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HISTORY 
 
 ... OF ... 
 
 HUDSON COUNTY 
 
 GENEALOGIES 
 
 ... OF ... 
 
 PROMINENT FAMILIES 
 1917 
 
 Compiled by ROBERT FELDRA. 
 
 MICHEL & RANK 
 
 PUBLISHERS 
 
 Town of Union, New Jersey. 
 
Formation of Hudson County. 
 
 LTHOUGH the smallest county in the state in area, Hudson 
 County is the second largest in population in the State of New 
 Jersey. It is bounded on the east by the Hudson River and 
 New York Bay; on the west by Newark Bay and Passaic 
 River ; on the north by Bergen County ; and on the south by the 
 Kill van KuU, separating the county from Staten Island. It comprises 43.83 
 square miles. The geological composition is trap rock with underlying 
 sandstone. 
 
 Hudson County was formerly a part of Bergen County, but was organ- 
 ized into a separate municipality in 1840. Its original history is so closely 
 interwoven with that of Manhattan Island, that one chronicle serves for both 
 territories. All through the Dutch occupation it was part of New 
 Amsterdam. ~' 
 
 The County received its name from Hendrick Hudson, the discoverer of 
 the Hudson River, but it is a source of deep regret that the only records of 
 Northern New Jersey are so widely scattered — more so, perhaps, than those 
 of any other section of the county. Thousands of grants, deeds, wills, and 
 other documents relative to Hudson County, all of the greatest importance 
 to the searcher for knowledge, were never recorded and never even deposited 
 in any public record office, owing to the bitter controversy between the 
 colonies of New York and New Jersey over the location of the boundary 
 line between them, — a controversy which lasted more than a century from 
 the time when the country began to be settled by Europeans. Then again, 
 many of the only records of this section are peculiar and many are in a for- 
 eign language. It would be necessary, in order to make a successful record 
 of the early history of Northern New Jersey, to spend at least five years in a 
 house to house hunt for the necessary data now hidden away in trunks and 
 chests of the old pioneer families. This article has been prepared from 
 available data which it has taken months of hard work to gather, but for the 
 reasons above stated the matter it contains must necessarily be replete with 
 errors and important omissions. However, it will be of some assistance to 
 the thousands of descendants of those who settled the County of Hudson. 
 
 The Village of Bergen. 
 
 On September 5, 1661, the first municipality within the limits of New 
 Jersey was established by order of Director General Stuyvesant and his 
 Council. It was called the "Village of Bergen". There is some doubt 
 about the origin of the name "Bergen". Some writers claim it to have been 
 derived from "Bergen", the capital of Norway. Others assert it to have 
 been derived from Bergen op Zoom, a town on the river Scheldt, in Holland, 
 eighteen miles north of Antwerp. During the following seven years, new 
 settlers located on lands outside the "village" limits. These, with a view to 
 protect themselves from the savages, asked that they be annexed to the 
 main settlement. Accordingly, Governor Philip Cartef et and his Council_ of 
 East New Jersey granted to the settlers of North Bergen — then comprising 
 some forty families — a charter under the corporate natpe of "The Towne 
 
and Corporation of North Bergen" This new "Towne comprised the 
 present County of Hudson as far west as the Hackensack River. The hne on 
 the north as described in the charter, started at "Mordavis Meadow , lying 
 upon the west side of Hudson's River ; from thence to run upon a north- 
 west lyne by a Three rail fence that is now standing to a place called Espatin 
 (the hill), and from thence to a little creek (Bellman's Creek) surrounding 
 N N W.'till it comes unto the river Hackensack, the Indian name of "Low- 
 land", containing in breadth, from the top of the hill, one and a half miles or 
 one hundred and twenty chains. Later new settlements sprang up north of 
 Bergen. These were termed "Out Lands" or "Precincts" without any cor- 
 porate power whatever and subject to the restrictions of the authorities of 
 the "Towne". 
 
 As the population increased, courts became necessary, and as all the 
 colonial officials were Englishmen, and many English immigrants had settled 
 in the colony, it was but natural that they should desire the adoption of the 
 English system of County Government. On the seventh o.f March, 1682, 
 the Provincial Legislature passed, and Deputy Governor Rudyard approved 
 an act under which New Jersey was divided into four counties : Bergen, 
 Essex, Middlesex, and Monmouth. Bergen County, as then defined, con- 
 tained "all the settlements between Hudson's River and the Hackensack 
 River, beginning at Constable's Hook and so to extend to the uppermost 
 bounds of the Province, northward between the said rivers, with the seat 
 of government at the Town of Bergen." Essex County comprised "all the 
 settlements between the west side of the Hackensack River and the parting 
 line between Woodbridge and Elisabethtown, and northward to the utmost 
 bounds of the Province." By this division the greater part of the present 
 County fell within the limits of Essex County, where it remained until 1710. 
 This division into counties soon caused great dissatisfaction among the 
 people. They complained that the counties were too large, that the distance 
 between their homes and the county seat was too great, and that traveling 
 such long distances over the worst of roads, interfered with their pursuits 
 and subjected them to great expense and discomfort. Sheriffs found it dif- 
 ficult to summon and compel the attendance of jurymen and witnesses. The 
 administration of justice and the transaction of all other public business 
 were seriously retarded. After the Assembly had stood out, for several 
 years, against numerous complaints and petitions, it was finally obliged to 
 yield, and on the second of January, 1710 (or 1709), an act was passed and 
 approved directing a redivision. By the terms of this act, the boundaries of 
 Bergen County were fixed as follows : 
 
 "Beginning at Constable's Hook, so up along the Bay to Hudson's 
 River, to the partition point between New Jersey and the Province of New 
 York ; thence along the line and the line between East and West New Jersey 
 to the Peguannock and Passaic Rivers; thence down to Peguannock and 
 Passaic Rivers to the sound ; and so following the sound to Constable's Hook 
 where it begins." 
 
 In the northwestern part of the county, as above described, was in- 
 cluded the County of Passaic, and on the 22nd of Februarv, 1840 all that 
 part of it lying south of the original north bounds of the "Towne and Cor- 
 poration of Bergen", together with a considerable area of territory west of 
 the Hackensack River known as New Barbadoes Neck, were, by legislative 
 enactment, erected into the County of Hudson. A part of this was annexed 
 to Bergen County in 1852, being the boundaries of Bergen and Hudson 
 Counties as they are to-day. 
 
Early Settlers of Hudson County. 
 
