History: State Route 35 South at GSP Exit 117 in October 1956

My wife came across this interesting video from the Jack Kirby Archives showing a driver exiting the Garden State Parkway at Exit 117 on 6 October 1956. He headed south on Route 35, turned right on Bethany Road, then made a left into a new housing development under construction in Holmdel.

I've made a timeline of this short video and added some stills from the video. Although I've been careful, I'm sure I've omitted some observations and made some mistakes. I'd be interested in your additions and corrections.

• 0:10 Garden State Parkway Exit 117; Sign: Matawan/Keyport
• 0:22 Sign: Keyport/Keansburg (left arrow); Middletown (right arrow); Keyport water tower in distance
• 0:26 Merged onto Route 35 South - view in distance of Route 35 North overpass

0:29 Sign; Route 35 N visible in background

• 0:29 Sign: Red Bank/Asbury Park (right arrow); Keansburg/Atlantic Highlands (left arrow)
• 0:31 Signs: Route 35 (right arrow); Route 36 (left arrow); tall, narrow sign across the highway, illegible
• 0:33 Beers Street intersection on right?

0:36 Turn in road before current Home Depot

• 0:35 Turn in roadway approaching entrance to current Home Depot; Sign: Briarcliff Homes 
• 0:37 Sign: Route 35 Red Bank/Eatontown/Asbury Park
• 0:38 Sign: Old Manor Estates

0:38 View of Route 35 S heading towards Holmdel Road

• 0:40 Sign: Split Rock Estates, Turn Right; downslope heading towards Holmdel Road

0:44 Dutch Motel; unidentified restaurant

• 0:44 Signs: Esso (right); Dutch Motel (right); restaurant (right); Texaco (left)
• 0:45 At Holmdel Road & Route 35

0:46 Old Manor Estates sign; Sunoco garage

• 0:46 Sign: Old Manor Estates, Turn Here, from $14,990
• 0:48 Sunoco garage

0:52 Restaurant with airplane on roof; steaks and chops

• 0:52 Restaurant with airplane on roof near roadway; sells steaks and chops; possibly nearing Hazlet Avenue intersection

• 0:58 Signs: Foxwood Homes (right); Molly Pitcher Inn (left, in distance)
• 1:00 Sign: Turn right at Bethany Road

1:03 Fitzgerald's Green Acres Bar

• 1:03 Fitzgerald's Green Acres Bar
• 1:07 Sign: Raritan Ridge, left turn
• 1:08 Sign: Old Manor Estates, Holmdel Township, 200 Feet Turn Right

1:11 Farm stand and truck

• 1:11 Farm stand, possibly Casola Farms; old truck has an illegible business identified on side
• 1:14 Bethany Road

1:19 Bethany Road railroad crossing, looking southwest

• 1:19 Bethany Road railroad crossing
• 1:25 Bethany Road at intersection with Telegraph Hill Road (on left)
• 1:31 Old Manor Estates model homes on left and right side of Bethany Road; parking area  on right

1:39 Bethany Road approaching construction site

• 1:39 Bethany Road - approaching Old Manor Estates construction site
• 1:46 Bethany Road - major construction site
• 1:56 Bethany Road - Newly built Old Manor Estates homes

Notes:

FITZGERALD'S GREEN ACRES BAR

The 18 Mar 1981 edition of The Bayshore Independent contains the obituary of Frank G Havey, of Hazlet, who moved to the area in 1958 and worked as manager at Fitzgerald's Green Acres Bar for eight years.

SGT PEPPER'S CLUB

The restaurant with the airplane on the roof was originally called Hazlet Lunch and was operated by Bill Kahlert, according to Hazlet Township, pp 12-13, by William B Longo. Kahlert was a pilot and owned his own plane. A plane was added to the roof at one point and the restaurant became a local landmar,, according to Longo, who said the luncheonette closed in the early 1970s and reopened as a disco later that decade. (Check out Longo's old photos, post cards)

A Keyport Facebook group consensus was that Hazlet Lunch later became known as Sergeant Pepper's and then The Red Barron, burning to the ground sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s. The group said it was located where the Midas service center is situated today, near the Hazlet Fairgrounds and the Buhler automobile dealership.

The 29 Aug 1979 edition of the Bayshore Independent (pg 2)  reported on the 24 Aug 1979 fire that destroyed Sgt Pepper's Club on the eve of its reopening. Heat lamps being used to dry a new coat of polyurethane on the bar caused the fire, according to officials. The roof caved in and the airplane fell inside the burning structure. The club, which operated for two years as Sgt Pepper's, operated as a go-go bar during the day and a rock-n-roll club at night. It had been closed for two months due to ABC violations related to the go-go bar. It had previously been called The Hangar, The Red Baron, and The Hazlet Lunch. The owner planned to rebuild.

25 Mar 2016 Note: Timeline of video has been edited above based on feedback in comments below.

History: Large Prohibition-Era Still Operated for Months on South Concourse (1934)

According to the 21 Dec 1934 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 1 col 8), two persons were arrested at a home on South Concourse in Cliffwood Beach for operating a 2,500 gallon still. The device filled the house from cellar to attic, according to officials. One of those arrested had to be smoked out of an escape tunnel built from the basement to a place behind the garage.

The article said the site was a red brick house at the entrance to South Concourse. The original property owner, who lived in New York, built the house in his spare time over a two year period in the late 1920s. The building and loan foreclosed on him when hard times hit and the house fell into disuse. A renter took the property and made significant improvements about six months prior to the raid.

This event is mentioned on pg 108 of Matawan and Aberdeen: Of Town and Field, by Helen Henderson.

Route 35 Construction at Cliffwood - Update

NJ DOT funded road construction at the Route 35/Cliffwood Avenue intersection seems to be winding down. Cliffwood Avenue now has three lanes (left, straight and right) coming out of Cliffwood Beach. The final paving job is not done, but new sidewalks and curbs have been added, new traffic lights installed, and some landscaping has been done. The old Burlew's Pizzeria lot seems free of construction equipment and supplies. Amboy Avenue no longer connects with Cliffwood Avenue. Bagelicious should be pleased to have traffic coming and going normally again.

I noticed Monday morning that the land movers had moved to the Route 35/Amboy Avenue intersection and there was digging going on along the McDonald's property. Construction at Amboy Avenue can be expected to last well into 2015. Those of you who switched to Amboy Avenue to avoid the Cliffwood Avenue intersection will now have to rethink that strategy.

Final paving and line painting will likely finish up the project sometime next year.

Route 35 Road Work - Intersections Update

I discovered more details about the Cliffwood Avenue and Amboy Avenue intersection road work at the NJ Department of Transportation website tonight. It helps explain what the final outcome of the road work will be. The elaboration could have always been there, but I didn't notice it. If so, mea culpa.

So, on Cliffwood Avenue passing the A&P Shopping Center, entering Cliffwood Beach, they are adding a right turn lane. On the Goodwill side of the road, leaving Cliffwood Beach, they are adding a thru lane, resulting in a left turn lane, a thru lane, and a right turn lane.

Amboy Avenue will get an additional thru lane and improved traffic light sequencing to improve traffic flow onto southbound Route 35 (towards Hazlet). For safety reasons, they plan to close the road behind McDonald's that connects Amboy Avenue with Cliffwood Avenue.

A lot of the digging between Cliffwood Avenue and Amboy Avenue has been to add storm drainage. You can read the 2013 notice about the overall construction project here. They were calling for the work to be completed in 2015. The biggest part of the job, lifting Route 35 and adding new culverts through the area that routinely flooded, seems to be done. The intersection work at Cliffwood Avenue has quite a ways to go yet.

History: Trolley on Main Street, Matawan

Trolley days on Main Street in Matawan.

History: Joseph Rose (1809 - 1877)

Joseph Rose, a prominent businessman and Democratic New York City revenue official, relocated to the Cliffwood section of Matawan Township in 1860 after an infirmity brought an early end to his hectic city life. He had purchased a farm in Cliffwood about 1832 and owned a large home on County Road, so he and his family were well acquainted with the Bayshore. He is recognized in New York City history for playing a role in the purchase of Central Park. Local history in Matawan recognizes him for selling the land used in the development of Rose Hill Cemetery. He served one term as a Monmouth County Freeholder representing Matawan Township.

Below are some research notes on Joseph Rose and his wife and children:

Joseph Rose was born 25 Oct 1809 in Manhattan, New York, son of Joseph Rose, who was born in 1768 in Manhattan, New York and died on 21 Nov 1852 in Matawan, according to notes at Find-A-Grave.

The 1820 Federal Census includes a Joseph Rose in the 10th Ward of New York, NY with a male less than 10 (Joseph Jr), a male 26-44 (Joseph?), and a female 26-44 (Joseph's wife).

He married Frances Stanton Willet on 23 Oct 1827, according to notes at Find-a-Grave.

The 1830 Federal Census includes a Joseph Rose, Jr in New Barbadoes, Bergen County, NJ with 1 male 20-29 (Joseph), 1 male 30-39 (?), and 1 male 60-69 (Joseph Sr?), 1 female less than 5 (?), and 1 female 20-39 (Frances). 

The 1840 Federal Census includes a Joseph Rose in the 17th Ward of New York, NY with 2 males under 5 (sons Joseph and George), 2 males 15-19 (laborers?), 1 male 20-29 (Joseph), 1 female under 5 (daughter?), 1 female 20-29 (Frances). There were 3 persons in manufacture and trade (Joseph and two laborers).

