  Galloway)  Bristor;  James,  married  Catherine  Sibert;  Robert, 
of  whom  further ;  Henry  married  Elizabeth  Amos ;  Clarissa,  married  John 
Kilgore ;  Rebecca,  married  John  Pope ;  Hanna,  married  Richard  Montgomery. 

(II)  Robert  Bristor,  second  son  of  George  and  Elizabeth  (Galway  or 
Galloway)  Bristor,  was  born  at  the  homestead  in  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1791,  near  the  Bethlehem  Baptist  Church.  Here  Robert  Bristor  received  his 
early  schooling  under  private  tutors,  and  upon  attaining  suitable  years  entered 
upon  a  course  of  study  to  prepare  himself  for  the  profession  of  surveying  and 
civil  engineering.  He  engaged  in  teaching  school  for  a  period,  but  later  followed 
his  profession  and  became  well  known,  being  the  pioneer  surveyor  of  that  newly 
developed  region  of  the  country.  He  laid  out  the  villages  of  Jacksonville  and 
before  the  fields,  and  made  the  ridge  which  Is  the  boundary  between  Washington 
from  the  wilderness ;  It  was  their  efforts  that  compelled  that  forest  to  retreat 
Bristoria  in  western  Greene  county,  and  surveyed  numerous  tracts  of  land 
representing  many  thousands  of  western  Pennsylvania  acres,  the  patents  for 
which  are  recorded  at  the  State  capital,  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania.  These 
tracts,  surveyed  by  Robert  Bristor,  were  located  north  of  the  famous  Mason  and 
Dixon  Line,  and  east  of  the  Ohio  river,  comprising  the  region  which  is  now  the 
counties  of  Washington,  Greene  and  Fayette  in  Pennsylvania,  and  Wetzel,  Ohio, 
Monongalia  and  Brook  counties  in  West  Virginia.     Robert  Bristor  not  only 


374  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

established  a  high  reputation  as  a  practical  and  competent  surveyor,  but  he 
became  known  as  a  progressive  and  useful  citizen  of  the  Keystone  State. 

Robert  Bristor  married  Delilah  Hixenbaugh,  born  in  1810,  daughter  of 
Jacob  Hixenbaugh,  of  German  ancestry,  who  came  from  Holland  to  this 
country,  and  Mary  (Anderson)  Hixenbaugh,  who  was  of  Irish  descent.  The 
Anderson  family  settled  in  that  region  lying  west  of  the  Monongahela  river 
along  the  banks  of  Muddy  Creek,  and  were  a  number  of  times  compelled  to  take 
refuge  at  Gerard's  Fort  or  Blockhouse,  during  the  various  attacks  of  the  Shaw- 
nees,  who  came  on  their  hunting  trips  from  the  Muskingum  Valley  in  Ohio. 
I^Iary  (Anderson)  Hixenbaugh  lived  to  the  extreme  age  of  ninety-eight  years. 
Robert  Bristor  died  prior  to  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
two  years.  He  is  buried  in  the  cemetery  of  Jacksonville.  Children:  1.  Eliza- 
beth, married  James  Laurence  Hughes,  now  (1921)  residing  in  Columbus,  Ohio. 
2.  Jacob  H.,  a  soldier  of  the  Union,  captain  of  Company  H,  Twelfth  Regiment, 
A'irginia  Infantry,  later  West  Virginia  Infantry,  mustered  out  at  the  close  of 
the  war  with  the  rank  of  major.  He  lived  at  Martinsburg.  From  1868  to  1870 
he  was  treasurer  of  the  State  of  West  Virginia.  3.  Nancy,  married  B.  F.  Mor- 
row, a  soldier  of  the  Union,  serving  in  Captain  J.  H.  Bristor's  Company.  4. 
Winfield  Scott,  twin  with  Nancy,  now  resident  of  Fairmont,  West  Virginia.  5. 
Perie  A.,  widow  of  William  Hunt,  resides  at  Washington,  Pennsylvania.  6. 
Hannah,  now  deceased;  married  Wilson  Vanata.  7.  Robert  (2)  of  further 
mention. 

(III)  Robert  (2)  Bristor,  son  of  Robert  (1)  and  Delilah  (Hixenbaugh) 
Bristor,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Richhill  township,  Greene  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  died  September  7,  1873,  aged  thirty-nine  years,  a  farmer  all 
his  adult  years.  His  wife,  Eliza  (Gillogly)  Bristor,  died  January  30,  1913. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  John  Gillogly,  born  in  Ireland,  and  Jane  (McNally) 
Gillogly,  of  Scotch  descent.  Of  the  union  nine  children  were  born  to  Robert  and 
Eliza  (Gillogly)  Bristor:  1.  John  Fremont,  born  October  16,  1856,  of  whom 
further.  2.  James  Gillogly,  born  at  Newman,  Illinois,  married  Olive  May 
McNay,  and  resides  in  Angola,  Indiana.  3.  Annie,  married  J.  L.  Booher,  now 
a  resident  of  Washington,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Rev.  Jacob  H.,  a  minister,  now 
located  in  Florida ;  married  Dora  Lough,  of  Cameron,  West  Virginia.  5.  Rev. 
Spencer  Lawrence,  a  minister  at  Coolville,  Ohio ;  married  Clara,  surname  un- 
known, of  Oberlin,  Ohio.  6.  Elizabeth,  married  Frank  G.  Nelson,  now  residing 
at  Columbus,  Ohio.  7.  Winfield  Scott,  married  Eleanor  Borneman,  now  of 
Elmgrove,  West  Virginia.  8.  Robert  L.,  married  Carolina  Bryan,  a  resident 
of  Wind  Ridge,  Pennsylvania.  9.  William  W.,  married  Laura  Bond,  and  lives 
at  the  old  Bristor  homestead  in  Richhill  township,  Greene  county,  Pennsylvania, 
owned  in  the  family  for  nearly  a  century. 

(IV)  John  Fremont  Bristor,  eldest  son  of  Robert  (2)  and  Eliza  (Gillogly) 
Bristor,  was  born  at  Jacksonville,  Pennsylvania,  October  16,  1856,  and  died  in 
Washington,  Pennsylvania,  January  26,  1915.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Graham  Academy,  Cameron,  West  Virginia,  then  for  several  years 
engaged  in  farming.  He  had  little  real  liking  for  a  farmer's  life  and  later 
moved  to  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  successfully  engaged  in  business 
for  many  years,  until  his  death  at  the  age  of  fifty-seven.  He  won  excellent 
reputation  in  Washington  as  business  man  and  public-spirited  citizen,  serving 
his  county  as  auditor,  his  city  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education,  his 
church.  The  Disciples  of  Christ,  as  elder  and  trustee. 

Mr.  Bristor  married,  February  18,  1877,  Virginia  Houston,  daughter  of 
Simon  and  Maria  (Cummins)  Houston.  Five  children  were  born  to  John 
Fremont  and  Virginia  (Houston)  Bristor:     1.  Olive,  born  September  9,  1883; 


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married  Otto  Dagne,  and  resides  at  Tulsa,  Oklahoma.  2.  Nancy  Helen,  married 
Bryan  Post,  and  is  also  a  resident  of  Tulsa,  Oklahoma.  3.  Nellie  Virginia, 
married  Earl  C.  Kurtz,  and  lives  in  Washington,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Ethel  Grace, 
married  W.  Lewis  Baker,  and  resides  at  Tulsa,  Oklahoma.  5.  Emmett  A.,  of 
whom  further.  Mrs.  Virginia  Bristor  survives  her  husband  and  is  a  resident 
of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  at  the  home  of  her  son,  Emmett  A. 

(V)  Emmett  A.  Bristor,  only  son  of  John  Fremont  and  Virginia  (Houston) 
Bristor,  was  born  at  the  Bristor  homestead  in  Richhill  township,  Greene  county, 
Pennsylvania,  January  23,  1878.  He  was  ten  years  old  when  his  parents  moved 
to  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
finishing  with  graduation  from  the  high  school,  June  15,  1894.  Nine  days 
after  graduation  he  had  chosen  and  entered  upon  what  proved  to  be  his  life  work, 
journalism.  His  actual  start  was  made  on  June  24,  1894,  in  the  office  of  the 
Washington  "Reporter,"  a  daily  newspaper,  the  time  being  most  propitious,  for 
the  great  period  of  gas  and  oil  development  experienced  in  southwestern  Penn- 
sylvania was  at  its  height,  and  the  newspaper  business  was  prosperous.  With 
the  "Reporter"  Mr.  Bristor  developed  qualities  that  fitted  him  for  the  profession 
he  had  chosen,  and  as  he  became  familiar  with  the  "art  and  mystery  of  printing," 
he  was  more  strongly  bound  by  inclination  to  continue  in  journalism.  Several 
changes  were  made  prior  to  his  coming  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  in  May,  1915, 
and  he  had  risen  to  editorial  position.  His  experience  had  covered  service  with 
different  publications  in  different  fields,  and  when  he  assumed,  in  1915,  the 
editorial  management  of  the  Passaic  "Daily  Herald,"  he  brought  to  that  position 
both  experience  and  ability.  Journalism  is  his  profession  and  to  its  demands  he 
has  given  himself  wholly. 

As  editor  of  the  Passaic  "Daily  Herald"  he  holds  for  that  paper  member- 
ship in  The  Associated  Press ;  American  Newspaper  Publishers'  Association ; 
Audit  Bureau  of  Circulation,  and  National  Editorial  Association.  He  is  vice- 
president  of  the  New  Jersey  Press  Association,  comprising  the  principal  news- 
papers of  the  State,  and  of  the  Pica  Club,  a  newspaper  men's  organization  in 
Passaic,  Bergen  and  Sussex  counties.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Passaic 
Rotary  Club,  which  he  has  served  as  director ;  Passaic  Boy  Scouts  Council ; 
Passaic  County  Fish  and  Game  Protective  Association;  Passaic  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  always  ready  to  "lend  a  hand"  either  personally  or  editorially 
toward  a  furtherance  of  a  good  cause.  He  is  a  Republican  in  his  political  faith, 
affiliated  with  the  Passaic  Republican  Club;  member  of  the  Christian  church, 
and  of  the  Masonic  order,  holding  membership  in  Washington  Lodge,  No.  164, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  and  Centennial 
Chapter,  No.  34,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

Mr.  Bristor  married,  in  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  September  30,  1903, 
Rev.  R.  G.  White  officiating,  Emma  Drake,  daughter  of  William  Stewart  and 
Julia  Ellen  (Parker)  Drake,  her  father  born  at  Ryerson  Station,  Pennsylvania. 
At  the  outbreak  of  war  between  the  States,  Mr.  Drake  was  residing  in  Aubrey, 
Texas,  where  he  had  married,  and  entered  the  Confederate  Army  as  a  captain 
of  the  First  Texas  Cavalry. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bristor  are  the  parents  of  two  sons :  Robert  E.,  born  October 
6,  1905,  the  fourth  Robert  in  direct  line  and  eleventh  in  the  family.  2.  Jack 
Drake,  born  June  5,  1912.     The  family  resides  at  No.  225  Gregory  avenue. 


JAMES  (2)  MAYBURY,  a  venerable  and  highly  respected  citizen  of 
the  city  of  Clifton,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  has  for  many  years  been  identi- 
fied with  the  civic  interests  of  the  city.  He  is  descended  through  both  his  pater- 
nal and  maternal  ancestors  from  families  both  in  Wales  and  in  Scotland.    His 


376  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

father,  James  (1)  Maybury,  was  a  descendant  of  the  Maybury  family  of  Eng- 
land, from  whence  his  early  ancestors  settled  in  Wales.     James  (1)  Maybury 
went  to  Scotland,  and  from  the  latter  place  to  Muckross,  where  he  was  super- 
intendent of  a  large  estate  at  Lake  of  Killarny,  Ireland.    He  died  in  1872.    He 
married  Maria  Shaw,  whose  father,  William  Shaw,  was  one  of  a  family  of 
seven  sons,  all  of  whom  were  commissioned  officers  and  fought  in  the  battle  of 
Waterloo  in  France  with  the  Seventy-fourth  Regiment  of  Highlanders.    Four  of 
these  sons  were  killed  during  this  memorable  conflict,  and  three  returned  to 
their  native  place  in  Scotland.  James  and  Maria  (Shaw)  Maybury  had  born  to 
them  of  their  union  a  family  of  twenty-one  children.     Those  who  attained  to 
years  of  maturity  were:     Frank,  who  married  and  lived  in  Cornwall;    Lucy, 
died  aged  eighteen  years;    Isabella,  married,  came  to  America,  and  settled  in 
Montreal,   Canada;    James    (2),  whose  name   introduces  the   caption   of  this 
review;   Anna  Maria,  married,  came  with  her  husband  to  America,  and  settled 
in  Montreal,  Canada,  where  he  was  engaged  as  a  teacher;    John,  who  married 
and  spent  his  life  in  Ireland;   George,  married,  came  to  America,  and  settled  in 
Montreal,  Canada;    Thomas,  married,  and  also  settled  in  Montreal,  Canada, 
where  he  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life;   Eliza,  married,  came  to  America, 
and  settled  in  Montreal,  Canada,  with  her  husband;   William,  married,  and  set- 
tled in  Montreal,  Canada,  where  he  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life ;  Ann, 
married  in  Muckross,  where  she  died.     Susanna  and  Letitia,  both  died  young. 
The  other  children  of  this  family  group  died  in  the  early  years  of  childhood. 
Maria  (Shaw)  Maybury,  the  mother  of  the  aforementioned  children,  died 
at  the  home  of  her  son,  George  Maybury,  in  the  city  of  Montreal,  Canada,  aged 
seventy-two  years.    It  has  become  a  well  established  fact  in  the  Maybury  family 
circle  that  Maria  (Shaw)  Maybury  was  a  woman  possessed  of  many  fine  quali- 
ties of  mind  and  heart,  and  was  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  who  knew 
her.    Both  her  husband  and  she  were  members  of  the  Episcopal  faith.     Family 
tradition  further  states  that  William  Shaw,  the  father  of  Maria  (Shaw)  May- 
bury, was  a  direct  descendant  of  the  Highland  Clan  of  McDonald. 

James  (2)  Maybury  was  born  on  the  estate  of  Muckross,  near  Killarny, 
Ireland,  August  11,  1843.  He  obtained  his  early  educational  training  under 
private  tuition.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  went  to  Scotland,  where  he  became 
apprenticed  to  learn  the  art  and  technique  of  a  forester  under  Inspector  Black, 
who  was  a  government  inspector  of  forests.  Soon  after  attaining  his  eighteenth 
year,  he  was  appointed  to  the  position  of  forester  on  the  estate  where  his  parents 
resided  and  where  he  was  born.  He  continued  actively  engaged  in  his  chosen 
line  of  work  until  1867,  when  he  came  to  America  and  settled  in  the  city  of 
Montreal,  Canada,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  coal  shipping  business.  In 
1884  he  came  to  New  York  City,  and  in  1891  he  settled  in  the  township  of 
Acquackanonk,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  and  engaged  in  the  contracting  and 
construction  business.  In  this  undertaking  he  met  with  a  prompt  and  marked 
degree  of  success,  as  a  result  of  his  practical  business  judgment.  During  his 
many  years  of  activity  as  a  contractor,  he  completed  numerous  building  and 
bridge  constructions  for  railroad  companies.  During  his  long  and  useful  career 
as  a  citizen  of  the  present  city  of  Clifton,  he  became  actively  associated  with  the 
social  and  civic  interests  of  the  community.  Politically,  he  has  at  all  times  sup- 
ported the  principles  and  policies  as  advocated  by  the  Republican  party.  Fra- 
ternally, he  is  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  in  which 
order  he  has  held  official  positions.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  the  Scottish  Clan  of  the  city 
of  Passaic. 

James  Maybury  has  thrice  married.     His  first  union  was  in   Muckross, 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  377 

Ireland,  in  1862,  to  Marion  Mitchel.  She  was  born  June  18,  1840,  and  died 
in  New  York  City,  September  18,  1888.  She  was  a  woman  possessed  of  many 
iine  qualities  of  both  mind  and  heart,  which  endeared  her  to  a  wide  circle  of 
friends  who  held  her  in  high  esteem.  James  and  Marion  (Mitchel)  Maybury 
had  born  of  their  union  in  marriage  the  following  children:  1.  Margaret,  born 
at  Muckross,  Ireland,  September  17,  1863;  she  married  John  Welch,  of  New 
York  City,  and  their  children  are :  Marion  Esther ;  Frederick  and  James  Welch, 
twins,  born  in  July,  1889.  2.  Maria,  born  at  Muckross,  Ireland,  1865,  died 
young.  3.  Mary,  born  in  Montreal,  Canada,  1868,  died  in  early  childhood.  4. 
James  (3),  of  whom  further.  5.  Alexander,  born  March  18,  1872;  at  present, 
1919,  engaged  in  contracting  and  construction  work.  6.  George,  born  May  24, 
1874;  is  also  engaged  in  construction  business.  7.  Annie,  born  in  June,  1876, 
died  young. 

James  Maybury  married  (second),  November  12,  1892,  Margaret  Mitchel, 
sister  of  his  first  wife  and  mother  of  his  children.  She  died  June  3,  1915.  Not 
unlike  her  beloved  sister,  she  proved  herself  a  loving  wife  and  helpmate  to  her 
husband  and  her  sister's  children.  Both  Marion  and  Margaret  Mitchel  were 
daughters  of  Alexander  Mitchel,  who  was  for  many  years  connected  with  the 
Calder  Iron  Works  at  Coat-Bridge,  Scotland.  The  Mitchel  family  were  old 
settlers  at  Lead  Hills,  Lanarkshire,  Scotland.  Margaret  Martin,  who  became 
the  wife  of  Alexander  Mitchel,  was  born  at  Lead  Hills.  Alexander  and  Mar- 
garet (Martin)  Mitchel  were  the  parents  of  thirteen  children,  seven  sons  and 
six  daughters,  all  of  whom  attained  to  manhood  and  womanhood. 

James  Maybury  married  (third),  August  18,  1915,  Ellen  Mynard,  born 
at  Hibernia,  Morris  county.  New  Jersey,  June  25,  1872,  daughter  of  John  and 
Nannie  Francis  (Richards)  Mynard,  of  Cornwall,  England.  Her  father,  John 
Mynard,  was  for  a  number  of  years  superintendent  of  the  Iron  Ore  Mines  at 
Hibernia.  Ellen  (Mynard)  Maybury,  before  becoming  the  wife  of  James  May- 
bury, had  been  for  a  number  of  years  an  intimate  friend  and  an  associate  of 
the  members  of  the  Maybury  family. 

James  (3)  Maybury,  son  of  James  (2)  and  Marion  (Mitchel)  Maybury, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Montreal,  Canada,  May  20,  1870.  He  was 
educated  in  a  New  York  grammar  school,  Cazenovia  Seminary,  and  New  York 
University  Law  School.  He  was  connected  with  the  Huntington  System  of 
Railroads,  and  with  the  legal  department  of  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  & 
Western  railroad.  Leaving  the  latter  employment  in  1907,  he  went  with  the 
New  Jersey  Board  of  Public  Utilities  Commission  as  chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Railroads,  with  which  commission  he  is  at  present  connected. 

He  was  married,  in  1903,  to  Maud  M.  Warner,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Margaret  Warner,  of  Hainesville,  Sussex  county.  New  Jersey.  Of 
this  union  were  bora  the  following  children:  1.  Stewart  Warner,  born 
March  26,   1906.     2.  Lurene  Marion,  born  June   18,   1909. 


WILLIAM  R.  VANECEK— The  family  patronymic  of  Vanecek  is  de- 
rived from  the  old  Holland  family  name  of  Van-der  Scheek.  The  families 
bearing  the  latter  name  had  for  several  generations  resided  in  the  Netherlands, 
and  during  the  period  of  the  religious  wars  following  the  Spanish  Inquisition, 
a  representative  of  the  Van-der  Scheek  families,  who  faithfully  served  in  the 
armies  of  the  northern  and  southern  countries  of  Europe,  had  been  granted  a 
tract  of  land  for  his  military  services  in  what  was  at  that  time  the  province  of 
Bohemia,  a  political  and  administrative  division  of  the  Austrian  empire.  Here 
the  Holland  soldier  Van-der  Scheek  settled,  married  a  native  of  the  country  and 
reared  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters.    He  having  been  trained  to  the  art  and 


378  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS, 

methods  of  milling  in  the  Netherlands,  he  inclined  to  the  pursuit  of  the  milling 
trade,  and  according  to  family  tradition  erected  a  mill  and  spent  the  active  years 
of  his  life  engaged  in  milling  the  grain  for  the  people  of  the  surrounding  neigh- 
borhood. It  is  further  stated  through  family  tradition  that  one  of  his  descen- 
dants married  for  his  second  wife  a  Widow  Huss,  whose  first  husband  had  been 
closely  related  to  the  Great  Reformer,  Johann  Huss,  who  was  born  in  Husinec, 
Southern  Bohemia,  in  1372.  He  became  a  noted  preacher  at  the  Bethlehem 
Chapel,  Praag,  and  was  a  zealous  advocate  of  the  doctrines  of  Wickliife,  where- 
by he  incurred  the  censure  of  the  Catholic  clergy.  Huss  had  translated  the  works 
of  Wickliffe  into  the  Bohemian  language,  but  they  were  soon  burned  by  order 
of  Archbishop  Spinco.  In  1412  Huss  denounced  the  papal  built  by  John  XXIII, 
for  which  he  was  excommunicated,  and  in  1414,  was  cited  before  the  Council  at 
Constana,  where  'he  was  provided  with  a  pass  by  the  Emperor  Sigismund,  but 
upon  his  arrival  he  was  arrested  and  was  burned  at  the  stake. 

The  Vanecek  family  have  for  several  generations  continued  to  reside  on 
the  lands  and  homestead  founded  by  the  Netherland  soldier,  and  each  succes- 
sive generation  engaged  in  the  milling  business.  The  first  representative  of  the 
branch  of  the  Vanecek  family  which  furnishes  the  caption  of  this  review,  and 
of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  information,  was  Joseph  Vanecek,  who  was 
born  and  reared  to  years  of  manhood  in  Cestin,  province  of  Bohemia,  Austrian 
Empire.  Joseph  Vanecek  operated  the  mill  at  Cestin  during  the  active  years  of 
his  life.  He  also  took  an  active  interest  in  the  social  and  civic  affairs  of  the 
community,  and  for  many  years  held  the  office  of  Burgomeister  and  other 
responsible  official  positions,  and  as  a  result  of  his  commercial  and  civic  activi- 
ties he  became  well  and  favorably  known  and  was  highly  respected  by  all  who 
knew  him.  He  died  at  the  family  home  in  Cestin,  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight  years. 
He  had  twice  married.  His  second  wife  was  the  widow  of  Vincent  Huss,  who 
was  a  relative  of  the  noted  reformer,  Johann  Huss,  referred  to  in  the  foregoing 
paragraphs.  While  Joseph  Vanecek  did  not  attain  a  great  age,  family  tradition 
states  that  his  ancestors  are  all  noted  for  their  longevity. 

Frank  Vanecek,  son  of  Joseph  Vanecek,  was  born  September  1,  1843,  at 
the  family  home  in  Cestin,  province  of  Bohemia,  empire  of  Austria.  He  received 
his  early  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town.  When  he  was 
twelve  years  of  age,  his  parents  sent  him  to  Dresden,  where  he  entered  upon  a 
course  of  studies  which  continued  for  the  next  five  years,  after  which  he  became 
apprenticed  to  the  cabinetmaking  business,  and  after  serving  an  apprenticeship 
of  four  years  engaged  at  his  chosen  line  of  work  in  the  capacity  of  a  journey- 
man. He  next  went  to  Vienna,  where  he  continued  thus  employed  during  the 
following  two  years,  when  he  returned  to  Cestin,  where  he  engaged  in  business 
in  the  cabinetmaking  and  furniture  line  on  his  own  account.  In  1868,  having 
decided  to  emigrate  to  America,  he  embarked  on  the  steamship  "Elbe"  from  the 
city  of  Bremen,  bound  for  the  port  of  New  York  City,  and  after  a  tedious 
voyage  of  over  six  weeks  arrived  safely.  He  decided  to  engage  at  his  c'hosen 
line  of  work,  located  at  No.  17  East  Fourth  street,  where  he  resided  for  a  period 
of  over  four  years.  He  next  located  on  Third  street,  between  avenues  B  and 
C,  and  resided  there  with  his  family  during  the  following  six  years.  He  finally 
relinquished  his  work  in  the  cabinetmaking  business,  and  engaged  in  the  baking 
business  on  Sixth  street.  New  York  City,  where  he  continued  actively  engaged 
for  five  years.  In  1882,  being  desirous  to  settle  with  his  family  in  one  of  the 
rapidly  developing  towns  of  North  Jersey,  he  finally  settled  in  the  Dundee 
District  of  Passaic,  where  he  again  engaged  in  the  baking  business,  having  first 
located  on  First  street.  He  died  at  the  family  home  on  Third  street,  Passaic, 
July  4,  1914.     In  his  religious  affiliations  he  adhered  to  the  faith  of  his  ances- 


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tors,  and  with  his  family  was  a  consistent  communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church. 

Mr.  Vanecek  married,  in  New  York  City,  March  20,  1877,  Mary  Dvorak, 
who  was  a  descendant  of  an  ancient  Bohemian  family  in  the  Austrian  empire, 
born  in  the  village  of  Kamena  Lhota,  March  3,  1849.  Her  parents  were 
Vaclav  and  Anna  (Brugner)  Dvorak.  She  was  educated  and  confirmed  in  the 
schools  of  her  native  town,  confirmed  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years,  and  was  there 
reared  to  years  of  womanhood.  The  Dvorak  family  traditions  state  that  her 
father  had  served  during  the  Thirty  Years  War,  having  been  drafted  into  the 
military  service  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  During  the  period  of  his  military 
service  he  had  been  nine  times  wounded,  but  survived  his  injuries,  and  came  to 
America  in  his  ninety-sixth  year  with  his  grandson,  William  Vanecek,  and  here 
spent  his  remaining  days.  He  died  at  the  Vanecek  family  home,  Passaic,  in 
1908,  at  the  venerable  age  of  one  hundred  and  four  years.  His  wife  and  the 
mother  of  his  children  also  came  to  this  country  and  resided  with  the  Vanecek 
family  in  Passaic,  where  she  died  at  the  venerable  age  of  ninety-six  years. 

One  child  was  born  to  Frank  and  Mary  (Dvorak)  Vanecek,  William  R., 
of  whom  further. 

William  R.  Vanecek,  son  of  Frank  and  Mary  (Dvorak)  Vanecek,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  New  York  City,  May  29,  1879.  His  early  educa- 
tional training  was  acquired  in  the  parochial  school,  then  located  on  East  Fourth 
street.  He  next  attended  the  public  schools  and  the  high  school,  continuing  until 
his  seventeenth  year,  when  he  graduated.  During  his  school  days  he  assisted 
his  parents  in  their  store  and  bakery  in  Passaic.  Being  desirous  to  prepare  him- 
self for  a  professional  life,  he  accordingly  entered  Rutgers  College,  New  Bruns- 
wick, New  Jersey,  while  in  his  eighteenth  year,  and  there  entered  upon  a  course 
of  study  and  graduated  from  this  institution  four  years  later.  He  first  intend- 
ed to  practice  medicine,  but  later  decided  to  take  up  the  study  of  law,  and  ac- 
cordingly entered  the  New  York  Law  School,  but  soon  after  relinquished  his 
studies  and  took  a  trip  to  Europe  to  visit  the  home  of  his  ancestors.  After 
spending  a  period  of  fifteen  months  in  travel  throughout  the  various  states  and 
provinces  of  Central  Europe,  he  again  returned  to  his  native  land  and  brought 
with  him  to  this  country  his  venerable  grandfather  and  grandmother,  who  spent 
the  remaining  years  of  their  life  with  the  family  in  Passaic.  Soon  after  his 
return  home,  William  R.  Vanecek  again  entered  upon  a  course  of  study  in  the 
New  York  Law  School,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  1904,  and  soon 
after  leaving  his  alma  mater  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Passaic, 
where  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  successful  young  practitioners  of  the  Passaic 
county  bar. 

Mr.  Vanecek  married,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  June  3,  1908,  at  the  Grace 
Presbyterian  Church,  Josephine  Havel,  born  January  6,  1886,  in  province  of 
Moravia,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Theresa  (Krejcy)  Havel.  She  attended 
schools  in  Garfield  and  was  there  reared  to  years  of  womanhood. 


JAMES  McLELLAN — Largely  successful  in  his  chosen  line  of  business, 
James  McLellan,  of  Passaic,  has  attained  a  high  position  entirely  through  his 
own  efforts,  and  is  giving  the  people  expert  service  in  one  of  the  most  vital 
branches  of  every  day  needs  as  a  pharmacist.  Mr.  McLellan  is  the  only  son  of 
William  and  Agnes  (Costley)  McLellan,  both  natives  of  Scotland,  who  were 
married  in  New  York  City,  and  both  died  in  the  year  1891. 

James  McLellan  was  born  in  New  York  City,  November  19,  1874,  and 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1888.    At  that  time  he  became  identified  with  the  drug  business,  as  an  employee 


380  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

in  one  of  the  drug  stores  of  that  city,  and  after  working  for  about  five  years,  he 
determined  to  qualify  himself  for  a  position  in  the  trade.  Entering  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy  (now  part  of  Columbia  College),  he  was  graduated 
from  that  institution  in  the  class  of  1895.  Then  coming  to  Passaic,  Mr.  Mc- 
Lellan  became  a  clerk  in  the  drug  store  of  Nicholas  McDonald,  at  the  corner  of 
Main  and  Bloomfield  avenues.  In  1898  Mr.  McDonald  sold  out  the  business 
to  Dr.  W.  H.  Carroll  and  Dr.  D.  H.  Crounse,  and  in  1900  the  Carroll  Drug 
Company  was  organized,  Mr.  McLellan  holding  ten  per  cent  of  the  stock.  One 
year  later  he  sold  his  interest  and  entered  the  employ  of  Dr.  W.  H.  Stemmerman, 
with  whom  he  remained  for  two  years,  then  in  1903  he  returned  to  the  Carroll 
drug  store  in  the  capacity  of  pharmacist  and  manager  of  the  store.  Mr.  Mc- 
Lellan held  this  position  until  November  28,  1914,  when  he  purchased  the  Otto 
Laue  store  at  auction  sale,  executed  by  attorney  Winfleld  T.  Scott.  This 
business  had  been  a  failure  up  to  that  time,  but  under  Mr.  McLellan's  manage- 
ment it  has  grown  and  developed  remarkably,  and  is  now  understood  to  be  one 
of  the  largest  drug  stores  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey.  His  fine  store  is  situated 
at  No.  16  Bloomfield  avenue.  Being  modern  in  its  equipment  and  carrying  a 
standard  stock  of  goods  of  high  quality  mark,  Mr.  McLellan's  store  enjoys 
a  wide  patronage  throughout  the  community. 

On  March  21,  1901,  Mr.  McLellan  was  made  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  three  years  later  was  made  Exalted  Ruler 
of  the  lodge,  meanwhile  serving  as  Loyal  Knight  and  Chaplain.  In  1909  he 
was  elected  secretary,  which  position  he  filled  for  nine  years,  and  he  is  still  one 
of  the  best  known  members  of  the  order  in  this  city.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Lions'  Club,  of  Passaic,  and  attends  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Mr.  McLellan  married,  in  Passaic,  in  1896,  Lillian  Lowe,  daughter 
of  James  and  Jane  Lowe,  and  they  have  one  son,  James  William,  a  stud- 
ent in  pharmacy,  who  was  graduated  from  Public  School  No.  11,  of  Pas- 
saic, and  spent  three  years  in  the  Passaic  High  School. 


ABRAHAM  KANTER — This  family  patronymic  is  frequently  found 
in  the  eastern  provinces  of  the  late  Russian  Empire,  where  many  families  bear- 
ing the  name  of  Kanter  are  of  the  Jewish  faith.  The  first  representative  of 
this  branch  of  the  family  of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  knowledge  was 
Benjamin  Kanter,  who  lived  with  his  family  in  a  little  village  situated  about 
five  miles  distant  from  the  town  of  Kovno,  in  the  territory  of  Russian  Poland, 
on  the  right  bank  of  the  Niemen  river.  Kovno  has  many  religious  establish- 
ments, including  an  old  Jesuit  College.  It  was  here  that  Benjamin  Kanter 
married,  and  spent  his  entire  career.  He  had  been  for  many  years  the  author- 
ized inspector  for  the  slaughtering  of  cattle  and  fowl  through  the  Jewish  church 
in  the  district  where  he  resided.  Family  information  further  states  that  he  was 
a  man  of  good  standing,  and  was  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  his  fellow- 
men.  He  died  at  his  home,  aged  about  four  score  years.  His  wife  and  the 
mother  of  his  children,  whose  given  name  was  Ida,  also  passed  away  at  the 
family  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kanter  had  three  sons,  and  one  daughter  whose 
given  name  was  Esther.  The  sons  were  as  follows:  1.  Israel,  who  upon 
attaining  to  manhood  years  became  noted  for  his  high  educational  attainments, 
and  for  many  years  was  a  successful  educator  in  the  district  of  Kovno.  He 
married  and  settled  in  his  native  province.  His  wife,  whose  given  name  was 
Esther,  was  the  daughter  of  a  local  Rabbi.  Israel  Kanter  died  at  the  age  of 
eighty-six  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kanter  had  two  daughters,  Fannie  and  Elsie 
Kanter.  2.  Jacob,  born  at  the  family  home,  in  1834.  He  there  received  such 
educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the  Jewish  church  and  neighborhood 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  381 

afforded.  Soon  after  attaining  to  his  fifteenth  year  he  began  to  learn  the  car- 
penter trade,  and  after  the  second  year  of  his  apprenticeship  travelled  and  visited 
a  number  of  towns  in  his  native  province,  where  he  pursued  his  trade  and  further 
perfected  himself  as  a  practical  and  efficient  mechanic.  Upon  his  return  to  his 
native  village,  he  engaged  in  building  and  contracting.  He  died  at  the  age  of 
seventy-four  years.  Jacob  Kanter's  first  wife  died  at  the  birth  of  her  first 
child.  His  second  wife,  whose  given  name  was  Minnie,  bore  him  four  children, 
namely:  i.  Benjamin,  who  after  attaining  to  manhood  years  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  in  his  native  land.  ii.  Meyer,  came  to  this  country,  and  soon 
after  arriving  in  New  York  City  settled  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  spent 
the  remaining  years  of  his  life ;  he  married,  and  of  his  union  had  born  to  him 
three  children,  namely:  Morris,  Ida  and  Benjamin,  iii.  Abraham,  of  whom 
further,  iv.  Ida,  who  came  to  this  country  and  married  here,  Samuel  Mendel- 
sohn, and  settled  here  with  her  husband  in  the  city  of  Paterson  and  later  re- 
moved to  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  they  continued  to  reside  up  to  1910,  when, 
owing  to  the  failing  condition  of  her  husband's  health,  the  family  removed  to 
Colorado,  where  they  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  trade  and  have  established  a 
large  and  successful  business.  Of  their  marriage  they  had  born  to  them  the 
following  children:    (a).  Louie  Mendelsohn,    (b).  Benjamin  Mendelsohn,    (c). 

Ethel  Mendelsohn,    (d).  Mendelsohn,  all  of  whom  were  born  in 

Colorado.  3.  Laza,  born  at  the  family  home  and  was  there  reared  to  the  years 
of  manhood.  He  married  and  settled  in  the  tov/n  of  Kadan,  and  there  spent  his 
latter  years  in  the  town  of  Kovno.  Of  his  union  in  marriage  he  had  born  to  him 
years  in  the  town  of  Kovno.  Of  his  union  in  marriage  he  had  born  to  him 
four  sons  and  three  daughters,  four  of  whom  came  to  this  country,  namely : 
Rudolph,  who  upon  his  arrival  here  settled  in  New  York  City  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade,  that  of  a  tinsmith,  and  later  engaged  in  the  oil  refining  and 
oil  distributing  business,  in  which  line  of  enterprise  he  met  with  a  marked 
degree  of  success.  He  married  a  maternal  cousin  of  the  family,  and  of  this 
union  had  born  to  him  the  following  children:  i.  Benjamin,  who  served  during 
the  Great  World  War  in  the  capacity  of  lieutenant,  and  was  killed  while  in 
action  in  France,  ii.  Elliot,  who  is  associated  with  his  father  in  the  oil  refining 
and  distributing  business  in  New  York  City.  iii.  Ida,  who  married  Doctor 
Aaronson,  of  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  iv.  Lillie,  who  married  and  was  the  mother 
of  one  daughter.  Phillip  Kanter,  second  son  of  Laza,  aforementioned,  came  to 
this  country,  and  upon  his  arrival  here  settled  in  New  York  City  and  later  re- 
moved with  his  family  to  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  where  he  has  become  engaged  in 
the  plumbing  and  steam  fitting  business,  and  in  later  years  became  engaged  in 
real  estate  transactions,  in  which  line  of  enterprise  he  has  met  with  a  marked  de- 
gree of  success.  He  married,  and  one  of  his  sons,  Louie,  served  with  the  Ameri- 
can Expeditionary  Forces  in  France,  and  since  his  return  home  has  completed  his 
collegiate  studies  in  the  New  York  University,  and  at  present  is  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  New  York  City.  Phillip  Kanter,  aforementioned,  had  born 
of  his  union  in  marriage,  four  daughters,  namely :  Sadie,  Minnie,  Pauline  and 
Elizabeth.  The  daughter,  Pauline,  married  and  settled  with  her  family  in 
the  city  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  of  their  union  in  marriage  were  born  a 
family  of  sons  and  daughters.  The  mother,  Pauline,  died  in  Baltimore,  and 
her  husband  married  again  and  settled  with  his  family  in  the  city  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  RoUie  Kanter,  daughter  of  Laza,  aforementioned,  married 
Harry  Blumstein,  and  settled  in  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  where  her  husband  is  a 
mechanical  engineer,  and  at  present  (1920)  is  engaged  in  the  government  employ 
in  the  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard.  They  have  one  son,  George,  and  two  daughters, 
Elizabeth  and  Martha. 


382  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Abraham  Kanter,  son  of  Jacob  and  Minnie  Kanter,  was  born  at  the  home  in 
the  village  of  Pononyn,  Kovno,  in  the  empire  of  Russia,  in  February,  1871.  He 
there  received  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood 
afforded.  When  thirteen  years  of  age  he  became  identified  with  his  father  in  his 
building  and  contracting  business,  and  under  his  guidance  and  tuition,  in  the 
course  of  time,  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  various  details  and  technique 
of  the  building  trade.  He  next  travelled  as  a  journeyman  carpenter,  visiting 
numerous  towns  and  cities  where  he  worked  at  his  trade,  and  in  that  way  further 
perfected  his  knowledge  of  his  chosen  line  of  work.  Upon  his  return  home  to  his 
native  town,  being  eligible  for  military  service,  he  decided  rather  than  to  give  his 
time  to  the  service  of  the  government  in  the  Russian  Army,  he  would  cast  his  lot 
in  the  New  World,  and  accordingly,  soon  after  his  union  in  marriage,  the  same 
year,  he  arranged  his  family  affairs  and  personal  interests  and  with  his  bride 
made  his  way  to  the  city  of  Hamburg,  and  thence  to  the  seaport  town  of  Leeds, 
England,  from  whence  they  travelled  to  the  seaport  city  of  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
where  they  embarked  upon  the  steamship  "Queen  Victoria,"  a  modern  seagoing 
vessel  of  her  day  and  which  later  found  a  resting  place  at  the  bottom  of  the 
Atlantic  Ocean.  Soon  after  his  arrival  in  New  York  City  with  his  bride,  Abra- 
ham Kanter  sought  his  cousin,  Rudolph,  who  had  settled  in  the  city  of  Passaic, 
and  here  the  young  Russian  immigrant  soon  secured  employment  at  his  trade, 
and  at  once  settled  in  the  city  of  Passaic  with  his  young  wife  who  also  rendered 
him  helpful  assistance  in  the  management  of  their  personal  interests,  and  during 
the  first  three  years,  by  strict  economy  and  industry,  he  enabled  himself  to  begin 
business  at  his  trade  on  his  own  account.  Having  secured  a  plot  of  ground  in 
Third  street,  in  the  Dundee  district  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  the  young  carpenter 
here  began  to  erect  a  small  house  for  a  home  for  himself  and  family.  Frequent- 
ly while  engaged  in  the  construction  of  his  house  during  the  first  year  of  his  res- 
idence in  Passaic,  he  toiled  until  the  late  hours  of  the  evenings  and  the  early 
hours  of  the  mornings,  and  in  this  way,  by  his  thrift  and  industry,  he  com- 
pleted the  little  home,  in  which  he  finally  settled  with  his  family.  His  faithful 
wife  and  efficient  helpmate,  in  the  meantime  conducted  a  small  store,  where 
they  disposed  of  groceries  and  other  small  wares  of  merchandise  in  Second 
street.  Soon  after  disposing  of  his  store,  Abraham  Kanter  purchased  a  plot  of 
land  comprising  two  building  lots  in  the  city  of  Clifton,  upon  whicli  he  erected 
two  two-family  dwelling  houses,  and  soon  after  their  completion,  disposed  of 
the  same  to  practical  advantage.  He  next  associated  with  himself  a  partner, 
David  Goldberg,  under  the  firm  name  of  Kanter  and  Goldberg,  and  engaged 
in  the  contracting  and  building  business.  This  arrangement  was  successfully 
carried  for%vard  during  the  next  seven  years.  In  1906  Abraham  Kanter  con- 
tinued in  the  building  and  construction  business  on  his  own  account,  and  later 
associated  himself  with  William  Jacobson,  with  whom  lie  was  actively  connect- 
ed in  his  building  and  construction  undertakings  up  to  1912,  in  which  year  he 
disposed  of  his  interests,  and  soon  after  this  transaction,  purchased  four  build- 
ing lots  on  Monroe  street,  between  Hamilton  street  and  Columbia  avenue,  upon 
which  site  he  erected  what  has  since  become  known  as  the  Kanter  Auditorium 
Building,  one  of  the  largest  and  leading  edifices  of  its  kind  in  the  city  of  Pas- 
saic, where  the  Kanter  Auditorium  has  become  renowned  as  an  assembly  and 
meetine  center  for  many  organizations  and  public  assemblies. 

The  ground  floor  of  the  Kanter  Auditorium  contains  a  large  and  modern 
banqtiet  hall  and  kitchen  with  two  stores  facing  upon  Monroe  street.  The  sec- 
oncl  story  of  the  building  is  composed  of  two  large  and  modern  assembly  halls, 
while  the  third  floor  comprises  a  large  modern  auditorium  and  stage  where 
public  and  private  theatrical  performances  are  given.     Abraham  Kanter,  since 


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his  settlement  and  residence  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  has  become  actively  identified 
with  a  number  of  the  leading  Hebrew  social  and  fraternal  organizations  in  the 
city  of  Passaic  and  the  surrounding  communities.  He  is  an  active  member  of 
Amelia  Lodge,  No.  215,  in  the  city  of  Passaic;  Minnihaha  Tribe  of  Red  Men 
of  America ;  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  of  Passaic ;  and  the  Independent  Order 
of  B'rith  Abraham;  also  the  B'rith  Sholam,  and  the  Passaic  Hebrew  Indepen- 
dent Benevolent  Association,  and  also  the  United  Hebrew  Association  of  Passaic. 
Mr.  Kanter  has  served  as  president  for  a  period  of  over  four  years  of  the  Beni 
Jacob,  a  religious  organization  located  on  Columbia  avenue,  near  Washington 
place.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  a  charter  member  of  the  Free  Hebrew 
Burial  Association  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  He  is  also  an  active  member  of  the 
Hebrew  Zion  Association,  of  which  organization  he  served  as  treasurer  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Hebrew  Freedom 
Association  and  the  Hebrew  Relief  Association,  all  of  the  city  of  Passaic. 

Abraham  Kanter  married  in  the  court  district  of  Kovno,  of  the  late  empire 
of  Russia,  July  17,  1891,  Sarah  Becker,  born  in  May,  1870,  daughter  of  Barney 
and  Minnie  (Gebogen)  Becker,  and  of  this  union  had  born  to  them  the  follow- 
ing children:  1.  Etta  J.,  born  September  12,  1892.  2.  Benjamin  R.,  born 
October  5,  1894,  of  whom  further.  3.  Irving,  born  January  14,  1896,  of  whom 
further.  4.  Meyer,  born  June  8,  1899.  He  is  at  present  a  student  in  the  New 
York  University  in  New  York  City.  He  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Navy 
and  served  for  four  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Zeta  Chapter,  Phi  Beta 
Delta  fraternity.  5.  Esther,  born  August  17,  1901.  6.  Louie,  died  at  the  age 
of  three  years  and  eight  months.     7.  George,  born  July  11,  1910. 

Benjamin  R.  Kanter,  son  of  Abraham  and  Sarah  (Becker)  Kanter,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  on  October  5,  1894.  He 
here  obtained  his  elementary  educational  training  in  the  public  schools  and 
graduated  from  the  high  school  of  the  city  of  Passaic.  He  later  entered  the 
New  York  University  and  while  a  student  in  that  institution,  was  drafted  into 
the  military  service  during  the  Great  World  War,  and  served  in  the  ordnance 
department  at  Newport  News.  Upon  his  discharge  from  military  service,  and 
upon  completing  his  collegiate  studies,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  New 
Jersey,  and  at  present  (1920),  he  Is  practicing  his  profession  In  the  city  of 
Passaic. 

He  married  at  Glen  Cove,  Long  Island,  Septemher,  1919,  Sylvia  Born- 
stein,  daughter  of  Morris  Bornstein,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Issue :  Maurice 
A.,  born  In  September,  1920. 

Irving  Kanter,  son  of  Abraham  and  Sarah  (Becker)  Kanter,  was  born 
at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  January  14,  1896.  He  obtained 
his  early  educational  training  In  the  public  and  high  schools  of  his  native 
city,  having  graduated  from  the  latter,  and  at  present  is  associated  with  his 
brother,  Benjamin  R.,  in  the  automobile  supply  business  with  offices  and  ware- 
rooms  at  257  Monroe  street.  In  the  Kanter's  garage  building,  city  of  Passaic. 


FREDERICK  S.  RANZENHOFER— Solomon  Ranzenhofer  was  born  In 
the  town  of  Nikolsburg,  In  1822.  NIkolshurg  is  situated  in  the  province  of 
Moravia,  about  twenty-eight  miles  south  of  the  city  of  Briinn,  In  the  late 
empire  of  Austria.  At  the  time  the  census  was  taken,  the  town  of  Nikolsburg 
had  a  population  of  over  eight  thousand  inhabitants,  among  whom  were  many 
Jewish  families.  The  town  has  a  splendid  castle,  and  grounds  belonging  to 
Prince  DIetrlchsteIn,  with  a  library  of  over  20,000  volumes,  many  valuable 
manuscripts  and  collections  of  natural  history,  a  philosophical  academy  and 
several  other  public  schools.     Solomon  Ranzenhofer,  aforementioned,  was  edu- 


384  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

cated  in  the  town  of  Nikolsburg.  Soon  after  leaving  school  he  learned  the  tailor 
trade,  and  was  actively  engaged  in  this  line  of  work  for  many  years.  He  died 
in  Nikolsburg,  in  1882. 

Solomon  Ranzenhofer  married  Fannie  Bucho,  who  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Holich,  province  of  Moravia,  in  1835.  She  died  at  the  Ranzenhofer  family 
home  in  Nikolsburg,  in  1905.  Solomon  and  Fannie  (Bucho)  Ranzenhofer  had 
the  following  sons  and  daughters:  1.  Katie,  born  in  1862.  2.  Leopold,  born 
August  29,  1864,  of  whom  further.  3.  Adolph,  born  in  1866.  4.  Jacob,  born 
in  1868.    5.  Bertha,  born  in  1878.    6.  Gottlieb,  born  in  1880. 

Leopold  Ranzenhofer,  eldest  son  of  Solomon  and  Fannie  (Bucho)  Ran- 
zenhofer, was  born  in  Nikolsburg,  province  of  Moravia,  August  29,  1864.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  pursued  various 
occupations  up  to  1891,  in  which  year  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United 
States.  He  arrived  in  New  York,  November  25,  and  remained  in  that  city 
for  one  year.  In  April,  1892,  he  located  with  his  family  in  the  town  of  Hicks- 
ville,  Nassau  County,  Long  Island,  where  he  continued  his  residence  for  some 
time.  He  engaged  in  the  contracting  business  in  New  York  City,  commuting 
daily  from  his  home  to  his  office  in  the  Metropolis.  In  1909,  he  entered  into 
a  contract  with  the  United  States  Government  for  the  delivery  of  mail  between 
sub-stations  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan,  Brooklyn  and  the  Borough  of  Rich- 
mond. In  1917,  Mr.  Ranzenhofer  withdrew  his  interests  in  the  contracting 
business  in  New  York  City  and  next  engaged  in  the  garage  business  with  estab- 
lishments in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan  and  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn.  In  this 
undertaking  he  has  met  with  a  marked  degree  of  success  due  to  his  straightfor- 
ward and  honorable  methods  in  dealing  with  his  patrons. 

Leopold  Ranzenhofer  married,  June  14,  1891,  in  the  city  of  Vienna,  Aus- 
tria, Carrie  Kornfeld,  daughter  of  Leopold  and  Anna  Kornfeld,  of  the  city  of 
Prague,  of  the  province  of  Bohemia,  where  she  was  born.  May  19,  1866.  Her 
father,  Leopold  Kornfeld,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Prague,  province  of  Bohemia, 
empire  of  Austria,  in  1826.  He  died  In  February,  1867.  He  had  been  for 
many  years  a  merchant  in  his  native  city.  His  wife,  Anna  Kornfeld,  was  like- 
wise a  native  of  the  city  of  Prague  where  she  was  born  In  1827.  She  died  at 
the  family  home  in  1882.  Both  she  and  her  husband  were  highly  respected 
and  esteemed  by  all  their  neighbors  and  friends.  Leopold  and  Carrie  (Korn- 
feld) Ranzenhofer  had  the  following  children:  1.  Frederick  S.  Ranzenhofer, 
of  whom  further.     2.  Joseph  L.  Ranzenhofer,  born  June  26,  1897. 

Frederick  S.  Ranzenhofer,  son  of  Leopold  and  Carrie  (Kornfeld)  Ranzen- 
hofer, was  born  at  Hicksville,  Nassau  County,  Long  Island,  May  19,  1892. 
During  his  early  years  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  New  York  City,  where 
he  attended  public  School  No.  22,  graduating  from  that  sdhool  In  June,  1906. 
He  next  pursued  a  course  of  study  in  the  De  Witt  Clinton  High  School  and 
graduated  from  that  institution  in  June,  1910.  While  a  student  In  high 
school,  young  Ranzenhofer  became  a  member  of  a  number  of  social  organiza- 
tions both  literary  and  athletic,  and  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Sigma 
Phi  Delta  fraternity. 

Soon  after  graduating  from  high  school,  he  entered  the  law  department 
of  the  New  York  University,  where  he  continued  his  studies  up  to  1912,  when 
he  was  graduated  from  that  institution  with  tht  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws. 
It  was  while  a  student  in  the  New  York  University  Law  School  that  he  met  his 
future  bride  who  was  likewise  a  law  student  at  the  same  Institution. 

Soon  after  his  graduation  from  law  school  he  became  identified  with  the 
Legal  Aid  Society  of  New  York  City,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  and  prac- 
ticed his  profession  during  the  next  year.     In  April,  1914,  he  was  admitted  to 


t: 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  385 

the  practice  of  law  at  the  New  York  Bar,  and  soon  thereafter  became  a  member 
of  the  law  firm  of  Godnick,  Wilson  &  Ranzenhofer,  with  offices  at  50  Broad 
street,  New  York  City. 

In  November,  1915,  the  young  practitioner  was  admitted  to  the  practice 
of  law  at  the  New  Jersey  Bar,  having  successfully  passed  the  examination  for 
the  same.  Soon  after  this  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  wife  under  the  firm 
name  of  Ranzenhofer  &  Ranzenhofer,  with  offices  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  There 
they  have  established  a  rapidly  increasing  clientele,  and  are  highly  regarded  in 
professional  circles. 

Frederick  S.  Ranzenhofer  is  an  active  member  of  the  Sigma  Phi  Delta 
Club  of  New  York  City,  and  the  Pi  Lambda  Phi  fraternity,  in  New  York  City. 
He  is  also  an  active  member  of  Veritas  Lodge,  No.  734,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Amelia  Lodge,  No.  215,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America ;  the  International  Lodge,  Independent  Order 
Brith  Abraham ;  and  the  Republican  Club  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  Passaic 
county.  New  Jersey. 

Frederick  S.  Ranzenhofer  married  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  May 
2,  1915,  Sadie  A.  Pasternack,  born  in  the  city  of  New  York,  May  2,  1892, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Yetta  (Hollander)  Pasternack  of  Passaic,  Passaic 
county.  New  Jersey.  They  have  two  children :  William  W.  Ranzenhofer, 
born  March  19,  1916,  and  Lucille  A.  Ranzenhofer,  born  September  19,  1921. 


THE  PASSAIC  COLLEGIATE  SCHOOL— Now  in  the  twenty-seventh 
year  of  its  existence  as  a  Passaic  educational  institution,  the  Passaic  Collegiate 
School  is  a  city  institution  in  the  sense  that  it  has  become  an  integral  part  of 
community  life,  a  valuable  asset  in  the  total  of  municipal  resources.  The 
history  of  the  school  dates  to  September,  1895,  when  a  group  of  parents  of  the 
city,  desiring  a  private  day  school  for  their  children,  secured  the  services  of  Miss 
N.  Louise  Buckland  as  its  head.  In  this  group  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis 
Fitch,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  I.  Berry,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  D.  Benson,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  William  S.  Benson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  E.  Mitchell,  Mr.  and  Mr". 
George  Maclegan,  and  others,  and  the  first  classes  were  held  in  a  private  house 
on  Lafayette  street.  Subsequently,  other  private  dwellings  were  occupied  from 
time  to  time,  including  the  Aycrigg  Mansion,  now  the  Masonic  Temple. 

Primary  and  grammar  classes  were  originally  formed,  a  collegiate  pre- 
paratory department  being  .added  as  demand  for  such  courses  was  felt,  although 
this  was  discontinued  soon  after  the  opening  of  the  local  high  school.  In  the 
fall  of  1913,  when  the  school  occupied  the  old  Stoehr  house,  opposite  the  City 
Hall,  it  had  an  enrollment  of  forty-two  pupils.  In  September,  1916,  the  new 
home  in  Kent  Court,  a  building  specially  constructed  for  school  purposes,  with 
ample  playground  space,  was  entered,  the  enrollment  then  being  sixty.  Since 
that  time  the  collegiate  department  has  again  been  developed,  and  the  current 
year  (1922)  witnesses  the  total  number  of  pupils  at  one  hundred  and  twent)'- 
eight,  eighteen  of  whom  are  pursuing  preparatory  studies.  Boys,  by  remaining 
in  the  collegiate  school  one  year  beyond  the  eighth  grade,  are  prepared  to  enter 
what  is  usually  called  the  "third  form"  or  the  "upper  school"  of  any  one  of  the 
well-known  preparatory  schools. 

Special  features  of  the  curriculum  include  instruction  in  French  by  a  native 
teacher  in  all  classes  from  the  primary  through  the  preparatory  grades.  Physical 
training  is  especially  stressed  and  no  pupil  is  excused  from  this  work  except  on 
presentation  of  a  doctor's  certificate  stating  that  he  is  physically  unfit.  The  work 
consists  of  Swedish  gymnastics,  marching  tactics,  folk-dancing,  clogging,  wands, 
dumb-bells,  competitive  games,  athletics,  etc.,  with  due  attention  to  posture  and 


386  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

corrective  work.  The  older  groups  are  divided  into  "teams"  as  heretofore,  and 
work  for  team  and  individual  points  and  honors,  in  which  not  only  all  of  the 
above  count  for  credit,  but  academic  work,  as  well — both  "scholarship"  itself, 
and  "improvement"  in  the  same.  In  deciding  final  honors  "school  spirit" 
(responsibility  for  the  general  welfare,  faithfulness  to  duty,  evidence  of 
qualities  of  leadership,  willingness  to  persevere  in  whatever  comes  hard,  evidence 
of  certain  qualities  of  character,  etc.)  counts  fifty  per  cent.,  and  is  passed  on 
by  a  conference  of  ,all  the  teachers.  A  physical  training  demonstration  and  a 
competitive  field  and  track  meet  are  held  in  the  spring. 

The  school  authorities  have  adopted  a  simple  and  generally  approved  plat- 
form in  .regard  to  girls'  dress,  striving  for  healthful  simplicity  rather  than 
uniformity.  Silk  stockings,  French  heels,  and  elaborate  coiffures  have  been 
decreed,  and  splendid  cooperation  between  parents  and  school  has  rendered 
these  regulations  effective.  Regular  "story  hours,"  and  a  weekly  period  for  "extra 
art"  are  some  of  the  features  of  the  year  1921-1922.  The  first  is  given  every 
Wednesday  morning  in  the  assembly ;  the  other  two  outside  of  school  hours, 
but  attendance  is  entirely  optional  on  the  latter.  As  in  other  years,  trips  to 
places  of  historic  interest  occasionally  have  been  made,  and  several  plays, 
masques  or  pageants  presented  for  various  schoool  benefits  and  charities.  Prizes 
are  given  to  the  boy  and  girl  who  show  the  highest  scholarship  during  the  year; 
also  to  the  boy  and  girl  who  show  the  greatest  academic  improvement.  In 
addition,  there  are  special  prizes  for  "excellent  work"  and  for  the  greatest 
"improvement"  in  art  and  in  general  spelling. 

The  school  celeibrated  its  twenty-fifth  anniversary  in  June,  1920,  during  the 
commencement  season  with  an  out-door  masque,  entitled  "Garden  Secrets,"  on 
the  grounds  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  S.  Benson,  in  Passaic,  followed  by 
Shakespeare's  "Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  at  the  Passaic  City  Club.  According 
to  those  who  have  been  graduated  in  the  last  nine  years,  among  the  special 
features  which  have  proved  most  valuable  to  them,  in  the  light  of  their  later 
experience,  are'  dramatics  and  public  speaking. 

The  Passaic  Collegiate  .School,  whose  work  is  directed  by  Miss  Maud  M. 
Browne,  principal,  has  the  following  board  of  trustees:  William  I..  Lyall, 
president ;  Reuben  E.  Kipp,  secretary ;  Edward  A.  Greene,  treasurer ;  Bryon 
Benson  and  Julius  Forstmann.  An  able  faculty  has  been  brought  under  Miss 
Browne's  leadership,  with  classes  and  qualifications  as  follows :  Grace  M. 
Gould — Kindergarten  and  Primary  classes.  (Hunter  Kindergarten  Normal 
School,  New  York  City ;  Teachers'  College,  Columbia  University)  ;  Helen 
E.  Jacobus — Primary  and  Intermediate  classes.  (Cortland  Normal  School, 
Cortland,  New  York)  ;  Bertha  M.  Chandlelr — Primary  and  Intermediate 
classes.  Drawing  with  all  classes.  (Bridgewater  Normal  School,  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts ;  Berkshire  Summer  School  of  Arts)  ;  Netta  M.  Stanley — Prim- 
ary and  Intermediate  classes.  Geography  with  Grammar  grades  (Prattville 
Training  School,  Chelsea,  Massachusetts ;  Salem  Normal  School,  Salem,  Mass- 
achusetts) ;  Marion  G.  Plumb — Upper  Grammar  Grade  Arithmetic.  Prepara- 
tory Mathematics  Science.  (Wellesley  College;  North  Adams  Normal  School, 
North  Adams,  Massachusetts ;  Columbia  University)  ;  Rachel  H.  Presscy — 
Latin,  English  Literature,  Dramatics,  Grammar,  Composition  with  Upper 
Grammar  grades  and  Preparatory  classes.  (Middlebury  College;  Columbia 
University;  Harvard  University);  Eleanor  D.  Seaver — Intermediate  Class 
Work.  Supervision  study  periods.  Physical  Training  with  all  grades ;  games ; 
athletics;  folk  dancing.  (Sargent  Normal  School  of  Gymnastics,  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts;  Teachers'  College,  Columbia  University). 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  387 

LOUIS  LIPSHITZ,  M.  D.,  captain,  United  States  army,  was  born  in 
Berdiansk,  Crimea,  Russia,  August  27,  1890,  being  one  of  seven  children  born 
to  Barnet  and  Mary  (Gorlin)  Lipshitz,  of  Bayonne,  New  Jersey.  He  was 
educated  under  private  tutors  until  1902,  when  he  was  brought  by  his  parents 
to  this  country.  Upon  arriving  in  New  York  City,  the  family  went  imme- 
diately to  Bayonne,  New  Jersey,  and  here  he  entered  school,  graduating  from 
the  Bayonne  High  School  in  the  class  of  1910. 

Having  decided  to  pursue  a  medical  career,  he  matriculated  at  New  York 
University  Medical  School,  whence  he  was  graduated  in  1916,  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  The  following  year  he  served  as  interne  in  the  Passaic 
General  Hospital,  and  then  returned  to  Bayonne,  where  he  established  himself 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  and  remained  until  April,  1918.  From  that 
date  until  coming  to  Passaic,  December  1,  1919,  where  he  has  since  continued  in 
his  professional  career,  he  served  in  the  United  States  Army. 

With  the  declaration  of  war,  Dr.  Lipshitz  decided  to  enlist,  and  his  efforts 
were  soon  rewarded.  On  March  8,  1918,  he  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant 
and  was  sent  to  the  Officers'  Training  Camp  at  Camp  Greenleaf,  Georgia,  for 
a  term  of  six  weeks,  during  which  time  he  became  company  quiz  master. 
Preparations  for  overseas  were  nearing  completion,  and  on  Decoration  Day  he 
was  sent  to  Camp  Mills,  New  York,  five  days  afterwards  sailing  for  Liverpool 
on  the  "Aquitania,"  arriving  on  June  15,  1918.  Leaving  England,  he  landed 
at  Le  Havre,  France,  and  from  there  proceeded  to  Blois.  Here  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  British  forces,  assigned  to  Base  Hospital  No.  4  for  one  week,  after 
which,  duty  led  him  to  the  front  lines  with  the  Fourth  Bedfordshire  Regiment, 
Sixty-third  Royal  Naval  Division. 

The  following  are  the  battles  in  which  he  actively  participated :  Battle  of 
the  Somme,  April  8th  to  12th;  battle  of  Bapaume,  August  21st  to  September 
6th ;  battle  of  Scarpe,  August  26th  to  September  6th,  in  which  battle  the  Queant 
Switch,  the  first  part  of  the  Hindenburg  line  broken  by  the  Allied  forces,  fell 
the  honors  to  this  battalion.  He  was  in  the  battle  of  Cambrai  and  Hindenberg 
line,  September  27th  to  Octo^ber  5th ;  second  battle  of  Le  Cateau,  October  6th  to 
October  12th;  battle  of  Sambre,  November  1st  to  November  11th,  the  time 
of  the  signing  of  the  Armistice. 

Needless  to  say,  being  in  active  service  and  under  heavy  shell  fire,  with 
thrilling  experiences  to  recount  for  the  most  part,  it  is  indeed  miraculous  that 
he  came  through  unharmed.  But  with  the  signing  of  the  Armistice,  his  labors 
did  not  cease.  The  influenza,  that  ravaging  disease  so  prevalent  throughout 
the  world,  kept  him  busy  constantly,  and  It  was  not  long  before  he  too  suc- 
cumbed to  the  then-dreaded  disease,  being  taken  to  Mons,  Belgium,  No.  1  Cas- 
ualty Clearing  Station.  After  recovery  he  was  assigned  to  duty  at  the  follow- 
ing clearing  stations :  Nos.  3,  38,  8  and  6.  While  here,  news  of  his  father's 
death  reached  him.  This  was  one  of  the  worst  blows  which  ever  befell  him, 
as  he  loved  his  father  dearly.  Soon  afterwards,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  captain,  this  being  the  reward  for  faithful  and  unusual  work.  Several 
months  later,  he  was  sent  to  Brest  and  then  to  this  country,  sailing  on  the  hos- 
pital ship,  "Saxonia,"  even  then  taking  care  of  the  sick  and  wounded.  He 
received  his  honorable  discharge  from  the  service  at  Camp  Dix,  April  22,  1919. 

Dr.  Lipshitz  was  a  member  of  the  Bayonne  Hospital  staff,  and  of  the 
Bayonne  Medical  Society,  and  Is  now  on  the  associate  staff  of  the  Passaic  Gen- 
eral Hospital,  and  holds  membership  in  the  Passaic  City  Practitioners'  Club,  the 
Passaic  County  Medical  Society,  State  Medical  Society,  and  American  Medical 
Association.  He  Is  medical  examiner  In  this  district  for  the  Metropolitan  Life 
Insurance  Company,  and  has  been  medical  Inspector  of  the  public  schools  of 


388  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Passaic  since  1920.  He  affiliates  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  Bayonne  Lodge,  No.  426,  Pride  of  Jersey  Association,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  Odd  Fellows  Encampment,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  Gard- 
ner Post  of  the  United  American  War  Veterans. 

On  June  29,  1919,  at  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Dr.  Lipshitz  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Esther  Hugo,  daughter  of  Louis  A.  and  Mary  (Firestone)  Hugo, 
of  Passaic.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Lipshitz  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Lorraine 
Marion,  born  August  18,  1920.  The  family  home  is  No.  67  Passaic  avenue, 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  this  is  also  Dr.  Lipshitz's  professional  headquarters. 


ADRIAN  H.  POST — On  the  western  banks  of  the  Passaic  river,  near  the 
line  separating  Passaic  from  Essex  county,  Richard  J.  Post  established  a  home 
about  1790,  and  became  a  well  known  and  successful  lumber  dealer.  In  1803 
he  moved  to  the  village  of  Athenia,  his  home  until  his  death.  He  married 
Letitia  Van  Riper,  and  among  their  seven  children  was  a  son,  Adrian  R.  Post, 
father  of  Adrian  H.  Post,  now  a  retired  business  man  residing  in  Athenia,  now 
a  part  of  the  city  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 

Adrian  R.  Post  was  born  at  the  family  home  on  the  banks  of  the  Passaic 
river  in  Essex  county.  New  Jersey,  May  1,  1815,  died  at  the  Post  homestead  in 
Athenia,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  January  14,  1894.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Athenia,  and  early  became  his  father's  assistant  both 
at  the  lumber  yard  and  on  the  home  farm.  As  he  grew  in  years  he  became  more 
deeply  engaged  in  farming  and  came  into  possession  of  the  homestead  farm  at 
Athenia,  which  he  cultivated  until  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of  industry  and 
ability,  highly  esteemed  by  his  many  friends. 

Adrian  R.  Post  married  (first),  March  5,  1835,  Maria  Post,  daughter 
of  John  J.  Post,  of  Athenia,  these  two  families  remotely  related.  Two  sons 
and  two  daughters  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Post  ere  her  death  in  Athenia, 
December  30,  1848.  Mr.  Post  married  (second)  January  19,  1850,  Agnes  (Post) 
Sneden,  born  May  22,  1813,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  Maria  (Post)  Post,  and 
widow  of  Richard  Sneden.  To  Adrian  R.  and  Agnes  (Post-Sneden)  Post  two 
sons  were  born:  Abraham,  born  August  29,  1850;  and  Adrian  H.,  of  further 
mention.  Mrs.  Agnes  (Post-Sneden)  Post,  a  woman  of  many  fine  qualities  and 
highly  esteemed  in  her  community,  died  at  the  Athenia  homestead,  December  24, 
1884. 

Adrian  H.  Post,  youngest  son  of  Adrian  R.  and  Agnes  (Post-Sneden)  Post, 
was  born  at  the  Post  homestead  in  Athenia,  New  Jersey,  November  25,  1853. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  school  of  Athenia,  and  Washington  Institute, 
New  York  City,  but  at  the  age  of  nineteen  he  became  his  father's  assistant, 
and  upon  the  latter's  death,  in  1895,  succeeded  him  as  head  of  the  business  and 
farm.  Later  he  became  interested  in  transportation  as  a  business  and  was  en- 
gaged therein  for  a  number  of  years.  Since  1917  he  has  been  practically  retired 
from  business,  but  with  his  family  continues  his  residence  in  Athenia,  now  a  part 
of  Clifton. 

Mr.  Post  married,  at  Allwood,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  December  15, 
1873,  Caroline  Speer,  born  December  10,  1856,  daughter  of  Ralph  G.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Van  Bussum)  Speer.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Post  are  the  parents  of  seven  chil- 
dren: Richard,  born  in  1875,  married  Margaret  G.  Thomas;  Alfred,  born  June 
30,  1877,  married  (first)  Maud  Prentice,  (second)  Agnes  Elizabeth  Crane; 
Elizabeth,  born  July  10,  1879,  married  Dennis  Barwick;  Agnes  May,  born  in 
August,  1881,  died  in  1890;  Walter,  born  March  7,  1883,  married  Ellen 
Mabel  Burns;  Caroline,  born  March  23,  1885,  married  Garret  H.  Greaves; 
and  Ada  May,  born  February  15,  1895,  married  Robert  E.  Wood. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  389 

PATRICK  FLYNN— The  early  ancestors  of  the  branch  of  the  Flynn 
family  herein  reviewed  have  for  a  number  of  generations  resided  in  Drumahon, 
County  Latrim,  Ireland,  where  the  members  of  the  family  had  become  numerous, 
and  the  locality  in  which  they  resided  had  generally  become  known  as  Flynn- 
tovvn.  The  immediate  ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  family  of  whom  we  have 
any  authentic  information  was  Patrick  Flynn.  He  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Drumahon,  and  was  one  of  a  family  of  three  brothers  and  four  sisters,  who, 
according  to  tradition,  all  attained  to  years  of  manhood  and  womanhood,  mar- 
ried and  reared  their  families  in  County  Latrim,  Ireland.  Family  tradition  also 
states  that  the  early  ancestors  of  the  Flynn  family  were  faithful  communicants 
of  the  Catholic  church,  and  many  of  them  were  well  known  for  their  religious 
fervor  and  piety. 

Patrick  Flynn  received  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the 
neighborhood  afforded  at  that  time,  and  upon  taking  up  the  practical  duties  of 
life,  assisted  with  the  various  chores  and  work  on  the  farm  homestead,  where, 
according  to  information,  he  spent  his  active  years  of  life ;  he  later  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade. 

Patrick  Flynn  married  Mary ,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the 

following  children:  1.  Luke,  who  remained  in  Ireland.  2.  Alice,  who  married 
Roger  Parks.  3.  Mary,  who  married,  in  Ireland,  James  Cullen,  where  their 
four  sons,  Patrick,  John,  Garret  and  Michael,  were  born ;  later  she  came  to  this 
country,  settling  in  California,  where  she  died.  John,  Garret,  and  Michael 
came  to  this  country  and  settled  in  Brooklyn,  New  York.     Patrick  married  in 

Ireland.     4.  Nabby,  who  married  Burns.     5.   Michael,   unmarried, 

spent  his  life  in  his  native  country.  6.  Patrick  (2),  of  whom  further.  7.  Ann, 
who  married Gillen. 

Patrick  (2)  Flynn,  son  of  Patrick  (1)  and  Mary  Flynn,  was  born  at  the 
family  home  in  Drumahon,  County  Latrim,  Ireland,  March  18,  1843.  He  there 
received  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  afforded 
at  that  time.  Upon  attaining  to  manhood  years,  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade 
and  was  actively  engaged  in  his  chosen  line  of  work  up  to  the  time  he  decided 
to  emigrate  to  the  United  States  in  1863.  He  embarked  from  one  of  the  leading 
seaport  towns  of  Great  Britain  for  New  York  City,  and  soon  after  arriving, 
settled  in  the  Williamsburg  district  of  Brooklyn,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
for  some  time,  and  was  engaged  as  a  journeyman  carpenter  for  a  period.  He 
next  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company  in  their  car  shops  at 
Port  Jervis,  New  York,  from  Whence  he  later  came  to  Paterson,  Passaic  county. 
New  Jersey,  where  he  again  resumed  his  chosen  line  of  work  and  was  engaged 
as  a  practical  carpenter.  It  was  not  long  before  he  was  able  to  begin  business 
on  his  own  account.  His  first  shop  was  located  on  Vine  street,  Paterson,  where 
he  soon  became  engaged  in  the  contracting  and  building  business,  in  which 
undertaking  he  was  very  successful.  In  1866  Patrick  Flynn  removed  to  Pas- 
saic, where  he  settled  in  the  First  Ward  and  where  he  likewise  became  engaged 
in  the  building  and  contracting  business,  and  in  the  course  of  time,  established 
a  successful  trade.  During  the  panic  of  1879,  Mr.  Flynn  experienced  serious 
business  adversity  and,  consequently,  decided  to  remove  with  his  family  to 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  he  located  on  Vanderbilt  avenue,  near  Prospect 
Park.  Here  Mr.  Flynn  was  ably  assisted  by  the  counsel  and  assistance  of 
his  wife,  who  conducted  and  managed  the  store  which  they  had  established 
on  the  premises  where  they  resided.  Patrick  Flynn  again  became  engaged 
in  his  chosen  line  of  work  in  Brooklyn,  where  he  continued  to  reside  up  to  1889, 
during  which  year  he  returned  with  his  family  to  Passaic,  and  here  established 
his  home  near  the  site  where  the  People's  Bank  building  is  now  situated,  on  Main 


390  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

avenue.  Soon  after  returning  to  Passaic,  Mr.  Flynn  purchased  the  old  St. 
Nicholas'  Church  building  which  stood  at  the  corner  of  Erie  avenue  and 
Prospect  street.  Having  dismantled  the  old  church  edifice,  he  converted  the 
material  into  the  use  of  erecting  a  four-story  dwelling  house  in  State  street, 
near  Park  place,  containing  thirty-two  rooms.  This  building  still  stands  at  the 
present  time  (1921).  His  next  undertaking  was  the  erection  of  the  family  home 
at  No.  29  Linden  street,  in  Passaic,  upon  a  plot  of  ground  which  he  acquired  in 
1873.  In  May,  1890,  Mr.  Flynn  occupied  these  premises  with  his  family. 
In  1900  Mr.  Flynn  sold  the  three-story  building  at  Nos.  15-17  State  street. 

During  the  latter  part  of  1890,  Patrick  Flynn  decided  to  visit  his  home  in 
his  native  country,  and  in  company  with  his  wife,  visited  Ireland,  where  they 
prolonged  their  stay,  calling  at  numerous  places  of  interest  on  the  Emerald  Isle, 
as  well  as  in  Scotland,  and  in  the  following  year  they  returned  to  this  country 
and  established  their  abode  at  No.  29  Linden  street,  Passaic.  In  1893,  owing  to 
the  advice  and  urgent  request  of  the  Rev.  Father  John  J.  Schandel,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Flynn  decided  to  acquire  the  four  adjoining  lots  to  their  present  home  on 
Linden  street,  where  they  later  erected  two  one-family  dwellings,  which  added 
greatly  to  the  growth  and  development  of  the  neighborhood.  Mr.  Flynn,  during 
the  last  five  or  six  years  of  his  residence  in  Passaic,  was  employed  by  the  Erie 
Railroad  Company  in  the  capacity  of  ticket  agent  at  their  Harrison  street  station. 
Patrick  Flynn  died  at  his  home,  No.  29  Linden  street,  April  12,  1904. 

Patrick  Flynn  married,  at  old  St.  Nicholas  Church,  in  the  city  of  Passaic, 
June  1,  1871,  Rev.  J.  J.  Schandel  officiating,  Anna  McDonagh,  born  June  1, 
1856,  in  County  Monaghan,  Ireland,  v/here  her  parents,  Philip  and  Ann  (Cos- 
grove)  McDonagh,  had  resided  for  many  years,  and  where  her  father,  Philip 
McDonagh,  was  a  successful  shoe  merchant  in  the  town  of  Clonnes.  Patrick 
and  Anna  (McDonagh)  Flynn  had  no  issue. 

Philip  and  Ann  (Cosgrove)  McDonagh  were  the  parents  of  two  sons.  1. 
Peter,  who  married,  but  died  a  few  years  ago,  leaving  a  son,  Constantine,  and  a 
daughter,  Matilda,  w'ho  married  Hugh  Travers ;  Matilda  died  shortly  after  her 
father,  leaving  a  son,  Constantine,  who  married  and  resides  in  Glasgow,  Scot- 
land; he  has  six  children:  Peter,  Nora,  Mary,  Thomas,  James,  and  Con- 
stantine. 2.  Constantine,  who  died  in  his  youth.  They  also  had  three  daugh- 
ters, among  whom  was  Anna.  She  received  her  early  educational  training  in  the 
schools  of  the  neighborhood.  Having  been  left  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  six  years 
by  the  death  of  her  father,  Anna  McDonagh  decided  to  come  to  this  country  and 
join  her  sister  Mary,  who  had  come  here  in  1865.  The  latter  married  James 
Donnelly,  and  settled  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut;  she  died  January  25,  1906, 
leaving  three  sons  and  three  daughters :  Peter,  James,  Thomas,  Katherine,  Mae 
and  Nellie.  Katherine  married  Denis  Richardson;  Mae  married  Joseph  P. 
Cullen ;  and  Nellie  married  Daniel  Foley.  James  is  also  married,  but  Peter 
and  Thomas  are  single.  These  children  all  reside  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut. 
In  1868  Anna  McDonagh  first  set  foot  on  American  soil,  and  in  1869  came  to 
Passaic,  where  she  settled  with  friends  of  the  family,  and  on  June  1,  1871, 
married  Patrick  Flynn,  and  soon  thereafter  they  made  their  abode  on  Jefferson 
street,  on  the  premises  immediately  adjacent  to  the  home  of  the  late  Peter  Reid. 
Mrs.  Ann  (Cosgrove)  McDonagh,  mother  of  Mrs.  Patrick  Flynn,  had 
three  brothers  and  three  sisters :  Peter,  James,  John,  Margaret,  Sarah  and 
Belle.  Margaret  married  James  McMahon,  of  her  home  town  In  Ireland. 
Belle  married  Mr.  Plunkett,  a  commissioned  officer  in  the  British  army,  and 
they  settled  in  the  West  Indies,  where  she  died,  leaving  two  sons,  one  a 
lawyer  and  the  other  a  doctor,  both  residing  in  England  at  the  present  time. 
Sarah  never  married.     Peter  was  unmarried;     he  served  in  the  Union  army. 


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and  was  honorably  discharged  at  the  end  of  his  term  of  service. 


THE  SCHLEICH  FAMILY— The  family  patronymic  of  Schleich  is  of 
ancient  Teutonic  origin.  The  early  representatives  of  this  branch  of  the  family 
have  for  several  generations  resided  in  the  kingdom  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany. 

The  immediate  ancestor  and  founder  of  this  branch  of  the  Schleich  family 
of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  was  Adelbert  Schleich.  His  parents  resided  in  the 
historic  city  of  Stuttgart,  kingdom  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany.  They  had  a 
family  of  five  children,  among  whom  were  the  following:  Adelbert,  Jr.,  of 
whom  forward ;  Karl,  who  came  to  this  country  during  his  early  manhood  years, 
and  upon  his  arrival  here  settled  in  New  York  City,  where  in  the  course  of  time 
he  became  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  jewelry,  with  office  and  warerooms  in 
Maiden  Lane ;  Julia,  who  married  a  Mr.  Schmidt,  and  spent  her  life  in  her 
native  country,  where  both  she  and  her  husband  died.    They  left  no  issue. 

(I)  Adelbert  Schleich,  founder  of  his  branch  of  the  family  in  this  country, 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  city  of  Stuttgart,  and  was  there  confirmed  in 
the  Lutheran  church  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his 
school  books,  he  became  apprenticed  to  learn  the  harness  making  trade,  and  after 
faithfully  serving  a  four  years'  term  at  his  trade  traveled  as  a  journeyman 
harness  maker,  as  required  by  the  trade  guilds  of  those  days,  and  visited  the 
principal  towns  and  cities  in  the  states  of  central  and  southern  Europe,  having 
spent  some  time  in  the  kingdom  of  Italy.  In  1845-46,  upon  his  return  home  to 
his  native  city,  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  America.  He  accordingly  arranged 
his  family  affairs  and  personal  interests,  and  with  his  wife  and  daughter  Amelia 
embarked  from  one  of  the  leading  seaport  towns  of  Germany,  on  a  sailing  vessel, 
bound  for  the  har^bor  of  New  York  City,  and  after  an  uneventful  voyage  of 
forty-two  days  the  good  ship  landed  her  cargo  of  human  freight  at  Castle 
Garden,  which  was  the  chief  landing  place  of  the  port  of  New  York  at  that  time. 
Immediately  upon  setting  foot  upon  American  soil,  he  settled  with  his  family  in 
New  York  City,  where  he  became  engaged  as  a  harness  maker.  Two  years 
later  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Newark,  New  Jersey,  where  he  pursued 
his  trade  in  the  employ  of  one  of  the  leading  harness  making  establishments. 
In  1859,  Adelbert  Schleich  came  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  opened  a 
shop  and  store  on  Lower  Main  avenue,  near  the  present  county  bridge.  He  did 
not,  however,  remain  long  in  Passaic,  but  removed  with  his  family  to  the  then 
rapidly  growing  village  of  Carlstadt,  New  Jersey,  where  he  purchased  a  house 
and  settled.  In  1864,  Adelbert  Schleich  returned  with  his  family  to  Passaic, 
where  he  settled  in  the  Dundee  district  in  what  is  now  Second  street,  there  being 
but  two  dwelling  houses  in  that  neighborhood  at  that  time.  In  1867,  Mr. 
Schleich  built  his  first  house  on  Second  street,  in  which  he  opened  a  grocery 
store,  and  later  engaged  in  the  saloon  business.  He  died  at  the  family  home  on 
Second  street,  in  1867,  where  he  had  become  well  and  favorably  known  as  a 
good  and  useful  citizen.  While  he  was  of  the  Lutheran  faith,  he  frequently  con- 
tributed generously  much  of  his  time  and  substance  to  different  religious  organ- 
izations, and  it  is  particularly  stated  that  he  had  given  the  sum  of  thirty-five 
dollars  to  the  First  Roman  Catholic  parish  in  Passaic  at  the  time  when  the 
congregation  held  religious  services  in  the  factory  building  at  the  corner  of 
Canal  and  Passaic  streets. 

Adelbert  Schleich  married,  in  his  native  land,  Bertha  Schultz,  born  in 
1827,  in  Darmstadt,  the  capital  of  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Hesse-Darmstadt,  Ger- 
many, where  she  was  educated  and  reared  to  years  of  womanhood.  She  was  a 
woman  possessed  of  more  than  ordinary  mental  qualities,  and  had  traveled 
considerably  throughout  the  German  states,  having  first  met  her  future  husband 


392  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

in  Berlin.  Not  unlike  her  worthy  husband,  she  too  was  possessed  of  many  fine 
qualities  of  mind  and  heart.  She  died  at  the  family  home  on  Second  street,  in 
the  Dundee  district  of  Passaic,  in  1899. 

Adelbert  and  Bertha  (Schultz)  Schleich  had  the  following  children  who 
attained  to  years  of  maturity:  1.  Amelia,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Stuttgart, 
Germany.  She  was  brought  by  her  parents  to  this  country,  and  upon  attaining 
to  years  of  womanhood  married  William  Cromley,  and  settled  in  Carlstadt,  New 
Jersey.  2.  Charles,  born  in  Newark,  New  Jersey.  3.  Albert,  born  in  Newark, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  married  and  settled  with  his  family.  He  died  in  Buffalo, 
New  York,  leaving  no  issue.  4.  Harry,  of  whom  forward.  5.  A  daughter,  who 
died  during  childhood.  6.  John  George,  of  whom  forward.  There  were  five 
other  children  born  to  Adelbert  and  Bertha  (Schultz)  Schleich,  who  died  during 
early  years  of  childhood. 

(II)  Harry  Schleich,  son  of  Adelbert  and  Bertha  (Schultz)  Schleich,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  on  Second  street,  in  the  Dundee  district  of  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  January  17,  1855.  His  educational  advantages  were  obtained  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  town.  Soon  after  his  school  days  were  over,  he  began 
to  learn  the  trade  of  iron  moulding,  at  which  he  served  an  apprenticeship  for  a 
period  of  four  years.  Soon  after  having  completed  his  trade,  he  engaged  as  a 
machinist  with  the  Wilson  Machine  Company,  of  Passaic,  where  he  remained 
for  some  time,  and  next  entered  the  employ  of  the  Rittenhouse  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  Passaic,  in  the  capacity  of  machinist  and  mechanical  engineer. 
He  next  entered  the  employ  of  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills,  in  the  capacity  of 
mechanical  engineer,  and  has  remained  thus  engaged  up  to  the  present  time 
(1920).  During  his  earlier  manhood  years,  Harry  Schleich  served  as  engineer 
for  Engine  Company  No.  1,  Passaic  Fire  Department,  for  a  period  of  nearly 
ten  years.  He  was  also  actively  identified  with  the  National  Guard  in  Passaic 
for  a  period  of  six  years,  and  for  nearly  ten  years  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Board  of  City  Council  in  Passaic. 

Harry  Schleich  married,  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  November  19,  1887, 
Deborah  Moseley,  born  December  22,  1867,  daughter  of  James  and  Delia  (Oak- 
ley) Moseley,  and  of  this  union  were  born  the  following  children:  1.  Winfield 
J.,  of  whom  forward.  2.  Bertha,  born  April  2,  1896;  she  married,  June  3,  1919, 
Frank  Martin,  born  July  4,  1895,  son  of  Albert  and  Mary  Martin. 

(III)  Winfield  J.  Schleich,  son  of  Harry  and  Deborah  (Moseley)  Schleich, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  February  27,  1889.  His 
early  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  public  and  grammar  schools  of 
his  native  city,  where  he  also  graduated  from  the  high  school.  He  next  entered 
the  New  York  Law  School,  New  York,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in 
the  month  of  June,  1909,  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  In  the  month  of  November, 
1910,  he  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law  at  the  New  Jersey  bar,  and  since 
that  time  has  established  a  successful  clientele  in  his  native  county  and  city.  In 
his  political  affiliations  he  gives  his  support  to  the  principles  and  policies  as 
advocated  by  the  Republican  party. 

Winfield  J.  Schleich  married  in  the  city  of  San  Diego,  California,  April 
26,  1915,  Edythe  Outwater  Banta,  born  in  Riverside,  California,  March  25, 
1893,  daughter  of  Elmer  and  Catherine  (Van  Winkle)  Banta.  Both  her  parents 
were  born  in  the  city  of  Hackensack,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  and  of  this 
union  was  born  one  son,  Harry  Outwater,  May  5,  1916,  at  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

(II)  John  George  Schleich,  son  of  Adelbert  and  Bertha  (Schultz)  Schleich, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  on  Second  street,  in  the  Dundee  district  of  Passaic, 
March  13,  1867.  His  educational  advantages  were  obtained  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  town,  and  upon  reaching  suitable  years  he  entered  the  plumbing  and 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  393 

steam  fitting  establishment  of  the  Denholm  Brothers  in  Passaic,  and  after  serv- 
ing a  three  years'  apprenticeship  worked  as  a  journeyman  during  the  following 
six  years.  He  soon,  however,  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account  with  an 
office  and  shop  on  Lexington  avenue,  Passaic,  where  he  conducted  a  successful 
business  at  plumbing  and  steam  fitting  for  a  period  of  eleven  years,  and  at 
present  is  associated  with  his  son,  Roy  J.  Schleich,  in  the  plumbing  and  steam 
fitting  trade  in  Clifton,  where  he  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  as  an 
efficient  and  competent  mechanic  in  his  line  of  work. 

John  George  Schleich  married,  in  Passaic,  March  13,  1890,  Louise  Mary 
Raynor,  born  Fe^bruary  12,  1870.  Her  parents  were  Samuel  and  Mary  Louise 
(Montross)  Raynor,  of  Warwick,  Orange  county,  New  York.  Her  father, 
Samuel  Raynor,  was  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  early  Colonial  settlers  of  Long 
Island.  Issue  of  John  George  and  Louise  Mary  (Raynor)  Schleich:  1.  Roy 
John,  of  whom  forward.  2.  Mae,  born  July  5,  1894;  married  William  De- 
Klerk.    3.  John  George,  Jr.,  born  July  31,  1900. 

(Ill)  Roy  John  Schleich,  eldest  child  and  son  of  John  George  and  Louise 
Mary  (Raynor)  Schleich,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
April  8,  1892.  His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  entered  upon  a  course  of  study 
at  the  McChesney  Commercial  College,  Paterson,  from  which  institution  he 
graduated,  and  upon  laying  aside  his  text  books  he  became  associated  with  his 
father,  under  whose  guidance  and  training  he  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of 
the  plumbing  and  steam  fitting  business.  In  1913  he  began  business  on  his  own 
account,  and  established  his  office  and  warerooms  on  Clifton  avenue,  Clifton, 
where  he  has  since  established  a  successful  business  in  his  chosen  line  of  work, 
and  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  leading  builders  and  contract- 
ors throughout  Passaic  and  Bergen  counties.  Prior  to  his  early  manhood  years, 
Roy  J.  Schleich  was  regarded  by  his  associates  and  friends  as  one  of  the  leading 
athletes  of  his  neighborhood.  He  had  taken  an  active  part  in  many  of  the  cross 
country  foot  races,  and  also  in  numerous  bicycle  races  up  to  the  time  when  he 
met  with  a  painful  accident  during  a  bicycle  race  on  the  Clifton  Race  Track  in 
1911,  and  after  that  occurrence,  he  finally  relinquished  his  activities  in  athletic 
sports.  For  a  number  of  years  Roy  J.  Schleich  served  as  scout  commissioner  of 
Passaic  county,  and  he  was  largely  instrumental  in  organizing  the  first  boy 
scout  troops  in  Clifton,  and  the  second  boy  scout  troops  in  Passaic  county,  and 
during  this  time  he  conducted  a  number  of  boy  scout  camps  in  Passaic  county 
and  the  surrounding  community.  During  the  great  World  War  he  was  mus- 
tered into  the  United  States  army,  and  served  for  a  period  of  twelve  months, 
during  w'hich  time  he  was  commissioned  sergeant  in  the  United  States  Cavalry, 
and  was  honorably  discharged.  May  29,  1919..  In  his  political  affiliations  he 
is  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  principles  and  policies  as  advocated  by  the  Repub- 
lican party,  being  for  a  number  of  years  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Clifton 
City  Republican  Club,  Inc.,  and  for  a  number  of  years  had  been  an  active  leader 
in  the  local  councils  of  that  organization.  In  1920  and  1921,  Roy  J.  Schleich 
was  appointed  plumbing  inspector  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  and  on  January  21, 
1921,  passed  the  Civil  Service  examination  for  plumbing  inspector  of  Trenton, 
New  Jersey.  In  his  fraternal  associations  he  has  been  active  in  the  Loyal  Order 
of  Moose,  of  which  organization  he  is  a  charter  member  in  Clifton,  and  has 
served  the  Council  in  the  capacity  of  treasurer.  He  was  also  active  in  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Clifton  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  has  served  as  one  of  the  first 
eight  members  of  the  board  of  directors,  and  is  an  active  member  of  the  Junior 
Order  of  United  American  Mechanics,  Acquackanonk  Council,  No.  316,  of 
which  organization  he  is  a  charter  member. 


394  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Roy  J.  Schleich  married,  in  Clifton,  January  23,  1918,  Loretta  Catherine 
Luthringer,  born  December  23,  1898,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna  (Reisch) 
Luthringer.  Roy  J.  and  Loretta  Catherine  (Luthringer)  Schleich  have  one  son, 
Roy  John,  Jr.,  born  January  20,  1921. 

AUGUST  J.  STOLZ— The  family  patronymic  of  Stolz  or  "Stoltz"  is  of 
ancient  origin,  and  for  a  number  of  generations  representatives  of  the  name  and 
family  have  resided  in  the  various  communities  in  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Baden, 
kingdom  of  Wurtemberg,  and  kingdom  of  Bavaria,  Germany.  The  writer  also 
finds  that  the  name  of  Stolz  or  "Stoltz"  is  referred  to  by  the  celebrated  heraldist, 
Johann  Siebmacher,  who  has  published  a  copper  plate  illustration  of  the  sym- 
bols of  the  family  coat-of-arms  of  the  Stolz  or  "Stoltz"  family  which  has  been 
in  use  by  this  family  for  over  four  centuries.  In  German  history  the  writer 
finds  reference  to  the  picturesque  castle  of  Stolzenf els,  situated  on  a  height  above 
the  river  Rhine,  four  miles  south  of  the  city  of  Coblenz.  The  castle  was  founded 
in  the  thirteenth  century  on  the  site  of  an  older  structure,  by  an  archbishop  of 
Treves,  and  was  ruined  by  Louis  XIV,  in  1689.  During  the  nineteenth  century 
it  was  restored  as  a  royal  residence  by  Frederick  William  IV.  History  further 
declares  that  the  name  of  Stolzenfels  was  derived  from  the  family  name  of  Stolz 
or  "Stoltz."  The  aforementioned  castle  of  Stolzenfels  is  a  picturesque,  modified 
medieval  structure  with  clustering  towers,  the  central  one  one  hundred  and  ten 
feet  high.  The  interior  is  adorned  with  historic  and  allegorical  frescoes,  sculp- 
tures, and  many  interesting  art  works. 

(I)  Of  this  branch  of  the  family  which  furnishes  the  caption  of  this  re- 
view, and  the  first  of  whom  we  have  authentic  information,  was  August  Stolz. 
He  was  born  in  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Baden,  Germany,  where  he  was  educated 
and  reared  to  years  of  manhood,  and  spent  his  whole  life  in  his  native  city.  He 
married  a  native  of  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Baden,  and  of  their  family  of  sons  and 
daughters  was  John  August,  of  whom  forward. 

(II)  John  August  Stolz,  son  of  August  Stolz,  was  born  at  the  family 
home  in  the  Ortschaft  of  Hasel,  near  the  town  of  Schopfheim,  circle  of  the 
Upper  Rhine,  twenty-five  miles  distant  from  the  historic  fortress  city  of  Frei- 
berg, in  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Baden,  Germany,  September  17,  1844.  He  there 
received  his  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  and  was 
confirmed  April  15,  1860.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his  school  books,  his  parents 
being  desirous  that  the  boy  should  learn  some  useful  trade  or  occupation,  he  was 
accordingly  apprenticed  to  one  of  the  leading  reed  and  harness  makers,  an  article 
used  in  the  art  of  silk  making,  and  after  having  faithfully  served  his  term  of 
apprenticeship  he  pursued  his  chosen  line  of  work  in  the  capacity  of  a  journey- 
man, and  in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  the  trade  guilds  throughout  Central 
Germany,  he  traveled  in  the  various  states  of  Southern  Germany,  where  he 
visited  the  principal  towns  and  cities  and  worked  at  his  trade  as  a  practical  reed 
and  harness  maker.  Having  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  he  em- 
barked from  one  of  the  leading  seaport  towns  of  Germany,  bound  for  the  harbor 
of  New  York  City,  and  for  a  brief  period  remained  in  the  metropolis,  where 
he  intended  to  apply  himself  to  his  trade,  but  finally  decided  to  locate  in  the 
then  rapidly  growing  town  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  he  found  employ- 
ment at  his  trade,  to  which  he  applied  himself  with  diligence  and  persevering 
effort,  and  in  the  course  of  time  began  business  on  his  own  account,  having  estab- 
lished his  shop  and  plant  on  Van  Houten  street.  In  this  undertaking  he  met 
with  immediate  success  in  the  manufacture  and  handling  of  reed  and  harness,  a 
commodity  which  became  extensively  used  in  the  manufacture  of  silk  goods.  As 
his  business  increased,  Mr.  Stolz  associated  with  himself  Albert  Laber,  and 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  395 

under  the  firm  name  of  Laber  &  Stolz  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  reed  and 
harness,  in  which  undertaking  the  firm  met  with  prompt  success,  and  in  the  course 
of  time  found  it  necessary  to  increase  its  facilities.  They  admitted  Hugo  Ibach 
into  the  firm,  and  with  the  associated  interests  and  personal  direction  of  the  three 
members,  the  firm  of  Laber  &  Stolz  was  successfully  continued  for  a  number  of 
years  preceding  the  death  of  the  senior  partner,  John  August  Stolz.  The  firm 
of  Laber  &  Stolz  became  widely  known  in  their  line  of  enterprise  and  had  become 
known  as  one  of  the  important  manufacturing  concerns  in  Paterson,  where  the 
name  of  the  firm  became  recognized  as  being  synonymous  with  honesty  and 
straightforward  methods  in  all  their  business  dealings.  John  August  Stolz  died 
while  sojourning  at  St.  Augustine,  Florida,  March  30,  1914.  Having  come  to 
this  country  with  but  a  small  capital,  he  found  himself  a  stranger  in  a  strange 
land,  but  he  was  not  long  in  realizing  the  fact  that  he  actually  possessed  an 
important  asset  which  was  bound  up  in  his  industry  and  thrift,  habits  which  he 
had  thoroughly  learned  in  the  Fatherland,  and  which  later  stood  him  in  good 
stead  and  which  proved  to  be  one  of  his  chiefest  assets  in  the  success  that  he 
achieved,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  it  was  justly  stated  by  those  who  knew 
him  best  that  he  had  not  only  left  to  his  family  an  ample  competence,  but  he 
also  left  them  the  priceless  heritage  of  an  honorable  name. 

Mr.  Stolz  married,  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  February  21,  1876,  Lisette 
Hagelstein,  who  was  born  in  Matalen,  in  the  province  of  Westphalia,  kingdom 
of  Prussia,  Germany,  in  1846.  She  came  to  this  country  and  settled  in  Paterson, 
New  Jersey,  where  she  met  her  future  husband.  Issue:  1.  Ida  Marie,  obtained 
her  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  Paterson,  and  was  there  reared  to 
early  years  of  womanhood.  She  married  Dr.  Robert  Simms ;  two  children,  2. 
Lena,  died  at  the  family  home  at  the  age  of  eight  years.  3.  August  J.,  of 
whom  forward. 

(Ill)  August  J.  Stolz,  only  son  of  John  August  and  Lisette  (Hagelstein) 
Stolz,  was  born  at  the  family  (home,  the  old  Van  Winkle  homestead  in  Paterson, 
New  Jersey,  November  12,  1887.  He  there  obtained  his  early  educational  train- 
ing in  the  parochial  school  which  was  then  located  on  Church  street,  and  after 
attending  public  and  high  school,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  he  entered  upon  a 
course  of  study  in  the  Columbia  Commercial  College,  Paterson,  from  which  insti- 
tution he  graduated,  and  upon  laying  aside  his  school  books  he  became  identified 
with  his  father's  office  and  business  interests  in  Paterson,  where  under  the  guid- 
ance and  tuition  of  his  father  he  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  harness 
and  reed  manufacturing  business,  and  remained  actively  associated  with  his 
father's  interests  in  the  firm  of  Laber  &  Stolz  up  to  1913,  in  which  year  he  en- 
gaged in  the  florist  and  horticultural  business  in  Clifton,  where  his  father  had 
formerly  established  his  home.  Here  August  J.  Stolz  has  made  considerable  im- 
provements upon  the  lands  comprising  his  father's  homestead,  and  in  1915 
erected  his  present  modern  cottage  at  the  corner  of  Clifton  avenue  and  Sears 
place,  where  he  has  continued  to  reside  up  to  the  present  time  (1920).  Mr. 
Stolz  is  a  member  of  Paterson  Council,  Knights  of  Columbus,  located  in  Pater- 
son. In  his  religious  Views  he  adheres  to  tbe  doctrines  and  faith  in  which  his 
mother  had  been  reared. 

Mr.  Stolz  married,  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  November  12,  1916,  Evelyn 
Marie  Van-Ness,  born  March  31,  1893,  daughter  of  Edward  R.  and  Levinia 
(Ryerson)  Van-Ness.  Her  father  was  a  son  of  John  Henry  Van-Ness,  and  her 
mother  was  a  descendant  of  the  old  Ryerson  family,  whose  early  ancestors, 
Adrian  and  Marten  Ryerson,  hailing  from  Amsterdam,  settled  in  New  Amster- 
dam (Manhattan),  in  1646,  and  soon  after  crossed  the  river  to  Brooklyn  and 
Flatbush  on  Long  Island.    Adrian  Ryerson  married  Annetje  Schenck,  born  July 


396  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

29,  1659,  and  one  of  their  sons  was  the  founder  of  the  Adrianer  family,  and 
their  grandson,  Marten  Adrianer,  of  the  Martense  family.  Marten  Ryerson, 
one  of  the  settlers,  located  in  Flatbush,  and  on  May  14,  1663,  married  Annetje, 
the  sixth  daughter  of  Joris  Hansen  and  Catalyntje  (Price)  Rapelje.  This  mar- 
riage was  celebrated  in  the  Reformed  church  in  Flatbush,  and  the  witness  of 
record  was  Catarina  Jeronymus.  The  descendants  of  these  two  settlers  have 
become  numerous  and  have  settled  in  the  various  communities  of  Kings  and 
Queens  county.  Long  Island,  as  well  as  in  New  Jersey,  and  others  have  located 
in  some  of  the  larger  cities  of  the  Union,  where  they  have  become  successful  and 
prominent  manufacturers  and  professional  men.  August  and  Evelyn  M.  (Van- 
Ness)  Stolz  had  one  daughter,  Ruth,  born  Decemher  3,  1918. 

The  Ryerson  family  claims  a  considerable  degree  of  antiquity,  and  the 
history  of  Holland  in  the  twelfth  century  mentions  the  name  in  connection  with 
other  families  of  importance  and  note.  In  1390  Wilhelmus  Ryerson  was  promi- 
nent in  Amsterdam  as  a  burgomaster  of  that  city.  In  1414  another  represen- 
tative of  the  family  held  the  same  high  office  in  the  person  of  Claes  Symon 
Reyersen.  Wilhelmus  Ryerson  was  again  elected  in  1418,  and  others  of  the 
name  up  to  1585.  In  the  army  instrumental  in  expelling  the  Spanish  intruders, 
the  Reyersens  were  among  the  bravest  of  Holland's  brave  soldiery,  and  two  of 
them  suffered  banishment  at  the  hands  of  the  Spaniards,  charged  with  heresy, 
and  one  Albertus  Reyersen,  with  two  others  of  the  burgomasters  of  Amsterdam, 
were  beheaded,  April  12,  1537,  after  being  arrested  upon  a  similar  charge.  In 
1567  Baldwin  Ryerszen,  a  lieutenant  under  Captain  William  Pouwells,  was 
threatened  with  displacement  from  his  military  position,  he  having  encountered 
the  displeasure  of  a  powerful  lady  of  rank,  a  duchess.  Tradition  states,  in  its 
usual  uncertain  way,  that  the  family  were  of  French  origin,  who  sought  fuller 
religious  liberty  in  Holland,  but  the  name  was  common  in  Holland  before  the 
time  of  the  Huguenot  migration.  A  description  of  the  Ryerson  family  coat-of- 
arms  is  as  follows : 

Arms — Quarterly,  one  land  four,  sable,  a  tree  withered  and  eradicated,  argent, 
two  and  three  halberts  bendways  and  in  bend  sinister,  the  middle  one  larger  than 
the  others;    sable,  the  blades  vert  surtout,  argent,  a  martlet,  or. 

Crest — A  swan  rousant. 

Motto — Voor  God  en  Vatcrland. 


MILES  C.  WHITEHEAD— Prominently  identified  in  the  public  and 
private  affairs  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  Miles  C.  Whitehead  has  for  many 
years  led  in  public  movements  effecting  the  community-at-large,  and  in  private 
business  affairs  he  has  been  connected  with  many  large  transactions  as  an  in- 
surance broker,  title  abstractor  and  in  the  management  of  real  estate  and  estates. 

After  graduating  from  grammar  school  in  Passaic,  Nev/  Jersey,  he  matric- 
ulated at  St.  Francis  College,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  which  is  chartered  under 
the  State  of  New  York  to  confer  degrees.  After  pursuing  advanced  studies  at 
this  institution,  he  for  a  short  time  was  interested  in  the  electrical  business,  and 
subsequently  for  several  years  was  In  charge  of  a  branch  department  of  the  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  Telephone  System.  His  next  venture  was  in  the  adver- 
tising world,  where  he  gained  wide  experience  In  the  different  departments  of  this 
profession.  About  this  time  the  management  of  his  father's  property  in  and  about 
Passaic  commanded  his  undivided  attention,  and  after  the  disposal  of  the  Passaic 
Opera  House,  the  Passaic  County  Hotel,  and  a  number  of  other  valuable  proper- 
ties, he  then  became  identified  in  the  development  of  unimproved  property  in  Gar- 
field and  In  Bergen  county.  However,  previous  to  his  going  to  Garfield,  he  had  reg- 
istered as  a  law  student  and  devoted  time  to  the  subject  in  order  to  more  fully  fit 
himself  for  what  he  deemed  would  be  his  career,  which  he  has  since  followed. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  397 

Mr.  Whitehead  is  president  of  the  Belport  Land  Company,  and  the  Rynwhit 
Realty  Company;  director  and  trust  officer  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Gar- 
field ;  director  of  the  Fidelity  Title  and  Mortgage  Company,  and  is  interested 
in  other  business  circles.  He  has  acted  on  various  commissions,  and  also  in  the 
capacity  of  receiver,  having  been  appointed  by  the  courts. 

His  citizenship  honors  are  of  a  well  rounded  type ;  for  over  five  years  he 
was  president  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  Garfield,  resigning  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed recorder  of  the  Garfield  Police  Court  in  January,  1912.  He  was  the 
last  recorder  under  the  old  borough  and  the  first  recorder  under  the  new  city 
government,  which  went  into  effect  in  1917,  holding  the  position  until  1918, 
having  been  appointed  to  the  office  each  succeeding  year  by  the  various  admini- 
strations. 

Mr.  Whitehead  has  filled  m.any  positions  on  committees  and  commissions, 
being  appointed  by  the  borough  and  city  of  Garfield.  During  the  World  War 
period  he  was  very  active,  giving  up  the  major  portion  of  his  time  in  the  prose- 
cution of  those  activities.  Fie  was  food  administrator ;  chairman  of  the  Home 
Defense  League ;  chairman  of  the  "four-minute"  men ;  executive  chairman  of 
all  the  Liberty  Loan  drives,  and,  conducted  entirely  one  of  the  loan  drives  during 
the  illness  of  the  chairman ;  chairman  of  the  War  Camp  Community  Fund,  and 
chairman  of  the  Garfield  Chapter  of  the  American  Red  Cross  during  the  recc^- 
struction  period.  Mr.  Whitehead  takes  great  interest  in  juvenile  affairs,  and  is 
one  of  the  Boy  Scout  commissioners  of  Garfield.  Te  is  also  first  vice-president 
of  the  Garfield  Board  of  Trade,  and  member  of  the  Citizens  and  Tax-payers 
League. 

He  was  the  orator  of  the  day  to  welcome  the  home-coming  soldiers  of  the 
World  War  (as  he  had  been  when  the  soldiers  left  for  the  training  camps), 
which  was  held  in  the  city  on  September  6,  1919.  It  was  one  of  the  greatest  gala 
days  Garfield  has  ever  known.  Moving  pictures  were  taken  on  that  occasion 
to  be  of  Jiistorical  preservation  and  are  in  the  custody  of  the  local  Board  of 
Education.  He  has  been  a  speaker  ,at  many  public  functions  in  Garfield  and 
other  cities,  often  times  representing  the  chief  executives  of  the  city,  at  home  and 
elsewhere,  in  welcoming  celebrities.  He  has  appeared  before  legislative  com- 
mittees at  Trenton  in  furtherance  of  public  benefit  of  the  community.  There 
has  been  no  large  project  in  years  proposed  for  the  town  welfare  in  which  Mr. 
Whitehead  has  not  been  the  orator. 

In  fraternal,  club  and  other  circles,  Mr.  Whitehead  is  a  prominent  figure, 
being  a  past  exalted  ruler  of  Passaic  Lodge  of  Elks,  and  past  chief  ranger  of 
Court  Garfield,  .No.  153,  Foresters  of  America.  He  holds  an  honorary  member- 
ship in  Fire  Company  No.  1,  of  Garfield,  and  in  the  Patrolmen's  Benevolent 
Association  of  Bergen  county,  having  been  so  honored  for  his  interest  towards 
these  organizations. 

Mr.  Whitehead  married,  on  February  10,  1904,  Sarah  Eleanor  Conlon. 
They  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Alice  E.,  and  Mary  F.  The  Whitehead 
family  residence  is  No.  103  Passaic  avenue,  Garfield. 


HYMAN  JOSEPH  UDINSKY,  M.  D.— Since  1912,  Dr.  Hyman  Joseph 
Udinsky,  a  specialist  in  skin  diseases,  has  practiced  medicine  in  Passaic. 

Morris  Udinsky,  father  of  Dr.  Udinsky,  was  born  at  Warsaw,  Russia.  He 
was  a  lumber  dealer  there  and  later  came  with  his  family  to  this  country,  arriv- 
ing in  1894  and  locating  in  New  York  City,  where  he  died  in  1918,  at  the  age 
of  fifty-four  years.  He  married  Fanny  Blumert;  she  is  now  living  in  Jersey 
City  with  her  son  Isidore.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Udinsky  were  the  parents  of  three 


398  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

children :  Hyman  Joseph,  of  further  mention ;  Philip,  who  is  an  instructor  of 
chemistry  at  the  University  of  Illinois;  Isidore,  who  is  engaged  in  the  printing 
business  in  Jersey  City. 

Hyman  Joseph  Udinsky  was  born  in  Warsaw,  Russia,  July  15,  1887.  He 
attended  the  schools  of  his  native  place  until  he  came  with  his  parents  to  New 
York  City,  where  he  entered  the  DeWitt  Clinton  High  School  and  graduated 
in  1906,  subsequently  matriculating  at  the  State  University  of  Iowa,  where  he 
won  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science ;  and  then  entered  Jefferson  Medical  Col- 
lege, Philadelphia,  having  chosen  medicine  for  his  career.  Graduating  from  this 
last  named  institution  in  1912,  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine,  he  went 
to  Paterson  General  Plospital,  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  and  there  served  an  in- 
terneship  of  one  year.  Having  decided  to  locate  in  Passaic,  he  came  here  in 
1913  and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession,  devoting 
himself  mainly  to  diseases  of  the  skin.  Dr.  Udinsky  is  a  member  of  the  staffs 
of  the  Paterson  General  Hospital  and  the  Passaic  General  Hospital.  He  is  also 
affiliated  with  the  leading  medical  societies,  among  them  being:  The  American 
Medical  Association,  the  New  Jersey  State  Medical  Association,  Passaic  County 
Medical  Society,  and  the  Passaic  Practitioners'  Club,  of  Passaic.  He  attends 
the  Bnai  Jacob  Synagogue. 

During  the  World  War,  he  served  at  the  Base  Hospital  at  Camp  Dix,  New 
Jersey;  and  in  July,  1918,  he  went  overseas  and  served  one  year  with  American 
Red  Cross  Military  Hospital,  No.  9,  at  Paris,  being  commissioned  first  lieu- 
tenant. 

On  February  22,  1915,  at  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Dr.  Udinsky  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Rose  Baker,  daughter  of  Meyer  and  Sarah  (Co^hen)  Baker.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Udinsky  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Naomi,  born  December  22,  1916. 
The  family  home  is  at  No.  Ill  Second  street. 

FRIEDERICH  W.  WELLER— The  family  patronymic  of  Weller  is  of 
ancient  Teutonic  origin.  A  noted  representative  of  this  family,  Hieronymus  Wel- 
ler, a  German  theologian,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Freyberg,  Misnia,  in  1499.  It 
is  recorded  that  during  his  early  manhood  he  was  a  favorite  disciple  of  Luther,  in 
whose  house  he  had  lived  eight  years.  Hieronymus  Weller  hecame  professor  of 
theology  at  Freyberg,  and  propagated  the  doctrines  of  Luther  by  his  sermons 
and  writings,  which  had  a  high  reputation.  He  died  in  1572.  In  German  his- 
tory we  also  find  reference  to  Jakob  Weller,  a  German  scholar  and  theologian, 
born  in  1602.  He  became  professor  of  Oriental  languages  in  the  city  of  Witten- 
berg, and  in  1646  he  became  first  court  preacher  in  the  city  of  Dresden.  His 
"New  Greek  Grammar"  (Grammatica  Graeca  Nova)  was  highly  esteemed  by 
his  contemporaries.  He  died  in  1664.  This  family  patronymic  is  also  referred 
to  by  the  eminent  German  heraldist,  Johann  Siebmadher,  in  his  work  published 
in  the  city  of  Nuremberg,  kingdom  of  Bavaria,  Germany,  in  1701,  in  which  the 
author  gives  a  copper  plate  illustration  of  the  family  coat-of-arms,  "a  copy  of 
which  can  be  reproduced." 

The  founder  and  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Weller  family  in 
this  country,  and  which  furnishes  the  caption  of  this  review,  was  Friederich 
William  Weller,  born  December  12,  1857,  in  the  town  of  Milluhnen,  not  far 
distant  from  the  town  of  Stallupohnen,  in  the  province  of  East  Prussia,  Ger- 
many. His  parents  were  Johann  Friederich  and  Anna  Elizabeth  (Bacher) 
Weller,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  same  locality.  Friederich  William 
Weller  obtained  his  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
was  there  confirmed  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his 
text  books  he  went  to  Remschcid,  Rhenish  Prussia,  where  he  was  apprenticed  to 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  399 

Gustave  Kotthaus,  a  haidware  manufacturer,  where  he  faithfully  served  for  a 
period  of  nearly  three  years  of  apprenticeship.  Upon  leaving  his  master,  the 
young  artisan  next  entered  the  employ  of  Robert  C.  Loos,  in  Remscheid,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  hardware  and  woodenware.  Upon  becom- 
ing eligible  for  military  service,  he  served  the  required  time  in  the  German 
army,  after  which  he  entered  the  employ  of  Edward  Engles  &  Company,  a  large 
manufacturer  of  skates.  In  1884  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  this  country,  and 
accompanied  by  his  family,  set  sail  from  the  seaport  city  of  Rotterdam,  bound 
for  the  harbor  of  New  York  City.  He  located  in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  where 
he  soon  obtained  employment  with  the  Singer  Sewing  Machine  Manufacturing 
Company  as  an  expert  mechanic.  He  continued  thus  engaged  during  the  follow- 
ing four  years,  and  in  1888  began  business  on  his  own  account,  establishing  his 
plant  in  Elizabeth,  and  in  this  undertaking  he  met  with  a  marked  degree  of 
success.  This  enterprise  has  since  developed  into  what  is  now  the  Braunsdorf 
Miiller  Company,  of  the  present  time  (1920). 

Friederich  William  Weller  married.  May  4,  1882,  Clara  Loos,  born  Jan- 
uary 5,  1858,  in  the  town  of  Remscheid,  Rhenish  Prussia,  Germany.  Her  parents 
were  Johann  Gottlieb  and  Mathilde  (Hilberts)  Loos.  Both  parents  died  before 
the  daughter  Clara  was  eleven  years  of  age.  She  was  reared  and  cared  for  by  a 
guardian,  her  educational  training  having  been  acquired  in  the  schools  of  her 
native  town,  where  she  was  also  reared  to  years  of  womanhood.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Weller  had  born  to  them  the  following  children:  1.  J.  Friederich,  of  whom 
forward.    2.  Elfriede  Mathilde,  born  September  23,  1887,  married  John  Castle. 

3.  Etta  Mathilde,  born  May  11,  1889.  4.  Clara  Louise,  born  August  5,  1891, 
married  William  Gawlik.    5.  Mathilde  Wilhelmine,  born  March  8,  1893. 

John  Friederich  Weller,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Friederich  William  and 
Clara  (Loos)  Weller,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey, 
December  30,  1885.  In  1892  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  the  city  of 
Newark,  w'here  he  attended  the  public  schools  and  graduated  from  the  Wash- 
ington street  public  school  in  1899.  He  next  attended  the  Barringer  High 
School  for  two  years.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his  school  books,  he  became  iden- 
tified with  is  father,  and  under  his  guidance  and  tuition  acquired  a  practical 
knowledge  of  the  machine  business.  He  continued  his  connection  with  his 
father's  establishment  up  to  January,  1909,  when  he  located  in  Atlanta,  Georgia, 
as  machine  designer  for  the  National  Pencil  Company.  Later  he  engaged  in  the 
automobile  business  for  himself.  This  not  being  to  his  entire  liking,  he  gave 
that  up  and  went  on  the  road  for  The  Texas  Company  as  engineer.    On  March 

4,  1918,  he  severed  his  connection  with  The  Texas  Company  and  took  a  position 
as  superintendent  with  Jacques,  Wolf  &  Company. 

John  Friederich  Weller  married,  October  9,  1909.  Emily  F.  Tuellmelz, 
born  December  16,  1885,  daughter  of  Frederick  and  Emilie  Tuellmelz.  Of  this 
union  M'ere  born  two  children,  as  follows:  1.  Evelyn  Blanche,  born  November 
29,  1913,  in  Atlanta,  Georgia.    2.  John  Friederich,  Jr.,  born  May  9,  1917. 

GEORGE  S.  DUFFUS— The  Duffus  family,  of  which  George  S.  Duf- 
fus,  of  Clifton,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  is  a  descendant,  have  for  a 
number  of  generations  resided  in  the  city  of  Dundee,  one  of  the  leading  sea- 
ports of  Scotland,  situated  on  the  left  bank  of  the  Firth  of  Toy.  The  first 
representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Duffus  family  which  furnishes  the  cap- 
tion of  this  review,  and  of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  information,  was 
John  H.  Duffus,  who  spent  his  life's  career  in  the  city  of  Dundee,  where 
he  was  a  successful  merchant,  and  was  prominent  in  commercial  circles  and 
in  the  religious  life  of  the  city.     He  resided  with  his  family  at  No.  2  Gowrie 


400  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

place,  where  he  spent  the  latter  years  of  his  life  in  pleasant  retirement. 

John  H.  Duffus  was  born  November  8,  1815,  in  the  city  of  Dundee,  Scot- 
land, where  he  was  educated  and  reared  to  the  early  years  of  manhood.  In  1840 
he  began  business  as  a  draper  at  the  top  of  Horswater  Wynd,  where  he  esta- 
blished a  successful  business  during  the  next  ten  years.  During  his  early  man- 
hood years  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  tailor,  and  after  finishing  his  apprenticeship, 
worked  for  some  time  as  a  journeyman.  He  next  visited  the  city  of  London, 
with  the  view  of  further  qualifying  himself  in  his  chosen  line  of  work,  and 
while  in  London  entered  the  employ  of  a  Jewish  merchant,  Solomon,  in  Char- 
ring Cross,  and  while  in  London,  during  the  year  1837,  he  observed  the  corona- 
tion of  Queen  Mctoria.  Upon  returning  to  his  native  town,  and  after  having 
established  business  in  his  trade,  he  was  one  of  the  first  merchants  to  give  a 
term  of  credit  to  his  patrons  who  purchased  their  cloth  at  his  store.  He  in- 
variably purchased  a  stock  of  merchandise  on  a  cash  basis,  which  enabled  him 
to  sell  his  goods  at  an  average  market  value,  allowing  his  patrons  a  term  of 
credit  in  which  to  pay  for  their  purchases.  At  the  time  when  he  relinquished 
his  business  activities,  he  purchased  a  block  of  buildings  on  Gowrie  place,  where 
he  resided  with  his  family.  It  is  further  recorded  of  him  and  his  wife  that  the 
latter  was  an  able  and  helpful  assistant  to  him  in  his  store  during  the  early  years 
of  his  commercial  career.  John  H.  Duffus  became  prominent  in  connection  with 
the  Temperance  movement  during  his  day,  and  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Dundee  Temperance  Society,  in  which  organization  he  became  noted  for  his 
assiduous  and  persevering  efforts  inducing  many  people  to  absolutely  abstain 
from  the  use  of  alcoholic  spirits.  It  was  also  a  matter  of  interest  to  the  public 
the  fact  that  he  always  kept  a  pledge  book  in  his  premises,  wherein  he  kept  a 
record  of  his  work  pertaining  to  the  cause  of  temperance.  He  f  requentlly  spoke 
on  the  subject  of  temperance  in  public,  and  became  well  and  favorably  known 
as  a  speaker.  During  the  many  years  of  his  commercial  activities,  he  invariably 
closed  his  store  for  a  period  of  two  weeks  during  the  summer  season  in  order 
to  afford  to  his  employees  and  the  members  of  his  family  an  opportunity  for  a 
vacation  season.  For  a  number  of  years  John  H.  Duffus  was  an  active  member 
of  the  Dundee  Parochial  Board.  He  had  been  frequently  solocited  to  become 
a  candidate  for  election  to  the  Town  Council,  but  invariably  declined  to  accept 
political  office.  He  gave  much  of  his  time  and  thought  towards  assisting  and 
advancing  the  interest  of  the  Indigent  Sick  Society,  a  charitable  organization  in 
the  city  of  Dundee.  The  last  ten  years  of  his  career,  Mr.  Duffus  suffered  from 
partial  blindness  caused  by  a  cataract,  which  affected  both  his  eyes.  He  passed 
away  January  19,  1896,  at  his  home  in  Dundee,  at  the  advanced  age  of  four 
score  years,  leaving  a  widow,  one  son,  and  six  daughters.  He  had  been  an 
active  member  of  Ward  Chapel  for  a  period  of  forty  years.  In  his  political 
associations  he  Avas  a  Liberal.  John  H.  Duffus  had  twice  married;  the  only 
son  is  the  youngest  child  of  his  first  union,  the  mother  having  died  soon  after 
the  birth  of  the  child. 

John  Duffus,  son  of  John  H.  and  Josephine  Duffus,  referred  to  above,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Dundee,  October  11,  1840.  Having  been 
left  an  orphan  at  a  tender  age,  his  first  ten  years  were  under  the  care  of  his  foster 
mother,  and  thereafter  under  the  care  and  sympathy  of  a  step-mother,  after  the 
second  marriage  of  his  father.  His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  while  yet  in  his  boyhood  years  he  developed  a 
desire  and  longing  for  a  seafaring  life,  whidh  had  been  graphically  pictured 
to  him  by  his  uncle,  George  Duffus,  who  had  himself  been  a  seafaring  man  for 
many  years.  The  boy,  having  seized  upon  the  first  opportunity  that  presented 
itself,  arranged  for  a  trip  to  a  foreign  port  on  one  of  the  vessels  leaving  the  port 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  401 

of  Dundee,  thinking  that  from  that  time  his  life  would  be  one  of  possible 
romance  and  adventure.  An  experience,  however,  after  six  months  on  board  a 
trading  vessel  largely  dispelled  his  illusions,  and  he  yielded  not  reluctantly  to 
the  solicitations  of  his  father  to  return  home  and  enter  high  school.  Soon  after 
his  return  to  the  parental  roof,  and  after  laying  aside  his  school  books,  he 
decided  to  learn  the  art  and  technique  of  the  carpenter's  trade,  and  at  once 
entered  upon  his  newly  chosen  work.  This,  however,  did  not  prove  entirely 
congenial  to  his  tastes  and  expectations ;  he  developed  a  desire  to  enter  into 
missionary  work  and  service  of  the  Cross.  He  discontinued  his  chosen  avocation, 
and  assiduously  applied  himself  to  the  preparation  for  entrance  to  college,  and 
in  due  time  was  admitted  to  Bedford  College,  England,  where  in  the  course  of 
time  he  became  a  proficient  scholar,  and  shortly  after  his  graduation  he  preached 
his  first  missionary  sermon  in  Ward  Chapel,  in  his  native  city,  where  he  had 
formerly  worshipped  in  his  early  boyhood  days.  His  ambition  was  to  follow 
in  the  footsteps  of  such  men  as  Livingston  and  Moffat,  and  he  accordingly  lost 
no  time  in  applying  to  the  London  Missionary  Society  for  an  appointment,  and 
in  the  due  course  of  time  was  sent  to  the  Island  of  Madagascar.  In  entering 
upon  his  newly  chosen  work,  he  applied  himself  to  the  duties  thereof  with 
enthusiastic  devotion,  having  mastered  the  native  language  in  about  one  year. 
This  greatly  increased  the  scope  of  his  influence  among  the  people  of  the  Island, 
and  which  might  have  developed  to  a  considerable  degree  had  not  an  event 
occured  which  changed  the  whole  course  of  his  life. 

The  new  King  had  just  come  to  the  throne  of  Madagascar,  who  for  a  time 
was  the  idol  of  the  people,  for  he  had  inaugurated  many  reforms  of  a  civic  and 
religious  character.  Unfortunately,  however,  the  King  was  surrounded  by  evil 
advisers,  who  soon  led  him  into  dissolute  habits.  This  had  an  alarming  effect 
upon  the  better  element  of  society  on  the  Island,  which  besought  the  King  to  re- 
linquish his  evil  associates,  and  to  abrogate  the  treaty,  which  they  had  induced 
him  to  make  with  France. 

The  King  disregarded  the  solicitations  and  good  advice  of  his  subjects, 
and  in  consequence  the  people  rose  in  revolt.  Their  mandate  henceforth 
was  "Redress  and  Reform."  The  King  having  refused  to  accede  to  the  de- 
mands of  the  people,  he  was  dragged  from  the  palace  and  assassinated.  The 
next  day  following  this  tragic  event,  his  widow  Rasoherina  was  proclaimed 
Queen,  amidst  the  plaudits  of  the  populace.  A  new  constitution  was  duly  ratified 
on  the  same  day,  and  the  inviolability  of  the  soil  of  Madagascar  was  duly 
declared,  and  that  the  sovereign  had  no  right  to  dispose  of  any  part  of  it.  This 
action  interfered  with  the  French  Government,  who  threatened  to  resort  to  force 
if  the  new  government  under  the  Queen  should  withhold  its  consent  to  the  con- 
tinuance of  their  treaty  privileges.  These  radical  changes  brought  about  a  state 
of  chaos  and  enmity  on  both  sides,  and  after  weary  months  of  fruitless  nego- 
tiation, the  Queen,  with  the  consent  of  her  advisers,  appointed  John  Duffus 
"Rainfirengria-Rainandriandriana,"  an  embassy  duly  accredited  to  the  courts  of 
Napoleon  the  Third  and  Queen  Victoria. 

The  French  Government  received  Rasoherina's  representatives  with  icy 
coldness,  and  plainly  intimated  to  them  that  their  presence  on  French  soil  was 
unwelcome.  In  England,  they  were  courteously  received,  were  entertained  by 
nobility,  and  introduced  into  various  diplomatic  circles,  and  were  also  presented 
to  Queen  Victoria  in  Buckingham  Palace.  Nevertheless,  the  British  Govern- 
ment refused  to  intervene  in  their  behalf  with  the  French  Government. 

The  failure  of  their  mission  was  a  sore  disappointment  to  the  Madagascan 
representatives,  for  they  well  knew  that  censure,  if  not  vengeance,  awaited  their 
return  to  Madagascar.    Mr.  Duffus,  as  a  member  of  the  Mission,  realizing  that, 


402  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

in  his  own  case  at  least,  discretion  might  prove  the  better  part  of  valor,  took 
leave  of  his  associates  at  Suez,  and  returned  to  England  as  a  private  citizen. 

■  A  few  months  later,  John  Duffus  decided  to  sail  for  America,  and  imme- 
diately upon  his  arrival  here  traveled  throughout  the  various  states  before 
permanently  settling  in  the  then  fast  developing  town  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
where  he  found  favorable  opportunities  for  advancement.  He  accordingly 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business,  having  met  with  a  marked 
degree  of  success  from  the  beginning.  His  reputation  and  influence  soon  became 
recognized  by  his  fellow-citizens,  and  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  city  clerk, 
and  also  that  of  justice  of  the  peace.  Mr.  Duffus  later  settled  in  New  York 
City,  where  he  had  been  a  resident  for  a  period  of  over  twenty  years,  and  there 
engaged  in  clerical  work.  During  his  spare  hours  he  occasionally  contributed 
articles  to  the  public  press,  and  in  the  course  of  time  became  noted  as  a  writer  of 
lay  sermons.  He  frequently,  while  in  a  reminiscent  mood,  lamented  the  fact  that 
he  did  not  re-enter  the  ministry  when  he  returned  to  England,  and  could  have 
carried  the  message  of  salvation  to  some  heathen  land. 

In  his  church  connections,  John  Duffus  was  broadminded,  and  was  entirely 
free  from  servility  of  creed  or  form.  During  the  many  years  of  his  active  life 
he  had  held  membership  with  several  church  denominations,  but  singularly 
enough,  he  had,  with  his  devoted  wife,  for  the  past  six  years  been  members  of 
the  Broadway  Tabernacle,  thus  ending  as  he  began  in  the  Congregational  faith. 
It  can  be  correctly  stated,  however,  that  through  all  the  vicissitudes  of  his  life 
his  faith  in  God  never  wavered. 

John  Duffus  had  twice  married.  His  first  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Georgie  Mott,  was  born  August  31,  1845,  died  October  10,  1889,  the  daughter 
of  Benjamin  and  Louisa  Mott,  of  Lawrence,  Long  Island.  Of  this  union  were 
born  two  sons,  John  R.,  and  George  S.,  of  whom  further.  He  married  (second), 
his  wife  having  survived  him  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  February 
20,  1912,  in  the  City  of  New  York. 

George  Stuart  Duffus,  son  of  John  and  Georgie  (Mott)  Duffus,  was  born 
at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1874.  His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  he  was  reared  to  early  manhood  years  under  the 
parental  roof.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his  school  books,  he  began  to  take  up  the 
practical  duties  of  life,  and  for  some  time  was  employed  in  the  capacity  of  pas- 
senger and  freight  brakeman  on  the  Erie  railroad,  and  in  1897  he  was  promoted 
to  the  position  of  train  flagman,  resigning  June  30,  1901.  He  then  entered 
into  the  service  of  the  Passaic  post  office,  in  the  capacity  of  sub-carrier,  June  21, 
1901,  and  on  July  1,  1901,  he  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  regular  letter 
carrier  in  the  city  of  Clifton,  where  he  continued  actively  engaged  during  the 
next  five  years.  He  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  clerk  in  charge  of  the 
Clifton  post  office,  the  duties  of  which  he  faithfully  discharged  for  some  time, 
and  was  later  advanced  to  the  position  of  superintendent  in  charge  of  the  post 
office  of  the  city  of  Clifton.  He  continued  in  that  capacity  up  to  September  19, 
1917,  at  which  time  the  drafted  men  of  the  city  of  Clifton  bid  farewell  to  their 
friends  and  country,  and  began  their  preparations  for  finally  going  overseas  to 
take  part  in  the  great  World  War.  On  this  same  date,  September  19,  1917, 
George  S.  Duffus  allied  himself  with  Herman  G.  Scheel,  and  promptly  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  business,  and  established  an  office  on  Main  avenue,  Clifton. 
In  this  undertaking  the  firm  of  Duffus  &  Scheel  met  with  immediate  and  a 
marked  degree  of  success  as  a  result  of  their  enterprise  and  practical  business 
judgment,  with  the  straightforward  methods  which  they  applied  in  all  their 
businesss  transactions.     The  firm  of  Duffus  &  Scheel  have  become  identified 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  403 

with  numerous  land  improvements  and  real  estate  enterprises  in  the  cities  of 
Clifton,  Passaic  and  the  surrounding  community,  and  have  also  contributed 
largely  to  the  material  growth  and  development  of  the  various  communities 
wherein  their  activities  have  been  centered. 

George  S.  Duffus  was  elected  a  member  of  the  City  Council  of  Clifton  in 
1918  for  a  term  of  two  years.  Soon  after  entering  upon  his  official  duties,  he 
was  chosen  by  the  board  as  chairman  of  the  finance  committee.  He  has  also 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Estimate  during  the  year  1919.  During  the 
activities  of  the  Red  Cross  Organization,  Mr.  Duffus  contributed  of  his  time  and 
substance  to  the  Red  Cross  Work,  and  was  also  an  ardent  worker  during  the 
various  periods  of  the  drive  of  the  Liberty  loans. 

George  S.  Duffus  married,  May  21,  1893,  Mary  Florence  Davis,  born 
July  26,  1875,  of  Ellenville,  New  York.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Freeman 
and  Mary  Ann  Davis.  Of  this  union  were  born  three  children  as  follows ; 
1.  Isabell,  born  May  10,  1894,  died  August  5,  1894.  2.  Lillian  May,  born 
May  19,  1895.    3.  Viola  Adela,  born  October  19,  1897. 


ANTONI  ADAMCIK — The  name  Adamcik  is  of  Polish  origin,  and  has 
been  in  use  in  the  late  kingdom  of  Poland  for  a  number  of  generations.  The 
first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Adamcik  family  was  Joseph  Adamcik. 
He  was  born  in  the  province  of  Kolbosz  Zowa,  at  the  family  home  in  the  town 
of  Turka,  in  the  year  1818.  He  married  Sophie  Bdzikot  and  in  his  native 
province  spent  the  enitre  period  of  his  life.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation, 
and  followed  that  pursuit  throughout  the  active  years  of  his  life.  His  children, 
five  sons  and  one  daughter,  were  as  follows:  1.  Blezej,  who  married  and  set- 
tled with  his  bride  in  Kolbosz  Zowa.  2.  Christofer,  who  was  drownded  at  the 
age  of  twenty-eight  years.  3.  Andraj,  "Andreas,"  of  whom  further.  4.  John 
M.  5.  Martin,  who  married  and  settled  with  his  bride  in  his  native  province. 
6.  Annie,  who  married  Wicenty  Kochonawic,  and  settled  in  Kolbosz  Zowa, 
where  a  number  of  her  descendants  reside  at  the  present  time  (1920). 

Andraj  "Andreas"  Adamcik,  son  of  Joseph  and  Sophie  (Bdzikot)  Adam- 
cik, was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Turka,  in  the  province  of 
Kolbosz  Zowa,  in  1854.  He  obtained  his  education  in  the  schools  of  the  neigh- 
borhood, and  afterward  served  an  apprenticeship  with  a  carpenter  and  painter 
of  the  locality.  Upon  completing  his  term  of  apprenticeship,  he  followed  his 
chosen  line  of  work  in  connection  with  farming  on  his  father's  homestead. 
Andreas  Adamcik  later  engaged  in  contracting  and  building,  which  line  of  enter- 
prise he  pursued  for  a  considerable  period.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Roman- 
Catholic  church. 

Andraj  Adamcik  married,  in  the  town  of  Turka,  province  of  Kolbosz  Zowa, 
Mazway  Katrina  Cevula,  v/ho  was  a  native  of  the  same  place.  Her  parents 
were  also  of  a  family  of  successful  farmers  in  the  province.  The  children  of 
Andraj  and  Mazway  K.  (Cevula)  Adamcik  were:  1.  Antonie,  born  April  24, 
1884,  of  whom  forward.  2.  John,  born  1886.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1915,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  here  settled  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he 
married  Tekla  Opala.  They  have  two  children.  3.  Michael,  born  1887.  He 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1913,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  here  settled  in  the 
city  of  Passaic,  v/here  he  married  Frances  Opala.  They  have  two  children.  4. 
Mary,  born  1889.  She  came  to  the  United  States  in  1907.  She  married  John 
Kwiecien.  They  settled  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  They  have  five  children.  5. 
Edward,  born  in  1890,  an  officer  in  the  Polish  army.  6.  Joseph,  born  in  1892. 
He  remained  on  the  homestead  in  the  town  of  Turka,  and  at  present  (1920),  is 
among  the  defenders  of  his  country  in  the  Great  Russo-Polish  War.    7.  Annie, 


404  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

born  in  1893.  She  came  to  the  United  States  and  soon  after  her  arrival  here 
she  settled  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  She  married  Adam  Dobozenski.  8.  Edward, 
born  1895.  He  is  also  at  the  present  time  (1920),  serving  in  the  Polish  army. 
9.  Sophie,  born  1897.  She  married  in  her  native  land,  Joseph  Rosol.  10.  Rosie, 
born  1900.  She  at  present  (1920)  resides  on  the  homestead  in  the  town  of 
Turka.  11.  Paul,  born  in  1902.  He  is  (1920),  with  his  brothers,  serving  in 
the  Polish  Army.  12.  Waciech,  born  1905.  She  (1920),  resides  with  her 
parents  on  the  family  homestead  in  the  town  of  Turka.  13.  Agniceszka  (Agnes), 
born  1907.  She  (1920),  resides  with  her  parents  on  the  homestead  in  the  town 
of  Turka. 

Antoni  Adamcik,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Andraj  (Andreas)  and  Mazway 
Katrina  (Cevula)  Adamcik,  was  born  April  24,  1884,  at  the  family  home  in  the 
town  of  Turka  and  there  he  obtained  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools 
of  the  neighborhood  afforded.  Soon  after  being  confirmed  he  began  to  assist  his 
father  in  the  building  and  contracting  operations,  and  later  pursued  the  trade 
of  carpenter  and  builder  in  his  native  land  up  to  1898,  in  which  year  he  went 
to  the  cit)'  of  Hamburg,  Germany,  where  he  pursued  his  trade  during  the  next 
eighteen  months.  He  then  returned  home  to  his  native  town  where  he  continued 
to  work  at  his  trade  up  to  1900,  at  which  time  he  settled  in  the  town  of  Eler- 
brook,  in  the  kingdom  of  Prussia,  where  he  was  likewise  engaged  at  his  trade. 
He  next  travelled  to  the  kingdom  of  Holland,  and  for  some  time  worked  at  his 
trade  in  the  city  of  Rotterdam,  going  from  there  to  Peterpoll,  England,  where 
he  spent  some  time  in  the  capacity  of  a  machinist  in  one  of  the  leading  machine 
shops  at  the  latter  place.  In  1902  young  Adamcik,  being  desirous  to  visit  the 
United  States,  set  sail  from  Liverpool,  arriving  in  New  York  City,  October 
27th.  He  made  his  way  to  the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  became 
employed  in  his  chosen  line  of  work  which  he  diligently  pursued  during 
the  next  seven  years.  In  1909,  as  the  result  of  his  industry  and  thrift, 
the  young  mechanic  began  business  for  himself.  In  this  undertaking  he 
met  with  well  merited  success,  and  continued  in  the  building  business  up 
to  1913,  during  which  year  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  foreign  ex- 
change business,  with  offices  at  No.  190  Eighth  street,  in  the  Dundee  district 
of  the  city  of  Passaic.  In  1914  he  purchased  his  present  property  on  the  north- 
east corner  of  Eighth  and  Passaic  streets,  where  he  has  since  continued  business 
in  insurance  and  foreign  exchange.  In  this  undertaking  he  has  been  brought 
into  contact  with  many  of  Passaic's  leading  Polish  families  with  whom  he  has 
succeeded  in  establishing  a  successful  trade  in  his  chosen  line  of  work.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Holy  Rosary  Roman  Catholic  Church  on  Wall  street,  in  the 
city  of  Passaic. 

Antoni  Adamcik  married  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  March  1, 
1904,  Eva  Cis.  She  was  born  July  5,  1885,  in  the  province  of  Nisko,  and  town 
of  Stany,  in  the  former  Kingdom  of  Poland,  where  her  parents,  Szyman  and 
Mary  Cis  resided.  They  have  the  following  children:  1.  Mary,  born  March  25, 
1907.  2.  Joseph,  born  April  29,  1915.  3.  Stanislawa,  born  November  24,  1917. 
4.  Wladyslaw,  born  November  13,  1918.    5.  Stanislaw,  born  May  7,  1920. 

SAMUEL  KLEIN — Holding  a  responsible  position  in  business  circles 
of  Passaic,  Samuel  Klein  is  well  known  in  this  community. 

He  is  a  son  of  Abraham  Klein,  who  was  for  many  years  connected  with 
the  Hungarian  government  as  a  railroad  contractor.  He  brought  his  family  to 
America,  and  for  a  time  was  a  resident  of  this  country,  but  later  returned  to  his 
native  land,  and  died  there.  He  married,  in  Hungary,  Sarah  Grossman,  who 
also  died  there. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  405 

Samuel  Klein  was  born  in  the  city  of  Rosnou,  Province  of  Gomor,  Hun- 
gary, March  15,  1877,  where  he  attended  the  schools  until  he  Was  ten  years  of 
age.  He  then  came  to  the  United  States  with  his  parents,  landing  in  New  York 
City.  They  went  to  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  but  the  boy's  education  was  com- 
pleted in  New  York.  He  learned  the  trade  of  cigar-making,  which  he  followed 
until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age,  later  becoming  foreman  in  the  Trenton, 
New  Jersey,  factories  of  the  American  Cigar  Company.  One  year  following 
this  he  was  appointed  manager  of  the  Passaic  branch  of  the  American  Cigar 
Company.  This  position  he  has  successfully  filled  for  the  past  twenty-two 
years.  In  public  life,  Mr.  Klein  takes  only  the  interest  of  the  progressive  citi- 
zen. He  is  a  member  of  Redwood  Lodge,  No.  28,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of 
Newport,  Rhode  Inland;  a  member  of  Orange  Lodge  of  Masons,  Paterson,  New 
Jersey,  and  Amelia  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

Mr.  Klein  naarried,  in  Passaic,  June  15,  1900,  Clara  Lewis,  daughter  of 
Judge  Lewis,  of  this  city.  They  have  three  children :  Charlotte,  Hortense,  and 
Adrian.  The  delightful  family  home,  w<hich  Mr.  Klein  purchased  some  years 
ago,  is  located  at  No.  45  Howe  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

NATHAN  DROSNESS — Coming  to  the  United  States  as  a  young  man  in 
his  nineteenth  year,  alone  and  friendless,  Nathan  Drosness  has  achieved  success 
in  his  adopted  country,  and  now  stands  among  the  leading  business  men  of 
Passaic,  being  the  owner  of  the  famous  Smith  Academy,  and  also  a  successful 
millinery  merchant.  Mr.  Drosness  is  a  son  of  Bernard  and  Bessie  Drosness, 
natives  of  Russia. 

Mr.  Drosness  was  born  in  Russia,  in  the  year  1873,  and  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  land.  Coming  to  New  York  City  in  1891,  he 
entered  a  factory  where  musical  instruments  were  manufactured,  and  here  he 
was  employed  for  a  year  and  a  half.  He  then  opened  a  dry  goods  store  on 
Broome  street,  in  New  York  City,  which  he  conducted  very  successfully  for 
about  three  years.  Then  coming  to  Passaic,  he  established  a  dry  goods  business 
here  at  the  corner  of  Monroe  and  Third  streets,  which  proved  a  thriving  interest. 
After  eight  years  of  constant  growth,  the  business  had  reached  such  proportions 
that  expansion  was  impeiative.  Mr.  Drosness  accordingly  removed  to  Second 
street,  to  larger  quarters,  at  the  same  time  broadening  the  scope  of  the  business 
to  include  a  complete  line  of  millinery.  He  later  removed  to  the  Daily  News 
building,  and  soon  afterwards  opened  a  large  store  at  No.  26  Lexington  avenue, 
Passaic,  which  is  now  one  of  the  most  popular  shopping  marts  of  the  city.  In 
1921  Mr.  Drosness  struck  out  into  a  new  field,  purchasing  the  celebrated 
Smith  Academy,  located  at  No.  42  Pennington  avenue.  Finding  the  property  in 
a  deplorable  condition,  he  made  extensive  alterations  and  improvements,  involv- 
ing an  outlay  of  $58,000.  The  dining  rooms  will  now  accommodate  450  people, 
and  the  new  cafeteria  is  a  charming  and  spacious  place.  Every  provision  has 
been  made  for  the  comfort  and  convenience  of  patrons,  including  reception 
rooms,  ladies  dressing  rooms,  gentlemen's  smoker,  etc.,  and  with  the  richly 
harmonious  decorations  it  is  a  thoroughly  attractive  and  up-to-date  place  of 
amusement.  Mr.  Drosness  is  highly  esteemed  in  Passaic,  and  his  success  is  the 
result  of  ceaseless  effort.  Mr.  Drosness  married,  on  December  17,  1900,  Rose 
Levy,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ida  Levy,  of  Riga,  Russia,  and  they  are 
the  parents  of  three  children:  Herman,  born  December  17,  1901;  Sadie, 
born  May  30,  1904;  and  Beatrice,  born  October  8,  1911.  The  members 
of  the  family  are  prominent  in  social  circles  in  Passaic. 


CHARLES   A.   BICZAK— The   Biczak  family  is  an   ancient   Slovakian 


406  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

family  and  for  many  generations  representatives  of  this  branch  have  resided  in 
the  Kingdom  of  Hungary.  Andrew  Stefan  Biczak  resided  in  the  town  of  Nagy- 
Saros,  in  the  court  district  of  Saros-Megye  in  the  Kingdom  of  Hungary.  He 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town  and  upon  reaching  manhood  he 
became  identified  with  the  offices  of  his  native  town.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
held  the  office  of  town  treasurer  and  also  filled  the  office  of  town  judge  for  a 
period  of  many  years.  It  is  authoritatively  stated  that  he  wielded  considerable 
influence  in  the  affairs  of  the  town  and  the  surrounding  country  where  he  had 
not  only  won  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens,  but  had  established 
an  enviable  reputation  for  honor  and  integrity.  In  his  religious  faith  he  was 
a  Roman  Catholic.  He  died  at  his  plantation  in  Nagy-Saros  at  the  venerable 
age  of  seventy-three  j^ears,  leaving  to  his  family  the  priceless  heritage  of  a 
respected  and  honorable  name. 

Andrew  Stefan  Biczak  had  twice  married.  His  first  union  was  with 
Maria  Benko  and  after  her  death  he  married  secondly,  Barbara  Von  Urban; 
and  of  these  two  marriages  he  had  born  to  him  a  family  of  ten  children.  The 
children  by  his  first  wife  were:  1.  Andrev,  who  died  aged  45  years  at  Nagy- 
Saros.  2.  Jan,  who  died  aged  12  years  at  Nagy-Saros.  3.  Istvan,  who  died 
aged  50  years  at  Nyiregyhaza.  4.  Anna,  came  to  this  country  and  settled  with 
her  daughter  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

Of  his  second  union  were  born  the  following  children:  1.  John,  of  whom 
forward.  2.  Anna,  died  aged  eighteen  years.  3.  Joseph,  came  to  this  country 
and  again  returned  to  his  native  land.  4.  Barbara,  came  to  this  country  and 
settled  in  the  city  of  Clifton,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  and  died  March  3, 
1921,  at  her  residence.  5.  Veronica,  came  to  this  country  and  settled  in  the  city 
of  Trenton,  Mercer  county.  New  Jersey.  She  died  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
January  10,  1915.    6.  Charles  Antonio,  born  July  1,  1873,  of  whom  further. 

John  Biczak,  son  of  Andrew  Stefan  and  Barbara  (Von  Urban)  Biczak,  was 
born  at  Nagy-Saros,  in  the  Court  district  of  Saros-Megye,  August  19,  1856. 