 A large majority oi the first settlers in Hudson County were immigrants 
 from Holland, or descendants of persons who had immigrated from that 
 country and settled on Manhattan Island or Long Island. The rest were 
 Germans, Scandinavians, English, and French. The principal causes which 
 impelled them to leave their native lands, were overcrowding of population 
 and the desire to. better their conditions. 
 
 In the few years preceding 1621, several voyages of discovery and ad- 
 venture had been made by the Dutch to New Netherland, but no colonies 
 had been founded. Letters from these voyagers declared that New Nether- 
 land was a veritable paradise — a land "flowing with milk and honey", tra- 
 versed by numerous great and beautiful rivers, plentifully stocked with 
 fish ; great valleys and plains, extensive forests, teeming with fruits, game, 
 and wild animals ; and an exceedingly fertile and prolific soil. These and 
 many similar letters aroused and stimulated many of the discontented and 
 unemployed of Holland to emigrate to New Netherland with their families, 
 in the hope of being able to earn a handsome livelihood. In 1621 the 
 "States General", fully comprehending the gravity of the situation, took 
 steps looking towards relief, and on June the third, a charter was granted 
 to "The Dutch West India Company" to organize and govern a colony in 
 New Netherland ; and in June 1623-4 an expedition under Captain Cornelius 
 Jacobsen Mey, of Amsterdam, carrying thirty families, most of whom were 
 religious refugees, came over to New Amsterdam and began a settlement on 
 the lower end of Manhattan Island. Captain Mey, however, did not like his 
 job of being director of the new colony, and soon returned to Holland, leav- 
 ing William Verhulst in charge, who was succeeded by Peter Minuet in 
 1626. The first colony was not a .success, as the colonists, aside from build- 
 ing a few rude bark huts and a fort, busied themselves dickering with the 
 savages for skins and furs, but tilled no ground, and for three years were 
 non-supporting. 
 
 On the 7th of June, 1629, the "States General" granted a title of "Free- 
 doms and Exemptions" to all such private persons as would plant any 
 colonies in any part of New Netherland — except the Island of Manhattan — 
 granting to them the fee simple in any land they might be able to success- 
 fully improve. Special privileges were granted to members of the West 
 India Company, and whoever of its members should plant a colony of fifty 
 persons, should be a feudal lord, or "Patroon", of a tract "sixteen miles in 
 length, fronting on a navigable river, and reaching eight miles back. 
 
 Up to this time only exploring parties bent on trade with the savages 
 had traversed Hudson County. No one had ventured to "take up" lands 
 here, until one Michael Pauw, then Burgomaster of Amsterdam, obtained 
 from the Director General of New Netherland, under the title of "Freedoms 
 and Exemptions", grants of two large tracts, one called "Hopogahn- 
 Hackingh" (land of the tobacco pipe), now Hoboken, and all of Staten 
 Island, and the other "Ahasimus" and "Aressich", including the whole neigh- 
 borhood of "Paulus Hook" of Jersey City, to which Pauw gave the name of 
 Pavonia. 
 
 These grants bear date, respectively, of July 13th and November 22nd, 
 1631. 
 
 It was a wise selection on the part of Pauw, for the Indians used it as 
 a vantage point from which to ship their peltries directly across the river to 
 Fort Amsterdam. The territory was so desirable, in fact, that its acquisition 
 
gave rise to much jealousy. In December, 1633, Pauw was summoned to 
 appear before the Assembly of the XIX and was finally forced to sell his 
 property to the West India Company for 2600 florins.' Michael Paulesen, 
 an ofificial of the company, was placed in charge as superintendent. It is 
 said he built and occupied a hut at Paulus Hook early in 1633. If so, it was 
 the first building of any kind erected in either P>ergen or Hudson County. 
 Later in the same year the company built two more houses, one at Communi- 
 paw, afterward purchased by Jan Evertse Bout, the other at Ahasimus (now 
 Jersey City, east of the hill), afterward purchased by Cornelius \'an Vorst. 
 Jan Evertse Bout succeeded Michael Paulesen as superintendent of the 
 Pauw plantation, June 17, 1634, with headquarters at Communipaw, then the 
 capital of Pavonia Colony. He was succeeded in June, 1636, by Cornelius 
 Van Vorst, with headquarters at Ahasimus. 
 
 In 1641 one Myndert Myndertse, of Amsterdam, bearing the title of 
 "Van der Heer Nedderhorst", obtained a grant of all the country behind 
 Achterkull (Newark Bay), and from thence north to Tappan, including part 
 of what is now Bergen and Pludson Counties. With a number of soldiers, 
 Myndertse occupied his purchase, established a camp, and proceeded to civil- 
 ize the Indians by military methods. He soon abondoned this perilous un- 
 dertaking and returned to Holland, forfeiting the title to this grant. Early 
 in 1638, William Kieft became Director General of New Netherland, and on 
 the first day of May following, granted to Abraham Isaacsen Planck (Ver- 
 planck) a patent for Paulus Hook (now lower Jersey City). 
 
 There were now two "plantations" at Bergen, those of Van Vorst and 
 Planck. Part of these were later leased to and occupied by, Claes Jansen 
 Van Pummerend, Dirck Straatmaker, Barent Jansen, Jan Cornelissen Buys, 
 Jan Evertsen Carsten, Michael Jansen, Jacob Stofifelsen, Aert Teunsen Van 
 Putten, Egbert Woutersen, Garret Dirckse Blauw and Cornelius Ariessen, 
 Van Putten also leased a farm in Hoboken. 
 
 The thriving settlement of Bergen was, however, soon imperiled by the 
 acts of Governor Kieft, whose idea of government was based mainly upon 
 the principle that the Governor should get all he could out of the governed. 
 The savages, for the first time, began to show symptoms of open hostility. 
 Captain Jan Petersen De Vries, a distinguished navigator, who was then en- 
 gaged in the difficult task of trying to found a colony at Tappan, sought 
 every means in his power to conciliate the Indians and to persuade Kieft that 
 his treatment of them would result in bloodshed. 
 
 The selfish Governor turned a deaf ear to all warnings and continued to 
 goad the Indians by cruel treatment and harsh methods of taxation. In 
 1643 an Indian— no doubt under stress of great provocation— shot and 
 killed a member of the Van Vorst family. This first act of murder fur- 
 nished a pretext for the whites and precipitated what is called "the Mas- 
 sacre of Pavonia", on the night of February 25, 1643, when Kieft with 80 
 soldiers fully armed, crossed the Hudson, landed at Communipaw 'attacked 
 the Indians while they were asleep, and without regard to age or sex de- 
 liberately and in the most horrible manner, butchered over a hundred of 
 them. After this attack the tribe, at once took to the war path attacked the 
 settlement, burned the buildings, murdered the settlers, Wiped the viUae-es 
 out of existence, and laid waste the country round about. 
 