The 1850 Federal Census lists Joseph Rose, Jr (40 NY), a gun smith in the 4th Ward of Manhattan, NY with $8,000 in real property, with wife Frances S Rose (42 MA), sons Joseph Rose (15 NY), George Rose (13 NY) , William Rose (10 NY) and Cordelia Rose (5 NY). Also in the household was Mary Curran, of Ireland.

The 1860 Federal Census lists Joseph Rose (50 NY), a farmer in Matawan with $30,000 in real property and $6,000 in personal property, with wife Frances S Rose (50 MA) and daughter Cordelia Rose (15 NY). Also in the household were Thomas and Margaret Martin, farm laborer and servant, respectively, of Ireland. Also in the household weree Jacob Seal of Wirtemburg, farm laborer, and Mary Rose (18 NY), possibly another daughter.

The 1870 Federal Census lists Joseph Rose (60 NY), a farmer in Matawan with $35,000 in real property and $30,000 in personal property, with wife Frances S Rose (50 CT). Also in the household were three farm laborers and an elderly man named Clark Phelee (74 NY).

Joseph Rose died 4 Dec 1877 in Matawan, according to notes at Find-a-Grave.

His obituary appeared in the 8 Dec 1877 edition of The Matawan Journal. The text (as much as I could read) is found below:

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OBITUARY - MR JOSEPH ROSE

     ---, one of the oldest residents of this township. For two or three days it had been reported that he was very ill; but so vigorous had he always seemed that few anticipated a fatal result. He had been complaining for two or three weeks, but was not confined to his bed until Friday last, and from that time he seemed to fall into a frequent stupor and unconsciousness, and died on Tuesday morning, 4th inst, at 9 o'clock. The cause of his sudden death was Bright's disease of the kidneys, and the rapid degeneration of these organs produced a condition of anemia which hastened his end.

     Mr Rose was a gentleman of intelligence, integrity of moral character, sociability and possessed of a very warm and benevolent nature. He began business in New York city in very early life, was married before he was nineteen, and growing up with the growth of the city he won to him very many friends by the close adherence to business, promptness in all his business engagements and strict honesty in all his dealings.

     While a resident of New York, he represented the city in the Legislature for one term and refused renomination. He was a Democrat in politics and a warm partisan. He served for two terms as Collector of City Revenue under Comptroller Flagg, and his integrity was held so high that on the election of Comptroller Haws, though politically an opponent, he was urged to remain in his position, and he continued as Collector of the Revenue until compelled by vertigo to resign. He, as occupying the above place, had much to do with negotiating the purchase of Central Park.

     He was an officer in the old City Guards and an intimate associate of Hon John Kelly, Judge Chas P Daley and other prominent men of New York.

     About 45 years ago he purchased a farm at Cliffwood and has ever since been the owner of the same. He owned the site of Rose Hill Cemetery and sold it to the cemetery corporation. That place is honored with his name, and in it is his family plot where his remains will be interred. For several years prior to his permanent removal to New Jersey his family spent their summers at Cliffwood. Shortly after the severe attack of vertigo that compelled him to give up a lucrative position and a profitable business besides, he removed in 1860 to his farm and has for the past 17 years resided among us, endearing himself to this community, and during the time represented the township for one term to the Board of Freeholders.

     On the 23rd of October last, only about six weeks ago, a merry company gathered at his residential home to join with him and his wife in celebration : their golden wedding. We referred then to the miniature sheaf of wheat overhanging their bed, less a symbol of ripening years. ---------- it becomes also the symbol of his having been gathered in by the great harvester, Death.

     Mr Rose will be missed not alone by his widow and large family of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, but the whole community, and in his benevolence his loss will be keenly felt by many living in the immediate vicinity of his home.

     The funeral will take place on Monday next, 10th inst, at 1:30 pm, the long delay being occasioned that the youngest son, from Colorado, might be present at the funeral.

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See also the 8 Sep 2013 article of the blog From Maine to Kentucky, which contains a rendering of the above obituary, along with images of the original text.

In 1853, the State of New York authorized the purchase of 700 acres of Manhattan for the establishment of Central Park. See Central Park History.

The 28 Oct 1893 edition of The New York Times carried the obituary of Frances Stanton Rose, widow of Joseph Rose. She died suddenly at Morristown, NJ in the 87th year of her age. Her funeral was to be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan on 28 October at 11 am. Directions to take the train from New York were provided.

Cliffwood Avenue Construction Update

The construction crew has carved out the framework for an additional lane for northbound Cliffwood Avenue on the Cliffwood Beach side of the Route 35 intersection. The new lane will run from the traffic light to just past Sweetbriar Street.

The above Google Street View image is a useful Before image, probably from a few months ago. The cut away for the new lane goes as far as the telephone pole next to the light blue house in the image, leaving the nearby tree's roots exposed. Workers were up on a cherry picker on Saturday morning at the intersection, perhaps moving power or telephone lines.

The new lane matches work done last month on Cliffwood Avenue along the A&P Shopping Center side of the road. The shopping center has lost a good bit of the grassy margin, all the way up to the shrubs.

Presumably this new lane will make traversing this intersection a bit easier next school session.

Watch for Church Street Detour 28-29 July 2014

Monmouth County will be repaving Church Street between Broad and Atlantic (past Aberdeen Town Hall) 7 am to 5 pm on Monday and Tuesday 28 - 29 July 2014, according to The Atlantic Highlands Herald, which routinely publishes county press releases for some reason.

You can best avoid this local hotspot by taking Main to Route 34 to Lloyd Road or Lower Main to Clark St to Lloyd Road. Also keep in mind that Little Street crosses Lake Matawan to join Broad and Atlantic.

UPDATE: The county would be conducting this work for Thursday 31 July and Friday 1 August 2014, according to a township alert on Wednesday. 

Timber!

A tree has become uprooted over on Lakeshore Drive not far from the Kavanaugh Trail entrance and the Public Works Garage on Lenox Road. It is blocking the sidewalk completely.

History: Bull Run > Matawan Road > Heuser Boulevard > Matawan Avenue

As the result of some research I conducted this weekend, I have found a lot of interesting information about the history of Matawan Avenue.

Matawan Avenue appeared unlabeled in the 1873 and 1889 Monmouth County atlases following pretty much the same course that it does today. Rather than meeting Ravine Drive at Lake Lefferts, the two roads merged at Matawan Creek, which one had to cross to get to Main Street. There was no Garden State Parkway then, of course, so the road covered some territory that is now crossed by a bridge.

Through the early 1930s, the road was known locally as Bull Run for some reason. The local Civil War regiment fought at Bull Run, so perhaps there is a connection there?

In 1935, there was a reference to the road as Heuser Boulevard, perhaps after the local engineer, Richard Heuser, but the name never stuck as far as I can tell.

From the mid-1930's til the late 1950's, articles and notices in the Matawan Journal bounced back and forth between the names Matawan Road and Matawan Avenue. Matawan Road was more commonly used. There doesn't seem to have been any borough vs township association to the two names, but the road was in the area annexed by the Borough in the early 1930s, so maybe there is some rivalry involved in the use of the two names?

By the early 1960s, after a brief but awkward period of using "Old Matawan Road" and "New Matawan Avenue," usage settled on Matawan Avenue. The Garden State Parkway had taken quite a section of the town in the previous decade; the construction caused the diversion of the railroad, the displacement of homes and businesses, and a bridge had to be built over the parkway so Matawan Avenue could continue to link Cliffwood with Matawan.

The references below cover only thirty years but there was quite a bit of change in that short period of time.

The 18 Dec 1931 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 1 col 6):

     "Matawan Township started its emergency relief road program yesterday. . . Another program which is expected to put into operation, possibly tomorrow, is to grade Matawan Road, which is better known as Bull Run. The road is now being surveyed by Engineer Richard Heuser. It will be graded to its full width of 33 feet, ditches will be opened on either side and the road will be graveled. No attempt will be made this winter to raise the grade of the road in the hollow, according to Lewis H. Stemler, Chairman of the Township Committee. Mr. Stemler says to make a fill in the road at this time of the year would leave it in too bad a condition for winter travel."

The 3 Aug 1934 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 5 col 3):

     "The bridge, known by the New York and Long Branch Railroad Company as the "Mary Adams" bridge on Bull Run over the main line of the Company's tracks, is now thrown open to travel. It has practically been rebuilt. During this time the road has been closed to traffic."

The 13 Sep 1935 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 1 cols 4 - 5)

     "At the regular meeting of the Matawan Boro Council Tuesday nite held at the Boro Hall, it was decided that Matawan would prepare and submit applications for nine WPA projects. . . . After considerable discussion, the projects to be applied for, with the understanding the boro had the power to turn down the proposition later if it was so decided, included: Extending eight-inch water line along Atlantic Avenue to the water works; a six-inch water main tie up on Aberdeen Road to Heuser's corner; extending water main along Matawan Avenue, also known as Heuser Boulevard; resurfacing of Broad Street, Matawan Avenue, Church and Washington Streets; improvements to parks, such as reopening of public roads to water edge, and building tennis courts and play lots, if possible; cataloguing and rebinding of books in the library."

The 24 Feb 1949 edition of The Matawan Journal includes a legal notice "instituted for the purpose of foreclosing a certain certificate of tax sale affecting lands in the Township of Matawan, aforesaid and situate on the west side of Matawan Avenue, which tax certificate was executed by the plaintiff 's tax collecting official to the plaintiff and is dated December 2nd, 1940, and is unrecorded . . ."

The 7 Feb 1957 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 10 cols 5-6) reported road construction and repairs to a number of roads in Matawan Township, including the section of Matawan Avenue between Grove Street and the Garden State Parkway.

