tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55372408543389265782024-03-13T10:08:56.774-07:00Rooted in ElizabethThe family history of the Dixon, Karvoius, Klein, Traina and Maita families – all rooted in Elizabeth, New Jersey.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-75697704063690554632023-12-28T15:32:00.000-08:002023-12-28T15:32:58.828-08:00Sophie Karvoius : Delayed Birth Registration<p><i> Well hello. It's been a few <strike>days</strike> years, hasn't it. I'm in the process of transferring my blog posts to a print format for my own reference and amusement and as I've gone along I realized I had gotten this birth record for my grandmother and had not followed up on a <a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2016/01/sophia-karvojus-two-baptism-certificates.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> about baptism and derivitive records. So, here goes.</i></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Another Derivative</h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1942 was certainly a busy year. Both of my Dixon grandparents had to deal with the Bureau of Vital Statistics to prove their birth information. While Grandpa did have an original (if slightly whimsical) birth registration, Grandma apparently did not. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On June 9, the Pastor at Sts. Peter and Paul Church copied out a baptism certificate from the church records. It appears, from the document below, that on the 12th my grandmother appeared in front of the local registrar and the following form was completed – referencing the baptism certificate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although this is yet another delayed, derivative document it does have some very good clues on it for further research.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga0bvNr-gNmtyW4gqfoGHuPPXJ0qIdcWTIbE_tECUQYVL5ochmDiCSNu7O0P-i9RRUzp_ljf2T8lPXayC1p6nXBxLhtEnVL7N_tDWE2FInyvG_7KQCPboSJsDJEsjLwPGPlGTwC8Y0E1SGX1mXBcHOvcJa0st0VBAHUSBK2U_A0UrSDraj5WBYAzjubcpO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Delayed Birth Registration Sophie Karvouis" data-original-height="2228" data-original-width="2973" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEga0bvNr-gNmtyW4gqfoGHuPPXJ0qIdcWTIbE_tECUQYVL5ochmDiCSNu7O0P-i9RRUzp_ljf2T8lPXayC1p6nXBxLhtEnVL7N_tDWE2FInyvG_7KQCPboSJsDJEsjLwPGPlGTwC8Y0E1SGX1mXBcHOvcJa0st0VBAHUSBK2U_A0UrSDraj5WBYAzjubcpO=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiftrH2NnxB8jwI-rfOXnoldB1jKYpeYjKzMAKan1JiHUbQQD0DDrR4g_LzpXEGk4psyeclBqldz8s_uyTTIfGzIr4ETNXjqs2GHsTZIBTPHJPJlu1plHURTnhL994y-pgo0s-LRziMNg9_AMyHV6_6UOZAvnzjTB9ePpmmxtQJHSbFtypfJ-GeXbCAi2Ql" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="612" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiftrH2NnxB8jwI-rfOXnoldB1jKYpeYjKzMAKan1JiHUbQQD0DDrR4g_LzpXEGk4psyeclBqldz8s_uyTTIfGzIr4ETNXjqs2GHsTZIBTPHJPJlu1plHURTnhL994y-pgo0s-LRziMNg9_AMyHV6_6UOZAvnzjTB9ePpmmxtQJHSbFtypfJ-GeXbCAi2Ql=w453-h588" width="453" /></a></div><br />We can see from page 2 that the reason for all of the paperwork was to get employment. I suspect the same was true for my grandfather.<p></p><p>Also, we learn that the midwife who delivered my grandmother was Mrs. Bojancki. I'll have to look her up.</p><p>Significantly, the document provides some vital record information: the marriage place and date of Sophie's parents – Brooklyn, NY, June 17, 1905. It confirms the date of Sophie's marriage, and also lists the birth dates of her two children.<br /><br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-87586591056967001732021-11-11T03:00:00.017-08:002021-11-11T03:00:00.185-08:00Frank Joseph Traina : Veteran<p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Veteran's Day!
</span></b><br /> </p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1H30w38BwVXlulLB2c1_dn1EcKdrTAFphmYWc9duia37uGyA2Uj78TSHcaMUb9xiou-m96ZJFnlJprkBEx0wWtCnOFTqKdFIcWdb1aEt-rIerr5DzYxGjbPA9fan7yGs96UzxGXEICCOd/s868/TRAINA-Frank_Navy_uniform_car.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1H30w38BwVXlulLB2c1_dn1EcKdrTAFphmYWc9duia37uGyA2Uj78TSHcaMUb9xiou-m96ZJFnlJprkBEx0wWtCnOFTqKdFIcWdb1aEt-rIerr5DzYxGjbPA9fan7yGs96UzxGXEICCOd/s868/TRAINA-Frank_Navy_uniform_car.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Young man in sailor's uniform leaning on car, circa 1943." border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1H30w38BwVXlulLB2c1_dn1EcKdrTAFphmYWc9duia37uGyA2Uj78TSHcaMUb9xiou-m96ZJFnlJprkBEx0wWtCnOFTqKdFIcWdb1aEt-rIerr5DzYxGjbPA9fan7yGs96UzxGXEICCOd/w276-h400/TRAINA-Frank_Navy_uniform_car.jpg" title="Frank J. Traina in sailor's uniform, circa 1943." width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank Traina, circa 1943.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />My father was a Veteran of World War II. I have his Honorable Discharge and Separation Qualification Record from the Army of the United States. So, what's with the sailor's suit in this photo?<br /></div>
<br />
The information about his civilian education and occupation on the back of the Qualification Record tell the story.<br />
<br />
My father, Frank Joseph Traina, graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Elizabeth, NJ in 1943. He spent six months in Marine Fireman's Training at the United States Maritime Training School, Sheepshead Bay, NY.<br />
<br />
So, Merchant Marine? <br />
<br />
He was then "employed by the War Department aboard Army transports with home port being Army Base, Brooklyn, New York. Made eleven voyages in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans."<br />
<br />
His job title was Assistant Purser. He "Performed various clerical tasks in connection with the maintenance of fiscal records pertaining to personnel of ship. Computed and prepared monthly payrolls. Handled correspondence pertaining to pursers's office." All with the possibility of being blown out of the water by a torpedo at any moment. That'll spice up your filing.<br />
<br />
At the end of the war, he enlisted in the Army, on 13 May 1946. He had two months of Infantry Basic Training and then served as a Private with the Transportation Corps, Detachment C Camp Stoneman in California. There, as a clerk-typist, he "prepared and typed morning reports, records and duty rosters for a unit comprised of 320 enlisted men." He acted as receptionist, set up and maintained file systems, planned duty rosters to coordinate with the unit's training schedule, and handled military and civilian correspondence. He left the Army on 7 July 1947 at the "convenience of the government."<br />
<br />
Dad was awarded the American Theater Ribbon and a World War II Victory Medal, neither of which I've ever seen. My father died when I was six years old, and if anyone in the family knew any stories about his service with the Merchant Marine or the Army they never told them to me. Although I understand the importance of his work, it probably didn't lend itself to exciting or entertaining anecdotes. I do have the flag that draped his coffin at his funeral. I wasn't there, being deemed to young to attend, but I expect there were some sort of military honors.<br />
<br /><p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-64840329126892585332021-04-04T08:40:00.002-07:002021-04-04T08:40:56.384-07:00The best-laid schemes of mice and men go oft awry<h2 style="text-align: left;">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks : Off The Rails<br /></h2><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">This year, 2021, I'm participating in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks genealogy challenge from Amy Johnson Crow.</span></i> <i> </i></p><p><i>Today I quote the wonderful Robert Burns as I reflect on schemes gone awry. My plan on writing about an ancestor or story each week has indeed gone off the rails. The month of March was a complete miss, and April looks not all that much better. 2021, we had hoped for better, but alas, life with all of it's complications and intrusions seems to have other plans. Nevertheless, I will continue to do my best.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-21562466196455136732021-03-07T12:05:00.001-08:002021-03-07T12:05:34.745-08:00The Mystery of Mrs. Redmond<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks : Week 8 - Power</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">This year, 2021, I'm participating in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks genealogy challenge from Amy Johnson Crow. This week’s topic is “power,” and I’m [broadly] interpreting that through the story of Minnie (Dixon) Moore. I think this story reflects the power of accidentally or intentionally incorrect documents and records to cause confusion. It touches on the power of laws as a way of directing behaviors, and also, how our ancestors intentionally skirted those laws to get on with their lives. While I’m sure there is much more to be learned about the lives of the people I mention here, as the pandemic limited me to on-line resources, I think this story also shows the power of focused research to help us discover our ancestors’ stories. <br /></span></i></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is where the story starts</span></h3><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></i></p><blockquote><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elizabeth Daily Journal, 24 May 1927</span></i><br /><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">William Dixon.</span><br /></b><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Following an illness of about a week, William Dixon, of 66 East Jersey street, died last night in the General Hospital of a complication of ailments, aggravated by advanced years. He was born in Elizabeth, a son of the late John and Isobelle Dixon, and was a retired carpenter.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Surviving Mr. Dixon are three daughters, four sons, a brother and two sisters, all living in this city. The <i>daughters are Mrs. Charles Redmond, Mrs. John O’Hare and Miss Hazel Dixon</i>, and the sons are Frank, William, Wallace and Thomas Dixon. Mrs. Ida Bruggy and Mrs. Lillian McPhee are sisters, and the brother is Alfred Dixon.(1)</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the obituary of my great-grandfather, William A. Dixon (b. 1862 - d. 1927). I was able to account for every one of his surviving family members with one exception – the daughter listed as Mrs. Charles Redmond.<br /><br />William and his wife, Mary E. (Klein) Dixon, had four daughters during their marriage. <br /> • Minerva “Minnie” - b. 1884 - d. 1953(2)<br /> • Alora - b. 1891-d. 1891(3)<br /> • Clara Viola - b. 1882(4) - d. TBD<br /> • Hazel Dorothy - b. 1909 - d. 1957(5)<br /><br />Alora died at 8 months old, and Hazel, the youngest child, was single in 1927. Clara had married John O’Hare in 1912.6 Minnie, the oldest of the Dixon children, married Milton Moore in 1905.(7) <br /><br />So who the heck was Mrs. Charles Redmond?<br /><br />Consulting the usual sources I found an entry in the 1915 New Jersey State Census for Minnie Redmond. Also in the household were William Redmond, Charles Redmond, and children Milton and Ralph.(8)<br /><br />Knowing that Minnie and her husband, Milton, had two sons, Milton and Ralph created a few questions. Was Mrs. Charles Redmond actually Minnie (Dixon) Moore? If so, what happened to Milton? Did he die? Did the couple divorce? <br /><br /></span><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Minnie and Milton Moore</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVVRzildq23uZkOX7vjMP4GY4sZpUNsimcXhJsw9IsbMoiSgxm1EKY4z3inmaJJVHrlBHdXCQ-YSXb_B8fglncBBtYWQGAFxA8oH2KKP0Y1oEYeL17w7h6_Q8ywRpJg8hv-6yIdAvZSFU/s800/DIXON-Minnie_MOORE-Milton_marriage_1905.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Marriage Certificate for the wedding of Milton George Moore and Minnie Elizabeth Dixon in Elizabeth, NJ, 1905." border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="800" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVVRzildq23uZkOX7vjMP4GY4sZpUNsimcXhJsw9IsbMoiSgxm1EKY4z3inmaJJVHrlBHdXCQ-YSXb_B8fglncBBtYWQGAFxA8oH2KKP0Y1oEYeL17w7h6_Q8ywRpJg8hv-6yIdAvZSFU/w640-h544/DIXON-Minnie_MOORE-Milton_marriage_1905.jpg" title="Milton George Moore and Minnie Elizabeth Dixon married in 1905." width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage Certificate for Milton G. Moore and Minnie E. Dixon, 1905.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">As I noted above, Minnie Dixon married Milton Moore in 1905, on September 30, in Elizabeth, NJ.(9) The name of Milton's parents on this certificate would be the key to helping solve part of the mystery.<br /><br />Although Milton had been living in West New Brighton, Staten Island, NY with his parents at the time of their wedding, the couple appears to have settled in Elizabeth, or at least that is where their first child, Milton William Moore, was born on July 2, 1906.(10)<br /><br />Their second son, Ralph E. Moore was born on February 13, 1909 in West New Brighton, NY, and an address in that town was given as the parents’ place of residence.(11) And in 1910 we see that the young family had moved, and were living in the home of Milton Sr.’s parents, William and Sarah, along with Milton’s siblings Charles and Percival. Also at that address were Milton’s sister Edith, her husband, Robert Van Clief, and their two young children, Dorothy and Robert.(12)<br /><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Plot Thickens</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The years between 1910 and 1915 are the pivotal point in Milton and Minnie’s story.<br /><br />Milton Sr.’s father, William Moore died on December 13, 1913 at the age of 49.(13) One can only imagine how this effected the extended Moore household. The 1910 census showed that William and his son-in-law, Robert Van Clief, were renters. Losing William’s income must have been a blow to the family financially. What effect this may have had on Milton and Minnie is unknown.<br /><br />Two records on Ancestry.com that kept popping up appear to indicate that Milton and Minnie had ended their marriage some time between the 1910 census and early 1915. <br /><br />According to the New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1931 database, on April 23, 1915, in Elizabeth, NJ, Ralph Charles Redmond and Milton Joseph Redmond were Christened. Ralph’s date of birth is recorded as February 13, 1909, and Milton’s is July 2, 1906. These match the birth dates of Minnie (Dixon) and Milton Moore’s sons. In these index records the boy’s parents are listed as Minnie Dixon and Charles Redmond.(14) This seems to confirm that Minnie and Charles Redmond are, by April 1915, living together as husband and wife.<br /><br />By 1915, Milton’s widowed mother, Sarah (Fullegar) Moore, was living with her daughter Edith and her family at a different address. There is no indication that either Milton, Minnie, or their children are in the household.(15)<br /><br />According to the 1915 NJ State Census, Minnie was living in Elizabeth with her two sons and going by the name “Minnie Redmond."(16) Minnie is also listed that census year in her parent’s household. Her children, however, are not included in that household. Because all of the children of Mary E. and William Dixon are in the household enumeration, including those who were married and living elsewhere, I have wondered if the respondent misunderstood the census taker’s question.(17)<br /><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sidebar - Charles Redmond</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">We can connect Charles Redmond to the Dixon family through two newspaper articles in the Elizabeth Daily Journal that chronicle the usual Dixon hi-jinks on the wrong side of the law. Both events occur in 1913, and show that Redmond and the Dixons were certainly acquainted at that time. Whether Redmond was introduced to the family through Minnie, or Minnie was introduced to Redmond through his acquaintance with the Dixons is unknown. <br /><br /><b></b></span></p><blockquote><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elizabeth Daily Journal, 18 June 1913</span></i> <br /><b>Three Change Pleas</b><br />- Elizabeth<br /></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The indictment returned against Charles Redmond was nolle prossed [dismissed] on motion of Assistant Prosecutor O’Connor. Redmond was indicted with Frank Dixon for stealing ten pigeons from Margaret Yekel. Dixon admitted taking the birds, thus clearing Redmond.(18)<br /><br />[Frank Dixon, b. 1895, was Minnie’s brother. He would have been 18 years old at the time of the incident.]</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><blockquote><i>Elizabeth Daily Journal, 22 August 1913</i><b><br />Police Have Sharp Battle With Gang</b> <br />- Garwood<br /><br />…Charles Redmond of 451 Elizabeth Ave. and William Dixon of 538 Elizabeth Ave., Elizabeth…were sentenced to pay a fine and costs of $12.85 each and all were committed upon their failure to produce that amount.<br /><br />“When arraigned before Recorder Cash, Redmond claimed that he didn’t know how he got into the lock-up. The last he remembered, he said, was coming to look for work. He admitted drinking. Dixon admitted drinking at Britt’s saloon, also from a pail and from a bottle.(19)<br /><br />[The William Dixon mentioned here could either be Minnie’s father or her brother. Her father deserted the family in September 1912, and at some point was arrested after refusing to pay support to the family. He spent six months in jail, though the exact dates for that are unknown. It is possible that he was free by August 1913.(20)</blockquote><br /></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Power of the Law</span></h3><span style="font-family: inherit;">Whether Federal, State or Local, laws govern our actions and our lives. When those laws prove inconvenient, some of our ancestors did what they needed to “get on with it” and live their lives on their own terms. <br /><br />While it seemed possible that Milton and Minnie Moore divorced, I had no real way to prove that one way or the other. As far as I can tell, the State of New York won’t share divorce records unless you are one of the parties involved. <br /><br />Many states, up until fairly recently, made getting a divorce difficult if not impossible, and the repercussions for at least one of the parties could be severe. According to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society website: <i><br /></i><blockquote><i>With few exceptions, adultery was the only grounds under which divorces were granted in New York until 1967.<br /><br />The divorce decree during this era would usually specify that the innocent party was free to remarry while the guilty party (the adulterer) was not. The guilty party usually did remarry anyway but left New York State to do so.<br /><br />Because a divorce on any grounds was so tinged with scandal, it was not unusual for couples to separate without the benefit of the law. They would then pretend to be single or widowed, and often remarry, usually in another state.(</i>21)</blockquote><br />Both Minnie and Milton left New York after they split up. Minnie went back home to Elizabeth, NJ. Milton was a little more difficult to track down, but I did find him eventually.<br /><br />According to the records of the Masonic Lodge in Boston, Massachusetts, Milton became a member of the Rabboni Lodge on December 12, 1912.(22) I’m confident that this is our Milton, as his birth date is given as January 8, 1885, which matches other documents. Based on this evidence, it would appear that Milton and Minnie ended their relationship before the death of Milton’s father in 1913.<br /><br />In 1917, Milton is well established in his new life in Boston, and is working as a chauffeur. That year, on July 22, he marries Margaret Cassidy, a 21 year old telephone operator. It is the Marriage Register for the City of Boston that positively identifies this Milton as Minnie’s former husband by listing the groom’s parents as William Moore and Sarah Fullegan [sic].(23) His mother’s maiden name was Fullegar, which is how it appears on the certificate from 1905, when Milton married Minnie Dixon.(24)<br /><br />The telling bit of information here that speaks to “working around” the power of the law is the fact that in this 1917 document Milton claims that this is his first marriage.<br /><br />Based on a Veterans Administration Master Index Card, it appears that Milton served in the military during World War 1. The card states that he enlisted on May 9, 1918 and was discharged on March 29, 1922.25 The card also indicates that he was eligible and had made a claim for, a “service connected disability, pension, and education and training” bonus as part of an Adjusted Compensation plan for WWI veterans.(26)<br /><br />Milton and Margaret’s first child, William S. Moore, was born in 1923. He was followed by Patricia (b. 1925), Jean (b. 1927), Margaret (b. 1929), and Sheila (b. 1933). The family lived in Milton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Milton was employed for many years by the Boston Elevated Railway. (27) <br /><br />On April 26, 1942, the 57 year old registered for the draft for World War II. Lacking any photos, the physical description on the card gives us a sense of his appearance. He was 5’9” tall, weighed 170 pounds, had hazel eyes and brown hair, and a dark complexion.(28)<br /><br />As far as I can tell, Milton was not called upon to serve his country. He died on September 17, 1942 in Milton, Massachusetts.(29)<br /><br /></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meanwhile, Back in Elizabeth…</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Demonstrating the power of a bureaucrat to totally mess up an official document, we find Charles Redmond registering for the Word War I draft in 1918. I blame the registrar for the misinformation, as the document is filled out in what is clearly his own handwriting, which matches the registrar’s signature. Charles’s signature at the bottom of page 1 is markedly different from the script in the form. [I neglected to add this to the footnotes, so here is the source: </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 26, 28); color: #181a1c; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Ancestry.com.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(24, 26, 28); color: #181a1c; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918</em><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 26, 28); color: #181a1c; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 26, 28); color: #181a1c; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span>Although the name on the card is Charles L. Redmond, written in the upper margin is “Rebman.” Additionally, the nearest relative is listed as “Minnie Reynolds.” However, the residence matches the address given in the 1919 Elizabeth city directory, so at least that’s correct, and the occupation of “moulder” matches other documents for Charles. So evidence indicates that this is our man, and at least in 1918, Minnie is living with him. I have not found any record indicating whether or not Charles actually served in the military. <br /><br /> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pcJLgC7F9cDXOeh-FkuB26J7o4FtJ_y00x2Gs6buTyjHH2RGdxUnqnZsEgVebTAQAZd87svW_WKbZdAWI9SHs6R3eke8shPZ_hDGuDWZ-AaWr1TX7VhvYnCZCqAUE2tef2VgDiqCMqCJ/s1413/Redmond-WWII-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1106" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8pcJLgC7F9cDXOeh-FkuB26J7o4FtJ_y00x2Gs6buTyjHH2RGdxUnqnZsEgVebTAQAZd87svW_WKbZdAWI9SHs6R3eke8shPZ_hDGuDWZ-AaWr1TX7VhvYnCZCqAUE2tef2VgDiqCMqCJ/w313-h400/Redmond-WWII-p1.jpg" width="313" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8KoK9piH1paF-Z-whprQ-GrWXHLRxDhz-a9sYknMSRBjZLzaLFuJONGrq6ShIYXmimJuUIb0VFCQQA1ajz7tIEQG7UEOn00lzHwdGaAMN9tEVumjUaL2wygDapM_gp8rHlajjtEhiNUE/s1413/Redmond-WWII-p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1106" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8KoK9piH1paF-Z-whprQ-GrWXHLRxDhz-a9sYknMSRBjZLzaLFuJONGrq6ShIYXmimJuUIb0VFCQQA1ajz7tIEQG7UEOn00lzHwdGaAMN9tEVumjUaL2wygDapM_gp8rHlajjtEhiNUE/w313-h400/Redmond-WWII-p2.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the 1923 Elizabeth directory, Mrs. Minnie Redman is living at 1173 Elizabeth Ave. No listing for Charles appears. In 1925, Mrs. Charles Redmond is living at 256 N. Broad St., no mention of Charles himself. In 1926, Charles Redmond appears at that same address, no mention of Minnie.(30)<br /><br />This brings us back, chronologically speaking, to the mysterious Mrs. Redmond in William Dixon’s obituary in 1927. I am now confident, based on the information I’ve presented here, that this is William’s daughter, Minnie.<br /><br />Minnie and Charles do not appear in the city directory in 1927 or 1928. Minnie pops up again in 1929 as Mrs. Minnie Redmond.<br /><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Back to "Minnie Moore"</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Minnie drops out of the directory until 1933, when she is listed as Moore, Minnie E, widow of Milton. One would conclude that Charles Redmond had died, or that he and Minnie were no longer living together. She maintains the 1933 information in the listings until 1941, when she simply appears as Mrs. Minnie E Moore, which is how the listing reads until 1951.<br /><br />In 1951 and 1952 she again adds the “widow of Milton” tag to her name. Starting in 1944 her address is 25 S. Spring Street, which is the address that is listed as her residence on her death certificate nine years later.<br /><br />Minnie (Dixon) Moore died on September 20, 1953, at the age of 69, at the New Jersey State Hospital in Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey.(31) The facility there was essentially a residential psychiatric hospital. The reason for Minnie's admission is unknown but given the distance to Marlboro, and the close proximity of two hospitals in Elizabeth, one could conclude that she had some psychological issues requiring specialist care.<br /><br />The informant on the death certificate is listed as “NJ State Hospital - Records” which means that, aside from her death, there is no first hand knowledge behind the information provided o the form. There is no space on the certificate to list a spouse’s name, but the document does indicate that she is married, not widowed, and the name on the certificate is Minnie Moore. Her parents names are given as William Dickson and Elizabeth Kline which is true, though the spelling of both last names is not correct.<br /><br />The physician signing the death certificate attended Minnie from August 28, 1953 until the time of her death a few weeks later. Minnie suffered from cardiovascular disease, but pneumonia was the stated cause of her death. <br /><br />Minnie (Dixon) Moore (aka Redmond) was buried on September 23, 1953 at Evergreen Cemetery in Elizabeth.(31)<br /><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conclusions</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Based on the evidence that I’ve found so far, it seems likely that these things are true:<br /></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Minnie Dixon and Milton Moore married in 1905. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">They had two sons, Milton and Ralph. (I have photos of both of them.) </span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1910 the family was living with Milton Sr.’s parents on Staten Island. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">By at least December of 1912 the couple were no longer living together. (Milton is found in Boston, Massachusetts.) </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have established that by 1913 the Dixon family was acquainted with Charles Redmond. By April of 1915, it appears that Minnie and Charles were living together as husband and wife. I have found no evidence of a marriage in New Jersey, or really anywhere, around that time. Also, in that year Minnie and her children appear in a household with Charles, all given the surname Redmond. It should be noted that in real, as opposed to documentary, life, the two boys used the surname Moore.<br /><br />Records show that the senior Milton Moore married Margaret Cassidy in Boston in 1917, and went on to raise a family with her in that area.<br /><br />Whether the Minnie and Milton actually divorced or not is unclear. Records for both seem to indicate that they did not, but without access to an actual divorce record I hesitate to say that they definitely did or did not. <br /><br />Evidence seems to lean toward the negative on a divorce. <br /></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Milton declaring that his marriage to Margaret Cassidy is his first.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Minnie returning to the surname Moore at some time between 1929 and 1933.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Minnie listing herself in city directories as Milton’s widow after 1933.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Does it matter? I don’t think it does, really. Both Minnie and Milton parted and went on to live their own lives on their own terms. Milton’s seems to have been a full, productive, and hopefully happy one. Minnie’s details are sketchy, but she seems to have stayed with Charles Redmond for some years. He was certainly accepted by her family, as indicated in the obituary that started this research project, so perhaps they were happy too.<br /><br />Having solved, at least to my satisfaction, the mystery of Mrs. Redmond, I will be setting aside research into the Moore cousins for now. If you have any info or comments you’d like to add, I’d be glad to hear them!<br /></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sources</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>One quick note about the source citations. I did not cite the entries for the Elizbeth city directories. Those are easily available in a number of places on-line, should you be interested. Also, please excuse any inconsistency in the formating of the citations. Some were generated by my genealogy software, and some were copied from Ancestry.com or FamilySearch. Hopefully, they are sufficient to guide you to the original material if you are interested.</i> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 Elizabeth Daily Journal, Elizabeth, New Jersey. 24 May 1927, Evening Edition, p. 10, col. 3. “William Dixon.”<br /><br />2 New Jersey State Archives, Birth Records, D40. birth register for unnamed female child of William A. Dixon and Mary E. Kline, born April 5, 1884 in Elizabeth, NJ.; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. Also:<br /><br />New Jersey, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records, Death Certificates, New Jersey Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records, Trenton. NJSA microfilm roll 1096 (Death Certificates 1953: #36,801-#38,400), certificate #37237. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton. Minnie Moore, parents William Dickson and Elizabeth Kline, died 20 Sep 1953 at NJ State Hospital, Marlboro, Monmouth, NJ..; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey.<br /><br />3 New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Death Certificates, D22. Alora Dixon, died November 16, 1891, Elizabeth, NJ. Child of W.A. and Mary Dixon..; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey.<br /><br />4 New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Birth Records, D 13. Birth record for unnamed female child, born to Willie Dixon, b. Elizabethport; and Luisa Dixon, born Ohio. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. [The midwife was not a native English speaker, and often confused facts on the certificates. Hence the mother’s name as Luisa.]<br /><br />5 New Jersey State Archives, Birth Records, Record No. 79. Dixon. Hazel Dorothy L. Dixon, born 16 January 1909, parents William Dixon and Lissie Klein, Elizabeth, NJ. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. Also:<br /><br />New Jersey, State Department of Health, Death Certificates, State File No. 27268. Hazel Sullivan, d. 21 May 1927, father William Dixon, mother Mary Klein. State Department of Health of New Jersey.<br /><br />6 State of New Jersey. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certificate and Record of Marriage. Full name of husband: John J. O'Hare Maiden name of wife: Clara V. Dixon Place of marriage: Elizabeth, Union Co. N.J. Date of Marriage: November 21st 1912.<br /><br />7 New Jersey, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New Jersey Vital Records, May 1, 1848 to December 31, 1915. NJSA microfilm roll 201 (Marriage Certificates 1905: Matt - Mule), organized alphabetically by surname of groom. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton. Milton George Moore and Minnie Elizabeth Dixon.<br /><br />8 1915 census, Population schedule, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, First Ward, Sheet No. A 1. Ancestry.com, New Jersey, U.S., State Census, 1915 [database on-line] Lehi, Ut, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2017. Reference Number L-15; Film Number: 59; New Jersey State Archive, Trenton, NJ, USA. Redmond household at 149 Bond St: Minnie, William, Charles, Milton, and Ralph; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com).<br /><br />9 New Jersey, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New Jersey Vital Records, May 1, 1848 to December 31, 1915. NJSA microfilm roll 201 (Marriage Certificates 1905: Matt - Mule), op. cit.<br /><br />10 New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Birth Records, Certificate 980, Milton William Moore b. 2 July 1906, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey. Parents William G. Moore [corrected in 1942 to Milton G. Moore] and Minnie Dixon. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey.<br /><br />11 New York, City of New York Department of Health, Birth Certificates, 1909, Certificate No. 436 for Ralph E. Moore born 13 Feb 1909. Parents Minnie E. Moore nee Dickson [Dixon] and Milton Moore. New York Municipal Archives.<br /><br />12 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, New York, Richmond, SD No. 2, NY; ED No. 1299; 9th Election District, Sheet 10A. Moore: William, Sarah, Milton, Minnie, Charles, Percival, Milton, Ralph.; NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1072; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com).<br /><br />13 Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT. USA: 2020. New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; New York City Death Certificates; Borough: Richmond; Year: 1913<br /><br />14 Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.<br /><br />15 Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 15; Assembly District: 01; City: New York; County: Richmond; Page: 30<br /><br />16 1915 census, Population schedule, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey. Op. cit.<br /><br />17 New Jersey State Archive; Trenton, NJ, New Jersey, State Census, 1915 [database on-line] (Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey, Sheet No. 14 B; Elizabeth, Union County; Enumeration district: 3rd Ward, 1st District. William, Mary, Minnie, William, Clara, Frank, George, Bernard, Hazel Dixon.<br /><br />18 “Three Change Pleas.” 18 June 1913, page 2. Indictment against Charles Redmond dropped when Frank Dixon admits to stealing the ten pigeons from Margaret Yekel. Elizabeth Daily Journal, Elizabeth, New Jersey, online images (http://www.elizpl.org/LocalHistoryResources.html). Downloaded 13 Feb 2021.<br /><br />19 “Police Have Sharp Battle With Gang”, 22 Aug 1913, page 2. Downloaded 13 Feb 2021. Elizabeth Daily Journal, Elizabeth, New Jersey, online images (http://www.elizpl.org/LocalHistoryResources.html). Charles Redmond and William Dixon, looking for work in Garwood, instead end up drinking at a hotel and become “abusive and annoying.” The police are called, a brawl ensues, and the two end up in jail.<br /><br />20 Union, New Jersey, Superior Court Files, Dixon, Mary E. vs. Dixon, William A., 25 July 1923, Chancery Court Records; Superior Court Records Management Center, Trenton, New Jersey. Mary Elizabeth Dixon petitions for divorce from William A. Dixon on 25 July 1923. [p. 2-4]., New Jersey, Chancery Court Records; NJSA microfilm 2-23, file number C64-517, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey.<br /><br />21 Frederick Wertz, “New York Divorce Records for Genealogy Research,” 15 March 2020; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society <https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/new-york-divorce-records-genealogy-research>; accessed 6 March 2021.<br /><br />22 Rabboni Lodge. Moore, Milton, b. 1885-1-8, Staten Island, NY.; "Massachusetts, U.S., Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 [database on-line], digital image.” Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.Original data: Massachusetts Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards 1733–1990. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.<br /><br />23 "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB83-XFW : 22 October 2019), Milton Moore and Margaret Cassidy, 22 Jul 1917; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 4913, page 28, State Archives, Boston.<br /><br />24 New Jersey, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New Jersey Vital Records, May 1, 1848 to December 31, 1915. NJSA microfilm roll 201 (Marriage Certificates 1905: Matt - Mule), op. cit.<br /><br />25 "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7BSN-L73Z : 23 October 2019), Milton G Moore, 29 Mar 1922; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.<br /><br />26 “VA Master Index” Card File, Key to Codes & Prefixes. National Personnel Records Center, Archival Programs Division, National Archives and Records Administration. <https://www.archives.gov/files/calendar/genealogy-fair/2018/6-csar-handout3.pdf> viewed 6 March 2021.<br /><br />27 Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Census Place: Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: m-t0627-01628; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 11-136. <br /><br />28 Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Massachusetts; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2090.<br /><br />29 Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019. The Boston Globe; Publication Date: 18 Sep 1942; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/432265517/?article=f4cf71e3-2e37-4020-bae2-31c358452a19&focus=0.15022425,0.12783787,0.27002925,0.15272206&xid=3355. <br /><br />30 Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Directories for Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey. See dated volumes for individual listings.<br /><br />31 New Jersey, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records, Death Certificates, New Jersey Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records, Trenton. NJSA microfilm roll 1096 (Death Certificates 1953: #36,801-#38,400), certificate #37237. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton. Minnie Moore, parents William Dickson and Elizabeth Kline, died 20 Sep 1953 at NJ State Hospital, Marlboro, Monmouth, NJ..; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. <br /></span></p><p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-82581855937362351842021-02-18T21:00:00.001-08:002021-02-18T21:00:07.625-08:00What's In Your Wallet?<p> </p><h2 style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative;">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks : Week 7 - Unusual Source<br /></h2><p><i style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">This year, 2021, I'm participating in the </i><a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" style="color: #888888; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a><i style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"> genealogy challenge from Amy Johnson Crow. This week's entry was tough. For the most part I use the "usual' sources - census; birth, marriage and death records; newspaper articles - that sort of stuff. But then I thought about the more personal sources that shed light on a person's life, or help along the </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><i>research</i></span></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"> in other ways.</i></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">As far as unusual sources go, I've already created a whole series of posts about <a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/search/label/Motoring%20Monday" target="_blank">Wallace B. Dixon and his cars</a> using the complete collection of driver's licenses and registrations that he saved in a scrapbook. I haven't added the two final vehicles, a Rambler and a Chevy Nova which would take us from his first car in 1924, up to 1979 when he voluntarily surrendered his </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">license. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">But that got me to thinking about the other things people keep in their wallets, and what we can learn from them. Certainly those licenses and registrations provided a good bit of information: address, age, personal appearance, type and age of vehicle. They were useful in creating a timeline of addresses, and helped with dating of some photos that pictured those cars.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Another type of item from my grandfather's wallet are ID cards. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">This card, issued by the US Coast Guard at the Port of New York tells me that in 1942, just a few months after the United States formally entered World War II, my grandfather was working for Standard Oil as a Shift Breaker. I've written about that previously, <a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/search?q=shift+breaker" target="_blank">here</a>. It also gives his place and date of birth and a physical description. It's wonderful to find a photograph on the card as well, as Wally was more often behind the camera than in front of it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZbB-E65qV-kAK7cvtpK9GKbrAWlbmPCHZZL6eYcEhyphenhyphenb_U2Kdww5FF-75o3uev_MHp238d3j2Lfu40xOMvLHnobCv_pnAcdVfXf1vCgNOx3h1nTt3Hi-BfmytHSkwphHUWqcon0yEasdt/s1206/DIXON-Wallace_B_Coast_Guard_ID_1942a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1206" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZbB-E65qV-kAK7cvtpK9GKbrAWlbmPCHZZL6eYcEhyphenhyphenb_U2Kdww5FF-75o3uev_MHp238d3j2Lfu40xOMvLHnobCv_pnAcdVfXf1vCgNOx3h1nTt3Hi-BfmytHSkwphHUWqcon0yEasdt/w400-h268/DIXON-Wallace_B_Coast_Guard_ID_1942a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">US Coast Guard ID issued to Wallace B. Dixon, April 28, 1942</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwPpJgVPbOdq8SWld57rd-TsTkins2MrYQ5d-RvsNsewczdELd_plnsL_wpr284RjDz_g3ITB3hyphenhyphenXb7H-di852bwDSGezOo1hJS5nSRYDVCvgC86jVrR6tnpkH6X2Z8hwjC_TLghYRcXo/s1206/DIXON-Wallace_B_Coast_Guard_ID_1942b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1206" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwPpJgVPbOdq8SWld57rd-TsTkins2MrYQ5d-RvsNsewczdELd_plnsL_wpr284RjDz_g3ITB3hyphenhyphenXb7H-di852bwDSGezOo1hJS5nSRYDVCvgC86jVrR6tnpkH6X2Z8hwjC_TLghYRcXo/w400-h269/DIXON-Wallace_B_Coast_Guard_ID_1942b.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coast Guard ID with photo and thumbprint.