 Only a few of the settlers escaped and fled across the river to New Am 
 sterdam. Peace was not restored until August, 1645, when the remaininp- 
 owners and tenants of farms returned to the site of the old village rebi 'h 
 their homes and started anew. ' " 
 
Governor Kieft had, in the meantime, been driven from office and 
 Petrus Stuyvesant was made Director General, July 28, 1646. Under his 
 administration, the settlement grew rapidly and prospered. Between his 
 arrival and the year 1669 the following named persons purchased and leased 
 lands: Michael Pauw, Michael Paulesen, Jan Evertse Bout, Cornelius Van 
 Vorst, Myndert Myndertsen Van der Heer Nedderhorst, Abraham Isaacsen, 
 Planck (Verplanck), Claes Jansen Van Pummerend (Cooper), Dirk Straat- 
 maker, Barent Jansen, Jan Cornelissen Buys, Jan Evertsen Carsten, Michael 
 Jansen (Vreeland), Jacob Stofifelsen, Aert Teunisen Van Putten, Egbert 
 Woutersen, Garret Dircksen Blann, CorneHus Ariesen, Jacob Jacobsen Roy, 
 Francisca Van Angela (negro), Guillaem Corneliesen, Dirk Lycen, Claes 
 Carsten Norman, Jacob Wallengen (Van Wintsch), James Luley, Lubbert 
 Gerritsen, Gysbert Lubbertsen, John Garretsen Van Immen, Thomas Davi- 
 son, Garret Crynnen, Casper Stimets, Peter Jansen, Hendrick Jans Van 
 Schalckwyck, Nicholas Bayard, Nicholas Varlet, Herman Smeeman, Tiel- 
 man Van Vleck, Douwe Harmansen (Tallman), Claes Jansen Backer, 
 Egbert Steenhuysen, Harmen Edwards, John Vigne, Paulus Leendertsen, 
 John Verbruggen, Balthazar Bayard, Samuel Edsall and Aerent Laurens. 
 
 All these persons received their deeds or such titles as they had, from 
 the Dutch, through the different Director Generals. 
 
 The English captured New Netherland from the Dutch in 1664, and 
 thereupon, Philip Carteret, by an appointment of the "Lords-Proprietors" of 
 the Province of East New Jersey, became its first Governor. 
 
 Besides confirming the titles of the settlers in Bergen in 1668, Carteret 
 also granted other portions of land in Hudson County to the following 
 persons : Maryn Adrianse, Peter Stuyvesant, Claes Petersen Cors, Peter 
 Jansen Stett, Barent Christianse, Mark Noble, Samuel More, Adrian Post, 
 Guert Carsten, Frederick Phillips, Thomas Frederick De Kuyper, Guert 
 Geretsen (Van Wagenen), Peter Jacobsen, John Berry, Ide Cornelius Van 
 Vorst, Hans Diedrick, Hendrick Van Ostum, and Cornelius Ruyven. 
 
 "The Town and Corporation of Bergen", as appears by Carteret's 
 charter, had an area of 11,500 acres. Up to the end of 1669, only one-third 
 of this area had been patented to settlers. The balance, more than 8,000 
 acres, was used in the common by the patentees, for nearly a century, be- 
 fore it was finally divided and set off to those entitled to it. As is ever the 
 case under similar circumstances, many of the patentees and their descend- 
 ants and grantees encroached upon these common lands. This state of 
 things caused great confusion and numerous violent disputes between the 
 settlers, who in January, 1714, petitioned Governor Hunter for a new char- 
 ter empowering them, in their corporate capacity, to convey or lease their 
 common lands, in fee, for one, two or three lives, or for years. 
 
 Governor Hunter in response to this petition procured a new charter 
 for the town, known as "the Queen Anne Charter". The power given by 
 this charter had little or no effect in stopping encroachments, and in 1643 
 -another effort was made by the settlers to protect their rights in the common 
 lands. An agreement was made, dated June the 16th, of that year, provid- 
 ing for a survey of the common lands, and how much of same had been law- 
 fully taken up, used or claimed, and by whom. However, this agreement 
 was never carried out, and matters continued to grow worse until December 
 7, 1763, when the settlers appealed to the Legislature for relief. That body 
 passed a bill, which was approved by Governor Franklin, appointing commis- 
 sioners to survey, map and divide the lands among the persons entitled there- 
 to. These commissioners filed their reports and maps on the second day of 
 
March, 1765, copies of which reports and maps are filed in the offices of the 
 Clerks of both Bergen and Hudson Counties 
 
 In the divisions made by the commissioners the common lands were 
 apportioned among the patentees hereinbefore named, and their descend- 
 ants, as well as among the following named persons .Michael de Mott, 
 George de Mott. Gerebrand Claesen, Joseph Waldron Dirk Van Vechten 
 Tames Collerd, Thomas Brown, Andries Seagaerd, Dirk Cadmus, Zackariah 
 Sickles Job Smith, Daniel Smith, Joseph Hankins, John Halmeaghs, Fhilip 
 French' Ide Cornelius Sip, Herman Beeder, Nicholas Preyer, Sir Feter 
 Warren, Anthony White, Michael Abraham Van Tuyl, Walter Clendenny, 
 John Cummings, David Latourette, and John Van Dolsen. 
 
 Several other families, namely those of Day, de Graun, de Groot, Hes- 
 sels, Hopper, Banta, Huysman, Van Giesen, Earle, Franzen, Morris and 
 Swaen, had become residents of the county without having lands granted 
 them. It may therefore be safely said that the families above named con- 
 stitute nearly all of the original settlers of Hudson County east of the 
 Hackensack River. The westerly part of the county was included in the 
 purchase by Captain William Sand ford from the Parish of St. Mary's in the 
 Island of Barbadoes. Governor Carteret and Council granted this tract to 
 Sandford July 4th, 1668. The southerly part of the tract is now East 
 Newark, in Hudson County. 
 
 Landowners and Settlers. 
 
 For the information of the reader and those who may become interested 
 in genealogical research, a list of the earliest and most prominent landowners 
 and settlers of Bergen and Hudson Counties is hereto appended. 
 