Charles  Antonio  Biczak,  son  of  Andrew  Stefan  and  Barbara  (Von  Urban) 
Biczak,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Nagy-Saros,  Kingdom  of 
Hungar)%  of  the  late  Austro-Hungarian  Empire,  July  1,  1873.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  parochial  school,  after  which  he  completed  a  course  of  study  in  the 
gymnasium,  a  noted  educational  institution  in  the  city  of  Nyiregyhaza.  While 
yet  in  his  eighteenth  year,  Charles  Antonio  Biczak  emigrated  to  the  United 
States.  The  young  settler  located  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New 
Jersey,  and  having  pursued  various  occupations  up  to  about  1904,  in  that  year 
he  began  business  in  the  printing  trade.  Not  long  after  entering  into  this  line 
of  enterprise  he  undertook  the  publication  of  a  periodical  in  the  Slovakian 
language  under  the  title  of  the  "Slovak  Review,"  which  journal  he  continued  to 
publish  up  to  1915,  when,  owing  to  the  unfavorable  conditions  consequent  upon 
the  World  War,  he  discontinued  the  publication  of  this  journal.  Soon  after 
beginning  his  commercial  career  in  the  Dundee  district  of  Passaic,  Mr.  Biczak 
also  became  engaged  in  dealing  in  religious  goods,  consisting  of  books  and 
statuary,  along  with  society  furnishings,  and  the  manufacture  of  silk  flags  and 
badges,  etc.,  and  various  kinds  of  personal  uniforms  and  equipments.  He  has 
as  a  result  of  his  commercial  and  social  activity  become  well  and  favorably 
known  in  the  First  Ward  of  Passaic,  where  he  is  recognized  as  a  useful  citizen. 

Charles  Antonio  Biczak  married  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  November  7, 
1896,  Maria  Anna  Kaczvinsky,  born  August  3,  1874,  daughter  of  Martin  and 
Katharine  Kaczvinsky.  Their  children  are:  1.  Antonio  Stefan,  born  August  3, 
1902.  2.  Charles  Andrew,  born  July  27,  1904.  3.  Gesza,  born  July  27,  1904. 
4.  Edward,  born  April  18,  1907.   5.  Kalman  Arkadius,  born  March  27,  1910. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  407 

STEFAN  KOLLAR — Consequent  upon  the  numerous  wars  which  fol- 
lowed the  uprising  of  1848-49,  and  during  the  period  of  1865  and  1866,  many 
of  tiie  sons  and  daughters  of  the  late  Austro-Hungarian  Empire  left  the  soil 
of  their  native  country  and  crossed  the  broad  Atlantic  in  order  to  found  their 
homes  in  the  land  of  freedom  and  liberty.  These  Hungarian  emigrants, 
upon  their  arrival  here  on  the  shores  of  this  country,  settled  with  their  families 
in  the  industrial  districts  in  the  Middle  and  Eastern  States  of  the  Union, 
where  they  have  uniformly,  as  a  result  of  their  industry  and  thrift,  become 
recognized  as  progressive  and  loyal  citizens.  Among  these  Hungarian  families 
who  left  the  homes  of  their  ancestors  during  the  latter  part  of  the  nineteenth 
century,  we  find  the  Kollar  family  of  the  First  Ward  District  of  Passaic,  New 
Jersey. 

The  first  representative  of  the  Kollar  family  of  whom  we  have  authentic 
information  was  Andrew  Kollar,  who  resided  with  his  family  in  Nagy- 
Saros,  where  he  had  been  educated  and  reared  to  years  of  manhood.  He  was 
a  mason  and  builder  by  trade  and  occupation,  and  followed  that  line  of  work 
throughout  the  active  years  of  his  life.  He  died  at  the  Kollar  family  home 
during  the  prime  years  of  manhood,  approximately  about  forty-five  years  of 
age.  Andrew  Kollar  had  born  to  him  one  son  and  two  daughters,  viz:  An- 
drew, Jr.  of  whom  forward;  Maria,  who  married  Joseph  Plaka,  who  was  like- 
wise a  native  of  Nagy-Saros.  The  third  child,  Anna,  married  Joseph  Leven- 
dofszki.  Both  daughters  aforementioned  had  born  to  them  a  family  of  sons 
and  daughters. 

(II)  Andrew  Kollar,  Jr.,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Nagy-Saros, 
November  20,  1849.  He  there  received  his  educational  advantages  in  the 
schools  of  the  neighborhood  where  his  parents  resided,  and  was  confirmed  in 
the  Catholic  church  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years.  Soon  after  attaining  suitable 
years,  Andrew  Kollar,  Jr.,  entered  upon  apprenticeship  to  learn  the  technique 
of  the  shoemaker's  trade,  and  faithfully  served  an  apprenticeship  of  four  years. 
Having  received  from  his  master  a  certificate  of  qualitification  as  a  competent 
journeyman,  he  next  worked  at  his  trade  in  the  towns  and  cities  of  his  native 
country.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  being  eligible  to  military  service,  he 
was  merged  into  the  Hungarian  Army  and  rendered  service  to  the  government 
for  a  period  of  four  years.  After  his  discharge  from  further  military  duty, 
he  returned  home  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  boots  and  fine  shoes, 
which  line  of  enterprise  he  pursued  up  to  1890,  when  he  decided  to  visit  the 
United  States,  hoping  here  to  find  a  broader  field  and  better  opportunities  to 
apply  his  skill  and  labor.  He  accordingly  arranged  his  family  affairs  and 
personal  interests,  and  set  sail  from  the  seaport  city  of  Bremen,  and  arrived 
in  New  York  City,  1890.  Soon  after  his  arrival  in  the  city  of  the  metropolis, 
Andrew  Kollar,  Jr.,  settled  in  what  is  now  Second  street,  near  Passaic  street, 
Passaic,  with  his  daughter  Maria,  who  accompanied  him  to  this  country.  Soon 
after  establishing  his  home  in  Passaic,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Reid  & 
Barry  dyeing  and  bleaching  establishment,  where  he  continued  engaged  during 
a  period  of  twelve  years.  In  1904,  being  desirous  of  again  returning  to  his 
native  country,  he  re-crossed  the  Atlantic  and  returned  to  the  home  of  his 
ancestors,  where  he  has  continued  to  reside  up  to  the  present  time,   1921. 

Andrew  Kollar,  Jr.,  married  in  his  native  town,  Nagy-Saros,  January  30, 
1876,  Maria  Pastor,  born  October  15,  1859,  In  the  town  of  Nagy-Saros, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  Maria,  born  in  1878. 
She  married  Joseph  Lenhardt  and  at  the  present  time,  1921,  resides  with  her 
family  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Anna,  born  in  1880.  She  married 
Andrew  Fetyko  and  settled  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  she  died,  January 


408  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

15,  1920.  3.  John,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Nagy-Saros;  he  died  during 
early  childhood  years.  4.  Andrew,  Jr.,  born  in  1882.  He  came  to  this  country 
in  1893  and  settled  in  Passaic,  where  he  married  Helena  Dolinszki.  He  and 
his  family  are  now  in  Akron,  Ohio.  He  is  employed  by  the  Goodyear  Rubber 
Company.  5.  Stefan,  of  whom  forward.  6.  Barbara,  born  in  1886,  and  at  the 
present  time,  1921,  resides  in  Nagy-Saros,  where  she  married  Joseph  Klimko. 
7.  Karl,  born  in  1888.  He  came  to  this  country  in  1907,  and  settled  in  Passaic. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Minik  and  at  the  present  time,  1921,  resides  in  Cliffside, 
Bergen  county,  New  Jersey.  8.  John,  born  in  1900,  after  his  father's  return 
from  America.  He  came  to  this  country  in  1917,  and  at  the  present  time,  1921, 
resides  with  his  brother,  Karl,  at  Cliffside. 

(Ill)  Stefan  KoUar,  fifth  child  and  son  of  Andrew,  Jr.,  and  Maria  (Pas- 
(tor)  Kollar,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Nagy-Saros,  August  22,  1884. 
He  there  received  his  early  educational  advantages  in  the  schools  of  the  neigh- 
borhood where  his  parents  resided,  and  was  confirmed  in  the  Catholic  church 
in  his  native  city  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his  school 
books,  his  parents  being  desirous  that  the  boy  should  learn  some  useful  occupa- 
tion or  trade,  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  technique  of  the  shoemaking  busi- 
ness, in  the  town  of  Eperies,  where  he  faithfully  served  an  apprenticeship  of 
four  years.  Soon  after  receiving  his  certificate  of  journeymanship,  he  traveled 
and  worked  at  his  trade  in  the  nearby  towns  and  cities  of  his  native  country. 
In  1905  Stefan  Kollar,  being  desirous  to  visit  the  United  States,  accordingly 
arranged  his  personal  interests  and  family  affairs,  and  having  sailed  from 
Hamburg  arrived  in  New  York  City,  March  20,  of  the  same  year.  Soon  after 
his  arrival  he  came  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  found  employment  in 
Prospect  street,  receiving  for  his  first  week's  compensation  the  sum  of  two 
dollars,  which  was  rapidly  increased  as  his  employer  became  cognizant  of  his 
skill  and  service.  Having  learned  the  habits  of  industry  and  economy,  he 
husbanded  his  scanty  earnings,  and  in  the  course  of  time  was  enabled  to  begin 
business  in  the  shoemaking  trade  in  1908,  in  Second  street,  near  Monroe  street, 
where  he  has  his  store  and  workshop  at  the  present  time,  1921.  Stefan  Kollar 
has  by  his  thrift  and  enterprise  made  himself  a  useful  and  serviceable  citizen, 
and  has  established  an  enviable  reputation  for  honesty  and  straightforwardness 
in  all  his  transactions  with  his  fellowmen.  Since  settling  in  the  First  Ward 
District  of  Passaic  he  has  became  identified  with  a  number  of  social,  civic  and 
church  organizations,  in  which  he  has  acquired  membership,  and  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  advancing  the  social  and  moral  interests  of  his  fellowmen.  For 
a  number  of  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  choir  of  St.  Marie's  Catholic  Church, 
of  which  organization  he  has  also  served  as  a  church  treasurer  for  a  period  of 
four  years,  and  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  for  a  period 
01  eight  years.  He  is  also  an  active  member  of  St.  Stephen's  Society,  of  which 
he  is  president  and  treasurer,  an  auxiliary  organization  of  St.  Marie's  Catholic 
Church,  known  as  Branch  No.  15.  He  is  also  an  active  member  of  the  First 
Catholic  Slovak  Union  and  First  Passaic  Slovak  Union.  He  is  likewise  a 
member  of  the  Passaic  Slavish  Mechanics  Club  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  and  the 
Republican  Club  of  the  same  city. 

Stefan  Kollar  was  married  in  St,  Marie's  Catholic  Church,  in  the  city  of 
Passaic,  by  the  Rev.  Emery  Haitinger,  August  18,  1907,  to  Margaret  Beres, 
born  August  15,  1888,  in  the  city  of  Nagy-Saros,  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Amelia  (Syurkovics)  Beres.  Her  father,  Stephen  Beres,  was  a  noted  educator 
in  the  town  of  Megge,  where  he  had  taught  school  for  a  period  of  fifty  years. 
Stefan  and  Margaret  (Beres)  Kollar  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
1.  Alexander,  born  July  17,  1908.  2.  Gizella,  born  August  23,  1910.   3.  Annie, 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  409 

born  July  31,  1912.    She  died  January  31,  1913.    4.  Margaret,  born  July  23, 
1915.   5.  Edward,  born  October  30,  1918.   6.  Stephen,  Jr.,  born  August  21,  1920. 


WILLIAM  S.  FRIEDLANDER,  whose  name  heads  this  review,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Rosenberg,  in  the  Province  of  West  Prussia,  Germany, 
in  1850.  His  parents  were  Samuel  and  Wilhelmine  (Hirshfield)  Friedlander, 
both  of  whom  were  likewise  natives  of  the  same  locality.  The  son,  William  S., 
obtained  his  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  high  school  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  Immediately  upon  laying 
aside  his  text  books,  he  decided  to  learn  the  dry  goods  trade,  and  accordingly 
entered  upon  an  apprenticeship  which  continued  for  a  period  of  three  years, 
during  which  time  he  faithfully  applied  his  time  and  services  in  return  for  his 
employer's  tuition.  Soon  after  completing  his  apprenticeship,  the  young  mer- 
chant entered  the  employ  of  one  of  the  large  department  stores  of  Hermann 
Gerson,  who  was  prominently  known  as  one  of  the  leading  dry  goods  merchants 
throughout  the  world.  The  young  merchant  continued  his  services  with  the 
Gerson  establishment  in  the  city  of  Berlin  for  a  period  of  five  years,  during 
which  time  he  acquired  a  complete  and  practical  knowledge  of  the  various 
methods  and  details  of  the  dry  goods  business.  In  1873  young  Friedlander 
became  engaged  as  a  salesman  in  the  Province  of  Saxony,  where  he  was  thus 
engaged  with  one  of  the  leading  manufacturers  of  fine  dress  goods.  In  this 
position  he  was  required  to  travel  and  visit  the  leading  commercial  towns  and 
cities  in  Germany  and  in  Russia.  At  the  same  time  he  made  a  careful  study 
of  the  various  modes  and  styles  of  fabrics  and  garments  that  were  produced 
and  used  in  the  different  countries  that  he  visited. 

In  1876  Mr.  Friedlander  accepted  an  engagement  with  the  firm  of  Lehman 
Bernheimer,  of  the  city  of  Munich,  kingdom  of  Bavaria,  which  had  established 
an  international  reputation  as  one  of  the  largest  dealers  of  antiques  and  rare 
tapestries,  along  with  modern  and  oriental  rugs,  furniture  coverings,  etc.  In 
1878  Mr.  Friedlander  decided  to  visit  America,  and  accordingly  set  sail  for 
New  York  City.  Immediately  upon  his  arrival  in  the  metropolis,  the  young 
merchant  succeeded  in  applying  himself  to  his  chosen  line  of  work,  and  estab- 
lished his  home  in  New  York  City,  where  five  years  later  he  became  a  full- 
fledged  American  citizen.  Soon  after  settling  in  New  York  City,  Mr.  Fried- 
lander secured  employment  with  the  firm  of  Adolph  Bernheimer  &  Company, 
at  Nos.  27-33  White  street,  which  firm  was  chiefly  instrumental  in  bringing  to 
the  town  of  Passaic  the  pioneer  manufacturers  and  bleachers,  Peter  Reid  and 
Henry  A.  Barry,  both  of  whom  had  been  for  some  time  identified  with  the 
Somerset  Bleach,  Dye  and  Print  Works  of  Somerville,  Massachusetts,  of  which 
establishment  Peter  Reid  was  the  bleacher  and  Henry  A.  Barry  active  in  the 
capacity  of  solicitor  for  the  establishment.  The  members  of  Adolph  Bernheimer 
&  Company  were  the  pioneer  cotton  goods  converters  in  this  country.  It  was 
this  same  firm  who  began  converting  "Grass  Cloth,"  an  article  which  was 
largely  used  at  that  time.  Mr.  Adolph  Bernheimer,  the  senior  member  of  the 
Bernheimer  firm,  induced  the  Messrs.  Reid  and  Barry  to  bring  their  line  of 
industry  closer  to  the  city  of  New  York  by  offering  the  Reid  and  Barry  firm 
all  of  their  bleaching  and  converting  works  at  a  practical  and  substantial 
margin.  It  was  through  this  influence  and  practical  business  opportunity  that 
not  only  invited,  but  practically  started,  the  Reid  &  Barry  Bleach,  Dye  and 
Print  Works  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  Sometime  later  the  firm  of  Adolph  Bern- 
heimer &  Company,  of  New  York  City,  was  changed  to  Jacob  S.  Bernheimer  k 
Brother,  with  W.  S.  Friedlander  as  junior  partner  of  the  firm,  the  latter  having 
full  charge  of  the  manufacturing  part  of  the  business.     The  members  of  the 


410  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

firm  of  Jacob  S.  Bernheimer  &  Brother  have  become  well  known  throughout 
the  commercial  world  as  leader  and  converters  of  cotton  goods  for  domestic 
and  export  trade,  William  S.  Friedlander  being  the  senior  member  of  the  firm 
at  the  present  time  (1920). 

William  S.  Friedlander  may  be  correctly  classed  as  one  of  rhe  enterprising 
settlers  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  having  located  there  in  1888.  He  first  rented 
the  residence  of  Peter  Watson,  on  Elm  street.  One  year  later,  in  1889,  he 
purchased  a  tract  of  land  in  Autumn  street  from  the  Soule's  estate,  where  he 
built  his  first  house  in  Passaic,  which  was  designed  and  planned  by  Henry  S. 
Innem,  the  noted  New  York  architect.  The  Autumn  street  section  of  the  then 
rapidly  developing  town  of  Passaic  was  soon  built  up,  and  two  years  later  Mr. 
Friedlander  decided  to  dispose  of  his  Autumn  street  property  and  locate  in  a 
section  where  he  might  be  able  to  secure  a  larger  tract  of  land  to  enable  him 
to  carry  out  his  desires  and  purposes  along  horticultural  lines.  Accordingly,  in 
1892,  he  purchased  a  tract  of  land  on  Brook  avenue  from  Dr.  Charles  M.  Howe, 
and  at  that  time  was  practically  the  pioneer  settler  of  that  section  of  the  city  of 
Passaic.  Here  Mr.  Friedlander  erected  his  modern  residence  and  other  acces- 
s-ory  buildings,  and  in  1919  made  an  additional  purchase  of  land  from  the 
Feaster  homestead  adjoining  the  original  tract  which  he  had  purchased,  making 
an  entire  area  of  over  three  and  one-half  acres.  Mr.  Friedlander  has  since 
converted  these  new  tracts  of  land  into  a  garden,  which  was  laid  out  into  walks 
and  plots  by  the  noted  landscape  gardener,  William  van  der  Nieuwkerk,  in  con- 
nection with  the  suggestions  of  Mr.  Friedlander's  original  ideas.  These  im- 
provements, as  they  now  appear,  have  added  greatly  to  the  interest  and  attrac- 
tiveness of  that  part  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  they  are  situated  in  close 
proximity  to  the  present  city  park,  and  this  section  of  the  city  of  Passaic  has 
become  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  attractive  portions  of  the  city,  largely 
through  the  instrumentality  and  enterprise  of  Mr.  Friedlander. 


HARVEY  B.  LAMBERSON— The  first  ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the 
Lamberson  family  of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  information  was  Jacob  (  ? j 
Lamberson,  who  came  from  Wales,  Great  Britain,  during  the  latter  part  of 
the  seventeenth  century.  He  became  the  founder  and  settler  of  his  branch  of 
the  Lamberson  family  in  this  country.  He  had  evidently  landed  at  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  where,  soon  after  setting  foot  on  American  soil,  he  settled  in  that 
region  of  the  country  lying  between  the  Chesapeake  and  Delaware  bays,  which 
later  became  known  as  Maryland.  This  ancestor  married,  and  was  the  father 
of  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters,  among  whom  was  Jacob,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Jacob  (2)  Lamberson,  son  of  Jacob  (?)  Lamberson,  was  according 
to  family  tradition,  born  in  Maryland,  where  he  grew  to  manhood  and  later 
settled  in  Franklin  township,  Columbia  county,  (now  Montour  county)  Penn- 
sylvania, locating  on  a  farm  near  Roaring  Creek,  on  one  of  the  bluffs  known 
as  Pinnacle  Bluff.  Here  both  himself  and  his  wife  spent  the  active  years  of 
their  career.  Of  this  union  were  born:  1.  Samuel,  of  whom  further.  2. 
John,  who  married  and  brought  up  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters.  He 
finally  settled  in  the  State  of  Michigan,  where  he  later  met  with  a  fatal  injury 
in  an  accident,  which  resulted  in  his  death.  3.  Nicholas,  who  married  and  had 
a  family  of  sons  and  daughters,  and  in  the  course  of  time  settled  with  his 
family  in  Montour  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  spent  the  remaining  years 
of  his  life's  career.  4.  Aaron,  who  married  Emma  Hoffman,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  sons  and  daughters.  They  settled  in  Clearfield  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  they  spent  their  remaining  years.  5.  Hester,  who  married 
Henry  Johnson,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  411 

They  settled  with  their  family  in  Schuykill  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  the 
parents  spent  the  remaining  years  of  their  lives.  6.  Elizabeth,  who  married 
Samuel  I'eple,  and  they  had  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters.  They  settled 
in  Columbia  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  the  parents  both  spent  their  rem- 
aining years.  )  i^_        ,  ..^j 

(III)  Samuel  Lamberson,  son  of  Jacob  (2)  Lamberson,  was  born  in 
Franitlin  township,  Columbia  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  8  1809.  He  there 
received  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood 
afforded  at  that  time,  and  grew  to  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Fenstermacher,  daughter  of  Conrad  Fenstermacher ;  the 
latter  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  resided  with  his  family  near  Catawissa, 
Columbia  county,  Pennsylvania.  Samuel  Lamberson  finally  settled  with  his 
family  in  Black  Creek  township,  Luzerne  county,  Pennsylvania,  from  whence 
he  removed  to  Ringtown,  Schuykill  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  spent  the 
remaining  years  of  his  life,  passing  away  at  the  family  home  in  1892.  His 
wife,  Elizabeth  (Fenstermacher)  Lamberson,  passed  away  in  1903.  They 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  Jacob  B.,  born  March  18, 
1832,  who  married  Phoebe  Thresher,  and  settled  with  his  family  in  Dushore, 
Sullivan  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  both  spent  the  remaining  years  of 
their  lives.  They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  i.  Adam;  ii. 
Ransom;  iii.  Pormilla,  who  married  William  Klinger,  now  deceased,  and  at 
the  present  time,  1921,  she  resides  with  her  family  at  Pottsville,  Schuykill 
county,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Elias,  born  May  23,  1834;  he  married  May  Smith, 
daughter  of  Michael  Smith,  a  farmer  in  Black  Creek  township,  Luzerne  county, 
Pennsylvania.  Elias  Lamberson  settled  with  his  family  in  the  city  of  Hazelton, 
Luzerne  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  at  the  family  home  in  1906, 
his  wife  and  the  mother  of  his  children  died  in  1915.  Two  children  were  born 
to  them,  as  follows:  John,  and  Celinda  Jane.  The  former  married  and  had 
born  to  him  two  children,  viz:  Oscar  and  Arthur,  both  of  whom  reside  in  the 
city  of  Hazelton,  Pennsylvania,  at  the  present  time  (1921).  John  Lamberson, 
aforementioned,  died  from  injuries  resulting  from  an  accident  on  the  Lehigh 
Valley  railroad  while  engaged  in  the  performance  of  his  work.  3.  Aaron, 
born  October  7,  1836;  he  married  (first)  Sallie  Powell,  and  one  son,  was  born 
of  this  marriage,  Charles.  Aaron  Lamberson  married  (second)  May  A. 
Weaver,  and  settled  with  his  family  in  Galena,  South  Dakota,  where  his  wife, 
May  A.  (Weaver)  Lamberson  died  in  1913.  Aaron  Lamberson  passed  away 
at  Hot  Springs,  Arkansas,  in  1915.  His  son  Charles  resides  at  the  present 
time  (1921)  at  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho.    4.  Amos  R.,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Amos  R.  Lamberson,  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Fenstermacher) 
Lamberson,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Black  Creek  township,  Luzerne 
county,  Pennsylvania,  October  21,  1842.  He  there  received  such  educational 
advantages  as  were  obtainable  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  during  those 
days.  Upon  laying  aside  his  school  books,  he  assisted  in  the  chores  and  various 
duties  on  the  farm  homestead.  During  the  Civil  War,  Amos  R.  Lamberson 
answered  the  call  of  his  country  and  rendered  valiant  and  patriotic  service 
during  that  memorable  struggle.  Three  of  his  brothers  and  a  number  of 
cousins  likewise  answered  the  call  of  their  country  and  fought  in  support  of 
the  Union  during  the  period  of  the  Civil  War.  During  the  late  World  War, 
four  grandsons  and  several  nephews  of  Amos  R.  Lamberson  served  with  the 
American  Expeditionary  Forces  in  France,  and  loyally  supported  the  cause  of 
freedom  and  liberty. 

Amos  R.  Lamberson  married  (first)  Mary  E.  Hape,  born  October  21,  1843. 
daughter  of  William  Hape,  a  successful  farmer  in  Conyngham  township,  Lu- 


412  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

zerne  county,  Pennsylvania.  She  died  at  the  family  home  in  Tremont,  Schuyl- 
kill county,  Pennsylvania,  August  30,  1906.  Amos  R.  Lamberson  married 
(second)  Mary  E.  McElwee,  born  January  15,  1859,  widow  of  Thomas  McEU 
wee,  and  at  the  present  time  (1921)  resides  in  Tremont.  Amos  R.  and  Mary 
E.  (Hape)  Lamberson  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  Eugene 
W.,  born  January  5,  1869;  he  married,  December  24,  1897,  Katie  Webber,  of 
Elizabeth,  Union  county,  New  Jersey,  and  to  them  the  following  children  were 
born:  Everett;  and  Harold,  both  at  the  present  time,  1921,  residing  in  Clifton, 
Passaic  county.  New  Jersey.  2.  Carrie  S.,  born  February  13,  1870;  she  mar- 
ried, June  1,  1902,  Clarence  E.  Bierce,  a  traveling  salesman,  and  at  the  present 
time  (1921)  resides  in  Melrose,  Montgomery  county,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Martha 
J.,  born  October  19,  1872;  she  married,  October  27,  1891,  T.  N.  Kaufman, 
now  deceased.  Of  their  union  the  following  children  were  born :  i.  Earl, 
who  enlisted  in  the  United  States  navy  during  the  World  War,  rendering  active 
service,  ii.  Vesta,  iii.  Harold,  who  enlisted  in  the  United  States  navy  and 
rendered  active  service  during  the  World  War.  iv.  Ethel.  The  family  at  the 
present  time  (1921)  reside  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  4.  Dora  C,  born  June 
16.  1874;  she  married,  January  19,  1893,  Frank  H.  Kaufman,  of  Tower  City, 
Schuylkill  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  to  them  the  following  children  were 
born:  LeRoy  and  Benjamin  Kaufman.  Both  served  during  the  World  War 
with  the  American  Expeditionary  forces.  Benjamin  died  since  his  return  home, 
in  1919.  5.  Minerva  A.,  born  July  4,  1876;  she  married,  November  4,  1907, 
Dr.  T.  C.  Fegley,  and  resides  in  Tremont.  Two  children  were  born  of  this 
marriage:  Mary  and  Anna  Fegley.     6.  Harvey  B.,  of  whom  further. 

(V)  Harvey  B.  Lamberson,  son  of  Amos  R.  and  Mary  E.  (Hape)  Lam- 
berson, was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Tremont,  Pennsylvania,  November  16, 
1882.  His  early  educational  advantages  were  acquired  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town.  Following  his  schoolboy  days,  he  began  to  apply  himself  to  the 
practical  duties  of  life.  His  first  employment  was  with  A.  Colburn  Company, 
wholesale  tea,  coffee,  and  spice  importers  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  capacity  of  traveling  salesman,  and  for  a  number  of  years  visited  the  various 
Eastern  states  while  engaged  in  his  chosen  line  of  work,  and  continued  thus 
engaged  up  to  1910,  during  which  year  he  became  identified  with  George  F. 
Brackett,  then  engaged  in  general  contracting  and  construction  work  in  Ridge- 
wood  and  Clifton,  in  the  capacity  of  cashier  and  superintendent.  Mr.  Lamber- 
son has  remained  actively  connected  with  this  enterprise  up  to  the  present 
time,  1921. 

Harvey  B.  Lamberson  is  a  member  of  Clifton  Lodge,  No.  203,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Scottish  Rite,  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
and  the  Salaam  Temple,  all  of  the  same  order  in  the  city  of  Newark.  He  is  also 
an  active  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Passaic 
Lodge,  No.  387,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  He  is  a  member  of  the  International 
Rotary  Club,  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  and  of  the  Clifton  Republican  Club  at 
Clifton,  and  the  Mecca  Club  of  Paterson. 

Harvey  B.  Lamberson  married,  April  15,  1908,  Bessie  C.  Kleibenstein,  born 
March  12,  1885,  daughter  of  George  and  Lottie  (Kopp)  Kleibenstein,  both  of 
whom  were  of  German  descent,  their  ancestors  having  settled  in  Pennsylvania. 
Harvey  B.  and  Bessie  C.  (Kleinbenstein)  Lamberson  were  the  parents  of  three 
children,  as  follows:  1.  Elizabeth  Charlotte,  born  January  27,  1909.  2.  Jane 
Louise,  born  September  20,  1918.  3.  George  Bruce,  born  June  30,  1921,  who  is 
of  the  sixth  generation  in  line  of  descent  from  Jacob  Lamberson,  the  settler  and 
founder  of  this  branch  of  the  family  in  this  country. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  413 

GEORGE  C.  MERCER—  Upon  first  coming  to  the  United  States  from 
his  home  in  Scotland  in  1873,  George  C.  Mercer  made  settlement  in  the  then 
village  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  where  he  had  relatives  living.  The  business 
advantages  the  locality  possessed  attracted  him,  and  the  half  century  of  years 
which  have  since  elapsed  have  been  spent  in  Lodi.  When  the  village  passed 
under  a  borough  form  of  government  he  became  its  mayor  at  the  second 
municipal  election  in  1897,  an  office  he  held  several  years,  Lodi's  road,  street 
and  water  system  dating  from  his  administration.  He  was  a  lad  of  seventeen 
when  he  came  to  Lodi,  and  he  is  now  the  veteran  manufacturer,  president  of 
the  Garfield  Woolen  Company,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  an  enterprise  which 
Mr.  Mercer  founded  and  built  up  to  a  condition  of  prosperity.  Several  of 
Lodi's  corporations  owe  their  location  to  his  interest  and  public  spirit,  notably 
the  Alexander  Dye  Works,  a  very  large  silk  dyeing  and  finishing  company. 

George  C.  Mercer  was  born  in  Earlston,  Scotland,  March  17,  1856.  He 
was  educated  in  Earlston  schools,  and  until  1873  remained  in  his  native  land. 
He  then  came  to  the  United  States,  joining  relatives  in  Lodi,  Passaic,  New 
Jersey.  He  was  variously  employed  during  the  earlier  years  of  his  residence, 
being  for  a  time  connected  with  the  railroad  interests  of  Lodi.  But  he  craved 
a  business  life,  and  in  time  formed  a  connection  with  J.  Libby  &  Company,  a 
New  York  City  commission  house.  Later  he  became  a  member  of  Byrnes  Broth- 
ers &  Company,  cotton  goods  finishers  of  Lodi,  a  company  that  prospered  abun- 
dantly for  seven  years,  when  their  plant  was  destroyed  by  fire ;  the  firm  never 
rebuilt,  but  dissolved  by  mutual  consent. 

When  thus  thrown  out  of  business,  Mr.  Mercer  at  once  began  forming  a 
new  manufacturing  company,  his  efforts  resulting  in  the  organization  of  the 
Garfield  Woolen  Company,  George  Mercer,  president  and  treasurer.  He  has 
other  business  interests  of  importance,  including  the  Millbank  Bleachery,  in 
which  he  was  associated  with  Timothy  Hagerty  and  others,  and  has  served  as 
a  director  of  the  People's  Bank  and  Trust  Company  of  Passaic.  In  the  up- 
building of  a  prosperous  and  well-governed  community,  Mr.  Mercer  has 
rendered  valuable  service,  and  he  has  given  freely  of  his  time  and  ability  to 
the  public  good.  He  has  served  as  president  of  the  Lodi  Building  and  Loan 
Association ;  member  and  treasurer  of  the  Second  Reformed  church  of  Lodi  for 
more  than  two  decades ;  has  been  a  governor  of  the  Passaic  General  Hospital ; 
member  of  the  Masonic  order;  member  of  the  Washington  and  Ocean  Park 
clubs ;  and  a  member  of  the  St.  Andrew's  Society  of  New  York.  Mr.  Mercer  mar- 
ried, in  1896,  Isabella  Vair  Cockburn,  a  graduate  of  Boston  Conservatory  of 
Music,  daughter  of  George  Cockburn,  of  Ludington,  Michigan.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Mercer  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Marjorie  Ledgerwood,  and  a  son,  George  C. 

J.  EDWARD  MARTIN— The  founder  of  this  branch  of  the  family  in 
this  country  was  Adolph  Martin.  He  was  born  in  the  village  of  Tuberbishof- 
sheim,  Grand  Duchy  of  Baden,  Germany,  November  10,  1848.  His  parents 
were  Frank  and  Barbara  Martin,  who  were  likewise  natives  of  the  Grand  Duchy 
of  Baden.  Adolph  Martin  passed  the  early  years  of  his  boyhood  under  the 
parental  roof.  He  obtained  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the 
neighborhood  afforded  and  later  entered  upon  a  course  of  academical  studies  in 
the  Gymnasium.  After  completing  this  course  he  traveled  as  a  journeyman, 
visiting  the  various  large  towns  and  cities  in  Central  Germany  during  a  period 
of  about  two  years.  In  1868,  being  eligible  for  military  duty,  he  was  drafted 
by  the  German  Government,  but  preceding  the  time  of  being  mustered  into 
service,  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  this  country.  Soon  after  his  arrival  he  secured 
employment   with    Chadwick    Brothers,    who    conducted    the    Boiling    Springs 


414  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Bleachery  at  Carlton  Hill,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  where  he  remained 
during  the  next  eight  years  in  the  capacity  of  master  mechanic.  This  firm 
having  removed  its  plant  to  Newburgh,  New  York,  Adolph  Martin  continued 
jn  their  service  as  master  mechanic,  and  remained  with  them  up  to  1882.  Then 
he  decided  to  establish  himself  in  the  business  of  the  manufacture  of  wooden 
shells.  The  method  and  process  of  manufacturing  these  shells,  was  patented 
by  Adolph  Martin  and  they  are  extensively  used  throughout  this  country  as 
well  as  in  Germany  and  Holland.  In  this  undertaking  he  met  with  immediate 
success.  The  entire  operation  of  his  establishment  was  chiefly  directed  by  Mr. 
Martin  himself,  and  as  a  result  these  articles  were  so  thoroughly  perfect  in  their 
finish  that  today  they  are  known  as  the  finest  shells  produced  in  this  country. 

Adolph  Martin  at  the  beginning  of  his  manufacturing  career,  established 
his  plant  on  Howe  avenue,  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey, 
where  he  continued  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  when  the  interests  of  the  estate 
were  incorporated  and  have  been  successfullly  carried  forward  by  his  sons  up  to 
the  present  time,  1921.  This  enterprise  has  become  recognized  as  one  of  the 
important  industries  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  and  it  has  become  a  source  of  em- 
ployment to  a  number  of  skilled  operators.  Adolph  Martin  was  for  a  number 
of  years  a  member  of  St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic  Church.  During  his  active 
years  as  a  citizen  and  resident  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  he  frequently  contributed 
to  public  charities  and  every  worthy  cause  that  was  brought  to  his  attention.  In 
his  political  affiliations  he  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Democratic  party. 

Adolph  Martin  married  Abby  Dauenhauer,  February  10,  1874.  She  was 
born  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Katherine  Dauen- 
hauer, who  have  been  for  over  fift)f-two  years  residents  of  the  city  of  Passaic. 
The  children  of  Adolph  and  Abby  (Dauenhauer)  Martin  were:  1.  Adolphus 
John.  2.  Amelia  May.  3.  Katherine  Elvina.  4.  Abby  Sabina.  5.  Frances 
Carrie.   6.  Lester  Thomas.   7.  John  Edward,  of  whom  further.   8.  Ruth. 

John  Edward  (J.  Edward)  Martin,  son  of  Adolph  and  Abby  (Dauen- 
hauer) Martin,  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  June  28,  1890.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  parochial  and  public  schools  of  his  native  city.  At  the  age 
of  sixteen  he  entered  upon  a  commercial  course  of  study  in  Drake's  Business 
College,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  for  over  one  year,  after  which  time  he 
became  identified  with  his  father  in  the  manufacturing  business  in  the  city  of 
Passaic.  In  1914  he,  with  his  brothers  Adolph  and  Lester,  assumed  the  man- 
agement of  the  interests  of  his  father's  estate.  In  1915,  the  Martin  Brothers 
had  the  interests  of  their  father's  estate  incorporated  under  the  title  of  the 
"Adolph  Martin  Sons,"  the  son  Adolph  Martin  having  been  chosen  president; 
John  Edward  Martin,  treasurer,  and  Lester  Martin,  secretary,  of  the  corpor- 
ation. The  interests  of  the  corporation  have  been  carefully  carried  forward 
under  the  direction  and  management  of  the  Martin  Brothers. 

On  February  2,  1915,  John  Edward  Martin  was  appointed  the  official 
agent  for  the  department  of  motor  vehicles  with  offices  at  25  Howe  Avenue, 
Passaic,  and  has  successfully  discharged  the  responsibilities  of  this  office  up 
to  the  present  time,  1921.  In  1917  John  Edward  Martin  became  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  and  insurance  business  on  his  own  account,  with  offices  at  No.  25 
Howe  avenue,  Passaic,  where  he  has  since  built  up  a  profitable  business.  On 
August  7,  1918,  John  Edward  Martin  was  mustered  into  the  United  States 
Expeditionary  Forces,  and  after  a  period  of  training  in  Camp  Wadsworth  in 
South  Carolina,  he  was  sent  overseas  with  his  regiment  and  landed  in  Liverpool, 
London,  where  after  a  short  period  they  crossed  the  English  channel  and  three 
weeks  later  went  to  the  front,  where  he  rendered  active  service  in  the  ammunition 
stores  of  the  allied  armies.    Having  served  both  in  the  valleys  of  Meuse  and  the 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  415 

Moselle  Rivers,  where  he  was  actively  engaged  at  the  front  up  to  the  signing 
of  the  armistice,  he  next  went  with  his  regiment  into  Luxemburg,  where  they 
remained  for  a  fortnight.  He  was  next  stationed  at  Mayence,  Germany,  from 
December  16  up  to  May  9,  1919,  after  which  period  he  returned  home  and  was 
mustered  out  of  service  at  Camp  Lee  on  June  14  following.  He  again  entered 
upon  the  duties  of  his  insurance  and  real  estate  business,  which  he  has  success- 
fully continued  in  addition  to  his  duties  as  agent  and  Register  of  Motor  Vehi- 
cles in  the  city  of  Passaic. 

Fraternally,  John  Edward  Martin  is  an  active  member  of  Lodge  No.  387 
of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  in  Passaic.  He  is  also  an  active 
member  of  Perez  Council,  Knights  of  Columbus,  of  Passaic. 

John  Edward  Martin  married,  in  Passaic,  February  7,  1917,  Alma  I. 
Heumann,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Ottillie  (Seitz)  Heumann.  They  had  one 
child,  John  Edward,  Jr.,  born  April  25,  1919,  died  April  13,  1920. 


ADOLPH  E.  SCHNEEWEISS— This  family  patronymic  is  of  ancient 
Teutonic  origin.  Early  representatives  of  the  family  are  referred  to  by  various 
German  heraldic  authorities  as  having  been  recognized  among  the  distinguished 
and  representative  citizens  of  their  day.  The  noted  German  heraldist,  Johann 
Siebmacher,  in  his  work,  published  in  the  city  of  Nuremburg,  Kingdom  of 
Bavaria,  Germany,  in  1701,  gives  a  copper-plate  illustration  of  the  symbols 
of  the  family  coat-of-arms. 

According  to  Swabian  chronicles,  and  proved  by  family  tradition,  the 
ancestors  of  the  Schneeweiss  family  were  first  mentioned  as  religious  fugitives 
from  Salzburg  (Tyrol),  where  religious  liberty  was  not  tolerated.  As  history 
shows,  the  dukes  of  Wurttemberg,  who  welcomed  all  Huguenots  of  France, 
also  opened  their  doors  to  the  Protestants  of  Salzburg.  The  first  generations  of 
Schneewcisses  who  immigrated  to  Germany  settled  in  Schwaebisch  Gmuend, 
from  where  a  branch  of  the  family  changed  their  home  to  Weilheim-an-der-Teck, 
Wurttemberg,  where  Christian  Schneeweiss,  father  of  Adolph  E.  Schneeweiss,  of 
whom  this  review  is  written,  was  born. 

Christian  Schneeweiss  was  born  in  the  town  of  Weilheim  in  the  Kingdom 
of  Wurttemberg,  Germany,  November  26,  1832.  He  was  there  reared  to  the 
early  years  of  manhood,  and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  historic  city  of 
Stuttgart.  Soon  after  taking  up  the  practical  duties  of  life,  he  acquired  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  various  details  and  technique  of  the  building  and 
contracting  business,  in  which  line  of  enterprise  he  was  engaged  throughout  the 
active  years  of  his  life.  According  to  family  tradition,  the  inherent  ability  in 
engineering,  which  has  been  the  profession  of  all  the  later  members  of  the 
Schneeweiss  family,  is  traced  back  to  the  mother  of  Christian  Schneeweiss,  born 
1802,  who  had  a  natural  gift  for  designing  ad  sketching. 

In  1884,  Christian  Schneeweiss,  after  having  arranged  his  family  affairs 
and  personal  interests,  set  sail  from  the  seaport  city  of  Hamburg,  bound  for 
the  port  of  New  York,  leaving  his  family  behind  him  in  Germany.  Soon  after 
his  arrival  here  he  settled  in  the  city  of  New  York,  whither  his  family  soon 
followed  him.  In  this  city  he  was  active  in  the  building  trade.  He  later  moved 
to  Hoboken,  and  then  to  Astoria,  Long  Island,  where  he  died  at  the  home  of 
his  son,  Carl  F.,  January  11,  1911.  The  remains  of  he  and  his  wife  were 
interred  in  St.  Michael's  Cemetery  in  the  borough  of  Queens,  his  faithful  wife 
and  mother  of  his  children  having  passed  awav  in  New  York  City,  January 
7,  1893. 

Christian  Schneeweiss  married,  in  Berg,  a  suburb  of  Stuttgart,  in  Novem- 
ber, 1862,  Marie  Wiedmann,  who  was  born  May  5,  1836,  and  of  this  union 


416  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

were  born  the  following  children:  1.  Carl  Frederick,  born  August  13,  1863. 
He  married  Julia  Heidle,  in  1888,  and  they  have  born  to  them  two  children: 
Fred,  born  in  1890;  and  Elsie,  born  in  1899.  2.  Adolph  Eugene,  of  whom 
further.  3.  Eugenia,  born  August  5,  1875.  She  was  brought  to  this  country 
by  her  parents  in  1884,  and  settled  with  them  in  New  York  City,  where  she 
married  Reinhard  Schreifels,  and  at  the  present  time,  1921,  resides  in  the 
borough  of  Brooklyn,  New  York.  4.  Eugene,  born  February  14,  1877.  He 
was  brought  to  this  country  by  his  parents  in  1884,  and  settled  with  them  in 
New  York  City,  where  he  resided  for  a  number  of  years,  and  in  1891  returned 
to  the  Fatherland  to  get  his  technical  training.  After  seven  years  of  study,  he 
again  came  to  this  country,  and  upon  his  arrival  here  settled  in  the  city  of 
Hoboken,  Hudson  county,  New  Jersey.  He  was  later  married,  and  with  his 
wife  and  two  sons,  George  and  Edward,  now  lives  at  Richmond  Hill,  Long 
Island. 

Adolph  Eugene  Schneeweiss  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  historic 
city  of  Stuttgart,  Kingdom  of  Wurttemberg,  Germany,  and  was  there  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  his  native  city  and  was  confirmed  at  the  age  of  fourteen 
years.  His  technical  training  was  acquired  in  the  Gymnasium  and  in  the  Royal 
School  of  Technology  in  his  native  city,  and  upon  laying  aside  his  text  books, 
he  became  identified  with  his  father's  profession  and  was  engaged  in  the  engi- 
neering and  contracting  trade  up  to  1887.  At  that  time  he  came  to  this  country, 
having  set  sail  from  the  seaport  city  of  Hamburg,  bound  for  the  port  of  New 
York  City,  where  after  an  uneventful  voyage  he  landed  in  the  month  of  May 
in  the  same  year.  Soon  after  setting  foot  on  American  soil,  he  settled  in  New 
York  City,  where  he  became  engaged  in  the  employ  of  the  Erie  railroad,  in  a 
technical  capacity,  and  remained  actively  engaged  with  this  corporation  for 
several  years.  Then  through  special  recommendations,  his  services  were  engaged 
by  the  Vanderbilt  family  in  Biltmore,  North  Carolina,  where  he  executed  large 
topographical  and  engineering  tasks.  After  the  completion  of  the  Vanderbilt 
estate,  in  1891,  Mr.  Schneeweiss  entered  the  employ  of  the  John  W.  Ferguson 
Contracting  and  Building  Company,  in  the  city  of  Paterson,  Passaic  county. 
New  Jersey,  in  the  capacity  of  architect  and  civil  engineer.  His  thorough  tech- 
nical training  in  his  chosen  line  of  work  served  substantially  his  purpose  in 
solving  the  many  difficult  duties  he  performed  with  the  Ferguson  Company, 
with  whom  he  was  actively  identified  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  \vhich  occurred 
December  25,  1920.  His  untimely  passing  was  not  only  a  sad  bereavement  to 
his  family  and  friends,  but  he  has  been  greatly  missed  in  his  professional  work 
by  those  with  whom  he  had  been  for  so  many  years  closely  identified. 

Adolph  Eugene  Schneeweiss,  soon  after  becoming  engaged  at  his  profession 
in  this  country,  became  identified  with  the  technical  and  professional  organiza- 
tions of  New  York  City  and  vicinity.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  He  was  also  closely  identified  with  the  Lutheran 
church,  having  served  in  the  capacity  of  treasurer  in  St.  John's  Lutheran 
Church,  of  Paterson,  for  fifteen  years,  and  being  trustee  of  St.  John's  Lutheran 
Church,  of  Passaic,  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

Adolph  Eugene  Schneeweiss  had  twice  married.  His  first  union  was  sol- 
emnized in  the  city  of  Hoboken,  Hudson  county.  New  Jersey,  with  Louise  Motz, 
who  was  likewise  a  native  of  the  city  of  Stuttgart,  Kingdom  of  Wurttemberg, 
Germany,  where  she  was  born  April  10,  1865.  Her  parents  were  Carl  and 
Ivouise  TFrueh)  Motz.  Of  this  union  were  born  three  daughters,  namely:  I. 
Gertrude  Lena,  born  November  26,  1893.  2.  Elizabeth  Louise,  born  November 
15,  1895.  3.  Margarete  Louise  Pauline,  born  December  31,  1900,  at  present, 
1921,  a  student  at  Columbia  University,  New  York  city.     The  faithful  wife 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  417 

and  mother  of  the  aforementioned  children,  Louise  (Motz)  Schneeweiss,  died 
at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  April  24,  1910.  Her 
remains  were  interred  in  the  family  plot  in  Cedar  Lawn  Cemetery,  where  the 
body  of  Adolph  E.  Schneeweiss  is  also  interred. 

Adolph  Eugene  Schneeweiss  married  (second),  September  23,  1912,  at 
Astoria,  Queens  county,  I^ong  Island,  Emma  Zerweck,  who  was  born  in  the 
village  of  Weil-im-dorf,  Kingdom  of  Wurttemberg,  Germany.  Her  parents 
were  Julius  and  Rosina  (Meyer)  Zerweck.  She  was  born  November  12,  1875. 
Of  this  union  was  born  one  son,  Carl  Herman  Eugene,  born  in  the  city 
of  Newark,  Hudson  county.  New  Jersey,  September  25,  1914. 


ROBERT  NICHOL  MacGUFFIE,  M.  D.,  is  a  successful  representative 
of  the  medical  profession  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Like  a  great  many  physicians 
who  have  been  engaged  in  practice  during  the  past  few  years,  he  served  his 
country  during  the  World  War,  and,  coming  to  Passaic  in  1912  as  he  did,  he 
has  since  that  time  devoted  only  a  small  part  of  the  intervening  years  to 
private  work. 

Dr.  MacGuffie  was  born  in  Waverly,  New  York,  March  15,  1888,  the 
son  of  Matthew  Craig  and  Martha  (Morgan)  Mac  Guffie.  Matthew  C.  Mac 
Guffie  was  born  in  Castle  Douglas,  Galloway,  Scotland,  and  came  to  this 
country  when  a  young  man,  locating  first  in  California,  but  later  removing 
to  New  York  City,  where,  at  the  time"  of  the  Civil  War,  he  enlisted  in  the  navy 
and  served  on  the  LTnited  States  Ship  "Chicopee,"  under  Admiral  Farragut. 
He  was  severely  injured  in  service.  Following  his  discharge  from  the  navy 
at  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  the  northwest,  where,  as  a  professional 
musician,  he  had  an  adventurous  career.  He  died  in  1907,  at  the  age  of  sixty 
years.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  MacGuffie  were  born  three  children :  Frank,  a  civil 
engineer;  Robert  Nichol,  of  whom  further;  and  Lois. 

Having  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place  and  finished  his 
studies  there  with  graduation  in  the  local  high  school,  Robert  Nichol  MacGuffie 
then  matriculated  at  the  New  York  Medical  College  and  Flower  Hospital, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  1912  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  In 
October,  1912,  he  came  to  Passaic  as  resident  physician  and  surgeon  of  St. 
Mary's  Hospital,  serving  until  October,  1915,  when  he  established  himself 
in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession.  Two  years  later,  in  July,  1917,  he 
enlisted  in  the  medical  corps  of  the  United  States  Army,  and  on  September  17 
was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  and  sent  to  the  Army  Medical  College  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  remained  until  February,  1918,  when  he  sailed  for 
England,  and  upon  landing  was  .assigned  to  the  Second  Northern  General 
Hospital  at  Leeds.  He  then  served  as  attending  surgeon  at  the  Seaforth 
Military  Hospital  at  North  Liverpool  until  June,  when  he  was  transferred  to 
the  Royal  Army  Medical  Headquarters  at  Blackpool  for  military  training. 
From  here  he  was  sent  to  France  to  the  54th  British  Base  Hospital  at 
Wimereaux,  a  suburb  of  Boulogne.  Then  followed  a  short  experience  with 
the  South  Midland  Field  Ambulance  at  Molinghem,  after  which  he  was  sent 
to  the  advance  dressing  station  of  the  Sixty-first  South  Midland  division  at  St. 
Verrant.  Three  days  later,  through  a  sudden  vacancy,  Lieutenant  MacGuffie 
was  ordered  into  the  line  as  regimental  medical  officer  of  the  Second  Seventh 
Royal  Warwickshire  Regiment,  then  holding  a  section  of  trenches  on  the  right  of 
Kemmel  Hill  In  Flanders.  He  served  with  his  regiment  until  November  I, 
1918,  when  he  was  wounded  at  Valenciennes  by  a  shell  in  both  thighs  and  sent 
to  the  59th  Casualty  Clearing  Station  at  Cambral.  After  two  operations  in 
France  he  was  sent  to  the  Third  London  General  Hospital  in  London,  where 


418  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

he  remained  for  seven  months.  He  was  then  transferred  back  to  the  American 
army  and  sent  to  American  Base  Hospital,  No.  40,  at  Knotty  Ash,  Liverpool, 
England,  After  three  weeks  he  sailed  for  this  country  and  upon  landing  was 
taken  to  the  Polyclinic  Hospital,  New  York  City,  and  subsequently  transferred 
to  the  base  hospital  at  Fort  McHenry,  Baltimore,  Maryland,  where  he  remained 
from  June  until  December  16,  1919,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged.  He 
was  decorated  with  the  British  Military  Cross  by  the  King  of  England  at 
Buckingham  Palace,  in  March,  1919,  and  cited  by  Sir  Douglas  Haig  for 
devotion  to  duty  at  Maresches  during  the  Battle  of  the  Salle  River,  in  October, 
1918.  Dr.  MacGuffie  is  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Medical  Associa- 
tion; of  the  Passaic  County  Medical  Society;  and  of  the  Passaic  Practitioners 
Club.  He  is  also  affiliated  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
and  with  Alpha  Sigma  fraternity  of  New  York  College.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
Passaic  City  Club,  Japan  Society  of  New  York  City,  and  of  the  Lyons  Club. 

On  October  14,  1915,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Dr.  MacGuffie  married  F. 
Jessie  Smith,  of  New  York  City,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Jane  Lois. 


JOHN  L.  HAMMOND — The  first  representative  of  this  family  of  whom 
we  have  any  authentic  information  was  William  Hammond,  who  according  to 
family  information  resided  in  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  Kings  county.  New  York, 
where  he  married  and  reared  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters,  among  whom 
was  James  Hugh  Hammond,  of  whom  further. 

James  Hugh  Hammond  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Brooklyn,  Kings 
county.  New  York,  in  1854.  He  received  his  early  educational  advantages  in 
the  parochial  and  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city.  Soon  after  laying  aside 
his  textbooks,  James  H.  Hammond  began  to  apply  himself  to  the  practical 
duties  of  life,  and  during  the  period  of  his  early  manhood  years  became  identi- 
fied with  the  social  and  civic  interests  of  the  community  where  the  family  at 
that  time  resided.  He  was  a  member  and  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  First 
^'olunteer  Fire  Department  in  the  Williamsburg  district  of  Brooklyn,  where  he 
continued  to  reside  with  his  family  up  to  1870,  at  which  time  he  removed  to  the 
then  rapidly  growing  town  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey.  Soon 
after  his  settlement  in  Passaic,  James  H.  Hammond  became  identified  with  the 
Volunteer  Fire  Department  of  the  town  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  engine  house  in  Passaic  avenue,  with  which  organization  he  was 
actively  engaged  for  a  period  of  over  twenty-five  years.  During  his  early  man- 
hood years  Mr.  Hammond  had  acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  millwright  trade, 
which  he  later  pursued  in  the  employ  of  A.  N.  Ackerman,  of  the  A.  N.  Acker- 
man  Lumber  Company,  in  Park  place,  Passaic.  He  later  became  identified  with 
the  Passaic  City  Brownstone  Company,  on  Oak  street,  where  he  continued  active- 
ly engaged  for  some  time,  after  which  he  became  connected  with  the  Newport 
Chemical  Works.  James  H.  Hammond  was  a  faithful  communicant  of  St. 
Nicholas's  Roman  Catholic  Church  in  Passaic.  He  died  at  the  family  home 
in  Passaic. 

James  H.  Hammond  married,  in  Passaic,  Margaret  Griffin,  the  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Margaret  (Driscoll)  Griffin.  Prior  to  her  marriage,  she  was  in 
the  employ  of  the  Marselis  and  the  Burgess  families  in  Passaic,  where  upon 
the  occasion  of  a  visit  of  the  Union  General,  Burnside,  to  the  Burgess  home- 
stead, which  was  then  located  in  Summer  street,  Margaret  Griffin  was  given  the 
honor  of  waiting  upon  the  distinguished  guest  of  the  Burgess  family.  Mrs. 
Hammond  was  a  faithful  communicant  at  St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic 
Church  in  Passaic,  prior  to  which  she  had  been  a  regular  communicant  of  the 
St.  Francis  De  Sales  Roman  Catholic  Church  in  the  town  of  Lodi,   Bergen 


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county,  New  Jersey.  James  H.  and  Margaret  (Griffin)  Hammond  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  William  L,,  born  at  the  family  home  in 
Passaic,  where  he  obtained  his  educational  training.  He  served  as  councilman 
of  his  ward  in  Passaic  for  a  period  of  nine  years.  He  married  Mary  Cowley, 
and  to  them  three  children  were  born:  Walter,  James  and  William.  2.  James 
Joseph,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  where  he  obtained  his  education. 
He  married  Catherine  Kilroe,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  two  children :  Mar- 
garet and  Catherine.  3.  Margaret,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic  and 
educated  in  the  schools  of  her  native  city.  She  married  William  Dundass.  4. 
Richard  A.,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  where  he  obtained  his  educa- 
tion. He  married  Elizabeth  Clark,  who  died  March  4,  1921.  There  were  no 
children  of  this  union.    5.  John  L.,  of  whom  further. 

John  L.  Hammond,  son  of  James  H.  and  Margaret  (Griffin)  Hammond, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  on  Tulip  and  Oak  streets,  in  Passaic,  July  5,  1879. 
He  received  his  educational  advanatges  in  St.  Nicholas'  Parochial  School,  then 
located  on  Howe  avenue,  and  completed  his  educational  training  in  the  Passaic 
High  School.  Soon  after  finishing  school  young  Hammond  found  his  first 
employment  with  the  Daily  News  Publishing  Company,  where  he  had  as  his 
associate  and  contemporary,  Arthur  S.  Corbin,  the  noted  attorney  of  Passaic, 
where  both  had  been  engaged  at  vending  their  papers  at  the  Reid  &  Barry 
Bleaching  and  Finishing  Works,  to  which  point  the  two  young  newsies  fre- 
quently raced  with  might  and  main  In  order  to  gain  the  advantage  of  position 
to  sell  their  papers.  Young  Hammond  next  became  engaged  as  a  messenger 
boy  for  the  W^estern  Union  Telegraph  and  Cable  Company,  being  employed 
there  for  some  time.  Later  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Passaic  City  Brown- 
stone  Company,  with  whom  he  was  Identified  until  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Travis  &  Kingsbury  Bluestone  Company,  with  whom  he  remained  for  a  period 
of  four  years.  Mr.  Hammond  later  became  identified  In  the  capacity  of  head 
waiter  in  the  Murray  Cafe  In  Newark,  where  he  was  engaged  for  a  number 
of  years. 

In  1919  John  L.  Hammond  purchased  the  Passaic  City  Hotel  on  Passaic 
street  from  its  owner,  Joseph  Hinchllffe,  with  whom  he  had  been  employed  for 
a  period  of  over  ten  years.  This  hostelry  is  one  of  the  best  known  at  the  present 
time  in  Passaic.  In  this  undertaking  Mr.  Hammond  met  with  immediate  suc- 
cess as  the  result  of  his  uniform  courtesy  and  practical  management  of  his  busi- 
ness affairs.  Mr.  Hammond  was  Instrumental  in  the  organization  of  the 
Fourth  Ward  Trust  Company. 

Mr.  Hammond  is  a  member  of  Perez  Council,  No.  262,  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, of  Passaic ;  a  charter  member  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  Lodge  No. 
542,  of  Passaic  ;  a  charter  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  Lodge  No.  387,  of  Passaic;  and  also  a  member  of  the  Fraternal  Order 
of  Eagles,  Eyrie  No.  685.  In  his  political  affiliations,  Mr.  Hammond  Is  a 
staunch  supporter  of  the  principles  and  policies  as  advocated  by  the  Democratic 
party.  He  Is  a  faithful  communicant  of  St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic  Church 
in  Passaic,  where  he  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  to  all  local  charities 
and  benevolent  organizations,  to  which  he  has  at  all  times  generously  contrib- 
uted for  their  maintenance.  It  has  been  authoritatively  stated  that  Mr.  Ham- 
mond has  at  no  time  ever  failed  to  help  or  assist  those  who  have  been  less  for- 
tunate than  himself,  and  has  proved  himself  a  friend  to  all  in  time  of  need 
and  stress. 

John  L.  Hammond  was  married  In  St.  Patrick's  Cathedral,  In  Newark, 
Essex  county,  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  Monslgnor  Whelan,  a  cousin  of  his  wife's,  to 
Elizabeth  N.  Scanlon,  born  August  24,  1886,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Cath- 


420  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

erine  (Duffy)  Scanlon,  and  to  them  the  following  children  were  born:    Aloyes 
Catharine,  born  March  22,  1910;  and  Elizabeth  Mary,  born  May  22,  1913. 


CHRISTIAN  G.  WERNER— The  family  name  of  Werner  is  of  ancient 
Teutonic  origin.  A  number  of  representatives  of  this  family  name  are  referred 
to  as  students  and  men  of  note.  Joannes  Werner,  a  German  astronomer,  was 
born  in  the  city  of  Nuremberg  in  1468.  He  wrote  the  treatise  on  the  "Move- 
ment of  the  Eighth  Sphere,"  and  "Annotations  on  the  First  Book  of  Ptolemy'? 
Geography,"  also  several  mathematical  works.  He  died  in  1528.  Another 
representative  of  this  family  patronymic  was  Friedrich  Ludwing  Zacharias  Wer- 
ner, who  is  referred  to  as  an  eminet  German  poet  and  dramatist,  born  in  the 
city  of  Konigsberg  in  1768.  He  studied  law  and  finance  in  the  university  of  his 
native  town,  where  he  also  attended  the  lectures  of  Kant.  His  first  drama, 
entitled  "The  Sons  of  the  Valley,"  came  out  in  1800,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
"Twenty-fourth  of  February"  (Der  Vierundzwanzigster  Februar),  a  tragedy 
of  great  power,  and  esteemed  one  of  his  best  works.  His  other  principal  prr»- 
ductions  are  the  dramas  entitled  "The  Cross  on  the  Baltic,"  "Martin  Luther, 
or  the  Consecration  of  Strength,"  "Kunegunde,"  "The  Mother  of  the  Macca- 
bees," and  "Attila,  King  of  the  Huns."  In  1811  Werner  became  a  Catholic, 
and  having  been  ordained  a  priest  in  1814,  settled  as  a  preacher  at  Vienna, 
where  he  died  January,  1823. 

Another  representative  of  this  family  patronymic  was  Paul  Von  Werner, 
a  celebrated  general,  born  at  Raab,  in  Hungary,  in  1707;  served  with  distinction 
in  Austria,  and  subsequently  in  the  Prussian  army  during  the  principal  cam- 
paigns of  the  Seven  Years'  War.  In  1760  he  delivered  Coburg,  which  was 
besieged  by  the  Russians,  for  which  he  was  made  lieutenant-general  by  Freder- 
ick II,  who  also  caused  a  medal  to  be  struck  in  his  honor.     He  died  in  178?. 

The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Werner  family  of  whom  we 
have  any  authentic  information,  resided  with  his  family  in  the  town  of  Hameln, 
province  of  Hanover,  Germany,  where  he  lived  to  mature  years.  He  mar- 
ried and  had  an  only  son,  William.    His  wife  was  likewise  a  native  of  Hameln. 

(II)   William  Werner,  son  of Werner,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in 

Hameln,  Hanover,  Germany.  He  was  there  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  was  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran  church  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  Soon 
after  his  school  days,  his  parents  having  decided  that  the  boy  should  learn  some 
useful  trade,  he  was  apprenticed  to  that  of  a  blacksmith  in  his  native  town, 
and  October  14,  1857,  entered  upon  such  service,  continuing  until  October, 
1861,  when  he  received  from  his  master,  Herr  Kruger,  a  certificate  of  journev- 
manship,  dated  October  19,  1861.  Soon  after,  the  young  mechanic,  in  accordance 
with  the  rules  of  the  trade  guilds  of  his  day,  visited  the  various  towns  and 
cities  of  Hanover,  and  the  adjacent  provinces,  where  he  worked  as  a  journeyman 
at  his  profession.  Having  visited  Bremen,  he  there  met  the  lady  who  later 
became  his  bride.  After  his  marriage  they  settled  there,  and  spent  the  remaining 
years  until  his  death,  May,  1886.  His  remains  were  buried  in  the  Lutheran 
Cemetery  in  the  city  of  his  adoption.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  it  was  stated  by 
those  who  knew  him  as  a  skillful  and  capable  mechanic,  that  the  neighborhood 
wherein  he  resided  had  lost  a  good  and  useful  citizen. 

William  Werner  married,  in  1874,  Gazina  Hiermann,  born  December  7, 
1841,  daughter  of  John  Henry  Hiermann,  who  was  a  native  of  Bremen. 
Gazina  (Hiermann)  Werner  passed  away  at  the  family  home  in  Bremen,  No- 
vember 8,  1913.  William  and  Gazina  (Pliermann)  Werner  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:     1.  Henry,  born  August  30,  1876.     He  finally  en- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  421 

gaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  and  owned  his  own  homestead  in  Bremen.  He 
married  Johanna  Knapp,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  three  daughters.  Henry 
Werner  was  drafted  into  the  military  service  and  served  in  the  German  army 
during  the  great  World  War.  He  was  killed  in  action,  February  18,  1918,  and 
his  remains  were  buried  on  the  field  of  battle.  2.  William,  Jr.,  born  July  18, 
1878.  He  is  engaged  in  the  employ  of  the  German  government  in  the  capacity 
of  railroad  engineer,  and  served  as  such  during  the  great  World  War.  He 
married  Lena  Corsan  and  they  have  one  son,  William.  3.  Christian  Gerhardt, 
of  whom  forward. 

(Ill)  Christian  Gerhardt  Werner,  third  son  of  William  and  Gazina 
(Hiermann)  Werner,  was  born  in  Bremen,  August  18,  1882.  He  there  obtained 
his  education  in  the  public  schools,  and  was  confirmed  at  the  age  of  fourteen. 
Soon  after  laying  aside  his  text  books,  in  accordance  with  the  will  of  his 
parents,  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  machine  trade  in  Bremen,  and  was  indentured 
to  one  of  the  leading  ship  construction  companies  for  four  years.  At  the  end 
of  this  period  he  received  from  his  master  a  certificate  of  journeymanship, 
and  pursued  his  chosen  line  of  work  in  various  cities  in  the  Fatherland,  until  he 
decided  to  come  to  this  country.  He  set  sail  from  Hamburg  and  arrived  in  Phil- 
adelphia, Pennsylvania,  April  1,  1910.  Soon  after  locating  in  the  "Quaker 
City,"  the  young  German  machinist  entered  the  employ  of  the  New  York  Ship- 
building Company  of  Camden,  New  Jersey.  He  also  pursued  his  trade  in  New 
Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  in  the  capacity  of  machinist,  and  also  in  New  York 
City.  In  1911  Mr.  Werner  located  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  continued 
at  Jhis  trade  in  the  employ  of  the  Gera  Mills  Corporation.  As  a  result  of  his 
thrift  and  industry  he  began  business  on  his  own  account  at  his  present  location 
in  Autumn  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  in  company  with  Ernst  Heidler,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Werner  &  Company,  until  1919,  when  the  interests  of  the 
firm  were  incorporated.  Mr.  Heidler  was  made  president,  and  Christian  G. 
Werner,  secretary  and  treasurer.  He  remained  in  that  capacity  until  February, 
1920,  when  he  was  made  president  of  the  corporation,  and  Paul  Rose,  having 
purchased  Mr.  Heidler's  interests,  was  made  secretary  and  treasurer. 

The  corporation  of  Werner  &  Company  is  chiefly  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  textile  machinery,  for  which  they  find  a  ready  market  in  the  various 
States  of  the  Union,  owing  to  their  excellent  workmanship  and  superior  design 
and  construction.  The  plant  furnishes  employment  to  about  thirty-five  skilled 
mechanics  and  operatives,  most  of  whom  have  established  their  homes  in  Passaic, 
Clifton,  and  nearby  towns.  Mr.  Werner's  family  are  members  of  St.  Paul's 
Lutheran  Church  at  Lakeview,  New  Jersey.  Christian  Gerhardt  Werner  mar- 
ried, in  Clifton,  July  15,  1915,  Mary  Hantschke,  born  May  15,  1888,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Helen  (Franke)  Hantschke,  both  natives  of  Hayerswerde,  Prov- 
ince of  Silesia,  Kingdom  of  Prussia,  Germany,  near  the  city  of  Gerlitz.  They 
have  one  child,  Elizabeth,  born  January  2,  1920. 


WILLIAM  HENRY  STEEGAR,  A.  M.,  was  born  in  Waterloo,  New 
York,  March  25,  1866,  and  prepared  for  college  at  Red  Creek  Seminary,  New 
York  State.  He  later  entered  New  York  University,  whence  he  was  graduated 
B.  S.,  later  receiving  his  Master's  degree  from  Columbia  University.  In  1888 
Mr.  Steegar  began  teaching  in  Bradford,  New  York,  and  in  succession  taught 
in  Constableville,  New  York,  1890;  Ogdensburg,  New  Jersey,  1894;  Closter, 
New  Jersey,  1897;  Garfield,  >'ew  Jersey,  1907-1922.  In  1907  he  became 
supervising  principal  of  Garfield  public  schools,  his  office  being  at  Public  School 
No.  6.  He  has  won  his  way  to  honorable  position  among  educators,  and  is 
widely  known.     Mr.  Steegar  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 


422  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Church  of  the  Holy  Innocents  (Protestant  Episcopal).  He  is  affiliated  with 
Lotus  Lodge,  No.  23,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Ogdensburg,  New 
Jersey;  and  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

Professor  Steegar  married,  in  Bradford,  New  York,  in  1887,  Flora  A. 
Switzer,  of  Bradford.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Steegar  are  the  parents  of  three  children: 
Charles  Leroy,  born  December  18,  1896,  a  graduate  of  Passaic  High  School; 
Mary  C,  born  March  16,  1903,  now  a  student  at  Montclair  Normal  School; 
Helen  G.,  born  January  8,  1907,  now  a  student  at  Hackensack  High  School. 


ERIK  GUSTA^^  AUGUST  FORNELIUS— This  family  patronymic 
is  of  Scandinavian  origin,  and  for  a  number  of  generations,  the  antecedants  of 
Erik  Gustav  August  Fornelius,  whose  name  introduces  the  caption  of  this 
review,  resided  in  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden.  Tradition  also  states  that  the  im- 
mediate ancestors  were  men  possessed  of  rugged  and  robust  health,  and  were 
classed  among  the  leading  iron  and  steel  workers  in  the  community  where  they 
resided. 

The  parents  of  Erik  Gustav  August  Fornelius  were  Johan  and  Margareta 
(Erikson)  Fornelius.  Johan  Fornelius  was  a  practical  iron  worker  and  forge 
man  for  many  jears  in  the  town  where  he  resided,  and  spent  the  active  years  of 
his  life.  He  died  in  1889.  His  wife,  Margareta  (Erikson)  Fornelius  died  in 
1895.  Both  were  consistent  members  of  the  Lutheran  church.  They  had  three 
children  who  attained  years  of  manhood  and  womanhood,  as  follows  :  1.  Augus- 
ta, married  Daniel  Anderson,  and  settled  with  her  husband  in  the  town  of 
Sandviken,  county  Gestribland.  2,  Alma,  married  Johan  Mostrom,  and  settled 
in  the  town  of  Sandviken,  county  Gestribland.  3.  Erik  Gustav  August,  of 
whom  further. 

Erik  Gustav  August  Fornelius  was  born  in  the  district  of  Stjernsund  Stjors, 
county  of  Dalarne,  Kingdom  of  Sweden,  October  25,  1851.  His  educa- 
tional advantages  were  limited  to  the  schools  of  the  immediate  neighborhood, 
and  soon  after  passing  his  twelfth  year,  he  began  to  apply  his  time  to  the  assist- 
ing of  his  parents  in  the  maintenance  of  the  family.  His  employment  of  neces- 
sity brought  him  into  the  iron  and  steel  working  establishments  of  that  part  of 
the  country.  He  first  entered  in  the  capacity  of  office  boy,  and  soon  after  pass- 
ing his  thirteenth  3^ear,  became  engaged  in  the  laboratory  of  one  of  the  leading 
concerns  in  the  production  of  iron  and  steel  in  that  part  of  the  kingdom.  After 
remaining  employed  in  this  department  for  several  years,  the  young  student  de- 
cided to  enter  into  the  practical  methods  of  producing  iron  and  steel.  Accord- 
ingly, he  entered  into  the  mechanical  department  of  the  plant  where  he  had  been 
previously  employed,  and  here  he  acquired  a  practical,  as  well  as  a  theoretical 
knowledge  of  the  various  details  and  technique  of  the  iron  and  steel  working 
trade.  Having  made  himself  an  efficient  and  capable  iron  and  steel  maker,  he 
continued  thus  employed  up  to  1905,  in  which  year  he  decided  to  emigrate  to 
this  country.  There  he  expected  to  join  his  three  sons  who  had  preceded  him 
to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  likewise  had  become  engaged  in  the 
iron  and  steel  industry.  He  accordingly  arranged  his  family  affairs  and  per- 
sonal interests,  and  with  his  wife  and  three  children,  set  sail,  and  landed  in 
New  York  City  September  1,  1905.  He  at  once  located  in  Philadelphia,  with 
his  wife  and  family,  where  they  settled  and  joined  his  three  sons,  John,  Ferdi- 
nand and  Arvid.  The  family  continued  to  reside  in  the  "Quaker  City"  up  to 
1907.  Here  he  readily  found  profitable  employment  for  his  time  and  skill,  as 
an  expert  iron  and  steel  maker,  and  continued  actively  engaged  in  his  chosen 
line  of  work  up  to  1907,  in  which  year  he  came  to  Athenia,  Passaic  county,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  was  instrumental  in  organizing  the  Athenia  Steel  Manufactur- 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  423 

Ing  Company,  of  which  he  was  made  vice-president,  a  position  he  holds  at  the 
present  time.  He  was  also  instrumental  in  directing  and  arranging  the  various 
details  in  the  construction  of  the  present  Atheuia  Steel  Works,  at  that  place. 
From  the  beginning,  in  1907,  Erik  Gustav  August  Fornelius  rendered  efficient 
and  valuable  service  in  the  erection  of  the  Athenia  Steel  Works,  and  has  con- 
tributed much  to  the  material  growth  and  development  of  that  section  of 
Athenia,  where  he  has  established  his  home  and  settled  with  his  family.  The 
thorough  skill  and  knowledge  of  the  various  details  and  technique  of  the  iron 
and  steel  business,  as  well  as  the  methods  of  production,  which  he  had  acquired 
in  the  land  of  his  nativity,  stood  him  in  good  stead,  and  has  made  him  a  leading 
and  indispensable  man  in  his  line,  at  Athenia. 

Erik  Gustav  August  Fornelius  has  filled  the  position  of  superintendent  of 
the  Athenia  Steel  Works,  from  the  time  of  its  establishment  up  to  the  present 
period,  when  it  is  now  furnishing  regular  employment  to  over  300  skilled  opera- 
tives and  laborers,  many  of  whom  have  established  their  homes  in  Athenia  and 
the  immediate  neighborhood.  Erik  Gustav  August  Fornelius  married  in  Swe- 
den, January  12,  1872,  Johanna  Lindstrom,  daughter  of  Lars  and  Johannri 
Lindstrom,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  John,  Fer- 
dinand,  Arvid,  Anna,  Karin   and   Erik. 


CORNELIUS  VAN  HERWARDE—This  family  patronymic  is  a  place 
name,  and  its  meaning  indicates  of,  from,  or  belonging  to,  and  has  been  used  by 
the  early  representatives  of  this  family  for  many  generations  in  the  Kingdom 
of  Holland,  where  this  branch  of  the  family  resided  on  the  island  of  Texel, 
which  is  located  in  the  North  sea  and  separated  from  the  mainland  by  Marsdiep, 
two  and  one-half  miles  across.  The  surface  of  the  land  is  low  and  chiefly  used 
for  pasturage,  and  fine  breeds  of  cattle  and  sheep  are  raised  by  the  inhabitants; 
its  west  coast  is  sheltered  by  a  system  of  dykes,  which  in  1825  were  broken 
through  by  the  waves  and  storm,  causing  great  property  damage  to  the  inhabi- 
tants. The  island  contains  a  town  and  several  villages.  Texel  is  the  place 
where  the  English  fleet,  under  Monk,  defeated  the  Dutch  under  Van  Tromp,  on 
July  21,  1653,  and  where  the  latter  was  killed  during  the  action. 

(I)  The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  van  Herwarde  family 
of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  information  was  Cornelus  van  Herwarde, 
whose  parents  resided  on  the  island  of  Texel  in  the  village  of  Hoorn.  Cornelus 
\an  Herwarde  there  obtained  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the 
island  afforded  at  that  time,  and  was  there  reared  to  years  of  manhood  under 
the  parental  roof.  He  was  trained  to  habits  of  industry  and  farm  life,  and 
following  in  the  footsteps  of  his  ancestors  engaged  in  farming  and  live  stock 
raising.  He  married,  on  the  island  of  Texel,  Bregga  Zym,  and  he  and  his  wife 
were  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church  on  the  island,  where  the)'' 
spent  their  entire  life.  Cornelius  van  Herwarde  died  at  the  family  homestead 
in  the  village  of  Hoorn,  and  his  wife  survived  him  for  a  number  of  years.  She 
died  in  the  neighboring  village  of  Denburg,  on  the  island  of  Texel.  Children : 
1.  Greitje,  born  in  the  village  of  Hoorn,  where  she  was  reared  to  womanhood. 
She  married  Pieter  Dirkz  Witte,  and  they  had  one  son  and  two  daughters. 
Fieter  Dirkz  Witte  died  February  23,  1921.  2.  Tys,  of  whom  forward.  3. 
Antje,  born  in  the  village  of  Hoorn,  where  she  was  reared  to  years  of  woman- 
hood. She  was  twice  married.  Her  first  husband  was  Biem  Lap,  and  they  had 
one  son ;  of  her  second  marriage  were  born  three  daughters  and  one  son.  4. 
Hendrik,  born  in  the  village  of  Hoorn,  where  he  received  such  educational 
advantages  as  was  obtainable  in  the  village  school.  He  was  there  reared  to 
years  of  manhood.     He  married  Maritje  Barhorst,  and  they  had  several  sons 


424  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

and  daughters.  5.  Immetje,  born  in  the  village  of  Hoorn,  where  she  was  reared 
to  years  of  womanhood.  She  married  Jacob  Gomes;  he  died  in  1920;  they  had 
several  sons  and  daughters.  6.  Cornelus,  born  in  the  village  of  Hoorn,  where 
he  was  educated  and  rearer  to  years  of  manhood.  He  married  (first)  Frow- 
metje  Smitt.  He  married  (second)  Nellie  Graaf,  and  reared  a  family  of  sons 
and  daughters. 

(II)  Tys  van  Herwarde,  eldest  son  of  Cornelus  and  Bregga  (Zym)  van 
Herwarde,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Hoorn,  on  the  island 
of  Texel,  Kingdom  of  Holland,  May  25,  1840.  He  obtained  his  educational 
advantages  in  the  schools  of  his  native  village,  and  was  there  reared  to  years  of 
manhood.  Having  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  ancestors,  he  was  taught 
and  reared  to  the  routine  of  farm  life,  and  succeeded  to  the  management  of  the 
homestead  farm  after  his  father's  demise.  He  continued  actively  engaged  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  homestead  lands  and  live  stock  raising  for  a  period  of  over 
twenty-three  years.  In  1889,  he  decided  to  emigrate  with  his  family  to  the 
United  States,  and  he  accordingly  secured  passage  for  himself  and  family  on 
the  steamship  "Koland,"  which  sailed  from  the  seaport  city  of  Amsterdam, 
bound  for  the  port  of  New  York,  where  he  landed  with  his  little  family  group 
after  an  uneventful  voyage.  After  his  arrival  here  with  his  family,  he  settled 
in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  where  he  joined  his  brother-in-law,  Simon  Dyt,  and  here 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Passaic  Print  Works.  Following  this  he  removed 
with  his  family  to  Third  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  continued  in 
the  employ  of  the  Passaic  Print  Works,  and  was  actively  identified  with  this 
establishment  during  the  following  ten  years.  He  later  applied  his  time  to 
various  pursuits,  and  in  recent  years  has  practically  relinquished  active  work. 
Mr.  van  Herwarde  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  throug'hout  chat 
section  of  the  city  of  Passaic  where  his  activities  have  been  chiefly  centralized. 
He  is  a  faithful  communicant  of  St.  Nicholas  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Tys  van  Herwarde  married  Jannetje  Dyt,  April  20,  1865.     She  was  born 
in  the  village  of  Hoorn,  Zuid  Haffel,  February  23,   1844;    her  parents  were 
Peter  S.  and  Nelltje  (van  Berne)  Dyt,  also  residents  of  the  island  of  Texel. 
Jannetje  (Dyt)  van  Herwarde  proved  herself  a  worthy  helpmate  and  wife  to 
her  husband.     She  was  known  to  be  possessed  of  many  fine  qualities  of  mind 
and  heart,  and  was  also  a  loving  and  indulgent  mother.   She  died  at  the  family 
home  on  Jefferson  street,  July  8,  1911.     She  was  a  faithful  communicant  of 
St.  Nicholas  Roman  Catholic  Church.     Children:     1.  Cornelius,  of  whom  for- 
ward.    2.   Peter,   of  whom  forward.     3.   Cornelia,  died   aged  fifteen  months. 
4.  Petronella,  born  at  the  family  homestead  in  Hoorn,  died  in  Passaic,  June  26, 
1901.    5.  Cornelia,  born  at  the  family  homestead  in  Hoorn,  December  20,  1878. 
She  obtained  her  educational  advantages  in  the  schools  of  her  native  village, 
and  was  brought  by  her  parents  to  this  country  in  1889.     Upon  the  settlement 
of  her  parents  in  Lodi,  she  there  attended  the  public  schools,  and  upon  their 
removal  to  Passaic,  she  finished  her  educational  training  in  the  parochial  school 
of  St  .Nicholas  Roman  Catholic  Church.     On  October  8,   1900,  she  married 
John  A.  Naughton,  born  July  14,  1874,  son  of  Stephen  and  Mary  (Gallagher) 
Naughton,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  Emerald  Isle.     The  nuptial  cere- 
monies were  performed  by  the  Rev.  Father  Thomas  J.  Kernan,  of  St.  Nicholas 
Roman  Catholic  Church.     Children:     i.  Mary  A.,  born   June  20,    1901.     ii. 
Mathias  J.,  born  September  5,  1902.    iil.  Catherine  A.,  born  April  30,  1904.   iv. 
Henry  A.,  born  January  17,  1906.    v.  Johanna  T.,  born  January  23,  1908.    vi. 
Dorothea,  born  at  the  family  home  on  Columbia  avenue,  January  13,  1916.    vii. 
Rita,  born  at  the  family  home  on  Columbia  avenue,  March  23,  1919.    6.  Hen- 
drik,  born  at  the  family  homestead  in  Hoorn,  died  aged  twenty-one  years,  in 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  425 

Passaic,  November  22,  1896.  7.  Dorothea,  born  at  the  family  homestead  in 
Hoorn,  February  26,  1880.  She  was  brought  by  her  parents  to  the  United  States 
in  1889,  and  attended  the  schools  of  Lodi  and  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  at  the  latter 
place  completing  her  educational  training  in  the  parochial  school  of  St.  Nicholas 
Catholic  Church.  She  married  William  J.  Wade,  November  19,  1902  (see 
Wade  III). 

(Ill)  Cornelius  van  Herwarde,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Tys  and  Jannetje 
(Dyt)  van  Herwarde,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Hoorn. 
island  of  Texel,  Kingdom  of  Holland,  February  9,  1868.  He  there  acquired 
his  early  educational  advantages  and  continued  to  reside  under  the  parental  roof 
up  to  1889,  in  wihidh  year  he  came  with  the  family  to  this  country.  Upon  the 
settlement  of  his  father  and  the  family  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  Cornelius  van 
Herwarde  applied  his  time  in  the  employment  of  farm  work  in  Oradell,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  remained  employed  during  the  first  year.  He  later  pursued 
various  occupations  up  to  1894,  having,  during  this  period,  acquired  sufficient 
capital  to  engage  in  the  milk  distributing  trade  on  his  own  account  in  Passaic. 
In  this  undertaking  he  met  with  immediate  success  as  the  logical  result  of  his 
thoroughness  and  painstaking  care  in  handling  and  distributing  his  wares  among 
his  patrons,  with  whom  he  soon  became  well  and  favorably  known  as  a  result 
of  his  straightforward  and  honorable  methods  in  all  his  transactions.  In  1896, 
Mr.  van  Herwarde  opened  a  retail  store  for  the  handling  and  distribution  of 
dairy  products  in  Garfield,  corner  Palisade  avenue  and  Passaic  street,  where  he 
successfully  conducted  his  business.  He  next  removed  his  establishment  to  No. 
90  Second  street.  First  Ward  district,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  has  since 
met  with  a  marked  degree  of  success  in  handling  and  distributing  a  variety  of 
dairy  products  consigned  to  him  from  the  leading  dairies  and  creameries  through- 
out New  Jersey  and  the  states  of  New  York  and  Pennsylvania.  Cornelius  van 
Herwarde  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  general  public  of  Passaic 
and  the  surrounding  communities,  and  his  name  is  regarded  as  being  synonymous 
with  straightforward  and  honorable  methods  in  all  business  dealings.  In  his 
religious  associations,  Mr.  van  Herwarde  is  a  faithful  communicant  of  St. 
Nicholas  Roman  Catfholic  Church,  Washington  place.  He  is  also  an  active 
member  of  Perez  Council,  Knights  of  Columbus,  in  Passaic. 

Cornelius  van  Herwarde  married  (first)  at  St.  Nicholas  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  the  ceremony  being  performed  by  the  Rev.  Father  John  A.  Sheppard, 
April  14,  1896,  Catherine  Hubschmidtt.  She  was  born  May  10,  1862.  Her  par- 
ents were  Phillip  and  Anna  Maria  (Metzger)  Hubschmidtt,  both  of  whom  are 
descendants  of  German  ancestry.  Catherine  (Hubschmidtt)  van  Herwarde  died 
at  the  family  home  on  Jefferson  street,  September  22,  1920.  Of  this  union  were 
born  the  following  children:  1.  Henry,  born  March  27,  1897.  2.  Anna  May, 
born  November  8,  1898.  She  obtained  her  educational  advantages  in  the  parish 
school  and  in  the  public  schools  of  Passaic.  She  married,  November  10,  1920, 
J^hn  J.  Radcliffe,  son  of  John  J.  and  Elizabeth  (Kane)  Radcliffe,  of  whom 
see  elsewhere  in  this  work.  3.  Jeannete,  born  September,  1903,  died  at  the  family 
home,  June  13,  1904.  4.  Joseph,  born  January  7,  1905.  Cornelius  van  Her- 
warde married  (second)  June  8,  1921,  Mary  A.  Wade,  born  July  2,  1880,  in 
the  village  of  Mackeysburg,  Schuylkill  county,  Pennsylvania.     (See  Wade.) 

WILLIAM  J.  WADE— The  family  name  of  Wade  is  of  ancient  Celtic 
origin,  and  Is  referred  to  by  Dr.  John  O'Hart  in  his  "History  of  Irish  Pedigrees" 
as  having  married  into  the  Plunket  family,  one  of  Ireland's  distinguished  and 
noted  families.  The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Wade  family  of 
whom  we  have  authentic  knowledge  was  Patrick  Wade. 


426  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

(I)  Patrick  Wade  is  mentioned  as  being  a  native  of  Castle-Comer,  County- 
Kilkenny,  Ireland.  Family  information  states  that  he  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  his  birthplace,  and  upon  attaining  manhood  years  became  engaged  in 
buying  and  distributing  coal  to  the  wholesale  trade  in  County  Kilkenny  and  the 
surrounding  communities.  In  this  line  of  enterprise,  he  built  up  a  successful 
trade  and  became  well  and  favorably  known  to  many  leading  and  representative 
men  throughout  that  part  of  the  Emerald  Isle.  He  died  in  his  native  country 
about  1843.  In  his  religious  association  he  was  a  faithful  communicant  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church. 

Patrick  Wade  married  Margaret  Nesbit,  who  was  a  descendant  of  an  old 
and  distinguished  English  family.  Children:  1.  William,  came  to  this  country 
and  settled  in  Schuylkill  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  married  Mary  Mc- 
Namara;  two  sons  and  one  daughter.  2.  Michael,  of  whom  forward.  3.  John, 
came  to  this  country  and  settled  in  Schuylkill  county,  Pennsylvania;  he  never 
married.  4.  Patrick,  came  to  this  country  and  settled  in  Schuylkill  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  married  Mary  Murphy ;  six  sons  and  four  daughters.  5. 
Margaret,  died  in  Ireland.  6.  Bridget,  married  John  Mulhall,  and  died  leaving 
no  issue. 

Soon  after  the  death  of  Patrick  Wade,  his  widow  decided  to  emigrate  to  the 
United  States  with  her  family  of  five  living  children,  and  they  set  sail  from  the 
seaport  city  of  Queenstown,  bound  for  one  of  the  leading  ports  of  Nova  Scotia, 
Canada,  where  the  family  first  settled  on  American  soil.  The  mother  and  her 
little  family  circle  did  not,  however,  remain  long  in  the  British  province,  and 
finally  migrated  to  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  where  they  located  in  the  coal 
region  of  Schuylkill  county,  settling  in  the  village  of  Heckscherville.  Here 
the  mother  and  children  continued  to  reside  up  to  the  time  of  the  death  of  the 
former  in  December,  1871.  She,  too,  was  a  faithful  communicant  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church  and  reared  her  children  in  the  faith. 

(II)  Michael  Wade,  second  son  of  Patrick  and  Margaret  (Nesbit)  Wade, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  at  Castle-Comer,  County  Kilkenny,  Ireland,  about 
1832.  He  was  brought  by  his  mother  and  the  other  children  of  the  family  to  this 
country  in  1845.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Heckscherville,  Pennsylva- 
nia, where  in  course  of  time  he  became  engaged  at  mining,  an  occupation  which 
he  followed  during  the  active  years  of  his  life.  He  removed  with  his  family  to 
the  town  of  Shenandoah,  Pennsylvania,  in  1883,  where  he  became  engaged  as  a 
contract  miner  on  his  own  account.  Having  been  reared  in  the  faith  of  his 
ancestors,  he,  too,  was  a  faithful  communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 
Michael  Wade  died  at  the  family  home  in  Shenandoah,  Pennsylvania,  October 
1,  1889. 

Michael  Wade  nvarried,  July  24,  1872,  Mary  Crennan,  born  February 
18,  1844,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Delany)  Crennan,  a  native  of  the 
village  of  Crutt,  near  Castle-Comer.  The  nuptial  ceremonies  were  performed 
at  the  Roman  Catholic  church  in  Morristown,  New  Jersey.  Children  : 
].  Margaret,  born  August  23,  1873.  She  married  Patrick  Ready,  and  at 
present  (1921)  resides  in  Hoboken,  New  Jersey.  2.  Patrick,  born  January 
5,  1875.  He  married  Catherine  McAndrew,  and  resides  with  his  family  in 
Shenandoah,  Pennsylvania.  3.  William  J.,  of  whom  further.  4.  John,  born 
May  29,  1878.  He  at  present  resides  with  his  sister  Margaret  in  Hoboken, 
New  Jersey.  He  did  not  marry.  5.  Mary  A.,  born  July  2,  1880.  She  is  at 
present  (1921)  a  teacher  in  Drake's  Business  College,  Passaic.  She  married, 
June  8,  1921,  Cornelius  van  Herwarde  (see  van  Herwarde).  6.  Luke  T., 
born  July  27,  1882.  He  married  Bertha  Cummings,  two  children,  John  and 
James;  resides  in  Passaic.    7.  Isabelle,  born  August  19,  1884.     She  resides  with 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  427 

her  mother  in  Passaic.  8.  Lawrence,  born  February  21,  1887.  He  married 
Margaret  Hartnet,  and  with  his  family  resides  in  Monroe  street,  Passaic.  Four 
children:    Lawrence,  Vincent,  Leonard,   and   Florence   Marie. 

(Ill)  William  J.  Wade,  third  child  and  second  son  of  Michael  and  Mary 
(Crennan)  Wade,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Heckscherville,  Schuylkill 
county,  Pennsylvania,  May  28,  1876.  He  there  obtained  his  educational 
advantages  in  the  public  schools,  and  soon  after  attaining  to  suitable  years 
began  to  learn  the  carpenter  trade,  and  faithfully  served  his  apprenticeship 
of  five  years.  Soon  after  completing  his  trade,  he  followed  the  same  as  a 
journeyman,  and  in  course  of  time  began  business  on  his  own  account,  building 
and  contracting.  On  June  7,  1899,  Mr.  Wade  came  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
where  he  has  since  resided  and  he  has  pursued  his  chosen  line  of  work,  in  which 
he  has  established  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  skilled  and  practical  carpenter. 
Since  his  settlement  in  Passaic,  Mr.  Wade  has  become  identified  with  a  number 
of  fraternal  and  other  organizations,  which  have  for  their  object  the  advance- 
ment of  the  social  and  moral  welfare  of  the  community.  He  is  an  active 
member  of  Perez  Council,  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  is  also  active  in  the 
Carpenter's  Union,  Local  490,  in  Passaic,  of  which  he  has  served  in  the  capacity 
of  recording  secretary  for  a  number  of  years. 

William  J.  Wade  married  Dorothea  van  Herwarde,  in  St.  Nicholas'  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  Passaic.  The  nuptial  ceremonies  were  performed  by  the  Rev. 
Father  Dunn,  November  19,  1902  (see  van  Herwarde).  Children:  1.  Mary 
J.  A.,  born  September  30,  1903.  She  obtained  her  commercial  educational 
training  in  Holy  Trinity  Business  College,  Passaic,  and  at  present  (1921)  is 
engaged  in  the  capacity  of  stenographer  for  the  Portable  Machinery  Company  of 
Clifton,  New  Jersey.  2.  Johanna  P.  C,  born  June  2,  1905.  3.  Petronella  C, 
born  December  18,  1906.  4.  Margaret  M.,  born  November  29,  1908.  5. 
Mathias,  born  June  7,  1910.  6.  Agnes,  born  March  14,  1912.  She  died  March 
18,  1912.  7.  Peter  C,  born  February  15,  1913.  8.  Cornelia,  born  January 
12,  1916.  9.  Alice,  born  November  12,  1917.  10.  William,  Jr.,  born  September 
1,  1919.     11.  Joseph,  twin  to  William,  Jr.     12.  Edward,  born  April  14,  1921. 


JOHN  ALOYSIUS  NAUGHTON— A  descendant  of  sturdy  Irish  stock, 
Mr.  Naughton  has  been  connected  with  railroading  during  the  greater  part  of 
his  life  and  is  now  a  conductor  on  one  of  the  leading  lines  crossing  northern 
New  Jersey.  Mr.  Naughton  is  a  son  of  Stephen  and  Mary  (Gallagher) 
Naughton,  his  father  having  been  a  laborer  by  occupation.  Stephen  Naughton 
came  to  the  United  States  from  County  Galway,  Ireland,  in  1865,  settling 
at  once  in  Passaic,  where  he  died  July  4,  1920,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years. 

John  A.  Naughton  was  born  on  Second  street,  in  Passaic,  July  14,  1874, 
and  attended  Public  School  No.  2,  until  the  age  of  thirteen  years.  He  then 
left  school  to  enter  the  world  of  industry,  and  was  first  employed  in  the 
Waterhouse  mills.  Remaining  for  only  about  a  year,  he  entered  the  employ  of 
Amadown  mills  as  a  spinner.  Here  he  also  remained  for  about  a  year,  then 
became  connected  with  the  New  York  Belting  and  Packing  Compnay  and  was 
thus  engaged  for  two  years.  He  then  became  identified,  at  the  age  of  nineteen 
years,  with  the  New  York,  Susquehanna  &  Western  Railroad  Company,  where 
he  has  since  been  continuously  connected.  Beginning  as  a  hostler,  taking  care 
of  engines,  he  later  served  as  brakeman  for  a  number  of  years,  and  for  the 
past  sixteen  years  has  been  conductor,  which  position  he  now  holds.  He  is 
widely  known  and  popular  in  railway  circles. 

A  Democrat  by  political  affiliation,  Mr.  Naughton  has  never  sought  the 
limelight  in  public  affairs.     Fraternally  he  holds  membership  in  Perez  Lodge, 


428  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Knights  of  Columbus,  of  Passaic,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood 
of  Railroad  Trainmen  for  twenty-five  years.  He  was  one  of  the  originators 
and  a  charter  member  of  the  Union  Athletic  Club,  of  Passaic,  which  is  still 
in  existence.     He  is  a  member  of  St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Mr.  Naughton  married,  in  Passaic,  October  8,  1900,  Cornelia  van  Her- 
warde,  daughter  of  Tys  and  Jannetje  (Dyt)  van  Herwarde,  and  they  have 
seven  children:  Mary  Agnes,  Matthias  John,  Catherine  Agnes,  Henry  Aloy- 
sius,  Johanna  Theresa,  Dorothea  and  Rita.  The  family  reside  at  No.  107 
Quincy   street,    Passaic,   New   Jersey. 


WILENSKY  FAMILY— Vilna,  ("Wilna")  the  home  city  of  the  early 
ancestors  of  the  Wilensky  family,  is  situated  in  Russian  Poland,  and  was  the 
capital  of  the  Government  of  the  same  name.  It  was  formerly  the  capital 
city  of  Lithuania.  It  is  located  at  the  confluence  of  the  Vileika  and  Vilia 
rivers,  about  ninety  miles  northeast  of  the  city  of  Grodno.  The  city  is 
situated  on  hilly  ground  and  is  enclosed  by  a  wall.  It  has  a  cathedral  of  the 
fourteenth  century  containing  good  paintings  and  the  marble  chapel  and  tomb 
of  St.  Casimir.  There  are  also  numerous  Roman  Catholic  and  Greek,  Lutheran 
and  Calvinist  churches,  two  synagogues,  a  mosque,  a  fine  town  hall,  an  arsenal, 
an  exchange,  theatre,  several  hospitals,  barracks,  magazines,  a  governor's 
palace,  and  some  noble  residences,  most  of  which  are  handsome  buildings, 
and  also  the  remains  of  the  royal  castle  of  Jagellons,  kings  of  Poland.  Of 
the  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Vilna,  about  one-third  are  of  the  Jewish  race. 

The  family  patronymic  of  Wilensky  has  been  in  use  for  a  number  of 
generations  in  the  city  of  Vilna,  w'here  the  first  representative  of  this  branch 
of  the  family,  Abraham  Wilensky,  was  born  in  1712.  According  to  family 
information  he  married  in  the  city  of  Vilna.  In  1732,  he  moved  to  Wilkic, 
and  among  his  children  had  a  son,  Meyer  Wilensky,  who  was  born  at  the 
family  home  in  that  city  in  1735.  Meyer  Wilensky  was  educated  and  reared 
to  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof,  in  the  city  of  Wilkie,  where  he 
married,  and  among  his  children  had  a  son,  Benjamin  Wilensky,  born  in  1798. 
The  latter  was  likewise  educated  in  his  native  city  where  he  married,  and 
among  his  children  had  a  son,  Abraham  Wilensky,  born  in  1838. 

Abraham  Wilensky  became  the  settler  and  founder  of  his  branch  of  the 
family  in  America.  He  received  his  educational  advantages  in  the  schools  of 
the  city  of  \^ilna,  and  was  reared  to  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental 
roof.  Family  information  states  that  he  was  possessed  of  great  energy  and 
rugged  frame.  Soon  after  entering  into  the  practical  duties  of  life,  he  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  grocery  trade,  in  which  line  of  enterprise  he  met  with  a 
marked  degree  of  success.  As  a  result  of  his  commercial  activities,  he  acquired 
a  number  of  sailing  vessels,  with  which  he  transported  grain  and  produce  from 
his  native  province  to  the  towns  and  cities  in  the  adjacent  provinces  of  the 
German  Empire.  His  shipping  and  other  commercial  activities,  in  the  course 
of  time,  extended  over  a  wide  region  of  country.  Abraham  Wilensky  also 
took  an  active  interest  in  the  social  and  civic  affairs  of  the  community  wherein 
he  resided,  and  had  won  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  classes  of  people  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact ;  and  as  a  result  of  his  popularity  among  his  fellow- 
citizens  was  unanimously  elected  mayor  of  the  town  of  Wilkie,  and  rendered 
efficient  service  in  that  office  for  a  period  of  six  years. 

In  1886,  Abraham  Wilensky  decided  to  emigrate  with  his  family  to  the 
United  States,  hoping  here  that  he  might  find  greater  opportunities  to  rear  and 
educate  his  children,  and  apply  himself  to  some  useful  business  pursuit.  He 
accordingly  arranged  his  personal  interests  and  family  affairs,  and  with  his  wife 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  429 

and  six  children,  the  little  family  circle  embarked  from  the  seaport  town  of 
Hamburg,  bound  for  the  port  of  New  York  City,  where  they  finally  landed 
after  an  uneventful  voyage.  On  October  9,  1886,  the  Wilensky  family  first  set 
foot  on  American  soil.  Soon  after  settling  with  his  family  in  the  metropolis, 
Abraham  Wilensky  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  leather  goods  and  novelties. 
In  this  undertaking  he  met  with  prompt  success,  as  the  logical  result  of  his 
painstaking  care  and  straightforward  methods  in  dealing  with  his  patrons.  In 
1897,  Abraham  Wilensky  removed  with  his  family  to  the  city  of  Passaic, 
Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  where  in  the  course  of  time  he  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  and  retail  coal  business  with  his  sons,  Benjamin,  Meyer,  Aaron  and 
David  T.,  under  the  firm  name  of  A.  Wilensky  &  Sons.  In  this  under- 
taking the  father  and  sons,  through  their  united  efforts,  succeeded  in  establishing 
a  successful  trade  in  their  adopted  city  and  the  surrounding  communities.  Soon 
after  engaging  in  the  coal  trade,  the  firm  of  A.  Wilensky  &  Sons  also  became 
actively  engaged  in  the  ice  distributing  business,  and  in  both  these  lines  of 
enterprise  they  have  met  with  a  marked  degree  of  success. 

In  addition  to  his  commercial  activities,  Mr.  Wilensky  took  an  active  inter- 
est in  the  social  and  civic  affairs  of  the  neighborhood  wherein  he  resided.  He  also 
became  actively  interested  in  organizing  the  Congregation  B'nai  Jacob  Syna- 
gogue, of  which  organization  he  was  one  of  the  leading  members,  and  was 
largely  instrumental  in  building  up  a  successful  membership  in  the  congrega- 
tion. As  the  years  passed  and  his  commercial  activities  brought  to  him  success, 
he  generously  contributed  to  charitable  and  philanthropic  purposes  among  his 
people,  as  well  as  others  of  different  denominations.  At  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  October  15,  1916,  it  was  justly  said  that  not  only  his  fellowmen, 
but  the  community  wherein  he  resided,  had  lost  a  good  and  valued  citizen.  His 
dutiful  wife  and  mother  of  his  children,  whom  he  married  in  his  native  town, 
Wilkie,  in  the  Province  of  Lithuania,  in  1858,  passed  away  at!  the  family  home 
in  the  city  of  Passaic,  May  11,  1904.  His  eldest  son,  Benjamin,  also  passed 
away  July  4,  1909.  These  bereavements  greatly  saddened  the  latter  years  of 
of  his  life. 

Abraham  Wilensky  married,  in  his  native  town,  Wilkie,  in  the  Province  of 
Lithuania,  late  Russian  Poland,  in  1858,  Esther  Rhina  Freedman.  She  was  born 
March  10,  1835,  daughter  of  Max  and  Sarah  (Rhina)  Freedman,  and  of  their 
union  they  had  born  to  them  the  following  children:  1.  Benjamin,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Meyer,  of  whom  further.  3.  Ida,  born  at  the  family  home  in  the 
town  of  Wilkie,  Province  of  Lithuania,  Russian  Poland,  June  20,  1873.  She 
was  brought  by  her  parents  to  this  country  in  1886.  She  was  educated  under 
private  tuition  in  the  schools  of  her  native  city,  and  was  reared  to  years  of 
womanhood  under  the  parental  roof.  She  married,  January  15,  1896,  Meyer 
Hoffman,  born  in  1868,  in  the  city  of  Kovno,  Russian  Poland.  His  parents 
were  Mashe  Lieb  and  Risha  Riva  (Wilensky)  Hoffman.  Meyer  Hoffman  ob- 
tained his  educational  advantages  in  the  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  was 
there  reared  to  years  of  manhood  imder  the  parental  roof.  In  1890,  he  emi- 
grated to  this  country,  and  upon  his  arrival  here  settled  in  New  York  City. 
Of  their  union  Meyer  and  Ida  (Wilensky)  Hoffman  had  born  to  them  a  family 
of  the  following  children:  Julius  Hoffman,  born  January  9,  1897;  Manuel 
Hoffman,  born  December  23,  1899;  Nathan  Hoffman,  born  July  23,  1900; 
Hilda  Hoffman,  born  June  29,  1903;  Raymond  Hoffman,  born  May  2,  1912. 
4.  Aaron,  of  whom  further.  5.  Lena,  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of 
Wilkie,  Province  of  Lithuania,  Russian  Poland,  September  18,  1879.  She 
was  brought  by  her  parents  to  this  country  in  1886.  She  obtained  her  educa- 
tional advantages  in  the  schools  of  New  York  City,  and  was  reared  to  years 


430  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

of  womanhood  under  the  parental  roof.  She  married,  March  20,  1898,  Alex- 
ander Sabsevitz,  horn  March  27,  1873,  in  the  town  of  Racienne,  Russian 
Poland.  His  parents  were  Velva  Reubent  and  Gittel  (Margoles)  Sabsevitz, 
both  of  whom  were  residents  of  the  town  of  Racienne,  not  far  distant  from  the 
city  of  Vilna,  Russian  Poland.  Alexander  Sabsevitz  obtained  his  educational 
advantages  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  was  there  reared  to  years  of 
manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  Later  he  emigrated  to  this  country,  and 
upon  his  arrival  here  settled  in  New  York  City,  where  he  in  course  of  time 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  jewelry  trade  and  in  this  line  of  enterprise  has  become 
v/ell  and  favorably  known  to  many  of  the  leading  and  notable  families  of  the 
metropolis.  Fraternally,  he  is  prominent  in  Masonic  circles  and  is  a  member 
of  the  lodge  and  also  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  Socially  his  friends  are  legion. 
Alexander  and  Lena  (Wilensky)  Sabsevitz  have  born  to  them  a  family  of  the 
following  children:  Ralph  Sabsevitz,  born  March  1,  1899;  Gertrude  R.  Sabse- 
vitz, born  June  23,  1901;  Milton  Sabsevitz,  born  May  9,  1903;  Oliver  Sabse- 
vitz, born  May  1,  1905,    6.  David  T.,  of  whom  further. 

Benjamin  Wilensky,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Abraham  and  Esther  Rhina 
(Freedman)  Wilensky,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Wilkie, 
province  of  Lithuania,  Russian  Poland,  May  6,  1866.  He  obtained  his  educa- 
tional advantages  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  was  reared  to  years  of 
manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  In  1886  he  came  with  his  parents  and  their 
other  five  children  to  this  country,  and  soon  after  setting  foot  on  American  soil 
located  with  the  family  in  New  York  City,  where  he  became  associated  with 
his  father  in  his  manufacturing  business.  Soon  after  settling  in  the  city  of 
Passaic  he  continued  his  interests  with  his  father's  commercial  activities,  under 
the  firm  name  of  A.  Wilensky  &  Sons,  and  was  largely  instrumental  in  helping 
to  establish  their  trade  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  coal  and  ice  distributing  busi- 
ness in  Passaic  and  the  surrounding  communities.  In  1906,  he  recommended 
the  purchasing  of  a  tract  of  land  comprising  nineteen  and  one-half  city  lots  in 
the  Fourth  Ward  District  of  Passaic,  where  School  street  is  now  located,  and 
which  was  purchased  by  Benjamin,  Meyer,  Aaron  and  David  T.  Wilensky. 

Benjamin  Wilensky,  not  unlike  his  respected  father,  became  identified  with 
the  social  and  moral  interests  of  the  community  wherein  he  resided.  He  took 
an  active  interest  in  the  Congregation  B'nal  Jacob  Synagogue,  of  which  organ- 
ization he  served  as  president  for  a  number  of  years.  In  his  fraternal  asso- 
ciations, he  was  an  active  member  of  the  Passaic  City  Lodge,  Independent  Order 
Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Joseph  Spitz  Lodge,  Independent  Order  B'rith  Scholem. 
He  died  at  his  home.  No.  118  Hamilton  avenue,  Passaic,  July  4,  1919,  and 
was  greatly  missed  by  many  whom  he  had  befriended  with  his  numerous  bene- 
factions. 

Benjamin  Wilensky  married.  May  1,  1887,  in  New  York  City,  Mollie 
Cohen,  born  May  8,  1870,  daughter  of  Mashba  and  Mecil  Cohen,  and  of  their 
union  they  had  born  to  them  one  daughter,  Anna,  May  18,  1890.  She  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  Passaic,  and  reared  to  years  of  womanhood  under 
the  parental  roof.  She  married,  April  1,  1913,  Samuel  Eichenbaum,  born 
February  12,  1882,  in  New  York  City,  son  of  Isaac  and  Brona  (Gross)  Eichen- 
baum. They  have  two  children.  Burton  Irving  Eichenbaum,  born  June  28, 
1915,  and  Mildred  Eichenbaum,  born  September  23,  1918. 

Meyer  Wilensky,  second  child  and  son  of  Abraham  and  Esther  Rhina 
CFreedman")  Wilensky,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Wilkie, 
Province  of  Lithuania,  Russian  Poland,  June  IS,  1871.  His  early  educational 
training  was  acquired  under  private  tuition  in  his  native  town.  In  1886  he 
came  with  his  parents  to  this  country,  and  immediately  upon  their  arrival  here, 


FRONT— OFFICES,    SHO'W    ROOMS    AND 
STOCK   ROOMS 


WAREHOUSE   AND   LOFTS   ABOVE 


SHOW  ROOMS 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  431 

settled  with  his  parents  in  New  York  City.  Shortly  afterwards  he  becanie 
identified  with  his  father  in  his  manufacturing  interests  in  New  York  City, 
and  upon  the  settlement  of  the  family  in  Passaic,  continued  his  connection 
with  his  father's  interests  along  with  his  three  brothers,  Benjamin,  Aaron  and 
David  T.,  in  the  coal  and  ice  distributing  business  under  the  firm  name  of  A. 
Wilensky  &  Sons.  As  a  result  of  his  practical  judgment  and  business  enter- 
prise, he  contributed  much  to  the  success  of  the  firm.  In  1906,  Wilensky 
Brothers  secured  by  purchase  nineteen  and  one-half  city  lots  in  the  Fourth 
Ward  District  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  which  they  later  improved  and  erected  a 
number  of  dwelling  houses  thereon.  In  1910  the  Wilensky  Brothers,  Meyer, 
Aaron  and  David  T.,  incorporated  the  interests  of  A.  Wilensky  &  Sons,  coal 
and  ice  distributing  business,  with  their  other  varied  interests,  under  the  name 
of  Wilensky  Brothers  Company,  the  interests  of  which  they  have,  through  their 
united  efforts,  successfully  carried  forward,  and  were  largely  instrumental  in 
having  the  present  School  street  opened  and  established  as  a  public  thorough- 
fare. This  improvement  at  once  added  greatly  to  the  real  estate  interests  which 
the  Wilensky  Brothers  Company  had  acquired,  and  they  later  erected  buildings, 
and  made  other  improvements  in  School  street,  which  at  the  present  time,  1921, 
is  practically  owned  and  controlled  by  the  Wilensky  Brothers  interests. 

Meyer  Wilensky,  as  a  result  of  his  progress  and  enterprise,  contributed 
much  to  advancing  the  interests  of  the  firm  of  A.  Wilensky  &  Sons  in  their 
various  commercial  and  building  activities.  Not  unlike  his  respected  father, 
he  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  social  and  civic  affairs  of  his  adopted  city. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  City  Republican  Club,  Progress  Club,  the  Young 
Men's  Hebrew  Association,  the  Hebrew  Institute  and  the  Congregation  B'nai 
Jacob  Synagogue. 

Meyer  Wilensky  married,  in  New  York  City,  February  3,  1895,  Dora 
Simon,  born  September  12,  1877,  daughter  of  Tobias  and  Sophie  (Cohen) 
Simon,  and  of  their  union  the  following  children  have  been  born:  1.  Manuel, 
born  January  28,  1902.  2.  Harriet,  born  May  20,  1903.  3.  Rose,  born  Febru- 
ary 9,  1905.  4.  David,  born  September  10,  'l907.  5.  Nathan,  born  July  5, 
1908.    6.  Burton,  born  September  15,  1914.    7.  Ethel,  born  February  15,  1916. 

Aaron  Wilensky,  third  son  and  fourth  child  of  Abraham  and  Esther  Rhina 
(Freedman)  Wilensky,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Wilkie, 
Province  of  Lithuania,  Russian  Poland,  September  9,  1875.  His  early  educa- 
tional training  was  under  private  tuition  in  his  native  town  up  to  1886,  in 
which  year  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  this  country,'  and  upon  their  settle- 
ment in  New  York  City  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  neighborhood 
where  the  family  resided.  In  1897,  when  his  parents  removed  to  Passaic,  he 
became  identified  with  his  father  and  brothers  in  the  firm  of  A.  Wilensky 
&  Sons,  in  the  coal  and  ice  distributing  business,  and  was  actively  associated 
with  the  interests  of  A.  Wilensky  &  Sons  in  their  various  commercial  and  real 
estate  enterprises  in  Passaic.  In  1910,  upon  the  incorporation  of  the  interests 
of  the  Wilensky  Brothers  Company,  he  became  identified  with  their  various 
building  and  commercial  activities,  including  the  opening  and  establishment 
of  School  street,  as  a  public  thoroughfare,  in  the  Fourth  Ward  District  of 
Passaic,  where  the  Wilensky  Brothers'  interests  have  erected  a  number  of 
dwellings  in  that  thoroughfare.  Aaron  Wilensky  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Passaic  Board  of  Trade,  the  Passaic  City  Republican  Club,  and  is  also  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Hebrew  Free  School  and  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association.  He 
is  likewise  an  active  member  of  the  Congregation  B'nai  Jacob  Synagogue. 

Aaron  Wilensky  married,  in  Passaic,  June  12,  1900,  Sarah  Podorowsky, 
born  May  10,  1880,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rachel  (Levinson)  Podorowsky, 


432  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

and  of  their  union  they  have  born  to  them  the  following  children:  1.  Celia, 
born  April  6,  1901.  2.  Oscar  R.,  born  May  12,  1904.  3.  Gladys  Loretta,  born 
April  23,  1914. 

David  T.  Wilensky,  fourth  son  and  youngest  child  of  Abraham  and  Esther 
Rhina  (Freedman)  Wilensky,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of 
Wilkie,  Province  of  Lithuania,  Russian  Poland,  January  1,  1882.  He  was 
brought  by  his  parents  to  this  country  in  1886,  and  upon  the  settlement  of  the 
family  in  the  city  of  New  York  attended  the  public  schools.  Soon  after  laying 
aside  his  school  books,  he  began  to  apply  himself  to  the  practical  duties  of  life, 
and  became  identified  with  the  firm  of  A.  Wilensky  &  Sons  in  the  coal  and 
ice  distributing  trade,  continuing  up  to  the  present  time,  1921.  In  1910,  upon 
the  incorporation  of  the  Wilensky  Brothers  Company,  he  was  also  instrumental 
in  advancing  the  interests  of  the  new  corporation  and  took  an  active  part  in 
the  opening  and  establishment  of  School  street,  where  the  interests  of  the 
Wilensky  Brothers  Company  made  many  improvements  and  erected  a  number 
of  dwellings,  and  made  other  improvements,  which  at  the  present  time,  1921, 
are  practically  owned  and  controlled  by  the  Wilensky  Brothers'  interests. 

In  his  fraternal  associations,  David  T.  Wilensky  is  an  active  member  of 
Lodge,  No.  215,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  Passaic;  Passaic  Zion 
Encampment,  No.  50,  of  Passaic;  of  Progress  Club,  and  the  Young  Men's 
Hebrew  Association.  In  his  religious  association  he  is  an  active  member  of  the 
B'nai  Jacob  Synagogue,  in  the  city  of  Passaic. 

David  T.  Wilensky  married,  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  May  8,  1910,  Flora 
Richmond,  born  June  27,  1890,  daughter  of  Hymen  and  Jennie  (Kaufman) 
Richmond.     Of  their  union  they  have  born  to  them  the  following  children : 
1.  Jerome  K.,  born  June  12,  1911.    2.  Estella  Regina,  born  March  27,  1914. 
3.  Evelyn,  born  April  9,  1918. 

ABRAHAM  NOONBURG — This  name  has  been  extant  in  the  countries 
of  the  Netherlands  for  a  number  of  generations  prior  to  the  settlement  of  the 
family  in  this  country.  The  founder  of  this  branch  in  America  was  Haico 
Noonburg,  who,  according  to  family  records,  was  born  in  Groningen,  the  north- 
ern-most province  of  the  Netherlands.  Haico  Noonburg  obtained  a  good 
academical  education  in  his  native  country  and  upon  attaining  to  the  years  of 
manhood,  became  engaged  in  the  produce  commission  business  on  the  Island  of 
Flake,  one  of  the  Zeeland  Islands,  where  he  bought  the  growing  crops  from 
the  farmers  and  transported  them  in  his  own  vessels  to  the  markets  of  the  city 
of  Rotterdam.  In  this  line  of  business,  Haico  Noonburg  achieved  a  marked 
success.  In  compliance  with  the  wishes  of  his  faithful  wife  and  the  mother  of 
his  children,  he  decided  to  emigrate  with  his  family  to  the  United  States,  and 
accordingly  he  arranged  his  affairs  and  secured  passage  to  the  port  of  New 
York,  for  himself,  his  wife,  eight  children,  and  his  father-in-law,  Abraham 
Kaiser;  and  in  1850  the  family  embarked  on  a  vessel  sailing  from  Rotterdam, 
bound  for  the  port  of  New  York,  where  they  finally  landed  after  a  tedious  and 
tempestuous  voyage  of  eighty-four  days.  One  of  the  children  having  died  en- 
voyage,  the  remains  were  buried  at  sea.  This  was  a  sad  experience  for  both 
himself  and  the  members  of  his  family.  Immediately  upon  setting  foot  on 
American  soil  Haico  Noonburg  secured  lodging  for  himself  and  his  family 
and  storage  room  for  his  furniture,  which  he  had  shipped  on  the  same  vessel 
which  bore  them  across  the  Atlantic  Ocean. 

Haico  Noonburg  at  once  determined  to  secure  a  suitable  home  for  himself 
and  his  family,  and  he  finally  succeeded  in  arranging  for  transportation  for  the 
members  of  his  family  and  household  goods  to  the  town  of  Acquackanonk,  (now 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  433 

Passaic)  New  Jersey,  where  he  had  planned  to  join  a  relative  of  his  wife's 
family.  Having  been  compelled  to  remain  with  his  family  ever  night  in  a 
dwelling  house  on  River  drive,  near  where  the  Speer  Winery  is  now  located,  the 
following  day  he  succeeded  in  securing  a  suitable  dwelling  on  River  road, 
situated  south  of  the  present  Brook  avenue,  where  he  finally  located  with  his 
family  and  resided  there  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  three 
weeks  later.  This  was  indeed  a  sad  blow  to  his  widow  and  her  group  of  young 
and  helpless  children.  The  remains  of  Haico  Noonburg  were  buried  in  what 
was  known  as  the  Seceder  Cemetery,  which  was  located  immediately  west  of 
the  site  where  the  Passaic  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Company  building  now 
stands  on  Main  avenue.  His  father-in-law,  Abraham  Kaiser,  who  came  with 
his  family  to  this  country,  was  buried  in  the  Old  Cemetery  in  Lodi  on  Church 
Lane. 

Haico  Noonburg  married  in  Stellindam,  on  the  Island  of  Flake,  Kingdom 
of  Holland,  Maria  Kaiser,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Nellie  (Van  Ness)  Kaiser, 
and  of  this  union  had  born  to  them  a  family  of  the  following  eight  children : 
1.  William,  born  about  1840.  He  married  and  with  his  family  settled  in  the 
town  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  2.  Abraham,  born  September  26,  1842,  of 
whom  further.  3.  Jacob,  born  about  1844.  He  married  and  settled  with  his 
family  in  the  town  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  4.  Peter,  born  about  1846.  He 
married  and  settled  with  his  family  in  the  city  of  New  York.  5.  Nellie,  born 
about  1847.  She  married  Cornelius  Van  Beers  and  settled  in  the  town  of 
Sayville,  Suffolk  county,  Long  Island.  6.  Hesther,  born  about  1848.  She 
married  Adolph  De  Vries,  and  settled  in  New  York  City,  later  in  Passaic.  7. 
Leonard,  born  about  1849.  8.  Elizabeth,  born  about  1850.  She  died  on  the 
voyage  with  her  parents  to  this  country  in  1850,  and  her  remains  were  buried 
at  sea. 

Abraham  Noonburg,  second  son  of  Haico  and  Maria  (Kaiser)  Noonburg, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Stellindam,  on  the  Island  of  Flake, 
Zeeland  Islands,  Kingrdom  of  Holland,  September  26,  1842.  He  was  brought 
to  this  country  by  his  parents  in  1850,  and  upon  final  settlement  of  his 
widowed  mother  in  the  town  of  Lodi,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  he  there 
acquired  such  educational  advantages  as  were  afforded  by  the  local  schools. 
During  his  early  boyhood  years  he  assisted  his  widowed  mother  in  the  main- 
tenance of  the  family.  At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War,  he  was  one  of  those 
who  responded  to  his  country's  call.  He  enlisted  In  the  Seventh  Regiment  of 
the  New  Jersey  Volunteers,  and  faithfully  served  his  adopted  country  for  a 
period  of  three  years.  Having  experienced  many  dangers  and  hardships,  inci- 
dent to  this  memorable  strife,  at  the  close  of  his  term  of  service  he  was  honor- 
ably discharged  February  13,  1865,  near  Petersburg,  Virginia.  During  the 
period  of  his  absence  from  home,  and  his  service  in  the  army,  he  sent  his 
monthly  allotment  for  his  pay  to  his  widowed  mother  who  had  during  the 
period  of  the  war,  removed  with  her  family  to  the  town  of  Paterson,  New 
Jersey,  where  they  continued  to  reside  until  the  return  home  of  her  sons  from 
the  Civil  War. 

Abraham  Noonburg,  soon  after  his  discharge  from  the  Union  army,  made 
his  home  with  the  family  in  the  city  of  Paterson,  and  In  the  course  of  time 
became  Identified  In  business  with  his  brother,  William,  who  was  then  engaged 
In  the  carpentry  trade.  Having  In  the  course  of  time  acquired  a  practical  knowl- 
edge of  this  business,  he  worked  as  a  journeyman,  and  as  a  result  of  his  indus- 
try and  thrift,  along  with  his  practical  management  of  his  affairs,  he  later 
began  business  on  his  own  account  at  contracting  and  building.  In  which  line 
of  enterprise  he  continued  actively  engaged  for  a  number  of  years. 


434  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Abraham  Noonburg  married  at  Englewood,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey, 
about  1868,  Julia  De  Lacy.  She  was  born  at  Castle-Kolmer,  County  Kilkenny, 
Ireland,  and  was  the  daughter  of  James  and  Julia  (Harihan)  De  Lacy,  both 
of  whom  were  likewise  natives  of  County  Kilkenny.  They  had  children:  1. 
Mary  Ellen,  born  September  9,  1869.  She  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Garfield.  She  married  George  Nixon,  and  settled  in  the  Borough  of  Garfield, 
Bergen  county,  New  Jersey.  2.  Jacob,  born  March  19,  1871,  of  whom  further. 
3.  James,  born  October  27,  1872.  4.  Julia  (first)  died  in  early  childhood.  5. 
Julia  (second),  born  October  16,  1878.  She  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Garfield.  She  married  (first)  Fred  M.  Everett,  and  (second)  John  Jellme,  of 
whom  a  sketch  appears  in  this  work.  6.  Haico  (first)  died  in  early  childhood. 
7.  Haico  (second),  born  December  20,  1880.  8.  Katherine,  born  June  13, 
1883.  9.  Nellie,  born  July  25,  1885.  10.  William,  born  September  10, 
1888.  The  faithful  wife  of  Abraham  Noonburg  and  the  mother  of  the 
aforementioned  children  died  August  6,  1911,  and  was  buried  in  the  New 
Cemetery  in   Lodi,   Bergen   county,   New   Jersey. 


JACOB  NOONBURG— Second  child  and  eldest  son  of  Abraham  and 
Julia  (DeLacy)  Noonburg,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Pater- 
son,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  March  19,  1871.  His  educational  advan- 
tages were  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  the  town  of  Garfield  where  he 
resided  with  his  parents  up  to  the  age  of  twelve  years.  Soon  after  he  began 
to  take  up  the  practical  duties  of  life  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Reid  and 
Barry  Bleaching  and  Finishing  Works,  where  he  remained  actively  engaged  up 
to  about  1893  during  which  year  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Postal  Telegraph 
and  Cable  Company,  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  Having  acquired  a  practical  knowl- 
edge as  an  operator  and  telegrapher  by  his  persevering  and  determined  efforts, 
by  study  in  the  evening  classes,  and  by  dint  of  hard  work  and  earnest  purpose, 
he  fitted  himself  for  the  duties  of  his  position  which  he  faithfully  discharged 
up  to  1894  when  he  became  identified  with  the  Erie  Railroad  Company  in  the 
same  capacity,  and  also  assumed  the  position  of  ticket  agent  in  the  Passaic 
station  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company,  the  duties  of  which  he  performed  for  a 
period  of  five  years,  when  he  was  transferred  by  the  Erie  Railroad  Company, 
to  their  main  office  in  New  York  City,  where  he  served  in  a  clerical  capacity, 
having  assumed  the  responsibility  and  charge  of  directing  the  office  force  of 
his  department.  In  July,  1907,  Jacob  Noonburg  entered  the  employ  of  the 
United  States  Post  Office  in  the  city  of  Passaic  in  the  capacity  of  a  sub-letter- 
carrier,  having  passed  the  civil  service  examination  with  a  high  percentage  of 
merit.  The  Honorable  D.  W.  Mahony  was  the  postmaster  of  the  Passaic 
Post  Office  at  that  time,  and  as  a  result  of  his  industry  and  fidelity  to  duty, 
Jacob  Noonburg  was  rapidly  promoted  while  in  the  Federal  employ,  and  after 
a  short  period  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  a  regular  letter-carrier,  and  next 
in  the  capacity  of  a  sub-clerk,  from  which  position  he  was  advanced  to  clerk 
and  cashier  of  the  Passaic  Post  Office.  Immediately  preceding  that  period 
Jacob  Noonburg  secured  a  leave  of  absence  from  the  Post  Office  Department, 
and  he  next  became  identified  with  the  Passaic  National  Bank  in  a  clerical 
capacity,  the  duties  of  which  he  performed  for  a  period  of  two  months,  when 
he  again  returned  to  the  duties  of  his  official  position  in  the  United  States  Post 
Office  Department  at  Passaic.  The  Postmaster  at  that  time  having  made  a 
special  trip  to  the  city  of  Washington,  D.  C,  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Noonburg's 
services,  his  salary  was  increased  to  double  the  original  amount.  Upon  the 
death  of  the  then  Postmaster,  D.  W.  Mahony,  James  J.  Cowley  was  appointed 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  435 

by  President  Woodrow  Wilson  to  succeed  to  the  office  of  Postmaster  in  the  city 
of  Passaic ;  Mr.  Noonburg  was  at  the  same  time  made  Assistant  Postmaster  of 
the  Passaic  Post  Office,  which  position  he  held  up  to  December  31,  1920,  since 
which  time  he  has  been  actively  engaged  with  the  Garfield  Worsted  Mills  in 
the  city  of  Garfield,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey. 

Since  his  residence  in  the  city  of  Garfield,  Jacob  Noonburg  has  become 
actively  identified  with  the  social  and  civic  interests  of  the  city.  In  his  political 
affiliations  he  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  principles  and  policies,  as  advocated 
by  the  Democratic  Party.  In  1903  Mr.  Noonburg  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Education  and  was  re-elected  in  1906,  1909,  1912  and  again 
in  1915.  In  1918  he  was  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  William  A.  Whitehead,  as 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  city  of  Garfield,  and  he  has  served 
as  president  of  the  Board  of  Education  for  a  period  of  three  years,  and  was 
again  re-elected  on  February  7,  1921.  In  1909  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
City  Council,  having  received  the  unanimous  support  of  both  leading  political 
parties,  but  owing  to  his  connection  with  the  Federal  Post  Office,  he  was  not 
eligible  to  serve  as  a  member  of  the  City  Council.  At  the  present  time,  1921, 
he  holds  the  office  of  city  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Garfield  and  also  the  office 
of  comptroller,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Commission  of  Garfield. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Police  Pension  Fund  Committee,  the  Anti-Tuberculosis 
Committee,  and  during  the  Great  World  War,  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  four 
Liberty  Loan  drives,  and  also  acted  in  the  same  capacity  during  the  Victory 
Loan  Drive.  At  the  present  time,  1921,  the  name  of  Jacob  Noonburg  has 
been  prominently  recommended  for  the  candidacy  for  the  office  of  mayor  of 
Garfield  by  the  Citizens'  League,  an  organization  chiefly  composed  of  leading 
representative  men  of  both  the  Republican  and  Democratic  parties.  Mr.  Noon- 
burg is  an  active  member  of  the  First  Reformed  Church  of  Garfield,  of  which 
both  himself  and  his  son  Abraham  are  members  of  the  Board  of  Deacons.  Mr. 
Noonburg  is  also  prominent  as  a  musician.  He  has  for  several  years  played 
the  cornet  in  several  of  the  leading  theatres  in  the  cities  of  Passaic  and  Paterson. 

Jacob  Noonburg  married  at  Garfield,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  Janu- 
ary, 1892,  Dorothy  Ashton,  daughter  of  John  and  Harriet  (Chandler)  Ashton. 
The  former  came  from  England  and  settled  with  his  family  in  the  town  of 
Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Jacob  and  Dorothy  (Ashton)  Noonburg  had  the  fol- 
lowing children:  1.  Abraham,  born  July  9,  1893,  of  whom  further.  2.  John, 
of  whom  further.  3.  Julia,  born  April  28,  1898.  4.  Jacob,  Jr.,  born  November 
28,  1900.  5.  James,  born  October  15,  1902.  6.  Harriet,  born  March  3,  1904. 
7.  Dorothy,  born  December  15,  1906.  8.  Raymond,  born  July  23,  1908.  9. 
Howard,  born  November  22,  1911. 

Abraham  Noonburg,  son  of  Jacob  and  Dorothy  (Ashton)  Noonburg,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Garfield,  July  9,  1893.  His  educational 
advantages  were  obtained  in  the  schools  of  his  native  city.  He  married  Carrie 
Dusha,  daughter  of  Frank  and  Caroline  Dusha.    They  have  one  child,  Dorothy. 

John  Noonburg,  son  of  Jacob  and  Dorothy  (Ashton)  Noonburg,  was  born 
at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Garfield,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  October 
11,  1895.  His  educational  advantages  were  acquired  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  city.  He  married  Margaret  Werner.  During  the  World  War,  John  Noon- 
burg was  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  American  Expeditionary  Forces  and 
served  overseas  in  the  Eighty-seventh  Division  with  the  Mounted  Police  Corps. 


STEPHEN  A.  KIELLAR — Consequent  upon  the  numerous  wars  which 
followed  the  uprising  of  1848-49,  and  during  the  period  of  1865  and  1866, 
many  of  the  sons  and  daughters  of  the  late  Kingdom  of  Poland  crossed  the 


436  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Atlantic  to  establish  their  homes  in  the  land  of  Freedom  and  Liberty.  Many 
of  these  Polish  emigrants,  upon  their  arrival  in  the  ports  of  this  country,  settled 
with  their  families  in  the  industrial  districts  in  the  Middle  and  Eastern  States 
of  the  Union,  where  they  uniformly,  as  a  result  of  their  industry  and  thrift, 
became  recognized  as  progressive  and  loyal  citizens.  Among  these  Polish  fam- 
ilies who  left  the  home  of  their  ancestors  during  the  latter  part  of  the  nineteenth 
century,  we  find  the  Kiellar  family  of  the  borough  of  Wallington,  Bergen 
county.  New  Jersey. 

(I)  The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Kiellar  family,  of  whom 
we  have  any  authentic  information  and  which  furnishes  the  caption  of  this 
review,  was  Frank  Kiellar,  who  was  born  in  and  resided  with  his  family  in 
Krosno,  late  Kingdom  of  Poland.  Frank  Kiellar  married  Maria  Swizrk,  who 
was  likewise  a  native  of  the  same  town,  where  they  both  settled  and  spent  their 
lives.  They  were  the  parents  of  two  children,  Frank,  of  whom  further,  and" 
Anthony. 

(II)  Frank  Kiellar,  son  of  Frank  and  Maria  (Swizrk)  Kiellar,  was  born 
at  the  family  home  in  Krosno,  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood, 
and  was  confirmed  in  the  Catholic  church  at  the  age  of  thirteen.  Soon  after 
attaining  suitable  years,  his  parents  desiring  that  the  boy  should  learn  some 
useful  trade  or  occupation,  he  was  indentured  to  one  of  the  leading  tanners  and 
leather  manufacturers  of  the  town,  with  whom  he  served  an  apprenticeship  of 
four  3^ears.  Immediately  after  receiving  his  master's  certificate  as  a  competent 
leather  tanner,  young  Kiellar  traveled  and  visited  the  various  towns  and  cities 
of  his  native  country,  where  he  worked  as  a  journeyman  tanner  and  leather 
maker.  He  continued  engaged  at  his  trade  until  he  was  drafted  into  the  mili- 
tary service  of  his  country,  and  after  serving  his  time  in  the  Austrian  Army, 
he  again  returned  to  his  parents'  home,  and  soon  thereafter  decided  to  emi- 
grate to  the  United  States.  Upon  arranging  his  personal  interests  and  family 
affairs,  he  set  sail  from  one  of  the  Austrian  towns,  and  arrived  in  New  York 
City,  July,  1889.  Soon  after  his  arrival  he  went  to  the  rapidly  growing  town  of 
Passaic,  and  located  at  No.  34  Aspen  street,  formerly  known  as  the  old  White- 
head Mansion  House.  Upon  locating  there,  Frank  Kiellar  entered  the  employ 
of  one  of  the  weaving  and  worsted  goods  manufacturers,  then  located  at  the 
old  Waterhouse  Mills,  where  he  was  employed  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
later  entered  the  employ  of  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills.  He  continued  engaged 
in  the  weaving  and  knitting  mills  until  1912,  when  he  met  with  an  unfortunate 
injury,  causing  the  loss  of  sight  of  his  left  eye. 

Frank  Kiellar  is  a  faithful  member  of  the  SS.  Peter  and  Paul  Polish 
Catholic  Church  of  Passaic. 

Frank  Kiellar  married,  in  Krosno,  Poland,  Agnes  Gusack,  born  in  1857. 
She  came  to  this  country  in  1891  with  her  four  children  and  joined  her  husband 
in  Passaic.  She,  too,  was  a  faithful  member  of  SS.  Peter  and  Paul  Polish 
Catholic  Church.  She  died  at  the  family  home  in  the  borough  of  Wallington, 
October  24,  1918.  Frank  and  Agnes  (Gusack)  Kiellar  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  1.  Caroline,  born  in  1881.  She  came  with  her  mother  to 
this  country  in  1891.  She  married  in  1899,  Stephen  Siski,  and  settled  with  her 
husband  in  the  borough  of  Wallington,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey.  They 
were  the  parents  of  Mary,  Frank,  John,  Andy,  Victoria,  and  Francis  Siski.  2. 
A  daughter,  who  died  in  early  childhood  years.  3.  Mary,  born  September  8, 
1885,  and  came  with  her  mother  to  this  country.  She  married  Stanley  Dmchow- 
ske,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  Eddie,  Stella,  Stanley  and  Henry  Dmchowske. 
4.'  Stephen  A.,  of  whom  further.  5.  Cecelia,  born  May  30,  1890.  She  was 
brought  by  her  mother  to  this  country  in  1891,  married  Walter  Sobieski,  and 


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resides  with  her  family  In  the  borough  of  Wallington.  They  have  the  follow- 
ing children :  Chester,  Helen,  Jennie,  John,  Valoit  and  Vandie.  6.  Helen,  was 
born  in  Glennville,  Connecticut.  She  married  George  Shotkowske,  and  resides 
with  her  family  in  the  borough  of  Wallington,  where  he  died  October  12,  1918. 
They  have  the  following  children:  Chester  and  Delia.  7.  Frank,  born  in 
Glennville,  Connecticut ;  died  at  the  age  of  three  years. 

(Ill)  Stephen  A.  Keillar,  son  of  Frank  and  Agnes  (Gusack)  Keillar,  was 
born  at  the  family  home,  in  Krosno,  late  Kingdom  of  Poland,  November  29, 
1887,  and  was  brought  to  this  country  by  his  mother  in  1891.  He  obtained 
his  early  educational  advantages  in  the  schools  of  Glennville,  Connecticut, 
where  his  parents  had  removed.  In  1896,  he  was  brought  by  them  to  Passaic, 
where  he  attended  St.  Nicholas  Parochial  School.  Having  finished  his  school- 
ing, he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  plumbing  and  steam-fitting  trade,  in  the 
establishment  of  Anton  Patek,  with  whom  he  faithfully  served  an  apprentice- 
ship for  four  years.  Soon  after  its  completion,  in  1907,  the  young  mechanic 
engaged  as  a  journeyman  in  his  chosen  line  of  work,  and  eventually,  as  a 
result  of  his  industry  and  thrift,  began  business  on  his  own  account.  In  1915, 
Stephen  Kiellar  located  at  75  Wallington  avenue,  borough  of  Wallington, 
where  he  opened  a  general  hardware  store,  and  has  successfully  continued  in 
this  line  of  enterprise  up  to  the  present  time,  1922.  In  this  undertaking  he 
has  met  with  a  well  merited  degree  of  success,  as  a  result  of  his  energy,  and 
persevering  efforts.  Since  his  residence  in  Wallington,  Stephen  Kiellar  has 
become  identified  with  a  number  of  social  and  fraternal  organizations.  He  is 
an  active  member  of  the  Order  of  Eagles,  Erie  No.  605 ;  of  Tudewszor  Kos- 
cieuszki,  Lodge  No.  5,  of  Passaic.  Mr.  Keillar  has  for  a  number  of  years, 
served  as  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  SS.  Peter  and  Paul  Polish 
Catholic  Church,  in  which  organization  he  has  rendered  efficient  and  faith- 
ful work  towards  advancing  the  social  and  moral  interests  of  the  congre- 
gation. He  is  at  present,  1921,  treasurer  of  the  Wawee  Building  &  Loan 
Association,  of  Passaic.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Volunteer  Fire  De- 
partment, in  the  borough  of  Wallington. 

Stephen  A.  Kiellar  married,  in  New  York  City,  February  3,  1915, 
Mary  Miller,  born  in  Sanbor,  Austrian-Poland,  daughter  of  George  and 
Mary  (Detyna)  Miller.  They  have  two  children:  Helen,  born  Decem- 
ber  13,    1915;    Henry,  born  August  3,    1918. 


SIMON  DAVIDSON— Kiev  is  a  fortified  city  of  European  Russia, 
capital  of  the  Government  of  Kiev,  picturesquely  situated  on  the  right  bank  of 
the  Dnieper.  It  has  in  all  thirty  churches.  It  contains  an  archbishop's  palace, 
prison,  and  a  town  and  military  hospital.  Its  university,  founded  in  1834,  is 
endowed  with  1,000,000  rubles;  it  has  a  library  of  35,000  volumes;  cabinets  of 
medals,  mineralogy,  zoology,  and  botany,  and  most  of  the  collections  trans- 
ferred from  the  old  University  of  Vilna.  The  city  is  the  residence  of  the 
governor-general  of  Little  Russia;  capital  of  a  Greek  Eparchy;  and  has  a  crim- 
inal and  civil  court.  Its  trade,  since  the  rise  of  Odessa  has  become  extensive. 
The  city  is  very  ancient  and  possesses  great  historical  interest  as  the  spot  on 
which  Christianity  was  first  planted,  among  the  barbarous  hordes  of  the  steppes 
of  Russia ;  and  as  having  been  for  a  long  time,  the  recognized  capital  of  all 
Russia. 

The  family  patronymic  of  Davidson  has  for  a  number  of  generations  been 
in  use  in  the  various  countries  among  the  Jewish  families  in  Eastern  Europe. 
The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  family  of  whom  we  have  any 
authentic  information  was   David  Davidson,  who  resided  with  his  family  in 


438  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

the   city   of  Horodsch,   State   of   Kiev,    Empire   of   Turkey,    Europe.      David 
Davidson  married  Cecelia  Eager,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:     Eva,  Simon,  of  whom  forward;  Isaac,  Hirsch,  Jacob,  King,  Ruben. 
Simon  Davidson  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Horodsch,  State  of  Kiev, 
Empire  of  Turkey,  Europe,  May  20,  1854.     His  early  educational  advantages 
were  obtained  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  where  his  parents   resided. 
He  was  reared  to  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof,  and  in  course  of 
time  he  enabled  himself  to  engage  in  the  mercantile  trade  on  his  own  account. 
In  1891,  Simon  Davidson,  desiring  to  improve  his  opportunities  in  life,  decided 
to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  hoping  here,  in  the  land  of  liberty  and  free- 
dom, to  be  able  to  find  a  broader  field  for  his  skill  and  labor.     He  accordingly 
arranged  his  personal  interests  and  family  affairs,  and  set  sail  from  Antwerp 
and  arrived  in  New  York  City,  March,  1891.     Soon  after  his  arrival  here,  he 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  plaster  of  Paris,  having  associated  himself  with 
a  partner.     Owing  to  their  lack  of  knowledge  of  the  English  language,  they 
were  not  enabled  to  make  a  commercial  success  of  their  enterprise.    Mr.  David- 
son next  conducted  a  grocery  and  provision  store  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  in  which 
line  of  activity  he  met  with  good  success,  as  the  logical  result  of  his  honorable 
and  straightforward  dealings  with  all  his  patrons.     In   1906  Mr.  Davidson 
associated  himself  with  two  partners  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  hand- 
kerchiefs,  and  incorporated   their   interests   under  the  name   of   the   "Colonial 
Handkerchief  Company."     Of  this  organization  he  was  made  president,  and 
its  responsibilities  he  has  faithfully  discharged  up  to  the  present  time,   1921. 
Edward  Jacoby  was  made  vice-president ;  Moris  Osterweil,  secretary ;  and  Jacob 
Wisnev,  treasurer.     These  officers  have  since  been  actively  identified  with  this 
enterprise  up  to  the  present  time,  1921.     In  this  partnership  arrangement,  the 
firm  met  with  prompt  success,  having  had  their  plant  and  machinery  with  offices 
in  the  Old  Waterhouse  Mill  building  near  First  and  Passaic  streets,  where  they 
successfully  continued  for  some  time.     The  demand  for  the  products  of  their 
establishment  rapidly  increased,  and  the  firm  found  it  necessary  to  secure  more 
suitable  quarters,  with  increased  facilities  for  producing  their  wares.     They 
accordingly  removed  their  plant   and   machinery  and   offices   to  their  present 
location,  at  Second  and  South  streets,  Passaic,  where  they  have  since  successfully 
operated  and  continued  in  the  manufacture  of  handkrechiefs,  and  as  a  result  of 
their  practical  management  and  painstaking  care  in  the  production   of  their 
wares,   they  have  constantly  met  with  increased  demand   for  their  products. 
At  the  beginning,  they  had  but  ten  machines  which  v/ere   installed  in   their 
rooms  in  the  Old  Waterhouse  Mills,  with  an  operating  force  of  about  fifteen. 
These  facilities  and  number  of  machines  with  their  operative  force  have  been 
constantly  increased,  and  at  the  present  time,    1921,   the  firm.   The   Colonial 
Handkerchief    Manufacturing    Company    operate    over    125    machines,    giving 
employment  to  150  skilled  operators,  in  addition  to  their  clerical  force  in  their 
office  and  counting  room. 

In  his  fraternal  associations,  Simon  Davidson  is  a  member  of  Passaic 
Council  of  Royal  Arcanum,  and  in  his  religious  affiliations  is  an  active  member 
of  the  Synagogue  B'nai  Jacob,  of  Passaic. 

Simon  Davidson  married  Amelia  Wisnev,  ■  in  Cherkasse,  State  of  Kiev, 
September  15,  1872.  She  was  born  in  Cherkasse  May  20,  1855,  daughter  of 
David  and  Pearl  (Nidech)  Wisnev.  They  have  had  the  following  children: 
I.  Sarah  E.,  born  in  Cherkasse,  November  8,  1879.  She  married  October  29, 
1901,  Dr.  Abraham  Machlin.  They  have  one  son,  Wilfred  Machlin,  born 
February  11,  1903.     2.  Lena  V.,  born  in  Cherkasse,  December  24,  1882.     She 


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married  Joseph  Maddow,  a  practicing  attorney  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and 
they  have  one  child,  Henry  Maddow.  3.  Fanny,  born  in  Cherkasse,  March  10, 
1884.  She  married.  May  25,  1911,  Dr.  Harry  Reubenstein.  They  have  one 
child,  Doris  Reubenstein.  4.  Rose  Adelle,  born  in  Cherkasse,  December  6,  1889. 
She  married  Harry  Finn,  June  2S,  1919.    They  have  one  child,  Leonard. 

DANIEL  HOPFINGER— The  first  representative  of  this  family  name  of 
whom  we  have  any  authentic  information,  was  Isaac  Hopfinger,  who  was  born 
and  reared  in  Sanbor,  court  district  of  Sanbor,  formerly  in  Austrian-Poland. 
His  father,  Herman  Hopfinger,  had  been  for  a  number  of  years  successfully 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  that  town.  He  had  a  family  of  four  sons 
and  two  daughters,  all  of  whom  attained  years  of  manhood  and  womanhood. 

Isaac  Hopfinger,  son  of  Herman  Hopfinger,  obtained  his  educational  train- 
ing in  the  schools  of  Sanbor,  and  upon  attaining  manhood  years  engaged  in 
dealing  in  live  stock  and  in  the  lumber  trade  in  both  of  which  lines  of  enter- 
prise he  had  established  a  successful  and  profitable  business.  His  commercial 
activities  'brought  him  into  contact  with  many  of  the  leading  men  of  the  sur- 
rounding communities,  where  he  had  likewise  become  known  as  one  of  the 
leading  business  men.  Isaac  Hopfinger  died  at  the  family  home  in  Sanbor,  at 
the  age  of  forty-five,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death,  he  not  only  left  to  his 
family  an  ample  competence,  but  also  a  priceless  heritage  of  an  honorable  name. 
His  wife  died  in  1893.  Isaac  and  Jeanette  (Zuckerberg)  Hopfinger  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  Lasser,  married  and  settled  with  his  bride 
in  his  native  town.  2.  Judas,  married  and  settled  with  his  bride  in  his  native 
town.  3.  Freida,  married  Juda  Zuckerberg  and  settled  with  her  husband  in 
Drohobycz.  4.  Emanuel,  married  and  settled  with  his  bride  in  Drohobycz. 
5.  Daniel,  born  March  8,  1873,  of  whom  forward. 

Daniel  Hopfinger,  son  of  Isaac  and  Jeanette  (Zuckerberg)  Hopfinger, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Sanbor,  and  there  obtained  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  town.  During  his  boyhood  years  he  assisted  his  parents 
in  the  various  duties  and  chores  at  the  homestead  farm,  where  he  continued  to 
reside  up  to  1891.  In  that  year  he  decided  to  cast  his  lot  in  the  New  World  and 
accordingly  arranged  his  personal  interests  and  family  affairs  and  set  sail  from 
Hamburg  and  reached  New  York  City,  May  18,  1891.  Soon  after  settling  in 
New  York  City,  young  Hopfinger  found  employment  in  the  capacity  of  sales- 
man, in  one  of  the  leading  clothing  houses  on  Broadw^ay,  near  Franklin  street, 
where  he  remained  actively  engaged  during  the  next  nine  years.  In  1901  Mr. 
Hopfinger  came  to  the  rapidly  growing  town  of  Passaic  where  he  engaged  in  the 
clothing  business  on  his  own  account,  having  first  opened  a  store  in  Dayton 
avenue,  where  he  conducted  business  during  the  next  four  years.  In  the  latter 
part  of  1904  Daniel  Hopfinger  engaged  in  the  hotel  business  in  Third  street, 
Passaic.  In  1914,  Mr.  Hopfinger  leased  the  old  Anderson  homestead  in  the 
town  of  Wallington,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  has  since  conducted 
a  public  house  and  tavern,  and  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  for  his 
hospitality  and  uniform  courtesy  to  all  his  patrons.  Both  he  and  Mrs.  Hop- 
finger are  members  of  the  synagogue  on  Hope  avenue,  Passaic. 