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Eighteen years later, he was carrying this card in his wallet.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSiFW_Xx6UdB8jli_Mei3f2YN8ERcyKTehWk0bQzk5jfyoXNW24bst3vxN0JR5Fv5SWhHjHQhQWVjdDcbrBi7dgN7nwNrlJppQavEcueH1Kavbqi7HknW6ZKYFGu-o9rS_pZuHA7-7vIc/s993/Dixon+Wallace+B+ESSO+retirement+ID+card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="993" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSiFW_Xx6UdB8jli_Mei3f2YN8ERcyKTehWk0bQzk5jfyoXNW24bst3vxN0JR5Fv5SWhHjHQhQWVjdDcbrBi7dgN7nwNrlJppQavEcueH1Kavbqi7HknW6ZKYFGu-o9rS_pZuHA7-7vIc/w400-h281/Dixon+Wallace+B+ESSO+retirement+ID+card.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ESSO Bayway Refinery ID Card, <br />showing that Wallace B. Dixon had logged <br />28 years of service to the company.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">But 1960 minus 1942 only accounts for 18 of the 28 years years of service mentioned on the retiree's ID card. According to a more "usual" source, census records, he was working for an unspecified refinery as early as 1930. Of course, that would make 30 years between 1930 and 1960, but it is entirely possible that the two earliest years were with a different company. According to the 1930 Elizabeth Directory, there were a number of oil producers and refineries in the area.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mxsLc6FLL7aRZ-WbRAcp3gcIyW4oFbtgtv0xBz1KANGK09ymvDa0u2en0x1AM1YY0729hGP3yiVXQOFxrPjcvbVzlltRO0EXi90fZpU3rhbaaXOe2xnHhQlMKMpcOCqyOO_SQK_GGQwq/s1072/1930-oil-refineries-Elizabeth-NJ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Oil Producers and Refineries listed in the Elizabeth, NJ city directory for 1930." border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1072" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mxsLc6FLL7aRZ-WbRAcp3gcIyW4oFbtgtv0xBz1KANGK09ymvDa0u2en0x1AM1YY0729hGP3yiVXQOFxrPjcvbVzlltRO0EXi90fZpU3rhbaaXOe2xnHhQlMKMpcOCqyOO_SQK_GGQwq/w400-h206/1930-oil-refineries-Elizabeth-NJ.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oil Producers and Refineries in<br /> the 1930 Elizabeth Directory, Price & Lee, Co., Publishers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">So, two unusual sources - the ID cards- and two very usual sources - census records and a city directory - help to fill out the story a bit. I'm glad that my grandfather kept all the bits and bobs from his wallet. It's added information and insight to our family history.</span></span></p><p><i style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><br /></i></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-38737957900841544312021-02-11T21:00:00.002-08:002021-08-12T09:20:26.458-07:00Because You Make Great Stew<p> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks : Week 6 - Valentine<br /></h2><p><i>This year, 2021, I'm participating in the <a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a> genealogy challenge from Amy Johnson Crow. </i></p><p><i>This poem was written by my grandfather, Wallace B. Dixon. the image below is in his handwriting. <br /></i></p><p><i> <br /></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVocSFSrJuo_VbnIfVFaRJIAg3JMsD4p_aF8QXJvhdFR-I4J10IGrylXlsGsxAt7X3FIfUJbRFFufbC7kaQQdB2lp7pGiOj2i4NvUzTbBrN-uD8TOy1hI1UU-2LlDPbshW5fWGt4esLfw/s2048/Your+nose+is+so+red.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1328" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVocSFSrJuo_VbnIfVFaRJIAg3JMsD4p_aF8QXJvhdFR-I4J10IGrylXlsGsxAt7X3FIfUJbRFFufbC7kaQQdB2lp7pGiOj2i4NvUzTbBrN-uD8TOy1hI1UU-2LlDPbshW5fWGt4esLfw/w416-h640/Your+nose+is+so+red.jpeg" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A love poem by Wallace B. Dixon.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /><i></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">Your nose is so red</p><p style="text-align: center;">Your eyes match it too</p><p style="text-align: center;">You're shaped like E.T.</p><p style="text-align: center;">But I still love you</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">Not because your hair is curly</p><p style="text-align: center;">Not because your eyes are blue</p><p style="text-align: center;">I love you more than anyone</p><p style="text-align: center;">In the wide wide world</p><p style="text-align: center;">Because you make great stew</p><p><br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-18328287042430739912021-02-06T21:00:00.005-08:002021-09-14T13:14:29.738-07:00Mary Jane Dixon and Frederick Hammond<h2 style="text-align: left;">What I Know So Far...</h2><p><i>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.</i></p><p><i>{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.} <br /></i></p><p><i> </i>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. </p><p>If
you have any information about this family that you would like to
share, please let me know. Of course, photographs are always welcome!</p><p><b>Mary Jane Dixon </b>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.<br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 44px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Birth Date</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 37px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Date of Source</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Stated or Implied</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Source</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 77px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Source #</b></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 44px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1872</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 37px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1880</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Implied</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1880 US Census</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 77px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 44px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1872</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 37px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1890</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Implied</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Marriage Certificate</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 77px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">10</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 44px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">May 1871</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 37px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1905</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Stated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1905 NJ Census</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 77px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">3</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 44px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1873</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 37px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1910</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Implied</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1910 US Census</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 77px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">4</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 44px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">May 1873</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 37px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1915</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Stated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1915 NJ Census</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 77px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">5</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 44px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">May 1873</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 37px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1918</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Stated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Find A Grave [database]</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 77px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">7</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><br /><b>Frederick Chittinden Hammond</b> 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.<br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Birth Date</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 41px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Date of Source</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 45px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Stated or Implied</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Source</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 23px; padding: 4px; width: 75px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Source #</b></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Aug 1871</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 41px;" valign="top">
<p align="center" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1890</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 45px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Implied</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Marriage Certificate</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 75px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">10</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Aug 1870</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 41px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1905</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 45px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Stated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1905 NJ Census</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 75px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">3</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1873</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 41px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1910</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 45px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Implied</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1910 US Census</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 75px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">4</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Aug 1871</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 41px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1915</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 45px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Stated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1915 US Census</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 75px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">5</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1872</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 41px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1920</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 45px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">Implied</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 219px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">1920 US Census</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 75px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: x-small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 10px "Helvetica Neue";">6</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><p><br /><b>Marriage</b><br /><br />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)<br /><br /><b>Family Narrative</b><br /><br />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)<br /><br />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)<br /><br />The couple’s first child, a son, <b>Frank Hammond</b>, 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)<br /><br />It would be another 8 years before the couple had their second child. <b>Earl Chittinden Hammond</b> was born on 6 May 1900.(13,14) <br /><br />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)<br /><br />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)<br /><br />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)<br /><br />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)<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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)<br /><br />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)<br /><br />[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!] </p><p><b>Sources</b></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><b>1880 U.S. census</b>, 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). <br /><br /></li><li><b>1885 State Census of New Jersey</b>, 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 <br /><br /></li><li><b>1905 State Census of New Jersey</b>, 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.<br /><br /></li><li><b>1910 U.S. census</b>, 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). <br /><br /></li><li><b>1915 State Census of New Jersey</b>, 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 <br /><br /></li><li><b>1920 U.S. census</b>, 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). <br /><br /></li><li><b>Find a Grave</b>, 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). <br /><br /></li><li><b>New Jersey, U.S. Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1972</b> [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. <br /><b><br /></b></li><li><b>New Jersey State Archives, Birth Records</b>, 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 <br /><b><br /></b></li><li><b>New Jersey State Archives, Marriage Records</b>; 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. <br /><b><br /></b></li><li><b>New Jersey, U.S. Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1972</b> [database on-line] (Provo, Utah, ancestry.com, 2011) Frank Hammond; Death: 15 Jul 1892 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, USA; 1 year. <br /><b><br /></b></li><li><b>New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christening Index, 1660-1931</b> [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. <br /><br /></li><li><b>Social Security Death Index</b>, 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<br /><br /></li><li><b>U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918</b>, digital image, The National Archives<br />(http://www.ancestry.com), Ancestry.com [database on-line]. Earl Chittenden Hammond, b. 6 May 1900; Relative: Earl Chittenden Hammond. <br /><br /></li><li><b>Cook & Hall's Elizabeth City Directory for 1890-91</b>, Cook & Hall (1890), Pages 113-114. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). </li><li>
<div class="page" title="Page 1">
<div class="layoutArea">
<div class="column">
<p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'; font-size: 11.000000pt;"><b>New Jersey Bureau of Vital Statistics</b>, death certificate (1918), Mary J. Hammond; New Jersey State Archives,
Trenton.
</span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div> <br /></li></ol><p> </p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-86417415274855200152021-02-04T21:00:00.004-08:002021-02-04T21:00:06.265-08:00Helping Grandma in the Kitchen<h2 style="text-align: left;"> 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks : Week 5 - In The Kitchen<br /></h2><p><i>This year, 2021, I'm participating in the <a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a> genealogy challenge from Amy Johnson Crow. </i></p><p>This week's theme takes me back to my grandparent's kitchen in Roselle, NJ. From Monday through Friday, and sometimes on the weekends, my mother and I had dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Dixon's house. My mother worked, so Gramps took care of me after school. Grandma worked as well, at Singer's in Elizabeth, but her shift ended mid-afternoon, so she made dinner for all of us.<br /></p><p> When people today say they <i>must</i> have huge islands and miles of countertop in their kitchen, I laugh. What you see in these photos is the sum total of ALL the countertop in the Dixon kitchen. To make more room, dishes and the drain board were always dried and put away after every meal. That gave her an extra foot, more or less, of work space while she was cooking.<br /></p><p> And yet, every single day, my grandmother turned out a full evening meal. Meat, starch, veg, sometimes a salad. How did she manage with such a small work space? It was an eat-in kitchen, and she did most of her prep work sitting at the kitchen table. Often while enjoying her pre-dinner cocktail - a shot and a beer. To be clear, one shot of Segrams 7, and one can of beer is the most I ever saw her consume at one time. I never saw her tipsy, but I think after a long shift in a factory, she felt she deserved a treat! </p><p>In these photos, I'm around six years old. My "jobs" in the kitchen were setting the table, helping to clear the table after we ate, and drying the dishes. <br /></p><p>There are a few things from this kitchen that I still have and use every day. The stainless steel mixing bowls hanging below the upper cabinets are still going strong. On the counter below them are the aluminum cannisters for flour, sugar, coffee, and tea. Those are in my kitchen as well. It's a bit hard to see in the photos, but there is a glass tumbler that has a very simple and pretty leaf design cut into it that I also still enjoy using. This was Grandma's beer glass. I have her favorite shot glass too, though that gets much less use at our house. <br /></p><p><i></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKXwwX2vp7zCX2z7Y3jbJMF_vCvxwmtvUpQZnL5pdhWSGy8G_d3DWU2_zsZdpf8aExARAJ8o5knf8a3iSovamG-3fpiwfMQa4TPY23GXfy6SRNqFNZT03ck6zBb8gp4gcSFEN6r0iwOPe/s2048/TRAINA-Elizabeth_DIXON-Sophie_dishes2_1965.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2035" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKXwwX2vp7zCX2z7Y3jbJMF_vCvxwmtvUpQZnL5pdhWSGy8G_d3DWU2_zsZdpf8aExARAJ8o5knf8a3iSovamG-3fpiwfMQa4TPY23GXfy6SRNqFNZT03ck6zBb8gp4gcSFEN6r0iwOPe/w636-h640/TRAINA-Elizabeth_DIXON-Sophie_dishes2_1965.jpg" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and my Gram, Sophie (Karvoius) Dixon, in her kitchen. 1966.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnu9tQMIznL3yNspqhChoZidWGKBPK6jkmhuRTYcRxAHwnQnqUZ1J__ipBfEqSXJI1nFerOmgxokxY8CXKPwFo22hbsmJHwcJjnVhrr8rhQtm7cJegkuapouG17UMJ6VmEhknIDhbW9kW/s2048/TRAINA-Elizabeth_DIXON-Sophie_dishes_1965.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2036" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnu9tQMIznL3yNspqhChoZidWGKBPK6jkmhuRTYcRxAHwnQnqUZ1J__ipBfEqSXJI1nFerOmgxokxY8CXKPwFo22hbsmJHwcJjnVhrr8rhQtm7cJegkuapouG17UMJ6VmEhknIDhbW9kW/w636-h640/TRAINA-Elizabeth_DIXON-Sophie_dishes_1965.jpg" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typical after-dinner scene in my grandparents' home in Roselle. <br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></i>The lower cabinet next to the fridge had some dry goods. Most of the
food storage was in the basement, where my grandfather had built a
little pantry under the basement stairs. I was often sent down to get a
box of this or a jar of that. The upper cabinets held dishes and serving things. <p></p><p>I'm standing on a step-stool in front of a cabinet with four drawers. The top drawer was a "junk" drawer, that had a number of useful items, including the only cookbook my grandmother owned. "Meals Tested, Tasted and Approved," from the Good Housekeeping Institute. (Yes, I have that too.) If you want to host a formal breakfast or afternoon tea (Gram did neither) this is the book for you! Interestingly, I don't actually recognize any of the recipes printed in the book as things my grandmother made. She seemed to have used it as a filing cabinet for recipes she clipped from magazines and newspapers. I don't recognize most of those either. She knew how to cook food, and she just did it.<br /></p><p>The one item tucked in the book that I do recognize is her recipe for pineapple upside-down cake, which seems to be printed on a calendar page. Here's the recipe:</p><p>Pineapple Upside-Down Cake <br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1/3 cup margarine</li><li>1/2 cup packed brown sugar</li><li>1 (1 lb.) can sliced pineapple, drained</li><li>Maraschino cherries</li><li>Pecan halves</li><li>1/4 cups sifted flour</li><li>3/4 cup sugar</li><li>2 teaspoons baking powder</li><li>1/2 teaspoon salt</li><li>1/3 cup soft shortening</li><li>1/2 cup milk</li><li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract</li><li>1 egg</li></ul><p>Melt margarine in 9-inch square pan. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over melted margarine. Arrange pineapple, cherries and pecan halves over brown sugar mixture. Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in bowl. Mix in shortening. Add milk, egg and vanilla extract and blend well. Spoon batter over pineapple. Bake at 350F for 40 minutes or until cake is golden brown and springs back when touched lightly in center. Turn upside-down onto a serving plate, leaving pan on for a few minutes before removing. Serve with whipped cream.</p><p>Today we would shun the margarine, and the soft shortening (which was probably Crisco). Also, the Maraschino cherries (red dye!). If she did serve it with whipped cream, it was probably Miracle Whip, or something that squireted out of a can. But those were different times, and working women embraced convenience foods. All I know is that her Pineapple Upside-Down Cake was a family favorite!</p><p>Another recipe tucked into the book is from my Grandma Traina, written
in her handwriting. It is "A Cake for Abe's Birthday. Pound Cake."