 SURNAME OF SETTLER LINEAGE 
 
 ACKERMAN Dutch. 
 
 ACKERSON Dutch. 
 
 ADRIANSE Dutch. 
 
 AERISON Dutch. 
 
 ALLEN (1) Dutch. 
 
 ALLEN (2) Flemish. 
 
 ALYEA French. 
 
 ANDERSON Scotch. 
 
 ANTHONY Dutch. 
 
 ARENTS Dutch. 
 
 AURYANSE (1) Dutch. 
 
 AURYANSE (2) Dutch. 
 
 BACKER (1) Dutch. 
 
 BACKER (2) EngHsh. 
 
 BACKER (3) Dutch. 
 
 BANTA Dutch. 
 
 BARE.NTSEN Dutch. 
 
 BASTIENSEN Dutch. 
 
 BAYARD (1) French. 
 
 BAYARD (2) French. 
 
 BEDLOW Swedish. 
 
 BEEDER Dutch. 
 
 BEEM German . 
 
 BELL (1) German. 
 
 NAME AND DESCENT OF EUROPEAN ANCESTOR. 
 
 . David Ackerman Berlikum, Holland 
 
 .Johannes Tomassen Oostenvelt, Holland 
 
 . Maryn Adrianse Veere, Holland 
 
 .Cornelius Ariesen N. Brabant, Holland 
 
 . Pieter Van Hallen Utrecht, Holland 
 
 . Lorens Van Hallen Limbourg, Flanders 
 
 . John Alyea Artois, France 
 
 .John Anderson Inverness, Scotland 
 
 . AUerd Anthony Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 Johannes Arents Vanderbilt, Holland 
 
 .Jan Auryanse New York, United States 
 
 .Lambert Arianse Gelderland, Holland 
 
 .Claes Jansen Backer Hertogenbosh, Holland 
 
 . Richard Backer Barbadoes, West Indies 
 
 . Jacobus Backer Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 • Epke Jacobse Harlengen, Holland 
 
 • Dirk Barents Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Johannes Bastiansen Aernheim, Holland 
 
 . Balthazar Bayard Daupheney, France 
 
 ■ Nicholas Bayard Alphen, France 
 
 .Isaac Bedlow Stockholm, Sweden 
 
 .Herman Beder Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 • Anthony Beem Flammersvelt, Germany 
 
 • Hermann Bell Darmstadt, Germany 
 
SURNAME OF SETTLER LINEAGK 
 
 BELL (2) English. 
 
 BExXSON Swedish. 
 
 BERDAN Dutch. 
 
 BERRY English. 
 
 BERTHOLF Flemish. 
 
 BILFIELD English. 
 
 BLACKLEDGE ........ English. 
 
 BLAGGE English. 
 
 BLANCH English. 
 
 BLAWVELT Dutch. 
 
 BLAUW (1) Dutch. 
 
 BLAUW (2) Dutch. 
 
 BOARD English. 
 
 BOGERT (1) Dutch. 
 
 BOGERT (2) Dutch. 
 
 BOGERT (3) Dutch. 
 
 BOUT Dutch. 
 
 BRAECKE Dutch. 
 
 BRIGGS English. 
 
 BRINKERHOFF Dutch. 
 
 BROCKHOLST Dutch. 
 
 BROSS Dutch. 
 
 BROWER (1) Dutch. 
 
 BROWER (2) Dutch. 
 
 BROWER (3) Danish. 
 
 BROWN English. 
 
 BURGER ;. Dutch. 
 
 BUSH Dutch. 
 
 BUYS Dutch. 
 
 CADMUS Dutch. 
 
 CAMPBELL (1) English . 
 
 CAMPBELL (2) Scotch. 
 
 CAMPBELL (3) English. 
 
 CAMPBELL (4) Irish. 
 
 CARSTENS Norwegian. 
 
 CHAMBERS Scotch. 
 
 CARSBOON Dutch. 
 
 CHRISTIANSE (1) .... Danish. 
 CHRISTIANSE (2) .... Danish. 
 
 CHRISTIE (1) Scotch. 
 
 CHRISTIE (2) Dutch. 
 
 CLAESEN Dutch. 
 
 CLARK lirsh. 
 
 CLENDENNY Scotch. 
 
 COLE Dutch, 
 
 COLLERD English,, 
 
 COMMEGAR Dutch,, 
 
 COOPER (1) Dutch,. 
 
 COOPER (2) Danish.. 
 
 CONKLIN (1) English.. 
 
 CONKLIN (2) English,. 
 
 CONOVER : Dutch,. 
 
 NAME AND DESCENT OF EUROPEAN ANCESTOR. 
 
 ..William Bell New York, United States 
 
 . . Dirck Bensingh Groningen, Holland 
 
 . . Jan Baerdan Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . .John Berry Barbadoes, West Indies 
 
 . . Guillian Bertholf Sluys, Flanders 
 
 . .John Bilfield Enfield, England 
 
 . . Philip Blackleach London, England 
 
 . . Benjamin Blagge London, England 
 
 . . Richard Blanch Bristol, England 
 
 . . Garret Hendericksen Deventer, Holland 
 
 . . Gerret Dirck Blauw Drenthe, Holland 
 
 . . Herman Jansen Blauw .... Gronengen, Holland 
 
 . . Cornelius Board London, England 
 
 . . Cornelius Jansen Schoendewoert, Holland 
 
 ..John Lou we Schoendewoert, Holland 
 
 ..Tunis Gysbertsen Heykoop, Holland 
 
 ..Jan Evertsen Bout Barnevelt, Holland 
 
 ..Dirk Claesen Braecke Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . Walter Briggs Providence, Rhode Island 
 
 . . Joris Dircksen Drenthe, Holland 
 
 . . Anthony Brockholst Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . Hendrick Brass Albany, New York 
 
 . . Peter Clementsen Hoorn, Holland 
 
 . . Adam Brower Cologne, France 
 
 ..Jacob Eldertsan Brower. .. .Holstein, Denmark 
 
 . . Thomas Brown London, England 
 
 . . Burger Joris Hersburg, Silesia 
 
 . . Hendrick Bosh Leyden, Holland 
 
 . .Jan Cornelisen Buys Beest, Holland 
 
 . . Dirck Fredricksen Friesland, Holland 
 
 . . Alexander Campbell North Britain, England 
 
 ..James Campbell Aberdeen, Scotland 
 
 ..William Campbell Isle of Man, England 
 
 . . William Campbell Ireland 
 
 . . Clates Carstiaens Sant, Norway 
 
 . . John Chambers New York, United States 
 
 ..Jan Elbertsen Carsboon . . . . Gelderland, Holland 
 
 . .Christiaen Pietersen Holstein, Denmark 
 
 . . Barent Christianse Holstein, Denmark 
 
 .James Christyn Edinburgh, Scotland 
 
 .John Christianse Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Gerbrand Claesen Hoorn, Holland 
 