Daniel  Hopfinger  married,  in  New  York  City,  February  4,  1896,  Anna 
Ornstein,  born  August  14,  1877.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Fannie  (Ron- 
ner)  Ornstein.  Both  the  latter  were  natives  of  the  town  of  Drohobycz, 
Austrian-Poland. 

Meyer  Ornstein,  brother  of  Anna  (Ornstein)  Hopfinger,  was  born  on  Dro- 
hobycz, Austrian-Poland,  where  he  was  educated  and  reared  to  manhood.  He 
came  to  this  country  in  1893,  and  upon  arriving  in  New  York  City  he  decided 


440  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

to  settle  in  the  metropolis  and  married  there,  January  20,  1904,  Fannie  Medien, 
born  August  6,  1885,  in  Tarnopol,  a  town  of  Austrian  Galicia,  on  the  River 
Sered.  Fanny  (Medien)  and  Meyer  Ornstein  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  "Arjci"  Arthur,  who  died  in  early  childhood;  Mildred,  Charlotte, 
Gertrude,    Edward,    William,   Arthur    (2),    and    Simon. 


HENRY  C.  HOFFMEISTER— Heinrich  Hoffmeister,  the  first  represen- 
tative of  this  branch  of  the  Hoffmeister  family  of  whom  we  have  any  authentic 
information  and  which  introduces  the  caption  of  this  review,  was  born  about 
1815,  at  the  family  homestead  in  Stoery,  Court  District  of  Bokenem,  situated 
about  sixteen  miles  distant  from  the  historic  town  of  Hildesheim,  Province  of 
Hanover,  Germany.  Both  parents  of  Heinrich  Hoffmeister  had  been  residents 
of  Stoery  for  many  years,  and  here  they  spent  the  active  years  of  their  life. 
Heinrich  Hoffmeister  was  a  tiller  of  the  soil,  and  was  regarded  as  a  good  and 
useful  citizen. 

He  died  at  the  family  home  in  Stoery,  aged  seventy-three  years;  his  wife, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Caroline  Neuhoff,  passed  away  at  the  age  of  seventy 
years.  Both  were  members  of  the  Lutheran  church  of  Stoery.  They  were  the 
parents  of:  Christian,  Adolph,  William  Heinrich,  mentioned  elsewhere;  Hein- 
rich C,  of  whom  forward ;  Friedich,  Caroline,  who  married  Mr.  Oberbeck. 

(II)  Heinrich  C.  Hoffmeister,  son  of  Heinrich  and  Caroline  Hoffmeister, 
was  born  at  the  family  homestead  in  Stoery,  Germany,  about  1846.  He  (Ob- 
tained his  education  in  the  village  school,  and  was  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran 
church  of  Stoery  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  Soon  after  attaining  his  sixteenth 
year,  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  tailoring  trade ;  and,  upon  completing  the  term 
of  his  apprenticeship,  he  was  engaged  in  his  chosen  line  of  work  in  his  native 
village,  where  in  the  course  of  time,  as  a  result  of  his  industry  and  thrift,  he 
acquired  a  number  of  parcels  of  land,  which  he  cultivated,  in  addition  to  work- 
ing in  his  tailoring  business.  He  spent  the  w^hole  of  »his  active  years  of  life  in 
Stoery,  where  'he  was  regarded  as  a  good  and  useful  citizen.  He  died  at  the 
family  home  in  Stoery,  aged  sixty-three  years. 

Heinrich  C.  Hoffmeister  had  thrice  married.  Of  his  first  union  he  had  one 
son  Wilhelm,  who  upon  attaining  manhood,  married.  He  died  aged  twenty-six, 
leaving  no  issue.  Heinrich  H.  Moffmeister  married  (second)  Anna  MoUen- 
hauer,  and  they  were  the  parents  of:  Henry  Christian,  of  whom  further;  and 
Anna,  who  died  aged  two  years.  The  mother  of  these  children  died  at  the 
family  home  in  Stoery,  in  1863.  She  was  a  woman  possessed  of  many  fine 
qualities  of  both  mind  and  heart,  and  was  highly  respected  by  all  who  knew 
her  best  in  life.  Heinrich  C.  Hoffmeister  married  (third)  Johanna  Wagener, 
and  of  this  marriage  had  two  sons  and  two  daughters :  Freidrich,  Anna,  mar- 
ried Heinrich  Faber;  August,  came  to  this  country  and  settled  at  Highwood, 
Connecticut ;  Lena,  came  to  this  country  and  settled  in  the  city  of  Newark ; 
she  married  Henry  Bochert. 

(III)  Henry  Christian  Hoffmeister,  son  of  Heinrich  C.  and  Anna  (MoUen- 
hauer)  Hoffmeister,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Stoery,  Court  District  of 
Bokenem,  province  of  Hanover,  Germany,  December  7,  1861.  He  there  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  village,  and  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran 
church  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  He  was  reared  to  manhood  under  the 
parental  roof,  and  assisted  his  father  in  the  cultivation  and  care  of  his  lands. 
In  1884,  Henry  Christian  Hoffmeister  decided  to  cast  his  lot  in  the  New  World. 
He  embarked  from  Bremen  and  arrived  in  New  York  City,  November  22,  1884. 
The  young  German  farmer  settled  with  his  uncle,  Wilhelm  Heinrich  Hoffmeis- 
ter, in  Delawanna,  New  Jersey,  where  he  remained  actively  employed  during 


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the  next  five  years.  Having  been  trained  to  the  habits  of  industry  and  frugality, 
he  carefully  husbanded  his  earnings,  and,  in  1889,  located  in  Nutley,  Essex 
county,  New  Jersey,  where  he  engaged  at  farming  on  his  own  account.  In 
this  undertaking  he  met  with  success  as  the  result  of  his  indefatigable  energy 
and  persevering  efforts.  In  the  course  of  time  he  engaged  in  the  dairying  and 
milk  business  in  Nutley,  and  the  surrounding  community.  In  this  enterprise  he 
likewise  met  with  prompt  success,  as  the  logical  result  of  his  straightforward 
and  honest  methods  in  dealing  with  his  patrons.  In  1891,  Henry  Christian 
Hoffmeister  erected  the  house  in  which  he  now  resides  with  his  family,  on  Park 
avenue,  Nutley.  Here  he  also  made  numerous  other  improvements  which  have 
greatly  contributed  to  the  successful  conduct  of  his  dairy  and  milk  distributing 
business. 

Henry  Christian  Hoffmeister  married  in  Nutley,  New  Jersey,  Anna 
Marie  Kuebler.  She  was  born  in  Unter-Rote,  Kingdom  of  Wurtemberg,  Ger- 
many, January  16,  1875,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Rosina  (NoUer) Kuebler.  She 
was  brought  to  this  country  by  her  parents  in  1888,  who  soon  after  their  arrival 
here,  settled  in  Nutley,  where  they  reside  up  to  the  present  time,  1921.  Henry 
Christian  and  Anna  Marie  (Kuebler)  Hoffmeister  are  the  parents  of  the  follow- 
ing children:  1.  Henry  J.,  born  January  24,  1889;  married  Annie  Riley, 
and  they  had  one  daughter  who  died  in  early  life.  2.  William  J.,  born 
May  27,  1891 ;  married  Eloise  Thompson,  and  they  had  one  son,  Wil- 
liam Frederick,  born  June  9,  1918.  3.  Frederick,  born  September  22,  1892. 
4.  Emma  Wilhelmina,  born  February  22,  1896.  5.  Amelia,  born  January 
24,  1898.     6.    Florence  Sophia,  born  March  21,  1905. 

CHARLES  J.  MARTIN— This  family  is  numerously  found  in  the 
various  provinces  of  the  late  German  Empire.  It  was  from  the  Grand-Duchy 
of  Baden  that  the  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Martin  familly  came 
to  this  country. 

Adam  Martin  was  born  in  the  Grand-Duchy  of  Baden,  Germany,  in  1810. 
Family  information  states  that  soon  after  attaining  to  manhood  years  he  became 
employed  in  the  capacity  of  a  shepherd.  In  1852,  owing  to  financial  reverses 
caused  by  giving  help  and  assistance  to  his  friends,  much  of  his  estate  was  con- 
sumed in  the  settlement  of  his  obligations.  Consequent  upon  these  adversities, 
Adam  Martin  decided  to  emigrate  to  this  country  with  his  family.  Soon  after 
arriving  in  America  he  settled  with  his  family  in  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  where 
he  continued  to  reside  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1886.  He 
had  four  daughters  and  one  son,  Charles,  of  whom  forward. 

Charles  Martin,  son  of  Adam  Martin,  was  born  in  Baden,  Germany.  He 
came  to  America  with  his  parents.  He  married  Rebecca  Lentz.  She  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Erfurt,  a  fortified  town  of  Prussian  Saxony,  situated  on  the 
river  Gera,  Germany.  She  came  to  this  country  in  infancy  and  was  brought  up 
in  Philadelphia,  coming  later  to  Brooklyn.  Charles  and  Rebecca  (Lentz) 
Martin  had  born  to  them  four  sons  and  one  daughter,  among  whom  was  Charles 
J.,  at  the  present  time  1921,  the  only  surviving  child,  of  whom  forward. 

Charles  J.  Martin,  son  of  Charles  and  Rebecca  (Lentz)  Martin,  was  born 
at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  May  11,  1867.  He  acquired 
his  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  where  his  parents 
resided.  He  continued  to  reside  under  the  parental  roof  until  his  23rd  year, 
when  he  married  Amelia  H.  Theysohn  of  North  Branch,  Sullivan  county,  N.  Y., 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Louise  (Kantz)  Theysohn.  The  former  was  born  in 
the  town  of  Landau,  town  in  Rheinish  Bavaria,  Germany,  in  1835.  A  sister 
of  Henry  Theysohn  resides  at  the  present  time,  1921,  in  the  town  of  Eisenach, 


442  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Principality  of  Eisenach,  Germany.  Henry  Theysohn  served  in  the  Union 
Army  during  the  Civil  War,  and  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Southern  forces 
and  was  confined  in  Libbey  Prison  until  he  was  exchanged  by  his  captors. 
He  served  his  full  period  of  enlistment  and  after  his  discharge  from  the 
Union  Army,  settled  in  Sullivan  county,  New  York,  where  he  has  resided 
up  to  the  present  time. 

Charles  J.  Martin,  aforementioned,  soon  after  taking  up  the  practical  duties 
of  life,  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  photographing  business,  and  for 
some  time  conducted  a  studio  in  the  city  of  Brooklyn,  and  has  also  been  engaged 
in  his  chosen  line  of  work  in  Massachusetts,  Florida  and  in  New  Jersey.  At 
the  present  time,  1921,  he  conducts  the  leading  photographic  studio  in  the  city 
of  Passaic.  He  has  contributed  many  of  the  views  contained  in  this  work.  Mr. 
Martin  has  been  actively  engaged  in  this  line  of  enterprise  for  a  period  of  over 
38  years.  He  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  to  many  of  the  leading 
and  representative  families  of  the  city  of  Passaic  and  the  surrounding  com- 
munities. 

In  his  fraternal  relationship,  Mr.  Martin  is  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge, 
No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  Centennial  Chapter  No.  34,  Royal  Arch 
Masons.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387,  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  and  Passaic  Council,  No.  1092,  Royal  Arcanum.  Charles 
J.  and  Amelia  H.  (Theysohn)    Martin  have  two  children:  Henrietta  and  Lucy. 


LEONARD  W.  HOLE — The  first  representative  of  this  family  of  whom 
we  have  any  authentic  information  was  Albert  Edwiard  Hole.  He  wias  a  native 
of  the  Emerald  Isle,  and  there  spent  the  whole  of  his  life's  career  in  agricultural 
pursuits.  He  married,  and  among  his  children  had  a  son,  William  T.,  who  was 
likewise  born  in  the  Emerald  Isle  and  was  there  reared  to  manhood  under  the 
parental  roof. 

William  T.  Hole  married  in  his  native  land  and  resided  there  with  his 
family  of  four  children,  up  to  the  time  when  he  emigrated  to  this  country  in 
1888.  With  his  wife  and  four  children,  'he  arrived  at  New  York  City,  and  soon 
after  settled  with  his  little  family  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  was  ac- 
tively employed  at  various  kinds  of  work.  Eighteen  months  later,  he  removed  to 
Orange  county,  New  York,  where  he  settled  on  a  farm  in  Cornwall  township.  He 
continued  to  reside  there  with  his  family  until  the  time  of  his  death,  1906.  It 
is  stated  by  the  members  of  his  family  that  he  was  an  industrious  and  frugal 
man,  and  provided  substantially  for  the  rearing  and  educational  training  of 
his  children.  His  widow,  five  years  after  his  death,  came  to  Passaic,  N.  J., 
where  she  has  since  continued  to  reside  with  her  family. 

William  T.  Hole  married,  in  his  native  land,  Ellen  Rose,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  children,  who  attained  years  of  manhood  and 
womanhood :  Leonard  W.,  of  whom  forward  ;  Rose  ;  Albert ;  Cecil ;  Clarence ; 
Robert ;  and  Walter ;  also  Percival,  Harold,  Edwin  and  Charlie,  who  died 
during  childhood  years. 

Leonard  W.  Hole,  son  of  William  T.  and  Ellen  (Rose)  Hole,  was  born  at 
the  family  home  at  Hampshire,  in  the  Emerald  Isle,  March  19,  1883.  He  was 
brought  by  his  parents  to  this  country  in  1888  and  was  reared  to  early  manhood 
under  the  parental  roof.  His  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools  of  Cornwall,  New  York,  where  his  parents  had  settled,  and  during  his 
early  boyhood  years,  he  assisted  his  father  in  the  duties  and  work  on  the  home 
farm.  Soon  after  passing  his  sixteenth  year,  being  desirous  of  learning  some  use- 
ful occupation  or  trade,  he  became  apprenticed  to  the  plumbing  and  steam  fitting 
trade,  with  William  H.  Moore,  of  Ridgewood,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  where 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  443 

he  faithfully  served  a  period  of  four  years.  Upon  completing  his  apprenticeship 
in  1907,  he  came  to  Passaic,  where  he  finally  began  business  on  his  own  account 
at  No.  35  Lexington  avenue.  In  this  undertaking,  the  young  plumber  and 
steam  fitter  met  with  immediate  success  as  the  result  of  his  painstaking  care  and 
straightforward  methods  in  dealing  with  all  his  patrons.  In  1910,  Leonard  W. 
Hole,  removed  with  his  family  to  his  present  home  on  River  road,  in  Passaic, 
where  he  has  since  continued  to  reside,  up  to  the  present  time,  1921.  Fraternally, 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Master  Plumbers'  Association  of  Passaic.  He  and  his 
family  are  members  of  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  of  Passaic. 

Leonard  W.  Hole  married,  in  New  York  City,  February  14,  1907,  Irene 
Ward,  born  March  20,  1891,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Pauline  (de  Medina) 
Ward.  Her  father,  Gilbert  Ward,  was  for  many  years  favorably  known  as 
one  of  the  famous  quartet  of  Ward  Brothers,  who  during  their  day  were  re- 
garded as  the  greatest  oarsmen  in  the  world,  and  were  the  winners  of  the  great 
International  Regatta,  at  Saratoga  Lake,  September  11,  1871,  a  four  mile 
race  with  a  turn,  which  they  accomplished  in  a  time  limit  that  had  never  before 
been  equalled.  In  1916,  Gilbert  Ward  was  residing  with  his  son,  Gilbert  C. 
Ward,  of  131  Sargeant  street  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and  at  the  time 
mentioned  above,  had  reached  his  seventy-fifth  milestone  in  life's  journey. 
Mr.  Ward,  at  that  period  of  his  life,  enjoyed  nothing  better  than  to  discuss  the 
past,  when  he,  with  his  brothers,  Joshua,  Henry  and  Ellis,  had  uniformly  won 
every  aquatic  contest  in  which  they  had  taken  part.  Gilbert  Ward  died  at  the 
home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  L.  W.  Hole  of  306  River  drive,  Passaic,  aged 
seventy-eight  years.  He  was  survived  by  two  sons,  Gilbert  C,  of  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  and  Harry  Ward,  of  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  and  three  daughters. 
Bertha,  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Barnes,  of  New  York,  and 
Mrs.  L.  W.  Hole,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

His  record  as  champion  oarsman  of  the  world  has  never  been  surpassed, 
and  his  descendants  can  justly  refer  to  his  achievements  as  a  professional 
oarsman  with  pride.  Leonard  W.  and  Irene  (Ward)  Hole  were  the  par- 
ents of  the  following  children:  1.  Leonard  R.,  born  October  9,  1908. 
2.  Francis  W.,  born  July  28,  1909.    3.  Gilbert  M.,  born  June  25,  1912. 


THE  DE  MATTIA  FAMILY— Borca  di  Cadore,  a  small  community  of 
about  one  thousand  souls,  located  in  the  Dolomitic  Alps,  near  the  extreme 
northern  border  of  Italy  was  the  ancestral  home  of  the  De  Mattia  family. 

The  first  representative  of  the  family  of  whom  we  have  authentic  infor- 
mation, was  a  locksmith  and  safemaker  in  the  city  of  Venice.  He  lived  and 
worked  many  years  in  Venice  during  the  eighteenth  century,  then  returned  and 
settled  in  his  native  village,  married  and  reared  a  family  and  died  about  the 
year  1800. 

On  April  17,  1814,  a  landslip  of  the  mountain  Antelao  fell,  over  a  part  of 
Borca,  extending  to  the  opposite  side  of  the  River  Boite  and  buried  the  two  little 
hamlets  of  Taulen  and  Marceana,  with  hundreds  of  the  inhabitants.  Among 
the  survivors  we  find  only  one  member  of  the  De  Mattia  family,  viz,  Bartolo. 

This  Bartolo  De  Mattia  was  still  a  young  man.  He  built  up  his  new 
house  a  little  above  his  destroyed  one  in  the  town  of  Borca  where  the  new 
hamlet  of  Villanova  was  erected.  In  the  community  of  Borca,  Bartolo  was 
frequently  referred  to  as  a  good  and  useful  citizen.  He  married  Appollonia  of 
another  branch  of  De  Mattias,  who  was  of  remote  kinship.  Both  himself  and 
wife  were  of  the  Roman  Catholic  religion.  They  had  the  following  children : 
1.  Bartolo;  he  married  in  Borca  di  Cadore  and  died  without  issue.  2.  Maria, 
she  married  Joseph  Costantini  and  settled  in  the  town  of  her  birthplace.     3. 


444  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Lawrence,  born  April  29,  1843,  of  whom  forward.  4.  Madalena,  she  married 
Giovanni  Zanetti.  The  father  of  the  aforementioned  children,  Bartolo  De 
Mattia,  died  at  the  family  home  at  Borca,  at  the  mature  age  of  eighty-two  years. 

Lawrence  De  Mattia,  son  of  Bartolo  and  Appollonia  De  Mattia,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Borca  di  Cadore,  province  of  Belluno,  April  29,  1843,  at 
which  time  Borca  di  Cadore  was  under  the  Austrian  Government  along  with  the 
whole  of  Venetia  and  Lombardy.  Lawrence  acquired  his  early  educational 
training  in  the  parish  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  resided  under  the  parental 
roof,  assisting  his  father  in  the  various  duties  on  the  little  homestead  where  he 
remained  up  to  his  twentieth  year.  He  was  conscripted  in  the  year  1864  by  the 
Austrian  Government  and  rendered  military  duty  under  that  flag.  He  took  an 
active  part  in  the  battle  of  Koenigractz  and  also  in  the  storming  of  the  fortress 
at  Olmitz,  when  the  latter  place  was  surrendered  by  the  Austrians  to  the  Prus- 
sians in  the  war  of  1866.  Upon  the  restitution  of  Venetia  to  Italy,  in  the  same 
year,  Lawrence  De  Mattia  returned  home  in  time  to  see  his  parents  and  again 
donned  his  military  uniform,  but  this  time  in  support  of  his  own  country.  He 
served  a  few  more  years  in  the  army  of  Italy,  after  which  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged. Later  he  traveled  visiting  various  cities  and  states  of  continental  Eu- 
rope and  was  engaged  in  various  capacities  in  railroad  construction.  He  was  re- 
called under  the  Italian  colors  in  the  short  Rome  campaign,  in  September,  1870. 
and  entered  the  eternal  city  with  the  troops  of  General  Raphael  Cadorna. 

Lawrence  De  Mattia  married  in  his  native  town  Madaline  Perini,  born  at 
Borca  di  Cadore,  May  16,  1849,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Catterina  (DeLuca) 
Perini.  They  had  the  following  children:  1.  Constantine,  born  April  29,  1878, 
of  whom  forward.  2.  Peter,  born  February  2,  1881,  of  whom  forward.  3. 
Barthold,  born  October  26,  1882,  of  whom  forward.  4.  Maria,  born  May  16, 
1884,  she  came  to  this  country  in  1894  with  the  other  members  of  the  family; 
married  Abele  Rui  and  settled  with  her  family  in  the  city  of  Brooklyn.  They 
returned  to  their  native  home  in  Italy  in  1907.  5.  Tigelio,  born  December  2, 
1886,  he  died  in  the  Army  of  the  Kingdom,  of  Itally  in  1907.  6.  Appollonia, 
born  June  18,  1889,  she  came  to  the  United  States  in  1894,  married  in  1908, 
John  B.  Zanetti  and  settled  with  her  family  in  the  city  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 
She  died  at  the  age  of  26  years  and  11  months  on  May  29,  1916,  leaving  the 
following  children :  Gregory,  age  five ;  Madaline,  three ;  and  Silvio,  not 
quite  two  years  old. 

In  1887,  having  acquired  a  varied  experience  while  traveling  throughout 
continental  Europe,  Lawrence  De  Mattia  decided  to  visit  the  United  States,  and 
set  sail  from  Havre,  France. 

Upon  arrival  he  located  in  the  town  of  Yonkers,  Westchester  county.  New 
York,  where  he  settled  with  his  brother-in-law,  Romano  Perini,  with  whom  he 
became  employed  in  the  construction  of  the  great  acqueduct  and  water  works 
of  New  York  City.  Lawrence  De  Mattia  next  located  at  Sault  Ste  Marie, 
Michigan,  where  he  was  actively  engaged  at  his  chosen  line  of  work  until 
1890.  Later  he  sent  for  three  of  his  family  in  Italy  and  located  with  them  in 
the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  The  wife  and  little  ones  followed  and  joined 
the  rest  of  the  family  here  in  the  year  1894,  where  they  continued  to  reside  up 
lo  1900.  In  that  year  Lawrence  De  Mattia  returned  home,  to  his  native  land 
and  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life  with  his  wife  in  the  town  of  Borca  di 
Cadore,  where  he  passed  away  in  January,  1914.  His  wife  returned  to  this 
country  in  the  month  of  May  of  the  same  year  and  settled  with  her  sons  in  the 
city  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 

Constantine  De  Mattia,  son  of  Lawrence  and  Madaline  (Perini)  De 
Mattia,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Borca  di  Cadore,  Italy, 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  445 

April  29,  1878.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  village  and  was 
brought  by  his  parents  to  this  country  in  1892.  Soon  after  settling  with  his 
parents  in  New  York  City,  he  attended  the  night  schools  and  was  engaged  in 
the  employ  of  his  uncles,  the  Perini  Brothers,  in  New  York  City.  He  later 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  remained  for  some  time.  He  next  became  employed  in  the 
capacity  of  machinist,  which  line  of  work  he  pursued  up  to  the  time  that  he 
settled  in  Detroit,  Michigan.  Soon  after  settling  there  he  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  household  articles  and  novelties  of  his  own  invention. 

Constantine  De  Mattia  married  in  1904,  Ida  Andreotta,  and  they  have 
the  following  children:  1.  Walther,  born  1905.  2.  Louisa,  born  1908.  3. 
Albert,  born  1910. 

Peter  De  Mattia,  second  child  of  Lawrence  and  Madaline  (Perini)  Dc 
Mattia,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Borca  di  Cadore,  Province  of  Belluno, 
Kingdom  of  Italy,  February  2,  1881.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town.  In  1892  he  was  brought  to  this  country  with  the  other  members 
of  the  family,  and  settled  with  his  parents  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

Peter  De  Mattia  first  entered  the  employ  of  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills 
Corporation  in  the  capacity  of  errand  boy.  He  faithfully  discharged  his  duties 
and  during  this  period  pursued  a  course  of  study  through  one  of  the  leading 
correspondence  schools  of  this  country.  Soon  after  passing  his  19th  year  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Cook  Locomotive  Works  in  the  city  of  Paterson,  New 
Jersey.  The  young  mechanic  next  entered  the  employ  of  Fuchs  &  Lang,  in  the 
town  of  Rutherford,  New  Jersey,  where  he  remained  employed  at  his  chosen 
line  of  work  for  some  time.  Later  he  returned  to  the  city  of  Paterson,  where 
he  entered  the  employ  of  McNab  &  Harding.  He  did  not,  however,  continue 
long  in  the  latter  place  and  next  entered  the  employ  of  the  Richardson  Scale 
Company  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  remained  for  the  next 
six  years.  In  1909  Peter  De  Mattia  began  business  in  partnership  with  his 
brother  Barthold,  They  located  on  Prescott  avenue  and  River  road,  in  the 
city  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey.  They  specialized  in  the  manufacture  of  moulds 
for  automobile  tires  and  other  accessories  for  the  machine  trade,  and  they  have 
succeeded  in  building  up  one  of  the  leading  industries  of  this  kind  in  Bergen 
county.  New  Jersey. 

In  addition  to  the  manufacture  of  automobile  tire  moulds  and  other 
accessories  of  the  machine  trade,  the  De  Mattia  Brothers  have  also  established 
a  complete  foundry  and  mould  department  which  is  used  in  connection  with 
their  general  machine  work. 

On  January  10,  1916,  in  order  to  meet  the  increasing  demand  of  their 
rapidly  expanding  trade,  the  De  Mattia  Brothers  had  their  interests  incorporated 
under  the  firm  name  of  De  Mattia  Brothers.  Peter  De  Mattia  was  at  the  time 
chosen  president  of  the  corporation  and  Barthold  De  Mattia  was  made  secretray 
and  treasurer. 

The  machine  plant  of  the  De  Mattia  Brothers  in  the  city  of  Garfield  and 
the  foundry  in  the  city  of  Clifton,  have  become  active  enterprises  in  both  cities. 
The  industry  furnishes  employment  to  a  number  of  skilled  mechanics  and  other 
operatives,  many  of  whom  have  established  their  homes  in  the  cities  of  Garfield, 
Clifton  and  the  sorrounding  community. 

Peter  De  Mattia  married  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  April  4,  1903,  Maria 
Zanetti,  born  July  11,  1881,  daughter  of  Gregory  and  Madaline  (Sala) 
Zanetti,  both  natives  of  Italy.  Peter  and  Maria  (Zanetti)  De  Mattia  have 
children:  1.  Lawrence,  born  December  23,  1903.  2.  Madaline,  born  January 
29,  1905.    3.  Marius,  born  March  8,  1906.    4.  Americus,  born  July  18,  1907. 


446  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Barthold  De  Mattia,  third  child  of  Lawrence  and  Madaline  (Perini)  De 
Mattia,  was  born  in  the  village  of  Borca  di  Cadore,  Province  of  Belluno, 
Kingdom  of  Italy,  October  26,  1882.  He  obtained  his  early  educational  train- 
ing in  the  schools  of  his  native  village  and  was  brought  to  this  country  by  his 
parents  in  1892.  Soon  after  their  settlement  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  he  attended 
a  course  of  study  in  the  night  schools  and  at  the  same  time  was  employed  in  the 
Weaving  Department  of  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills,  where  he  continued  to  be 
emplo)-ed  until  the  age  of  18  years.  Being  desirous  of  preparing  himself  for  a 
business  career,  he  pursued  a  course  of  study  with  one  of  the  leading  corres- 
pondence schools  in  this  country  which  further  qualified  him  for  the  responsi- 
bilities and  cares  of  an  active  business  career. 

Mr.  De  Mattia  also  secured  employment  in  the  capacity  of  a  machinist  in 
the  Cook  Locomotive  Works  in  the  city  of  Paterson.  In  1905  he  decided  to  visit 
the  Middle  Western  States  and  finally  settled  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  where  he 
remained  engaged  in  his  chosen  line  of  work  up  to  1909,  when  he  returned  to 
Garfield,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  and  here  became  identified  with  his 
brother  Peter  in  the  foundry  and  machine  business,  and  has  served  as  secretary 
and  treasurer  in  the  corporation  up  to  the  present  time,  1921.  Barthold  De 
Mattia  married  on  September  18,  1904,  Erminia  Pra,  born  in  the  town  of  Zoldo, 
Province  of  Belluno,  Italy,  August  4,  1882,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Augusta 
(Mio)  Pra.  They  have  the  following  children:  1.  Molly  A.,  born  January  6, 
1906.  2.  Victor  A.,  born  October  13,  1907.  3.  Emily  A.,  born  May  25,  1910. 
4.  Eleanor  A.,  born  April  11,  1912.   5.  AppoUonia  E.,  born  April  16,  1916. 


WILLIAM  HEINRICH  HOFFMEISTER— Heinrich  Hoffmeister,  the 
first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Hoffmeister  family,  of  whom  we  have 
any  authentic  information,  and  which  introduces  the  caption  of  this  review, 
was  born  about  1815,  at  the  family  homestead  in  Stoery,  Court  District  of 
Bokenem,  situated  about  sixteen  miles  distant  from  the  historic  town,  Hildes- 
heim,  province  of  Hanover,  Germany.  Both  the  parents  of  Heinrich  Hoff- 
meister had  been  residents  of  Stoery  for  many  years,  and  here  they  spent  the 
active  years  of  their  life.  Heinrich  Hoffmeister  was  a  tiller  of  the  soil,  and 
was  regarded  as  a  good  and  useful  citizen.  He  died  in  Stoery,  aged  seventy- 
three  years,  his  wife,  Caroline  (Neuhoff)  Hoffmeister,  passed  away  at  the 
age  of  seventy  years.  Both  were  members  of  the  Lutheran  church  of  Stoery. 
They  were  the  parents  of:  Christian,  Adolph,  William  Heinrich,  of  whom 
further ;  Heinrich  C,  mentioned  elsewhere ;  Friedich  and  Caroline,  who  mar- 
ried Mr.  Oberbeck. 

William  Heinrich  Hoffmeister,  son  of  Heinrich  and  Caroline  (Neuhoff) 
Hoffmeister,  became  the  founder  of  this  branch  of  the  family  in  this  country. 
He  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Stoery,  Court  District  of  Bokenem,  Germany. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  village,  and  was  confirmed 
in  the  Lutheran  church,  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  His  early  manhood  was  spent 
under  the  parental  roof,  and  upon  becoming  elegible  to  military  duty,  he  served 
in  the  German  Army,  upon  completing  the  service  of  which,  he  returned  to 
the  home  of  his  parents  in  Stoery.  During  the  period  1865-6  he  served  in  the 
cavalry  of  the  German  army,  when  the  Prussian  forces  invaded  the  peninsula 
of  Schlesswi?  Holstein  and  again  during  the  campaign  when  the  German 
Army  invaded  the  Austrian  territory.  It  was  during  this  memorable  campaign, 
that  the  young  German  soldier  was  severely  wounded  and  was  later  decorated 
for  his  bravery  by  the  military  authorities. 

Soon  after  his  discharge  from  the  army  he  returned  home  to  Stoery,  and 
not  having  met  with  favorable  business  prospects  in  his  village,  decided  to 


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cast  his  lot  in  the  New  World.  He  traveled  to  one  of  the  leading  seaport  towns 
in  England,  whence  he  embarked  for  New  York  City. 

Immediately  upon  setting  foot  on  American  soil,  the  young  German  found 
himself  alone,  and  a  stranger  in  a  strange  country,  where  the  customs  and 
social  conditions  made  it  somewhat  difficult  for  him  to  apply  himself  to  the 
requirements  of  such  employment  as  he  might  be  apt  to  secure.  He,  however, 
made  his  way  into  the  Northern  counties  of  New  Jersey,  where  he  finally 
settled  in  what  was  then,  the  town  of  Delawanna,  Passaic  county.  Here  the 
young  German  applied  his  time  to  the  routine  of  farm  life,  and  in  the  course 
of  a  brief  period,  met  the  lady  of  his  choice,  in  the  town  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey; 
where  he  married  in  1876. 

William  Heinrich  Hoffmeister,  soon  after  his  marriage  settled  on  the  old 
Cornelius  Van  Winkle  homestead  farm,  Delawanna,  now  part  of  Clifton, 
New  Jersey.  These  lands  of  the  Van  Winkle  homestead  were  later  disposed 
of,  to  the  East  Ridgelawn  Cemetery  Corporation,  and  have  been  converted  to 
the  use  of  sepulchral  purposes.  Soon  afterwards,  Mr.  Hoffmeister  applied 
himself  industriously  to  the  cultivation  of  the  various  crops,  that  were  raised 
by  the  farmers  in  Northern  New  Jersey.  In  this  undertaking  he  met  with  a 
marked  degree  of  success,  as  the  logical  result  of  his  indefatigable  energy  and 
persevering  efforts.  His  wife  at  the  same  time,  rendered  substantial  support 
to  the  young  German-American,  and  in  the  course  of  a  few  years,  he  was  able 
to  purchase  the  Van  Winkle  farm  homestead,  the  lands  of  wbich  extended 
eastward  from  the  present  Franklin  avenue  to  the  line  of  the  Delaware,  Lack- 
awanna &  Western  railroad,  and  was  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  old  Speer 
family  estate.  The  entire  tract  of  the  homestead  comprised  about  eighty-four 
acres.  Part  of  these  lands  were  later  disposed  of  by  Mr.  Hoffmeister  for 
development  and  improvement  purposes,  and  have  since  become  known  as  the 
"Delawanna  Park"  section,  where  many  new  homes  have  been  erected,  and 
which  has  become  one  of  the  attractive  spots  of  this  section  of  Clifton. 

William  Heinrich  Hoffmeister  continued  to  reside  with  his  family  at  the 
Van  Winkle  homestead  farm  and  cultivated  his  lands  for  general  farming 
purposes  up  to  1897,  during  which  year  he  disposed  of  the  lands  located  west 
of  the  present  Franklin  avenue,  to  the  corporation  known  as  the  "East  Ridge- 
lawn Cemetery  Company,"  who  have  since  converted  the  major  portion  of 
these  lands  for  the  use  of  sepulchral  purposes.  These  now  form  a  large  part 
of  the  East  Ridgelawn  Cemetery,  thus  adding  to  the  acreage,  and  forming  one 
of  the  most  beautiful  and  attractive  cemetery  locations  in  the  State  of  New 
Jersey. 

In  1911,  William  Heinrich  Hoffmeister  purchased  a  tract  of  land,  of 
about  one  acre,  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  present  Franklin  avenue,  Delawanna 
district,  of  Clifton,  where  he  erected  the  present  family  homestead,  and  settled 
there  with  his  family,  where  they  have  continued  to  reside  until  the  present 
time,  1921. 

William  Heinrich  Hoffmeister  died  at  the  family  home,  January  9,  1910. 
During  the  many  years  of  his  residence  in  Delawanna,  Mr.  Hoffmeister  took 
an  active  interest  in  the  social,  civic  and  educational  affairs  of  the  town.  He 
served  as  a  member  of  the  town  committee  for  a  number  of  years,  and  became 
well  and  favorably  known  as  a  progressive  and  useful  citizen.  He  was  respected 
and  esteemed  by  all  his  fellow  citizens,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  it  was 
justly  stated  by  those  who  knew  him  best,  that  the  neighborhood  had  lost  a 
good  and  valued  resident. 

William  Heinrich  Hoffmeister  married,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  April 
4,   1876,  Wilhelmina  Faust,  born  June   15,   1850,  daughter  of  Heinrich  and 


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Juliana  (Siebener)  Faust.  She  was  born  in  Trarbach,  on  the  river  Moselle, 
Rhenish  Prussia,  Germany.  She  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  her  native 
town,  and  was  confirmed  at  the  age  of  fifteen.  After  completing  her  educa- 
tion, she  resided  in  her  native  town  until  1872,  at  which  time  she  came 
to  this  country,  in  company  with  friends  of  her  family,  sailing  from  the  seaport 
of  Bremen,  and  arriving  in  New  York  City,  January  1872.  She  remained  in 
the  association  of  her  friends,  and  settled  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  where 
she  continued  to  reside  until  1876,  in  which  year  she  came  to  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  where     she  met  the  man  of  her  choice. 

William  Heinrich  and  Wilhelmina  (Faust)  Hoffmeister  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  (1)  Julia,  born  August  24,  1882.  She  is  a  graduate 
of  Passaic  High  School,  Trenton  Normal  School,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  and 
also  completed  a  course  in  pedagogy  in  New  York  University.  Since  leaving  her 
alma  mater,  she  has  taught  school  in  Clifton.  (2)  Wilhelmina  Louise,  born  July 
25,  1887.  She  is  a  graduate  of  Clifton  High  School.  (3)  Nellie  Florence,  twin 
sister,  is  likewise  a  graduate  of  Clifton  High  School.  She  and  Wilhelmina 
Louise  reside  with  their  mother  at  the  homestead  in  Franklin  avenue. 


MICHAEL  ANDREW  BLANDA— Since  establishing  his  residence  in 
Passaic  some  twenty-seven  years  ago,  Michael  A.  Blanda  has  become  a  prom- 
inent figure  in  the  business  life  of  the  community,  and,  as  a  resident,  he  is  the 
owner  of  one  of  the  city's  finest  homes,  which  is  situated  at  No.  487  Passaic 
avenue.  The  new  residence  which  was  recently  constructed  for  Mr.  Blanda 
and  occupied  on  November  15,  1921,  is  one  of  the  most  unique  homes  in  the 
city,  being  surrounded  by  beautifully  landscaped  grounds. 

Michael  A.  Blanda  is  a  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Katzmar)  Blanda,  who 
were  for  a  long  time  highly  respected  residents  of  Lenarto,  Austria-Hungary. 
Their  son,  Michael  A.,  was  born  March  15,  1879,  and  there  received  a  good 
education  in  the  local  native  schools.  With  a  firm  determination  to  succeed,  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  years,  he  left  his  native  land  and  came  to  America.  At 
first  the  young  lad  located  at  Johnstown,  Pennsylvania,  where  employment 
was  hard  to  secure,  subsequently  going  to  Hazeltown,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
likewise  found  things  dull.  However,  upon  making  his  third  attempt,  which 
was  at  Mahoney  City,  in  the  same  state,  he  secured  work  in  a  local  factory 
where  he  remained  two  months.  By  this  time  he  found  himself  fairly  well 
acquainted  with  the  habits  of  the  new  land  and  he  next  secured  employment  in 
a  local  grocery  store.  This  position  gave  him  much  experience  during  the  next 
two  years  and  he  acquired  a  fairly  good  working  knowledge  of  the  English 
language.  In  1895  he  left  Mahoney  City  and  went  to  Yonkers,  New  York, 
where  he  became  engaged  as  a  textile  worker  in  one  of  the  local  mills,  there 
learning  the  trade  of  weaving.  Two  years  later  he  established  his  residence  in 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  continuing  in  the  textile  trade  in  a  woolen  mill  at  Pater- 
son,  being  thus  engaged  until  1900.  All  during  these  long  and  tedious  years 
Mr.  Blanda  had  never  forgotten  his  determination  to  succeed,  and  by  thrift  and 
economy  he  managed  to  save  a  little  capital  with  which  he  entered  the  real 
estate  business.  He  soon  made  his  activities  felt  in  this  field  of  endeavor,  and 
many  substantial  real  estate  transactions  passed  through  his  hands.  In  1910  he 
added  another  line  to  his  business,  that  of  automobiles,  dealing  in  them  exten- 
sively. Still  later,  in  1920,  he  purchased  the  entire  rights  in  the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  a  tonic  called  "Zubrownik"  from  the  Prebol  Drug  Company  of 
Passaic.  This  tonic  has  been  in  existence  under  a  registered  name  since  1903, 
and  is  manufactured  by  the  Zubrownik  Manufacturing  Company,  of  which  Mr. 
Blanda  is  sole  owner.     In  all  these  business  enterprises,  Mr.  Blanda  has  been 


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highly  successful,  and  is  well  known  throughout  this  section  of  the  state. 

Politically  Mr.  Blanda  is  a  Republican.  He  holds  memberships  in  the 
Union  Republican  Club  and  St.  Joseph's  Society,  both  of  Passaic.  He  and 
the  members  of  his  family  attend  St.  Marie's  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  this 
city. 

Mr.  Blanda  married  (first)  in  Passaic,  on  June  28,  1901,  Anna  Manko, 
daughter  of  Michael  and  Anna  Manko.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Michael  A.  and  Anna 
(Manko)  Blanda  the  following  children  were  born:  Irene  D.,  Anna  A.,  John 
and  William.  Mrs.  Blanda  died  on  January  11,  1919,  and  Mr.  Blanda 
married  (second)  Marie  Madansky,  daughter  of  Anthony  and  Anna  Madansky. 


ANTONIO  TOLOMEO — Antonio  Tolomeo,  the  first  representative  and 
founder  of  his  hranch  of  the  family  in  Passaic,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Muro-Lucano,  district  of  Potenza,  kingdom  of  Italy, 
where  his  parents,  Luigi  and  Teresa  (Lombardi)  Tolomeo,  had  resided  for 
many  years. 

Luigi  Tolomeo  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  pursued  his  calling  in  his 
native  land  up  to  1900,  during  which  year  he  came  to  this  country  with  his  son 
Antonio.  Soon  after  their  arrival  here  the  father  and  son  located  in  New  York 
City,  where  they  both  applied  themselves  to  such  employment  as  was  obtain- 
able. Having  found  favorable  conditions  for  making  a  livelihood  in  his  newly 
adopted  country,  Luigi  Tolomeo  returned  to  the  land  of  his  nativity  the  same 
year  for  the  purpose  of  returning  with  his  wife  and  family,  and  establishing  a 
home  in  this  country.  Upon  his  arrival  in  New  York  City,  with  his  wife  and 
family,  he  again  located  in  the  metropolis,  where  he  continued  to  reside,  and 
in  the  course  of  time  again  returned  to  his  native  land,  where  he  died  in  1901. 
His  wife  survived  him,  and  at  present  (1920)  resides  with  the  family  of  her 
son,  Antonio,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Luigi  Tolomeo  was  twice  married.  By 
his  first  union  he  had  one  son,  Michael,  who  came  to  this  country,  and  at 
present  (1920)  resides  with  his  family  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey.  Luigi  Tolomeo 
married  (second)  Teresa  Lombardi,  who  bore  him  the  following  children: 
1.  Rosa,  born  at  the  family  home  at  Muro-Lucano,  where  she  was  reared  to 
years  of  womanhood.  She  married  and  settled  in  her  native  town.  2.  Mun- 
ziato,  born  at  the  family  home  at  Muro-Lucano,  where  she  married.  She  came 
to  this  country,  and  upon  her  arrival  here  settled  with  her  family  in  Passaic, 
New  Jersey.  3.  Antonio,  of  whom  forward.  4.  Maria  Antonio,  born  at  the 
family  home  in  the  town  of  Muro-Lucano,  where  she  was  reared  to  years  of 
womanhood.  She  came  to  this  country,  and  upon  her  settlement  in  Passaic 
married,  and  at  present  (1920)  resides  with  her  family  in  Port  Chester,  West- 
chester county,  New  York. 

Antonio  Tolomeo,  third  child  and  only  son  of  Luigi  and  Teresa  (Lom- 
bard!) Tolomeo,  was  born  January  24,  1877.  He  obtained  his  educational 
training  in  his  native  country.  In  1900,  in  company  with  his  father,  he  emi- 
grated to  this  country,  and  located  with  his  father  in  New  York  City.  In  the 
course  of  a  few  years  he  came  into  association  with  men  of  practical  experience 
in  commercial  and  social  life,  and  as  a  result  of  his  painstaking  care  in  the 
performance  of  all  the  duties  and  responsibilities  which  were  entrusted  to 
him,  he  acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  English  language,  and  became  recognized 
among  his  fellow  countrymen  as  a  proficient  interpreter,  having  aided  upon 
many  occasions  in  cases  which  involved  the  social  and  legal  interests  of  the 
parties  concerned  both  in  New  York  and  Passaic,  where  he  later  settled  with 
his  father.  In  1891  Antonio  Tolomeo  located  with  his  family  in  Passaic. 
Here  his  advance  in  the  material  interests,  as  well  as  in  civic  and  social  affairs 


450  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

among  his  countrymen  made  him  a  leader  among  them,  and  he  soon  was 
regarded  as  a  useful  and  serviceable  citizen  of  the  community.  Politically, 
Antonio  Tolomeo  allied  himself  with  and  gave  his  support  to  the  principles 
and  policies  as  advocated  by  the  Republican  party,  his  advice  being  frequently 
sought  by  some  of  the  representative  men  of  the  party  in  Passaic  county,  where 
his  counsels  and  personal  opinion  was  recognized  as  an  important  factor  in 
political  affairs.  In  1906,  Antonio  Tolomeo  engaged  in  the  hotel  business,  and 
located  at  the  corner  of  President  and  Van  Winkle  street.  In  1908,  he  acquired 
his  present  residence  at  Nos.  39-41  State  street,  Passaic.  Antonio  Tolomeo 
also  became  identified  with  a  number  of  trade  organizations,  in  which  he  held 
official  positions.  His  death,  which  occurred  November  22,  1919,  was  a  great 
loss  to  the  community,  and  to  many  of  his  fellowmen  whom  he  had  befriended 
in  a  material  and  social  way.  He  was  a  member  of  Our  Lady  of  Mount 
Carmel  Roman  Catholic  Church,  located  on  McLean  street,  Passaic. 

Antonio  Toloneo  married,  December  8,  1898,  in  Passaic,  Faustina  Daniele. 
Of  this  union  were  born  the  following  children:  1.  Theresa,  December 
12,  1899.  She  is  a  graduate  of  public  school  No.  11,  of  her  native  city, 
and  also  attended  the  high  school  for  a  period  of  two  years,  after  which  she 
entered  upon  a  course  of  study  in  music  in  New  York  City.  2.  Clara  Agnes, 
November  13,  1901.  She  is  a  graduate  of  public  school  No.  11,  of  her  native 
city.    She  married,  April  29,  1920,  Rocco  M.  Martocci,  born  in  New  York  City. 

WILLIAM  L.  HUNDERTMARK— The  first  representative  of  this 
family  of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  information,  v/as  Otto  Frederick 
Hundertmark,  born  in  New  York  City,  later  moving  to  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 
He  married  Elizabeth  A.  Bowden,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  four  children : 
William  L.,  of  whom  forward,  Otto,  Harry,  and  David  Magee. 

William  L.  Hundertmark,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Otto  Frederick  and 
Elizabeth  A.  (Bowden)  Hundertmark,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Pater- 
son, New  Jersey,  October  21,  1879.  His  educational  advantages  were  obtained 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  upon  laying  aside  his  school  books 
lie  entered  the  employ  of  Arthur  Vercelius,  at  that  time  one  of  the  leading 
florists  of  the  city  of  Paterson.  Here  young  Hundertmark  remained  actively 
engaged  for  some  time,  and  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  various 
details  and  technique  of  the  florist's  business.  He  later  became  associated  with 
William  Edward  McAllister,  a  leading  florist,  with  offices  and  show  rooms 
on  Main  street,  Passaic,  who  was  at  that  time  the  pioneer  florist  of  the  city. 
After  a  brief  period,  Mr.  Hundertmark  severed  his  connection  with  William 
McAllister,  and  next  went  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of 
J.  ^L  Gasser  &:  Company,  In  1913  he  returned  to  Passaic  and  again  became 
identified  with  his  former  employer,  William  Edward  McAllister,  with  whom 
he  continued  actively  engaged  for  several  years.  He  next  engaged  in  business 
on  his  own  account,  and  for  some  time  located  in  New  York  City  and  in  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania.  Upon  his  return  to  Passaic  in  1913,  Mr.  Hundertmark 
purchased  the  interests  of  Mrs.  Martha  (Hudson)  McAllister,  and  again  began 
business  on  his  own  account  on  Main  avenue  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he 
remained  actively  engaged  up  to  1920.  The  same  year  he  was  appointed  a 
specialist  in  the  department  of  agriculture  in  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  with  which 
department  and  in  which  capacity  he  has  since  been  actively  identified.  Fra- 
ternally, he  is  an  active  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  Free  and  Acecpetd  Masons, 
and  of  Washington  Commandery,  and  also  of  the  Centennial  Chapter  of  the 
same  order  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  LTnited  Order 
of  American  Mechanics,  and  of  Passaic  Council  of  the  Royal  Arcanum.  Both  he 


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and  his  wife  are  members  of  St.  John's   Episcopal   Church. 

William  Lawrence  Hundertmark  married,  in  Passaic,  April  17,  1902, 
Frances  Tuttle  McAllister,  born  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  November  18, 
1880,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Martha  (Hudson)  McAllister.  Her  father, 
Alexander  McAllister,  was  a  native  of  the  north  of  Ireland,  and  his  wife, 
Martha  Hudson,  was  a  native  of  Norfolk  county,  England,  where  her  familj'' 
had  resided  for  a  number  of  generations,  and  were  prominently  identified  with 
the  social  and  civic  affairs  of  the  community  wherein  they  resided.  William 
Lawrence  and  Frances  Tuttle  (McAllister)  Hundertmark  had  one  child, 
Frances  Bowden,  born  May  15,  1905. 


LOUWRITS  VAN  DER  VLIET— Among  the  substantial  citizens  whose 
activities  are  contributing  to  the  public  advance  in  the  town  of  Lodi,  New 
Jersey,  is  Mr.  Van  Der  Vliet,  dairyman  and  farmer,  and  founder  of  the  coal 
business  known  under  the  name  of  the  L.  Van  Der  Vliet  &  Sons  Coal  and 
Wood  Company,  of  Clifton. 

Mr.  Van  Der  Vliet  was  born  in  the  town  of  Kloetinge,  Holland,  Decem- 
ber 18,  1870,  both  his  paternal  and  maternal  ancestors  having  been  natives  of 
that  country  for  many  generations.  Beginning  life  with  the  advantage  of  a 
thorough  trade  school  education,  he  was  variously  employed  in  his  native  land 
until  1892,  when  he  came  to  America,  bringing  his  young  wife  and  their  oldest 
child.  Landing  in  New  York  City  on  March  5,  of  that  year,  he  came  imme- 
diately to  Passaic,  where  he  established  his  home.  His  first  employment  in  this 
country  was  with  Edward  Speer,  of  Passaic,  well  known  as  a  contractor  and 
builder.  Later  he  was  employed  by  Campbell,  Morrell  &  Company,  also  by 
the  Paterson  Parchment  Paper  Company.  During  this  period  Mr.  Van  Der 
Vliet  resided  in  both  Passaic  and  Lodi,  moving  back  and  forth  a  few  times,  then 
in  1898  settled  permanently  in  Lodi.  The  following  year  he  entered  the  dairy 
business  here,  and  later  purchased  the  old  Terhune  farm  on  Terhune  avenue, 
beginning  farming  operations  on  this  place  January  5,  1902.  Since  that  time 
he  has  carried  on  the  farm  successfully,  becoming  one  of  the  leading  men  in 
farming  and  dairying  in  this  section.  In  1916  he  branched  out  in  another 
business,  retaining  his  farming  interests,  however,  and  established  the  L.  Van 
Der  Vliet  &  Sons  Coal  and  Wood  Company,  in  Clifton,  which  soon  became  a 
thriving  enterprise.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Wallace  Syndicate  of  New 
Jersey,  Incorporated.  Within  the  past  few  years  Mr.  Van  Der  Vliet  has 
turned  over  the  management  of  his  coal  and  wood  business  to  his  oldest  son, 
Abraham,  who  is  now  carrying  it  forward  and  increasing  the  business  steadily. 

The  old  Terhune  farm,  which  is  the  residence  of  Mr.  Van  Der  Vliet,  is 
one  of  the  old  landmarks  of  Lodi,  and  from  it  Terhune  avenue  is  named. 
Mr.  Van  Der  Vliet  holds  a  position  of  dignity  in  the  community  and  is  highly 
esteemed  by  all,  having  also  a  wide  circle  of  friends  in  the  city  of  Passaic, 
where  he  is  well  known.  Politically  he  supports  the  Republican  party,  and  has 
long  been  a  worker  for  its  interests,  but  has  never  sought  public  office.  He  and 
his  family  are  members  of  the  First  Holland  Reformed  Church  of  Lodi. 

Mr.  Van  Der  Vliet  married,  in  Holland,  Peternella  Schaeffer,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  ten  children  :  Anna,  now  the  wife  of  John  Blum,  of  Lodi ; 
Abraham,  a  sketch  of  whom  follows;  Anthony,  associated  with  his  father  on 
the  farm;  Marjorie;  Cornelia;  Jennie;  Minnie;  Alice;  Lorena;  Adrienna. 
All  but  the  eldest  daughter  and  son  still  reside  at  home. 


ABRAHAM   VAN   DER   VLIET    is    numbered    among   the   prominent 
young  business  men  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  where  he  is  manager  of  the  L. 


452  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Van  Der  Vliet  &  Sons  Coal  and  Wood  Company. 

Abraham  \'^an  Der  Vliet  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  September  15. 
1892.  After  the  removal  of  his  parents  to  Lodi,  he  there  attended  the  public 
schools  and  then  supplemented  this  primary  education  with  a  course  at  Drake's 
Business  College  in  Passaic.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  finished  his  studies  and 
took  up  farming  on  his  father's  farm  in  Lodi,  where  he  remained  occupied 
until  the  organization  of  the  L.  Van  Der  Vliet  &  Sons  Coal  and  Wood  Com- 
pany in  1916.  As  manager  of  this  company  he  has  played  an  active  part  in  its 
success  and  upbuilding.  The  company  started  in  a  modest  way,  at  first  build- 
ing a  small  yard  and  coal  plant  to  load  and  unload  coal  shipments;  gradually 
the  growing  business  needed  larger  facilities  and  the  present  large  coal  elevator, 
conveyors  and  yards  are  the  results  of  this  marked  success.  The  firm  handles 
high  grade  industrial  and  domestic  coals  and  is  one  of  the  largest  dealers  in 
this  section.  The  coal  plant  and  yards  are  at  No.  4  Wellington  street  and  the 
offices  of  the  company  at  No.  310  Clifton  avenue,  Clifton.  In  politics  Mr. 
Van  Der  Vliet  is  a  Republican.  He  attends  the  First  Reformed  Church  of 
Passaic. 

On  July  27,  1916,  Abraham  Van  Der  Vliet  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Jennie  Troast,  daughter  of  Orie  and  Trina  (W^entink)  Troast  of  Clifton.  To 
this  union  there  are  two  children:  Peternella  and  Orie.  The  family  home 
is  at  No.  18  Wellington  street,  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 


ABRAHAM  A.  LA  RUE,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  is  superintendent  of 
Ridgelawn  Cemetery,  which  position  he  has  held  since  1911. 

Abraham  A.  La  Rue,  son  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Bowering)  La  Rue,  and 
father  of  our  subject,  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  and  died  there,  in 
1882,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven  years.  He  followed  the  trade  of  painting 
throughout  his  entire  lifetime  and  was  prosperous.  He  married  Rachel  Acker- 
man,  who  died  in  Paterson,  in  1864.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  La  Rue  were  the  parents 
of  five  children :  John,  deceased ;  Thomas,  a  resident  of  Paterson ;  Jemima, 
wife  of  Charles  L.  Cluss,  of  New  York  City ;  Martha,  deceased,  formerly  the 
wife  of  John  Buttershow,  of  Paterson ;  and  Abraham  A.,  of  further  mention. 

Abraham  A.  La  Rue  was  born  March  30,  1862,  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey, 
and  there  obtained  his  education.  He  entered  the  house-painting  trade  with  his 
father,  and  a  short  time  later,  having  decided  to  learn  the  silk  business,  he 
entered  the  Phoenix  Mill  and  remained  there  for  sixteen  years,  being  employed 
as  a  weaver.  At  the  end  of  this  time  he  returned  to  painting  and  secured 
employment  at  this  trade  on  the  Erie  railroad,  between  Port  Jervis  and  Jersey 
City,  but  later  resigned  from  this  position  and  became  an  agent  for  the  Pruden- 
tial Life  Insurance  Company,  with  whom  he  remained  until  1911,  when  he 
accepted  his  present  position  as  superintendent  of  Ridgelawn  Cemetery. 

Mr.  La  Pvue  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  was  elected  councilman  from 
Ward  One  in  1916,  again  in  1918,  and  reelected  to  the  same  office  in  1920. 
Mr.  La  Rue  is  a  Baptist  in  religion,  and  attends  the  church  of  that  denomi- 
nation at  Clifton.  He  affiliates  with  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  with 
the  Junior  Order  of  the  United  American  Mechanics. 

On  April  13,  1887,  Abraham  A.  La  Rue  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Jennie  McFarland,  of  Paterson,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Ray- 
mond, born  March  11,  1888,  at  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  He  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools,  graduating  from  Paterson  High  School,  and  having 
in  the  meantime  decided  to  learn  the  profession  of  dentistry  for  his  life-work, 
matriculated  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Dentistry,  securing  the  degree  of 
D.M.D.  at  the  end  of  three  years.     He  then  became  identified  with  the  White 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  453 

Dental  Parlors,  wkere  he  gained  a  thorough  practical  knowledge  of  the 
profession,  after  which  he  established  himself  in  private  practice.  He  married 
Edith  Fortune,  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  who  died  in  October,  1915. 


J.  HENRY  HILLMANN— On  the  outskirts  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey, 
there  is  a  small  road  leading  from  the  east  side  of  Main  avenue  named  "Hill- 
mann's  Lane"  because,  near  the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  the  Hillmanns  pur- 
chased the  land  back  of  the  public  thoroughfare,  and  the  town  authorities 
voted  to  open  a  street  there,  running  through  the  property  of  the  owner, 
giving  it  the  name  of  that  family.  John  Henry  Hillmann,  the  father,  a  native 
of  Germany,  coming  to  this  country  at  the  age  of  sixteen  with  his  parents, 
first  located  in  New  York  City.  He  was  born  near  Bremen,  and  his  wife,  Mary 
(Jennings)  Hillmann,  was  born  in  Hanover,  Germany.  They  were  the  parents 
of  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  now  living. 

One  of  these,  J.  Henry  Hillman,  was  born  in  1850,  while  his  parents 
resided  in  New  York  City.  There,  during  his  boyhood,  he  attended  the  public 
school,  located  on  Eighty-first  street,  and  was  also  at  one  time  a  pupil  in  a 
German  and  English  school,  on  Forty-second  street.  This  was  during  the 
winter  season,  but  in  the  summer  time  the  boy  was  sent  to  his  grandfather's 
farm  in  Centerville,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  worked  during  the 
busy  time,  returning  again  to  school  during  the  fall  and  winter.  The  parents 
of  J.  Henry  Hillmann  had  a  little  store  on  Seventy-fifth  street.  New  York,  and 
also  worked  a  truck  garden,  on  upper  Fifth  avenue,  but  when  the  Civil  War 
broke  out,  and  volunteers  were  called  for,  the  father,  John  Henry  Hillmann, 
enlisted  and  was  so  severely  wounded  that  he  became  disabled,  thus  placing 
the  onus  of  the  family  support  on  the  shoulders  of  the  mother.  She  found 
the  burden  greater  than  she  could  cope  with,  and  the  entire  family  was  moved 
to  the  farm  of  the  grandfather,  Cassam  Hillmann,  who  owned  thirty-four  acres 
of  land  in  Centerville.  Some  time  later  John  Henry  Hillmann,  the  returned 
war  veteran,  bought  thirteen  acres  of  land  and,  cultivating  it,  soon  had  a  fine 
farm  on  what  is  now  Hillmann  avenue,  referred  to  in  the  first  paragraph. 
Prior  to  the  war  he  had  lived  for  five  or  six  years  in  the  middle  west  near 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.  In  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  went  to  California,  and 
while  there  died. 

His  son,  J.  Henry  Hillmann,  worked  the  farm  for  the  family  until  he 
reached  the  age  of  twenty-one,  when  the  father  started  him  independently  on  a 
part  of  his  own  land.  He  evidently  made  good,  for  in  1887,  the  young  farmer 
bought  his  present  place,  and  in  1888  built  the  house  and  barns,  improving  the 
general  surroundings  until  it  is  now  one  of  the  best  places  in  that  section  of 
Clifton.    He  makes  a  specialty  of  garden  truck  and  is  very  well  known. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-two,  J.  Henry  Hillmann  married  Margaret  Heller- 
mann,  born  in  Germany.  They  'have  nine  children :  John  Henry,  of  Clifton ; 
Herman,  wiho  entered  a  monastery,  and  is  known  as  Brother  Alex  of  the  Fran- 
ciscan Order  of  the  Roman  Cacholic  Church,  and  is  located  in  New  York  State ; 
August;  Margaret;  Catherine;  Mary;  Annie;  Emma;  Nicholas.  Mrs.  Margaret 
(Hellermann)  Hillmann  died  in  January,  1915.  She  w-as  a  member  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church  in  Paterson,  her  husband  still  being  an  attendant  there. 


ETTORE  VARVARO,  M.D.— Although  but  a  few  years  have  elapsed 
since  his  coming  to  Clifton,  the  name  of  Ettore  Varvaro  is  already  familiar,  and 
most  favorably  so,  to  a  majority  of  residents  of  the  city.  Dr.  Varvaro  has, 
during  these  few  years,  thoroughly  identified  himself,  both  as  a  physician  and 
a  citizen,  with  the  progressive  element  of  the  community. 


454  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Ettore  Varvaro  was  born  in  Italy,  June  14,  1870,  and  attended  the  schools 
of  his  native  place,  after  which  he  entered  the  State  University  there,  and  was 
graduated  in  1896.  He  then  entered  the  hospitals  at  Rome,  and  continued 
there  in  general  practice  until  1906,  when  he  came  to  this  country.  He  re- 
mained four  years  in  New  York  City,  and  then  went  to  Trenton,  New  Jersey, 
having  decided  to  practice  in  this  State.  After  passing  the  examinations  he 
came  to  Clifton,  and  here  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  pro- 
fession. 

In  politics  he  is  independent,  and  has  not  identified  himself  with  any  party, 
preferring  to  hold  himself  free  from  all  partisan  considerations  in  the  exercise 
of  his  judgment  in  local  issues,  and  on  the  merits  of  local  candidates.  Dr. 
Varvaro's  residence  is  situated  at  No.  6  Clinton  avenue,  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 

On  November  26,  1898,  Dr.  Varvaro  was  united  in  marriage  with  Anna 
Borghini,  a  native  of  Florence,  Italy.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Varvaro  are  the  parents 
of  three  children,  Elenor,  born  in  Florence,  Italy;  Emma,  born  December  26, 
1906,  in  New  York  city;  Henry,  born  in  Pasasic,  New  Jersey,  in  1909. 


JOHN  W.  LANE — Meeting  a  very  practical  need  of  the  commimity  in 
supplying  one  of  the  vital  daily  necessities  of  the  people,  John  W.  Lane,  of 
Lodi,  New  Jersey,  has  achieved  marked  success  by  the  commendable  method  of 
keeping  a  high  standard  in  both  quality  and  service,  and  is  now  at  the  head 
of  one  of  the  most  prosperous  butcher  markets  in  this  section, 

Mr.  Lane  is  a  son  of  Michael  Lane,  who  was  born  in  Tipperary,  Ireland, 
and  came  to  this  country  as  a  young  man.  Michael  Lane  came  to  Lodi  shortly 
after  landing  on  American  shores,  and  here  married  Mary  O'Brien.  They  were 
the  parents  of  seven  children:  John  W.,  whose  name  is  at  the  head  of  this 
sketch;  Patrick,  who  is  now  working  with  his  brother  in  the  store;  Bridget, 
who  died  in  infancy;  Ellen,  the  wife  of  Frederick  Butterworth,  of  Lodi;  Mar- 
garet, deceased;  Kenneth,  also  deceased;  and  Mary,  now  the  wife  of  Charles 
Rumpler,  of  Passaic.  Michael  Lane  passed  away  in  1898  and  the  miother 
survived  him  for  seven  years. 

John  W.  Lane  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  September  2,  1869,  and 
v/as  about  one  year  old  when  his  parents  removed  to  Lodi  and  took  up  their 
permanent  residence  here.  As  a  boy  he  attended  the  old  Church  school,  but  at 
the  early  age  of  ten  years  he  left  school  and  entered  the  world  of  industry.  His 
first  position  was  in  Burns'  Mill,  which  was  later  destroyed  by  fire,  and  at  the 
age  of  twelve  years  he  entered  the  employ  of  Reid  &  Barry,  of  Passaic,  remain- 
ing with  that  firm  for  about  four  years.  When  sixteen  years  of  age  Mr.  Lane 
became  connected  with  the  butcher  business  conducted  then  in  Lodi  by  W.  O. 
Bush,  later  the  first  mayor  of  Garfield.  Employed  in  the  same  line  of  business 
until  1909,  Mr.  Lane  then  struck  out  for  himself,  establishing  a  store  at  No. 
109  Main  street,  in  the  old  Hagerty  block.  Continuing  there  for  several  years, 
he  removed  to  No.  106  Main  street,  where  he  is  still  doing  an  extensive  and 
constantly  increasing  business,  having  a  very  attractive  and  up-to-date  store. 

In  the  public  life  of  the  community  Mr.  Lane  has  for  many  years  been  prom- 
inent. Politically  holding  independent  views,  he  endorses  no  party  or  measure 
which  he  cannot  approve,  considering  the  good  of  the  people  above  everything 
else.  In  1906  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Lodi  Board  of  Health,  and  has 
been  president  of  that  body  since  the  year  1912.  From  1911  until  1913  he  served 
on  the  Board  of  Aldermen.  Mr.  Lane  has  been  a  director  of  the  Mutual  Building 
and  Loan  Association  of  Lodi  since  its  organization  in  1912,  and  he  is  a  stock- 
holder of  the  Lodi  Trust  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Francis'  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Lloly  Name  Society  of  that  church. 


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Mr.  Lane  married,  in  Lodi,  on  June  5,  1906,  Harriet  E.  Smith,  daughter 
of  John  Smith,  of  Lodi,  and  they  have  three  daughters :  May,  a  graduate  of 
the  Roosevelt  School,  of  Lodi;  Mildred,  now  a  student  at  the  Garfield  High 
School;  and  Helen,  now  attending  the  Washington  School,  of  Lodi. 


THOMAS  SPENCER — Thomas  Spencer,  superintendent  of  the  Minwax 
Company,  Incorporated,  of  Delawanna,  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  since 
1900,  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in  its  affairs  during  this  time.  These 
have  been  years  of  rapid  growth  for  the  community,  and  it  represents  today  a 
town  of  steadily  increasing  prosperity. 

John  Spencer,  father  of  Thomas  Spencer,  was  a  native  of  Glasgow,  Scot- 
land. He  was  a  dyer  and  bleacher  by  trade,  and  became  so  expert  in  this 
particular  line  that  he  was  recognized  as  the  foremost  dyer  in  Scotland.  In 
later  years  he  came  to  the  United  States,  first  locating  in  Kearney,  New  Jersey, 
and  later  in  Delawanna,  where  he  owned  a  home  on  Kingsland  road,  and  here 
resided  until  his  death.  He  married  Mary  Gourlie,  a  native  of  Glasgow, 
Scotland.  Mrs.  Spencer  is  still  living  and  resides  at  Kearney.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
(Gourlie)  Spencer  were  the  parents  of  nine  children:  Thomas,  Mary,  Ann, 
Joseph,  James,  John,  Robert,  William  and  Agnes. 

Thomas  Spencer  was  born  December  12,  1866,  at  Glasgow,  Scotland,  and 
here  attended  the  public  schools  until  he  was  ten  years  of  age,  when  he  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Shropshire,  England.  Here  he  continued  his  studies  until 
sixteen  years  of  age,  when  he  entered  the  insurance  business.  In  1886,  he 
came  to  this  country,  locating  first  in  Kearney,  New  Jersey,  where  he  was  again 
engaged  in  real  estate  and  insurance  until  1900,  when  he  came  to  Delawanna. 
He  secured  a  position  first  with  the  Waldrich  Bleachery  Company,  of  Dela- 
wanna, but  later  resigned  to  acecpt  his  present  position,  as  superintendent  of  the 
Minwax  Company  Incorporated,  manufacturers  of  waterproofing. 

For  many  years  he  has  given  his  vote  to  the  Republican  party,  and  in 
1920  was  nominated  for  the  City  Council.  For  three  years  he  served  Clifton, 
when  it  was  but  a  town,  as  road  supervisor,  and  was  at  one  time  commissioner 
of  the  city.  Fraternally,  he  affiliates  with  the  Order  of  Scottish  Clans,  He  is  a 
member  of  St.  Claire  Church  of  Delawanna.  Thomas  Spencer  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Margaret  Lane,  a  native  of  Harrison,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Spencer  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  May,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty-two  years.  2.  Ellen  Lane,  who  is  a  graduate  of  Drake's 
Business  College,  of  Passaic.  She  has  written  many  short  stories  among  them 
being  "The  Jackson  Whites,"  and  also  a  book  entitled  "The  Efficient  Secretary," 
which  has  met  with  a  wide  circulation.  3.  Agnes,  the  youngest  child,  is  the 
wife  of  Richard  Hasbrouck,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


HARRIS  BROTHERS— Samuel  E.,  Theodore  and  Martin  W.,  sons  of 
Abraham  and  Gertrude  Harris,  are  all  professional  graduates  of  medical  and 
dental  colleges,  and  all  are  practicing  in  Passaic.  Dr.  Samuel  E.  Harris  is  a 
graduate  of  Long  Island  College  of  Medicine ;  Dr.  Theodore  Llarris  is  an 
alumnus  of  New  York  Dental  College ;  and  Dr.  Martin  W.  Harris  has  as  his 
alma  mater,  the  College  of  Dental  and  Oral  Surgery,  New  York  City.  They 
have  offices  in  Passaic,  and  are  well  known  as  successful  practitioners. 

Aside  from  the  interest  Passaic  has  in  the  Harris  Brothers  as  professional 
men  is  the  fact  that  to  them,  the  city  owes  the  Capitol  Theatre,  the  newest  and 
largest  place  of  entertainment  in  the  city.  This  theatre,  with  its  entrance  on 
Monroe  street,  between  Lexington  and  Central  avenues,  was  built  in  1921,  and 


456  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

was  opened  to  the  public,  October  7,  1921,  the  Marine  Band  coming  from 
Washington  to  render  the  music  for  the  opening  night,  to  the  great  satisfaction 
of  a  large  assemblage.  The  theatre  seats  about  four  thousand  people,  and 
cost  nearly  a  half  million  of  dollars.  It  has  almost  the  same  floor  area  as  the 
Hippodrome  in  New  York.  The  "Capitol"  is  devoted  to  high  class  entertain- 
ment and  motion  pictures,  which  furnish  the  public  of  Passaic  and  the  sur- 
rounding territory  with  a  generous  share  of  their  recreation.  It  is  modern  in 
all  its  appointments,  having  a  splendid  organ  which,  with  its  large  orchestra, 
renders  carefully  selected  programs.  The  theatre  is  beautifully  and  artistically 
appointed  throughout,  an  imposing  lobby  welcoming  its  patrons  in  warmth  and 
splendor,  and  the  vast  auditorium  carrying  out  in  minute  detail  the  richness 
and  luxury  of  the  entire  plan.  The  Harris  Brothers  and  the  public  are  equally 
gratitied  at  the  success  of  the  venture. 


MAX  L.  SIMON — Journalism  was  the  first  professional  love  Max  L. 
Simon  embraced,  but  later  he  was  lured  away  by  the  law,  and  now  with  his 
sister.  Miss  Minnie  Simon,  conducts  law  offices  in  Nos.  311-320  Hobart  Bank 
building,  Passaic,  where  they  serve  a  large  clientele,  but  journalism  has  not 
been  abandoned  or  hardly  slighted,  for  since  his  admission  to  the  bar  he  has 
purchased  the  "Garfield  News,"  and  the  "South  Bergen  Eagle;"  established 
the  "Wallington  Review"  and  "Lodi  Independent,"  and  bought  the  "Paterson 
Censor."  He  is  a  native  son  of  Passaic,  and  has  spent  his  life  in  the  city  of 
his  birth,  and  there  has  given  a  good  account  of  his  nine  and  twenty  years. 

He  is  a  son  of  Harry  and  Betty  (Rosenzweig)  Simon,  his  father  a  we'll 
known  tailor  of  Passaic,  now  retired.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Simon  are  the  parents  of 
four  children :  Max  L.  Simon ;  Morris  L.  Simon,  M.  D. ;  Minnie  Simon,  LL.  B., 
member  of  the  law  firm,  Simon  &  Simon,  Passaic ;  and  Kate,  married  Irving 
Gelman. 

Max  L.  Simon  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  May  1,  1893,  and  there 
passed  all  grades  of  the  public  schools,  finishing  with  high  school  graduation. 
He  prepared  for  the  profession  of  law  at  the  New  Jersey  Law  School,  and  at 
the  February  term,  1915,  was  admitted  to  the  New  Jersey  bar  as  an  attorney, 
and  in  1918  as  a  counsellor,  then  the  youngest  man  in  the  State  admitted  to 
that  dignity.    He  is  located  in  Passaic,  and  has  a  very  satisfactory  law  business. 

Mr.  Simon  entered  newspaper  work  on  the  staff  of  "The  Passaic  Daily 
Herald"  under  the  late  Congressman  Robert  G.  Brenner  and  City  Editor  John 
J.  O'Rourke,  present  private  secretary  to  Mayor  Frank  Van  Noort,  of  Pater- 
son, and  Mr.  Stanley  Lewis,  now  deceased,  a  brother  to  Vice-Chancellor  Vivian 
M.  Lewis.  Mr.  Simon  did  newspaper  work  for  the  "Paterson  Morning  Call," 
"Paterson  Press-Chronicle ;"  representing  in  Passaic  the  "New  York  American" 
for  Northern  New  Jersey;"  "Newark  Sunday  Call"  for  Paterson;  "New  York 
Evening  World"  and  "New  York  Press."  He  purchased  the  "Garfield  News," 
Garfield,  New  Jersey,  on  July  28,  1919,  from  the  late  John  T.  Harrop,  of 
Garfield,  and  also  the  "South  Bergen  Eagle,"  official  newspaper  in  Lyndhurst, 
North  Arlington  and  Rutherford;  started  the  "Wallington  Review"  and  "Lodi 
Independent"  in  February,  1920;  purchased  the  "Paterson  Censor"  in  Febru- 
ary, 1920,  one  of  Passaic  county's  oldest  weeklies,  and  the  only  publication 
that  contains  the  Court  House  news  and  real  estate  records.  The  "Garfield 
News"  covers  Garfield,  Wallington  and  Lodi,  being  published  every  Thursday, 
starting  February  16,  1922;  formerly  it  was  published  on  Saturday;  the 
"Wallington  Review"  covers  Wallington,  and  the  "Lodi  Independent"  covers 
Lodi.  The  four  papers  have  the  largest  combined  circulation  in  Bergen  county, 
and  are  issued  from  a  modern  printing  plant,  the  largest  in  the  vicinity.     The 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  457 

plant  is  located  at  Nos.  87-89  Passaic  street,  Garfield,  with  branch  offices  at 
No.  296  Ridge  road,  Lyndhurst,  and  Nos.  67-69  Main  street,  Lodi.  In  addi- 
tion to  printing  the  newspapers  named,  the  plant  has  a  job  department  ably 
superintended  by  O.  Lee  Levengood. 

During  the  period  of  war  between  the  United  States  and  Germany,  Mr. 
Simon  saw  service,  entering  the  United  States  Army,  May  25,  1918.  He  was 
sent  to  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey,  and  three  weeks  later  was  sent  to  Camjv 
Hancock,  Georgia,  to  the  Ordnance  Training  Camp,  the  only  man  elected  from 
Camp  Dix  for  that  training  at  that  time.  On  August  21,  1918,  he  was  recom- 
mended for  promotion  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant  in  the  Quartermaster  Corps, 
but  his  promotion  came  instead  through  the  ordnance  department.  He  has  now 
been  a  member  of  the  Ordnance  Reserve  Corps  for  five  years,  the  only  selective 
service  man  in  Passaic  in  that  service. 

Mr.  Simon  organized  the  Acquackanonk  Building  and  Loan  Association 
of  Passaic,  one  of  the  largest  associations  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  and  also 
organized  the  Jersey  Building  and  Construction  Company.  He  is  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  and  in  November,  1921,  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  of  Garfield 
for  a  five  year  term  which  began  May  1,  1922.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Loyal 
Order  of  Moose,  of  Passaic ;  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of 
Augusta,  Georgia ;  the  Bergen  County  Printers'  and  Publishers'  Association, 
and  the  Democratic  Forum,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


CHRISTIAN  H.  BUSH — A  good  example  of  the  successful  business 
man  and  man-of-affairs  who  has  risen  through  his  own  efforts  to  a  position  of 
prominence  in  the  community  is  Christian  H.  Bush,  superintendent  of  Public 
Works  at  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 

William  O.  Bush,  father  of  Christian  H.  Bush,  was  born  in  Lodi,  New 
Jersey,  and  died  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  in  1913.  For  many  years  previous 
to  his  death  he  carried  on  a  successful  business  in  hay,  grain  and  coal,  and 
was  recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  this  comumnity.  He  married 
Mary  C.  . 

Christian  H.  Bush,  son  of  William  O,  and  Mary  C.  Bush,  was  born 
August  27,  1878,  at  Lodi,  New  Jersey.  He  attended  the  public  school  here 
until  he  was  ten  years  old,  when  his  parents  moved  to  Garfield,  where  he  has 
since  continued  to  reside.  Upon  coming  to  Garfield  the  lad  continued  his 
studies  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  when  he  left  to  enter  McChesney's 
Business  College,  of  Paterson,  where  after  completing  a  thorough  business 
course  he  returned  to  Garfield  and  became  associated  with  his  father  in  the 
latter's  business.  Upon  the  death  of  the  older  man  in  1913,  the  son  continued 
in  the  business  until  1918,  when  he  sold  out  and  secured  a  position  in  which  he 
served  for  one  year.  He  then  received  his  present  appointment  as  superin- 
tendent of  Public  Works  of  Garfield  from  Mayor  Whitehead.  As  a  citizen 
with  high  ideas  of  good  government  and  civic  virtue,  Mr.  Bush  stands  in  the 
front  rank.  In  politics  he  affiliates  with  the  Democratic  party,  taking  a  lively 
interest  In  that  phase  of  public  administration  which  makes  for  the  highest 
good  of  the  community.  He  fraternizes  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  and  with  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics. 

Mr.  Bush  married,  at  Arlington,  New  Jersey,  June  15,  1910,  Addle  Van 
Winkle,  and  to  them  has  been  born  one  child,  William  O.  (2),  November  4, 
1911.     The  family  home  Is  No.  61  Marcellus  place,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


HERMAN  LEVY,  M.D. — A  successful  member  of  the  medical  fraternity 
In  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Herman  Levy,  with  offices  at  No.  231  Munroe  street, 


458  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

was  born  in  New  York  City,  October  28,  1892.  He  is  the  son  of  Jacob  and 
Esther  (Michaelson)  Levy.  Jacob  Levy,  the  father,  was  born  in  Kovna, 
Russia,  and  came  to  this  country  when  a  young  man,  first  settling  in  New  York 
and  later  removing  to  Preakness,  New  Jersey.  He  was  one  of  the  owners  of 
a  175  acre  farm,  doing  business  under  the  name  of  Levy  Borthers,  Retail 
Products,  but  is  now  retired,  living  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  His  wife  died  in 
1911,  at  the  age  of  forty-five  years;  she  was  a  native  of  Odessa,  Russia.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Levy  were  born  five  children :  Herman,  of  further  mention ; 
Dora,  who  married  Dr.  Max  Slaff,  of  Passaic,  who  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in 
this  work;  Lena,  Albert,  and  Minnie. 

Having  removed  to  Preakness  with  his  parents  when  he  was  very  young, 
Herman  Levy  subsequently  entered  the  grammar  school,  and  later  entered  the 
Paterson  High  School,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1908.  Upon  completing  his 
high  school  course  he  was  associated  with  his  father  in  business  for  two  years, 
ating  class  of  1914.  Immediately  after  graduation  he  returned  to  Paterson 
and  for  one  year  was  connected  with  the  medical  staff  of  the  Barnett  hospital. 
He  then  established  himself  in  private  practice  at  No.  160  Broadway,  in  the 
same  city,  remaining  there  until  1916,  when  he  removed  to  Passaic,  locating  at 
No.  163  Second  street,  where  he  continued  to  practice  until  1920,  when  he 
after  which  he  decided  to  adopt  medicine  as  a  profession.  He  entered  Bellevue 
Medical  College,  receiving  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  with  the  gradu- 
opened  his  present  office  at  No.  231  Munroe  streeth.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
courtesy  staff  of  the  Passaic  General  and  St.  Mary's  hospitals,  and  is  affiliated 
with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation; Independent  Order  B'rith  Abraham;  the  Independent  Order  B'ritli 
Sholam;  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  and  the  Passaic  City  Club. 

On  February  22,  1916,  at  New  York  City,  Dr.  Levy  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Frances  Kaplan,  daughter  of  Frank  and  Gertrude  (Rosen- 
thal) Kaplan.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Levy  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Edgar 
Charles,  born  December  13,  1917.  The  family  home  is  located  at  No.  295 
Paulison  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


HENRY  ROBERT  WITTE— Having  risen  from  the  ranks  to  the  posi- 
tion of  captain  of  the  police  force  of  LodI,  New  Jersey,  Henry  Robert  Witte 
was  well  fitted  to  become  the  acting  chief  of  police. 

For  several  generations  back  the  Witte  family  has  been  well  known  in 
Lodi,  the  grandfather,  Martin  Witte,  having  been  an  old  time  blacksmith  and 
wheelwright,  his  place  of  business  being  located  on  Passaic  street,  Lodi.  He 
established  the  family  homestead  at  what  Is  now  No.  135  Washington  street, 
and  here  his  son,  Garrett  Witte  was  born. 

Garrett  Witte  obtained  his  education  In  the  public  school  of  Lodi,  and 
later  became  a  mechanic  In  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed for  several  years.  He  then  received  the  appointemnt  of  road  superin- 
tendent during  Mayor  Davidson's  term  of  office.  Garrett  Witte  married,  In 
Carlstadt,  New  Jersey,  Mayme  Burke,  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Witte  was 
a  Protestant  In  religious  faith,  his  wife  being  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church.  He  died  in  Lodi,  in  1908,  aged  forty-two  years,  his  wife  also  dying 
there  at  the  same  age.  They  had  six  children:  Martin,  residing  in  Lodi; 
Henry  Robert,  of  whom  further;  Mary,  now  Mrs.  Victor  Biegel,  of  Lodi; 
Clara,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years;  Edward,  who  died  at  fourteen 
years  of  age;  William,  residing  in  Lodi. 

Henry  Robert  Witte  was  born  in  Lodi,  March  21,  1892.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  school  there,  leaving  it  when  fourteen  years  old  to  become  an 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  459 

employee  of  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works.  He  remained  there  for  two  years, 
after  which  he  left  to  learn  the  printing  business,  and  after  following  this  for 
a  short  time  he  became  engaged  in  several  other  occupations,  continuing  until 
February  14,  1916,  when  he  was  appointed  a  police  officer  by  Mayor  Geoghan. 
On  December  22,  1918,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  captain  of  police,  and 
for  a  short  time  has  been  acting  chief.  In  politics  Mr.  Witte  is  an  Independent. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Patrolmen's  Benevolent  Society. 

In  Lodi,  September  1,  1917,  Henry  Robert  Witte  married  Mayme  Croky, 
of  Montclair,  New  Jersey,  a  native  of  Warsaw.  One  child  has  been  born  to 
this  union  and  is  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Witte  are  members  of  St. 
Francis  de  Sales  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Mr.  Witte  being  a  member  of  the 
Holy  Name  Society  connected  with  the  church. 


JOHN  STEWART— In  1904,  when  William  Garretsen  started  in  the 
lumber  business,  first  on  Passaic  street,  later  on  Pierre  avenue,  Garfield,  New 
Jersey,  he  conducted  it  in  'his  own  name  until  1906,  when  he  admitted  John  (2) 
Stewart  to  a  partnership  under  the  firm  name,  "Garretsen  &  Stewart."  In 
1907,  the  company  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  Jersey  as  the 
"'Garretsen  &  Stewart  Lum'ber  Company,  Incorporated."  The  officers  first 
chosen  were:  President,  William  Garretsen;  vice-president,  Johanna  Garret- 
sen; secretary  and  treasurer,  John  Stewart.  In  1915,  the  Garretsen  interests 
in  the  corporation  were  bought  by  John  M.  and  Isaac  Contant,  Jr.,  and  the 
officers  of  the  company  then  became  John  Stewart,  president ;  John  M.  Contant, 
vice-president;  Isaac  Contant,  Jr.,  secretary  and  treasurer,  this  being  the  present 
personnel  of  the  Garretsen  &  Stewart  Company,  dealers  in  lumber  and  building 
material  at  Pierre  avenue,  Garfield,  the  original  name  being  retained.  In 
April,  1921,  the  corporate  name  was  changed  to  the  "Stewart  Lumber 
Company." 

The  Stewart  family  came  from  Scotland,  John  Stewart  and  his  wife, 
Agnes  Wood,  both  having  been  born  there.  He  was  a  machinist,  a  trade  he 
followed  after  coming  in  1867  to  the  United  States.  The  first  home  of  the 
Stewarts  in  the  United  States  was  at  Ansonia,  Connecticut,  John  Stewart 
moving  from  there  to  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  thence  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
and  finally  to  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  where  he  died  in  1904,  his  wife  having 
died  in  1882.  He  was  one  of  the  developing  forces  and  builders  of  Garfield, 
where  he  was  prominent  in  town  affairs,  and  was  connected  also  with  the  devel- 
opment of  the  village  in  Saddle  River,  known  as  East  Passaic,  later  changed 
to  Garfield.  John  and  Agnes  (Wood)  Stewart  were  the  parents  of  three 
children:  (1)  Agnes,  who  died  in  Scotland,  aged  two  years;  (2)  Thomas, 
born  in  Scotland,  in  1865,  now  connected  with  the  Interborough  Rapid  Transit 
Company,  of  New  York;  married  Elizabeth  Finn,  of  New  York,  and  they 
have  four  children,  Thomas,  Frederick,  Kittie  and  Robert;  (3)  John  (2),  of 
further  mention. 

John  (2)  Stewart,  youngest  son  of  John  (1)  and  Agnes  (Wood)  Stewart, 
was  born  in  Ansonia,  Connecticut,  February  21,  1870,  but  his  parents  made  sev- 
eral removals  before  finally  settling  at  Garfield,  where  the  lad  grew  to  manhood. 
The  lad,  John  (2)  Stewart,  first  attended  the  country  school  at  Dundee  Dam 
in  Saddle  River  township,  in  Bergen  county,  a  rather  primitive  schoolhouse,  a 
one-story  frame  building  with  home-made  benches  for  seats,  where  only  the 
elementary  branches  were  taught.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Reed  &  Barry,  at  their  print  works,  remaining  with  them  for  two 
years,  afterward  becoming  a  clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of  William  O.  Bush,  of 
Garfield.    Three  years  later  Mr.  Stewart  engaged  in  the  meat  business  at  Dun- 


460  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

dee  with  Frank  Flick,  and  after  two  years  in  this  line,  he  opened  a  market  under 
his  own  name  at  No.  86  Passaic  street,  Garfield.  For  fifteen  years  he  there 
conducted  a  successful  business,  only  relinquishing  it  to  engage  in  the  lumber 
business  in  1906,  with  William  Garretsen,  as  previously  outlined.  Since  enter- 
ing the  lumber  business,  Mr.  Stewart  has  been  an  important  factor  in  the  devel- 
opment of  the  business  of  the  Garretsen  &  Stewart  Lumber  Company,  now  the 
Stewart  Lumber  Company,  the  nature  of  his  leadership  being  evidenced  by  the 
constantly  increasing  business  of  the  company. 

A  Republican  in  politics,  Mr.  Stewart  has  long  been  active  in  Garfield's 
civic  affairs.  He  served  for  twelve  years  as  tax  collector;  was  four  years  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Education ;  and  is  one  of  those  progressive  and  public 
spirited  men,  who  have  been  the  source  of  Garfield's  development.  He  is  a 
member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  the  Junior  Order  of 
United  American  Mechanics ;  and  the  Patriotic  Order,  Sons  of  America.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  First  Reformed  Church  of  Garfield,  and  has  held  the  office 
of  elder  in  that  congregation  for  fifteen  years.  His  influence  is  always  exerted 
for  good,  and  he  has  been  of  great  assistance  in  the  work  of  building  up  the 
church  and  other  organizations. 

On  April  12,  1892,  John  Stewart  married  Ella  Terhune,  a  resident  of  Lodi, 
daughter  of  Richard  P.  and  Eleanor  (Voorhis)  Terhune.  Both  her  parents 
were  born  in  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  and  married  there.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Stewart  are  the  parents  of  ten  children:  (1)  Howard  B.,  assistant  cashier  of 
the  Garfield  First  National  Bank,  married  Theresa  Nixon,  and  has  two  chil- 
dren, Evelyn  and  Myrtle;  (2)  Raymond  T.,  employed  by  the  Stewart  Lumber 
Company  as  bookkeeper,  married  Ethel  Parcels,  and  has  a  daughter,  Virginia; 
(3)  Arthur  J.,  now  in  the  coal  business  at  Dundee  Lake,  New  Jersey,  married 
Louise  Van  Blarcom,  and  has  a  son,  John  Louis ;  (4)  Edith  Marie,  married 
Joseph  Stark,  of  Garfield,  and  has  a  son,  Robert;  (5)  Edgar,  employed  by 
Stewart  &  Company  as  assistant  yard  man ;  (6)  Alice  R.,  in  training  at  St. 
Luke's  Hospital,  New  York  City;  (7)  Agnes;  (8)  Chester  R.;  (9)  John  (3); 
(10)  Russell  K.,  at  home.  The  family  home  is  No.  65  Marcellus  place, 
Garfield,  New  Jersey.  Mrs.  Stewart,  despite  her  home  activities,  takes  an 
active  part  in  church  and  charitable  work,  and  in  social  affairs.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  First  Reformed  Church  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  the  Daugh- 
ters of  Liberty,  and  the  Patriotic  Order  of  America. 


MAX  SLAFF,  D.D.S.,  well  known  dentist  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  with 
offices  at  No.  231  Monroe  street,  was  born  in  Russia,  June,  1892,  the  son 
of  Louis  and  Bella  Slaff.  To  the  elder  Slaffs  four  children  were  born:  Max, 
of  further  mention ;  Samuel,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
now  (1921)  a  practicing  dentist  in  Nutley,  New  Jersey;  Sadie,  now  the  wife 
of  Israel  Lieberman,  of  Mount  Vernon,  New  York;  Alice,  wife  of  J.  K.  Gure- 
vitch,  of  Mount  \^ernon.  New  York. 

Dr.  Slaff  was  brought  to  this  country  by  his  parents,  and  at  first  the  family 
located  at  Yonkers,  New  York,  and  later  at  Wallington,  New  Jersey,  where  he 
attended  the  public  schools,  and  graduated  from  the  Passaic  High  School  in 
1911.  That  same  year  he  entered  the  New  York  College  of  Dentistry,  and 
received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery  in  the  class  of  1914.  Upon 
leaving  college  he  returned  to  Passaic  and  engaged  in  active  practice,  first  at 
No.  215  Monroe  street,  and  later  moved  to  his  present  location  at  No.  231 
Monroe  street.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Progress  Club,  and  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association. 

In  1916,  at  New  York  City,  Dr.  Max  Slaff  was  united  in  marriage  with 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  461 

Dora  liCvy,  and  to  them  has  been  born  two  children,   Estelle   and  Bertram. 
The  family  home  is  at  No.  138  Jefferson  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


THOMAS  HENRY  VAN  HOUTEN— The  Van  Houten  family  is  a 
very  old  one  in  Paterson  and  its  suburbs,  for  as  early  as  the  beginning  of  the 
nineteenth  century  the  great-grandfather  of  the  present  generation  of  the  family 
was  living  in  Passaic  county.  His  name  was  John  Van  Houten,  and  his  wife 
was  Rachel  (Spear)  Van  Houten.  This  pioneer  citizen  died  in  Paterson  at  the 
age  of  sixty-five  years. 

One  of  his  children  was  Eucreuse  Van  Houten,  who  was  born  in  Acquack- 
anonk  township,  November  7,  1807.  He  was  a  farmer  during  most  of  the  years 
of  his  life,  dying  in  June,  1886,  at  the  home  of  his  son,  Thomas  Henry,  in 
Clifton.  The  wife  of  Eucreuse  Van  Houten  was  Catherine  (Ellis)  Van 
Houten,  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  in  1812.  In  early  life  she  moved  to 
Paterson,  New  Jersey,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  her  life  there,  dying  July  5, 
1865.  They  had  eight  children,  the  eldest  son,  John  Eucreuse,  being  a  sergeant 
in  the  Civil  War  and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Williamsburg.  Another  son 
was  Thomas  Henry,  of  whom  further. 

Thomas  Henry  Van  Houten  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  August  8, 
1853.  Pie  attended  the  primary  and  grammar  schools  of  his  native  city,  and 
ai  eleven  years  of  age  left  school  to  become  a  worker  in  a  rolling  mill,  advanc- 
ing step  by  step  until  he  became  at  last  superintendent  of  the  Passaic  Rolling 
Mills,  located  at  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  After  some  years  thus  employed 
the  mill  company  changed  hands,  and  Mr.  Van  Houten  made  a  change  in  his 
own  affairs,  going  into  baseball  activities.  Forming  a  company  of  interested 
men,  Mr.  Van  Houten  built  the  Fairy  Land  Amusement  Park,  which  he  con- 
ducted for  five  years.  When  this  was  abandoned  in  1890  he  resumed  the 
baseball  business.  After  a  short  time,  Mr.  Van  Houten  opened  Olympia  Park, 
which  became  a  successful  pleasure  resort  with  Mr.  Van  Houten  as  proprietor 
for  thirty  years.  His  own  baseball  career  had  been  of  a  semi-professional 
nature;  he  was  pitcher  with  "Twilights,"  "Stars,"  and  "Eurekas."  In  August, 
1920,  Mr.  Van  Houten  sold  the  amusement  park  to  a  silk  company  of  Paterson, 
and  he  retired  from  active  participation  in  any  business.  Mr.  Van  Houten  is 
popular  among  the  members  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  in  Clifton,  and  of  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  in  Paterson,  he  being  affiliated  with  both  orders.  He  is 
also  a  staunch  Republican. 

In  the  city  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  June  9,  1872,  Thomas  Henry  Van 
Houton  married  (first)  Mary  Smith,  a  resident  there.  She  died  in  Clifton, 
September  1,  1900,  at  the  age  of  forty-four  years.  Six  children  were  born  of 
this  marriage ;  George  W.,  residing  in  Clifton ;  Thomas  Henry,  Jr.,  who  lives 
in  Paterson ;  Frank  X.,  of  Clifton ;  Josephine,  who  married  Laurence  Frigen- 
thau,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania ;  James  V.,  living  at  home ;  Mary 
Grace,  now  Mrs.  Richard  Naughton,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Van  Hou- 
ten married  (second)  Katherine  McCormack,  August  14,  1902.  One  of  Mr. 
Van  Houten's  sons,  James  V.,  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army  during 
the  World  War,  serving  as  sergeant  for  two  years  in  the  overseas  forces 
in  France.  Another  son,  Frank  X.,  served  all  through  the  Spanish-Ameri- 
can War  with  the   Eighth  United  States   Infantry. 


LOUIS  BENATAR— In  France,  Spain,  Gibraltar,  New  York,  and  Pas- 
saic, New  Jersey,  there  are  perhaps  twelve  families  named  Benatar,  who 
trace  descent  from  David  Benatar,  preacher  and  poet,  born  in  1420.  To  this 
Passaic  family  belongs  Louis  Benatar,  real  estate  broker  and  interested  citizen. 


462  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

David  Benatar,  born  1420,  became  a  learned  rabbi  and  famous  preacher  of 
the  s)nagogue,  now  known  as  El  Transilo,  Toledo,  Spain.  At  the  time  of  the 
Edict  of  Nantes,  March  31,  1492,  with  Solomon  Benatar  and  others  of  his 
family,  ancestors  of  Lady  Semita,  the  Judith  of  Gibraltra,  were  expelled  from. 
Toledo.  The  Benatars  of  that  and  later  periods  were  poets,  authors  and 
preachers,  these  facts  being  gleaned  from  a  history,  "Espanoia  sin  Patria  Y  la 
Rege  Sephardi,"  by  Dr.  Angel  Pulido  Fermandez,  a  copy  of  which  is  owned 
by  the  New  York  Public  Library,  another  by  the  library  of  Cornell  University. 

David  Benatar,  preacher  and  poet,  in  1550,  under  the  Inquisition,  was 
imprisoned  because  of  his  writings,  but  in  1611,  under  the  operation  of  the 
Edict  of  Nantes  which  had  then  been  generally  proclaimed,  he  was  acquitted. 
He  had  gained  high  reputation  as  a  scholar  and  stylist,  and  after  his  acquittal 
he  was  raised  to  the  rank  of  a  rabbi  in  the  Spanish  and  Portuguese  Synagogue 
in  Amsterdam,  Holland.  In  1905  strenuous  efforts  were  made  by  the  family  in 
Gibraltar  to  compile  a  genealogical  record  of  the  family,  and  through  corres- 
pondence with  all  parts  of  the  world  where  the  name  could  be  found  a  family 
tree  has  been  compiled  covering  the  period  1730  down  to  the  twentieth  century. 

Louis  Benatar,  of  Passaic,  is  a  son  of  David  Benatar,  who  in  1850  came 
from  his  native  Spain  to  the  United  States  as  an  instructor  of  languages,  the 
first  Benatar  in  this  country.  He  located  in  New  York  City,  where  his  son, 
Louis  Benatar,  was  born  January  7,  1862.  Louis  Benatar  attended  the  public 
schools  until  fourteen  years  of  age,  then  became  attached  to  the  theatrical 
profession,  and  until  1881  traveled  with  companies  all  over  the  United  States 
and  in  Canada.  In  1881  he  married,  withdrew  from  the  stage,  and  spent  the 
following  thirteen  years  in  the  art  sign  painting  business  in  New  York  City. 
In  1894  he  moved  to  Newark,  New  Jersey,  where  he  engaged  in  the  same 
business  for  twelve  years,  until  1906,  when  he  moved  to  Passaic  and  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  business.  He  has  built  up  a  good  business  and  is  well  known 
in  Passaic,  not  more  for  his  business  activity  than  for  his  prominence  in  civic, 
social,  and  religious  affairs. 

Mr.  Benatar  is  a  member  of  the  Spanish  Portuguese  Congregation  of  New 
York  City ;  honorary  member  and  past  president  of  Congregation  B'nai  Abra- 
ham, of  Newark,  New  Jersey;  past  master  of  Triluminar  Lodge,  No.  112,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  also  of  the  Past  Masters  Asso- 
ciation of  Essex  county;  director  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce;  Red  Cross 
Chapter ;  Council  of  Royal  Arcanum ;  advisory  board  of  the  Salvation  Army ; 
Board  of  Realtors ;  New  Jersey  Real  Estate  League ;  Poor  Relief  Commission ; 
Visiting  Nurses  Association ;  Hebrew  Free  School ;  Boys'  Club ;  Council  of 
Boy  Scouts,  all  of  Passic,  and  a  member  of  the  advistory  board  of  New  Jersey 
State  Federation  of  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association.  In  all  these  bodies 
Mr.  Benatar  takes  a  deep  and  an  active  interest.  In  1881  Louis  Benatar 
married  Leah  M.  Mechling,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  eight  children;  Abigail, 
David,   Joseph,   Rachel,   Lillian,    Edgar,   Miriam   and   Ruth. 


WILLIAM  VINCENT  NEGUS,  JR.— One  of  the  young  men  of  Clifton 
who  recently  served  in  the  World  War  is  William  Vincent  Negus,  Jr.  Since 
being  released  from  military  duty,  Mr.  Negus  has  been  connected  in  an  im- 
portant business  capacity  in  New  York  City.  He  prefers,  however,  to  claim 
his  residence  in  New  Jersey,  and  in  Clifton  he  takes  an  active  part  in  various 
public  matters,  thereby  identifying  himself  as  a  personality  in  this  city.  He  is 
a  native  of  Virginia,  his  birth  having  occurred  in  Alexandria,  Aprl  15,  1892. 
His  parents,  William  V.  and  Helen  (Towers)  Negus,  are  well  known  residents 
of  that  city. 


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William  Vincent  Negus,  Jr.,  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  New  York  City,  and  then  the  Old  Point  Comfort  College,  Virginia, 
claimed  him  as  a  student.  At  the  conclusion  of  his  schooling,  Mr.  Negus,  bent 
upon  a  business  career,  associated  himself  with  various  concerns  which  manu- 
factured hardware,  for  the  possibilities  in  this  not  too  ordinary  line  attracted 
him,  and  at  present  he  holds  the  responsible  position  of  general  sales  manager 
with  the  Lockwood  Company,  which  has  headquarters  in  New  York  City  and  a 
factory  in  South  Norwalk,  Connecticut. 

During  the  World  War,  Mr.  Negus  served  in  the  Field  Artillery,  and  in 
the  Ordnance  Department  for  about  a  year  as  first  lieutenant,  being  honorably 
discharged  in  1919.  At  present  Mr.  Negus  belongs  to  the  Naval  Militia  of 
New  York  State  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  American  Legion.  Politically, 
Mr.  Negus  is  a  member  of  the  Republican  party,  and  he  actively  interests 
himself  in  all  of  Clifton's  public  affairs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  City  Council, 
and  he  holds  two  chairmanships,  one  on  the  finance  committee  and  the  other  on 
the  sewer  commission,  therefore  Mr.  Negus  is  greatly  interested  in  all  things 
conducive  to  the  betterment  of  his  admired  and  adppted  city.  In  fraternal  and 
club  life,  Mr.  Negus  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Patriotic  Order  of 
Elks,  of  Passaic,  and  the  New  York  Athletic  Club,  of  New  York  City. 

He  and  memlbers  of  his  family  attend  St.  Paul's  Roman  Catholic  Church 
at  Clifton,  but  the  St.  Rose  of  Lima  Church,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,  was  the 
scene  of  his  marriage,  when  on  February  19,  1912,  Marguerite,  daughter  of 
Frederick  W.  and  Ida  Siegel,  became  his  wife.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Negus  one 
child  was  born  on  February  13,  1913,  who  was  named  Marguerite  Helen. 
The  parents  of  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Negus  are  well  known  in  this  city  and  in 
Newark,  New  Jersey,  where  the  parents  of  Mrs.  Negus  reside. 


WEISS-WILLHEIM  COMPANY,  INCORPORATED— Forming  a  part 
of  a  widely  famed  textile  center,  Passaic,  and  pioneers  in  at  least  one  branch 
of  the  textile  industry,  Weiss-Willheim  Company,  Incorporated,  is  a  name 
of  more  than  local  significance.  The  business  was  established  in  New  York 
City  in  1909,  having  been  removed  from  New  York  City  to  Passaic  for 
purposes  of  expansion,  and  it  has  become  one  of  the  leading  concerns  in  the 
field  of  endeavor  covered.  The  work  of  this  group  of  textile  experts  comprises 
textile  printing,  dyeing  and  finishing.  Piece  goods  in  silks  and  all  fabrics  con- 
taining silks  are  included  in  the  list  of  their  operations,  also  the  printing  of 
linens  and  cretonnes.  An  interesting  fact  in  this  connection  concerns  their 
methods.  The  printing  is  largely  done  by  machinery,  as  is  the  case  in  most 
large  finishing  plants,  but  much  is  done  by  the  hand  block  method,  which  was 
introduced  into  this  country  by  the  above  concern.  They  now  have  what  is 
understood  to  be  the  largest  plant  for  block  printing  in  the  United  States  at  the 
present  time,  and  they  have  developed  this  method  to  a  very  high  degree  of 
perfection.  In  addition  to  the  above  mentioned  group  of  textiles  the  concern 
also  do  ribbon  printing,  both  on  the  surface  and  on  the  warp,  and  their  work 
in  this  branch  of  the  business  is  of  the  finest  grade.  Upholding  lofty  standards 
of  production,  the  company  commands  an  extensive  trade,  and  the  business  is 
constantly  growing  and  developing.  They  now  employ  between  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  people. 

The  plant  and  general  office  of  the  Weiss-Willheim  Company,  Incorpor- 
ated, are  located  at  the  corner  of  First  and  Canal  streets,  Passaic,  and  their 
handsome  sales  offices  are  at  No.  1133  Broadway,  New  York  City.  The  com- 
pany was  incorporated  in  October,  1919,  with  a  capitalization  of  $200,000 
and  the  officers,  all  residents  of  New  York  City,  are  as  follows:     A.  Weiss, 


464  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

president;  William  Willheim,  vice-president;  Benjamin  Grossman,  treasurer. 
These  progressive  men  are  carrying  forward  an  enterprise  which  not  only 
returns  to  them  the  emoluments  of  consistent  and  energetic  effort,  but  contrib- 
utes materially  to  the  general  prosperity  of  the  city  in  which  it  is  located,  and 
is  broadly  significant  of  advance  in  the  industry  of  which  it  is  a  part. 


NORMAN  D.  DARMSTATTER— With  long  and  valuable  experience  in 
other  fields  of  endeavor,  Mr.  Darmstatter,  of  Passaic,  has  for  the  past  fourteen 
years  been  closely  identified  with  the  physical  growth  and  development  of  the 
city  was  a  real  estate  and  insurance  broker.  Mr.  Darmstatter's  family  has  been 
long  in  America.  He  is  a  son  of  Adam  and  Margaret  (Kirschner)  Darmstatter, 
who  came  from  Germany,  sixty-eight  years  ago,  in  an  old  style  sailing  vessel 
which  required  thirty  days  to  make  the  voyage.  They  settled  in  Jersey  City  at 
once,  and  have  resided  there  until  the  present  time,  having  lived  at  the  corner 
of  Hudson  County  boulevard  and  Bartholdi  avenue  for  the  past  fifty  years. 
The  elder  Mr.  Darmstatter  served  in  the  Civil  War  on  the  Union  side,  and 
until  his  retirement  a  number  of  years  ago  was  well  and  favorably  known  iu 
Jersey  City  business  circles. 

Norman  D.  Darmstatter  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  September 
21,  1875.  Receiving  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  city,  he 
prepared  for  his  career  at  Drake's  Business  College,  in  Jersey  City,  and  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years  entered  the  business  world.  His  first  position  was  with 
the  firm  of  Funch,  Edye  &  Company,  steamship  agents  and  ship  brokers,  and 
he  continued  with  them  in  the  capacity  of  correspondent  until  1895.  Then 
severing  his  connection  with  this  concern,  Mr.  Darmstatter  came  to  Passaic, 
where  he  became  identified  with  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills,  still  in  the  capacity 
of  correspondent,  and  here  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  stenographic  depart- 
ment. After  various  promotions  he  was  placed  on  the  sales  force  of  the 
concern,  and  remained  with  them  until  1908,  for  a  year  and  a  half  of  that 
period  being  in  charge  of  their  Cleveland,  Ohio,  office,  and  residing  in  that  city. 
Upon  resigning  from  the  mills,  Mr.  Darmstatter  entered  the  real  estate  and 
insurance  business  in  Passaic,  where  he  has  since  been  actively  engaged.  Essen- 
tially a  practical  man,  and  having  learned  through  his  wide  experience  a 
breadth  of  view-point,  he  has  not  only  achieved  marked  personal  success,  but 
his  activities  have  tended  toward  constructive  advance  in  the  field  in  which  he 
is  engaged.  With  offices  at  No.  47  Lexington  avenue  for  twelve  years,  he  then 
removed  to  his  present  location  at  No.  635  Main  avenue,  Passaic. 

Long  a  worker  in  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party,  Mr.  Darmstatter  was 
elected  to  a  seat  in  the  City  Council  from  the  Fourth  Ward,  in  1909,  and  served 
for  three  years,  but  he  has  never  sought  nor  accepted  political  honors.  Frater- 
nally he  is  widely  prominent.  He  is  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of  all  the  Scottish  Rite  bodies,  holding  the  thirty- 
second  degree  in  the  Masonic  order,  also  being  a  member  of  Salaam  Temple, 
Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Newark.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Newark  Court,  No.  37,  Royal  Order  of  Jesters,  and  of  the  Royal  Arca- 
num. With  his  family  he  holds  membership  in  the  First  Reformed  Church,  of 
Passaic. 

Mr.  Darmstatter  married,  in  Jersey  City,  September  21,  1897,  Carrie  M. 
Haag,  who  was  born  in  Jersey  City  on  the  same  date  as  her  husband.  She  is 
a  daughter  of  Charles  and  Mary  (Hartmann)  Haag,  and  her  father  was  for- 
merly a  prominent  member  of  the  Jersey  City  police  force.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Darmstatter  have  three  children:  Norman  E.,  born  June  19,  1898;  Charles 
W.,  born  August  12,  1900;  and  Mildred  C,  born  September  11,  1904.     The 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  46f 

family  home  is  at  the  corner  of  Passaic  and  Terhune  avenues,  Passaic. 


JOHN  J.  GEOGHEGAN — Long  identified  with  public  activities  of  Lodi, 
John  J.  Geoghegan  was  brought  forward  into  the  public,  service  some  seventeen 
years  ago,  and  has  served  the  people  in  various  capacities,  including  seven  years 
as  councilman  and  four  terms  as  mayor.  Mr.  Geoghegan  is  a  son  of  James 
Geoghegan,  who  was  throughout  his  long  life  a  well  known  and  highly  re- 
spected citizen  of  Lodi,  and  was  a  mill  worker  by  occupation  with  various 
mills  of  the  district.  He  married  Mary  McMahon,  sister  of  Squire  Patrick  J. 
McMahon,  a  leading  citizen  of  Lodi,  whose  life  is  reviewed  elsewhere  in  this 
work. 

John  J.  Geoghegan  was  born  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  February  1,  1873,  and 
attended  public  school  in  District  No.  35,  being  graduated  in  due  course  of 
time.  Leaving  school  a,t  the  age  of  thirteen  years,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Passaic  Print  Works,  of  Passaic,  where  he  filled  minor  positions  for  about  seven 
)ears.  He  then  accepted  a  position  with  the  Burns  Brothers'  Bleachery,  of 
Lodi  for  a  short  period,  subsequently  becoming  connected  with  the  United  Piece 
Dye  Works  here.  His  term  of  service  with  this  well-known  concern  has  lasted 
nearly  twenty-five  years  and  at  present  he  is  a  member  of  their  engineering 
department. 

In  the  public  life  of  Lodi,  Mr.  Geoghegan  is  widely  known  as  a  staunch 
Democrat.  He  was  elected  to  the  council  in  1905,  and  re-elected  in  1908,  his 
Avork  as  a  member  of  the  body  contributing  to  its  successful  progress,  and 
winning  the  commendation  of  the  people.  At  the  expiration  of  his  second  term 
as  councilman,  he  definitely  planned  to  give  up  political  activity,  but  one  year 
later  his  friendsi  persuaded  him  to  become  the  Democratic  candidate  for  mayor. 
Mr.  Geoghegan  was  by  no  means  sanguine  of  the  issue,  as  Lodi  is  a  Republican 
town,  but  the  people  had  not  forgotten  his  faithful  service  as  a  councilman,  and 
he  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  forty-seven  votes.  This  was  in  January  of 
1912,  and  for  four  successive  terms,  of  two  years  each,  he  served,  being  thrice 
reelected  to  the  mayor's  chair.  During  the  administrations  he  served  as  mayor 
he  did  much  for  public  improvement  and  the  progress  of  Lodi. 

In  his  more  personal  interests  Mr.  Geoghegan  holds  membership  in  Lodi 
Council,  No.  1284,  Royal  Arcanum,  with  which  he  has  been  connected  for 
twenty-two  years,  being  one  of  the  charter  members  of  this  council  and  having 
held  offices  in  it.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  Lodi  Council,  No.  145,  Fores- 
ters of  America,  once  being  a  trustee  of  this  council.  Mr.  Geoghegan  has  also 
always  been  interested  in  athletic  sports  and  at  one  time  managed  the  Lodi 
Baseball  Club,  which  was  one  of  the  best  semi-professional  clubs  of  this  section. 
He  is  a  member  of  St.  Francis  de  Sales  Roman  Catholic  Church,  of  Lodi,  and 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Holy  Name  Society  of  that  church. 

Mr.  Geoghep;an  married,  August  9,  1915,  at  Lodi,  Nettie  Hakstege,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Marie  (Kruitbosch)  Hakstege,  a  well  known  family  of  Lodi. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geoghegan  have  one  son,  John,  Jr.,  born  April  9,  1916.  The 
family  reside  at  No.  141  Union  street,  Lodi,  New  Jersey. 


IRA  J.  BOGERT — For  many  years  a  well  known  name  in  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  has  been  that  of  Ira  J.  Bogert,  but  perhaps  Mr.  Bogert's  influence 
on  the  progress  and  prosperity  of  the  community  was  most  potent  in  those 
activities  which  involved  the  safety  of  the  people,  of  which  little  was  known. 

Mr.  Bogert  was  born  in  Passaic,  and  was  reared  in  this  city,  attending  the 
public  schools,  but  gained  greater  breadth  of  knowledge  from  practical  contact 
with  the  world  and  his  own  keen  judgment  of  human  nature.    His  first  positict 


466  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

was  with  John  King,  as  cashier,  then  he  became  identified  with  the  Erie  railroad, 
as  assistant  chief  clerk  in  their  New  York  offices,  and  subsequently  was  con- 
nected with  Campbell,  Morrell  &  Company,  of  Passaic,  in  the  capacity  of 
accountant,  remaining  with  that  concern  for  a  period  of  ten  and  one-half  years. 
T.'pon  severing  his  connection  with  this  corporation,  Mr.  Bogert  entered  the  real 
estate  and  insurance  business  independently,  and  has  become  a  power  in  this 
field  of  endeavor. 

A  Republican  by  political  affiliation,  Mr.  Bogert  never  accepted  office, 
although  he  has  frequently  been  approached  with  the  offer  of  a  candidacy. 
During  the  World  War  he  was  appointed  to  a  special  office  in  connection  with 
the  Secret  Service  Department  at  Washington,  D.  C,  having  full  jurisdiction  as 
to  issuing  licenses  for  the  use  of  all  kinds  of  explosives  over  a  large  district. 
Mr.  Bogert  became  identified  with  fraternal  circles  many  years  ago,  and  has 
held  office  in  this  connection.  He  is  a  member  of  Acquackanonk  Club,  and  was 
one  of  the  charter  members  of  Company  B,  New  Jersey  National  Guard. 


WILLIAM  SPAAR — In  one  of  those  branches  of  mercantile  activity 
which  bear  vital  relation  to  the  welfare  of  the  people,  William  Spaar  is  achieving 
his  personal  success  as  well  as  contributing  to  the  general  advance.  Mr.  Spaar 
is  a  son  of  Xavier  and  Lena  (Just)  Spaar,  residents  for  many  years  of  Orange, 
New  Jersc}',  who  both  died  in  1892.  Xavier  Spaar  was  a  pioneer  hat  manu- 
facturer of  Orange,  and  for  many  years  was  a  leader  in  this  industry  in  that 
part  of  the  State.  He  was  a  man  of  wide  prominence,  socially,  fraternally  and 
in  civic  affairs,  and  his  name  is  still  remembered  as  one  of  the  foremost  of  his 
day  in  the  affairs  of  the  city  of  Orange. 

W^illiam  Spaar  was  born  in  Orange,  New  Jersey,  September  5,  1874.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  being 
graduated  from  the  high  school  in  the  class  of  1889.  Following  a  subsequent 
course  at  the  Horace  Mann  School,  New  York  City,  he  entered  the  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1893.  He  then  spent 
two  years  at  the  Long  Island  College  Hospital,  and  later  one  year  at  the  Roose- 
velt Hospital,  of  New  York  City,  in  the  capacity  of  pharmacist.  Thereafter 
returning  to  his  native  State,  Mr.  Spaar  entered  the  employ  of  C.  P.  Kensilla, 
a  prominent  Paterson  druggist.  In  1906,  with  this  thorough  preparation  and 
breadth  of  experience,  he  struck  out  for  himself  in  business,  opening  a  pharmacy 
at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Harrison  avenues,  Passaic.  He  has  since  carried 
forward  this  interest  continuously,  keeping  in  touch  with  all  progress  in  line 
with  his  profession,  and  holding  a  high  position  in  the  economic  life  of  the  city. 
A  supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  Mr.  Spaar  takes  no  interest  in  politics 
beyond  the  duties  of  citizenship.  Fraternally,  he  holds  membership  in  the  For- 
esters of  America  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  both  Passaic 
lodges,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Passaic.  Mr.  Spaar 
married,  in  Belleville,  New  Jersey,  January  30,  1895,  Helen  Ryerson,  who  was 
born  in  Mountain  View,  New  Jersey,  a  daughter  of  Abram  and  Christina 
(Lord)  Ryerson.  Her  father  died  in  1885,  but  the  mother  still  survives.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Spaar  are  the  parents  of  four  children :  William,  born  August  28, 
1896;  Madeline,  born  September  30,  1898;  Oswald,  born  June  14,  1900;  and 
Clinton,  born  August  18,  1902.  William,  the  eldest  son,  served  in  the  World  War. 


CHARLES  J.  DOLCI — The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the 
Dolci  family  of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  information  was  Jacob  Dolci.  He 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Polizzi,  in  the  province  of  Palermo,  Kingdom  of  Italy. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  upon  attaining  to  years 


BIOGRAPHICAL,  467 

of  manhood  became  engaged  in  the  stone-quarrying  and  lime  burning  business,  in 
connection  with  the  manufacture  of  plaster-paris,  in  which  line  of  enterprise  he 
had  established  a  successful  business  as  the  direct  result  of  his  energetic  and 
persevering  efforts  along  with  his  straightforward  and  honest  methods  in  dealing 
with  all  his  patrons.  Jacob  Dolci  died  at  the  family  home  in  Polizzi  during  the 
prime  years  of  manhood.  His  widow,  Marie  Santa  (Taranella)  Dolci,  whom 
he  married  in  his  native  town,  survived  him,  and  in  the  course  of  time  married 
secondly. 

Jacob  (2)  Dolci,  son  of  Jacob  (1)  and  Marie  Santa  (Taranella)  Dolci, 
was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Polizzi,  September  16,  1871.  His 
educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  he  was 
there  confirmed  in  I.a  Matrice  Catholic  Church.  He  was  left  an  orphan  during 
the  early  years  of  his  boyhood,  his  father  having  died,  and  many  of  the  lighter 
cares  and  responsibilities  of  the  family  interests  devolved  upon  him,  and  he  was 
required  to  perform  and  attend  to  the  business  affairs  of  the  quarry  and  lime 
burning  and  the  plaster-paris  mill,  which  his  father  had  operated.  He  faith- 
fully performed  these  duties  up  to  his  eighteenth  year,  at  which  period  he  decided 
to  cast  his  lot  in  the  New  World,  and  accordingly  he  embarked  from  the  seaport 
city  of  Palermo  bound  for  the  port  of  New  York  City,  arriving  in  1889.  He 
there  met  his  cousin,  Anthony  Dolci,  and  with  him  engaged  in  the  wholesale  and 
retail  fruit  trade  on  Washington  street,  under  the  firm  name  of  Dolci  &  Com- 
pany. In  this  undertaking  the  firm  met  with  a  marked  degree  of  success,  and 
during  the  following  four  years  the  firm  of  Dolci  &  Company  had  established  a 
successful  trade  among  the  leading  distributors  and  fruit  dealers  in  that  part  of 
the  city.  In  1894,  soon  after  his  union  in  marriage,  Jacob  Dolci  settled  in  the 
fourth  ward  district  of  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he  engaged  in  the  trucking  and 
hauling  business,  in  which  line  of  work  he  has  been  successfully  engaged  for  a 
number  of  years.  Soon  after  establishing  himself  in  business  in  Passaic,  Jacob 
Dolci  settled  with  his  family  in  the  city  of  Garfield,  where  both  he  and  the 
members  of  his  family  are  faithful  communicants  of  St.  Virgene's  Catholic 
Church.  He  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  social  and  civic  affairs  of  the 
neighborhood  wherein  he  resides,  and  has  become  a  full-fledged  citizen  of  his 
adopted  country.  Jacob  Dolci  married,  in  New  York  City,  in  1894,  Josephine 
Messineo,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Maria  Messineo.  His  bride  was  like- 
wise a  native  of  the  town  of  Polizzi,  province  of  Palermo,  in  the  King- 
dom of  Italy.  They  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Charles 
J.,  born  in  New  York  City,  August  5,  1896.  He  attended  the  schools  of 
Passaic  and  Garfield,  New  Jersey;    Mary,  Catherine,  Lena,  and  James. 


HARRY  ERNEST  ROSENTHAL— With  old-world  training  in  his 
chosen  line  of  endeavor,  and  experience  in  association  with  his  father,  and  with 
the  further  advantage  of  broad  observation  through  extensive  travel,  Harry  E. 
Rosenthal  is  the  head  of  one  of  the  most  successful  business  enterprises  in  the 
city  of  Passaic,  as  watchmaker  and  jeweler,  at  No.  610  Main  avenue. 

Mr.  Rosenthal  comes  of  a  family  widely  noted  for  high  achievement,  of 
which  many  members  have  reached  eminent  positions  in  the  business  world  of 

America,  notably Rosenthal,  the  head  of  one  of  the  largest  hay 

grain  and  feed  houses  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  also  the  "Big  Six"  Rosenthal  Broth- 
ers, who  stand  at  the  head  of  the  Monroe  Clothing  Company,  a  concern  of 
nation-wide  importance.  Mr.  Rosenthal  is  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Golda  Rosen- 
thal, his  father  having  been  for  many  years  prominent  in  the  jewelry  business 
in  London,  England. 

Harry  Ernest  Rosenthal  was  born  in  London,  England,   May  3,    1883. 


468  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Receiving  his  early  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  his  native  land, 
he  enjoyed  the  advantage  of  a  three  years'  course  at  King's  College,  purposing 
to  enter  the  ministry  of  the  Jewish  church,  and  was  graduated  at  the  age  of 
txventy-one  years.  Learning  from  different  sources  that  the  ministry  of  his 
church  in  England  was  not  measuring  up  to  his  own  ideals,  he  relinquished  his 
chosen  career  upon  leaving  college.  Meanwhile,  interested  from  childhood  in 
the  work  in  which  his  father  was  engaged,  the  boy  had  served  an  apprenticeship 
with  his  father,  and  at  the  age  of  ten  years  was  acknowledged  a  skilled  watch- 
maker. During  the  Boer  War  Mr.  Rosenthal  was  in  Bloemfontein,  South 
Africa,  was  in  the  Transvaal  and  for  a  considerable  time  in.  Pretoria,  being  in 
that  city  when  Lord  Roberts  marched  triumphantly  through  its  streets.  From 
Africa  Mr.  Rosenthal  returned  to  England,  then  went  to  Australia,  thence  to 
New  Zealand  and  Tasmania,  then  returning  again,  toured  the  British  Isles. 
Having  traveled  so  extensively  he  felt  that  until  he  had  seen  America  his  travels 
would  not  be  complete.  Accordingly  he  sailed  for  the  United  States  to  visit  his 
friends  and  relatives  here,  and  has  since  never  left  its  borders.  It  was  in  1906 
that  Mr.  Rosenthal  landed  in  New  York  City,  and  after  touring  many  states  he 
located  permanently  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Establishing  a  watch  making  and 
jewelry  business  in  this  city,  he  has  developed  a  very  thriving  and  prosperous 
interest,  and  now  holds  a  leading  position  in  the  trade  hereabouts. 

In  public  life  Mr.  Rosenthal  takes  only  the  citizen's  interest,  but  he  keeps 
in  touch  with  all  public  advance,  and  supports  the  Republican  party.  Frater- 
nally, he  is  a  member  of  the  Lo3-al  Order  of  Moose,  the  Fraternal  Order  of 
Eagles,  the  Sons  of  St.  George,  Finkelstein  Lodge,  and  the  Young  Men's  He- 
brew Association,  all  of  Passaic.  He  is  a  regular  attendant  upon  the  services  of 
the  Synagogue. 

Mr.  Rosenthal  married,  in  June,  1912,  in  Passaic,  Leah  Levine,  daughter 
of  Israel  Tobias  and  Bertha  Levine.  They  have  five  children :  Lanetta,  born 
March  12,  1913;  Sydney,  born  in  April,  1914;  Gladys,  born  in  October,  1915; 
Israel,  born  in  October,  1917;  and  Gloria,  born  May  30,  1920. 


CHARLES  WEST  GLOVER— Glover  is  a  name  of  ancient  English 
origin,  was  derived  from  an  occupation,  and  has  been  in  use  for  many  genera- 
tions in  Great  Britain  and  elsewhere. 

The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  family  was  Peter  Glover, 
born  in  England,  where  he  spent  his  life.  By  wife,  Mary,  he  had  a  son, 
William  Glover,  born  in  England,  where  he  married  Nancy  Barnsley,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  and  Phoebe  Barnsley,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children, 
among  them  a  son,  Paul,  of  whom  forward.  William  and  Nancy  (Barnsley) 
Glover  resided  with  their  family  in  Brierley  Hill,  Staffordshire,  England,  until 
their  coming  to  the  United  States,  where  they  arrived  March  11,  1850,  and 
located  in  Boonton,  Morris  county.  New  Jersey,  where  the  family  resided  for 
several  years,  next  locating  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  where  descendants 
yet  reside.  William  Glover  had  a  brother,  Samuel,  who  came  to  the  United 
States,  and  at  the  present  time  (1922)  resides  with  his  family  in  Morley, 
Michigan. 

Paul  Glover,  son  of  William  and  Nancy  (Barnsley)  Glover,  was  born  at 
the  family  home  in  Brierley  Hill,  Staffordshire,  England,  September  11,  1825. 
He  married  Phoebe  Rice,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Brierley  Hill,  and  came  to 
the  United  States  in  1850.  Among  their  children  was  a  son,  Samuel  Paul,  of 
whom  forward. 

Samuel  Paul  Glover,  son  of  Paul  and  Phoebe  (Rice)  Glover,  married,  in 
1880,  Mary  Agnes  Vanderhof,  born  January   11,   1859,  daughter  of  Francis 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  469 

and  Emma  (Lewis)  Vanderhof.  Their  children  were:  Paul  Francis,  Lillian 
May,  Florence,  Edythe,  Samuel  Leon,  Charles  West,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey, 
Hazel  Marguerite,  Claude,  and  May  Mildred. 

Her  maternal  grandfather,  Benjamin  Lewis,  was  a  resident  of  Bilson, 
Staffordshire,  England,  and  came  to  the  United  States  during  the  decade 
1830-40.  Soon  after  his  arrival  he  settled  in  the  village  of  Boonton,  Morris 
county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  became  identified  with  the  Boonton  Iron  and 
Rolling  Mills,  and  was  one  of  the  first  in  that  village  to  make  sheet  iron  by  the 
rolling  process.  Benjamin  Lewis  married  Harriet  Williams,  and  among  their 
children  was  a  daughter,  Emma,  born  April  15,  1835,  She  married  Francis 
Vanderhof  in  1851,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  seven  children  including  a 
daughter,  Mary  Agnes,  born  January  11,  1859,  who  married  Smauel  P.  Glover. 
Jacob  Vanderhof,  great-grandfather  of  Mary  Agnes  (Vanderhof)  Glover, 
owned  a  large  tract  of  land  at  Denville,  Morris  county.  New  Jersey,  which 
today  is  wholly  within  the  limits  of  Denville.  He  married  and  had  three 
sons :  Peter,  Richard  and  John.  The  youngest  son,  John  Vanderhof,  married 
Sarah  Hiler,  and  to  them  was  born  July  3,  1831,  an  only  son,  Francis. 
Sarah  Hiler  was  a  daughter  of  Silas  and  Polly  (Blanchard)  Hiler,  residents 
of  Mendham,  Morris  county.  New  Jersey.  John  Vanderhof  died  when  his 
son  Francis  was  still  a  child,  and  Sarah  (Hiler)  Vanderhof  married  (second) 
Matthias  Zeek.  Francis  Vanderhof  married  Emma  Lewis  and  their  daugh- 
ter, Mary  Agnes,  married  Samuel  P.  Glover. 


NELS  A.  RYDBERG — Among  the  merchants  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  is 
Nels  A.  Rydberg,  owner  of  a  large  grocery  business  at  No.  519  Clifton  avenue. 

Nels  A.  Rydberg  was  born  December  1,  1868,  in  Sweden,  and  there  ob- 
tained a  good  common  school  education.  He  then  went  to  work  on  his  father's 
farm,  remaining  there  until  he  was  twenty-four  years  of  age.  Finding  farm 
work  was  not  to  his  liking  he  set  sail  for  the  United  States,  and  upon  landing 
went  to  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  and  established  himself  in  a  small  way  in  the 
grocery  business.  Here  he  remained  until  1910,  when  he  removed  to  Clifton, 
New  Jersey,  purchased  his  present  store,  which  he  has  since  enlarged,  now  car- 
rying an  extensive  line  of  meats  and  groceries,  catering  to  a  steady  trade.  In 
politics  Mr.  Rydberg  is  a  staunch  Republican,  giving  to  the  affairs  of  the  or- 
ganization the  interest  demanded  of  every  good  citizen.  He  attends  the  Swedish 
Lutheran  Church  at  Clifton. 

In  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  Nels  A.  Rydberg  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Jennie  Johnson.  Mrs.  Rydberg  is  a  native  of  Sweden.  She  attended  the 
public  schools  of  her  native  place,  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years  came  to 
this  country,  locating  in  Paterson,  where  she  remained  until  her  marriage. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rydberg  are  the  parents  of  one  child. 


JOHN  BURKHARD— As  the  veteran  blacksmith  of  the  town  of  Rich- 
field, near  Passaic,  John  Burkhard  is  a  figure  of  more  than  passing  interest, 
and  his  memory  reaches  back,  in  the  history  of  Passaic  and  its  environs,  to 
the  period  of  the  Civil  War,  the  hardships  of  the  time  being  indelibly  impressed 
upon  his  mind. 

Mr.  Burkhard  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  in  the  section  known 
as  South  Paterson,  near  Brown's  brewery,  in  the  year  1855,  and  is  a  son  of 
Leonard  and  Barbara  Burkhard.  He  began  his  school  attendance  very  young, 
and  having  a  bright  and  acquisitive  mind,  the  teachers  crowded  him  so  rapidl)'' 
that  he  was  graduated  at  eight  years  of  age.  At  that  time  Paterson  was  a 
city  of  about  20,000  population,  and  had  only  three  public  school  buildings. 


470  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

The  one  which  Mr.  Burkhard  attended  contained  about  nine  departments  and 
nine  grades.  As  he  left  school  his  first  anxiety  was  to  secure  some  means  of 
helping  the  family  income.  In  1864  the  father  was  unable  to  command  any 
regular  work,  and  was  digging  stumps  at  fifty  cents  a  day,  and  thankful  for 
that  pittance,  as  war  conditions  made  it  necessary  to  accept  any  kind  of  work 
at  any  price,  or  starve.  "No  collars  or  cuffs,  then,"  as  Mr.  Burkhard  expresses 
the  situation,  "and  mighty  thankful  for  almost  anything."  There  were  two 
or  three  silk  mills  in  the  city  then,  and  the  boy  began  work  in  one  of  these 
mills,  as  a  cleaner,  then  as  a  bobbin  carrier,  receiving  at  the  start  $3.00  per 
week  as  wages.  In  1867  the  family  removed  to  Richfield,  and  from  that  time 
on  for  seven  years  Mr.  Burkhard  was  employed  at  farm  labor.  He  then  ap- 
prenticed himself  to  a  blacksmith,  serving  nearly  four  years,  and  learning 
horseshoeing  and  carriage  work.  Returning  to  Richfield  after  mastering  his 
trade,  he  struck  out  for  himself  in  business,  and  has  carried  forward  this  inter- 
est until  the  present  time,  a  period  of  more  than  forty-three  years.  Mr.  Burk- 
hard shod  the  first  horse  ever  shod  in  Richfield,  and  the  first  wagon  he  built 
was  a  heavy  lumber  wagon. 

Mr.  Burkhard  has  always  been  interested  in  the  progress  of  the  times,  has 
generally  supported  the  Democratic  party,  and  has  many  times  taken  part  in 
the  torch-light  parades  which  were  a  picturesque  feature  of  a  day  gone  by.  He 
has  for  years  been  a  member  of  the  Heptasophs,  and  has  always  been  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

In  Paterson,  December  5,  1876,  Mr.  Burkhard  married  Wilimena  Kirch- 
ner,  daughter  of  William  and  Barbara  Kirchner,  and  they  have  four  daugh- 
ters, all  born  in  Richfield:  Rose,  born  in  1883;  Minnie,  born  in  1887;  Annie, 
born  in  1889;  and  Ernestine,  born  in  1897. 


GEORGE  KMETZ — Coming  to  the  United  States  with  his  parents  as  a 
young  boy,  and  from  early  life  taking  a  part  in  the  work  of  his  community, 
George  Kmetz,  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  has  become  well  known  in  Bergen  and 
Passaic  counties,  and  has  given  his  cordial  support  to  many  branches  of  public 
progress,  and  has  reared  his  own  children  in  the  traditions  of  his  adopted 
country.  Mr.  Kmetz  is  a  son  of  George  and  Eva  Kmetz ;  his  father  died  in 
1899,  but  his  mother  is  still  living  and  resides  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey. 

George  Kmetz,  son  of  George  and  Eva  (Barna)  Kmetz,  was  born  in 
Austria,  March  6,  1874,  his  birthplace,  Felso  Orlih.  In  1881  the  family  came 
to  the  United  States,  settling  in  Jeddo,  Luzerne  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
the  lad  attended  the  night  schools  of  that  community  for  a  short  time.  At  the 
age  of  twelve  years  he  entered  the  employ  of  G.  B.  Markel  &  Company,  of 
Hazelton,  Pennsylvania,  where  as  a  "breaker  boy"  for  twenty-seven  cents  a 
day,  and  driver  for  sixty-two  cents  a  day,  he  worked  in  the  mines  until  1888, 
when  a  prolonged  strike  caused  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Passaic,  New  Jer- 
sey, their  first  home  No.  10  State  street.  George  Kmetz  secured  a  position  with 
the  Ammidown  Woolen  Mills,  remaining  with  them  for  about  one  and  one-half 
years.  He  was  next  employed  by  the  Okonite,  later  by  the  Waterhouse  and  other 
local  mills,  finally  in  1892,  in  association  with  his  brother  Peter,  he  leased  the 
property  of  Mrs.  Vonderhoven,  at  the  corner  of  First  and  Passaic  streets,  where 
they  conducted  the  Washington  Mansion  House  for  a  period  of  seven  years.  In 
1899  George  Kmetz  removed  to  Lodi,  and  there  opened  the  North  Pole  Hotel,  at 
No.  118  Arnot  street.  He  has  conducted  this  hotel  continuously  until  the  present 
time,  and  has  become  well  known  in  his  community.  He  owned  thirty-two  lots 
which  were  turned  over  to  the  borough  for  a  city  park,  and  a  tract  of  twenty-three 
lots  was  also  taken  by  the  borough  as  a  site  for  the  Columbus  public  school. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  471 

In  various  interests  of  the  community  Mr.  Kmetz  has  borne  a  part.  He 
has  been  a  director  of  the  Mutal  Building  and  Loan  Association  since  its  or- 
ganization in  May,  1913,  and  was  elected,  in  January,  1914,  sinking  fund  com- 
missioner of  Lodi.  In  politics  he  is  an  Independent,  and  holds  membership  in 
Lodi  Council,  No.  145,  Foresters  of  America,  an  organization  of  which  he  was 
a  founder.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Lodi  Fire  Department  for  the  past 
twelve  years,  and  is  now  an  exempt  fireman  and  a  life  member.  Mr.  Kmetz 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  St,  Michael  the  Archangel's  Greek  Rite  Catholic 
Church,  of  Passaic,  and  of  St.  Peter's  and  St.  Paul's  Russian  Othodox  Church, 
and  has  contributed  largely  to  the  support  of  both  churches.  He  was  one  of 
the  organizers  also  of  SS.  Peter  and  Paul's  Orthodox  Lodge,  of  Passaic,  and 
was  instrumental  in  acquiring  the  property  for  the  St.  Peter's  Greek  Catholic 
Cemetery  in  Garfield,  and  the  SS.  Peter  and  Paul's  Russian  Orthodox  Ceme- 
tery in  Saddle  River  township. 

Mr.  Kmetz  married,  February  14,  1889,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Anna 
Buczinsky,  and  their  family  consisted  of  six  children:  George,  Jr.,  a  graduate 
of  the  Roosevelt  Grammar  School,  of  Lodi,  and  of  the  Perry  Institute,  and 
served  in  the  United  States  Navy,  1919-1921 ;  John,  a  graduate  of  the  Roose- 
velt Grammar  School,  and  now  a  student  of  the  Garfield  High  School ;  Annie ; 
Peter ;  Joseph ;  Mary,  all  of  whom  died  young. 


ARTHUR  SAWYER  MAHONY— In  engineering  circles  in  the  vicinity 
of  Clifton  and  Passaic,  the  name  of  Arthur  S.  Mahony  is  gaining  marked 
prominence.  He  is  a  native  of  Passaic,  and  the  second  son  of  the  late  Dennis 
W.  and  Letitia  E.  Mahony,  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work. 

Arthur  Sawyer  Mahony  was  born  in  Passaic,  October  8,  1891,  and,  receiv- 
ing his  early  education  in  the  grammar  schools  of  the  city,  was  graduated  from 
the  Passaic  High  School  in  the  class  of  1910.  Upon  entering  Bucknell  Univer- 
sity, he  pursued  the  civil  engineering  course  and  was  graduated  from  that 
institution  in  the  class  of  1914.  Mr.  Mahony's  first  employment  was  in  the 
bureau  of  design  and  survey  of  the  city  of  New  York,  after  which  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  board  of  water  supply  of  New  York  City  as  assistant  engineer, 
in  connection  with  the  construction  of  the  Kensico  dam  at  Valhalla,  New 
York.  Next  he  was  with  the  public  service  commission  as  assistant  engineer  on 
the  Seventh  avenue  subway,  after  which  he  became  identified  with  the  American 
Concrete-Steel  Company,  of  Newark,  as  field  engineer  and  superintendent  of 
construction.  His  next  employment  was  with  the  Charles  R.  Hedden  Com- 
pany, of  Newark,  in  the  same  capacity,  then  with  the  Cauldwell  Wingate 
Company,  of  New  York,  as  structural  engineer,  after  which  he  was  appointed 
city  engineer  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  which  office  he  now  holds.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  city  plan  commission  and  of  the  zoning  commission,  both  of 
Passaic. 

During  the  World  War,  Mr.  Mahony  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Navy, 
in  August  of  1918,  and  was  honorably  discharged  six  months  later.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  G.  V.  Carroll  Post,  American  Legion,  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  Knights  of  Columbus.  His  college  fraternity  is 
the  Sigma  Chi,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Sigma  Chi  Club,  and  the  Bucknell 
Alumni  Club  of  New  York  City.  He  attends  St.  Paul's  Roman  Catholic 
Church  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Mahony  married,  in  Fitchburg,  Massa- 
chusetts, Julia  A.  Walsh,  who  taught  in  Franklyn  School,  of  Psasaic,  New  Jer- 
sey, for  a  number  of  years,  the  ceremony  taking  place  October  2,  1920.  Mrs. 
Mahony  is  a  daughter  of  David  and  Mary  Walsh,  of  Fitchburg. 


472  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

LEON  C.  RODGER — At  the  head  of  a  flourishing  mercaatile  enterprise 
in  Clifton,  and  with  metropolitan  experience  of  a  practical  nature,  Leon  C. 
Rodger  stands  among  the  representative  young  men  in  this  city. 

A  native  of  Paterson,  he  comes  of  Scottish  ancestry,  Thomas  Rodger,  his 
father,  having  been  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  in  1865.  At  the  age  of  nine 
years  he  came  to  this  country  with  his  mother  and  sister,  landing  in  New  York 
City.  Remaining  there  for  a  time  they  later  came  to  New  Jersey  and  settled 
permanently  in  Paterson.  Thomas  Rodger  entered  the  silk  industry  at  the 
early  age  of  eleven  years,  and  his  entire  active  lifetime  has  been  spent  in  this 
connection.  He  is  now  retired  from  all  business  activities,  and  resides  at  the 
family  home  at  No.  99  Union  avenue,  Clifton.  He  married  Josephine  Gould, 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  six  children :  Leon  C,  whose  nam.e  heads  this 
review ;  Charles  A.,  of  further  mention ;  Ellen  M.,  a  teacher  in  Public  School 
No.  11,  of  Clifton;  Emma  G.,  a  bookkeeper  in  the  employ  of  the  United  Piece 
Dye  Works ;  Ruth  M.,  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Passaic ;  and  Alton 
T.,  a  clerk  in  the  employ  of  George  Mair,  a  grain  merchant  of  Clifton. 

Leon  C.  Rodger,  the  eldest  of  the  above  named  children,  was  born  in 
Paterson,  New  Jersey,  September  7,  1890,  and  received  a  thorough  grounding 
in  the  essentials  of  education  at  Public  School  No.  9,  of  that  city,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years.  His  first  employment  was  with 
the  August  Bannigan  Silk  Mills,  where  he  remained  for  only  about  three 
months.  He  then  became  identified  with  the  Erie  railroad  in  their  general 
offices  in  New  York  City,  in  the  capacity  of  mail  clerk,  and  remained  with  this 
concern  for  five  years,  advancing  to  the  position  of  chief  mail  clerk  while  in 
their  employ.  During  this  time  he  also  kept  his  newspaper  route  in  Clifton, 
delivering  the  papers  in  the  early  morning  before  going  to  work.  On  July  1, 
1910,  Mr.  Rodger  opened  a  stationery  store  in  Clifton  at  No.  717  Main  avenue, 
handling  stationery,  newspapers  and  magazines,  under  the  firm  name  of  the 
Rodgers  News  Agency.  His  brother,  Charles  A.,  then  just  graduated  from  the 
Paterson  High  School,  took  charge  of  the  store,  under  his  general  direction, 
while  he  continued  with  his  work  in  New  York.  Leaving  the  Erie  railroad  in 
November,  1910,  Mr.  Rodger  became  associated  with  the  American  Express 
Company,  at  their  New  York  office,  in  the  department  of  railroad  accounts, 
and  after  five  yaers  in  this  connection  entered  the  railroad  traffic  department  of 
the  Texas  Company,  at  their  New  York  office,  at  No.  17  Battery  place. 

On  July  2,  1917,  Mr.  Rodger  enlisted  in  Battery  E,  First  New  Jersey 
Field  Artillery,  and  on  the  twenty-fifth  of  the  same  month  left  for  Sea  Girt, 
where  the  battery  remained  in  training  until  the  twenty-fifth  of  September 
following.  Then  transferred  to  Camp  McClellan  they  became  a  part  of  the 
29th  Division,  American  Expeditionary  Forces,  and  were  known  as  the  112th 
Field  Artillery.  On  June  28,  1918,  they  embarked  on  the  transport  "Melita," 
from  New  York  City,  and  arrived  in  France  on  the  twelfth  of  the  following 
month.  Meanwhile  Mr.  Rodger  had  attained  the  rank  of  a  non-commissioned 
officer.  Enlisting  as  a  private,  he  was  made  a  gun  sergeant  at  Sea  Girt,  and 
at  Camp  McClellan  was  promoted  to  supply  sergeant.  Actively  engaged  for 
five  months  overseas,  he  was  attached,  in  February,  1919,  to  the  United  States 
Military  Mission  to  Berlin,  the  mission  arriving  at  its  objective  point  on  the 
nineteenth  of  the  same  month.  Mr.  Rodger  was  assigned  to  the  Russian  Prison 
Hospital  at  Sagon,  Germany,  where  about  two  hundred  patients  were  sheltered, 
and  he  had  charge  of  the  food  supply.  Remaining  in  this  connection  until 
the  mission  was  disbanded,  on  August  15,  1919,  he  was  then  returned  to  this 
country  and  was  discharged  from  the  service  on  September  25,  1919,  at  Camp 
Dix. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  473 

Mr.  Rodger  spent  the  following  winter  in  Miami,  Florida,  recuperating, 
and  in  May  of  1920,  returned  to  Clifton.  He  then  formed  a  partnership  with 
his  brother,  Charles  A.,  for  the  purpose  of  developing  their  business  and 
broadening  its  scope.  On  December  10,  1920,  they  opened  a  large  store  on  the 
opposite  side  of  Main  avenue,  in  the  Brooks  building,  added  ^  complete  and 
high  grade  confectionery  department,  and  a  handsome,  modern  soda  fountain. 
At  that  time  the  firm  name  was  changed  to  Rodger  Brothers  and  the  young 
men  are  doing  a  very  large  land  constantly  increasing  business,  their  place  being 
one  of  the  most  popular  in  Clifton. 

By  political  affiliation,  Mr.  Rodger  is  a  Republican,  and  although  he  has 
never  thus  far  accepted  office,  he  keeps  in  touch  with  every  advance  movement 
of  civic  import.  He  is  a  member  of  Clifton  Lodge,  No.  203,  Free'  and  Accepted 
Masons,  is  a  member  and  past  councilor  of  the  Junior  Order  of  United  Amer- 
ican Mechanics,  a  member  of  the  Patriotic  Order,  Sons  of  America,  and  of  the 
Eastern  Star.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Club  of  Clifton,  of  the  Citizens' 
Republican  League,  and  of  St.  Peter's  Men's  Club,  of  Clifton. 

Mr.  Rodger  married,  at  Sea  Girt,  August  15,  1917,  Ethel  Brooks,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Isabella  Brooks,  of  Clifton,  and  they  have  one  daughter, 
Isabel,  born  May  29,  1918. 

