Mary Jane Dixon and Frederick Hammond

What I Know So Far...

As I've been moving files and adding data into my new genealogy software, it seemed like a good idea to take time to summarize some of the research I have to date on various individuals and families. This will hopefully clarify those branches that require more research, and those that I can set aside, as least for now. If I come across more information, or decide to do further research, I'll update this page.

{Update: 14 Sep 2021. I have recieved a copy of Mary Jane (Dixon) Hammond's death certificate. I have updated this post to reflect the information in that document. This will be reflected in the footnotes; see source number 16.}

 In this post I focus on Mary Jane Dixon and her husband, Frederick Chittinden Hammond. Sources are noted in parentheses, with the citations at the end of the page. I have created tables for those facts with conflicting data to, hopefully, make sense of things.

If you have any information about this family that you would like to share, please let me know. Of course, photographs are always welcome!

Mary Jane Dixon was the daughter of John Dixon and Isabella Porter.(1,2,10, 16) Her death record states that she was born on May 24, 1872 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.(16) Other sources differ as shown below.

Birth Date	Date of Source	Stated or Implied	Source	Source #
1872	1880	Implied	1880 US Census	1
1872	1890	Implied	Marriage Certificate	10
May 1871	1905	Stated	1905 NJ Census	3
1873	1910	Implied	1910 US Census	4
May 1873	1915	Stated	1915 NJ Census	5
May 1873	1918	Stated	Find A Grave [database]	7

Frederick Chittinden Hammond was the son of Thomas Blake Hammond and Olive Luttle Rigby. (10) He was born in New Jersey in the month August of between 1870 and 1873.

Birth Date	Date of Source	Stated or Implied	Source	Source #
Aug 1871	1890	Implied	Marriage Certificate	10
Aug 1870	1905	Stated	1905 NJ Census	3
1873	1910	Implied	1910 US Census	4
Aug 1871	1915	Stated	1915 US Census	5
1872	1920	Implied	1920 US Census	6

Marriage

Frederick and Mary Jane married on 24 September 1890. They ceremony took place at 107 Elizabeth Ave., Elizabeth, NJ at the home of the bride’s parents.(15) H.H. Oberly, Rector of Christ Church, Elizabeth, performed the ceremony. Witnesses were Joseph Bird March and Charlotte Thompson. [The relation of the witnesses to the bride and groom has not been researched.] (10)

Family Narrative

At the time of their wedding, Frederick was 19 years, 1 month old, and he was working as a ticket collector for the Erie Railroad. He was living at 388 Ave. D., Bayonne, New Jersey. This was his first marriage.(10)

Mary Jane was living in her parent’s house at 107 Elizabeth Ave., Elizabeth, and was 18 years old. It was also her first marriage.(10)

The couple’s first child, a son, Frank Hammond, was born eight months after their marriage, on 24 May 1891. He was born at 603 Grove St., Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.(12) Sadly, Frank died when he was 14 months old, on 15 July 1892.(11)

It would be another 8 years before the couple had their second child. Earl Chittinden Hammond was born on 6 May 1900.(13,14)

By the time Earl was 5 years old, the family was living at 305 1/2 Elizabeth Street, Jersey City, New Jersey. The family owned their home, with a mortgage. Frederick was working as a bookkeeper. The family also had a boarder, Robert Sutherland, a recent immigrant from Scotland, who also was a bookkeeper.(3)

By 1910, the Hammonds were living at 217 Pavonia Avenue, and it appears that they were renting the house. Frederick was still a bookkeeper, and Earl, age 9, was attending school. They family again had two boarders, Maude Doremest and Mary Tenney, both women in their 50’s.(4)

The family is at the same address in 1915, but now it looks like they have purchased the house with a mortgage. Frederick is still working as a bookkeeper, Mary Jane, or “Mamie,” was keeping house. Earle, now age 14, was attending Public School No. 4. The family had no boarders at this time. (5)

Some time after his 18th birthday, in 1918, Earl registered for the World War I draft. He is living at the Pavonia Avenue address, and is an Industrial Student at Dickinson High School. He is also working for a Dr. Hopkins Prine at Palisade & Newark Avenues, Jersey City. He is described by the registrar as being tall, of medium build, with grey eyes and fair hair. (14)

Sadly, Mary Jane died on 12 June 1918, in Christ Hospital, Jersey City. She was 46 years old. The death certificate is a little hard to read, but as best I can tell the cause of death was "Gastric Carcinoma."(16) Her burial, and presumably her furneral, took place on June 15. She is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, Union County, New Jersey (7, 16) as are many members of the Dixon family.