The 18 Sep 1958 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 14 col 2):

FIRST ELECTION DISTRICT

All that part of the Borough of Matawan, BEGINNING at a point where the center line of Main Street intersects the boundary line of the Township of Matawan, thence

• (1) along the said center line of Main Street in a southerly direction to the bridge on Main Street, south of South Street; thence 
• (2) along a line drawn down the center of the gulley crossed by the said bridge to Lake Lefferts; thence 
• (3) in a northerly direction along the easterly edge of Lake Lefferts to Prospect Point; thence
• (4) along a line drawn across Lake Lefferts from Prospect Point in a northeasterly direction to Ravine Drive; thence 
• (5) along a line drawn across the gulley to the left of Highland Avenue to a point at the end of Liberty Street, thence 
• (6) along a line parallel with Matawan Road to the gulley which runs along Aberdeen Road; thence
• (7) along a line down the center of this gulley to a point where same intersects with the center line of Matawan Road; thence 
• (8) along the said center line of Matawan Road in a northerly direction to the point where said center line of Matawan Road intersects the boundary line of the Township of Matawan; thence
• (9) along the said boundary line of the Township of Matawan to the point or place of Beginning. 

 Polling place: Hook & Ladder fire house, in back of Borough Hall.

The 24 Sep 1959 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 12 col 4) includes a public notice of sheriff's sale involving about 15 acres of land affected by the construction of the Garden State Parkway. The land description includes a mention of ". . . the road known as the public road from Cliffwood to Matawan, also known as Old Matawan Road, and sometimes called Matawan Avenue, as it was formerly located prior to its relocation by the New Jersey Highway Authority. . ."

The 1 Oct 1959 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 2 cols 6 - 8) includes legal notices involving over 9,000 acres of Matawan property affected by the construction of the Garden State Parkway. One of the legal notices appears to settle the above sheriff's sale as well as "[p]roperty located approximately 500 feet northeast of Aberdeen Road and the New Matawan Avenue [that] adjoins the southwesterly right of way of the Garden State Parkway, Borough of Matawan, New Jersey."

The 24 Aug 1961 edition of The Matawan Journal mentioned Matawan Avenue among a long list of Matawan Township roads to be repaved.

By the way, as a byproduct of working on the above, I noticed that "Origins of Aberdeen Street Names," by Aberdeen Historian Edward Fitzgerald, has disappeared from the Aberdeen Township website. I have relied on it quite a bit over the years, always finding it helpful, and I pointed to it on my blog's Research Tools tab for the benefit of fellow researchers. I hope it can either be restored to the Township page or added to the Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library's online resources.

High Tide at Cliffwood Beach on Friday the 13th

Tonight around 9 pm, my wife and I were heading home from dinner at Bertucci's. We needed gas, so we stopped in at Wawa off Cliffwood Avenue, but they waved us off, no gasoline for some reason. So we got on Route 35 North and picked up gas across from the 7 Eleven in Cliffwood Beach on the Old Bridge side of town. To get home, we took Ocean Parkway towards the Raritan Bay and crossed the Whale Creek bridge. From the heights we could see water covering the field in the park, but the roadway was clear, so we proceeded. But we could only go as far as the beginning of Lakeshore Drive, where we found waves of water approaching us. Tonight's full moon brought quite a high tide at Cliffwood Beach. The roadway and much of the park, and probably part of Greenwood Avenue, were all under 6 - 12 inches of water. A high pickup truck made it through, but we had to turn our car around.

This is the road that Aberdeen Township talked about in the 21 November 2013 edition of The Independent. They wanted to spend $180,000 to raise and repair it. The thinking was that if only the storm drains could be cleared of debris and the dunes repaired, the roadwork would revitalize the 65-acre park. Nice sentiments, but frankly, I think the Raritan Bay has other plans for these lowlands at Cliffwood Beach.

On a related note, check out Google Maps' idea of where the Cliffwood Beach Seawall is situated. They have it in the bay.

Cliffwood Beach lost power today and suffered some flash flooding due to a heavy rainstorm around dinnertime. The construction gullies along Cliffwood Avenue and Route 35 were full of rainwater tonight.

Route 35 North was reduced to a single lane through Hazlet tonight. Traffic was at a standstill. There were countless fire trucks and construction vehicles in the closed right lane from Hazlet Avenue to Holmdel Road. I assumed it was storm related, but who knows?

Route 35 Improvement Project in Full Swing

The long-awaited road improvement project on Route 35 in Aberdeen Township and Old Bridge Township has been underway for over a year now. New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJ DOT) issued a press release in March 2013 announcing its imminent start, but it didn't specify when it would end nor did it describe the full extent of the project.

All I can say is that the project is in full swing. Cliffwood Avenue and Amboy Avenue intersections are the focus of attention at the moment, with new curbs installed, sidewalks torn up and being replaced, new storm drains and pipe installed, and new traffic lights hanging over the intersection but not yet operating. The school crossing guards must be having the devil of a time getting the kids safely across the intersection with the sidewalks gone.

Route 35 northbound commuter traffic is backed up most weekday mornings through Keyport due to a right-lane closure, which forces traffic to merge into a single lane at Prospect Avenue just east of Wendy's. Lots of traffic cones, barriers, flashing lights, etc, make it hard to find your way if you need to turn at Amboy or Cliffwood Avenue. I imagine the evening commute is just as messy southbound through Laurence Harbor. Lucky for me, I ride the train and have no children currently in school.

I've avoided Route 35 north of Cliffwood Avenue for the duration of the construction, so I don't know exactly how far they've gotten with raising the road surface and adding culverts under the roadway in the notorious flood plain at the county border. But I can say the stack of concrete culverts and pipe they piled at the corner of Route 35 and Cliffwood Avenue, where Burlew's Pizzeria used to stand, has all been used up and different supplies are now sitting there. It will be great when the mounds of tarp-covered materials are gone and the gateway to Cliffwood Beach can begin to look less like a war zone.

I'm anxious to see exactly what they plan to do with the north side of Route 35 at Cliffwood Avenue, where the traffic gets snarled every morning during the morning rush. They tore down Burlew's and Moore's Bar, presumably to make room for some aspect of this project, so they have plenty of land to develop a better intersection there. They've not started adding curbs on that side of the highway, so it is hard to say what is shaping up. They're doing the curb work on the south side of Route 35 at Amboy Avenue, across from McDonald's. I'm optimistic that vehicles exiting Route 35 North at Cliffwood Avenue will be able to make their way without a struggle, but we have no details on the state's intentions for the intersection so far.

I have to say it's amazing how long it takes for such an endeavor to get started. I first reported on the impending project in this blog four years ago this week, but planning had been underway since at least 2006.

As for when the roadwork will be completed, I expect the bulk of the project will be done by the end of summer. The state initially budgeted through FY 2013 for this project, I believe, so presumably they are already late getting this done.

If someone knows more details or can refer me to a website with the information I'm seeking on the project, please be in touch.

History: The Iron Bridge, Matawan (1885-1887)

Little Street crossed the Mill Brook ravine using this iron bridge, which was built for the Monmouth County Freeholders by Dean & Westbrook in late 1887. It connected downtown Matawan with residents living to the east. (Photo: 1914)

Below are some news articles on the iron bridge built over the Mill Brook ravine in 1887.

The 13 Jun 1885 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 2 col 5) reported: "An iron bridge that was bought by the county but found too small for the place intended, is to be utilized by the careful forethought of Freeholder Dunlop, of this township, in being placed across the stream known as Mill Brook, east of Matawan on the continuation of Church street toward the water-power mill of Cartan & Co. The bridge will be placed on stone abutments and raised three or four feet higher than the present one, and the road graded up to it."

The 14 May 1887 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 2 col 4) reported: By resolution passed by the Board of Chosen Freeholders on Thursday morning, the entire Board will meet at the Matawan House, in Matawan, on Wednesday next, May 18 at 2 PM, to take into consideration the iron bridge over the ravine east of town."

The 30 Jul 1887 edition of The Matawan Journal contained an advertisement for J S Harris' grocery store, located at Little and Main Streets, which announced: "The new iron bridge will be built at the foot of Little Street in Matawan. . . ." Week after week through the summer and fall, this ad would speak of the bridge's construction in the future tense.

The 6 Aug 1887 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 2 col 4) reported: "Stone has been carted this week for the abutments for the new iron bridge over the marsh at Little street. E Sylvester has the contract for building them."

The 3 Dec 1887 edition of the Matawan Journal (pg 3 col 3) cited $5,000 as the amount of Monmouth County's first payment to Dean & Westbrook for the Matawan iron bridge, as per the county's semi-annual income and expense report as of 8 Nov 1887.

The 10 Dec 1887 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 2 col 4) reported: "The first skating of the season was on the 2d inst on the marsh near the new iron bridge. It did not last long." (Reference was made to 2 Dec 1887.)

The 17 Dec 1887 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 2 col 3) reported this item from the December 1887 meeting of the Board of Chosen Freeholders: "An invitation from Dean and Westbrook for the Board to meet at Matawan on the 10th of January next, to examine the new bridge, was accepted." The Harris grocery ad (pg 3 col 3) continued to say the bridge ". . . will be built . . ."

The 24 Dec 1887 edition of The Matawan Journal contained a revised advertisement for J S Harris' grocery store, which announced: "The new iron bridge has been built at the foot of Little Street in Matawan. . . ."

UPDATE: Bridgehunter.com added this bridge to its website about historic and notable bridges of the US on 6 June 2014.