Charles  A.  Rodger,  next  younger  brother  and  partner  of  Leon  C.  Rodger, 
was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  July  1,  1893,  and  is  a  graduate  of  public 
school  No.  9,  of  that  city.  He  was  also  graduated  from  the  Paterson  High 
School,  being  a  member  of  the  class  of  1910.  Imemdiately  follownig  his  grad- 
uation from  high  school,  Mr.  Rodger  took  over  the  management  of  the  station- 
ery and  news  store  which  his  brother  Leon  C,  had  then  just  opened  at  No.  717 
Main  avenue,  Clifton,  continuing  in  charge  of  this  business  until  November 
25,  1917,  he  joined  the  United  States  Army  for  service  overseas,  leaving  the 
business  in  charge  of  his  mother,  who  carried  it  forwiard  until  his  return.  Serv- 
ing as  a  private,  he  was  assigned  to  Battery  E,  308th  Field  Artillery,  American 
Expeditionary  Forces,  and'  sailed  for  France  May  20,  1918.  After  two  months 
in  training  at  Camp  Meucon,  located  at  Vannes,  France,  this  detachment  was 
sent  to  the  front.  Mr.  Rodger  saw  action  at  St.  Mihiel,  the  Argonne,  and  two 
lesser  engagements.  Returning  to  the  United  States  in  May,  1919,  he  was  dis- 
charged from  the  service  at  Camp  Dix  within  the  month.  Coming  at  once  to 
Clifton,  Mr.  Rodger  relieved  his  mother  of  the  care  of  the  store,  which  he 
conducted  successfully  until  his  brother's  return,  when  the  reorganization  and 
development  of  the  business  was  begun,  as  above  outlined.  He  is  still  active 
in  the  management  of  the  affairs  of  the  business,  and  is  a  significant  factor  in 
its  progress.  Charles  A.  Rodger  is  a  member  of  Clifton  Lodge,  No.  203,  Free 
and  Accepted  Mason,  of  the  Tall  Cedars  of  Lebanon,  and  of  the  Junior  Order 
of  United  American  Mechanics. 


JAMES  FRANCIS  WYNNE— A  worthy  example  of  what  the  step 
upward  will  always  bring  is  found  in  the  business  experiences  and  changes 
that  James  Francis  Wynne  had  and  made  before  he  finally  reached  the  place  in 
the  business  world  that  he  sought.  He  now  holds  the  trying  and  important 
position  of  traffic  manager  for  the  Turner  Halsey  Company  of  New  York  City, 
cotton  converters. 

Mr.  Wynne  can  be  truly  held  up  as  an  example  of  good  citizenship  of 
Clifton,  and  among  the  city's  respected  and  long  time  residents  can  be  num- 
bered his  parents  and  a  long  list  of  relatives.  His  mother  was  Catherine 
Josephine  Cavanaugh,  and  to  this  union  with  William  Henry  Wynne,  James 
Francis  Wynne  was  born  on  March  1,  1880. 


474  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

At  an  early  age,  Mr.  Wynne  entered  the  St.  Nicholas  Parochial  School,  of 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  here  he  received  a  good  education;  then,  to  further 
prepare  himself  for  his  future  opportunities,  he  completed  his  school  courses  at 
the  Passaic  Business  College,  where  he  creditably  acquitted  himself.  After  his 
graduation  from  this  college,  the  real  estate  business  attracted  him  for  a  period 
of  time,  and  he  was  associated  with  the  firm  of  Joseph  V.  Morrisee,  of  Passaic. 
He  next  entered  the  employ  of  the  Wisconsin  Central  railroad,  being  attached 
to  their  New  York  office,  A  position  with  another  railroad  was  open  to  him, 
and  after  resigning  from  the  Wisconsin  Central,  he  tried  out  a  chief  clerkship 
with  the  Louisville  &  Nashville,  only  to  venture  further  along  in  search  of 
advancement,  consequently  the  Colorado  Midland  engaged  him  as  an  assistant 
to  the  general  agent  of  their  Eastern  Department.  A  last  change  in  his  many 
railroad  activities  brought  him  to  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  railroad,  where  he 
also  became  assistant  to  the  general  agent,  and  this  concluded  Mr.  Wynne's 
experience  in  this  line  of  employment. 

The  J.  Spencer  Turner  Company,  of  New  York  City,  cotton  converters, 
whose  business  offices  are  centered  in  the  largest  cities  of  the  world,  secured  the 
services  of  Mr.  Wynn,  and  for  ten  years  he  held  the  position  of  traffic  manager 
for  this  firm.  The  Turner  Halsey  Company,  also  cotton  converters,  next 
engaged  Mr.  Wynne  in  the  same  prominent  capacity,  that  of  traffic  manager  for 
them,  where  he  is  at  present  located. 

Always  loyal  to  St.  Nicholas  Catholic  Church,  Mr.  Wynne  was  mar- 
ried there  to  Madge  A.  Ralston,  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  and  their  mar- 
riage was  solemnized  on  April  29,  1913,  by  the  Rev.  Father  McLaughlin. 
Oscar  William  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Ralston,  parents  of  Mrs.  Wynne,  are 
well  known  residents  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 


GEORGE  CHICKEN— Of  English  birth  and  ancestry,  George  Chicken 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1914,  where  he  has  since  remained,  engaging 
in  business  in  this  country  and  entering  into  the  various  interests  of  hisi 
community. 

Born  in  the  village  of  Walbottle,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  Northumberland 
county,  England,  on  March  26,  1881,  George  Chicken  was  the  son  of  John 
Chicken,  who  died  in  England  at  the  age  of  sixty-three  years ;  his  wife,  who 
survives  him,  resides  in  Leamington,  England.  They  had  two  children :  George, 
of  whom  further;  and  Thomas,  in  England,  living  with  his  mother. 

Attending  the  local  schools  in  his  boyhood,  George  Chicken  grew  to  young 
manhood  in  his  native  village,  later  entering  Rutherford  College,  at  Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the  class  of  1894.  He  then  became 
an  apprentice  in  one  of  the  leading  drug  houses  in  the  city  and  while  serving 
his  term  of  study  there,  entered  Dudderidge  College  in  Newcastle,  graduating  in 
pharmacy.  When  reaching  the  age  of  twenty-one,  Mr.  Chicken  assumed  charge 
of  a  drug  store  at  Pelaw,  remaining  there  for  eight  years,  during  which  time 
he  also  filled  the  office  of  postmaster  of  the  village.  Resigning  from  this  posi- 
tion, he  sailed  for  the  United  States,  landing  in  Boston,  January  1,  1914. 

Coming  to  New  York  City,  Mr.  Chicken  entered  the  employ  of  Mr.  Drey- 
fuss,  a  leading  druggist  on  14th  street,  at  Second  avenue,  where  he  remained 
for  seven  or  eight  months,  then,  having  left  his  wife  and  children  in  England 
to  join  him  at  a  later  period,  Mr.  Chicken  sent  for  them  to  come  to  this  country. 
Some  few  weeks  later,  in  the  month  of  July,  he  went  to  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  pur- 
chasing the  drug  store  at  No.  77  Main  street,  known  as  the  Lincoln  Pharmacy, 
where  he  is  at  present  located  (1922). 

Mr.  Chicken  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  England,  known  in  this  country 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  475 

as  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  He  is  not  affiliated  with  any  political 
party,  being  an  independent  voter;  he  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  America, 
a  fraternal  order.  George  Chicken  and  his  wife  have  four  children :  Mar- 
ian, aged  sixteen,  born  in  England;  John,  aged  fourteen  years,  also  born 
in  England;  Ronald,  nine  years  old,  born  in  England;  and  George,  Jr., 
aged  five  years,   born  in  the  United   States. 


ALBERT  P.  BARTHOLD— Among  the  younger  men  of  Garfield,  New 
Jersey,  who  are  achieving  success  in  mercantile  activities  is  Albert  P.  Barthold, 
who  was  associated  with  his  late  father  for  a  number  of  years,  but  has  more 
recently  handled  independently  a  thriving  coal  business. 

Ottomar  Barthold,  Mr.  Barthold's  father,  was  prominent  in  the  business 
v/orld  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  for  about  thirty  years,  during  the  greater  part 
of  that  time  conducting  a  prosperous  grain  and  feed  business  at  No.  265  River 
road.  Entering  a  different  field  in  1912,  he  dealt  in  lumber  at  the  same  address 
until  1916,  when,  requiring  larger  quarters,  he  removed  to  Nos.  268-314  River 
road,  Garfield,  where  he  carried  the  business  forward  successfully  until  1919, 
when  he  sold  it,  his  successors,  being  J.  List  &  Son.  Mr.  Barthold  was  highly 
esteemed  in  the  community,  and  his  death,  which  occurred  on  July  1,  1920,  was 
a  matter  of  widespread  regret.  He  married  Katherine  Werling,  daughter  of 
the  late  Anselm  and  Katherine  (Volk)  Werling,  of  Passaic,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  six  children:  Albert  P.,  of  whom  further;  John  A.;  Ottomar,  Jr.; 
Katherine;  Arthur;  and  Mildred. 

Albert  P.  Barthold,  son  of  Ottomar  and  Katherine  (Werling)  Barthold, 
was  born  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  September  9,  1895,  and  received  a  thoroughly 
practical  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place.  In  1909  he  left 
school  and  immediately  entered  his  father's  feed  store,  and  from  the  first  was 
an  active  factor  in  the  success  of  the  enterprise.  Mr.  Barthold  continued  with 
his  father  when  the  feed  store  was  sold  and  the  lumber  business  inaugurated, 
and  upon  the  sale  of  the  latter,  which  was  coincidental  with  his  father's  retire- 
ment, Mr.  Barthold  established  an  independent  interest  at  the  original  address. 
No.  265  River  road,  and  has  since  dealt  in  coal,  with  constantly  increasing  suc- 
cess, taking  a  leading  place  in  mercantile  circles  in  Garfield. 

Politically,  Mr.  Barthold  supports  the  Republican  party,  but  his  interests 
center  about  his  home  and  his  business,  and  he  takes  only  the  citizen's  interest 
in  public  affairs.  He  is  a  member  of  Lessing  Lodge,  No.  189,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey;  the  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite, 
holding  the  thirty-second  degree ;  Salaam  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey;  and  the  Shrine  Club,  of  Pat- 
erson.  He  also  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic  Turn-Verein,  and  is  active  in  all 
these  orders.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  German  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Passaic. 

Mr.  Barthold  married,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  on  February  16,  1920, 
Frieda  Haas,  of  that  city,  daughter  of  John  P.  and  Anna  (Beck)  Haas,  and 
they  have  one  son,  Albert  E.,  born  Septernber  16,  1921. 

PETER  TRAAS — Of  the  young  men  who  have  grown  up  in  the  town  of 
Garfield,  New  Jersey,  preparing  for  their  future  in  the  public  schools  of  this 
community,  none  is  more  highly  esteemed  than  was  Peter  Traas,  who  was  cut 
down  in  the  flower  of  his  manhood,  leaving  behind  a  wide  circle  of  friends  to 
mourn  his  passing.  A  young  man  of  sterling  integrity,  and  on  the  high  road 
to  success  in  business,  his  death  was  peculiarly  sad.  He  was  a  son  of  John  and 
Cornelia  (Breeker)  Traas,  his  father  a  well  known  resident  of  Garfield.     The 


476  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

elder  Mr.  Traas  was  the  father  of  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  still  living: 
Cornelius,  William,  Jennie  and  Wilhelmina. 

Peter  Traas  was  born  in  Holland,  May  7,  1886,  and  died  in  Garfield,  New 
Jersey,  March  21,  1917.  Coming  to  the  United  States  at  the  age  of  six  years 
with  his  parents,  and  the  family  settling  in  Garfield,  he  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  community  and  reared  in  the  traditions  of  this  State. 
Ambitious  to  enter  the  business  world,  he  left  school  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years 
and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Paterson  Parchment  Paper  Company.  He  was 
identified  with  this  concern  for  four  years,  then  resigned  to  enter  the  employ  of 
N.  Riskin,  a  provision  merchant  of  Garfield,  whose  store  was  located  at 
Palisade  avenue.  The  young  man  became  a  valued  assistant,  taking  an  interest, 
as  he  did,  in  his  work,  and  devoting  himself  wholeheartedly  to  it,  and  he  re- 
n)ained  with  Mr.  Riskin  until  1915,  when  the  latter  wished  to  retire  from  the 
grocery  business.  Then  Mr.  Traas  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother-in- 
law,  John  H.  Hoving  (see  following  sketch)  and  together  they  bought  out  Mr. 
Riskin.  This  business  is  one  of  the  long-established  enterprises  of  Garfield, 
having  been  founded  by  Mr.  Riskin  thirty  years  ago.  At  first  a  small  and 
unpretentious  store,  it  was  repeatedly  enlarged  while  still  in  Mr.  Riskin's  hands, 
the  energy  and  pleasing  personality  of  Mr.  Traas  being  a  significant  factor  in 
the  prosperity  of  the  business.  Under  the  new  ownership  the  store  flourished,  and 
further  expansion  became  necessary,  the  young  men  meeting  this  need  with  the 
building  on  of  additional  space.  Their  future  lay  bright  before  them,  and  they 
were  commanding  the  respect  and  esteem  of  their  contemporaries.  Then  Mr. 
Traas  was  stricken  and  died.  The  community  was  shocked  at  the  news,  and  all 
regretted  the  death  of  the  young  man  who  was  so  well  known  and  so  popular  in 
all  the  circles  of  his  acquaintance.  His  young  wife,  instead  of  disposing  of  the 
interest  in  the  business  thus  left  in  her  hands,  entered  the  store  and  took  up  the 
work  which  her  husband  had  laid  down.  She  has  proved  an  able  and  efficient 
partner,  going  forward  with  her  brother  to  constantly  increasing  success,  and 
bearing  her  share  in  the  daily  work  of  the  store.  They  have  enlarged  their  pres- 
ent quarters  materially,  extending  their  operations  to  include  the  handling  of  feed 
and  all  kinds  of  general  provisions,  and  the  growth  of  the  business  has  been 
so  marked  that  they  anticipate  building  a  new  and  larger  building,  especially 
suited  to  their  requirements,  at  the  corner  of  Grand  street  and  Palisade  avenue, 
when  they  will  use  the  present  building  as  a  store  room. 

As  a)  citizen  of  Garfield,  Mr.  Traas  was  always  deeply  interested  in  every 
movement  for  civic  advance,  but  the  demands  of  his  business  precluded  his 
taking  a  part  in  public  life,  although  he  gave  his  cordial  support  to  the  Repub- 
lican party  in  all  matters  of  political  import.  Pie  was  a  member  of  the  Hope 
Avenue  Christian  Reformed  Church  of  Passaic.  Mr.  Traas  married,  in  Gar- 
field, on  June  12,  1912,  Grace  Hoving,  who  was  also  educated  in  the  schools 
of  Garfield.  Mrs.  Traas  is  a  daughter  of  Herman  J.  and  Charlotte  (Sipkens) 
Hoving,  natives  of  Holland,  and  now  well  known  residents  of  Garfield. 


JOHN  H.  HOVING — A  native  of  Westeremden,  Holland,  but  reared 
and  educated  in  the  community  of  which  he  is  now  a  resident,  John  H.  Hoving, 
of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  is  broadly  representative  of  the  sturdy  citizenship 
which  has  made  this  section  of  the  State  so  prosperous  and  progressive.  Mr. 
Hoving  is  a  son  of  Herman  J.  and  Charlotte  (Sipkens)  Hoving,  both  born  in 
Holland,  but  the  father  has  long  been  a  resident  of  Garfield.  Early  in  the 
course  of  his  residence  here  the  elder  Mr.  Hoving  became  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States,  and  although  never  taking  an  active  part  in  public  life,  he  keeps  in 
touch  with  the  progress  of  the  community.    Herman  J.  and  Charlotte  (Sipkens) 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  477 

Hoving  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  namely:  John  H.,  the  subject  of  this 
review ;  Grace ;  Cornelius,  two  sons  named  Barteld,  both  deceased ;  and  Fanny. 

John  H.  Hoving  was  born  in  Holland,  April  3,  1886,  being  only  six  years 
of  age  when  his  parents  came  to  America.  His  early  education  was  acquired 
in  the  public  schools  of  Garfield,  and  in  preparation  for  his  career  he  entered 
McChesney's  Business  College,  in  Paterson,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
September  15,  1905.  Mr.  Hoving's  first  business  position  was  with  the  late 
Henri  Van  Oldenneel,  of  New  York  City,  a  foreign  patent  solicitor,  in  the 
capacity  of  bookkeeper  and  stenographer,  filling  this  responsible  and  confidential 
position  until  1916.  He  then  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law,  the 
late  Peter  Traas  (see  preceding  sketch). 

Alert  to  all  public  advance,  and  a  Republican  by  political  convictions,  Mr. 
Hoving  takes  no  interest  in  politics  as  such,  his  time  being  so  largely  occupied 
by  the  exacting  demands  of  his  business.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Garfield 
Board  of  Trade  and  Hope  Avenue  Christian  Reformed  Church  of  Passaic. 

Mr.  Hoving  married,  in  Passaic,  on  June  16,  1909,  Alida  van  Bruggen,  a 
native  of  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.  Mrs.  Hoving  is  a  daughter  of  S.  van 
Bruggen,  who  came  to  America  about  forty  years  ago,  and  was  for  many  years 
in  the  bakery  business,  from  which  he  retired  in  recent  years.  He  was  of  Hol- 
land birth,  and  his  wife,  Christina  (Harkema)  van  Bruggen,  who  was  also  a 
native  of  Holland,  died  June  3,  1909.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  van  Bruggen  were  the 
parents  of  ten  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living,  namely:  Albert,  John, 
Julius,  Alida,  and  Cornelius.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoving  are  the  parents  of  six 
children:  Herman  John,  born  April  20,  1910;  Christina  Alida,  born  January 
24,  1912;  Charlotte  Grace,  born  October  23,  1913;  Alida,  born  July  17,  1915; 
Grace,  born  October  24,  1918,  and  Alberta,  born  August  28,  1920.  The 
family  reside  at  No.  144  Palisade  avenue,  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


JOSEPH  MARCHESE,  father  of  the  Marchese  brothers,  was  born  in  the 
Province  of  Mellano,  Italy,  October  24,  1874.  His  wife,  Theresa  (Battlestone) 
Marchese,  is  also  a  native  of  Italy.  The  Marchese  family  of  Italy  date  back  to 
ancient  times  and  were  amongst  the  aristocracy  of  the  land.  They  were  titled 
people  of  culture  and  means,  and  in  their  ranks  were  many  representatives  who 
lead  in  affairs  of  the  church,  government,  education,  literature  and  art.  The 
Battlestone  family  were  of  old  French-Italian  descent,  and  they,  too,  had  many 
worthy  marks  of  distinction.  Joseph  Marchese  came  to  this  country  when  a 
young  man,  and  located  at  Yonkers,  New  York,  where  for  a  number  of  years 
he  was  successfully  engaged  in  the  construction  business.  Later  in  1900,  he 
removed  to  Delawanna,  New  Jersey,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  hotel 
and  grocery  business,  thus  continuing  until  his  retirement  from  active  business 
life  in  1917.  To  him  and  his  wife  seven  children  were  born:  Margaret,  wife  of 
John  Bcnetti,  of  Delawanna ;  Theodore,  who  is  engaged  in  the  automobile  trade 
in  Rutherford ;  Philip  C,  a  sketch  of  whom  follows ;  Joseph  A.,  Jr.,  a  sketch  of 
whom  follows;  William  C,  a  sketch  of  whom  follows;  Loretta,  wife  of  Frank 
Vechio,  of  Delawanna  ;Alvira,  wife  of  Gabriel  Kertosey,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


PHILIP  C.  MARCHESE — Prominent  in  automobile  circles,  having  been 
connected  with  the  Marchese  Auto  Sales  Company,  Incorporated,  of  Passaic, 
for  almost  five  years,  and  itsi  president  from  1917  to  1920,  Philip  C.  Marchese 
has  become  a  well  known  figure  in  the  trade. 

He  was  born  in  Genoa,  Italy,  January  10,  1890,  coming  to  this  country 
when  quite  young  with  his  parents.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Delawanna,  and  Drake's  Business  College  of  Passaic.    After  spending  one  year, 


478  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

1903,  with  George  W.  Brown,  a  garage  owner  and  mechanic,  he  drove  cars  in 
New  Jersey  and  New  York  until  1917,  when  he  was  sent  for  by  his  brother, 
William  C.  (q.  v.),  to  join  the  latter's  business.  He  remained  with  him  until 
January  1,  1922,  when  he  sold  his  half  interest  and  established  the  Clifton 
Motors  Corporation  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  This  new  firm  has  exhibit  rooms 
and  a  service  station  at  650  Main  avenue,  Clifton,  with  a  complete  line  of 
Studebaker  cars  and  service.  The  new  firm  is  already  enjoying  a  successful 
run  under  its  able  president,  Philip  C.  Marchese. 

Philip  C.  Marchese  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks  and  the  Lions  Club,  both  of  Passaic 

He  married,  at  Ridgefield,  New  Jersey,  October  19,  1910,  Rose  A.  Kernan, 
and  to  them  has  been  born  one  child,  Rosetta,  September  19,  1911.  • 

Philip  C.  Marchese  has  well  established  himself  in  the  automobile  business 
and  has  one  of  the  leading  agencies  in  this  section  of  the  state.  He  is  progres- 
sive in  every  sense  and  regarded  as  a  sound  business  man. 

JOSEPH  A.  MARCHESE,  JR.,  a  well  known  resident  of  Passaic,  has 
been  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  since  1916,  and  active  in  other  affairs 
in  this  section  of  the  state. 

He  was  born  in  Genoa,  Italy,  July  7,  1891,  and  came  to  this  country  with 
his  parents  when  he  was  very  young,  locating  in  Delawanna,  New  Jersey,  where 
he  attended  school  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age;  then  the  business  of  life 
commenced  for  the  boy  and  he  secured  work  in  the  Delawanna  Bleachery,  where 
he  remained  for  nine  months,  subsequently  entering  his  father's  grocery  business. 
He  quickly  demonstrated  his  ability,  and  the  following  year,  when  he  was  but 
sixteen  years  of  age,  he  assumed  management  of  the  business.  Seven  years 
later  he  sold  out  his  interests  and  established  himself  in  the  real  estate  and 
insurance  business  in  a  small  way.  The  venture  proved  successful,  and  in 
1916,  Mr.  Marchese  opened  his  present  office,  which  is  located  at  No.  657  Main 
avenue,  Passaic.  At  the  age  of  twenty-five  years,  1916-17,  he  was  elected  as 
a  member  of  the  Acquackanonk  Motor  Commission,  of  which  he  was  secretary 
and  treasurer.  In  January,  1922,  he  became  secretary  of  the  Marchese  Auto 
Sales  Company,  Incorporated,  of  Passaic. 

In  December,  1917,  he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army  and  was  sent  to 
Camp  Dix.  Here  he  remained  until  May  26,  1918,  when  he  sailed  for  France 
as  a  member  of  the  308th  Field  Artillery,  Headquarters  Company,  of  the  153rd 
Artillery  Brigade,  which  was  attached  to  the  78th  Division.  On  ariving  in 
France  he  served  in  the  following  engagements :  St.  Mihiel,  Argonne,  Grand 
Pre ;  Meuse ;  then  to  Haddenville,  Verdun  sector,  and  remained  there  until 
December  6,  1918.  On  December  13,  1918,  he  was  sent  to  Base  Hospital  No. 
17,  having  been  gassed  at  Grand  Pre  and  here  he  remained  until  December  20, 
1918,  when  he  was  ordered  to  St.  Aignon,  and  from  there  was  sent  to  Brest, 
\vhere  he  was  located  until  March  4,  1919,  when  he  sailed  for  this  country  and 
was  discharged  at  Camp  Dix,  March  26.  1919.  He  was  made  a  sergeant, 
November  12,  1917. 

Mr.  Marchese  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the 
community,  and  has  proven  himself  thoroughly  in  touch  with  all  modern 
methods,  system  and  despatch  in  conducting  his  work.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
I'ions  Club  and  the  Board  of  Realtors  of  Passaic,  being  treasurer  of  both. 
His  affiliations  are  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Passaic 
Lodge,  No.  387  ;  Loyal  Order  of  Moose  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  542 ;  American 
Legion;  American  War  Veterans;  the  Real  Estate  League  of  New  Jersey; 
Passaic  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  the  Passaic  City  Club.     He  is  interested 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  479 

in  out-of-door  sports  and  is  particularly  fond  of  golf.  Mr.  Marchese  was 
married  March  28,  1921,  in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  to  Anna  C.  Finnigan,  the 
daughter  of  former  Mayor  Finnigan,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


WILLIAM  C.  MARCHESE— Well  known  in  the  automobile  trade  of 
Passaic  as  president  of  the  Marchese  Auto  Sales  Company,  No.  753-755  Main 
avenue,  William  C.  Marchese  is,  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  word,  a  self-made 
man.  Starting  in  business  with  a  firm  belief  that  he  would  succeed,  he  was 
quick  to  grasp  every  opportunity  which  might  be  advantageous  to  him,  and  the 
result  of  these  efforts  is  his  present  success  as  a  business  man. 

William  Chester  Marchese,  son  of  Joseph  and  Theresa  (Battlestone)  Mar- 
chese (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Yonkers,  New  York,  May  27,  1894.  Having  been 
brought  by  his  parents  to  Delawanna  when  very  young,  he  attended  the  public 
schools  of  this  place,  later  attending  Drake's  Business  College  at  Passaic,  New 
Jersey.  He  then  entered  the  business  world  with  George  W.  Brown,  a  garage 
owner  and  mechanic.  A  short  time  later  he  resigned  this  position  and  until 
1908  was  a  professional  driver  of  automobiles.  He  then  established  himself  in 
the  automobile  repair  business  at  Crosby  place,  Paterson ;  later  removing  to  No. 
255  Madison  street,  Passaic,  and  discontinuing  the  Paterson  place.  In  1917, 
before  leaving  to  serve  his  country,  he  awarded  an  interest  in  the  business  to 
his  elder  brother,  Philip  C,  who  took  sole  charge  until  the  return  of  his  brother. 
In  1917  the  business  was  incorporated  and  established  at  753-755  Main  avenue, 
under  the  name  of  the  Marchese  Auto  Sales  Company,  with  Philip  C.  Marchese 
as  president  and  secretary,  and  William  C.  Marchese  as  treasurer.  The  repair 
department  was  discontinued  at  this  time,  and  since  then  the  company  has  taken 
the  agency  for  the  Studebaker,  Standard  Eight,  and  Maccar  motor  trucks. 

In  November,  1917,  Mr.  Marchese  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army  and 
was  ordered  to  Camp  Meigs,  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  subsequently  became 
attached  to  the  Three  Hundred  and  Second  Auto  Repair  Unit  and  was  sent 
overseas.  He  participated  in  many  of  the  important  battles,  among  them 
Chateau-Thierry  and  St.  Mihiel,  and  was  returned  home  as  a  convalescent,  and 
assigned  to  Greenhuts  Hospital,  New  York,  June  1,  1919;  receiving  his  honor- 
able discharge  June  18,  1919,  at  Fort  Ontario,  Oswego,  New  York.  He  then 
resumed  his  automobile  activities  and  in  January,  1920,  became  president  of  the 
Marchese  Auto  Sales  Company,  Incorporated,  which  position  he  still  holds. 
Mr.  Marchese  is  a  Rotarian  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks ;  he  also  holds  membership  in  the 
Passaic  City  Club,  the  Passaic  Automobile  Association,  Republican  Club,  and 
the  American  Legion.     He  is  unmarried  and  lives  at  home  with  his  parents. 


GEORGE  PLOCH — Coming  to  the  United  States  from  his  native  Ger- 
many at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  George  Ploch,  of  Richfield,  has  lived  a  long 
and  useful  life,  and  is  now  enjoying  comparative  leisure,  although  he  is  still 
carrying  on  one  branch  of  his  former  manifold  activities.  Mr.  Ploch  is  a 
son  of  John  and  Mary  Ploch.  His  father  was  born  in  Hessen,  Darmstadt, 
Crermany,  where  he  was  a  well  known  farmer  and  came  to  this  country  in  1857, 
bringing  his  family  with  him.  Continuing  farming  here,  he  was  successful 
during  the  comparatively  short  period  which  elapsed  before  his  death.  He 
died  in  1864,  and  his  wife  died  In  the  same  year. 

George  Ploch,  son  of  the  above,  was  horn  In  Hessen,  Darmstadt,  Ger- 
many, February  1,  1841.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city 
until  his  fourteenth  year,  when  he  went  to  work  on  the  farm  with  his  father, 
this  being  the  home  place,  which  his  father  owned.     In  or  about  1855,  the 


480  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

father  disposed  of  his  interests  there  and  in  1857  the  young  man  accompanied 
the  family  to  America,  and  with  them  located  at  once  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 
Thereafter  he  worked  on  a  farm  in  Richfield  for  three  years,  then  returned  to 
Paterson,  where  he  was  employed  in  a  coal  yard.  In  1864  he  took  charge  of  the 
milk  and  dairying  branch  of  a  large  farm,  which  he  managed  for  a  period  of 
five  years.  Meanwhile,  in  1866,  he  purchased  a  thirty  acre  tract  of  land, 
entirely  without  improvements  of  any  kind,  and  in  1871  built  thereon  a  large 
house  and  two  large  barns.  Here  he  started  in  the  milk  business  for  himself, 
and  followed  this  line  of  activity  until  1915.  During  that  time  he  produced 
on  his  farm  all  the  feed  for  thirty  cows,  and  also  did  a  considerable  business 
in  truck  farming.  In  1915  Mr.  Ploch  retired  from  the  dairy  end  of  the 
business,  and  although  his  years  are  now  advanced  he  is  still  active,  and 
continues  the  truck  gardening  on  a  small  scale. 

In  the  civic  and  national  affairs  of  his  adopted  country,  Mr.  Ploch  has 
always  taken  a  deep  interest.  A  staunch  Republican  by  political  faith,  he 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  Richfield  in  1886-89.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  First  German  Presbyterian  Church  of  Paterson,  which  has 
been  his  place  of  worship  since  coming  to  this  country,  one  of  his  first  interests 
being  to  assist  in  the  raising  of  funds  for  the  erection  of  this  church  edifice. 

Mr.  Ploch  married,  in  Paterson,  in  1871,  Annie  K.  Lotz,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Annie  (Wetzel)  Lotz.  Mrs.  Ploch  died  in  Richfield,  April  3,  1922. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ploch  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  George  C. ; 
John,  whose  sketch  follows;  Susan,  wife  of  Charles  Seugling;  Jacob;  Kathei- 
ine,  wife  of  Louis  Schultheis;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Charles  Ludwig;  and  Anna, 
wife  of  Louis  J.  Faure.    The  family  home  is  on  Grove  street,  Richfield. 


JOHN  PLOCH — Prominent  in  farming  circles  in  the  vicinity  of  Passaic, 
John  Ploch,  of  Richfield,  is  finding  marked  success  in  truck  farming.  Mr. 
Ploch  comes  of  German  ancestry,  his  grandfather,  John  Ploch,  and  father, 
George  Ploch,  being  reviewed  at  length  in  the  preceding  sketch. 

John  Ploch,  son  of  George  and  Annie  K.  (Lotz)  Ploch,  was  born  in 
Richfield,  New  Jersey,  April  18,  1873.  Receiving  a  practical  education  in  the 
old  Richfield  school,  he  completed  the  commton  school  course,  then  immediately 
took  up  farming,  which  be  -has  continued  ever  since.  He  has  always  made  his 
leading  product  the  garden  truck  which  is  such  a  vital  part  of  the  well-being 
of  the  people  in  the  centers  of  population,  and  now  has  nine  acres  of  land,  all 
under  intensive  cultivation.  He  has  won  a  position  of  prominence  in  the 
community  and  is  highly  esteemed  by  all. 

Politically,  Mr.  Ploch  supports  no  party  unreservedly,  voting  indepen- 
dently, and  he  takes  an  active  part  in  the  community  advance.  He  isi  a  member 
of  St.  John's  Church  of  Richfield. 

Mr.  Ploch  married,  in  Richfield,  in  1904,  Madaline  Conradi,  daughter  of 
William  and  Wilhelmina  Conradi,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  seven  children, 
all  attending  school  except  the  youngest:  Mildred  Louise  Susanna;  Katherine 
Sophia;  George  Henry;  John  Jacob  Louis;  Edwin  Charles;  Alfred  Bernhard; 
and  Madeline  Anna.  The  family  home  is  on  Grove  street,  in  Richfield.  Made- 
line Anna  Ploch,  youngest  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Ploch,  born  April  5,  1919, 
died  January  3,  1922,  aged  three  years,  eight  months,  twenty-nine  days. 


CORNELIUS  BREEN,  JR.— Associated  with  the  building  trades  as  a 
contract  painter,  with  his  business  headquarters  and  residence  both  in  Garfield, 
New  Jersey,  Cornelius  Breen,  Jr.  is  achieving  gratifying  success  in  his  chosen 
line  of  endeavor.     Mr.  Breen  is  a  son  of  Arthur  and  Trina  (Verduin)  Breen, 


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natives  of  Holland.  The  father,  as  a  youth,  was  a  sailor  on  board  the  "Prince 
Frederick,"  of  the  Holland  Navy,  but  early  in  life  came  to  the  United  States, 
and  for  many  years  was  active  in  farming  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey.  He  now 
serves  as  the  janitor  of  the  Mark  Twain  schoool,  in  Garfield,  the  mother  is 
also  living  at  the  present  time  (1922),  and  they  reside  at  No.  53  Midland 
avenue,  Garfield. 

Cornelius  Breen,  Jr.  was  born  at  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  April  2,  1894.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  community.  At  the  age 
of  fourteen  he  left  school  to  assist  his  father  on  the  farm,  the  home  beinji 
located  on  the  site  where  the  Butcher,  Lind  &  Ross  Realty  Company's  head- 
quarters now  stand.  Shortly  after  leaving  school,  in  1909,  with  the  removal  of 
the  family  to  Garfield,  the  boy  entered  the  employ  of  the  McCracken,  Ross  & 
Baker  Company,  of  Passaic,  a  prominent  firm  of  contracting  painters.  With 
them  he  learned  the  painter's  trade,  remaining  in  this  connection  for  five  years. 
Following  the  dissolution  of  the  firm,  which  occurred  in  1914,  Mr.  Breen  was 
associated  with  Mr.  McCracken  in  the  same  business  for  about  three  years. 
With  war  conditions  playing  havoc  with  the  building  trades,  this  association 
was  discontinued  in  1917,  and  Mr.  Breen  entered  the  employ  of  the  Montclair 
Realty  Company,  of  Montclair,  New  Jersey,  as  paperhanger  foreman.  He 
was  thus  engaged  until  he  entered  the  service,  and  was  identified  with  them 
after  his  return  from  overseas,  until  November,  1919,  when  he  entered  the 
field  independently  as  a  contract  painter.  He  is  still  carrying  forward  this 
business  with  marked  success. 

Joining  the  United  States  Army  on  May  28,  1918,  Mr.  Breen  was  detailed 
to  Camp  Dix,  later  being  transferred  to  Camp  Meade,  in  Maryland.  In  July 
of  the  same  year  he  sailed  for  England,  soon  crossing  to  Cherburg,  France. 
He  was  attached  to  Battery  D,  311th  Feild  Artillery,  79th  Division,  American 
Expeditionary  Forces,  and  upon  leaving  Cherburg,  this  battery  went  into  the 
training  camp  at  Mount  Morillon,  France,  where  they  remained  for  about 
a  month.  In  October,  1918,  they  were  sent  to  the  Alsace-Lorraine  sector  for 
active  service,  but  the  armistice  followed  so  soon  that  they  saw  no  action.  They 
were,  however,  used  as  an  auxiliary  force,  (in  road  construction  and  the  like) 
for  a  number  of  months,  and  eventually  sailed  for  home  in  May,  1919. 

A  Republican  by  political  faith,  Mr.  Breen  cares  nothing  for  leadership 
and  takes  only  the  citizen's  interest  In  public  affairs.  He  was  formerly  a 
member  of  the  American  Athletic  Club,  of  Lodi,  which  was  later  dissolved. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Holland  Reformed  Church,  of  Passaic. 

Mr.  Breen  married,  May  7,  1917,  In  Garfield,  Helen  Plansoen,  daughter 
of  John  and  Wllhelmina  (Vermullen)  Plansoen,  her  father,  who  is  now 
deceased,  having  been  the  owner  of  a  prosperous  fishery  In  Holland. 


WINCENTY  ZIENKO — The  first  representative  of  this  family  name  of 
whom  we  have  any  authentic  information,  and  the  ancestor  of  this  branch  of 
the  family  which  furnishes  the  caption  of  this  review,  was  Martin  Zlenko.  He 
resided  with  his  family  In  the  town  of  Busco,  about  forty-four  miles  northeast 
of  the  city  of  Cracow,  the  late  Kingdom  of  Poland.  According  to  family 
information,  Martin  Zlenko  followed  the  tilling  of  the  soil,  and  was  regarded 
as  a  successful  farmer  among  his  neighbors  and  fellow-citizens.  He  spent 
his  life  in  the  town  of  Busco,  where  he  married,  and  among  his  children  had 
a  son  Tadeusz,  of  whom  forward. 

Tadeusz  Zlenko  was  born  at  the  family  home  In  the  town  of  Busco,  in 
1845.  He  obtained  his  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  was  there  reared  to  early  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.     He 


482  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

assisted  his  father  in  the  various  chores  and  duties  on  the  farm  homestead  in 
Busco,  and  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  ancestors,  who  had  likewise  been 
farmers  during  several  generations.  Tadeusz  Zienko  spent  the  whole  of  his 
active  career  in  his  native  town,  and  died  at  the  family  home  in  Busco  in 
December,  1910.  After  his  death  it  had  been  justly  stated  among  his  neighbors 
and  friends  that  while  he  had  not  left  to  his  family  a  large  competence,  he, 
however,  bestowed  upon  them  the  proud  heritage  of  an  honorable  name.  In 
his  religious  association  he  was  a  faithful  communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church  in  the  town  of  Busco. 

Tadeusz  Zienko  married,  in  the  town  of  Busco,  Jose  Bibik,  and  their 
children  born  in  the  town  of  Busco,  were  as  fallows:  1.  Wincenty,  of  whom 
forward.  2.  Charles,  born  in  1886;  came  to  the  United  States  in  1911,  and 
settled  in  the  State  of  New  York;  married  and  had  a  family  of  sons  and 
daughters.  3.  Adelia,  educated  in  her  native  town,  and  reared  to  years  of 
womanhood  under  the  parental  roof;  she  there  married,  and  of  her  union  had 
a  family  of  sons  and  daughters,  who  at  the  present  time  (1921)  resides  in  the 
Republic  of  Poland.  4.  Sabina,  educated  in  her  native  town,  and  reared  to 
years  of  womanhood  under  the  parental  roof;  she  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1913,  and  settled  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey.  5.  Wal- 
ter, married  in  his  native  town,  and  reared  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters ; 
died  in  his  native  town,  March  4,  1920.    6.  Ignac,  died  in  Busco,  in  1914. 

Wincenty  Zienko,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Tadeusz  and  Jose  (Bibik) 
Zienko,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Busco,  not  far  distant 
from  the  city  of  Cracow,  in  the  late  Kingdom  of  Poland,  July  19,  1882.  He 
tliere  obtained  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the  town  afforded 
at  that  time.  During  his  early  manhood  years  he  assisted  his  father  in  the 
various  duties  and  chores  on  the  homestead  farm,  and  continued  to  reside  under 
the  parental  roof  up  to  1907,  in  which  year  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  South 
America.  He  set  sail  from  the  seaport  city  of  Liverpool,  England,  on  the 
Steamship  "Artega,"  bound  for  one  of  the  ports  of  Argentina  in  South  America, 
where  he  remained  for  a  period  of  eight  months,  having  been  employed  there  as 
a  farmer.  In  the  autumn  following  his  arrival  in  Argentina,  young  Zienko 
decided  to  visit  the  United  States,  and  accordingly  embarked  on  the  steamship, 
"Haverford,"  bound  for  the  port  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  where  soon 
after  his  arrival  he  went  South  and  located  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  Maryland, 
where  he  remained  for  some  time,  and  later  located  in  Havre  de  Grace,  Cecil 
county,  Maryland,  where  he  pursued  various  occupations  up  to  1908,  in  which 
year  he  came  to  the  city  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  Soon  after  locating  in  Passaic,  young  Zienko  found  employment 
in  the  Botany  and  in  the  Forstmann  and  Huffmann  Woolen  mills,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  various  capacities  during  a  period  of  over  ten  years,  after  which 
time,  he  being  desirous  to  establish  himself  in  business  on  his  own  account,  he 
opened  an  office  in  partnership  with  a  Mr.  Rowinsky,  September  10,  1919, 
and  engaged  in  the  brokerage  and  steamship  ticket  agency  with  an  office  on 
Monroe  street.  In  his  religious  associations,  Wincenty  Zienko  is  a  faithful 
communicant  of  St.  Joseph's  Roman  Catholic  Church.  He  is  an  active  member 
of  a  number  of  fraternal  and  auxiliary  associations,  among  which  are  St. 
Sczepans,  St.  Hazimursa,  and  St.  Franciska,  all  of  which  are  located  in  the 
city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Zienko  is  also  a  member  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Union,  of  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Wincenty  Zienko  married  Catherine  Chowaniec,  Januar}'  29,  1911.  She 
was  born  in  1885.  Her  parents  are  Sebastyjan  and  Anna  Chowaniec.  They 
arc   the  parents  of  the   following  children :      1.  Walter,  born   September  26, 


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1912.     2.  Jose,  born  in   1915,  died  in  1917.     3.  Lookadya,  born  in   1916.     4. 
Chester,  born  in  1918.    5.  Edward,  born  in  1920. 


ROBERT  H.  DITTRICH— In  the  textile  industry  in  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  Mr.  Dittrich  is  well  known  as  foreman  of  the  spinning  department  of 
the  Botany  Worsted  Mills,  which  concern  he  has  faithfully  served  for  a  period 
of  thirty-three  years.  Mr.  Dittrich  is  of  German  birth,  and  is  a  son  of 
Christian  G.  and  Rosiena  (Port)  Dittrich,  of  Werdau,  Germany.  His  father, 
who  was  a  switchman  on  the  railroads  of  Werdau,  died  in  the  year  1900,  but 
his  mother  died  two  years  previously. 

Robert  H.  Dittrich  was  born  in  Werdau,  Germany,  May  20,  1868,  and 
received  a  thoroughly  practical  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  country, 
being  a  graduate  of  the  grammar  school.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he 
entered  the  world  of  industry,  securing  a  position  in  the  spinning  department 
of  the  Griinert  Woolen  Mills,  of  Werdau,  where  he  was  employed  for  two 
years.  His  next  position  was  as  foreman  in  the  spinning  department  of  the 
Stohr  &  Company  woolen  mills  of  Leipzig,  Germany.  Remaining  with  this 
company  for  three  years,  he  went  to  Diisseldorf,  Germany,  in  1887,  as  foreman 
in  another  great  plant,  then  in  1889  came  to  the  United  States,  locating  at  once 
in  Passaic.  Here  he  accepted  a  position  at  once  with  the  Botany  Worsted 
Mills,  as  foreman  of  the  spinning  department,  being  a  highly  skilled  workman, 
and  his  experience  in  the  famous  mills  of  the  Old  World  made  him  fully 
capable  of  the  responsibility.  He  has  never  left  the  employ  of  the  Botany 
Mills,  and  is  now  supervisor  of  spinning.  Mr.  Dittrich  is  an  acknowledged 
expert  on  woolen  goods,  especially  as  a  spinner  and  wool  examiner,  and  is  ono 
of  the  valued  executives  of  the  production  departments  of  this  concern. 

Mr.  Dittrich  has  made  his  home  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  for  many  years, 
and  takes  a  leading  part  in  the  various  branches  of  organized  endeavor  through 
which  that  city  is  attaining  its  high  civic  standards.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  and  is  a  director  and  stockholder  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Garfield,  was  an  organizer  and  has  long  been  a  director  of  the  Saddle  River 
Township  Building  and  Loan  Association,  and  during  the  World  War  was 
active  in  all  the  financial  campaigns  in  support  of  our  forces  overseas  and 
the  cause  in  which  they  fought.  A  Republican  by  political  aflnliation,  he  holds 
the  welfare  of  the  people  paramount,  and  although  seeking  no  personal  honors, 
has  served  in  various  public  capacities.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  City 
Council  in  1902,  and  during  that  time  served  on  the  Water  Committee,  being 
largely  instrumental  in  securing,  for  Garfield  the  private  water  system  installed 
in  1904.  During  the  above  term  of  service  Mr.  Dittrich  also  served  as  chairman 
of  the  police  committee,  and  as  acting  chief  of  police  of  Garfield.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Ernest  B.  Dahnert  Association,  of  Garfield,  a  body 
cf  progressive  citizens  organized  for  the  purpose  of  advancing  Americanization 
among  the  foreign  populaition  of  the  city,  and  doing  a  wonderful  work  in  this 
important  field. 

In  his  more  personal  interests  Mr.  Dittrich  holds  wide  fraternal  con- 
nections. He  is  a  member  of  Paterson  Lodge,  No.  2,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows;  of  Passaic  Council,  No.  387,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks;  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  189,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  which  he  helped 
to  organize  in  1908,  and  of  which  he  has  been  trustee  since  1919,  and  he  is  a 
member  of  Belmont  Council,  No.  74,  Foresters  of  America,  and  also  trustee 
since  1919.  He  is  single,  and  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Passaic.    He  resides  at  No.  84  Orchard  street,  Garfield. 


484  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

JOHN  H.  BESWICK — ^A  member  of  a  family  long  resident  in  New 
Jersey,  and  for  many  years  prominent  in  the  industries  of  Bergen  county, 
John  H.  Beswick  is  now  assistant  foreman  of  the  engineering  department  of 
the  United  Piece  Dye  Works,  of  Lodi.  Mr.  Beswick  is  a  son  of  Wright  and 
Mary  (Jackson)  Beswick.  His  father  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  in 
1840,  and  died  in  1892,  the  greater  part  of  his  lifetime  having  been  spent  in 
Lodi  as  a  finisher  in  the  Burns  Brothers'  Bleachery  (now  the  United  Piece 
Dye  Works).     The  mother  also  is  deceased. 

John  H.  Beswick  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  November  21,  1870. 
The  removal  of  the  family  to  Garfield,  and  their  residence  on  Monroe  street, 
near  Midland  avenue,  from  the  time  he  was  three  years  of  age,  placed  Mr. 
Beswick  in  Public  School  No.  1,  from  which  be  was  graduated  in  1886.  He 
then  began  work  in  the  Reed  &  Barry  Bleacheries,  of  Passaic,  with  the  printing 
department  of  which  he  was  connected  for  two  years.  He  then  entered  the 
employ  of  George  C.  Bradder,  a  mason  contractor  of  Garfield,  as  an  apprentice. 
This  work  appealed  to  the  young  man  very  strongly,  and  in  1892,  its  details 
mastered,  he  began  work  on  contracts  for  leading  construction  concerns,  con- 
tinuing along  this  line  of  effort  for  about  seventeen  years.  Then,  in  1909, 
Mr.  Beswick  was  employed  by  the  Flint  Construction  Company,  of  Palmer, 
Massachusetts,  on  the  new  plant  of  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works,  in  Lodi.  In 
this  connection  he  was  made  foreman  of  the  mason  work,  and  in  1911,  with  the 
completion  of  the  plant,  Mr.  Beswick  became  identified  with  the  United  Piece 
Dye  Works,  in  their  engineering  department.  Here  be  has  since  remained, 
receiving  his  promotion  to  assistant  foreman  of  the  department  in  1917.  He 
is  well  known  and  well  liked  in  the  plant,  esteemed  and  respected  by  officials 
and  workers  alike. 

A  Republican  by  political  affiliation,  Mr.  Beswick  served  as  a  member  of 
the  Election  Board  from  1892  until  1902,  and  for  a  number  of  years  served 
on  the  Board  of  Education.  He  takes  a  deep  interest  in  all  advanced 
movements,  and  during  the  World  War  worked  diligently  for  the  Red 
Cross,  the  Liberty  Loans  and  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  serv- 
ing as  a  member  of  the  campaign  committees.  His  more  personal  interests 
include  membership  in  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics, 
Passaic  Council,  No.  747,  of  which  he  is  past  councillor;  in  the  Patriotic 
Order  Sons  of  America,  Washington  Camp,  No.  161,  of  Garfield,  of  which  he 
is  past  president;  of  Passaic  Council,  No.  127,  Sons  and  Daughters  of  Liberty, 
of  vi'hich  he  is  past  councillor  and  is  now  recording  secretary ;  and  he  is  one  of 
the  organizers  of  Washington  Camp,  No.  78,  Patriotic  Order  of  Americans, 
of  which  he  is  assistant  recording  secretary  and  assistant  past  president,  this 
order  also  being  a  Garfield  lodge.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Garfield. 

Mr.  Beswick  m.arried,  on  October  18,  1893,  at  Garfield,  Leah  B.  Vree- 
land,  of  New  York  City,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Emma  Jane  (Bertholf) 
Vreeland.  Her  father  was  a  member  of  the  old  Hooker  Guard  during  the 
Civil  War,  and  was  also  an  exempt  fireman  of  Garfield,  and  for  many  years 
a  boss  printer  in  the  Reed  &  Barry  Bleacheries  of  Passaic.  He  died  in  March, 
1908.  The  mother,  who  came  of  a  well  known  Ohio  family,  died  in  February, 
1914,  in  Passaic.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beswick  have  two  daughters  and  two  sons, 
as  follows:  Harriet  Mae,  born  July  26,  1899,  in  Garfield,  now  the  wife  of 
Paul  Prall,  of  No.  24  Harrison  avenue,  Garfield ;  Eleanor  V.,  born  September 
25,  1901,  in  Garfield,  now  employed  in  the  shipping  department  of  the  United 
Piece  Dye  Works ;  Harvey  Willis,  born  April  24,  1904,  in  Garfield,  post- 
graduate student  of  Hackensack  High  School,  now  (1922)  studying  electrical 


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engineering  at  the  Western  Electric  Company,  of  New  York  City;  and  John 
Edward,  born  January  17,  1913,  now  attending  Public  School  No.  7,  of 
Garfield.     The  family  homei  is  at  No.  24  Harrison  avenue,  Garfield. 


JUST  JUSTESEN — Soren  Justesen,  father  of  Just  Justesen,  secretary 
and  general  manager  of  the  National  Electric  Company,  of  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  was  born  in  the  village  of  Yttrup,  town  of  Viborg,  Jutland,  Denmark, 
in  1845,  there  lived  and  died,  as  had  his  forebears  for  many  previous  gener- 
ations. 

Soren  Justesen  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  of  his 
home,  and  until  reaching  legal  years  of  manhood  remained  under  the  parental 
roof.  He  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  ancestors,  and  throughout  the  active 
years  of  his  life  was  a  tiller  of  the  soil,  and  known  as  an  energetic,  industrious 
and  straightforward  man.  He  was  reared  in  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church, 
and  both  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  church  of  their  native  town. 
Soren  Justesen  died  at  the  family  home  in  Yttrup,  in  December,  1899.  He 
married  Marie  Anderson,  who  survived  him  and  married  a  second  husband, 
with  whom  she  came  to  the  United  States,  they  settling  in  Newark,  New  Jersey, 
where  she  died  in  1909.  Soren  and  Marie  (Anderson)  Justesen  had  born  to  them 
the  following  children:  1.  Just,  of  whom  further.  2.  Christen,  born  December 
31,  1884;  educated  in  Denmark  and  there  remained  until  his  eighteenth  year, 
when  he  came  to  the  United  States,  sailing  from  Esbjerg,  a  seaport  of  Denmark 
on  the  North  Sea,  and  landing  in  New  York  City.  At  the  present  time,  1921, 
he  resides  with  his  family  in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the 
automobile  business.  3.  Anna,  born  April  16,  1886;  came  to  the  United  States 
with  her  brother,  Christen,  and  settled  in  East  Orange,  New  Jersey,  where  she 
died  January  24,  1907.  4.  Katrina,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Yttrup,  June 
30,  1890;  she  came  to  the  United  States  with  her  mother  and  stepfather  in 
1903,  married  C.  M.  Carlson,  and  resides  in  Orange,  New  Jersey.  5.  Niels 
Christian,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Yttrup,  in  1894;  was  brought  to  this 
country  by  his  mother  and  stepfather  in  company  with  his  sister,  Katrina, 
they  settling  first  in  Passaic,  and  later  moving  to  Newark,  where  he  obtained 
his  education.  He  is  now  an  expert  telegrapher  in  the  employ  of  the  Amer- 
ican Can  Company,  of  New  York  City. 

Just  Justesen,  eldest  son  of  Soren  and  Marie  (Anderson)  Justesen,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  Yttrup,  town  of  Viborg,  Denmark,  February  16, 
1880.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  schools  of  that  neighborhood. 
His  youth  was  spent  with  his  parents,  and  he  remained  with  his  mother  until 
one  year  after  his  father's  death.  In  the  spring  of  1901,  he  sailed  from  the 
seaport  of  Esbjerg,  Denmark,  bound  for  the  United  States,  and  in  March  of 
that  year  landed  in  New  York  City.  Soon  after  his  arrival  in  that  city,  he 
found  employment  upon  a  private  estate  in  Carlton  Hills,  Bergen  county.  New 
Jersey,  where  he  was  employed  in  mechanical  and  general  work.  Two  years 
later  he  entered  the  employ  of  Charles  R.  Newman,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
an  electrical  contractor,  with  whom  he  remained  seven  years.  In  1910,  Mr. 
Justesen  began  business  for  himself,  as  an  electrical  contractor,  his  place  of 
business  on  Prospect  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  met  with  a  well 
merited  degree  of  success  as  the  result  of  straightforward,  honest  methods  in 
his  business  transactions.  In  1913,  he  became  connected  with  the  National 
Electric  Company,  Incorporated,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  a  company  which 
had  its  inception  in  1912,  the  first  location  being  at  No.  164  Prospect  street, 
Passaic,  where  it  had  a  small  display  and  storeroom.  In  1913,  it  became 
necessary  to  reorganize  the  business,  and  it  was  then  that  Messrs.  Just  Jus- 


486  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

tesen,  W.  O.  Mentnech,  and  Peter  O.  Boyer,  took  part  in  the  reorganization. 
New  capital  was  put  in  the  business,  and  the  new  firm  at  once  took  on  a  new 
lease  of  life,  becoming  prosperous  during  the  following  years.  In  March, 
1919,  the  offices,  storehouse  and  storerooms  were  moved  to  its  present  location, 
No.  583  Main  avenue,  this  building  being  formerly  occupied  by  the  Public  Serv- 
ice Company,  of  New  Jersey.  This  firm  now  enjoys  a  large  and  well  earned 
patronage,  and  does  an  extensive  contracting  business,  one  of  its  recent  con- 
tracts aggregating  over  $60,000.  It  gives  employment  to  an  average  of  forty 
people  throughout  the  year.  Mr.  Justesen,  since  the  reorganization,  has  played 
the  leading  part  in  the  direction  of  this  growing  concern,  and  his  undivided 
time  was  soon  given  to  its  activities  as  secretary  and  general  manager.  In 
fraternal  association  he  is  a  member  of  Clifton  Lodge,  No.  203,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons  and  of  Solar  Lodge,  No.  171,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows. 

Mr.  Justesen  married,  in  Passaic,  January  5,  1906,  Inger  Petersen, 
born  December  17,  1887,  daughter  of  Christian  J.  and  Marie  Petersen. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Justesen  are  the  parents  of  four  children :  Herbert  Ernest, 
Clifford    Leroy,    Nordman    Scott,    Russell    Douglas. 


ERNEST  A.  DELLA  PENTA— The  name  of  Delia  Penta  has  for  many 
years  been  identified  with  the  industrial  and  civic  advance  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey, 
and  now  in  both  these  fields  of  endeavor  Ernest  A.  Delia  Penta  is  bearing 
significant  responsibilities. 

Anthony  Delia  Penta,  Mr.  Delia  Penta's  father,  has  long  been  a  resident 
of  Lodi,  and  in  1912  became  a  member  of  the  local  police  force.  Through 
manifest  devoiton  to  duty  and  fitness  for  the  position,  he  was  made  captain 
of  police  in  1920,  and  is  now  (1922)  holding  this  office.  He  has  long  been 
active  in  various  civic  affairs,  and  is  highly  esteemed  in  the  community.  He 
married  Grace  Vassalotti,  of  Italy. 

Ernest  A.  Delia  Penta  was  born  n  New  York  City,  September  21,  1895. 
At  the  age  of  five  years  he  began  attending  Public  Schoool  No.  23,  in  that 
city,  then,  with  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Lodi  in  1906,  he  completed  his 
studies  at  the  Roosevelt  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1908.  His 
first  employment  was  with  Morris  Katz,  a  prominent  plumber  of  Passaic,  with 
whom  he  remained  for  about  a  year.  He  then  entered  the  employ  of  the 
United  Piece  Dye  Works  of  Lodi,  as  receiving  clerk,  which  position  he  filled 
until  1913.  At  that  time  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  examining  department 
of  the  same  concern,  and  was  thus  engaged  for  four  years.  During  this  period 
Mr.  Delia  Penta  studied  chemistry,  the  better  to  fit  himself  for  the  work  which 
came  under  his  charge,  then,  in  1917,  he  accepted  a  position  with  the  E.  I. 
duPont  de  Nemours  &  Company,  of  Lodi,  as  supervisor  of  their  dye  manufac- 
turing department.  He  is  still  (1922)  filling  this  position,  and  successfully 
meeting  the  responsibilities  thereby  involved. 

In  the  public  life  of  the  community  Mr.  Delia  Penta  has  in  recent  years 
been  brought  forward  into  prominence.  A  Republican  by  political  affiliation, 
he  was  made  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  in  1919,  and  in  the  following 
years  was  elected  president  of  the  board.  Fraternally,  he  was  formerly  a 
member  of  Lodi  Council,  No.  145,  Foresters  of  America,  also  of  the  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men,  of  Passaic.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Athletic  Club, 
of  Lodi,  and  is  a  member  of  St.  Francis  de  Sales  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Mr.  Delia  Penta  married,  on  April  5,  1913,  at  Garfield,  New  Jersey, 
Marie  Kobrln,  of  Lodi,  daughter  of  Frank  and  Anna  Kobrin,  her  father  being 
a    silk   finisher   in   the   United   Piece   Dye    Works,   and   her   mother    a   mem- 


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ber  of  a  well  known  Lodi  family.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Delia  Penta  have  two 
children:  Grace,  born  March  4,  1914,  who  now  attends  the  Columbus  School, 
of  Lodi,  New  Jersey;    and  Anthony,  born  June  30,   1917. 


GEORGE  H.  HAHN — The  name  of  Hahn,  is  of  ancient  Teutonic 
origin,  and  is  referred  to  by  German  heraldic  writers  and  also  by  the  noted 
heraldist,  Johann  Siebmacher  who  gives  a  copper  plate  illustration  of  the 
family  coat-of-arms,  in  his  work  published  in  the  city  of  Nuremberg,  in  1701. 

The  Hahn  coat-of-arms  is  as  follows : 

Arms — Per  fess;  1  or,  on  a  mount  vert  a  cock  proper;  2  chequy  sable  and 
argent. 

Helmet  crowned. 

Crest — The  cock  between  two  buffalo  horns,  per  fess  sable  and  or,  counter- 
changed. 

Mantling — Dexter  or  and  sable,  sinister  argent  and  sable. 

Simon  Friedrich  Hahn,  a  German  historian  and  publicist,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Klosterbergen,  Kingdom  of  Prussia,  in  1692.  He  is  said  to 
have  understood  Greek,  Latin  and  French  at  the  early  age  of  ten  years.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-four  he  became  professor  of  history  and  public  law  at  Helm- 
stedt.  He  published  an  excellent  "History  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Empire 
and  German  Emperors,"  and  other  historical  works.  He  died  in  the  Province 
of  Hanover,  in  1729.  Another  noted  German  student  and  artisan,  Philipp 
Matthaus  Hahn,  a  German,  noted  for  inventive  mechanical  genius,  was  born 
in  the  city  of  Stuttgart,  in  1739.  He  settled  as  pastor  at  Onsmettingen,  in 
1764,  before  which  he  had  made  astronomical  and  optical  instruments.  He 
invented  a  machine  which  represented  the  motions  of  the  celestial  bodies,  and 
another  which  performed  operations  in  arithmetic.  He  published  several 
treaties  on  theology,  sermons,  etc.     He  died  in  1790. 

Ludwig  Philipp  Hahn,  a  representatvie  of  the  early  generations  of  this 
family,  was  a  noted  German  dramatic  poet.  He  was  born  at  Trippstadt  in 
1746.  He  wrote  tragedies  entitled  "The  Rebellion  of  Pisa,"  (1776),  and 
"Robert  von  Hohenecken,"  (1778),  both  of  which  are  greatly  admired  for 
energy  of  style  and  elevation  of  thought.     He  died  in  1787. 

This  branch  of  the  Hahn  family,  the  name  of  wihich  introduces  the  caption 
of  this  review,  wtas  Henry  Hahn,  who  was  bom  in  the  city  of  Hanover,  Pro- 
vince of  Hanover,  Germany,  where  the  family  had  resided  for  a  number  of 
generations,  and  where  they  had  become  prominently  identified  with  the  social 
and  civic  interests  of  the  various  communities  w^herein  they  resided.  Henry 
Hahn  had  been  educated  and  reared  to  the  years  of  manhood  in  his  native 
town  where  he  continued  to  reside  up  to  1862,  in  which  year  he  decided  to  cast 
his  fortune  in  the  land  of  freedom  and  liberty,  and  accordingly  the  same  year, 
he  arranged  his  personal  affairs  and  family  interests  and  set  sail  from  the 
seaport  town  of  Bremen,  for  New  York  City,  where  immediately  upon  setting 
foot  upon  American  soil,  he  applied  himself  to  such  employment  as  was  obtain- 
able and  in  the  course  of  a  brief  period,  made  his  way  to  the  city  of  Paterson, 
Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  finally  settled  and  established  a  home 
for  himself  and  family. 

Henry  Hahn  married  Marguerite  (Marx)  Orth,  who  was  born  in  the 
village  of  Briimath,  not  far  distant  from  the  city  of  Strassburg,  Province  of 
Alsace,  at  that  time  under  the  French  Dominion.  Her  parents  were  Philipp 
and  Marguerite  Marx.  Her  father,  Philipp  Marx,  was  regarded  as  a  well- 
to-do  farmer  and  was  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  his  neighbors  and 
friends.     Both  he  and  his  wife  were  of  the  Protestant  faith.     Of  their  union 


488  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

in  marriage  they  had  born  to  them  a  family  of  three  sons  and  four  daughters, 
of  whom  Marguerite  and  her  sister  Salome,  and  two  brothers,  Friedrich  and 
George  Marx,  left  their  native  country  and  emigrated  to  this  country,  landing  in 
New  York,  going  later  to  Paterson. 

Henry  Hahn  and  Marguerite  (Marx-Orth)  Hahn,  had  the  following  chil- 
dren:  William;  Henry,  Jr.;  Edward;  Matilda;  George  H.,  of  further  mention. 

George  H.  Hahn,  son  of  Henry  and  Marguerite  (Marx-Orth)  Hahn,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  Paterson,  January  14,  1870.  He  obtained  his  early 
educational  training  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city.  Arriving  at 
manhood  he  settled  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he  became  engaged  in  the 
plumbing  and  contracting  business.  As  a  result  of  his  knowledge  and  practical 
experience  on  the  subject  of  sanitary  installation,  he  has  become  known  to 
many  of  the  leading  builders  and  contractors  as  well  as  many  private  citizens 
of  the  city  of  Passaic  and  the  surrounding  community  where  his  advice  and 
skill  is  frequently  sought  in  his  chosen  line  of  work.  His  warerooms  and 
offices  in  Prospect  street  are  a  model  of  neatness  and  present  every  feature  of 
efficiency  and  thoroughness  of  a  modern  plumbing  and  steam  fitting  establish- 
ment. In  public  affairs  Mr.  Hahn  is  independent  in  his  political  views,  and 
while  he  has  never  sought  the  allurement  of  public  office,  he  has  always  evinced 
a  keen  and  active  interest  in  the  government  of  the  city.  Fraternally,  George 
H.  Hahn  is  an  active  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks.  He  is  also  an  active  member  of  the  Acquackanonk  Club,  and  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  George  H.  Hahn  married. 
May  31,  1897,  A.  Gavin,  born  November  25,  1870,  daughter  of  Michael  and 
Annie  Gavin.  Of  this  union  have  been  born  five  children  as  follows :  Margue- 
rite ;    George ;    Philip ;    Walter ;  all  living ;  and  Loretta,  deceased. 

THOMAS  P.  BROWNE— Elected  to  a  New  Jersey  official  position  was 
Thomas  P.  Browne,  who  in  1920  became  receiver  of  taxes  in  Clifton,  and  this 
young  man  is  also  actively  and  financially  connected  with  one  of  the  oldest 
contracting  trucking  firms  in  New  York  City. 

The  parents  of  Thomas  P.  Browne  were  natives  of  Ireland,  but  the  son, 
Thomas  P.,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  on  November  28,  1879,  and  here  in 
the  parochial  schools  he  received  an  early  education,  which  prepared  him  fof 
La  Salle  Academy,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1896. 

Following  his  graduation  from  the  academy,  Mr.  Browne  desired  to  get 
into  business,  so  entered  the  firm  of  his  father,  whose  offices  were  located  at 
No.  33  Thomas  street.  New  York  City.  Patrick  Browne,  his  father,  has 
developed  his  trucking  business  into  one  of  the  most  satisfactory  of  its  kind 
in  the  metropolis,  and  Thomas  P.  Browne  continues  his  interest  in  it  despite 
his  duty  as  tax  collector  of  Clifton. 

Mr.  Browne  is  Republican  in  principle,  and  hopes  to  some  day  take  a 
responsible  part  in  the  handling  of  the  city's  welfare.  Having  lived  in  Clifton 
for  eleven  years  since  his  removal  from  New  York,  he  has  taken  a  keen  interest 
in  the  development  of  public  and  civic  affairs  of  the  city. 

Although  Mr.  Browne  was  unable  to  enter  active  service  during  the  World 
War,  he  was  a  lively  member  of  the  Athenia  Home  Guard  of  Clifton,  and 
entered  into  every  movement  for  the  betterment  of  the  veterans  after  they 
returned  and  while  they  were  troopers  overseas. 

Being  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose 
keeps  him  interested  in  lodge  orders,  but  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Emerald 
Club,  of  Paterson ;  the  Third  Ward  Charter  Club,  of  Clifton,  and  of  the 
Fourth  Ward  Americanization  Club,  of  Clifton.     He  was  the  first  president 


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of  the  Clifton  City  Republican  Club,  a  member  of  the  Clifton  Citizen's  Re- 
publican League,  of  Clifton,  and  the  Central  Republican  Club,  of  Paterson. 
Mr.  Browne's  family  attend  St.  Paul's  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  Clifton,  and 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Holy  Name  Society. 

In  New  York  City,  on  October  18,  1908,  Thomas  P.  Browne  married 
Delia  Crotty,  their  marriage  taking  place  at  the  St.  Anthony's  Roman  Catholic 
Church.  The  Crottys  are  of  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  they  are  well  known  and 
respected  residents.  Two  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Browne:  Thomas 
W.,  and  Francis,  the  latter  deceased.  Mr.  Browne's  mother,  Jane  (Pilkington) 
Browne,  is  now  deceased,  but  his  father,  Patrick  Browne,  is  still  living. 


MARTIN  WIENBARG — Active  in  the  financial  department  of  various 
important  commercial  houses  since  the  completion  of  his  special  preparation 
for  his  field  of  endeavor,  Martin  Wienbarg  has  filled  positions  of  large  re- 
sponsibility, and  is  still  active  along  his  line.  He  is  a  grandson  of  Henry 
Wienbarg,  who  died  in  1892,  and  was  buried  in  the  family  plot  at  Lutheran 
Cemetery,  New  York,  and  a  son  of  Diederich  Wienbarg,  who  wias  born  in 
Germany,  and  throughout  his  lifetime  was  a  grocer  by  occupation,  a  man  of 
progressive  spirit,  and  by  religious  faith  a  Lutheran.  Diederich  Wienbarg 
married  Catherine  Cammann,  daughter  of  Henry  M.  and  Johanna  Cammann, 
who  was  also  born  in  Germany,  and  coming  to  the  United  States  they  founded 
the  family  home  in  New  York  City. 

Martin  Wienbarg  was  born  in  New  York  City,  and  began  his  education 
in  public  school  No.  11,  of  that  city.  He  was  graduated  from  the  De  Witt 
Clinton  High  School,  and  thereafter  entered  the  New  York  University  School 
of  Commerce  and  Finance,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  due  course..  His 
first  position  was  in  the  capacity  of  a  stenographer,  but  he  later  became  entry 
clerk  for  a  leading  manufacturing  concern.  Thereafter  he  acted  as  bookkeeper 
for  Mr.  Patrick  Calhoun,  at  No.  30  Bond  street.  New  York  City,  after  which 
he  was  connected  for  a  number  of  years  with  the  report  department  of  Haskins 
&  Sells.  Becoming  identified  with  Marwick,  Mitchell,  Peat  &  Company,  he 
filled  the  position  of  accountant  in  this  connection,  after  which  he  became 
cashier  for  the  Sugar  Growers  of  Porto  Rico.  He  then  entered  upon  the 
duties  of  his  present  position,  as  accountant  for  the  estate  of  William  H. 
Yawkey.  Keeping  broadly  in  touch  with  all  advance.  Mr.  Wienbarg  finds 
scant  leisure  for  activities  other  than  those  of  a  business  nature.  He  was 
formerly  in  the  militia  Reserve  of  Passaic,  serving  as  private.  He  is  well 
known  in  social  circles  in  this  city,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church.  Mr.  Wienbarg  married,  June  19,  1912,  Adeline  S.  Scheuble,  of 
New  York,  daughter  of  Philip  J.  and  Melitta  Scheuble,  her  father  being 
a  successful  merchant.  The  two  daughters  are :  Melitta  A.,  born  January 
7,  1914;  and  Catherine  Cammann,  born  September  1,  1917.  Mr.  Wienbarg 
resides  at  No.  153  High  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


SAMUEL  GLASS —  As  vice-president  of  a  business  that  stands  in  the 
class  of  being  a  cleverly  conceived  venture,  Samuel  Glass  comes  forward  into 
the  limelight  as  one  of  Passaic's  young  business  men.  Mr.  Glass  was  largely 
instrumental  in  organizing  a  unique  line,  a  business  that  is  making  itself  a 
particular  necessity,  and  since  its  establishment  it  has  covered  the  entire  State 
of  New  Jersey  as  well  as  a  considerable  area  of  New  York  State.  Mr.  Glass 
must  be  credited  with  having  started  a  line  that  is  proving  beneficial  to  auto- 
mobile purchasers  who  require  financing. 

The  anniversary  of  every  Armistice  Day,  the  historical  event   that  will 


490  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

live  through  the  ages,  is  also  the  birth  date  of  Samuel  Glass,  who  was  born 
in  Riga,  Russia,  November  11,  1892.  Coming  to  this  country  a  mere  lad, 
Samuel  Glass  entered  the  Passaic  public  schools,  and  upon  finishing  his 
education  entered  the  employ  of  the  People's  Bank  and  Trust  Company  of 
this  city.  With  the  above  company  he  remained  for  fifteen  years,  and  here 
he  admirably  raised  himself  from  the  position  of  office  boy  to  the  rank  of 
assistant  secretary.  Mr.  Glass,  after  conceiving  in  part  the  idea  of  this  parti- 
cular new  line,  sacrificed  his  secretaryship  to  become  the  vice-president  of  the 
Protective  Finance  Corporation,  the  new  organization  which  held  forth  big 
possibilities.  A  suite  of  offices  was  opened  in  the  Lawyers'  building  a  little 
more  than  a  year  ago,  and  since  establishing  there  in  July  1921,  the  corpora- 
tion shows  big  results  and  future  prospects,  and  it  is  sufficient  to  state  that  Mr. 
Glass  is  standing  staunchly  behind  every  clean  cut  method  that  is  adopted  by 
the  Protective  Finance  Corporation.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  Amelia  Lodge,  No.  215, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  Paterson  Orange  Lodge,  No.  43,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons ;  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  of  which  he  was  vice- 
president.  His  father,  Morris  R.  Glass,  of  Passaic,  is  also  a  well  known  lodge 
member,  having  been  president  for  three  terms  of  Joseph  Spitz  Lodge,  No.  176, 
Independent  Order  B'rith  Solomon.  The  family  of  Mr.  Glass  is  a  highly  re- 
spected and  a  well  known  one  of  Passaic.  His  father  and  his  mother  attend 
the  Congregation  B'nai  Jacob,  and  his  immediate  relatives  are  members  of  the 
same  synagogue. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Glass  was  celebrated  in  the  home  of  Meyer  I.  and 
Ida  Subin,  who  are  the  parents  of  Mrs.  Glass,  formerly  Sadie  Subin.  Samuel 
Glass  and  Sadie  Subin  were  married  on  June  4,  1916,  and  to  them  was  born 
a  son,  Paul  Frederick  Glass,  October  15,  1917.  The  parents  of  Mrs.  Glass 
are  residents  of  Paterson,  where  they  are  greatly  respected  and  well  known. 


RICHARD  JOHN  TATHAM — Among  the  prominent  manufacturers  of 
Passaic  is  Richard  J.  Tatham,  who  stands  at  the  head  of  the  Progressive 
Handkerchief  Manufacturing  Company,  Incorporated.  Mr.  Tatham  comes  of 
old  English  ancestry,  his  parents  having  lived  in  Canada,  and  he  is  a  son  of 
Captain  George  and  Anna  (Fee)  Tatham.  The  father  was  by  occupation  a 
millwright,  but  was  for  many  years  an  officer  in  the  Canadian  Army. 

Richard  J.  Tatham  was  born  in  Bolton  Village,  Canada,  and  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  bis  native  place,  completing  his  studies 
with  the  grammar  course,  of  which  he  is  a  graduate.  Interested  always  in 
production  and  in  the  marketing  of  various  classes  of  merchandising,  his  early 
business  activities  were  connected  with  the  factories  of  his  native  land.  Coming 
to  the  United  States  when  still  a  young  man,  he  became  interested  in  the 
manufacture  of  handkerchiefs,  and  has  built  up  a  very  extensive  business 
along  the  line  of  this  specialty.  Producing  both  men's  and  women's  hand- 
kerchiefs, he  makes  this  sartorial  accessory  in  a  great  variety  of  styles  and 
qualities,  and  also  imports  very  beautiful  handkerchiefs  in  great  quantities, 
supplying  an  extensive  jobbing  trade.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Tatham  is  prominent, 
being  a  member  of  the  Modern  W^oodmen  of  America,  and  trustee  of  this 
order,  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  St.  George,  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Order  of 
Moose,  of  which  he  is  dictator,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Moose  Club  and  the 
Boosters  Club,  of  Passaic,     He  holds  membership  in  the  Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Tatham  married,  January  15,  1896,  Sarah  Hobson,  daughter  of  Abra- 
ham and  Jane  (FitzPatrick)  Hobson,  and  they  have  seven  children:  Richard 
Dudley,  born  February  23,  1897 ;  Hobson  Alexander,  born  June  22,  1898;  Flor- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  491 

ence  May,  born  May  16,  1900;  George,  born  November  5,  1903;  Grigson,  born 
March  6,  1907;  Rathwell,  born  July  15,  1908;  Cecil,  born  February  26,  1911. 

HERMAN  GEORGE  WILHELM  HENNIGER— Frederick  Henniger 
and  his  wife,  Marie  (Wulfert)  Henniger,  resided  at  Badbergen,  Germany, 
where  they  were  well  known  farming  people  and  land  owners.  The  father 
died  in  1888,  his  son  Herman  G.  W.  then  just  having  arrived  at  legal 
age,  but  not  living  at  home,  having  left  the  home  farm  w'hen  a  lad.  Since 
1892  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Richfield,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  an 
elder  brother  having  preceded  him  there.  He  has  returned  to  the  business  of 
his  boyhood,  and  is  one  of  the  prosperous  market  farmers  of  the  Richfield 
section,  his  home  the  John  H.  Von  Drehle  farm,  the  management  of  which 
came  to  him  through  his  wife,  Mary  Minna  (Von  Drehle)  Henniger,  daughter 
of  John  H.  and  Louisa  Von  Drehle,  the  Von  Drehles  having  owned  the 
property  since  1866. 

Herman  G.  W.  Henniger,  son  of  Frederick  and  Marie  (Wulfert)  Hen- 
niger, was  born  in  Badbergen,  Germany,  February  20,  1866.  He  remained 
at  home  attending  the  village  school,  spending  four  years  in  the  grammar 
school,  then  passing  to  a  more  advanced  school,  the  Gymnasium  at  Quaken- 
briick,  a  town  of  Prussia  in  Hanover,  about  ten  miles  from  Osnabriick. 
From  there  he  went  to  Holland,  where  he  was  engaged  as  a  dry  goods  clerk 
until  1892,  when  he  came  to  the  United  States,  sailing  April  23,  arriving  in 
New  York,  May  3,  following.  He  did  not  remain  in  New  York,  for  having 
a  brother  who  had  been  living  in  Richfield,  New  Jersey,  since  1881,  he 
joined  him  there  and  entered  into  the  prevailing  business  of  that  section, 
market  gardening.  In  1894  he  married  and  went  to  live  at  the  home  of  his 
father-in-law,  John  H.  Von  Drehle,  a  well  to  do  farm  owner  of  Richfield. 
He  continued  farming  operations  after  marriage,  and  later  became  manager 
of  the  Von  Drehle  farm,  where  ihe  yet  resides,  having  practically  retired  since 
1919.  He  brought  that  farm  to  a  higih  state  or  cultivation  and  made  it  yield 
most  bountifully  of  the  fruits  and  vegetables  needed  by  neighboring  city 
markets.  He  has  farmed  intelligently,  using  modern  helps  to  agriculture, 
and  has  made  his  business  a  profitable  one.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Acquahan- 
nock  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  is  president  of  the  Passaic  Board  of 
Agriculture,  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  German  Lutheran 
church. 

Mr.  Henniger  married,  in  Richfield,  April  8,  1894,  Mary  Minna 
Von  Drehle,  daughter  of  John  H.  and  Louisa  Von  Drehle,  who  was  born 
at  the  home  farm  in  Richfield,  New  Jersey,  which  has  been  her  lifetime 
home,  the  scene  of  her  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  of  married  life, 
and  the  birthplace  of  her  own  children.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henniger  are  the 
parents  of  three  children  :  Marie,  married  William  H.  Engelbrecht ;  Johanna, 
residing  at  home;     Helena,  also  residing  at  home. 


JOHN  HERMAN  VON  DREHLE— In  1866  when  John  H.  Von  Drehle 
came  to  what  is  now  Richfield,  in  Passaic  count)^  New  Jersey,  it  was  not  the 
fertile  collection  of  truck  farms  which  now  meets  the  eye,  in  fact  there  was  bur 
little  gardening  among  the  farmers.  John  H.  Von  Drehle  had  been  taught 
gardening  in  Germany,  had  practiced  it  in  the  section  of  New  York  in  which 
he  had  settled  upon  coming  to  the  United  States,  and  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
in  introducing  truck  gardening  to  the  Richfield  section.  The  farm  he  bought 
of  the  Emerson  Estate  in  1866  is  yet  his  home,  although  it  is  partly  owned  and 
managed  by  his  son-in-law,  Herman  G.  W.  Henniger. 


492  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

John  H.  Von  Drehle  was  born  in  Gehrde,  Germany,  January  3,  1840, 
and  there  completed  grammar  school  grades  of  study.  After  leaving  school  he 
was  employed  on  different  farms  in  various  parts  of  Germany  until  1857, 
when  the  family  came  to  the  United  States,  locating  in  a  part  of  New  York 
where  the  lad  John  had  a  market  garden  of  sufficient  size  to  keep  him  well 
employed.  In  June,  1866,  at  the  age  of  twenty-six,  he  came  to  Richfield,  which 
was  his  home  until  death.  He  was  one  of  the  first  men  in  that  section  to  devote 
the  land  to  truck  gardening,  but  he  soon  proved  that  it  was  profitable  to  do  so 
and  now  the  practice  is  general.  He  bought  a  part  of  the  Emerson  farm  from 
the  Emerson  Estate,  in  1866,  and  there  he  operated  very  successfully  until  1894. 
The  farm  was  then  run  by  his  son-in-law,  Herman  G.  W.  Henniger,  for 
twenty-five  years,  he  still  residing  thereon  and  part  owner  of  the  original  farm. 
Mr.  Von  Drehle  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  an  active  member  of  the 
German  Lutheran  church. 

He  married,  in  New  York  City,  in  1863,  Louisa  Konemann,  born  in 
Rotenuffeln,  a  village  of  Hanover,  in  the  Osnabriick  district.     Seven  children 

were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Von  Drehle;  Wilhelmina,  married 

Henniger,  of  Richfield,  New  Jersey ;  Herman  George,  now  deceased,  married 
Lizzie  Conradi,  of  Ridhfield,  New  Jersey;  Louisa,  deceased;  Mary  Minna, 
married  Herman  G.  W.  Henniger,  and  resides  upon  the  old  farm  at  Richfield; 
Henry,  deceased;  Sophie,  married  George  C.  Ploch;  Anna,  deceased. 


SIEBE  ROOSMA — The  family  patronymic  of  Roosma  has  for  a  number 
of  generations  been  in  use  in  the  Province  of  Frieseland,  Kingdom  of  Holland, 
from  whence  this  branch  of  the  family  which  introduces  the  caption  of  this 
review  came  to  this  country. 

The  first  representative  and  founder  of  this  branch  of  the  Roosma  family 
in  this  country  was  Jelle  Roosma,  who  was  born  in  the  village  of  Hempens,  in 
the  Court  District  of  Leeuwarden.  He  was  there  educated  and  reared  to 
years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof,  and  upon  taking  up  the  practical 
duties  of  life  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  father,  who  was  a  practical  car- 
penter and  builder.  Jelle  Roosma  pursued  his  dhosen  line  of  work  in  Holland, 
and  there  settled  with  his  bride  in  the  village  of  Hempens,  Province  of  Friese- 
land, where  he  continued  to  reside  with  his  family  up  to  1883,  in  which  year 
he  decided  to  emigrate  to  this  country.  He  accordingly  set  sail  with  his  wife 
and  four  children  from  one  of  the  leading  seaport  towns  of  Holland,  bound 
for  the  port  of  New  York  City.  Soon  after  their  arrival,  chey  settled  in  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  where  they  first  made  their  abode  on  Oak  street,  near  Main  avenue. 
Shortly  afterward,  Jelle  Roosma  engaged  as  a  practical  carpenter  and  builder, 
which  line  of  work  he  pursued  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  at 
the  family  home  on  Summer  street,  Passaic,  in  1905.  His  wife,  Joanna  (Van 
Tuinen)  Roosma,  survives  him,  and  at  the  resent  time  (1921)  resides  with 
her  children  in  Passaic. 

Jelle  and  Joanna  (Van  Tuinen)  Roosma  had  three  sons  and  one  daughter, 
as  follows:  Siebe,  of  whom  forward;  Gerben,  Sietse  (Simon),  Yjitske  (Surie). 
The  three  last  mentioned  children  were  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  Province 
of  Frieseland,  Kingdom  of  Holland. 

Siebe  Roosma,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Jelle  and  Johanna  (Van  Tuinen) 
Roosma,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Hempens,  Court  District 
of  Leeuwarden,  Province  of  Frieseland,  Kingdom  of  Holland,  March  10,  1869. 
He  there  obtained  his  educational  advantages  in  the  village  schools  and  was 
confirmed  in  the  Reformed  Lutheran  church  of  the  village.  In  1883  he  was 
brought  by  his  parents  with  his  two  brothers  and  sister  to  this  country,  and 


SIEBE  AND  NELLIE  (PRUIKSMA)  ROOSMA 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  493 

they  made  their  abode  in  Passaic.  His  parents  being  desirous  that  the  boy 
should  learn  some  useful  trade  or  occupation,  he  was  accordingly  apprenticed 
to  Edward  Morrell,  one  of  the  leading  carpenters  and  builders  of  his  day. 
Young  Roosma  faithfully  seived  his  term  of  apprenticeship,  and  next  entered  the 
employ  of  his  master,  with  whom  he  was  actively  engaged  in  his  chosen  line  of 
work  for  a  number  of  years.  During  this  time  he  carefully  husbanded  his 
earnings,  and  as  a  result  of  his  industry  and  thrift  was  enabled  to  begin  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account.  In  1890,  soon  after  his  union  in  marriage,  Siebe 
Roosma  settled  with  his  bride  on  Summer  street,  in  Passaic,  where  he  continued 
to  reside  during  the  following  seven  years.  In  1897,  Mr.  Roosma  erected  his 
first  house  for  his  own  dwelling  at  No.  150  Burgess  place,  Passaic,  where  he 
continued  to  reside  up  to  1900.  During  the  latter  year,  his  wife,  Nellie 
(Pruiksma)  Roosma,  visited  her  home  in  Holland. 

Mr.  Roosma  continued  actively  engaged  at  building  and  contracting  in 
Passaic  and  the  surrounding  community  up  to  1910,  when  he  removed,  August 
4,  1910,  to  Clifton,  where  he  settled  with  his  family  on  Madison  avenue,  corner 
of  Second  street,  and  where  he  continued  to  reside  up  to  1919.  In  1920,  Mr. 
Roosma  purchased  the  site  at  the  corner  of  Gregory  and  Highland  avenues, 
Clifton,  where  he  erected  a  new  modern  dwelling  house  and  continued  to  reside 
there  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  August  3,  1921. 

Since  settling  with  his  family  in  Clifton,  Siebe  Roosma  became  actively 
identified  with  the  social  and  civic  interests  of  Clifton.  In  1917,  Mr.  Roosma 
was  nominated  and  also  elected  as  a  member  of  the  City  Council  from  the 
Fifth  Ward.  He  rendered  efficient  and  valuable  service  to  his  constituents. 
In  1919,  he  was  re-elected  by  his  fellow-citizens,  and  during  this  term  served 
on  numerous  important  committees  and  rendered  valuable  service  towards  ad- 
vancing the  educational  interests,  and  honorably  protected  the  interest  of  the 
tax-payers  of  Clifton.  During  the  year  1920-21,  Siebe  Roosma  was  instru- 
mental in  promoting  the  erection  of  a  new  modern  school  building  in  the  Fifth 
Ward.  The  City  Council,  at  the  time  of  his  demise,  passed  a  resolution  to 
name  the  new  school  building  in  honor  of  the  man  who  bad  so  faithfully 
labored  to  secure  to  the  people  of  the  Fifth'  Ward  of  Clifton  the  advantages  of 
the  new  school  building,  which  is  to  bear  the  name  of  its  promoter,  namely,  the 
Siebe  School,  No.  15,  as  a  tribute  of  their  appreciation  and  esteem. 

Siebe  Roosma  married,  in  Paterson,  August  8,  1890,  Nellie  Pruiksma,  born 
September  16,  1870,  in  the  village  of  Heeg,  Province  of  Frieseland,  Kingdom  of 
Holland.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Sieger  and  Tryntje  (de-Bock)  Pruiksma. 
She  was  brought  to  this  country  in  1887  by  her  parents,  accompanied  by  their  five 
children,  who  settled  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  the  daughter  Nellie  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  public  schools  and  was  reared  to  years  of  womanhood,  and  where 
she  met  the  man  of  her  choice.     Of  their  union  in  marriage  there  is  no  issue. 


HANS  JUNGE — This  name  is  of  ancient  Teutonic  origin  and  is  numer- 
ously found  in  the  various  provinces  and  states  of  the  late  German  Empire. 
The  ancestors  of  this  branch  of  the  Junge  family  have  for  several  generations 
resided  in  the  Kingdom  of  Saxony,  Germany. 

Albin  Junge  was  born  December  20,  1865,  in  Chedewitz,  Germany.  He 
obtained  his  education  in  the  town  where  he  was  born.  He  was  for  44  years 
in  the  worsted  spinning  business,  commencing  this  work  in  Chedewitz.  He  is 
now  located  in  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills  as  manager  of  the  spinning  and 
twisting  departments. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  No.  387, 
Passaic.    He  married  in  September,  1888,  in  Mylau,  Germany,  Emma  Donner, 


494  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

of  Mylau,  Germany.  He  has  three  children :  Fritz,  Hans  and  Katie,  all 
living.  Mr.  Junge  and  his  family  reside  at  316  Harrison  street,  Passaic,  New 
Jersey. 

Hans  Junge,  son  of  Albin  and  Emma  (Donner)  Junge,  was  born  in  the 
classic  city  of  Leipsic,  in  the  late  Kingdom  of  Saxony,  September  27,  1897. 
Hans  Junge  obtained  his  early  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  city,  and 
during  his  twelfth  year  of  age  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  this  country. 
His  parents  having  settled  in  the  town  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey, 
the  boy,  Hans  Junge,  attended  the  parish  school  of  the  St.  John's  German 
Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  on  Lexington  avenue,  where  he  continued  his 
studies  up  to  his  sixteenth  year.  His  first  employment  was  in  the  Spinning  De- 
partment of  the  Botany  Mills  Corporation,  where  he  remained  actively  engaged 
up  to  1916,  during  which  year  he  combined  his  interests  with  his  father's  and 
together  they  erected  the  present  modern  brick  building  at  the  southwest  corner 
of  Rando  street  and  Ackerman  avenue,  in  the  city  of  Clifton,  which  they 
equipped  witlh  specially  designed  machinery,  which  they  imported  from  Ger- 
many, for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing  paper  tubes  used  in  the  worsted  spin- 
ning mills,  as  well  as  in  the  cotton  spinning  mills  throughout  the  country.  This 
article,  "the  paper  tube,"  was  especially  designed  and  constructed  so  as  to  meet 
all  the  technical  requirements  of  the  wooden  tubes,  which  had  formerly  been 
used  by  the  spinning  trade  in  this  country.  In  this  undertaking  Mr.  Junge  has 
supplied  a  long  felt  want  in  this  countr)%  and  as  a  result  of  his  skill  and  inge- 
nuity in  the  manufacture  of  these  special  paper  tubes  he  has  met  with  a  marked 
degree  of  success.  Their  establishment  furnishes  employment  for  a  number  of 
skilled  operatives,  who  reside  with  their  families  in  the  surrounding  community. 
Mr.  Hans  Jung  is  not  married. 


ERNEST  JOHN  ZILLESSEN— In  order  to  obtain  technical  knowledge 
of  the  textile  business,  Ernest  J.  Zillessen,  after  arriving  at  a  certain  point  in 
his  business  education,  was  sent  abroad  and  in  Crefeld  and  Mulhausen,  Ger- 
many, completed  the  knowledge  he  wished  to  possess.  He  later  returned  to 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  has  successfully  applied  his  knowledge  as  a 
manufacturer  of  textile  chemicals,  and  is  now  vice-president  of  the  Liberty 
By  Products  Company,  of  Passaic.  He  is  a  son  of  Ernest  A.  F.  and  Elsie 
fjanssen)  Zillessen,  his  mother  now  deceased.  His  father  married  (second), 
Eleanor  Hagerty,  a  sister  of  the  late  Timothy  Hagerty,  of  Passaic.  From  1898 
:o  1901  and  1907  to  1918,  Ernest  A.  F.  Zillessen  was  superintendent  of  the 
United  Piece  Dye  Works,  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey.  He,  in  partnership  with  Frank 
Hughes  of  Passaic,  organized  the  Dundee  Textile  Company  and  the  Bradford 
Piece  Dye  Works,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  this  company  being  absorbed  in 
1907  by  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works  Company.  The  elder  Zillessen  organized 
the  Liberty  By  Products  Company,  which  now  operates  three  plants,  one  at 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  one  at  Belleville,  New  Jersey,  and  another  at  Hawthorne, 
New  Jersey.  The  Liberty  By  Products  Company,  of  which  Ernest  A.  F. 
Zillessen  is  president,  and  his  son,  Ernest  John  Zillessen,  vice-president,  was 
formed  to  manufacture  textile  soaps  and  chemicals.  Mr.  Zillessen,  Sr.,  having 
discovered  a  device  for  mixing  vegetable  oils,  leaving  a  product  which  is  a 
perfect  substitute  for  edible  olive  oil.  This  discovery  is  used  extensively  by 
silk  throwsters,  and  as  the  price  is  one-half  what  was  formerly  paid,  "olivol" 
created  a  genuine  sensation  in  the  silk  market.  This  discovery,  which  contains 
absolutely  neither  mineral  nor  animal  oil,  is  largely  the  product  of  the  Liberty 
By  Products  Company. 

Ernest  John  Zillessen  was  born  in  Crefeld,  Germany,  and  at  the  age  of 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  495 

seven  he  was  brought  to  the  United  States  by  his  parents,  Passaic  became  the 
family  home  and  there  the  lad  finished  grammar  school  and  two  years  of  high 
school  course.  He  then  was  sent  to  the  textile  school  at  Crefeld,  Germany,  and 
later  entered  the  textile  school  at  Mulhausen,  Germany,  (now  part  of  French 
territory),  all  this  preparatory  to  his  entering  the  business  world  as  an  expert 
in  textile  manufacturing.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  the  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  North  Jersey  County  Club,  the  Passaic 
Textile  Club,  Passaic  Turn  Verein,  and  other  organizations,  business  and  social. 
The  family  are  members  of  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church,  of  Passaic. 

Ernest  J.  Zillessen  married,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  September  29,  1915, 
Elizabeth  Frances  Naab,  born  in  New  York  City,  but  her  life  spent  mainly  in 
Paterson,  New  Jersey,  prior  to  her  marriage.  She  is  a  daughter  of  August  and 
Pauline  (Supper)  Naab,  her  father  a  retired  hotel  man  of  Passaic,  her  mother 
born  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Zillessen  are  the  parents  of  a  son, 
Ernest  August,  born  January  22,  1917.  The  family  home  is  at  Camp 
Betty,   Green   Pond,   Morris   county.   New   Jersey. 


DYER  S.  MOSS — Of  the  many  industrial  activities  of  Passaic  county, 
New  Jersey,  one  of  the  most  important,  perhaps,  is  that  branch  of  the  textile 
industry  which  handles  the  delicate  processes  of  dyeing,  and  the  chemical  labo- 
ratories back  of  this  work  command  much  expert  attention.  Mr.  Moss,  as 
district  manager  of  the  Newport  Chemical  Works,  at  Passaic,  is  prominent  in 
this  field  of  endeavor.  Mr.  Moss  is  a  son  of  Clarence  B.  and  Fannie  E.  Moss, 
residents  for  many  years  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 

Dyer  S.  Moss  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  in  the  year  1892.  He 
passed  through  all  the  grades  of  the  public  schools,  entered  the  Paterson  High 
School  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  years.  His  first  employment  was  with  the  Brighton  Mills, 
where  he  remained  for  one  year,  after  which  he  became  identified  with  the 
Dundee  Textile  Mills,  as  manager  of  the  dyeing  department.  Then  going  to 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  Mr.  Moss  was  associated  with  the  National  Aniline  & 
Chemical  Company,  of  that  city,  in  the  chemical  works.  Spending  three  years 
v/ith  this  concern,  he  then  went  to  the  Croton  Color  &  Chemical  Company,  of 
Croton-on-the-Hudson,  with  which  he  is  still  connected  as  a  stockholder.  He  is 
at  present  with  the  Newport  Chemical  Works,  with  offices  and  plant  at  No.  41 
River  Drive,  this  concern  being  among  the  leaders  in  the  chemical  world,  as 
related  to  the  textile  industry.  Interested  in  all  public  progress,  he  is  affiliated, 
politically,  with  the  Republican  party ;  socially  is  a  well  known  member  of  the 
Passaic  City  Club,  and  in  religion  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Moss  married,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  in  1918,  Josephine  Mayber- 
ger,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Mayberger,  and  they  have  one  child,  Doris, 
born  in  August,  1921.     The  family  reside  at  No.  114  Autumn  street,  Passaic. 

LUNDSTED  FAMILY — The  family  patronymic  of  Lundsted  is  a  place 
name.  The  term  "Lund"  in  the  Danish  language  means  a  grove,  and  the 
term  "sted"  indicates  the  designation  or  place,  having  derived  its  origin  in  the 
kingdom  of  Denmark.  The  first  ancestor  of  the  Lundsted  family  which  fur- 
nishes the  caption  of  this  review  was  Lars  Knudsen.  He  was  born  in  1743, 
near  the  town  of  Ostrup,  on  the  Island  of  Fyen,  where  he  was  educated  and 
reared  to  years  of  manhood,  and  soon  after  attaining  his  majority  married 
(first)  a  neighboring  farmer's  widow,  by  the  name  of  Karin  (Katherine)  Lars- 
datter.  The  nuptial  ceremonies  were  performed  in  the  old  church  in  the  town 
of  Ostrup,  the  twelfth  of  November,  1764.     Of  their  union  in  marriage  they 


496  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

had  born  to  them  three  sons  as  follows :     Niels  Larsen,  Knud  Larsen,  and 
Hans  Larsen. 

The  faithful  wife  and  mother  of  the  aforementioned  children,  Karin  (Kath- 
arine) (Larsdatter)  Knudsen,  died  in  1773.  Her  husband,  Lars  Knudsen, 
married  (second)  Kirsten  (Christiana)  Rasmusdatter,  of  Olund.  She  was  born 
in  1750,  and  died  at  the  family  home,  on  the  Island  of  Fyen,  in  October,  1831. 
Of  this  union  were  born  a  family  of  six  children,  four  sons  and  two  daughters. 

The  eldest  son,  Rasmus  Larsen  Knudsen,  was  born  in  June,  1776.  He 
assumed  possession  of  the  homestead  farm  at  Ostrup  upon  the  death  of  his 
father,  January  2,  1801,  and  there  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life.  He 
married,  in  May,  1813,  Anne  Catherine  Andreasdatter,  of  Ostrup,  where  she 
was  born  in  1791.  She  died  at  the  family  home  in  Ostrup,  December  19,  1831. 
Of  this  union  were  born  two  children,  namely:  1.  Kirsten  Rasmusdatter,  born 
in  Januar)?^,  1816,  died  August,  1886.     2.  Lars  Rasmussen,  of  whom  further. 

Lars  Rasmussen  Knudsen  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of 
Ostrup,  May  31,  1822,  and  died  at  the  family  homestead,  June  29,  1888.  After 
attaining  his  majority,  he  obtained  possession  of  the  family  homestead  farm  at 
Ostrup,  where  he  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life's  career.  He  married, 
in  March,  1849,  Anne  Kirstine  Hansdatter,  who  was  born  in  Hjadstrup,  on 
the  Island  of  Fyen,  where  her  father  was  the  owner  of  and  conducted  the 
village  blacksmith  shop.  She  was  born  December  11,  1824,  and  died  March  2, 
1873.  Both  these  parents  were  consistent  members  of  the  Lutheran  church  in 
Ostrup.  Of  this  union  in  marriage  were  born  a  family  of  eight  children,  two 
of  whom  died  in  the  early  years  of  life.  The  surviving  children  all  assumed 
the  family  name  of  Lundsted,  which  was  the  place  name  of  the  locality  where 
the  family  had  resided  for  a  number  of  generations.  Three  of  these  children, 
namely:  Rasmus  Christian  Larsen,  Marie  Katherine  Larsen,  and  Hans  Larsen, 
still  reside  at  the  place  of  their  nativity.  The  other  three  who  attained  to  years 
of  maturity  all  emigrated  to  the  United  States.  They  are,  namely:  1.  Jens 
Larsen,  of  whom  further.  2.  Andreas  Larsen,  of  whom  further.  3.  Johannes 
Larsen,  of  whom  further. 

Jens  Larsen  Lundsted,  son  of  Lars  Rasmussen  and  Anne  Kirstine  (Hans- 
datter) Knudsen,  was  born  June  29,  1859,  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of 
Ostrup,  on  the  Island  of  Fyen,  Kingdom  of  Denmark.  He  there  obtained 
such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  afforded,  and 
continued  to  reside  under  the  parental  roof  up  to  1888,  in  which  year  he  as- 
sumed the  management  and  possession  of  the  homestead  farm.  He  continued 
actively  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  up  to  1910,  in  which  year  he  decided 
to  seek  his  fortune  in  this  country,  and  accordingly  arranged  his  family  affairs 
and  personal  interests  and  with  his  family  set  sail  from  the  seaport  town  of 
Liverpool,  England,  bound  for  the  harbor  of  New  York  City.  Immediately 
upon  his  arrival  here  he  located  with  his  family  at  Allwood,  Passaic  county, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  became  identified  with  his  brother,  Johannes  Larsen 
Lundsted,  and  has  continued  actively  engaged  in  his  employ  up  to  the  present 
time  (1920) . 

Jens  Larsen  Lundsted  married,  in  his  native  town,  September  5,  1895, 
Johanne  Kirstine  Pederson,  born  October  21,  1860,  in  the  town  of  Norre- 
Sdby,  on  the  Island  of  Fyen,  Kingdom  of  Denmark.  Her  parents  were  Peter 
I-arsen  and  Sidsel  (Petersdatter)  Pederson,  both  of  whom  were  members  of 
families  who  were  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  at  Norre-Soby.  Jens  Lar- 
sen and  Jolianne  Kirstine  (Pederson)  Lundsted  had  born  to  them  of  their  union 
in  marriage,  a  family  of  the  following  children:  1.  Laurits  Peter,  of  whom 
further.   2.  Stephen  Johannes,  of  whom  further.   3.  George  Christian,  of  whom 


Rasmus  Christian  Larsen  Lunsted 
Marie  Katlierine  Larsen  Lunsted 


Hans  Larsen  Lunsted 
Andreas  Larsen  Lunsted 


Jens  Larsen  Lunsted 
Joliannes  Larsen  Lunsted 


The  Lunsted  Farm  Homestead,  in  the  \' illage  of  Ostrup,  Island  of  Fyen,  Kingdom  of  Denmark. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  497 

further.  4.  Sigrid  Kirstine,  born  May  27,  1901,  at  the  family  homestead,  in 
the  village  of  Ostrup,  Island  of  Fyen,  Kingdom  of  Denmark,  where  she  attended 
the  village  school  up  to  1910,  wlhen  her  parents  emigrated  to  this  country  and 
settled  in  the  town  of  AUwood,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  where  she  com- 
pleted lier  elementary  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  Allwood,  and  the 
city  of  Clifton,  after  which  she  pursued  a  course  of  study  at  Ashland  College, 
in  Michigan,  and  since  her  return  home  has  continued  to  reside  with  her  parents 
at  the  family  home  in  Allwood. 

Andreas  Larsen  Lundsted,  son  of  Lars  Rasmussen  and  Anne  Kirstine 
(Hansdatter)  Knudsen,  was  born  January  3,  1862,  at  the  family  home  in  the 
town  of  Ostrup,  on  the  Island  of  Fyen,  Kingdom  of  Denmark.  He  there 
obtained  his  elementary  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  Ostrup,  and  next 
pursued  a  two  years  course  of  study  in  the  Gedved  Seminarium,  where  he  qual- 
ified as  a  teacher,  and  was  given  his  diploma  by  that  institution.  Soon  after 
leaving  his  alma  mater,  he  began  teaching  school  in  his  native  land,  where  he 
remained  actively  engaged  at  his  profession  for  a  period  of  five  years.  In 
1891,  having  decided  to  cast  his  lot  in  t)he  New  World,  he  accordingly  arranged 
his  family  affairs  and  personal  interests,  and  set  sail  for  the  seaport  city  of 
New  York,  where  he  first  set  foot  on  American  soil  in  April,  the  same  year. 
Soon  after  ihis  arrival  here  he  made  his  abode  for  a  short  period  at  Perth 
Amboy,  New  Jersey,  whence  he  went  to  the  city  of  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  married,  the  following  year,  Karolin  Hansen.  During  his 
sojourn  in  Springfield,  Mr.  Lundsted  devoted  his  time  chiefly  to  the  study  of 
scientific  gardening  and  floriculture.  In  1900,  he  migrated  with  his  wife  to  the 
Pacific  coast,  and  finally  settled  in  the  city  of  Pasadena,  California,  where  he 
has  continued  to  reside  up  to  the  present  time  (1920). 

Johannes  Larsen  Lundsted,  son  of  Lars  Rasmussen  and  Anne  Kirstine 
(Hansdatter)  Knudsen,  was  born  March  2,  1865,  at  the  family  home  in  the 
town  of  Ostrup,  on  the  Island  of  Fyen,  Kingdom  of  Denmark.  He  there 
received  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  af- 
forded, and  was  reared  to  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  During 
his  boyhood  years  he  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  various  details  and 
methods  of  farming  as  were  practiced  on  the  Island  of  Fyen.  He  continued  to 
reside  on  the  Island  of  Fyen  up  to  1890,  when  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the 
United  States,  hoping  'here  to  find  better  opportunities  to  apply  his  skill  and 
labor.  He  accordingly  arranged  his  family  affairs  and  personal  interests,  and 
set  sail  from  the  seaport  city  of  Hamburg,  bound  for  the  port  of  New  York 
City,  where  he  first  set  foot  on  American  soil,  April  26,  1890.  Soon  after  his 
arrival  here,  Johannes  Larsen  Lundsted  pursued  various  occupations.  In  1892 
he  went  to  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  where  he  later  acquired  a  practical 
knowledge  of  the  various  methods  and  art  of  the  nursery  and  florist  business. 
In  April,  1904,  he  located  in  the  town  of  Allwood,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey, 
having  as  a  result  of  his  industry  and  frugality  enabled  himself  to  engage  in 
the  nursery  business  on  his  own  account.  In  this  undertaking  Mr.  Lundsted 
met  with  a  marked  degree  of  success,  as  the  logical  result  of  his  painstaking 
care  and  straightforwardness  in  all  his  business  transactions.  Soon  after  estab- 
lishing himself  in  Allwood,  he  decided  to  make  a  specialty  of  the  cultivation  of 
various  species  of  carnations,  having  from  the  very  beginning,  in  1904,  given 
careful  study  to  the  art  and  science  of  growing  these  specialties,  in  his  modern 
greenhouses  and  other  accesssory  buildings  which  he  has  at  the  present  time 
(1920)  practicall)'  completed  for  the  successful  conduct  and  operation  of  his 
plant.  It  is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  complete  establishments  of  its  kind  in 
Passaic  county.     In  recent  years  he  has  associated  himself  with  his  nephew, 


498  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Stephen  Johannes  Lundsted,  in  the  direction  and  management  of  his  carnation 
range  and  greenhouses.  Johannes  Larsen  Lundsted  has  during  the  course  of  his 
professional  and  commercial  career  established  an  enviable  reputation  in  his 
line  of  enterprise,  and  is  also  regarded  as  a  progressive  and  useful  citizen  by 
his  neighbors  and  friends. 

Laurits  Peter  Lundsted,  son  of  Jens  Larsen  and  Johanne  Kirstine  (Peder- 
son)  Lundsted,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Ostrup,  on  the 
Island  of  Fyen,  Kingdom  of  Denmark.  He  there  attended  the  village  school 
up  to  1910,  when  he  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  this  country,  and  upon  their 
settlement  at  AUwood,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  he  there  and  in  the  city  of 
Clifton  attended  the  schools,  and  next  pursued  a  course  'of  commercial  studies 
in  Drake's  Business  College,  city  of  Passaic.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his 
school  books,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company,  in  a  clerical 
capacity,  continuing  during  the  next  two  years.  On  September  5,  1918,  Laurits 
Peter  Lundsted  was  mustered  into  the  United  States  Expeditionary  Force,  and 
served  in  the  Medical  Corps  at  Camp  Humphreys,  Virginia,  up  to  January  1, 
1919,  when  he  was  mustered  out  of  service.  Upon  his  return  home,  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  business  on  his  own  account  in  the  building  and  decorating 
trade,  with  offices  and  storeroom  in  t'he  city  of  Rutherford,  Bergen  county.  New 
Jersey,  where  he  has  since  established  a  successful  business. 

He  married,  March  31,  1918,  Lillian  Haidt,  born  November  15,  1895, 
daughter  of  Frederick  and  Amelia  (Kugler)  Haidt. 

Stephen  Johannes  Lundsted,  son  of  Jens  Larsen  and  Johanne  Kirstine 
(Pederson)  Lundsted,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Ostrup, 
on  the  Island  of  Fyen,  Kingdom  of  Denmark,  October  22,  1897.  He  there 
attended  the  village  school,  and  in  1910  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  this 
country,  and  upon  their  settlement  at  AUwood,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  he 
continued  his  studies  in  the  schools  of  Allwoodi  and  in  the  city  of  Clifton,  after 
which  he  pursued  a  course  of  study  at  the  Ashland  College,  in  Michigan.  Soon 
after  laying  aside  'his  text  books,  he  began  the  study  of  floriculture,  in  which 
he  gave  special  attention  to  the  propagation  and  cultivation  of  carnations,  to 
which  he  closely  devoted  his  time  during  the  next  two  years,  and  at  present 
(1920),  is  associated  with  his  uncle,  John  L.  Lundsted,  in  the  direction  and 
management  of  his  carnation  range  and  greenhouses  at  AUwood,  Passaic 
county,  New  Jersey,  and  will  in  the  course  of  time  become  the  logical  successor 
to  his  uncle,  John  Larsen  Lundsted. 

George  Christian  Lundsted,  son  of  Jens  Larsen  and  Johanne  Kirstine  (Pe- 
derson) Lundsted,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Ostrup,  on 
the  Island  of  Fyen,  Kingdom  of  Denmark,  March  31,  1899.  He  there  attended 
the  schools  of  his  native  village,  and  in  1910  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  this 
country,  and  upon  their  settlement  in  the  town  of  AUwood,  Passaic  county. 
New  Jersey,  attended  the  public  schools  in  AUwood,  and  in  the  city  of  Clifton. 
Soon  after  laying  aside  his  text  books,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Delaware, 
Lacakawanna  &  Western  Railroad  Company  in  a  clerical  capacity  at  Dela- 
Avanna  station.  In  1918  he  was  made  station  and  ticket  agent  at  Lyndhurst,  on 
the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  railroad,  and  faithfully  discharged  the 
duties  of  this  position  until  May  1,  1920,  when  he  was  afflicted  with  a  fever 
which  later  affected  his  brain,  and  after  undergoing  a  painful  operation  in  one 
of  the  leading  hospitals  in  New  York  City,  he  died  on  May  10,  following.  His 
untimely  death  was  not  only  a  sad  bereavement  to  his  parents  and  family,  but 
he  was  likewise  missed  by  many  friends  and  associates  who  had  learned  to 
admire  and  appreciate  his  sterling  qualities  during  his  brief  span  of  life. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  499 

ANTHONY  DA  CORTE — An  example  of  courage  and  persistence  under 
difficulties  and  in  spite  of  obstacles  is  the  life  history  of  Anthony  Da  Corte,  now 
a  successful  coal  dealer  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  doing  an  extensive  business  in 
the  distribution  of  coal  and  wood  both  in  Clifton  and  in  the  neighboring  city  of 
Passaic.  Mr.  Da  Corte  is  a  son  of  Christopher  and  Magdalina  Da  Corte,  his 
father  for  many  years  a  glass  merchant  in  Austria. 

Anthony  Da  Corte  was  born  in  Auronzo,  in  the  province  of  Belluno,  in  the 
Italian  Alps,  June  1,  1872.  He  spent  the  years  of  his  boyhood  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  then,  having  heard  from  different  people  of  the 
wonderful  opportunities  available  to  young  men  in  America,  he  determined  to 
come  to  this  country.  Leaving  school  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  he  crossed  the 
continent  to  Antwerp,  Belgium,  from  which  port  he  sailed  for  New  York  City 
in  March,  1888.  Knowing  absolutely  nothing  of  the  English  language  or  of 
American  customs,  he  accepted,  upon  landing  here,  the  first  available  position, 
that  of  a  laborer  on  a  railroad.  He  did  not  even  know  the  name  of  the  railroad 
by  which  he  was  employed,  being  assigned  to  a  group  or  "gang"  and  sent  out 
into  the  woods  around  Baltimore,  Maryland.  Later  he  was  sent  to  Dexter, 
Maine,  on  railroad  work  for  the  same  contractors,  and  altogether  he  followed 
this  line  for  one  year,  eventually  finding  himself  in  Passaic,  with  three  com- 
panions, in  1889.  During  this  time  he  made  a  study  of  the  customs  and  learned 
to  read,  write  and  speak  English  from  a  private  tutor,  whom  he  paid  twenty- 
five  cents  per  lesson.  Coming  to  Passaic  at  the  time  w'hen  the  Botany  Mills 
had  just  begun  operations,  he  secured  a  position  in  this  plant.  Remaining  with 
this  concern  for  three  years,  the  time  came,  in  1892,  when  a  desire  to  see  his 
native  land  and  the  home  folks  led  him  to  take  his  little  store  of  savings  and 
sail  for  Italy.  Upon  landing  there  the  government  authorities  seized  him  and 
compelled  him  to  serve  the  required  three  years  in  the  Italian  army.  During 
this  period  of  service  Mr.  Da  Corte  gave  of  his  best  to  the  duty  thus  thrust 
upon  him,  winning  the  recognition  of  his  officers,  and  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  sergeant  in  the  Seventh  Alpine  Regiment  in  the  quartermaster's  department. 
With  the  expiration  of  his  time,  Mr.  Da  Corte  again  sailed  for  America,  and 
returned  to  his  former  position  with  the  Botany  Mills,  where  he  remained  for 
about  a  year  and  a  half.  Then,  following  his  marriage,  he  started  in  business 
for  himself  in  Dundee,  handling  a  general  line  of  groceries.  Deciding  to 
change  his  location,  he  removed  to  No.  47  Highland  avenue,  in  Passaic,  where 
he  continued  in  the  same  line  of  business  very  successfully  until  1915.  At  that 
time  he  entered  a  different  field  of  activity,  and,  purchasing  the  property  where 
he  is  now  located  in  Clifton,  he  established  himself  in  the  coal,  wood  and  feed 
business.  The  feed  branch  proved  unprofitable,  so  he  s'hortly  discontinued  it, 
but  the  coal  and  wood  business  has  since  constantly  increased,  until  it  is  now 
one  of  the  large  enterprises  of  its  kind  in  Clifton.  He  now  stands  among  the 
successful  coal  dealers  of  the  day  in  this  section,  and  commands  the  respect  of 
all  who  know  him. 

Mr  .Da  Corte  is  a  member  of  Ben  Hur  Lodge ;  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Sacred  Heart  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  Clifton,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
building  committee. 

Mr.  Da  Corte  married,  in  Passaic,  in  November,  1895,  Rosalie  Pra,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Augusta  Pra,  and  they  have  three  children:  Victor,  born 
1898;  Lina,  born  1900;  and  Raymond,  born  1902. 

DOMINICK  MARINI,  M.D. — Little  more  than  two  years  have  elapsed 
since  Dr.  Dominick  Marini  came  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  to  begin  general  prac- 
tice of  medicine,  specializing  in  diseases  of  the  nose  and  throat. 


500  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Frank  Marini,  father  of  Dominick  Marini,  was  born  in  Italy,  January, 
1871.  With  his  wife  and  children  he  came  to  this  country  about  1900,  landing 
in  New  York  City.  Several  years  later  he  moved  to  Cliffs*ide,  New  Jersey, 
establishing  himself  in  the  plumbing  business.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  public  affairs  of  his  town.  He  married  Con- 
cetta  Indrieri,  a  native  of  his  home  town,  and  to  them  have  been  born  six  chil- 
dren: Dominick,  of  further  mention;  Mary,  who  married  Anthony  Starace,  of 
New  York  City ;  Joseph,  who  graduated  from  the  law  school  of  Fordham  Uni- 
versity in  1920,  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Hack- 
cnsack,  associated  with  Mr.  DeLorenzo,  in  the  Lyric  building;  Theresa,  who 
married  James  F.  Madden,  of  Grantwood,  New  Jersey;  Emily;  and  Elvira. 

Dominick  Marini  was  born  in  the  Province  of  Calabria,  Italy,  July  22, 
1894,  and  at  an  early  age  was  brought  to  this  country  by  'his  parents.  He 
obtained  his  preliminary  education  in  the  grammar  schools  of  New  York  City, 
and  Cliifside,  New  Jersey,  later  entering  the  Hackensack  High  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1913.  Following  his  graduation  he  spent  one  year 
at  New  York  University,  and  having  in  the  meantime  decided  to  adopt  medicine 
as  a  profession  'he  matriculated  at  Long  Island  College  Hospital,  graduating 
in  the  class  of  1918,  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  subsequently 
spent  six  months  as  an  interne  in  the  Jersey  City  General  Hospital,  and  another 
six  months  as  resident  physician  in  the  Passaic  General  Hospital.  On  August 
19,  1919,  Dr.  Marini  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profes- 
sion with  ofRces  at  No.  68  Henry  street,  his  present  address.  Dr.  Marini  is  on 
the  staff  of  the  Passaic  General  Hospital,  the  Newark  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary, 
and  is  an  examiner  for  the  National  Union.  He  also  holds  membership  in  the 
Practitioners'  Club,  of  Passaic,  the  Italian-American  Club,  and  affiliates  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Sons  of  Italy,  the  Figli  de  Calabria, 
and  the  Cicole-Nazionale. 

On  June  6,  1918,  Dr.  Marini  was  united  in  marriage  with  Myra  Goddard, 
daughter  of  Pliny  and  Alice  (Rockwell)  Goddard.  Mr.  Goddard  is  an  anthro- 
pologist and  is  connected  with  the  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  York  City. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Marini  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Frances. 


MARTIN  FAMILY— This  name  was  originally  spelled  "Matte,"  and 
has  for  a  number  of  generations  been  in  use  in  the  kingdom  of  Holland. 
Whether  it  is  of  Dutch  or  Huguenot  origin,  is  not  known.  The  first 
representative  of  this  branch  of  irhe  Martin  farriiily,  of  whom  we  have 
information,  was  Albert  "Matte"  Martin,  w^ho  lived  with  his  family  in  the 
town  of  Altdorf,  in  Holland,  where  he  spent  the  whole  of  his  life.  During 
his  active  years  he  was  a  farmer.  He  died  at  the  family  home  in  Altdorf.  His 
widow,  Jemima  (De  Vogel)  Martin,  after  her  husband's  demise,  decided  that 
she  would  emigrate  with  her  family  to  the  United  States,  hoping  here  to  find 
better  conditions  under  which  to  rear  and  educate  her  children.  They  landed 
in  New  York  in  the  month  of  February,  1860.  Upon  their  arrival  here,  the 
mother,  Jemima  (De  Vogel)  Martin,  settled  with  her  little  family  of  four  sons 
and  one  daughter  in  the  town  of  Lodi,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  where  they 
established  their  first  home  in  this  country.  The  Martin  family  continued  their 
residence  in  the  town  of  Lodi  during  the  next  two  years  when  they  removed  to 
the  city  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  the  family  settled  in  the  Sandy  Hill 
district  and  remained  there  during  the  next  three  years.  The  Martin  family 
then  removed  to  the  town  of  Carlstadt,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  and  after 
two  years  there  again  moved,  this  time  to  Linden  street,  in  the  then  rapidly 
growing  town  of  Passaic,  where  a  number  of  the  descendants  of  the  family 


1.   ALBERT  MARTIN,   JR. 
4.   JOHN  A.   MARTIN 


3.   ALBERT   .AIARTIN,   SR 


2    ANTHONY  MARTIN 
5.   FRANK  MARTIN 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  501 

have  since  continued  to  reside  up  to  the  present  time,  1921.  Jemima  (De 
V'ogel)  Martin  died  at  the  home  in  Linden  street,  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1885.  Her  remains  were  interred  in  the  Old  Dutch  Reformed  Church 
burying  ground  in  Passaic.  She  had  been  a  member  of  the  First  Reformed 
Dutch  Church  in  Lodi  for  a  number  of  years. 

Albert  and  Jemima  (De  Vogel)  Martin  had  the  following  children:  1. 
Peter,  who  upon  attaining  to  years  of  manhood  settled  in  Rochester,  New  Yoris, 
where  he  finally  became  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  He  married  and 
reared  a  family  of  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  2.  John,  who  finally  settled 
in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he  married  and  reared  a  family.  3.  Leonard,  who 
likewise  settled  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he  married.  He  had  four  sons  and 
two  daughters.  4.  Catherine,  who  was  reared  to  the  years  of  womanhood  at  the 
family  home  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  she  married  Jacob  Tannic,  who  was 
likewise  a  native  of  Holland.  They  had  a  family  of  ten  children.  5.  Albert, 
born  October  1,  1853,  of  whom  forward. 

Albert  Martin,  fifth  child  and  son  of  Albert  and  Jemima  (De  Vogel) 
Martin,  was  born  in  Altdorf,  Holland,  October  1,  1853.  He  was  brought  to 
this  country  in  1860,  and  upon  the  settlement  of  the  family  in  the  town  of 
Lodi,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  and  later  in  the  city  of  Paterson,  Passaic 
county,  New  Jersey,  the  boy  acquired  such  educational  advantages  as  the 
schools  at  that  time  afforded.  Wihile  yet  in  his  twelfth  year  the  boy  began  to 
apply  his  spare  time  towards  assisting  his  mother  in  the  maintenance  of  the 
family  circle,  and  he  pursued  various  kinds  of  employment  in  the  neighborhood 
where  his  mother  had  settled  with  her  family.  His  industry  and  thrift,  along 
with  the  habits  of  frugality  which  had  been  taught  to  him  by  his  respected 
mother,  stood  him  in  good  stead,  when  in  the  course  of  time  he  found  it 
feasible  to  establish  in  business  on  his  own  account.  His  first  business  under- 
taking was  in  the  coal  distributing  trade  in  the  city  of  Passaic  with  yards  and 
office  located  on  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  railroad,  district  of 
Passaic.  He  successfully  continued  in  this  line  of  enterprise  for  a  period  of 
over  thirty-five  years.  The  name  of  Albert  Martin  has  become  recognized  by 
the  general  public  of  the  city  of  Passaic  and  the  surrounding  communities  as 
being  synomymous  with  integrity  and  straightforwardness  in  all  his  business 
transactions.  In  his  social  and  civic  relations,  Mr.  Martin  has  won  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  all  who  have  come  in  contact  with  him.  Albert  Martin  and 
his  wife  are  both  members  of  the  First  Dutch  Reformed  Church  of  Passaic. 

'Albert  Martin  married  in  the  city  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  February  16, 
1878,  Mary  Jobes,  born  in  the  village  of  Oltung,  Kingdom  of  Holland,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1858,  daughter  of  Anthony  and  Martha  (Petersen)  Jobes.  Albert 
and  Mary  (Jobes)  Martin  had  the  following  children:  1.  Albert,  Jr.,  born 
November  9,  1878,  of  whom  forward.  2.  Anthony,  born  November  10,  1880, 
of  whom  forward.  3.  John,  born  October  6,  1883,  of  whom  forward.  4. 
Martha,  born  August  28,  1889.  iShe  married  January  19,  1913,  Nelson  David 
Van  Blarcom,  born  November  3,  1887,  son  of  David  Nelson  and  Catherine 
(Miller)  Van  Blarcom.  They  have  two  children,  namely:  Catherine  Marie  Van 
Blarcom,  born  October  12,  1915,  and  David  Nelson  Van  Blarcom,  Jr.,  born 
May  19,  1920.     5.  Frank,  born  July  4,  1895,  of  whom  forward. 

Albert  Martin,  Jr.,  eldest  son  of  Albert  and  Mary  (Jobes)  Martin,  was 
born  at  Passaic,  November  9,  1878.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Passaic.  He  married  May  8,  1907,  Sarah  de  Rouville,  born  April  9,  1883, 
daughter  of  Herman  Henry  and  Annie  (Donner)  de  Rouville.  They  had  the 
following  children:  1.  Alberto,  born  October  24,  1908.  2.  Donner,  born  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1912.  3.  Robert  de  Rouville,  born  April  22,  1917 ;  he  died  July  12,  1921. 


502  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Anthony  Martin,  second  son  of  Albeit  and  Mary  (Jobes)  Martin,  was 
born  at  Passaic,  November  10,  1880.  His  education  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools  of  ihis  native  city.  He  married  (first)  Jesma  Zabriskie,  born  October 
16,  1880,  daughter  of  Garret  T.  and  Alice  (Wilds)  Zabriskie.  They  had  tht 
following  children:  1.  Raymond  Anthony,  born  July  25,  1902.  2.  Harold 
Zabriskie,  born  June  21,  1908.  Jesma  (Zabriskie)  Martin,  mother  of  the 
aforementioned  children,  died  April  12,  1917.  Anthony  Martin  married  (sec- 
ond) April  25,  1921,  Mae  L.  Ackerman,  born  February  17,  1886,  daughter  of 
A.  Rutan  and  Mary  (Bradford)  Ackerman. 

John  Martin,  third  son  of  Albert  and  Mary  (Jobes)  Martin,  was  born 
at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  October  6,  1883.  His  early  educa- 
tional advantages  were  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city.  He 
married.  May  22,  1918,  Grace  Hibbard,  born  February  20,  1893,  daughter  oi 
John  C.  and  Marie  Louise  (Bradford)  Hibbard.  Of  their  union  they  had  bom 
to  them  one  child,  Lois  Bell,  born  October  3,  1920. 

Frank  Martin,  youngest  son  of  Albert  and  Mary  (Jobes)  Martin,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  July  4,  1895.  His  early  edu- 
cational advantages  were  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city.  He 
married  Bertha  Schultz  Schleich,  born  April  2,  1896,  daughter  of  Harry  Fred- 
erick and  Deborah  (Mosely)  Schleich.    See  Schleich  family  data  in  this  work. 


MARTIN  KOERT — Standing  high  in  the  production  department  of  the 
match  industry,  and  an  honored  citizen  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  Martin  Koert 
is  one  of  the  progressive,  forward-looking  men  who  have  placed  this  borough)  in 
the  lead  among  the  communities  of  this  section. 

Mr.  Koert  is  a  son  of  Henry  Koert,  who  was  born  in  Holland,  and  was  a 
carpenter  by  trade  during  his  active  life,  but  is  now  living  retired  in  Passaic. 
He  came  to  the  United  States  in  his  early  manhood,  locaiting  in  New  Jersey. 
He  married,  in  Holland,  Margaret  Copperman,  who  died  in  Passaic,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  six  children. 

Martin  Koert,  son  of  Henry  and  Margaret  (Copperman)  Koert,  was  born 
in  Rutherford,  New  Jersey,  on  November  8,  1868,  and  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Rutherford  and  East  Rutherford.  Leaving  school  at  the 
age  of  fifteen,  he  entered  the  world  of  industry.  He  learned  two  trades,  that 
of  match  maker  and  bleacher.  He  first  worked  for  the  Continental  Match 
Company,  then  for  ten  years  filled  the  position  of  superintendent  for  the  Con- 
sumer's Match  Company.  Twelve  years  ago  he  became  superintendent  of  the 
Standard  Match  Company,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 

In  public  life  Mr.  Koert  is  keenly  interested  in  the  progress  of  events. 
Politically  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  Solar  Lodge,  No.  171, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Passaic,  and  is  a  member  of  St.  Peter's 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

Mr.  Koert  married,  on  February  9,  1893,  in  Passaic,  Janet  Aruesman,  of 
that  city,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  six  children:  1.  Jacob,  who  married  Anna 
Ritter,  and  they  have  two  children :  Harry  and  Anna.  2.  Cornelius,  who  en- 
listed in  the  World  War,  and  was  sergeant  of  a  machine  gun  squad,  125th 
Regiment,  27th  Division,  American  Expeditionary  Forces ;  he  was  in  France, 
and  saw  action  in  all  engagements  in  which  his  division  bore  a  part.  3.  Mar- 
garet Jean,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  William  Ogenaugh,  of  Passaic.  4.  Harry, 
who  is  now  at  home,  was  a  yeoman  on  the  United  States  Warship  "Cheyenne." 
5.  Martin,  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army  when  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age, 
and  went  with  his  company  to  the  Mexican  border.  On  his  return  he  went  to 
France  with  the  110th  Machine  Gun  Battalion,  29th  Division,  American  Ex- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  503 

peditionary  Forces,  as  sergeant  of  the  company.    6.  Lillian,  who  died  in  1918, 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  years. 

His  three  sons  having  safely  returned  from  the  war,  Mr.  Koert  is  now 
enjoying  the  success  which  follows  worthy  personal  effort. 


JOHN  A.  FORSS — A  Scandinavian  by  birth,  and  an  American  by  adop- 
tion, John  A.  Forss  has  been  a  resident  of  the  United  States  for  more  than 
thirty-three  years,  most  of  the  time  having  been  spent  in  Passaic  county,  New 
Jersey. 

He  was  born  in  Sweden,  February  11,  1871,  and  after  -attending  the 
public  schools  in  his  home  town,  came  to  the  United  States  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  years,  landing  in  New  York  City  in  1887,  where  he  made  his  home 
for  several  years.  He  obtained  employment  in  a  commission  house  there, 
and  for  the  next  eighteen  years  remained  with  them,  for  a  portion  of  the  time 
residing  in  New  York,  and  later  going  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  to  live.  In  1898 
Mr.  Forss  moved  to  Garfield,  though  stilll  retaining  his  place  of  business  in 
New  York.  Becoming  interested  in  local  politics,  Mr.  Forss  was  elected  to  the 
Common  Council  of  the  city  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  at  the  expiration  of 
his  first  term  was  re-elected  for  a  second  term.  In  1908  the  city  of  Garfield 
organized  its  own  police  department,  putting  it  in  operaition  in  December  of  that 
year  with  John  A.  Forss  at  its  head,  as  chief.  He  has  held  this  position  for 
twelve  years  consecutively. 

John  A.  Forss  married,  August  28,  1894,  Mary  Weyer,  a  resident  of 
Passaic.  They  have  three  children :  Charles  A.,  a  soldier  in  the  World  War, 
having  served  overseas  in  Company  E,  Eighty-Seventh  Division,  312rh  Engi- 
neers; May,  living  at  home,  and  employed  as  a  stenographer  in  New  York 
City;    Harold,  living  at  home. 

The  family  residence  is  at  No.  46  Washington  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Forss 
are  members  of  the  Reformed  church,  of  Garfield,  Mr.  Forss  having  held  the 
office  of  deacon  for  eight  years,  two  of  them  in  his  first  term,  and  then  being  re- 
elected for  two  years  more ;  the  next  two  years  he  was  out  of  office,  but  was 
again  chosen  deacon,  filling  the  position  for  two  more  terms,  making  four  years. 


FRANK  MILFORD  PEARSON— From  the  inception  of  his  business 
career,  Frank  M.  Pearson,  superintendent  of  the  Ballwood  Company,  pipe 
manufacturers,  has  been  identified  with  this  particular  line  of  industry,  and  is 
well  known  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 

Frank  Milford  Pearson  was  born  at  Phoenixville,  Pennsylvania,  September 
30,  1868,  the  son  of  the  late  David  Y.  and  Harriet  Pearson.  He  obtained  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place,  then,  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
years,  entered  the  employ  of  the  Phoenix  Iron  Company,  where  he  served  his 
apprenticeship  as  a  machinist.  He  remained  with  that  company  for  nine  years, 
resigning  at  the  end  of  that  time  and  going  to  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  where 
he  secured  employment  with  S.  L.  Moore  &  Company,  subsequently  severing 
his  connection  with  this  organization  and  becoming  identified  with  the  Ballwood 
Company.  Here  his  ability  was  readily  seen  and  appreciated,  and  he  was 
promoted  to  the  position  of  foreman,  and  still  later,  when  the  company  moved 
to  Clifton,  Mr.  Pearson  was  made  superintendent  of  the  plant,  and  still  con- 
tinues in  this  responsible  position.  Mr.  Pearson  Is  also  a  prominent  figure 
in  fraternal  circles.  He  is  a  member  of  Essex  Lodge,  No.  49,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey;  Lodge  No.  289,  Benevolent 
and    Protective   Order   of   Elks,    Elizabeth,    New    Jersey ;     also   holds    mem- 


504  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

bership  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  On  January  14,  1914,  Mr.  Pearson 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Jennie  Queen.  Mrs.  Pearson,  by  her 
first  marriage,  became  the  mother  of  two  children:  Ethel  M.  and  George. 
By  her  second  marriage  she  has  one  son,'  Milford  Frank. 


DR.  ALFRED  PFISTER — Among  the  prominent  citizens  of  Passaic  who 
are  following  a  scientific  and  industrial  vocation  in  the  field  of  chemistry  is  Dr. 
Alfred  Pfister,  president  of  the  Jacques  Wolf  &  Company  concern,  of  this  city, 
who  is  an  eminent  figure  not  only  in  his  profession,  but  in  other  fields  as  well, 
being  widely  known  throughout  the  city  in  various  connections,  and  taking  an 
r.ctive  interest  in  the  civic  welfare  of  Passaic. 

Dr.  Alfred  Pfister,  only  son  of  Johann  Caspar  and  Elizabeth  (Gloor) 
Pfister,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Zurich,  Canton  of  Zurich,  Republic  of  Switzer- 
land, September  3,  1880.  He  obtained  his  early  educational  training  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  city,  and  when  in  his  fifteenth  year,  entered  the  Ober- 
Real-Schule,  in  the  city  of  Basel,  where  he  pursued  a  preparatory  course  of 
study,  subsequently  matriculating  at  the  Basel  University  from  which  institu- 
tion he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philoisophy,  on  March  7, 

1903.  He  next  entered  upon  an  advanced  course  of  study  in  the  chemical 
department  in  the  Universiy  of  Basel,  and  at  the  end  of  one  year,  completed 
this  course.  Upon  leaving  his  alma  mater,  he  decided  to  visit  the  United 
States,  hoping  here  to  find  a  greater  field  in  which  to  follow  his  profession. 
He  accordingly  arranged  his  family  affairs  and  his  personal  interests  and  set 
sail  from  Cherbourg,  France,  landing  at  the  port  of  New  York  in  February, 

1904.  Soon  after  setting  foot  on  American  soil,  the  young  chemist  sought 
employment,  his  first  engagement  being  with  L.  Sonneborn  Sons,  in  the  city  of 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  where  he  continued  to  be  actively  engaged  as  a  chemist 
for  some  time.  In  the  course  of  a  few  years,  his  skill  and  professional  knowl- 
edge became  known  to  a  number  of  manufacturing  chemists  throughout  the 
country,  and  in  1914  Dr.  Alfred  Pfister  became  identified  with  Jacques  Wolf 
&  Company,  Manufacturing  Chemists,  of  Passaic.  He  has  since  remained 
actively  identified  with  that  concern  and  in  1918  was  chosen  to  fill  the  position 
of  president  and  treasurer  of  the  corporation.  The  responsibilities  of  his  office 
have  been  faithfully  discharged,  and  as  a  result  of  his  practical  and  scientific 
knowledge  of  chemistry,  he  has  been  instrumental  in  building  up  the  largest 
concern  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States. 

Jacques  Wolf  &:  Company  have  come  to  be  recognized  as  one  of  the  im- 
portant industries  of  Passaic  and  they  furnish  employment  to  a  large  number 
of  professional  men  as  well  as  to  numerous  skilled  operatives  in  the  various 
departments,  and  employ  a  large  sales  and  office  force.  The  company's  fine 
industrial  plant  and  well  appointed  offices  are  on  Lexington  avenue. 

Since  coming  to  the  city  of  Passaic,  Dr.  Alfred  Pfister  has  become  identi- 
fied with  the  social,  civic  and  other  interests  of  the  city.  He  is  a  director  in  a 
number  of  business  interests,  including  the  City  Trust  Company  of  Passaic ; 
is  an  active  member  of  the  local  Chamber  of  Commerce ;  and  a  Governor  of 
the  General  Hospital.  Fraternally,  Dr.  Pfister  is  well  identified  and  in  club 
circles  he  is  well  known,  being  a  member  of  t'he^  Swiss  Club  of  the  city  of  New 
York,  of  the  City  Club  of  Passaic,  and  of  several  others. 

Dr.  Alfred  Pfister  married,  in  the  town  of  Loerrach,  Grand  Duchy  of 
Baden,  Germany,  September  12,  1906,  Paula  Rebmann,  daughter  of  Victor  and 
Louise  (Lichtenberger)  Rebmann,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  Grand 
Duchy  of  Baden.     To  them  have  been  born  three  children,  as  follows:   (1) 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  505 

Haymo  Victor,  barn  October  3,  1907;   (2)   Maja  Margarethe,  born  July  28, 
1912;  and  (3)  Hannah  Madeleine,  born  May  16,  1915. 

GEORGE  BYERSDORFER— Something  over  half  a  century  ago  George 
Byersdorfer  was  born  in  Germany,  the  land  of  his  father  and  his  mother,  both 
of  whom  there  lived  and  died,  George  Byersdorfer,  the  father,  in  1912,  the 
mother,  Susana  (Weber)  Byersdorfer,  in  1917.  George  Byersdorfer,  the  father, 
was  a  farmer,  and  a  man  of  quiet,  industrious  life. 

George  Byersdorfer  was  born  in  January,  1870,  and  until  seventeen  years 
of  age  attended  school.  He  then  became  his  father's  assistant,  continuing  until 
attaining  legal  age  in  1891.  He  then  came  to  the  United  States,  landing  in 
New  York  City,  but  going  at  once  to  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  and  a  month  later 
to  Richfield,  New  Jersey,  Where  for  eight  years  he  was  in  the  employ  of  a 
farmer  of  the  neighborhood.  In  1899  he  went  west  to  Indiana  and  bought  a 
tract  of  twenty  acres,  which  he  cultivated  for  one  year,  and  then  sold.  He  then 
returned  to  Richfield,  New  Jersey,  and  was  employed  as  a  day  laborer  for  a 
year,  then  became  a  tenant  farmer,  renting  a  tract  of  ten  acres  with  a  dwelling 
upon  it,  which  land  he  cultivated  as  a  market  garden  for  ten  years.  In  1914 
he  bought  a  farm  of  sixteen  acres  of  unimproved  land,  upon  which  he  built  a 
house,  a  good  barn,  ten  acres  of  his  land  having  been  brought  under  cultivation. 
He  devotes  'his  land  to  market  gardening,  his  produce  finding  a  ready  market 
among  the  city  dwellers  nearby.     He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 

Mr.  Byersdorfer  married,  in  March,  1900,  in  the  State  of  Indiana,  Eliza- 
beth Barbara  Bishop,  daughter  of  Kineon  and  Margaret  Bishop.  Eight  chil- 
dren were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Byersdorfer:  George,  his  father's  farm  assist- 
ant; Matilda,  Edouard,  Albert  and  Charles,  attending  school;  Benjamin,  died 
aged  nine  years ;    Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy ;   and  Louis,  died  in  infancy. 


ANGELO  PEDEVILLANO  was  born  in  the  village  of  Matta  De  Fermo, 
De  Missina,  Italy,  April  19,  1869,  son  of  Rocco  and  Mary  (Ranno)  Pedevillano. 

Rocco  Pedevillano  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Matta  De  Fermo, 
province  of  De  Missina,  in  1844.  He  obtained  his  early  educational  advantages 
in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  but  owing  to  the  death  of  his  father,  Fran- 
cisco Pedevillano,  the  boy  was  left  dependent  upon  his  own  resourses,  and  was 
compelled  to  make  a  living.  He  entered  upon  a  course  of  study  under  the  tuition 
of  a  leading  architect  in  drafting  and  sketchmaking,  and  later,  as  a  result  of  his 
industry  and  economy,  began  business  at  his  chosen  line  of  work,  contracting 
and  building.  In  this  undertaking  he  met  with  marked  success,  the  result  of 
his  painstaking  care  and  straightforwardness  in  all  business  transactions.  He 
died  at  the  family  home  in  Matta  De  Fermo,  in  1884.  His  faithful  wife  passed 
away  at  the  family  home  in  New  York  City. 

Rocco  Pedevillano  married  in  the  Catholic  church  of  Matta  De  Fermo, 
Mary  Ranno,  and  settled  in  his  native  village,  where  all  his  children  were  born. 
They  were  as  follows:  1.  Angelo,  of  whom  forward.  2.  Francisca,  born  at 
the  family  home  in  Matta  De  Fermo,  1872.  She  married  Sabastian  Ranno  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  nine  children.  At  the  present  time,  1921,  she  resides 
with  her  family  in  New  York  City.  3.  AngUIna,  born  at  the  family  home  in 
Matta  De  Fermo,  in  1875;  married  Rocco  De  Pietro  and  they  were  the  parents 
of  seven  children.  She  came  to  this  country  and  settled  with  her  family  in  New 
York  City. 

Angelo  Pedevillano,  eldest  child,  and  son  of  Rocco  and  Mary  (Ranno) 
Pedevillano,  was  born  at  the  family  home  In  Matta  De  Fermo,  April  19,  1869. 
His  early  education  was  acquired  in  the  schools  of  his  native  village.     Soon 


506  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

after  laying  aside  his  text  books,  he  began  to  learn  the  art  of  the  architec- 
tural stone-cutting  business,  under  the  guidance  and  tuition  of  his  father.  His 
father  having  died  in  1884,  Angelo  succeeded  to  the  management  of  his  business 
interests  and  faithfully  looked  after  the  interests  of  his  father's  estate  until 
1893,  when  he  decided  to  come  to  the  United  States,  He  set  sail  from  Palermo 
and  arrived  in  New  York  City,  March  22,  1893.  Soon  after  setting  foot  on 
American  soil  he  again  engaged  in  his  chosen  line  of  work,  the  architectural 
stone-cutting  trade,  and  was  actively  engaged  in  that  line  of  work  up  to  1905. 
He  began  business  on  his  own  account  in  the  stone-cutting  and  contracting 
business,  in  which  he  remained  actively  engaged  until  the  present  time,  1921. 
During  the  latter  part  of  1914,  Mr.  Pedevillano  settled  with  his  family  in 
Passaic,  where  he  had  purchased  a  tract  of  land  in  Exchange  place  about  1901. 
Here  Mr.  Pedevillano  at  once  began  to  make  practical  improvements  and 
erected  the  present  dwelling  house,  where  he  now  resides  with  his  family,  and 
converted  the  remaining  portion  of  his  land  as  a  place  for  the  'handling  and  cut- 
ting of  stone  for  building  and  architectural  purposes.  In  this  undertaking  Mr. 
Pedevillano  attained  a  marked  degree  of  success,  and  has  become  well  and 
favorably  known  to  many  of  che  leading  builders  and  contractors  in  Passaic 
and  the  surrounding  communities.  Mr.  Pedevillano  with  his  family  are  all 
faithful  members  of  Our  Lady  of  Mount  Carmel  Catholic  Church. 

Angelo  Pedevillano  married  in  his  native  village,  Domenica  Di  Francisca. 
She  was  born  in  March,  1869,  daugther  of  Anthony  and  Anna  (Catalano)  Di 
Francisca.  Of  this  union  were  born  the  following  children:  1.  Rocco,  born 
November  28,  1888,  He  obtained  his  educational  training  in  the  public  schools 
of  New  York  City  and  came  with  his  parents  to  Passaic  in  1915,  He  marrried 
Elizabeth  Costanza,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  two  sons'  and  two  daughters. 

2.  Mary,  born  January  1,  1892;  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  New  York 
City.    She  married  Joseph  Faillaci,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  four  children. 

3.  Anthony,  born  November  16,  1895.  He  was  educated  in  New  York  City, 
later  became  identified  with  his  father,  under  whose  tuition  he  learned  the  stone- 
cutting  business.  He  married  Anna  Agresti.  4.  Joseph,  born  February  22, 
1902.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  New  York  City,  and  later  in  Passaic, 
where  he  graduated  from  the  public  and  high  schools.  At  the  present  time, 
1921,  he  is  a  student  in  the  Medical  Department,  Columbia  University,  New 
York  City.    5.  Angelo,  Jr.,  born  April  24,  1907. 


FRANK  JOSEPH  MATISOVSKY— Matisovsky  is  a  place  name,  having 
its  origin  in  a  town  of  similar  name  in  the  Kingdom  of  Hungary,  where  rep- 
resentatives of  this  family  resided  at  the  time  that  surnames  were  first  used. 
The  first  member  of  the  branch  of  the  family  which  is  herein  reviewed,  and 
of  whom  there  is  authentic  information,  was  Joseph  Matisovsky,  who  lived  in 
Hungary,  there  spent  his  life,  and  during  his  active  years  was  an  industrious 
and  energetic  farmer,  known  to  be  just  and  conscientious  in  all  bis  business 
affairs.  He  and  his  wife  were  communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church, 
his  ancestors  having  likewise  been  faithful  menibers  of  the  same  parish. 

Joseph  Matisovsky  married  in  his  native  town  and  to  them  three  children 
were  born.  A  son  who  attained  to  years  of  manhood,  married,  and  died  at  the 
age  of  thirty-five  years,  leaving  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters ;  Joseph  Carl, 
of  whom  further ;  a  daughter  who  died  during  the  years  of  childhood. 

Joseph  Carl  Matisovsky,  founder  of  his  branch  of  the  family  in  the  United 
States,  was  born  in  Hungary.  He  there  obtained  such  educational  advantages 
ns  the  schools  of  the  village  afforded,  and  was  confirmed  in  the  village  church 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.    After  leaving  school  he  continued  to  reside  under 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  507 

the  parental  roof  until  deciding  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  United  States,  hoping 
here  to  find  better  opportunities  to  apply  his  skill  and  labor.  He  arrived  in 
New  York  City  after  an  uneventful  voyage,  settled  in  a  town  in  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  met  many  of  his  countrymen.  Here  he  found  employ- 
ment, and  having  been  trained  to  habits  of  industry  and  frugality,  he  managed 
through  his  thrift  and  industry  to  accumulate  sufficient  money  to  enable  him  to 
travel  and  search  for  more  profitable  employment.  In  this  way  he  came  to 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  found  employment  in  one  of  the  large  worsted  manu- 
facturing plants,  where  he  learned  the  cloth  weaver's  trade.  He  became  an 
expert  weaver  and  has  continued  regularly  employed  in  that  capacity  until  the 
present  time  (1922).  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Marie's  Roman  Catholic  Church, 
Passaic,  and  of  Pannomia  Assembly,  a  beneficial  association  of  that  parish.  He 
married,  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  Marie  Kamisky,  born  in  Hungary,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  four  children :  Frank  Joseph,  of  further  mention ;  John, 
deceased;  Anna  Dorothy,  born  March  1,  1900;  and  Joseph  Frank,  born  March 
5,  1905. 

Frank  Joseph  Matisovsky,  eldest  child  of  Joseph  Carl  and  Marie  (Kam- 
isky) Matlsovsky,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  He 
obtained  his  education  in  the  parochial  and  public  schools  of  his  native  city, 
finishing  With  graduation  from  high  school.  Soon  after  attaining  his  twentieth 
year  he  entered  upon  a  course  of  law  study  at  Fordham  University,  New  York, 
was  graduated  from  this  institution  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.,  and  soon  after 
leaving  his  alma  mater  was  admitted  to  the  New  Jersey  bar  as  an  attorney 
and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  He  first 
opened  offices  at  No.  172  Passaic  stree't,  but  later  established  his  present  quar- 
ters at  the  southeast  corner  of  Second  and  Passaic  streets,  where  he  successfully 
practices  his  profession.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic  County  Bar  Associa- 
tion, and  in  his  religious  creed  he  adheres  to  the  faith  of  his  ancestors,  being 
a  communicant  of  St.  Marie's  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 
Frank  Joseph  Matisovsky  married  Marie  Rubacky. 


HARRY  STEIN — The  family  name  Stein  is  found  in  the  province  of 
Galicia,  in  the  former  Austro-Hungarian  Empire,  where  Leon  Stein  resided  in 
the  town  of  Lubla,  Court  District  of  Gaslo.  It  was  there  that  he  was  edu- 
cated, spent  his  life  in  agriculturail  pursuits,  and  died  aged  over  seventy  years. 
His  wife,  Bertha,  also  passed  away  at  the  family  home  in  Lubla.  Leon  and 
Bertha  Stein  were  the  parents  of  two  sons  and  one  daughter  who  attained  to 
years  of  maturity,  the  sons  being  Peron  David,  of  whom  further;  and  Harry, 
who  was  reared  in  the  town  of  Lubla,  married  and  had  two  sons. 

