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Metuchen-Edison Historical Society Oral History Project

WEBMetuchen-Edison Historical Society Oral History Project 1 Major Charles Carman Date: December 29, 1973 Interviewer: Ruth Terwilliger Transcribers: Janena Benjamin, February 2006 and Laura Cubbage-Draper, March 2019

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2015 Master List Death Order

WEBPage 1 of 106 2015 Master List Survey of the Piscataway Burial Ground, Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey (Death Order). Prepared by Michael J. Gall

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The Sand Hills of Bonhamtown

WEBThe Sand Hillswas my father's descriptor of the section a mile or so northeast of Bonhamtown Center in which he, at age 2, initially settled with his family upon their immigration from Austria- Hungary in 1905. The family would spend their next twelve years resident in the Sand Hills before moving to Metuchen in 1917 where my father would

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Metuchen-Edison Historical Society Oral History Project

WEBMetuchen-Edison Historical Society Oral History Project . Walter Qualls . Date: March 15, 1978 . Interviewer: Ruth Terwilliger . Transcribers: Janena Benjamin, 2005 and Laura Cubbage-Draper, July 2020

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Piscatawaytown Burial Ground

WEBThis is the oldest neighborhood in Edison. The Piscatawaytown Burial Ground is one of the oldest cemeteries in Middlesex County with one grave dating back to 1693, and there may have been earlier burials. On March 5, 1695 the Proprietors of the Province of East New Jersey granted a tract of land for a Burial Ground and a Town Common.

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David Graham Thomas House The David Graham Thomas …

WEBCensus records from the second half of the 19th century show Thomas and his wife, Ann, his large family, and his servants living on the property, being operated as a farm. In some years their adult children &

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Metuchen-Edison Historical Society Oral History Project

WEBMetuchen-Edison Historical Society Oral History Project . Mary Kramer . Date: March 9, 1978 . Interviewer: Paula Bruno . Transcriber: Laura Cubbage-Draper, September 2019

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WEBBetween October 16 and 19, 1859, the white abolitionist John Brown attempted to incite a slave uprising by leading a group of sixteen white men, three free blacks, one freed slave and one fugitive slave to seize the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

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1940 Federal Population Census Metuchen, NJ Street Index

WEBGo to Ancestry.com, and click on “search” then select “census and voter lists.”. This will bring you to a search page. Select “1940 United States Federal Census free.”. At this point, you may be asked to set up a free account if you have not done so already, linked to your email account. Then, in the “Browse this collection” box

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Metuchen-Edison Historical Society Oral History Project

WEBDate: July 20, 1978 Interviewer: Paula Bruno Transcribers: Janena Benjamin, February 2006 and Laura Cubbage-Draper, February 2019 Editor: Jennifer Warren, October 2019. Abstract: Eleanor M. Bloomfield (1904-1981) was the daughter of Howard Weston Bloomfield and Anita Irene (Lundy) Bloomfield, and the granddaughter of Charles A. …

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Old Colonial Cemetery

WEBReineke 2 Project Overview: Hidden along Main Street in Metuchen New Jersey, it would be easy to walk by the worn-down wooden staircase that leads to the Old Colonial Cemetery.

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Me t uc he n-E di s on Hi s t or i c al Soc i e t y Or al Hi s t or y …

WEBDate: Interviewer: Transcriber: Editor: December 7, 1977 David Heinlein Jennifer Warren, May 2020 Jennifer Warren, June 2020. Abstract: Otto Reynold Drews (1884-1981) was born in Danzig, Germany and moved with his family to Falls Township, Pennsylvania as a child. A Metuchen resident since 1905, Mr. Drews worked for several years as chief clerk

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Upcoming Programs and Events

WEBHistory of the CCC November 12, 2006 The Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, was begun by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933 and proved to be one of the

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Why is the high school named for John P. Stevens

WEBLater owners of the house and barn had it placed on the National Register of historic places. John P. Stevens Jr. died on November 14, 1977, thirteen years after the Edison Board of Education decided to honor him by naming the high school after him. Recognizing the fact that he was a civic leader not only in Edison, but also in the United States.

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NannyGoats Summer 2017

WEBThe Metuchen-Edison Historical Society was founded in 1974 to promote an interest in and appreciation of the history of the Borough of Metuchen and of Edison Township.

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