History: Main Street, Matawan in 1910 Federal Census (1910)

The 1910 Federal Census recorded the following heads of household and employed members of household with a Main Street address in the Borough of Matawan.

Each person below was reported as white unless indicated otherwise. No building numbers were provided. The numbers below represent the order of enumerator visitations. More than one family can be captured in a single visit, although this is rare.

This listing does not include Lower Main Street addresses.

1) Mary (68 NJ), Gertrude (60 NJ) and Helen (58 NJ) Strong were sisters living in the same household. Helen was an artist who painted.
2) Frank H Slater (54 NJ) was a druggist.
3) Herbert A Bushnell (54 NY) was a travelling salesman for a quarry. His son James Bushnell (20 NJ) was an electrician for the railroad. His step-son Harold Powelson (25 CT) was a paying teller for a bank.
4) Sadie Lupton (45 NJ) had a son Roland W Lupton (16 NJ) who was a messenger for a broker's office. Her step-son Arthur B White (22 NY) was a bookkeeper for Standard Oil Co.
5) Henry Arrowsmith (65 NJ) operated an undertaker business.
6) Benjamin C Lippincott, Jr (43 OR) was a clergyman.
7) George A Fountain (70 NJ) operated a printing and paper cutting company.
8) Alonzo White, Jr (33 NJ) operated a plumbing business.
9) Charles A Geran (65 NJ) operated a retail hardware store. His son Elmer H Geran (34 NJ) was a lawyer. His son-in-law Arris B Henderson (40 NJ) managed a lithography establishment.
10) Adell Bissell (59 NJ) had a son Edsell Bissell (36 NJ) who was a confidential clerk at a bank.
11) Frederick Lupton (70 England) ran a granite and marble company. His son-in-law, Stephen C Thompson (47 NJ), owned sailing vessels.
12) James E Voorhees (28 NJ) was a bookkeeper in a bank. He and his wife had a boarder named Frank M Levett (32 NY) who was a manufacturer of silver polish etc.
13) Clinton C Straughn (37 NJ) was a physician.
14) Benjamin E Griggs (62 NJ) ran a grocery. He and his wife had a housekeeper named Harriet E Brown (62 NJ).
15) William A Arthur (65 VT) was an optician.
16) Almira B Stoddard (49 NJ) ran a retail confectioner business. Her brother, W H Barclay (36 NJ) was a traveling salesman for a paper house.
17) George B Shepherd (47 NJ) managed a grocery.
18) William B Duncan (46 NY) was a retail merchant at a commission (perhaps a commission house). His brother in law, Frederick W Maags (40 NJ), worked with baggage with the railroad.
19) Charles Heyl, (40 Germany) and Frederick Meyer (35 NJ) were partners in running a bakery. A boarder named August Ludwig (18 Germany) worked as a baker.
20) Henry H Longstreet (52 NJ) lived on his own income. Mary Sullivan (43 NJ) was a servant in the household.
21) Samuel Jacobson (30 Russia - Hebrew) was a retail clothing merchant. Boarder Morris Shapiro (22 Russia - Hebrew) was a retail fruit and confections merchant. Boarder Esther Barcan (18 Russia - Hebrew) worked as a clerk in a fruit and confections shop.
22) James Fury (44 NJ) ran a hotel. He had four employees and three boarders.
     Employees: Joseph Litkett (19 Puerto Rico - Black) was a waiter. Jacob H Gruby (35 Dutch West Indies - Black) was the cook. Gruby's wife Eliza (27 DC - Black) was a chambermaid. William Carney (20 NJ) was an attendant.
     Boarders: Robert Burns (26 NJ) was a chauffeur for a private family. Barteness Antisell (36 CA) was a foreman at a buff factory. Edward L Lisk (35 NJ) was a pottery manufacturer.
23) Charles J Matz (35 Austria) ran a tailor shop. A boarder named Antonio A Moran (20 Italy) was a tailor.
24) Robert Armellio (33 Italy) ran a shoe shop.
25) Jarret S Harris (61 NJ) was an agent at the Express Co. His son George M Harris (29 NJ) was a retail hardware merchant.
26) William H Tuthill (43 NJ) was vice president of the bank.
27) Nathan Ervin (47 NJ) was a physician.
28) Mrs Lucy Hopkins (83 NJ) had a son Edward B Hopkins (56 NJ) who was a gardener.
29) Andrew J Cartan (44 NJ) ran a grocery.
30) Theodore H Sickles (37 NJ) was a freight agent for the railroad.
31) Norman S Tice (31 NJ) was a ticket agent for the railroad.
32) Barteness Tice (57 NJ) was a farmer. His son William H Tice (28 NJ) ran a harness shop.
33) Abram P Thompson (55 NJ) was captain of a sailing vessel. His sister-in-law Sarah V Woolley (52 NJ) lived in the household.
34) Catharine Wilson (37 NJ) lived on her own income.
35) Jesse M Coddington (29 NJ) was an agent with the Express Co.
36) Catherine F Foley (42 NJ) was a seamstress.
37) Katherine Baldwin (26 NY) had a sister Jennie Keys (29 NY) who was a forewoman at the canning factory.
41) Joshua T Clowes (48 NJ) ran a confectionary.
42) Mary E Hayward (66 NJ) lived on her own income. Two public school teachers boarded with her: Lula Huntley (27 NY) and Daisy S Knauss (28 PA).
43) Delia Farry (70 NY) lived on her own income.
44) Lawrence Cartan (37 NJ) was a partner in a coal and lumber business. His brother Garrett Cartan (34 NJ) was a clerk in a grocery and dry goods store.
45) George J Linzmayer (44 Austria) ran a meat market.
46) Michael J O'Hara (38 NJ) was an engineer with the railroad. His mother in law, Mary Verbeck, was a nurse for private families.
47) Louis Macholl (43 Germany) was a barber in his own shop.
48) George Keller (31 NY) was a foreman in a foundry. His wife Emma Keller (30 NY) ran a confectionery.
49) Antonio Di Santo (46 Italy) was a shoemaker in his own shop.
50) Edwin Craven (57 NJ) was a house painter. His son James L Craven (27 NJ) was a carpenter. Samuel Thorne (30 NJ) boarded with the Cravens; he was a well digger.
51) Charles E Close (49 NJ) was a brick manufacturer. His daughter Marguerite Close (21 NJ) was a stenographer at the brick yard.
52) Bert R Cartledge (48 NH) ran a hotel. William Graham (30 NJ) was the hotel bartender.
53) William A Close (57 NY) ran a coal and lumber business. His father in law, William A Fountain (70 NJ), was a real estate agent and insurance agent.
54) William A Kennedy (29 NJ) ran a hotel. His mother in law, Eliza Kaufer (67 Switzerland) lived in the household, as did a boarder named Thomas W Watson (42 NJ), who was a brakeman for the railroad. 
55) William Clayton (39 NJ) was a laborer at a coal yard. His son William Clayton (16 NJ) was a laborer at a crate factory.
73) One family included Harry O Walters (25 NJ), who was a painter. A second family included Holmes Hallarin (20 NJ), who was a clerk with the railroad.
74) Samuel Taylor (31 NC - Black) was a laborer at a brick yard. His wife Ella Taylor (27 VA - Black) did housework for a private family. Henry Bush (32 NC - Black) was a boarder in the Taylor household. Bush was also a laborer in a brick yard.
75) Mary Barney (49 NJ) did housework for a private family. Her brother, John Barney (38 NJ) was a laborer for a contractor.
76) Harry B Hulsart (34 NJ) was a contractor. The Beers family boarded with the Hulsarts. Nathan Beers (50 NJ) was a carpenter; Harold Beers (19 NJ) was a laborer at a livery stable; and Cecil Beers (16 NJ) was a laborer at a foundry.
148) Catherine Boice (52 NJ) ran a boarding house.Her son, John D Boice (21 NJ) was a farm laborer. John Kennedy (52 Canada) boarded with the Boices. He was a driver for a pottery business.
149) Anna Cogan (51 OH) had a son, Richard Cogan (28 NJ), who was a clerk at a grocery. Another son, Thomas Cogan (23 NJ), was a car wiper for the railroad. Her son John Cogan (20 NJ) was a farm laborer.
150) Agnes A Emmons (63 NJ) had a daughter, Rose L Emmons (26 NJ), who was a dressmaker. Her daughter Maud E Emmons (22 NJ) did housework for a private family.
151) Deborah Lowe (73 NJ) had a son, Richard F Lowe (42 NJ), who was a blacksmith. She had a daughter, Julia Van Brunt (37 NJ), who was a seamstress.
152) George S Longstreet (47 NJ) was a mate on a sailing vessel. His daughter, May Longstreet (18 NJ), was a buff maker in a factory.
153) Charlotte Smith (50 NJ) had a son, Charles Smith (25 NJ), who was a carpenter.
154) George K Maghan (24 NJ) was a shipping clerk at a buffing factory. His brother in law, Stephen C Warne (), was a bookkeeper at a table water business.
155) Charles S Tunis (28 NJ) was a carpenter.
156) Thomas S Floh (51 NJ) was a painter.
157) Fritz Weber (40 NJ) ran a grocery.
158) Louis Tice (37 NJ) was a driver for a pottery business.
159) William D Bailey (67 NY) and his son in law, William S Lisk (45 NJ), were partners in a sash and blind factory. (Listed as on Lloyd Road)
160) Eliza Carter (34 VA - Black) had three children and a nephew but listed no occupation.
161) Obediah T Geran (67 NJ) and his son Winfield E Geran (40 NJ) were tinsmiths.
162) Harry W Bolte (39 NY) was vice president of a foundry company. His brother in law, Adam A Banke (24 NY), was a bronzing decorator at a foundry.
163) George W Davison (26 NJ) was a clerk at the railroad. His father, Samuel M Davison (61 NJ) was a clerk at a grocery.
164) George M Stevens (41 NJ) was a freight agent at the railroad. His cousin, Emma Greer (57 NJ) was a nurse to private families.
165) William H Ward (54 NJ) was a painter.
166) Walter Thompson (35 NJ) worked at home as a chair caner.
167) Holmes Lambertson (28 NJ) was a farm laborer.
168) Clarkson Boyce (65 NJ) lived on his own income.
169) Mary O'Connor (60 Ireland) was a widow with two very young boarders, May and Richard Stokes (3 NY and 2 NY). Also in her household was her mother in law, Margaret Bungue (80 Ireland) and brother in law, Mark O'Connor (50 Ireland), who was a farm laborer.
176) Mary Kelly (60 NJ) had a daughter Mary G Kelly (26 NJ), who was a buff maker at a buff factory.
177) Christian Heuser (36 NJ) was a merchant at a produce commission.
178) William Walley (50 NY) was a label cutter.
179) Levinia E Conkling (40 NJ) listed no income.
180) Wesley K H Shafto (30 NJ) was a pottery manufacturer.
181) Patience A Cottrell (76 NJ) was a widow with her own income. Her daughter, Laura P Cottrell (43 NJ), was a public school teacher. George O'Connor (31 NJ), his wife Bertha (29 NY) and their daughter Mabel (10 NY) were boarders. George was a salesman at a clothing house.
182) Silas P Tomkins (79 NJ) was a clerk in the post office.
183) Francis C Bedle (62 NJ) was a horse dealer and farmer. His son Theron Bedle (34 NJ) was a bank clerk. His son in law, Alonzo Walling (34 NJ) was the managing clerk at a fountain pen company. George J Martin (51 NY) was employed by Francis as a farm laborer.
185) Irving Cady (65 NY) was a gardener. The Cadys had a boarder, a widow named Lucy Lambert (70 NY).
186) James Van Schoick (51 NJ) was a laborer at a pottery business. His wife Lillian (45 NJ) worked at home as a seamstress.