The 1920 US Census records that Frederick, a widower, now owns the house at 217 Pavonia Avenue outright. He is employed as a bookkeeper by Horrie & Co. Earl is also living at home, and was still in school. Also living in the house was a 49 year old woman with the last name Mahoney. She was a “servant” for a private family; presumably keeping house for the widow and his son, as she was not listed as a boarder.(6)

I don’t have a date of death for Frederick, but his son, Earl, died in February 1973, with his last residence being Secuacus, Hudson County, New Jersey.(13)

[As of this writing [September 2021] I have no plans to do any further research into the Hammond family, as my primary focus is the Dixons. However, if you are related to the Hammonds, I would be happy to learn more about them, and share any information I might have with you. Please do get in touch!]

Sources

1. 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, New Jersey, Elizabeth, 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Page: 40C; Enumeration District: 164. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Page No. 23, Lines 49-50, John and Isibela Dixon; Page No. 24, Lines 1-8, children: William, Ida, Laura, John, Mary, Lillia, Maybell, and Maud..; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 800; digital image, Ancestry.com (http:// www.ancestry.com). 

   
   
2. 1885 State Census of New Jersey, New Jersey State Archive; Trenton, New Jersey, United States; State census of New Jersey, 1885; Film Number: 42. Union County, First Ward, Elizabeth, page 52. John, Isabella, Ida, Laura, Jakob, Mary, Lillie, Mabel, Maud, Alfred Dixon; digital image, Ancestry.com 

   
   
3. 1905 State Census of New Jersey, New Jersey State Archive; Trenton, New Jersey, United States; State census of New Jersey, 1905; [images on-line] (Lehi, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2017). Hudson County, Jersey City, 9th District, Ward 3; Sheet 17B. Frederick C, Mary J., and Earl C. Hammond.
   
   
4. 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, New Jersey, Hudson, Jersey City, Ward 2; page 2A; FHL microfilm: 1374902.; NARA microfilm publication , roll T624; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com).

   
   
5. 1915 State Census of New Jersey, Population schedule, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, Jersey City, Hudson County; Second Ward; Sheet A2. Hammond - Frederick, Mamie, Earle.; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com).
1920 U.S. Census, New Jersey, Union, Population Schedule; NARA Microfilm Publication T625 

   
   
6. 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, New Jersey, Union, Jersey City Ward 2, Hudson, New Jersey; Page 1A; ED 118. Frederick Hammond, Earl Hammond.; NARA microfilm publication T625, roll T625_1069; digital image, Ancestry.com (http:// www.ancestry.com). 

   
   
7. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave, digital images (https:// www.findagrave.com), (accessed 03 January 2021), memorial page for Mary J Dixon Hammond (May 1873 - 12 Jun 1918), Find a Grave Memorial no. 198800968, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Robert (contributor 46512307). 

   
   
8. New Jersey, U.S. Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1972 [database on-line]. 
FamilySearch, New Jersey, U.S. Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1972 [database on- line] (Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2011), Ancestry.com, Lehi, Utah, Frank Hammond; FHL number: 589793. B. abt. 1891; d. 15 Jul 1892.

   
   
9. New Jersey State Archives, Birth Records, H248; Frank Hammond; 24 May 1891.; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey.
Hammond, Frank Birth: 24 May 1890 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA 

   
   
10. New Jersey State Archives, Marriage Records; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. NJSA microfilm roll 79 (Marriage Certificates #404-82-K30 to #406-96-Z72), certificate #405-91-H7. Frederick Chittinden Hammond and Mary Jane Dixon, September 24, 1890.

    
    
11. New Jersey, U.S. Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1972 [database on-line] (Provo, Utah, ancestry.com, 2011) Frank Hammond; Death: 15 Jul 1892 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA; 1 year.

    
    
12. New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christening Index, 1660-1931 [database on-line], database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com), Frank Hammond; FHL Number 494217. Frank Hammond, b. 24 May 1890, Jersey City, NJ; parents Fred C. Hammond, Mary J. Dixon.
    
    
13. Social Security Death Index, Social Security Administration, database, Ancestry.com,(http://www.ancestry.com), Earl Hammond, b. 6 May 1900, d. Feb 1973.
Hammond, Earl Chittenden ; Birth: 06 May 1900 ; Death: Feb 1973; Res: 1973 in Secaucus, Hudson, New Jersey, USA; 07094
    
    
14. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, digital image, The National Archives
    (http://www.ancestry.com), Ancestry.com [database on-line]. Earl Chittenden Hammond, b. 6 May 1900; Relative: Earl Chittenden Hammond.

    
    
15. Cook & Hall's Elizabeth City Directory for 1890-91, Cook & Hall (1890), Pages 113-114. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). 

16. New Jersey Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate (1918), Mary J. Hammond; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton.