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Saturday, August 28, 2010

History: Matawan Journal, May 1870

Here are a couple notices and advertisements from the last page (page 4) of the May 1870 issue of The Matawan Journal.

Christian Straub bought out the interests of his partner in a butcher business in Matawan.

MEAT MARKET

The undersigned having purchased the interest of his partner, P G Snediker,  will continue the business at the OLD STAND, where he will keep on hand a good stock of Fresh and Corned BEEF, Fresh and CORNED Pork, Sausage, Headcheese, Pure LARD of my own make, &c. CHRISTIAN STRAUB

The 1870 Federal Census shows Christian Straub as a 29 year old butcher born in Wurttemberg, Germany. He was enumerated as head of household in Matawan, along with his wife, Caroline (23 years old, born in Prussia), son John (2 NJ), daughter Christina (1 NJ), and brother Frederick (34, Wurttemberg), who was also a butcher. Christian's real estate was worth $7,000 and personal property was valued at $2,000.

Patterson G Snediker was enumerated in 1860 as a tailor in Middletown Point with $100 in personal property and in 1870 as a peddler of pottery wares with $2,000 in real estate in Matawan. He was born about 1833 in New Jersey and had a wife and three children.

The Straub brothers appear together in the 1860 Federal Census in New York City (Manhattan, Ward 11, District 6), where they are listed as scavengers by trade.

The 1900 Federal Census shows Christian Straub as head of a household in South Amboy. He is 59 years old, born in April 1841 in Germany to German parents. The census says he came to the US in 1842 and is a naturalized citizen. He is listed as the proprietor of a butcher shop. He is widowed and has six daughters and two sons (ages 10 to 30) living with him, as well as a 30 year old servant from Germany named Oscar Switzer.

The Glenwood Collegiate Institute announced its opening in February 1871.

GLENWOOD COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE 
opens FEB 7th with a full corps of ten able and 
EXPERIENCED TEACHERS. 
Young ladies desirous of obtaining a thorough 
education will here find every advantage and 
superior facilities afforded for the study of 
PAINTING and MUSIC. 
The building has been enlarged and improved, 
and now presents new attractive and increased 
accommodations for boarding pupils. 
For admission and further information, apply early to: 
A T Howard, A M
Matawan, Aug 1869         Principal

Henry J James placed an advertisement for his jewelry shop.

HENRY J JAMES, JEWELER, 
MATAWAN, NEW JERSEY
Fine JEWELRY, SILVER WARE
WATCHES & CLOCKS
AGENT for the AMERICAN WATCH
STERLING SILVER & PLATED
WARE, suitable for Wedding & Holiday PRESENTS
Special attention given to the repairing of Fine Watches and Jewelry

Henry James, age 35, born in England, appears in the 1870 Federal Census in Matawan, along with his wife, Agnes (35, England) and a seamstress named Elizabeth Currie (35, England).

A well-to-do 79 year old widow named Susan Bailey resided with them in 1870. She had $12,000 in real estate and $2,000 in personal property. The 1850 and 1860 censuses show this woman to be the wife of Dudley P Bailey, a merchant. They were living in Raritan Township in 1850 and Middletown Point in 1860 and were said to have been born in New Hampshire, while the 1870 census said she was born in Maine. There were three young Baileys living with them in 1850 -- Caleb (16, Massachusetts, possibly a grandson), Caroline (36, Maine, possibly a daughter-in-law), and Susan (10, Texas, possibly a granddaughter). Caroline and Susan were with them in the 1860 record.

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