187) Wilson H Lisk (64 NJ) and his son Emerson J Lisk (26 NJ) were carpenters.
188) George O Maghan (60 NJ) was a wholesale produce merchant.
189) William B Stillwagon (30 NJ) was a brakeman for the railroad. His sister in law, Maud M Woolley (31 NJ),  was a machine operator at a buff factory.
190) Lewis H Boyce (38 NJ) was a railroad engineer. The Boyces had two boarders: Laura K Bergen (50 NJ) and Bessie Stewart (23 NY), a public school teacher.
191) Jacob Mayer (51 Germany) was a laborer in a basket factory.
192) George H Eastman (38 NJ) was a carpenter in a sash and blind factory. The Eastmans had a boarder named William Van Dorn (34 NJ) was a driver for a pottery business.
193) Mary M Black (61 NJ) and her daughter Sarah W Black (30 NJ) listed no occupations or income.
194) John H Walling (50 NJ) was a carpenter. His wife, Sarah E Walling (45 NJ), worked at home as a dressmaker. Their daughter, Ida G Walling (20 NJ), was a stenographer at a buff factory. The Wallings' boarder, Americus Bell (60 NJ), lived on his own income.
195) Oscar Suydam (41 NJ - Black) was a farm laborer. The Suydams' boarder, Leila Bell (18 VA - Black), was a servant who did housework. The Suydams also had an adopted daughter named Nettie Reeves (10 NJ - Black).
220) Isaiah S Lewis (57 NJ) was a carpenter. His mother in law, Cecelia A Quackenbush (95 NJ) and a nurse, Christiana Cottrell (73 NJ), lived in the household.
221) Clifford W Hulsart (48 NJ) was manager and part owner of a sash factory. His wife, Alma Hulsart (47 NJ), worked at home as a seamstress. Their son Myron A Hulsart (22 NJ) was a claim agent with the railroad. Their son Frank W Hulsart (20 NJ) was a brakeman with the railroad.
222) Mary Van Schoick (59 NJ) lived on her own income.
223) Samuel Bower (47 PA) was a clergyman.
224) William V Clark (58 NJ) lived on his own income.
225) The Matawan Military Academy - teachers and students
248) Edwin I Stearns (33 PA) was a clergyman.
249) Sidney B Eggleston (33 CT) was a manufacturer of --- plates (partially illegible). The Egglestons had a servant named Helen G Powers (17 NJ).
250) Charles Carman (56 NY) was a brick manufacturer. The Carmans' daughters, Mary G Carman (30 NJ) and Anna M Carman (22 NJ), were teachers. Thomas N Avery (73 NY), Charles' father in law, lived on his own income.
251) Martin A White (59 NJ) was a retail grocer.
252) Edward Farry (42 NJ) was a broker. His wife Louise Farry (34 NJ) was a public school teacher.
253) Cyrus Knecht (58 PA) was a physician. His brother Frank Knecht (62 PA) was a photographer. The Knechts had a servant named Ellen Higgins (60 NY).
254) Wilburt Cox (45 DE) was an oil company branch manager.
255) Jesse L Hulsart (27 NJ) was a coachman for an undertaker.
256) William E Arrowsmith (58 NJ) was an undertaker.
257) Alexander Gaston (73 NJ) was living on his own income. The Gastons had a servant named Stella Washington (25 NJ - Black).
258) Widow Margaret V Bray (79 NJ) and Harriet W Bray (40 NJ), her daughter, were living on their own income. Gertrude A Beers (25 NJ), a public school teacher, was boarding in the Brays' home.
259) Hong Chu (20 China) ran a laundry. Sam Chu (50 China) was employed as a launderer.
260) A multi-dwelling residence: Charles Heyer (25 NJ) was a butcher. Lawrence Craven (28 NJ) was a painter. And Eliza W Scott (81 NJ) had a son, William H Scott (42 NJ), who was a blacksmith.
261) Henry Hutchinson (53 NJ) was a baker in his own shop.
262) John P Lloyd (37 IL) was a lawyer. His cousin, Howard F Lloyd (33 NJ), was a public school principal. The Lloyds had a servant named Barbara Miller (30 NC - Black).
263) Charlotte B Horner (70 NJ) lived with two grandchildren. A boarder named William A Miller (54 NY) was a public school principal.
264) William H Stillwell (50 NJ)  was a freight agent for the railroad. His daughter, Lucille W Stillwell (21 NY), worked at home as a music teacher. His son Arthur W Stillwell (18 NJ) was an office assistant at a cloth house.
265) Rosa F Schock (57 NY) and her sons, Matthias F Schock (32 NJ) and Charles C Schock (30 NJ), were partners in a retail dry goods merchant.
275) Charles H Wardell (71 NY) was a cashier with a bank.
283) Frederick S Bolte (64 Germany) was a foundry manager. The Boltes had two boarders from the foundry: Joseph Cantry (50 OH), a bronzer, and Herman Walzman (55 Germany), a moulder. 
284) John Whitlock (71 NJ) was a nurseryman. One of the Whitlocks' daughter, Eliza Fields (35 MD) was a public school teacher, and her husband, Dean Fields (35 NJ), was a farmer with no farm at present. Another daughter, Grace N Whitlock (23 NJ), was a bookkeeper for a dentist. The Whitlocks had a boarder named Ana McConaghy (37 NJ), who was a public school teacher.
285) Siblings Jennie Stillwell (56 NJ), Charles W Stillwell (52 NJ), Sarah B Stillwell (50 NJ), and Grace McN Stillwell (47 NJ) were living on their own income.
286) William V Simpson (68 NJ) was a lawyer. The Simpsons' son, Frank F Simpson (22 NJ), was an insurance agent.
291) John H Fallon (50 NJ) was living on his own income.
297) John Terhune (52 NJ) was a banker. Margaret Larkin (19 NY) was the Terhunes' servant.
298) Margaret L Terhune (45 NJ) was living on her own income. She had two Irish servants: Bridgt Kilcommings (64 Ireland) and Ellen Kelly (26 Ireland).
299) Michael Tomcavach (36 Russia - speaks Polish) was a laborer in a foundry. The Tomcavach family had a boarder named Michael Tolkovsky (19 Russia - speaks Polish) who was also a foundry laborer.
300) Harry Tompkins (38 NJ) was a retail merchant.
301) John D Van Brackle (44 NJ) was a cigar maker. His wife Fannie Van Brackle (42 NJ) was a brush maker. Their daughter Willa Van Brackle (18 NJ) was a telephone operator.
302) William E Manley (29 MN) was an iron moulder in a foundry. His brother in law, Stephen B Mayer (17 NY) was a butcher.
303) Patrick J Devlin (45 NJ) was a retail coal merchant. The Devlins had a Polish servant named Anna Shedonik (21 Russia - speaks Polish).
304) Isaac T Rue (67 NJ) was an engineer at the water works.
305) Anna C Johnson (51 NJ) listed no income.
306) Benjamin F S Brown (53 NJ) was a newspaper publisher. His son, Herbert F Brown (20 NY) was a foreman at a printing plant.
307) Lawrence Smock (46 NJ - Black) was a driver at a lumber yard. Amelia B Smock (37 NY - Black) was doing laundry for pay in her home. Lawrence was 5 years into his third marriage; his wife in her second.
308) Joseph Kroc (48 Austria)  was a potter at a pottery factory.
309) Sara E Hankins (48 NJ) listed no income, nor did her son Woodruff S Hankins (20 NJ) or her mother, Sara V Leonard (79 NJ). Sara Hankins had two boarders: John White Jr (21 NJ), who was a plumber, and Martin W Fogh (24 Denmark), who was a foreman at a tile works.
310) Sara E Hankins (58 NJ) had a son Frederick Hankins (22 NJ) who was a bookkeeper at a brick yard. Her daughters Elizabeth Embley (30 NJ) and Lavinia Seabury (36 NJ) were a stenographer and a dressmaker, respectively.
311) Eleanor S Thorne (59 NJ) and her sister Annie E Thorne (58 NJ) were living on their own income.
312) Clarkson B Conk (52 NJ) was a driver for a lumber yard. His son, Joseph T Conk (21 NJ), was a driver for the Express Co.  They had eight children, six of them living at home.
 313) Martha A Lambertson (78 NJ) was living on her own income. Her son, Alvin Lambertson (42 NJ), was a borough marshal.
314) Frank Dowreily (35 Italy) was a laborer for the railroad.
315) Angelo Sarcone (42 Italy) was a laborer for the railroad.
316) Mary E Crine (48 NJ) was a retail merchant with a confectionary. Her young niece Helen T Kilcommins (5 NJ) lived in the household.
317) Katherine Gormley (55 Ireland) was a widow with no occupation, with 8 of 14 children still living, 5 still in the household, some with extended family. Her son John Gormley (19 NJ) was a driver for a livery stable. Her son in law, Bert Arose (27 NJ), was a moulder at a foundry.
318) Charles E Van Brunt (39 NJ) was a moulder at a foundry. His wife, Katherine's daughter Amanda, worked at home at dressmaker.
319) Charles E W Davis (48 NJ) ran a hotel. The Davises had boarders: Albert Phillipe (35 NJ) was a conductor with the railroad; and Joseph Largogi (32 Germany) was a laborer at the hotel.
320) Bert Cartan (29 NJ) was a bookkeeper for a bank. The Cartans had a boarder named Holger A Eigard (28 Denmark), who was a butcher.
321) Mary E Hornor (64 NJ) was a widow.
359) Edward V Cottrell (64 NJ) was a carpenter. His daughter, Eva M Cottrell (36 NJ), was a music teacher at home. His daughter Lydia B Cottrell (28 NJ) was a bookkeeper at a hardware business.
360) Roselda Smith (50 NJ) had a son Harold G Smith (25 NJ), who was a clerk for the railroad.
361) Bennett K Eskesen (39 Denmark) was a tile manufacturer.
362) Abram J Vreeland (50 NJ) was a wholesale produce merchant. His mother in law was Anna A Heuser (72 Germany). His brother in law, George Heuser (41 NJ), was a barber with his own shop.
363) Ferdinand King (23 NJ - Black) was a laborer in a livery stable. The Kings had a boarder, William Knox (24 NJ - Black) who was also a laborer in a livery stable.
364) Isaac Coward (24 NJ) was a hostler in a livery stable. (A Hostler is a person who takes care of horses, particularly at an inn.
373) John M Griswold (62 CT) was an engineer at a factory.
380) James L Terhune (65 NJ) was a widowed banker. Terhune had a servant named Hannah Barrett (40 Ireland).
381) Margaret Merrill (38 NJ) was a widowed janitress at a public school. (A Janitress is a female janitor, an Americanism dating from the 1890s.) Her son, Walter H Bears (17 NJ) was a clerk in a grocery store.
382) John F Lisk (77 NJ) lived on his own income.
383) David Lambertson (36 NJ) and his brother Bartemus Lambertson (38 NJ) were farmers.
384) James Samuels (23 VA - Black) was a mason and his wife, Bessie Samuels (33 NJ - Black) was a laundress. His mother in law was Sarah E Suydam (65 NJ NJ NJ - Black).
385) Christopher Jeffries (27 NJ) was a Japanner at a piano factory. (A Japanner is a person who applies hard, durable black varnishes, originally from Japan, used to coat wood, metal or other surfaces. An index to occupations in the US Census, published in 1915, listed a Japanner under 329 - Painters, glaziers and varnishers at a factory.)
386) Paul Obuschowski (26 Russia - speaks Russian) was a driller at a piano factory. (Paul Obuchowski (36 Russia - speaks Polish) was a butcher in Stamford, CT in the 1920 Federal Census.)
387) Frank M Lambertson (57 NJ) was a widowed painter. His son Lester W Lambertson (17 NJ) was a farm laborer. They had a boarder named Nathaniel Dunn (34 NJ), who was a laborer at a pottery business.