Grandma Traina's pound cake was the pound cake by which all
other pound cakes were judged. It was really good. I think it's interesting that my Grandma
Dixon has this recipe. I don't recall her making this cake. Also, I
have no idea who Abe is! So many mysteries!</p><div><p>My Grandma Dixon was a good cook. [So was Grandma Traina!] We never had gourmet meals, but everything was always tasty. Just good food, simply prepared. She made great chicken pot pie, and potato pancakes served with applesauce and sour cream were a special treat. She also, according to the rest of the family, made excellent Clams Casino. I never warmed up to clams, but she always made a few shells for me with just the "Casino" part and I loved that.</p><p>My Grandfather also knew a bit about working in the kitchen. When crabs were fresh at the market he would do the cooking. He also made clam chowder. And I suppose when we had a cook out, he manned the grill. He also taught me to make "egg nog," which I've <a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2017/02/i-can-beat-that.html" target="_blank">written about previously</a>. </p></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-48656341167116966992021-01-28T21:00:00.008-08:002021-01-28T21:00:03.316-08:00Mary and Frank Horsing Around<h3 style="text-align: left;"> 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks : Week 4 - Favorite Photo<br /></h3><p><i>I'm participating in the <a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a> genealogy challenge from Amy Johnson Crow. </i></p><p>How can I possibly pick a favorite when I love all of my photos? This challenge gave me an excuse to spend way too much time scrolling through the pics that I have digitized. Finally, I decided on this one.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVa1Rg9ESnltKptf7PmEDEoOHlIPQ3TLbhH0hYsbP1tOYy4PCuQwaoWL_ts7Bqeyap5GDMGLCiBNv0C-RM6OQE8ZB7Df_dFoZGQy1pL8-RyRjn1c9TE9pbnh5jjtZ5rjtHB8bgktZpFqK_/s1809/TRAINA-Frank_Mary_OnSidewalk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="1383" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVa1Rg9ESnltKptf7PmEDEoOHlIPQ3TLbhH0hYsbP1tOYy4PCuQwaoWL_ts7Bqeyap5GDMGLCiBNv0C-RM6OQE8ZB7Df_dFoZGQy1pL8-RyRjn1c9TE9pbnh5jjtZ5rjtHB8bgktZpFqK_/w490-h640/TRAINA-Frank_Mary_OnSidewalk.jpg" width="490" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My parents, Mary (Dixon) and Frank Traina, <br />most likely taken in Elizabeth, NJ, some time in the 1950's.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>I'm guessing that this photo of Mary (Dixon) and Frank Traina was taken some time in the mid to late 1950's. My parents were married in 1955. I don't know if that had yet happened when someone snapped this shot of them horsing around. I can't see if either of them is wearing a wedding ring. I feel certain this was taken in Elizabeth, NJ, since that's where they and their families lived. It also just feels like Elizabeth to me. <br /></p><p>The photo isn't really in focus, but I think it's a perfect snapshot, captuing a moment just as it happens. I wonder who took it, and what they were joking about.</p><p>Mostly, I picked this photo because they look so very happy. I didn't see this picture until after my mother died and I started going through the boxes. She rarely spoke to me of my father, who died when I was six years old. They were separated at the time, so there's all of that as well. But I like to think of them before whatever troubles drove them apart, when they were a happy couple, enjoying each other's company.</p><p>So, while picking a favorite photo is, for me, nearly impossible, today I'm picking this photo to share.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-69623142598898410202021-01-21T21:00:00.001-08:002021-01-21T21:00:03.605-08:00Traina Namesakes<p> </p><h3 style="text-align: left;"> 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks : Week 3 - Namesake<br /></h3><p><i>This year, 2021, I'm participating in the <a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a> genealogy challenge from Amy Johnson Crow. Hopefully, this will not
only jump-start my research, but will also help me write up some of the
research I've already done.</i></p><p>I have not done a lot of research on my father's family, fond of them as
I am, since the family line jumps back so quickly to Italy, and I'm not
yet prepared to delve into international research. Still, given how
little I know about the family as a whole, any bit of information is a
breakthrough in my eyes.</p><p>My father, Frank Joseph Traina and his siblings were all named for grandparents. I didn't realize this until I started adding them to the family tree, and then it was quite obvious. The two oldest, Frank and Frances, were named for their father's parents. Vincent (who was called Jimmy within the family) and Mary Ann, the two youngest, were named for their mother's parents. This appears to be a fairly common naming practice for Italian families, although, from what I have seen in on-line trees for the family, my grandparents are the only ones in their families who followed this formula.<br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHK2UEX3hxGPxoGQDoKcuvrqTI5J5oRtOoxNHqfzCXxXkdu32VD6uIAuYveIVIdusL9OMnhDgL8i6UGQWT-MxDU0Wzu_RvLn4yuhj4ibLwSUFBeYAWGLCUGF62WQcB10Mk1dCzkEWOeRqh/s1086/Traina+names.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="1086" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHK2UEX3hxGPxoGQDoKcuvrqTI5J5oRtOoxNHqfzCXxXkdu32VD6uIAuYveIVIdusL9OMnhDgL8i6UGQWT-MxDU0Wzu_RvLn4yuhj4ibLwSUFBeYAWGLCUGF62WQcB10Mk1dCzkEWOeRqh/w640-h184/Traina+names.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p>Franceso Traina and Francesca Lorio [I've seen many different spellings, including Lorria, Lorrie.] were both born in Italy. They married there, and, at least three of their children were born there (as far as I'm aware) – Frances, Paolina, and Salvatore – were born in Italy. Some time between 1895 and 1897 they moved to the United States where they added four more children to the family –Miriam, Guiseppe or Joseph, Lillian, and Lucy.<p></p><p>Guiseppe Traina, my grandfather, used the English form of his name, Joseph, for most of his life. He was born on February 22, 1902 in Jersey City, New Jersey. His birth return, signed by the midwife, is shown below. It states that Francesco Traina and Francesca Lorio are his parents. Francesco's age is given as 40 on the document. Unfortunately, the image is not clear enough to see Francesca's age. </p><p>Lillian R. Maita, my grandmother, was the daughter of Vincenzo and Marianna or Marion (Reina) Maita. I have not found any official birth record for Lillian, although I do have birth records for her siblings Carmela, Eleanor, Nancy, and Salvatore. Eleanor's birth record is shown below. Lillian appears in the 1915 New Jersey state census as Rosalie, which I assume, was her middle name.</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Birth Return for Guiseppe "Joseph" Traina" border="0" data-original-height="2741" data-original-width="1147" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfffNsmJUX7wKuhNluAVjx3OdMpYA-IYuv0KSuurxSTrdJux35YygQcXAX-LcjG78x7Ttjc3lHqu9TuU3EyaBx25qJaNxrNsl3UfsOC7rId1tH9IsukXvvZo0uLVkuzAo2xuGA7wvaFAwI/w269-h640/TRAINA-Joseph_1902_Birth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="269" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth Return for Guiseppe "Joseph" Traina. <br />New Jersey Vital Records, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfffNsmJUX7wKuhNluAVjx3OdMpYA-IYuv0KSuurxSTrdJux35YygQcXAX-LcjG78x7Ttjc3lHqu9TuU3EyaBx25qJaNxrNsl3UfsOC7rId1tH9IsukXvvZo0uLVkuzAo2xuGA7wvaFAwI/s2741/TRAINA-Joseph_1902_Birth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9qJEP8bmQ1ZqhT_IldMzvTZ8OjiOy-KExE376owWnX2rbV3OYVOYH-tSQQN17vB_YWvVACpwzC_wVmJRBSD-DzTweyGuL7GwvXIk1QzjN3t23yLeHnbJyRkvxvWDsjve9N_6T7KmRGXB/s2048/MAITA-Eleanor_birth-1923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Birth record for Eleanor Maita" border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="2048" height="509" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9qJEP8bmQ1ZqhT_IldMzvTZ8OjiOy-KExE376owWnX2rbV3OYVOYH-tSQQN17vB_YWvVACpwzC_wVmJRBSD-DzTweyGuL7GwvXIk1QzjN3t23yLeHnbJyRkvxvWDsjve9N_6T7KmRGXB/w640-h509/MAITA-Eleanor_birth-1923.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth record for Eleanor Maita. <br />New Jersey Vital Records, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-54218843155679182792021-01-16T21:00:00.003-08:002021-09-26T11:48:34.778-07:00Ida Dixon and Stephen Bruggy<h2 style="text-align: left;">What I Know So Far...</h2><p><i>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.</i></p><p>[Update, 26 Sep 2021: I thought I was finished with the Bruggy family, but I was wrong. Having just recieved Ida's death certificate, and uncovered some additional information about Stephen, I find that the story requires revisiting. I have updated this page with Ida's death information<i> </i>for now, but I think to do the narrative justice I will have to do a complete rewrite. So, more to come!]<br /><i></i></p><p><i> </i>I'm starting this series with Ida Francis Dixon and her husband, Stephen Bruggy. 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. There is also a timeline in table form at the end of the narrative, with sources for each event listed. </p><p>If you have any information about this family that you would like to share, please let me know. Of course, photographs are always welcome!<br /></p><p><b>Ida Francis Dixon</b> was the daughter of John Dixon and Isabella Porter. (2,3,16) Information in the currently available records vary as to the date of her birth, which may have been June 1864 (5) or 1865 (19); 1866 (2, 3, 16); or 1867 (6). 1875 (7) seems unlikely. Most of these sources agree that she was born in New Jersey, and her marriage certificate states specifically that she was born in Elizabeth, which seems likely, as her parents lived there from the time of their marriage until their deaths.<br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 49px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Birth Date</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Stated or Calculated</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 84px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Birth Place</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Document Date</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 152px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Document</b></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 49px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1866</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">calculated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 84px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">June 1870</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 152px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">US Census</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 49px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1866</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">calculated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 84px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">7 Jun 1880</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 152px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">US Census</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 49px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1866</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">calculated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 84px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Elizabethport, NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">31 Mar 1889</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 152px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Marriage Certificate</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 49px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">June 1864</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">stated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 84px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">4 June 1900</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 152px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">US Census</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 49px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">June 1865</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">stated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 84px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">10 June 1905</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 152px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">New Jersey State Census</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 49px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1867</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">calculated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 84px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">29 Apr 1910</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 152px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">US Census</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 49px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1875</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">calculated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 84px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 69px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">8 Jan 1920</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 152px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">US Census</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><br /></p><p><b>Stephen Bruggy</b> was the son of Patrick Bruggy and Eliza Grady.(16) He was likely born in Ireland in July of 1866 or 1867.(19,5,16) I disallow the information in the 1920 US Census in regards to birth information for both he and Ida, as the calculations seem to be off for both of them. Likewise, the 1930 census, when he was boarding with a woman in Texas, and there is no way of knowing who the informant was.</p><p>In the year prior to his marriage to Ida, it appears that Stephen enlisted in the U.S. Army. His enlistment date is recorded as October 29, 1888. According to that same record, he deserted the following day.(1)<br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 48px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Birth Date</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 56px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Stated or Calculated</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 85px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Birth Place</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 81px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Document Date</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 153px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Document</b></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 48px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">July 1866</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 56px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">stated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 85px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Ireland</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 81px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">10 June1905</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 153px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">New Jersey State Census</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 48px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1867</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 56px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">stated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 85px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Elizabethport, NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 81px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">31 Mar 1889</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 153px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Marriage Certificate</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 48px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">July 1867</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 56px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">stated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 85px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Ireland</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 81px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">4 June1900</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 153px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">US Census</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 48px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1874</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 56px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">calculated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 85px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Ireland</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 81px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">29 Apr 1920</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 153px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">US Census</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 48px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1872</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 56px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">calculated</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 85px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 81px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">10 Apr 1930</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 153px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">US Census</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><br /></p><p><b></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7yxEiK70xiNA7cxgbIGGVO2tHwx656AkD3CXdam6A77kxTPWbJrCkL1Yb7FMFcBJ7s2Au4tgazPGj91E21k_0pRN3Kgdzvap2fO9taYHE1FXC3wOcuzmd4gDCTbqTem-HE3_aZ79Pmyla/s2048/Bruggy+Stephen+and+Ida+Dixon+married+1889.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1758" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7yxEiK70xiNA7cxgbIGGVO2tHwx656AkD3CXdam6A77kxTPWbJrCkL1Yb7FMFcBJ7s2Au4tgazPGj91E21k_0pRN3Kgdzvap2fO9taYHE1FXC3wOcuzmd4gDCTbqTem-HE3_aZ79Pmyla/w550-h640/Bruggy+Stephen+and+Ida+Dixon+married+1889.jpg" width="550" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage Return for <br />Stephen Bruggy and Ida Dixon, March 31, 1889.(16)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><b>Marriage</b><br /><br />Stephen and Ida were married on 31 March 1889 in Elizabeth, New Jersey by the pastor of East Baptist Church. Witnesses were Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Dixon [William A. Dixon, the bride’s brother, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth (Klein) Dixon]. <br /><br />At the time of their marriage, Stephen, age 22, a boiler maker, was living at 222 Bond Street, Elizabethport. Ida, age 23, was living with her parents at 107 Elizabeth Avenue. It was a first marriage for both of them. (16,20,5,6,7)<br /><b> </b><p></p><p><b>Family Events</b><br /><br />Stephen and Ida’s first child, <b>Lawrence</b>, was born in December 1889, 9 months after they married. (19,17,5,23) Their second child, <b>John</b>, was born in January 1894 (5,19,6,7), and their daughter, <b>Mildred Amelia</b> was born on September 25, 1898. (18,19,22,5,6,7,8)<br /><br />In 1919, daughter Mildred, about 21 years old, is listed among the participants in the Mary Pickford look-alike contest being held at the Broad Street Theater during “Pickford Week.” Mary Pickford was starring in “The Hoodlum.” There is no indication that I could find that a list of winners were printed in the newspaper. (12) [<a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2021/01/pickford-week.html" target="_blank">I have written a blog post about this event.</a>]<br /><br />At some point before 1920, Stephen and his sons are working in a second-hand store. In the 1920 census Stephen is listed as “proprietor” and the boys as “handymen.” (7) It is possible that this is the second-hand/antique furniture store that Ida’s father, John Dixon, owned.<br /><br /><strike>1920 appears to be the last year that the family is together.</strike> [Steven also appears in the 1920 US Census in Galveston, Texas, boarding with Minnie Butterawe. The census date is Jan.1, so he must have left in 1919.] By 1921, Stephen is found in the Galveston, Texas city directory. (15) It is unclear what happened to cause his move, but in 1924 Ida is listed as “widow of Stephen” in the Elizabeth directory.(24)<br /><br />Sometime around 1924, younger son John marries. By 1930 he is living in Linden with his wife and their first two children.(25)<br /><br />In 1930, Ida is living with Mildred and her husband, <b>William Hance</b>, at their home in Elizabeth. Her marital status in the census is first marked “widow,” but that is crossed out and replace with “married.”(8)<br /><br />Meanwhile, Stephen is still living in Galveston, Texas in 1930, at the same address he is listed at in 1921. This is the home of Minnie Butterawe, a widow. Stephen was a boarder there.(9)</p><p>In 1932, Stephen is admitted to St. Mary’s Infirmary in Galveston. He dies there of pneumonia on October 1. The death certificate indicates also that he was “insane.” He is buried in the Paupers’ Field, Oleander Cemetery. There is no indication that his family is notified of his death, or that they learned what had happened to him. He had been gone from Elizabeth for eleven years.(20)</p><p><strike>At this time, January 2021, I do not have a date of death for Ida</strike>. </p><p>Ida Dixon Bruggy died on 28 April 1941 at Greystone Park, a state hospital in Morris County. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span>My best estimate is that Ida was around 76 years old when she died. Her exact date of birth is unclear, but I'm basing this on the assumption that she was born in 1866. (24)<br /></p><p>On May 1, 1941, Ida was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Elizabeth. (24)<br /><strike></strike></p><p><br /><strike></strike></p><p><b>Timeline of Family Events</b><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Year</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Date</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Event</b></span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";"><b>Source</b></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1889</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">March 31</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Stephen and Ida marry.</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 14px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">16</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1889</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Dec 15</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Lawrence Bruggy born, Elizabeth, NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">19, 17, 5, 23</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 28px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1894</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 28px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Jan</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 28px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">John Bruggy born, Elizabeth, NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 28px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">5, 19, 6, 7</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 44px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1898</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 44px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Sept 25</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 44px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Mildred Amelia Bruggy born, Elizabeth, NJ</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 44px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">18, 19, 22, 5, 6, 7, 8</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1919</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Sept 25</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Mildred participates in Mary Pickford look-alike contest at the Broad Street Theater.</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">12</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 59px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1920</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 59px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Jan 8</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 59px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Stephen and his sons are working in a second hand store; Stephen is listed as propriety, the boys are handymen. It is possible that this is the antique/used furniture store owned by Ida’s father, John Dixon.</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 59px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">7</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1921</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="font: 12px Helvetica; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Stephen is living in Galveston, Texas, where he is boarding in the home of Minnie Butterawe</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">15</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1924</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="font: 12px Helvetica; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Ida and her two sons are living at 1085 Elizabeth Ave. She is listed in the city directory as “widow of Stephen”</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">24</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1924</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="font: 12px Helvetica; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Sometime around 1924 John Bruggy marries</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 13px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">25</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 59px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1930</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 59px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Apr 12</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 59px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Ida is living with her daughter, Mildred and her husband, William Hance; 1082 Anna St. Elizabeth, NJ. Ida’s marital status is first marked “Widow” but is crossed out, and “married” is written in its place.</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 59px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">8</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1930</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="font: 12px Helvetica; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Stephen is still living at the same address in Galveston, working as a laborer doing roofing.</span></p>
</td>
<td style="background-color: #f2f2f2; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 29px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">9</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 44px; padding: 4px; width: 26px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">1932</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 44px; padding: 4px; width: 46px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Oct 1</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 44px; padding: 4px; width: 314px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">Stephen dies at St. Mary’s Infirmary in Galveston. Cause of death is listed as pneumonia/insane. He is buried in the Pauper’s Field/Oleander Cemetery.</span></p>
</td>
<td style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; height: 44px; padding: 4px; width: 43px;" valign="top">