Peron  David  Stein  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Lubla, 
Court  District  of  Gaslo,  in  the  Province  of  Galicia,  Austro-Hungarian  Em- 
pire, where  he  was  educated  and  reared  to  years  of  manhood.  Upon  taking  up 
the  practical  duties  of  life,  he  engaged  in  the  lumiber  trade,  which  line  of 
business  'he  pursued  for  many  years  with  well  merited  success.  He  died  at  his 
home  in  Lubla,  in  October,  1902.  Peron  David  Stein  married  Gertrude  Brandt, 
a  native  of  the  Province  of  Galicia,  Austro-Hungarian  Empire,  who  died  at 
the  family  home  in  1913.  They  were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  all  born,  in 
Lubla:  Jacob,  married  and  has  four  sons  and  four  daughters;  Samuel,  married 
and  has  two  sons  and  five  daughters ;  Bertha,  who  came  to  the  United  States 
and  settled  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  she  married  a  cousin,  Louis  Stein, 
and  resides  in  Passaic ;  Edward,  married,  and  resides  in  Kfakow,  Poland ;  Bern- 
hardt, married,  and  settled  in  Krakow,  Poland;  Leon,  whose  sketch  follows; 
Anna,  who  came  to  the  United  States,  settled  in  Passaic,  where  she  married 


508  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Isddor  Zucker,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  Esther  and  Arthur  Zucker;  Max  and 
Lieb  (twins)  ;  Harry,  of  whom  further. 

Harry  Stein,  son  of  Peron  David  and  Gertrude  (Brandt)  Stein,  was  born 
in  Lubla,  Court  District  of  Gaslo,  Province  of  Galicia,  Austro-Hungary, 
September  17,  1879.  He  was  educated  in  the  local  schools,  and  here  his  early 
manhood  years  were  spent.  In  1898,  being  desirous  to  improve  his  opportuni- 
ties in  life,  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  and  set  sail  from 
Bremen,  bound  for  the  port  of  New  York,  where  he  arrived  in  May  of  the 
same  year.  Soon  after  his  arrival  here  he  located  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where 
he  associated  with  his  brother-in-law,  Isidor  Zucker,  during  the  ensuing  two 
years.  In  1900,  Harry  Stein  began  business  on  his  own  account  as  a  wholesale 
liquor  dealer.  In  1919  he  relinquished  his  interest  in  that  line,  and  has  since 
been  actively  engaged  in  the  theatrical  and  motion  picture  business  in  northern 
New  Jersey.  As  a  business  man  he  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  for 
his  integrity  and  straightforwardness.  He  is  a  member  of  Amelia  Lodge,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Passaic ;  Young  Men's  He^brew  Association 
of  Passaic;  and  contributes  generously  to  charitable  and  other  worthy  objects. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stein  are  active  members  of  the  Hungarian  Synagogue  on 
Dayton  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Harry  Stein  married,  in  Newark,  New 
Jersey,  July  5,  1903,  Bertha  Knobloch,  born  March  21,  1883,  daughter  of 
Morris  A.  and  Fannie  (Kline)  Knobloch,  her  father  a  native  of  Poland,  her 
mother  a  native  of  Hungary.  Harry  and  Bertha  (Knobloch)  Stein  are  the 
parents  of  three  children:  Ruth  R.,  born  June  21,  1904,  now  (1922)  a  student 
in  the  Passaic  High  School;  Mildred  J.,  born  January  21,  1906;  Perry 
David,  born  July  27,  1910.  The  family  home  is  at  No.  201  Lexington  avenue, 
Passaic,  where  Mr.  Stein,  in  1916,  erected  a  modern  residence. 


LEON  STEIN,  son  of  Peron  David  and  Gertrude  (Brandt)  Stein,  was 
born  in  Lubla,  Court  District  of  Gaslo,  Galicia,  Austria,  February  6,  1874. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Lubla  and  in  the  evening  schools  of  Geneva, 
Switzerland;  Paris,  France;  and  New  York,  United  States  of  America.  Before 
leaving  Galicia  he  learned  the  sheet  metal  workers  trade,  serving  his  appren- 
ticeship in  Farnow,  Galicia,  going  then  to  Ober,  Silicia,  where  he  was  employed 
for  two  years.  After  a  visit  home  he  returned  to  Ober,  Silicia,  working  there 
for  a  time ;  thence  going  to  Breslau,  Prussia ;  to  Dresden,  Saxony ;  to  Berlin, 
Germany;  to  Fursten  Walde  on  the  Spree;  to  Vienna,  Austria;  to  Zurich, 
Switzerland;  to  Chaux  de  Faunds,  and  to  Geneva  Switzerland,  working  in  all 
these  cities  at  the  sheet  metal  trade  and  becoming  expert  and  familiar  with  the 
trade  methods  of  the  craft  in  the  different  countries  in  which  he  had  pursued 
his  trade. 

From  Geneva  Mr.  Stein  journeyed  to  Monte  Carlo  in  the  Kingdom  of 
Monaco,  and  there  was  employed  in  the  Casino  until  going  to  Paris,  where  he 
spent  two  years.  In  1904  he  came  to  the  United  States,  landing  in  New  York 
and  coming  immediately  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  but  only  for  a  time — then 
was  employed  at  his  trade  in  Bridgeport,  Hartford  and  Paterson  for  a  few 
years,  finally  returning  to  Passaic,  wihere  in  1908  he  was  engaged  in  the  sheet 
metal  business  in  partnership  with  a  man  named  Blustein,  they  remaining  to- 
gether until  1911.  In  that  year  Mr.  Stein  organized  the  Manhattan  Sheet 
Metal  Works  of  Passaic,  and  during  the  two  years  that  company  Was  in  opera- 
tion a  large  contracting  business  was  conducted.  In  1913,  Mr.  Stein  opened  a 
dry  goods  store  at  No.  30  Lexington  avenue,  Passaic,  which  he  has  made  a 
permanent  business,  having  a  well  stocked  and  well  furnished  store  with  a  good 


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patronage.     This  later  enterprise  has  proven  a  marked  success  and  Mr.  Stein  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  city's  foremost  merdhants. 

Leon  Stein  married,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Lena  Josephs,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Ida  Josephs.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stein  three  children  have  been 
horn:  Helen  Genevieve,  born  March  22,  1912;  Perry  D.,  born  February  3, 
1915;  Arnold  J.,  born  March  13,  1920.  Mr.  Stein  is  a  great  believer  in  Demo- 
cratic principles,  and  a  great  admirer  of  Ex-President  Woodrow  Wilson. 


EDWIN  D.  CLOSE — Henry  and  Mary  Close,  long  time  residents  of 
Paterson,  New  Jersey,  were  there  living,  December  6,  1877,  when  their  son, 
Edwin  D.  Close,  was  born.  The  life  of  the  lad  there  begun,  was  continued  in 
that  pilace  until  he  had  finished  the  courses  of  grammar  and  high  school  study, 
when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company,  in  their  accounting 
department,  in  New  York  City.  For  seventeen  years  he  continued  in  the  employ 
of  that  company,  and  then,  in  August,  1917,  resigned  to  accept  the  position  of 
clerk  in  the  city  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  which  position  he  held  until  January 
1,  1920.  In  1898-99,  the  Spanish-American  War  period,  Mr.  Close  served  in 
Battery  A,  of  the  Fifth  Regiment,  Heavy  Artillery,  United  States  Army,  and 
was  stationed  at  Fort  Hamilton  in  New  York  Harbor  until  honorably  dis- 
charged. He  is  a  Republican  in  politics ;  secretary  of  Paterson  Aerie,  No.  43, 
Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles ;  member  of  Benevolent  Lodge  No.  45,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons ;  and  secretary  of  the  State  Exempt  Firemen's  Association. 
He  married  in  Newark,  October  12,  1899,  Margaret  Tierney,  daughter  of  John 
and  Veronica  Tierney.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Close  are  the  parents  of  five  children : 
Charles  K.,  Edwin  D.,  Jr.,  James  K.,  Evelyn,  and  Jack  A.  Close. 


FREDERICK  J.  COLDON— Although  a  young  man,  Frederick  J.  Col- 
don,  of  .Lodi,  New  Jersey,  is  well  known,  his  fine  quality  as  a  musician  bring- 
ing him  quite  prominently  before  the  public.  His  instrument  is  the  cornet  and 
both  as  performer  and  instructor  he  holds  high  rank  among  artists.  He  is  a 
son  of  Philip  and  Mamie  (Barbarow)  Coldon,  the  former  being  of  Italian  and 
the  latter  of  Irish  birth,  his  father  a  photographer,  of  Passaic  and  Clifton,  New 
Jersey,  for  many  years.  The  family  home  was  for  a  time  in  New  York  City, 
and  there  Frederick  J.  Coldon  was  born,  May  14,  1895.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  and  early  in  life  developed  the  talent 
which  he  has  cultivated  and  made  his  life  work.  He  is  a  thorough  musician 
and  an  accomplished  cornetist,  well  known  as  a  band  ond  orchestra  player,  his 
preference  being  for  orchestral  work.  He  gives  lessons  on  the  cornet  only  at 
his  home  in  Lodi,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  masters  of  that  instrument. 

Mr.  Coldon  was  called  for  service  under  the  selective  service  law,  in  1917, 
and  was  in  the  service  for  eighteen  months,  serving  as  ai  bugler  until  honorably 
discharged.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  at  present  a  member  of  the  Lodi 
Board  of  Education.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Bergen  County  Democratic  Club, 
Incorporated,  and  in  religious  faith  is  a  Catholic.  On  July  15,  1920,  in  Clif- 
ton, New  Jersey,  Mr.  Coldon  married  Emma  Schultz,  daughter  of  Vincent 
and  Agnes  Schultz,  her  father  a  cabinet  maker  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  The 
family  home  of  the  Coldons  is  No.  463  Passaic  avenue,  Lodi,  New  Jersey. 


ALFRED  EHRHARDT— The  ancient  family  seat  of  the  Ehrhardts  was 
Merseburg,  a  town  of  Prussian  Saxony  on  the  left  bank  of  the  river  Saale,  one 
of  the  oldest  towns  of  Germany.  Here  Dr.  Ehrhardt,  grandfather  of  Alfred 
Ehrhardt,  of  Passaic,  rose  to  a  position  of  eminence  as  a  physician  of  the 
famous   school   of  medicine,   homeopathy,   founded   by  Dr.   Samuel  Christian 


510  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Frederich  Hahnemann  (1755-1845),  Dr.  Ehrhardt  being  his  contemporary. 

Dr.  Ehrhardt  died  just  past  middle  life,  but  he  accomplished  a  great  deal 
professionally  and  as  a  citizen  for  the  good  of  his  fellowmen.  He  was  widely 
known  as  a  physician  of  learning  and  skill  and  as  a  man  of  high  character. 
He  married  and  reared  a  family  of  two  daughters  and  three  sons,  all  of  whom 
received  a  good  education  and  possessed  ability,  and  the  sons  filled  important 
posts  in  their  careers.  The  children  are  as  follows :  Ida  and  Alma,  remained 
unmarried,  and  spent  their  lives  on  the  paternal  estate  in  Prussian  Saxony. 
Bruno  became  harbor  commissioner  for  the  port  of  Danzig,  now  an  interna- 
tional free  city.  Oscar,  a  dealer  in  scientific  text  books  in  connection  with  the 
University  of  Marburg,  Germany.    Paul,  of  further  mention. 

Paul  Ehrhardt,  father  of  Alfred  Ehrhardt,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  was 
born  at  the  home  estate  in  Merseburg,  became  a  civil  engineer  of  high  standing 
and  was  engaged  in  state  railroad  construction  projects  in  Germany.  He  lo- 
cated in  the  city  of  Gera,  Thuringia,  Germany,  and  there  died  October  22, 
1877,  at  the  early  age  of  forty-two. 

He  married  Aline  H.  Mueller,  of  Gera,  born  January  22,  1843,  daughter 
of  Christian  Johann  and  Helen  (Himmerlich)  Mueller,  the  Muellers  and  Him- 
merlichs  being  old  and  prominent  families  of  Gera,  the  capital  of  Reuss-Schleiz, 
Germany.  They  were  the  parents  of  five  children:  1.  Helen  A.,  married  Otto 
Weiss,  of  Gera,  connected  with  the  Louis  Hirsch  Dyeing  and  Finishing  Estab- 
lishment of  Gera,  both  she  and  her  husband  now  deceased.  2.  Walter,  secre- 
tary of  the  Imperial  Postal  Department  at  Gera,  now  deceased.  3.  Alfred,  of 
further  mention.  4.  Fritz,  a  lithographer  and  printer  of  Gera,  later  of  Passaic, 
New  Jersey.  5.  Erwin,  a  graduate  of  the  Technical  High  School  at  Hanover, 
Germany;  an  electrical  engineer  with  the  Siemens  &  Halske  Electrical  Engi- 
neering Company,  of  Berlin,  Germany.  Mrs.  Aline  H.  Ehrhardt  came  to  this 
country  in  1900,  and  resided  in  Passaic,  New  Jersev,  until  her  death,  July  16, 
1907. 

Alfred  Ehrhardt,  son  of  Paul  and  Aline  H.  (Mueller)  Ehrhardt,  was 
born  in  Gera,  April  26,  1866,  and  was  there  educated.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  in  January,  1891,  and  shortly  after  his  arrival  located  in  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  formed  a  connection  with  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills,  in  which 
he  still  continues.  His  responsibilities  have  grown  from  year  to  year,  and  he 
is  now  manager  of  one  of  the  largest  departments  in  this  great  manufacturing 
corporation. 

Mr.  Ehrhardt  has  other  interests  in  Passaic,  and  has  at  all  times  extended 
both  moral  and  material  aid  to  promote  the  welfare  of  his  community.  He  is 
serving,  since  1911,  as  a  member  of  the  Passaic  Board  of  Education,  is  an 
official  member  of  the  St.  John's  German  Lutheran  Church,  and  has  been  very 
active  during  the  war  period,  1917-18,  in  the  various  campaigns  and  drives, 
rendering  valuable  service.  He  is  a  member  of  several  clubs  and  social  organ- 
izations of  Passaic. 

Alfred  Ehrhardt  married  Frances  Clair  McNiff,  born  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  March  23,  1881,  the  only  daughter  of  George  F.  and  Catherine  F.  (Mur- 
phy) McNiff.  The  parents  of  Mr.  George  F.  McNiff  were  of  the  prominent 
old  families  of  New  York  City,  residing  at  Fifty-seventh  street.  His  wife, 
Catherine  F.  (Murphy)  McNiff,  was  the  daughter  of  a  well  known  family  of 
that  name,  prominent  in  leather  manufacturing  at  Newark,  New  Jersey.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  George  F.  McNiff,  the  parents  of  Mrs.  Ehrhardt,  became  residents  of 
Passaic  in  1888,  locating  ait  No.  305  Harrison  street.  Mr.  George  F.  McNiff 
was  connected  with  the  New  York  Belting  and  Packing  Company,  of  Passaic, 
became  well  known  and  prominent,  especially  in  Democratic  circles,  and  was 


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highly  regarded  by  all  with  whom  he  was  associated.  His  wife,  Catherine  F. 
McNiff,  was  one  of  the  pioneer  leaders  of  the  Woman's  Suffrage  movement  m 
Passaic.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  F.  McNiff  both  died  in  the  year  1922,  he  on 
August  13  and  she  on  March  21. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Ehrhardt  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  all  born  in 
Passaic:  Maria  M.,  born  December  25,  1900,  died  November  11,  1901 ;  George 
A.,  bom  July  4,  1902;  Erwin  F.,  born  August  16,  1905;  Engelbert  A.,  born 
December  17,  1908;  Clarence  P.,  born  September  1,  1913;  Catherine  A.,  born 
September  16,  1915. 

Mrs.  Alfred  Ehrhardt  has  always  taken  a  great  interest  in  civic  movements 
and  in  Woman's  Suffrage.  She  was  elected  in  1921  vice-chairlady  of  the 
Women's  Republican  County  Committee,  and  vice-president  of  the  First 
Women's  Republican  Club  of  Passaic.  The  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred 
Ehrhardt  is  at  No.  35  Summer  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


GEORGE  WASHINGTON  VREELAND— One  of  the  well  known 
names  in  the  florist  business  in  Passaic  county  is  that  of  G.  W.  Vreeland, 
v/hose  greenhouses  on  Van  Houten  avenue,  in  Richfield,  constitute  one  of  the 
successful  enterprises  of  this  na;ture  in  the  environments  of  Passaic. 

Coming  of  old  New  Jersey  stock,  Mr.  Vreeland's  grandfathers,  on  both 
sides  of  the  family,  fought  in  the  cause  of  the  Colonies  during  the  Revolutionary 
War.  He  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  Vreeland,  who  was  long  a  resident  of  Passaic, 
was  a  cooper  by  occupation,  and  was  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him. 
He  died  In  this  city  in  1910. 

George  Washington  Vreeland  was  born  in  Passaic,  February  22,  1865,  and 
attended  the  old  public  school  No.  1  until  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  Then, 
ambitious  to  strike  out  in  the  world  of  industry  and  win  his  own  independence, 
he  entered  the  employ  of  George  C.  Wilson,  a  florist,  of  Bergen  county,  with 
whom  he  remained  for  two  years.  His  next  position  was  wich  John  Thorpe, 
the  first  president  of  the  Society  of  American  Florists  in  the  United  States.  Mr. 
Thorpe's  place  of  business  was  located  on  Long  Island,  and  there  Mr.  Vreeland 
remained  for  six  years  as  an  assistant,  then  had  entire  charge  for  one  year  of 
the  Thorpe  greenhouses,  which  comprised  more  than  four  acres  under  glass. 
In  the  spring  of  1891  Mr.  Vreeland  entered  the  florist  business  for  himself  on 
the  Great  Notch  road,  near  Richfield,  building  two  small  greenhouses  at  the 
start,  as  his  equipment  included  little  besides  his  splendid  experience.  He  has 
built  other  houses  since,  doing  his  own  construction  work,  even  to  the  heating 
installation  and  piping,  and  now  has  a  fine  establishment  of  more  than  ten 
thousand  square  feet  of  glass.  He  grows  cut  flowers  and  bedding  plants  in 
great  variety,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  leading  florists  of  the  day  in  this 
vicinity. 

In  all  the  affairs  of  the  community  Mr.  Vreeland  takes  an  active  interest, 
although  he  leaves  leadership  for  others.  Politically  he  reserves  the  right  to 
independent  thought  and  action.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Richfield  Grange,  and 
has  been  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Passaic  for  thirty  years. 

Mr.  Vreeland  married  (first)  Abertine  Braeger,  born  in  Switzerland,  and 
died  leaving  two  daughters;  Bertha,  the  wife  of  George  Mancttas,  and  Ida 
May,  now  a  resident  of  New  York  City.  He  married  (second)  Amelia  Remik, 
of  Carlstadt,  New  Jersey.    They  reside  in  Athenia,  New  Jersey. 


ANTHONY  D.  CHIODO— When  a  lad  of  fourteen  years  Michael 
Chiodo  came  to  the  United  States  and  has  spent  the  years  which  have  since 
passed  in  New  York  City  and  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey.    He  married  Palma  Cali- 


512  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

giure  and  they  are  the  parents  of  twelve  children,  the  eldest,  Anthony  D.,  whose 
career  is  herein  traced.  The  other  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chiodo  are: 
Jennie,  Michael,  Florence,  Carmine,  Frank,  Concetta,  Warren,  Robert,  Rose, 
Joseph  and  Charles. 

Anthony  D.  Chiodo  was  born  in  New  York  City,  April  15,  1894,  and  there 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  finishing  in  evening  high  school.  During 
the  eight  years  following  school  life  he  was  engaged  with  the  Conley  Fruit 
Auction  (five  years),  and  with  the  Erie  Railroad  Car  Repair  Department  in 
Jersey  City,  but  In  1913  the  family  moved  to  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  which  has  ever 
since  been  their  home.  The  lad,  Anthony  D.,  when  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
became  a  public  employe,  and  in  1920  was  appointed  superintendent  of  public 
works  and  inspector  of  sewers  for  the  borough  of  Lodi,  a  position  he  has  most 
capably  filled.     He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  very  active  in  party  affairs. 

During  the  war  between  the  United  States  and  Germany,  1917-18,  he  en- 
tered the  Motor  Mechanics'  Corps,  later,  on  arriving  overseas,  going  into  the 
Air  Service  in  November,  1917,  and  was  on  duty  overseas  with  French  air  units. 
He  is  a  member  of  Joseph  M.  Lane  Post  of  the  American  Legion,  of  Lodi ; 
Court  Lodi,  No.  145,  Foresters  of  America;  member  of  Galliano  Lodge,  No. 
135,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of  Passaic,  and  is  a  charter  member 
of  the  Bergen  County  Democratic  Club,  which  he  aided  in  organizing. 


LAMBERTUS  KLYS— The  proprietor  of  the  Klys  Auto  Repair  Shop,  at 
the  corner  of  Main  avenue  and  Burgess  place,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  is  Lam- 
bertus  Klys.    He  is  a  native  of  Holland,  born  April  28,  1875. 

Lambertus  Klys  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  where  he 
continued  his  studies  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  thirteen  years.  He  then 
learned  the  baker's  trade.  After  a  time  spent  at  this  he  obtained  a  position  in 
a  machine  shop.  In  order  to  become  a  machinist.  Having  learned  that  trade, 
he  followed  It  In  Holland  for  a  number  of  years. 

Mr.  Klys  emigrated  to  the  United  States  In  1910,  landing  in  New  York 
City,  October  10,  and  immediately  came  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Not  finding 
employment  at  once  In  his  own  line  of  work,  he  accepted  a  position  with  Dr. 
Van  Riper,  of  Passaic,  with  whom  he  remained  for  a  year  and  a  half.  He  next 
engaged  In  automobile  work  at  the  Service  Garage,  on  Howe  avenue,  where  he 
continued  for  a  time.  In  1916,  he  opened  an  automobile  repair  shop  at  No.  955 
Main  avenue,  Passaic,  taking  his  son  into  the  business  with  him.  They  are 
agents  for  the  Chevrolet  car,  and  in  addition  to  this  do  all  kinds  of  metal  repair- 
ing, such  as  welding  brass,  iron,  aluminum,  and  steel  cutting.  In  politics  Lam- 
bertus Klys  Is  a  Republican,  and  in  religious  belief  a  Roman  Catholic. 

Lambertus  Klys  married,  In  Holland,  Anna  Von  Collenberg.  To  them 
were  born  two  children,  both  in  Holland:  Pauline,  now  Mrs.  Emil  Levens,  of 
Passaic,  and  Adrian,  who  Is  with  his  father  In  business.  Their  home  is  at 
No.   73   Summer   street,   Passaic,   New   Jersey. 


JOHN  PATRICK  McMAHON,  son  of  Squire  Patrick  J.  and  Ellen 
(Dunn)  McMahon,  was  born  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  June  4,  1881,  and  was 
educated  in  parochial  and  public  schools.  After  completing  his  studies  he 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and  has  followed  that  trade  until  the  present 
(1922),  being  well  know-n  as  a  builder  in  his  section.  He  Is  a  member  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church,  and  Is  a  man  highly  esteemed  In  his  community. 

Mr.  McMahon  married,  in  St.  Francis  Church,  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  June  4, 
1914,  Henrietta  Schrieks,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and  Cora  Schrieks,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  three  children:     Elinor,  born  September  21,  1915;    Cora, 


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born  August  12,  1917;   and  John  P.,  born  July,  1920.    A  review  of  the  career 
of  Squire  Patrick  J.  McMahon  and  family  appears  elsewhere  in  this  work. 


GEORGE  C.  PLOCH— In  the  Richfield  section  of  the  city  of  Clifton, 
New  Jersey,  are  found  many  of  the  productive  and  well  kept  farms  for  which 
the  State  of  New  Jersey  is  famous,  and  George  C.  Ploch  is  counted  among  the 
progressive  men  who  are  keeping  this  section  in  the  lead. 

Mr.  Ploch  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  and  is  a  son  of  George  Ploch,  who 
was  for  many  years  a  prominent  farmer  and  gardener  of  Passaic  county. 
Educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Jersey,  Mr.  Ploch  became  associated  with 
his  father  in  the  work  of  the  farm  while  still  a  young  man,  and  later  conducted 
independent  farming  operations.  His  place  is  one  of  the  fine  old  farm  home- 
steads which  give  dignity  to  the  community,  and  the  buildings  and  land  are 
both  kept  up  in  thoroughly  modern  manner.  He  produces  the  general  run  of 
vegetables  grown  on  the  truck  farms  of  this  latitude,  his  product  going  to  the 
nearby  cities,  and  he  is  considered  a  leader  in  this  business  in  the  vicinity  of 
Passaic.  He  is  unquestionably  one  of  the  successful  men  of  the  day  in  his  field 
of  activity,  and  is  a  well  known  member  of  the  local  Grange. 

Mr.  Ploch  married  Miss  Von  Drehles,  a  member  of  the  prominent  Von 
Drehles  family,  for  many  years  leaders  in  the  gardening  interests  of  this  sec- 
tion. Mrs.  Ploch  and,  indeed,  all  the  family,  are  active  in  the  social  and 
benevolent   organizations   in   the   community. 


JACOB  KROENER,  JR. — Coming  to  this  country  as  a  young  lad,  and 
receiving  his  training  in  the  educational  institutions  of  America,  Jacob  Kroener, 
Jr.,  has  achieved  success  along  the  line  of  a  daily  necessity  of  the  people,  and 
noAv  conducts  a  modern  laundry  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Kroener  is  a  son 
of  Jacob  and  Margaret  Kroener,  both  natives  of  Germany.  The  elder  Kroener 
was  a  stone-cutter  by  trade,  and  came  with  his  wife  and  their  first  six  children 
to  this  country  in  1878.  He  located  in  New  York  City,  where  he  followed  his 
trade  many  years,  until  his  retirement.  He  died  at  his  son's  home  in  Clifton, 
March  3,  1913,  and  his  wife  died  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  March  17,  1917. 
They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children:  Caroline;  Wilhelmina ;  Jacob,  of 
further  mention  ;    Frederick  ;    Louisa  ;    John  ;    Emily  ;    Margaret ;    and  Emma. 

Jacob  Kroener,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Nottingen,  Germany,  January  10,  1872. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  New  York  City.  At  the  age  of  sev- 
enteen years  he  became  identified  with  the  B.  G.  Volger  Company,  of  Nov 
York,  later  of  Passaic,  manufacturers  of  inks,  and  was  connected  with  that 
concern  for  nearly  nineteen  years.  He  then  entered  the  hand  laundry  business 
in  Clifton,  beginning  on  a  small  scale,  but  doing  exclusive  and  exquisite  work, 
and  making  a  specialty  of  the  perfect  handling  of  the  most  delicate  laundry 
articles.  Mr.  Kroener  has  built  up  an  enviable  reputation  in  his  chosen  field  of 
endeavor.  He  has  conducted  the  enterprise  for  the  past  sixteen  years,  giving  his 
personal  attention  to  the  details  of  the  business,  and  now  commands  the  finest 
patronage  in  this  vicinity.  The  laundry  is  located  at  No.  11  Second  street, 
Clifton,  and  the  plant  is  modern  in  every  way,  fully  equipped  with  the  most 
approved  machinery  and  facilities.  A  Republican  by  political  affiliation,  Mr. 
Kroener  is  interested  as  a  citizen  in  public  affairs,  keeping  in  touch  with  the 
progress  of  the  local  government.  He  attends  St.  John's  German  Lutheran 
Church,  of  Passaic,  and  is  well  known  in  both  Clifton  and  Passaic. 

Mr.  Kroener  married,  in  Clifton,  February  21,  1910,  Frieda  Frey,  a  native 
of  Nottingen,  Germany,  a  daughter  of  Heinrich  and  Katherine  (Berger)  Frey. 
Her  father  was  likewise  a  stone  cutter  by  trade,  and  was  at  one  time  a  soldier 


514  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

in  the  German  army,  when  a  young  man.  He  and  his  wife,  with  six  of  their 
children,  lame  to  this  country  in  1890  and  located  in  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
where  he  followed  his  trade  until  late  in  life.  He  died  in  Brooklyn,  May  13, 
1904,  and  his  wife  died  in  Clifton,  September  3,  1910.  They  were  the  parents 
of  seven  children:  Katherine ;  Karoline ;  Heinrich ;  Louise;  Wilhelmma; 
Adolph ;  and  Frieda,  who  married  Mr.  Kroener,  the  subject  of  this  review.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Kroener  have  two  children:  Jacob  Frederick,  born  June  25,  1911; 
and  Frieda  Katherine,  born  April  6,  1913;  both  now  attending  Public 
School   No.    10,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 

HUBERT  P.  BEAM ES— In  a  very  practical  branch  of  activity  Hubert 
r.  Bcames.  of  Delawanna,  New  Jersey,  is  contributing  to  the  general  advance 
and  achieving  his  own  success.  Mr.  Beames  was  born  in  Delawanna,  Decern- 
ber  21.  1892,  and  is  a  son  of  Hubert  Beames,  long  a  well  known  citizen  of  this 
community.  Receiving  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Delawanna, 
Mr.  Beames  early  became  interested  in  farming,  and  mapped  out  his  future 
along  this  line.  First  securing  employment  on  neighboring  farms,  he  gained 
valuable  experience,  then  struck  out  for  himself.  He  has  since  been  thus 
engaged,  and  now  has  a  fine,  well-equipped  farm  on  the  Allwood  road,  between 
Drlaw.inna  and  Allwood,  where  he  has  an  excellent  herd  and  conducts  a  modern 
dairy.  Mr.  Beames  has  won  a  position  of  dignity,  is  interested  as  an  enter- 
prising citizen  in  the  progress  of  the  day,  and  politically  supports  the  Republi- 
can party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
of  Nutley,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Beames  married,  in  New  York  City,  Letitia 
I^ggett,  daughter  of  Samuel   Leggett. 

GEORGE  BENDER — Among  the  outlying  towns  in  the  vicinity  of 
Passaic  are  many  of  those  progressive,  up-to-date  farmers  whose  efforts  in 
recent  years  have  made  New  Jersey  the  "garden  spot  of  the  East."  Of  these 
men  George  Bender  is  thoroughly  representative,  both  as  a  citizen  and  as  an 
apriculturist,  and  his  farm  in  Richfield  is  one  of  the  fine  old  places  hereabouts. 
Mr.  Bender  follows  the  traditions  of  his  family  in  his  occupation,  being  a  son 
of  George  and  Elizabeth  Bender,  natives  of  Germany,  but  long  residents  of 
the  Greenville  section,  formerly  one  of  the  suburban  districts  of  Jersey  City, 
where  the  father  was  for  many  years  a  well  known  market  gardener. 

George  Bender  was  born  in  Greenville,  part  of  Jersey  City,  July  27,  1879. 
He  acquired  a  thorough  training  in  the  fundamentals  of  learning  at  the  public 
schools  of  Jersey  City,  then,  as  a  young  man,  was  engaged  in  gardening  with 
his  father.  In  1906  he  removed  to  Richfield,  establishing  himself  independent- 
ly. He  has  followed  market  gardening  here  since  that  time,  with  marked  suc- 
cess, and  for  some  years  has  been  in  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law,  Fred 
Ilrnnipcr.  They  do  some  general  farming,  but  the  place  is  largely  devoted 
to  the  prod\irtion  of  market  garden  truck,  all  kinds  of  vegetables  being  pro- 
durrd  which  are  suited  to  the  locality.  The  product  of  the  place  is  largely 
absorbed  by  the  near-by  markets,  and  the  business  is  a  thriving  and  growing 
interest. 

Well  and  favorably  known  in  this  vicinity,  Mr.  Bender  is  considered  one 
nf  the  leading  m^n  of  the  town.  He  is  a  member  of  Acquackanonk  Grange, 
No,  1R3,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  of  Richfield,  and  attends  the  German  Lutheran 
rhurrh. 

Mr.  Brndor  married,  in  Richfield,  October  10,  1909,  Louise  Henniger, 
daughter  of  Dctrick  and  Minnie  (Ynn  Drehle)  Henniger,  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  two  children:     Hilda  and  George  F. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  517 

DR.  ELVIN  H.  KILLHEFFER— As  an  authority  on  the  relation  of 
chemistry  to  the  textile  industry  in  America,  particularly  as  regards  the  pro- 
duction of  dyestuffs  in  this  country,  Dr.  Killheffer  is  a  figure  of  national 
prominence.  His  connection  with  the  Newport  Chemical  Works,  Incorporated, 
of  Pajssaic,  as  vice-president  in  charge  of  sales,  places  him  among  the  foremost 
manufacturing  executives  of  this  city.  Dr.  Killheffer  is  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  a  son  of  John  V.  and  Alice  C.  (Hackman)  Killheffer,  now  residents 
of  Rutherford,  New  Jersey. 

Dr.  Killheffer  was  born  January  16,  1884,  in  Millerville,  Lancaster  county, 
Pennsylvania.  With  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Philadelphia,  when  he  was 
six  years  of  age,  his  school  attendance  was  begun  in  that  city,  and  before  the 
full  high  school  course  was  completed  the  general  trend  of  his  career  was  deter- 
mined. To  find  opportunity  to  satisfy  his  keen  interest  in  chemistry,  he  secured 
employment  with  Shoemaker  &  Bush,  of  Philadelphia,  outside  of  school  hours, 
this  firm  being  leaders  in  the  manufacture  of  drugs.  Later  Mr.  Killheffer  en- 
tered the  Philadelphia  Textile  School,  where  he  gave  special  attention  to  those 
branches  of  the  textile  industry  governed  by  the  laws  of  chemistry.  He  was 
graduated  from  this  institution  in  due  course,  and  for  a  time  thereafter  was 
employed  in  the  chemical  laboratories  of  the  Southwark  and  Sauquoit  Silk  Mills. 
His  next  experience  was  with  Kalle  &  Company,  at  their  New  York  offices, 
where  he  acted  as  service  chemist,  and  was  subsequently  sent  to  their  European 
plant,  at  Biebrich-on-the-Rhine,  Germany.  There  his  duties  involved  large 
responsibility  in  the  manufacture  of  dyestuffs  and  ithe  solving  of  many  problems 
in  that  connection,  and  gave  him  a  rare  familiarity  with  this  vital  branch  of 
industry.  Returning  to  America,  he  was  made  dyestuff  application  expert  for 
the  same  firm,  his  duties  taking  him  to  their  customers  in  all  parts  of  this 
country,  for  the  solution  of  ail  kinds  of  dyestuff  problems.  Thus  Dr.  Killheffer 
became  widely  acquainted  with  the  trade  and  its  needs  and  demands,  and  at  a 
time  when  conditions  were  fast  moving  towards  a  crucial  point.  With  the  pre- 
cipitation of  war  conditions  in  Europe,  and  the  importation  of  dyestuffs  from 
Germany  no  longer  possible,  the  various  branches  of  the  textile  industry  in 
America  met  an  emergency  very  like  the  proverbial  blank  wall. 

A  group  of  interests  identified  wi'th  the  silk  industry  of  Paterson,  New 
Jersey,  formed  what  became  known  as  the  Orient  Trading  Company,  for  the 
purpose  of  purchasing  supplies  of  German  dyestuffs  then  available  in  the  Far 
East,  before  they  should  become  exhausted,  and  importing  the  same  into  the 
United  States  for  the  use  of  textile  manufacturers.  The  foregoing  experience, 
together  with  his  ability  as  a  buyer  and  the  personal  qualifications  which  fitted 
him  for  an  exacting  mission,  placed  this  task  in  the  hands  of  Dr.  Killheffer.  The 
outcome  was  most  gratifying  to  the  interests  concerned.  Very  soon  after  his  re- 
turn from  China  and  Japan,  Dr.  Kilheffer  began  the  manufacture  of  dyestuffs 
in  Passaic,  producing,  under  the  name  of  the  American  Color  Manufacturing 
Company,  a  list  of  colors,  including  those  most  particularly  needed,  of  which 
the  greater  number  had  never  been  produced  here  in  America,  their  production 
here,  in  some  cases,  never  having  been  thought  possible.  Since  the  war  Dr. 
Killheffer  has  merged  his  interests  with  those  of  the  Newport  Chemical  Works, 
Incorporated,  of  Passaic,  becoming  vice-president  of  this  concern,  which  office 
he  still  retains.  His  breadth  of  experience  is  having  no  slight  bearing  on  the 
progress  of  this  concern  in  its  field  of  operation.  He  has  recently  returned  from 
a  tour  through  the  Orient  and  European  textile  centers,  the  purpose  of  which 
was  the  establishing  of  permanent  branch  offices  of  this  concern  for  the  develop- 
ment of  their  interests  in  Europe  and  the  Far  East. 

In  his  more  personal  affairs.  Dr.  Killheffer  is  also  well  known.     Inde- 


518  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

pendent  in  his  political  convictions,  he  is  the  citizen,  not  the  politician.  Frater- 
nally, he  holds  membership  in  the  order  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic  City 
Club,  the  Chemists'  Club  of  New  York  City,  the  Old  Colony  Club,  also  of  New 
York,  and  the  Lake  Hopatcong  Country  Club.  Dr.  Killheffer  married  (first) 
Odella  Pegley,  of  Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  and  their  four  children  are:  John, 
Theodore,  Elvin  and  Louise.  He  married  (second)  Marcella  Mahr,  of  Chi- 
cago, and  the  family  home  is  at  North  Caldwell,  New  Jersey. 

REV.  PAUL  H.  HOPF — The  clergy  of  Passaic  has  a^lways  taken  a  deep 
and  constructive  interest  in  every  phase  of  the  city's  progress,  and  individually 
and  collectively  have  borne  a  part  in  those  activities  which  mean  prosperity  to 
the  present  generation,  and  have  upheld  traditions  worthy  of  emulation  to  the 
generations  which  are  to  come. 

Rev,  Paul  H.  Hopf,  pastor  of  the  First  German  EvangeHcal  Presibyterian 
Church,  of  Passaic,  is  broadly  representative  of  the  clergy  of  this  city.,  A  man 
of  scholarly  mind  and  extensive  culture,  he  has  worked  side  by  side  with  the 
people  of  his  parish  for  the  spiritual  upbuilding  and  the  material  welfare  of  the 
church.  Its  constant  and  permanent  growth  is  the  response  to  this  nurturing 
care,  and  its  healthful  condition  is  evident  in  the  numerical  growth  of  the  mem- 
bership and  the  improvements  which  from  time  to  time  have  been  made  in  the 
church  property.  A  resident  of  Passaic  for  many  years,  Rev.  Mr.  Hopf  has  kept 
in  touch  with  the  general  advance  outside  as  well  as  inside  the  confines  of  his 
parish.  He  has  always  given  his  cordial  endorsement  to  every  movement  wihich 
has  had  for  its  object  the  good  of  the  people,  and  is  looked  upon  as  one  of  the 
leaders  in  the  line  of  progress.  The  First  German  Evangelical  Persbyterian 
Church  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Madison  and  Columbia  avenues,  Passaic. 


JOHN  BERRIDGE — For  forty-one  years  a  resident  of  Passaic,  and 
during  the  entire  time  active  as  a  contractor  and  builder,  John  Berridge  is  one 
of  the  veterans  in  his  field  in  this  city.  He  Is  a  son  of  Francis  Berridge,  who 
was  born  in  England  and  who  brought  his  family  to  this  country  in  the  year 
1880,  settling  at  once  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  The  father  was  a  grocer  by 
occupation,  a  man  of  high  character  and  a  consistent  church  member,  always 
taking  part  in  reform  movements,  and  especially  active  in  the  temperance 
cause.  He  passed  away  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years,  and  is  buried  in  Cedar 
Lawn  Cemetery.  He  married,  in  England,  Jane  Waller,  who  still  survives 
him,  and  is  in  good  health,  and  mentally  alert  as  in  her  younger  days.  They 
were  the  parents  of  three  daughters  and  three  sons :  Elizabeth,  Helen,  Kate, 
John,  Walter,  and  Tom.  The  mother  now  resides  with  her  daughter  Kate. 
The  youngest  son,  Tom,  is  a  prominent  builder  of  Passaic,  a  sketch  of  whom 
follows. 

John  Berridge  was  born  in  Brigg,  Lincolnshire,  England,  October  1,  1864, 
and  at  an  early  age  entered  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  Continuing 
in  school  until  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  he  completed  the  grammar  course, 
then  took  up  the  carpenter's  trade,  serving  the  full  seven  years  of  apprentice- 
ship required  in  England.  Coming  with  the  family  to  America  in  the  spring  of 
1880,  the  young  man  settled  in  Passaic,  with  the  family,  and  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Basch  Mills.  Remaining,  however,  for  only  a  short  time,  he  began 
work  at  his  trade,  and  very  soon  was  handling  contracts  on  his  own  responsi- 
bility. His  sterling  business  integrity,  and  the  excellence  of  workmanship 
which  was  clearly  evident  in  every  piece  of  work  which  came  under  his  hand, 
formed  a  stable  foundation  for  success,  and  he  went  forward  to  a  position  of 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  519 

influence  in  the  trade.  Of  the  hundreds  of  houses  which  he  has  built,  most  of 
them  still  stand  in  excellent  condition.  With  the  public  interests  of  his  adopted 
city  Mr.  Berridge  has  always  felt  broadly  in  sympathy,  although  he  has  never 
sought  public  honors.  He  takes  the  citizen's  part  in  the  general  progress,  and 
is  esteemed  by  all  who  come  in  contact  with  him.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Arcanum,  and  of  the  Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Berridge  married,  in  1888,  Elizabeth  Jane  Yereance,  of  Passaic,  a 
member  of  an  old  New  Jersey  family,  the  ceremony  taking  place  at  the  home 
of  the  bride's  grandmother,  at  No.  115  Washington  place,  Passaic.  Mrs.  Ber- 
ridge is  a  daughter  of  Henry  Van  Houten  and  Elizabeth  Jane  (Van  Roden) 
Yereance.  They  have  six  children:  Jane,  born  in  1889;  Frank,  born  in  1890; 
Henry  Yereance,  born  in  1893;  Walter  W.,  born  in  1895;  Howard  R.,  born 
in  1896;   and  Clarence  H.,  born  in  1899. 

During  the  World  War  the  sons  of  this  family  did  their  part  in  the  great 
struggle.  All  but  the  youngest  enlisted  immediately  upon  American  interven- 
tion, but  at  that  time  Frank  was  rejected  for  disability,  although  he  was  later 
called  through  the  selective  service,  sent  to  France,  where  he  remained  for  six 
months,  then  served  eight  months  in  Germany  with  the  Army  of  Occupation. 
Henry  Y.  served  in  England  for  one  year,  with  the  aviation  service.  Howard 
R.  was  in  the  navy,  and  upon  crossing  to  Marseilles  was  sent  from  there  to  Gib- 
raltar, where  he  was  stationed  for  several  months,  then  was  assigned  to  a  subma- 
rine chaser  and  went  to  the  Virgin  Islands.  Clarence  H.  enlisted  during  the 
course  of  the  war,  and  was  about  to  go  overseas  when  the  armistice  was  signed. 
All  returned  home  without  serious  injury,  and  the  family  is  still  unbroken. 


TOM  BERRIDGE,  one  of  the  we*ll  known  names  in  the  construction 
world  of  Passaic,  who  for  many  years  has  been  active  as  a  builder  and  con- 
tractor, confining  his  operations  exclusively  to  residence  work,  is  a  son  of 
I'rancis  Berridge,  of  mention  in  preceding  sketch. 

Tom  Berridge  was  born  in  Wrawby,  Lincolnshire,  England,  in  1869,  and 
came  to  the  United  States  with  his  parents,  reaching  this  side  on  the  first  day 
of  May,  1880.  Coming  at  once  to  Passaic  with  the  family,  he  has  since 
resided  'there  continuiously.  His  only  education  wias  in  the  sohools  of  his  naicive 
land,  and  upon  coming  to  this  country  he  at  once  went  to  work,  being  first  em- 
ployed in  the  Basch  Woolen  and  Shoddy  Mills,  in  the  card  and  wool  depart- 
ment, where  he  remained  for  one  year.  He  was  then  employed  in  the  grocery 
store  of  John  T.  Van  Iderstine,  whidh  was  located  on  Main  avenue,  on  the 
present  site  of  Philip  Van  Riper  Post's  drug  store,  but  after  a  {ew  months  in 
the  grocery  busiiness  he  returned  to  the  mills.  His  ambitions,  however,  were 
noit  satisfied  w:ith  the  prospects  there,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  became 
apprenticed  to  the  trade  of  sheet  metal  worker,  serving  for  three  years.  At  the 
end  of  that  time  he  worked  at  his  trade  for  different  contriactors,  spending  about 
ten  years  in  tihis  activity.  Then,  wlith  his  accumulated  savings,  Mr.  Berridge 
started  in  the  field  of  contracting,  and  began  building  operations  in  which  he 
has  won  his  success.  Erecting  residences  exclusively,  he  has  given  his  best 
endeavors  to  his  work,  building  substantial,  well  constructed  dwellings  which 
will  stand  as  landmlarks  for  many  years.  Of  the  upwards  of  five  hundred 
buildings  with  which  he  has  been  identified,  practically  all  are  standing  today 
and  in  good  condition. 

The  building  of  houses  for  the  people  has  been  Mr.  Berridge's  life  work, 
and  he  has  allowed  little  else  to  take  up  his  attention,  but  has  always  kept  in- 
formed of  the  movement  of  public  progress,  and  has  supported  the  Republican 


520  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

party  from  the  casting  of  his  first  vote.    He  and  his  family  are  members  of  St. 
George's  Episcopal  Church  on  Monroe  street,  Passaic. 

Mr.  Berridge  married,  in  Passaic,  August  13,  1890,  in  St.  John's  Episcopal 
Church,  Mary  A.  Bailey,  who  was  born  in  Passaic,  a  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Mary  S.  Bailey.  Mr.  Bailey  died  in  May,  1920,  but  his  wife  survives 
him,  and  resides  at  No.  318  Van  Houten  avenue,  Passaic,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight  years,  and  is  still  in  good  health.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Berridge  have  one  son, 
Irving  B. 

Irving  B.  Berridge  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  in  1893.  He  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  this  city.  He  enlisted  for  service  in  the  World  War, 
July  27,  1917,  and  was  detailed  to  Fort  Slocum,  New  York,  where  he  remained 
for  only  ten  days,  then  was  transferred  to  Kelly  Field,  San  Antonio,  Texas, 
where  he  remained  in  camp  for  three  months,  and  during  that  time  was  made 
corporal.  Then  he  was  returned  East,  to  Camp  Vail,  Little  Silver,  New  Jersey, 
near  Red  Bank,  w^here  he  was  promoted  to  sergeant,  and  after  two  months  there 
was  transferred  to  Morrison,  Virginia.  Sailing  thence  to  France,  he  landed  at 
Brest,  but  his  stay  in  that  country  was  sbort,  owing  to  the  fact  that  he  was 
attached  to  the  Air  Construction  Service,  and  his  duties  called  him  to  England. 
He  was  stationed  at  Chattis  Hill,  Stockbridge,  Hants,  England,  near  South- 
ampton. At  this  camp  he  was  appointed  sergeant-major  of  his  squadron,  which 
was  constructing  a  permanent  camp  for  the  British.  He  still  held  the  same 
rank  at  the  time  of  his  honorable  discharge  from  the  service,  on  December  23, 
1918.  His  'home-coming  was  a  time  of  great  rejoicing  for  his  parents  and  his 
many  friends  in  Passaic.  After  his  discharge  from  the  army  he  returned  to  his 
former  position  in  the  Passaic  National  Bank,  where  he  is  still  employed.  He 
married  Jennie  Lind  Warner,  and  they  reside  in  Passaic,  with  his  parents,  at 
their  delightful  home  at  No.  80  Howard  street. 


EDWARD  E.  DYER  of  the  Dyer-Kane  Company  of  Passaic,  New  Jer- 
sey, was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  October  26,  1880,  son  of  Patrick  J. 
and  Mary  A.  (Heaney)  Dyer,  his  father  a  well  known  railroad  contractor  and 
public  official  of  Paterson. 

Edward  E.  Dyer  completed  his  education  at  St.  Agnes'  Parochial  school, 
Paterson,  and  began  activities  as  a  telegrap'her  with  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna 
&  Western  railroad  in  Paterson.  Later  he  entered  the  train  service  of  the 
same  road,  beginning  as  brakeman  and  winning  promotion  to  that  of  a  con- 
ductor. Still  later  he  was  made  yardmaster,  and  was  on  duty  in  Newark,  Port 
Morris  and  Hoboken,  remaining  in  railroad  service  until  entering  into  the  con- 
tracting business.  When  he  left  railroad  work,  he  became  foreman  for  G.  F. 
Brackett,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  a  road  building  contractor,  and  for  five  years 
continued,  becoming  superintendent  of  the  Brackett  operations.  He  next  began 
contracting  under  his  own  name,  forming  later  the  Dyer-Kane  Company,  with 
offices  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  The  company  conducts  a  general  contracting 
business,  and  deals  extensively  in  materials  used  in  construction  work.  The 
company  is  well  established  and  known  in  trade  circles,  Mr.  Dyer  being  also 
interested  in  the  Pompton  Sand  and  Gravel  Company,  of  which  he  is  president. 
Mr.  Dyer  is  a  resident  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  and  is  interested  in  the  public 
affairs  of  his  city.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Roman  Catholic  Church,  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  Paterson  Lodge,  No.  60,  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

Mr.  Dyer  married,  in  Hoboken,  New  Jersey,  January  25,  1912,  Catherine 
Hartman,  daughter  of  Julius  and  Mary  Hartman.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dyer  are  the 
parents  of  four  children :    Valentine,  Raymond,  Robert  and  Mary. 


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JOHN  D.  VASILYK— The  rapid  growth  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  as  a 
commercial  and  residential  center  has  brought  to  the  fore  many  young  men  who 
are  now  attaining  success  in  the  professions.  Of  these,  John  D.  V^asilyk  is 
becoming  a  noteworthy  figure  in  legal  circles.  He  is  a  son  of  Peter  A.  and 
Anna  (Geryak)  Vasilyk,  long  residents  of  Garfield,  the  father  having  been  a 
well  known  citizen,  prominent  in  the  business  world  as  coal  dealer  and  general 
merchant,  his  death  occurring  January  23,  1908.  The  mother  is  still  living. 
John  D.  was  left  as  the  eldest  of  four  children. 

John  D.  Vasilyk  was  born  in  Garfield,  June  16,  1896.  He  first  attended 
Grammar  School,  No.  2,  entering  in  1902,  and  completing  the  course  in  1911. 
He  was  graduated  from  the  Passaic  High  School  in  the  class  of  1915,  then  en- 
tered New  York  University,  School  of  Law,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1918.  The  death  of  his  father  w'hen  the  boy  was  only  in  his  twelfth 
year  left  him  with  his  future  largely  in  his  own  hands.  The  mother  continuing 
the  business,  he  found  it  necessary  to  devote  much  of  'his  time  to  assisting  her. 
But  holding  fast  his  early  ambition  for  a  professional  career,  he  managed  to 
secure  time  for  his  studies,  and  eventually  achieved  his  purpose.  After  his 
graduation  from  the  law  school,  as  aforementioned,  Mr.  Vasilyk  served  his  first 
period  of  clerkship  in  the  office  of  A.  D.  Sullivan,  of  Passaic,  later  hecoming 
identified  with  the  law  firm  of  Hart  &  Vanderwart,  of  Hackensack,  New  Jersey, 
with  whom  he  was  associated  until  April  1,  1922.  He  is  now  established  in  his 
own  law  offices  at  No.  64  Belmont  avenue,  Garfield,  New  Jersey.  He  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Garfield  Board  of  Trade  since  its  reorganization,  March  1, 
1922.  Mr.  Vasilyk  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  taken  an  active  part 
in  the  affairs  of  Garfield.  On  January  1,  1922,  he  was  appointed  attorney  for 
the  city  of  Garfield  by  Mayor  William  A.  Burke. 

During  the  World  War,  Mr.  Vasilyk  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army 
on  September  14,  1918,  and  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  Second  Com- 
pany, First  Battalion,  153rd  Depot  Brigade,  December  15,  1918.  Fraternally, 
Mr.  Vasilyk  is  a  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  387,  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey ;  SS.  Peter  and  Paul's  Russian  Orthodox 
Benevolent  Society,  and  Garfield  Branch  of  the  "Passaic  Jednota."  His  club 
membership  includes  the  Belmont  Athletic  Club  and  Second  Ward  Slavonian 
Republican  Club.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  Garfield  Post,  No.  255,  The 
American  Legion,  serving  as  treasurer  until  January  1,  1922.  He  is  treasurer 
of  Garfield  Fire  Company,  No.  2,  and  also  of  the  Garfield  Volunteer  Firemen's 
Association.  His  religious  faith  is  that  of  the  Greek  Catholic,  and  he  is  a 
member  of  SS.  Peter  and  Paul's  Russian  Orthodox  Church,  of  Passaic. 


MAURICE  AUERHAN— David  and  Golde  (Hoffman)  Auerhan  were 
residents  of  Kolomea,  Austria,  and  in  that  city  their  son,  Maurice  Auerhan, 
was  born  October  22,  1893.  He  was  educated  in  Jewish  Colonization  Associa- 
tion schools,  and  there  was  taug'ht  scientific  methods  of  farming,  gardening  and 
fruit  growing.  He  spent  the  first  seventeen  years  of  his  life  at  ihis  Austrian 
home,  then  came  to  United  States,  and  located  in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  where 
he  was  employed  in  an  embroidery  manufacturing  plant.  The  Newark  Embroid- 
ery Works.  Two  years  were  spent  in  Newark,  then,  in  1912  he  located 
in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  continued  an  embroidery  worker,  but  in  1913 
he  engaged  in  business  for  himself  at  No.  91  Sherman  street,  Passaic,  as  an 
embroidery  manufacturer.  His  beginning  was  small,  but  success  attended  him, 
and  as  'he  prospered  he  enlarged  his  quarters,  moving  in  turn  to  No.  29  Park 
place,  to  No.  164  Madison  street,  and  finally,  in  November,  1921,  to  his  present 
factory  plant  at  No.  785  Main  avenue,  Passaic.    He  employs  ten  skilled  workers 


522  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

in  the  manufacture  of  embroidery  and  handkerchiefs,  and  has  an  assured  market 
for  his  product.  Mr.  Auerhan  is  an  Independent  in  politics  and  is  highly- 
esteemed  as  a  business  man.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  The  Workman's  Circle,  and  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association. 

Mr.  Auerhan  married,  in  Jersey  City,  June  1,  1918,  Esther  Wierberg, 
daughter  of  Harry  and  Eva  (Bauman)  Wierberg,  her  father  connected  with 
the  Prudential  Insurance  Company,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Auerhan  are  the  parents  of  a  son,  Harold  S. 

THOMAS  F.  MARTIN — As  a  responsible  executive  in  the  production 
end  of  one  of  the  large  manufacturing  plants  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  Thomas 
F.  Martin  is  prominent  in  the  business  world  of  this  section,  and  widely  known 
and  respected  in  industrial  circles. 

Mr.  Martin  was  bom  in  Greenwich,  New  York,  March  11,  1876,  and  is 
a  graduate  of  the  grammar  schools  of  that  community.  Leaving  school  at  the 
early  age  of  twelve  years,  he  cherished  a  definite  ambition  from  the  beginning 
of  his  career,  and  that  was  the  mastering  of  the  manufacture  of  paper.  He  first 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Ondawa  Paper  Company,  of  Greenwich,  as  a  mill 
hand,  and  gave  six  years  hard  and  faithful  service  to  that  concern  at  nominal 
wages,  gaining  in  return  a  comprehensive  knowledge  of  their  methods  and  pro- 
cesses, and  attaining  the  position  of  machine  tender.  Not  satisfied  to  spend  his 
life  in  one  planit,  the  young  man  ^severed  his  connections  with  this  concern  in 
1894,  and  going  to  Hinsdale,  New  Hampshire,  secured  a  position  with  the  Fisk 
Paper  Company,  of  that  place,  where  he  acquired  valuable  experience  in  the 
manufacture  of  other  grades  and  kinds  of  paper.  To  extend  his  experience  still 
further,  he  left  the  employ  of  this  concern  in  1896,  and  for  about  nine  years 
worked  in  different  plants  in  various  parts  of  the  East,  gaining  a  thoroughly 
comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  industry  in  its  various  phases.  He  then  became 
associated  with  the  Hamersley  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Garfield,  entering 
their  employ  as  machine  tender,  but  rapidly  rising  to  positions  of  higher  import- 
ance. Eventually,  Mr.  Martin  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  superintendent 
of  the  paper  making  department  of  this  plant,  when  he  was  given  full  respon- 
sibility in  that  branch  of  production.  He  still  holds  this  position,  commanding 
the  respect  and  esteem  alike  of  the  officials  of  the  company  and  of  the  workers 
under  his  direction. 

Always  broadly  interested  in  the  public  advance,  Mr.  Martin  ihas  been 
brought  forward  in  the  public  service  in  Garfield.  A  Republican  by  political 
convictions,  he  was  elected  excise  commissioner  in  1917,  serving  for  four  years, 
and  became  a  member  of  the  water  commission  in  1922.  Fraternallly,  he  holds 
membership  in  Passaic  Council,  No.  387,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  and  is  also  a  member  of  Marquette  Council,  No.  588,  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, of  Franklin,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Martin  married,  in  Hinsdale,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Anna  E.  Roche,  and  they  have  three  children:  Elizabeth,  attending  the 
Savage  Institute  of  Physical  Culture,  of  New  York  City ;  John  P.,  clerk  in 
the  storage  department  of  the  Hamersley  Manufacturing  Company ;  and 
Alice,  a  pupil  at  Garfield  Grammar  School,  No.  6. 


PHILIP  WECHSLER — Standing  out  as  a  figure  of  importance  among 
the  men  who  were  at  one  time  connected  with  the  building  and  construction  line 
is  Philip  Wechsler,  now  a  dry  goods  merchant  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Though 
still  a  young  man,  Mr.  Wechsler  can  be  credited  with  having  been  instrumental 
in  erecting  several  well  known  places  of  amusement  and  business  in  this  city. 
Mr.  Wechsler's  father,  Samuel  Wechsler,  was  a  well  known  and  prosperous 


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merchant  of  Obertyn,  Austria,  and  his  mother,  Sosie  (Margoleis)  Wechsler, 
was  a  daughter  of  equally  well  known  and  wealthy  parents. 

From  Obertyn,  Austria,  where  Philip  Wechsler  was  born  on  March  15, 
1884,  he  journeyed  to  Hull,  England,  in  the  year  1901,  to  continue  his  work  and 
to  gain  experience  in  carpentry.  Owing  to  working  conditions  and  poor  wages, 
which  were  altogether  disagreeable,  Mr.  Wechsler  left  Hull,  came  to  Amer- 
ica at  age  of  eighteen,  and  located  in  Montreal,  Canada.  In  this  Canadian 
metropolis,  he  secured  employment  with  the  Canadian  Pacific  railroad,  and 
soon  was  elevated  to  the  position  of  foreman  in  their  carpenter  department. 
A  year  later  he  arrived  in  New  York  City,  and  soon  afterward  became  con- 
nected with  the  Fuller  Construction  Company.  Intending  to  make  contracting 
and  building  his  future  businesss,  Mr.  Wecihsler  became  engaged  with  various 
construction  companies  in  order  to  better  fit  himself  for  this  field,  and  finding 
the  J.  L.  Sauil  Company,  of  New  York  City,  the  mosit  practical,  he  rem'ained 
with  that  company  for  several  years,  and  after  becoming  thoroughly  experienced 
he  began  operations  in  his  own  interests.  The  contract  to  build  the  Hippodrome 
building  at  Passaic,  wlhich  is  now  the  site  of  the  Plaza  Restaurant,  called 
Mr.  Wechsler  to  this  city,  and  becoming  attracted  to  it,  he  took  up  his  residence 
here  and  became  a  Jerseyite.  Among  other  buildings  constructed  under  Mr. 
Wechsler's  supervision  are  the  Bloomfield  and  Prospect  apartments.  Later 
lie  remodeled  the  Passaic  Theatre,  and  when  this  building  was  destroyed  in 
the  Berdan  fire  in  1912,  he  was  called  upon  to  erect  the  Hobin  Hotel  on  the 
site  of  this  property.  The  next  big  undertaking  in  construction  work  was  the 
erection  of  the  Howe  avenue  apartments  (now  known  as  the  Annette  apart- 
ments), on  the  old  Gillan  estate.  This  property  he  purchased  from  Dr. 
Stemmerman  when  the  latter's  studio  was  destroyed  by  fire.  Mr.  Wechsler, 
having  become  interested  in  the  dry  goods  business,  gave  up  construction  work 
in  1914  and  opened  a  dress  goods  business  at  No.  34  Lexington  avenue.  Since 
the  day  he  began  business  he  has  enjoyed  a  prosperity  which  comes  from  only 
honest  and  efficient  management  and  the  handling  of  a  superior  quality  of 
merchandise.  Mr.  Wechsler,  being  an  admirable  citizen,  is  a  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  Passaic.  He  is  an  Independent  Democrat,  always 
taking  an  active  interest  in  everything  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the  city. 

In  New  York  City,  on  June  6,  1908,  Philip  Wechsler  and  Esther  Her- 
man were  united  in  marriage,  and  to  them  the  following  children  were  born : 
Samuel,  born  March  14,  1909;  Ruth,  born  in  Passaic,  November  15,  1912, 
and  Martha,  born  May  20,   1917. 

FRED  W.  SMITH — In  asssociation  with  the  Clearwater  brothers,  of 
Rutherford,  New  Jersey,  Fred  W.  Smith,  of  Ridgewood,  is  manufacturing 
a  superior  cord  tire  for  automobiles,  of  which  he  is  the  originator,  the  factory 
being  at  Garfield,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Smith  is  a  man  long  experienced  in  the 
rubber  business,  particularly  in  its  relation  ito  ithe  automobile  trade,  and  in 
devising  a  certain  unique  compound  from  a  rubber  base  he  has  produced  a  tire 
which  is  resisting  the  most  gruelling  tests  and  meeting  a  vital  need  of  the 
motor  vehicle  industry. 

The  present  concern,  which  is  known  as  the  Smith  Rubber  &  Tire  Company, 
Incorporated,  was  organized  on  September  27,  1919,  by  Mr.  Smith,  Winfield 
and  Raymond  A.  Clearwater.  Winfield  Clearwater,  who  is  president  of  the 
organization,  is  a  prominent  figure  in  finance,  and  at  present  holds  the  office 
of  president  in  a  leading  New  Jersey  bank.  Raymond  A.  Clearwater,  who 
is  secretary-treasurer  of  the  above  organization,  has  also  had  extensive  banking 
experience,  both  brothers  having  been  active  in  the  world  of  finance  for  about 


524  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

eighteen  years.  Mr.  Smith  has  full  charge  of  the  production  end  of  the 
business,  and  the  Messrs.  Clearwater  'handle  the  distribution  end.  To  finance 
the  venture  these  asssociates  floated  sufficient  stock  to  meet  the  initial  respon- 
sibilities, purchased  six  acres  of  ground  in  Garfield,  and  erected  a  new,  modern 
plant  of  reinforced  concrete,  having  an  area  of  24,000  square  feet,  two  stories 
in  height.  The  lower  floor  is  occupied  by  the  milling  department,  the  engine 
room  and  the  warehouse,  and  the  upper  floor  is  occupied  by  the  cutting,  tire 
building,  vulcanizing  and  tube  departments.  They  have  recently  added  a 
smaller  building  just  outside  the  main  plant,  containing  modern,  attractive 
executive  offices,  the  growth  of  the  business  demanding  a  structure  especially 
suited  to  office  purposes.  Production  began  in  February,  1921,  and  from  the 
day  the  "Smith  Cords"  were  placed  upon  the  market  the  growth  of  the  business 
has  been  almost  unprecedented  .  At  the  beginning  they  had  only  a  single  local 
representative,  and  their  field  was  confined  to  the  local  demand.  Now, 
scarcely  fourteeen  months  later,  their  product  is  sold  in  New  Jersey,  New 
York,  Maryland,  Delaware,  Pennsylvania,  Virginia,  Kentucky,  Maine,  Massa- 
chusetts, Connecticut,  and  as  far  West  as  Colorado.  The  office  force  now 
consists  of  about  fourteen  people,  and  the  factory  force  is  about  one  hundred 
and  fifty  men,  working  in  shifts,  both  night  and  day,  operating  the  plant  to  its 
fullest  capacity,  in  the  attempt  to  keep  pace  with  the  rapidly  growing  demand 
for  "Smith  Cord"  tires.  The  product  is  sold  on  a  ten  thousand  mile  adjust- 
ment basis,  and  the  adjustmervts  thus  far  have  been  very  rare.  The  tires 
have  been  represented  in  the  Passaic  and  Paterson  automobile  shows,  and  also 
at  the  Syracuse,  New  York,  show.  In  short,  the  business  has  been  built  up  on 
the  sheer  merit  of  the  product,  placed  upon  the  market  by  modern  business 
methods,  Mr.  Smith's  thorough  familiarity  with  rubber  production  and  in- 
genious appplication  of  his  knowledge  forming  a.  solid  foundation  upon  which 
the  Messrs.  Clearwater  have  unquestionably  built  an  enduring  success. 


FULTON  RODGERS  HARDMAN,  treasurer  of  the  LodI  Trust  Com- 
pany, was  born  in  Montreal,  Canada,  March  17,  1892,  the  son  of  James 
Bennett  Hardman,  a  native  of  the  town  of  Bolton,  England,  and  who,  when  a 
3'oung  man,  came  to  America,  settled  in  Montreal,  where  he  died  in  1916,  aged 
fifty-two  years.  His  wife  died  in  1905  in  Montreal,  at  the  age  of  forty-three 
years.  They  were  the  parents  of  six  children:  Alice,  unmarried;  Corinne, 
now  Mrs.  Henry  Brennan,  of  Montreal ;  Fulton  Rodgers,  of  further  mention ; 
Muriel,  unmarried;  Elfreda,  deceased;  Louis,  living  in  New  York  City. 

Fulton  Rodgers  Hardman  attended  the  public  schools  in  Montreal,  later 
finishing  his  education  with  a  private  tutor,  continuing  until  he  reached  the  age 
of  fourteen  years.  When  he  was  fifteen  years  old  he  entered  the  Bank  of  Nova 
Scotia  in  Montreal,  as  junior  clerk,  being  advanced  from  one  department  to 
another  as  his  knowledge  of  the  business  increased.  After  some  years  spent 
in  this  bank,  Mr.  Hardman  came  to  New  York  City,  and  became  connected 
v/ith  the  Farmer's  Loan  and  Trust  Company,  in  an  official  capacity,  rem- 
aining there  one  year.  On  January  1,  1918,  he  accepted  the  office  of  treasurer 
in  the  Lodi  Trust  Company,  where  he  still  remains.  During  the  short  time 
he  has  been  connected  with  this  bank,  Mr.  Hardman  has  become  well  known, 
and  has  a  large  acquaintance  in  and  outside  of  business  circles.  Mr.  Hardman 
is  a  member  of  Pioneer  Lodge,  of  Hackensack,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and 
in  politics  is  a  member  of  the  Republican  party. 

In  New  York  City,  in  the  "Little  Church  Around  The  Corner,"  Fulton 
Rodgers  Hardman  was  married  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Houghton  to  Gertrude  Mc- 
Corkell,  June  19,  1916.     Miss  McCorkell  was  a  native  of  Montreal,  Canada, 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  525 

the  daughter  of  Arthur  and  Lilly  (Alexander)  McCorkell.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hardman  have  one  child,  Isabelle  Marie,  born  July  20,  1917,  their  home  being 
at  No.  25  Linden  street,  Hackensack.  They  are  members  of  the  Madison 
Avenue  Baptist  Church  of  New  York  City. 

TIMOTHY  HAGERTY— In  Passaic  and  Lodi  there  are  many  to  whom 
the  name  of  Timothy  Hagerty  recalls  cherished  memories,  and  his  tragic  death 
was  a  shock  to  every  one  who  knew  him.  Widely  beloved  for  those  qualities 
of  mind  and  heart  which  make  and  keep  friends  among  all  classes  of  people, 
he  has  left  a  vacant  place  which  will  not  soon  be  filled. 

Timothy  Hagerty  was  born  in  Lodi,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  January 
21,  1861,  and  was  instantly  killed  on  the  Summer  street  crossing  of  the  Erie 
railroad,  Passaic,  by  an  east  bound  express,  on  Saturday  afternoon,  January 
14,  1922.  Mr.  Llagerty  was  the  fourth  child  of  John  Hagerty,  better  known 
throughout  Bergen  county,  in  his  day,  and  still  remembered  among  the  older 
men  of  today,  as  "Judge"  Hagerty,  a  man  prominent  in  public  affairs,  and 
an  earnest  promotor  of  its  interests.  As  a  lad  Timothy  Hagerty  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Lodi,  but  he  left  school  at  an  early  age,  beginning  his 
career  in  the  old  Watson's  Bleachery  in  Passaic.  Later  he  was  employed  in 
the  Byrnes  &  Smith  Bleachery,  in  Lodi,  and  at  times  worked  at  the  carpenters' 
trade,  helping  in  the  construction  of  the  Byrnes  Brothers  plant  in  Lodi.  For 
several  months  he  worked  at  boiler  making  in  New  York,  for  he  was  never 
content  unless  he  was  busy  about  something,  as  he  had  his  own  way  to  make 
in  the  world  and  was  ambitious  to  succceed.  Subsequently,  after  leaving  the 
boiler  shops  in  New  York  and  returning  to  Lodi,  he  took  a  position  as  mechanic 
and  millwright  in  the  Byrnes  Brothers  Bleachery,  and  in  their  employ  rose  to 
the  position  of  chief  engineer,  holding  that  position  until  the  destruction  of  the 
plant  by  fire.  He  then  decided  to  try  the  hotel  business,  and  bought  out  John 
Fisher's  Hotel  on  Main  street,  Lodi.  Here  he  prospered  for  several  years, 
conducting  a  high  class  hostelry  which  commanded  the  best  paitronage.  But  the 
industries  held  the  strongest  appeal  for  his  active  spirit,  and  Mr.  Hagerty 
returned  to  the  bleaching  and  finishing  business  in  1903.  At  that  time,  with 
George  C.  Mercer  and  others,  he  started  tihe  Millbank  Bleachery  on  a  site 
known  as  the  "Fourth  of  July"  woods.  Largely  owing  to  Mr.  Hagerty's- 
untiring  efforts  and  business  ability,  this  bleachery  was  a  definite  and  permanent 
success.  He  was  financially  interested  in  many  of  the  leading  enterprises  of  this 
section,  being  a  charter  member  of  the  City  Trust  Company,  of  Passaic,  and 
a  director  of  that  institution  at  the  time  of  his  death;  a  director  of  the  Liberty 
By-products  Company,  of  Hawthorne,  New  Jersey ;  and  was  formerly  vice- 
president  of  the  Elizabeth  Bronze  Powder  Works,  and  there  were  other 
interests  with  which  he  was  connected  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  His  cordial 
relations  with  his  associates  endeared  him  to  them,  but  his  genial  nature  was- 
not  a  mannerism,  but  rather  a  characteristic,  as  was  his  fine  physique,  his 
tender  heart,  his  charity  and  his  generosity.  His  benevolences  were  quietly 
bestowed  and  few  knew  how  abundantly  he  gave  to  those  in  need. 

In  the  various  interests  of  the  community,  in  social  and  fraternal  organi- 
zations, and  in  public  movements,  Mr.  Hagerty  bore  a  part,  freely  giving  his 
Slid  and  support  to  any  worthy  cause.  He  supported  the  Democratic  party, 
and  although  never  seeking  political  preferment,  he  was  brought  forward 
many  years  ago  in  Lodi  as  a  member  of  the  Council,  and  also  of  the  Board 
of  Education.  But  his  own  efforts  were  always  on  behalf  of  others,  and  he 
was  instrumental  in  the  election  of  his  friend  and  later  partner,  George  C. 
Mercer,  to  the  office  of  mayor  of  Lodi.     Fraternally,  he  was  affiliated  with 


526  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Hackensack  Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  of  Lodi 
Court,  American  Order  of  Foresters.  He  was  a  man  of  deep  and  consistent 
religious  faith,  a  devoted  member  of  St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic  Church,  of 
Passaic,  and  a  member  of  the  Holy  Name  Society  of  the  churc<h. 

Timothy  Hagerty  married,  in  Carlstadt,  New  Jersey,  April  30,  1889, 
Mary  Lane,  of  Hasbrouck  Heights,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Ellen  (O'Brien) 
Lane.  Mrs.  Hagerty  died  May  21,  1912,  leaving  seven  children:  Catherine, 
born  July  14,  1890,  now  Mrs.  August  Schneider,  of  Passaic;  Ellen,  born 
October  29,  1892,  now  the  wife  of  Leo  Fleisch,  of  Rochelle  Park,  New  Jersey; 
John  P.,  born  January  8,  1895,  who  now  assumes  his  father's  place  in  the 
affairs  of  the  Millbank  Bleachery;  Mary  M.,  born  May  27,  1897;  Margaret, 
born  August  30,  1906;  Josephine,  born  March  4,  1909;  and  Timothy,  Jr., 
born  May  5,  1910.  The  four  younger  children  reside  at  the  Lodi  home,  of 
whicb  the  older  brother,  John  P.,  became  the  head  through  the  tragic  death  of 
his  honored  father. 

At  St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic  Church,  of  which  he  was  a  member,  the 
requiem  high  mass  which  marked  the  last  rites  for  Timothy  Hagerty  was  so 
largely  attended  that  many  people  could  not  gain  access  to  the  large  and 
imposing  edifice.  Leading  citizens  of  Passaic  and  surrounding  towns  were 
present  to  pay  their  last  respect  to  Timothy  Hagerty,  and  many  claimed  this 
privilege  in  gratitude  for  kindnesses  or  material  aid  from  the  band  forever 
quieted.  The  high  and  the  lowly  alike  mourned  with  his  kindred,  and  will 
cherish  his  memory  as  long  as  life  shall  last.  With  the  passing  of  Timothy 
Hagerty  every  circle  of  which  he  is  a  member  is  bereaved,  yet  the  world  is 
better  for  his  having  lived  in  it,  and  in  the  many  activities  which  he  shared, 
growth  and  progress  have  been  measured  by  the  span  of  his  life.  So  those 
who  are  left  behind  take  up  the  work  which  he  has  laid  down,  and  his  spirit 
still  carries  forward  as  an  inspiring  force. 


PETER  JARED  PAULISON— Coming  from  two  of  the  old  Dutch 
families  of  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  the  Paulisons  and  Van  Interstines, 
Peter  Jared  Paulison,  a  prosperous  young  business  man  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey, 
has,  both  by  inheritance  and  by  personal  attainment,  a  rightful  place  among 
those  of  his  town  who  'are  prominent  in  business  and  social  life.  The  Paulisons 
and  Van  Interstines  in  past  generations  have  been  usually  agriculturists,  but 
there  have  been  in  both  families  men  of  eminence  in  the  professions,  and  others 
successful  in  business.  The  Paulisons  have  been  residents  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey, 
for  many  years  and  identified  with  the  best  interests  of  that  borough. 

Peter  J.  Paulison,  assistant  treasurer  of  the  Lodi  Trust  Company,  is  a 
son  of  Richard  H.  and  Catherine  (Van  Interstine)  Paulison,  his  father  born 
in  Lodi,  which  has  since  been  the  family  home,  except  for  a  short  time  when  they 
were  residents  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey.  It  was  during  bis  residence  in  Gar- 
field that  Peter  J.  Paulison  was  born,  but  he  was  only  a  few  months  old  when 
the  family  returned  to  Lodi,  he  remembering  no  other  home. 

Peter  J.  Paulison  was  born  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  December  29,  1891. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Lodi  until  fifteen  years  of  age,  then  became 
a  student  at  Drake's  Business  College,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  there  fitting 
himself  for  the  business  life  he  craved.  His  first  position  was  as  a  grocery 
clerk  in  a  Lodi  grocery  store,  a  position  he  held  until  1910,  when  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Lodi  Trust  Company,  then  the  First  National  Bank,  of  Lodi, 
as  bookkeeper.  He  has  continued  with  that  institution  in  steadily  rising 
position  until  now  (1921)  he  is  assistant  treasurer  of  the  Lodi  Trust  Company, 
and  one  of  the  rising  young  men  of  the  banking  world. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  527 

Mr.  Paulison  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  affiliated  with  Passaic 
Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  with  the  chapter  of  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  commandery  of  Knights  Templar;  and  with  Salaam  Temple,  Ancient 
Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Newark.  He  is  a  member  of 
Lodi  Council,  No.  1284,  Royal  Arcanum.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  a  member  of  ithe  Second  Reformed  Church,  of  Lodi. 


JACOB  LIST — Bringing  his  family  to  this  country  as  a  young  man,  and 
entering  with  earnest  purpose  into  the  industrial  activities  of  Garfield,  Jacob 
List  has  won  his  way  to  a  position  of  dignity  and  respect  in  the  community,  and 
has  achieved  large  success.  Mr.  List  is  a  son  of  John  and  Trina  (Schmidt) 
List,  his  father  having  been  long  active  in  road  construction  work  on  the 
Island  of  Texel,  Holland,  and  his  mother  having  come  of  a  prominent  family 
on  the  Island  of  Terscheling,  in  the  same  country. 

Jacob  List  was  born  on  the  Island  of  Texel,  The  Netherlands,  June  25, 
1862,  and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  country.  In  1875,  when 
only  thirteen  years  of  age,  he  left  school  and  went  to  work  on  the  farm,  con- 
tinuing until  1889.  Then,  having  meanwhile  married,  he  brought  his  wife 
and  two  eldest  children  to  this  country,  and  established  the  family  home  in 
Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Variously  employed  until  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
S.  M.  Birch  Lumber  Company,  of  Passaic,  in  1890,  he  served  that  firm  in  a 
subordinate  capacity  for  five  years.  His  faithful  attention  to  duty,  and  his 
energy  'and  exceillenit  judgment  had  placed  him  high  in  the  estimation  of  the 
firm,  however,  and  in  1895  he  was  made  foreman,  a  position  which  he  held 
for  fifteen  years.  Mr.  List  then  accepted  a  better  position  with  the  present 
Stewart  Lumber  Company,  of  Garfield,  as  yard  foreman,  in  which  connection 
he  remained  until  June,  1919.  At  that  time  he  purchased  the  long  established 
business  of  Ottomar  Barthold,  of  Garfield,  and  a  few  months  later  received  his 
elder  son,  John  List,  into  the  business  as  a  partner.  At  the  time  of  this  transfer 
the  business  was  not  extensive,  but  Mr.  List  and  his  son  made  many  improve- 
ments and  largely  increased  the  amount  of  business,  also  the  area  of  che  lumber 
yard,  until  it  is  now  one  of  the  foremost  interests  in  this  field  in  the  vicinity 
of  Garfield.  Mr.  List  and  his  son  have  recently  severed  their  connections  in 
this  enterprise  and  have  started  a  new  firm  with  office  and  yards  in  East 
Paterson  under  the  name  of  J.  and  J.  List,  Incorporated. 

Since  his  naturalization  a  supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  Mr.  List's 
business  affairs  have  precluded  his  active  participation  in  public  progress.  He 
served  in  the  Holland  Navy  in  1882,  on  board  the  "Biiffel,"  a  merchant 
marine  vessel  of  that  country,  on  coast  patrol,  and  was  honorably  discharged  in 
1886.  Mr.  List  is  now  a  member  of  the  First  Holland  Reformed  Church,  of 
Passaic.  For  about  eighteen  years,  from  1899  until  1917,  he  served  as  deacon 
of  this  church.  He  was  largely  instrumental,  during  this  period,  in  accom- 
plishing the  construction  of  the  present  fine  stone  church  and  parsonage  at  the 
corner  of  Quincy  street  and  Hamilton  avenue,  Passaic. 

Mr.  List  married,  on  the  Island  of  Texel,  Holland,  May  26,  1886, 
Katherine  Marguerite  Meyer,  also  of  the  Island  of  Texel,  daughter  of  Hendrik 
.ind  Johanetta  Sofia  (Fissher)  Meyer.  Her  father,  who  was  a  successful 
carpenter,  and  her  mother,  who  came  of  a  prominent  family  of  the  Island, 
are  both  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  List  arc  the  parents  of  nine  children : 
Trina,  born  February  16,  1887,  in  Holland,  now  the  wife  of  Jacob  Pontier, 
of  Clifton;  Johanetta  Sofia,  born  January  2,  1889,  in  Holland,  now  the  wife 
of  Herbert  Cole,  of  Passaic;  John,  born  March  10,  1891,  in  Passaic,  married 
Cornelia  Debcll,  of  Clifton;  Anna,  born  July  13,  1893,  now  the  wife  of  John 


528  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

J.  Witte,  of  Clifton;  Sophia,  born  February  20,  1895,  now  the  wife  of  Nicholas 
Boon,  of  Montclair;  Nellie,  born  April  22,  1897,  a  graduate  of  the  Passaic 
High  School,  class  of  1916,  and  now  associated  with  her  father  and  older 
brother,  John,  in  business;  Katherine  Marguerite,  born  March  1,  1899,  now 
the  wife  of  Jacob  Boon,  of  Montclair;  Henrietta,  born  December  23,  1901, 
now  a  teacher  at  Public  School  No.  7.,  of  Passaic;  and  Albert,  born  December 
4,  1903,  now  a  student  at  Syracuse  University,  preparing  for  the  profession  of  civ- 
il engineer.    The  family  home  is  at  No.  162  Central  avenue,  Hasbrouck  Heights. 


ERNEST  B.  DAHNERT— One  of  the  foremost  names  in  the  fast- 
growing  community  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  is  that  of  Ernest  B.  Dahnert, 
whose  record  as  an  executive  in  one  of  the  production  departments  of  Passaic's 
greatest  industrial  organization,  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills,  and  in  the  civic 
progress  of  the  place  of  his  residence,  Garfield,  presents  to  the  biographer  a  man 
of  broad  usefulness.  Mr.  Dahnert  was  born  in  the  town  of  Greiz,  in  the  State 
of  Reuss,  Germany,  September  7,  1879,  a  son  of  Wilhelm  F.  and  Hermina 
(Hoffman)   Dahnert. 

Receiving  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
Ernest  B.  Dahnert,  came  to  America  as  a  youth  of  sixteen,  arriving  on  August 
17,  1895.  He  first  came  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  remained  for  five 
weelss,  then  removed  to  Garfield,  where  he  has  since  resided.  On  the  second 
day  after  arriving  in  this  country,  Mr.  Dahnert  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Botany  Worsted  Mills,  of  Passaic,  in  a  minor  clerical  position,  and  has  re- 
mained there  during  all  the  intervening  years.  During  the  early  years,  being 
naturally  alert  of  mind  and  fond  of  study,  he  applied  himself  diligently  to 
mastering  the  language  of  the  country,  regularly  attending  a  private  night 
school.  Here  he  took  up  other  studies  also,  which  would  tend  to  advance  his 
progress  in  the  industrial  field  in  which  he  was  engaged.  This  preparation, 
together  with  his  habit  of  observation,  and  his  capacity  for  turning  useful 
information  to  account,  brought  about  his  promotion,  from  time  to  time,  and 
now  Mr.  Dahnert  is  assistant  to  the  manager  of  this  great  plant,  the  large  re- 
sponsibilities of  the  production  of  this  great  concern  falling  upon  his  shoulders. 
He  is  an  expert  on  woolen  goods  and  colors,  and  arranges  color  schemes  and 
fashions  a  year  in  advance  of  their  appearance  on  the  market.  He  is  one 
of  the  best  known  men  in  the  mill,  and  popular  with  both  the  officers  of  the 
concern  and  the  workers  in  their  employ.  Outside  of  his  connection  with  the 
Botany  Worsted  Mills,  Mr.  Dahnert  has  considerable  business  interests,  being 
the  ov/ner  of  fine  real  estate  In  the  vicinity  of  his  residence. 

A  Republican  by  political  affiliation,  Mr.  Dahnert  was  some  years  ago 
induced  to  lend  his  active  aid  and  support  to  the  progress  of  the  communit)^ 
He  served  for  some  years  on  the  Board  of  Plealth  of  Garfield,  and  was  at  one 
time  president,  and  then  treasurer  of  this  body.  He  was  a  councilman  from 
1910  to  1919,  inclusive,  during  the  first  four  years  of  that  period  serving  as 
president  of  the  Council,  In  1912-13  'he  was  acting  mayor,  and  his  record  in 
this  exacting  position  was  such  that  he  was  elected  mayor  by  an  overwhelming 
majority  vote  in  1914,  and  was  retained  in  that  office  until  1919.  In  these 
various  capacities  his  service  was  marked  by  constructive  and  permanently 
beneficial  results  which  have  counted  for  the  civic  progress.  During  the  World 
War,  as  mayor  of  Garfield,  Mr.  Dahnert  took  the  lead  in  all  home  activities 
for  the  forces  overseas,  doing  much  service  for  the  Liberty  Loans,  the  Red 
Cross,  and  all  other  war  campaigns.  He  also  attended  the  presentation  of  the 
colors  to  the  State's  Division  at  Camp  McClellan,  at  Anniston,  Alabama,  with 
other  New  Jersey  mayors  of  leading  cities,  the  delegation   being  under  the 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  529 

leadership  of  Governor  Edge,  of  this  State.  Mr.  Da'hnert  is  a  member  of  the 
National  Defense  League,  and  of  the  American  Patriotic  Society,  being  an 
honorary  member.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Volunteer  Firemen,  of  Garfield, 
for  fourteen  years,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Exempt  Firemen's  Association. 
He  is  the  standard  bearer  of  the  Ernest  B.  Dahnert  Association,  Incorporated, 
of  Garfield,  an  organization,  named  in  his  honor,  for  the  purpose  of  local  public 
benefit  and  improvement.  Mr.  Dahnert  has  done  much  for  the  population  of 
Garfield,  especially  in  encouraging  Americanization  among  them.  He  has 
travelled  extensively  in  the  United  States,  also  in  Mexico  and  Canada,  and  this 
fact  gives  added  force  to  bis  always  persuasive  eloquence  when  the  subject 
is  the  welfare  and  progress  of  his  adopted  country.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  No.  387,  of  Passaic,  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America,  of  Garfield,  and  socially,  holds  membership  in  the 
Republican  Club  of  Bergen  county,  in  the  Belmont  Athletic  Club,  of  Garfield, 
and  the  Passaic  Turn  Verein.  Mr.  Dahnert  takes  great  pleasure  in  his  fine 
home,  which  is  at  No.  142  Wessington  avenue,  Garfield,  and  one  of  his 
favorite  recreative  interests  is  good  literature. 


STEPHEN  MASSEY— In  the  village  of  Wappingers  Falls,  New  York, 
Stephen  Massey,  the  veteran  groceryman  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  first  saw  the 
lig'ht,  but  in  1877  he  established  the  grocery  business  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  that 
has  ever  since  claimed  his  attention.  He  is  of  English  parentage,  both  parents 
born  in  England.  Mr,  Massey,  at  sixty-seven,  is  still  the  active  business 
man,  vitally  interested  in  all  that  interests  his  fellowmen.  He  is  a  son  of 
Stephen  and  Margaret  Massey,  and  grandson  of  Joseph  Massey,  born  in 
England, 

Stephen  Massey,  son  of  Joseph  Massey,  was  born  in  England,  in  1821, 
died  October  28,  1884.  He  was  a  master  mechanic,  an  Episcopalian,  and  a 
Republican.  He  married  Margaret  Worden,  daughter  of  John  and  Lucy 
Worden.  She  was  born  in  England,  January  29,  1812,  died  February  4,  1904. 
She  came  with  her  parents  from  England  in  a  sailing  vessel  in  1826,  and  after 
a  thirteen  week  voyage  the  vessel  safely  landed  her  passengers  and  cargo  of 
salt  at  the  dock  in  Salem,  Massachusetts.  She  joined  the  Congregational 
church  in  Lowell  in  1836,  and  in  that  year  moved  to  Wappingers  Falls,  New 
York,  there  uniting  with  the  Episcopal  church  and  Sunday  school.  She 
married  Stephen  Massey,  at  Wappingers  Falls,  and  they  were  the  parents  of 
four  children:  Persis,  Florence,  Patience,  all  died  young;  and  Stephen  (2),  of 
further  mention. 

Stephen  (2)  Massey  was  born  at  Wappingers  Falls,  New  York,  September 
29,  1855.  He  accompanied  his  parents  to  Lodi  in  1856.  He  attended  the 
private  school  kept  by  Mary  Greig  while  between  the  ages  of  nine  and  fourteen, 
then  entered  the  employ  of  William  Greig  in  his  general  store.  He  re- 
mained with  Mr.  Greig  until  reaching  the  age  of  eighteen,  then  began  an 
apprenticeship  with  the  New  York  Steam  Engine  Works  at  Passaic,  NeAv 
Jersey,  but  after  eighteen  months  moved  to  Wappingers  Falls,  New  York, 
there  entering  the  employ  of  Sweet  &  Barlow,  dry  goods  merchants.  In  1877 
Mr.  Massey  established  a  grocery  business  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  which  he 
has  now  conducted  continuously  for  forty-five  years,  and  is  still  its  active  head. 
He  established  the  first  coal  yard  in  Lodi,  also  placed  the  first  coal  on  sale  in 
Rochelle  Park,  selling  out  both  yards  in  later  years.  He  also  for  several  years 
harvested  ice  and  supplied  his  town  during  the  summer  months. 

During  the  almost  half  a  century  of  Lodi  life  and  progress,  Mr.  Massey 
has  been   associated  with  most  of  the   new  enterprises   of  the   town   as   they 


530  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

started.  He  was  one  of  tht  first  to  su'bscribe  for  stock  in  the  First  National 
Bank,  of  Lodi,  holding  it  until  just  before  the  bank  went  into  the  hands  of 
the  Lodi  Trust  Company.  He  was  elected  in  1895  collector  of  taxes,  and  was 
re-elected  each  three  years  until  1913,  being  elected  as  a  Republican,  his  life- 
long political  faith.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum,  the  Men's  Com- 
munity C'lub,  and  the  Second  Reformed  Church,  of  Lodi. 

Mr.  Massey  married,  at  Lodi,  in  June,  1876,  Margaretta  Van  Iderstine, 
born  in  Lodi,  daughter  of  Peter  H.  and  Ann  Van  Iderstine,  her  father  a  car- 
penter. Five  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Massey:  1.  Ernest,  born 
March  24,  1877,  now  an  employee  of  the  Borden  Milk  Company,  Hackensack, 
New  Jersey;  he  married  Annie  Schmidt.  2.  Harold,  born  July  27,  1884,  now 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business ;  he  married  Mary  Cook.  3.  Frank,  born  No- 
vember 10,  1887,  unmarried.  4.  Margaret,  born  August  30,  1892,  a  graduate 
of  Hackensack  High  School;  married  Marinus  Contant.  5.  Stephen  (3),  born 
April  19,  1895,  engaged  in  the  grocery  business ;  unmarried. 


WILLIAM  OSCAR  MENTNECH— From  his  early  youth,  the  desire  for 
a  musical  training  lay  uppermost  in  the  mind  of  William  Oscar  Mentnech, 
and  while  he  was  receiving  his  education  at  the  Paterson  grammar  and  high 
schools,  this  ambition  found  him  giving  every  available  minute  to  the  study 
of  the  pianoforte,  which  now  brings  him  ample  reward  in  the  recognition  that 
ho  receives  in  the  musical  circles  of  Paterson- and  thereabouts. 

Philip  Mentnech,  father  of  William  Oscar  Mentnech,  came  to  Paterson, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  became  a  prosperous  merchant.  He  was  a  Civil  War 
veteran,  having  served  with  Company  K,  25th  New  Jersey  Division,  in  many 
of  the  historical  battles  of  that  period.  He  married  Helena  Lehr,  of  New  York 
City,  and  to  this  marriage  William  O.  Mentnech  was  born  on  March  9,  1877, 
in  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 

William  O.  Mentnech,  not  being  satisfied  with  his  ability  to  expertly 
handle  the  keyboard  of  the  piano,  and  desiring  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
instrument  in  its  making  and  in  the  study  of  harmony  and  theory,  pursued 
a  practical  course  at  the  Centenary  Collegiate  Institute  at  Hackettstown,  New 
Jersey,  after  which  the  Boston  Conservatory  of  Music  entered  him  as  a  student 
of  advanced  music.  Still  in  search  of  more  learning,  and  being  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  manufacture  of  player  pianos,  Mr.  Mentnech  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Wilcox  and  White  Company  of  Meridan,  Connecticut,  where  he 
remained  for  some  time.  The  Chickering  Piano  Company  then  engaged  him, 
and  he  remained  with  this  renowned  concern  until  1905,  when  the  John  Wana- 
maker  Company,  of  New  York  City,  recognized  him  as  a  player  piano  expert, 
and  he  was  employed  by  this  firm  until  1911.  Feeling  the  urge  of  connecting 
himself  with  New  Jersey  interests,  Mr,  Mentnech  opened  his  own  establishment 
at  No.  165  Prospect  street,  Passaic,  and  later,  because  of  the  demands  made  by 
his  music-loving  patrons,  he  was  obliged  to  seek  larger  quarters,  which  he  did 
at  No.  591   Main  avenue,  Passaic. 

Considering  that  Mr.  Mentnech  is  so  thoroughly  wrapped  up  in  his  musical 
career,  it  is  surprising  that  he  is  also  a  progressive  type  of  business  man.  He 
is  the  president  of  the  National  Electric  Company,  as  well  as  being  a  stock- 
holder in  the  City  Trust  Company,  of  Passaic.  Politics  interest  Mr.  Mentnech 
only  to  the  extent  of  his  voting  for  the  Republican  party  at  election  time. 
Because  of  his  close  confinement  to  his  business  affairs,  Mr.  Mentnech  is  forced 
to  forego  the  pleasure  thalt  he  would  enjoy  in  taking  an  active  part  in  Passaic's 
public  matters.  The  attention  that  he  has  to  give  to  his  business  also  necessi- 
tated his  resignation  from  several  fraternal  orders,  and  obliged  him  to  sacrifice 


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his  club  membership  in  the  Acquackanonk  Club,  of  Passaic.    Mr.  Mentnech  is  a 
Presbyterian  in  religion. 

On  January  28,  1920,  Mr.  Mentnech  married  Julia  Schultz  Hoornbeck, 
of  Ellenville,  New  York,  and  they  have  one  child,  Clifton  William,  born 
February  1,  1921.  Mrs.  Mentnech's  family  on  her  paternal  and  maternal  side 
is  one  of  the  oldest  of  Ellenville,  and  they  were  among  the  first  settlers.  Her 
great-grandfather  was  the  first  squire  of  Warsaw,  New  York. 


JOSEPH  A.  FARLEY — A  graduate  of  St.  John's  Institute  of  Paterson, 
New  Jersey,  and  a  worthy  product  of  Paterson's  parochial  schools,  is  Joseph 
A.  Farley,  the  subject  of  this  review.  Mr.  Farley  possesses  the  distinction  of 
being  a  successful  merchant,  owning  his  own  establishment  at  Hamilton  and 
Summer  streets,  Paterson. 

Among  Paterson's  old-time  residents  was  numbered  the  Farley  family, 
w'hich  resided  and  still  resides  at  No.  146  Madison  street,  and  here  Joseph 
A.  Farley  was  born,  March  3,  1878.  Mr.  Farley's  father,  the  late  Edward 
Farley,  was  a  business  man,  as  was  his  son,  the  latter  going  into  business  for 
himself.  Mr.  Farley,  then  a  progressive  type  of  youngster,  gave  his  every 
thought  to  his  venture,  and  shortly  after  the  opening  of  his  provision  market, 
he  became  a  property  owner  as  well.  Although  Mr.  Farley  found  many 
opportunkies  awaiting  'his  acceptance  of  them  in  other  places  outside  of  his 
birthplace,  he  refused  to  forsake  Paterson,  so  this  city  can  truly  call  him  a 
loyal  citizen.  Mr.  Farley's  mother,  Ann  (Wickham)  Farley,  still  lives  in  the 
old  homestead  on  Madison  street,  and  is  greatly  interested  in  Paterson's 
welfare. 

Although  politically  inclined,  Mr.  Farley  is  obliged  to  forego  an  active  part 
in  the  city's  political  affairs,  being  closely  confined  to  business.  He  is,  however, 
a  staunch  Democrat,  and  lives  up  to  his  convictions  in  everything  pertaining 
to  the  Democratic  party.  Mr.  Farley  and  his  family  are  parishioners  of  St. 
George's  Roman  Catholic  Church,  of  Paterson,  and  his  children  are  students 
at  St.  George's  Parochial  School. 

On  June  19,  1907,  Mr.  Farley  married  Margaret  C.  McMahon,  at  St. 
Nicholas'  Church,  Passaic.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Farley  three  children  have  been 
born:  Eleanore,  born  August  2,  1908;  Joseph,  Jr.,  born  August  3,  1911;  and 
Margaret,  born  July  26,  1918.  Mrs.  Farley  was  a  very  active  member  of  the 
French  Orphans'  War  Drive,  and  the  Lake  View  Chapter,  American  Red  Cross, 
in  w'hich  she  did  splendid  work,  during  the  World  War.  Mr.  Farley  is  a 
member  of  Perez  Council,  No.  240,  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  of  Paterson. 
Mrs.  Farley's  parents  were  residents  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  her  father  being 
the  late  squire  Patrick  J.  McMahon,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere  in 
this  work,  and  her  mother,  Ellen  (Dunn)  McMahon. 


JOHN  ASBURY  DOOLITTLE— For  many  years  identified  with  some  of 
the  most  noteworthy  engineering  projects  w'hich  have  been  brought  to  successful 
completion  in  the  East,  John  A.  Doolittle,  of  Passaic  and  Clifton,  New  Jersey, 
has  been  the  head  of  the  firm  of  John  A.  Doolittle  &  Company  for  nearly 
eig'hteen  years.  Mr.  Doolittle  is  a  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Doolittle, 
who  resided  for  fifty  years  at  the  corner  of  Grove  and  Howe  avenues,  in 
Passaic.  Mr.  Doolittle,  the  elder,  was  a  native  of  Chemung  county.  New 
York,  but  the  mother  was  born  in  Lincolnshire,  England. 

John  A.  Doolittle  was  born  in  Wavcrly,  Tioga  county.  New  York,  in  the 
year  1868,  but  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  placed  him 
in  the  public  schools  of  ithait  city  in  his  boyhood.    Upon  the  completion  of  the 


532  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

common  school  course,  Mr.  Doolittle  entered  fhe  office  of  John  S.  Strange,  then 
one  of  the  leading  civil  engineers  of  this  section,  and  was  associated  with  him 
as  student  and  assistant  for  about  ten  years.  Thereafter  he  was  employed  for 
a  time  by  the  North  River  Bridge  Company,  which  concern  had  offices  in  New 
York  City  and  Jersey  City,  working  under  Civil  Engineer  William  H.  Searles, 
and  also  Rudolph  Lindenthal.  He  was  then  associated  with  Wise  &  Watson 
for  ten  years,  then  was  with  City  Engineer  Van  Buskirk  for  about  three  years, 
also  in  the  same  field  of  endeavor  in  Rutherford,  New  Jersey,  and  the  vicinity 
of  Bergen  county.  In  July  of  1904,  Mr.  Doolittle  established  the  business  of 
which  he  is  still  the  head,  in  association,  at  the  beginning,  with  Arthur  J. 
Strange,  son  of  the  late  John  S.  Strange,  who  had  been  Mr.  Doolittle's  preceptor 
and  first  employer.  In  1911  Mr.  Doolittle  was  made  city  engineer  of  Passaic, 
the  present  engineering  bureau  having  been  organized  by  him.  He  held  this 
position  for  one  year,  failing  of  reappointment  wihen  the  commission  form  of 
government  was  established.  During  the  year  1911,  while  city  engineer,  Mr. 
Doolittle  bought  out  the  firm  of  Strange  &  Doolittle  and  continued  the  business 
under  the  name  of  John  A.  Doolittle  &  Company.  In  1912  Mr.  Doolittle 
was  made  city  engineer  of  Clifton,  which  position  he  held  until   1919. 

A  Republican  by  political  affiliation,  Mr.  Doolittle  keeps  in  touch  with  the 
general  progress,  but  has  never  sought  prominence  in  public  affairs.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Clifton,  the  Rotary  Club  of 
Passaic,  and  the  Passaic  Republican  Club.  His  religious  faith  places  his 
membership  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  churdh. 

Mr.  Doolittle  married,  in  Passaic,  on  March  18,  1890,  Eliza:beth  Berridge, 
daughter  of  Francis  and  Jane  Berridge.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Doolittle  have  three 
children,  all  born  in  Passaic:  Archie  Jay,  born  in  1891 ;  Tom  B.,  born  in  1893; 
and  Helen  Elizabeth,  born  in  1903. 

Archie  Jay  Doolittle  enlisted  in  the  army  for  overseas  duty  on  Septemiber 
19,  1917,  and  went  at  once  to  Camp  Dix,  where  he  remained  for  three  weeks, 
then  was  transferred  to  Camp  Devens,  Massachusetts,  from  which  point  he 
embarked  for  France  on  October  28fh  of  the  same  year,  landing  on  the  fifteenth 
of  the  following  month.  He  crossed  on  the  ship  formerly  the  "Kaiser  Wilhelm 
II.,"  but  then  known  as  the  "Agamemnon,"  landing  at  Brest,  France.  Mr. 
Doolittle  served  as  master  engineer,  senior  grade,  with  Company  A,  29th 
Engineers,  formed  at  Camp  Devens.  While  overseas  this  company  was  on 
detached  service  with  the  First  Army  Corps.  The  company  made  offensive 
and  defensive  army  maps  from  aeroplane  and  balloon  observations.  Returning 
to  this  country,  the  young  man  sailed  from  Brest  on  the  "George  Washington," 
the  ship  which  brought  President  Wilson  home,  landing  at  Hoboken,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1919.  Mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Camp  Dix  on  March  15,  1919, 
Mr.  Doolittle  thereafter  entered  the  employ  of  the  Turner  Construction  Com- 
pany of  Nen'  York  City,  in  their  Philadelphia  office,  in  the  capacity  of  designing 
engineer.  He  has  since  become  associated  with  the  Portable  Machinery  Com- 
pany of  Clifton,  as  engineer. 

Tom  B.  Doolittle,  during  the  World  War,  served  as  civil  engineer  with 
the  Atlantic  Loading  Company,  at  Amatol,  New  Jersey,  in  the  government 
service.  Amatol  being  the  largest  permanent  arsenal  in  the  East,  and  still 
occupied  by  the  United  States  Military  forces.  He  is  now  employed  by  John 
A.  Doolittle  &  Company.  The  Doolittle  family  reside  in  Clifton,  one  of  the 
most  charming  residential  suburbs  of  Passaic. 


WALTER  OTTO  VOSS  is  an  expert  auto  mechanic,  for  he  has  followed 
up  this  line  of  business   since   his  graduation   from  sdhool,  and  having  been 


NATHAN   MINTZ 


SIGMUND  MINTZ  SARAH   M.    (MINTZ)    MINTZ 

DR.   HARRY  MINTZ  AND   FAIMILY 
FOUR   GENERATIONS   OF   THE   MINTZ   FA^NIILT 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  533 

associated  with  several  big  companies,  his  practical  experience  entitles  him  to 
being  accepted  as  an  authority  in  this  particular  vocation. 

Paterson,  New  Jersey,  was  the  birthplace  of  Mr.  Voss,  and  here  he  was 
born  on  November  8,  1892.  His  parents,  Otto  and  Mary  (Kallitzy)  Voss, 
were  former  residents  of  Berlin,  Germany,  where  his  father  was  engaged  in  the 
silk  industry.  He  is  now  a  resident  and  business  man  of  Paterson,  at  present 
connected  with  the  Pelgrem  &  Mayer  Company. 

Mr.  Voss  attended  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Paterson,  and  after 
leaving  school  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Rogers'  Locomotive  Works,  with 
the  intention  of  learning  everything  pertaining  to  their  kind  of  mechanism. 
To  gain  every  kind  of  practical  knowledge,  Mr.  Voss  sought  positions  with 
various  concerns  that  dealt  in  auto  machinery,  and  later  was  connected  with 
the  Standard  Textile  Products  Company  of  Athenia,  and  he  is  still  employed 
by  that  firm.  Mr.  Voss  also  completed  a  course  with  the  International  Corres- 
pondence School  of  Pennsylvania  in  auto  repairing,  also  a  course  at  the  Stewart 
Automobile  Academy  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  Voss  came  to  be  a  resident  of 
Passaic  in  1913,  and  here  his  interests  are  centered. 

In  politics  Mr.  Voss  is  a  staunch  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
•Junior  Order  United  American  Mechanics,  Kearney  Council,  Paterson,  New 
Jersey.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Chauffeurs'  Engineers'  Club  of  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  and  has  served  as  secretary  of  this  club  for  the  past  two  years. 

Mr.  Voss  married,  June  12,  1915,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Elizabeth  S. 
Behrens,  of  Bramsche,  Germany,  w'ho  is  the  daughter  of  Albert  and  Elizabeth 
(Schale)  Behrens.  Two  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Voss:  Walter  Al- 
bert, born  August  5,  1917;  and  Elizabeth  Marie,  born  November  26,  1920.  Mr. 
Voss  and  his  family  reside  at  No.  197  Highland  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


HARRY  MINTZ. — The  first  representative  of  the  Mintz  family  of 
whom  we  have  any  authentic  information  was  Nathan  Mintz.  He  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Goniondz,  in  the  governmental  district  of  Grodno,  in  the  former 
empire  of  Russia,  where  his  father  had  likewise  resided  for  a  number  of  years 
and  had  been  extensively  engaged,  during  his  active  years  of  life,  in  merchand- 
ising. He  died  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic  at  the  mature  age  of  over  seventy 
years.  The  parents  of  Nathan  Mintz,  aforementioned,  had  born  to  them  a 
family  of  three  sons  and  three  daughters.  One  of  the  daughters  married,  in 
her  native  land,  Philip  Vanevski,  and  with  her  family  came  to  the  United  States 
and  settled  in  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey.  She  was  the  mother  of  two  sons  and 
two  daughters.     Her  husband  Philip  Vanevski  became  noted  as  an  educator. 

Nathan  Mintz  was  born  in  the  governmental  district  of  Grodno,  in  the 
former  empire  of  Russia,  in  1844.  He  gave  much  of  his  time  and  thought  to 
the  study  of  Jewish  history,  and  in  the  course  of  time  became  recognized  as 
a  local  authority  on  this  subject  by  his  fellow  associates  and  neighbors.  He 
also  took  an  active  part  in  social  and  church  affairs  in  the  neighborhood  where 
he  resided.  In  1894  Nathan  Mintz  decided  to  visit  this  country,  and  imme- 
diately upon  his  arrival  here  he  made  his  home  with  the  members  of  his  family, 
wiho  had  preceded  him,  and  settled  in  New  York  City.  Nathan  Mintz  later 
returned  to  his  native  land,  where  he  remained  for  several  years,  and  in  1912 
he  again  emigrated  to  the  United  States  and  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his 
life  with  his  family.  He  died  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  after  a  brief 
attack  of  double  pneumonia,  in  1916. 

Nathan  Mintz  married,  in  his  native  land,  Sarah  Miriam  Mintz,  who  like- 
wise bore  the  same  family  patronymic,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:      1.   Herman,  born  in   the   town  of  Goniondz,  came  to  the   United 


534  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

States  in  1894;  upon  his  arrival  in  New  York  City  he  established  his  home  there 
and  married  Mary  Shiffrin.  They  had  born  to  them  five  children,  as  follows: 
Harry,  Rebecca,  Fannie,  Sallie  and  David.  2.  A  son  who  died  in  Goniondz 
during  childhood.  3.  Gussie,  born  in  Goniondz,  came  to  the  United  States 
when  a  young  lady.  She  settled  in  New  York  City,  where  she  married  Jacob 
Solomon,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  one  daughter,  Nettie  Solomon.  4.  Katie, 
born  in  Goniondz,  came  to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  New  York  City, 
where  she  married  Nathan  Mintz,  and  they  had  born  to  them  three  sons  and 
two  daughters.  5.  Harry,  of  whom  further.  6.  Ida,  born  in  Goniondz,  where 
she  was  reared  to  womanhood.  She  came  to  this  country  in  1894,  and  settled 
in  New  York  City,  where  she  married  Charles  Glazer.  They  are  the  parents 
of  eleven  children. 

Harry  Mintz,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of  Nathan  and  Sarah  Miriam 
(Mintz)  Mintz,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Goniondz,  in  the  governmental 
district  of  Grodno,  former  empire  of  Russia,  in  1881.  He  continued  to  reside 
under  the  parental  roof  up  to  1894,  in  which  year  he  decided  to  come  to  the 
United  States.  Immediately  upon  setting  foot  on  American  soil,  he  took  up 
his  abode  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  in  1898  settled  in  the  then  rapidly 
growing  town  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools. 
Upon  attaining  his  twentieth  year,  young  Mintz  became  identified  with  Dr. 
Rundle,  who  at  that  time  conducted  a  pharmacy  in  the  Dundee  district  of 
Passaic,  and  here  young  Mintz  began  to  acquire  a  rudimentary  knowledge  of 
the  pharmacy  business.  After  one  year  of  diligent  and  faithful  study  under 
Dr.  Rundle,  the  young  student  became  identified  with  Dr.  Walter  Peters, 
under  whose  guidance  he  continued  his  studies  up  to  the  time  the  latter  dis- 
posed of  his  pharmacy,  in  1911,  to  Bronislow  Prebol,  who  was  a  trained  and 
noted  pharmacist  and  a  graduate  of  the  technical  schools  of  Europe.  Then 
the  young  pharmacist  continued  his  studies  with  Mr.  Prebol  up  to  1917,  at 
which  time  he  purchased  the  Prebol  pharmacy  on  Passaic  street,  corner  Third 
street,  in  the  Dundee  district  of  Passaic,  and  from  that  time  to  the  present 
(1920),  Dr.  Mintz  has  conducted  the  Prebol  establishment. 

During  the  early  years  of  his  studentship,  Harry  Mintz  not  only  applied 
his  time  to  the  study  of  his  chosen  vocation  but  he  also  gave  of  ihis  time  and 
study  towards  acquiring  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  optical  profession.  In 
this  line  of  endeavor  he  has,  through  his  presevering  effort  and  careful  study, 
succeeded  in  devising  and  perfecting  a  number  of  important  and  tec'hnical 
processes  in  cutting  and  grinding  the  lenses  for  optical  purposes.  The  products 
of  his  skill  and  handicraft  have  become  recognized  as  being  equal  to  and 
superior  to  some  of  the  imported  lenses  which,  prior  to  the  great  World  War, 
had  been  sent  to  this  country  from  the  optical  establishments  of  Germany  and 
Switzerland.  During  the  years  of  his  experimental  career,  Harry  Mintz  had 
likewise  perfected  a  number  of  mechanical  devises,  which  have  been  applied 
to  the  locks  on  safes  and  vaults  and  which  he  has  had  patented,  and  at  the 
present  time  has  in  his  possession  a  number  of  letters  patent  for  these  devices. 
Dr.  Mintz  has  become  well  and  favorably  known  as  a  successful  optometrist, 
not  only  in  Passaic,  but  likewise  in  New  York  City,  where  the  products  of  his 
handicraft  have  become  recognized  by  a  number  of  leading  opticians. 

Fraternally  Dr.  Mintz  is  an  active  member  of  the  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Grand  Orient  Lodge,  of  New  York  City.  In  1920  Dr.  Harry  Mintz 
purchased  the  old  Peter  Spear  farm  homestead  in  Allwood,  a  suburban  town 
of  Passaic,  where  he  has  settled  with  his  family. 

Dr.  Harry  Mintz  married,  in  New  York  City,  April  22,  1917,  Fannie 
Fuchs,   born   January   8,    1894,   daughter   of   Jacob   and   Dora   Fudhs.      Her 


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parents  were  natives  of  Russia.  Of  this  union  were  born  the  following  children : 
Naomi  Miriam,  born  January  25,  1918;  Leslie,  born  September  10,  1919; 
Sidney  Abraham,  born  June  12,  1921. 


MORRIS  ZIMMER — The  family  patronymic  of  Zimmer  is  numerously 
found  throughout  all  the  provinces  in  Eastern  Europe,  where  many  Christian 
and  Jewis'h  families  bear  the  name.  The  first  representative  of  this  family, 
of  whom  we  have  any  authentic  information  was  Wolff  Zimmer.  He  was  born 
in  the  Province  of  Galicia,  formerly  the  Kingdom  of  Austro-Hungary,  and 
in  recent  times  this  country  was  generally  known  as  one  of  the  provinces  of 
the  late  Austro-Hungary  Empire.  Wolff  Zimmer  was  born  in  1823;  he  was 
educated  and  reared  to  the  years  of  manhood  in  his  native  province,  and  there 
learned  the  milling  trade,  which  line  of  business  he  followed  throughout  the 
active  years  of  ihis  life's  career.  It  is  further  stated  by  his  descendants  that 
Wolff  Zimmer  also  owned  a  large  tract  of  land  and  became  known  as  a  success- 
ful farmer  in  connection  with  his  milling  interests,  and  as  a  result  of  his 
commercial  activities  he  became  widely  known  and  was  highly  respected  and 
esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him  best.  He  died  at  the  family  home  on  his  plan- 
tation, in  the  Province  of  Galicia,  in  1905.  His  remains  were  buried  in  the 
Jewish  cemetery  in  Zborow. 

W^olff  Zimmer  married  Bessie  Mintzer,  who  was  likewise  a  native  of  the 
Province  of  Galicia.  She  died  at  the  family  home  on  the  Zimmer  plantation 
in  1875.  Seven  children  were  born  of  this  union,  as  follows:  Nathan,  Max, 
Moses ;  Saul,  of  whom  further ;  Jacob,  who  came  to  the  United  States  and 
settled  in  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  Charles,  who  came  to  the  United  States  and 
settled  in  Newark ;  a  daughter  Sarah,  who  lost  iher  life  by  accident,  caused 
by  a  fire  at  the  family  home,  during  her  early  childhood  years. 

Saul  Zimmer,  son  of  Wolff  and  Bessie  (Mintzer)  Zimmer,  was  born  at 
the  family  home,  Zborow,  in  1865.  He  there  obtained  such  educational  training 
as  the  local  schools  afforded  at  that  time,  and  upon  taking  up  the  practical 
duties  of  life,  became  identified  with  his  father  in  the  operation  of  his  flouring 
and  grist  mill,  and  under  his  tuition  and  guidance  acquired  a  practical  know- 
ledge of  the  milling  business.  In  1883,  Saul  Zimmer  married,  and  settled  with 
his  bride  in  Zlochow,  where  he  engaged  in  the  milling  business,  and  in  the 
course  of  time  acquired  his  own  mill,  which  he  continued  to  operate  during 
the  next  ten  years,  w'hen  he  removed  to  the  town  of  Konoch,  and  there  became 
engaged  in  the  capacity  of  manager  on  a  large  stock-raising  farm ;  he  also 
held  the  position  of  foreman  of  a  distilling  establishment  upon  the  same 
premises.  Saul  Zimmer  continued  actively  engaged  at  this  place  up  to  1902, 
when  he  decided  to  emigrate  with  his  family  to  the  United  States,  and  in  com- 
pany with  his  daughter  Bessie,  embarked  from  Bremen,  bound  for  New  York 
City,  where  they  landed  after  an  uneventful  voyage.  Here  the  father  and 
daughter  joined  the  son  Abram,  who  had  preceded  them  to  this  country,  and 
hid  established  himself  in  New  York  City,  where  he  had  become  engaged  in  the 
trunk-making  business.  Here  the  Zimmer  family  continued  to  reside  for 
sometime,  and  the  father  likewise  became  engaged  in  the  trunk-making 
business  in  connection  with  his  son  Abram.  In  1904  the  mother  and  children 
w'ho  had  been  left  at  the  family  home  in  Konoch,  likewise  embarked  from 
Bremen,  and  in  the  course  of  time  landed  in  New  York  City,  where  the  mother 
and  the  sons,  Morris  and  Jacob,  and  the  daughter,  Fannie,  joined  the  father 
and  the  brother,  Abram,  and  for  sometime  resided  together.  In  1905  Saul 
Zimmer  removed  with  his  family  to  Newark,  Essex  county.  New  Jersey,  where 
he  likewise  became  engaged  in  the  trunk  manufacturing  business,  and  continued 


536  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

in  that  line  of  enterprise  there  until  1907,  when  he  removed  with  his  family 
to  Passaic,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  where  he  settled  on  Second  street,  in 
the  Fourth  Ward,  and  there  likewise  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  trunks  and 
leather  bags  in  partnership  with  his  son,  Abram,  and  his  son-in-law,  Harry 
Stager.  This  arrangement  was  successfully  carried  forward  by  Mr.  Zimmer, 
his  son  and  son-in-law  up  to  1917,  when  the  firm  name  was  changed  to 
the  Zimmer  Trunk  Company,  which  had  been  established  at  No.  81  Second 
street,  where  the  business  of  the  house  has  been  successfully  carried  forward 
by  the  members  of  the  Zimmer  family  up  to  the  present  time.  The  productive 
capacity  of  the  Zimmer  Trunk  Company  has  been  greatly  increased  during  the 
latter  years,  and  the  wares  of  their  establishment  have  found  a  ready  market 
in  the  various  towns  and  cities  of  New  Jersey  and  New  York.  Saul  Zimmer 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Austrian  Synagogue  in  Second  street,  and  is  also 
active  in  membership  in  the  Independent  Order  of  B'rith  Abraham. 

Saul  Zimmer  married,  September  15,  1883,  Sarah  Leah  Perlmutter,  born 
in  Zlochow,  June  8,  1867,  where  her  parents  resided.  The  following  children 
were  born  of  their  marriage:  Abram,  born  April  5,  1885;  Bessie,  born  September 
20,  1888;  Morris,  of  whom  further;  Jacob,  born  December  15,  1892;  Fannie, 
born  November  18,  1896. 

Morris  Zimmer,  third  child  and  second  son  of  Saul  and  Sarah  Leah 
(Perlmutter)  Zimmer,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Zlochow,  Province  of 
Galicia,  Austro-Hungary,  May  10,  1890.  He  was  brought  to  this  country  by 
his  mother  in  1904.  His  early  educational  advantages  were  acquired  in  the 
schools  of  the  neighborhood,  where  his  parents  resided  in  Zlochow,  and  com- 
pleted his  preparatory  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  New  York  City 
and  the  schools  of  Newark,  New  Jersey.  He  next  entered  upon  a  course  of 
study  in  the  New  Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy,  from  which  institution  he 
graduated  in  1912.  Soon  after  leaving  his  alma  mater,  he  registered  as  a 
graduate  optician  and  pharmacist  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  and  engaged  in 
the  optical  and  pharmaceutical  businessin  Passaic,  where  he  remained  actively 
engaged  up  to  March,  1917,  at  which  time  he  disposed  of  his  professional 
interests  and  became  identified  with  the  Zimmer  Trunk  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, with  which  organization  he  became  an  active  partner,  having  since 
devoted  his  time  and  study  towards  advancing  its  interests. 

Morris  Zimmer  married,  November  8,  1914,  Anna  Weiner,  born  December 
15,  1898,  daughter  of  Harry  and  Minnie  Wiener,  of  the  borough  of  Brooklyn, 
New  York.   They  were  the  parents  of  an  only  son,  Karl,  born  September  9,  1916. 


PHILIP  RICHMOND — For  more  than  thirty-five  years  active  in  the 
business  life  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Philip  Richmond  has  for  two  decades 
been  identified  with  the  physical  progress  and  growth  of  the  city  as  an  operator 
in  real  estate.  Mr.  Richmond  is  a  son  of  Max  and  Flora  Richmond,  residents 
of  New  York  City,  where  the  elder  Mr.  Richmond  was  for  many  years  an 
auctioneer,  although  he  was  for  many  years  a  farmer  in  his  native  Russia. 
He  is  also  a  brother  of  Louis  Richmond,  a  sketch  of  whom  follows. 

Mr.  Richmond  was  born  in  Wilno,  Russia,  September  15,  1869,  and  in  his 
childhood  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place.  Coming  to  the  United 
States  with  his  family,  he  arrived  in  New  York  City  on  August  15,  1878, 
where  he  continued  his  studies  in  the  public  schools,  completing  his  education 
in  the  night  schools.  At  an  early  age  the  lad  entered  the  world  of  business, 
being  first  employed  as  a  salesman  in  a  furniture  house  in  New  York  City. 
Coming  to  Passaic  in  1886,  he  engaged  in  the  furniture  business  here,  in 
association  with  Frank  Kaplan,  but  after  about  six  years'  activity  along  this 


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line,  withdrew  from  the  partnership,  and  entered  the  real  estate  field.  Pie  has 
since  been  thus  engaged  without  interruption,  developing  a  very  wide  interest 
in  real  estate,  and  also  handling  insurance  in  connection  with  it.  Mr.  Rich- 
mond now  enjoys  well-deserved  success,  and  is  esteemed  ihighly  by  all  who  know 
him.  He  has  handled  many  important  deals,  and  is  affiliated  with  a  number  of 
business  interests. 

In  the  public  life  of  the  city  Mr.  Richmond  holds  a  deep  interest,  and  for 
twenty-six  years,  from  1895  until  1921,  he  served  in  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace.  Fraternally,  he  is  a  member  of  Amelia  Lodge,  No.  215,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  of  Passaic  City  Lodge,  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
B'rith  Abraham;  and  also  of  the  Joseph  Spitz  Lodge  of  the  last-named  order; 
and  he  is  a  leading  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Union  Republican  Club  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
Holding  fast  the  faith  of  his  fathers,  he  is  an  influential  member  of  the 
Congregation  B'nai  Jacob. 

Mr.  Richmond  married,  in  New  York  City,  on  September  20,  1892,  Mary 
Epstein,  daughter  of  Harry  Epstein,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children, 
both  born  in  the  city  of  Passaic :  Florence  D.,  now  Mrs.  Kessler,  born 
September  18,   1902;    and  Milton  M.,  born  May  8,   1904. 


LOUIS  RICHMOND — One  of  the  successful  dry  goods  merchants  of 
the  day  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  is  Louis  Richmond,  whose  business  experience 
has  been  extensive,  and  wiho  is  one  of  the  progressive  men  of  this  chy.  Mr. 
Ridhmond  is  a  son  of  Max  and  Flora  Richmond,  and  a  brother  of  Philip 
Richmond,  whose  sketch  precedes  this. 

Louis  Richmond  was  born  in  New  York  City,  November  18,  1883,  and 
received  his  preparation  for  his  career  in  the  educational  institutions  of  that 
city.  He  began  life  as  an,  errand  boy  in  New  York  City,  then,  after  two  years 
in  this  capacity,  was  employed  in  a  printing  office  for  about  four  years.  At 
the  end  of  that  time  he  went  to  Glens  Falls,  New  York,  where  he  worked  In  a 
shirt  factory  for  three  years.  Returning  to  New  York  City,  he  was  engaged 
in  the  mineral  water  business  for  three  years,  and  it  was  after  closing  out  this 
interest  that  Mr.  Richmond  came  to  Passaic.  First  conducting  a  grocery  store, 
he  soon  disposed  of  that  business,  entering  the  retail  furniture  field,  In  which  he 
was  active  for  about  eleven  years.  With  the  entrance  of  the  United  States 
in  the  World  War,  Mr.  Richmond  was  one  of  the  first  to  give  up  his  other 
interests  to  enter  a  shell  factory,  and  was  engaged  In  the  munition  plants 
during  the  period  of  the  war.  Thereafter  entering  the  dry  goods  business,  he 
has  established  ^himself  as  one  of  the  successful  merchants  of  Passaic,  and  Is 
doing  a  constantly  increasing  business. 

Interested  in  public  life  only  from  the  point  of  view  of  the  progressive 
citizen,  Mr.  Richmond  supports  the  Republican  party  In  both  local  and  national 
issues.  He  is  a  member  of  Joseph  Spitz  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  B'rith 
Abraham,  and  attends  the  synagogue. 

Mr.  Richmond  married,  in  New  York  City,  on  November  26,  1905,  Ida 
Romanoff,  daughter  of  Louis  and  Esther  Romanoff.  Mr,  and  Mrs.  Richmond 
have  three  children:  Milton,  born  August  15,  1907;  Flora,  born  April  26, 
1912;  and  Irving,  born  November  24,  1913. 


CONRAD  O.  SCHWEITZER,  principal  of  Public  School  No.  6,  at 
Athenia,  New  Jersey,  was  born  September  26,  1883,  at  Syosset,  Long  Island. 
He  Is  the  son  of  Herman  and  Rosalie  (Palleske)  Schweitzer.  Herman 
Schweitzer  was  for  many  years  a  teacher  of  German  in  New  York  City.  He 


538  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

died  in  1902.  Mrs.  Schweitzer  survived  her  husband,  passing  away  at  Floral 
Park,  New  York,  in  1919.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schweitzer  were  born  four 
children:  Herman  F.,  deceased;  Gertrude;  Conrad  O.,  of  further  mention; 
Hildegarde. 

Conrad  O.  Schweitzer  attended  the  schools  of  Syosset  until  he  was  four- 
teen years  of  age,  when  he  entered  the  Jamaica  State  Normal  School  at  Jamaica, 
New  York,  graduating  in  1902.  For  several  years  following  he  taught  school 
in  various  localities,  finaiUy  becoming  principal  of  a  public  school  in  New 
York  City,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  resigning  then  to  associate  himself 
with  his  brother  in  business,  as  a  surveying  engineer.  One  year  later,  upon  the 
death  of  his  brother,  Mr.  Schweitzer  returned  to  teaching  and  accepted  a  posi- 
tion as  teacher  of  mathematics  in  the  Lincoln  School  at  Cranford,  New  Jersey, 
subsequently  coming  to  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  as  principal  of  the  Delawanna 
School,  where  he  remained  until  1919.  He  was  then  transferred  to  public 
school  No.  4,  at  Lakeview,  and  the  following  year,  1920,  was  given  the  prin- 
cipalship  of  his  present  school  at  Athenia. 

In  politics  Mr.  Schweitzer  is  an  Independent.  Since  coming  to  Clifton, 
Conrad  O.  Schweitzer  has  interested  himself  in  everything  pertaining  to  the 
welfare  of  the  community. 

Mr.  Schweitzer  married,  February  23,  1914,  Iva  Sternbergh,  who  at  that 
time  was  a  teacher  in  the  Delawanna  school.  Mrs.  Schweitzer  is  a  daughter  of 
David  Sternbergh,  a  resident  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schweit- 
zer are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Dorothea  Marie,  born  March  27,  1915; 
Theodore  F.,  born  May  27,  1916;  and  Beatrice  Marion,  born  December  10,  1920. 
The  family  are  members  of  the  Church  of  the  Redeemer  of  Paterson.  They 
reside  at  No.  81  North  Fourteenth  street,  Prospect  Park,  New  Jersey. 


WILLIAM  J.  COUGHLAN,  of  Clifton,  has  been  chief  of  police  here 
since  1905,  and  is  prominently  identified  with  town  interests. 

While  Mr.  Coughlan  is  a  native  born  American,  he  comes  of  sturdy  Irish 
stock,  his  forbears  having  been  for  generations  residents  of  the  "Emerald  Isle," 
but,  before  the  Civil  War  his  grandparents  came  to  America.  William  J. 
Coughlan,  the  grandfather,  started  in  the  tailoring  business  with  his  brother, 
John,  at  No.  525  West  Twenty-fifth  street.  New  York  City,  where  'he  remained 
for  a  number  of  years.  Mary  Coughlan,  his  wife,  was  killed  at  a  mission 
conducted  by  Jesuit  Fathers  at  St.  Francis  Xavier's  Roman  Catholic  Church 
in  New  York  City.  During  the  service  some  rough  characters,  wishing  to 
create  a  disturbance,  sounded  an  alarm  of  fire  outside  the  edifice,  and  im- 
mediately a  stampede  occurred,  during  which  Mrs.  Mary  Coughlan  was  thrown 
down,  trampled  upon  and  killed. 

James  F.  Coughlan,  a  son,  was  born  In  Mountrath,  Queens  County,  Ire- 
land. He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1861  or  1862,  settling  in  New  York 
City,  and  on  October  16,  1864,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Civil  War,  and 
was  placed  in  the  old  Sixty-ninth  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry, 
that  famous  Irish  regiment,  and  was  later  transferred  to  the  Slxty-sevenrh 
Regiment.  After  the  war,  James  F.  Coughlan  was  discharged,  October  14, 
1865,  after  which  he  joined  in  the  raid  on  Canada,  and,  when  that  was  over, 
returned  to  New  York,  engaging  in  business  with  his  father,  William  J. 
Coughlan,  at  No.  525  West  Twenty-fifth  street,  where  he  remained  for  several 
years,  later  becoming  a  member  of  the  New  York  Police  Department  from 
which  he  resigned  to  go  back  Into  business.  In  June,  1887,  James  F.  Coughlan 
returned  to  Ireland  for  a  visit  and  while  there  contracted  an  Illness  from  which 
he  died.     His  wife,  Julia  (McAvoy)   Coughlan,  was  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland, 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  539 

and  died  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  December  22,  1915.  They  were  the  parents 
of  nine  children,  four  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  Those  still  living  are : 
William  J.,  of  further  mention ;  James ;  Annie,  now  Mrs.  Edward  Murphy,  of 
Clifton;  Joseph,  residing  in  Clifton;  and  Julia,  now  Mrs.  Frank  Fenimore, 
of  Clifton. 

William  J.  Coughlan  was  born  in  New  York  City,  December  8,  1873. 
His  education  was  acquired  in  the  parochial  school  of  Paterson,  where  he 
remained  a  pupil  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  sixteen,  when  he  became  a 
worker  in  a  silk  mill,  learning  ribbon  weaving  and  loom  adjusting.  For  a  short 
period  between  the  time  of  leaving  school  and  entering  the  silk  mill,  the  lad 
secured  a  position  as  office  boy  with  Judge  Francis  M.  Scott  and  Judge  Michael 
Nolan.  For  some  time  Mr.  Coughlan  remained  at  the  loom,  leaving  it  event- 
ually to  become  court  officer,  under  Sheriff  Bergen.  Some  time  later  he  received 
an  appointment  to  the  office  of  chief  of  police  of  Acquackanonk  township.  This 
was  before  it  became  incorporated  as  a  city,  and  after  the  change  was  made 
Mr.  Coughlan  retained  the  same  office.  Mr.  Coughlan  is  deeply  interested 
in  the  politics  of  Clifton,  being  a  staunch  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of 
Part:crson  Lodge,  No.  60,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

In  Paterson,  February  1,  1903,  William  J.  Coughlan  married  Elizabeth 
Adelman,  of  Middletown,  New  York.  She  is  the  daughter  of  John  and  Theresa 
Adelman,  of  that  city.  No  children  have  been  born  of  this  union.  Mr. 
Coughlan  and  his  wife  are  members  of  St.  George's  Roman  Catholic  Church. 
Their  home  is  No.  280  South  First  street,  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  but  the  office 
of  the  chief  of  police  is  in  the  municipal  building. 


ADAM  A.  RITTER — The  man  w'ho  holds  office  of  chief  of  the  fire  de- 
partment of  any  city  must  be  gifted  with  more  than  ordinary  quickness  of 
perception,  and  an  almost  instantaneous  mental  response.  Hesitation  in  a 
crucial  moment  might  mean  serious  loss  of  life  and  property.  He  who  answers 
to  these  demands  is  Adam  A.  Ritter,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 

In  1861  his  father,  August  Ritter,  came  to  the  United  States  from  Essen, 
Germany,  where  he  was  born  about  seventy-eight  years  ago.  He  landed  in  New 
York  City,  remaining  there  for  a  very  short  time.  The  country  being  engaged 
in  the  Civil  War,  he  enlisted,  and  was  placed  in  the  Forty-first  Regiment, 
New  York  Volunteer  Infantry.  Mr.  Ritter  served  for  three  years  and  three 
months  as  one  of  the  regimental  musicians,  then,  after  being  mustered  out,  he 
returned  to  New  York,  where  he  found  employment  as  a  furniture  finisher. 
For  several  years  he  followed  this  for  a  living,  later  moving  to  Paterson,  where 
he  remained  working  at  his  trade,  so  continuing  until  his  advanced  age  prevented 
him  from  doing  so.  He  is  now  living  at  the  Soldiers'  Home,  Bath,  New  York. 
After  moving  to  Paterson,  August  Ritter  married  Elizabeth  Ochse,  a  native  of 
Germany,  born  in  Zegruheim,  having  emigrated  to  the  United  States  when  she 
was  sixteen  years  old.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ritter  were  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
four  of  whom  are  now  living:  Adam  A.;  Annie,  who  is  unmarried;  Alton,  who 
resides  in  Paterson;  Annette,  also  single.  The  mother  died  in  Paterson  in 
1910,  at  the  age  of  sixty-four. 

Adam  A.  Ritter  was  born  in  New  York  City,  his  parents  residing  at  No. 
32  Downing  street  at  that  time.  When  the  child  was  a  year  and  a  half  old 
they  m!oved  to  Paterson,  and  when  he  reached  a  suitable  age  he  attended  old 
Public  School  No.  1,  on  Van  Houten  street,  continuing  his  school  days  until  he 
was  fourteen  years  of  age.  He  procured  a  position  with  Hestmier  &  Sons, 
furniture  dealers,  where  he  could  learn  the  upholstering  business.  After 
serving  his  time  there  Mr.  Ritter  followed  that  trade  for  thirty  years,  part 


540  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

of  that  time  working  in  New  York  City,  and  later,  returning  to  Paterson,  he 
was  employed  in  the  upholstering  department  of  Lockwood  Brothers  Furniture 
Store  at  No,  292  Main  street,  remaining  with  them  for  ten  years,  and  after- 
ward with  the  Berdan  Furniture  Company,  at  No.  666  Main  avenue,  Passaic.  He 
remained  there  until  1918,  and  on  August  20  of  that  year  Mr,  Ritter  received 
the  appointment  of  chief  of  the  Fire  Department  of  Clifton  with  headquarters 
in  the  municipal  building. 

Adam  A.  Ritter  married,  in  Paterson,  June  5,  1895,  Catherine  Scott, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Louisa  Scott,  who  reside  at  No.  391  Preakness  avenue, 
Paterson.  Of  this  marriage  two  children  have  been  born :  Thomas  A. ;  George 
O.  During  the  World  War  Mr.  Ritter's  sons  did  their  part,  both  joining  the 
navy,  Thomas  A.  being  third  class  quartermaster  on  the  "Leviathan",  the 
converted  German  ship,  and  George  O.  being  an  electrician  on  the  United 
States  Ship  "Adams."  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ritter  reside  at  No.  40  Barclay  avenue, 
Clifton.  They  are  not  members  of  any  particular  church,  but  frequently  attend 
the  Reformed  church  of  Clifton,  In  politics  Mr.  Ritter  is  a  strong  Republican, 
He  is  a  member  of  Camp  No.  Eight,  Sons  of  Veterans,  of  Paterson. 


MICHAEL  MOKRAY— In  the  field  of  finance  of  Passaic,  and  indeed 
of  Northern  New  Jersey,  the  Mokray  brothers,  of  Passaic,  hold  a  position 
of  prominence. 

Michael  Mokray,  of  the  banking  firm  of  Mokray  Brothers,  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Nyesta,  the  county  of  Abauj,  Hungary,  February  23,  1874,  a  son  of 
George  and  Mary  (Bencze)  Mokray.  Receiving  an  excellent  education  in  his 
native  land,  Mr.  Mokray  came  to  America  in  the  year  1888,  to  join  his  brother 
Andrew,  who  had  previously  come  to  this  country  and  located  in  Hazleton, 
Pennsylvania,  He  remained  with  his  brother  for  nearly  two  years,  and  then 
removed  to  West  Virginia,  locating  after  a  time  at  Mayberry,  in  that  State, 
where  he  stayed  until  1899,  principally  occupied  in  coal  mining.  In  the  latter 
part  of  that  year  Mr,  Mokray  removed  to  New  Jersey,  bringing  his  family,  and 
located  at  Wallington,  where  he,  later,  August  1,  1900,  took  out  his  papers  of 
citizenship.  Securing  work  in  the  Waterhouse  Woolen  Mills,  he  learned  the 
weaver's  trade,  which  he  followed  until  1903.  Having  laid  aside  from  hisi 
earnings  a  small  capital,  he  then  engaged  In  the  hotel  business,  his  first  location 
being  at  No.  121  Second  street,  in  Passaic,  in  April  1903,  in  partnership  with 
George  Mokray.  They  followed  this  business  for  seven  years  with  marked 
success,  in  this  location,  then  in  1910  they  built  one  of  the  most  modern  hotel 
structures  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  on  a  plot  which  was  purchased  at  the  comer 
of  Hudson  and  Fourth  streets.  Attached  to  the  hotel  was  a  large  entertainment 
hall,  which  was  one  of  the  finest  amusement  places  or  theatres  on  the  east  side 
at  that  time.  Here  they  were  successful  in  a  large  way,  and  the  place  became  a 
favorable  headquarters  for  the  gatherings  of  friends,  many  of  their  prominent 
fellow-countrymen  being  frequent  guests.  For  six  years  they  personally  managed 
this  hotel,  then  in  1916  sold  the  property  to  the  Russian  National  Organization, 

At  that  time  Mr,  Mokray  retired  from  active  business,  and  devoted  his 
time  exclusively  to  war  activities.  He  took  a  ver^'  active  and  prominent  part  in 
all  the  drives  and  campaigns,  aiding  the  leading  citizens  of  the  city  who  headed 
the  organized  endeavors,  in  every  way  in  his  power.  But  with  the  cessation  of 
hostilities,  and  the  return  of  more  normal  conditions,  Mr,  Mokray  was  no 
longer  content  to  live  a  retired  life.  Accordingly,  May  1,1919,  he,  with  George 
Mokray  started  In  the  foreign  exchange  business,  at  No,  150  Second  street, 
Passaic,  where  he  Is  still  active.  On  March  26,  1921,  they  were  granted  a 
banker's  license,  and  have  since  conducted  banking  operations  at  the  same  ad- 


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dress.  They  have  become  widely  known  in  those  circles  which  the  business 
touches,  their  various  activities  including  the  owning  and  handling  of  much 
real  estate.  Since  his  first  venture  into  the  hotel  business  Mr.  Mokray  has 
had  in  partnership  with  him  George  Mokray,  a  sketch  of  whom  follows.  In 
all  Mr.  Mokray's  activities,  he  has  kept  closely  in  touch  with  the  progress  of 
his  countrymen  and  others  who  come  to  American  shores,  and  has  done 
much  to  relieve  their  loneliness  and  embarrassment  in  the  strange  land,  and  to 
instill  into  their  minds  and  hearts  the  principles  of  Americanism.  He  is  a 
member  of  various  fraternal  orders  and  clubs. 

Michael  Mokray  married,  in  Passaic,  February  6,  1897,  Bertha,  daughter 
of  Michael  and  Mary  (Pasztor)  Yozsa,  both  natives  of  Nyesta,  county  of 
Abauj,  Hungary.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mokray  have  four  children:  Helen,  born 
December  26,  1897,  in  Grapevine,  West  Virginia;  Joan,  born  September  4, 
1900,  in  Wallington,  New  Jersey;  Gizella  and  Olga,  twins,  born  November 
8,  1906,  in  Passaic.  The  eldest,  Helen,  is  the  wife  of  Charles  Sivak,  and  the 
second,  Joan,  is  the  wife  of  Joseph  L.  Weiss,  both  of  Passaic. 


GEORGE  MOKRAY,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Mokray  Brothers,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Nyesta,  Hungary,  May  10,  1879,  and  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  land.  Coming  to  America  in  1898, 
he  immediately  located  in  Passaic,  and  secured  employment  with  the  Algonquin 
Mills,  of  this  city,  devoted  all  his  spare  time  to  his  future  education.  He 
attended  the  private  school  conducted  by  Miss  Margaret  Whitmore,  of  Passaic, 
later  finishing  his  studies  and  preparing  for  a  business  career  at  Dr.  McChes- 
ney's  Business  College,  of  Paterson,  where  he  took  a  commercial  course.  Upon 
leaving  the  employ  of  the  Algonquin  Mills,  Mr.  Mokray  learned  the  weaver's 
trade  at  the  Gera  Mills  in  Passaic,  and  managing  to  save  a  little  money,  he 
went  into  partnership  with  Michael  Mokray,  whose  sketch  precedes  this,  in 
the  hotel  enterprise,  in  1903,  and  has  since  been  associated  with  him  in  all  of  the 
Mokray  Brothers'  business  enterprises  and  activities,  bearing  an  equal  part  in 
the  management,  and  being  a  leading  factor  in  their  success.  Hip  is  a  man  of 
practical  business  ability,  and  is  widely  known  in  Passaic  and  vicinity.  During 
the  World  War  he  was  active  in  all  war  benevolences,  and  has  always  been 
identified  with  fraternal  advance,  and  with  the  many  societies  which  reach  out 
a  helping  hand  to  those  who  come  here  from  his  native  and  other  foreign  lands. 

George  Mokray  married,  May  10,  1902,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Anna, 
daughter  of  Michael  and  Mary  (Pasztor)  Yozsa,  natives  of  Nyesta,  Hun- 
gary, and  they  have  five  children:  Cecelia,  born  March  1,  1903;  Rose, 
born  August  30,  1905;  William,  born  June  6,  1907;  Edward,  born  Decem- 
ber 13,  1909;    and  Arthur,  born  May  14,  1917. 


CHARLES  MICHAEL  SHEEHAN— Though  Charles  Michael  Sheehati 
has  numbered  only  nineteen  years  in  his  life,  he  has  made  rapid  strides  in  the 
matter  of  educational  advancement,  for  he  is  at  the  present  time  principal  of 
Public  School  No.  4,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 

Mr.  Sheehan  is  t'he  son  of  Michael  E.  Sheehan,  a  native  of  Ireland,  who 
arrived  in  New  York  City  at  an  early  age.  He  has  spent  practically  his  whole 
life  in  this  country,  .most  of  which  time  in  Newark,  New  Jersey.  He  is  a 
captain  of  Company  No.  13,  of  the  Jersey  City  Fire  Department,  at  the  pres- 
ent time.  The  mother  of  Charles  Michael  Sheehan  was,  before  her  marriage, 
Mary  E.  Sheehan,  born  in  Ireland,  who  came  to  this  country  in  1888.  Michael 
E.  Sheehan  and  his  wife  have  five  children,  of  whom  Charles  Michael,  and  one 


542  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

daughter,  Anna,  have  taken  up  teaching  as  their  vocation  in  life.     Miss  Anna 
Sheehan.  holds  a  position  in  a  public  school  in  Jersey  City. 

Charles  Michael  Sheehan  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  April  21,  1901.  He  grew 
to  maturity  there,  attended  Public  School  No.  15,  and  graduating  from  that,  en- 
tered Lincoln  High  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in  June,  1918.  The  young 
man  entered  the  State  Normal  School  in  Newark,  in  September  of  the  same  year. 
After  a  two  years'  course  Mr.  Sheehan  graduated  from  this  institution  June  25, 
1920.  His  appointment  to  the  position  he  now  holds  in  Clifton  came  to  him  a 
few  days  later,  July  1,  1920,  and  he  began  his  work  in  Clifton  in  September 
of  that  )'ear.     Mr.  Sheehan  resides  at  No.  109  Bay  View  avenue,  Jersey  City. 


ERNEST  MOLTANE,  of  Italian  parentage,  was  born  in  Paterson, 
New  Jersey,  May  27,  1892,  his  father  being  Joseph  Moltane,  a  native  of 
Italy,  who  settled  in  Clifton  when  he  came  to  the  United  States,  and  became 
a  carpenter,  contractor  and  builder  of  that  city.  His  wife  was  Rose  Moltane, 
nee  Moltane ;  they  had  eight  children,  of  whom  the  son  Ernest  was  the  fourth. 
Joseph  Moltane  died  in  Clifton  many  years  ago,  but  his  wife  still  survives  him. 
They  were  both  members  of  St.  George's  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Ernest  Moltane  has  enjoyed  the  benefit  of  a  good  education,  having  passed 
through  the  public  school  of  Paterson,  and  then  taking  a  course  in  commercial 
training  at  Phillips  Business  College,  graduating  from  it  in  1908.  For  two 
years  after  finishing  at  the  business  college,  Mr.  Moltane  was  connected,  in  a 
clerical  capacity,  with  several  concerns  in  Paterson,  later  becoming  a  sten- 
ographer in  the  International  Veiling  Company  of  Clifton.  His  employers  were 
much  pleased  with  his  work,  and  he  was  soon  given  the  position  of  foreman  in 
the  plant,  later  being  promoted  to  assistant  manager,  in  the  fall  of  1919,  that 
being  his  present  occupation. 

In  1915,  at  Paterson,  Ernest  Moltane  and  Margaret  Conroy,  of  that  city, 
were  married,  and  they  have  two  children,  Joseph  and  Leo.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mol- 
tane are  members  of  St.  George's  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  Paterson.  Their 
home  is  at  No.  349  South  Second  street,  Clifton.  Mr.  Moltane  is  a  voter  in  the 
Republican  ranks,  and  a  member  of  the  Clifton  Volunteer  Fire  Department. 


WALTER  J.  WENBAN— At  Hornell,  Steuben  county.  New  York, 
(formerly  Hornell sville)  on  the  Erie  railroad,  sixty  miles  south  of  Rochester, 
lived  James  and  Alma  (Vickery)  Wenban,  he  a  machinist  and  boiler  maker. 
Mr.  Wenban  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Erie  railroad,  for  many  years  in  their 
shops  at  Hornell,  and  while  living  in  Hornell,  his  son  Walter  J.  Wenban  was 
born,  February  24,  1889. 

Walter  J.  Wenban  was  educated  in  Hornell  public  and  high  schools. 
After  leaving  school  he  learned  telegraphy  and  became  expert,  holding  various 
positions  on  the  Erie  railroad.  In  1913  he  was  appointed  agent  of  the  Erie, 
at  Great  Notch,  in  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  and  there  has  since  continued 
telegraph  and  express  agent,  and  postmaster.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Brother- 
hood of  Telegraph  Operators,  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  in  politics 
is  a  Pvepublican. 

Walter  J.  Wenban  married,  at  Horseheads,  New  York,  November  12, 
1913,  Nellie  M.  Peterson,  born  in  Horseheads,  New  York,  August  25,  1891, 
daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  (Taylor)  Peterson,  her  father  a  market 
gardener.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wenban  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Dorothy, 
born  at  Great  Notch,  New  Jersey,  October  10,  1914. 