History: Crosswalks in Matawan Borough (1911 - 1917)

The Borough of Matawan had stone crosswalks on Main Street and Broad Street before the First World War. They were managed by the Streets Committee of the borough council. Besides the crosswalks, these articles include references to an ongoing project to extend Broad Street, as well as such things as the building of sidewalks, the addition of electric street lighting and the placement of trash cans along the road.

An excerpt from the editorial page in support of the poll tax mentions crosswalks:

"The poll tax is not a tax for the privilege of voting, as our Asbury Park contemporary would have its readers believe, and the tax is collectible by law whether the man votes or not.

There is no question but that the enforcement of the collection of the poll tax is unpopular. But the poll tax delinquent should be the last one to refuse to pay the $1 tax. This is the only direct tax that in most cases he is called upon to pay for the education of his children, the protection of the fire and police departments, the street lighting and public water services and the use of the streets and crosswalks."
(Source: 23 Nov 1911 edition of The Matawan Journal)

Reporting from the council's meeting circa 8 Jul 1913:

"The Street Committee was asked to secure estimates for laying crosswalks on Main Street."
(Source: 17 Jul 1913 edition of The Matawan Journal)

Reporting from the council's 12 Aug 1913 meeting:

"Mr Thompson for the Street Committee stated that he had not been able to get a bid for laying crosswalks, and Mayor Bedle said that E S Lupton offered to do the work, charging for the labor and stone at cost with 15 per cent added on the latter for his profit. The number of crosswalks had not been determined and Mr Thompson suggested that the number be ascertained and Mr Lloyd offered a motion that the bids be obtained after the number is determined. This was adopted."
(Source: 14 Aug 1913 edition of The Matawan Journal)

Reporting from the council's 10 Nov 1914 meeting:

"The Street Committee, through Chairman F R Thompson, reported crosswalks on Broad Street as having been fixed."
(Source: 12 Nov 1914 edition of The Matawan Journal)

Reporting from the council's 24 Nov 1915 meeting:

"Councilman S. C. Thompson for the Street Committee reported that Grigg's Street had been graded and graveled and the crosswalks repaired."
(Source: 25 Nov 1915 edition of The Matawan Journal)

Reporting from the council's 28 Mar 1916 meeting:

"The question of additional crosswalks on Main Street and new crosswalks was up for discussion. It was the opinion of all that something should be done and a motion prevailed that a conference with the Board of Freeholders regarding Main Street be arranged.

It was agreed that the present crossings are too low. An additional crossing was asked for the vicinity of Sanford's drug store. A motion was carried that the Street Committee go over the side streets and place crossings where they were deemed necessary."
(Source: 30 Mar 1916 edition of The Matawan Journal)

Reporting from the borough's 1916 annual report:

The Street Department paid E S Lupton $44.50 on 13 Oct 1916 for work related to crosswalks.
(Source: 5 Apr 1917 edition of The Matawan Journal)

Reporting from the council's 14 Aug 1917 meeting:

"For the Street Committee Chairman Woolley reported that the stone crosswalks had been removed from Main Street to Van Brunt & Son's property for storage and will later be used for crossing on Broad and other streets. Other work desired to have done was held in abeyance because of inability to get needed men." (Source:  16 Aug 1917 edition of The Matawan Journal)

Reporting from the council's 13 Nov 1917 meeting:

"Mr Woolley, for the Street Committee, reported that the crosswalks had been placed where ordered, so that those who have occasion to use them can do so in inclement weather with less discomfort."
Source: 15 Nov 1917 edition of The Matawan Journal)

History: Frelinghuyser Amendment to the Automobile Act of 1906 (1908)

The 13 Feb 1908 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 7) remarked that several NJ senators spoke ill of the prospects for the Ackerman Civil Service Act, being discussed in Trenton on 11 Feb 1908. (The bill passed the Senate as New Jersey's first civil service law, according to Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide (1917 - 1918), pg 1. Ernest R Ackerman (1863 - 1931) went on to serve in the US House of Representatives serving the NJ 5th District from 1919 until his death.)

The Journal (same article, pg 7) was much more interested in the NJ Senate's discussion of a proposed revision to fees associated with automobile inspection and registration and the licensing of drivers. (So that's when it started, eh?) Joseph S Frelinghuysen (1869 - 1948) proposed to amend the Automobile Act of 1906 to establish eight vehicle classes for vehicle registration and the licensing of drivers.

• First Class (1-10 horsepower) - $3.00 registration; $1.00 license
• Second Class (11-20 horsepower) - $5.00 registration; $2.00 license
• Third Class (21-25 horsepower) - $10.00 registration; $3.00 license
• Fourth Class (26-35 horsepower) - $15.00 registration; $4.00 license
• Fifth Class (36-50 horsepower) - $20.00 registration; $5.00 license
• Sixth Class (51-70 horsepower) - $25.00 registration; $10.00 license
• Seventh Class (71-90 horsepower) - $35.00 registration; $15.00 license
• Eighth Class (91-120 + horsepower) - $100.00 registration; $25.00 license

Cab companies could receive a blanket license if they served a ferry landing and they didn't travel more than a mile from the docks into the State.