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font: 12px "Times New Roman";">20</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><b>Further Research</b></p><p><strike>As soon as the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, I will request a search for Ida's death certificate.</strike> </p><p>[Update 26 Sep 2021. I have recieved Ida's death certificate. See above.] <br /></p><p>Unless something comes up requiring further research into this family group, I think I'll consider this family group done for now. If any additional material comes my way, I'll update this page.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sources</b><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">"U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [database on-line]", digital image, The National Archives (http://www.ancestry.com), page 109, 1888 enlistments. 670, 2. Bruggy, Stephen, Enlisted 1888, Oct 29, New York City. <br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">1870 U.S. census, population schedule, New Jersey, Union, “1870 United States Federal Census” [database on-line] ; Elizabeth Ward 1; Page No. 7. John, Isabella, William, Ida, Larra, and John Dixon..; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll M593_890; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">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 <br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">1885 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 (http://www.ancestry.com). <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">1900 U.S. census, population schedule, New Jersey, Elizabeth, Sheet No. 8 A; Precinct 1, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 4th Ward. SD 4, ED 99. Lines 42-47, dwelling 111, household 155, Stephen Bruggy..; NARA microfilm publication T623, roll FHL microfilm: 1240996; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">1910 U.S. census, population schedule, New Jersey, Union, Elizabeth Ward 9, Union, New Jersey; Roll: T624_910; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1374923. Ida Bruggy, son John, and daughter, Mildred..; NARA microfilm publication T624, roll T624_909; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">1920 U.S. census, population schedule, New Jersey, Union, 9th Ward, Elizabeth; SD 5th NJ; ED 93; Sheet 7A. Lines 2-7; Bruggy– Stephen, Ida, Mildred, Lawrence, John.; NARA microfilm publication T625, roll T625_1069; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">1930 U.S. census, population schedule, New Jersey, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 2341122. <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Texas, Galveston, page 10 A; ED 0015. Bruggy, Stephen, age 58, born New Jersey.; NARA microfilm publication T626, roll FHL microfilm: 2342068; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). [Source citation includes media item(s)] <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Cook & Hall's Elizabeth City Directory for 1883-84, Cook & Hall (1883), Page 87. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Cook & Hall's Elizabeth City Directory for 1888-9, Cook & Hall (1888), Page 104. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Elizabeth Daily Journal, Elizabeth, New Jersey, online images (http://www.elizpl.org/ LocalHistoryResources.html). Bruggy, Mildred; 25 Sep 1919 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, USA; Competes in Mary Pickford look-alike contest at movie theatre. <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Elizabeth Daily Journal, Elizabeth, New Jersey (print edition). 24 May 1927, Evening Edition, p. 10, col. 3. William Dixon...born in Elizabeth, son of the late John and Isobelle Dixon; lists surviving siblings and children. <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave, digital images (https:// www.findagrave.com), Find a Grave Memorial No. 78330163, citing Ocean County Memorial Park, Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA. Lawrence S Bruggy (15 Dec 1889-26 Sep 1969). <br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Galveston City Directory 1921, Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co., Inc. Publishers R.L. Polk & Co., Compilers (1921), Page 183. Bruggy Stephen L.; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">New Jersey Vital Records, Marriage Records; [Stephen Bruggy, 1889] New Jersey Vital Records, May 1, 1848 to December 31, 1915. NJSA microfilm roll 64. Stephen L Bruggy and Ida Francis Dixon, 31 March 1889.; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">"New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christening Index, 1660-1931 [database on-line]", database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com), FHL Film Number 494215. Lorenz Bruggy, b. 15 Dec 1889; parents Stephan Bruggy, Ida F Dixon. <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">"New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christening Index, 1660-1931 [database on-line]", database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com), FHL Film Number 494242. Mildred Bruggy, b. 25 Sep 1898, parents Stephen Bruggy, Ida Dixon. <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">State Census of New Jersey, 1905 [database on-line] (Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey, Reference Number: L-15; Film Number: 40; Sheet 13 B; Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey. Stephen Bruggy, Ada [Ida], Lawrence, John, and Mildred. <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Texas, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificates, Registrar’s No. 695; Galveston; #42234. Steven Bruggy, born New Jersey; wife Ida, died 1 Oct 1932.; Ancestry.com, Lehi, Utah. [Source citation includes media item(s)] <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">"New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1901-2017 [database on-line]", database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Mildred A Hance, d. 3 Dec 1993. <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">"U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]", database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Mildred Amelia Hance; Mildred Amelia Bruggy; b. 25 Sep 1898, d. 3 Dec 1993. Bruggy, Mildred <br /> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]", database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Laurence Bruggy, b. 15 Dec 1889, d. 25 Sep 1969. <br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">New Jersey, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death Certificate, 1941, Ida Bruggy; New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. <br /></span></li></ol><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-49167275872519265302021-01-08T07:48:00.002-08:002021-01-08T07:48:01.140-08:00Beginnings<h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /> 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks : Week 1 - Beginnings</h3><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Just start at the very beginning<br />That's a very good place to start...</i></p><p><i>This year, 2021, I'm participating in the <a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a> genealogy challenge from Amy Johnson Crow. Hopefully, this will not only jump-start my research, but will also help me write up some of the research I've already done. Here goes...</i><br /></p><br /><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">"Beginnings" is a broad topic when it comes to genealogy. Every birth, wedding, or event signals the start of something. So rather than focus on one of my ancestors' beginnings, I thought I'd write a bit about my beginnings as a genealogist. Because, really, that is the crux of this proverbial biscuit that I call "Rooted in Elizabeth."</div><div><br /></div><div>For this story, we need to go back to the 1970's, I think, and a reconnection of sorts between my grandfather, Wally Dixon, and some of his 1st cousins, once removed, on his mother's side of the family. Wally's mother, Mary Elizabeth (Klein) Dixon, had a sister named Ida (1868-1935) who married a man named Herbert Decker. Their grandchildren by their son, Daniel, are the cousins I'm writing about.</div><div><br /></div><div>Younger than my grandfather by about 25-30 years, the siblings would have been children at a time when my grandparents had started their family and had children of their own. By their own account, the Decker children did not have an easy early life, but that is not my story to tell. My story starts, as I said, in the late 1970's when the Decker siblings reconnected with my grandparents, an event that, I know, pleased my grandparents greatly, and I hope was a happy reunion for the Deckers. I didn't see the Deckers often, but I recall them as good-humored and kind. They were certainly very kind to my grandparents and my mother.</div><div><br /></div><div>Joanie, who I believe was the only sister among the six siblings, had an interest in genealogy and family history. My grandfather was pleased to share what he knew about the family with her, and Joan, in turn was pleased to share some of her research with me when I expressed an interest. Her family group sheets were the foundation of the very beginnings of my family history research when I finally decided to dive in to genealogy.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So Joanie planted the seed which, admittedly, took a very long time to germinate. I finished high school, headed out to Missouri for college, moved to Virginia, married, divorced, married again, and settled into everyday life, as one does. My grandfather died in 1984, but the Deckers stuck by my grandmother, and my mother too, when she moved in to help look after Gran. And when my grandmother died in 1996, the Deckers were still there. My gratitude, though no doubt poorly expressed at the time, is eternal.</div><div><br /></div><div>In around the year 2000, my mother, her dog and 9 cats, moved to Virginia to live near us. As we were packing up for the move, we naturally came across boxes of old photos and some of the information Joanie had given to my grandfather. They got packed in a box, like everything else in the house. Sadly, my mother and her menagerie didn't get enjoy life here in the mountains for very long. She passed away in 2002. </div><div><br /></div><div>I inherited the boxes. Also the cats and the dog - but that's a story for another time.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I finally had the gumption to start sorting things out, I came across the boxes of photos, the scrapbooks, and all of the ephemera that had accumulated through the past two generations. Of course, the normal reaction, which I'm sure some of you reading this have had when finding yourself in a similar situation, was "what do I do with all this stuff?!?" </div><div><br /></div><div>For me the question was more "Who <i>are</i> all these people?" There were so many unfamiliar faces among those photos, and for me, first and always, it's about the photos. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, here is how it all started, in roughly this order:</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I need to do something with these photos.</li><li>If I sort them by date, maybe I can figure out who these people are.</li><li>But I can't figure that out unless I know who the possible candidates might be.</li><li>I need to make a family tree, and look! Joanie already started one!</li></ul><div>And that, my friends, was the beginning. The beginning of my very happy journey down the genealogy rabbit hole. The beginning of my new career as a personal photo manager. The start of what I know will be a life-long passion to tell the story of my family and continue to learn about those people in those photographs.</div><div> </div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAUR1S7iYXr7Nx5cC4mt88gDcNbzTjT7Irq6dB7od5mh8upWWRLwCd8NPgESSNSwUDIObdYt1LNkX79t98Y3bB3CTUCOfwsdxlWmbqDqa7rPIvYjBXFspkgD2HoRMdAPIxSHYqeCMYmW0/s2106/KLEIN-John_George_note_fromJoan_cropped.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="2106" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAUR1S7iYXr7Nx5cC4mt88gDcNbzTjT7Irq6dB7od5mh8upWWRLwCd8NPgESSNSwUDIObdYt1LNkX79t98Y3bB3CTUCOfwsdxlWmbqDqa7rPIvYjBXFspkgD2HoRMdAPIxSHYqeCMYmW0/w640-h254/KLEIN-John_George_note_fromJoan_cropped.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A handwritten note from cousin Joanie, found in the papers of Wallace B. Dixon. <br />John George Klein was his grandfather. <br />Now, if I could just find the source for that 1862 citizenship...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-17530362961094624372021-01-03T07:57:00.000-08:002021-01-03T07:57:04.353-08:00Pickford Week!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCI4F_VzuYNNKacKbxqXZeUYN5dfQt-o6kNpaspyUZcjZNMUerw6_SdDjkbWafbLbvYviie1hW9MHcw9CCHu9U9WyJ1hHUKAZuu0Z9HCa452vdJzKyqhLjugej1llcW6OZieem19XGJNs/s1310/1919-09-22_Pickford+Week_Elizabeth+Daily+Journal.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCI4F_VzuYNNKacKbxqXZeUYN5dfQt-o6kNpaspyUZcjZNMUerw6_SdDjkbWafbLbvYviie1hW9MHcw9CCHu9U9WyJ1hHUKAZuu0Z9HCa452vdJzKyqhLjugej1llcW6OZieem19XGJNs/w347-h640/1919-09-22_Pickford+Week_Elizabeth+Daily+Journal.png" width="347" /></a></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>EVERY EVENING DURING PICKFORD WEEK / PRIZES IN GOLD TO THE WINNERS</b></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>If You Think You Resemble Mary Pickford Don't Hesitate --Enter the Contest Now</b></h2><p> It's odd how random bits of information about ancestors comes to you. </p><p>I was working on the family of Ida Dixon and Stephen Bruggy, just going through the material I had and adding it to the new software when I came across Stephen's death certificate. I'll write more about that in another post. But the certificate raised some questions and I thought I'd just have a quick look in the <i>Elizabeth Daily Journal</i> through the Elizabeth Public Library's website.</p><p>So I ran a search on "Bruggy" for the years I was interested in. I got a lot of hits for Frank Bruggy, who was an athlete of some note, and nothing at all for Stephen. (I didn't stop to find out if Frank and Stephen are related in some way.)<br /></p><p>But then the name of Ida and Stephen's daughter, <b>Mildred Amelia</b>, popped up in a result, and while I know you're not <i>supposed</i> to get distracted by the bright shiny objects, I followed this one down a delightful little rabbit hole that led to some fun bits of information, and an hour or so of silent film viewing. </p><p>In this clipping from the <i>Journal</i> on September 22, 1909 we see that the Broad Street Theater is having "Pickford Week" featuring two films, <i>The Hoodlum</i>, starring Mary Pickford, and <i>Burglar By Proxy</i>, starring her brother, Jack Pickford.</p><p>But, more important to our glimpse into family history, the theater was also promoting a Mary Pickford look-alike contest. And what young woman wouldn't want to have her resemblence to Mary Pickford, the attractive young star of stage and screen, recognized? </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Miss Mildred Bruggy - a Mary Pickford Look-Alike?</h3><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Mary_Pickford_cph.3c17995u.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="630" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Mary_Pickford_cph.3c17995u.jpg" width="251" /></a></div>To be clear, I have no idea what Mildred Amelia Bruggy (b. September 1898) looked like. I've never seen a photograph of her, or anyone in her immediate family. I suppose the main point is that she thought she looked like Mary Pickford, and the manager at the Broad Street theater thought the resemblance was sufficient to allow her to appear on the theater stage in the competition.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I wonder if she did her hair up in Pickford-style curls? </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">As you can see from the photo on the left, Pickford was a beauty. She was also a great talent, an astute business woman, and a philanthropist. I've included some links below if you'd like to know more about this cinema pioneer. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The manager of the Broad selected eleven young ladies to go on stage to be compared to the star of the show. According to the article that appeared toward the end of Pickford Week, the film program and the contest were a great success. Unfortunately, try as I might, I never did find out who won the contest! <br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEf5pFE9-XWM3HwZvcfl0lClWRHTJkGk0T0ufvulqY8lA3fxDkxa0t8dItp3OgsUGOXk7xtGNsgmiRad5V-amLsp2wNr-VfQwN-HcIQWkGYreF2jvHJ6xV3-2qWhyphenhyphen-qmX8a2OdylCG7rV3/s696/Bruggy+Mildred+1919+Elizabeth+Daily+Journal.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="654" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEf5pFE9-XWM3HwZvcfl0lClWRHTJkGk0T0ufvulqY8lA3fxDkxa0t8dItp3OgsUGOXk7xtGNsgmiRad5V-amLsp2wNr-VfQwN-HcIQWkGYreF2jvHJ6xV3-2qWhyphenhyphen-qmX8a2OdylCG7rV3/w301-h320/Bruggy+Mildred+1919+Elizabeth+Daily+Journal.png" width="301" /></a></div><b>The Hoodlum</b></h3><p>The feature film for "Pickford Week" was the second made by Mary's production own company. In January 1919 Mary, Douglas Fairbanks, Chalie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith joined together to form United Artists Corporation, and Mary formed The Mary Pickford Company, producing films to be exclusively distributed through Unite Artists.</p><p><i>The Hoodlum</i> is the story of a spoiled rich girl who ends up living in the slums of New York City, and learns to get along with the various residents, and, naturally, finds love. It is a charming film, which I watched without the musical accompanyment that theater goers would have enjoyed. Miss Pickford was a great actress, and I think, a comic genius. You can view the film <a href="https://youtu.be/Jn6E7_Y_bNc" target="_blank">here</a>, but be advised that it is a silent film. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/The_Hoodlum_(1919)_-_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="532" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/The_Hoodlum_(1919)_-_9.jpg" /></a></div> <p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"> <br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">Learn More About Mary Pickford <br /></h3><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span face="freight-text-pro, georgia, serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Schmidt, Christel. "Mary Pickford." In Jane Gaines, Radha Vatsal, and Monica Dall’Asta, eds.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Women Film Pioneers Project.</i><span face="freight-text-pro, georgia, serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>New York, NY: Columbia University Libraries, 2013. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="no-line-break" face="freight-text-pro, georgia, serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: nowrap; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><<a href="https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-nkzz-e525" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-nkzz-e525</a>>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://marypickford.org" target="_blank">Mary Pickford Foundation</a>, https://marypickford.org.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Wikipedia contributors, "Mary Pickford,"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia,</i><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Pickford&oldid=995549713" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-image: none !important; color: #0b0080; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; padding: 0px !important; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Pickford&oldid=995549713</a><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(accessed 22 December 2020).</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Mary Pickford." Published 25 May 2020. <<a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Pickford" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Pickford</a>>, accessed 22 December 2020.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Images on this page:</span></span></span></b></div><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Pickford Week advertisement, <i>Elizabeth (New Jersey) Daily Journal</i>, 22 September 1919. <a href="http://www.elizpl.org/LocalHistoryResources.html" target="_blank"><i>Elizabeth Daily Journal Archive</i></a>, images on-line; Elizabeth (New Jersey) Public Library. Downloaded 21 December 2020.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"Pickford Week Scores," </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>Elizabeth (New Jersey) Daily Journal</i>, 25 September 1919. <a href="http://www.elizpl.org/LocalHistoryResources.html" target="_blank"><i>Elizabeth Daily Journal Archive</i></a>, images on-line; Elizabeth (New Jersey) Public Library. Downloaded 21 December 2020.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Mary Pickford Portrait; Wikimedia Commons contributors, "File:Mary Pickford cph.3c17995u.jpg,"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository,</i><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><a class="external free" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Mary_Pickford_cph.3c17995u.jpg&oldid=518451029" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-image: none !important; color: #0b0080; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; padding: 0px !important; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Mary_Pickford_cph.3c17995u.jpg&oldid=518451029</a><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(accessed 22 December 2020).</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: small;"> First National Pictures, advertisement for the film <i>The Hoodlum</i> (1919); 30 August 1919, page 25. <i>Exhibitor's Herald</i>, June - September 1919 on the <i>Internet Archive; <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Hoodlum_(1919)_-_9.jpg" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Hoodlum_(1919)_-_9.jpg</a>; viewed 22 December 2020.</i></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <br /></p><br /><p><br /> <br /></p><br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-35287877359131580822021-01-01T22:00:00.001-08:002021-01-02T13:35:38.631-08:00Family Legends<h2 style="text-align: left;"> 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 2 - Family Legends</h2><p><i>This year, 2021, I'm participating in the <a href="https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/" target="_blank">52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks</a>
genealogy challenge from Amy Johnson Crow. Hopefully, this will not
only jump-start my research, but will also help me write up some of the
research I've already done. Here goes...</i><br /></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Honestly, I'm stumped on this topic. I haven't researched any new family legends, mainly because we just don't have that many. That I know of, anyway. Neither my mother's family (Dixon) or my father's (Traina) were big talkers about their past. </div><div><br /></div><div>I guess what happens in Elizabeth, stays in Elizabeth. </div><div><br /></div><div>I sort of feel like I'm underachieving here, but I've got enough current research that needs writing up, so I don't feel like I need to go looking for new stories just now. </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, I've already written about all the legends I can think of, so I'll link back to those here in case you missed them the first time. Also, I've added a short list of stories that I've uncovered that should have been family legends, but weren't. Granted, two of those aren't from my direct line, but hey, cousins count, right?</div><div><br /></div><div>First, a recap on the family legends I've already covered:</div><div><br /></div><div>Wallace B. Dixon: Name Changer, pt. 1</div><div><a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2016/01/wallace-b-dixon-name-changer.html" target="_blank">You can call me Wally</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Wallace B. Dixon : Name Changer, pt. 2</div><div><a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2016/02/wallace-b-dixon-name-changer-part-2.html" target="_blank">Where did "Theodore" come from?</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2016/03/wallys-confectionery.html" target="_blank">Wally's Confectionary</a></div><div><a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2018/05/my-great-grandmother-owned-monkey.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></div><div><a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2018/05/my-great-grandmother-owned-monkey.html" target="_blank">My Great-Grandmother Owned a Monkey</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Here are some stories that <i>should</i> have been family legends, but were never spoken of, as far as I recall:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2019/10/bernard-dixon-sinks-for-third-time.html" target="_blank">Bernard Dixon Sinks for the Third Time</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2016/11/captain-kidds-treasures.html" target="_blank">Captain Kid's Treasures</a> (not my direct line)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2016/01/rogue-or-angel-contest-winner.html" target="_blank">Asa Dixon, "Rogue or Angel?"</a> contest winner (also, not my direct line)</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Do you know any family legends? Feel free to share in the comments! <br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-89694846116394404282021-01-01T08:18:00.000-08:002021-01-01T08:18:36.766-08:00Happy New Year!<h2 style="text-align: center;">Lets Make 2021 a Better Year.</h2><p style="text-align: center;">No pressure, kid. It's a pretty low bar.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitx5xkd-cyQ13hTjJz7hGhwlXDtZYUf2jS6Aymwzd4ZDN6VgDuy9u0PKot0xtqiTZJ6tzHHmGLcMRCNOvMrdKM_8mvq3CudziItaqK0IJlRRQpn1k6m67C4WVLHlE349X2-me1K2WoVxp3/s2048/TRAINA-Frank_1925_baby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Old photo of a baby wearing a bonnet." border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1446" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitx5xkd-cyQ13hTjJz7hGhwlXDtZYUf2jS6Aymwzd4ZDN6VgDuy9u0PKot0xtqiTZJ6tzHHmGLcMRCNOvMrdKM_8mvq3CudziItaqK0IJlRRQpn1k6m67C4WVLHlE349X2-me1K2WoVxp3/w452-h640/TRAINA-Frank_1925_baby.jpg" title="Frank Joseph Traina, b. 14 June 1925, Elizabeth, NJ." width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm told that this is my father, Frank Joseph Traina. <br />He was born on June 14, 1925, in Elizabeth, New Jersey.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I like to start each year here on the blog with a baby photo from my collection. It's out with the old and in with the new! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Wishing everyone a happy, HEALTHY, and prosperous New Year.</p><p style="text-align: center;">With warm regards,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Liz<br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-72060688324219877462020-12-28T11:56:00.001-08:002020-12-28T11:56:03.816-08:0054 Marshall Street : Won't You Be My Neighbor?<i>I started writing this post back in May of 2016 while I was searching for the family of William and Mary E. (Klein) Dixon in the 1910 census. If you'd like to read those previous posts, you'll find them here:</i><br />
<br />
<i><a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2016/05/54-marshall-street.html" target="_blank">54 Marshall Street </a></i><br />
<a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2016/05/54-marshall-street-room-with-view.html" target="_blank"><i>54 Marshall Street : A Room With a View?</i></a><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i>Since then, I've found more information about the Dixon family during that time period. They moved quite often. This post is, primarily, a look at the residents of one block of Marshall Street in 1910. </i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<br />
<i>But first, a word about the census...</i><br />
<br />
<i>The block that my great-grandparents lived on in 1910 was visited twice by the Enumerator. The visits were a week apart. (1) I was surprised to see that he missed so many families on his first pass down the block. Equally surprising is the fact that he missed the Dixon household twice! This brings their residence in 1910 into some question, but the City Directory for both 1909 and 1911 list William A. Dixon at that address. In any case, here's a little glimpse into what I believe was their neighborhood in 1910.</i><br />
<h3>
These are the people in your neighborhood</h3>
The neighborhood that William A. and Mary E. (Klein) Dixon lived in around 1910 was full of immigrants, with a minority population of adults who's American roots went back farther than one generation. Most of the children in the neighborhood had been born in New Jersey or New York. Nationalities represented were: Italian, German, Irish, Austrian Jews, English, Scottish, and Swedish.<br />
<br />
None of the adult women worked outside the home. Two were partners in running a boarding house within their residence. One of the young women on the block worked as a milliner in a department store, one worked in a shirt factory. There was a daughter who worked as a laundress in another household, and one young woman who was a live-in cook with a family on the block.<br />
<br />
Most of the men worked in local industry. We find laborers, toolmakers, and machinists. Several of the men work at the Singer Sewing Machine Factory. We find a fireman at a steelworks and a fireman with the fire department. One, I suspect, was responsible for keeping the fires going, and the other for putting the fires out. A few career standouts were the undertaker's coachman, the trolley car conductor, the chemist, and a liquor salesman. A few of the men were self employed or owned their own businesses. In this category, we find an oyster dealer, the owner of a drygoods store, and a man who runs an express company.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Door to door</h3>
<i>This next bit is kind of long, so I won't be offended if you decide not to read it. I wanted to really dig in and study the neighbors, so I'm including a brief sketch of the families on the block. </i><br />
<br />
<i>There is a nice surprise down the page a bit. Scroll down and you'll find it.</i><br />
<br />
In the 1903
Sanborn Map, the building on the corner, 50 Marshall Street, is
designated as a saloon. In 1918 it is classified as a store. In the 1910
US Census, it appears that there are a number of single men living
there as boarders. One of the men is a William Dixon! He is an oysterman, aged 46 and a widow. He was born in New Jersey, his father from Ireland and his mother from England. He is also nominally listed as the head of the household/boarder. I haven't yet looked for a connection with my Dixons.<br />
<br />
Also living at number 50 are: James Kent, hotel janitor; John Kent, roofer; Terence Walsh, longshoreman; John T. Boyle, house painter.<br />
<br />
Number 52 was a
dwelling in 1903, and a store in 1918. No residents are listed on the
population schedule at that address in 1910, so perhaps it had been
converted to a store by then.<br />
<br />
We've seen that the Dixon
and the Marchesi families lived at number 54. Mr. Marchesi and his two
oldest sons worked at the Singer Sewing Machine factory. Mr. Marchesi is
listed as a laborer. Harry, age 17, was a tool maker. Albert, 15,
worked as an office boy. [Sheet 11B to the Phillips family]<br />
<br />
56
Marshall is not on the census page. Neither Sanborn map shows a
dwelling at that address although there are structures on the lot.<br />
<br />
Charles
Mayer, his wife, Cecilia, and their son, Charles lived at number 58.
The Mayers owned their home. Charles and Cecilia had both been born in
Germany. Charles had immigrated in 1854. Cecilia had come over to
America in 1872. Charles was an "Expressman" and was self-employed.