 . Robert Clark Caven Co., Ireland 
 
 . Walter Clendenny Scotland 
 
 .Barent Jacobsen Kool Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Jacobus Collerd London, England 
 
 .Hendrick Jans Commegar.. Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Claes Jansen Purmerend, Holland 
 
 .Tennis Fredericks Oldenburg, Denmark 
 
 . Mattys Conkelin Philipsburg, New York 
 
 .John Conklyne Nothinghamshire, England 
 
 .Jacob Wolfortsen Amsterdam, Holland 
 
SURNAME OF SETTLER LINEAGE 
 
 CORBETT English.. 
 
 CORNELISEN Swedish.. 
 
 CORNELL French.. 
 
 CORS Dutch.. 
 
 CORTELYOU French . . 
 
 . COX German . . 
 
 CUMMINGS Enghsh . . 
 
 DANIELSON Dutch . . 
 
 DAVIDSOX Dutch.. 
 
 DAVISON English.. 
 
 DAVISOX (2) Irish.. 
 
 DAY (1) Dutch.. 
 
 DAY (2) English.. 
 
 DeBAUN Flemish.. 
 
 DEBOW ...■ Dutch.. 
 
 De CLARK Dutch.. 
 
 De GRAW Dutch.. 
 
 De GROOT (1) Dutch.. 
 
 De GROOT (2) Dutch,. 
 
 De GROOT (3) Dutch.. 
 
 De HART Dutch . . 
 
 De KAY Dutch.. 
 
 De KLYN Dutch.. 
 
 De KUYPER Danish. . 
 
 DELAMATER French.. 
 
 De La MONTAGNE .... French. . 
 
 DEMAREST French.. 
 
 DEMEYR German.. 
 
 De MONT German. . 
 
 De MOTT Dutch . . 
 
 De REIMER French.. 
 
 De RONDE Dutch.. 
 
 De VOE (1) French.. 
 
 De VOE (2) French.. 
 
 De VRIES (1) Dutch.. 
 
 De VRIES (2) Dutch.. 
 
 De VRIES (3) French.. 
 
 De WITT Dutch.. 
 
 DIEDRICKS Dutch.. 
 
 DOREMUS Dutch.. 
 
 DOUGLAS Scotch.. 
 
 DOW Dutch.. 
 
 DOUW I Dutch.. 
 
 DUNCAN English.. 
 
 DURIE .. French.. 
 
 EARLE English.. 
 
 ECKERSON Dutch . . ■ 
 
 EDSALL English.. 
 
 EDWARDS Welsh . . 
 
 ELBERTSEX Dutch . . 
 
 ELY English . . 
 
 EVERTSEN Dutch . . 
 
 NAME AND DESCENT OF EUROPEAN ANCESTOR. 
 
 .John Corbett London, England 
 
 . Cornelius Mattys Stockholm, Sweden 
 
 . William Cornelise Kalbrist, France 
 
 .Claes Petersen Cors Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Jacques Cortelyou Utrecht, Holland 
 
 .Michael Co.x Hanover, Germany 
 
 . John C. Cummings Scotland 
 
 .James & Jacob Danielsen, Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .John Davidsen Liveden, Holland 
 
 .Thomas Davison London, England 
 
 . William Davison Dublin, Ireland 
 
 . Tunis Dey Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .William Dey New York, United States 
 
 .Joost de Baen Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Hendrick De Boog Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Daniel De Clerq Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Albert Leendertsen Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Dirk Jansen de Groot Rylevelt, Holland 
 
 .Staats Janse de Groot Tricht, Holland 
 
 .Wm. Petersen de Groot Harlem, Holland 
 
 . Balthazar de Haert Utrecht, Holland 
 
 .Theunes de Kay Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Hugh Barents de Klyn Buren, Holland 
 
 .Thomas Fred, de Kuyper, Oldenburg, Denmark 
 
 .Claude le la Maister Riechburg, France 
 
 .Jean de la Montagne Saintong, France 
 
 . David des Marets Beauchamp, France 
 
 . Nicholas de Meyr Hamburg, Germany 
 
 . Frederick Tremont Darmstadt, Germany 
 
 . Mattys de Mott Kingston, New York 
 
 . Petrus de Reimer Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Jacob de Ronde. .. .Cortland Manor, New York 
 
 . Frederick de Voe Rochelle, France 
 
 .Nicholse de Voe Walslandt, France 
 
 .Jan Jacobs de Vries Vries, Holland 
 
 . Jan Garretsen de Vries Workum, Holland 
 
 .Jan Petersen de Vries Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Dirk Claesen de Witt Zunderland, Holland 
 
 .Hans Diedricks Isleven, Holland 
 
 .Johannes Doremus Middleburgh, Holland 
 
 . William Douglas Leith, Scotland 
 
 . Douwe Jans Harlengen, Holland 
 
 . Volkert Jansen Lenwarden, Holland 
 
 . George Duncan Bristol, England 
 
 .Jan Durje Mannheim, Germany 
 
 . Edward Earle, Jr Maryland, United States 
 
 . Jan Tomassen Oostenvelt, Holland 
 
 . Samuel Edsall Reading, England 
 
 . Harman Edwards . . New York City, New York 
 
 . Elbert Elbertsen Nieukerk, Holland 
 
 . Nathaniel Ely Hartford, Connecticut 
 
 .Jan E\erts Bout Barnevelt, Holland 
 
 10 
 
SURNAME OF SETTLER LINEAGE 
 
 FELL French. 
 
 FELTER German. 
 
 FERDON French. 
 
 FEURST Flemish. 
 
 FLIERBOOM Dutch-. 
 
 FRANCE Dutch. 
 
 FREDERICKSEN Dutch. 
 
 FRENCH EngHsh. 
 
 FOUNTAIN French. 
 
 GARRABRANTS Dutch. 
 
 GARRISON Dutch. 
 
 GARRETSON (1) Dutch. 
 
 GARRETSON (2) Dutch. 
 
 GILBERTS Dutch. 
 
 GISNER ., German. 
 
 GROOME English. 
 
 GUEST Dutch. 
 
 HALMAGHS Dutch. 
 
 HARDING Swiss. 
 
 HARING Dutch. 
 
 HARRIS .■ English. 
 
 HART English. 
 
 HAWKINS English. 
 
 HELMS Dutch. 
 
 HENNION Dutch. 
 
 HERTIE Swiss. 
 
 HESSELS Dutch. 
 
 HOLDRUM Dutch. 
 
 HOOGLAND (1) Dutch. 
 
 HOOGLAND (2) Dutch, 
 
 HOPPER Dutch. 
 
 HOUSMAN Dutch. 
 
 HUYLER Dutch. 
 
 JACOBS Dutch. 
 
 JACOBUS Dutch. 
 
 JANSEN (1) Norwegian. 
 
 JANSEN (2) French. 
 
 JANSEN (3) Swedish. 
 
 JAY French . 
 
 JEROLEMON Dutch. 
 
 JOOSTEN Dutch. 
 
 JURIANCE Dutch. 
 
 KIERSTED German. 
 
 KINGSLAND English. 
 
 KIPP Dutch. 
 
 KUYPER Dutch. 
 
 LAMATER French. 
 
 LAROE French. 
 
 LAURENCE (1) English. 
 
 LAURENCE (2) Dutch, 
 
 LAURENCE (3) Danish. 
 
 LAURENCE (4) Danish. 
 
 NAME AND DESCENT OF EUROPEAN ANCESTOR. 
 
 . Symon Fell Dieppe, F'rance 
 
 . William Velta Hamburg, Germany 
 
 . Thomas Verdon Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Bartholmew Feurst Bruges, Flanders 
 
 . Mattys Flierboom Albany, New York 
 
 . Frans Jacobsen Beest, Holland 
 
 .Dirk Fredericksen Friesland, Holland 
 
 . Phillip French London, England 
 
 . Charel Fontayn Brooklyn, Long Island 
 
 . Gerebrand Claeseu Hoorn, Holland 
 
 . Gerret Gerretsen Wageningen, Holland 
 
 . Gerret Gerretsen Wageningen, Holland 
 
 . Wouter Garretsen Workum, Holland 
 
 . Gysbert Lubberts Hilversam, Holland 
 
 .Hendrick Geisener. .. .Westchester, New York 
 
 .Samuel Groome Stepney, London, England 
 
 . John Guest Pennsylvania, United States 
 
 . Peter Roloef sen Utrecht, Holland 
 
 .Hans Jacobsen Harding Berne, Switzerland 
 
 . Jan Pietersen Hoorn, Holland 
 
 . Ezekiel Harris .... New England, United States 
 
 . Thomas Hart Enfield, England 
 
 . Richard Hawkins London, England 
 
 .Hendrick Teunis Hellinck Leyden, Holland 
 
 .Nath'l Pietersen Henyon New York, U. S. 
 
 . Hans Jacob Hertie Berne, Switzerland 
 
 . Peter Hessels New Utrecht, Long Island 
 
 .William Hoklrum Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Dirk Jansen Maarsendeen, Holland 
 
 .Cornehus Adriance Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Andries Hoppe Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Guert Cornelius Huysman, Amsterdam, Holland 
 .Capt. John Huyler. . . .New York, United States 
 
 . Peter Jacobs Beest, Holland 
 
 . Roloff Jacobus Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Peter and Roloff Jansen Sant, Norway 
 
 . Mattice Jansen Cologne, France 
 
 . Barent Jansen Stockholm, Sweden 
 
 . Peter Jay London, England 
 
 .John Hans Jerolemon Albany, New York 
 
 . Rutgert Joosten Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 , Andries Juriance . . . Bergen op Zoom, Holland 
 
 . Kier Wolters Magdeburg, Germany 
 
 .Nath'l & Isaac Kingsland, Barbadoes, West Ind. 
 
 . Hendrick de Kype Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Claes Jensen Purmerend, Holland 
 
 .Claude de Lamaister Riechbourg, France 
 
 . Jaques Laroe France 
 
 .William Laurence St. Albans, England 
 
 . Arent Laurens Ysselstein, Holland 
 
 . Serven Lorens Holstein, Denmark 
 
 . Laurens Andriesen Holstein, Denmark 
 
 11 
 
SURNAME OK SETTLER LTNEaGE 
 
 LEENDERTS Dutch. 
 
 LOCKHART English. 
 
 LOOTS English. 
 
 LOZIER French. 
 
 LUBY Dutch. 
 
 LUDLOW English. 
 
 LYDECKER Dutch. 
 
 LYN German . 
 
 MABIE Dutch. 
 
 MACLEAN Scotch. 
 
 MANDEVILLE Dutch. 
 
 MARINUS Flemish. 
 
 MARTIN English. 
 
 MERSELIS Dutch., 
 
 MATTYS Swedish. 
 
 MEET (1) English. 
 
 MEET (2) Dutch., 
 
 MELLINOT Italian.. 
 
 MERRITT English.. 
 
 MEYER (1) German.. 
 
 MEYER (2) German.. 
 
 MEYER (3) German.. 
 
 MILBURN English.. 
 
 MOORE (1) English.. 
 
 MOORE (2) EngHsh.. 
 
 MORGAN Welsh.. 
 
 MORRIS (1) English.. 
 
 MORRIS (2) English.. 
 
 MORRIS (3) English.. 
 
 MORRIS (4) English.. 
 
 NAUGLE Dutch.. 
 
 NEWKIRK Dutch.. 
 
 NOBLE English.. 
 
 ONDERDONK Dutch.. 
 
 OUTWATER Dutch.. 
 
 PARCELLS French.. 
 
 PAUW Dutch.. 
 
 PEACK English.. 
 
 PERRY French.. 
 
 PETERSEN (1) Dutch.. 
 
 PETERSEN (2) Dutch.. 
 
 PHILLIPS Dutch.. 
 
 PINHORNE English.. 
 
 PLANCK Dutch., 
 
 POST (1) Dutch.. 
 
 POST (2) Dutch.. 
 
 POWLESS Dutch.. 
 
 POWLESSEN Dutch.. 
 
 POWLESSEN (2) Dutch 
 
 PRIOR Dutch 
 
 PROVOST Dutch.. 
 
 PULI S German . . 
 
 NAME AND DESCENT OF EUROPEAN ANCESTOR. 
 
 . . Paulus Leenderts Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . George Lockhart London, England 
 
 . . John Loots Norwich, England 
 
 . . Francois Luseur Colmenil, France 
 
 ..Jacob Luby . . .' Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . Gabriel Ludlow London, England 
 
 . . Ryck & Gerrit Lydecker . . Amsterdam, Holland 
 ..Conrad & Abraham Lyn. .Darmstadt, Germany 
 
 . .Casparus Meebje Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 Charles Maclean Leith, Scotland 
 
 ..Gillis Jansen de Mandeville, Garderen, Holland 
 . . Cornelius Jansen Marinus . . Oostberg, Flanders 
 
 ..James Martin New York, United States 
 
 . . Peter Merselles Beest, Holland 
 
 . . Cornelius Mattice Stockholm, Sweden 
 
 . . Adam Meet, Essex, England 
 
 . . Pieter Jans Meet Amersf ort, Holland 
 
 . . Michael Mellinot Savoy, Italy 
 
 . . William Merritt London, England 
 
 . . Adolph Meyer Ulsen, Germany 
 
 ..Nicholas Meyer Hamburg, Germany 
 
 . . Harmanus Meyer Bremen, Germany 
 
 . . Jacob Milburn London, England 
 
 . . Francis Moore Boston, Massachusetts 
 
 . . Samuel Moore Barbadoes, West Indies 
 
 . . Carl Morgan Hamburg, Germany 
 
 . . Robert Morris Liverpool, England 
 
 . . Richard Morris London, England 
 
 . . Anthony Morris London, England 
 
 . . Jury Maris '. 
 
 . . Barnt Naugle Groningen, Holland 
 
 . .Gerbrand Claesen Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . Mark Noble New England, United States 
 
 . . Adrian Vanderdonk Breda, Holland 
 
 , .Frans Jacob Cutwater Oudewater, Holland 
 
 . Thomas Parcells Huntington, England 
 
 . Michael Pauw Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Johannes Peack Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Jan Perie Pont-le-f eekes, France 
 
 . Gerret Petersen Friesland, Holland 
 
 . Peter Rolof sen Utrecht, Holland 
 
 . Frederick Phillipse Bolswaert, Holland 
 
 . William Pinhorne London, England 
 
 .Abram Isaacsen Planck Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Jan Jansen Postmail Harlingen, Holland 
 
 .Capt. Adrian Post Harlingen, Holland 
 
 • Powles Pietersen Merven, Holland 
 
 ■ Powles Pietersen Merven, Holland 
 
 .Michael Powles Veendoren, Holland 
 
 . Casparus Cornelissen Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .David Provost Connecticut, United States 
 
 . John Pulisf elt Darmstadt, Germany 
 
 12 
 
SURNAME OF SETTLER LINEAGE 
 
 QUACKENBUSH Dutch. 
 
 QUIDORE French. 
 
 RAMSAY English. 
 
 REYSERICK Dutch. 
 
 RIKER Dutch. 
 
 ROMAINE Dutch. 
 
 ROY Dutch. 
 
 RUTAN Dutch. 
 
 RYERSEN Dutch. 
 
 RUYVEN Dutch. 
 
 SANDFORD English . 
 
 SAUNIER French. 
 
 SCHOONMAKER German. 
 
 SCHUYLER Dutch. 
 
 "SEGER Swedish. 
 
 SCHOENMAKER Dutch. 
 
 SHUART German. 
 
 SICKLES Austrian. 
 
 SIP Dutch. 
 
 SIMMONS English. 
 
 SI VERT German . 
 
 SLINGERLAND Dutch. 
 
 SLOTE Danish. 
 
 SMEEMAN Dutch. 
 
 SMITH (1) Irish. 
 
 SMITH (2) English. 
 
 SMITH (3) English. 
 
 SMITH (4) Dutch. 
 
 SMOCK , Dutch. 
 
 SNEDEN Dutch. 
 
 SNYDER German . 
 
 SOMERINDYKE Dutch. 
 
 SONMANS Scotch. 
 
 SPIER German. 
 
 STAGG Dutch. 
 
 STEENHUYSEN Dutch. 
 
 STEVENSEN Dutch. 
 
 STEWART Scotch. 
 
 STILLWELL (1) Dutch. 
 
 STILLWELL (2) English . 
 
 STIMETS Dutch. 
 
 STOFFELSEN Dutch. 
 
 STOOTHOFF Dutch. 
 
 STORMS Dutch., 
 
 STRAATMAKER German.. 
 
 STRAUT German.. 
 
 STUYVESANT Dutch.. 
 
 SUFFERN Irish.. 
 
 SWAEN Swedish.. 
 
 SYCAN Danish.. 
 
 TALLMAN Dutch.. 
 
 NAME AND DESCENT OF EUROPEAN ANCESTOR. 
 
 . . Petrus Quackenbos Oostergeest, Holland 
 
 . . Petrus Quidore Havre, France 
 
 . .' Samuel Ramsay Scotland 
 
 . .Reynier Reyserick Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . Abram Reyken Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . .Claes Jansen Romeyn Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 ..Jacob Jacobsen Roy Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . Daniel Rutan Esopus, New York 
 
 ..Adrian & Martin Ryerson .. Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . Cornelius Ruyven Ruyven, Holland 
 
 ..William Sandford, St. Marys, Barbadoes, W. I. 
 
 . . Paul Saunier Normandy, France 
 
 . . Cornelius Jans Schoomaker, Hamburg, Germany 
 . . David Pietersen & Philip Petersen, Amsterdam, 
 
 Holland 
 
 . . Andries Seagard New Albany, New York 
 
 ..Jan Cornelius Crynnen Aernheim, Holland 
 
 . . James Shureg Darmstadt, Germany 
 
 . . Zacharias Sickels Vienna, Austria 
 
 ..Jan Adrianse Syp Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . George Simmons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
 
 . .Adolph Sivert Pruynes, Germany 
 
 ..Albert Slingerland Albany, New York 
 
 ..Jan Pietersen Slott Holstein, Denmark 
 
 . . Herman Smeeman The Marsh, Holland 
 
 . . Morgan Smith Co. Cavan, Ireland" 
 
 . .Matthew Smith London, England 
 
 . . Michael and John Smith London, Bingland 
 
 ..Lambert Arianse Gelderland, Holland 
 
 . . Hendrick Mattice Smock . . . Friesland, Holland 
 
 ..Johannes Sneden Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 , . Abram Snyder Germany 
 