The licensing of manufacturers would be eliminated because there was so much abuse of the law anyway. (What's the point if they won't adhere to the law? lol)

Motorcycles would have a $2.00 licensing fee.

Tourists would have to register their vehicles and pay for a license at 50 cents for each increment of six days they plan to visit, not to exceed thirty days in a year. (Can you imagine having to register your vehicle in every state you travel through? Now we just have tolls.)

The 9 Apr 1908 edition of The Matawan Journal praised Ackerman's honesty and his efforts to pass his Civil Service bill and condemned the evil machinations of bosses and their obstructionists inside the NJ Senate. Below is an excerpt from the Journal's editorial.

Ackerman'a Righteous Wrath

Senator Ackerman, of Union, an organization Republican but a clean man, is discouraged, disgusted, indignant and full of righteous wrath, because of the audacity, the insolent assumptions and the power of the bosses in matters of legislation. He declares that as things now stand at Trenton the Legislature might as well be abolished, for a commission of the political bosses could do the work just as well as the present body of lawmakers. In point of fact the bosses are legislating and the legislators are going through the motions like puppets, as the bosses pull the strings.

Senator Ackerman's indignation has been aroused primarily because of the treatment given his civil service bill. He spent much time and care in perfecting it, calling to his aid the best and most experienced counsel that could be obtained. No man sincerely desirous of abolishing tho iniquitous spoils system and establishing civil service in this State, as it has been established for many years in the United States Government, could find any fault with the Ackerman civil service bill. It was as nearly perfect as such a measure could be made; it was in direct fulfilment of the Republican platform p1edge, and the Senate passed it by an overwhelming vote.

But when it went to the House, "Davy" Baird and "Dory" Strong and the other Republican bosses began their iniquitous work. As Senator Ackerman says, it was impossible to find out just where they stood. They would say that if a certain provision was changed they would not oppose the bill, but when the suggested change was made they found other grounds for opposition, kept up an endless fight against the civil service policy, and finally defeated it.

History: Our Matawan Portfolio (1891)

Page 3 of the 25 Jul 1891 edition of The Matawan Journal had a section called Our Matawan Portfolio, in which some local news items were reported. Below are items from the paper, followed by my research notes.

1. Charles H Schanck sent six baskets of peaches to New York last Wednesday.
2. Dr Jackson has a Kensington cart that attracts much attention and is admired by all.
3. Remember the Oriental lecture and entertainment in the Baptist Church this Friday evening.
4. Benjamin Cooper, of Freneau, had a stroke of apoplexy on Monday and is lying in a critical condition.
5. The net receipts of the Fourth of July Picnic under the auspices of the St Joseph's R C Church were over $725.
6. Almost forty young people from this place attended the harvest home at Old Tennent Church Wednesday evening.
7. Mrs E Sylvester, of Perth Amboy, has removed to Matawan and is occupying a house on Broad street owned by E I Brown.
8. Elwood Hopkins gathered three bushels of swamp huckleberries in two days this week. Where he was they were plentiful.
9. The pile driver is at work on the bridge crossing the creek above the railroad trestle. Henry Holland is the engineer in charge.
10. The August number of Butterick's Delineator is out. As usual, it contains just what the ladies need in preparing their summer costumes.
11. J W Cooper and family, of New York, have rented the James Cottrell house in the upper part of the town and are now occupying it.
12. A new fence has been built around the property of C H Wardell in the rear of Washington Hall. W A Fountain, Jr furnished the labor.
13. We acknowledge the receipt of a map from Amzi T Dodd, of Long Branch, showing the different points reached by way of the Central R R of New Jersey. Please except (sic) thanks for same.
14. Dr C Knecht has removed his heater from his house and W A Fountain has contracted to put in a Furman steam heater, which is expected to give much better results than the one just removed.
15. On Monday night as Garret Hendrickson was leaning back in a chair on the stoop of Conover's restaurant, his weight proved too much for one of the large glass windows and the top of the chair went through it.
16. The meeting of the Commissioners announced for Saturday evening last was attended by only three members, one less than a quorum. It was decided to have the next meeting on Saturday, July 25, at the usual hour and place.
17. Mr E H Dominick has a copy of The Lord's Prayer printed in fifty-three different languages. It was compiled by F A Strale of New York in 1811 and has been in the possession of Mr Dominick since that time. It is certainly a curiosity.
18. The evangelist, Lavinia A Browne, was married on Monday at Little Silver to Mr Joseph Anderson of Atlantic Highlands. Mrs Browne-Anderson will continue her evangelistic work while her husband is in college preparing himself for the ministry.
19. A number of farmers in this vicinity were noticed going to the seashore on Saturday morning last with empty tubs and rakes. Upon their return in the evening their tubs were filled with hard clams, and in addition to having a day's recreation they were amply remunerated for their long drive.
20. Rev C I Percy and Mr P V Hyer engaged in a croquet game on Monday evening on Dr Knecht's grounds. Chinese lanterns made light for the occasion and the grounds presented a picturesque appearance. The game was hotly contested and resulted in a draw, after more than an hour's play.
21. The Midway Shooting Club of this place will meet the Perth Amboy Gun Club on the latter's ground on Saturday and shoot a friendly team match. The contest will begin at 1 pm and will be at live birds. The opposing teams will consist of at least eight and possibly ten men and the Midways hope to carry off the honors.
22. Potatoes, tomatoes, apples, corn, peppers, cabbage and other early produce have been going to the market in large quantities this week. The first of the week tomatoes brought $3.50 a crate, but on Thursday they were quoted at $1.59@$3. Potatoes range from $1.75@$2, and apples from 75c@$1.50, Nyacks bringing $2.50.
23. The present week has been a joyous one for the country people. Different localities have made up parties and visited the shores of Raritan Bay for a pleasant time in bathing, boating, etc. On Thursday several load of children from the neighborhood of Ticetown passed through town bent on a day's outing at Cliffwood.
24. If any of our readers have last week's copy of The Journal at hand and can spare it they will confer a favor by sending it to this office.  We have a call for several copies which are wanted to send to friends of Miss Ida Faye. The demand last week was an unusually large one and our edition was exhausted before all our friends were supplied.
25. Assessor Bedle has about finished  his visits to taxpayers. Only a few property-owners have not handed in their schedule and in case this is not done soon the assessment will be made and if deductions should afterward be claimed the application will have to be made to the State Board of Assessors, which will probably meet in this county some time next month.
26. William P Malcolmson, who was said to have been committed to the Reform School July 16 by Judge Conover, is still at liberty. The Judge was not satisfied that the Reform School was the proper place for a boy of his age and the matter was laid over for a week. On Thursday the hearing was again laid over in order that the father of the boy could be present at the proceedings.
27. Charles Gehlhaus has lost two cows this week. The first one died Sunday morning and the other Tuesday afternoon. It is supposed that there must have been something wrong in the food given them, as both died in the same manner. Both cows were buried near by in Straub's barnyard. Last week Mr Gehlhaus also lost a horse, and his cup of  bad luck seems to be running over.
28. Mr Antisell has sold his first piano, manufactured in Matawan, to the Baptist Sunday school of this place. The instrument is an upright in style and finished in the best manner known to the trade. Its tone is superior to any we have heard and we have no doubt as soon as its merits become known in the East the demand for the Antisell piano will be greater than the anticipation of the manufacturers.
29. Nothing of importance was done at the special meeting of the Township Committee on Saturday evening last. After a half hour's talk it was decided to adjourn until Wednesday and go over the new road and what was still required to be done. The plans for the new bridge as prepared by the county will be used by the Township in building its part of the bridge, thus making the entire bridge uniform in material used and mode of construction.
30. Sebastian Miller, of New York, a man noted as an athlete, wrestler, and heavy lifter, visited the Aberdeen Inn on Tuesday, in company with Mr Wickert, of Keyport. While there he showed his strength by breaking a cobblestone into pieces with his hand doubled up. In appearance he is a rather short man but powerfully built. It is said that he will give an Exhibition in the Armory, Keyport, in about a fortnight, which will be under the auspices of the athletic club of that place.
31. We are informed that Ruliff Quackenbush will soon put on stages between Keyport and the railroad station in opposition to the horse railroad company. He has been thinking over the project for some time and the one thing in the past that has deterred him from doing it before was that he believed the Matawan patrons of the horse railroad would be very apt to continue with the railroad. He now, however, has reached the conclusion that the people riding from this section will bestow their patronage on him and for that reason is going to give it a trial. 
32. As J L M Dominick was making a delivery at the piano factory on Wednesday he left his horse standing along the public road. The animal was attracted by some foliage on the bushes and crossed the road to get it. Just at this point there is a five foot ditch and as he was about to step into it he was stopped by Dr Knecht, who was passing at that instant. It was fortunate for Jerry that that the doctor came along as he did, as the horse would have fared badly in another minute, and his loss would have been a severe one.