Their 29 year old, American-born, son worked as a driver for an express
company, possibly his father's.<br />
<br />
Number 66 held two
flats, both with young families. Thomas Curley, 30, and his wife, Mary,
26, had both been born in Ireland. They had immigrated to America in
1904 and 1903, respectively. Mr. Curley worked as a fireman at the
steelworks. Their son, John, had been born in New Jersey and was just
one year old at the time of the census.<br />
<br />
The second flat
was occupied by the Middlestead family. Frank Middlestead was 33 years
old, had been born in Germany, and immigrated in 1885. His wife, Minnie,
was a New Jersey native, daughter of parents who were also born in New
Jersey. Minnie was 23. The couple had a two year old son, Milford. The
newest addition to the family was Edger, who was just six months old.<br />
<br />
Further
down the street at Number 68 we find two Yiddish families with roots in
Austria. Mr. Beck worked as a presser in a tailor's shop, while Mr.
Borkan was a retail merchant who owned a dry goods store. Both families
had children who were born in New York.<br />
<br />
Number 74 was
owned by Maria Anderson, age 51. She lists herself as single. Her
cousin, Annie Grant, and her mother, Cheria Keith, also lived there. Maria ran a boarding house in her home, and Annie was her partner.
Six men lived there ranging in age from 24 to 39 years old. Five were
single. All but one had been born in Ireland, as had Maria and her
family members. The fifth man had been born in New York. Four of the men
were machinists, one was a moulder at Singers, and one was a coachman
for an undertaker.<br />
<br />
Charles Linn owned the two-flat
building at 72 Marshall. He and his wife, both in their 60's occupied
one flat with three of their adult children, Mary, William, and
Clarence. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn were New Jersey natives, though their
parents had been born in Germany. Mr. Linn was a driller at Singer. His
daughter, Marie, was an operator in a shirt factory, William was a
trolley car conductor, and Clarence was a "filler" at an oil company.<br />
<br />
The
second flat was occupied by the Linn's son, Charles J. and his family.
The five children ranged in age from five to fourteen years old. All
were born in New Jersey. Charles's wife, Margaret was also born in New
Jersey, but her father came from Pennsylvania and her mother was from
Virginia. Charles J. was a fireman with the fire department.<br />
<br />
Moving
on down the block we come to number 80. It was a two story dwelling
that housed two families. The first was the family of Dayton and Ida Van
Pelt. Dayton and his family were from New York, while Ida and her
family were from New Jersey. Dayton was an oyster dealer, and had his
own business. The couple had four children between the ages of nine and
eighteen.<br />
<br />
<h3>
And...Cousins! </h3>
<br />
I had a big surprise when I was
looking at the second family that lived at number 80. David Lissenden, a
carpenter at the ship yard, lived there with his wife, Gertrude, and
their children. The Lissenden name seemed familiar so I checked a family
group sheet given to me by a relative. Sure enough Gertrude Kelin, my
great-grandmother's sister, had married David Lissenden. The name was
unusual enough that I was pretty sure this was "my" great-grand-aunt
Gertrude, but the census record confirmed it. Gertrude, 29 years old,
was born in New Jersey. Her father was born in Germany and her mother
was born in Ohio. This aligns with the information I have about
Gertrude, although some of it still needs to be verified.<br />
<br />
Mary Elizabeth (Klein) Dixon was living just down the block from her younger sister!<br />
<br />
David
and Gertrude had five children living with them: David (13), Ethel
(10), George (8), Kenneth (3), and Gertrude (11 months). The census
records that Gertrude had given birth to nine children, with seven
surviving. The couple had been married for 14 years, and the oldest
child living with them was thirteen, so something doesn't add up. Still,
that's a mystery for another time.<br />
<br />
It looks like the Dixon children had cousins to play with just a few doors away!<br />
<br />
Next
we find the family of Augustus and Mary Van Hart at number 82. Augustus
worked as a "filter" at the tar company, which sounds like a wretched
job. The three oldest sons, Chester, Roy, and Charles worked as
splitters at the leather company. Mary and her eldest son had been born
in Kentucky. Her parents were from England and Maryland. Augustus was
born in New Jersey, as were the rest of the children. His parents were
from Pennsylvania and New Jersey.<br />
<br />
The Van Hart's are
unique because they have a servant living with them. The only one found
on this block. Emma Heyer is a nineteen year old girl from New Jersey,
although her father was born in Germany. She works for the Van Harts as a
cook. [Sheet 11B]<br />
<br />
Cornelius and Matilda Phillips lived
at number 84 with their eight children, ranging in age from two to
twenty-one years. The oldest daughter, Sophia, was a milliner at a
department store. Her younger brother, Hartford, was a "machine hand" in
a machine shop. Mr. Phillips was a machinist, perhaps in the same
machine shop as his son. [Sheet 11A through 86 Marshall]<br />
<br />
Finally,
we come to the three flat building at number 86 Marshall Street. It
houses four families. The building is owned by Benjamin Pinner, a 58
year old immigrant from England. His wife, Agnes, also 58, is from
Scotland. Mr. Pinner is a blacksmith, and owns his own shop. Their
eighteen year old son, Ruben, lives with them, and works as a machinist.<br />
<br />
Benjamin
Pinner, the younger, also lives at this address with his wife and
children. This Benjamin is thirty-three years old and appears to have
been born in England. His wife, Bertha, is a Jersey girl, though her
mother comes from Germany. The couple has three daughters, Bertha (8),
Adele (3), and Hazel (1). All the girls were born in New Jersey.<br />
<br />
These
Pinners are also housing four boarders, single men between the ages of
thirty and fourty-five. They are a mixture of English, Irish, and
Scottish. Three of the four are immigrants, one was born in New York.
They all work in industrial settings. Charles Crane is a chemist at a
chemical company. William Hart is a machinist at Singer. Hector McIntyre
is a tool maker in a machine shop. Thomas Boland is a wire worker at a
wire company.<br />
<br />
In the same building we find Rose Kenah
from Ireland. Rose is widow. Living with her is her son, Joseph, 28, who
is a moulder in a foundry. Also in this household is Rose's thirty-six
year old daughter, Nellie Brennan and Nellie's daughter, Annie, age
fifteen. Nellie works as a laundress for a family.<br />
<br />
Last,
but not least, we find a Swedish couple, Otto and Ellen Sandburg, and
their four daughters. The three oldest were born in New York, while the
youngest, who is a year and a half old, was born in New Jersey. Mr.
Sandburg is an engineer at an oil company.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Sources<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1) Elizabeth Directory 1909, Volume
III. Newark, New Jersey: Price and Lee Company, p. 193. Ancestry.com.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line: accessed 14 May
2016]. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Image 101 of 417. </span>Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Entry for William A. Dixon.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(2) Elizabeth Directory 1911, Volume
IV. Newark, New Jersey: Price and Lee Company, p. 201. Ancestry.com.
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line: accessed 14 May
2016]. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Image 102 of 418. </span>Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Entry for William A. Dixon. </span><br />
<br />
(3) 1910 US Census.<br />
House Numbers 86, 84 [Sheet 11 A] and 82, 80,
76, 74, 68, 66, 58, 54 [Sheet 12 A] were all surveyed on 21 April 1910. The data for numbers 70, 72,
88, 90 [all on Sheet 20 B], 87, 85, 79, 64, 50, and 74 [all on Sheet 21
A] were taken on 28 April 1910. Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-21354988171591542812020-12-21T03:00:00.005-08:002020-12-21T13:37:02.775-08:00William A. Dixon's Family in 1895<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The New Jersey State Census - 1895 </h2>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="cmsregion"><span class="cmsregion">Over 99% of the <a href="http://www.censusrecords.com/content/1890_census" target="_blank">1890 United States Federal Census</a> records were destroyed by fire and flooding. This creates a 20 year gap in census records [1880-1900] that can be very frustrating to genealogical researchers. Fortunately for me, </span></span>the state of <a href="https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/New_Jersey_State_Census,_1905_%28Family_Search_Historical_Records%29" target="_blank">New Jersey conducted it's own census</a> every 10 years, beginning in
1855 and continuing through 1915. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The New Jersey State Census of 1895 offers a small [very small!] glimpse of the family of my great-grandparents, William A. and Mary Elizabeth (Klein) Dixon. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHGtFEDtPPl-DcvCCV90uo4rFClyOlN7yvVeOkzDJQl4SH2VolXxSy4Ymrfv_cTkJsf2pEh8pjTIfesf0PdE5JlgBQ4PVFYNXvlbyuDlXpaF0QG2y16lEyhw6qao2sCnIQq8oYWpjjMUp/s1600/DIXON-William_A_1895_NJCensus_cropped.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="1895 NJ State Census. William Dixon, Lizzie Dixon, Minnie Dixon, William Dixon, Viola Dixon, John Dixon." border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHGtFEDtPPl-DcvCCV90uo4rFClyOlN7yvVeOkzDJQl4SH2VolXxSy4Ymrfv_cTkJsf2pEh8pjTIfesf0PdE5JlgBQ4PVFYNXvlbyuDlXpaF0QG2y16lEyhw6qao2sCnIQq8oYWpjjMUp/s400/DIXON-William_A_1895_NJCensus_cropped.png" title="1895 New Jersey State Census Record for the family of William A. Dixon" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1895 Census record for William A. and Mary Elizabeth (Klein) Dixon and family.<br />
Click on the image to make it larger. (1)<br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
The first thing that jumps out is that my great-grandmother is called "Lizzie." This is the first time I've seen her referred to by that nickname.<br />
<br />
The first set of tick-marks to the right of the names indicate gender. I think with a little study you'll be able to figure out who's what.<br />
<br />
That blank bit next to it enumerates persons of foreign birth. Looks like everyone in the family was born in the United States.<br />
<br />
The last two sets indicate the age group of each person, men in the first set of columns, women in the second. The family age groups break down like this:<br />
<ul>
<li>William Dixon is between the ages of 20 and 60. [b. 1863. 32 yrs old at time of census.]</li>
<li>Lizzie Dixon is between the ages of 20 and 60. [b. 1866. 29 yrs old at time of census.]</li>
<li>Minnie Dixon is between the ages of 5 and 20. [b. 1884. 11 yrs old at time of census.]</li>
<li>William Dixon, ditto. [b. 1885. 10 yrs old at time of census.]</li>
<li>Viola Dixon, ditto. [Clara Viola. b. 1892. 3 yrs old at time of census. Discrepancy.]</li>
<li>John Dixon is less than 5 years of age. [b. 1895. Less than 1 yr old at time of census.]</li>
</ul><p>
[Spoilers: Yet to be born are George (b. 1897), my grandfather, Bernard Wallace (b. 1905), and Hazel (b. 1909)]</p><p>According to the Elizabeth city directory for 1895-1896 (2), the family was living at 63 Little Smith Street. Or "Little Schmid Street" according to the birth record for the female child [Clara Viola] born to the family at the same address on 1 November 1982.(3)<br /></p><p></p><p><br /><b>Sources</b></p><p><b> </b><br />1. New Jersey, State Census, 1895 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007), Ancestry.com, Record for William Dixon. </p><p>2. Cook & Hall's Elizabeth City Directory for 1895-96, Cook & Hall (1895), pages 126-127. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com). </p><p>3. New Jersey State Archives, Birth Records, 1892. D13 [unnamed female child born to Willie Dixen and Luisa Dixen].<br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-55491861177188665102020-12-06T14:00:00.001-08:002020-12-21T12:15:56.952-08:00Clues in the News<p> Well, it's been a while [over a year!] since I've posted anything to this blog. I blame 2020. If you lived through it, you know what I mean. But please don't mistake my lack of writing as a loss of interest. I have been working on other people's family histories and spending a LOT of time doing a "go-over" of all of my records as I transfer ALL of my data from RootsMagic (frustratingly buggy on my Mac) to Family Tree Maker (which seems relatively stable). It is time consuming, sometimes tedious, and occaisionally, illuminating work. <br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Adding Some Ancestors</h2><p>I've had these folks on my list of probable/possible ancestors for a while, and have decided to add them to my tree and do the research to prove the connection. They are all siblings of my 2nd great-grandfather, John Dixon, and I'm basing that "fact" on a source that can sometimes be a bit whimsical with the details – newspaper articles. Some I've been able to bolster up with other sources, some not, but I think I finally have enough information to be comfortable that the relationships are very probably valid.<br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">The Family of John and Isabella (Courson) Dixon, Senior</h4><div style="text-align: left;">I don't yet have much information on Isabella Courson, though I've decided that I will connect her to John Dixon, Sr. I do have her death certificate, dated 15 Oct 1878, in which her maiden name is not listed, but it does tell us that she is a widow, aged 77 years and 11 months at the time of her death, that she was born in Elizabeth, NJ to Jacob and Ann Corson.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the Ancestry.com database, <i>U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970</i>, there is a marriage listed between Isabella Courson and John Dixon, 28 June 1829 at the First Presbyterian Church in Newark, New Jersey. For those of you unfamiliar with NJ geography, Newark cozies right up to Elizabeth, and in 1829 both cities were in the same county, Essex. Census information all seems to roughly agree that the conneciton is valid, though of course I would like some more proof from other documents.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My main sources for John Dixon, Sr., at this point, are a couple of census records. He and Isabella appear with an assortment of children by the appropriate names and ages in 1850, 1860, and 1870. Obviously, more work needs done here, but I feel pretty confident connecting these two individuals, and connecting them with their children, listed below.<br /></div><p><b>Asa H. Dixon</b> (born abt. 1830 - died 1866)</p><p><span> </span>Asa took the prize in <i>The Social Historian</i>'s Rogue or Angel Contest, as I mentioned <a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2016/01/rogue-or-angel-contest-winner.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The key bit of evidence that links Asa to my 2x-great-grandfather is the newspaper article about the trial of the man who shot and killed him. The article recounts the witness testimonies, among which is the following account: "John Dixon, Jr., being sworn–Asa Dixon, the deceased was my brother." John refers to Asa as his brother several times during his testimony.(1)<br /></p><p><b>Jacob Dixon</b> (born abt. 1834 - died 1882)</p><p><span> </span>Jacob (who seems to have also been quite a character) shares the sibling connection, with the evidence recorded in his death notice: "He was fifty-two years of age and a brother of ex-police officer Dixon."(2)<br /></p><p><b>Isabella Dixon</b> (born 1836 - died 1895)</p><p><span> A child named Isabella appears with John and Isabella Dixon in the 1850 U.S. Census. A marriage record in the Ancestry.com database, <i>New Jersey, Marriage Recods, 1670-1965</i>, shows a union between Isabella Dixon and Henry McAdam lists John and Isabella Dixon as the bride's parents. </span>Isabella suffered a sudden death, described in the newspaper as the result of a great shock, but again, was connected through the family by way of her brother, John. "She was 59 years of age, and sister of Constable John Dixon."(3)<br /></p><p><b>John Dixon</b> (born 1839 - died ?)</p><p><span> </span>John Dixon was a constable roughly between the years 1876 and 1881, based on a variety of sources like the census (U.S. and NJ State), local city directory, and newspaper accounts that feature him directly. Sources related to the deaths of two of his older siblings make a point of mentioning him as an officer. Interestingly, I still haven't found John's date of death, although he appears to have lived at least until about 1919, when he is listed in the city directory for the first time without an occupation attached to his name. <br /></p><p><b>Mary Sarah Dixon</b> (born 1847 - died possibly 1861)</p><p><span> </span>Mary Sarah puzzeld me for some time. In the 1850 cenus she was listed as Mary, in 1860 a child of the same age was called Sarah. The <i>New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971</i>, on Ancestry.com has a listing for Mary S A Dixon, daughter of John Dixon and Isabel, with a birth date of 1846 and a death date of 1 July 1861. She was 15 years old. <i>The Elizabeth Daily Journal Archive</i> at the Elizabeth Public Library has a start date in 1872, so too late to find any obituary there. I've added Mary Sarah solely on the basis of the two cenus records and that death index.<br /></p><p>I feel that some of these connections warrant more documentation.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Next Steps</h3><p>I have been keeping a running list of records requests for my top notch researcher in New Jersey. I'm hoping at least for death records for Asa, Jacob, Isabella, and Mary Sarah. An official transcript from the trial regarding Asa's death would be lovely too. If the current plague ever gets under control and the archives open back up, maybe I'll get some more information, or at least a few more clues.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sources</b><br /></p><p>1. "Trial of Deputy Sheriff Simonson for the Murder of Asa Dixon, an Oysterman – Conflicting Testimony,” <i>New York Times</i>, October 24, 1866. New York Times digital archive. Image attached to Asa Dixon on Ancestry.com, on a tree that I, embarrassingly, forgot to record. It appears that others have the same article, downloaded from Newspapers.com.</p><p>2.“Death of Jacob Dixon,” <i>Elizabeth Daily Journal</i>, Elizabeth, New Jersey, Vol. XII, No. 3575; September 18, 1882; page 3, column; online images Elizabeth Public Library (http://www.elizpl.org/LocalHistoryResources.html).</p><p>3. “The Shock Proved<i> </i>Fatal,” <i>Elizabeth Daily Journal</i>, Elizabeth, New Jersey, <br />No. 6,627, Friday, December 20, 1895, page 1. Online images (http://www.elizpl.org/LocalHistoryResources.html).</p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-11682801214819287642019-10-06T11:43:00.000-07:002019-10-06T11:43:07.128-07:00Bernard Dixon Sinks For Third Time!It's less than one mile from 326 East Jersey Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey, to the South Front Street Bridge. Taking a 15 minute walk, down East Jersey Street to the waterfront, where the Staten Island Sound meets Newark Bay you pass one- and two-family homes, small apartment buildings, and locally owned businesses. As you cross First Street, you're just one block from the water. Today, when you get to the waterfront, you'll see a marina and a waterfront park. In 1915 the area was more industrial. Ship yards and manufacturing facilities edged the water, along with rail-lines for transporting goods. <br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisS2PxIVo81dND2DJ_dP1SQoEkj7K26i3XyyXU0O99vNwJz1YNBQUm3LsgcrrJlJGfraurFf2Kimghf7t8T5Ho6jDIimjJGW82ucdgEmtBbcr2y0vabMpguUDwrQbgsBY2pmMVGwqNGLGB/s1600/Elizabeth_First_St_trolley_1904-1916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Hand-colored image showing street with trolley car on tracks in middle of the road. The street is lined with two and three story buildings, many with storefronts on the ground level. Children are gathered on the corners looking at the streetcar or the camera." border="0" data-original-height="1003" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisS2PxIVo81dND2DJ_dP1SQoEkj7K26i3XyyXU0O99vNwJz1YNBQUm3LsgcrrJlJGfraurFf2Kimghf7t8T5Ho6jDIimjJGW82ucdgEmtBbcr2y0vabMpguUDwrQbgsBY2pmMVGwqNGLGB/s640/Elizabeth_First_St_trolley_1904-1916.jpg" title="Postcard, First Street, Elizabeth, NJ around 1916." width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1916 postcard of First Street, "down the Port", Elizabeth, New Jersey.<br />
First Street is one block inland from South Front Street, and runs parallel to the waterfront.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
On a Sunday in June, 1915, with leisure time at hand, 9-year-olds Bernard Dixon [later known as Wallace Bernard] and Andrew Payne, were ready for an afternoon of play. They left the house at 2 o'clock under strict orders to stay away from the docks. Three friends joined the pair and the five boys headed straight for the waterfront.<br />
<br />
They ended up at the old South Front Street bridge, which crossed the Elizabeth River. The Crescent Ship Yard was on the near side of the bridge and the river, and they would have been able to see the New Jersey Dry Dock Company just across the bridge.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJbn1zdHW_DV3Lky4SeLVE6iV-5CYF0Y-ALCBP1GriaFVDuExjApSURNM1y-VBy1c-fziR4xBBHWZmS6p7-uyv2OVsZNPrdTYe-3IWpYoXGCqzJLx8ZrHolQYSh9m00-rRfIVB8hHck32/s1600/Elizabeth_1916-map-with-locations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="This portion of a 1916 map of Elizabeth, NJ has been marked to incdicate the location of the Dixon residence at that time, as well as the location of the South Front Street Bridge. " border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="627" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJbn1zdHW_DV3Lky4SeLVE6iV-5CYF0Y-ALCBP1GriaFVDuExjApSURNM1y-VBy1c-fziR4xBBHWZmS6p7-uyv2OVsZNPrdTYe-3IWpYoXGCqzJLx8ZrHolQYSh9m00-rRfIVB8hHck32/s320/Elizabeth_1916-map-with-locations.jpg" title="Portion of 1916 map of Elizabeth NJ showing the area where the Elizabeth River meets the Long Island Sound." width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1916.(1) Click to enlarge map.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Also on the other side of the bridge, about 200 feet down the road at 3 South Front Street, was the boathouse belonging to John W. Van Pelt & Son. The Van Pelts were in the business of renting boats. John W. was about 73 years old in 1915, and in the New Jersey State Census of that year his occupation was listed as "Bridgeman." John H. Van Pelt, John W.'s son, was 45 years old that year, and his occupation was Boatman.<br />
<br />
The boys reached the river bank, and were playing there for about an hour when Bernard stepped on a log at the edge of the river near the bridge. One of his friends gave him a playful shove, and into the water he went!<br />
<br />
Mr. Van Pelt heard the boys screaming and yelling for help and ran the 200 feet from his boathouse to the river bank, diving into the water to save Bernard. The panicked boy had, by the time Mr. Van Pelt arrived, sunk under the water of the river for the third time! Only his cap floating on the surface marked the place where he had gone down. Using that as a marker, Van Pelt dove to the bottom of the river where he was able to find Bernard and grab his coat collar. Draging the dazed boy to the surface, Van Pelt quickly revived him.<br />
<br />
Bernard was the fifth child that Mr. Van Pelt had rescued at what seemed to be a popular spot for children to play.<br />
<br />
<h3>
Bernard [And Mr. Van Pelt] Make the News</h3>
<h3>
</h3>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip919dF46ZvfhfPVIs6MQVw8gtzq_vHbWLe7P1T0PjwKvVgJILidZUnL0B8BiawgKziKfZ1L9YCUr7fCP_AGsFG4E9hqphSm73itO1-bNFf6yflET-cx9Mr8Zh1Gy_tj8sueoGhFyAKp0b/s1600/DIXON-Wallace-B-overboard-19150607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt=""John Van Pelt, Boatman, Dives Overboard as 9-Year-Old Bernard Dixon Sinks for Third Time -- His Fifth Rescue." Article describes the events that lead up to Bernard's mishap, and John Van Pelt's brave and quick action to save him." border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="518" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip919dF46ZvfhfPVIs6MQVw8gtzq_vHbWLe7P1T0PjwKvVgJILidZUnL0B8BiawgKziKfZ1L9YCUr7fCP_AGsFG4E9hqphSm73itO1-bNFf6yflET-cx9Mr8Zh1Gy_tj8sueoGhFyAKp0b/s320/DIXON-Wallace-B-overboard-19150607.jpg" title="Newspaper clipping "Plunges Into River to Save Little Boy," From the Elizabeth Daily Journal, June 7, 1915." width="259" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Article from the Elizabeth Daily Journal, <br />
June 7, 1915, page 13. (2)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
I never, ever heard my grandfather talk about this nearly fatal event in
his life. Maybe he didn't think it was any big deal, or maybe he just
didn't want to remember it. If I hadn't been searching the 1915 Elizabeth Daily Journal for information on a different ancestor it's possible I never would have come across the article that tells the tale.<br />
<br />
Thanks to the quick thinking of John Van Pelt, I'm here today to share the story with you. <br />
<br />
Here's the complete transcript: <br />
<br />
<b>PLUNGES INTO RIVER TO SAVE LITTLE BOY</b><br />
<br />
<b>John Van Pelt, Boatman, Dives Overboard as 9-Year-Old Bernard Dixon Sinks for Third Time — His Fifth Rescue.</b><br />
<br />
Bernard Wallace Dixon, aged 9 years, had a narrow escape from death by drowning Saturday afternoon, and John Van Pelt, proprietor of the boathouse on South Front street by the Elizabeth river, is in line for a hero medal. This is the fifth child he has rescued from drowning in two years at the same spot where the Dixon boy almost lost his life.<br />
<br />
The boy is the son of Mrs. Mary Dixon, of 326 East Jersey street. About two o’clock Saturday afternoon he and a chum, Andrew Payne, aged 9 years, who boards with the Dixons, ran away to the waterfront. The boys had been given strict orders to avoid the docks, but with a party of three other own age, they slipped away for an after noon’s play. <br />
<br />
About an hour after they reached the South Front street drawbridge the Dixon boy mounted a log on the edge of the river near the bridge. One of the boys playfully gave him a push, and the lad lost his balance and fell in. The boy who pushed him became frightened and ran away. The other boys screamed and the struggling youngster in the water also had the presence of mind to cry for help.<br />
<br />
Mr. Van Pelt, who was across the bridge about 200 feet from the scene, heard the cries and ran from the boathouse to the edge of the river. He dived for the Dixon boy, who had then gone down for the third time. The position of the latter’s hat indicated the point for which to dive, and the quick work of the rescuer came in the nick of time. Groping on the bottom, Mr. Van Pelt got a firm hold on the lad’s coat collar and brought him, dazed to the surface. It required but a short time to revive him.<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Daily Journal, Monday, June 7, 1915. Page 13.<br />
<br />
<br />
<h3>
And, Finally, a Bit About the South Front Street Bridge</h3>
<br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;">At the time my grandfather "went down for the third time," the bridge at South Front Street was doing the same.</span><br />
<div class="page" title="Page 81">
<div class="layoutArea">
<div class="column">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "timesnewroman";">By 1889, a draw bridge spanned the river at South Front Street. As industrial growth spread south of
the Elizabeth River into the Bayway section of Elizabeth, the crossing provided an important link between the
Elizabethport and Bayway areas. Lumber businesses that were initially located on the north side of the river
eventually expanded their operations south to the area located along South Front Street and Arthur Kill with spur
lines connecting to rail transportation. Industrial growth continued during the boom years surrounding World War I
and through the 1920s when the current bridge was constructed (Sanborn 1889, 1903, 1923; Bauer 1906). (3)</span></span></blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
According to a report in the Elizabeth Daily Journal on May 7, 1915 the bridge was seeing a lot of vehicular traffic that was beyond it's capacity: <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The committee on drawbridges pointed out that the South Front street bridge is ovetaxed with modern motor traffic loads of ten and twelve tons frequently going over the old structure, built in 1871, while the safety capacity is scarcely more than seven tons. It stated that the South First street bridge is ample for all traffic, but asked that the Board of Works be requested to fix up the streets leading to it, which were said to be in deplorable condition. The report and accompanying resolution were adopted.</blockquote>
With the advent of World War I, issues of transportation, defense, and resource allocation opened the next chapter in the bridge's story. According to the excellent website, <a href="http://www.bridgesnyc.com/2011/12/south-front-street-bridge/" target="_blank">bridgesnyc.com</a> :<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "open sans"; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Plans for a movable bridge at South Front Street were approved on July 3, 1916 by the Secretary of War. A riparian grant (a deed granted for normally state-owned tidelands) was obtained for $260 from the state of New Jersey in 1917, officially allowing the bridge to be constructed by the City of Elizabeth. The American Bridge Company built the bridge, beginning in 1920; it opened to traffic in 1922.</span></span> </blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqInGx7dEM37NGaAITncJHLisY4KwQgNyXCCbYcIG0ejJ1MTlX5vnd_ZFz1Bz3yN_ZRQK7pYqiwUv2RlUdsXQ1G1GPMPuqeKynPQM2bFIaWu-8YsMgXtGyALxcUl_kOV1aYzN4XPQPC9J/s1600/1917-03-15-article-South-Front-St-Bridge+crop2+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The War Department has granted the city of Elizabeth permission to build a new bridge to replace the old structure at Front Street. The Committee authorizes the work to be advertised for bids." border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqInGx7dEM37NGaAITncJHLisY4KwQgNyXCCbYcIG0ejJ1MTlX5vnd_ZFz1Bz3yN_ZRQK7pYqiwUv2RlUdsXQ1G1GPMPuqeKynPQM2bFIaWu-8YsMgXtGyALxcUl_kOV1aYzN4XPQPC9J/s640/1917-03-15-article-South-Front-St-Bridge+crop2+copy.jpg" title="Newspaper clipping from the Elizabeth Daily Journal, March 15, 1917 describing the plans to build an improved bridge at the Front Street crossing over the Elizabeth River." width="312" /></a></div>
Bridgesnyc points out that the South Front Street bridge was, at one time, one of six moveable bridges that allowed the Elizabeth River to accomodate ocean-going vessels. When the NJ Turnpike opened in 1951 shipping shifted from the water to the highway and the decline of heavy river traffic began, and with it the decline of the county's bridges on the Elizabeth River.<br />
<br />
Although the bridge had been slated for repairs as late as 2011. However, structural concerns caused the city to leave the bridge in the open position and eventually to close it completely. Good for river traffic, but vehicular traffic had to be routed to the South First Street bridge. (4)<br />
<br />
As of January 2018, this was the state of the bridge, left in the open position. Click on the image to enlarge it. (5) <br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4jo9lFZ87ZuV0fNZnWECYqF3Exwm_SAxfdijRG1bjfe6tnCzPER51p821mr2EW-_YgNaH0gwilhOMaXIm9XqhcUVcR36ABxtekp5ozDITrvuGN3h1UXu1oT4MSaBz1bazWNXfuebLbd5/s1600/2048px-S_Front_Street_Br_weight_jeh.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="This photo from 2018 shows the South Front Street bridge in the open position, as it has been since 2011. Also shown are the concrete barricades that prevent passage to the bridge." border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4jo9lFZ87ZuV0fNZnWECYqF3Exwm_SAxfdijRG1bjfe6tnCzPER51p821mr2EW-_YgNaH0gwilhOMaXIm9XqhcUVcR36ABxtekp5ozDITrvuGN3h1UXu1oT4MSaBz1bazWNXfuebLbd5/s320/2048px-S_Front_Street_Br_weight_jeh.jpg" title="Photograph of the South Front St. bridge in 2018, showing the weight used to raise and lower the span for river traffic." width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Notes and Resources</u><br />
<br />
(1) E.J. Grassmann, Map of the City of Elizabeth, New Jersey 1916. Copyright 1916 by E.J. Grassmann, Elizabeth Novelty Co., Publisher. Digital image: Rutgers University Special Collections < <a href="http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/">http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu</a> ><br />
<br />
(2) "Plunges into River to Save Little Boy," Elizabeth Daily Journal, Monday, June 7, 1915. Page 13. Elizabeth, New Jersey Public Library, digital collections, Elizabeth Daily Journal Archive < <a href="http://www.digifind-it.com/elizabeth/newspapers.php" target="_blank">http://www.digifind-it.com/elizabeth/newspapers.php</a> > downloaded 9 June 2019.<br />
<br />
<br />
(3) Deborah Baldwin Van Steen. Goethals Bridge Replacement, Richmond County, New York and The City of Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey: Volume 1; Historic Architectural Resource Study, New Jersey, Revised Report, July 2008; pages 69-71. Accessed online < <a href="http://www.goethalseis.com/pdfs/deis/appendix_e1_vol1.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.goethalseis.com/pdfs/deis/appendix_e1_vol1.pdf</a> > 6 October 2019. Describes history and significance of the bridge built around 1920.<br />
<br />
(4) "South Front Street Bridge," posted by shayna, December 20, 2011. bridgesnyc: Bridges in the New York Metropolitan Area. Website < <a href="http://www.bridgesnyc.com/2011/12/south-front-street-bridge/" target="_blank">http://www.bridgesnyc.com/2011/12/south-front-street-bridge/</a> > viewed 6 October 2019. The article has many good photographs and gives a succinct history of the bridge, it's unique design, and the location next to the superfund site of the Chemical Control Compnay. For photos dating from August 2015, see also the website LTV Squad < <a href="http://ltvsquad.com/2015/09/09/south-front-street-bridge-elizabeth-nj/" target="_blank">http://ltvsquad.com/2015/09/09/south-front-street-bridge-elizabeth-nj/</a> >.<br />
<br />
(5) <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Wikimedia Commons contributors, "File:S Front Street Br weight jeh.jpg,"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository,</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><a class="external free" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:S_Front_Street_Br_weight_jeh.jpg&oldid=334409375" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-image: none !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; padding: 0px !important; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:S_Front_Street_Br_weight_jeh.jpg&oldid=334409375</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(accessed October 6, 2019).</span>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-15733224124511176302018-07-03T12:44:00.001-07:002018-07-03T12:44:53.658-07:00Back in the Day : 1911<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFLXyDW-6ImY1l9B-4kaQ3yYJIzZ91TzCxv_S97a6iQskJ17heGT1CDK-YQQzl1avYypM1C11EHaL0_7JVI9qIfhHxyE6aoAJl9slerQX-2uIgfGcpQ0cyLGrrayIzZtSjAJZfeFkoJ-g/s1600/DIXON-Wallace_B_1912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFLXyDW-6ImY1l9B-4kaQ3yYJIzZ91TzCxv_S97a6iQskJ17heGT1CDK-YQQzl1avYypM1C11EHaL0_7JVI9qIfhHxyE6aoAJl9slerQX-2uIgfGcpQ0cyLGrrayIzZtSjAJZfeFkoJ-g/s320/DIXON-Wallace_B_1912.jpg" width="239" /></a>It's sometimes difficult to imagine what the world looked like for previous generations of our ancestors. <br />
<br />
I recently found a great video on YouTube showing New York City in 1911. I though it would be great to share that here, since my family "homeland" (Elizabeth, New Jersey) was just across the river, and no doubt my ancestors travelled to that bustling metropolis on occasion. In fact, my grandfather had a portrait made there in 1912 at the studio of E. Jennings & Co. at 22 Front Street. That neighborhood is quite close to where the Staten Island Ferry docks today.<br />
<br />
The city of Elizabeth, on a much smaller scale of course, would have had some similarities at the time. Street cars, horse-drawn delivery wagons, and of course the people would have been dressed like their counterparts in New York.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aohXOpKtns0/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aohXOpKtns0?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div>
<b><br /></b>
<b> </b><br />
Here are a few post card views of Elizabeth from the same era.<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfArFpB8K_hFORhmYeXkiDoJWXS4fdr2t4cfQ2rOvEWPhpqVDN6MUADrMfvfAb3uDsojH-OKPB7sIciPUzLsBdg_fp0q33_op8FaKxN4hp3EtXKxG4m7034u8wpOrQA_bS_TDY-LA5E6S/s1600/ElizabethNJ_postcard_1909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Viewed from Staten Island, this post card view of the waterfront of the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey shows a sailing ship, rail cars, and the distincitve spires of St. Patrick's Church. Postmarked 1909, sent by Louise Scheerer to Mina Krieger." border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfArFpB8K_hFORhmYeXkiDoJWXS4fdr2t4cfQ2rOvEWPhpqVDN6MUADrMfvfAb3uDsojH-OKPB7sIciPUzLsBdg_fp0q33_op8FaKxN4hp3EtXKxG4m7034u8wpOrQA_bS_TDY-LA5E6S/s640/ElizabethNJ_postcard_1909.jpg" title="Post card showing the Elizabeth, New Jersey waterfront from Staten Island. Postmarked 1909." width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This shows the Elizabeth waterfront, with the spires of St. Patrick's just right of center. This scene would have been familiar to my Dixon oystermen earlier in the decade. By 1911 is seems like they had gone on to other, more landlocked, jobs.<br />
This postcard was postmarked in Elizabeth on June 28, 1909, and again in San Bernardino, CA on July 3. <br />
Six days coast-to-coast. Not bad!<br />
[If you're kin to Louise Scheerer, who sent the card, or Mina Krieger, who recieved it, drop me a note.]</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6tDED5Le2cJaZwV4m45l71o_l0XjwGL-rBhsikNG_2Y20CIhGkeiAf2jd9D03T5SaAAH6A1CbIk2wI3SI-xvV-CuMFJiIYcCanNEbjzwxVHxQF6UEoIvprgeLPvc862r_6rdTnRBz3Dd/s1600/Elizabeth_First_St_trolley_1904-1916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Street scene on First Street, Elizabeth, NJ. Children wait on the corners as a streetcar approaches. Oppenhimer's Fancy Goods store is also seen. The publisher, Elizabeth Novelty Co. was in exisitance between 1904 and 1916." border="0" data-original-height="1003" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6tDED5Le2cJaZwV4m45l71o_l0XjwGL-rBhsikNG_2Y20CIhGkeiAf2jd9D03T5SaAAH6A1CbIk2wI3SI-xvV-CuMFJiIYcCanNEbjzwxVHxQF6UEoIvprgeLPvc862r_6rdTnRBz3Dd/s640/Elizabeth_First_St_trolley_1904-1916.jpg" title="First Street in Elizabeth, New Jersey between 1904 and 1916." width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aside from the fact that the streets seem to be populated entirely by children, this is how First Street in Elizabeth<br />
would have looked around 1911. Note the trolley, similar to those in New York City. Maybe some of the passengers<br />
were heading for Oppenhimer's Fancy Goods store the on the left.<br />
This card was printed by the Elizabeth Novelty Co., which was in existance between 1904 and 1916.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-15972998592144868202018-05-29T03:00:00.000-07:002018-06-02T09:57:39.975-07:00Wallace B. Dixon : WWII Deferment Classifications<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvD44uQM6LBMR_jWM_LlmdNXQoaUJliPrwF45DGIyCteicuEQYLdcIF7BX0Vn6BnDfyZ2tX27fVC7CnCTHvoaB0lrSZVH_KAIiNkAsn99a6V3B9DDul_4r04B29cTm_jsojtg49vh6y1si/s1600/DIXON-Wallace_B_Draft_Card_1940a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Selective Service Registration Certificate, WWII, Wallace B. Dixon, 1940." border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1150" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvD44uQM6LBMR_jWM_LlmdNXQoaUJliPrwF45DGIyCteicuEQYLdcIF7BX0Vn6BnDfyZ2tX27fVC7CnCTHvoaB0lrSZVH_KAIiNkAsn99a6V3B9DDul_4r04B29cTm_jsojtg49vh6y1si/s400/DIXON-Wallace_B_Draft_Card_1940a.jpg" title="Selective Service Registration Certificate, 1940, Wallace B. Dixon." width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selective Service Registration Certificate, 1940</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Wallace B. Dixon registered for the Draft on 16 October 1940 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (1) He was 35 years old, and was living at 763 S. Broad St. with his wife Sophie, and their children, Wally, Jr. and Mary.<br />