HENRY  HAMILTON —  Near  Newton,  Sussex  county.  New  Jersey,  on  a 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  543 

farm,  lived  John  and  Margaret  (Van  Houten)  Hamilton,  he  of  English,  and 
she  of  Scotch  ancestry.  To  them  was  born  a  son,  Henry  Hamilton,  who  in  later 
years  came  to  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  and  on  the  \'^alley  road,  near  Passaic, 
erected  his  home,  and  there  passed  his  life  as  a  farmer.  On  the  farm  which  he 
bought  there  was  a  stone  house,  built  in  1815,  by  John  Realon  the  owner,  which 
became  the  Hamilton  homestead  in  1854.  Here  the  children  of  John  Hamilton 
and  a  daughter  of  Henry  Hamilton,  Susan  Hamilton,  yet  reside,  the  latter 
having  lived  in  the  old  homestead  since  1854,  coming  here  as  a  girl  of  fourteen, 
and  being  now  an  octogenarian.  Sixty-seven  years  have  passed  since  she  came 
to  the  home,  a  light-hearted  girl ;  there  she  has  passed  through  all  stages  of 
girlhood  and  womanhood,  and  now  as  she  walks  amid  lengthened  shadows 
memories  of  father,  mother,  brother  and  sisters  surround  her,  their  hands 
beckoning  her,  while  living  hands  bid  her  stay. 

Henry  Hamilton,  son  of  John  and  Margaret  (Van  Houten)  Hamilton, 
was  fborn  on  ithe  home  farm  in  Newton,  Sussex  county.  New  Jersey,  January  4, 
1808,  and  died  ait  his  farm  on  the  Valley  road,  near  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
March  12,  1887.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  in  Paterson  until  the  age  of 
twelve  years,  later  coming  to  Great  Notch,  where  he  began  the  life  of  an  agri- 
culturist. He  continued  in  that  line  of  work  in  Pasisaic  county,  and  in  different 
localities  until  1854,  when  he  became  the  owner  of  the  farm  on  the  Valley  road, 
and  there  spent  thirty-three  years  of  his  life.  He  was  a  good  farmer,  indus- 
trious and  thrifty,  a  good  citizen,  a  good  husband  and  a  good  father  to  his  five 
children,  two  of  whom  are  living,  one  aged  eightv-one,  the  other  seventy-nine. 
In  politics,  Henry  Hamilton  was  a  Republican,  and  in  religious  faith,  a  Presby- 
terian. 

Henry  Hamilton  married,  in  Pompton,  New  Jersey,  January  27,  1833, 
Margaret  Snellegar,  bom  August  23,  1806,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna  (Van 
Wagner)  Snellegar,  her  father  a  carpenter  and  builder.  The  following  children 
were  born  to  Henry  and  Margaret  (Snellegar)  Hamilton :  Bridget,  born  No- 
vember 22,  1835,  died  November  11,  1902;  John,  born  December  15,  1837, 
died  July  1,  1845;  Susan,  born  March  10,  1840,  now  living  (1921);  William 
H.,  born  March  21,  1842,  now  living  (1921);  Margaret,  born  June  2,  1847, 
died  December  15,  1918. 

This  record  of  the  Hamilton  family  covers  a  period  of  one  hundred  and 
thirteen  years,  beginning  withi  the  birth  of  Henry  Hamilton  in  1808  and  carry- 
ing down  to  the  present,  1921.  For  sixty-seven  of  those  years,  the  Valley  road 
farm  has  been  the  family  htome,  although  none  of  the  children  of  Henry  and 
Margaret  Hamilton  were  born  there.  Four  of  the  children  were  born  in  the 
homestead,  w'hidh  is  ntow  the  residence  of  Eugene  Piaget,  located  on  Hamilton 
Place,  formerly  a  part  of  the  Hamilton  estate,  the  remainder  of  the  estate  now 
being  owned  by  Bobbink  &  Atkins,  nurserymen  of  East  Rutherford,  New 
Jersey.  The  first  child,  Bridget,  was  born  in  Paterson.  Prosperity  has  at- 
tended the  family  and  the  present  living  members,  Susan  and  William,  like 
those  who  have  gone  before,  are  highly  esteemed  and  greatly  beloved. 


MICHAEL  VAGELL— In  the  borough  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  the 
greenhouses  of  Michael  Vagell  form  a  most  interesting  part  of  the  business 
life  of  the  community,  for  this  business  has  grown  from  small  beginnings,  car- 
ried along  by  the  tireless  energy  and  ceaseless  care  of  Mr.  Vagell,  and  the 
loyal  assistance  of  his  wife. 

Michael  Vagell  w;as  born  in  Austro-Hungary,  on  April  20,  1874,  a  son  of 
John  and  Anna  (Kohan)  Vagell,  his  parents  still  residing  in  that  country.  Ever 
since  his  early  boyhood  Mr.  Vagell,  who  is  a  Czccho-Slovak,  has  been  deeply 


544  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

interested  in  the  complete  separation  of  Czecho-Slovakia  from  Hungary.  He 
came  to  the  United  States  as  a  boy  of  fourteen  joining  an  aunt  who  had 
previously  settled  in  the  coal  regions  of  Schuylkill,  Pennsylvania.  He  went  to 
work  at  once,  and  his  education  was  such  as  ihe  could  pick  up  in  spare  moments, 
as  his  school  advantages  in  his  native  land  had  been  very  limited. 

The  first  work  the  boy  found  in  the  new  country  was  on  the  breakers  in  the 
mines.  But  he  was  not  to  be  held  down  to  such  a  position,  long.  He  was 
possessed  of  business  ability,  and  also  of  more  than  usual  mechanical  ability. 
He  worked  nights,  at  steam  fitting,  to  learn  this  trade,  and  mastered  the  essen- 
tials in  a  surprisingly  short  time.  He  worked  in  various  places,  and  the 
Spanish-American  War  found  him  at  Jeddo,  Pennsylvania,  from  which  town 
he  enlisted,  eager  to  bear  a  part  in  the  struggle.  Like  many  thousands  of  other 
young  men  of  that  day  he  w*as  disappointed  in  not  being  needed.  He  came  to 
Garfield,  then,  and  entered  the  employ  of  a  firm  of  florists  here,  and  worked 
with  George  Young,  and  later  Mr.  Simpson,  where  he  remained  for  a  period 
of  five  years  and  a  half. 

But  the  young  man  had  now  reac'hed  the  age  w'hen  he  was  anxious  to 
make  a  definite  beginning  for  himself.  He  had  made  a  study  of  engineering, 
through  such  means  as  he  had  been  able  to  secure,  and'  wished  to  try  out  along 
this  line.  Going  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Jones  and  Laughlin  Steel  Company,  as  a  rigger,  and  remained  for  a  year  and 
a  half.  Thereafter  he  worked  for  Thomas  Morrison,  at  his  home  on  Holland 
avenue.  The  growing  town  of  Garfield,  however,  appealed  to  him  as  the  great 
city  did  not,  and  he  returned  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  United  Piece  Dye 
Works  as  steam  fitter,  and  remained  for  eight  years  and  a  half  with  this 
company.  Meanwhile  he  built  a  home,  beginning  with  a  payment  of  one- 
hundred  and  eighty  dollars.  Managing  to  save  a  little  money,  he  took  advantage 
of  an  opportunity  to  start  in  business  for  himself,  purchasing  the  greenhouses 
of  Mr.  \"an  Hoorn.  This  tied  up  the  remainder  of  his  available  funds,  and  the 
business,  always  of  a  fluctuating  nature,  was  far  from  prosperous.  With  the 
assistance  and  encouragement  of  his  wife,  he  held  on,  and  his  practical  exper- 
ience and  native  ingenuitj',  together  with  his  determined  courage,  won  out  in 
the  fight.  His  success  is  now  assured,  and  the  plant  is  in  fine  condition,  and 
going  forward  constantly  to  a  greater  future. 

Mr.  Vagell  married,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  on  November  11,  1899, 
Wilhelmina  Midlar,  who  was  bom  in  Austro-Hungary,  and  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1897.  They  have  six  children:  William,  born  October  15,  1900; 
Michael,  born  February  2,1902;  Margaret,  born  October  31,  1903;  Theodore, 
born  August  17,  1905;  John,  born  June  1,  1908;  and  Theresa,  born  September 
27,  1914.  The  family  are  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  The  eldest 
daughter,  Margaret,  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  but  the  other 
children   were   all   born  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 


SAMUEL  SLAFF — For  upward  of  thirty-five  years  the  Slaff  family 
has  been  established  in  America,  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  and  during  the  entire 
time  the  name  has  been  familiar  in  business  circles  in  this  city.  Samuel  Slaff 
in  now  one  of  the  leading  figures  in  the  contracting  and  building  world  of 
Passaic  and  vicinity. 

Simon  Slaff,  Mr.  Slaff's  father,  was  born  in  Russia,  and  came  to  the 
United  States  in  the  year  1886.  Getting  a  little  start  in  the  new  country,  he 
then  sent  for  his  wife  and  four  children,  who  joined  him  here  in  1888.  Mr. 
Slaff  was  first  engaged  as  a  grocer,  then  entered  the  soda  water  business.  But 
he  had  higher  ambitions,  and  made  these  activities  only  the  stepping  stones  to 


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his  goal.  Having  accumulated  sufficient  capital  to  warrant  a  start  on  a  small 
scale  he  entered  the  building  field.  He  was  very  successful  from  the  first,  and 
many  fine  examples  of  construction  work  stand  to  his  credit.  He  followed  this 
business  until  his  retirement  in  1918,  and  now  resides  in  Passaic.  He  married, 
in  Russia,  Mary  Gelman,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom 
four  were  born  in  Russia :  Bella,  now  the  wife  of  Max  Slaff,  of  Passaic ; 
Frank,  aow  in  the  lumber  business  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey;  Samuel,  whose 
name  heads  this  review ;  Charles,  now  in  the  silk  business  in  Passaic ;  Jacob, 
the  eldest  born  in  this  country,  also  in  the  silk  business  here;  Fannie,  now  the 
wife  of  N.  Meneker,  ,of  Passaic ;  Maurice,  also  in  the  silk  business  in  Passaic ; 
Grace,  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Salow,  of  this  city;  and  Ester,  who  is  still  single 
and  resides  at  home. 

Samuel  Slaff  was  born  in  Witupska,  Russia,  September  26,  1883,  and  was 
about  five  years  of  age  wlhen  he  came  with  his  mother  and  the  other  children 
to  this  country.  Beginning  his  education  in  the  public  schoials  of  Passaic,  he 
also  attended  high  school,  gaining  a  thorough  grounding  in  the  essentials  of 
learning.  After  leaving  school  Mr.  Slaff  became  associated  with  his  father  in 
his  building  activities  and  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  builder.  He 
then  struck  out  for  himself  for  a  time,  and  was  quite  successful  in  the  sasih  and 
door  business,  then  subsequently  was  engaged  in  the  wholesale  poultry  business 
for  a  time.  In  1915,  Mr.  Slaff  definitely  established  himself  in  Passaic  as  a 
contrtaotor  and  builder,  and  is  now  taking  a  leading  place  in  this  field  of 
endeavor.  Constantly  extending  his  operation,  Mr.  Slaff  specializes  in  resi- 
dential structures,  and  many  charming  homes  in  Passaic  and  its  environs  have 
been  erected  under  his  hands. 

In  civic  and  social  interests  Mr.  Slaff  is  also  active.  A  supporter  of  the 
Republican  party,  he  has  never  sought  leadership  in  public  affairs.  His  cease- 
less endeavors  in  behalf  of  all  war  activities  included  substantial  aid  in  the 
various  drives  and  relief  funds,  and  he  is  a  leader  in  various  branches  of  relief 
w^rk  of  a  local  nature  among  his  people.  Fraternally,  Mr.  Slaff  is  prominent 
in  Masonry,  being  a  member  of  Alpha  Lodge,  No.  89,  of  Passaic,  and  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association.  Mr.  Slaff  married,  in 
Passaic,  on  May  14,  1901,  Mamie  Slaff,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Matilda 
(Zacheravitz)  Slaff,  and  they  have  three  children:  Gertrude,  born  July  9, 
1904;   Morris,  born  March  4,  1905;  and  Bernard  S.,  born  March  14,  1919. 


GEORGE  F.  ARMSTRONG— Achieving  marked  success  in  life  by  strik- 
ing out  for  himself  along  an  avenue  of  production  which  filled  a  popular 
demand,  George  F.  Armstrong,  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Armstrong 
Rubber  Company,  Incorporated,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  is  taking  a  prominent 
part  in  the  industrial  progress  of  this  region. 

Mr.  Armstrong  is  descended  from  sturdy  Scotch  ancestors  on  his  father's 
side,  and  his  mother  wias  of  an  old  German  family,  long  resident  in  America. 
The  father,  Edward  A.  Armstrong,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  and  educated 
there.  He  wias  with  the  Du  Pont  Powder  Company  nearly  all  his  life,  and  died 
in  Wilmington,  Delaware,  in  1909,  at  the  age  of  forty-seven  years.  He  married 
Amelia  Lotz,  of  New  York  City,  who  died  in  July,  1900,  at  about  forty-four 
years  of  age.  They  were  the  parents  of  two  sons,  George  F.,  w'hose  name 
heads  this  review;  and  Edward  A.,  Jr.,  who  died  in  Westfield,  New  Jersey,  in 
June,  1920;   he  married  Grace  Bouton,  of  Bayonne,  New  Jersey. 

George  F.  Armlstrong  was  born  in  New  York  City  on  August  3,  1879. 
He  received  there  a  practical  public  school  education,  and  early  in  life  entered 
the  business  world  to  make  his  own  living.    He  began  as  an  office  boy,  at  three 


546  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

dollars  a  week,  but  not  for  long  did  these  wages  Command  the  services  of  this 
young  man  with  a  future.  He  worked  in  several  different  ofRices,  changing  as 
he  was  able  to  better  himself,  and  rising  to  positions  of  Tesponsibility.  Mean- 
while he  kept  watch  on  many  different  branches  of  industry,  preparing  to  try 
an  independent  line.  The  automobile  had  come  to  be  the  vehicle  of  commerce 
as  well  as  pleasure,  and  its  requisites  were  the  big  demand  of  the  day.  Mr. 
Armstrong  studied  tire  construction  with  the  result  that  he  had  a  tire  manu- 
factured for  himself;  thus  going  on  the  road  to  sell  it.  Soon  the  demand  for 
his  product  became  insistent,  and  he  formed  a  corporaition  for  the  manufacture 
of  his  tire. 

The  company  was  origina.lly  incorporated  in  New  York  State,  October  1, 
1915.  Later  they  removed  to  New  Jersey,  locating  ait  118  Adams  street, 
Newark,  and  began  the  manufacture  of  inner  tubes.  The  business  outgrew 
the  first  plant,  and  the  future  wias  considered  from  every  point  of  view.  On 
August  3,  1916,  the  company  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
New  Jersey,  with  Mr.  Armstrong  as  president  and  treasurer,  M.  L.  Toms,  of 
Morristown,  New  Jersey,  as  vice-president,  and  Francis  A.  Win'ship,  of 
New  City,  as  secretary.  With  the  necessity  of  a  new  plant  uppermost  in 
the  plans  of  the  company,  its  location  was  a  matter  of  vital  importance. 
A  suitable  site  was  secured  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  and  a  commodious  and 
modern  plant  was  erected.  This  property  was  purchased  on  April  12,  1918, 
and  in  April  of  the  following  year  the  plant  was  in  operation.  This  plant 
has  an  output  of  500  tires  and  tubes  a  day,  and  ships  ail  over  the  United  States 
and  to  foreign  countries.  They  employ  about  150  hands.  Mr.  Armstrong's 
energies  are  centered  on  this  business,  but  he  is  interested  in  every  phase  of 
community  welfare,  although  he  takes  no  part  in  public  life.  Politically  he 
holds  an  independent  position,  throwing  bis  influence  on  the  side  he  believes 
to  be  right. 

On  June  14,  1905,  in  Pompton  Plains,  New  Jersey,  Mr.  Armstrong 
married  Ida  Van  Saun,  who  was  born  in  Pompton  Plains,  December  20,  1879, 
and  is  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Alice  (Henion)  Van  Saun. 


BENJAMIN  P.  GALANTI — Among  the  young  men  who  have  recently 
entered  professional  life  in  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  is  Benjamin  P.  Gal- 
anti,  whose  friends  predict  for  him  a  largely  successful  future  in  the  law,  his 
chosen  field  of  activity.  Born  in  Italy,  Mr.  Galanti  has  been  a  resident  of 
the  United  States  since  his  fifth  year. 

Paul  Galanti,  Mr.  Galanti's  father,  was  born  in  Balestrate,  Italy,  and  was 
educated  in  his  native  town.  Studying  engineering,  he  became  one  of  the  best 
known  construction  engineers  in  that  section,  but  while  still  a  young  man  he 
came  to  this  country,  bringing  his  family  over  when  he  had  established  his 
business  affairs  and  prepared  a  home  for  them.  Coming  in  1902,  he  settled  in 
Lodi,  New  Jersey,  and  his  ability  in  his  profession  soon  becoming  evident  in 
engineering  circles,  he  early  gained  an  independent  position,  commanding  im- 
portant contracts  in  his  line  of  endeavor.  He  has  become  widely  known  in  this 
section,  and  is  a  much  respected  citizen  of  Lodi,  active  in  civic  affairs,  and 
although  never  thus  far  having  accepted  office,  his  influence  has  been  considered 
the  deciding  factor  in  the  election  of  friends  to  various  offices.  Paul  Galanti 
married,  in  Italy,  Rosalie  Martinico,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  seven  children, 
their  eldest  being  Peter,  whose  education  was  interrupted  by  the  World  War 
and  his  early  enlistment.  Assigned  to  the  306th  Field  Signal  Battalion,  he 
saw  twenty-four  months'  active  service  overseas,  in  the  Argonne,  at  St.  Mihiel, 
and  in  fact  nearly  all  of  the  sectors,  then  returned  home  without  a  scratch,  and 


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received  his  discharge  at  Camp  Dix,  New  Jerse)\  The  second  child  of  this 
family,  Frances,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Montclair  Normal  School,  and  is  a  teacher 
in  Passaic;  then  follows  Benjamin  P.,  whose  name  heads  this  review;  M. 
Gareth,  now  a  student  at  Brown  University ;  Rosalie,  Philip,  and  Esther,  the 
three  youngest  being  now  in  grammar  school. 

Benjamin  P.  Galanti  was  born  in  Balestrate,  Italy,  January  1,  1900,  and 
came  with  the  family  to  the  United  States  in  1904,  landing  in  New  York  City, 
and  coming  direct  to  Lodi.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  Roosevelt 
School,  of  Lodi,  and  was  graduated  in  1914.  Then  taking  up  a  college  prepara- 
tory course  at  the  Hackensack  High  School,  he  was  graduated  in  1918.  Having 
early  made  his  choice  of  a  profession,  he  entered  the  New  York  University 
School  of  Law,  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in  the  class  of  1921, 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  Admitted  to  the  Passaic  bar,  he  realized 
the  ambition  of  his  life  when  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  law  on  January 
1,  1922,  in  partnership  with  his  friend  and  schoolmate,  Victor  Greenburg. 
With  offices  at  No.  688  Main  avenue,  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  they  have  made  a 
most  auspicious  beginning.  With  thorough  preparation  for  their  profession, 
and  the  straightforward  spirit  which  is  an  augury  of  advance,  they  are  un- 
doubtedly destined  to  win  out  in  their  chosen  line  of  activity. 

In  civic,  fraternal  and  social  circles  Mr.  Galanti  is  well  known  in  this 
community.  He  is  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Young  Men's  Republican  Club 
of  Bergen  county ;  is  a  member  of  Bergen  County  Lodge,  No.  73,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  and  is  a  member  of  the  Hackensack  Boat  Club, 
his  favorite  sport  being  motor-boating. 


EDWARD  JEROME  SHORTELL,  D.  D.  S.— In  the  dental  profession 
in  Passaic,  Dr.  Shortell  holds  a  leading  position.  He  is  a  son  of  Martin  and 
Margaret  Shortell,  one  time  residents  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  but  later  of 
Paterson,  New  Jersey.  The  father  was  born  in  Ireland,  coming  to  this  country 
in  his  early  youth.  He  was  engaged  in  business  In  Paterson  as  a  florist,  for 
thirty-five  or  forty  years,  and  was  one  of  the  successful  men  of  the  day  in 
this  field. 

Dr.  Shortell  was  born  In  Paterson,  In  1875,  and  lived  In  that  city  for 
about  fifteen  years.  He  attended  first  St.  Mary's  Parochial  School,  afterwards 
was  a  pupil  at  Public  School,  No.  5,  then  went  to  the  South  Jersey  Institute, 
at  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey.  Preparing  for  his  profession  at  the  University  of 
Maryland,  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  dentistry  In  1909,  at  No.  708  Main 
avenue,  in  Passaic,  and  has  built  up  a  very  successful  practice.  His  offices  are 
now  located  at  No.  408  Main  avenue,  and  he  is  widely  known  in  this  city  and 
vicinity. 

In  various  interests  of  civic,  patriotic  and  fraternal  nature.  Dr.  Shortell 
has  long  been  active.  During  the  Spanish-American  War,  1898,  he  enlisted  in 
the  Marine  Corps,  and  was  stationed  first  in  Washington,  and  later  in  Cuba. 
From  his  school  days  at  Bridgeton  he  was  interested  in  baseball,  and  still  "keeps 
in  touch  with  this  greatest  national  sport  of  the  day.  He  pitched  on  the 
Bridgeton  team  during  all  his  school  vacations,  then  in  1899  played  second 
base  on  the  Syracuse  (New  York)  Stars,  and  played  professional  baseball  up 
to  1909  with  various  clubs.  The  above  team  is  still  in  existence,  playing  in 
the  International  League.  During  his  war  experience  also,  he  played  base- 
ball In  camp.  Dr.  Shortell  has  long  been  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  State 
Dental  Society,  and  of  the  Passaic  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose, 
and  of  the  Passaic  City  Club.     He  has  for  some  time  been  connected  with  the 


548  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Fourth  Trust  Company,  of  Passaic.    Dr.  Shortell  married,  in  1912,  at  Paterson, 
lone  Turess,  daughter  of  John  and  Emma  Turess  of  that  city. 

DA\TD  BROWN,  JR. — Among  the  well  known  men  of  Lodi,  is  num- 
bered David  Brown,  Jr.,  who  has  long  been  active  in  the  industrial  world  of 
Bergen  county,  and  is  now  engineer  at  the  Lodi  Water  Works.  Mr.  Brown 
comes  of  an  old  Irish  family  of  that  name,  his  mother  being  English,  and  he 
himself  a  native  of  England.  David  Brown,  Mr.  Brown's  father,  was  born  in 
County  Armaugh,  Ireland,  and  was  well  known  there.  He  followed  the  sea  for 
twenty  years,  carrying  on  farming  operations  before  this  period  and  during  the 
time  between  voyages  when  he  was  at  home.  Later  he  became  an  expert  in 
chemistry,  and  followed  this  line  of  activity  until  he  retired  from  active  life  at 
the  age  of  seventy-four  years.  He  died  at  the  home  of  his  son,  in  Lodi,  at  the 
age  of  eighty-six  years,  in  1920.  He  married  Mary  Anne  Yule,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  seventy-six  years. 

David  Brown,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Jarrow,  in  the  northern  part  of  England, 
in  the  county  of  Durham,  June  7,  1873.  His  education  was  begun  in  the  Heb- 
burn  Board  School,  at  Hebburn,  which  he  attended  until  nearly  nine  years  of 
age.  At  that  time  the  family  came  to  the  United  States,  locating  in  Elizabeth, 
New  Jersey,  where  they  remained  for  four  years,  during  which  time  the  boy 
attended  private  school.  Then,  with  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Lodi,  he 
completed  his  studies  at  the  old  Church  Street  School.  At  the  age  of  fourteen 
years  Mr.  Brown  entered  the  industrial  world,  his  first  position  being  that  of 
bobbin  filler,  in  the  employ  of  Gaul's  Silk  Weaving  Company.  Remaining  for 
only  three  months,  he  then  entered  the  bleaching  department  of  the  Passaic 
Print  Works,  later  being  transferred  to  the  engraving  shop  of  the  same  plant. 
Being  naturally  of  a  mechanical  turn  of  mind,  he  then  became  an  apprentice 
at  Hutchinson  Brothers'  Machine  Shop,  in  Passaic,  eventually  finishing  his 
apprenticeship  with  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey,  at  their  Elizabeth 
shops.  Mr.  Brown  then  became  identified  with  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works 
of  Lodi,  in  their  mechanical  department,  where  he  was  engaged  as  machinist 
for  eighteen  years.  After  severing  his  connections  with  this  concern,  he  spent 
three  years  as  master  mechanic  of  the  Eastern  Piece  Dye  Works,  of  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  then  for  six  months  was  identified  with  the  Citro  Chemical  Com- 
pany, of  Maywood,  New  Jersey.  He  thereafter  accepted  the  position  of  engi- 
neer with  the  Lodi  Water  Works,  which  he  holds  at  this  time. 

For  some  years  Mr.  Brown  has  been  a  leading  figure  in  the  public  life  of 
the  community.  Always  a  Republican,  he  was  for  years  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Education,  and  was  president  of  that  body  when  the  Washington  School 
was  built.  He  was  the  first  fire  chief  of  Lodi,  being  elected  to  that  office  upon 
the  organization  of  Hose  Company,  No.  1,  in  1909,  and  he  was  retained  in 
this  office  for  three  years.  In  1915  Mr.  Brown  was  elected  a  councilman  of 
Lodi,  taking  up  the  duties  of  office  on  January  1,  1916,  but  after  serving  for 
seven  months,  he  resigned  to  become  caretaker  of  the  fire  house  occupied  by 
Hose  Company,  No.  1,  and  Reserve  Truck  Company,  No.  1.  He  is  now  chair- 
man of  the  general  assessment  board  of  Lodi.  Fraternally  Mr.  Brown  holds 
membership  in  Passaic  Lodge,  No.  67,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  in  Bergen 
Lodge,  No.  76,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  a  member  and  past 
regent  of  Lodi  Council,  No.  1284,  Royal  Arcanum.  He  is  vice-president  of 
the  Lodi  Community  Club. 

Mr.  Brown  married,  in  Lodi,  August  24,  1898,  Martha  Donall,  daughter 
of  William  Donall,  of  this  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  are  the  parents  of 
three  children :    Edna,  now  active  in  business ;   George  Walter,  a  student  at  the 


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Garfield  High  School,  and  Irving  Donall,  a  pupil  at  Washington  school,  in  Lodi. 


EDWARD  O.  LUCAS— A  native  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  and  for 
many  years  active  in  business,  Mr.  Lucas  has  for  the  past  eleven  years  been 
counted  among  the  sucessful  funeral  directors  of  Passaic.  He  is  a  son  of 
Charles  W.  Lucas,  who  was  born  in  the  State  of  Maine,  and  came  to  New  Jersey 
as  a  young  man,  locating  in  Boonton,  in  Morris  county.  He  was  an  iron  worker 
by  occupation,  handling  a  modest  business  of  his  own,  but  was  cut  down  in  the 
prime  of  life,  and  died  in  1875.     His  wife,  Mary  A.  Lucas,  died  in  Paterson. 

Edward  O.  Lucas  was  born  in  Boonton,  New  Jersey,  in  the  year  1869, 
and  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Paterson.  In  the  early 
eighties  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  United  States  Express  Company,  in  Pater- 
son, remaining  for  about  six  years,  then  for  upwards  of  three  years  he  was 
in  the  electric  street  railway  service.  His  next  activity  was  in  the  employ  of  his 
brother,  T.  C.  Lucas,  in  the  undertaking  business,  and  he  was  thus  engaged 
for  a  period  of  about  twenty-two  years.  In  1911  Mr.  Lucas  struck  out  for  him- 
self in  the  same  line  of  endeavor,  and  with  his  long  experience  was  sucessful 
from  the  beginning.  He  now  holds  a  leading  position  as  undertaker  and  funeral 
director,  with  a  fine  modern  plant  at  No.  265  Main  avenue,  and  commands  an 
extensive  patronage  among  the  foremost  families  of  the  section. 

In  the  public  life  of  the  community  Mr.  Lucas  is  broadly  interested,  but 
although  a  lifelong  supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  he  has  never  sought 
political  honors.  Fraternally  he  holds  membership  in  the  Royal  Arcanum,  the 
National  Union,  in  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics,  in  the 
Little  Ha  Ha  Tribe,  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  and  in  the  Foresters  of 
America.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Mr.  Lucas  married,  April  11,  1889,  Annie  Cosgriff,  of  Paterson,  daughter 
of  James  and  Margaret  Cosgriff,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  four  children : 
William,  twenty-eight  years  of  age ;  Edward  O.,  Jr.,  of  further  mention ;  Flor- 
ence, twenty-two  years  of  age ;  and  Katherine,  twenty. 

Edward  O.  Lucas,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in  1897,  volunteered,  while  at  Camp 
Dix,  to  go  across  to  France  to  make  up  the  309th  Regiment,  when  he  had  only 
been  in  camp  six  days.  He  participated  in  many  battles  in  France,  in  hard- 
fought  engagements  which  tested  every  man's  courage,  coming  through  with 
marked  gallantry,  and  without  a  scratch.  One  week  before  the  signing  of  the 
armistice,  while  marching  down  to  sign  up  for  the  next  payroll,  he  was  killed 
by  shrapnel  fire  from  the  Germans.  A  young  man  of  rare  promise,  his  loss 
came,  to  the  circles  in  which  he  was  known,  as  a  great  bereavement. 


GEORGE  H.  MARSCHALK,  JR.— Holding  a  responsible  position  in 
the  world  of  production  as  a  chemist,  George  H.  Marshalk,  Jr.,  of  the  Flint- 
kote  Company,  Incorporated,  stands  among  the  representative  young  men  of 
the  Passaic  of  today. 

George  H.  Marschalk,  Sr.,  the  father,  is  one  of  Passaic's  self-made  men. 
He  won  his  way  to  success,  beginning  life  in  a  plumbing  establishment  and  even- 
tually becoming  secretary  and  vice-president  of  the  Bellmour  Plumbing  Supply 
Company,  of  No.  125-127  River  Drive,  Passaic,  which  position  he  still  holds. 
He  is  the  owner  of  several  residence  properties,  and  his  home  on  Lexington 
avenue  is  one  of  the  old  landmarks  of  this  locality.  He  married  Wilhelmina 
J.  F.  Franck. 

George  H.  Marschalk,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  but  upon 
the  removal  of  the  family  to  Passaic  he  attended  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  this  city.     He  next  took  up  the  study  of  chemistry  at  the  New  York  Uni- 


550  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

versity,  and  is  now  carrying  forward  his  life's  work  in  this  field.  His  first 
position  was  with  the  A.  Chiris  Company,  manufacturers  of  essential  oils,  of 
Delawanna,  New  Jersey.  His  work  in  this  connection  brought  him  to  the 
notice  of  other  concerns,  and  resulted  in  his  acceptance  of  his  present  position  as 
head  chemist  in  the  employ  of  the  Flintkoke  Company,  Incorporated.  This 
concern,  which  is  known  the  country  over,  is  located  in  East  Rutherford. 

During  the  World  War  Mr.  Marschalk  served  in  the  Medical  Corps,  and 
was  attached  to  United  States  General  Hospital,  No.  30,  at  Plattsburg,  New 
York,  being  in  the  service  for  seventeen  months,  and  receiving  his  honorable 
discharge  August  25,  1919.  Several  times  he  was  selected  to  take  to  their  homes, 
soldiers  suffering  from  the  effects  of  gas  or  shell  shock,  and  unable  to  recall 
their  place  of  residence,  one  of  these  trips  taking  him  to  Utah.  Several  of  these 
soldiers  had  entirely  lost  their  reason,  and  were  necessarily  placed  in  sanitar- 
iums in  their  native  States  until  they  had  somewhat  recovered  from  this  mental, 
collapse.  In  civic  interests  of  the  day  Mr.  Marschalk  has  thus  far  taken  only 
the  citizen's  interest,  but  reserves  his  right  to  independent  thought  and  action, 
and  gives  no  party  his  unqualified  endorsement.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Marschalk  married.  In  Passaic,  September  18,  1920,  Clara  Evelyn 
Peterson,  daughter  of  Alfred  Nils  and  Emma  (Swenson)  Peterson,  the  cere- 
mony taking  place  at  the  Marschalk  home,  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Lex- 
ington avenue  and  Sherman  street,  where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marschalk  now  make 
their  home.  During  the  World  War  Mrs.  Marschalk  was  active  in  relief 
work  among  the  wounded  soldiers,  returning  to  this  country,  and  assisted 
at  various  operations  of  a  most  distressing  character.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Swedish  club  known  as  the  "Vasa  Orden"  of  America,  which  holds  its  meetings 
in  the  Masonic  Hall  in  Clifton,  and  bears  the  general  character  of  the  fraternal 
organizations  of  today.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Swedish  Lutheran  church  on 
the  corner  of  Jackson  and  Columbia  avenues,  in  Passaic. 


SEBURN  BABCOCK,  D.  D.  S.— Among  the  professional  men  of  Passaic 
who  are  achieving  success  and  bearing  a  part  in  the  general  advance,  is  Dr. 
Babcock,  the  well  known  dental  surgeon  of  No.  615  Main  avenue,  at  the  corner 
of  Passaic  avenue.  Dr.  Babcock's  family  has  long  been  prominent  in  Paterson, 
where  he  resides.  His  father,  Ephraim  Babcock,  was  in  the  real  estate  business 
in  Paterson  for  a  period  of  thirty  years,  and  was  counted  among  the  successful 
men  of  the  day  in  that  city.  He  died  under  a  surgical  operation,  at  his  home, 
at  No.  119  Jasper  street,  Paterson.  He  married  Elizabeth  Willhelm,  who 
survives  him,  and  resides  in  Paterson,  at  the  age  of  sixty-four  years. 

Dr.  Babcock  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  In  the  year  1886,  and  re- 
ceived his  early  education  In  the  public  and  high  schools  of  that  city.  Early 
determining  his  choice  of  a  profession,  he  entered  the  New  York  College  of 
Dentistry,  from  which  he  was  graduated  In  the  class  of  1908.  He  has  practiced 
in  Passaic  for  nearly  twelve  years,  and  his  office  is  located  at  the  corner  of 
Main  and  Passaic  avenues.  Dr.  Babcock  Is  enjoying  a  constantly  growing 
practice,  and  commands  a  high  class  of  patronage.  Politically,  Dr.  Babcock  is 
an  Independent  Republican,  but  beyond  the  duties  of  citizenship,  takes  no 
active  part  in  public  life.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Park  Avenue  Baptist  Church, 
of  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 

Dr.  Babcock  married,  October  27,  1909,  Ella  Ash,  daughter  of  George  K. 
and  Sarah  Ash,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  children :  Eleanor,  born  in 
1910;  George,  born  in  1914;  and  Dorothy,  born  In  1916.  He  and  his 
family  reside  at  No.  192  Vreeland  avenue,  Paterson. 


EXTERIOR  AND  INTERIOR  VIEAVS  OP  THE  KUENSTLER  JEWELRY  ESTABLISHMENT 
AT   689  MAIN  AVENUE,   PASSAIC,   N.   J.      YEAR  OF   1922 


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ALBERT  KUENSTLER— A  skilled  watchmaker  and  jeweler  when  he 
came  to  the  United  States,  Mr.  Kuenstler  spent  fifteen  years  with  well  known 
jewelry  houses  of  New  York  City  before  coming  to  Passaic  and  engaging  in 
business  under  his  own  name.  The  years  have  brought  success  in  his  business 
although  the  path  has  not  been  an  easy  one,  his  business  being  once  swept  away 
by  fire;  but  he  has  persevered  and  is  today  located  in  a  handsome  store,  in  a 
buildings  he  owns,  and  has  won  honorable  standing  in  Passaic's  business  life. 
He  is  a  son  of  Rev.  Carl  and  Bertha  (Renter)  Kuenstler,  his  father  a  minister 
of  the  Lutheran  church,  his  mother  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Christian  Renter,  who 
was  also  a  minister  of  that  faith. 

Albert  Kuenstler  was  born  near  Frankfort,  Germany,  June  22,  1870, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  Immediately  after  his  graduation  he 
became  identified  with  the  watchmakers'  trade,  serving  an  apprenticeship  of 
four  years.  Later  he  traveled  in  Switzerland  for  several  years,  working  as  a 
watchmaker,  then  spent  several  months  in  Paris,  France,  also  working  at  his 
trade  in  that  city.  Sailing  from  there  he  landed  in  New  York  City,  June  22, 
1892,  and  there  for  fifteen  years  was  employed  at  his  trade  with  various  well 
known  Maiden  Lane  jewelry  houses.  With  his  skill  and  wide  experience,  Mr. 
Kuentsler  deemed  the  time  propitious  for  him  to  start  business ;  so  he  severed 
his  connection  with  his  employer  in  New  York,  and  in  1907  located  in  business 
in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  opening  a  watchmaking  and  jewelry  establisment  at 
No.  16  Lexington  avenue.  He  prospered  in  that  locality  and  continued  there 
for  five  years,  when  a  fire  which  broke  out  in  No.  14,  next  door,  destroyed  his 
store  and  left  him  where  he  started  five  years  before. 

This  blow  did  not  dishearten  him,  but  he  soon  reopened  a  jewelry  store  at 
No.  22  Lexington  avenue,  where  he  remained  ten  years  in  successful  business 
operation.  In  December,  1919,  he  purchased  the  building  and  land  at  No.  689 
Main  street,  Passaic,  and  after  remodeling  the  building  and  fitting  up  the 
ground  floor  to  accommodate  his  own  business,  he  moved  to  that  building,  Octo- 
ber 1,  1921,  and  there  in  most  beautiful  and  modernly  equipped  quarters  he 
serves  a  large  and  discriminating  trade.  Since  occupying  No.  689  Main  street, 
he  has  added  to  the  other  features  of  his  store,  an  optometrical  department  with 
a  specialist  in  optometry  in  charge.  He  is  an  expert  in  his  line,  gives  personal 
supervision  to  the  business  which  bears  his  name,  and  is  highly  esteemed  as  an 
honorable  and  upright  merchant. 

Mr.  Kuenstler  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Lutheran  church,  Passaic  Singing  Society  and  in  politics  is  a  Republican. 
He  married  in  New  York  City,  February  15,  1895,  Kate  Rahsskoff,  who  died 
July  27,  1921,  daughter  of  Joseph  Frederick  and  Esther  (Fuchs)  Rahsskoff. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kuenstler  five  sons  were  born:  Frederick,  William,  George, 
Theodore  and  Herbert.  There  was  also  a  daughter,  Mary,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  years,  their  second  child.  The  family  home  is  at  No.  178 
Van   Buren   street,   Passaic,   New   Jersey. 


HENRY  BEARD  HASBROUCK— For  many  years  identified  with  the 
newspaper  world  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  thereafter  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  blacksmith  business,  Henry  B.  Hasbrouck,  of  Passaic,  is  now  the 
head  of  the  Lexington  Billiard  and  Bowling  Academy,  one  of  the  high  class 
amusement  places  of  the  city. 

Dr.  Richard  Oliver  Hasbrouck,  Mr.  Hasbrouck's  father,  was  a  prominent 
figure  in  the  Passaic  of  a  day  gone  by.  A  veterinary  surgeon  by  profession,  he 
was  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  all  who  knew  him,  and  was  brought  to  the 


552  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

front  in  various  civic  interests,  serving  as  a  councilman  and  school  trustee 
during  Passaic's  early  days.  He  was  well  known  in  fraternal  circles,  and  was 
a  charter  member  of  Passaic  Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
His  death  occurred  in  1907.     He  married  Anna  Beard. 

Henry  Beard  Hasbrouck  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  at  the  family 
home  at  No.  106  Jefferson  street.  May  15,  1870,  and  as  a  boy  attended  the  old 
Jefferson  School,  which  stood  at  the  corner  of  Passaic  and  William  streets, 
and  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  due  course.  Ambitious  to  learn  the 
printing  business,  Mr.  Hasbrouck,  on  leaving  school,  entered  the  employ  of 
J.  F.  Morris,  then  publisher  of  the  Passaic  "Daily  Herald,"  then  later  becarne 
identified  with  the  Passaic  "Daily  News,"  which  was  at  that  time  located  in 
the  Howe  block,  now  known  as  the  Hobart  Trust  building.  Subsequently  Mr. 
Hasbrouck  was  associated  with  Orin  Vander  Hoven  in  the  publication  of  a 
weekly  "Herald,"  the  office  being  located  at  the  corner  of  Bloomfield  avenue 
and  Prospect  street,  the  site  of  the  present  post  office.  For  several  years  there- 
after, Mr.  Hasbrouck  was  away  from  Passaic,  then,  upon  his  return,  became 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  business  of  horse-shoeing,  their  blacksmith  shop 
being  located  on  the  River  Drive,  just  north  of  the  old  First  Reformed  Church, 
and  nearly  opposite  the  old  Mansion  House,  then  owned  by  the  late  Alfred 
Speer,  and  long  since  torn  down  after  being  partly  gutted  by  fire.  Shortly 
before  Dr.  Hasbrouck's  death,  Henry  B.  Hasbrouck  was  obliged  to  give  up  his 
activities  in  connection  with  the  blacksmith  business  on  account  of  ill  health, 
and  has  since  interested  himself  in  the  realm  of  popular  amusements.  He  is 
now  the  owner  of  one  of  the  high-class  bowling  alleys  of  Passaic,  known  as 
the  Lexington  Billiard  and  Bowling  Academy,  which  is  located  at  Nos.  24-26-28 
Lexington  avenue,  at  the  corner  of  Madison  street.  He  is  very  successful,  and 
his  place  is  patronized  by  members  of  the  leading  circles  of  Passaic. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Hasbrouck  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Foresters  and  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  but  never 
held  office  in  these  orders,  and  has  never  taken  a  prominent  part  in  public  life. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church. 

Mr.  Hasbrouck  married,  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  in  1891,  Mary  B. 
Lynds,  daughter  of  Charles  H.  and  Helen  L.  Lynds,  and  they  have  one  son, 
Richard  Oliver,  born  November  21,  1893,  in  Passaic.  The  family  reside  at 
No.  80  Central  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

FRED  STICKNEY  CAVERLY,  M.D.— Of  the  successful  professional 
men  of  the  day  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  Dr.  Caver*ly  is  a  noteworthy  example. 
Standing  high  in  his  chosen  profession,  he  is  prominent  in  medical  circles.  He 
is  a  son  of  John  Colby  and  Susan  (Foss)  Caverly,  his  father  being  a  noted 
attorney  of  Dover,  New  Hampshire. 

Dr.  Caverly  was  born  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  June  14,  1882,  and 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  olty.  After  the 
necessary  preparatory  studies,  he  entered  Dartmouth  Medical  College,  from 
which  he  Was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1904.  Serving  for  two  years  thereafter 
as  interne  in  the  Passaic  General  Hospital,  Dr.  Caverly  then  entered  upon  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Passaic,  in  1906.  Early  gaining  the  confidence  of  the 
people,  he  has  carried  forward  a  general  practice,  and  has  attained  marked 
success. 

Dr.  Caverly  is  a  member  of  St.  Mary's  and  the  General  Hospital  staffs ;  the 
Passaic  City  and  County  Medical  societies;  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Medical 
Society,  and  of  the  American  Medical  Association.  For  several  years  he  served 
as  city  physician  of  Clifton.    Fraternally,  Dr.  Caverly  holds  membership  in  the 


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Benevolcnit  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks ;  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows ;  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics ;  and  his  college  frater- 
nity is  the  Alpha  Kappa  Kappa. 

Dr.  Oaverly  marrieid,  in  June,  1908,  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  Alice 
Lydia  Watson,  daughter  of  John  and  Ida  (Canavan)  Watson.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Caverly  are  the  parents  of  two  children:  Robert  W.,  born  March  31,  1909; 
and  Fred  C„  born  July  18,  1910.  The  family  residence  is  at  No.  127  Madison 
avenue,  Passaic,  and  the  doctor's  office  is  at  No.  154  Passaic  street. 


ERNEST  HUBINGER— One  of  the  enterprising  young  men  of  Clifton, 
New  Jersey,  carrying  on  a  successful  hardware  business,  and  thus  contributing 
to  the  general  progress  of  the  community,  is  Ernest  Hubinger.  He  is  a  son  of 
Charles  and  Caroline  V.  Hubinger,  who  are  both  still  living,  the  father  being 
seventy-two  and  the  mother  sixty-two  years  of  age.  The  elder  Mr.  Hubinger 
was  in  the  hardware  business  for  fifty  years,  for  the  past  thirty  years  being 
located  at  the  corner  of  Passaic  street  and  Columbia  avenue,  Passaic,  until  the 
spring  of  1921,  when  he  sold  the  business,  he  having  been  very  successful,  accu- 
mulating considerable  property.  Although  his  son  is  the  head  of  the  business, 
which  is  now  in  Clifton,  he  is  at  the  store  every  day,  taking  an  active  part 
in  its  affairs. 

Ernest  Hubinger  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  November  19,  1893,  and 
received  his  education  in  the  lementary  and  grammar  schools  of  his  native  city, 
covering  all  grades.  His  first  business  experience  was  with  his  father  in  the 
hardware  store,  then  located  at  the  corner  of  Passaic  street  and  Columbia  avenue, 
in  Passaic,  where  he  remained  for  about  ten  years.  Five  years  ago  he  struck  out 
for  himself  in  the  same  line  of  business,  locating  at  No.  715  Main  avenue,  in 
Clifton,  and  now  a  younger  brother,  Albert  Hubinger,  is  associated  with  him. 
Albert  Hubinger  is  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and  the  young  men  are  doing  a 
very  extensive  business,  finding  Clifton  fully  as  good  a  field  for  their  activities 
as  that  Covered  by  the  Passaic  business. 

During  the  World  War,  1917-1918,  Ernest  Hubinger  served  for  nine 
months  in  the  quartermasters'  corps  at  Camp  Dix,  New  Jersey,  the  armistice  re- 
sulting in  his  honorable  discharge  from  the  service.  Politically  he  supports  the 
Republican  party,  but  has  little  leisure  for  public  activity.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  so-called  Plymouth  Brethren  Church  on  Main  avenue,  in  Passaic. 

Mr.  Hubinger  married,  on  July  27,  1918,  Sophie  Cohn,  daughter  of  Paul 
S.  and  Katherine  Cohn,  and  they  have  one  son,  Ernest,  Jr.,  born  November 
12,  1919, 

Mr.  Hubinger  has  three  brothers  in  tbe  hardware  business,  wbo  also  served 
during  the  World  War.  Benjamin  Hubinger,  In  busines  at  No.  466  Union 
avenue,  Paterson,  after  a  short  stay  ait  Camp  Dix,  was  sent  to  France,  arriving 
at  Calais.  He  served  for  eighteen  months  as  sergeant-major  of  Headquarters 
Detachment,  78th  Division.  Edward  C.  Hubinger,  who  is  associated  In  business 
with  his  brother  Benjamin,  in  Paterson,  served  in  the  Hospital  Corps,  but  was 
taken  seriously  sick  and  honorably  discharged  on  this  account,  Albert  Hubinger, 
who  is  connected  with  the  Clifton  firm,  enlisted  at  Denver,  Colorado,  was  sent  to 
Fort  Logan,  transferred  to  Fort  Sam  Houston,  Texas,  where  he  served  for  twelve 
months  as  assistant  purchasing  agent  of  the  post  quartermaster's  office.  He  was 
promoted  to  corporal,  specialist,  fifth  class,  and  as  such  received  his  honorable  dis- 
charge. A  fourth  brother,  Henry,  Is  in  the  hardware  business  in  Miami,  Florida. 


ISAAC   HERBERT   MASS— Coming  to  the  United   States   as  a  youth 
about  to  enter  upon  his  career,  Isaac  H.  Mass  has  attained  a  position  of  prom- 


554  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

inence  in  the  city  of  his  adoption  as  a  photographer.  Mr.  Mass  is  a  son  of 
David  and  Lea  Mass,  natives  of  Russia. 

Isaac  Herbert  Mass  was  born  in  Russia,  July  25,  1878,  and  upon  coming 
to  this  country  went  at  once  to  work,  accepting  whatever  jobs  presented  them- 
selves in  his  search  for  a  means  of  livelihood.  Meanwhile  he  spent  his  evenings 
at  night  school,  perfecting  himself  in  the  language  of  the  new  country  and 
acquiring  a  technical  knowledge  of  his  chosen  profession,  photography.  Start- 
ing for  himself  in  a  modest  way,  he  has  developed  a  large  and  successful 
business  along  this  line,  doing  an  extensive  variety  of  commercial  and  art 
work,  and  is  highly  esteemed  for  the  value  and  beauty  of  his  creations. 

Well  known  fraternally,  Mr.  Mass  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  of  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  also  being  a  member  of 
the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  Jacob 
Congregation. 

Mr.  Mass  married,  May  25,  1902,  in  Passaic,  Dora  Jaffe,  daughter  of 
Julius  and  Sarah  Jaffe,  and  they  have  three  children :  Marian,  born  September 
15,  1905;  Mildred,  born  July  9,  1909;  and  David,  born  January  20,  1913. 


ALEXANDER  BROOKLYN—  Among  the  younger  men  of  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  who  have  made  their  own  start  in  life  and  are  now  on  the  high 
road  to  success  must  be  numbered  Alexander  Brooklyn,  of  No.  39  Lexington 
avenue.  Mr.  Brooklyn  is  a  son  of  Irving  and  Mary  Brooklyn,  natives  of 
Russia,  both  now  deceased.  The  father  died  in  his  native  land  in  1891,  and 
the  mother  died  in  Passaic  in  1912. 

Alexander  Brooklyn  was  born  in  Orsha,  Russia,  March  1,  1886,  and  re- 
ceived a  practical  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  birthplace.  At  the  age 
of  thirteen  years  he  entered  the  world  of  industry,  and  for  six  yearis  was  em- 
ployed at  the  terra  cotta  works.  Then,  in  consequence  of  his  avowed  opposition 
to  the  Czar  of  Russia,  Mr.  Brooklyn  was  obliged  to  leave  the  country,  and  came 
to  the  United  States,  arriving  here  in  November,  1906,  with  the  equivalent  of 
$1.50  in  American  money.  He  immediately  secured  work  in  the  terra  cotta 
factory  in  Long  Island  City,  at  a  weekly  wage  of  ten  dollars,  then  a  very 
good  rate.  Then,  after  about  five  months,  the  financial  crisis  of  1907  set 
him  adrift,  and  he  realized  the  hardships  of  the  stranger  in  a  strange  land. 
The  only  employment  he  could  find  was  in  the  sweatshops  of  New  York  City, 
working  on  men's  clothing,  at  four  or  five  dollars  a  week.  Attempting  to  live 
on  four  dollars  a  week,  he  could  often  manage  only  one  meal  a  day,  that  con- 
sisting of  anything  he  could  find  which  could  be  bought  for  five  cents  or 
thereabouts.  Coming  to  Passaic  in  1908,  he  was  able  to  secure  some  work  at 
painting  and  paperhanging,  somewhat  bettering  his  condition,  and  by  1913  was 
able  to  get  a  start  for  himself.  At  that  time  Mr.  Brooklyn  established  a  tire 
business,  beginning  in  a  small  way,  but  he  soon  convinced  the  public  of  his 
goodwill  and  integrity,  and  thereby  developed  a  broadly  prosperous  interest. 
He  is  now  one  of  the  successful  men  of  the  day  in  his  line,  receiving  the  pat- 
ronage of  motorists  from  all  over  the  State  of  New  Jersey  and  from  wide 
districts  in  New  York  State.  He  handles  every  kind  of  tires  and  a  comprehen- 
sive line  of  accessories. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Brooklyn  holds  membership  in  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  Is  treasurer  of  his  lodge.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  His 
favorite  recreation  is  the  game  of  chess,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Passaic 
Chess  Club.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Jewish  synagogue. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  555 

Mr.  Brooklyn  married,  in  Passaic,  on  February  9,  1915,  Alice  Zacharevitz, 
daughter  of  Simon  and  Rose  Zacharevitz,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two 
daughters:  Mildred,  born  December  22,  1915;  and  Sylvia,  born  May  6, 
1918.     The  family  reside  at  No.  267  Madison  street,  Passaic. 

GERLACH  FAMILY — This  family  cognomen  is  of  ancient  origin.  Early 
representatives  of  the  family  are  referred  to  in  German  philosophic  and  historic 
works  in  which  they  are  mentioned  as  men  of  high  scholarly  attainments. 

(I)  The  first  representative  of  ithis  branch  of  the  Gerlach  family  of  whom 
we  have  any  authentic  information  was  Dr.  John  Gerlach,  grandfather  of  Her- 
man Gerlach,  the  settler  and  founder  of  his  branch  of  the  family  in  this  country. 
John  Gerlach  was  a  resident  of  the  historic  town  of  Eisenach,  where  Martin 
Luther  was  held  in  friendly  durance  by  the  Prince  over  a  period  of  ten  months. 
John  Gerlach  was  a  trained  physician,  and  a  graduate  of  one  of  the  universities 
of  that  section  of  the  country.  He  practiced  his  profession  throughout  the  active 
years  of  his  life  in  the  city  of  Eisenach,  where  he  died  at  the  family  home  at  the 
age  of  sixty-five  years.  In  the  course  of  his  practice  he  personally  attended  and 
treated  the  Emperor,  Napoleon  I.  Dr.  John  Gerlach  married  and  among  his 
children  had  a  son,  John  George,  of  whom  forward. 

(II)  Dr.  John  George  Gerlach,  son  of  Dr.  John  Gerlach,  was  born  at  the 
Gerlach  family  home  in  the  city  of  Ensenach,  Principality  of  Eisenach,  Germany. 
He  received  his  early  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  his  native  city,  and 
upon  attaining  suitable  years  entered  upon  a  course  of  study  in  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Heidelberg,  where  he  graduated,  and  soon  after 
leaving  his  alma  mater,  returned  to  his  father's  home  in  Eisenach,  where  he  en- 
tered upon  a  succecssful  career  in  the  practice  of  medicine,  in  which  he  achieved 
a  marked  degree  of  success  and  became  known  as  one  of  the  leading  medical 
practitioners  in  his  city.  In  1853  he  decided  to  visit  the  United  States,  and  ac- 
companied by  his  wife  and  family  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters  embarked 
from  the  seaport  city  of  Hamburg,  bound  for  the  port  of  New  York  City.  Soon 
after  setting  foot  on  American  soil,  he  settled  with  his  family  in  the  ctiy  of 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  promptly  became  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession,  and  among  his  clientele  were  many  of  the  leading  families  of  his 
adopted  city.  He  died  at  his  home  in  Providence,  in  1862,  and  his  remains  were 
interred  in  Grace  Church  Cemetery,  Providence. 

Dr.  John  George  Gerlach  married,  in  the  city  of  Eisenach,  June  5,  1837, 
Marie  Haebel,  a  native  of  the  city  of  Eisenach,  where  her  parents  likewise  re- 
sided. Of  their  union  the  following  children  were  born :  1.  Charles  A.  2.  Otto. 
3.  Herman,  of  whom  forward.    4.  Amelia.    5.  Louise 

(III)  Herman  Gerlach,  son  of  Dr.  John  George  and  Marie  (Haebel) 
Gerlach,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Eisenach,  Principality  of 
Eisenach,  Germany,  December  24,  1841.  His  early  educaitional  advantages 
were  obtained  in  the  schools  of  his  native  city.  In  1853  he  Was  brought  by  his 
parents  to  this  country  and  with  them  settled  in  the  city  of  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  again  attended  the  schools  of  his  adopted  city.  At  a  suitable 
age  he  became  apprenticed  to  learn  the  jewelry  and  watch  making  business  in  the 
city  of  Hoboken,  New  Jersey,  and  served  an  apprenticeship  of  four  years  with 
one  of  the  leading  watchmakers  and  jewelers  in  that  city.  Soon  after  complet- 
ing his  trade  he  engaged  in  his  chosen  line  of  work  as  a  journeyman  watch- 
maker and  jeweler  in  the  city  of  New  York  and  Philadelphia.  In  1875  he 
married  the  lady  of  his  choice,  wihom  he  had  met  in  the  city  of  Somerville, 
New  Jersey,  and  with  his  bride  settled  in  Phillipsburg,  New  Jersey,  where  he 
engaged  in  bis  chosen  line  of  work  and  resided  w'ich  his  family  up  to  1881,  in 


556  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

v/hich  year  he  removed  to  the  then  rapidly  growing  town  of  Passaic,  where  he 
established  his  store  and  engaged  in  the  jewelry  and  watchmaking  business  on 
Prospect  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  immediately  adjacent  to  the  present  Muni- 
cipal building.  He  continued  his  business  for  a  number  of  years  on  Prospect 
street,  and  in  1900  located  at  No.  9  Bloomfield  avenue,  where  he  established  a 
successful  business,  and  since  his  death  the  same  has  been  successfulUy 
carried  forward  by  his  sons,  William  and  Otto  J.  H.  Both  he  and  his  dutiful 
wife  were  consistent  members  of  the  First  German  Presbyterian  Church  on  Mad- 
ison street.  Herman  Gerlach  died  at  the  family  home  on  Monroe  street,  De- 
cember 23,  1908.     His  dutiful  wife  passed  away  February  25,  1917. 

Herman  Gerlach  married,  in  the  city  of  Somerville,  New  Jersey,  September 
15,  1875,  Catherine  Miiller,  born  December  15,  1840,  daughter  of  John  and 
Anna  (Velte)  Miiller.  Of  this  union  were  born  the  following  children:  1.  Wil- 
liam, of  whom  forward.  2.  Amelia,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Rockaway,  New 
Jersey,  April  15,  1878,  She  married  Rev.  Jacob  Schmitt,  the  present  pastor  of 
St.  Paul's  German  Reformed  Church  on  One  Hundred  and  Forty-first  street. 
New  York  City.  3.  Herman,  Jr.,  of  whom  forward.  4.  Otto  J  H.,  of  whom 
forward. 

(IV)  William  Gerladh,  eldest  son  of  Herman  and  Catherine  (Miiller) 
Gerlach,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Phillipsburg,  New  Jersey, 
December  29,  1876.  His  educational  advantages  were  acquired  in  the  public 
schools  in  the  town  of  Passaic.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  he  became  identified 
with  his  father  in  his  jewelry  and  watchmaking  store,  and  under  his  guidance 
and  tuition  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  jewelry  and  watchmaking 
trade,  in  which  line  of  enterprise  he  has  been  successfully  engaged  up  to  the 
present  time,  1921.  William  Gerlach  is  an  active  member  of  Passaic  Lodge, 
No.  387,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks ;  National  Union,  Council 
807,  of  the  city  of  Passaic.  He  is  also  an  active  member  of  the  Passaic  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  and  the  New  Jersey  Retail  Jewelers'  Association.  Mr.  Gerlach 
has  become  thoroughly  identified  with  the  social  and  civic  interests  of  his 
adopted  city,  and  is  highly  respected  by  all  his  neighbors  and  friends. 

William  Gerlach  married,  in  the  town  of  Montgomery,  New  York,  August 
15,  1918,  Grace  Judson  Hulse,  born  July  6,  1894,  daughter  of  Ferris  and  Sarah 
( Judson)  Hulse.    No  issue. 

(IV)  Herman  Gerlach,  Jr.,  son  of  Herman  and  Catherine  (Miiller)  Ger- 
lach, was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  March  14,  1881.  He 
obtained  his  educational  advantages  in  tihe  schools  of  Passaic  and  the  Mercan- 
tile Institute  of  New  York  City.  Soon  after  passing  his  seventeenth  year,  he 
became  eng^iged  in  one  of  the  leading  mercantile  establishments  and  acquired 
a  practical  knowledge  of  window  trimming,  in  which  line  he  has  conducted  a 
mercantile  service  up  to  the  present  time,  1921. 

Herman  Gerlach,  Jr.,  married,  at  Niagara  Falls,  Ontario,  Canada,  July  21, 
1903,  May  L.  Whybra,  of  English  extraction.  They  had  born  to  them  the 
following  children:  1.  Rosalie  May,  born  June  3,  1906.  2.  Herman  Hobart, 
born  February  24,  1909.  3.  Dorothy  Irene,  born  June  27,  1912.  4.  Ross  Far- 
nell,  born  January  18,  1915. 

(IV)  Otto  J.  H.  Gerlach,  son  of  Herman  and  Catherine  (Miiller)  Ger- 
lach, was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  December  15,  1883. 
He  obtained  his  early  educational  advantages  in  the  schctols  of  his  adopted  city. 
He  continued  to  reside  under  the  parental  roof,  and  after  his  father's  demise 
became  identified  with  his  brother  in  the  management  of  the  jewelry  and  watch- 
making business  which  the  father  had  established,  and  has  been  actively  con- 
nected with  the  Gerlach  store  up  to  the  present  time,  1921. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  557 

Otto  J.  H.  Gerlach  married,  at  Niagara  Falls,  New  York,  September  4, 
1912,  Myrtle  Irene  Strachan,  and  they  had  born  to  them  twto  children:  1. 
Myrtle  Irene,  born  October  9,  1913.    2.  Gladys  Elvera,  born  May  22,  1917. 

LAWRENCE  EDWARD  COEN,  M.  D.— This  family  patronymic  is  of 
ancient  Celtic  origin  and  is  referred  to  by  Dr.  John  O'Hart  in  his  history  of 
Irish  Pedigrees  in  which  the  author  gives  a  description  of  the  symbols  of  the 
family  escutcheon  as  follows : 

Shield — Sable,  two  hunter's  horns  in  the  base  and  chief.  Empaled  or,  with 
one  mullet,  sable. 

Crest — Two  semi-holly  wreathes,  with  a  deer,  passant. 

Motto — Virtus  ipsa  siits  firmissima  nititur  armis. 

The  same  author  gives  a  list  of  the  remote  ancestors  of  the  family  of  Coen 
which,  according  to  the  author,  brings  thet  later  list  down  to  Strafford's  Viceroy- 
alty  of  Ireland  (temp.  Charles  I),  when  the  family  estates  were  confiscated 
l^y  that  Viceroy.  James  and  Charles  Coen  fell  as  officers  in  the  Battle  of  the 
Boyne,  fighting  for  King  James  II,  against  William  III. 

The  late  Rig'ht  Rev.  Thomas  Coen,  Roman  Catholic  Bishop  of  Clonfert, 
was,  and  the  Very  Rev.  T.  Coen,  V.  F.,  and  P.  P.  of  Aughrim  (Ballinasloe), 
living  in  1887,  is,  a  home  representative  of  this  family.  There  is  also  settled 
in  England  a  branch  of  this  ancient  Irish  family,  descended  from  the  James 
Coen,  who,  as  above  mentioned,  fell  in  the  Battle  of  the  Boyne.  Of  this  branch 
was  (1)  James  Coen,  who  died  in  1860,  and  whose  son  (2)  John  Joseph  Coen 
(deceased),  married  Catherine,  grand-daughter  of  James  Browne  (of  Kilmaine, 
and)  of  Rahins,  in  the  County  of  Mayo,  by  his  wife,  Catherine  McNally,  niece 
of  Sir  Thomas  Henry  Burke  (of  the  Clanricarde  family),  and  had  one  surviving 
son  and  four  daughters.  This  son,  James  Coen,  became  a  barrister-at-law,  of 
the  Middle  Temple,  London,  and  was  ex-captain  V.  R.  He  married  Rose, 
daughter  of  Stuart  Knill,  Knight  of  St.  Gregory,  J.  P.,  Blackheath  Kent,  and 
Alderm!an  of  London.    He  was  living  in  1887. 

The  first  represenitative  of  this  branch  of  the  Coen  family  of  whom  we  have 
any  authentic  information,  was  Michael  Coen.  He  was  born  in  1846,  in  County 
Galway,  Ireland.  His  father  and  his  grandfather  were  engaged  in  agricultural 
pursuits  in  County  Galway,  and  each  of  these  ancestors  reared  a  family  of  sons 
and  daughters. 

Michael  Coen  obtained  his  education  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood 
where  his  parents  resided,  and  during  his  boyhood  ye<ars,  he  assisted  his  father 
in  the  various  chores  and  duties  about  the  homestead  farm.  He  continued  to 
abide  under  the  parental  roof  until  his  eigbteentih  year,  about  which  time  he 
decided  to  leave  the  soil  of  his  ancestors  and  cross  the  Atlantic,  and  establish 
a  home  for  himself  in  the  land  of  freedom  and  liberty.  Accordingly  he  em- 
barked from  Queenstown  for  New  York  City,  and  soon  after  setting  foot  on 
American  soil  proceeded  into  New  Jersey.  He  settled  in  what  is  now  the  bor- 
ough of  Rutherford,  Bergen  county,  where  he  found  employment  upon  one  of 
the  large  ^homestead  estates  in  the  capacity  of  gardener.  He  remained  in  this 
position  up  to  about  1870,  when  he  located  in  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New 
jersey,  where  he  continued  in  the  same  line  of  work  in  iche  employ  of  some  ot 
the  leading  homseteads  of  that  rapidly  growing  town.  In  1875  the  young  gar- 
dener entered  the  police  department  as  a  patrolman,  and  continued  there  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  February,  1906.  During  the  years  of 
his  connection  With  and  residence  in  th0  town  of  Passaic,  Michael  Coen  became 
identified  with  a  number  of  social  and  fraternal  organizations,  and  was  also  a 
faithful  communicant  of  St.  Nicholas'  Roman  Catholic  Church  in  Passaic. 

Michael  Coen  married,  in  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  in  1873-4, 


558  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Catherine  Mahady,  born  in  County  Roscomm'on,  not  far  distant  {torn  Roosky. 
She  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood  and,  in  1870,  emigrated  to 
this  country.  Sdon  after  her  arrival  in  New  York  City,  she  settled  in  the 
rapidly  growing  town  of  Passaic,  where  she  later  met  her  future  husband  and 
a  number  of  families  who  were  likewlise  natives  of  County  Roscommon,  Ireland. 
Michael  and  Catherine  (Mahady)  Coen  had  born  to  them  the  follow^ing  chil- 
dren: William,  born  in  Passaic  in  1875,  'dbtained  his  educational  training  in 
the  public  and  parish  schools  of  Passaic,  and  died  at  his  brother's  home  in 
Clifton  in  1919;  Escher,  born  in  Passaic,  in  1882,  obtained  her  education  in 
the  public  and  parish  schools  there,  and  died  in  1911;  Lawrence  Edward,  of 
whom  further. 

Lawrence  Edward  Coen,  son  of  Michael  and  Catherine  (Mahady)  Coen, 
was  born  in  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  Augusit  8,  1887.  He  cybtained 
his  elementar}'  education  In  the  schools  of  his  native  town.  Having  graduated 
from  the  high  school,  in  1906,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  in  the  autumn  of  the  same 
year  he  entered  the  medical  department  of  New  York  Universiity,  in  New  York 
Cit)%  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1910,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
Immediately  after  completing  his  studies,  Dr.  Coen  entered  as  an  interne  at  St. 
Joseph's  Hospital,  in  Paterson,  where  he  remained  during  the  next  sixteen 
months.  Soon  after  completing  his  internesbip,  Dr.  Coen  established  'an  office  in 
Passaic,  w^here  he  continued  his  practice  up  to  the  year  1913.  He  then  removed 
to  Clifton,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  established  his  office  on  Passaic 
avenue.  In  1919,  Dr.  Coen  acquired  his  present  'home  in  Washington  avenue. 
Dr.  Lawrence  Edward  Coen,  during  these  years  of  his  professional  career  in 
Passaic  and  Clifton,  has  established  an  enviable  reputation,  and  among  his 
clientele  are  the  leading  families  of  these  cities  and  the  surrounding  community. 
At  present  Dr.  Coen  is  the  city  and  school  physician  of  Clifton. 

Dr.  Lawrence  Edward  Coen  married,  June  30,  1913,  Emma  Hines,  of 
Spencer,  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  wherie  her  parents,  Jerome  and  Mary 
(Flynn)  Hines  resided.  Of  this  union  have  been  born  the  following  chil- 
dren: Mar}^  Elizabeth,  born  May  19,  1914;  Catherine  Janet,  born  May 
8,  1917;  Lawrence  Doherty,  born  March  31,  1920.  Dr.  Lawrence  Edward 
Coen,  with  his  family,  are  faithful  communicants  of  St.  Paul's  Roman  Cath- 
olic Church,  of  which  organization  the  doctor  was  one  of  the  original  organizers. 
Fraternally,  he  affiliates  with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the 
Knights  of  Columbus,  and  the  Eagles. 


CORNELIUS  MAST ENBROOK— Perhaps  few  business  men  of  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  are  better  known  than  Cornelius  Mastenbrook,  who  is  a  native  and 
lifelong  resident  of  the  city  and  comes  of  an  old  New  Jersey  family.  He  is  a 
son  of  Cornelius  and  Jane  Mas'tenbrook,  long  residents  of  this  city. 

Mr.  Mastenbrook  wias  born  in  Passaic,  January  20,  1873,  and  received  a 
practical  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  city.  At  the  age  of  seventeen 
years  he  entered  the  painting  business,  serving  the  usual  apprenticeship  in  Pas- 
saic. In  1911  he  struck  out  for  himself  in  the  same  line  of  work,  with  head- 
quarters at  No.  499  Main  avenue,  and  continued  until  1918,  when  he  estab- 
lished a  business  in  painters'  supplies,  at  No.  877  Main  avenue.  This  later 
interest  has  proved  very  successful,  and  Mr.  Mastenbroiok  is  still  carrying  it 
forward,  its  steady  increase  keeping  pace  v/ith  the  general  progress  in  the 
world  of  construction. 

Always  a  Republican  in  political  convictions,  Mr.  Mastenbrook  keeps  in 
touch  with  the  advance  of  the  times,  but  takes  only  the  citizen's  interest  in  public 
affairs.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics 


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Tihe  Mastenbrook  family  has  long  been  connected  with  the  First  Holland  Re- 
formed Church,  at  the  corner  of  Quincy  street  and  Hamilton  avenue,  in  fact 
since  the  church  was  built.  Mr.  Mastenbrook  was  christened  in  this  church 
and  is  still  one  of  its  active  members.  Mr.  Mastenbrook  married  Carrie 
Miller  Baum,  daughter  of  John  and  Louisa  Baum. 


JOSEPH  RADIMER — Winning  bis  way  to  a  successful  position  in  life 
entirely  by  his  own  efforts,  Joseph  Radimer  now  stands  among  the  prominent 
business  men  of  Passaic  as  the  head  of  the  Radimer  Hardware  Company,  of 
this  city,  his  location  being  at  No.  261  Passaic  street.  Mr.  Radimer  is  a  son  of 
Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Radimer,  his  father  for  many  years  active  as  a  cabinet 
maker,  both  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  in  Passaic. 

Joseph  Radimer  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  April  20,  1885.  The 
removal  of  the  family  to  Passaic  was  an  event  of  his  childhood,  and  his  educa- 
tion was  secured  in  the  Wallington  Public  School.  At  the  early  age  of  twelve 
years  he  was  obliged  to  become  financially  independent,  and  he  secured  a  posi- 
tion with  Charles  Hubinger,  who  conducted  a  hardware  business  at  the  south- 
west corner  of  Passaic  street  and  Columbia  avenue,  where  he  remained  for  a 
period  of  eight  years.  In  the  course  of  this  time  the  young  man  determined  to 
follow  this  business  as  a  career,  and  to  gain  breadth  of  experience,  went  to  New 
York  City  and  entered  the  employ  of  Harmon  &  Dixon,  manufacturers'  agents. 
This  concern  handled  a  very  wide  variety  of  hardware  and  their  business 
covered  an  extensive  territory.  Mr.  Radimer  was  connected  with  this  company 
in  the  capacity  of  outside  salesman.  Thus  learning  every  phase  of  the  business, 
he  was  in  a  position  to  strike  out  for  himself  with  confidence,  and  in  April,  1921, 
he  purchased  from  Charles  Hubinger  the  business  in  Passaic,  where  he  had 
begun  life  as  an  employee.  Mr.  Radimer  has  extended  iche  scope  of  the  business 
materially,  and  it  is  now  a  fine  and  constantly  growing  interest.  He  has  re- 
ceived his  brother  Theodore  into  partnership  with  him,  and  the  younger  man, 
being  a  graduate  of  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  has 
charge  of  the  bodokkeeping  and  stenographic  work.  Theodore  Radimer  was 
formerly  an  employee  of  the  Fuch  &  Lang  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Ruth- 
erford, New  Jersey. 

A  busy  man,  with  exacting  demands  constantly  filling  his  time,  Mr.  Radi- 
mer finds  little  leisure  for  social  amenities  or  recreative  interests.  His  church 
affiliation  is  with  the  Gospel  Hall,  at  No.  569  Main  avenue,  Passaic.  Mr.  Radi- 
mer married,  in  Passaic,  on  July  18,  1908,  Mayor  F.  R.  Lowe  performing  the 
ceremon)',  Salome  Itcn,  daughter  of  Permin  Iten,  and  they  reside  in  Passaic. 


ROBERT  WALTER  BURRELL— From  boyhood,  Robert  W.  Burrell 
has  been  connected  with  the  industrial  life  of  Passaic  and  vicinity,  beginning  at 
the  age  of  twelve  years  at  the  plant  of  the  New  York  Belting  and  Packing 
Company,  then  becoming  a  plumber's  apprentice,  a  trade  which  he  yet  follows, 
having  been  for  years  a  contracting  plumber ;  he  is  now  located  at  No.  88  Howe 
avenue.  He  is  a  "native  son,"  educated  in  the  public  day  and  night  schools  of 
his  city,  and  a  contributor  to  her  industrial  prosperity.  He  is  a  son  of  Valentine 
and  Deborah  Burrell,  both  deceased,  his  fadier  passing  aWay  July  12,  1886,  his 
mother  at  the  age  of  fifty-four. 

Robert  W.  Burrell  was  born  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  March  1,  1875,  and 
there  attended  Public  Scihool  No.  1,  until  reaching  the  age  of  twelve,  when  he 
joined  the  army  of  child  workers,  his  attendance  thereafter  being  at  night  school. 
His  first  place  of  Work  was  at  the  plant  of  the  New  York  Belting  and  Packing 
Company,  manoifacturers  of  rubber  goods,  hose,  belting  and  packing,  and  he 


560  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

remained  with  that  company  five  years.  At  the  age  of  seventeen,  in  1892,  he 
began  a  threei  years'  apprenticeship  at  the  plumbing  trade,  wihich  he  completed, 
remaining  with  Clearwater,  the  plumber,  four  years.  After  leaving  Clearwater, 
he  engaged  in  business  for  himself  as  a  member  of  the  firm,  Burrell  &  Boyle, 
plumbers  of  Passaic,  that  firm  going  out  of  business  and  being  followed  by 
Burrell  &  Brooks,  of  Dundee,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Burrell  sold  out  his  interest  in 
that  firm  to  his  partner  Brooks,  and  established  a  plumbing  sihop  in  Wallington, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  remained  five  years,  going  thence  to  Garfield.  At  this 
period  he  married  a  young  lady  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  opened  a 
^hop  in  the  rear  of  the  Passaic  Daily  News  building.  From  that  location  he 
moved  to  a  shopi  on  Garden  street,  and  in  1909,  he  located  at  his  present  place 
of  business,  No.  88  Howe  avenue.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Master  Plumbers' 
Association,  and  a  man  highly  regarded  in  the  trade. 

In  politics  Mr.  Burrell  followi's  in  the  fo'otsteps  'of  his  father  and  'has 
always  voted  with  the  Republican  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  National  Union,  Royal  Arcanum,  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  Hopatcong  Outing  Club,  and  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

Mr.  Burrell,  married,  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  at  the  home  of  the  bride, 
September  7,  1901,  Blanche  Wilkison,  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Stephenson  and  Crissie  Wilkison,  her  mother  living  (1922),  and 
her  father  dying  at  the  age  of  ninety.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burrell  are  the  parents  of 
two  childrden:  Katherine  May,  born  1902;  and  Robert  Stevenson,  born  1911. 
Mr.  Burrell  has  won  his  way  from  a  small  beginning  to  an  honorable  position 
among  the  business  men  of  this  city,  and  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  a  wide  circle 
of  friends. 


CHARLES  HUGHES — Among  the  enterprising  and  progressive  men  of 
his  time  following  agricultural  pursuits  at  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  was  Charles 
Hughes,  deceased,  a  successful  farmer  for  many  years  and  widely  known  in  this 
section.  Mr.  Hughes  was  a  son  of  James  and  Katy  (O'Neil)  Hughes,  his 
father  having  been  a  well  knbwn  farmer  of  County  Derry,  Ireland,  a  man  pos- 
sessing all  the  sturdy  traits  of  his  race. 

Charles  Hughes  was  born  about  1805,  in  County  Derry,  Ireland,  and  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  land,  laying  a  thoToughly  practical  founda- 
tion for  the  success  whioh  he  afterwards  attained.  He  came  to  the  United  States 
as  a  young  man,  locating  first  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  Afterwardsi  he  bought 
a  farm  in  Lodi,  where  he  spent  'the  remainder  of  his  years  until  (his  death  in 
1878,  and  where  he  carried  on  general  farming  operations,  marketing  his  various 
products  in  the  nearby  cities.  He  owned  some  real  estate  and  at  one  time  owned 
the  old  Lodi  Hotel.  He  won  his  way  to  a  position  of  dignity  in  the  community, 
was  a  staunch  supporter  of  ithe  Democratic  party,  and  Was  a  member  of  St. 
Francis'  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  Lodi. 

Mr.  Hughes  married,  in  Paterson,  Jane  Van  Houten,  daughter  of  Adrian 
and  Trina  (\'an  Winkle)  Van  Houten.  The  Van  Houtens  and  Van  Winkles 
were  among  the  best  known  families  in  northern  New  Jersey.  To  Charles  and 
Jane  (Van  Houten)  Hughes  four  children  were  born:  Adrian,  James,  Christina, 
and  Mary  J.,  of  whom  only  the  youngest  is  now  living.  She  resides  at  No.  138 
Union  street,  Lodi,  New  Jersey. 


PHILIP  ANNICHIARICO,  who  is  a  native  of  New  York  City,  is  one 
of  the  enterprising  young  merchants  of  Lodi,  and  is  also  bearing  a  part  in  the 
civic  progress  of  the  community.  He  is  a  son  of  Joseph  Annichiarico,  who  was 
born  in  Italy,  and  after  serving  the  usual  period  in  the  Italian  army,  was  a 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  561 

member  of  tihe  Italian  Military  Police.  T'he  father  came  to  this  country  in  the 
prime  of  life,  and,  landing  in  New  York  City,  became  established  there,  then 
sent  for  his  wife,  who  came  to  join  him,  bringing  the  older  children,  who  were 
born  in  Italy.  He  is  a  mason  by  trade,  and  followed  this  kind  of  work  from 
the  time  of  his  arrival  on  this  side  until  his  retirement.  In  1895  he  removed  his 
family  to  Lodi,  where  they  now  reside,  at  No.  43  Park  street.  In  1920  he  retired 
from  active  work,  and  is  now  enjoying  well  earned  leisure.  He  married,  in 
Italy,  Maria  Amtonia  Gugliotto,  w<ho  is  also  still  living,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  nine  children :  Katherine,  the  wife  of  Pasquala  Stefanacci,  of  Passaic ;  Celia, 
the  wife  of  Alexandra  Maddelina,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey;  Lucy,  wife  of 
Carmelia  Stefanacci,  of  Passaic ;  Umberto,  who  married  Maria  Antonia,  of 
Newark ;  Frances,  wife  of  John  Crusco,  of  New  York  City ;  Maria,  wife  of 
Joseph  D.  Pacella,  borough  clerk  of  Lodi ;  Philip,  whose  name  heads  this 
review;  William,  who  married  Lena  Perrella,  of  Lodi;  and  Nellie,  wife  of 
Angelo  Lawrence  Zononi,  of  Lodi. 

Philip  Annichiarico  was  born  in  New  York  City,  April  2,  1894,  and  was 
ten  months  old  when  the  family  removed  to  Lodi.  Here  he  received  a  broadly 
practical  education,  attending  first  the  Lincoln  School,  then  the  Roosevelt  School, 
from  which  be  was  graduaited  in  due  course,  in  the  class  of  1910.  He  shortly 
afterward  accepted  a  position  with  the  LTnited  Piece  Dye  Works  of  Lodi,  as  a 
clerk  in  the  receiving  department,  anid  remained  wiith  the  same  concern  for  about 
eleven  years,  rising  during  that  time  tO'  the  position  of  assistant  foreman  of  the 
receiving  department.  On  April  2,  1921,  having  long  desiired  business  inde- 
pendence, Mr.  Annichiarico  started  in  business  for  himself,  establisbing  a  men's 
and  boys'  furnishing  store  at  No.  28  Main  street.  The  venture  was  promising 
from  the  first,  and  soon  was  an  assured  success.  Under  Mr.  Annichiarico's 
management  it  is  growing  steadily,  and  the  future  looks  bright. 

For  a  number  of  vears  Mr.  Annichiarico  has  been  a  member  of  the  Eagle 
Athletic  Association,  Incorporated,  of  Lodi,  and  has  alw^ays  been  active  in 
various  branches  of  athletics,  baseball,  football,  basketball,  etc.,  and  is  treasurer 
of  this  organization.  In  1917,  the  Eagle  Athletic  Association,  Incorporated,  of 
which  be  was  then  president,  proposed  him  for  councilman,  and  on  November  6, 
of  thlat  year,  he  was  elected  by  the  highest  majority  on  the  ticket.  In  1920  he 
was  reelected  councilman,  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  again  received  the  high- 
est mlajority.  He  was  made  president  of  the  borough  council  for  the  year  1919, 
and  in  hiis  second  term  w<as  made  president  for  the  year  1922.  He  is  a  member, 
and  was  formerly  an  officer,  of  Court  Lodi,  No.  145,  Foresters  of  America ;  is  a 
member  of  Galliano  Lodge,  No.  135,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  also 
of  Passaic  Encampment,  No.  62,  of  the  same  order.  He  is  a  member  of  Lodi 
Lodge,  No.  572,  Sons  of  Italy,  and  takes  a  deep  interest  in  the  work  of  this 
organization.  He  has  for  some  years  been  a  member  of  Lodi  Fire  Company, 
No.  1,  of  which  he  was  formerly  president  and  is  now  foreman.  He  attends 
St.  Joseph's  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  Lodi. 

Mr.  Annichiarico  married,  in  Lodi,  September  24,  1916,  Rev.  Antonio  Fal- 
7,one  performing  the  ceremony,  Grace  Abate,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Maria 
Abate,  of  I^odi.  She  was  born  in  New  York  City,  February  25,  1895,  and  is 'a 
graduate  of  St.  Patrick's  School,  of  that  city.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Annichiarico  have 
two  children:  Maria  Grace,  born  July  15,  1917;  and  Evelyn,  born  September 
18,  1921.     The  family  reside  at  No.  28  Main  street,  in  Lodi. 


HYMAN  KRAMER — Well  known  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
and  for  the  past  fifteen  years  a  leading  merchant  of  Clifton,  Hyman  Kramer 
stands  among  the  representative  men  of  the  day  in  Passaic,  and  is  bearing  a  very 


562  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

practical  part  in  the  general  welfare  through  the  retail  distribution  of  flour  and 
coal. 

Mr.  Kramer  comes  of  a  family  long  prominent  in  his  native  Russia,  men 
whose  public  spirit  went  hand  in  hand  with,  their  business  activities,  and  whose 
faithful  adherence  to  the  religion  of  their  fathers  eventually  led  their  feet  to 
the  land  of  freedom. 

Mr.  Kramer  is  a  son  of  Rackman  and  Sarah  Kramer.  His  father  was  for- 
merly a  merchant  in  Werkliev,  Russia,  but  came  to  America  and  entered  the 
clothing  business  in  Blairstown,  Warren  county,  New  Jersey,  then  for  a  time 
was  in  Oxford  Furnace,  after  which  he  was  in  Passaic,  then  removed  to  Brook- 
lyn, New  York,  where  he  was  one  of  ithe  prosperous  merchants  of  that  city  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  at  the  age  of  fifty-eight  years.  He  was  a  man  of 
ability,  and  influential  among  the  wide  circle  of  friends  who  still  cherish  the 
memory  of  his  name. 

Hyman  Kramer  was  born  in  Werkliev,  in  the  Province  of  Poltava,  Russia, 
April  4,  1879,  and  attended  the  schools  of  his  native  land  until  the  age  of 
fifteen  years.  At  that  time  he  entered  business,  his  first  position  being  as  a  trav- 
eling merchant.  A  few  months  later,  in  the  latter  part  of  August,  1894,  Mr. 
Kramer  sailed  from  the  port  of  Lebau,  for  New  York  City,  landing  early  in  the 
following  month.  He  acquired  his  English  education  in  the  United  States  by 
the  aid  of  private  tutors,  initially,  but  largely  through  practical  experience,  keen 
observation  and  close  study  of  men  and  affairs.  Variously  employed  during  the 
early  years  of  his  residence  in  this  country,  he  entered  the  real  estate  business  in 
Passaic  in  1900,  following  this  line  of  activity  successfully  for  about  seven 
years.  In  1907,  seeing  an  opening  for  a  thriving  mercantile  interest  in  the 
distribution  of  flour,  he  entered  that  field  in  Passaic,  where  he  continued  for  a 
period  of  ten  years.  Then,  in  1917,  with  the  rapid  extension  of  the  residential 
districts  of  the  city  and  the  formation  of  attractive  suburbs  in  all  directions, 
Mr.  Kramer  removed  his  headquarters  to  Clifton,  at  the  same  time  adding  a  new 
department  to  his  business  by  beginning  the  handling  of  coal.  He  has  since 
carried  this  double  interest  forward  most  successfully,  and  is  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  this  community. 

Broadly  interested  in  the  public  affairs  of  his  adopted  country,  Mr.  Kramer 
supports  the  Republican  party.  In  fraternal  and  civic  affairs  he  is  very  promi- 
nent. He  is  treasurer  of  the  Passaic  Equitable  Building  and  Loan  Association ; 
is  a  director  of  the  Miriam  Barnett  Hospital  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey ;  is  treas- 
urer of  the  Passaic  County  Jewish  Home  and  Orphan  Asylum ;  and  is  treasurer 
of  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association  of  Passaic.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
Alpha  Passaic  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  and  an  influential  member 
of  the  Jewish  synagogue. 

Mr.  Kramer  married,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  on  January  19,  1902,  Anna 
Schulman,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Shifra  Schulman.  They  are  the  parents  of  four 
children:  Raymond,  born  March  7,  1903;  Harold,  born  November  25",  1908; 
Sylvia  Beatrice,  born  February  15,  1913;  and  Doris  Fay,  born  April  30,  1917. 


MAX  RUTBLATT — One  of  the  successful  merchants  ol  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  is  Max  Rutblatt,  and  his  coming  to  this  country  and  his  early  struggles 
to  gain  a  foothold  in  the  business  world  form  interesting  reading.  Mr.  R'utblatt 
is  a  son  of  Isadore  and  Ruth  Rutblatt,  natives  of  Russia,  and  was  himself  born 
in  that  countr^%  in  the  year  1881. 

Attending  the  schools  of  his  native  land,  Mr.  Rutblatt,  as  a  boy,  had  the 
advantage  of  both  the  Hebrew  and  Russian  schools,  and  being  a  student  by 
nature,  made  the  most  of  his  privileges,  mastering  five   languages.     He  was 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  563 

graduated  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years.  At  the  time  of  the  Russo-Japanese  War, 
Mr.  Rutblatt,  then  twenty-three  years  of  age,  was  a  soldier  in  Europe,  and  hav- 
ing no  mind  to  enter  an  international  controversy  in  which  he  saw  no  justice 
on  the  side  he  must  take,  he  escaped  and  came  to  the  United  States.  Mr.  Rut- 
blatt's  first  business  venture  here  was  in  the  city  of  Newark,  where  he  estab- 
lished a  small  confectionery  business,  the  complete  stock  and  equipment  costing 
$75.  This  business  was  a  failure,  but  realizing  what  he  could  from  it,  he 
bought  out  another  small  store,  paying  $73  for  it,  and  at  the  end  of  nine 
months,  with  the  help  of  his  wife,  to  whom  be  gives  a  large  share  of  the  credit, 
he  had  developed  the  business  so  markedly  that  he  was  able  to  sell  It  for  $500. 
He  then  built  his  own  store  on  Watson  avenue,  Newark,  where  he  continued 
for  twenty-one  months  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  sold  the  business  for  $1,600. 
Laiter,  coming  to  Passaic,  Mr.  Rutblatt  established  himself  here,  also  in  the 
confectionery  business,  but  while  very  successful,  he  was  ambitious  to  enter  a 
different  field,  that  of  sporting  goods.  Against  fhe  strongest  arguments  of  his 
friends,  and  their  repeated  assurances  that  such  a  step  would  lead  only  to  com- 
plete failure,  he  made  the  change.  Although  he  met  many  obstacles,  and  found 
difficulties  to  be  overcome,  he  has  succeeded  even  beyond  his  expectations,  build- 
ing his  success  upon  the  foundations  of  strict  honesty  and  good  quality  mer- 
chandise alt  reasonable  prices.  Mr.  Rutblatt  considers  that  he  has  well  vindi- 
cated himself  in  the  carrying  out  of  his  own  wishes  according  to  his  own 
judgment. 

In  many  interests  of  the  community  Mr.  Rutblatt  is  active,  being  a 
member  of  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose ;  the  National  Union ;  the  Progress  Club ; 
the  Passaic  Beneficial  Society,  a  Hebrew  order;  and  of  the  Young  Men's  He- 
brew Association.  Politically  he  is  a  member  of  the  Republican  party ;  he  attends 
the  Hope  Avenue  Synagogue. 

Mr.  Rutblatt  married  (second)  Annie  Slavin,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Sadie 
Slavin.  Mr.  Rutblatt  is  the  father  of  there  children :  Ruth,  born  in  Russia, 
and  now  eighteen  years  of  age ;  Sadie,  thirteen ;  and  Minnie,  ten. 


MAX  FEIER — Filling  a  useful  position  in  the  business  world  of  Passaic, 
Max  Feier  is  winning  definite  individual  success  in  his  business,  cleaning  and 
dyeing.  Mr.  Feier  is  a  son  of  Morris  and  Rose  Feier,  both  natives  of  Austria- 
Hungary,  who  came  to  the  United  States  some  twenty-five  years  ago,  bringing 
their  little  family  and  locating  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  Here  Morris  Feier 
established  a  prosperous  milk  business,  on  President  street,  known  as  Feier's 
Dairy,  which  he  conducted  for  many  years,  but  is  now  retired  from  all  active 
business. 

Mrs.  Rose  Feier  was  born  in  Ausitria-Hungar}%  in  1856,  and  in  1885  was 
married  in  her  native  land  to  Morris  Feier.  She  was  educated  in  public  schools 
in  Hungary  and  in  Vienna,  being  a  high  school  graduate.  Upon  coming  to  the 
United  States,  Mrs.  Feier  opened  a  small  shop  on  Washington  place,  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  and  did  dyeing  and  cleaning  with  the  aid  of  her  family.  As  the 
children  grew  to  a  more  helpful  age,  a  larger  place  of  business  was  decided 
upon,  a  site  being  chosen  on  Van  Winkle  avenue,  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  and  a 
large  building  was  constructed  for  a  cleaning  and  dyeing  business.  Mrs.  Feier 
was  greatly  aided  by  her  sons,  Max  and  William,  and  by  her  daughter  Lillian, 
and  to  them  the  success  of  the  business  is  largely  due.  For  fourteen  years  they 
have  had  the  benefit  of  the  expert  service  of  Tunis  De  Bruno,  one  of  the  best 
dyers  in  this  country,  and  the  business,  under  capable  managers  and  expert 
workmen,  has  abundantly  prospered.  There  is  room  for  future  expansion  and 
Mrs.  Feier  has  her  plans  fully  laid. 


564  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Morris  and  Rose  Feier  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Max, 
of  further  mention;  Lillian,  born  1896;  William,  born  1897;  Joseph,  born  1903. 

M!ax  Feier,  eldest  son  of  Morris  and  Rose  Feier,  wias  born  in  Miskolc, 
Austria-Hungary,  June  5,  1887,  and  his  education  wias  begun  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  land.  Coming  with  his  parents  to  this  country  ais  a  young  lad,  he 
completed  his  studies  in  the  schools  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  His  first  employ- 
ment was  with  his  father  in  the  dairy  on  President  street,  then  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years  he  entered  the  French  cleaning  business  with  his  mother  and 
his  brother  William,  at  No.  210  Monroe  street,  Passaic.  This  enterprise  also 
included  a  complete  dyeing  plant,  previously  mentioned,  which  for  some  years 
has  been  located  on  Van  Winkle  avenue,  east  of  Palisade  avenue,  Garfield,  New 
Jersey.  They  are  doing  a  constantly  increasing  business  in  Passaic  and  vicinity, 
their  success  being  based  upon  excellence  of  workmanship  and  progressive, 
up-to-date  business  methods.  Max  Feier  is  well  known  in  Passaic.  Politically 
he  holds  independent  views.  His  brother,  William  Feier,  is  a  member  of 
the    Independent   Order  of   Odd   Fellows. 


HERMAN  WILLIAM  SCHULTING,  a  well-known  business  man  of 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  since  1868,  coming  here 
with  his  parents  from  New  York  City.  His  father  became  a  successful  coal 
dealer  in  Passaic,  a  business  which  he  continued  until  his  deadi,  and  in  time 
was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Herman. 

Herman  William  Schulting,  the  father,  was  born  in  the  Province  of  Han- 
over, Germany,  in  1816,  died  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  August,  1882.  He 
attended  the  native  German  schools  until  the  age  of  fourteen,  then  left  home 
and  made  his  way  to  Amsterdam,  Holland,  where  he  was  in  the  employ  of  a 
dry  goods  house,  going  thence  to  Paris,  France,  and  later  coming  to  the  United 
States,  where  he  located  in  New  York  City,  still  a  young  man.  He  was  engaged 
for  many  years  in  the  retail  cloth  business  at  the  corner  of  Ann  and  William 
streets.  New  York,  there  continuing  in  business  until  August,  1868.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  retail  merchants  in  that  line  there,  dealing  in  woolens.  He  mar- 
ried after  arriving  in  New  York,  and  in  1868,  with  his  family,  moved  to  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  which  was  his  home  during  the  last  fourteen  years  of  his  life. 

In  Passaic,  Mr.  Schulting  established  a  coal  business,  erected  many  build- 
ings, and  dealt  considerably  in  real  estate.  He  built  the  Acquannock  House  in 
Passaic,  and  was  interested  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  community-at-large.  He 
was  a  Democrat  in  politics  but  never  held  office.  He  was  very  generous  and 
open-hearted  always  ready  to  help  an  unfortunate.  He  married  Ruth  A.  Ben- 
nett, of  Bell  vale,  Orange  county.  New  York,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children :  Emma,  unmarried ;  Bertha,  married  Edo  Merselis,  of  Clifton,  New 
Jersey;  Herman  William  (2),  of  further  mention;  Genevieve,  died  in  infancy; 
Louis  F.,  now  deceased,  married  Sadie  Bird,  of  Sun  Prairie,  Wisconsin ;  Edith 
E.,  married  Dr.  Armstrong,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey ;  Genevieve,  named  after 
the  other,  died  in  young  womanhood. 

Herman  William  (2)  Schulting,  son  of  Herman  William  (1)  and  Ruth  A. 
(Bennett)  Sdhulting,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  and  there  continued  until 
the  removal  of  the  family  to  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  in  August,  1868.  He  at- 
tended public  school  No.  1,  in  Passaic,  and  later  attended  Washington  Institute 
in  New  York.  At  the  time  of  the  burning  of  the  Acquannock  House  in!  Passaic, 
he  was  put  in  charge  of  a  gang  of  men  to  clear  away  the  ruins,  and  after  that 
he  never  returned  to  schtwl.  In  1882,  after  the  death  of  his  father,  he  succeeded 
to  the  ownership  of  his  retail  coal  business,  which  he  continued  for  eight  years. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  565 

He  also  assumed  the  management  of  the  Schulting  estate,  and  has  continued 
unitil  the  present  in  its  care. 

Mr.  Schulting  married,  in  Passaic,  May  7,  1895,  Anna  A.  McGuIre,  daugh- 
ter of  Patrick  and  Ellen  (McGuire)  McGuire.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schulting  are  the 
parents  of  two  children:  Herman  W.  (3),  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College,  and 
Emma  E.,  a  student  of  Boston  University.  Mr.  Schulting  is  now  living  retired 
at  his  home,  No.  332  Gregory  avenue,  Passaic.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
a  man  highly  esteemed  in  his  community,  and  once  well-known  in  volunteer  fire 
department  circles,  being  once  chief  of  the  Passaic  Volunteer  Fire  Department. 

JOHN  J.  L.  ROESSLER — Successful  in  business,  and  keeping  his  inter- 
ests well  rounded  out  through  activities  in  the  various  affairs  of  life,  Mr.  Roess- 
ler  is  one  of  the  prosperous  and  representative  men  of  the  day  in  Passaic.  A  son 
of  Louis  and  Barbara  (Hubur)  Roessler,  he  comes  of  good  stock.  Louis  Roess- 
ler  came  to  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  from  the  town  of  Dres  Klinga,  Grand  Duchy 
of  Baden,  Germany,  as  a  lad  of  fifteen  years,  and  is  still  a  resident  of  the 
suburbs  of  that  city,  active  and  alert  at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years,  taking 
care  of  his  cow  and  chickens,  but  retired  from  business.  After  the  death  of  his 
first  wife,  which  occurred  in  1887,  he  married  again,  a  year  later,  and  his  son  is 
generous  in  his  praise  of  the  woman  who  reared  him  with  the  wisdom  and 
affection  of  a  mother. 

John  J.  L.  Roessler  was  born  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  February  17,  1884, 
and  was  educated  in  the  Lutheran  parochial  schools  of  that  city.  As  a  young 
man  he  learned  the  baker's  trade,  which  he  foillowed  as  a  journeyman  until  1916, 
when  he  struck  out  for  himself  in  the  bakery  business  in  Paterson.  Shortly 
afterwards  he  opened  a  branch  establishment  in  Passaic,  and  his  venture  proved 
so  much  more  profitable  than  the  first,  that  he  sold  his  interests  in  Paterson, 
retaining  and  expanding  his  Passaic  business,  and  becoming  a  resident  of  this 
city.  He  is  conducting  a  constantly  increasing  interest,  and  is  one  of  the 
successful  men  of  the  day  in  this  field  of  endeavor.  His  success  has  been  built 
up  enltirely  upon  the  merit  of  his  product,  and  his  plant  is  a  model  of  oleianliness. 
His  standards  of  quality  are  of  the  highest,  and  he  permits  noithing  to  go  out 
of  his  place  w^hich'  falls  short  of  the  best  possible  in  any  way.  Mr.  Roessler  is 
a  member  of  the  Passaic  Chamber  of  Commerce.  A  member  of  the  Bakers' 
Board  of  Trade  of  Passaic  county,  Mr.  Roessler  is  also  a  member  of  the  Mer- 
chant Bakers'  Cooperative  Assooiation,  and  until  recently  was  secretary  of  both 
organizaicions.  He  does  business  with  the  Passaic  National  Bank,  and  is  highly 
esteemed  among  the  business  men  in  his  line.  He  has  always  been  a  very  strong 
supporter  of  the  Repulblican  party,  and  an  enthusiastic  advocate  of  its  principles. 
In  the  selective  service  in  the  recent  war  he  held  himself  ready  for  any  need, 
but  having  been  placed  in  Class  4,  A,  was  not  called  to  the  colors.  Formerly 
a  member  of  St.  Paul's  English  Lutheran  Church  of  Paterson,  he  brought 
letters  from  that  church  to  the  Passaic  church  of  the  same  denomination,  when 
he  removed  to  this  city,  and  is  now  secretary  and  one  of  the  deacons  of  the 
church.  On  April  17,  1907,  Mr,  Roessler  married  Katherine  Mund,  who 
passed  away.  On  June  30,  1914,  he  married  Martha  Helen  Fuch,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  and  Anna  Amelia  Fuch.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roessler  have  re- 
sided in   Passaic  for  about  three  years. 


FREDERICK  HENRY  BARTELT— Frank  Bartelt,  the  father  of  the 
subject  of  this  review,  came  from  Germany  to  the  United  States,  when  he  was 
eighteen  years  of  age ;  his  wife,  Anna,  came  earlier  when  but  a  year  old.  In 
later  years  they  met  and  married  very  happily,   while   they  were   living   in 


566  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Stroudsburg,  Pennsylvania,  and  their  son  Frederick  Henry  Bartelt,  now  a 
successful  merchant  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  was  born.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
firm,  Taylor  &  Bartelt,  haberdashers. 

Frederick  Henry  Bartelt,  son  of  Frank  and  Anna  Bartelt,  was  born  in 
Stroudsburg,  Pennsylvania,  July  28,  1893,  but  four  months  later  his  parents 
moved  to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  and  four  years  later  to  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  where  the  lad  was  educated  and  has  since  resided.  He  completed 
grammar  school  courses,  with  graduation  in  1911,  and  at  once  entered  business 
life  as  an  employe  of  Charles  Bell,  one  of  Passaic's  able  and  highly  esteemed 
merchants.  For  five  years  Mr.  Bartelt  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  Mr.  Bell's 
men's  furnishings  store.  The  feeling  that  he  had  sufficiently  familiarized  him- 
self with  the  business  to  properly  conduct  an  establishment  of  his  own,  prompt- 
ed him  to  form  a  partnership  with  William  Taylor,  opening  a  men's  furnishing 
store  at  No.  623  Main  avenue,  Passaic,  under  the  firm  name,  Taylor  &  Bar- 
telt. The  venture  has  been  a  successful  one  and  Mr.  Taylor  and  Mr.  Bartelt 
are  rated  among  the  progressive,  successful  young  business  men  of  Passaic. 

On  September  19,  1917,  Mr.  Bartelt  received  his  call  to  the  colors,  and 
with  Passaic  young  men  he  started  the  next  day  for  Camp  Dix.  After  two 
weeks'  service  at  camp,  he  was  made  supply  sergeant  of  Battery  B,  308th  Field 
Artillery,  and  one  week  prior  to  Christmas,  he  was  transferred  to  Camp  Green, 
Charlotte,  North  Carolina,  and  served  in  Headquarters  Company,  Seventh 
Infantry.  But  he  received  an  S.  C.  D.  (sickness  cause  of  discharge)  from  head- 
quarters camp,  January  28,  1918,  but  was  not  discharged  from  the  service  until 
June  9,  1919,  his  discharge  signed  in  Washington,  on  that  date.  He  then  re- 
turned to  his  home  in  Passaic,  where  he  is  in  business  as  stated.  Mr.  Bartelt  is 
a  Republican  in  politics  but  not  a  partisan,  having  voted  for  President  Wilson, 
and  tries  to  preserve  a  fair  and  independent  attitude.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics,  and  of  St.  John's  Lutheran 
Church,  at  the  corner  of  Lexington  and  Hamilton  avenues,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

Mr.  Bartelt  married,  at  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania,  September  3,  1919, 
Henrietta  Hussey,  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  September  2,  1893, 
daughter  of  Frederick  and  Ida  (Blickenstorfer)  Hussey,  her  father  of  Bethle- 
hem, Pennsylvania,  foreman  of  a  silk  mill ;  her  mother,  born  in  Switzer- 
land.    Mr.   and  Mrs.   Bartelt  have   a  son  named  Frederick. 


ALBIN  F.  ROWINSKI— The  family  patronymic  of  Rowlnski  is  of 
Polish  origin,  and  for  a  number  of  generations  members  of  this  branch  of  the 
family  resided  in  the  city  of  Czachnek,  not  far  distant  from  the  noted  bathing 
resort  of  Alexandra,  in  the  Kingdom  of  P'oiland. 

Frank  Rowinski,  the  founder  and  settler  of  his  branch  of  the  family  in 
Passaic,  Passaic  county  ^  New  Jersey,  was  born  April  3,  1866,  in  Czachnek,  His 
parents  were  Count  Wojcieh  and  Josepha  (Tyllman)  Rowinski.  The  latter, 
Josepha  Tyllman,  was  the  wife  of  the  second  marriage  of  Count  Wojcieh  Row- 
inski. The  children  of  the  latter  are  as  follows :  Albin,  b.orn  at  the  family  home 
in  Czachnek,  where  he  was  educated  and  reared  to  years  of  manhood,  later  came 
to  this  country  and  settled  in  Paterson,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey ;  Flora,  and 
Anistatia,  both  of  whom  married,  and  spent  their  life's  career  in  their  native 
land  ;    and  Frank,  of  whom  further. 

Frank  Rowinski  received  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  his 
native  city  afforded,  and  soon  after  attaining  to  suitable  years,  he  was  appren- 
ticed to  learn  the  art  and  technique  of  the  carriage  painting  trade.  Having 
served  a  full  apprenticeship  in  this  line  of  Work,  he  then  followed  his  trade  as  a 
full-fledged  journeyman  in  his  native  land.    In  1886,  he  decided  to  emigrate  to 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  567 

the  United  States,  and,  accordingly,  set  sail  from  Northern  Europe  for  New 
York  City.  Soon  after  arriving,  tihe  young  painter  decided  to  settle  in  the  then 
rapidly  growing  city  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  he  a;t  once  found  employ- 
ment at  his  chosen  line  of  work  in  the  Rogers  Locomotive  Works.  Having  come 
to  this  country  an  entire  stranger,  and  unaccustomed  to  the  requirements  of  hi.s 
line  of  work,  he  decided  to  apply  his  time  and  energy  closely  to  the  performance 
and  study  of  his  duties,  and  as  a  result  of  his  industry  and  thrift  he  succeeded 
in  accumulating  sufficient  capital  to  enable  himself  to  begin  business  on  his  own 
account,  and  in  1893,  removed  with  his  family  to  the  then  rapidly  growing  city 
of  Passaic,  where  he  settled  with  his  family  on  Second  street.  In  1897,  however, 
he  relinquished  his  painting  trade  and  became  engaged  in  the  undertaking 
business  on  Dayton  avenue.  In  this  venture  Frank  Rowinski  met  with  imme- 
dia)te  success  as  a  result  of  his  wide  acquaintance  and  knowiledge  of  a  large 
number  of  his  fellow-countrymen,  who  resided  with  their  families  in  that  part 
of  the  city  of  Passaic.  He  laiter  removed  to  Essex  street,  where  he  continued 
in  the  undertaking  business,  and  in  1901  located  in  Monroe  street,  where  he  suc- 
cessfully continued  in  his  chosen  avocation  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  January  5,  1904.  Frank  Rowinski  had  become  well  and  favorably 
known  to  a  large  circle  of  families  who  were  of  foreign  origin,  and  had  settled 
in  the  Dundee  district  of  Passaic,  where  he  had  found  many  staunch  friends  who 
greatly  missed  him  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  not  only  left  a  substantial 
competence  to  his  family,  but  he  also  left  them  the  priceless  heritage  of  an 
honorable  name. 

Frank  Rowinski  married,  in  Paterson,  Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  May 
28,  1887,  Pelagia  Winowicz,  born  December  22,  1873,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Theresa  (Wigner)  Winowicz,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Poland.  Issue: 
1.  Albin  F.,  of  whom  further.  2.  Theresa,  born  September  15,  1892;  she  mar- 
ried Joseph  Hartmann,  September  13,  1912.  Of  this  union  one  child  was  born, 
Joseph  Hartmann,  Jr.,  in  August,  1913.  3.  Steilla  Helen,  born  at  the  family 
home  in  Second  street,  March  13,  1894;  she  married,  June  3,  1913,  Mishall 
Dwyer,  born  in  Paissaic,  son  of  George  Dwyer,  and  of  this  union  one  son  was 
bom,  George  Arthur  Dwyer,  June  23,  1914.  4.  Lester  Frank,  born  June  20, 
1899. 

Albin  F.  Rowinski,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Frank  and  Pelagia  (Winowicz) 
Rowinski,  was  bom  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  March  1,  1890. 
His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
city,  and  soon  after  laying  aside  his  school  books  he  became  identified  with 
his  father  in  the  direction  and  management  of  his  funeral  and  undertaking  busi- 
ness in  the  city  of  Passaic,  and  under  his  guidance  acquired  a  practical  knowledge 
of  the  various  details  of  the  undertaking  business,  and  since  his  father's  demise, 
in  1904,  Albin  F.  Rowinski  has  successfully  managed  and  carried  forward  the 
interests  of  his  father's  estate  up  to  the  present  time  (1922). 


MICHAEL  POLACK— The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the 
Polack  family  which  introduces  this  article  and  of  whom  we  have  any  authentic 
information  was  Jacob  Polack.  He  was  born  in  the  town  of  Krawcy,  in  the 
late  Kingdom  of  Poland,  where  he  was  reared  to  the  years  of  manhood  and 
later  removed  to  the  village  of  Gwozdziec,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  boots  and  shoes  for  the  people  of  the  village  and  the  surrounding 
communities.  Jacob  Polack  rendered  military  duty  in  the  service  of  the  Aus- 
trian army,  and  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life's  career  in  the  village  of 
Gwozdziec,  where  he  died  at  the  mature  age  of  over  four  score  years.  Both 
he  and  his  dutiful  wife  were  faithful  communicants  of  the  Catholic  church 


568  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

of  the  village  wherein  they  resided.  Jacob  Polack  was  the  father  of  the 
following  children:  1.  Francziszek,  who  married  in  the  village  of  Sujkowa, 
and  settled  in  his  native  village,  he  the  father  of  two  children:  John  and 
Amelia.  2.  Jacob,  who  married  in  Gwozdziec,  and  of  this  union  three  chil- 
dren were  born:  Christopher,  John,  and  Marya.  3.  Maria,  who  married 
Joseph  Fusieck,  and  settled  with  her  husband  in  the  late  Province  of  Russian 
Poland,  they  the  parents  of  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  4.  Ferdinand,  of 
whom  further. 

Ferdinand  Polack  was  born  in  Krawcy,  in  1828.  He  was  educated  and 
confirmed  in  the  village  church  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  He  learned  the 
shoemaking  trade  under  the  tuition  of  his  father,  which  line  of  work  he  con- 
tinued up  to  his  twenty-fifth  year,  and  next  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
shoes  on  his  own  account.  He  continued  at  this  work  until  two  years  after 
his  marriage,  when  he  purchased  a  farm  and  homestead,  where  he  settled  with 
his  family  and  where  his  children  were  born  and  reared,  and  at  the  present 
time,  1922,  he  still  resides  there.  Both  he  and  his  dutiful  wife  are  consistent 
members  of  the  Catholic  church  of  Gwozdziec. 

Ferdinand  Polack  married  (first)  Marie  Konefol.  Her  father  was  a 
resident  of  Gwozdziec,  where  he  spent  his  life's  career  and  was  engaged  in 
the  cultivation  of  his  lands.  They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
1.  Catherine,  who  married  John  Hudzik,  and  they  have  one  daughter.  2.  Karl, 
who  came  to  this  country  July  1,  1892.  He  settled  in  Nanticoke,  Luzerne 
county,  Pennsylvania.  He  married  Nelly  Prusack,  and  they  have  a  family  of 
sons  and  daughters.  3.  Stanislaus,  who  came  to  this  country  in  1895.  He  first 
settled  in  Passaic,  where  he  resided  for  a  period  of  five  years  and  next  located 
in  Stamford,  Connecticut,  where  he  died  in  1910.  He  married  Maria  Mysle- 
wicz,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  five  children.  4.  Victoria,  who  came  to  this 
country  and  settled  in  Passaic,  where  she  died  in  1904.  She  married  John 
Hudzik,  and  had  one  son.  5.  John,  who  came  to  this  country  and  settled  in 
Passaic.  He  married  Antoinette  Bielen,  and  to  them  six  children  were  born. 
6.  Michael,  born  November  28,  1880,  of  whom  further.  The  faithful  wife  and 
mother  of  these  children  died  at  the  family  home  in  1882.  Ferdinand  Polack 
married  (second)  Victoria  Konefol,  sister  of  his  deceased  wife,  and  of  this 
union  the  following  children  were  born:  1.  Jacob,  who  came  to  this  country 
in  1916,  and  in  1920  returned  to  his  native  land.  He  married  Karolina  Nichols, 
and  they  have  one  daughter.  2.  Maria,  who  came  to  this  country  and  settled 
in  the  borough  of  Wallington,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey ;  she  married 
Michael  Kobylacz,  and  to  them  four  children  were  born.  3.  Nell,  who  came 
to  this  country  and  settled  in  the  borough  of  Wallington,  Bergen  county.  New 
Jersey.  She  married  Wayciech  Rog,  they  the  parents  of  three  children.  4. 
Rosalya.     5.  Franciszek. 

Michael  Polack,  son  of  Ferdinand  and  Marie  (Konefol)  Polack,  was 
born  in  the  village  of  Gwozdziec,  Poland,  November  28,  1880.  He  obtained 
his  educational  advantages  in  the  schools  of  his  native  village  and  was  reared 
to  the  years  of  manhood  under  the  parental  roof,  during  which  time  he  assisted 
in  the  various  duties  and  work  upon  the  farm  homestead.  Having  been  left 
an  orphan  at  the  early  age  of  two  and  one-half  years,  when  his  mother  died, 
he  continued  to  stay  at  home  until  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  Soon  after 
reaching  his  majority,  and  being  eligible  for  military  duty,  he  decided,  rather 
than  devote  the  years  of  his  early  manhood  to  military  duty,  to  cast  his  lot  here 
in  this  country.  After  arranging  his  family  affairs  and  personal  interests,  he 
sailed  from  Hamburg,  bound  for  New  York  City,  where  he  arrived  April  1, 
1900.     He  immediately  settled  in  Passaic,  where  he  found  employment  with 


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the  Boetcher  Dye  Works,  now  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works.  He  continued 
thus  engaged  for  a  period  of  twelve  years,  during  which  time  he  saved  his 
money,  and  in  1915  became  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  on  his  own 
account,  at  No.  144  Passaic  street.  As  a  result  of  his  perseverance  and  straight- 
forward methods  in  dealing  with  his  patrons,  he  met  with  success,  and  with 
the  united  efforts  of  his  wife,  they  have  succeeded  in  establishing  one  of  the 
leading  dry  goods  emporiums  in  this  section  of  the  city,  where  they  have  be- 
come well  and  favorably  known  for  their  straightforward  methods  and  honest 
dealings  with  all  their  patrons.  Since  settling  in  Passaic,  Michael  Polack  has 
become  identified  with  the  social  interests  of  the  community  wherein  he  resides. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Holy  Rosary  Catholic  Church. 
Fraternally,  Mr.  Polack  is  an  active  member  of  St.  Stanislaus  Brothers'  Help 
Society ;  St.  John's  Kanty  Society ;  a  member  of  the  Polish  Aliens  of  America, 
Passaic  Branch,  No.  1138;  and  also  a  member  of  the  Holy  Rosary  Society. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Passaic  Board  of  Trade.  Mr.  Polack  and  his 
family  are  faithful  communicants  of  the  Holy  Rosary  Catholic  Church.  Mich- 
ael Polack  married,  in  St.  Joseph's  Catholic  Church,  November  14,  1904,  Anna 
Janus,  born  April  23,  1885,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary  (Fudal^j)  Janus. 
Three  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Polack :  Sophia,  born  December 
15,  1905;  Stephania,  born  July  11,  1909;  and  Amelia,  born  December  28,  1911. 


LOUIS  LEVY — Starting  life  with  a  serious  handicap,  Louis  Levy,  of 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  has  nevertheless  won  his  way  to  an  assured  position  in 
the  business  world  and  is  going  forward  to  large  success.  Mr.  Levy  is  a  son 
of  Samuel  and  Ida  Levy.  His  father  died  at  the  age  of  fifty  years,  but  the 
mother  survives  him,  being  now  fifty-seven  years  of  age,  and  resides  in  Passaic. 

Louis  Levy  was  born  in  Riga,  Russia,  in  1891.  At  the  age  of  five  years  he 
v/as  stricken  with  that  dread  disease,  infantile  para'lysis,  and  for  four  years 
thereafter,  lay  in  the  hospitals  of  Russia,  Germany  and  America.  At  the  age 
of  ten  years  he  entered  the  Passaic  grammar  schools,  finishing  at  the  age  of 
fourteen.  With  'his  father's  death,  wihich  occurred  shortly  after,  Mr.  Levy 
inherited  a  small  general  store  on  Dayton  avenue,  in  Passaic,  but  his  ambition 
looked  to  a  larger  future,  and  he  established  a  hardware  business.  Beginning 
in  a  small  way,  the  enterprise  grew  rapidly,  and  in  1910,  he  was  obliged  to 
move  to  larger  quarters.  In  1914,  Mr.  Levy  built  a  new  modern  building  in 
Clifton,  to  which  he  removed  his  business,  then,  later,  sold  out  his  interest  there 
to  a  brother,  and  returning  to  Passaic,  founded  the  Central  Supply  Company, 
following  the  same  line  of  business.  This  was  in  August,  1917,  and  the  offices, 
storerooms  and  warehouse  were  located  at  Nos.  15  and  17  Central  street,  Pas- 
saic. The  expanding  business  of  this  firm  needed  larger  quarters,  and  in  No- 
vember, 1920,  it  purchased  the  entire  stock  and  good  will  of  one  of  the  largest 
plumbing  and  mill  supply  jobbers  (Friedman  Brothers)  in  New  Jersey.  The 
present  large  warehouse  and  office  of  the  company  are  at  Passaic  and  First  streets, 
with  additional  warehouses  and  garage  at  Nos.  40-48  Bartlett  place,  Passaic. 
This  house  carries  an  extensive  line  of  supplies  for  high  and  low  pressure  steam, 
water  and  gas  plants ;  also  a  complete  line  of  plumbing  supplies,  steam  boilers, 
radiators  and  sanitary  bath  fixtures.  It  also  has  a  well-equipped  department 
containing  mill  supplies,  and  enjoys  a  substantial  patronage  among  the  well- 
known  firms  and  peoplle  of  the  section. 

Mr.  Levy  is  a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  and  a 
member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  that  organization ;  is  ajlso  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  the  Progress  Club ;  and  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce.     He  is  single  and  attends  the  synagogue. 


570  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

LIEB  GRUBER — This  family  name  is  evidently  of  early  origin  and  is 
found  used  by  many  Teutonic  families  throughout  the  late  German  Empire,  as 
well  as  in  the  provinces  of  the  late  Kingdom  of  Poland  and  the  Empire  of 
Russia.  Many  Christian  families  also  bear  the  name  of  Gruber,  as  well  as  a 
number  of  the  families  of  the  Jewish  faith  who  migrated  from  the  provinces  of 
the  late  German  Empire  and  established  their  homes  in  the  late  Kingdom  of 
Poland. 

Abraham  Gruber  was  born  in  the  village  of  Clemontoff,  not  far  distant 
from  the  city  of  Warsaw,  in  Russian-Poland,  about  the  year  1841.  He  was 
there  reared  to  the  years  of  manhood  and  received  suoh  educational  advantages 
as  the  families  of  the  Jewish  population  were  enabled  to  obtain  during  that 
period.  Soon  after  attaining  to  suitable  years,  Abraiham  Gruber  learned  the 
furrier's  trade  and  upon  completing  his  apprenticesihip,  worked  as  a  journeyman, 
and  in  the  course  of  time  established  a  business  on  his  own  account,  in  which 
undertaking  he  met  with  a  marked  degree  of  success.  He  became  well  and  fav- 
orably known  as  a  fur  dealer  and  manufacturer  of  furs  in  the  town  of  Clemon- 
toff, where  he  spent  the  whole  of  his  active  career.  He  died  in  Clemontoff 
during  1919. 

Abraham  Gruber  was  thrice  married;  he  married  (first)  in  1861,  Esther 
Freemerman,  who  died  about  1875;  he  married  (second)  about  1878,  Gracenar 
Zimmer,  and  she  passed  away  at  the  family  home  in  Clemontoff  about  1885; 
he  married  (third)  Kalia  Ischenhakz,  who  passed  away  at  the  family  home- 
stead in  Clemontoff,  in  January,  1921.  Issue  of  first  union:  1.  Lieb,  of  w<hom 
further.  2.  Morris,  deceased,  born  in  1870,  in  the  village  of  Clemontoff,  where 
he  grew  to  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  He  married  and  settled  with 
his  family  near  the  city  of  Warsaw,  Russian-Poland,  and  reared  a  family  of  sons 
and  daug'hters.  3.  Hyman  L.,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Clemontoff  in 
1873,  where  he  grew  to  manhood  and  married  in  his  native  province,  settling 
with  his  family  in  Russian-Poland,  where  he  resides  at  the  present  time,  1921. 
Issue  of  second  marriage:  4.  Simon,  born  in  1880,  at  the  family  home  in 
Clemontoff,  where  he  attained  manhood.  He  married  and  was  the  father  of  a 
family  of  sons  and  daughters.  Simon  Gruber  died  during  the  period  of  the 
great  World  War,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  left  to  his  family  a  consid- 
erable estate  in  addition  to  the  priceless  heritage  of  an  honorable  name.  5. 
Fremmet,  born  at  the  family  home  in  Clemontoff  in  1885,  wbere  he  grew  to 
manhood.  He  married,  and  became  the  father  of  a  family  of  sons  and  daugh- 
ters; at  the  present  time,  1921,  he  resides  in  Russian-Poland.  Issue  of  third 
marriage :  6.  Nathan,  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Clemontoff  in 
1886,  where  he,  too,  grew  to  man>hood.  He  married,  and  has  brought  up  a 
family  of  sons  and  daughters.  He  came  to  this  country,  and  upon  his  arrival 
in  New  York  City,  established  his  home  in  the  metropdlis,  where  he  has  con- 
tinued to  reside  up  to  the  present  time,  1921.  7.  Benjamin,  born  at  the  family 
home  in  the  village  of  Clemontoff  in  1889,  also  grew  to  manhood  under  the 
parental  roof.  He  married,  and  is  the  father  of  a  family  of  sons  and  daugh- 
ters, and  at  the  present  time,  1921,  resides  with  his  family  in  Russian-Poland. 
8.  Rubin,  born  ait  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Clemontoff  in  1891,  where 
he  grew  up.  He  married  and  is  the  father  of  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters. 
He  resides  with  his  family  in  Rusian-Poland.  9.  Yukel,  born  at  the  family 
home  in  the  village  of  Clemontoff  in  1894.  He  resides  in  one  of  the  provinces 
in  Russian-Poland.  10.  Hannah,  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of 
Clemontoff  in  1897.  She  lived  at  home  until  she  reached  womanhood  and  at 
the  present  time,  1921,  resides  in  Russian-Poland. 

Lieb  Gruber,  eldest  son  of  Abraham  and  Esther   (Freemerman)   Gruber, 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  571 

was  bom  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Clemontoff,  April  15,  1867.  He 
there  obtained  such  educational  advantages  as  the  schools  of  the  neighborhood 
afforded.  Soon  after  leaving  the  village  school,  he  pursued  an  academic  course 
of  studies  and  next  entered  upon  a  collegiate  course  of  study  in  the  Hebrew 
language.  Soon  after  laying  aside  his  text  books,  he  began  to  learn  the  tailoring 
trade,  which  vocation  he  pursued  in  his  native  country  up  to  1914,  during  which 
year  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  hoping  there  to  find  bettor 
opportunities  to  apply  his  skill  and  knowledge  of  his  chosen  profession.  He  set 
sail  from  Rotterdam  on  the  steamship  "Compeneli,"  bound  for  New  York  City. 
Immediately  upon  arriving  in  America,  he  came  directly  to  his  son  Jacob's  home 
in  the  city  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  has  since  resided 
up  to  the  present  time,  1922.  Lieb  Gruber,  since  his  settlement  in  Passaic,  has 
become  actively  identified  with  a  number  of  associations  among  the  Hebrew  res- 
idents of  Passaic ;  he  is  an  active  member  of  the  Hebrew  Institute  of  that  city, 
and  the  Hope  Avenue  Synagogue. 

Lieb  Gruber  married,  in  his  native  land,  Rebecca  Kestler,  born  in  1866, 
daughter  of  Julius  and  Esther  (Pal)  Kesfcler,  and  of  this  union  the  following 
children  were  boirn:  1.  Jacob,  of  whom  further.  2.  Louis,  born  in  1887;  he 
married  and  with  his  family  came  to  this  country  and  upon  his  arrival  here 
settled  in  Paterson,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey.  3.  Morris,  born  in  1889;  he 
came  to  this  country  and  at  the  present  time,  1921,  resides  in  Passaic,  at  No. 
339  Sherman  street.  4.  Harry  Leiper,  born  in  1891 ;  he  came  to  this  country 
and  settled  in  New  York  City,  later  coming  to  Passaic,  where  he  went  into  the 
cloak  and  suit  business  on  Bloomfield  avenue,  where  he  is  located  at  present, 
1922.  5.  Buruoh,  born  in  1893;  he  married,  and  with  his  family  resides  in 
Russian-Poland  at  the  present  time,  1922.  6.  Esther  Hannah,  born  in  1895, 
and  at  the  present  time,  1922,  resides  with  her  parents  in  Passaic,  Passaic  county. 
New  Jersey.  7.  Hyman,  born  in  1898;  he  came  to  this  country  an  1920  and  at 
the  present  time,  1922,  resides  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  The 
faithful  wife  and  mother  of  the  aforementioned  children,  Rebecca  (Kestler) 
Gruber,  died  at  the  family  home  in  Clemontoff,  in  1920. 

JACOB  GRUBER,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Li^b  and  Rebecca  (Kestler) 
Gruber  (q.  v.),  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Clemontoff,  near 
the  city  of  Warsaw,  Russian-Poland,  April  4,  1885.  His  early  educational 
advantages  were  obtained  in  the  schools  of  his  native  village.  Soon  after  laying 
aside  his  school  books,  he  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  tailoring  trade 
under  the  tuition  of  his  father,  and  continued  actively  engaged  in  this  line  of 
work  up  to  1905,  when  he  decided  to  cast  his  lot  in  the  New  World,  and  soon 
set  sail  for  New  York  City,  where  he  remained  for  some  time,  next  removing 
to  the  growing  city  of  Passaic,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  with  his  family. 
In  1909,  as  a  result  of  his  thrift  and  economy,  he  enabled  himself  to  begin  the 
merchant  tailoring  business  on  his  own  account,  and  up  to  the  present  time, 
1921,  has  established  a  successful  trade  among  many  of  the  leading  families 
of  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  his  skill  and  ability  as  a  tailor  has  become  well 
and  favorably  known. 

Jacob  Gruber  married,  in  Germany,  Yetta  Theresinki,  in  May,  190^. 
She  was  born  in  1887,  and  to  them  the  following  children  were  born :  Abraham, 
born  September  12,  1907;  Evelyn;  Anna;  Samuel,  born  in  December,  1912; 
Mickeyl,  horn  January  28,  1914;  and  Reuben,  born  April  1,  1921. 

GEORGE  PARKER  CONANT,  son  of  Alfred  Patterson  and  Edith 
Maria   (Jewett)   Conant,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Man- 


572  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Chester,  now  Lakehurst,  Ocean  county,  New  Jersey,  February  8,  1870.  He 
was  brought  by  his  parents  to  Passaic  in  1872,  when  they  located  here  with 
their  family.  His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  partly  under  the 
private  tuition  of  Miss  Pye  and  the  Misses  Demarest.  He  next  attended  Public 
School  No.  1  in  Passaic,  and  while  yet  in  his  fifteenth  year,  entered  upon  a 
course  of  commercial  study  in  Larimer's  Commercial  College,  Paterson.  Upon 
laying  aside  his  school  books  he  began  to  take  up  the  practical  duties  of  life, 
and  for  some  time  was  engaged  in  a  clerical  capacity  in  one  of  the  leading 
commercial  grocery  houses  in  New  York  City,  where  he  continued  actively 
engaged  during  the  next  three  years  and  a  half.  In  1890  he  became  identified 
with  his  father,  who  had  established  a  grocery  store  at  No.  226  Washington 
place,  Passaic,  and  continued  actively  associated  with  him  up  to  1910,  in 
which  year  his  father's  death  occurred.  He  continued  actively  identified  with 
the  management  of  the  interests  of  his  father's  store  in  connection  with  his 
brother,  Warren  N.,  and  in  1901  George  Parker  Conant  purchased  the  old 
Terhune  farm  homestead,  in  the  town  of  Lodi,  where  he  settled  with  his  family 
in  the  old  Terhune  homestead  mansion,  and  has  continued  to  reside  there  up 
to  the  present  time  (1920),  having  been  actively  engaged  in  agriculture  and 
other  lines  of  enterprise.  During  the  latter  year  he  purchased  a  modern  home, 
located  in  Hasbrouck  Heights,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  now 
resides  with  his  family. 

George  Parker  Conant  was  married,  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  parson- 
age, in  Passaic,  August  25,  1897,  to  Jennie  Wentink,  born  January  23,  1876, 
daughter  of  Paul  and  Catherine  (Warner)  Wentink,  the  former  being  a  mem- 
ber of  an  old  Holland  family  who  are  referred  to  elsewhere  in  this  work,  and 
the  latter  a  descendant  of  an  ancient  Huguenot  family  who  settled  in  this 
country  during  the  Colonial  days.  George  Parker  and  Jennie  (Wentink) 
Conant  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  Edith  Claudia,  born  in 
Passaic,  July  28,  1898.  She  is  a  graduate  of  the  Hackensack  High  School. 
2.  George  Milton,  born  in  Passaic,  October  24,  1901.  3.  Nelson  Jewett,  born 
November  21,  1903.  4.  John  Warren,  born  February  24,  1905.  5.  Paul 
Vernon,  born  June  17,  1906.  6.  Ralph  Emerson,  born  December  24,  1908. 
7.  Alfred  Patterson,  born  July  5,  1911.  8.  Catherine  Mable,  born  March  31, 
1914.  9.  Bessie  Jean,  born  April  10,  1918.  All  of  the  children,  with  the 
exception  of  the  first  two,  were  born  in  the  borough  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey. 

JOHN  RIZSAK — Among  the  progressive  group  of  men  who  have  become 
citizens  of  America  by  choice  instead  of  by  accident  of  birth,  Passaic  numbers 
many  noteworthy  figures,  men  who  are  carrying  forward  the  general  advance 
with  the  spirit  of  true  Americanism. 

John  Rizsak,  who  is  a  leader  in  this  group  in  Passaic,  was  born  in  the 
County  of  Ung,  Hungary,  July  26,  1867,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Anna 
Rizsak,  farming  people  of  that  region.  As  a  child,  Mr.  Rizsak  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  for  a  short  time,  but  while  still  a  very  young 
lad,  left  school  to  assist  his  father  on  the  farm,  soon  taking  a  man's  place 
beside  him.  Until  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  Mr.  Rizsak  remained  with  his 
father,  but  stories  of  success  in  the  Western  world  reached  his  ears,  and  he  then 
sailed  from  Bremen  for  America,  landing  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  January 
10,  1889.  Not  being  satisfied  to  settle  permanently  at  once,  the  young  man 
traveled  through  Maryland,  Ohio,  and  Pennsylvania,  working  for  a  time  at 
various  places  en  route,  as  he  had  opportunity,  then,  in  1891,  he  came  to  Passaic, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  Upon  first  arriving  here,  Mr.  Rizsak  secured 
employment  in  the  mills,  which,  however,  he  followed  for  only  a  short  time. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  573 

He  had  made  a  constant  study  of  the  customs  and  language  of  the  new 
country,  and  now  gave  all  his  leisure  time  to  a  carefully  arranged  course,  in- 
cluding the  essentials  of  general  education  and  business  practice.  Soon,  he 
started  on  a  small  scale  a  foreign  exchange  and  steamship  agency.  This  busi- 
ness he  has  steadily  developed  until  he  now  handles  a  very  extensive  interest, 
undoubtedly  the  largest  business  of  this  nature  in  the  Dundee  section  of 
Passaic. 

Early  becoming  a  citizen  of  his  adopted  country,  Mr.  Rizsak  has  always 
supported  the  Republican  party,  and  has  been  broadly  influential  among  his 
fellow-countrymen  in  aiding  their  permanent  establishment,  not  only  in  useful 
vocations,  but  in  the  principles  of  American  citizenship.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Hungarian  Aid  Society;  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  Ben  Hur  Lodge  of 
Passaic ;  and  the  Greek  Catholic  L^nion.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Michael's 
Greek  Catholic  Church  and  also  of  St.  Stephen's  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Mr.  Rizsak  married,  on  May  20,  1893,  in  Passaic,  Barbara  Orosz,  daughter 
of  Michael  and  Suzanne  (Soltesz)  Orosz.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rizsak  are  the 
parents  of  three  children:  Joseph,  born  May  20,  1896;  Helen,  born  No- 
vember  1,   1901 ;    and  Louise,  born  August  30,   1904. 


GEORGE  W.  KRETZSCHMAR— This  family  patronymic  is  of  ancient 
Teutonic  origin,  and  is  referred  to  by  Johann  Siebmacher,  a  noted  German 
Heraldist,  w^h'o  gives  a  copper  plate  illustration,  containing  the  symbols  of  the 
Kretzschmar  family  coat-of-arms,  published  in  the  city  of  Nuremberg,  King- 
dom of  Bavaria,  Germany. 

The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  Kretzschmar  family  was  Karl 
Kretzschmar,  who  lived  with  has  family  in<  the  town  of  Spremberg,  situated  on 
an  island  in  the  River  Spree,  in  the  Province  of  Brandenburg,  Kingdom  of 
Prussia,  Germany.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade  and  occupation,  and  spent  the 
wb'Ole  of  his  active  years  of  life  in  the  town  of  Spremberg.  In  his  religious 
association  he  was  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church.  Of  his  union  in  marriage 
Karl  Kretzschmar  had  born  to  him  three  sons  and  four  daughters,  all  of  whom 
attained  to  years  of  man  and  ■womanhood.  One  of  these  three  sons  aforemen- 
tioned was  given  the  name  of  Karl.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Sprem- 
berg and  was  there  confirmed  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  Soon  after  bis  sixteenth 
year  Karl  (2)  Kretzschmar  began  to  learn  the  art  of  the  woolen  combing  trade, 
and  while  yet  in  his  sixteenth  year,  went  to  Antwerp,  Belgium,  where  he  became 
employed  in  one  of  the  branch  factories  of  the  parent  concern,  in  the  town  of 
Spremberg.  Young  Kretzschmar  continued  actively  engaged  at  the  wool  comb- 
ing and  spinning  trade  in  Antwerp,  where  he  married  during  his  twenty-first 
year.  He  settled  witih  his  bride  in  Antwerp,  residing  there  up  to  1905,  during 
which  year  be  decided  to  emigrate  with  his  family  to  the  United  States,  and 
saiiled  from  Antwerp  for  New  Y'ork  City,  wfhere  ithe  little  family  circle  arrived 
during  the  month  of  December,  1905.  Immediate'ly  after  their  arrival  here, 
Karl  Kretzschmar  settled  with  his  family  in  the  rapidly  growing  town  of 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  residing  first  in  President  street.  Soon  after  locating  in 
Passaic,  Karl  Kretzschmar  entered  the  employ  of  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills, 
where  he  has  since  been  regularly  engaged  up  to  the  present  time  (1921). 

Karl  (2)  Kretzschmar  married  in  Antwerp  in  1889,  Marie  Daelmans, 
born  in  Antwerp,  Belgium.  They  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
1.  Elizabeth  M.,  born  September  21,  1890.  2.  George  W.,  of  whom  forward. 
3.  Charles  Richard,  bora  September  30,  1900.  4.  Frederick  H.,  born  March  22, 
1902. 

George  W.  Kretzschmar,  son  of  Karl  (2)  and  Marie  (Daelmans)  Kretzsch- 


574  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

mar  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  Antwerp,  Belgium,  November  18,  1892. 
Soon  after  coming  to  this  country  with  his  parents  he  attended  the  public  schools 
in  Passaic  and  also  pursued  his  studies  in  the  Passaic  High  School.  Shortly  after 
laying  aside  his  school  books,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Botany  Worsted 
Mills,  where  he  remained  actively  engaged  up  to  1912,  during  which  year  he 
decided  to  pursue  a  course  of  technical  study,  and  in  accordance  with  'his  purpose 
visited  Switzerland,  where  he  entered  the  Institution  of  Technology  at  Winter- 
thur,  in  Zurich,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  during  the  next  three  years  and 
graduated  from  that  institution  with  the  degree  of  Mechanical  Engineer  in 
1915.  Soon  after  leaving  his  alma  mater  he  returned  to  this  country  and 
landed  in  New  York  harbor  May  26,  1916.  Immediately  following  his  return, 
George  W.  Kretzschmar  engaged  in  his  chosen  avocation  in  the  employ  of  the 
United  Piece  Dye  Works,  and  six  months  later  he  was  instrumental  in  or- 
ganizing and  establishing  the  Garfield  Machine  Works,  the  interests  of  which  he 
had  incorporated,  and  has  since  l)een  actively  identified  with  the  Garfield 
Machine  Works.  Mr.  Kretzschmar  has  in  the  brief  period  of  four  years 
established  a  successful  manufacturing  plant  and  machine  sihop,  where  they 
execute  many  technical  parts  of  machinery  for  the  worsted  mills  located  in 
Garfield  and  Passaic,  where  the  Garfield  Machine  Works  have  become  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  leading  concerns  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  Mr.  Kretzschmar  is 
a  member  of  Lessing  Lodge,  No.  189,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  in  Passaic. 


TIMOTHY  O'BRIEN — In  every  branch  of  progress  a  city  looks  to- 
ward its  young  men  for  the  solid  citizenship  of  the  future,  and  in  Passaic, 
Timothy  O'Brien  is  one  of  the  young  men  of  whom  much  is  expected.  He  is 
a  son  of  Edmond  and  Ellen  O'Brien,  highly  respected  farming  people  of  Ireland. 

Timothy  O'Brien  was  born  in  Aherlow,  County  Tipperary,  Ireland,  and 
was  educated  in  the  national  schools  of  his  native  country,  also  in  the  Christian 
Brothers'  High  School  at  Tipperary.  Then  coming  to  America,  he  entered 
St.  Bonaventure's  College,  at  Allegany,  New  York,  from  which  institution 
he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1912,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 
Very  shortly  thereafter  Mr,  O'Brien  became  associated  with  the  firm  of  James 
K.  O'Dea,  in  the  phonograph  business,  and  is  still  connected  with  the  firm,  doing 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  James  K.  O'Dea. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  O'Brien  holds  membership  in  the  Knights  of  Columbus, 
and  in  Passaic  Lodge,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose ;  politically,  he  supports  the 
Democratic  party.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 

Mr.  O'Brien  married,  in  Passaic,  in  June  1917,  Kathryn  Cecelia  Lyons, 
daughter  of  Michael  and  Catherine  Lyons,  and  they  have  two  children : 
Edmond  Francis,  born  February  15,  1918;  and  John  Vincent,  bom  June  19, 
1920.     The  family  reside  at  No.  52  Lincoln  street. 


PASQUALE  DE  MURO — Coming  to  the  United  States  as  a  young  man, 
and  winning  his  way  from  a  position  of  obscurity  to  the  present  one  of  influ- 
ence and  usefulness,  Mr.  De  Muro  is  one  of  the  representative  Italian-Americans 
of  the  day  in  Passaic,  who  are  laboring  for  the  advance  of  the  public  welfare. 

Mr.  De  Muro  is  a  son  of  Francesco  and  Philomena  (Gerbasio)  De  Muro, 
both  natives  of  Italy,  the  father  for  many  years  a  successful  tailor  in  Muro 
Lucano,  Province  of  Potenza,  Italy.  Pasquale  De  Muro  was  born  August 
28,  1879.  Attending  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  until  the  age  of 
fifteen  years,  he  then  began  to  learn  the  tailor's  trade.  But  after  two  years 
he  decided  to  give  up  this  line  of  work  and  emigrate  to  America.     Sailing  from 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  575 

Naples  in  1896,  he  landed  in  New  York  City,  and  secured  employment  in  a 
tailor's  shop,  this  being  the  only  work  with  which  he  was  at  all  familiar.  In 
September  of  1899  he  returned  to  Italy  for  a  visit  of  six  months,  then  served  in 
the  Italian  army  for  a  period  of  thirty  months,  being  in  the  5th  Infantry  Regi- 
ment in  Naples.  Entering  the  service  as  a  corporal,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  sergeant.  Following  his  discharge  he  remained  for  the  next  three  months  at 
his  home,  then  sailed  again  for  the  United  States.  Coming  directly  to  Passaic, 
Mr.  De  Muro  entered  business  with  his  brother  Dominick,  at  No.-  39  -State 
street,  in  Passaic.  At  the  end  of  three  years  they  disposed  of  the  first  business, 
and  Mr.  De  Muro  joined  his  brother  in  his  real  estate  and  steamship  ticket 
office  at  No.  51  State  street,  which  they  continued  together  for  about  a  year 
and  a  half.  At  that  time  Pasquale  De  Muro  withdrew  from  the  business  and 
became  identified  with  the  firm  of  Ryan  and  Remick,  a  leading  Passaic 
clothing  concern,  with  whom  he  remained  for  three  years.  He  thereafter 
entered  the  real  estate  field  independently,  and  is  still  successfully  engaged  thus, 
having  been  connected  with  many  development  enterprises  and  important  real 
estate  transfers. 

In  the  public  affairs  of  his  adopted  country  Mr.  De  Muro  takes  a  deep 
interest,  and  he  supports  the  Republican  party.  He  is  a  member  of  Galliano 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  of  Old  Glory  Court,  Foresters 
of  America;  and  the  Circolo  Nazionale,  in  the  latter  connection  being  prominent 
in  Americanization  work  among  his  fellow-countrymen  here.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Monte  Carmelo  Roman  Catholic  Church  on  McLean  street,  in  Passaic. 

Mr.  De  Muro  married,  February  22,  1909,  in  Passaic,  Rosina  Maggio, 
daughter  of  Francesco  Paolo  and  Rosaria  Jiaconia  Maggio.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  De 
Muro  have  five  children:  Frank  Felice,  born  February  11,  1910;  Paul  Gerard, 
born  August  18,  1911;  P'elice  Galliano,  born  November  28,  1912;  Philomena 
Theodora,  born  November  16,  1913;  and  Guida  Alfredo,  born  September  2,  1915. 


THE  SIMON  FAMILY— The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the 
ancient  Simon  family  of  which  there  is  authentic  family  record,  was  Jacob 
Simon,  who  was  born  and  resided  in  Kovno,  Poland,  about  fifty-eight  miles 
northwest  of  the  city  of  Vilna,  a  city  noted  for  its  religious  institutions,  in- 
cluding an  old  Jesuit  college. 

Jacob  Simon,  during  the  active  years  of  his  life,  was  extensively  engaged 
in  dealing  in  grain  and  in  banking  and  money  exchange  in  Kovno,  where  he 
became  well  known  in  commercial  and  financial  circles,  and  won  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  all  classes  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
Frieda  were  known  for  their  generosity  and  their  philanthropy,  and  both  lived 
to  mature  age. 

Among  the  children  of  Jacob  and  Frieda  Simon  was  a  son  Moses,  who 
obtained  his  education  in  Kovno  and  became  his  father's  assistant.  In  his  nine- 
teenth year  Moses  Simon  decided  to  leave  the  home  and  seek  his  fortune  in  the 
New  World,  and  sailed  from  one  of  the  ports  of  western  Europe,  arriving 
in  1870,  in  New  York  City,  where  he  married  and  continued  to  reside  until 
1872,  when  he  settled  with  his  bride  in  the  village  of  Lodi,  Bergen  county, 
New  Jersey. 

Soon  after  locating  in  Lodi,  Moses  Simon  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  trade, 
which  line  he  pursued  for  a  brief  time,  and  then  engaged  as  a  salesman  of 
sewing  machines  and  musical  instruments,  meeting  with  a  marked  degree  of 
success  as  the  logical  result  of  his  energetic  efforts  and  his  straightforward 
method  of  dealing  with  his  patrons.  Moses  Simon  continued  actively  in  this 
business  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century,  during  which  time  he  had  succeeded 


576  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

in  accumulating  sufficient  capital  to  secure  a  comfortable  home  for  himself  and 
family. 

During  the  years  of  his  commercial  activities,  Moses  Simon  acquired  a  large 
circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances  to  whom  he  became  known  for  his  hospit- 
ality and  generosity.  He  gave  both  of  his  time  and  substance  towards  advanc- 
ing the  moral  interests  of  his  fellow  people  in  the  city  of  Passaic.  The  first 
Jewish  synagogue  in  that  section  of  the  city  of  Passaic  was  organized  in  his 
home  where  the  members  had  frequently  met  and  held  religious  services,  and 
Closes  Simon,  in  the  course  of  time,  became  recognized  as  one  of  the  leaders 
and  chief  supporters  of  the  synagogue  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  founders. 

Soon  after  establishing  himself  in  the  sewing  machine  and  musical  instru- 
ment trade  he  located  with  his  family  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he  also  en- 
gaged in  the  retail  dry  goods  trade,  in  which  line  he  likewise  met  with  a  marked 
degree  of  success.  Upon  relinquishing  his  commercial  interests,  Moses  Simon 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  in  Passaic  and  surrounding  country,  where 
in  the  course  of  time  he  acquired  the  ownership  of  seven  tracts  of  land,  some 
of  which  are  still  in  the  possession  of  his  children.  The  word  of  Moses  Simon 
was  always  known  to  be  good,  his  honesty  and  integrity  beyond  all  question. 
He  died  at  his  home  in  Passaic,  October  13,  1903. 

Moses  Simon  married,  June  12,  1870,  in  New  York  City,  Rebecca  Elwich, 
born  in  Kovno,  Poland,  January  6,  1852,  daughter  of  Maxwell  and  Fannie 
Elwich.  Her  father,  after  coming  to  the  United  States,  became  a  successful 
wholesale  grocery  dealer  of  New  York's  East  Side.  To  Moses  and  Rebecca 
(Elwich)  Simon,  seven  children  were  born:  1.  Ray,  born  at  the  family  home 
in  New  York  City,  December  20,  1874.  She  married,  in  Passaic,  January 
4,  1893,  Abram  Goldinger,  born  April  3,  1865,  and  they  have  the  following 
children:  Gertrude,  born  September  30,  1897;  Frieda,  born  February  18,  1899; 
Lillian,  born  September  8,  1901;  Martha,  born  September  1,  1905;  Milton, 
born  July  14,  1909.  2.  Sara,  born  in  New  York  City,  September  12,  1876. 
She  married.  May  12,  1895,  Bernard  Seligson,  born  October  19,  1872,  son 
of  Moses  and  Cerel  (Yellen)  Seligson.  To  them  were  born  the  following 
children:  Ruth,  born  October  14,  1901 ;  Myrtle,  born  March  29,  1905;  Milton, 
born  December  16,  1907.  3.  Philip,  of  whom  further.  4.  Harry,  of  whom 
further.  5.  Hattie,  born  in  New  Jersey,  April  12,  1886.  She  married  Alexan- 
der Grossman,  son  of  Samuel  and  Evelyn  (Gross)  Grossman.  He  was  born 
June  10,  1881,  and  died  October  15,  1918,  leaving  a  son,  Marvin  S.  Grossman, 
born  March  8,  1914.  6.  Myer,  of  further  mention.  7.  Ida,  born  in  Passaic, 
December  25,  1895.  She  married,  June  4,  1916,  George  J.  Ginsburg,  of 
Rutherford,  New  Jersey,  son  of  Alexander  and  Minnie  (Koch)  Ginsburg.  He 
was  born  April  21,  1891,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Muriel  S. 
Ginsburg,  born  December  4,  1918. 

Philip  Simon,  eldest  son  of  Moses  and  Rebecca  (Elwich)  Simon,  was 
born  at  the  family  home  in  the  village  of  Lodi,  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey, 
January  18,  1880.  His  early  educational  training  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools  of  Passaic,  Oakley's  Business  College,  Paterson,  Ncav  Jersey,  and  the 
College  of  Pharmacy,  New  York.  After  his  father's  death  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  the  family  estate  and  thus  has  continued  in  that  business  ever  since, 
handling  some  of  the  largest  building  and  real  estate  transactions  in  this  section 
of  the  State. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Arcana  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of 
Arcana,  New  York;  is  a  thirty-second  degree  member  of  the  Ancient  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite;  is  a  noble  of  the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  577 

Shrine;  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  of  Passaic; 
the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association;  and  of  Ben  Jacob  Synagogue. 

Philip  Simon  married,  in  1903,  Sadie  Spitz,  born  July  22,  1883,  daughter 
of  Jacob  and  Pauline  (Golden)  Spitz.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Simon  are  the  parents 
of  four  children:  Pearl,  born  December  18,  1905;  Melvin,  born  July  4,  1909; 
Jeanette,  born  January  20,  1911;  Edwin  M.,  born  January  30,  1921. 

Harry  Simon,  fourth  child  and  second  son  of  Moses  and  Rebecca  (Elwich) 
Simon,  was  born  in  Lodi,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  December  5,  1884.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Passaic,  and  when  school  years  were 
over  he  also  joined  his  father  in  the  mercantile  and  real  estate  business  and  has 
been  actively  engaged  in  connection  with  the  family  interests  in  Passaic  until 
the  present  (1922).  Fraternally,  he  is  connected  with  Arcana  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Arcana,  New  York,  and  with  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows. 

Harry  Simon  married,  in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  in  1907,  Dorothy  Blume, 
born  August  11,  1886,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Libby  (Kaplan)  Blume. 

Myer  Simon,  sixth  child  and  third  son  of  Moses  and  Rebecca  (Elwich) 
Simon,  was  born  in  Lodi,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  November  16,  1888. 
The  family  soon  after  removed  to  Passaic,  and  there  he  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  After  leaving  school  he  became  associated  with  his  father  and 
brothers  in  business,  and  has  been  connected  with  the  family  commercial  and 
real  estate  interests  until  the  present.  He  is  a  member  of  Amelia  Lodge,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  of 
Passaic,  he  being  one  of  the  founders  of  that  association.  He  is  a  member  of 
Ben  Jacob  Synagogue  and,  like  his  brothers,  is  a  man  of  strong  business  ability. 

Myer  Simon  married,  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  in  1910,  Pauline  Marcus, 
born  May  2,  1892,  daughter  of  S.  M.  and  Mary  (Mirshy)  Marcus.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Simon  are  the  parents  of  a  son  Robert,  born  March  17,  1916.  Mrs. 
Pauline  Simon,  prior  to  her  marriage,  was  secretary  to  Governor  Harding,  of 
the  State  of  Iowa.  She  is  an  accomplished  musician  and  an  honor  graduate  of 
Des  Moines  College  of  Music. 

This  review  of  the  Simons  of  two  generations  in  the  United  States,  re- 
veals a  family  in  whom  the  commercial  instinct  is  strong,  they  having,  from  a 
very  small  beginning  in  the  village  of  Lodi,  in  1870,  grown  in  half  a  century 
to  be  one  of  the  strong,  well  established  business  families  of  the  city  of  Passaic. 
The  best  traditions  of  the  family  have  been  preserved  and  the  Simon  name  in 
this  branch  stands  for  uprightness  and  integrity. 


MICHAEL  KUDLAC — Coming  to  this  country  as  a  young  lad,  and 
preparing  himself  for  special  work  by  study  along  special  lines,  Michael 
Kudlac  is  known  widely  in  Passaic  and  vicinity  as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the 
Slovak  Catholic  Sokol.  He  is  a  son  of  Martin  and  Terezia  Kudlac,  who  came 
to  this  country  from  their  native  land  of  Czecho-Slovakia.  The  elder  Mr. 
Kudlac  v/as  a  farmer  in  his  native  land,  but  was  in  this  country  for  a  number 
of  years  at  different  times,  first  from  1892  until  1896,  then  from  1898  until 
1900,  and  from  1901  until  1906.  He  was  employed  in  Lansford,  Pennsylvania, 
in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  Uniontown,  Pennsylvania. 

Michael  Kudlac  was .  born  September  29,  1886,  in  Rodosovce,  Czecho- 
slovakia, and  his  education  was  begun  in  the  schools  of  that  town.  Coming 
to  the  United  States  in  the  year  1903,  he  continued  his  study,  spending  three 
years  in  the  evening  schools,  cultivating  his  natural  talent  for  music  through 
a  course  at  the  American  Conservatory  of  Music  in  Chicago,  Illinois.  For  a 
number  of  years  Mr.  Kudlac  was  a  resident  of  Monessen,  Pennsylvania,  and  it 


578  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

was  during  this  period  that  he  attended  night  school.  His  first  employment  in 
this  country  was  with  his  parents  on  the  farm  in  Uniontown,  Pennsylvania, 
then  he  was  employed  for  a  considerable  period  on  the  Cooke  place,  in  Mones- 
sen,  as  a  music  teacher.  From  his  early  years  Mr.  Kudlac  has  been  interested 
in  the  work  of  those  organizations  which  are  reaching  a  helping  hand  to  his 
fellow-countrymen  as  they  come  to  American  shores,  and  on  August  22,  1919, 
he  was  made  a  supreme  secretary  of  the  Slovak  Catholic  Sokol,  with  head- 
quarters at  No.  205  Madison  street,  Passaic.  The  work  of  this  organization  is 
of  far-reaching  and  lasting  benefit,  not  only  to  those  who  come  to  America 
as  strangers,  needing  the  help  and  encouragement  of  a  brotherly  hand,  but  to 
the  public  advance  of  the  country  of  which  they  become  citizens,  fitted  for 
their  responsibility  as  such  through  the  teachings  and  admonitions  of  the 
high-minded  men  who  are  engaged  in  this  great  work. 

Mr.  Kudlac  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  and  Greek  Catholic  Gymnastic,  of 
the  Slovak  Union  Sokol,  and  of  the  First  Catholic  Slovak  Union,  and  is  an 
active  member  of  St.  Mary's  Slovak  Church.  Mr.  Kudlac  married,  September 
8,  1906,  at  Uniontown,  Pennsylvania,  Helen  Tokos,  daughter  of  Martin  and 
Terezia  Tokos.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kudlac  have  two  children:  Joseph,  born 
February   15,   1915,   and  Olga,  born  April  6,    1917. 

PIETER  \'AN  DER  HEY,  JR.— The  ancient  town  of  Sneek,  in  the  Prov- 
ince of  Friesland,  Kingdom  of  Holland,  was  for  many  years  the  ancestral  home 
of  this  branch  of  the  Van  Der  Hey  family  of  this  review.  The  first  represen- 
tative of  this  branch  of  the  family  was  Pieter  Van  Der  Hey.  He  was  born 
at  the  family  home,  in  the  town  of  Sneek,  where  he  obtained  such  educational 
advantages  as  the  schools  afforded  at  that  time.  Upon  attaining  to  man's 
estate,  he  engaged  in  the  business  of  manufacturing  plaster-paris  for  building 
purposes,  and  he  also  was  extensively  engaged  in  burning  and  making  lime 
for  building,  and  various  other  uses.  Pieter  Van  Der  Hey,  as  a  result  of  his 
business  activities,  became  well  and  favorably  known  to  a  wide  community  of 
people  in  his  native  province.  He  died  at  the  family  home  in  Sneek  about 
1890.  In  his  religious  faith  he  was  an  earnest  adherent  of  the  doctrine  of 
Martin  Luther. 

Pieter  Van  Der  Hey  was  twice  married,  his  first  union  was  with  Trina 
Bonma,  a  native  of  the  town  of  Sneek,  and  of  this  union  the  following  children 
were  born :  Pieter,  Jr.,  of  whom  further ;  Alice ;  Rina,  who  died  in  early  life ; 
and  Rina  (2).  The  mother  of  these  children  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven 
years.  Pieter  Van  Der  Hey  married  (second)  Maria  Esveld,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  children :  Abram,  deceased ;  Dan,  also  deceased ; 
and  Annie,  who  is  living  at  the  present  date  (1921). 

Pieter  Van  Der  Hey,  Jr.,  son  of  Pieter  and  Trina  (Bonma)  Van  Der 
Hey,  was  born  at  the  family  home  in  the  town  of  Sneek,  Province  of  Fries- 
land,  Kingdom  of  Holland,  March  9,  1857.  He  there  acquired  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  town  and  was  confirmed  in  the  Lutheran  church  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  years.  He  remained  under  the  parental  roof  up  to  man- 
hood years  assisting  his  father  in  the  management  and  care  of  his  manufac- 
turing business,  producing  plaster-paris  and  lime  for  building  and  agricultural 
purposes.  Soon  after  attaining  to  the  years  of  manhood,  Pieter  Van  Der  Hey, 
Jr.,  met  the  lady  of  his  choice,  and  married  in  his  native  town,  where  he  finally 
began  business  on  his  own  account,  manufacturing  plaster-paris  and  lime, 
continuing  actively  engaged  in  that  line  of  enterprise  up  to  1893,  in  which  year 
he  decided  to  emigrate  with  his  family  to  the  United  States.  He  therefore 
arranged  his  personal  affairs  and  family  interests,  and  set  sail  from  the  sea- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  579 

port  town  of  Rotterdam,  bound  for  New  York  City,  where  he  arrived  April 
5,  1893.  Soon  after  his  arrival  in  this  country  he  settled  in  Passaic,  Passaic 
county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  late  Scotto  C.  Nash, 
who  was  at  that  time  engaged  in  the  nursery  and  floricultural  business  in  the 
town  of  Passaic.  He  next  identified  himself  with  a  Mr.  Luigendyk,  in  Has- 
brouck  Heights,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  with  whom  he  remained  identi- 
fied up  to  1890,  in  which  year  he  sent  for  his  wife  and  five  children  from  the 
Fatherland.  Soon  after  their  arrival,  Pieter  Van  Der  Hey,  Jr.,  settled  with 
his  family  in  Belmont,  now  a  part  of  the  city  of  Garfield,  Bergen  county.  New 
Jersey,  where  he  pursued  a  number  of  different  occupations  up  to  the  year 
1899,  at  which  time  he  located  with  his  family  in  East  Clifton,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  dairy  and  milk  distribution  business.  In  1901  Mr.  Van  Der 
Hey  leased  a  tract  of  land  for  buildings  from  the  late  George  V.  DeMott,  of 
Clifton.  In  this  undertaking  he  met  with  immediate  success,  as  the  result  of 
his  painstaking  care  in  the  management  of  his  dairy  and  his  straightforward 
methods  in  dealing  with  his  patrons.  In  1906  Pieter  Van  Der  Hey,  Jr.,  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  two  acres  of  land  where  his  present  barns  and  stables  and 
other  buildings  now  stand,  on  Hadley  avenue,  Clifton.  From  this  time  hence- 
forth, Mr.  Van  Der  Hey  met  with  increasing  success  in  the  conduct  and  opera- 
tion of  his  business  in  Clifton  and  the  surrounding  community.  He  died  at  the 
family  home  on  Hadley  avenue,  May  19,  1915,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
it  was  justly  stated  that  he  had  left  to  his  children  a  priceless  heritage  of  an 
honorable  name. 

Pieter  Van  Der  Hey,  Jr.,  married,  in  Sneek,  Province  of  Friesland, 
October  9,  1878,  Emma  Dykston,  born  in  the  village  of  Wonsrin,  Province  of 
Friesland,  December  21,  1858,  daughter  of  Siebe  and  Sadie  (Tymstra) 
Dykston,  and  to  them  the  following  children  were  born :  Pieter,  who  died  in 
early  childhood;  Pieter,  born  May  21,  1880;  Sadie,  born  April  16,  1881; 
Trina,  born  February  7,  1883,  died  April  5,  1886;  Siebe,  born  November  4, 
1884,  died  April  5,  1891 ;  John,  born  September  12,  1887,  died  April  9,  1914; 
Trina  (2),  born  November  26,  1889;  Siebe  (2),  born  May  24,  1892;  William, 
born  August  17,  1894;  Edwin,  born  July  2,  1897;  Barney,  born  September 
17,  1899;  and  Alice,  born  March  6,  1902. 


CARL  F.  W.  FROEHLICH— This  family  patronymic  is  of  ancient 
Teutonic  origin  and  representatives  of  this  name  are  frequently  referred  to  by 
the  German  heraldic  authorities  and  historical  writers.  Numerous  representa- 
tives of  the  family  are  found  resident  in  the  various  provinces  and  states 
of  the  former  German  Empire.  The  noted  heraldist,  Johann  Siebmacher,  gives 
a  copper-plate  illustration  of  the  symbols  of  the  Froehlich  family  coat-of 
arms  in  his  work  published  in   1701   in  the  city  of  Nuremberg,  Kingdom  of 

Bavaria,  Germany. 

The  first  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  family  of  whom  we  have 
any  authentic  knowledge  was  Christian  Ludwig  Froehlich.  He  was  born  in 
the  city  of  Wersetz,  Province  of  Posen,  Kingdom  of  Prussia,  Germany,  May 
2,  1830.  He  there  received  his  educational  training  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town,  wliere  he  was  confirmed  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  LTpon  attaining  to 
suitable  years  he  became  apprenticed  to  learn  the  baking  trade,  at  which  he 
served  a  full  apprenticeship,  and  upon  obtaining  a  certificate  from  his  master  as 
a  competent  journeyman,  he  next  traveled  throughout  central  Europe,  then 
visited  the  numerous  large  cities  in  the  late  Empire  of  Russia,  and  also  visited 
some  of  the  towns  of  the  Western  states  of  Asia.    Upon  his  return  to  his  native 


580  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

town,  he  later  married  in  the  city  of  Lodz,  in  Russian-Poland,  where  he  settled 
with  his  wife  and  worked  at  his  trade. 

In  1862,  about  the  time  of  the  beginning  of  the  Polish  Revolution,  Chris- 
tian Ludwig  Froehlich,  with  his  wife,  returned  to  his  former  home  in  the 
Province  of  Posen,  Germany.  At  the  conclusion  of  hostilities  in  Russian- 
Poland,  Christian  Ludwig  Froehlich  removed  again  to  the  city  of  Warsaw, 
Russian-Poland,  where  he  remained  up  to  1889,  in  which  year  he  decided  to 
emigrate  to  the  United  States  and,  accordingly,  set  sail  with  his  son,  Carl  F.  W., 
from  Bremen,  bound  for  New  York  City,  and  soon  after  setting  foot  on 
American  soil,  Mr.  Froehlich  settled  in  the  rapidly  growing  town  of  Passaic, 
Passaic  county,  New  Jersey,  where  he  continued  to  reside  during  the  next  year, 
when  his  wife  and  family  joined  the  father  and  son  in  their  new  home  in 
Passaic.  Christian  Ludwig  Froehlich  died  at  the  family  home  in  Passaic,  May 
25,  1911.  His  wife  died  in  Passaic,  January  15,  1915.  They  were  both  con- 
sistent members  of  the  German  Evangelical  Lutheran  St.  John's  Church  in 
Passaic. 

Christian  Ludwig  Froehlich  married  Anna  Elizabeth  Greger,  February 
10,  1861.  She  was  born  near  the  city  of  Lodz,  in  Russian-Poland,  October  18, 
1843,  and  of  this  union  the  following  children  were  born  :  1.  Carl  F.  W., 
of  whom  further.  2.  Anna  Amelia,  born  October  7,  1865;  she  married  Hans 
Mayer,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters.  3. 
Heinrich  Julis,  born  January  29,  1868;  he  was  educated  and  reared  to  man- 
hood years  at  the  family  home  in  Russian-Poland.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  in  October,  1891,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  here,  settled  in  Passaic.  4. 
Adolph  Gustave,  born  September  23,  1870;  he  was'  educated  and  reared  to 
the  years  of  manhood  at  the  family  home  in  Russian-Poland.  He  came  to 
the  United  States  during  the  year  of  1902,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  in  New 
York  City,  settled  in  Passaic.  5.  Ottilie,  born  August  22,  1876,  at  the  family 
home  in  Russian-Poland.  She  came  to  the  United  States  in  October,  1903,  and 
upon  her  arrival  here,  settled  in  Passaic,  where  she  married  Otto  Martin,  and 
of  this  union  two  children  were  born,  Richard  and  Erna.  6.  Ludwig,  born 
April  17,  1880;  he  came  to  the  United  States  in  1900,  and  soon  after  his  arrival 
in  New  York  City,  made  his  abode  in  the  metropolis. 

Carl  F.  W.  Froehlich,  eldest  child  and  son  of  Christian  Ludwig  and  Anna 
Elizabeth  (Greger)  Froehlich,  was  born  at  the  family  home  near  the  city  of 
Wersetz,  Province  of  Posen,  Germany,  July  27,  1863.     He  there  received  his 
educational  training  and  was  reared  to  the  early  years  of  manhood  under  the 
parental  roof.     Soon  after  laying  aside  his  school  books  and  upon  attaining  to 
suitable  years,  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  art  and  technique  of  the  mason 
and  building  trade,  and  upon  completing  his  apprenticeship  he  worked  at  his 
trade  as  a  journeyman  mason,  which  line  of  work  he  pursued  in  the  Fatherland 
City,  May  5,  1891,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  here,  located  in  Passaic,  Pas- 
saic  county,   New   Jersey,   where   he   found   employment   with   the   renowned 
up  to   1891,  when  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  landing  in  New  York 
Botany  Worsted  Mills  at  his  chosen  line  of  work,  but  owing  to  the  impaired 
condition  of  his  health,  he  was  forced  to  relinquish  the  mason  work,  and  accepted 
a  clerical  position  in  the  shipping  department  of  the  Botany  Worsted  Mills, 
the  responsibilities  of  which  he  has  faithfully  discharged  up  to  the  present 
time,  1921.     In  1920,  on  Christmas  Day,  while  walking  from  church  services 
to  his  home   in  company  with  two   friends,  he  met  with  a  painful   accident 
through  the  collision  of  two  rapidly  moving  automobiles,  one  of  his  companions 
being  crushed  to  death,  while  Mr.  Froehlich  escaped  with  minor  but  painful 
injuries.     Since  his  settlement  in  the  town  of  Passaic,  Mr.  Froehlich  has  be- 


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come  identified  with  the  social  and  moral  interests  of  the  community  wherein 
he  resides.  From  the  beginning  he  has  been  actively  identified  with  the  interests 
of  the  German  Evangelical  Lutheran  St.  John's  Church,  being  one  of  the 
organizers,  and  since  the  organization,  has  been  a  chairman  of  the  board  of 
trustees. 

Carl  F.  W.  Froehlich  married,  near  the  city  of  Warsaw,  Russian-Poland, 
May  8,  1887,  Paulina  Marquardt.  She  was  born  January  3,  1867,  daughter 
of  Christian  and  Roselle  (Besler)  Marquardt.  The  Marquardt  family  are  of 
an  old  and  distinguished  family  and  are  numerously  found  throughout  the 
various  states  and  provinces  of  central  Europe.  Carl  F.  W.  and  Paulina  (Mar- 
quardt) Froehlich  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  1.  Carl  F.  W. 
(2),  born  January  11,  1889;  he  married,  October  10,  1910,  Bertha  Haag,  born 
February  21,  1890,  daughter  of  Christian  and  Bertha  Haag.  Issue:  Carl 
F.  W.  (3),  born  December  20,  1911;  Bertha,  born  May  2,  1913;  Christian, 
born  February  25,  1916;  Florence,  born  December  24,  1920.  2.  Anna  Adela, 
born  November  24,  1890;  she  married  Hans  Mayer,  October  14,  1911,  they  the 
parents  of  one  child,  Helen  Mayer,  born  September  4,  1913.  3.  Nathalia 
Helena,  born  December  3,  1892;  she  married,  October  16,  1915,  Robert  Bauch, 
and  of  this  union  the  following  children  were  born :  Alfred  Bauch,  born 
October  18,  1918;  Matilda  Bauch,  born  November  1,  1920.  4.  Emil  Adolph, 
born  April  19,  1897 ;  he  married,  September  14,  1918,  Rose  Htrdman,  and 
they  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Walter,  born  February  18,  1920. 


LOUIS  BICZAK — Biczak  is  an  ancient  name.  This  branch  of  the  family 
has  long  been  seated  in  Hungary,  whence  came  Louis  Biczak,  of  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  a  prosperous  meat  dealer.  He  is  the  son  of  John  Biczak,  he  a  son 
of  Andrew  (Andres)  Stefan  Biczak,  the  latter  a  man  of  importance  in  the  town 
of  Nagy-Saros,  in  the  court  district  of  Saros  Megye,  Hungary.  Andrew  S. 
Biczak  was  a  man  of  education  and  influence,  a  landowner  and  office  holder, 
serving  Nagy-Saros  for  a  number  of  years  as  town  treasurer  and  for  many 
years  as  town  judge.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  was 
esteemed  and  respected  in  his  community  as  a  man  of  ability,  honor  and  up- 
rightness.    He  died  in  Nagy-Saros,  aged  seventy-three  years. 

Andrew  S.  Biczak  married  (first)  Maria  Benko,  who  died,  leaving  four 
children :  Andres  V.,  born,  lived  and  died  in  Nagy-Saros,  aged  forty-five 
years ;  Jan,  died  in  Nagy-Saros,  aged  twelve  years ;  Istvan  Iva,  died  in 
Nyiregyhaza,  aged  fifty  years ;  Anna,  came  to  the  United  States,  and  resided 
in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  with  her  daughter.  Andrew  S,  Biczak  married  (second) 
Barbara  Von  Urban,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  six  children :  John,  of  further 
mention ;  Anna,  died  aged  eighteen  years ;  Joseph,  who  came  to  the  United 
States,  but  returned  to  his  native  land ;  Barbara,  also  came  to  the  United 
States,  but  remained  and  died  at  her  home  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  March  3, 
1921  ;  Veronica,  who  made  her  home  in  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  but  died  in 
Passaic,  New  Jersey,  January  10,  1915;  Charles  Antonio,  a  sketch  of  whom 
appears  elsewhere  in  this  work. 

John  Biczak,  eldest  son  of  Andrew  Stefan  Biczak,  and  his  second  wife 
Barbara  Von  Urban,  was  born  at  the  homestead  in  Nagy-Saros,  district  of 
Saros  Magye,  Hungary,  August  19,  1856. 

Louis  Biczak,  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Molnar)  Biczak,  was  born  in 
Nagy-Saros,  in  the  court  district  of  Saros  Megye,  Hungary,  June  26,  1882. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Presoy,  Hungary,  finishing  with  graduation 
from  the  highest  grade  possible  there  to  attain.  He  entered  business  life  after 
graduation,   becoming  a  butcher  of  Presov   and   remaining   six  years.     The 


582  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

"wanderlust"  then  seized  him  and  leaving  home  he  spent  several  years  in 
travel,  his  journeyings  taking  him  over  a  good  part  of  Austria-Hungary  as  it 
then  existed,  to  Turkey  and  Australia,  back  to  Europe,  thence  to  the  United 
States,  starting  from  Leipsic  and  arriving  in  New  York  in  1899.  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  was  his  objective  and  there  he  at  once  located,  securing  employment 
at  his  trade.  For  ten  years  he  was  employed  in  Passaic  meat  markets  as  a 
butcher,  then  engaged  in  business  for  himself,  operating  a  meat  market  and 
a  pickling  and  canning  business.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Mary's  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

Louis  Biszak  married,  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  in  1905,  Mary  Kissel, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Susanna  Kissel.  Four  children  have  been  born  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Biczak,  all  in  Passaic:  Anna,  born  January  8,  1906;  Alexander, 
deceased;  Theodore,  born  July  7,  1915;  Isabel,  born  July  19,  1919. 


THOMAS  HATALA— The  former  Province  of  Galicia,  in  the  late 
Austro-Hungarian  Empire,  has  furnished  many  settlers  in  this  country,  who 
came  from  the  western  slopes  of  the  Carpathian  Mountain  region,  where  they 
were  best  known  as  Carpatho-Russians.  Michael  Hatala,  the  first  of  his 
branch  of  the  family  to  come  to  the  United  States,  was  born  in  the  village  of 
Wyssova,  in  the  Province  of  Galicia.  His  parents  were  Peter  and  Julia 
(Ferenc)  Hatala,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Galicia. 

Michael  Hatala  had  received  such  educational  training  as  was  obtainable 
in  the  neighborhood  where  his  parents  resided,  and  upon  applying  himself 
to  the  practical  duties  of  life,  he  became  engaged  in  the  routine  of  cultivating 
the  soil  and  was  also  engaged  as  a  farmer  up  to  1883,  in  which  year  he  decided 
to  come  to  the  United  States,  hoping  here  to  find  a  broader  field  in  which  to 
apply  his  skill  and  labor.  He  accordingly  embarked  from  one  of  the  seaport 
towns  of  Northern  Europe,  bound  for  New  York  City,  and  soon  after  setting 
foot  on  American  soil,  he  made  his  way  to  the  city  of  Shenandoah,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  obtained  employment  in  the  coal  mines  of  that  region  and  was  actively 
engaged  as  a  miner  for  some  time.  Having  met  with  a  painful  accident,  and 
as  a  result  of  his  injuries  finding  himself  incapacitated  for  further  continuance 
of  mine  work,  he  decided  to  return  to  the  land  of  his  forefathers,  where  he 
spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life,  and  died  in  his  native  village  about 
1900.  His  widow  and  many  of  his  descendants  still  reside  in  the  Province  of 
Galicia. 

Michael  Hatala  married  Katherine  Petrysne  about  1868,  she  was  like- 
wise a  native  of  Wyssova,  where  her  ancestors  had  resided  for  several  genera- 
tions. Michael  and  Katherine  (Petrysne)  Hatala  were  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children,  all  of  whom  were  born  at  the  family  home  in  Wyssova : 
Peliahia,  born  in  1869;  Teklia,  born  in  1873;  Thomas,  of  whom  further; 
Samuel,  born  in  1876;  Stephen,  born  in  1877;  Nellie,  born  in  1879;  Joseph, 
born  in  1881  ;  Aftan,  born  in  1884;  Peter,  born  in  1886;  Fred,  born  in  1887. 

Thomas  Hatala,  son  of  Michael  and  Katherine  (Petrysne)  Hatala,  was 
born  at  the  family  homestead  in  Wyssova,  Province  of  Galicia,  in  the  former 
Austro-Hungarian  Empire,  July  30,  1874.  He  there  received  his  educational 
training.  In  1886,  while  in  his  twelfth  year,  the  boy  accompanied  an  uncle 
to  the  United  States,  and  upon  arrival  here,  settled  in  the  city  of  Shenandoah, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  applied  his  time  and  efforts  at  such  work  as  was 
obtainable  during  the  years  of  his  boyhood.  Young  Hjatala,  being  desirous 
to  improve  his  condition  in  life,  made  his  way  to  the  sea  coast  cities,  and  for 
some  time  was  employed  at  various  kinds  of  work  in  Jersey  City,  Hudson 
county,  New  Jersey,  and  at  Yonkers,  Westchester   county,  New  York.     In 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  583 

1899  Thomas  Hatala  located  in  Garfield,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  where  he 
found  employment  with  the  New  York  Belting  and  Packing  Company,  and 
during  the  next  eleven  years  he  continued  his  work  with  that  concern,  at  the 
end  of  which  time  he  was  enabled,  by  strict  economy  and  careful  man- 
agement of  his  affairs  to  make  a  start  in  the  meat  and  provision  business 
on  his  own  account,  in  which  undertaking  he  met  with  immediate  and  marked 
success.  Since  his  settlement  in  the  borough  of  Garfield,  Mr.  Hatala  has 
become  identified  with  the  social  and  moral  interests  of  the  neighborhood.  He 
is  a  faithful  communicant  of  the  Russian  Orthodox  Greek-Catholic  Church 
of  the  Three  Saints  of  Garfield,  of  which  organization  he  was  one  of  the 
founders,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees. 

Thomas  Hatala  married,  in  Jersey  City,  Hudson  county,  New  Jersey, 
July  28,  1893,  Theresia  Hatala,  daughter  of  Eorkim  and  Anna  (Demgzko) 
Hatala.  She  was  born  in  the  village  of  Wyssova,  November  13,  1871.  Of 
this  marriage  the  following  children  were  born:  1.  Anna,  born  in  Jersey  City, 
Hudson  county.  New  Jersey,  May  17,  1894;  she  died  in  1896.  2.  Julia, 
born  in  Jersey  City,  November  16,  1897  ;  she  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Garfield,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  and  was  there  reared  to  the  years  of 
womanhood  under  the  parental  roof.  She  married  Samuel  Halkowich,  and 
two  children  were  born  of  this  union.  3.  Eva,  born  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey, 
March  20,  1899;  she  died  in  early  infancy.  4.  Mary,  born  in  Yonkers,  West- 
chester county,  New  York,  July  24,  1900.  She  obtained  her  educational 
advantages  in  the  schools  of  Garfield,  and  after  a  course  of  professional 
training,  she  qualified  as  a  competent  nurse.  5.  Helen,  born  in  Garfield,  New 
Jersey,  February  9,  1903,  and  died  in  1905.  6.  Sophia,  born  in  Garfield,  New 
Jersey,  March  1,  1905.  She  died  in  the  early  years  of  infancy.  7.  Olga, 
born  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  July  6,  1906.  8.  Stephen,  born  in  Garfield, 
New  Jersey,  January  6,  1910.  9.  Joseph,  born  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey, 
December  1,  1912.   10.  Anna,  born  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  December  16,  1919. 


ANTONINA  DE  ANNA,  the  president  of  the  Antonlna  De  Anna 
Chemical  Company,  proprietor  of  the  De  Anna  Pharmaceutical  Laboratories 
Harrison  avenue,  Garfield,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  of  which  institution 
she  was  the  founder,  and  at  the  present  time  (1920)  the  leading  and  active 
spirit  of  the  institution,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Castel  Termini,  on  the  Island 
of  Sicily,  in  the  Mediterranean  sea,  January  31,  1881.  Her  parents  were 
Caligero  and  Guisseppa  Catalina  (Comasini)  Novarra.  Antonina  (Novarra) 
De  Anna  was  one  of  a  family  of  two  daughters.  Her  sister,  Vincentino, 
in  1898,  soon  after  her  marriage  in  her  native  land,  emigrated  with  her  husband 
to  this  country.  They  first  settled  in  New  York  City,  but  did  not,  however, 
remain  long  in  their  newly  chosen  home,  but  removed  to  Garfield,  New  Jersey, 
where  they  continued  to  reside  up  to  the  time  of  her  death,  which  occurred  in 
December,  1917.     She  married  Frank  Daleo,  but  at  her  death  left  no  issue. 

Antonina  (Novarra)  De  Anna  married,  in  her  native  land,  while  yet  in 
her  sixteenth  year.  Soon  after  her  union  she  traveled  with  her  husband,  who 
visited  various  cities  in  the  northern  provinces  of  Africa,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  contracting  and  construction  work.  They  later  visited  Alexandria,  in  Egypt, 
and  while  there  her  only  daughter,  Jennie  was  born.  They  continued  their 
travels  throughout  the  western  and  northern  part  of  the  Asiatic  provinces 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  finally  returned  to  their  native  land,  Sicily. 
In  1906,  having  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  the  Novarra  family 
set  sail  from  the  city  of  Palermo,  one  of  the  leading  seaport  towns  of  the 
Kingdom  of  Italy,  and  landed  in  New  York  harbor,  March  9,  the  same  year. 


584  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

The  De  Anna  family  finally  decided  to  locate  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  where 
her  husband  again  engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  He  died  at  the  family 
home  in  Garfield,  February  21,  1909. 

Antonina  (Novarra)  De  Anna,  while  travelling  with  her  husband  in  the 
provinces  of  Northern  Africa,  and  the  Oriental  countries  of  Western  and 
Northern  Asia,  devoted  much  of  her  time  to  the  study  of  pharmacy,  as  prac- 
ticed by  the  Orientals,  and  during  the  years  of  her  travels  and  associations 
she  acquired  a  practical  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  their  forms  of 
treatment  and  remedies  for  various  diseases  that  were  prevalent  among  the 
people  of  those  countries;  at  the  same  time  Mrs.  De  Anna  also  acquired  a 
complete  knowledge  of  various  pharmaceutical  preparations  that  were  used 
by  the  inhabitants  of  the  Oriental  countries  through  which  she  travelled.  She 
decided  to  apply  her  skill  and  knowledge  to  these  medical  and  pharmaceutical 
preparations,  and  in  this  undertaking  she  met  with  immediate  and  prompt 
success,  and  she  has  established  a  successful  trade  for  the  various  products  of 
her  laboratories  in  Garfield  throughout  the  various  states  in  this  country.  Later 
Antonina  De  Anna  decided  to  incorporate  the  interests  of  the  De  Anna  lab- 
oratories under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  for  the  purpose  of  increas- 
ing the  productive  capacity  of  the  laboratories,  in  order  to  meet  the  rapidly 
increasing  demand  for  the  various  medical  and  pharmaceutical  preparations 
which  are  now  being  extensively  produced  by  the  De  Anna  establishment. 
Immediately  upon  the  organization  of  the  Antonina  De  Anna  Chemical 
Company,  Antonina  De  Anna  was  made  president  of  the  corporation,  Dr.  Ernest 
Casini  was  made  secretary,  and  Angelo  Fulco  was  made  the  treasurer. 

Antonina  (Novarra)  De  Anna  married,  in  her  native  land,  as  aforemen- 
tioned, in  1895,  in  Palermo,  Italy,  Ignazio  De  Anna,  and  of  this  union  was 
born  an  only  daughter,  Jennie,  March  16,  1896,  in  the  city  of  Alexandria, 
Egypt.  She  was  brought  by  her  parents  to  this  country  in  1906,  and  obtained 
her  educational  training  in  the  public  schools  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey.  She 
married,  November  20,  1910,  Salvatore  Cangialosi,  born  April  3,  1884,  in 
the  town  of  Carini,  island  of  Sicily,  son  of  Frank  and  Rosalia  (Buffa) 
Cangialosi,  and  of  this  union  were  born  the  following  children:  Frank,  born 
April  16,  1912;  Ignazio,  born  December  5,  1913. 

ADRIAN  ZANDEE — Since  coming  to  this  country  from  Holland  In 
1889,  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  Adrian  Zandee  has  made  worthy  progress 
in  his  adopted  country,  and  has  distinguished  himself  both  in  public  life  and  in 
business  circles. 

His  father,  Daniel  Zandee,  who  followed  farming  in  his  native  Holland 
for  many  years,  came  to  this  country  with  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Butyn)  Zandee, 
in  1889,  bringing  with  them  their  children.  The  family  located  In  Lodi, 
New  Jersey,  and  here  Daniel  Zandee  was  employed  with  the  United  Piece 
Dye  Works  for  many  years,  until  his  death,  August  8,  1917.  His  widow  still 
survives  him  and  is  a  resident  of  Lodi.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Zandee  were  born 
eight  children:  John,  a  resident  of  Newark,  New  Jersey;  Jacob,  lives  in 
Clifton,  New  Jersey;  Daniel,  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey;  Jennie,  wife  of  Marius 
Henches,  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Riley,  of  Lodi,  New 
Jersey;  Minnie;  Rose,  who  married  George  Govinion,  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey; 
and  Adrian,  of  further  mention. 

Adrian  Zandee  was  born  in  Zeeland,  Holland,  March,  17,  1870,  and  there 
received  a  good  education  in  the  common  schools.  He  came  to  this  country 
with  his  parents,  locating  first  in  Lodi,  where  he  apprenticed  himself  to  the 
carpenter's   trade,    subsequently   securing   work   with   Vail   and   Company,   of 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  ^  585 

Brooklyn,  New  York,  remaining  with  them  until  1892,  when  he  came  to  Passaic 
as  superintendent  for  Marinus  J.  Coman.  In  1914,  having  bought  out  the 
interests  of  Mr.  Coman,  he  established  himself  in  the  contracting  and  building 
business  at  No.  30  Bloo-.nfield  avenue.  The  venture  proving  highly  successful, 
Mr.  Zandee  moved  to  his  present  location,  No.  80  Lincoln  street,  where  he 
employs  many  skilled  workmen  and  mechanics,  doing  considerable  business  in 
these  parts.  His  business  has  expanded  year  by  year,  and  he  is  numbered 
among  the  representative  contractors  of  this  city.  It  is  interesting  to  note 
that  in  less  than  eight  months  in  1920,  Mr.  Zandee  built  more  than  thirty 
houses  for  the  Forstmann  &  Huffmann  Company,  of  Passaic,  which  is  a  record 
in  better  grade  and  construction  work. 

In  politics  Mr.  Zandee  is  a  Republican,  and  has  always  taken  a  keen  and 
active  interest  in  political  life.  From  1906  to  1911  he  was  mayor  of  Lodi,  New 
Jersey,  and  a  member  of  its  Council  for  ten  years,  during  which  time  he  made 
many  improvements  in  the  town  affairs,  and  gained  the  esteem  of  his  fellow- 
men.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Passaic  Board  of  Trade,  and  a  member  of  the 
Rotary  Club.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Passaic 
Lodge,  No.  67 ;  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  the  Royal 
Arcanum,  of  which  he  is  past  regent. 

On  March  14,  1896,  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  Adrian  Zandee  was  married 
to  Jane  Kreager,  to  whom  two  children  were  born:  1.  Daniel  C,  born  October 
14,  1898,  a  graduate  of  Drake  Business  College,  and  is  now  associated  with 
his  father  in  business.  During  the  World  War  he  enlisted  in  the  United 
States  army,  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant,  and  served  with  the  One 
Hundred  and  Thirteenth  Regiment,  New  Jersey  National  Guard.  While  in 
action  he  was  severely  wounded  by  shrapnel,  being  obliged  to  remain  in 
the  hospital  at  St.  Nazarre  seven  months.  He  was  honorably  discharged  from 
the  service,  March  18,  1919.  2.  Jennie  E.,  born  December  15",  1901 ;  is  a 
graduate  of  Drake  Business  College,  Passaic.  The  family  resides  at  No.  80 
Lincoln  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 


AUGUST  HUGO — In  the  Province  of  Hanover,  Germany,  August  Hugo, 
now  a  prosperous  market  gardener  of  Richfield,  near  Passaic,  New  Jersey, 
was  born  September  30,  1874,  and  there  he  spent  the  first  seventeen  years  of 
his  life,  obtaining  a  good  education.  He  was  a  son  of  Henry  and  Anna 
(Vosburgh)  Hugo,  his  father  a  farmer.  In  1881  August  Hugo  came  to  the 
United  States,  and  founded  a  home  on  Long  Island,  New  York,  where  he  re- 
mained for  twenty  years. 

He  prospered  as  a  Long  Island  farmer,  but  on  July  10,  1911,  he  removed 
to  Richfield,  Passaic  county.  New  Jersey,  where  his  brother,  William  H.  Hugo, 
is  located,  and  there  August  Hugo  bought  the  farm  upon  which  he  has  since 
resided.  He  is  a  member  of  the  German  Lutheran  church,  and  in  politics  a 
Republican,  but  is  very  independent  in  political  action. 

Mr.  Hugo  married,  on  Long  Island,  September  5,  1903,  Louise  Dorn, 
born  February  23,  1885,  daughter  of  John  and  Minnie  (Lasel)  Dorn.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hugo  are  the  parents  of  five  children:  Henry,  born  July  28,  1904; 
August,  born  August  4,  1905;  Louise,  born  July  21,  1908;  William,  born 
February  14,  1910;  Madeline,  born  September  14,  1916. 


WILLIAM  H.  HUGO — A  successful  market  gardener  for  the  past 
twenty-one  years,  1900-1921,  Mr.  Hugo  has  during  these  years  acquired  a 
tract  of  fifteen  acres,  well  improved,  which  has  been  built  up  to  a  high  degree 
of  fertility.     He  was  born  in  Germany,  September  23,  1879,  son  of  Henry 


586  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

and  Anna  (Vosburgh)  Hugo,  his  father  a  German  farmer.  The  young  man 
remained  in  Germany  until  1896,  and  in  the  meantime  acquired  a  good  educa- 
tion in  the  State  schools.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  came  to  the  United 
States  and  having  a  good  knowledge  of  farm  gardening,  he  secured  employment 
in  that  line  for  a  few  years.  He  then  began  market  gardening  for  himself,  and 
now  owns  his  own  farm  at  Richfield,  near  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  upon  which 
he  settled  in  1901.  His  first  location  was  at  Elmhurst,  New  York.  He  has 
been  very  successful  in  his  business  and  has  a  well  improved  property,  and  an 
excellent  reputation  as  a  citizen  and  neighbor.  He  is  a  member  of  the  German 
Lutheran  church,  and  in  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  very  independent  in 
political  action. 

Mr.  Hugo  married,  in  Elmhurst,  New  York,  January  20,  1900,  Matilda 
Kemp,  born  in  New  York,  May  12,  1881,  daughter  of  William  and  Sophia 
Erruna  Kemp,  her  father  a  gardener  of  Elmhurst.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hugo 
are  the  parents  of  four  children :  Anna,  born  June  3,  1901 ;  William,  born  April 
18,  1903;  August,  born  March  9,  1905;  Louise,  born  November  12,  1907.  The 
Hugo  farm  at  Richfield  lies  within  the  limits  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 


JOSEPH  D.  PACELLA— Dominick  and  Lucy  Pacella,  residents  of  Italy, 
came  to  the  United  States  and  located  in  New  York  City,  Where  their  son, 
Joseph  D.  Pacella,  was  born.  They  were  also  the  parents  of  a  daughter, 
Theresa,  and  a  son,  Charles  Pacella.  Dominick  Pacella  died  in  middle  age,  and 
Mrs.  Lucy  Pacella  married  a  second  husband,  Dominick  Remollino,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Josephine,  born  in  1902.  Mrs.  Lucy  Pacello- 
Remollino  died  in!  1921. 

Joseph  D.  Pacella,  son  of  Dominick  and  Lucy  Pacella,  was  bom  in  New 
York  City,  March  25,  1892.  He  pursued  full  courses  of  parochial  school  study 
in  New  York  and  after  graduation  was  employed  in  the  messenger  service  of 
the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company.  He  next  engaged  in  clerical  work, 
continuing  in  this  line  until  1922,  eileven  years  being  spent  in  the  service  of  the 
United  Piece  Dyd  Works  of  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  as  receiving  clerk.  In  1922  he 
was  appointed  by  Mayor  Benjamin  Dansen,  Jr.,  clerk  of  the  water  department 
of  Lodi,  a  position  he  most  capably  fills. 

Mr.  Pacella  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  has  served  for  seven  years  as  a 
member  of  the  Lodi  election  board,  and  has  long*  been  active  in  party  affairs. 
In  religious  faith  'he  is  a  Catholic. 

He  married,  in  St.  Francis  Church,  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  December  17,  1911, 
Mary  Annichiarico,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Annichiarico,  of  New 
York  City,  her  father  being  a  contracting  mason. 


JOSEPH  CANGIALOSI,  JR.— At  Marineo,  a  town  of  Sicily,  situated 
eleven  miles  southeast  of  Palermo,  Joseph  Cangialosi  was  born,  December  19, 
1896,  son  of  Joseph  and  Phillipi  (Zucano)  Cangialosi,  three  of  whose  six 
children  died  in  infancy.  The  parents  came  to  the  United  States  the  year 
following  the  birth  of  their  son,  Joseph  (2),  and  since  1902,  No.  183  Malcolm 
street,  Garfield,  New  Jerse)%  has  been  the  family  home,  two  daughters,  Cath- 
erine and  Frances,  with  their  only  brother,  Joseph  (2),  there  residing  with  their 
parents,  the  father  having  retired  from  active  pursuits.  Joseji^h  Cangialosi,  the 
elder,  served  his  alloted  term  of  four  years  as  a  bugler  in  a  cavalry  regiment 
of  the  Italian  army. 

Joseph  (2)  Cangialosi  was  but  one  year  old  when  the  family  came  to  the 
United  States,  and  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  he  obtained  a  public  school  educa- 
tion.   His  first  employment  after  leaving  school  was  in  the  Forstmann  &  Huif- 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  587 

mann  Worsted  Mills,  in  Garfield,  going  thence  to  the  Hamersley  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  of  Garfield,  and  from  that  concern  to  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works, 
of  Lodi.  He  nexit  was  with  a  small  concern  engaged  in  the  mianufacture  of 
skirts,  and  during  the  five  years  that  he  was  with  that  company,  he  became  not 
only  an  expert  in  that  particular  line  of  manufacture,  but  thoroughly  familiar 
with  the  business  methods  and  trade  requirement.  At  the  end  of  five  years  he 
had  accumulated  a  small  capital  and  with  that  and  his  own  experience  he  began 
the  manufacture  of  skirts  in  Hackensack,  New  Jersey,  under  his  own  name. 
He  remained  in  Hackensack  for  one  year  and  was  so  well  satisfied  that  his 
venture  would  prove  successful  that  he  removed  to  Garfield,  w'here  'he  erected 
a  factory  at  No.  103  Somerset  street  and  for  one  year  occupied  it  for  his  own 
purposes. 

In  1919  Joseph  Cangialosi,  father  and  son,  joined  forces  and  at  No.  181 
Malcdlm  street,  Garfield,  erected  a.  five^story  factory  building  in  which,  for 
about  eighteen  months,  the  younger  Joseph  operated  as  a  skirt  manufacturer. 
Since  then  he  has  run  the  plant  as  a  trousers  factory  under  contract  with  whole- 
sale houses  of  New  York  City.  Twenty-five  skilled  workers  are  constantly 
employed  and  the  output  of  the  factory  is  large. 

In  politics,  ihe  is  a  Democrat,  and  in  religious  faith,  a  Presbyterian,  belong- 
ing to  the  First  Churah  of  Garfield.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Foresters  of 
yXmerica;  the  Democratic  Forum,  and  the  Third  Ward  Citizens'  Club,  all  of 
Garfield;  and  of  the  Citizens'  Athletic  Association,  of  Lodi. 


GEORGE  CZYZEWSKI— In  the  real  estate  world  of  Passaic  in  recent 
years,  George  Czyzewski  has  become  a  reail  force  for  progress,  his  activities  not 
being  confined  to  brokerage  only,  but  including  much  independent  operating  and 
not  a  little  construction  work  of  broad  significance.  He  comes  of  a  prominent 
family  in  Poland. 

George  Czyzewski  was  born  in  Poland,  March  11,  1883,  and  his  early  edu- 
caiti'on  received  careful  attention  in  the  churdh  schools  of  his  native  town,  his 
studies  being  continued  at  a  preparatory  school.  He  then  took  up  surveying,  or 
civil  engineering,  which  he  practiced  for  a  time  before  leaving  his  native  land. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  Mr.  Czyzewski  came  to  America,  landing  in  New 
York  City,  wlhere  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  prominent  real  estate  concern.  He 
has  practically  fallowed  this  line  of  activity  ever  since.  Coming  to  Passaic  in 
1916,  he  opened  /a  real  estate  office  in  Passaic  Park,  while  still  retaining  his  con- 
nection wifh  the  New  York  firm.  His  business  has  gained  in  importance  until 
he  has  been  obliged,  wiiithin  the  past  few  years,  to  devote  the  greater  part  of  his 
time  to  his  interests  in  Passaic  Park.  He  has  handled  a  large  amount  of  real 
estate  here  and  construction  work.  Mr.  Czyzewski  is  increasing  his  operations 
alons  chis  line,  and  now  has  in  course  of  construction  in  Passaic  a  number  of 
substantial  residences.  His  own  ihandsome  family  home  is  m  this  section,  at 
No.  134  Main  avenue. 

Mr.  Czyzewski  has  always  taken  the  deepest  interest  in  the  public  affairs 
of  his  adapted  country,  and  since  becoming  a  citizen  !has  supported  the  Repub- 
lican party.  He  is  a  member  of  various  sociall  and  fraternal  organizations  and 
of  the  Holy  Rosary  Church  of  Passaic. 

HUBERT  MALMENDIER— With  Old  World  training  in  *his  field  of 
endeavor,  and  the  skill  gained  by  long  experience,  Hubert  Malmendier,  of  Gar- 
field, New  Jersey,  holds  a  rosponsible  position  in  one  of  the  leading  mills  of 
the  community,  and  is  taking  the  part  of  a  public-spirited  citizen  in  the  affairs 
of  the  city.    Mr.  Malmendier  is  a  son  of  John  and  Helen  Malmendier,  natives 


588  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

of  Verviers,  Belgium.  His  father  was  a  'business  man  of  prominence  in  tihat 
city,  and  also  served  in  the  Belgian  army.  He  died  in  1902,  and  his  mother 
survived  for  only  about  a  year,  passing  away  in  1903. 

Hubert  Malmendier  was  born  in  Heuze,  Belgium,  November  3,  1872,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  grammar  sdhools  of  his  native  place  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  years.  From  boyhood  he  had  entertained  the  ambition  to  learn  the 
woolen  business,  and  upon  leaving  school  in  1888  he  secured  a  position  in  one 
of  the  mills  near  his  home.  Working  in  different  plants  for  a  few  years  to  gain 
breadth  of  experience,  the  young  man  eventually  became  identified  with  the 
Peltzer  &  Fils  Woolen  Company,  of  Verviers,  Belgium,  in  1896,  and  remaining 
with  this  concern  for  a  period  of  ten  years,  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
business.  In  1906,  his  brother  emigrating  to  America  with  his  family,  and 
the  father  and  mother  having  passed  away,  Mr.  Malmendier  accompanied 
his  brother  to  this  country,  and  took  up  'his  residence  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey. 
He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Forstmann  &  Huffmlann  Wodlen  Mills,  of  Gar- 
field, wlhere  he  is  still  employed.  His  skill  as  a  workman  and  his  faithful 
service  to  the  company  have  advanced  him  in  their  employ  until  now  he  is 
foreman  of  the  spiiiminig  department.  He  is  highly  esteemed  by  the  company, 
and  also  by  his  associates  in  t)he  plant  anid  tihose  who  are  employed  under  his 
supervision. 

After  five  years'  residence  in  Clifton,  Mr.  Malmendier  removed  to  Garfield 
with  his  brother's  family,  residing  with  them  for  a  time  at  No.  143  Prospect 
street,  but  soon  after  he  removed  to  the  home  of  his  niece,  Mrs.  Charles  Larger, 
at  No.  151  Prospect  street,  where,  being  a  single  man,  he  still  resides.  He  has 
taken  a  deep  interest  in  civic  affairs  in  Garfield;  has  been  president  of  the 
American  Building  and  Loap  Association  since  1919,  and  keeps  in  touch  with 
all  general  advance.  Early  becoming  a  citizen  of  his  adopted  country,  he  supports 
the  Republican  party,  and  has  served  on  the  Republican  Committee  of  Garfield, 
being  active  in  party  affairs,  although  at  present  (1922)  he  holds  no  office.  Dur- 
ing the  World  War  he  served  on  the  various  Liberty  Loan  and  Red  Cross  drives. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Holy  Trinity  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  Garfield. 


SALVATORE  GUARDALIBENI  was  born  at  Castelbuono,  Province  of 
Palermo,  Italy,  July  26,  1884,  son  of  Marino  Guardalibeni,  of  Castelbuono,  a 
construction  contractor  on  a  large  scale,  and  who  died  in  Italy,  in  1890,  aged 
fifty-five  years.  His  wife,  Josephine  (Tamburo)  Guardalibeni,  of  'the  same 
town  and  province,  died  in  Italy,  in  1916,  aged  fifty-eight  years.  When  Salva- 
tore  was  six  years  of  age,  Marino  Guardalibeni  died,  and  two  years  later  the 
boy  left  his  home  and  m'other  to  accompany  a  number  of  workmen  who  were 
employed  in  laying  a  water  pipe  line  between  Castelbuono  and  a  little  town 
seventy-five  miles  away.  He  remained  on  that  operation  three  years,  then, 
although  but  eleven  years  old,  he  went  to  Tunis,  in  Africa,  a  French  protector- 
ate, with  a  construction  company  and  about  two  thousand  people,  workmen  and 
their  families.  That  company  was  engaged  in  building  bridges  between  the  city 
of  Tunis  and  the  outlying  desert  sections,  and  while  with  that  company  the 
boy,  Salvatore  Guai'dalibeni,  attended  a  nigiht  school  taught  by  a  priest,  vv^ho 
accompanied  the  workmen,  and  was  a  good  friend  to  the  lad. 

In  1902  the  French  Government  called  to  the  colors  all  young  men  of  the 
age  of  eighteen,  whereupon  the  lad  left  Tunis  and  returned  to  Italy,  which 
country  he  had  left  as  a  boy  of  eleven  years.  For  two  years  he  continued  in 
construction  work  in  Italy,  but  in  1904,  at  the  age  of  twenty,  entered  the  Italian 
army,  in  the  field  artillery,  and  served  thirty-nine  months,  reaching  the  rank  of 
corporal  major.     After  receiving  honorable  discharge  from  the  army  he  again 


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BIOGRAPHICAL.  589 

btrcame  a  construction  worker,  but  after  the  disastrous  earthquake  in  Messina, 
Italy,  in  1908,  he  wias  again  mustered  into  the  Italian  army  to  rebuild  the 
devastated  region.  He  remained  in  the  army  engaged  in  'that  wiork  for  two 
months,  when  he  was  discharged,  and  again  he  returned  to  Castelbuono,  and 
there  was  employed  in  construction  work  until  1910,  when  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  arriving  in  New  York  City  April  4th  of  that  year. 

His  first  employment  in  New  York  City  was  with  the  Summerville  Realty 
Company,  engaged  in  concrete  construction  on  Long  Island.  He  was  employed 
with  that  company  as  a  mason  for  six  months,  but  having  an  uncle  living  in 
Garfield,  New  Jersey,  he  secured  employment  with  the  John  T.  Harrop  Com- 
pany, of  Garfield,  later  going  with  Long  &  Broadhurst,  of  Hackensack,  New 
Jersey.  He  continued  an  employee  until  ear'ly  in  1911,  when  he  began  contract- 
ing and  general  construction  under  h.is  own  name.  In  1912  he  secured  his  first 
large  contract  for  street  repairs  and  improvements  from  the  borough  of  Lodi. 
That  was  the  beginning  of  his  present  business  as  a  contractor,  and  it  started 
him  on  a  career  of  success. 

In  1915,  Mr.  Guardalibeni  received  his  final  papers  conferring  citizenship 
upon  him  ;  in  1917  he  opened  the  offices  in  Lodi,  at  Passaic  and  Hunter  streets, 
which  he  still  occupies,  and  has  built  up  a  fine  reputation  as  'a  street  and  sewer 
contractor,  honest,  reliable  and  capable.  He  has  satisfactorily  executed  many 
large  municipal  contracts  in  Passaic,  Garfield,  Clifton,  Wallington,  Lodi,  and 
in  Bergen  county,  and  also  outside  of  the  State,  his  most  recent  contract  from 
the  borough  of  Lodi  being  to  improve  and  repair  Nicholson  and  Arnot  streets, 
wthile  from  the  city  of  Clifton  he  has  a  siimil'ar  Contract  for  South  Third  and 
Cherry  streets,  Gregory  and  Highland  avenues. 

In  politics  Mr.  Guardalibeni  is  a  Republican,  and  since  1918  he  has  been 
a  member  of  Lodi  Council,  serving  as  chairman  of  the  road  committee. 

Mr.  Guardalibeni  is  a  member  of  St.  Joseph's  Rom'an  Catholic  Church  of 
Lodi,  New  Jersey;  Gallino  Lodge,  No.  135,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
of  Passaic;  the  Orient  Club;  Khezan  Sanctorium,  No.  188,  Oriental  Order  of 
Humility  Perfection,  of  Hackensack ;  National  Circle  of  Passaic ;  member  and 
former  itreasurer  of  Lodi  Lodge,  Sons  of  Italy ;  arid  a  former  president  of  the 
Italian  Republican  League.  He  is  also  a  member  'of  Lodi  Fire  Company  No.  1, 
and  of  the  Exempt  Firemen's  Association  of  Lodi. 

Mr.  Guardalibeni  married,  December  11,  1911,  Filomena  A.  Perrello, 
daughter  of  Leonardo  and  Theresa  (Sanzone)  Perrello,  of  Lodi,  her  father  a 
grocer  of  Lodi.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Guardalibeni  are  the  parents  of  seven  children : 
Marino,  born  September  6,  1912;  Josephine,  born  November  4,  1913,  died 
March  6,  1915;  Leonard  P.,  born  March  7,  1915;  Theresa  J.,  born  June  22, 
1916;  Salvatore  (2),  born  March  30,  1918,  died  in  August,  1918;  Salvatore  (3), 
born  April  4,  1920;  and  Mary,  born  July  18,  1921.  The  family  home  is  at  No. 
100  Washington  street,  Lodi,  New  Jersey. 


CHARLES  ELIAS — In  that  part  of  Russian  Poland  now  within  the  bor- 
ders of  the  sovereign  state  of  Lithuania,  Chailles  Elias,  son  of  Meyer  and  Belle 
Elias,  was  born  August  21,  1879,  and  there  be  spent  the  first  thirteen  years  of 
his  life.  In  1892  he  came  to  the  United  States,  and  in  New  York  City  spent 
many  years  engaged  in  various  occupations.  In  1910  he  located  in  Passaic, 
New  Jersey,  and  opened  a  store  for  the  sale  of  glass,  his  place  of  business  for 
one  year  on  Passaic  street.  In  1911  he  moved  to  larger  quarters  on  Monroe 
street,  there  specializing  in  plate  glass.  His  business  grew  to  such  proportions 
that  he  erected  a  building  at  No.  840  Main  lavenue,  with  a  ground  area  100x190 
feet,  which  he  keeps  stocked  with  glass  of  different  kinds  to  its  utmost  capacity. 


590  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

The  excellent  railroad  facilities  at  his  present  location  are  of  special  importance, 
shipments  and  deliveries  being  promptly  made,  and  with  his  large  stock  of 
commercial  and  builders'  glass  he  can  successfully  compete  with  metropolitan 
houses.  During  the  war  with  Spain,  Mr.  Elias  served  witih  the  United  States 
forces. 

Mr.  Elias  married,  March  1,  1903,  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  Ida  Israel, 
of  Houston,  Texas,  daughter  of  Abram  and  Ray  Israel,  her  father  a  speculator 
in  cotton.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elias  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  1.  Aubrey, 
born  in  Williamsburg,  New  York,  on  South  Fourth  street,  September  19,  1908. 

2.  Mervin,  born  at  No.  240  Monroe  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  June  15,  1912. 

3.  Franklin,  bom  at  No.  63  Quincy  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  November  5, 
1917.    Mr.  Elias  and  his  family  reside  at  No.  75  Aycrigg  avenue,  Passaic. 


EMERICH  STARK — ^Passaic,  New  Jersey,  possesses  a  prosperous  and 
genial  merchant  in  the  person  of  Emerich  Stark,  w<ho  conducts  his  place  of 
business  at  No.  162  Passaic  street.  A  native  of  Hungary,  Mr.  Stark  arrived  in 
New  York  City  when  twenty-two  years  of  age  to  begin  a  careen  that  was  event- 
ually filled  with  many  trying  ordealls,  and  he  confronted  many  obstacles  before 
he  Was  finally  able  to  establish  himself  in  his  first  place  of  business. 

Mr.  Stark  was  born  June  15,  1876,  the  son  of  Bernard  and  Anna  (Lieber- 
man)  Stark.  He  received  a  good  education  in  the  public  and  classical  schools 
of  his  native  country,  thus  arriving  in  America  far  better  equipped  than  most 
young  men  from  abroad,  and  his  education  later  proved  a  big  asset  to  him. 
He  was  accompanied  by  a  brother  Eugene,  wiho  is  now  engaged  in  business  in 
New  York  City.  Mr.  Stark's  first  place  of  employment  was  with  a  dry  goods 
house  in  Passaic,  and  here  he  profited  much  by  his  experience.  By  his  keen  ob- 
servation of  the  business  tactics  adopted  by  this  concern,  and  by  his  own  cour- 
tesy to  customers,  Mr.  Stark  soon  pushed  himself  forward,  and  while  serving 
his  apprenticeship  as  a  clerk,  he  pllanned  on  getting  into  business  for  himself. 
Within  two  years'  time  Mr.  Stark  opened  a  retail  furniture  store  at  No.  167 
Passaic  street,  Passaic,  whidh  was|  the  foundation  of  his  present  one.  Growing 
interests  derrianded  that  he  start  a  larger  store,  and  to  accommodate  the  trade 
and  its  demand,  he  moved  to  a  new  location  at  No.  162  Passaic  street. 

Politically,  Mr.  Stark  votes  for  no  particular  party,  being  liberal  in  his 
view's  regarding  everything  viewed  on  public  matters.  He  believes  in  voting  for 
the  individual  rather  than  the  party.  Mr.  Stark  finds  little  time  to  devote  to 
club  or  fraternal  affairs,  his  only  membership  being  in  the  Pride  of  Jersey 
Lodge.  He  and  the  members  of  his  family  attend  the  Temple  Barnett,  at  Pater- 
son,  New  Jersey. 

Mr.  Stark  married,  in  1901,  in  New  York  City,  Mdllie  Lawrence,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Joseph  and  Rose  Lawrence,  of  the  same  place.  Mr.  Stark  was  a 
resident  of  New  York  City  at  that  time.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stark  are  the  parents 
of  four  children:  Rose,  bom  in  1902;  Benjamin,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years;  Vi^la,  born  in  1909;  and  Wilfred,  born  in  1911. 


SAMUEL  SLAFF— In  1894  Louis  and  Diana  (Aschn'ovsky)  Slaff,  with 
their  children,  came  to  the  United  States,  their  son  Samuel  having  preceded  them 
in  1893,  and  purchased  a  home  in  Brooklyn,  New  York.  They  had  born  to 
them  twelve  children  as  follows:  Tomara,  deceased;  Shepard ;  Nathan;  Jacob; 
Sarah,  deceased ;  Saul ;  Ida ;  Anna ;  Isaac ;  Samuel,  of  this  review ;  Max ; 
and  Michael. 

Samuel  Slaff  was  born  in  Polozitk,  Russia,  March  15,  1875,  and  there  spent 
the  first  eighteen  years  of  his  life,  obtaining  a  puMic  school  training.     In  1893 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  591 

he  came  to  the  United  States,  alone,  and  found  employment  with  a  soda  water 
manufacturer  in  Brooklyn,  wich  whom  he  remained  six  years.  He  then  decided 
to  engage  in  the  same  business,  and  enlisting  the  aid  of  his  brothers,  Isaac  and 
Max,  he  settled  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  purchasing  the  soda  water  plant  and 
business  conducted  by  ai  cousin,  Simon  Slaff.  With  that  start,  and  the  co-oper- 
ation of  his  brothers,  Samuel  Slaff  went  on  to  a  greater  success,  abandoning  the 
soda  water  business  after  three  and  one-half  years  of  operation,  having  devel- 
oped a  building  business  as  a  side  line,  which  finally  became  his  chief  activity. 
In  1903  he  sold  his  bottling  'business  and  devoted  him'self  entirely  to  building 
and  selling  dwelling  houses  in  Passaic  and  Clifton.  In  1911  he  withdrew  from 
tihe  building  line  and  organized  the  Yellow  Pine  Lumber  Company,  of  Clifton, 
New  Jersey,  and  during  the  first  year  and  a  half  of  its  existence  Samuel  Slaff 
was  in  the  southern  yellow  pine  district,  there  buying  tracts  of  standing  timber 
wihich  he  logged  and  converted  into  merchantaMe  lumber  in  his  own  saw  mill. 
This  he  shipped  to  his  yard  in  Clifton,  which  was  in  charge  of  his  loyal  broth- 
ers, they  looking  after  the  sales  department.  The  Yellow  Pine  Lumber  Com- 
pany was  a  successful  venture  from  its  inception,  and  during  the  decade  it  has 
been  in  existence  its  success  has  more  than  justified  its  existence.  Its  volume  of 
sales  is  large,  comprising  lumber  of  varied  kinds,  sash,  blinds,  doors,  interior 
trim  and  masons'  materials.  As  president  of  the  company,  Samuel  Slaff  has 
proved  the  possession  of  strong  business  ability,  the  courage  to  undertake  new 
enterprises,  and  the  executive  strength  to  carry  them  forward  to  success. 

Mr.  Slaff  is  a  member  of  various  building  supply  and  lumber  associations, 
and  a  director  of  the  Materialmen's  Building  and  Loan  Association  of  Passaic 
and  Bergen  counties.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  fraternal  association 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  affiliated  with  both  York  and  Ancient  Accepted 
Scottish  Rites.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  the 
Hebrew  Labowitz  Friendship  Association,  the  Hebrew  Institute  of  Passaic,  and 
of  the  Home  for  the  Aged  of  Passaic  county. 

Mr.  Slaff  married,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  December  20,  1903,  Fannie 
Schulman,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Sophia  Schulman,  both  born  in  Paltova, 
Russiia.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Slaff  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Diana  and  Leonard. 


MICHAEL  SLAVIN — ^Standing  back  of  the  building  trades  in  Passaic 
county.  New  Jersey,  Michael  Slavin  is  taking  a  very  practical  part  in  the  gen- 
eral advance  as  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Yellow  Pine  Lumber  Company, 
with  offices  in  Clifton,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Slavin  is  a  son  of  Louis  and  Diana 
(Ashinoosky)  Slavin,  both  natives  of  Russia.  Louis  Slavin  brought  his  family 
to  the  United  States  inl  1894,  and  since  arriving  here  has  lived  a  retired  life. 

Michael  Slavin  was  born  in  Witebsk,  Russia,  January  9,  1884,  and  was 
ten  years  of  age  when  he  came  with  his  parents  to  this  country.  The  family 
located  first  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  he  attended  Public  School  No.  43,  in 
that  city,  until  1898,  when  their  removal  to  Passaic  placed  him  in  Public  School 
No.  6,  of  this  city,  for  his  final  year  in  the  grammiar  grades,  from  wihich  he  was 
graduated  in  1899.  Entering  the  old  Passaic  High  School  in  the  fall  of  the 
same  year,  he  covered  the  course  in  three  years  and  was  graduated  in  1902.  In 
1903  Mr.  Slavin  entered  Corne'U  University,  medical  department,  but  financial 
reverses  caused  him  to  drop  his  studies  temporarily  and  enter  the  business  world. 
In  business  life  he  has  risen  In  his  activities,  and  has  never  returned  to  college 
to  resume  his  medical  studies.  Beginning  with  the  Erie  railroad,  in  their  car 
service  department  at  Jersey  City,  at  a  salary  of  $35  per  month,  Mr.  Slavin 
was  with  them  scarcely  more  than  a  year  when  he  became  associated  wfith  Slaff 
Brothers  in  the  building  business.    This  was  in  1905,  and  he  remained  with  this 


592  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

concern  for  about  four  years,  then  in  1909  entered  the  wholesaile  flour  business 
in  partnership  with  Hyman  Kramer,  unden  the  firm,  name  of  the  Passaic  Flour 
Company,  their  location  being  at  the  corner  of  Hudson  and  First  streets,  Passaic. 
Three  years  later  Mr.  Slavin  dissoilved  partnership  with  Mr.  Kramer  and  became 
identified  with  the  Yellow  Pine  Lum'ber  Company,  of  Clifton,  New  Jersey,  of 
which  he  is  now  secretary  and  treasurer.  This  is  a  growing  concern,  handling 
already  a  large  volume  of  business,  and  contributing  in  a  significant  degree  to 
the  recovery  of  the  building  interests  of  this  section  from  the  recent  stagnation 
which  was  the  inevitable  result  of  war  conditions.  Interested  in  all  public  ad- 
vance, Mr.  Slavin  supports  the  RepuMican  party  in  his  political  activity,  but 
takes  only  the  citizen's  interest  in  public  affairs.  He  isi  a  director  of  the  Young 
Men's  Hebrew  Association,  and  of  Alpiha  Lodge,  No.  89,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons. 

Mr.  Slavin  married,  in  Passaic,  July  4,  1915,  Sarah  Wisnev,  wiho  was  born 
in  Passaic,  a  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Clara  Wisnev.  They  have  one  daughter, 
Dorothea  Violet,  born  in  Passaic  in  1917. 


ANTHONY  PERRAPATO— Among  the  younger  citizens  of  Garfield, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  has  resided  since  he  was  about  six  years  of  age,  is  Anthony 
Perrapato,  wlho  has  been  active  in  the  politdcal  and  public  affairs  of  this  com- 
munity since  November,  1919. 

Carmine  Perrapato,  father  of  Anthony  Perrapato,  was  born  in  Italy,  in 
1872,  and  came  to  this  country  in  1892,  with  his  wife  and  two  eldest  children, 
settling  first  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  later  moving  to  Garfield,  New  Jer- 
sey, where  he  has  since  continued  to  reside,  being  recognized  as  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial Italian  residents  of  this  community.  He  married  Maria  Mosco,  a  native 
of  Italy,  and  to  them  have  been  born  twe^lve  children :  Minnie,  who'  married 
Michael  Chiricello,  of  Passaic ;  Anthony,  of  further  mention ;  Rose,  who  married 
William  Van  Loest,  of  Garfield ;  Nicholas ;  Lillian ;  Josephine ;  Susan ;  Mil- 
dred ;  Margaret ;  Thomas ;  John ;  Leona. 

Anthony  Perrapato  was  born  March  23,  1895,  in  Italy,  and  when  but  an 
infant  was  brought  by  his  parents  to  this  country.  The  family  resided  for  five 
years  in  Brooklyn,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  came  to  Garfield,  New  Jersey. 
Here  the  boy  attended  the  local  schools  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  when 
he  left,  and  apprenticed  himsdlf  to  the  printer's  trade,  serving  in  this  capacity 
for  the  next  two  years.  In  1912  he  became  associated  with  his  father  in  business, 
the  latter  having  established  himself  in  the  trucking  business,  and  in  this  he  has 
continued  ever  since.  In  politics,  Mr.  Perrapato  is  a  staunch  Democrat,  and 
v/as  nominated  by  his  party  as  councilman  from  Ward  Three,  and  later,  on 
November  3,  1919,  elected  to  this  office,  in  which  he  has  served  until  the  present 
date.  He  affiliates  with  the  Sons  of  Italy,  and  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  and  in 
religion,  is  a  Roman  Catholic.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Democratic  Forum 
of  Garfield,  and  a  member  of  the  Garfield  Pleasure  Club. 

On  September  23,  1915,  Anthony  Perrapato  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Nellie  Palidino,  a  native  of  Brooklyn,  New  York.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Perrapato 
are  the  parents  of  three  children :  Marie,  Pauline,  and  Carmine. 


JACOB  FINKELSTEIN,  who  is  a  native  of  Roumania,  'has  throughout 
his  active  life  been  engaged  in  business  in  Passaic,  and  now  stan'ds  among  the 
foremost  men  in  this  city  in  mercantile  endeavor,  his  furniture  store  being  one 
of  the  most  important  business  interests  in  the  city.  Mr.  Finkelstein  is  a  son  of 
Adolph  and  Henrietta  Finkelstein,  natives  of   Rooimania,  wlho  oame  to  this 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  593 

country  when  Jacob  was  a  little  child,  and  have  beconle  prosperous  and  honored 
citizens  of  New  York  City. 

Jacob  Finkelstein  was  born  in  Bucharest,  Roumania,  February  17,  1882. 
Coming  to  this  country  in  his  childhood,  he  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  New  York  City,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  due  course.  As  a 
young  man  he  became  identified  with  his  father  in  the  manufacture  of  parlor 
furniture,  the  business  then  being  a  rapidly  growing  interest,  and  now  being  one 
of  the  largest  factories  of  its  kind  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  Finkelstein  still 
holds  an  interest  in  this  business,  but  a  number  of  years  ago  he  became  inter- 
ested in  the  retail  branch  of  the  furniture  business,  and  established  a  store  in 
Passaic.  His  familiarity  with  tihe  dem'ands  of  the  public,  gained  through  his 
experience  in  the  production  branch,  has  given  him  a  comprehensive  insight  into 
business  conditions  in  this  field,  and  his  success  has  been  remarkable.  Under  the 
name  Greater  New  York  Furniture  Store,  Mr.  Finkelstein  is  doing  a  very 
extensive  business,  meeting  the  requirements  of  the  people,  from  the  most  exclu- 
sive design's  in  fine  furniture  to  the  simple,  every-day  needs  of  the  cottage  home. 
Their  spacious  show  rooms  are  filled  with  a  rarely  fine  assortment  in  this  line  of 
merchandise.  Mr.  Finkelstein  is  also  president  of  the  Franklin  Chain  Stores, 
retail  distributors  of  ladies'  apparel,  located  in  many  different  cities.  Although 
his  time  is  almost  entirely  absorbed  by  these  exacting  business  interests,  Mr. 
Finkelstein  serves  as  president  of  the  Adolph  Finkelstein  Lodge,  and  is  a  director 
of  the  Progress  Club  of  Passaic.  He  attends  the  Synagogue,  and  is  a  director 
of  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association. 

Mr.  Finkelstein  married,  in  New  York  City,  in  the  year  1908,  Susan 
Schwartz,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Rebecca  Schwartz.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Finkel- 
stein have  two  daughters  and  one  son:  Frances,  born  April  12,  1909;  Mar- 
jorie,  born  July  7,  1911  ;  and  Robert,  born  January  19,  1915. 

JOSEPH  R.  RICCIARDI — In  the  manufacturing  activities  for  which  his 
experience  hais  especially  fitted  him,  Joseph  R.  Ricoiardi,  of  Garfield,  New  Jer- 
sey, is  enjoying  gratifying  success.  Mr.  Ricciardi  is  a  son  of  Peter  and  Theresa 
(Scaffidi)  Ricciardi,  natives  of  Messina,  Italy,  and  his  father,  who  for  many 
years  was  a  provision  merchant,  both  in  Italy  and  in  this  country,  died  in  Gar- 
field, in  1913.  The  mother  died  in  Italy,  in  1902,  before  the  family  migrated 
to  tihe  United  States. 

Mr.  Ricciardi  was  born  in  Messina,  Italy,  November  29,  1885,  and  received 
a  thoroughly  practical  education  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  his  native 
city.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  years  he  came  to  America  alone,  and  locating  in 
New  York  City,  became  identified  with  the  olothing  Concern  of  H.  Offerman,  at 
No.  332  East  102nd  street,  as  an  "operator."  Remaining  with  this  house  for 
three  years,  he  meanwhile  attended  night  school,  the  better  to  fit  himself  for  his 
life  in  the  new  country  and  for  success  in  the  business  world.  Having  mastered 
the  business,  Mr.  Ricciardi  struck  out  for  himself  in  the  m'anufacture  of  skirts, 
with  hiis  factory  at  No.  300  East  101st  street,  New  York  City,  and  was  very 
successful  along  this  line  for  about  nine  years.  Then,  wishing  to  get  out  of  the 
great  city  for  the  sake  of  his  two  children,  he  determined  to  remove  his  business 
to  Garfield.  This  he  did  in  1913,  and  opened  a  skirt  manufacturing  business 
in  company  with  his  brother,  John  Ricciardi,  whose  life  is  reviewed  in  the  fol- 
lowing sketch,  and  who  was  also  experienced  in  this  line.  They  were  together 
for  about  one  year,  at  No.  327  Harrison  avenue,  in  Garfield.  Meanwhile 
Joseph  R.  Ricciardi  had  built  a  factory  at  No.  319  Harrison  avenue,  and  at  the 
end  of  the  year  the  brothers  dissolved  partnership,  Joseph  going  on  with  the 
same  line  of  business  in  his  new  factory,  and  John  continuing  elsewhere.     Mr. 


594  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Ricciardi  is  still  active,  and  has  developed  a  fine  and  growing  business  in  his 
new  plant,  feeling  the  satisfaction  of  having  achieved  his  success  by  the  work 
of  his  own  hands. 

A  supporter  of  the  Democratic  party,  Mr.  Ricciardi  is  a  very  active  member 
of  the  Third  Ward  Citizens'  Club,  of  Garfield,  Incorporated,  but  always  de- 
clines public  honors.  He  gave  liberally  of  his  time  and  money  to  the  Red 
Cross  during  the  World  War,  and  the  factory  scored  one  hundred  per  cent  in 
the  purchase  of  Liberty  Bonds.  Mr.  Ricciardi  served  on  the  committee  which 
collected  funds  for  the  soldiers'  monument  in  Garfield.  Fraternally,  he  is  well 
known  as  a  member  of  Giordono  Bruno  Lodge,  No.  14,  Sons  of  Italy,  of  Gar- 
field.    He  is  a  member  of  Mount  Virgin  Roman  Catholic  Church,  of  Garfield. 

Mr.  Ricciardi  married,  on  October  20,  1906,  in  New  York  City,  Rosie  Pin- 
taura,  of  that  city,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Theresa  (Cuippa)  Pintaura,  her  father 
}la^^ng  died  in  Italy  m'any  years  ago,  and  her  mother  now  residing  at  No.  323 
Harrison  street,  Garfield.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ricciardi  are  the  parents  of  two  sons: 
Peter,  born  January  28,  1908,  now  attending  Public  School  No.  7;  and  Frank, 
born  December  20,  1910,  now  attending  Public  School  No.  3,  of  Garfield. 

JOHN  RICCIARDI — Following  a  special  line  of  manufacture  in  a  mod- 
est way,  John  Ricciardi,  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  is  making  a  marked  succes?. 
He  is  a  son  of  Peter  and  Theresa  (Scaffidi)  Ricciardi,  both  natives  of  Messina, 
Italy,  and  a  brother  of  Joseph  R.  Ricciardi  (q.  v.). 

John  Ricciardi  was  born  in  Messina,  Italy,  July  18,  1888,  and  received 
his  education  there,  being  graduated  from  the  public  schools  and  spending  three 
years  in  high  school.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1906,  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years,  and  found  employment  in  New  York  City  with  a  skirt  manufac- 
turer. He  was  thus  engaged  for  five  years,  when  he  removed  to  Garfield, 
locating  at  No.  327  Harrison  avenue,  and  there  engaging  in  the  skirt  manufac- 
turing business  in  association  with  his  brother  Joseph.  Later  he  engaged  in 
business  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  obtaining  a  small  room  for  that  purpose,  but 
the  growth  of  his  business  was  so  rapid  that  he  was  obliged  to  find  more 
spacious  quarters.  He  was  fortunate  enough  to  secure  a  building  at  No.  45 
Garfield  avenue,  exactly  suited  to  his  needs,  where  he  could  unite  his  residence 
and  manufacturing  plant  under  one  roof.  He  is  now  one  of  the  successful  men 
of  this  community,  his  prosperity  having  been  won  entirely  by  his  own  efforts. 

In  the  various  interests  of  the  city  Mr.  Ricciardi  has  long  been  active, 
and  although  never  accepting  office  is.  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Democratic 
party.  During  the  World  War  he  was  very  active  in  all  the  Red  Cross  and 
Liberty  Loan  drives.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Democraitc  Club,  of  Garfield; 
was  one  of  the  organizers  and  is  now  secretary  of  the  Third  Ward  Citizens'  Club 
of  Garfield  and  is  a  member  and  former  secretary  of  Garfield  Lodge,  No.  16. 
Sons  of  Italy.    He  is  a  member  of  Mount  Virgin  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Mr.  Ricciardi  married,  July  20,  1913,  at  Innocent  Virgin  Church,  Salvatrice 
Ciuppa,  of  Garfield,  daughter  of  Salvatore  Ciuppa,  a  prominent  business  man 
of  Italy,  still  living  there.  The  mother,  Nancy  (Merindina)  Ciuppa,  died  in 
the  year  1904.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ricciardi  are  the  parents  of  four  children: 
Joseph,  born  April  28,  1914;  Theresa,  born  July  4,  1915;  Nancy,  born 
December  5,  1918;  and  Salvatore,  born  July  28,  1920.  The  two  older  children 
are  now  attending  Public  School  No.  3,  of  Garfield. 


NICOLA  CIAMPO — The  Ciampo  family  is  an  ancient  and  distinguished 
one  in  Italy,  tracing  its  lineage  back  for  centuries,  and  numbering  among  its 
members  many  of  Italy's  distinguished  sons,  professional  and  military.     The 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  595 

first  member  of  the  family  to  come  to  the  United  States  was  V.  Michael  Ciampo, 
born  in  the  town  of  Rapone,  Province  of  Potenza,  Italy,  and  educated  in  the 
church  schools.  He  married,  in  Italy,  Rosa  Fasciaglione,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  three  children:  Nicola,  of  whom  further;  Salvatore,  a  resident  of 
Lodi,  New  Jersey;  and  Anna,  residing  with  her  parents.  In  1885,  V.  Michael 
Ciampo  came  to  the  United  States,  leaving  his  family  in  Italy  to  follow  him 
as  soon  as  he  could  save  enough  money  to  send  for  them.  Faithfully  he  toiled 
and  carefully  he  saved  his  earnings,  but  it  was  ten  years  before  he  could  provide 
a  home  for  them,  then  the  money  was  sent  and  on  Christmas  Eve,  1895,  the 
family  was  joyfully  reunited  in  New  York  City.  V.  Michael  Ciampo  conducted 
a  coal  and  ice  business  in  New  York  City  with  some  degree  of  success  until  1900, 
when  he  removed  with  the  family  to  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  and  there  succeeded  in 
the  ambition  of  his  life,  that  of  having  a  permanent  family  home.  He  is  yet 
living  in  Lodi,  surviving  his  wife,  his  daughter  being  his  homekeeper. 

Nicola  Ciampo,  eldest  son  of  V.  Michael  and  Rosa  (Fasciaglione)  Ciampo, 
was  born  in  Rapone,  Province  of  Potenza,  Italy,  March  20,  1881.  He  attended 
the  parochial  and  State  schools  of  his  district  for  a  few  years,  but  the  absence 
of  his  father  in  the  United  States  early  called  the  lad  into  the  ranks  of  bread- 
winners, his  schooling  being  necessarily  short.  He  was  a  lad  of  fourteen  years 
when  he  joined  his  father  in  New  York  City,  where  he  was  variously  employed, 
but  he  read  and  studied  at  every  opportunity  and  was  remarkably  well-informed 
when  in  1900  the  family  left  the  city  and  acquired  a  permanent  home  in  Lodi, 
New  Jersey.  In  Lodi  he  spent  seven  years  at  various  employment,  but  all  the 
time  was  adding  to  his  educational  equipment  and  also  acquiring  some  capital. 

In  1907  he  began  to  operate  in  local  real  estate  and  with  each  succeeding 
year  his  business  has  increased  most  satisfactorily.  Later,  he  added  a  line  of  in- 
surance to  cover  the  needs  of  his  patrons,  and  as  his  real  estate  business  de- 
manded a  great  deal  of  research  to  obtain  abstracts  of  title,  he  took  up  that  busi- 
ness in  connection  with  the  making  of  deeds  and  is  a  certified  foreign  commis- 
sioner of  deeds  for  the  states  of  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey.  He 
also  deals  in  foreign  exchange  and  investments  of  various  kinds.  As  a  further 
aid  to  his  business,  he  is  studying  law  and  hopes  shortly  to  be  able  to  take  the 
New  Jersey  bar  examinations.  His  business  offices  are  In  the  new  office  build- 
ing at  Nos.  67-69  Main  street,  Lodi,  New  Jersey. 

In  politics,  Mr.  Ciampo  is  a  Republican  and  served  his  borough  as  a  mem- 
ber of  council  for  four  years,  and  as  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Education  for  five 
years,  was  a  candidate  for  mayor  in  1919,  and  is  at  present  borough  clerk.  While 
in  council  he  was  chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Finance  for  two  years,  and  chair- 
man of  Police  Commission  for  two  years.  For  fifteen  years,  1905-1921,  he  has 
been  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  Republican  County 
Committee.  In  all  these  positions  he  has  displayed  the  deepest  devotion  and  a 
great  degree  of  natural  ability,  his  record  as  a  public  official  being  beyond 
criticism.  Patriotic  and  public-spirited,  his  efforts  as  an  official  have  always 
been  for  a  better  condition  of  public  affairs,  and  the  people  have  confidence  In 
his  ability  and  in  the  purity  of  his  intentions. 

Mr.  Ciampo  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Lodi  Fire  Department,  and 
during  the  World  War,  1917-18,  he  evidenced  his  patriotism  by  offering  his 
services  as  a  soldier,  but  was  requested  by  the  authorities  to  serve  In  his  town  in 
another  capacity.  He  was  secretary  of  the  Lodi  Security  League  during  the  en- 
tire war  period;  was  active  In  local  Red  Cross  work;  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  War  Savings  Stamps ;  member  of  the  committee  on  Liberty  Loans ; 
served  on  the  advisory  board  during  the  registration  for  the  Selective  Dr^ft,  and 
made  many  speeches  during  the  various  "drives"  and  campaigns.     His  services 


596  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

were     of   great    value     to    the    government    and    were     highly    appreciated. 

In  the  fraternal  orders  he  has  gained  membership  in  the  Foresters  of  Amer- 
ica, having  passed  all  the  chairs  in  the  local  body,  and  serving  at  one  time  as 
supreme  alternate  to  the  national  body  of  the  order.  He  is  also  a  past  chief 
patriarch  of  the  Encampment  Branch  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows ;  member  of  the  Sons  of  Italy ;  the  Circolo  Nazionale ;  the  Eagle  Athletic 
Club  of  Lodi;  member  of  the  Local  Fire  Company,  and  of  the  State  Exempt 
Firemen's  Association.  When  the  new  Roosevelt  School  was  dedicated  Mr. 
Ciampo,  on  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Lodi,  presented  the  school  with  a  portrait  of 
Ex-President  Theodore  Roosevelt.  His  speech  on  that  occasion  was  a  remark- 
able one  both  for  its  excellent  English  and  for  the  high  and  lofty  sentiments  so 
clearly  and  forcibly  enunciated. 

At  the  time  of  confirming  his  citizenship,  through  some  irregularity  in  the 
law,  it  was  necessary  to  have  a  special  act  passed,  and  the  Congressional  Record 
of  January  24,  1914,  states  that  a  bill  was  introduced  admitting  Nicola  Ciampo 
to  citizenship,  this  being  one  of  the  first  bills  of  its  kind  introduced  in  Congress. 
This  special  bill  was  not  passed,  as  later  a  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  ren- 
dered it  unnecessary. 

Mr.  Ciampo  married,  in  New  York  City,  February  23,  1908,  Maria  Monte, 
born  in  New  York  City,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Michael, 
John,  Rose  and  Erminia,  all  born  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey.  The  family  are  mem- 
bers of  St.  Joseph's  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  Lodi. 

ARTHUR  MESSENBRINK— The  name  of  Messenbrink  is  a  very 
familiar  and  well  known  one  in  Passaic,  Mr.  Messenbrink  being  proprietor  of 
the  modern  market  at  No.  319  Monroe  street,  to  which  he  gave  his  name. 
During  the  years  he  has  been  in  business,  he  has  become  well  acquainted  with 
affairs  which  he  has  to  meet,  and  has  strongly  fortified  himself  in  the  good 
will  and  esteem  of  a  large  and  desirable  class  of  customers.  His  present 
location  is  in  the  new  block  opposite  the  Capitol  Theatre,  and  Messenbrink's 
Lexington  Market  is  a  much  frequented  headquarters  for  shoppers,  his  lines 
including  the  best  of  meats,  fruits,  vegetables  and  staple  groceries,  also  delica- 
tessens. The  equipment  and  service  at  Messenbrink's  is  modern  and  sanitary, 
and  the  proprietor,  who  gives  his  business  his  personal  supervision,  is  very 
popular. 

Arthur  Messenbrink,  son  of  Otto  and  Anna  (Conrad)  Messenbrink,  was 
born  in  Senftenberg,  N.  L.,  Germany,  July  8,  1889,  his  father  a  tailor,  whose 
life  was  spent  in  his  native  land.  The  elder  Messenbrinks  were  the  parents 
of  nine  children,  six  of  whom  grew  to  mature  years:  Charlotte,  Ella,  Arthur, 
Otto,  Alfred  and  Erich. 

Arthur  and  Erich  are  the  onl)'  ones  who  came  to  the  United  States,  and 
they  are  associated  in  business  in  Passaic. 

Arthur  Messenbrink,  after  completing  his  education  in  German  schools, 
learned  the  butcher's  trade  in  Pulznitz,  Saxony,  and  in  1906  came  to  the  United 
States,  spending  the  first  two  year  of  his  American  residence  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York.  In  1908  he  located  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  and  was  engaged  as  a 
butcher  until  1914,  when  he  opened  a  market  at  No.  51  Lexington  avenue, 
tailing  it  Messenbrink's  Lexington  Market.  He  continued  under  that  name 
in  that  location  until  removing  to  his  present  fine  quarters,  September  1, 
1921.  Mr.  Messenbrink  will  on  July  1,  1922,  become  a  resident  of  Clifton, 
where  he  is  building  a  fine  home  at  No.  169  Madison  avenue. 

Mr.  Messenbrink  married,  in  Danbury,  Connecticut,  January  2,  1915, 
Selma  Kappel,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Mildred  and  Annel- 


ARTHUR  MESSENBRINK,   PliOP. 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  597 

iese.  Mrs  Messenbrink  was  born  December  15,  1889,  in  Teichwolframsdorf, 
Sachsen,  Weimer,  Germany,  daughter  of  Gotlieb  and  Christine  (Kunzelj 
Kappel.  The  elder  Kappels  were  parents  of  eight  children :  Herman,  Anna, 
Hedwig,  Linda,  Bruno,  Freda,  Louise  and  Selma.  Three  of  these  children 
came  to  this  country,  Louise,  Freda  and  Selma. 


JOSEPH  MESSINEO — Broadly  representative  of  the  Italian-American 
business  men  of  progressive  ideas  and  high  ideals,  who  have  played  so  signifi- 
cant a  part  in  the  recent  development  of  Northern  New  Jersey,  Joseph 
Messineo,  of  Garfield,  holds  a  position  of  dignity  in  the  community,  and  is 
considered  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  day  in  this  section  in  the  world  of 
construction. 

Mr.  Messineo  is  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Riggio)  Messineo,  natives  of 
Italy,  but  long  residents  of  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  now  living  at  No.  179 
Passaic  avenue.  The  elder  Messineo  was  at  one  time  a  prominent  mason  and 
contractor  in  Palermo,  Italy,  but  for  more  than  thirty  years  has  lived  in  this 
country.  He  was  engaged  as  a  contractor  until  1900,  when  he  entered  the  re- 
tail fruit  business,  which  he  followed  until  1921.  He  then  retired  from  all 
active  business  interests,  and  has  since  lived  quietly,  enjoying  the  well-earned 
emoluments  of  success. 

Joseph  Messineo,  son  of  the  above,  was  born  in  Palermo,  Province  of 
Castellano,  Italy,  February  13,  1874.  In  the  schools  of  his  native  town  Mr. 
Messineo  received  a  throughly  practical  education,  and  in  1888,  at  the  age  of 
fourteen  years,  eager  to  get  out  into  the  world  of  men  and  affairs,  and  keenly 
interested  in  his  father's  business,  he  left  school  and  entered  his  father's  employ. 
The  business  being  that  of  mason  contracting,  he  served  a  regular  apprentice- 
ship, but  rapidly  gained  skill,  through  his  great  interest  in  his  work,  and  when 
the  father  came  to  America,  in  1891,  the  young  lad  was  left  in  charge  of  a 
large  and  incomplete  structure.  This  contract  he  finished  with  a  high  degree 
of  perfection,  and  continued  at  the  head  of  the  business  left  in  his  hands.  In 
1893  he  entered  the  Italian  army,  and  went  to  Civito  Vacchia  and  Rome  as  a 
part  of  the  Engineering  Corps.  He  was  made  corporal  major,  and  served  for 
two  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  Castellano,  and  was  again  actively 
engaged  at  his  trade  as  mason  for  about  a  year.  In  1896  Mr.  Messineo  came 
to  America,  where  he  joined  his  parents  in  Passaic,  and  his  first  care  was  to 
gain  a  working  knowledge  of  the  language  and  customs  of  the  new  country. 
To  this  end  he  secured  a  position  with  Antonio  Federice,  a  mason  contractor  of 
Paterson,  with  whom  he  remained  for  two  years.  In  1898  Mr.  Messineo 
established  his  own  business  in  Paterson,  but  in  December  of  1899  he  removed 
to  Garfield,  where  he  became  permanently  settled,  his  first  place  of  business  here 
being  located  at  No.  31  Commerce  street,  where  he  had  just  completed  his  new 
residence.  His  marriage  took  place  shortly  afterwards,  and  for  a  number 
of  years  sickness  in  the  family  gave  him  an  added  burden,  but  he  kept  his 
face  forward,  never  permitting  himself  to  become  discouraged,  and  eventually 
his  business  became  very  extensive  and  profitable.  He  is  now  located  at 
No.  160  Palisades  avenue,  Garfield,  his  handsome  residence  adjoining  his 
business  office.  He  has  built  some  of  the  important  structures  of  Garfield  and 
vicinity,  among  which  may  be  enumerated,  the  Mark  Twain  School,  at  the 
corner  of  Harrison  and  Clark  streets,  Garfield,  the  Baptist  church  on  Sherman 
street,  near  Hope  avenue,  Passaic,  and  the  St.  Nicholas  Ukranian  School,  on 
President  street,  near  Lexington  avenue,  Garfield,  this  last  one  of  his  most 
recently  completed  contracts. 

In  various  lines  of  organized  endeavor  Mr.  Messineo  is  active.    During  the 


598  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

World  War  he  did  much  to  advance  the  home  activities  in  support  of  the  Allied 
forces,  and  was  a  large  subscriber  to  the  Red  Cross  and  Liberty  Loans.  His  own 
army  service  having  been  in  the  period  of  the  Abyssinian-Italian  War,  although 
he  saw  no  action,  gave  him  a  clear  insight  into  the  needs  of  those  at  the  front. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Passaic  Council,  No.  542,  Loyal  Order  of 
Moose,  and  he  was  formerly  a  member  of  Corti  Oglario  Council,  Foresters  of 
America,  of  Garfield.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  is  now  vice-president 
of  the  Humbert  Club,  of  Passaic,  and  was  a  former  chairman  and  is  now  a 
member  of  the  Sons  of  Italy,  of  Garfield.  He  and  his  family  also  are  members 
of  the  Holy  Name  Roman  Catholic  Church,  of  Garfield.  Politically  Mr. 
Messsineo  supports  the  Republican  party,  but  the  commands  of  business  pre- 
clude his  active  participation  in  public  affairs. 

Mr.  Messineo  married,  January  7,  1900,  Mary  Quadaro,  daughter  of 
Dominick  and  Louisa  (Locandre)  Quadaro.  The  father  is  still  living,  in 
Italy,  but  the  mother  is  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Messineo  are  the  parents 
of  six  children,  all  living,  as  follows:  Joseph  H.,  born  December  18,  1900,  a 
graduate  of  Pratt  Institute,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  he  studied  architec- 
ture, and  now  engaged  in  a  post-graduate  course  at  Columbia  University; 
Mary,  born  February  13,  1903,  a  graduate  of  Abraham  Lincoln  School,  Gar- 
field, now  at  home;  Dominick,  born  November  18,  1905,  a  graduate  of  the 
same  school,  and  now  an  apprentice  at  the  trade  of  mason ;  Richard,  born 
April  18,  1908,  now  attending  Abraham  Lincoln  School,  Garfield;  Louisa, 
born  November  2,  1910,  now  attending  the  same  school;  and  Emil,  born 
September  29,  1913,  attending  public  school,  No.  1,  of  Garfield. 


MICHAEL  MILLER — Of  the  names  which  bear  broad  significance  to 
the  public  welfare  in  Passaic,  that  of  Michael  Miller  is  one  which  well  deserves 
a  place  of  honor  in  the  biographical  records  of  the  city. 

Michael  Miller  was  born  in  Russia.  He  came  to  the  United  States  as 
a  young  man  and  settled  permanently  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  His  life  has 
been  devoted  almost  wholly  to  the  betterment  of  conditions  among  the  Jewish 
people,  providing  for  the  immediate  needs  of  the  poor  and  homeless,  pointing 
out  the  way  to  independence  for  the  ambitious  youth  just  arriving  on  our 
shores,  caring  for  the  feeble  and  aged,  and  providing  a  seemly  resting  place 
for  the  dead.  In  1911  Mr.  Miller  organized  the  Hebrew  Medical  Association, 
of  Passaic,  which  furnishes  both  physicians  and  medicine  to  the  needy  without 
charge,  and  he  is  president  of  this  organization  at  the  present  time.  The 
various  Jewish  communities  of  Passaic  have  long  held  his  interest  and  have 
benefited  by  his  activities,  the  Home  for  Aged  Women  in  Paterson  also  re- 
ceiving much  aid  through  his  solicitations  among  those  in  a  position  to  advance 
its  progress.  He  .was  also  instrumental  in  the  organization  of  the  Ladies' 
Welfare  Society  of  Passaic.  In  1916  Mr.  Miller  founded  the  Hebrew  Shelter- 
ing Home,  which  is  located  at  No.  68  Quincy  street,  Passaic.  This  is  a  well 
furnished  home  where  the  poor,  the  homeless  and  the  wanderer  are  welcomed 
and  made  comfortable,  are  fed  and  lodged  until  permanent  provision  can  be 
made  for  them.  The  scope  of  its  usefulness  was  later  increased,  by  the  aid 
of  popular  subscription,  in  the  building  of  a  new  structure  adjoining,  for 
women,  and  also  a  hall  in  which  meetings  are  held.  On  account  of  ill  health 
Mr.  Miller  wished  to  resign  from  his  self-appointed  duties  here,  but  the  officers 
and  members  of  the  home  organization  were  so  reluctant  to  see  him  do  so 
that  he  has  continued  his  activity  in  its  behalf.  In  1919  Mr.  Miller  became 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Hebrew  Free  Burial  Association,  of  which  he  has  been 
president  since  its  inception.     The  purchase  of  a  cemetery  property  at  Rochelle 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  599 

Park  provided,  a  place  where  the  society  now  inters  the  dead  without  cost  to 
the  bereaved,  performing  a  brotherly  service  in  a  spirit  of  benevolence. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Miller  is  very  prominent  in  Passaic.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Passaic  City  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  B'rith  Abraham, 
and  was  elected  president  of  the  order  for  three  succeeding  terms.  Hfc  has  for 
many  years  been  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  Free  Sons  of  Joseph, 
of  which  he  was  elected  grand  master  in  1913.  He  was  also  a  founder  of 
the  Masonic  lodge  of  Paterson,  which  voted  that  the  lodge  bear  his  name, 
but  this  honor  was  declined  by  Mr.  Miller.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Passaic  Benevolent  Association  since  1919.  He  is  a  devout  member  of  the 
synagogue. 

Mr.  Miller  married  Fannie  Vingrad,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  six 
sons  and  two  daughters,  of  whom  two  sons  and  two  daughters  survive,  as 
follows :  Robert  of  further  mention ;  Harry,  also  of  further  mention ;  Sadie,  fif- 
teen years  of  age ;  William,  thirteen ;  and  Gertrude,  seven  ;  the  others  died  young. 

Robert  Miller,  son  of  Michael  Miller,  is  a  well  known  druggist  of  Passaic, 
and  the  owner  of  one  of  the  finest  drug  stores  in  the  city,  his  place  of  business 
being  at  Main  avenue,  corner  of  Van  Houten  avenue,  Passaic  Park.  He  is  a 
native  of  this  city,  his  birth  having  occurred  June  1,  1896,  and  his  education 
was  gained  at  the  local  public  and  high  schools.  He  later  prepared  for  his 
profession  at  the  New  Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy,  where  he  graduated  in 
1917.  He  then  served  a  clerkship  in  the  following  stores,  the  United  Retail 
Chemists,  in  the  Passaic  store,  where  he  remained  four  years  and  gained  wide 
experience,  and  the  Liggett  Store  in  Passaic,  where  he  remained  one  year. 
Then  came  his  own  enterprise,  in  which  he  is  permanently  located  and  en- 
joying both  success  and  prestige.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Young  Men's  Hebrew 
Association,  and  attends  the  Hebrew  Synagogue.  Mr.  Miller  married,  Septem- 
ber 19,  1919,  Hannah  Zacharow,  who  was  born  in  Russia,  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Esther  Zacharow,  her  father  a  business  man  of  Passaic.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Robert  Miller  have  a  son,  Edward,  born  in  November,  1921. 

Harry  Miller,  son  of  Michael  Miller,  went  with  the  American  Expedi- 
tionary Forces  to  meet  the  call  of  country  and  humanity  in  the  World  War. 
He  was  killed  in  battle,  in  France,  fighting  to  make  the  world  safe  for  Democ- 
racy. His  body  was  brought  home  to  Passaic  by  the  United  States  Government, 
in  September,  1921,  and  he  was  buried  in  Rochelle  Park  Cemetery,  with 
military  honors. 


FRANK  A.  GUGLIOTTI— Successful  in  the  business  world  of  Lodi, 
and  with  a  record  of  faithful  service  at  the  call  of  his  country,  Frank  A.  Gug- 
liotti  is  one  of  the  popular  and  highly  esteemed  young  men  of  this  community. 

Vincenzo  Gugliotti,  his  father,  was  born  in  Muro,  Lucano,  Italy,  where 
he  married  Carmela  Scoresa,  also  a  native  of  that  place,  and  brought  his  young 
wiife  to  America  in  1886,  landing  in  New  York  City.  His  only  experience 
being  along  agricultural  lines  in  the  old  country,  he  took  up  the  work  that  he 
found  at  han^,  wlhich  was  excavating,  'and  handled  this  class  of  work  as  a 
businesss  for  about  six  years.  Familiar  by  this  time  with  the  language  and 
cuscoms  of  the  country,  he  engaged  in  the  coal  and  wood  business,  and  was 
very  successful,  carrying  it  forward  until  1910,  when  he  came  to  Lodi,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  was  for  some  years  engaged  in  the  same  business,  also  open- 
ing a  grocery  store  on  Harrison  street,  which  is  one  of  the  successful  business 
enterprises  of  -its  kind  here  today.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gugliotti  are  the  parents  of 


600  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

seven  children :  Benedetta ;  Frank  A.,  of  later  mention ;  Lucy ;  Charles ;  Fannie ; 
Jeannette ;   and  Mary. 

Frank  A.  Gugliotti  was  born  in  New  York  City,  May  10,  1895,  'and  at- 
tended the  Mount  Carmel  Parochial  School  at  115th  street,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  at  the  age  of  ten  years.  With  the  removal  of  the  family  to 
Lodi  he  became  a  pupil  at  the  Lincoln  school,  then  later  attended  the  Roosevelt 
school  for  more  than  a  year.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  Mr.  Gugliotti  left 
school  and  entered  the  engineering  department  of  the  United  Piece  Dye  Works, 
in  the  capacity  of  clerk.  While  thus  engaged  he  took  up  a  business  course  at 
Drake's  Business  College,  attending  the  evening  classes  and  studying  shorthand. 
During  the  World  War  he  entered  'the  service  and  was  stationed  at  Camp  Dix 
for  five  months,  after  which  he  was  s€nt  overseas  with  the  78th  Division,  309th 
Field  Hospital,  and  served  in  the  Argonne  and  St.  Mihiel  sectors  for  eleven 
months.  After  the  signing  of  the  armistice  he  was  returned  to  this  country, 
and  received  his  honorable  discharge  at  Camp  Dix.  Returning  immediately  to 
Lodi,  Mr.  Gugliotti  took  up  his  interrupted  duties  at  the  dye  Works,  where  he 
remained  until  July,  1920.  At  that  time  Mr.  Gugliotti  determined  upon  strik- 
ing out  for  himself,  and  seeing  an  opporimity  in  the  transportation  line,  he  es- 
tablished an  express  business,  operating  between  Lodi,  Passaic,  Garfield  and 
New  York  City.  This  enterprise  seemed  to  fill  a  real  need  of  ithe  people,  and 
is  going  forward  with  marked  success. 

Mr.  Gugliotti  is  taking  a  deep  interest  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  com- 
munity, and  as  a  supporter  of  the  Democratic  party  has  been  brought  for- 
ward in  public  life  locally.  In  March,  1920,  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Education,  and  is  still  serving.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Bergen 
County  Democratic  Club,  of  the  Eagle  Athletic  Association,  Incorporated,  of 
the  Foresters  of  America,  of  the  American  Legion  (Joseph  McLane  Post), 
and  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows- 


MICHAEL  CAVALLO — Widely  known  in  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey, 
and  active  in  public  life,  Michael  Cavallo,  of  Lodi,  is  taking  a  progressive 
part  in  the  general  advance,  and  his  influence  is  reaching  many  circles.  Mr. 
Cavallo  is  a  son  of  Joseph  Cavallo,  who  was  born  in  Italy,  where  he  had  a 
farm  for  many  years,  carrying  several  hundred  sheep.  At  about  forty  years 
of  age  Joseph  Cavallo  came  to  this  country,  and  after  remaining  for  a  time 
and  becoming  established  in  the  strange  land,  he  returned  to  Italy  for  his 
family.  Coming  to  New  York  City  they  resided  there  until  1896,  when  they 
came  to  Lodi.  Here  Mr.  Cavallo  became  well  known  in  various  social  and  fra- 
ternal connections,  and  now  lives  retired  at  No.  196  Farnum  avenue.  He 
married,  in  Italy,  Teresa  Turco,  who  is  also  still  living  at  the  above  address. 

Michael  Cavallo  was  born  in  New  York  City,  March  21,  1895,  and  was 
one  year  old  when  the  family  removed  to  Lodi.  Here  he  attended  the  Lincoln 
school,  completing  his  studies  at  the  McKinley  school  in  Passaic.  At  the  age 
of  thirteen  years  he  left  school  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Hamersly 
Manufacturing  Company,  meanwhile  attending  night  sessions  at  Drake's  Busi- 
ness College,  ^'^ariously  employed  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age,  Mr. 
Cavallo  then  erected  the  building  wfhich  is  now  the  headquarters  of  the  Bergen 
County  Democratic  Club,  and  which  stands  at  No.  198  Farnum  avenue.  He 
then  began  the  organization  of  the  club,  although  at  that  time  there  were  only 
five  Democrats  in  Mr.  Cavallo's  distict.  As  a  result  largely  of  his  tireless 
efforts  and  constructive  energy,  the  Democratic  Club  is  probably  one  of  the 
strongest  political  organizations  in  Lodi,  and  Mr.  Cavallo  was  elected  president 
of  the  club  in  1920.    Although  he  has  never  been  an  oiRcce  seeker,  he  was  elected 


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county  committeeman  in  1916,  and  served  in  this  capacity  until  1922.  He  was 
a  charter  member  of  the  Eagle  Athletic  Association,  Incorporated,  and  has 
always  been  active  in  ithe  advancement  of  the  interests  of  this  organization. 

Mr.  Cavallo  married,  in  Lodi,  New  Jersey,  in  1919,  Elsie  McGuire, 
daughter  of  Michael  and  Jessie  (Elliot)  McGuire,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Joseph   Vincent,   born   December  20,    1921. 


JOHN  \'ARGO — A  leading  representative  and  a  Carpatho-Russian  set- 
tler of  Garfield,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  was  born  in  the  village  of  Starina, 
Russia,  February  19,  1880.  His  parents  were  John  and  Julia  Vargo.  Vargo, 
senior,  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  was  a  man  possessed  of  large  and 
rugged  frame,  great  energy  and  perseverance  in  the  performance  of  his  work. 
He  died  in  the  village  of  Starina  in  1885.  His  wife  and  mother  of  his  children 
passed  away  at  the  family  home  in  1892.  Both  were  members  of  the  Greek 
Catholic  Church.  They  had  two  children,  namely :  John,  of  whom  further ; 
and  Susan.  Susan  came  to  this  country  in  1897  and  settled  in  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts ;    she  married  John  Zasrk ;    they  had  a  family  of  eight  children. 

John  Vargo,  son  of  John  and  Julia  \'argo,  was  born  in  Starina,  Russia, 
in  1880.  Having  been  left  an  orphan  at  the  early  age  of  five  years,  he  was 
cared  for  in  the  home  of  relatives  with  whom  he  resided  up  to  his  nineteenth 
year.  His  educational  advantages  having  been  limited,  he  applied  himself  to 
such  work  as  the  routine  of  farmer  life  afforded  in  his  native  country.  In  1899, 
he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  his  sister  having  preceded  him  to  this  country. 
He  arrived  in  New  York,  September  14,  1899.  He  located,  with  his  sister,  in 
Lynn,  Massachusetts,  where  he  continued  to  reside  for  a  brief  period.  In  1900, 
he  went  to  Rockaway,  Morris  county,  New  Jersey,  where  he  found  employment 
in  the  iron  mines.  This  class  of  work,  however,  did  not  appeal  to  him,  and  he 
returned  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  General 
Electric  Light  Company,  with  whom  he  learned  the  iron  moulding  and  foundry 
trade.  He  continued  in  this  business  for  the  next  two  years.  He  then  located 
at  Ridgeway,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  engaged  as  a  practical  founder  and 
moulder,  and  in  1909,  he  came  to  Garfield,  Bergen  county,  New  Jersey,  where 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Adam  Laytham  Brass  and  Iron  Foundry  in  the 
Dundee  district  of  Passaic.  Here  the  young  and  ambitious  moulder  and 
foundryman  continued  during  the  next  five  years,  and  in  1914,  he  began  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account  in  the  dairying  and  milk  trade;  In  1921  Mr.  Vargo 
erected  a  modern  brick  dwelling  house  in  Jewell  street,  immediately  adjacent  to 
his  present  dairying  and  dwelling  house. 

John  Vargo  was  married  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  in  St.  Michael's  Church, 
May  5,  1902,  to  Mary  Zosak,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Annie  Zosak.  They  have 
the  following  children:  1.  Michael,  born  February  11,  1903.  2.  Annie,  born 
April  2,  1905.  3.  Julia,  born  March  11,  1908.  4.  John,  born  September  15, 
1909.  5.  Suzan,  born  October  9,  1911.  6.  Maria,  born  June  2,  1914.  7.  Mar- 
garetta,  born  December  21,  1915.     8.  Lilliana,  born  February  9,  1918. 


JAMES  A.  FERRARO — The  first  representative  and  founder  of  this 
branch  of  the  Ferraro  family  in  this  country  was  Antonio  Ferraro,  who  was 
born  in  the  Kingdom  of  Italy.  His  father,  Vito  Ferraro,  was  an  experienced 
and  practical  mechanic,  which  line  of  work  he  pursued  throughout  the  active 
years  of  his  life.    He  was  highly  respected  for  his  integrity,  social  and  religious 

worth.     He  married  Anne ,  who  was  also  a  native  of  the  same  locality. 

They  had  two  sons,  Antonio  and  Frank.     The  latter  remained  in  his  native 
land,  where  he  married  and  reared  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters. 


602  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Antonio  Ferraro  received  his  early  educational  advantages  In  the  schools 
of  the  neighborhood  where  his  parents  resided.  Upon  attaining  to  suitable 
years  he  entered  upon  a  course  of  academical  study  in  one  of  the  leading  tech- 
nical schools  of  the  locality,  where  he  graduated  as  a  civil  engineer  and  sur- 
veyor. Soon  after  leaving  his  alma  mater,  he  pursued  his  chosen  line  of  woric 
in  his  native  country,  but  later  decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  hoping 
to  find  a  broader  field  for  his  skill  in  his  profession,  and  accordingly  he  sailed 
with  his  wife.  Rose  Ferraro,  and  two  children  from  the  seaport  city  of  Naples, 
Italy.  Upon  his  arrival  in  New  York  City,  Antonio  Ferraro  settled  there  with 
his  family,  where  he  again  pursued  his  profession  up  to  about  1900,  when  he 
returned  to  his  native  country,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  four  children,  two 
sons  and  two  daughters,  viz.,  Vito,  Frank,  Mary  and  Anna.  In  addition  to 
these  children  they  had  a  son,  James  A.,  of  whom  further. 

James  A.  Ferraro,  son  of  Antonio  and  Rose  Ferraro,  was  born  at  the 
family  home,  January  22,  1885.  He  was  brought  to  this  country  by  his  parents 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  and  upon  the  settlement  of  his  parents  in  New 
York  City,  he  there  obtained  his  early  educational  advantages  in  the  public 
schools.  When  his  parents  returned  with  the  other  children  to  their  native  land, 
the  son,  James  A.,  remained  in  the  home  of  his  maternal  uncle,  with  whom 
he  made  his  abode  and,  upon  attaining  to  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  began 
to  apply  himself  to  the  practical  duties  of  life.  He  then  pursued  various  forms 
of  employment.  About  1908,  young  Ferraro  decided  to  establish  himself  in 
some  pursuit  or  occupation  that  would  afford  him  an  opportunity  to  begin 
business  on  his  own  account.  In  1908  he  located  in  Paterson,  Passaic  county. 
New  Jersey,  where  he  engaged  in  the  contracting  and  building  business  on  his 
own  account.  In  this  undertaking  he  met  with  a  well  merited  degree  of  success 
as  the  result  of  his  indefatigable  energ)'  and  perseverance.  About  1915,  Mr. 
Ferraro  located  in  the  city  of  Passaic,  where  he  finally  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business,  and  in  this  line  of  enterprise  he  likewise  met  with  a  well 
merited  degree  of  success,  as  the  logical  result  of  his  straightforward  and  hon- 
orable methods  in  all  his  business  dealings  with  his  patrons.  In  his  religious 
associations  he  is  a  communicant  of  the  Catholic  church. 


FRANK  KAPLAN — Kaplan  as  a  family  name  has  been  in  use  in  the 
provinces  of  the  western  part  of  Russia  for  many  generations.  The  first 
American  representative  of  this  branch  of  the  family  was  Nathan  Kaplan, 
who  was  born  and  resided  in  the  city  of  Vilna,  Russian-Poland.  He  there 
received  his  education,  and  upon  attaining  years  of  manhood  engaged  in  the 
wood  and  lumber  trade  and  in  the  production  of  hand  made  shingles.  He  con- 
tinued In  these  lines  until  about  1888-89,  when  he  came  to  the  United  States, 
landing  in  New  York  City.  Soon  afterward  Nathan  Kaplan  settled  with  his 
family  In  the  Dundee  district  of  what  was  then  the  borough  of  Passaic,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life,  dying  at  his  home  in 
Second  street,  in  September,  1903.  In  his  religious  faith  he  was  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Beni  Jacob  Synagogue,  in  Passaic. 

Nathan  Kaplan  married  (first)  Fannie,  whose  maiden  name  has  not  been 
preserved,  as  she  was'  early  left  an  orphan.  She  had  been  reared  and  cared 
for  by  a  relative  of  the  family  who  resided  in  a  village  not  far  from  Vilna, 
Russian-Poland.     She  died  there  at  the  family  home  in  1872.     Nathan  Kaplan 

married    (second)    Jennie   ,    born   in    Russian-Poland,    who   came   to   the 

United  States  about  1891,  and  survives  her  husband,  now  residing  in  Passaic, 
New  Jersey. 

Frank  Kaplan,  only  son  of  Nathan  and  Fannie  Kaplan,  was  born  at  the 


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family  home  near  Vilna,  in  Russian-Poland,  November  15,  1860.  He  there 
was  educated,  and  grew  to  manhood  under  the  parental  roof.  In  1884  he  sailed 
from  Hamburg,  bound  for  the  port  of  New  York  City,  where  he  arrived  August 
9,  1884.  Soon  after  arriving  in  New  York  City,  young  Kaplan  began  securing 
a  stock  of  various  kinds,  and  engaged  as  an  itinerant  salesman,  first  in  New 
York  City  and  later  in  the  surrounding  New  Jersey  communities  in  Hudson 
and  Passaic  counties.  He  persevered  in  this  work  during  the  next  two  and  a 
half  years,  and  as  a  result  of  his  industry  and  persevering  efforts  he  was  able 
in  1887  to  locate  with  his  family  in  the  borough  of  Passaic,  his  home  on  Passaic 
street,  near  Second  street,  being  in  the  Dundee  district.  There  he  established 
himself  in  the  grocery  business,  on  Second  street,  continuing  two  years.  He 
next  built  the  house  at  Nos.  48  and  50  Second  street,  to  which  he  transferred 
his  grocery  business,  adding  meat  and  provisions,  continuing  here  during  the 
following  ten  years.  He  later  became  engaged  in  the  coal  business,  having  his 
first  office  at  First  and  Jefferson  streets,  near  the  canal,  where  he  purchased 
the  coal  yard  formerly  owned  by  Piepling  &  Schuman.  In  this  undertaking  he 
met  with  merited  success  as  the  result  of  persevering  effort  and  straightforward 
business  dealing.  He  later  sold  his  interests  in  the  coal  trade  to  A.  Wilensky 
&  Son,  but  in  1905  he  again  actively  engaged  in  the  coal  business,  having 
established  yards  and  office  at  Seventh  and  Passaic  streets,  in  the  Dundee  dis- 
trict, where  he  has  built  up  a  successful  and  ever  increasing  trade. 

Frank  Kaplan  married,  in  New  York  City,  in  March,  1885,  Yetta  Rosen- 
thal, and  they  are  the  parents  of  four  sons  and  five  daughters:  1.  Samuel,  a 
merchant,  engaged  in  the  millinery  business  in  Passaic,  New  Jersey.  2.  Nellie 
H.,  married  A.  Cohen,  of  Passaic.  3.  Sol,  hisi  father's  associate  in  the  coal 
business.  4.  Philip,  also  associated  with  his  father  in  business.  5.  Sarah,  mar- 
ried J.  Mayer,  of  Passaic.  6.  Anna,  married  J.  Tilson,  of  Passaic.  7.  Jacob, 
a  lawyer  of  Passaic.  8.  Fanny,  married  H.  Levy,  of  Passaic.  9.  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Fred  Heinze.  In  1898  Mr.  Kaplan  bought  a  residence  at  No.  295  Pauli- 
son  avenue,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  which  has  since  been  the  family  home. 


GEORGE  CASCINO — Dominick  Cascino  and  his  wife,  Anna  (La  Bar- 
bera)  Cascino,  were  residents  of  Baucina,  a  town  of  Sicily,  twenty-five  miles 
southeast  of  Palermo,  Italy,  at  the  time  of  the  birth  of  their  son,  George  Cas- 
cino, March  1,  1882.  Seven  years  later  the  family  left  Sicily  and  in  New  York 
City  public  schools  the  lad,  George,  completed  his  studies  with  graduation. 
During  the  years  1893-98  Brooklyn  was  his  home  and  there  he  learned  the 
barber's  trade.  In  1898  he  entered  the  employ  of  William  Lauterbach,  a  large 
New  York  City  manufacturer  of  pants,  and  continued  with  that  firm  twelve 
years,  becoming  manager  of  the  operating  department,  and  developing  strong 
ability  as  a  business  man. 

In  1910  he  began  the  upbuilding  of  a  business  of  his  own,  starting  a  small 
plant  at  No.  178  Malcolm  street,  Garfield,  New  Jersey.  At  that  time  business 
in  Garfield  was  greatly  depressed  and  for  about  one  year  Mr.  Cascino,  in  order 
to  help  furnish  employment  for  many  women,  contracted  with  New  York 
manufacturers  the  "finishing"  process  of  one  thousand  pairs  of  pants  daily, 
personally  attending  to  the  shipment  and  transportation.  During  this  period 
he  was  engaged  in  constructing  a  factory  building,  and  upon  its  completion  in 
1911  he  began  business  as  a  pants  manufacturer  under  contract  with  leading 
New  York  houses.  For  ten  years  he  continued  thus  and  gained  high  reputation 
as  a  man  of  business  integrity  and  ability.  In  March,  1921,  he  retired  from 
the  contracting  field  in  order  to  himself  become  a  manufacturer,  joining  with 
others  in   forming  an   independent  firm,   The  Garfield  Pants   Manufacturing 


604  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

Company,  with  offices  at  No.  722  Broadway,  New  York.  He  was  not  satisfied 
in  that  connection,  however,  and  in  December,  1921,  he  withdrew  from  the  cor- 
poration and  resumed  his  old  business  as  a  contractor  in  his  own  factory,  No. 
178  Malcolm  street,  Garfield,  New  Jersey.  He  has  been  very  successful  in  his 
business  and  has  other  Garfield  interests. 

Mr.  Cascino  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  in  January,  1922,  was  elected 
a  justice  of  the  peace  for  Garfield.  During  the  war  period,  1917-18,  he  aided 
freely  in  Liberty  Loan  drives,  his  own  factory  hands  purchasing  bonds  to  the 
amount  of  $3,000,  a  one  hundred  percent,  record  for  the  Cascino  force  of 
twenty-eight  people.  At  the  present  time  (1922),  he  is  a  member  of  the  ad- 
visory board.  He  is  a  member  of  Mount  Virgin  Roman  Catholic  Church; 
treasurer  of  the  Third  Ward  Citizens'  Club,  the  Democratic  Forum,  and  Inde- 
pendent Sons  of  Italy,  all  of  Garfield. 

George  Cascino  married,  in  New  York  City,  August  15,  1907,  Maria  Carmc- 
la  Oliva,  of  that  city,  daughter  of  Alphonzo  and  Carmela  (Maneri)  Oliva,  her 
father  a  roofing  contractor.  Mrs.  Cascino  is  president  of  the  Regina  Elena,  Inde- 
pendent Daughters  of  Italy,  which  she  was  instrumental  in  organizing.  She  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Ladies'  Democratic  Forum  of  Garfield.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cas- 
cino are  the  parents  of  three  children,  all  born  in  Garfield :  Anna,  born  August 
11,  1908,  now  a  student  in  Garfield  High  School,  having  completed  grammar 
school  courses;  Carmela,  born  April  9,  1910;  Dominick,  born  July  19,  1913. 


NOCKEM  RISKIN— In  far  away  Russia,  in  the  Province  of  Witebsk, 
city  of  Gorodok,  on  July  29,  1859,  Nockem  Riskin  was  born,  youngest  son  of 
Solomon  and  Rebecca  Riskin,  He  has  brothers  and  sisters :  Abraham,  Gertrude, 
Paul,  Joseph,  Solomon  and  Saul,  all  of  whom  grew  up  in  Gorodok  and  were 
well  educated. 

Nockem  Riskin  continued  in  his  native  city  until  1890,  there  being  engaged 
as  a  wholesale  liquor  dealer.  In  1890  he  came  to  the  United  States,  soon  settling 
in  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  where  in  1891,  with  five  partners,  he  started  a  plaster 
of  paris  factory  on  Main  avenue,  near  Oak  street,  and  in  that  venture  lost  his 
entire  capital.  For  a  year  and  a  half  thereafter  he  was  employed  by  the  Okon- 
ite  Company  at  a  weekly  wage  of  $7.50,  after  which  he  developed  a  profitable 
line  of  peddling,  which  netted  him  a  profit  of  from  forty  to  fifty  dollars  weekly. 
After  six  months  successful  peddling,  he  used  the  capital  he  had  again  accum- 
ulated in  stocking  a  grocery  store  at  Palisade  avenue  and  Grand  street,  Garfield, 
which  he  opened  in  1893,  the  second  grocery  store  to  open  in  Garfield,  W.  O. 
Bush  being  the  first  grocer  there.  Mr.  Riskin  successfully  conducted  his  grocery 
store  until  1913,  when  he  established  a  coal  and  ice  business  at  Main  avenue 
and  Monroe  street,  Passaic,  New  Jersey,  then  in  1915  sold  out  his  grocery  store 
and  gave  his  entire  time  to  the  new  business.  In  1915  he  built  a  large  coal 
pocket,  and  equipped  his  yards  and  plant  with  all  modern  aids.  He  has  been 
very  successful  and  has  built  up  a  large  business.  Mr.  Riskin  is  a  member  of 
the  Hebrew  Independent  Benevolent  Association ;  Passaic  Hebrew  Institute ; 
B'nai  Jacob  Synagogue,  and  the  Hebrew  Leboritz  Synagogue. 

Mr.  Riskin  married,  at  Gorodok,  Russia,  in  1882,  Rose  Dolgopolsky,  born 
July  12,  1860,  daughter  of  Morton  and  Rachel  Dolgopolsky,  her  father  engaged 
in  the  hotel  business.  Mr,  and  Mrs,  Riskin  are  the  parents  of  three  children: 
1.  John,  born  October  15,  1891  ;  graduated  from  public  and  high  schools,  and 
is  now  in  business  with  his  father ;  he  married  Bessie  Hurewitz,  of  New  York 
City.  2.  Gertrude,  born  December  10,  1894;  graduated  from  public  and  high 
school ;  married  Joseph  Kaufman,  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey.     3,  Sarah,  born 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  605 

August  26,   1897;  graduated  from  public,  high  and  normal  schools;  married 
Louis  Gold,  of  Passaic,  New  Jersey;    died  December  6,  1921. 


JOSEPH  FOCARINO— For  thirty-five  years  a  resident  of  the  United 
States  and  during  the  latter  half  of  that  time  the  proprietor  of  a  confectionery 
store  in  Lodi,  Joseph  Focarino  is  one  of  the  successful  men  of  this  community, 
and  commands  the  esteem  and  confidence'  of  the  people.  Mr.  Focarino  is  a  son 
of  Vincent  Focarino,  who  was  born  in  Godrano,  Italy,  and  was  a  barber  in  his 
home  town  throughout  his  active  life.  He  retired  from  business  at  the  age 
of  forty  years,  living  for  many  years  thereafter,  his  death  occurring  in  1899, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years.  The  mother  died  in  Lodi,  December  15,  1908. 
Her  name  was  Francesca. 

Joseph  Focarino  was  born  in  Godrano,  Italy,  Dcember  2,  1861.  Acquiring 
a  thorough  education  in  his  native  land,  he  entered  the  Italian  army  at  the 
age  of  twenty  years,  but  the  required  thirty-six  months  of  service  was  in  his 
case  reduced  to  twenty-one  months,  on  account  of  his  rarely  fine  marksmanship. 
In  1887  Mr.  Focarino  came  to  the  United  States,  bringing  his  young  bride, 
and  landing  in  Louisiana,  where  he  remained  for  a  period  of  five  years,  during 
which  time  he  was  employed  as  a  gardener.  He  then  went  to  Chicago,  and  for 
a  time  was  proprietor  of  an  inn  in  that  city,  then  he  went  to  New  York  City, 
and  purchasing  a  barber  shop  conducted  it  for  about  two  years.  In  1904  Mr. 
Focarino  came  to  Lodi,  and  opened  a  confectionery  store  at  No.  485  Passaic 
avenue.  He  was  very  successful,  and  the  growth  of  the  business  later  compelled 
him  to  seek  larger  quarters.  No  desirable  location  offering,  he  erected  a  large 
building  next  to  the  one  he  then  occupied,  fitting  out  the  ground  floor  especially 
to  suit  the  requirements  of  his  business.  Here  he  has  remained  until  the  present 
time,  and  his  place  is  one  of  the  most  popular  in  the  city. 

A  Republican  by  political  affiliation,  Mr.  Focarino  has  long  taken  an 
interest  in  public  affairs  of  the  borough,  and  although  he  cares  little  for 
political  honors,  he  has  served  for  the  past  six  years  as  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Education.     He  is  a  member  of  St.  Joseph's  Church. 

Mr.  Focarino  married,  in  Italy,  shortly  before  sailing  for  America,  Pasqua 
Pumara,  who  died  in  1899.  On  a  subsequent  visit  to  Italy  before  the  end  of  the 
same  year,  he  married,  in  that  country,  Carmela  Viscardi,  and  they  are  the  par- 
ents of  nine  children :  Vincent,  a  reporter  on  the  Passaic  "News" ;  Frances,  Jose- 
phine, Rosaley,  Conchita  or  Ada,  Jennie,  Minna,  and  twins,  Marie  and  Angelina. 


MIKE  SHACK — Among  the  many  articles  of  feminine  adornment,  around 
which  whole  industries  are  built,  is  the  item  of  embroideries,  of  which  Mr. 
Shack,  of  Garfield,  is  a  manufacturer. 

Mr.  Shack  is  a  son  of  Thomas  Shack,  who  was  a  farmer  in  Russia  all  his 
life.  He  lived  to  the  great  age  of  one  hundred  years.  Late  in  life  he  married 
Helen  Pashkevich,  of  his  native  land,  who  still  resides  there. 

Mr.  Shack  was  born  in  Russia,  May  10,  1885.  He  received  a  good  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of  that  country.  When  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age  he  left 
school  and  came  to  America.  Sailing  from  Bremen,  he  landed  at  New  York 
City,  in  July,  1903.  Without  resources,  and  undertanding  little  of  the  language 
and  customs  of  the  strange  land,  he  set  about  establishing  himself  and  building 
for  the  future.  He  found  employment  in  an  embroidery  mill  at  South  River, 
New  Jersey,  then  in  1905  came  to  Passaic,  and  for  four  years  worked  for  the 
Atcheson  Harding  Company,  on  Eighth  street.  With  such  experience,  the  young 
man  started  for  himself  in  the  manufacture  of  embroideries,  and  other  trimmings 
of  this  class,  at  the  same  place  which  he  now  occupies.     The  present  factory 


606  PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS. 

building  he  erected  in  1911.  It  is  twenty-six  by  one  hundred  and  twenty  feet  in 
size,  and  employs  fourteen  hands.  It  is  equipped  with  modern  machinery, 
and  is  located  at  No.  101  Monroe  street,  Garfield. 

On  October  13,  1907,  in  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  Mr.  Shack  married  Mamie 
Shirok,  daughter  of  John  and  Theresa  (Ostrap)  Shirok.  Her  parents  came 
from  Austria,  and  now  reside  in  Garfield.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shack  have  six 
children:  Claudia,  born  July  11,  1908;  Harry,  born  November  10,  1909;  Helen, 
born  September  12,  1911;  Thomas,  born  January  16,  1913;  Tessie,  born  June 
2,  1915;  Walter,  born  April  5,  1917.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shack  are  memebrs  of  the 
Three  Saints  Greek  Orthodox  Church.  Mrs.  Shack  was  born  January  24, 
1890,  in    Jersey  City. 


TONY  FEOLA,  one  of  Garfield's  merchants,  is  truly  a  citizen  of  his 
adopted  country,  being  a  successful  business  man,  and  being  a  property  holder 
in  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 

Born  in  Naples,  Italy,  October  19,  1880,  Tony  Feola  is  the  son  of  Nicholas 
and  Angela  Maria  (Mennillo)  Feola,  both  born  in  Naples,  where  the  former 
still  lives  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  Four  of  the  elder  Feola's  sons  were 
engaged  in  the  World  War,  two  now  being  in  Italy  and  two  in  the  United 
States. 

In  his  boyhood,  Tony  Feola  attended  the  public  schools  in  Naples.  At 
the  age  of  fourteen  years,  he  left  school  to  learn  the  blacksmith's'  trade,  and 
after  following  it  for  a  time  gave  it  up,  finding  employment  in  a  metallic  bed 
factory.  When  about  twenty  years  old,  he  came  to  the  United  States.  Obtaining 
work  with  a  metallic  bed  company  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  he  went  there  to 
live,  rem.aining  in  this  factory  for  twelve  years,  then  moved  to  Hoboken,  New 
Jersey,  and  going  into  the  same  line  of  business  there  continued  it  for  three  more 
years.  It  was  at  this  time  that  Mr.  Feola  entered  into  the  grocery  business ; 
coming  to  Garfield,  New  Jersey,  he  opened  a  store  at  the  corner  of  Harrison 
avenue  and  Charles  street,  building  a  fine  brick  structure  of  two  stories.  He 
has  been  very  successful  in  the  few/  years  in  which  he  has  been  carrying  on  the 
business. 

Tony  Feola  was  married  in  Naples,  Italy,  in  1899,  to  Annie  Serafino,  a 
resident  of  that  city,  born  July  26,  1879.  It  was  shortly  after  their  marriage 
that  Mr.  Feola  came  to  this  country,  bringing  his  bride  with  him.  They  are 
the  parents  of  five  children :  James ;  Rosie ;  Josephine ;  Nicholas ;  Charles. 
The  family  home  is  at  No.  243  Harrison  avenue.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Feola  are 
members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  of  Garfield. 


PAUL  SMOLAK — In  a  part  of  Austria,  now  lying  within  the  limits  of 
recreated  Poland,  Paul  Smolak  was  born,  and  until  about  fourteen  years  of  age 
remained  in  his  native  land,  obtaining  his  education  in  parochial  schools.  After 
coming  to  the  United  States  at  about  fourteen  years  of  age  he  learned  the  car- 
penter's trade,  which  he  has  since  followed  in  Passaic  with  a  fair  degree  of 
success.  In  adidtion  he,  with  the  assistance  of  his  wife,  conducts  a  neighborhood 
store  at  No.  109  Tenth  street,  Passaic,  dealing  In  provisions  and  groceries.  Mr. 
Smolak  erected  the  apartment  building  In  which  he  has  his  store,  and  three 
apartments,  and  is  one  of  the  well  known  and  prosperous  men  of  his  locality. 

Paul  Smolak  married,  in  Passaic,  January  25,  1911,  Anna  Kata,  born  in 
Galicia,  Poland.  They  have  a  family  of  four  children:  Stella,  Josephine, 
Veronica  and  Julia. 


ADALBERT    KLDLACIK — In    the    comparatively    few    years    during 


BIOGRAPHICAL.  607 

which  Adalbert  Kudlacik  has  been  a  resident  of  the  United  States,  he  has 
attained  an  independent  position  in  life,  and  a  recognized  place  among  the 
business  men  of  his  adopted  country. 

Mr.  Kudlacik  came  here  a  number  of  years  ago,  from  European  shores, 
and,  locating  permanently  in  Passaic,  secured  employment.  By  energy  and 
thrift  he  managed  to  save  a  little  capital,  and  after  a  time  established  his  own 
business.  Choosing  the  line  of  meat  and  general  provisions,  he  has  developed 
a  large  and  prosperous  interest,  and  is  now  located  at  No.  73  Passaic  street. 
Added  to  natural  business  ability,  Mr.  Kudlacik  gives  special  attention  to  the 
requirements  of  his  customers  in  regard  to  quality,  and  the  sanitary  handling 
of  his  stock.  His  attractive  displays  and  cheerful,  efficient  service,  have  secured 
a  large  patronage.    He  is  also  well  known  in  social  circles  in  this  part  of  the  city. 


DR.  GUSTAVE  KOSIK,  born  in  Checo-Slovakia  was  relieved  for  the 
supreme  president  of  the  Catholic  Slovak  Gymnastic  "Sokol"  Union  through 
that  convention  in  1912.  For  the  publicity  manager  he  was  relieved  in  conven- 
tion of  1915.  The  active  editor  of  the  official  organ  of  the  Catholic  Slovak 
Gymnastic  "Sokol"  (Falcon)  Union  is  at  present  Milan  P.  Pauliny,  born  in 
Checo-Slovakia.  He  has  edited  the  official  organ  from  1916  to  present  time. 
Dr.  Gustave  Kosik  is  at  present  proprietor  of  the  Wallington  Leather  Manu- 
facturing Company,  Kent  street,  Newark,  New  Jersey. 