NOTES

1. - There was a Charles Schanck, born about 1836, who was enumerated in Matawan in the 1860 Federal Census. He was living with Mary A Cook and her daughter Gertrude, and what appears to have been Charles's mother, Hager Schanck, born about 1801.
   - There was a Charles Schenck, born about 1835, enumerated in Marlboro in 1870 as a farm laborer. He had a wife Elizabeth and a 15 yr old son Charles.
    - There was a Charles Schanck, born about 1840, enumerated in Marlboro in 1880 as a farm laborer in the household of Vanderbilt Whitlock. He had a wife Elizabeth.
    - John V P Schanck was Schanck the Grocer (wholesale and retail), of Matawan, who advertised in The Matawan Journal in the 1880s and early 1890s. He had a son Charles W Schanck born about 1867.
2. - There was a Andrew J Jackson, born Dec 1842 in New York, physician, living on Main Street in Matawan in the 1900 Federal Census. A Kensington cart was likely an electric car manufactured by the Kensington Automobile Company, of Buffalo, NY, which made cars from 1899 to 1904.
3. - Oriental lectures in the Baptist church would likely have been Sunday school classes teaching about the Holy Lands or mission work in the Far East. There was an Oriental Lectures Bureau selling Sunday school materials on West 23rd Street in New York in 1887. And there was an Oriental Lectures Bureau at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, undated.
4. - Benjamin P Cooper, carpenter, was born about 1817 in New Jersey. He lived in Raritan (Keyport)  and then in Matawan until his death.
8. - Elwood Hopkins, born Dec 1851, appeared in the 1900 Federal Census living with his widowed mother, Lucy Hopkins, born Mar 1828. Also in the household was Elwood's sister, Dora Hopkins, born Dec 1855. No one in the household was working in 1900.
9. - Henry Holland, born Nov 1853, stationary engineer, appeared in the 1900 Federal Census in Matawan. He listed himself as married sixteen years, but there was no wife, only a son, Robert.
10 - I found an online copy of the May 1891 edition of Butterick's The Delineator .
11. - There was a farmer named James H Cottrell, born about 1830, with wife Patricia Ann, living in Marlboro in the 1860 and 1880 Federal Censuses.
12. - Charles H Wardell, bank cashier, born about 1838, appeared in the 1880 and 1900 censuses in Matawan along with his wife, Mary. They were living with his mother-in-law, Charlotte Simpson, in 1880.
12. and 14. - William A Fountain, born Apr 1839, ran a hardware store in Matawan.
13. - Amzi Dodd, born about 1867, was the son and namesake of the owner of Dodd's Express, a baggage handling service in the New York City area. He was attending college and living with his father in New York City in the 1880 Federal Census. The 1900 Federal Census showed him living in Ocean, NJ, where he was enumerated as the superintendent of Dodd's Express. There are a number of letters to the editor and even a dedicated article (Express Nuisance) in The New York Times complaining bitterly about the New York Transfer Company, of which Dodd's Express was part. The company would lose or steal from people's baggage. There was an article in The Hartford Weekly Times claiming that one of the company's drivers conspired with thieves to steal from postal bags between the port and the post office. A company cashier committed suicide by taking morphine, again as reported by The NY Times.
14. - Cyrus Knecht was a physician in Matawan in the 1900 Federal Census. He was born in Sep 1851 in Pennsylvania. He was a physician in Easton, PA in the 1880 Federal Census. He was the doctor who treated a knife wound after a pool room fight on Main Street in 1929. He died in 1934 and was buried at Green Grove Cemetery in Keyport. (See 12 above re W A Fountain.)
15. - Garret Hendrickson, born about 1838 in NJ, was son of John S and Eleanor Hendrickson. Garret lived with his father, a farmer in Raritan Township, in the 1850 Federal Census. He was a clerk in a mill living in the household of David Craig, a merchant in Matawan, in the 1860 Federal Census. He was married and back in his father's household, a $26,000 farm in Holmdel that used the Matawan post office, in the 1870 Federal Census. And he was a store clerk living with his father-in-law, Benjamin E Griggs, the tax assessor in Matawan, in the 1880 Federal Census.
15. The 2 Aug 1890 edition of The Matawan Journal announced the Saturday 27 July 1890 opening of W H Conover's restaurant and dining rooms adjoining the Journal's offices. William H Conover, born about 1837 in NJ, was enumerated in Matawan in the 1880 Federal Census as a farmer. He had a wife and three daughters living with him at the time.
17. - Edward H Dominick, born about 1811 in New York, was a watch repairman when he was enumerated in Matawan in the 1880 Federal Census. Also in his household was his 45 year old housekeeper (Alice Compton) and his 7 month old son (Amsey Dominick).
17. - Frederick A Strale, born about 1795 in Stockholm, Sweden, paper maker, 5' 10" tall, hazel eyes, brown eyes, dark hair, enlisted in the 5th Infantry Regiment (US Army), Company D, on 17 March 1820. He became an artificer in light artillery. (The 5th Infantry notably built a fort at the mouth of the Minnesota River during this time, laying the groundwork for the construction of Minneapolis-St Paul.) He graduated Uppsala University in 1809, and then graduated Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Massachusetts in 1827. He was ordained an evangelical Presbyterian minister on 16 September 1829 at New Lebanon, NY. (This town was home to the New Lebanon Conference, where Presbyterian leaders challenged the preaching methods of Charles Finney at the peak of the Second Great Awakening.) Strale, late of Chenango, Broome County, NY, had died recently when a public notice to creditors was placed in The Broome Republican at Binghamton, NY on 11 Oct 1832. I suspect the Lord's Prayer was assembled by Rev Strale but not in 1811, which coincidentally was Edward Dominick's approximate year of birth. Strale was likely still in Stockholm in 1811.
20. - Rev C. L. Percy preached at the First Baptist Church in Matawan from January 1890 to October 1894, according to a 1904 history of Baptists in the area. He conducted a wedding in Matawan on 21 Feb 1894, according to the 28 Feb 1894 edition of The Red Bank Register. He accepted a call to a Baptist church in Deposit, NY, starting his new charge on 1 November 1894, according to Christian Work, vol 54, published in 1894.
20. - Peter V Hyer, born about 1839, lived in Holmdel with his wife Julia in the 1860 Federal Census and used the Matawan Post Office. He had a $15,000 farm in Holmdel in the 1870 Federal Census. And he was a farmer in Matawan in the 1880 Federal Census.
21. - The Midway Shooting Club's founding was announced in the 2 Oct 1875 edition of The Matawan Journal (pg 2 col 4). "A company of gentlemen from Matawan and vicinity, who are fond of the sport connected to the gun," rented the hall above the stores in the Rose Building across the street from the Episcopal church on Main Street, Matawan, for their new club.
22. - The Nyack pippin or Champlain apple was an obscure form of Sweet Bough dessert apple grown in New Jersey and Delaware in the mid to late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was thought to have originated in Vermont or New York. Reference the Bulletin of the US Bureau of the Plant Industry, 1907; The Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Horticultural Society, 1876; and The Western Fruit Book, by Franklin Reuben Elliott, 1859, reprinted.
24. - Ida Faye, born about 1857, was one of three single adult daughters of the widow Jane Faye, born about 1820. They were all living together in their mother's Matawan household in the 1880 Federal Census. The newspaper she wanted extra copies of, the 18 Jul 1891 edition of The Matawan Journal, included a story on pg 2 col 3 about a farewell reception held at the Baptist church for Ida Faye, MD, who would be departing in August for missionary work in India.
27. - Charles Gehlhaus, born about 1842 in Germany, was a baker enumerated in Matawan in the 1880 Federal Census, along with wife Caroline and eight children. His son Otto was boarding in Keansburg as a real estate salesman in the 1930 Federal Census. He reported that his father was born in Hamburg, Germany and his mother in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
28. - The T M Antisell Piano Company of Matawan manufactured the patent steel wrest plank tuning device and high grade pianos recognized with awards in New Orleans and Melbourne, according to an 1891 advertisement in the Music Trade Review. It employed 20 persons in Matawan in 1909, according to the Industrial Directory of New Jersey, 1909. The Red Bank Register, 8 May 1901, reported that Matawan residents had invested $2,000 towards the establishment of a foundry, due to open 1 June 1901, called the Matawan Steel and Iron Company. The foundry would be located in the old Antisell piano factory.
30. -  An article at Muscles of Iron says Sebastian Miller was born in January 1862 and came to the US in 1887.
- Wrestling Observer contains research on events involving Sebastian Miller mentioned in issues of The Brooklyn Eagle between 1888 and 1902.
- The 1910 Federal Census shows Sebastian Miller, born about 1862 in Germany, living at 122 4th Street in Manhattan. Terese Miller, born about 1858 in Germany, was his second wife, this being their second year of marriage. Sebastian was a saloon proprietor. He claimed to have immigrated to the US in 1887 and that he was a naturalized citizen.
- The 1920 Federal Census shows Sebastian Miller, born about 1862 in Germany, living at 3019 North Clark Street in Chicago. His wife Theresa and nephew Joseph Miller were living in the household. Sebastian was a tailor. Sebastian claimed to have immigrated to the US in 1886 and that he was naturalized in 1895.   
- A Sebastian Miller, born about 1862 in Germany, came to America in steerage as a mason in December 1881 aboard the SS Switzerland, which sailed from Antwerp, Belgium to New York City.
- A Sebastian Miller, born about 1862 in Germany, last residence Munich, came to America in 2nd cabin as a machinist in December 1892 destined for New York aboard the S S Spaarndam, which he boarded at Rotterdam to New York City.
31. - Ruliff Quackenbush, born about 1816 in New Jersey, was enumerated in Matawan in the 1880 Federal Census. He was a laborer. His wife was Cecelia, also born in 1816 in NJ.
32. - Jared M Dominick, born about 1851 in New York, was enumerated in Matawan in the 1880 Federal Census. He was an expressman. His wife was Sarah and his infant daughter was named Mary.