<br />
As noted in my <a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2018/05/wallace-b-dixon-shift-breaker-1942.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>, my grandfather was issued an ID card in 1942, by the US Coast Guard, indicating his work for Standard Oil of NJ, which involved transport and storage of oil.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSnu-MRUzuckE4nIjp1ZTek4GoIO4bnLHMb9aozpKfNpGHBt-c1isDWAsCRQ8mDtBnwDrGXOyX2ne3Jv0KXWEUnKp8BUjWYfBagrvwJxuMGrrUPdKLapSnEcQ-di0mPQ_Lis8TeIlNEzv/s1600/DIXON-Wallace_B_Draft_Card_1943_2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Notice of classification, 22 Sept 1943, Wallace B. Dixon, Class 3-A." border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1150" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSnu-MRUzuckE4nIjp1ZTek4GoIO4bnLHMb9aozpKfNpGHBt-c1isDWAsCRQ8mDtBnwDrGXOyX2ne3Jv0KXWEUnKp8BUjWYfBagrvwJxuMGrrUPdKLapSnEcQ-di0mPQ_Lis8TeIlNEzv/s400/DIXON-Wallace_B_Draft_Card_1943_2a.jpg" title="1943 Notice of Classification for Wallace B. Dixon." width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1943 Notice of Classification, 3-A, men with dependants,<br />
not engaged in work essential to national defense.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
I don't know what his classification was from his draft registration in 1940 until 1942, but I have his classification cards from 1943 and 1944. <i>[I'll update this post when I've recieved his classification files from NARA.]</i><br />
<br />
On 22 September 1943, the local Draft Board determined that Wally be classified as 3-A, which is "<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Men with dependents, not engaged in work essential to national defense."(2) (3)</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">In 1943, Wally and his family were still living at the S. Broad St. address.(4) His son, Wally, Jr., would not graduate from high school until the following year. His daughter, Mary, would graduate in 1945.(5)</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">According to a note written by Wally, and a copious number of photographs, he and possibly Sophie, and certainly Wally, Jr. spent time between 1943 and 1945 living in Miami, Florida.(6) It seems likely that Mary remained in Elizabeth, living either with her mother or her maternal grandparents, Constantine and Alice (Rimkus) Karvoius.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Two
other pieces of official ephemera also prove that, at least starting on
13 March 1944, Wally was living at 340 NE 17th Terrace in Miami, and
continued to do so until some time after 28 September 1944. Both of
these State of Florida driver's licenses list that address, and also
give an occupation of "inspector." (7)</span></span> </span></span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifr64RA7t42C97moOCzOJRnGA1meky4ql20edL1uOImVp0HKvmcPRrN9pI-0jQdH_SRnI5g0_LdpyQHPIm1q0jqSxpk2svifhSYas9Iz9CGnvNCm21vHDPm2ckOj8DqxmoUcniNc8oow-x/s1600/DIXON-Wallace_B_License_1944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Florida Driver's License issued 13 March 1944 to Wallace B. Dixon, "inspector," living in Miami." border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1600" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifr64RA7t42C97moOCzOJRnGA1meky4ql20edL1uOImVp0HKvmcPRrN9pI-0jQdH_SRnI5g0_LdpyQHPIm1q0jqSxpk2svifhSYas9Iz9CGnvNCm21vHDPm2ckOj8DqxmoUcniNc8oow-x/s400/DIXON-Wallace_B_License_1944.jpg" title="Florida Driver's License, 1944, Wallace B. Dixon" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1944 Florida Driver's License</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEn3nS4ZElfodXxQfeyeq1ecx_zCJMzpTyQftRgdjPqobEPQzRRTgQFP9v0PHH9i4raMsZhZfYhdX4ZEa1AigTj9DsjFCVogfwSUM_rbAXuO5ylwwmLOlOtrYeke9P-DLsVL3_g9Pm-Skb/s1600/DIXON-Wallace_B_License_1945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Florida Driver's License issued to Wallace B. Dixon on 20 Sept 1945, "inspector," living in Miami." border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1600" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEn3nS4ZElfodXxQfeyeq1ecx_zCJMzpTyQftRgdjPqobEPQzRRTgQFP9v0PHH9i4raMsZhZfYhdX4ZEa1AigTj9DsjFCVogfwSUM_rbAXuO5ylwwmLOlOtrYeke9P-DLsVL3_g9Pm-Skb/s400/DIXON-Wallace_B_License_1945.jpg" title="Florida Driver's Licence, 1945, Wallace B. Dixon" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1945 Florida Driver's License</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I had always assumed that the time my grandparents spent in Florida was related to some health issues, but I think now that they were related to his job, "inspector"[?], with Standard Oil. None of the classification cards indicate deferrment based on health issues.</span></span><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTBpyNsC20hM5L0U_I8Q2mc7Cba2wXCF3-3ZJWWa7fV3U0PHxDWaRrAaP62sU8lYarx5jHBl-tH7RW2zWpELhjfMBQgEEB0wUxlx9kschTVFAGDJH2cPNet-JbZ529OFW5JNX8WYsnV8K/s1600/DIXON-Wallace_B_Draft_Card_1944_2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Selective Service Notice of Classification for Wallace B. Dixon, 25 October 1944, Class 4-A." border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1154" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTBpyNsC20hM5L0U_I8Q2mc7Cba2wXCF3-3ZJWWa7fV3U0PHxDWaRrAaP62sU8lYarx5jHBl-tH7RW2zWpELhjfMBQgEEB0wUxlx9kschTVFAGDJH2cPNet-JbZ529OFW5JNX8WYsnV8K/s400/DIXON-Wallace_B_Draft_Card_1944_2a.jpg" title="Notice of Classification, 25 Oct 1944, Wallace B. Dixon, Class 4-A." width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 1944 Notice of Classification, 4-A,<br />
men who have completed service, OR deferred by<br />
reason of age.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The first of two classification cards issued in 1944, on March 3, shows a change of classifications to 2-B. (8) Class 2 deferrments were based on occupational status, and 2-B indicates "men necessary to national defense." (3) </span></span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnjncj0YYNYz5wIFu-p24N6B4q5PZm6KXmHU3HQ54mJK6zXiw_j5LGzRZKR_Fep7iD3Z9j_cuz9Vtn7WO4WJPgCODBYeF6NYcSGLB11xj9wiaHdredg96A3anu8gBRC2XQV3eo9U3pBkL/s1600/DIXON-Wallace_B_Draft_Card_1944a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Selective Service Notice of Classification for Wallace B. Dixon, 3 March 1944, Class 2-B." border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1150" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnjncj0YYNYz5wIFu-p24N6B4q5PZm6KXmHU3HQ54mJK6zXiw_j5LGzRZKR_Fep7iD3Z9j_cuz9Vtn7WO4WJPgCODBYeF6NYcSGLB11xj9wiaHdredg96A3anu8gBRC2XQV3eo9U3pBkL/s400/DIXON-Wallace_B_Draft_Card_1944a.jpg" title="Notice of Classification, 3 March 1944, Wallace B. Dixon, Class 2-B." width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">March 1944 Notice of Classification, 2-B,<br />
men necessary to national defense.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The second card issued in October of that year classifies Wally as 4-A.(9) Category 4 is for men "deferred specifically by law or because unfit for military service." His categorization as 4-A, which is "men who have completed service," was generally not considered at time of war according to one source (3), is also listed as "man deferred by reason of age" in another source. After 31 August 1945, that included men who were age 26 or older. (10) </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Either way, his deferrment from active military duty lasted for the duration of World War II.</span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Sources</span></span></span></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(1) Defense Security Service D. S. S. registration certificate, D.S.S. Form 2, 16 October 1940; privately held by Elizabeth Traina Ackermann, 2018. <i>Wallace Bernard Dixon, 763 S. Broad St Elizabeth Union N.J. has been duly registered on this 16th day of October 1940</i>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(2) Local Board No. 11, Elizabeth, NJ Selective Service Classification Card, 22 September 1943; privately held by Elizabeth Traina Ackermann, 2018. DSS Form 57. <i>Wallace Bernard Dixon, Order No. 1585 has been classified in Class 3-A (H).</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(3) "Military Classifications for Draftees." Compiled by Anne Yoder, Archivist, Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 2007. [http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/conscientiousobjection/MilitaryClassifications.htm] Updated 2011 and 2014. Viewed 28 May 2018.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(4) Wallace Bernard Dixon (Roselle, New Jersey), "Handwritten list compiled by writer", After 1974; privately held by Elizabeth Traina Ackermann, 2018. <i>List of cars owned and residence addresses. 153 Clark Place 1925-1929. 239 Marshal St Store 1929-1934. Garfield St. Li[nden] 1934-1934. <b>763 So. Broad St. 1934-1943. 340 NE 17th Terr [Miami, FL] 1943-1945.</b> 214 Inslee Place 1945-1952. 1023 Thompson Ave Ro.[selle] 1952-.</i></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(5) </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yearbook Staff, <i>TeeJay: Yearbook of Thomas Jefferson High School</i>
(Elizabeth, New Jersey: Senior Class of Thomas Jefferson High School,
1944), no page numbers; Senior Class Photos; Class Will; Class Mirror.</span></span>
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Battin Hish School, "Commencement Program 1945", (N.p.; left center page). Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey. 1945. Elizabeth Traina Ackermann, 2018; inherited from her mother, Mary E. (Dixon) Traina. </span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Mary E. Dixon is listed among the graduates.</span></span></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(6) "Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Multiple Registrations", digital image, The National Archives, Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Multiple Registrations. NARA Record Group 147. Draft Registration Cards for Florida, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947. Fold3.com (https://www.fold3.com/image/607556630). Downloaded 9 December 2017. <i>Wallace Andrew Dixon, living in Miami, Dade, Florida. Registration dated 8 July 1944.</i></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(7) </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">State of Florida Driver's Licenses, issued in 1944 and 1945 to Wallace B.
Dixon; privately held by Elizabeth
Ackermann, [<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">address for private use</span>], 2018.
Inherited by his daughter, Mary E. Dixon Traina, and then by her
daughter, E. Ackermann.
</span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Licenses give birth date, physical
description, occupation [Inspector] and address of Wallace B. Dixon. </span></span></i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(8) Local Board No. 11, Union County Selective Service Classification Notice, 3 March 1944; privately held by Elizabeth Traina Ackermann, 2018. DSS Form 57. <i>Wallace Bernard Dixon, Order No. 1585, Class 2-B.</i></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(9) Local Board No. 11 Selective Service Classification Certificate, 25 Oct 1944; privately held by Elizabeth Traina Ackermann, Christiansburg, Virginia, 2018. DSS Form 57. Local Board No. 11, Union County, NJ, Old City Hall, Elizabeth. <i>Wallace Bernard Dixon, Order No. 1585 has been classified in Class 4-A. </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">(10)" </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Selective Service System Classifications for WWI, WWII, and PWWII through 1976</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">." Computer UFO Network [</span></span>http://www.cufon.org/CRG/memo/74911231.html], 28 May 2018. <i>This is, admitedly, a website dedicated to providing "accurate" information on unidentified flying objects. They don't indicate a source for their information, but it seems to mostly agree with the list from Swarthmore, source number 3 on this page.</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-31485596284618484432018-05-27T11:08:00.000-07:002018-05-27T11:08:00.479-07:00Wallace B. Dixon : Shift Breaker 1942My Grandfather didn't serve in the Military during WWII. But that's not to say that he didn't serve his country. As an employee of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Gramps was involved with oil transport and storage – a vital war-time function.<br />
<br />
This identification card (1) issued by the US Coast Guard and signed by the Captian of the Port of New York, is a treasure, as it gives a glimpst at his service in 1942, and also includes a photo and a physical description.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssIBZQAtJLxsQRdmLTKl-_z2-TI6SBw9RbtclFOzTGrV2-G4nWRw_6O2aVDJf2EyJtxEGCOyXf9rdSyiCoYv2MlsHQRjlMY_kI-YijZARqBY5hwnMT_xv7aJgqqXR5yYB-ciAmMR4D8Lu/s1600/DIXON-Wallace_B_Coast_Guard_ID_1942a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Wallace B. Dixon, employed by Standard Oil of N.J., was issued an ID card by the US Coast Guard Captain of the Port of New York in 1942." border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1206" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssIBZQAtJLxsQRdmLTKl-_z2-TI6SBw9RbtclFOzTGrV2-G4nWRw_6O2aVDJf2EyJtxEGCOyXf9rdSyiCoYv2MlsHQRjlMY_kI-YijZARqBY5hwnMT_xv7aJgqqXR5yYB-ciAmMR4D8Lu/s400/DIXON-Wallace_B_Coast_Guard_ID_1942a.jpg" title="US Coast Guard ID Card for Wallace B. Dixon, 1942" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wallace B. Dixon's US Coast Guard ID card, 1942. (1)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqW8SmplL9ssnvSPxKOFRv_8AImihrCv-pzPNCJMalyJMR0GqOl2CmVCDVcWgBxkSz2kXE2oo-A5dIJfKe59Vl6yytLeJtwjTu0ZkxdfPyRTcT-rrDkGknm2LLmYYIuHu2jO4c8EyST80Y/s1600/DIXON-Wallace_B_Coast_Guard_ID_1942b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Wallace B. Dixon pictured on reverse of US Coast Guard ID card, issued in 1942 when he was employed by Standard Oil of NJ" border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="1600" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqW8SmplL9ssnvSPxKOFRv_8AImihrCv-pzPNCJMalyJMR0GqOl2CmVCDVcWgBxkSz2kXE2oo-A5dIJfKe59Vl6yytLeJtwjTu0ZkxdfPyRTcT-rrDkGknm2LLmYYIuHu2jO4c8EyST80Y/s400/DIXON-Wallace_B_Coast_Guard_ID_1942b.jpg" title="Reverse of US Coast Guard ID card for Wallace B. Dixon, with signature, photo, and physical description." width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back of the Coast Guard ID card. <br />My Grandfather was 37 years old when this photo was taken.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
A "shift breaker," according to the Petroleum Dictionary by Lalia Phipps Boone, is also sometimes known as a "swing man."<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
A worker who replaces other operators when they are off duty. The rotating shift causes a gap in the regular line-up, and since operation in a refinery must be continuous, a worker must be employed who is trained for several positions. He is next in line for promotion, and since he is qualified for more than one position, he is a very valuable employee. (2)</blockquote>
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sources</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1. Captain of the Port of New York, United States Coast Guard identification card, 28 Apr 1942; privately held by Elizabeth Traina Ackermann, Christiansburg, Virginia, 2018. Card 0?1, Serial Number 427664. Wallace Bernard Dixon, Shift Breaker, Oil Move. & Stor.; Employed or sponsored by Standard Oil Co. of N.J.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2. Boon, Lalia Phipps. <u>The Petroleum Dictionary</u>. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, Oklahoma. 1952. p. 300. Viewed on Archive.org [
https://archive.org/stream/petroleumdiction00boon/petroleumdiction00boon_djvu.txt], 27 May 2018. </span>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-37912091206000493092018-05-11T10:50:00.000-07:002018-05-11T10:50:09.907-07:00My Great-Grandmother Owned a Monkey<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://78.media.tumblr.com/d6bb8d6f1a2c525b95804a56773ec858/tumblr_mlny46ogLA1so1fr6o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="419" height="400" src="https://78.media.tumblr.com/d6bb8d6f1a2c525b95804a56773ec858/tumblr_mlny46ogLA1so1fr6o1_500.jpg" width="242" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>
<span style="font-size: small;">Not my grandma, not her monkey!</span></h4>
See the original on the fascinating<br />
Tumbler Blog<br />
"<a href="http://anunnaturalhistory.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">An Unnatural History</a>."</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Oh, how I wish I had a photo of Mary Elizabeth (Klein) Dixon Payne and her monkey to share with you. [If, by chance, you have one, I hope you'll share it with <i>me</i>!] This Fun Family Fact comes courtesy of of a step-cousin, who's father, Thomas Payne, Jr. brought the monkey back from his Navy travels and gave it to his step-mother.<br />
<br />
Just another example of the treasures you find when you contact cousins, and step-cousins, you've never met. This particular step-cousin has shared some great information about the Payne family, and has helped me <a href="https://rootedinelizabeth.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-payne-family-part-of-merry-group.html" target="_blank">identify some photos</a>. Love it!<br />
<br />
Did anyone in your family have unusual pets?Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-38298483204148939412018-02-18T05:58:00.000-08:002018-02-18T05:58:46.109-08:00Welcome to 2018<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Wallace A. Dixon (1926-1988) sitting in the lap of unidentified young woman. Taken in Elizabeth, NJ c. 1926-1927. Collectionn of E. Ackermann, 2018." border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFYf04KRFeMiHHv2HS9rfFem9f_zNzSi0BfMo705U2vi1QbPPgt52j76iXw8JOvmkyDx0m8uYSvKarSnguuMxMcjOQPkkIuDqF6Nv8_Nd7pqqNMPA4fbM11DrPDtKQPuIT36hmaUmwYgc/s640/DIXON-Wallace_A_1926c_uwoman_edit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Wallace A. Dixon, b. 1926. Unidentified woman. Elizabeth, NJ. Personal collection E. Ackermann 2018." width="364" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wallace A. Dixon, circa 1926, in the lap of unidentified woman.<br />Elizabeth, New Jersey. Personal collection, <br />E. Ackermann, 2018.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<h2 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Happy New Year! </h2>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I generally start my year on the blog with a baby, a traditional icon of new beginnings in the New Year. This year's New Kid on the block is my dear Uncle Wally [Wallace A. Dixon, 1926-1988] in the lap of someone I don't know. Not his mother, not any of his maternal aunts. Possibilities include paternal aunts, or possibly a cousin or family friend. If you recognize her, give me a shout. [Hey! It's a two-for-one! New Years baby and a Mystery Photo! Yippee!]</div>
<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537240854338926578.post-83999621764010349112017-12-13T03:30:00.000-08:002017-12-10T08:14:56.053-08:00A Musical Interlude<h2>
Jingle Bells!</h2>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwLa2fGMZYW-6N5SxiEzEQK3UdA8I-lOMHYTKlaup5_zkwX9Id7gb42oTH41kXrgcatdKn-LYVxNcK-krlPrA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I have had this music box since I was quite young (1960's). The angel is missing her wings, some of her hair, and she should be holding a little Christmas tree. Also, there is a small tree missing from the base. But it still plays! In fact, I just set it out on the mantel and the start pin slipped out enough that it started on it's own.<br />
<br />
I can remember taking the base apart to "see how it worked" when I was a kid. I'm glad I didn't tinker with the moving parts and break the music box.<br />
<br />
In the background you see a small feather tree that is about the same vintage, and one of the lamps that used to grace my Grandma Dixon's bedroom dresser.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079138484228587416noreply@blogger.com0