INDEX 


"~X 


PASSAIC  HISTORY 


PASSAIC 


Abbott,  Dr.  Charles  A.,  archaeological  dis- 
coveries at  Trenton,  5 

Academies,  first  one  of  county  at  Ac- 
quackanonk,    108,    114,   115 

Acquackanonk — Agreement  to  divide  lands 
in  Patent  of,  76;  bi-centennial  of  Patent 
of,  65,  381  ;  boundaries  of  Patent  of,  55; 
church  at,  the  first,  105;  divisions^  of 
farms  in  Patent  of,  578;  divisions  into 
section,  62 ;  division  line  of  south  side 
of  Patent  of,  56,  71 ;  early  mention  of, 
70,  71;  first  inspection  of,  52;  Garfield 
was  in,  700 ;  Indian  deed  for,  55 ;  land 
in,  divided,  62,  75  ;  "Landing,"  was  mod- 
ern name  of  Passaic,  12 ;  meaning  of, 
67;  names  of  purchasers  of,  56;  passing 
of  troops  in  Revolution,  225-230;  Patent 
granted  for,  56;  Patent,  original  of, 
still  preserved  64;  Patent,  petition  for, 
70;  Patent,  quit  rents  of,  58;  river,  70; 
spelling  of,  67;  township  of,  575;  vil- 
age  of,  71,  72,  Id  ;    water  company,  319 

Allen,  Col.  J.  W.,  chief  engineer,  made 
plans  for  Dundee  dam  and  canal,  266; 
death  of,   286 

Amsterdam,  Holland,  alarmed  because 
Labadism  (p.  49)  flourished  there,  51 

Anderson,  John,  governor,  23 

Andros,   Edmund,   governor,  20 

Anderson  Lumber  Co.,  569;  Alfred  E. 
Jelleme,  George  E.  Loveland,  570 

Arrests  for  debt,  were  common  and  fre- 
quent,  178 

Assessors,  Board  of,  creation  of,  442 

Atterbury,  E.  J.  C,  president  D.  W.  P.  and 
L.    Co.,   266 

Aycrigg  Mansion  (now  Masonic  Temple), 
281 

Banks — Citizens  Savings,  389;  City  Bank, 
389;  City  Trust  Co.,  395;  Dundee  Sav- 
ings, 395;  First  National,  390;  Fourth 
Ward  Trust  Co..  395;  Hobart  Trust 
Co.,  394 ;  Industrial  Savings,  389 ;  Mer- 
chants, 395 ;  Passaic  National,  391 ; 
Passaic  National  Bank  and  Trust  Co., 
392 ;  Passaic  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit 
Co.,  392 ;  Peoples  Bank  and  Trust  Co., 
393 ;  State  Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Co., 

394 
Barclay,  Robert,  Governor,  22 
Barnard,    Francis,    Governor,    23 
Basset,  Stephen,  his  tannery  first  industry 

here,  247 
Belcher,   Jonathan,   Governor,  T,'^ 
Benevolences — Christian     Comission,    408 ; 

Day   Nursery.   407 ;    Female    Benevolent 

Society,  406 ;  Ladies'  Benevolent  Associa- 


tion, 407 ;  Home  and  Orphan  Asylum, 
40S ;  Ladies'  Christian  Commission,  406 ; 
Ladies'  Relief  Society,  406;  Ladies' 
Union  Aid  Society,,  407 ;  Red  Cross, 
417 ;  Salvation  Army,  5'  2 ;  Sewing 
Society,  406;  Union  Benevolent  Society, 
406 
Benson,  Robert  D.,  inaugurated  system  of 

parks,  451 
Benson,    Robert    G.,    fountain    in    memory 

of,  450 
Berkeley,  Lord  and   Sir  George  Carteret, 

owners  of   New  Jersey,  20 
Berry,   Capt.  John,  house  of,  52 
Bertholf,     Guillaume,     first     minister     at 

Acquackanonk,   105 
Black   Friday,    390 

Blachley,  Dr.  Benezer  K.  (tertius),  138 
Blacksmiths  at  Acquackanonk,  "jz  \  bill  of, 

171 
"Blanchard  House,"   ("Leslie  Tavern"  and 

'Tap  House  on  the  Hill"),  205,  263 
Bleaching    cotton     goods,     first     done     by 

chemicals  in   1813,  in  Clifton,  136 
B'nai    Jacob,    first    Jew    religious    society, 

362 
Board  of  Assessors,  creation  of,  442 
Board  of  Health,  created  1884;  officers  of 

departments  of  city,  444 
Board     of     Trade,     formation     of,     name 
changed  to  Chamljer  of  Commerce,  384 
Bogt.,  one  of  four  divisions  of   Patent  of 

Acquackanonk,    62 
Boone,   Thomas,   Governor,   23 
"Botany  Mill  Girl,"  song  entitled,  495 
Bowker,   Reginald   H.,  chief  of   Fire  De- 
partment, 332 
Boys'   Club,  416 

Brainard,  David,  Indian  missionary,  28 
Bridges,  first  and  subsequent  ones,  143,  145 
Brook  Avenue,   laid  out  by  agreement,  "JJ 
Brooks,  Mineral  Spring,  erroneously  called 
"McDanold,"    138;    Soule    Brook,    loca- 
tion of,  138 
Building  and  Loan  Associations,  398 
"Bundling,"  ancient  custom,   193 
Burnett,  William,  Governor,  under  whom 

paper  currency  began,  23 
Bus  lines,  432 

Cabell,     Walter     C,     Judge     of     District 

Court,  453,  454 
Cabots,    discovery    of    North   America    by 

the,   19 
Canal,  map,  showing  first  water  power,  263 
Cantico    (Kantico),    Indian   dance,  29 
Carteret,   Philip,   Governor,  20 
Catholicism  in  Passaic,  359,  539 


IV 


PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


Census,  496,   497,  498 

Chamber  of   Commerce,  384 

Churchesi — African  Union,  358;  attend- 
ance at  different,  compared,  363 ;  Bethel 
(colored),  358;  Catholic,  359;  Protest- 
ant, 347 ;  changes  in  name  of  Reformed, 
352;  Church  of  Christ  (Scientist),  356; 
Congregational,  355 ;  First  German  Bap- 
tist, 356;  First  Holland  Reformed,  354; 
First  Holland  Reformed  Free,  355 ; 
First  Hungarian  Reformed,  355 ;  First 
in  Passaic  and  deed  to,  64,  80,  105 ; 
First  Presbyterian,  513;  Fourth  Re- 
formed, 354;  Grace,  359;  Greek  and 
Roman  Catholic,  360;  Holland  Chris- 
tian Reformed,  353;  Holy  Rosary,  553; 
Holy  Trinity,  546;  Hungarian  Baptist, 
360;  Jesus  Christ,  of,  359;  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  357;  German  Evangelical  Luth- 
eran, 529;  Methodist,  350;  Netherland 
Reformed,  354;  Northside  Christian  Re- 
formed, 536;  North  Reformed,  536; 
"Old  First"  Reformed,  64,  80,  105,  124, 

348,  350,  352;  organized  in  certain  de- 
cades, 35S;  Our  Lady  of  Mount  Car- 
mel,  360,  548;  Presbyterian,  352,  513; 
Seceder,  353;  Slovak,  Catholic,  360;  SS. 
Peter  and  Paul,  557;  St.  Anthony  of 
Padova  (Catholic),  360;  549;  St. 
George's  Episcopal,  356;  St.  John  the 
Baptist,  Mag-var,  360;  St.  John's  Epis- 
copal, 351;  St.  Joseph's,  551;  St.  Marie's, 
561;  St.  Michael's,  554;  St.  Nicholas' 
Catholic,  359,  544;  St.  Nicholas'  Greek 
Catholic  Ukrainian,  559;  St.  Nicholas' 
(Ukranian),  360;  St.  Nicholic  (Greek), 
559;  St.  Paul's  (colored),  358;  St. 
Stephen's  (Hungarian)  Catholic,  360; 
Swedish,  356;  Trinity  Methodist,  356; 
True  Reformed  Dutch  or  Seceder,  279, 

349,  352;  Unitarian,  357;  Wesley  (col- 
ored), 357 

Cities — Law  classifying,  308 ;  Citizens' 
Improvement  Association,  381 ;  later  be- 
came Board  of  Trade,  381 

Citizens  Water  Co.,  320 

City  Hall,  344;  needs  of  a  better,  442 

City  Officers,   1898  to   1921,  455 

City  of  Passaic — Boundaries  of,  309;  char- 
ter of,  308 ;  first  election  under  charter, 
312;  first  mayor,  311;  officers  of,  first, 
312;  wards  of,  311,  312 

Civil  War,  Lee's  surrender  and  how  the 
people  here  received  the  news  of  it,  288; 
recruiting  men  for,  285 ;  soldiers  of 
buried  in  graveyard  of  "Old  First,"  123; 
some  of  Passaic''s  men  in,  286;  song  of 
''Ninth  New  Jersey,"  286 

Clifton,  History  of,  575 

Clubs — Acquackanonk,  421;  Passaic,  420; 
Various,   421  ;   Washington,  421 

Colfax,  Dr.  William,  teacher  in  District 
school.    Ill 

Colfax,  William  W.,  residence  of,  279 

Colt,  John,  inventor  of  firearms  visited 
here,  297 


Commission  Government — Adopted  in 
1911,  436;  attempt  to  oust  Board  of 
Commissioners,  441 ;  candidates  for  com- 
missioners, 436 ;  cost  of,  442 ;  first  Board 
of  Commissioners,  437;  first  election 
under,  436 ;  first  officers  under,  437 ; 
George  N.  Seger,  first  mayor  under, 
438;  John  H.  McGuire,  second  mayor 
under,  440 ;  revenue,  442 ;  salaries  of 
commissioners,  441 ;  second  election 
under,  439 ;  third  election  under,  439 ; 
Walsh  Act  and  amendment,  436,  438 

Cornbury,  Governor,  first  constitution 
under  him,  23 

Cortelyou,  Jacques,  first  visit  to  Passaic,  31 

Cosby,   William,   Governor,  23 

Costello,  Thomas  P.,  judge,  341 

Court,  Justices,   the  old,    173 

Cow  Path  (now  East  Main  avenue,  277 

Daily  News — Accomplishments  in  journal- 
ism, 371 ;  Barker,  James  T.,  engineer 
and  manager  of,  367,  369 ;  Berry,  Ed- 
ward W.,  manager,  367;  "Star,"  367; 
capacity  of  presses,  370 ;  enlargements 
of,  366,  368;  first  to  use  linotype  ma- 
chines in  county,  368;  erected  its  own 
building,  368;  first  advertisers  in,  366; 
first  issue  of,  365 ;  founders  of,  365 ; 
editors  of,  365,  369;  Freeman,  Ozias  S., 
manager,  367 ;  Hartt,  George  M.,  editor 
since  1901,  360;  issued  "Passaic  Illus- 
trated" in  1890,  and  "History  of  Passaic" 
in  1899,  370;  Offord,  Rev.  Robert  M., 
manager,  368;  original  hand  press 
changed  to  steam  power,  366 ;  owned 
to-day  by  "News  Publishing  Co.,"  360; 
Pape,  William,  editor,  369;  progress 
made  past  45  years,  370;  Rudolph  E. 
Lent,  manager,  secretary  and  treasurer, 
369 ;  Rust,  Geo.  P.,  365 ;  Thurston, 
James  O.,  manager,  367;  Warbasse, 
James,  manager,  369 

Daisv  Field  (now  Washington  Place), 
278 

Denholm,  George,  defeated  candidate  for 
mayor,  314 

District  Court — Clerks,  453;  established, 
453;  first  session  of,  453;  expenses  and 
income,  453;  judges,  453;  locations  of 
court  rooms,  453 ;  salaries  of  officers, 
453;   sergeants-at-arms,  453 

District  School  at  Acquackanonk,  73,  80; 
established  about  1693,  106;  names  of 
teachers,  109 

Drift  Ways,  159 

Drovers,  place  for  watering  cattle  of,  137 

Drummond,  Robert,  92,   122,  169,  200,  242 

Duke  of  York,^  Royal  charter  to,  20 

Dundee,   189 

Dundee  Canal,  extension  of  and  locks,  270 

Dundee  Dam — Advantages  of,  to  Passaic, 
and  capacity  of,  268;  first  report  by 
president  of,  269;  laying  cornerstone, 
268;  original  (under  this  title,  see  his- 
tory of  Clifton),  263 


INDEX 


Dundee  Island — Bridge  to,  34;  chain  of 
white  men's  title  to,  34,  35 ;  first  real 
estate  transferred  here,  32;  Indian  deed 
and  patent  for,  32 ;  Indian  name  was 
"Menehenicke,"  27 

Dundee  Manufacturing  Co.,  all  real  estate 
of  sold  by  sheriff,  270;  charter  of,  266 

Dundee  Water,  Power  and  Land  Co.,  crea- 
tion of,  270 

Dutch,    characteristics   and    habits   of,   87, 

99 
Dutch  Genealogy,  85 
Dutch     Language,     used     in     church    and 

school,    107 
Dwarsijn   (Division  line),  roads  too,  were 

called,  578 
Dwas  Line,  corruption  of  Dwarslijn,   189 

Early  conditions  here,  97 
East  Jersey,  first  governor  of,  22 
East  Jersey  and  West  Jersey  united,  23 
Electrical  Bureau,  superintendent  of,  444 
Electric  Light,  first  house  to  have,  321 
Electric     Railways — Big     Tree     terminus, 
429,   430 ;    construction    of,    426 ;    exten- 
sions  to,   416;    fares   of,   427,   429;   first 
in  State  was  here,  426 :   first  trip  over, 
426;    New    Jersey,    428;    nicknames    of, 
432;  New  Jersey  Traction,  428;  Passaic, 
Garfield  &  Clifton,  426;  Passaic  &  New- 
ark, 428 ;    Passaic,   Rutherford  &   Carl- 
stadt,  427 ;  Traction  Company,  429 
Emigrant   trains   over   Erie,   261 
"Erie  Song,"  the,  258 
Eskimos,  were  early  settlers,  5 

Farmers,  abundant  supplies  of  needful 
things,    loi 

Ferry,  Rope,  preceded  first  bridge  across 
river,  143 

Financial  Institution,  beginning  of,  389 

Fire  Alarm,  superintendents  of,  444 

Fire  Department — Act  to  incorporate,  324; 
Alert  Hook  and  Ladder  Co.,  328;  auto- 
mobiles first  used,  330;  Bureau  of  Fire 
Prevention,  333;  chiefs  of,  331;  Chief 
Bowker,  337 ;  Dundee  Engine  Co.,  No. 
2,  327;  Engine  Company  No.  i,  325; 
establishment  of  the,  323 ;  first  engine 
house,  325 ;  first  fatal  accident  to  mem- 
ber of,  325  first  in  country  to  be  motor- 
ized, 330;  first  paid,  329;  growth  of, 
1868  to  1921,  331 ;  Hamilton  Hose  Co., 
328;  Howe  Engine  Co.,  328;  Kid  Glove 
Company,  329;  Linden  Hose  Co.,  328; 
McLean  Engine  Co.,  No.  3,  328;  Mc- 
Lean Hose  Co.,  named,  327 ;  Pension 
Fund  Commission  of,  333;  reorganiza- 
tion of,  331 ;  Rescue  Hook  and  Ladder 
Co.,  32^1;  Roster  of  1921,  332;  Volun- 
teers of,  324,  330;  White  Zephyr  Hose 
Co.,  327 

Fishing,  Passaic  river  once  was  noted  for 
oxellent,    142;    rights   of,    143 

Fishing  place  of  Indians,  7 

"Five  Months'  Levies,"  of  Revolution,  235 


Foreign  Population — Coming  of  Magyars, 
494;  coming  of  Slavs,  494;  effect  of  on 
growth  of  city,  495 ;  illiteracy  among, 
496 

Foundry,   First,  253 

Fourth  of  July,  first  made  memorable,  23 

Frain,  Henry,  last  survivor  of  Dundee 
Engine  Co.,  No.  2,  327 

Franklin,  "Billy,"  flagman,  277 

Franklin's  Crossing  on  Erie,  foot  of  Pen- 
nington  avenue,   277 

Franklin,  William,  last  of  Royal  Gov- 
ernors, 23 

Freeholders  in  1775,  190 

Frogtown,   189 

Frost,  John  B.,  founder  of  "Daily  News," 

365 
Funerals,  Ancient,  expenses  of,  125 

Gano,    Rev.   John   Chaplain,   229 

Garbage  Disposal — Ancient  "dumps,"  448; 
cost  of,  449;  incinerator,  448;  new  as 
compared  to  the  old  modes,  448 

Garfield,  present  city  and  vicinity  between 
the  two  rivers,  called  Acquackanonk 

Garritse,  Henry,  200 

Gas,  introduction  of  into  village,  319 

Geddes,  Eugene  R.,  former  Major,  now 
Captain,   512 

General  Congress  of  United  States  de- 
clared  for  independence,  23 

Glacier  Rock,  Clifton's  land  mark,  132 

Gotham,  189 

Gotum  (Gotham),  one  of  four  divisions  of 
the  patent  of   Acquackanonk,  62 

Graveyard,  "Old  First"  Reformed  church, 
120;  became  public  park  in  1921,  124, 
127;  names  of  various  war  generals,  who 
encamped  in,  122 ;  last  body  to  be  in- 
terred, 127;  used  as  camping  ground 
during  the  Revolution,   122 

Green,  James  F.,  Lieutenant,  22)7 

Hamilton,  John,  Governor,  23 

Handkerchiefs,  one  million  made  here 
every  day,  485 

"Hans,"   half-breed  guide,   52 

Hardy,   Josiah,   Governor.   23 

Hartt,  Charlotte  E.,  Miss,  first  librarian 
of   Public  Library,  385 

Hartt,  George  M.,  editor  of  "Passaic  Daily 
News,"  360 

Health,  Board  of,  powers  of,  443 

Hebrews  (alias  Jews),  361;  distinction 
between   Jews  and,  361 

Helme  Benjamin,  lawyer  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, 201  ;  occupied  house  on  site  of  Gar- 
den Theatre,  94,  96 

Hendry,  William,  first  Chief  of  Police 
(see  History  of  Lodi),  336 

Herald  Printing  Companv,  purchased 
"Daily  Herald,"  375 

Historic  Sites  of  Homesteads — Acker- 
man,  Brower,  Helme.  and  others,  94.  95 

Hoagland,  Christopher,  death  of,  46;  pur- 


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chaser  of  Point  Patent,  44;  trading  post 
of,   45 
Hoboken,  had  first  railroad  in  this  country, 

259 

Hollanders,  first  settlers,  80 

Holsman,   Daniel,    Senator,   279 

Homes  of  the  Dutch,  87,  89 ;  how  fur- 
nished, 99 

Homestead  (house),  first  erected  in  Pas- 
saic  county,    125 

Hoop  Skirt  Mill  and  pond,  252 

Ploopskirts,  mill   for  making  of,   135 

Hornblower,    Chief    Justice,    visited    here, 

297. 
Hospitals — Emergency,  401 ;  "General"  the, 

only  a  nickname,  402 ;  Passaic  Hospital 

Association,  401 ;    St.  Mary's,  403 
Howe  Academy,    116 
Howe,  Lord,  232 

Howe,  Dr.  John  M.,  mansion  of,  280 
Hudson,    Hendrick,   explorations   of,    19 
Hunter,  Governor,  appointed,  23 
Hutton,     Henry     H.,     Superintendent     of 

Schools,  475 
Huyler's    Station,    designation   of    Passaic 

by  Erie  railroad,  274 

Incinerator,  capacity  of,  449;  cost  of  oper- 
ating, 449;  for  garbage,  first  in  1921. 
Poor    location    of,    448 

Indians — Algonkin  or  Lenapi  or  Lenni- 
Lenapa,  nation  of,  S,  6,  27 ;  belief  of  in 
future  life,  15;  building  operations  of, 
16;  burials  of,  16;  dress  of,  12;  drunk- 
ards, unknown  among,  1 1 ;  exogamy,  the 
rule  among,  13 ;  expedition  against  the, 
123;  food  of,  11;  graveyards  of,  8; 
governor  of,  2"; ;  here  when  v,fhite  man 
first  came,  5;  implements  of,  12;  me- 
chanics among,  12;  marriages  among, 
13;  medicine  man,  16,  29;  men  give 
tribe  of,  6;  name  of  dead  never  men- 
tioned, 14;  naming  of  children,  13; 
relics  of,  12;  religion  of,  27;  sickhouses 
or  hospitals  of,  o;  sports  of,  10,  14; 
surgery  of,  29;  Talligeurs,  nation  of 
6;  title  to  land,  bv  Wampun,  made  by, 
17 

Ingoldsby,  Lieutenant-Governor,  becomes 
Governor,  23 

Jackson,    Peter,  storekeeper,  295 

Jersey  City,   Dutch   settled  where  now   is, 

20 
Je\ys,  the  (alias  the  Hebrews),  361;  dis- 
tinction betv/een  Hebrews  and,  3^-1  ; 
Moses  Simon,  pioneer  here  of  the,  362; 
synagogues  of,  362;  various  societies  of 
the,  362 

Kanticov,  Indian  festival,  29 

Kent,  Robert  D.,  bank  organizer,  391,  395 

King,  oath  of  allegiance  to  the,  24 

Labadists,   Sect  of,   50;   history  of,   49,  50 
Labor  organizations,   423 
Landing.  The.  72 


Landmarks  of,  and  in  Passaic,  131 
Lawyers,  some  prominent  ones,   157 
Leavens,  Rev.  Philo,  founder  of  our  Y.  AL 

C.  A.,  408 
Lent,    Rudolph   E.,    "Daily   News,"   secre- 
tary-treasurer and  manager,  369 
Liberty  Loans,  amounts  of  each,  502;  Lib- 
erty Loan  Drives,  499,  500 
Lords    Proprietors,   owners   of    New   Jer- 
sey, 21 
Lotteries,  187 

Lovelace,  Lord,  appointed  Governor,  23 
Love  Lane   (now  Passaic  street),  189,  278 
Low,  John,  early  store  kept  by,  at  Land- 
ing, 294  _ 
Lumber,  prices  of,  171 

Mahoney,  Dennis  V/.,  reporter,  then  edi- 
tor "Daily  News,"  366 ;  postmaster,  369 

Maps,  village  of  Passaic  in  1858,  268 

Masons,  wages  of,   172 

Mayors  of  City,  Elected — Aycrigg,  312; 
Spencer,  313;  Willett,  315;  Howe,  315; 
Brown,  315;  McLean,  316;  Low,  316; 
Spencer,  435,  437 

McFarland  House  or  Tavern,  276 

Merchants,    old,    165 

Methodist  Church,  originally  on  River 
Drive,   281 

Michielse,  Hartman  (or  Vreeland),  first 
white  man  in  Passaic,  30,  33 ;  his  father 
and   three  brothers,  Zli  38,   39 

Mills,  early,  247 ;  first  in  Passaic,  137 ; 
modern,  270 ;  ancient,  along  the  Weasel 
Brook,    134;     (see    modern    industries), 

485 
Miller,  Albert  O.,  Jr.,  lawyer,   160 
Mineral  Spring,   189 
Mineral     Spring     road,     now     Bloomfield 

avenue,  281 
Mitchel,  Jeremiah,  captain  in  war  of  1812, 

123 ;  raised  a  company  for  War  of  1812, 

244 
Modern  Industries.  Botany  Worsted  Mills, 

485 ;   textile,  486 
Montgomerie,   John,   Governor,   2T) 
Moore,    Thomas    M.,    prominent    lawyer 

158 
Moose,   Loyal    Order   of,   567 
Morris,   Lewis,   Governor,   23 
Mortgage  and  Title  Companies,  396 
Municipal  Building,  Methodist  church,  the 

first,   343 

Nachpunck,  Indian  chief,  31 ;  the  last  of 
the   Indians,   52 

Na.mes  of  Places,  old,  or  original  (obso- 
lete),   189 

Nash  Ponds,  stream  entering,  466 

Nassau  Hall,  236 

National  Guard,  reorganization  of,  511 

Nationalities,  thirty-four  in  Passaic,  497 

Navigation — By  canal  and  river  to  Pater- 
son,  270 ;  latest  attempt  to  secure  canal, 
271  ;  no  demand  for  canal,  272 ;  reserved 
to   State,  2*^4 

Neil,  Capt.  Daniel,  234,  236 


INDEX 


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New  Jersey — Division  of,  21  ;  early  inhabi- 
tants, s ;  first  Independent  Legislature, 
24 ;  levies  in  Revolution,  235 ;  Loyalists, 
233;  surrender  of, 'to  Queen  Anne,  23; 
scene  of  many  operations  in  Revolution, 
236;  and  New  York  surrendered  to  the 
Dutch,  20 

New  York  State,  encroachments  by,  ob- 
jected to,  71 

Newspapers — "Advance,"  the  "Passaic 
Bridge,"  376;  combination  of,  377; 
"Commissioner,"  the,  378;  "Daily 
News,"  first  to  use  linotype  machines, 
368;  "Daily  News,"  established  1877, 
365 ;  "Daily,"  the  Passaic,  375 ;  Dundee 
Publishing  Co.,  376;  "Echo,"  the,  378; 
Freeman's  Monthly  Magazine,  379 ; 
"Gazette,"  the,  373 ;  "General  Adver- 
tiser," 377 ;  "Gospel  Mission  Echoes," 
378;  "Herald"  (daily)  changed  hands, 
375 ;  "Herald,  Daily  Passaic"  first  issue 
of,  375;  "Herald,"  Evening,  374;  "Her- 
ald," Passaic,  Weekly,  373,  375,  37-7; 
"Issue,"  the,  379;  "Journal,"  Daily,  369, 
377;  list  of  papers,  past  and  present, 
dead  or  alive,  373 ;  "Messenger,  Daily," 
367,  377 ;  "Observer,  Passaic,"  378 ; 
"Passaic  Opinion,"  378;  "Rambler,  The," 
376;  "Sentinel,  Passaic,  The,"  373; 
"Star  Daily,"  367;  Evening,  377;  "Sun- 
day Transcript,"  378 ;  "The  Item,"  365, 
36(\  373,  374;  "Times,  Daily,"  367,  376; 
Wochenblatt,    Passaic,    379 

News    Publishing    Co.,    Incorporation    of, 

369 
Noonan,   John    P.,    telephone    pioneer,    432 
Northwest  Kill,  Passaic  river,  thus  known 

in   1680 
Notch,    Great,    voting   place    for    Passaic, 

282 

Odes  sung  at  celebration,  1837,  233 
Officers  of  City,  1808  to  1921,  455 
Ogden,  David,  noted  lawyer,  233 
Oiter    Cuyl    Spring   and    Brook,    locations 

of,  and  course  of  brook,  137 
Oldis,  Garret  H.,  special  officer,  335 ;   cap- 
tain of  police,  336 
Osborn,  J.   Hose}^  leader  in   Slank  fight, 

Otis,    Ira,   civil    engineer  built    Erie    rail- 
road, 124 
Otter's  Hole,  was  meaning  of  Oiter  Cuyl, 

137 
Oyter   Cuyl,   189 

Pageant,  entitled  "Story  of   Passaic,"  ex- 
hibited, 65 
Panic  of   1873,  worst  known,  282 
Paper  Currency,  first  in  the  State,  23 
Park,  marking  of  graves  of  noted  persons 

in  graveyard,  now  military,  120 
Park  System — Area,  as  proposed.  451 ; 
area  purchased,  451  ;  beginning  of  our, 
dSt :  City  Hall  Park,  450;  Cogan's 
Park,  450;  cost  of  park  lands,  d'^2; 
fieht  to  secure  the  "Slank"  for,  468; 'first 


park,  450;  First,  Second  and  Third 
Ward  parks,  452 ;  opposition  to  by 
"Daily  News"  and  Mayor  Howe,  451 ; 
Passaic  Bridge  Park,  450;  Robert  D. 
Benson  inaugurated,  451  ;  "Slank,"  the, 
old,  is  in  the,  452 

Parsonage,  first  of  the  present  Old  First 
Reformed    Church,    82 

Passaic — ^As  it  appeared  in  1859,  275 ; 
first  called  "city,"  484;  map  of  lots  in 
1836,  484;  first  visit  of  white  men  to, 
31;  history  of,  1899,  370;  improvements 
by  her  in  which  she  led  all  cities,  83 ; 
leader  in  fight  for  trunk  sewer,  446; 
"Passaic,"  meaning  of  word,  273 ;  old 
names  of  places  in,  276;  spelling  of,  274; 
(village  of),  when  first  applied  and  by 
whom,  274 ;  when  she  changed  from 
rural   to  suburban   life  and  causes,   281 

Passaic  Bridge,  189 

Passaic  County,  act  creating  and  bound- 
aries of,  575 

Passaic  Falls,  visit  to  in   1680,  53 

Passaic  Fire  Association,  incorporation  of, 

254. 

Passaic  Fire  Insurance   Co.,  254 

Passaic  Mutual    Insurance   Co:,   254 

Passaic  Mutual  Protective  Union,  254 

Passaic  National  Bank,  site  of  in  1850,  279 

Passaic  Navigation  Companv,  predecessor 
of  D.  W.  P.  and  L.  Co.,_  253 

Passaic  Printing  and  Publishing  Co.,  in- 
corporation of,  375,  376 

Passaic  River,  known  as  Northwest  kill 
in  1680,  52;  originally  called  Acquacka- 
nonk  river,   70 

Passaic  Valley  Sewerage  Commissioners, 
446 

Patent  Line,  189 

Paterson,  cotton  m.ills  at,  266 

"Paterson"  Landing  occasionally  used  to 
designate    Passaic,    72 

Paterson  opposed  Trunk  Sewer,  446 

Paulison's   Castle,  345 

Paulison,  Charles  M.  K.,  Father  of  Pas- 
saic, 344 ;  changed  Passaic  from  rural 
to  urban,  83 

Peach   Orchard   Road,    189,   281 

Pell   Mansion,  278 

Pennington,  Governor,  frequent  visitor  at 
tavern,  297 

Pennsylvania  Whiskey  Insurrection,   123 

Physicians,   early,    160 

Pioneers  of  Passaic  and  Clifton,  79" 

Plains,    The,    189 

Planning  Board,  creation  of,  449 

Plymouth  Rock,  Passaic's  still  to  be  seen, 
132 

Point  Patent,  boundaries  of,  46;  descrip- 
tion of,  44;  excepted  from  Acquacka- 
ncnk    Patent.   59 

"Point   Patent,"   41  ;   survey   for,   131 

Point  Road,  189 

Point,  The,   189 

Police   Court,   judges   of,   311 

Police  Department — Detective  Bureau  of, 
organized,  337;   Detective   Bureau,  338; 


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first  Chief  of,  336 ;  first  Lockup  of,  342 ; 
first  Police  Station  of,  342;  Golden  An- 
niversary of,  341;  night  watchmen,  335; 
organization  of,  335;  Patrolmen's  Ben- 
efit and  Pension  Fund,  340;  Patrolmen 
of,  night  service,  336;  Patrolmen  of,  the 
first,  336;  roster  of  1921,  338 

Population,  496,  497,  498 

Post,  Capt.  John  H.,  soldier  of  Revolu- 
tion, 121 

Post  Office — At  Ackerman's  store,  294; 
assistant  postmaster,  the  first,  295 ;  auto- 
mobile service  of,  302 ;  business  done  by, 
301;  candidates  for  postmastership,  294; 
carriers,  first,  301 ;  cancellation  of  stamps 
by  machine,  302 ;  employees  of,  301 ;  es- 
tablishment of  a  century  ago,  148; 
expenses  of,  borne  by  postmaster,  300; 
fight  over  a  site  for,  304;  first  acting 
postmaster,  294;  first  meeting  to  advo- 
cate a,  293 ;  first  money  order,  299 ;  first 
postmaster  appointed,  294;  Gideon 
Granger,  Postmaster  General,  293 ; 
Grove  Street,  site  for,  304;  locations  of, 
294-300,  location  of  first,  295 ;  Nevi^ark 
was  our,  294 ;  oldest  money  order  of, 
302 ;  parcel  post  started,  302 ;  petition 
for,  293 ;  postmasters,  list  of,  294-299 ; 
sites  off^ered  for,  304;  territory  covered 
by,  303 ;  wagon  service  of,  302 ;  estab- 
lishment of,  a  century  ago,  148 

Proper  names  of  Dutch,  87 

Provincial  Congress,  first  meeting  of,  23 

Provincial  Legislature,  last  meeting  of,  23 

Public  Library — Branches  of,  386;  estab- 
lished in  1887,  385 ;  opened  to  public  in 
1888,  385;  first  librarian,  385;  particu- 
lars concerning  the,  387 ;  Reid  Memorial, 
building  of,  385 

Railroads — Bergen  and  Dundee,  260; 
Boonton  Branch  of  D.  L.  &  W.,  261; 
emigrant  trains  over  Erie,  261 ;  Dun- 
dee spur  from  main  station  to  mills, 
260;  Erie  leased  road  and  leases  it  now, 
258;  first  one  in  this  country  was  at 
Hoboken,  259;  from  broad,  to  narrow 
gauge,  260;  name  of  first  locomotive, 
257;  engine  and  cars,  first,  255;  open- 
ing of  first,  255;  Paterson  &  Hudson 
River  railroad,  255;  operated  by  (i) 
horses,  (2)  steam  engine,  257;  Passaic 
&  New  York,  construction  of,  261; 
proposal  to  build  from  Dover,  259;  time 
table  of  1835,  257 

Railroad  Stations — First  in  Passaic,  259; 
names  of  on   Erie  railroad,  258 

Raleigh,  Sir  Walter,  discovery  by  and 
patent   to,    19 

Real  Etate — Boom  of  1679,  45;  in  1836, 
484 

Redemptioners,  who  were,   182 

Reef,   the.    189 

Reform   Club,   Temperance,   378 

Religious   History,  513 

Religious  Society,  many  in  Passaic,  363 

Revolution,  the — Acquackanonk  suggested 


as  a  camp,  228;  Beacon  lights  of,  228- 
232;  bridge  destroyed,  206;  bridge  re- 
paired, 223;  British  reward  for  raising 
troops,  212;  British  encamp  on  Tony's 
Nose,  British  pursue  Washington,  216; 
Clinton's  raid,  225;  committee  of,  first, 
241;  conditions  at  beginning  of,  206; 
depredations  by  British  during,  218; 
Eastern  battery  of,  236;  headquarters 
here  in,  225;  letter  directed  to  Washing- 
ton at  "Aquaknonk,"  214;  Lord  Stir- 
ling's letters  written  here,  214;  military 
ball  in,  240;  militia  companies  organ- 
ized during,  202;  names  of  leaders  in 
the,  199;  patriots  of,  241;  peace  negotia- 
tions to  end,  233;  proclamation  of  king, 
232;  public  meetings  to  prepare  for, 
199-201;  retreat  of  '76,  226-236;  Rush, 
surgeon  general  of  army  of,  236;  Secret 
Service,  230;  skirmish  here  during,  227, 
229;  soldiers  of,  where  buried  here,  122; 
spies  of,  230-232;  Tony's  Nose,  encamp- 
ment of,  217;  tablet  to  mark  Blanchard 
House  of,  215;  traditions  of,  226; 
Revolution  that  began  war  of,  197; 
troubles  that  led  to  the,  198;  Washing- 
ton here  writes  to  the  governor,  211; 
Washington's  letter  to  Congress,  203; 
Washington's    retreat,   203 

Riots,  340 

Rivers,  names  of,  274 

River  street  (now  Park  Place),  277 

River,    Passaic,   once   most  beautiful,    141 

Roads — Acquackanonk  Church  (now 
Brook  avenue),  147;  "Back,"  the,  189, 
280;  earliest  laid,  102;  Great,  or  Kings, 
the  first  in  Passaic,  147;  Mill  Lane, 
now  part  of  Monroe  street,  147;  Min- 
eral Spring,  or  "Spaw"  Spring,  139; 
Plank,  parts  of  Main  avenue  and  River 
drive,  148;  Peach  Orchard,  now  part  of 
Paulison  avenue,  147;  Point  (Park 
Place).  278 

Roche,   Dr.,    Surgeon   in   Revolution,   241 

Rock,  "Large  Grey,"  189 

Rusling,  Gershom,  defeated  candidate  for 
mayor,  314 

Rust,  George  P.,  stockholder  in  "Daily 
News,"  367 

Ryder,   Thomas,    Loyalist,    242 

Salvation  Army,   562 

Sawyer,  Arthur,  founder  of  "Daily 
News,"  365;    sketch    of,   366 

Schools — Arnold,  Arthur  D.,  principal, 
479;  sketch  of,  480;  attendance  in 
State,  497;  Board  of  Education,  organ- 
ization of,  475;  colored  children  ex- 
cluded from,  406:  exhibitions  in  No.  i, 
472;  first  commencement,  473;  first 
graduates,  475;  Public,  first  in  village 
(now  city),  471;  Gary  plan,  Wirt  system 
adopted,  477;  grades  in  first  of  our,  471; 
"History  of  Passaic  and  Its  Environs" 
purchased  for  the  High,  572;  Jewett, 
Rutgers  B.,  principal,  475;  Mather, 
Sedgwick,    Latin   instructor  and   orinci- 


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IX 


pal,  475;  names  of  all  officers  and 
Board  of  Education,  475;  names  of  pres- 
ent teachers,  472;  No.  i,  first  session, 
471;  number  of,  479;  Principal  George 
W.  Colkins,  475;  Principal  Henry  H. 
Hutton,  475;  Rice,  Samuel  W.,  first 
principal  of,  471;  Shepherd,  Dr.  Fred 
S.,  superintendent  of,  477;  sketch  of, 
480;  Small,  H.  H.,  superintendent,  475; 
Spaulding,  Frank  H.,  superintendent, 
476;  Superintendent  of,  Dr.  Hutton,  the 
first,  475;  Wheeler,  Ulyses  G.,  superin- 
tendent, 477;  Woodley,  Oscar  I.,  super- 
intendent, 476;  Work-Study-Play,  477- 
478 

Scott,  Charles,  soldier  in  Civil  War,  287 

Scott,  Joseph,  Jr.,  soldier  in  Civil  War, 
287 

Scott,  Joseph,  Sr.,  constructed  Dundee 
Canal,  494 

Scott,  William  W.,  attempts  to  organize 
bank,  395;  defeated  Watson  and  Nor- 
man, 316;  editor  of  "Passaic  Daily 
Times,"  376;  receiver  of  company,  376; 
first  boy  graduate  of  public  school,  475; 
house,  first  to  use  electric  light,  321 ; 
wrote   "History   of   Passaic,"    1899,    370 

Scudder,  Dr.  Benjamin  R.,  157;  home- 
stead of,  281 

Scudder  Family,  noted  professional  men 
of,    162 

"Sebastopol,"  a  bad  gin  shop,  276 

Secessionists   in  this  community,  287 

Servants  numerous,  98 

Settlement,   first  in   Passaic,  8 

Sewers,  disposal  of  sewage,  446;  super- 
intendent of,  444 

Sextons,   old,    164 

Shepherd,  Dr.  Fred.  S.,  477 

Shepherd,  James,  first  to  bleach  by  chem- 
icals, 266 

Sheridan,  B.  N.,  famous  master  of  district 
school,  109 

Ship,  Hester,  trouble  over  her  taking,  70 

Shoemaker  Speer,  276 

Sidewalks,  superintendent  of  and  his 
notice,  308;  were  first  improvements 
authorized,  307;  were  first  improve- 
ments   for   village,    282 

Simmons,  Judge,  homestead  of,  280 

Sip  Lane,  189.  281 

Slank,  The — Court  decided  it  was  ripar- 
ian land,  470;  first  mention  of,  35; 
formation  of,  465:  litigation  to  recover 
land  in,  467;  riparian  grants  secured  for, 
469;  streams  that  flowed  into,  467; 
value  of  land  in,  468 

Slaughter  House,  corner  of  Main  avenue 
and   Passaic  street,  278 

Slavery,  supported  by  many  hereabouts, 
encouraged  by,  179;   dominie  for,  288 

Slaves — Bills  of  sale  of,  180;  dress  of, 
183;  manumission  of,  181;  whippings  of, 
181 ;  would  run  away,  183 

Slaves,  colored,  burial  place  for,  137; 
where  buried,   126 


Sluyter,  Peter,  an  advance  agent  of  Laba- 
dists,   51,  53 

Smith,   Otto,  323,  325,  2>V 

Snufi^,  used  by  colored  slaves,   168 

Societies — Kenilworth,  420;  Masons,  419; 
Red  Men,  420;  St.  Patrick's,  Temper- 
ance, 419;  Union  League,  419;  Women's 
Christian  Temperance   Union,  420 

Soldiers  buried  in  old  graveyard,  122 

Sons  of  Temperance,  409 

Spanish  War — Co.  D,  2nd  Regiment,  par- 
ticipated in,  291;  commencement  of,  291; 
veterans   of,   291 

Speer,  Alfred,  man  who  gave  Passaic  its 
name,  274 

Speer,  James,  Esq.,  became  judge,  157 

Speer's  Hall,  recruiting  men  for  war  took 
place  in,  285 

Spencer,  Bird  W.,  when  mayor  was  op- 
posed to  Trunk  sewer,  447 

Springs — Indian,  in  what  is  now  Osborn 
Park,  140;  "Spaw,"  the  old,  otherwise 
the  Mineral,  129;  Mineral  Spring,  loca- 
tion of  and  its  sanitorium,   138 

Squire,  the  old  or  justice  of  the  peace,  173 

Stage  Coaches — Proprietors  and  drivers 
of,  149;  stopped  at  Old  Tap  House, 
258 

State's  Troops  of  Revolution,  235 

Steamboats — Names  of,  170;  name  of  first 
at  Passaic,  141;  the  first  one  had  trial 
trip  at  Passaic,  142 

Stirling,  Lord,  headquarters  of  in  Revo- 
lution,   122;  sketch  of,  214 

Stirling,    Major    General,    225 

"Stofifel's  Point,"  Dundee  originally  called, 

46 

Stofifelson,     Jacob,     friend     of     Hartman 

Michielse,  41,  43 
Stores  at  Acquackanonk,   y-}) 
Stores,    Old — Acquackanonk's,    165;   store 

bill,   166 
Sturgeon,  caught  in  Passaic  river,  142 
Styles  of  dress,  early,   185 
Sunday  School  here  was  first  in  State,  ']2 
Surinam,   South  America,   wherein   Laba- 

dists  formed  a  distinct  community,  51 
Swing  Gate,  was  on  road  to  the  Point,  279 

Tap  House,  headquarters  during  Revolu- 
tion for  Washington  and  other  generals, 

Taverns — Andruss,  visited  by  noted  men, 
297;  expenses  at  and  charges  by,  155; 
public  whippings  held  at,  156;  some 
noted  ones  and  important  public  meet- 
ings in.   151 

Taxes,  old  bill  for,  172;  per  capita,  442; 
rate  for  each  of  past  fifty  years,   443 

Telephone,  first  "Central,"  433;  installed 
here  in  1879,  432 

Terhune,  Dr.  Garret,  residence  of,  279 

Thacher,  Surgeon,  227 

The  Landing,  was  greatest  port  in  North 
Jersey,   71 

Toll  Gate  Pole,  across  main  street,  277 


PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


Tombstones,  few  inscribed  in  early  days, 

127 
Tony's  Nose,  217 
Town  Hall,  purchase  of,  313 
Trading   Post,   first   Indian,  31,  33 
Trenton,  archaological  discoveries  at,  5 
Trunk  Sewer — Commission  in  charge  of, 
446;  completion  of,  is  now  twelve  years 
behind    date    set,    447:    cost    of    (esti- 
mated), 446;  cost  of  to  various  munici- 
palities, 446;  disposal  system  compared 
to  the,  446;  first  excavation  for  was  in 
Passaic,    447;    main    line    of,    446;    op- 
posed by  mayor  (Spencer),  447;  Pater- 
son  opposed  to,  446;  preferred  to  a  dis- 
posal plant,  445 
Turner,  Benjamin  F.,  first  detective,  2)27> 

338 
Turtle  Hill,  190 
Turtle  Hill  road,  2S1 

Undertaker,  unknown  here  in  early  days, 

126;  the  first  shop  here  of,  280 
Union   Benevolent   Society,  405,  409 

Valley  Forge,  225 

Vanderhoven,  Orrin,  founded  "Weekly 
Herald,"   373 

Van  Houten,  Cornelius,  homestead  of, 
was  where  post  office  now  is,  280 

Van  Quelin,  Robert,  made  original  sur- 
veys for  Point  Patent,   131 

Van  Wagoner  House,   description  of,  88 

Van  Wagoner.  John,  followed  after  Brit- 
ish and  never  heard  from,  92 

Village  of  Passaic — Act  to  incorporate, 
308;  became  a  city  of  second  class,  308; 
boundaries  of,  307;  Council  rooms,  309; 
first  charter  election,  309;  first  officers 
of,  309;  first  promissory  note  of  the,  310; 
organization  of  first  council,  309;  presi- 
dents   Cmayors)    of,    309,   310 

Village  Government — Beginnings  of.  307; 
commissioners  of,  308;   charter  for,  308 

Virginia,  territory  called  and  division  of, 

19 
Vital    Statistics — Registrar    is    now,    City 
Clerk,    44;    registry    of,    established    in 
1875,     444;     registrar,     first    appointee, 

444 

"Voorliser"  of  the   Church,   105 

Vreeland's  Brewery.  249 

Vreeland's  Grist  Mill,  230 

Vreeland,  Hartman,  first  white  man  in 
Passaic.   30,   2>2> 

Vreeland  Homestead  on  Monroe  street, 
250 

Vreeland   Lane,   190,  281 

Vreeland,  meaning  of,  and  sketch  of  fam- 
ily, 37 


Vreeland  Point  House,  279 
Vreeland's  "Point"  House,  location  of,  46 
Vreeland's    Pond,    249;    formed    in    1805, 
135 

Wallington,  was  an  island,  466,  467 
War  of  1812,  243;  soldiers  in,  123,  244 
Warehouse,    old,    stood    on    dock    at   the 

landing,   72 
Wars,   other  in  which  our  men  engaged, 

243 

War  with  Germany,  499 

Washington,  dined  at  Neil  tavern,  235; 
in  Acquackanonk,  225-230;  promise  of  a 
doll  to  a   child,   230 

Washington,  Martha,  visited  her  during 
Revolution,  227,  229 

Watchmaker,  sign  of  the  first,  279 

Water — Information  as  to  that  now  used, 
320;  introduction  of  into  village,  319; 
pipes,  pumping  station,  and  valuations, 
320;   power  for  industries,  263 

Watson's  Bleachery,  253;  now  Pantasote 
Leather  Co.,  135 

Watson,    Robert    R.,    159 

Watson,  William  W.,  159;  judge  District 
Court,   453 

Watson  vs.  Water  Co.,  pollution  of 
waters,   136 

Wesel  (Weasel)  Brook,  origin,  course 
and  value  of,  133;  suit  to  prevent  pol- 
lution of,    136 

Weasel   Division,   190 

Wells,  Harry  R.,  editor  "The  Echo," 
378;  editor  "The  Times,"  376 

Wesel  (Weasel),  as  first  applied  to  a 
brook,  mountain,  patent  division,  road, 
etc.,  51;  one  of  four  division  of  patent 
of    Acquackanonk,   62 

Wessels,  Lucas,  resided  on  site  of  Erie's 
main   station,   95 

Winds,  William,  General,  225.  237 

Women  Voters,  back  in  the  sixties,  282 

World  War,  499:  armistice  of,  501;  died 
in  service  of,  list  of,  510;  most  decorated 
man  of,  501 ;  draft  boards  of,  501 ;  ser- 
vice list,  503 

Young   Ladies'  Academy,  280 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  first 

president  of,  408;  founded  by,  409 
Young  Men's   Hebrew  Association,  416 
Young    Women's    Christian    Association, 

414 
Ynon   "Father"   Pierre,   convert  to   relig- 
ious sect  called  Labadists,  51 

Zeeland  Islands,  Labadists  sect  originate 

on   one  of,  50 
Zoning  Commission,  creation  of,  449 


CLIFTON 


Ackerman's   Lane.  650 

Ackerman.  William  P.,  assault  upon  and 

peculiaritie?  of.   612 
Adamson,  Col.  John  H.,  first  president  of 


Fire     Department,     681;     upsets     High 
School  plan,  676 
Aimee,    Marie,    famous    actress    acquired 
land  in,  616 


INDEX 


XI 


Albion  Place — Brick  kilns  at,  626;  church, 
first  in,  626;  cow  path  to,  626;  Drift 
Way,  laid  out  to,  626;  founding  of,  626; 
Gould,  Encrease,  founded  and  named, 
626;  Hazel  street  was  "Drift  Way," 
625;  known  as:  Beantown,  626;  Br!ck- 
ville,  626;  Postville,  625;  meaning  of 
"Albion,"  626;  postal  service  of,  679; 
school,  first,  in,  626;  stores  in,  627; 
streets  of,  named  for  famous  men,  626; 
was  residence  of  Governor  Dickerson, 
625 

Allwood — Also  known  as  Highland,  Peru 
and  Somerset,  627;  Brighton  Mills  at, 
628;  British  raid  in,  during  Revolu- 
tion, 627;  Mineral  Spring  near,  627; 
Paterson  and  Newark  (or  vice  versa) 
railroad,  628;  post  of^ce  in,  628;  postal 
service  of,  679;  sanitarium  near,  627; 
"Speer  Neighborhood"  at  one  time,  628; 
Stinkers  Brook,  628;  sudden  growth  of, 
628 

Arlington  Heights,  661 

Arlington  Station,  on  Erie,  at  Kip  avenue, 
661 

Assessors,  Township  and  Cit}^  671 

Athenia — Cheyne,  Hugh,  one  of  early  pro- 
moters of,  631;  confused  with  other 
names,  630;  formerly  known  as:  Cen- 
terville,  629;  Claverack,  628;  Clifton, 
630,  631;  has  two  steam  railroads,  630; 
history  of,  630;  Hughes,  Mr.  Frank, 
details  of  by,  630;  Hughes,  Mr.  George, 
pioneer  of,  630;  Hughes,  Air.  John, 
founder  of,  630;  mail  carrier,  631;  maps 
of  land  in  made  by  Mr.  John  S.  Strange, 
631;  name  of,  when  first  given  to,  631; 
Otto  Jacob,  630;  postmasters  at:  Post, 
John  A.,  Mar.  16,  1883;  Scanlon,  John 
L.,  Mar.  13,  1915;  Wood,  Robert  E., 
June  5,  1916;  Doremus,  John  L.,  June 
II,  1919,  to  date,  632;  post  office  at,  631, 
679;  quarantine  station  for  animals  at, 
631;  silk  mills,  the  first  in,  631;  store  in, 
the  first,  631;  Tome,  Jacob,  632;  Vree- 
land,  Michael  E.,  first  settler  at,  629 

Banks — Clifton  Banking  Company,  677; 
Clifton  Trust  Company,  676;  First  Na- 
tional,  676 

Basset,  Stephen,  tannery  of,  582 

Berry,  John,  his  descendants  and  grave- 
yard, 593 

Blacksmith  bill  of  1799,  596 

Black  Friday,  661 

Blatchley,  Dr.  Ebenezer  K.  (tertius), 
627 

Bleaching,  chemicals  discovered  by  James 
Shepherd,  and  carried  on  by  him  at 
Clifton,   611 

Bloomingdale,  William  H.,  speculator, 
failed,    661 

Bowe,  James  F.,  engineer,  dys 

Brennan.  Edward  C,  editor  of  "Journal," 
677.  678 

Brooks  and  Springs — Ackerman's  Brook, 


611;  Clifton  Spring,  611;  Mineral 
Spring,  not  "McDanolds,"  627;  "Stink- 
ers" (Slikers),  628 
Butcher,  made  trips  to  the  farmers,  606 
Building  and  Loan  Association — "Albion 
Place,"  677;   "Clifton,"  677 

Cauliflower,  first  cultivated  at  the  Notch, 

653 
Centrevilles,    were    two    in    present    city, 

629;    Centreville  at   Athenia,  631;    Cen- 

treville  at  the  Canal,  (i2,T, 
Chairman  of  City  Council  of  Clifton,  672- 

<.  i^75 

"Cheap  Josie's"  tavern,  633 
Churches — Athenia  Reformed,  664;  Belle 
Vista,  626;  Calvary  Baptist,  667;  Cath- 
olic, first,  669;  Centreville  Reformed, 
664;  Clifton  Reformed,  663;  Lakeview 
Avenue  Reformed,  666;  Leavens,  Dr., 
was  preacher  in  Clifton,  663;  Metho- 
dist, the  first,  663;  Presbyterian,  at  Al- 
bion Place,  627;  Reformed,  at  Centre- 
ville, 664;  Our  Lady  of  Mount  Carmel, 
669;  SS.  Cyril  and  Methodius  Slovan- 
ian,  670;  St.  George's  Mission,  669;  St. 
Paul's  Catholic,  669;  St.  Peter's  Mis- 
sion and  parish,  665;  Trinity  Evangeli- 
cal Lutheran,  666 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  673 
Citizens'  Sewer  Committee,  674 
City — First  election  for  officers  of,  672; 
first  governing  body  of,  671;  govern- 
ment of,  671;  incorporated,  671 
Civil  War — Andersonville  prison  in,  624; 
Kingsland,  John  P.,  aged  veteran  of, 
624;  Libby  prison  in,  624;  surviving 
veteran  of  (see  this  title  in  History  of 
Passaic).  624 
Clerks,  Township  and  City,  671 
Clifton,  City  of — Act  creating  the.  575; 
Al'bion  Place  in,  626;  Allwood  in,  627; 
ancient  localities  in  what  is  now,  575; 
ancient  divisions  of  land  in,  579:  area 
of,  575;  Athenia  in.  577;  Botany  district 
of,  680;  boundaries  and  location  of, 
575;  Burhan's  Lane  in,  577,  585;  Cen- 
treville in,  629;  Claverack  in.  577;  Del- 
awanna  in,  637;  Dutch  names,  58 1,  584; 
Dwarslijn  road,  578;  first  industry  in, 
582;  Gerrit  Gerritse,  Colonial  pioneer 
of,  577;  Gotham  (Gotam).  ancient  divi- 
sion of,  579;  Gotham  Division  of  Great 
Patent,  580;  Grove  and  Hotel,  598,  661, 
662;  included  in  great  patent  of  Ac- 
OAiackanonk,  579;  Land  and  Building 
Association,  660,  661;  marriage  bond  in 
ancient,  583;  naming  of,  659:  Notch,  the, 
in,  658:  Pearl  Brook  and  its  name,  655; 
railroads  and  street  railways  in,  575; 
roads:  Notch,  658:  Sip  (Van  Hounten) 
Lane,  656;  Spencer.  Mrs.  Charles  D., 
gave  name  to.  660:  Washington  Ifving's 
visit  to,  580;  Weasel  Bridge,  582;  Weasel, 
name    applied    to    road,    brook,    moun- 


xu 


PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


tain,  etc.,  576;  Weasel  (Wesel)  road  in, 
577;    Weasel  settlement  in,  584 
Collectors,  Township  and  City,  672 
Committee-Man-at-Large,   671 
Connors-Coughlin  faction  in,  673 
Connors,    George   H.,   elected  mayor,  673 
Council  members,  672-675 
Councilmen,  first,  672 
Cross  line  (see  also  Dwarslijn),  626 
County  line,  the  southerly  line  of  Clifton, 
645 

Delawanna — Berry  family  of,  638;    Brad- 

bur)',  John,  first  settler  at,  637;  Brad- 
bury, Richard,  spurns  his  father's  gifts, 
638;  British  raids  in,  646;  British 
troops  at,  645;  churches  at,  648;  district 
schools  of,  648;  Ennis  family  of,  640; 
Ennie  house  at,  641;  Ennie  hung  by  the 
British  at,  642,  645;  first  mill  at,  637; 
Franklin  avenue  in,  648;  Kantacaw 
(Kanticaw),  (>Z7\  location  of  Houten- 
Houtty-ne,  644;  marked  stone  at,  643; 
name  applied  to,  637;  patent  for  part  of 
Third  River  at,  637;  post  office  at,  679; 
Reef,  The,  at,  640;  Revolutionary  Days 
of,  645;  Ridgelawn  Cemeteries  in,  649; 
River  road,  original  route  of,  through, 
639;  Snyder  Lane  at,  639;  Snyder  tav- 
ern at,  639;  soldiers  from,  in  Revolution, 
646;  soldiers  of,  in  the  Civil  War,  647; 
Speer,  Alfred,  born  at,  640;  Speer, 
James,  judge,  born  at,  639;  Stone 
House  Plains  Road,  in,  648;  Van 
Ripers,  of,  638;  Washington,  at,  643; 
Waldrich  Bleachery,  in,  648;  Whiting 
Paper  Company,  located  at,  638;  Yanta- 
caw  (Yanticaw),  637;  Yantacaw  Ice 
Company,  648;   Yantacav^f  river,  at  637 

De  Mattia,  Marino,  author  of  police  de- 
partment sketch  herein,  682;  patrolman, 
685 

Democratic  organization — none  in  1919, 
^Ty,  sprung  up  later,  675 

Dickerson,  Governor,  resided  on  the  Drift 
Way  (Hazel  street),  625;  tombstone  of, 
626 

Directory,   first  of   Clifton,   661 

Directory  of  1872,  included  only  Clifton 
proper,  662 

Distilleries   of  early  days,  610 

District   School  of   Colonial   days,  6c6 

Doolittle,   John,   city  engineer,  (>'jt, 

Dundee  Dam  and  Lake — Laying  corner- 
stone of  the  dam.  613;  lake  formed,  614 

Dwarslijn,  was  division  line,  585 

Early  Settlers — Description  of,  600; 
houses  of,  601 

Engineering  Bureau,  674 

Erie  Railroad — First  station.  661;  first 
ticket  office  a  barrel.  660;  first  station- 
master,  661.     (See  Railroads) 

"Fairyland  Park,"  policeman  for,  683 
Fenner,  Herbert  R.,  defeated  for  mayor, 
675 


Finkle,  Clarence,  Sr.,  first  acting  mayor, 
671 

Fire  Department — Acquackanonk  Fire- 
men's Relief  Association,  681;  first 
president,  681;  Acquackanonk  town- 
ship organized,  680;  Adam  Ritter,  pres- 
ent chief  of  F.  R.  A.,  681;  assistant 
chiefs  of,  681 ;  captains  of  all  volunteer 
companies,  682;  companies  of,  that  own 
their  property,  681;  chiefs  of,  681; 
Exempt  Firemen's  Association,  682;  of- 
ficers of,  682;  first  companies  of,  681; 
first  president  of  volunteers,  681;  head- 
quarters of,  681;  Lincoln,  James,  third 
president  of,  681 ;  list  of  paid  men  of, 
682;  motor  and  other  apparatus  of,  682; 
number  of  calls  for,  682;  paid,  organiz- 
ing a,  for  the  city,  681 ;  platoon  system 
of,  682;  Relief  Association  of  Firemen, 
681 ;  reorganization  of,  681 ;  Ritter, 
Adam  A.,  president  and  vice-president 
of,  681 ;  volunteers  composed  the  first, 
681 

From  Township  to  City,  671 

Garrison's  Lane,  661 

Gerritse,   Gerrit,  first  of  patentees  to  set- 

tlein,  577,  594       . 
Glacier  Rock,  description  of  and  poem  on 

Clifton's,  616 
Gladis   Tavern,  at   Centreville,   at   Canal, 

Gotham  Division,  lots  in  the,  580 
Graveyard,  Old,  Caroline  avenue,  is  hon- 
ored by,  593 
Groocock,  Samuel,  660 
Growth  begins,  661 
Growth   retarded,   661 

Hamilton   Heights,   661 

Harness  bill  of  1793,  595 

Highland,  627 

Highland    Park    (Roosevelt   Section),   661 

Houten  or  Houttyne,  location  of,  644 

"Jersey  Blues,"  song  of  1747,  588 

Kernan,  Rev.  Thomas  J.,  669 

Kesse's  tavern,  62,2 

Kip's  Lane,  Patentee's  Lane,  592 

"Ladies'  Home  Journal,"  638 
Lakeview    Heights,  680 
Log  School  corner,  633 

Main  avenue  about  1870.  661 

Mahoney,  Arthur  S.,  chief  engineer,  675, 
676,  678 

Mayor,    first,   672 

McDonald's    Hall.   665 

Merselis  Family,  how  land  in  Clifton  ac- 
quired   by,   595 

Methodist  Church,  661 

Mills — First  factory  was  for  bleaching, 
611;  grist  and  saw,  609 

Morris   Canal,  633 

Motor  Vehicles,  growth  of,  686 

Municipal   Building,  662 


INDEX 


Xlll 


Negus,  William  F.,  Jr.,  father  of  plan  of 
sewers  in,  673 

Newark   Division    Line,   644 

Newspapers — "Little  Falls  Eagle,"  678; 
"The  Echo,"  the  first,  677;  "Acquacka- 
nonk  Journal,"  677;  "Clifton  Journal," 
677;  "Clifton  Press,"  677;  "Clifton 
Times,"  678 

Notch,  The — Beacon  lights  at  in  Revolu- 
tion, 658;  British  raids  during  Revolu- 
tion about,  656;  cauliflower  first  culti- 
vated at,  653;  church  and  Sunday 
school,  the  first  at,  651;  Clifton  Notch, 
649;  Cranetown  road  at,  659;  Dr.  Howe 
founded  Methodist  church  at,  651;  early 
settlers  of  attended  church  at  Passaic, 
651;  noted  people  of,  650;  farmers  of, 
always  prospered,  659;  Hamilton, 
Henry,  first  milkman  at,  635,  650; 
Indian  battle  at,  649;  Indians  of  the, 
649;  Indian  path  passed  through,  649; 
industries  of  olden  times  at,  654;  Metho- 
dist church  at,  651;  "Minute  Men"  of 
Revolution,  659;  Pearl  Brook  and  its 
history,  655;  peculiar  people  of,  650; 
Piaget  family  of,  653;  Piaget's  tavern 
at,  653;  Revolutionary  patrol  of,  650; 
Revolutionary  Rifle  Camp  at,  658;  roads 
to,  656;  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church  at, 
652;  tavern  at,  652;  trap  rock  found  at, 
650;  Van  Ripers  of  the,  650;  Van 
Wagoner  homestead  at,  650 

Officers — For  1918,  1919,  672;  1920,  673; 
1921,  674;   1922,  673 

Patentee's  Lane,  626;  new  Crook's  avenue, 

585 

Paterson,    town   of,   included    Clifton,   644 

Peru,  627 

Pearl  brook,  655 

Physicians,  charges  of,  597 

Pietem's  Gat  (Garritse),  594 

Pietem's  Hans,  594 

Pietem's  Pete  (Garritse),  594 

Play  House  "Regent,"  680  _ 

Police  Department — Additions  to,  684, 
685;  ambulance  of,  685;  apparatus  of, 
685;  autos  for,  684;  bicycles  for,  684; 
Battel,  Anthony,  captain  of  Detectives, 
686;  beginning  of,  682;  Benevolent  As- 
sociation, 687;  burial  fund,  687;  pen- 
sion fund,  687;  captain  of,  685;  com- 
manders of,  686;  Coughlan,  James  P., 
now  captain,  686;  Coughlan,  Wil- 
liam J.,  chief  of,  683;  constable  in 
1895,  682;  Detective  Bureau  established, 
685;  "Flash  Beacons,"  on  streets  in- 
stalled by,  687;  headquarters  of,  683; 
members  of,  683;  more  "cops"  needed, 
684;  motorcycle  for,  684;  ofificers  of, 
686;  organized  in  1908,  683;  promotions 
in,  685;  touring  car  for,  685;  traffic 
problem  of  the,  686 

Population,  growth  of,  661;  in  1870,  661 

Public    Library — Established,    679;    first 


officers  of,  679;  opening  of,  679;  organ- 
izing of,  679 
Post,  John  H.,  Revolutionary  hero,  585 
Postmasters — Appointed  in  following 
order:  Van  Dyk,  Francis,  June  3, 
1870;  Cone,  Edward  G.,  June  7,  1870; 
Davison,  William  S.,  Sept.  17,  1874;  De 
Mott,  George  V.,  Dec.  i,  1874;  Cone, 
Edward  G.,  April  21,  1875;  Parker, 
Elijah  S.,  Dec.  12,  1881;  Spencer, 
Charles  D.,  July  5,  1882;  Brick,  James, 
Feb.  IS,  1886;  Hemenway,  Charles  F., 
June  ID,  1889;  Bogart,  William  G., 
Sept.  12,  1892;  Webb,  Alvin,  October 
28,  1896;  Ker,  William,  May  2,  1902  to 
June  30,  1902,  when  the  oftice  was  abol- 
ished. (Accidentally  omitted),  678;  (see 
also  index,  Athenia  and  Richfield). 
Post  Office — At,  678;  branch  of  Passaic's, 
679;   carrier's  service  and  districts,  678 

Race  Track,  615 

Railroad — First  depot  and  ticket  agent, 
598;  D.  L.  and  W.,  631;  Newark  and 
Paterson  Steam,  628 

Real   Estate  offices,  first,  661 

Red  Cross,  625 

Revolution — British  raids  during  the, 
620;  depredations  by  British,  618; 
events  preceding  and  preparations  for, 
618;  family  feasts  during  the,  605;  first 
action  taken  here  previous  to  the,  599; 
midnight  ride  during,  590;  Roche,  Dr., 
surgeon  in  the,  591;  Vreeland,  Michael, 
leader  in,  592;  Weasel,  during  the,  624 

Richfield,  634;  Farmers'  Grange  at,  636; 
first  church  at,  636;  first  school  house 
of  logs,  636;  George  Plog,  of,  635; 
Postmasters  at:  and  dates  appointed; 
Herman  H.  Budde,  June  5,  1878;  Chris- 
tiana A.  Budde,  April  10,  1883;  Henry 
Kesse,  April  8,  1884;  Henry  H.  Vorath, 
March  6,  1900,  to  July  15,  1905,  when 
abolished.  (Accidentally  omitted  in 
text  at  page),  637:  second  school  house 
at,  636;  vegetable  farms  of,  635 

Ritter,  Adam  A.,  fire  chief,  681 

Roads — Acquackanonk  Church,  628; 
Bloomfield  avenue,  628;  Kingsland  lane, 
628 

"Rose  Bank,"  661 

"Saturday   Evening  Post,"  638 

Schmidt  Faction,  673 

Schmidt,  George  F.,  first  mayor  elected, 
672 

School,  first,  661 

Schools,  Public — Beginning  of,  687; 
Board  of  Education  members,  688;  first 
teacher  of,  687;  Miss  Kittie  Hartt,  first 
teacher  here.  687;  High  School,  history 
of,  by  Mr.  George  J.  Smith,  superin- 
tendent of,  688;  locations  of,  first,  687; 
personnel   of  each,   689-692 

Sewers — Commencement  of,  construction 
of,    676;    first    agitated,    673;    plan    of 


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PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


evolved,  675;  report  of  Engineer  Bowe, 

673 

Sheriff,  first  of  Passaic  county,  639 

Simmons,    family    of,    583;    farm   of,    590; 

shop  of,  596 
Slaves,  602;  Elias  Vreeland's,  592;  values 

of,  593 
Social  Gatherings,  of  the  olden  times,  604 
Somerset,  ^2"/ 

Speer,  Rvnier,  first  sheriff,  639 
"Spijkerkop,"     or     "Nail-Headed     Gat," 

595 
Store,    first,   in,   661 
Streets  of,   condition  of,  679;   duplicating 

names  of  certain,  680;   fatal  accident  at 

Calvary  corner,  679 
St.   Paul's  School,  670 
Sunday    School,    St.    Paul's,    665;    Union, 

662 

Tax  rates,  d'jd 

Tavern,    Banta's,   598 

Telephone,      boundary     between     Clifton 

(Passaic   "Central")    and   Paterson,   679 
Temperance,    was    not    practiced,    liquor 

being  used  by  everybody,  604 
Thorburn,  S.  Grant,  elected  mayor,  675 
Tilton,    Francis    T.,    furnished    historical 

data,  676;  treasurer  of  Clifton,  675 
Township   Records,  now  with  city  clerk, 


Treasurer,  Tov/nship  and  City,  672 

Van   Buren,    Dr.,  practiced  here  in   1791, 

597 
Van   Houten,   meaning  of,  644 
Van  Winkle's  Tavern,  (i2)2) 
Vickers,  I.  Neville,  editor  of  the  "Times," 

673 
Vreeland,  Elias,  gravestone  of,  593 
\'reeland,     Michael,     uneducated     miller, 

and  writer,   587 

Watson,    Col.    George,    eminent    engineer, 

\\  hipping   post,    634 

Wise,  Russell  S.,  city  engineer,  674 

Wars — Civil,   624;    Spanish,   624;    World, 

624 
Vv' easel,    derivation   of   the   name   of,    584; 

letter    written     1747    "from    m,y    house 

near,"  589;  was  called  the  Garden  spot 

of  the  Jerseys,  599 
Weasel    Division,    lots    in,    5S5;    of    great 

Patent,    585 
Will,   sample  of  an  ancient,  589 
Wynne,  James  J.,  president  of  Firemen's 

Relief   Association,    681 

Yanticaw   river,    tidewater    of,    owned   by 
Bradbury  heirs,  638 


GARFIELD 


Aqueghnonk,   710 

Aqueyquinonke    tract    included    Garfield, 

700,  703 
Ancient  stone  marked  "A.  W.,"  741 

Bank,    First    National,   Tjt 
Belmont,  '/2T,  named,  717;  section,  727 
"Bear's  Nest,"  716 
Bentley,   Rev.   W.   Gordon,   785 
"Bergen  County  Soldier,"  a  poem,  744 
"Bergen  Planter,"  a  poem,  729 
"Bergen  County  Tory,"  a  poem,  750 
Black   Friday,   713 
Board  of  Health,  members  of,  767 
Boat  Building,  712 
Boats  plying  Passaic  river,  72^ 
Bogart,    Gilbert    D.,    man    who    founded, 
gave  the  name  to,   and  built  up,    Gar- 
field,  710,   712,  713,   714,   715,   716,  722, 
724,  740,  759,  778,  780,  802 
P.oeart  Heights   Land   Company,   724 
Bridges — Arie     Bush,    741;     "Iron,"    the, 
71.^,    725;    island,    726;    Monroe    street, 
726:  Cutwater,  726;  Rusling,  726 
Building  and  Loan  Associations,  "JTJ 
Bush   iox  Bos)   family,  name  of,  710 
Bussen,  Rev.  Joseph,  791 

Cadmus   Farm,   712,   714 
Carpatho-Russians,    793 
Carteret.   Lady,  704 
Cemeteries,  724 
Centreville,  or  "Bear's  Nest,"  716 


Churches,  779;  Catholic,  788:  "Even- 
song," a  poem,  785 ;  Holy  Innocents, 
established,  784;  Holy  Name,  the  first 
Catholic,  786,  788;  Hungarian  Baptist, 
787;  Our  Lady  of  Mount  Virgin,  796; 
Presbj-terian,  780;  Reformed,  First,  781; 
St.  Stanislaus  Polish.  798;  Three  Saints 
Russian  Orthodox  Greek,  793 

Coal,  price  of  in   1844,   7^6 

Cogh,  Joost  and  familv,  719,  722;  farm 
of,  718 

Cost  of  living  in  1807,  t^t, 

Councilman-at-Large,  765 

"de"  meant  "of,"  as  applied  to  land,  706 

De  Angelo,  Rev.  Alfonso,  797 

Deeds,  required  to  be  recorded,  703 

Descriptions  of  original  farm  lots,  708,  709 

"Deserted  Farm  House,"  a  poem,  732 

Division  of   Patent,   709 

Dundee  Dam  in  1691,  709;  when  and  why 

so  named,  728 
Durkin,     Patrick     J.,     ancient     stone     in 

house  of,    740 
Dutch  nomenclature,  707 
"Dwars"  Line,  Midland  avenue,  was  the, 

708 

East  Passaic,  name  first  applied  to,  727; 

verse  entitled,  716 
East  Passaic  Land  Company,  716 
Elting,  Rev.  Wilhemus,  famous  divine  re- 
sided here,   715 


INDEX 


XV 


Factories    and    Mills — Early,    774;    mod- 
ern, 775 
Farms,  first  owners  of,  709 
Fire   Department,   history  of,  769 
Floods  and  freshets,  727 
Fcrd  across  Passaic  river,  747 
PVanciscan  Fathers,  787 
Funerals,  cost  of,  739 
P'urniture,  cost  of  in  1807,  733 

Garfield — Ancient,  694;  beginnings  of, 
758;  Board  of  Health,  767;  Bogart's 
maps  of  part  of,  710;  borough  of, 
created,  762;  borough  to  city,  763;  city 
of,  incorporated,  763;  City  Hall,  con- 
templated site  for,  718;  commission 
government  for,  768;  council  that  became 
famous,  765;  dams  were  called  "drift 
logs,"  700;  division  of  land  in,  707; 
division,  mode  of,  for  land  in,  707; 
early  titles,  history  of,  709;  embraces 
farm  lots  i  to  6,  Jacques  Patent,  709; 
East  Passaic  was  name  of  in  1881,  710; 
finances  of,  767;  first  explored,  700; 
first  mayor  of  city  of,  762;  first  officers 
of  city  of,  764;  first  settlement  of,  708; 
founder  of,  712;  founding  of,  713;  Gar- 
field Hotel,  714;  Garfield  is  in  the 
"Jacques"  Patent,  707;  Indians  of: 
their  burying  ground,  695;  their  de- 
scription, 695;  the  last  one,  697;  names 
of  some,  697;  occupation  of,  694;  retreat 
of,  697;  Indian  title  to  land,  701;  Jacques 
Cortelyou,  first  white  man  in,  and  voyage 
to,  698;  map,  first,  of,  707;  Mayors  of: 
Burke,  765;  Danhert,  763;  Whitehead, 
765;  naming  of,  760;  officers  of  since 
1897,  766;  Saddle  River  tract,  700; 
struck  by  1873  panic,  713;  survey,  the 
first  that  included,  703;  survey,  the 
first  of,  707;  township  to  borough,  761; 
township  of  Saddle  River,  Garfield  was 
in,  761;  wards  of,  765;  white  men  visit, 
698 

Garfield  Park,  701 

Garrison,  Dr.  John,  711,  719,  721,  738, 
746 

Gerritsen,   Gerrit,  710 

Gerritse,  Peter — Three  of  his  sons  were 
called:  "Pietem  Gat,"  "Pietem's 
Hans,"  "Pietem's  Piet,"  721 

Great  Bear  Brook,  741 

Groceries,  cost  of  in   1807,  733 

H?lf-Way    House,    741 

Hans,  a  guide  to  Cortelyou,  699 

Hall,  Rev.  James,  780 

Hasbrouck   Mansion,   717 

Hessions   (see  History  of  Lodi) 

Hill,   Rev.   Eugene,  7S1 

Hoagland,   Catharine,  Patentee,  709 

Homesteads,  Old,  729 

Horse  Railroads,  778 

Horse  Railroad,  act  incorporating,  713 

Indian  deed,  for  Saddle  River  tract,  702 


Islands,  Passaic  River,  belong  to  Garfield, 

725 
Jacques   Patent,  707 
Jounialism,  777 
Juriansen,    Thomas,    progenitor    of    Van 

Riper,   710 

Kilgour,     John     F.,     The     "Blue     Stone 

King,"  718 
Kip,  John,  Loyalist  (see  History  of  Lodi), 

724 

Land  titles  history,  702 

Liberty  Pole,  742 

Localities,  old  and  modern  names  of,  727 

ManteufTel,    Rev.   Julius,    79S 

McDanolds,   Henry,  712 

Medicines  used  in  early  days,  737 

Melon   farm   of   Cadmus,   712 

Merselis    family,  name   changed  to    Mar- 

sellus,  723 
Midland  Avenue,  was  "Dwars  Line,"  722 

Nachpunck,  last  Indian  of  Garfield,  699 
Names  of  owners  of  original  farms,  709 
Names,   Christian,  only  descriptive,  706 
Names,    Patronymic,    707 
Newspapers — "Guardian,"     777;     "Home 
Friend,"   777\    "Press,"    778;    "Record," 

777      ^ 
Navigation  on  Passaic  river,  726 

Old  farms,  modern  history  of,  711 
Otto,  Captain  Charles,  719 

Paramus   Church,    715 

"Parson,  The  Country,"  a  poem,  779 

Patentees — Names  of  first,  704;  names  of 
second,  704;  not  one  settled  in,  706; 
sketches  of,  705;  were  all  aristocrats, 
706 

Patents — Caveats  against  granting,  704; 
controversies  over,  704;  first  for  land 
in,  703;  second  for  land  in,  704 

Patronymics,  early,  707 

Passaic  River,  name  changed,  700 

Peck  Hook,  727 

Physicians,  bill  for  services,  739;  early, 
737;  names  of,  738 

Plauderville,   how  and   when  named,  727 

Police   Department,   773 

Post  Homestead  and  mills,  717,  718 

Post,   Jacobus,  major,  749 

Post,  John,  the  miller,  722 

Postmasters  and  dates  of  appointments — 
Nicholas  D.  Vreeland,  Aug.  7.  1882; 
Henry  Krygsman,  May  29,  1883;  Gil- 
bert D.  Bogart,  Oct.  15,  1883;  Joel 
Horton,  March  27,  1888;  Gilbert  D. 
Bogart,  May  13,  1889;  William  O. 
Bush.  Aug.  19,  1893;  Charles  H. 
Wright,  June  22.  1897  to  January  31, 
1902,  when  the  oflfice  was  discontinued. 
(Accidentally    omitted    from    text),    694 

Proprietors,  the  Board  of,  703 


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PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


Quit  rents  were  reserved,  706 

Railroads — Bergen  County  Short  Cut, 
742;  Bergen  &  Dundee,  742;  Electric, 
778;  Horse,  778;  Passaic  &  New  York, 

Redemptioners,    compared    to    slaves,    735 

Revolutionary  War — British  army,  com- 
position of,  749;  British  army  fords 
river,  747;  British  encampment  of,  dur- 
ing, 746;  British  army  enters  mills  of 
Adrian  Post,  745;  British  officers, 
names  of,  745;  British  pursue  Ameri- 
cans, 745;  close  of,  755;  depredations 
and  thefts  of  British,  748;  Donop, 
colonel  of  Hessian  Jagers,  749;  effects 
of,  756;  incidents  of,  751;  meetings  to 
support  the  Americans,  749;  opposition 
to  British,  749;  Post,  Adrian,  miller, 
robbed  by  British,  745;  retreat,  the 
great,  744;  route  of  the  British,  745; 
sufterers  by  the,  748;  Tories  were  few 
in  days  of,  744 

River  road  to  be  improved  (1874),  713 

Roads — Dwars  Line  (now  Midland 
avenue),  741;  names  of  the  first,  739; 
Cutwater's  Lane,  741 ;  Peck  Hook  road, 
740;  River  road,  740;  Saddle  River 
avenue,  741;  Toers  (now  Cutwater's) 
lane,  740 

Robertsford,  721 

Roll  of  Battle  Abbey,  706 

Rusling,   Gershom,  718 

Rusling,  James  F.,  718 

Saddle  River  Township — Boundaries  of, 
761;  by  whom  named,  729;  early  records 
of,  761;  Indian  names  for,  729 

Saddle  River  Lake,  718 

Saddle  River  Land  Company,  formation 
of,  722 

Saddle  River  Patents,  701 

Schools — First  district,  800;  first  public, 
802;  graduate  classes,  805;  history  of 
the  public,  802;  principals  in,  804; 
teachers   in,   804 

"School  House,"  a  poem,  802 

Schoolmaster,  advertisements  for,  801 

Schuyler   family,  710 

Scot,  George,  "Model  Government,"  by, 
708 

Scot,  Joseph,  built  Monroe  street  bridge, 
716 


Shafto,  Ellsworth,  first  principal  of  public 

school,  802 
Slaves — Bill  of  sale,  ^2,7;  on  every  farm, 

■JZy,  runaway,  735;  sales  of,  734 
Slater,   John  J.,  724 
Sloughter,  Col.  Henry,  705,  708 
Sloughter  Dam,  history  of,  728 
"Sloughterdam,"     or    "Jacques,"     Patent, 

707 
Sloughter     Dam     Landing,    729;    named, 

709;   origin  of   name,   708;   school,  717 
Smith,    Samuel   T.,   712 
"Snow   Bound,"   Whittier's,   731 
Soldiers'  Monument,  805 
Sonnabend,  Rev.  Dominie,  y^^,  792 
"Spook"    House,    712 
Spring   Tank,   742 
"Spijker-kop    Gat,"    721 
Steegar,   William  H.,  principal  of  public 

schools,   824 
Stilwell,  Richard,  Patentee,  704,  710 
Szorc,  Rev.  Lawrence,  799 

Tavern    Keepers,    charges    for    food    ana 

lodging,    743 
Taverns,  Cld,  742 
Telep,   Rev.  John  N.,  795 
Terhune,  ancestor  of  family  of,  723 
Toers  family,  719,  741 
Toers  Lane,  721 
Tomasse,  Urian,  progenitor  of  Van  Riper 

family,  714 
Townley,  Richard,  Patentee,  704,  710 
Trolley,  first  in  Garfield,  778 

"Urian,"  Uriah,  714 

Van  Horn,  Rutger  Joost,  Patentee,  71a 
Van   Iderstine  house,   712 
Van  Winkle,  Ary,  family  of,  722 
Van  Winkle,   Daniel,  714 
Vreeland,  Hartman,  Patentee,  711 

Wharton,   Charles,   schoolmaster,  715 

Wharton,   Joseph,   724 

War — Armistice  of  the  World,  810;  Civil 
and  others  wars,  except  Revolution,, 
757;  names  of  those  in  the  World  War, 
805;  Spanish-American,  805;  World 
War,  805;  survivors  of  World  War, 
805;  those  who  died  in  World  War,  805 

Zabriskie's  Dock,  Mill,  Store  and  farm, 
711 


LODI 


Adda   River,   Italy,  861 

Albertse,    Albert    (alias    Terhune),    817; 

(see   History  of   Garfield) 
Acquickanick,  813 
Allegiance,  oath  of  king,  813 
Anne,    Queen,  813 

Banks — First  National,  874;   Lodi  Trust 

Company,  874 
Bergen    County — Enlarged,    813;    formed, 

813;  formerly  in  Essex  county,  813 
Berry,  John,  815 


Berry's  Patent,  815 
Blum  Brothers,  863 
Borough  of  Lodi — Incorporation  of,  871; 

officers  of,   871 
Brinkerhofif  House,  818 
Building    and    Loan    Associations — Lodi, 

874;   Mutual,   874 
Buildings,    Dutch,   820 
Burning  to  death,  punishment  of,  825 
Burns  and   Smith,   863 
Bus   Service,  872 
Butscher,    Rev.   John  J.,   859 


INDEX 


xvu 


Churches — Catholic,  854;  colored,  854; 
Italian,  854;  Reformed,  854;  chorister 
in  early,  823;  "Brick,"  853;  Congrega- 
tionalists,  853;  Holland,  854;  St.  Fran- 
cis de  Sales  Catholic,  857;  St.  Joseph's 
Catholic,  856 

Cook,  "Dan,"  867 

Court,  first  justice,  813 

Court  House,  first  for  County  of  Ber- 
gen, 814 

Crops  raised  in  Lodi,  821 

Cursing  punished,  813 

Dansen,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  871 
Davis,  "Paddy,"  fishmonger.  866 
Davis,  Thomas,  the  "Big  Chief,"  866 
Dress,  The,  of  women  and  men,  824 
Dutch  (now  Church),   Hill,  862 

Early  settlers  along  Polifly  road.  819 
East  Jersey  and  West  Jersey,  813 
Edict  of  Nantes,  its  bearing  on  Lodi,  816 
Electric  light  first  introduced,  873 

Farmers,  customs  and  traits  of,  821 

Felician  Sisters,   Order  of,  855 

Fire  alarm,   873 

Fire  Department,  873 

Fire,  "The  Great,"  873 

Floods,  873 

Furniture  in  an  early  settler's  home,  822 

Garfield    Park,   861 
George  II,   King,  813 
Grist  Mill,  known  as  Haring's,  Knowles, 
Kingsland's,  811 

Hackensack  Village  was  in  Essex  county, 

813 
Hagerty,  Timothy.  867 
Hanging  substituted  for  burning,  827 
Hangman's  weights,  etc.,  827 
Hasbrouck      Heights,     encroaches     upon 

Lodi,   815 
Hendry,  William,  868 
Hessians,  history  of  the,  841 
Holland  Language,  preaching  in  the,  863 
Homesteads,   Old,  on  Polifly  road,  818 
Hopper  House,  818 
Huguenot  refugees,  came  to  Lodi.  816 
Hunen,  town  name  taken  for  Terhune,  817 

Indians — Hackensack  Tribe,  811;  of  Lodi, 
811,  812;  money  of.  called  Wampum, 
812;  occupations  of,  812;  Rerakanes 
clan  of,  811;  sports,  fields  for,  of,  812; 
Warepeake  clan  of.  811;  (see  History 
of  Passaic  index,  under  this  title),  812 

Iiish  Road — First  settlers  along  the,  867; 
now  Union  street,  862 

Jail,  Log,  for  county,  814 

Kennedy's  Farm,  860 
Kintacay  Brook,  835 
Kip  Homestead,  818 


Lodi — Awakening  of,  864;  deserted  vil- 
lage of,  864;  exodus  of  families  to  Pas- 
saic, 864;  first  deeds  for  land  in,  817; 
history  of,  81 1 ;  Italians  in  control  of, 
865;  modern,  865;  naming  of,  860;  old 
times  in,  865;  old  buildings  on  Main 
street  of,  866;  prosperous  days  of,  863; 
village   of,   860,   862 

Lodi  Township,  creation  and  boundaries 
of,  860 

Lodi  Village,  founded  1825,  853 

Mail  for  mills,  via  Passaic,  811 

Massey,  Stephen,  865.  867 

McGrath,    Daniel,   869 

McGrath's,  the  first  town  hall,  872 

Memorial  tablet  in  honor  of  soldiers,  875 

Municipal    Building,   872 

Names,  Dutch  family,  816;  origin  of,  816 
New  Barbadoes,  813 

Newspapers — "Lodi  Advance,"  865;  "The 
Trolley,"  865 

Oj;th  of  Allegiance  to  King,  813 
Old  Timers  of  Lodi,  866 

Pachem,    Indian    Chief,    86r 

Pc  ine,     Thomas,     author     of     "American 

Crisis,"  832 
Park,  story  of  a  public,  86g 
Peck  Hook,  naming  of,  861 
Peck    Hook — Residents    of,    834;    troops 

pass,  834 
Petersborough,    860 
Petticoats,   were  plenty,   824 
Police   Department,  874 
Police  Court,  Recorder  of,  874 
Polifly,  meaning  of,  828 
Polifly   (Polevly).   815,   816 
Poliflv  Line,  815 
Polifly  Lots,  815 
Poor,  Brig.-Gen.  Enoch,  841 
Population  of  Lodi,  871 
Postmasters,    List  of,   865 
Post  Office,  865 

Revolution — Causes  of,  830:  Committee  of 
Safety,  830;  British  raids,  833,  838; 
British  troops  enter  Hackensack,  832; 
Clinton's  raid,  833,  840:  Fort  Lee 
evacuated,  832;  Gordon,  David,  soldier 
in,  833;  Hessians  at  Lodi  during  the, 
835,  841;  incidents  of  the,  835;  Kip  and 
his  teapot  of  gold,  836:  letter  in  rhyme 
from  a  Loyalist,  836;  Lodi's  men  in  the, 
831;  reminiscenses  of  the.  839;  retreat, 
the  great  of,  833;  route  of  army  on  re- 
treat, 833;  slaughter  of  farmers,  840; 
soldiers  from  Lodi  in,  820:  Van  Bus- 
kirk's  raids  in,  837;  Washington 
leaves  Hackensack,  832 

River  Adda  in  Italy,  861 

Roads — Albert  Terhune's  lane.  828; 
Main  street,  829;  map  showing  early, 
692;    Military,   829;    Old,    828;    Passaic 


XVlll 


PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


avenue,  S29;  Peck  Hook  road,  829; 
Polifly,  828;  Revolutionary,  828;  Union 
street,  829 

Romaine  House  and  Mills,  818 

Railroad — Erie  at  Passaic,  -was  Lodi's 
Station,  863;  first  engine  on  the  Lodi, 
S67;    Lodi   branch,  863 

Rennie,  James,  861,  862 

Rennie,  Robert,  prosperity  and  bank- 
ruptcy of,  862,  863 

Rennie's  Mills,  closing  of  and  old  Chim- 
ney at,  S64 

Rennie's  Store,  863,  864,  873 

Rcnnieville,  862 

Saddle  River,  always  a  division  line,  811 

Sandford's   Spring,  815 

Schools — Board  of  Education,  871;  Dis- 
trict, 823:  officers  and  teachers  in,  871; 
public,  870 

Sewer  system  and  disposal  plant,  873 

Simon,    Moses,   867 

Soldiers  of  World  War,  names  of,  875 

Slater,  John  J.,  865 

Slaves,  afraid  to  touch  a  corpse,  827; 
'burning  to  death  of,  825;  crimes  of,  825; 


nicknames   of,    824;    treatment   of,    824; 
whipping   of,   S26 
Soper  Family,  868 

Telephone   "Central,"   811 

Terhune  family,  origin   of,  817 

Terhune,  Albert,  one  of  patentees  of  Gar- 
field, 817 

Trolley,  first  in  Lodi,  872;  first  conductor 
and  motorman,  S72 

Van   Bussum,   John,    Lodi's   "Grand   Old 

Man,"   869 
Van  Gieson,  Isaac,  819 
Van  Nostrand  family,  origin  of,  817 

Whipping  posts,  826 

Vv'hite  m.en,  coming  of,  813 

Wampum,  name  of  Indian  money,  812 

Vv'ars — Beginning  of  Civil,  850;  names  of 
soldiers  in  World  War,  874;  officers  of 
Civil  War,  851;  Revolutionary,  830; 
Spanish,  852;  soldiers  of  Civil,  852 

Vvater  Works,  873 

Youghpough,   Court  held  at,  814 


WALLINGTON 


Anderson  Chemical  Company,  886,  887 

Anderson,  David  I.,  397 

Anderson's  Garden,  897 

Anderson  Lumber  Company,  901 

Anderson,  William  S.,  land  of,  898 

Assessors,  list  of  all,  903 

Assessor  of  Taxes,  paid  by  fees,  902 

Bergen,    Township    of   included   Walling- 

ton,  901 
Berry,  John,  house  of,  880 
Berry's  Patent  of  1669  included  Walling- 

ton,  877 
Berry's  Vision  of  Wallington,  879 
Board  of  Education,  909 
Board  of  Health,  905 
Board  of  Trade,  905 
Boat  called  "Periagua,"  891 
Boiling  Springs  Bleachery,  891 
Bridge,  Second  street,  900 
Bridges,  Various,  date  of  erecting,  892 
Budget  of  1922,  903 
Building  and  Loan  Association,  905 
Building  Inspector,  904 

Carteret,  Governor,  877 

Carteret,    Governor    and    Lady    Elizabeth, 

878 
Church,  Presbyterian,  910 
Clerks,  List  of  all  Borough,  903 
Collectors — Paid    a    salary,    903 ;    list    of, 

903 
Cortelyou,  Jacques,  an  explorer,  879 
Council — Members    of    first,    902 ;    present 

board  of,  904;  terms  of  councilmen,  902 

De  Kyzer,  Peter  E.,  collector,  903 


Election,  first,  as  a  Borough,  902 
Engineers,  List  of,  903 

Ferry  Landing,  891 

Fire  Department — Bell  of,  907;  chiefs  of, 
907;  hose  companies  of,  907;  organiza- 
tion of,  907 

Floods  and  Freshets — Damages  caused 
by,  893 ;  retarding  of  growth  by,  894 ; 
years  of,  893 

Home  Guards,  896 

Houses,  number  of  in.  1890,  898 

Indian  Deed,  878;  description  of  land  in, 

878 
Indians — Had    no    settlement    here,    877; 

Nachpunk,  last  of  the,  878 
Indian  Village,  the  nearest,  877 
Island,  Wallington  was  an,  877 

Jacobsen,  original  name  of  Van  Winkles, 
881 

Kershaw,    Rev.    John,    private    school    of, 

898 
King  George  III,  894  ' 

Kip's  Coal  Dock,  890 
Kip,  Lawyer  Walter,  902 
Koster,   Bernard,  father  of  water  works, 

906 

Leavens,  Rev.  Philo  F.,  910 
Legal  Advisers,  list  of,  903 
Liberty  Loans,  895 
Locust  lane,  877 


// 


INDEX 


XIX 


Manufactories,  901 

Map,  Anderson  laid  out  on,  898;  Berry's 
Patent,  of,  694;  first  of  Wallington, 
898 

Mayors,  902 

Mayor  and  Council,  902 

McCleery,  Hugh,  gave  name  "Walling- 
ton," 899 

McCleery,  John,  mayor,  902 

Michielson,  Thadus,  885 

Missionaries  visit  Wallington  in  1680, 
880 

Names,    Dutch    family,    880,    885;    were 

often  transposed,  885 
New  Jersey  Electric  Railway,  900 
Northwest  Kill  (Passaic  river),  879 

Officers  of  Borough,  first,  902;  list  of  all, 
903;  present,  904;  terms  of,  902 

Passaic  Lumber  Company,  901 

Passaic  Park  was  name  of  Wallington, 
898 

Passaic  Park  Company,  900;  incorpora- 
tion of,  898;  map  of  land  of,  892 

Passaic  river,  along  Shouhank  Hill,  877 

Passaic,  Rutherford  and  Carlstadt  Rail- 
way, 899 

Patent,  confirmatory,  878;  division  of  the 
Berry,  879;  Saddle  river,  caveats 
against,  878 

"Pasawack"    Neck    included    Wallington, 

877 
Piager  House,  891 
Plantation,  Tades,  deed  for,  885 
Polevly  corrupted  into  "Polifly,"  879 
Police       Department — Hartfiel,       Joseph, 

Chief  of  Police,  905 
Polmann,  John  J.,  Recorder,  902 
"Polifiy,"  a  corruption  of  "Pole-vly,"  879 
Polifly  line,  879 
Polifly,  meaning  of,  879 
Population  of  Wallington,  901 
Post    Office — None    in    Wallington,    900; 

service  is  from  Passaic,  901 
Prentice  family,  887 
Prentice,  Henry,  887 
Presbyterian  Church,  910 

"Quacnic,"  was  Passaic,  886 

Railroad,  Bergen  county  shortcut,  900 

Recorder,  office  of,  902;  report  of,  905 

Red  Cross,  895 

Revolution — British  raids  during,  895; 
British  sharpshooters  at  bridge,  895; 
events  preceding  the,  894;  retreat  of 
American  army  in  the,  895;  Washing- 
ton was  here,  895.  (See  History  of 
Passaic  for  particulars.) 

Roads — Early,  in  Wallington,  889;  Carl- 
ton hill,  889;  Locust  lane,  891 ;  Lodi 
road,   890,   891;    New    Barbadoes    Toll 


Bridge,  891;   Paterson  and   New  York 
Plank,  891;  river,  891 
Rynders,  Isaiah,  ex-Sherifif,  886 

Saddle  river — Names  of  the  stream  called, 

879;  tract  of  land  named,  878 
Salaries,  none  to  elective  officers,  902 
Sandford's  Patent  and  Spring,  877 
Schools — Buildings    No.    i,    No.    2,    909; 
Bleachery  road's,  909;  first  district,  908; 
first    teacher,    908;     Passaic's    included 
Wallington,    908;    principals    of,    909; 
teachers  of,  909,  910;  private,  909;  pu- 
pils,  number  of,  909;   salaries  paid   in, 
910 
Sewers,  905 

Shad  fishing  places,  886 
Shouhank  hill,  river  ran  along,  877 
Slaves,    manumission    of,    888;    sales    of, 

888 
Slaves  and  Slavery,  887 
Soldiers'  Monument,  896 
Strange,  John  S.,  surveyor,  898 
Street  Superintendents,  list  of  all,  903 
Street    Superintendent    is    paid    a    salary, 
902 

Tades  and  Van  Winkle,  877 

Tades    Family — Modes    of   spelling,    885; 

name,  extinction  of  the,  886;  homestead 

of,  886  _ 
Tades,  Michael,  sketch  of,  885 
Tades  Plantation,  deed  for,  885 
Terms  of  appointees  (officers),  902 
Treasurer,  903 
Trolley,  the  first,  899 

Van  Iderstine  Family,  settlement  of,  886 

Van  Winkle  Family,  880,  882 

Van  Winkle  Family,  genealogy  of,  883 

Van  Winkle  Homestead,  880 

"Vly"  means  meadow,  879 

Vreeland,  origin  of  name  of,  885 

Wagner,  Jacob,  first  mayor,  902 

Wallace,  Rev.  George  H. 

Wallington — Appearance  of  in  1669,  879; 
beginning  of,  898;  called  "East  Pas- 
saic," 909;  has  no  railroad  station,  900; 
houses,  the  first  in,  899;  incorporation 
of,  901;  modern,  901;  named  by  Hugh 
McCleary,  899;  naming  of,  897;  or 
"Passaic  Park,"  899;  plantation  of, 
877;   was  in  township  of  Bergen,  901; 

Water  Works — Cost  of,  907;  dedication 
of,  906;  receipts  from,  907;  superin- 
tendents of,  907 

Woolson,  George  C,  887 

World  War — Home  Guards,  896;  Liberty 
Loan  Drives,  895;  names  of  boys  who 
died  in,  896;  names  of  all  service  men, 
896;  Red  Cross  work  in  the,  896;  Sol- 
diers' Monument,  896;  women  workers 
in  the,  895 


ADDENDA  AND  ERRATA 


Rachels,  p.  282,  Dr.  Nathan  M.  Rachels'  office  is  now  located  at  No.  260  Main  avenue, 
Passaic  Park. 


INDEX 


Adamcik,  Andreas,  403 

Antoni,  403,  404 

Eva,  404 

John,  403 

Joseph,  403 
Adams,  Ernest  H.,  62 

Harold  J.,  62 

Margaret,  62 
Adamson,  Christina,  18 

John  H.,  16 
Albertsen   (Albertse),  Al- 
bert, 35,  36 
Aldous,  Charles  E.,  Dr.,  41 

Eleanor  L.,  41 

Levi,  41 
Aldrich.  William  P.,  249 
Amerman,  Cornelius  B.,  298 

Rachel  E.,  299 

Walter  R.,  299 

William  P.,  298 
Anderson,  Anna,  255 

George  H.,  284 

Harriet  F.,  284 

Isaac  D.,  284 

Lars,  255 

Lawrence  R.,  255 

Lee,  284 

May,  Dr.,  255 

Russell,  284 
Annichiarico,  Grace,  561 

Joseph,  560 

Philip,  560,  561 

Umberto,  561 

William,  561 
Armstrong,  Edna,  230 

Edward  A.,  545 

George  P.,  545 

Ida,  546 

Robert  R.,  229 

Robert  R.,  Dr.,  229 
Arnold,  Arthur  D.,  23 

Claudia  L.,  24 

Daniel  W.,  23 

Vernet  A.,  24 
Auerhan,  David,  521 

Esther,  522 

Maurice,  521 

Babcock,  Ella,  550 

Ephraim,  550 

Seburn.  Dr.,  550 
Bade,  Claus,  289 

Elise,  289 


Baker,  Alice  M.,  345 

Anna,  258 

Burdie,  257 

Edwin  H.,  256 

Henry,  256 

John  S.,  256,  257 

Richard  A.,  345 

Richard  J.,  257 
Banta,  Henry  F.,  343,  344 

John  H.,  343 

Mary  C,  343 

Mary  E.,  344 

William  H.,  343 
Barbour,  John  C,  22 

Mabel  E.,  23 

William  J.,  22 
Barry,  Charles,  126 

Edith,  127 

Edwin  W.,  128 

Harry  R.,  128 

Henry,  127 

Henry  A.,  127,  129 

John,  125 

Lizzie  A.,  128,  129 

Sarah  J.,  128 

William,  126 

William  P.,  125 

William  I.,  128 

William  T.,  125 
Bartelt,  Frank,  566 

Frederick  H.,  565,  566 

Henrietta,  566 
Barthold,  Albert  P.,  475 

Frieda,  475 

Ottomar,  475 
Barton,  Alfred  R„  71 

Jane  L.,  72 

Robert,  71 
Beames,  Hubert,  514 

Hubert  P.,  514 

Letitia,  514 
Beery.  Jennie  S.,  247  • 

Nicholas  O.,  247 

Otto,  247 
Benatar,  David,  461,  462 

Leah  M.,  462 

Louis,  461,  462 
Bender,  George,  514 

George,  Jr.,  514 

Louise,  514 
Benson,  Byron  D.,  152 

Byron  D.   (2),  154 

David,  151 


Harriet  B.,  154 

John,  149,  150 

Louise,  15s 

Minerva  A.,  153 

Robert  D.,  153 

Robert  G.,  155 

Stutson,  150 

William,  150 
Benz,  Frederick,  195 

Herman,  195,  196 

Minette,  196 
Berridge,  Clarence  H.,  519 

Elizabeth  J.,  519 

Francis,  518 

Frank,  519 

Henry  Y.,  519 

Howard  R.,  519 

Irving  B.,  520 

John,  S18 

Mary  A.,  520 

Tom,  519 

Walter  W.,  519 
Beswick,  Eleanor,  315 

John  H.,  484 

Leah  B.,  484 

William,  314 

Wright.  314,  484 

Wright,  Jr.,  314 
Biczak,  Andrew  S.,  406,  581 

Charles  A.,  405,  406 

John,  406,  581 

Louis,  581 

Maria  A.,  406 

Mary,  582 
Birch,  Mary  E.,  28 

Samuel  M.,  27 
Blanda,  Anna,  449 

John,  448 

Marie,  449 

Michael  A.,  448 
Bodner,  Hyman,  269 

Moses,  269 

Sarah,  269 
Bogert,  Ira  J.,  465 
Braender,  Alice  G.,  359 

Charlotte,  356 

Edwin,  359 

Frederick  L.,  358 

Herman  H.,  359 

Lizzie,  358 

Marjorie,  359 

May,  360 

Minnie,  357 


XX13 


PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


Norma  C,  359 
Phillip,  356 
Rudolph,  356 
Walter  P.,  359 
Breen,  Arthur,  480 
Cornelius,  Jr.,  480,  481 
Helen,  481 
Brennan,  Edward  C,  228 
Eugenie,  228 
Philip  F.,  22S 
Bristor,  Emma,  375 
Emmett  A.,  373)  375 
George,  373 
John  F.,  374 
Robert.  372,  374 
Virginia,  374 
Brooklyn,  Alexander,  554 
Alice,  555 
Irving,  554 
Mary,  554 
Brooks,  Isabella,  216 
Peter,  215 
William,  215,  216 
Brown,  Abel,  84 
Abel,  Rev.,  84,  89 
Abel  S.  (A.  Swan),  82,  85 
Catherine,  84,  89 
Charlotte,  86 
Collins,  83 
David,  548 
David,  Jr.,  548 
Irving  S.,  86 
Law^rence  E.,  281 
Luther  C,  86 
Martha,  548 
Mary,  282 
Mary  A.,  84 
Thomas,  82,  83 
William,  281 
Browne,  Delia,  489 
Maud  M.,  386 
Patrick,  489 
Thomas  P.,  488 
Burke,  Anna,  254 
James,  254 
William  A.,  254 
Burkhard,  John,  469 
Leonard,  469 
Wilimena,  470 
Burrell,  Blanche,  560 
Robert  W.,  559 
Valentine,  559 
Bu.sh,  Addie,  457 
Christian  H.,  457 
William  O.,  457 
Butler,  M.  John,  76 
Martin,  76,  217 
Mary,  76,  217 
T.  Francis,  217,  218 
Butterfield,    Arey    A.,   Dr., 

134.  135 
James  K.,  134 
Joseph,  134 
Mark  T.,  135 
Mary  A.,  135 


Byersdorfer,    Elizabeth   B., 

505 
George,  505 
George  (2),  505 
George  (3),  505 

Campbell,  A.  Evelyn,  54 
Clara  E.,  55 
Edward  McA.,  54 
John  McA.,  53,  54 
John  N.,  54 
May  S.,  54 
Robert,  S3 
Robert  M.,  54 
Cangialosi,  Frank,  584 
Jennie,  584 
Joseph,  586 
Joseph,  Jr.,  586 
Phillipi,  586 
Salvatore,  584 
Cannova,  Frank,  336,  337 
Katy,  337 
Santo,  336 
Carlisle,  David,  210 
Emmeline  J.,  211 
John,  155 
John,  Rev.,  210 
John  H.,  Dr.,  155,  211 
Olive  G.,  155,  211 
Cascino,   Dominick,  603 
George,  603 
Maria  C,  604 
Case,  Edith,  297 
Mary  E.,  297 
William  W.,  Rev.,  297 
Casini,  Annibal,  319 
Ernesto,  Dr.,  319 
Francesca,  320 
Cavallo,  Elsie,  601 
Ferdinando,  370 
Frederick,  370 
Gaetano,  370 
Joseph,  600 
Matilda,  370 
Michael,  600 
Rafael,  370 
Caverly,  Alice  L.,  553 
Fred  S.,  Dr.,  552 
John  C,  552 
Champin,  Elizabeth,  30 
Frank,  28,  29 
Jennie,  31 
John,  28,  29 
Martha,  31 
Mary,  29 
Morris  J..  28,  30 
William  C,  28,  31 
Chaplin,  Anna  F.,  22 
Benjamin,  19 
Caleb  A.,  Hon.,  20 
Charles  F.,  18,  21 
Ebenezer,  18 
Hugh,  18 
Jeremiah,  18 
John,  18,  19 
Joseph,  18 


Chappuis,  Alexis,  68 
Emil  A.,  68 
Loretta,  69 
Chichi,  Marie,  296 
Pietro,  295 
Thomas,  295 
Chicken,  George,  474 

John,  474 
Chiodo,  Anthony  D.,  511.  5^2 
Michael,  511 
Palma,  51 1 
Church,  Anna,  122 

Charles  A.,  Dr.,  120,  121 
Charles  H.,  Dr.,  122,  123 
Hattie  E.,  122 
John,  Capt.,  120 
Martha  E.,  123 
William  H.,  121 
Ciampo,  Maria,  596 
Nicola,  594,  595 
V.  Michael,  595 
Cichy,  Adalbert,  324 
Magdalene,  324 
Valentine,  Rev.,  324 
Clabby,  Austin,  335 
Bernard,  335 
Luke  T.,  335 
Mary  A.,  335 
Richard,  335 
Clausen,  Emma,  308 

Tycho  O.,  308 
Clearwater,    Raymond    A., 

523 
Winfield,  523 
Clinton,  Anson,  Capt.,  63 

Charles  C,  63 

James  B.,  63 

James  W.,  63,  64  • 

Lawrence,  63 

Simeon,  63 

Thomas,  63 

Valeria  C,  64 
Close,  Edwin  D.,  509 

Henry,  509 

Margaret,  509 
Coen,  Emma,  558 

Lawrence  E.,  Dr.,  557,  55° 

Michael,  557 

T.,  Very  Rev.,  557 

Thomas,  Rt.  Rev.,  557 
Coldon,  Emma,  509 

Frederick  J.,  509 

Philip,  509 
Collins,  Annie,  213 

Elmer  C,  213 

John,  211,  212 

Thomas  C,  211 
Conant,    Alfred    P.,   7,    I3, 

571 
Asa  W.,  12 
Edith  M.,  14 
Frederick  B.,  14 
George  P.,  57i 
Helen  E.,  14 
Jennie,  572 
John,  7 


INDEX 


XXIU 


Lot,  II 

Moses,  12 

Richard,  7 

Roger,  9 

William,  12 
Condit,  Albert  K.,  60 

Elias  M.,  60 

Marguerita,  61 
Corbin.  Arthur  S.,  188 

Charles  M.,  188 

Jenny,  188 

John  M.,  188 

Julia  L.,  189 
Costello,  Alphonsus  A.,  361 

Anna,  361 

John  J.,  361 

Martin,  360 

Mary  D.,  361 

Thomas  P.,  361 
Coughlan,  Elizabeth,  539 

James,  539 

James  F.,  538 

Joseph,  539 

William  J.,  538,  539 
Cowley,  Anna  F.  M.,  177 

Annie,  177 

Charles  F.,  177 

James,  174 

James  J.,  175 

Louis  A.,  177 

Nicholas,  174 

Rose  A.,  177 
Crane,  Albert  G.,  124 

Floyd  H.,  124 

Julia  A.,  124 
Crowley,  James,  312 

James  A.,  312 

Josephine,  312 
Crozier,  Emma,  288 

Harry,  288 

James,  288 

Robert,  288 

Thomas,  288 
Czyzewski,  George,  587 

De  Anna,  Antonina,  583 

Ignazio,  584 
Da  Corte,  Anthony,  499 

Christopher,  499 

Rosalie,  499 
De  Mattia,  Barthold,  446 

Bartolo,  443 

Constantine,  444 

Erminia,  446 

Ida,  445 

Lawrence,  ^/[/| 

Madaline,  444 

Maria,  445 

Peter,  445 
De  Muro,  Francesco,  574 

Pasquale,  574 

Rosina,  575 
De  Vogel,  Anna,  346 

Johanna,  346 

John,  345,  346 

Kommer,  346 


Dnhnert,  Ernest  B.,  528 

Hermina,  528 

Wilhelm  F.,  528 
Dalrymple,  Alfred  E.,  42 

Carrie  V.,  43 

Charles  A.,  44 

George  H.,  42 

George  H.,  jr.,  44 
Dansen,  Agatha  J.,  343 

Benjamin,  342 

Benjamin,  Jr.,  342 
Darmstatter,  Adam,  464 

Carrie  M.,  464 

Charles  W.,  464 

Norman  D.,  464 

Norman  E.,  464 
Datesman,  Edith  A.,  53 

Elsie  F.,  53 

Hiram  F.,  Dr.,  52 

Minerva  C.,  53 

Wilson,  52 
Davidson,  Amelia,  438 

David,  437 

Harry  N.,  31,  32 

Irene,  32 

John  A.,  32 

John  D.,  31 

John  W.,  31 

Simon,  437,  438 
Delia  Penta,  Anthony,  486 

Ernest  A.,  486 

Marie,  486 
Demarest,  Frederick,  67 

Frederick  F.  C,  Dr.,  67 

Miriam  H.,  67 

William,  67 

William  C,  67 
Denholm,   Charles  E.,   181, 
182 

Florence,  183 

George,  181 
Dittrich,  Christian  G.,  483 

Robert  H.,  483 

Rosiena,  483 
Doherty,  Annie,  156 

Clare  R.,  157 

Elizabeth,  157 

Hazel,  157 

Henry,  155 

Henry,  Jr.,  157 

Raymond,  157 

William  H.,  156 
Dolci,  Charles  J.,  466,  467 

Jacob,  466 

Jacob,  Jr.,  467 

Marie  S.,  467 
Donnelly,  Clara  F.,  80 

James,  80 

James  H.,  79,  80 
Doole,  Charles  J.,  332 

Gertrude,  332 

Harold  H.,  332 

John,  331 

Marie,  333 

Sarah  A.,  331 

William  W.,  331 


Doolittle,  Archie  J.,  532 

Elizabeth,  532 

John  A.,  531 

Tom  B..  532 

William,  531 
Doremus,  Adele  L.,  169 

Agnes  S.,  168 

Alfred  Van  R.,  168 

Cornells,  164,  165 

Cornelius,  166 

Hendrick,  165,  166 

John,  167 

John  H.,  164,  167 
Drosness,  Bernard,  405 

Nathan,  405 

Rose,  405 
Drukker,  Dow,  24 

Helena,  25 

Henry,  24 
Duffus,  George  S.,  399,  402 

John,  400 

John  H.,  399,  400 

Mary  F.,  403 
Duffy,  Margaret  E.,  55 

Thomas,  55 

Thomas  E.,  55 
Dunkerley,  Anna,  267 

Arthur  R.,  266 

William  H.,  266 
Dwyer,  David,  258 

Henry  E.,  Dr.,  258 

Honora  A.,  258 
Dyer,  Catherine,  520 

Edward  E.,  520 

Patrick  J.,  520 

Eelman,  Cornelius,  268 

Margaret  P.,  268 

Peter,  268 
Ehrhardt,  Alfred,  509,  510 

Frances  C,  510 

Paul,  510 
Eichenbaum,  Anna,  430 

Brona,  430 

Isaac,  430 

Samuel,  430 
Elias,  Charles,  589 

Ida,  590 

Meyer,  589 

Fairbanks,  Eleanor  S.,  70 

Frederick  P.,  69 

Rufus,  69 

WilHam  B.,  69 
Falstrom,   Gustave  W.  A., 

193,  194 

Jonas  W.,  193 

Jonas  W.,  Jr.,  194 

Maria  C,  194 
Farley,  Edward,  531 

Joseph  A.,  531  " 

Margaret  C,  531 
Feder,  Harry  M.,  Dr.,  277 

Jennie,  277 

Samuel,  277 
Feier,  Joseph,  564 


XXIV 


PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


Max,  563,  564 

Morris,  563 

Rose,  563 

William,  563,  564 
Feola,  Annie,  606 

Nicholas,  606 

Ton\%  606 
Ferraro,  Antonio,  602 

James  A.,  601,  602 

Rose,  602 

Vito,  602 
Finkelstein,  Adolph,  592 

Jacob,  592,  593 

Susan,  593 
Finley,  Belle,  280 

George,  279 

John  H.,  279 
Flower,  Alfred,  365 

Alfred  R.,  366 

Edwin,  365 

Herbert  J.,  366 

Lizzie  E.,  366 

Walter  C,  366 
Flynn,  Anna,  390 

INIichael,  389 

Patrick,  389 

Patrick   (2),  389 
Focarino,  Joseph,  605 

Pasqua,   605 

Vincent,  605,  606 
Fornelius,  Erik  G.  A.,  422 

Johan,  422 

Johanna,  423 
Forss,  Charles  A.,  503 

Harold,  503 

John  A.,  503 

Mary,  503 
Fortgang,  Joseph,  293 

Lena,  293 

Maurice  J.,  Dr.,  293 
Foulds,  Andrew,  318 

Andrew,  Jr.,  318 

Andrew  K.,  319 

Mabel  W.,  319 
Frain,  Annie,  237 

Edward  K.,  235 

Henry  G.,  234,  235 

John,  235 

Katharine  M.,  237 

Mary,  237 
Frederick,  Eliza  J.,  338 

Elizabeth  A.,  339 

Henry,  340 

Henry  M.,  338 

Jane,  340 

Jeremiah,  337,  341 

John  W.,  341 

Leah  A.,  341 

May,  339 

Minnie,  340 

Nicholas,  339 

Russell,  340 

Walter,  339 

Walter,  Jr.,  340 

William,  337 

William  J.,  Dr.,  338 


William  M.,  339 

Wilson  S.,  341 
Friedlander,  Samuel,  409 

Wilhelmine,  409 

William  S.,  409,  410 
Frcelich,  Adolph  G.,  580 

Carl  F.  W.,  579,  580 

Carl  F.  W.,  Jr.,  581 

Christian  L.,  579 

Emil  A.,  581 

Heinrich  J.,  580 

Ludwig,  580 

Paulina,  581 

Galanti,  Benjamin  P.,  546, 

547 

Paul,  546 

Peter,  546 

Rosalie,  546 
Gallagher,  Helen,  195 

James,  195 

Peter  J.,  195 
Geddes,  Adam,  65 

Eugene  R.,  64,  65 

Lillian  C,  65 
Geoghegan,  James,  465 

John  J.,  465 

Nettie,  465 
Gerlach,  Catherine,  556 

Grace  J.,  556 

Herman,  555 

Herman,  Jr.,  556 

John,  Dr..  555 

John  G.,  Dr.,  555 

May  L.,  556 

Myrtle  L,  557 

Otto  J.  H.,  556 

William,  556 
Ginsberg,  May,  255 

Samuel,  Dr.,  255 
Glasgow,  Eva  E.,  71 

James,  71 

Thomas  MacN.,  Dr.,  71 
Glass,  Sadie,  490 

Samuel,  489 
Gleason,  Charles  W.,  57 

Ruth,  58 

Stuart  B.,  Dr.,  57 
Glover,  Charles  W.,  468,  469 

Paul,  468 

Peter,  468 

Samuel  P.,  468 

William,  468 
Grossman,  Benjamin,  464 
Gruber,  Abraham,  570 

Benjamin,  244,  246 

Elias,  245 

Harry  L.,  57i 

Hyman,  571 

Isaac  M.,  245 

Jacob,  571 

Joel,  244 

Lena,  247 

Lieb,  570 

Louis,  571 

Morris,  571 


Rebecca,  571 
Yetta,  571 
Guardalibeni,  Filomena  A., 

589 
Marino,  588 
Salvatore,  588 
Gugliotti,  Carmela,  599 
Frank  A.,  599,  600 
Vincenzo,  599 

Hagerty,  John,  525 

John  P.,  526 

Mary,  526 

Timothy,  525 
Hahn,  A.,  488 

George  H.,  487,  488 

Henry,  487 
Hamilton,  Henry,  542,  545 

John,  543 

Margaret,  543 

Susan,  543 

William  H.,  543 
Hammond,  Anna,  22 

Elizabeth  N.,  419 

James  H.,  418 

James  J.,  4^9 

John  L.,  418,  419 

Richard  A.,  419 

William,  418 

William  C,  22 

William  L.,  4i9 
Hanlon,  James  A.,  124 

James  A.,  Jr.,  123,  124 

Mary  E.,  124 

William,  124 
Hardman,  Fulton  R.,  524 

Gertrude,  524 

James  B.,  524 
Harris,  Abraham,  455 

Gertrude,  455 

Martin  W.,  Dr.,  455 

Samuel  E.,  Dr.,  455 

Theodore,  Dr.,  455 
Hart,  Abraham,  286 

Emil,  286 

Eugene  L.,  66 

George  W.,  66 

Mary,  287 

Sarah  J.,  66 

Washington,  66 
Hartt,  Aaron,  108 

Charles  L.,  109 

George  LeB.,  109 

George  M.,  107,  109 

George  W.,  109 

Henry  A.,  109 

Isaac,  107 

Jarvis,  108 

Jonathan,  107 

Marie,  no 

Samuel,  107,  108 
Hasbrouck,  Henry  B.,  551, 

552 
Mary  B.,  552 
Richard  O.,  552 
Richard  O.,  Dr..  551 


INDEX 


XXV 


Hatala,  Michael,  582 
Peter,  582 
Theresia,  583 
Thomas,  582 
Hayward,  Anna,  17 

Milton  P.,  77 
Heald  (Hale),  Israel,  87 
Joanna,  88 
John,  87 
Luther,  87 
Oliver,  87 
Oliver,  Capt.,  87 
Phebe,  88 
Hemion,  Aaron  M.,  215 
Ann  M.,  215 
Austen,  215 
Charles  M.,  215 
Durand,  215 
Ella  C,  215 
J.  Royal,  215 
John,  214 
Leonard,  215 
Hennie;er,  Frederick,  491 
Herman  G.  W.,  49i 
Mary  M.,  491 
Hepvvorth,  Benjamin,  305 
James  A.,  305 
Joseph,  305 
Rachael,  305 
William  B.,  304,  305 
William  B.,  Jr.,  305 
Hillmann,    Herman,   453 
J.  Henry,  453 
John  H.,  453 
Margaret,  453 
Hilton,  Ann,  329 
Catherine,  331 
James  H.,  330 
James  H.,  Jr.,  331 
John,  328 
Sarah  A.,  329 
Walter,  329 
William,  329 
William,  Jr.,  329 
William  D.,  331 
Hird,  Cornelius,  196 
Henry,  196 
Henry  E.,  198 
John  A.,  198 
Marie  L.,  I97 
Mildred,  198 
Millicent,  199 
Olive  M.,  198 
Samuel,  196 
Samuel  A.,  198 
Selina,  197 
Hirsch,  Adolph,  303 
Henry,  303 
Jacob  B..  303 
Louis,  303 
Samuel,  Dr.,  303 
Staphanie,  304 
Hoedemaker,  Jacob,  '^(>7 
Nicholas,  367 
Phoebe,  368 
Hoffman,  Ida,  429 


Mashe  L.,  429 
Meyer,  429 
Risha  R.,  429 
Hoffmann,  Amelia  A.,  3^7 
Frank,  307 
Samuel,  307 
Thurlow  W.,  307,  308 
Hoffmeister,  Anna  M.,  441 
Frederick,  441 
Heinrich,  440,  446 
Heinrich  C,  440 
Henry  C,  440 
Henry  J.,  44i 
Julia,  448 
Wilhelmina,  447 
William  H.,  446 
William  J.,  44i 
Holden.  Dermott,  22 

Isabelle,  22 
Hole,  Albert  E.,  442 
Irene,  443 
Leonard  W.,  442 
William  T.,  442 
Holland,  Arabella,  201 

Charles  F.,  201 
Hopf,  Paul  H.,  Rev.,  518 
Hopfinger,  Anna,  439 
Daniel,  439 
Herman,  439 
Isaac,  439 
Hoving,  Alida,  477 
Herman  J.,  476 
John  H.,  476,  477 
Howe    (How),    Bezaleel, 
Maj.,  170 
Charles  M.,  169,  170 
John,  169 

John  C.  (J.  Canfield),  i 
John  M.,  Dr.,  170 
M.  Ida,  171 
Hubinger,  Albert,  553 
Benjamin,  553 
Charles.  553 
Edward  C,  553 
Ernest,  553 
Henry,  553 
Sophie,  553 
Hughes,  Charles,  560 
Frank,  91 
Frank  R.,  96 
Inez  M.,  96 
James,  560 
Jane,  560 
John,  90 
Mary  J.,  560 
Thomas,  90 
Hughey,  Carol,  16 
John,  15 
Joseph,  15 
Robert  McK.,  15 
William  E.,  14.  16 
Hugo,  August,  585 
Henry,  585 
Louise,  585 
Matilda,  586 
William   H.,  585 


Hull,  James,  294 

Mamie,  295 

Reginald  B.,  295 

William  J.,  294 
Hundcrtmark,   Frances  T., 

451 
Otto  F.,  450 
William  L.,  450 

Jaffe,  Dora,  271 
Jacob  I.,  271 
Julius,  271 
Jahn,  Albert  G.,  Dr.,  272 
George  A.,  272 
Gertrude,  273 
Jelleme,  Agnes  B.,  101 
Alfred  E.,  100 
Annie  P.,  99 
Emker,  99 
Flora,  99 
Florence,  100 
Howard  S.,  100 
John,  98 
John,  Jr.,  lOi 
Julia  M.,  loi 
Peter,  97 
Sarah,  99 
William  O.,  99 
Joseph,  Joseph,  264 
Louise,  265 
Morris,  Dr.,  264,  265 
Junge,  Albin,  493 
Emma,  493 
Hans,  493,  494 
Justesen,  Christen,  485 
Inger,  486 
Just,  485 
71        Niels  C,  485 
Soren,  485 

Kanter,  Abraham,  380,  382 
Benjamin,  380 
Benjamin  R.,  383 
Irving,  383 
Meyer,  383 
Sarah,  383 
Sylvia,  383 
Kantrowitz,  Cecelia,  287 
Harris,  287 
Reuben  B.,  287 
Kaplan,  Frank,  602 
Jacob,  603 
"Nathan,  602 
Philip,  603 
Samuel,  603 
Sol,  603 
Yetta,  603 
Karl.  Celestine,  264 
William  E.,  264 
William  E.,  Jr.,  264 
Keleman,  Joseph,  319 
Maria,  3^9 
Martin,  3^9 
Kelly,  Cecelia,  58 
Cecelia  I.,  58 


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PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


Charles,  58 

John  R,  58 
Kennedy,  Alice,  275 

John,  274 

Thomas  J.,  274,  275 
Kent,  Caroline  E.,  i6i 

Ella  R.,  161 

Elmer  W.,  193 

Flora  S.,  193 

James,  157 

Janet,  158 

John  v.,  193 

Robert  D.,  157,  159 

William,  158 

William  R.,  161 
Kettman,  Garry,  515 

Theodore,  515 
Kiellar,  Frank,  436 

Mary,  437 

Stephen  A.,  435,  437 
KiUheffer,    Elvin    H.,    Dr., 

517 

John  v.,  517 

JMarcella,  518 

pdella,  518 
Kimmig,  August,  316 

Katie,  316 

Peter,  316 
Kip   (Kipp),  Alison  A.,  144 

Charlotte  B.,  143 

Cornelius,  140,  141 

Frederic  E.,  143 

Hendrick,  138 

Hendrick  H.,  136 

Isaac  H.,  138 

Jacobus,  137 

John,  141 

John  D.,  141 

Nicasius  (Nicholas),  139 

Nicholas,  140 

Nicholas  J.,  142 

Ruloff  F.,  144 

Walter  N.,  143 
Kipp,  Bessie,  248 

John  P.,  248 

Peter  J.,  248 

Reuben  E.,  248 
Klein,   Abraham,  404 

Clara,  405 

Samuel,  404,  405 
Klys,  Adrian,  512 

Anna,  512 

Lambcrtus,  512 
Kmetz,  Anna,  471 

George,  470 

George (2),  470 

George (3),  471 

John,  471 
Koert,  Cornelius,  502 

Harry,  502 

Henry,  502 

Jacob,  502 

Janet,  502 

Martin,  502 

Martin,  Jr.,  502 
Kollar,  Andrew,  407 


Andrew,  Jr.,  407 

John,  408 

Karl,  408 

Margaret,  408 

Stefan,  407,  40S 
Koppel,  Alphonse,  515 

Annie,  515 

Henry,  515 
Kornhoff,  Clemens  A.,  242 

Edward  C,  243 

Eleanor  M.,  244 

Frank,  242 

George  C,  243 

Mary  C,  242 

Oswald  A.,  243,  244 

Walter  R.,  243 

William  F.,  243 
Kosik,  Gustave,  Dr.,  607 
Kovin,  Abraham,  Dr.,  370 

Mary,  370 

William,  370 
Kramer,  Anna,  562 

Hyman,  561,  562 

Rackman,  562 
Kretzschmar,    Charles    R., 

573 

Frederick  H.,  573 

George  W.,  573 

Karl,  573 

Marie,  573 
Kroener,  Frieda,  513 

Jacob,  513 

Jacob,  Jr.,  513 
Krowitz,  Joseph  I.,  Dr.,  251 

Max,  251 

Sarah,  251 
Kudlac,  Helen,  578 

Martin,  577 

Michael,  577 
Kudlacik,   Adalbert,   606 
Kuenstler,  Albert,  551 

Carl,  Rev.,  551 

Kate,  551 
Kuhn,  Ferdinand  J.,  185 

Karl,  185 

Lorol,  186 
Kuhnen,  Cecelia,  373 

Ernest  H.,  285 

Hazel,  286 

Theodore,  285,  372 

Walter  A.,  372,  272> 

I<a  Rue,  Abraham  A.,  452 

Henry,  452 

Jennie,  452 

Raymond,  452 

Thomas,  452 
La  Vance,  Albert,  311 

Edna,  311 

Edward,  311 

James,  311 

Joseph,  311 

Laura  F.,  311 
Lamberson,  Amos  R.,  411 

Bessie  C,  412 

Eugene  W.,  412 


Harvey  B.,  410,  412 

Jacob,  410 

Samuel,  411 
Lane,  Harriet  E.,  455 

John  W.,  454 

Michael,  454 
Larson,  Elina  H.,  302 

John  G.,  302 

Lars,  302 
Laytham,  Adam,  224,  225 

Irene,  225 

Isabella,  225 

John  T.,  225 

Martha,  225 

Sarah  S.,  225 

William  P.,  225 
Lent,  Dorothy,  y;^ 

Ernest,  72, 

Rudolph  E.,  73, 

Wilmar  F.,  72, 
Levy,  Adele  M.,  214 

Charles,  214 

Edward  A.,  214 

Frances,  458 

Herman,  Dr.,  457,  458 

Ida,  569 

Jacob,  458 

Louis,  569 

Samuel,  569 
Liefeld,  Augustus,  72 

Jeannette  I.,  72, 

Walter  L.,  Dr.,  72 
Lipshitz,  Barnet,  387 

Esther,  388 

Louis,  Dr.,  387 
List,  Jacob,  527 

John,  527 

Katherine  M.,  527 
Lloyd,  Llewelb^n  L.,  230 

Mary  P.,  231 

William,  230 
Lodor,  Benjamin  F.,  313 

Carolyn  H.,  314 

Charles  F.,  313,  314 
Lucas,  Annie,  549 

Charles  W.,  549 

Edward  O.,  549 

Edward  O.,  Jr.,  549 

William,  549 
Lundsted    (Knudsen),  An- 
dreas L.,  497 

Anne  K.,  496 

George  C.,  498 

Hans  L.,  496 

Jens  L.,  496 

Johannes    (John)    L.,  497 

Johanne  K.,  496 

Lars,  495 

Lars  R.,  496 

Laurits  P.,  498 

Lillian,  498 

Marie  K.  L.,  496 

Rasmus  C.  L.,  496 

Rasmus  L.,  496 

Stephen  J.,  498 
Lyons,  Henry,  292 


INDEX 


XXVll 


Joseph  A.,  291,  292 
Rosa,  292 

Mac  Culloch,  Archibald,  207 

John  R.,  207,  208 

Richard,  207 

Sadie  R.,  209 
.  Mac  Guffie,  F.  Jessie,  418 

Matthew  C,  417 

Robert  N.,  Dr.,  417 
McCleerey,  Catherine,  76 

Hugh,  75 

John,  75,  76 
McCord,  Charles  F.,  TZ 

James  I.,  ^2) 

Myra  C,  74 
McDonagh,  Ajin,  390 

Philip,  390 
McGrath,  Catherine,  249 

Daniel  J.,  249 

James,  249 
McGuire,  Connor,  2>'2-2> 

John  H.,  323 

Mary  L.,  324 

Patrick,  323 
McLellan,  James,  379 

James  W.,  380 

Lillian,  380 

William,  379 
McMahon,  Bernard,  333 

Bridget  M.,  334 

Ellen,  249,  334 

Henrietta,  512 

James  A.,  334 

John,  334 

John  P.,  512 

Mary,  334 

Patrick,  249 

Patrick  J.,  2>2>Z,  5I2 
Mackay,  Helen,  266 

Robert  B.,  265 

William  B.,  265 
Mahony,  Abraham  L.,  11 1 

Arthur  S.,  in,  471 

Dennis  W.,  no,  471 

Florence,  298 

Heuston,  298 

Julia  A.,  471 

Letitia  E.,  ill 

Mary,  Dr.,  297 

Raymond  L.,  in 
Malmendier,  Helen,  587 

Hubert,  587,  588 

John,  587 
Mamlet,  Morris,  263 

Samuel,  Dr.,  263 

Tauba,  263 
Maps,  Bessie  L.,  181 

Edward  C,  180 

Frederick,  179 

George  L.,  181 

George  N.,  180 

Howard  L.,  Dr.,  178,  181 

Joseph  M.,  178 

Zenas,  179 


Marchese,  Anna  C,  479 

Joseph,  477 

Joseph  A.,  Jr.,  478 

Philip  C,  477 

Rose  A.,  478 

Theodore,  477 

Theresa,  477 

William  C,  479 
Marini,  Dominick,  Dr.,  499, 
500 

Frank,  500 

Myra,  500 
Marschalk,  Clara  E.,  550 

George  H.,  549 

George  H.,  Jr.,  549 
Martin,  Adam,  441 

Adolph,  413 

Albert,  500 

Albert  (2),  501 

Albert  (3),  501 

Alma  I.,  415 

Amelia  H.,  441 

Anna  E.,  522 

Anthony,  502 

Bertha  S.,  502 

Charles,  441 

Charles  J.,  441 

Frank,  413,  502 

Grace,  502 

Jesma,  502 

John,  502 

John  E.  (J.  Edward),  413, 
414 

John  P.,  522 

Mae  L.,  502 

Sarah,  501 

Thomas  F.,  522 
Mass,  David,  554 

Dora,  554 

Isaac  H.,  553,  554 
Massey,  Ernest,  530 

Frank.  530 

Harold,  530 

Joseph,  529 

Margaretta,  530 

Stephen,  529 

Stephen   (2),  529 

Stephen   (3),  530 
Mastenbrook,  Carrie  M.,  559 

Cornelius,  558 

Cornelius,  Jr.,  558 
Matisovsky,  Frank  J.,  506, 

507 

Joseph,  506 

Joseph  C.,  506 

Marie,  507 
Maybury,  Alexander,  yn 

Ellen,  Z17 

George,  ZT? 

James,  376 

James    (2),  375,  376 

James  (3),  m 

Margaret,  ■^yy 

Marion,  377 

Maud  M.,  377 
Meader,  Anne  E.,  271 


John  R.,  270 

Mary,  271 
Meloncy,  Helen  C,  120 

James  W.,  119 

Lester  F.,  Dr.,  118,  120 

Ulmer  L.,  119 

William,  118 
Mentncch,  Julia  S.,  531 

Philip,  530 

William  O.,  530 
Mercer,  Andrew,  161 

Andrew,  Jr.,  161 

Bertha  E.,  163 

Edward  S.,  163 

Elmer  G.,  164 

Frank  F.,  162 

George  C,  413 

Ira  G.,  162 

Isabella  V.,  413 

Jeanetta,  163 

Margaret  C,  164 

Margaret  E.,  162 
Merkel,  Edward,  299,  300 

Mary,  299 

Max,  299 
Merrick,  Catherine  A.,  302 

Charles,  301 

Henry  P.,  301 

Herbert  L.,  301 
Merrill,  Abel,  117 

Clara  E.,  118 

Elisha  H.,  118 

Jerijah,  118 

John,  117 

Nathaniel,  117 

Oliver  W.,  118 

Zebulon,  117,  118 
Messenbrink,  Arthur,  596 

Otto,  596 

Selma,  596 
Messineo,  Joseph,  597 

Joseph,  Jr.,  597 

Joseph  H.,  598 

Mary,  598 
Millar,  John,  312 

Mary  M.,  313 

William  J.,  312 
Miller,  Albert  O.,  49 

Albert  O.,  Jr.,  49 

August  A.,  302,  303 

Fannie,  599 

Hannah,  599 

Harry,  599 

Mae  M.,  50 

Margaret,  303 

Michael,  598 

Robert,  599 
Mintz,  Fannie,  534 

Harry,  Dr.,  533,  534 

Herman,  533 

Nathan,  533 

Sarah  M.,  533 
Mirsky,  Barnet,  283 

Lena,  283 

Manuel  N.,  283 
Mokray,  Anna,  541 


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PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


Bertha,  541 

George,  540,  541 

]\Iichael,  540 
Moltane,  Ernest,  542 

Joseph,  542 

Margaret,  542 
Moore,  Catherine  H.,  338 

George,  338 

Nathaniel  P.,  338 
Morrell,  John,  204 

Josephine  A.,  207 

Richard,  204 

Richard   (2),  203,  205 

Richard  W.,  207 
Moskowitz,  Herman,  292 

Louis,  292 

Sarah,  292 
Moss,  Clarence  B.,  495 

Dyer  S.,  495 

Josephine,  495 
Mscisz,  Constantina,  346 

Ladislaus,  Rev.,  346 

Thomas,  346 
Muhs,  Anna  M.,  59 

Henry  C,  59 

Henry  L.,  59 

Louise,  59 

Mary  F.,  60 
Mulvihill,  Josephine  L.,  345 

William  J.,  345 
Murphy,  John,  263 

Mary,  263 

Robert,  263 
Mvers,  John  M.,  67 

John  M.  (2),  67,  68 

Kate,  68 

Louis  W.,  68 

William,  67 

Nash,  George,  229 

Scotto  C,  228 
Naughton,  Cornelia,  428 

John  A.,  427 

Stephen,  427 
Negus,  Marguerite,  463 

William  v.,  462 

William  V.,  Jr.,  462,  463 
Nemirow,  Fannie,  311 

Martin,  Dr.,  310 

Simeon,  310 
Noble,  George  H.,  347 

Kathryn  C,  348 

William,  347 
Noonburg,    Abraham,    432. 

433,  435 
Came,  435 
Dorothy,  435 
Haico,  432,  434 
Jacob,  434 
James,  434 
John,  435 
Julia,  434 
Margaret,  435 
William,  434 
Novack,  Andrew,  300 


Joseph  J.,  300 

Margaret  E.,  300 
Novarra,  Caligero,  583 

Guisseppa  C,  583 
Nutt,  Elizabeth,  306 

Thomas,  306 

Thomas  F.,  306 

Walter  F.,  305,  306 

O'Brien,  Edmond,  574 

Kathryn  C,  574 

Timothy,  574  _ 
Ogden,  Benjamin  F.,  Capt., 

309 
Chester  F.,  309 
Ella,  310 
Nathaniel,  309 

Pacella,  Dominick,  586 

Joseph  D.,  586 

Mary.  586 
Pape,  Eric,  112 

Julia  E.  F.,  112 

Robert,  iii 

William  B.,  112 

William  J.,  iii 
Parker,  Anderson,  200 

Peter,  200 
Passaic    Collegiate    School, 

The,  385 
Pasternack,  Dolly,  269 

Henry,  268 

Ida  B.,  Dr.,  268,  269 

Irving,  269 

Lena,  269 

Rebecca,  268 

William,  268 

Yetta,  268 
Pattison,  Ada  B.,  217 

Charles  A.,  217 

Warren  C,  217 
Pauliny,  Milan  P.,  607 
Paulison,  Anna,  220 

Catherine,  526 

Charles  McK.,  218 

Charles  S.,  220 

Charlotte  E.,  220 

Peter  J.,  526 

Richard  H.,  526 

Washington,  220 
Pawlikowski,    Ignatius,   326 

Natalie,  326 

Roman,  Rev.,  325,  326 

Thomas,  2>'27 

Thomas,  Jr.,  2,2"] 
Pearson,  David  Y.,  503 

Frank  M.,  503 

Jennie,  504 
Pedevillano,  Angelo,  505 

Anthony,  506 

Domenica,  506 

Joseph,  506 

Rocco,  505,  506 
Perrapato,  Anthony,  592 

Carmine,  592 

Nellie,  592 


Perret,  Clara  L.,  279 

Eugene,  278 

Henry,  278 

Jules  J.,  278,  279 
Pettersen,  Anton  L.,   191 

Hiram  P.,  192 

Maggie  M.,  192 

Peder  G.,  191,  192 
Pfister,  Alfred,  Dr.,  504 

Johann  C,  504 

Paula,  504 
Phillips,  Elizabeth  B.,  178 

John,  178 

Louis,  178 

William  H.,  177,  178 
Ploch,  Annie  K.,  480 

George,  479,  513 

George  C,  480,  513 

Jacob,  480 

John,  479,  480 

Madaline,  480 
Polack,  Anna,  569 

Ferdinand,  568 

Jacob,  567 

John,  568 

Karl,  568 

Michael,  567,  568 
Polish     National     Catholic 
Church   of    Sts.   Peter 
and  Paul,  325 
Polmann,  Cornelia,  283 

Cornelius,  283 

John,  282 

John  F.,  283 

John  J.,  282 
Post,  Adrian  H.,  388 

Adrian  R.,  388 

Alfred,  388 

Caroline,  388 

Richard,  388 

Richard  J.,  388 

Walter,  388 
Preiskel,  Abram,  327 

Moses  D.,  2)'^-j 

Robert  S.,  328 

Viola,  328 
Prescott,  Amos  L.,  221 

Amos  N.,  222 

Charles  E.,  222 

Eleanor  E.,  222 

James  E.,  221 

James  L.,  220,  221 

Marion  F.,  222 

N.  Beryl,  222 
Pyne,  Ida  M.,  22 

James  J.,  22 

*Rachels,    Nathan    M.,    Dr., 
282 
Rhoda,  282 
Radimer,  Joseph,  559 
Joseph,  Jr.,  559 
Salome,  559 
Ranzenhofer,  Frederick  S., 
383,  384 
Joseph  L.,  384 


INDEX 


XXIX 


Leopold,  384 

Sadie  A.,  385 

Solomon,  383 
Reid,  Agnes  A.,  75 

Arthur,  75 

Charles,  300 

Edgar,  300 

Erwin  W.,  Dr.,  300 

Frank,  300 

Jane,  227 

Mary,  301 

Peter,  226 

Sarah,  75 

William,  74,  300 

William  A.,  74 

William  A.   (2),  75 
Reynolds,  Albert,  61 

Earle  C,  Dr.,  61 

Haila  H.,  62 

Harry  C,  Dr.,  255,  256 
Rhodes,  John,  200 

John,  Dr.,  201 

John,  Judge,  200 
Ricciardi,  John,  594 

Joseph  R.,  593 

Peter,  593 

Rosie,  594 

Salvatrice,  594 
Rice.  Charles  A.,  Dr.,  291 

Elizabeth.  291 

George  H.,  290,  291 

Samuel  W.,  290 
Richmond,  Barney,  276,  277 

Charles  K.,  516 

Esther,  276 

Hyman  N.,  516 

Ida,  537 

Jennie,  516 

Kasper,  276 

Louis,  276,  537 

Mary,  537 

Max,  536 

Morris,  277 

Philip,  536 

Samuel,  277 

Theodore  J.,  277 
Riker,  Leonard,  339 

Leonard,  Jr.,  339 

Rachael,  339 
Riskin.  John,  604 

Nockem,  604 

Rose,  604 

Solomon,  604 
Ritter,  Adam  A.,  539 

August,  539 

Catherine,  540 

George  O.,  540 

Thomas  A.,  540 
Rizsak,  Barbara,  573 

John,  572 

John,  Jr.,  572 
Robinson,  Arvilla  H.,  26 

Charles  C,  26 

Charles  H.,  25 

George,  25 

Harry,  26 


Kenneth  H.,  26 

Laura  L.  B.,  26 
Rodger,  Alton  T.,  472 

Charles  A.,  473 

Ethel,  473 

Leon  C,  472 

Thomas,  472 
Roegner,  George,  213 

John  J.,  213 

Melva  F.,  213 
Roessler,  John  J.  L.,  565 

Katherine,  565 

Louis,  565  _ 
Rooney,  Annie,  515 

James,  515 

John,  515,  516 
Roosma,  Jelle,  492 

Nellie,  493 

Siebe,  492 
Rose,  Gottfried,  366 

Johanna,  367 

Max,  366 

Otto,  366 

Paul,  366,  367 
Rosenthal,  Harry  E.,  467 

Leah,  468 

Samuel,  467 
Ross,  Hamilton  M.,  275 

Hamilton  M.,  Jr.,  275 

Mimi  S.,  276 
Rowinski,  Albin  F.,  566,  567 

Frank,  566 

Lester  F.,  567 

Pelagia,  567 

Wojcieh,  Count,  566 
Rubacky,  Emil  S.,  315 

George  H.,  315 

Joseph  F.  A.,  Dr.,  315 

Rose,  315 
Rumsey,  Bertha  S.,  60 

Edwin,  60 

Herbert,  60 

Herbert.  Jr.,  60 
Rush,  Benjamin,  Dr.,  209 

Jacob,  210 

Jameg    210 

Richa\      210 
Rutblatt,'.  nnie,  563 

Isadore,  ^"^2 

Max,  562 
Ryan,  Helen  S.,  336 

John  N.,  Dr.,  336 

William,  336 
Rydberg,  Jennie,  469 

Nels  A.,  469 

Sabsevitz,  Alexander,  430 

Gittel,  430 

Lena,  429 

Velva  R.,  430 
Sawyer,  Arthur,  no 
Scheel,  Carl  W.,  172 

Gertrude,  174 

Henry,  173 

Henry  Van  R.,  290 

Herman  G.,  172,  173 


Herman  G.,  Jr.,  174 

Hinrich,  172 

John,  173 

John  B.,  289 

John  H.,  289 

Mattheus,  172 

Matthew,  174 

Rose,  290 

Sophie,  Dr.,  289 
Scher,   Edith,  281 

Samuel,  280 

Saul  E.,  280,  281 
Schlachter,  Abraham,  189 

Carl  H.,  189,  190 

Daisy  L.,  191 

Fritz,  190 

Heinrich,  190 

Margaret,  190 
Schleich,  Adelbert,  391 

Bertha,  391 

Deborah,  392 

Edythe  O.,  392 

Harry.  392 

John  G..  392 

Loretta  C,  394 

Louise  M.,  393 

Roy  J.,  393 

Winfield  J.,  392 
Schmidt,  Casper,  251 

Casper  W.,  253 

Eva.  252 

Gustav,  252 

Nellie,  253 

Vera,  253 

William,  252 
Schneeweiss,     Adolph     E., 
415.. 416 

Christian,  415 

Emma,  417 

Louise,  416 
Schoonmaker,  Clara  R.,  202 

James  H.,  202 
Schulting,  Anna  A.,  565 

Herman  W.,  564 

Herman  W.   (2),  564 

Herman  W.   (3),  565 
Schwartz,   Joseph    P.,    Dr., 

307 

Leopold,  307 

Muriel,  307 
Schweitzer,  Conrad  O.,  537, 
538 

Herman,  537 

Iva,  537 
Scoles,  Richard  J.,  226 
Scott,  Joseph,  3,  4 

Matilda,  6 

William,  3 

William  W.,  3,  4 

Winfield  T.,  6 
Search,  Anna  M.,  250 

Cora  F.,  250 

Emmett,  250 

William,  250 
Sebeck,  Albert  J.,  317 

Edward  F.,  317 


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PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


John,  317 

John  J.,  317 

Mar}',  317 
Seger,  Alva  M.,  114 

George  J.,  114 

George  N.,  112,  113 

Josephine  B.,  114 

Nicholas,  113 

Reginald  G.,  114 
Shack,  Mamie,  606 

Mike,  605 

Thomas.  605 
Shafto.  Albin  O.,  184 

Anthony,  183 

Calvin,  184 

Ellsworth,  183,  184 

Flora,  184 

John,  183 

Robert,  183,  184 
Sheehan,   Charles  M.,   541, 
542 

]Mary  E.,  541 

Michael  E.,  541 
Shorten,    Edward   J.,    Dr., 

547 
lone,  548 
Martin,  547 
Sidlovsky,  Benjamin  I.,  Dr., 

,313 

Nathan,  313 

Sarah,  313 
Sieper,  Frederick,  62 

Frederick  E.,  62 

Jane  H.,  63 
Simon,  Aaron  L,.,  Dr.,  276 

Abraham.  276 

Betty,  456 

Dorothj',  577 

Harry,  456,  577 

Jacob,  575 

Lena,  276 

Max  L.,  456 

Arorris  L.,  Dr.,  456 

Closes,  575 

Myer,  577 

Pauline,  577 

Philip,  576 

Rebecca,  576 

Sadie,  577 
Simpson,  Mary,  223 

Robert,  222 

Thomas,  222 
Slaff,  Charles,  308,  545 

Dora,  461 

Fannie,  591 

Frank,  545 

Jacob,  545 

Louis.  460,  590 

Mamie,  545 

Maurice,  545 

Max,  Dr.,  460 

Regina,  309 

Samuel,  544,  545,  590 

Simon.  308.  544 
Slater,  James,  50 


Jemima,  51 

John  J.,  50,  51 
Slavin,  Louis,  591 

Michael,  591 

Sarah,  592 
Smeaton,  Jacob  V.,  28 

James,  28 

James  D.,  28 

Jennie  F.,  28 

Samuel  E.,  28 
Smith,  Anna,  280 

Elrov  W..  Dr.,  280 

Esteile,  i88' 

Fred  W.,  523 

George  J.,  187' 

George  W.,  187 

Junius  F.,  Dr.,  280 
Smolak,   x\nna,  606 

Paul,  606 
Spaar,  Clinton,  466 

Helen,  466 

Oswald,  466 

William,  466 

William,  Jr.,  466 

Xavier,  466 
Speer.  Hendrick  J.,  354 

John  F.,  354 

John  H.,  354 

John  J.,  354 

Margaret  G.,  355 

Peter,  353,  355 

Sarah  M.,  355 

Wilson  L,  355 
Spencer,  Ellen  L.,  455 

John,  455 

Margaret,  455 

Thomas,  455 
Stark,  Bernard,  590 

Emerich,  590 

Mollie,  590 
Steegar,  Charles  L.,  422 

Flora  A.,  422 

William   H.,   Prof.,  421 
Steele    (Steel),    Alexander, 

131 

David,  131 

David,  Rev.,  132 

Emma,  134 

James,  131 

James  D.,  Rev.,  130,  134 

John,  131 

John,  Capt.,  130 
Stein.  Bertha,  508 

Harry,  507,  508 

Lsidor  J.,  Dr.,  267 

Lena,  509 

Leon.  507,  508 

Pauline.  267 

Peron  D.,  507 

Solomon,  267 
Stemer,  David  L.,  Dr.,  284, 
285 

Dyna,  285 

Max,  285 
Stewart,  Arthur  J.,  460 

Chester  R.,  460 


Edgar,  460 

Ella,  460 

Howard  B.,  460 

John,  459 

John  (2),  459 

John  (3),  460 

Raymond  T.,  460 

Russell  K.,  460 
Stolz,  x\ugust,  394 

August  J.,  394,  395 

Evelyn  M.,  395 

John  A.,  394 
Streckfuss,  Alice  M.,  345 

Christian,  345 

Frederick  C,  344 

Frederick  C,  Jr.,  345 

Wilhelmina,  345 
Sullivan,  Adrian  D.,  33 

Andrew,  33 

Arthur  J.,  34 

Eleanor  G.,  35 

Frank  L.,  34 

John,  33 

Lucia  M.,  34 
Swan,  Clara,  89 

Dudley  W.,  89 

Henry,  88 

Reuben,  89 

Samuel,  89 

Thomas,  88 

Takamine,  Caroline,  372 

Hilda,  372  : 

Jokichi,  Dr.,  371 

Jokichi,  Jr.,  372 

Seichi,  Dr.,  371 
Tatham,  George,  Capt.,  490 

Hobson  A.,  490 

Richard  D.,  490 

Richard  J.,  490 

Sarah,  490 
Temple,    Arthur    H.,    Dr., 
186 

Charles  H.,  186 

Ruth,  187 
Terhune,  Albert  (Albertse), 

35 

Alice  E.,  39 

Bessie,  39 

Calvin,  304 

Garrit,  Dr.,  38 

Nicholas,  304 

Nicholas,  Capt,  37 

Percy  H.,  35,  39 

Rebecca,  304 

Richard   (Dirck),  37 

Richard  A.,  Dr.,  38 

Richard  N.,  37 

Richard  P.,  304 
Thorburn,  Margaret  R.,  144 

S.  Grant,  144 

Samuel  T.,  144 

Theodorus  AIcL.,  144 

William,  144 
Tilton,  Charles,  104 

Edward  W.,  105 


INDEX 


XXXI 


Francis  T.,  lOi,  io6 

Frank  S.,  105 

Jeremiah,  103 

John,  102,  103 

Mary  E.,   105 

Mary  L.,  105 

Phebe,  104 

Reuben,  103 

William,  102 
Tolomeo,  Antonio,  449 

Fanstina,  450 

Luigi,  449 
Traas,  Grace,  476 

John,  475 

Peter,  475,  476 
Troast,  Isaac,  369 

Leonard,  369 

Marie  M.,  370 
Tucci,  Anthony,  296 

Josephine,  296 

Louis  F.,  296 

Udinsky,    Hyman    J.,    Dr., 

397.  398 
Morris,  397 
Rose.  398 
Ulbricht,   Edward   G.,  253, 

254 
Mary,  254 
William,  253 

Van  Der  Hey,  Annie,  578 

Emma,  579 

Maria,  578 

Pieter,  ^78 

Pieter,  Jr.,  578 

Trina,  578 
Van    Der   Vliet,   Abraham, 
451.  452 

Anthony,  451 

Jennie,  452 

Louwrus,  451 

Peternella,  451 
van    Herwarde,    Catherine, 
425 

Cornelius,  423,  425 

Cornelus,  423 

Henry,  425 

Mary  A.,  425 

Tys,  424 
Van  Houten,  A.  Grace,  46 

Aaron  A.,  45 

Aaron  C,  45 

Adrian,  45 

Adrian  A.,  45 

Cornelius  A.,  45 

Dirck  H.,  45 

Eucreuse,  461 

Frank  X.,  461 

Georpe  W.,  461 

Gerrebrand,  45 

Helmig  R.,  44 

James  V.,  461 

John,  461 

Katherine,  461 

Mary,  461 


Roelof,  44 

Thomas  H.,  461 

Thomas  H.,  Jr.,  461 

Zabriskie  A.,  44,  46 
Van  lersel,  Bastian,  273 

Hendrika,  274 

Louis,  2.-]^ 
Van  Riper,  Abram  W.,  47 

Adrianna,  48 

Arthur   W.    (A.  Ward), 
Dr.,  48 

Cornelius,  Dr.,  46,  47 

Daisy,  49 

Eva,  49 

John  T.,  48 
van  Schott,  Gerard  J.,  Tj 

Gerard  J.,  Dr.,  ^7,  78 

Gerard  J.,  Jr.,  79 

Gertrude  E.,  79 

Nancy  H.,  79 
Van  Winkle,  Cornelius  S., 
250 

Elizabeth,  250 

Simeon,  250 
Von  Drehle,  John  H.,  491, 
492 

Louisa,  492 
Von  Haitinger.  Kolman  S. 
C,  Dr.,  368 

Mabel  E.,  369 
Vagell,  John,  543 

Michael,  543,  544 

Wilhelmina,  544 
Vanecek,  Frank,  378 

Joseph,  378 

Josephine,  379 

William  R.,  377,  379 
Vannaman,  Edward  C,  65 

Edward  C.   (2),  65 

Elizabeth,  66 

Frank  L.,  65 
Vargo,  John,  601 

John,  Jr.,  601 

Mary,  602 

Michael,  602 
Varvaro,  Anna,  454 

Ettore,  Dr.,  453,  454 
Vasilyk,  Anna,  521 

John  D.,  521 

Peter  A.,  521 
Vermeulen,    Abraham,    260, 
261 

Clara,  262 

David,  261 

Isaac,  262 

Jennie,  261 

Johanna,  261 

John,  261 

Lena,  262 

Martin,  261 

Tunis,  261 

William,  261 
Voelkner,  Herman,  267 

Herman,  Jr.,  267 

Loretta,  268 


Vosburgh,  Edward,  352 

Florence,  353 

Fred,  Dr.,  352 

George,  352 
Voss,  Elizabeth  S.,  533 

Otto,  533 

Walter  O.,  532,  533 
Vought,  Edward  T.,  81 

Henry,  81 

Ida  M.,  82 

Joseph,  81 

Nathan  C,  81 

Samuel  P.,  80,  81 
Vreeland,  Abertine,  sn 

Amelia,  511 

Benjamin,  511 

George  W.,  511 

Wade,  Dorothea,  427 

John,  426 

Lawrence,  427 

Luke  T.,  426 

Michael,  426 

Patrick,  425,  426 

William  J.,  425,  427 
Walden,  James,  115 

James  H.,  115 

James  P.,  115 

Jeanne  R.,  115 
Walker,  Elizabeth  D.,  147 

Farrand  E.,  149 

Frederick  W.,  147 

Harry  R.,  147 

Harry  R.,  Jr.,  148 

John,  145 

Phebe  A.,  146 

Robert  G.,  148 

Viola  M.,  148 

Violet  M.,  149 

William  A.,  146 

William  G.,  146 

Winifred  H.,  149 
Walsh,  Honora  M.,  345 

Thomas  J.,  345 
Warhurst,  May  C,  278 

William  B.,  278 
Warner,  Alice  E.,  362 

Cornelius,  361,  362 

John  C,  362 

Nicholas,  362 

Peter  C,  361,  362 
Warren,  Archie  J.,  213 

David  E.,  Dr.,  213 

Mary,  214 
Waterhouse,  Charles  B.,  56 

Jacob,  56 

Lillian,  57 

William  H.,  q6 

William  H..  Jr.,  56 
Wechsler,  Esther,  523 

Philip,  522,  523 

Samuel,  522 
Weinberger,  Harry  H.,  233 

Helen.  234 

Joseph  J.,  Dr.,  234 

Rita,  234 


xxxn 


PASSAIC  AND  ITS  ENVIRONS 


Samuel,  232,  233 

Sarah,  233 
Weiss-Willheim    Company, 

Inc.,  463 
Weiss,  A.,  463 

Edward  A.,  277,  278 

Elizabeth,  278 

Minnie,  297 

Sandor,  278 

Theodore,  297 

William  J.,  296,  297 
Welch,  Alden  W.,  201 

Eunice,  203 

Florence,  203 

George  M.,  203 

George  T.,  Dr.,  199,  202 

John,  199 

N.  D.,  199 

Nehemiah  D.,  199,  201 

Thaddeus  P.,  202 

William  W.,  202 
Weller,  Clara,  399 

Emily  P.,  399 

Friederich  W.,  398 

John  F..  399 

Johann  F.,  398 
Wenban,  James,  542 

Nellie  M.,  542 

Walter  J.,  542 
Wentink,  Adrian,  116 

Adrian,  Jr.,  115,  116 

Frank,  115 

Meta,  117 
Wentz,  Ada  M.,  232 

Jacob,  231 

Jere  L.,  231,  232 

Johann  J.,  231 

Robert,  232 
Werner,  Christian  G.,  420, 
421 

Mary,  421 

William,  420 
Whitehead,  Edwin  H.,  4c 

Frederick,  259 

Henry  C,  40 


Joseph  H.,  Rev.,  39 

Katharine,  41 

Lena,  40 

Margaret  E.,  40 

Mary,  260 

Miles  C,  396 

Sarah  E.,  397 

William  A.,  259 
Wienbarg,  Adaline  S.,  489 

Diederich,  489 

Henry,  489 

Martin,  489 
Wilcox,  Homer  A.,  51 

Lillian  M.,  52 

Samuel,  51 
Wilensky,  Aaron,  431 

Abraham,  428 

Benjamin,  430 

David  T.,  432 

Dora,  431 

Esther  R.,  429 

Flora,  432 

Meyer,  430 

Moilie,  430 

Sarah,  431 
Willheim,  William,  464 
Wilson,  Clarence  A.,  43 

Leona,  43 
Winter,  Adaline,  348 

Albert  Z.,  348 

John  A.,  348 

John  W.,  348 

Mary  L.,  349 
Wise,  Colin  R.,  362 

Martha  E.,  365 

Russell  S.,  362,  363 
Witte,  Garrett,  458 

Henry  R.,  458 

Martin,  458 

Mayme,  459 
Wolff,  Adrianna,  322 

Charles,  321 

Elizabeth,  320 

Fannie,  321 


George,  321 

Hugo  J.,  322 

Julius,  320 

Margarette,  321 

Paul  R.,  322 

Rudolph,  322 

Sigmund,  320 
Woolley,  Anna  L.,  32 

Edward  M.,  32 
Worthen   &  Aldrich   Com- 
pany, 249 
Worthen,  Moses  E.,  249 
Wright,  Adelaide,  248 

George,  247 

George  H.,  247,  248 
Wynne,  James  F.,  473,  474 

Madge  A.,  474 

William  H.,  473 

Zabriskie    (Saboriski),  Al- 
bert, 350 

Ann  J.,  352 

Hendrick,  351 

Hendrick  J.,  352 

Jacob  A.,  351 

Jacob  H.,  352 
Zandee,  Adrian,  584  - 

Daniel,  584 

Daniel  C,  585 

Jacob,  584 

Jane,  585 

John,  584 
Zienko,  Catherine,  482 

Charles,  482 

Martin,  481 

Tadeusz,  481 

Wincenty,  481,  482 
Zillessen,  Elizabeth  F.,  495 

Ernest  A.  F.,  494 

Ernest  J.,  494 
Zimmer,  Anna,  536 

Morris,  535,  536 

Saul.  535 

Wolff,  535