 . .Necaseus de Stille Aernheim, Holland 
 
 . Pieter Sonmans Wallingford, Scotland 
 
 . Dirck Jansen Spier Bremen, Germany 
 
 .John and William Stagg. .Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Egbert Steenhusen Soest, Holland 
 
 . Oloff Stevensen Holland 
 
 .John Stewart Stirling, Scotland 
 
 .Alex Stillwell Dunkirk, Holland 
 
 . Nicholas Stilwell .... Staten Island, New York 
 
 . Caspar Stimets Zeeland, Holland 
 
 .Jacob Stoffelsen Zirrickzee, Holland 
 
 . Elbert Elbertsen Newkerk, Holland 
 
 . Dirk Storms Utrecht, Holland 
 
 . Dirk Straatmaker Bremen, Germany 
 
 . Dirk Straatmaker Bremen, Germany 
 
 . Petrus Stuyvesant Friesland, Holland 
 
 .John Suffern Antrim Co., Ireland 
 
 . John Swaen Stockholm, Sweden 
 
 . Dirk Sycan Holstein, Denmark 
 
 , Douwe Harmensen Friesland, Holland 
 
 13 
 
SURNAME OF SETTLER LINEAGE 
 
 TER BOSH German. 
 
 TERHUNE French. 
 
 TIBOUT French . 
 
 TISE Dutch. 
 
 TITSORT Dutch. 
 
 VANDELINDA Flemish. 
 
 VANDERBEEK German . 
 
 VANDERHOFF Dutch . 
 
 VANDERPOOL Dutch . 
 
 VARLET French. 
 
 VARRICK Dutch. 
 
 VAN ALLEN (1) Flemish. 
 
 VAN ALLEN (2) .' Dutch. 
 
 VAN BLARCOM Dutch. 
 
 VAN BUSKIRK Danish. 
 
 VAN BUSSUM Dutch. 
 
 VAN CAMPEN Dutch. 
 
 VAN CORTLANDT Dutch . 
 
 VAN DAM Dutch. 
 
 VAN DINE (1) Dutch. 
 
 VAN DINE (2) Dutch. 
 
 VAN DOLSEN (1) Dutch. 
 
 VAN DOLSEN (2) Dutch . 
 
 VAN DUSER Dutch. 
 
 VAN DYKE Dutch. 
 
 VAN EMBURG Dutch . 
 
 VAN ETTEN Flemish . 
 
 VAN GELDER Dutch . 
 
 VAN GIESEN Dutch . 
 
 VAN HORN Dutch. 
 
 VAN HOUTEN Dutch . 
 
 VAN IMMEN Dutch. 
 
 VAN NESS Dutch. 
 
 VAN NOSTRAND Dutch . 
 
 VAN ORDEN (1) Dutch . 
 
 VAN ORDEN (2) Dutch. . 
 
 VAN OSTUM Dutch., 
 
 VAN PUTTEN Dutch. 
 
 VAN REIPEN Danish.. 
 
 VAN SALLE Dutch . . 
 
 VAN SAUN Dutch.. 
 
 VAN SCHALCKWYCK. . . Dutch . . 
 
 VAN SCIVER Dutch.. 
 
 VAN TUYL Dutch . . 
 
 VAN VALEN Dutch. . 
 
 VAN VECHTEN Dutch . . 
 
 VAN VLECK German.. 
 
 VAN VOORHIS Dutch. . 
 
 NAME AND DESCENT OF EUROPEAN ANCESTOR. 
 
 , .John Terbosh Delmenhorst, Westphalia 
 
 ..Albert Albertsen Terhune Hunen, Holland 
 
 ..Michael Jan Tibout Bruges, France 
 
 Dirk Tysen Gelderland, Holland 
 
 .John Titsort Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 .Joost Vanderlynden Belle, Flanders 
 
 . Paulus Vanderbeek Hamburgh, Germany 
 
 . Cornelius Vandehoff Gelderland, .Holland 
 
 .Myndert Gerritsen Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Nicholas Varlet Am-sterdam, Holland 
 
 .Rudolphus Van Varrick .. Gelderland, Holland 
 
 . Lorens Van Halen Limbourgh, Flanders 
 
 . Petrus Van Halen Utrecht, Holland 
 
 .Johannus Van Blarcom Blarcom, Holland 
 
 . Lourens Andriesen Holstein, Denmark 
 
 . Cornelius & Gerret Van Borsen, Emden, Holland 
 
 . Garret Jansen Campen, Holland 
 
 .Oloff Stevens Van Cortlandt, Wyck te Dunner- 
 
 stede, Holland 
 
 . Rip Van Dam Albany, New York 
 
 .Gerret Cornelisse Van Dyne, Niewkirk, Holland 
 
 , Dirk Garretsen Tricht, Holland 
 
 .Jan Garretsen Vries Workum, Holland 
 
 . Dirk Jan Van Dolsen Haarlem, Holland 
 
 . Abram Pietersen Dursen, Holland 
 
 .Jan Tomasse Van Dyke. . . .Amsterdam, Holland 
 .Gysbert Gysberts Van Imbrooch .. Amsterdam, 
 
 Holland 
 .Jacob Jansen Van Etten .... Brabant, Flanders 
 .Jacobus Evertse Van Gelder, Gelderland, Holland 
 
 . Reynier Bastianse Giesen, Holland 
 
 . Claes Jansen Hoorn, Holland 
 
 . Peter Roelf sen Utrecht, Holland 
 
 .Dirk Garretsen Van Immin. Bextel, Holland 
 
 .Hendrick Garretsen Van Ness,.... Amberlandt, 
 
 Holland 
 
 . Hans Hansen Zeeland, Holland 
 
 . Claes Jansen Naerden, Holland 
 
 . Dirk Jansen Naerden, Holland 
 
 . Hendrick Van Ostum Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Aerent Teunesen Putten, Holland 
 
 .Juriaen Tomassen Reipen, Denmark 
 
 . Anthony Franzen Saale, Holland 
 
 . Jacob Van Saun Zauwen, Holland 
 
 . Henry Jans Van Schalckwyck .... Schalckwyck, 
 
 Holland 
 
 . Petrus Van Schuyven Schuyven, Holland 
 
 .Michael Abrams Van Tuyl.' Tuyl, Holland 
 
 .Johannes Vervielle Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . Tunis Dircksen Van Vechten .... Noeg, Holland 
 
 .Tielman Van Vleck Bremen, Germany 
 
 .Coert Albertsen Voorhuysen, Holland 
 
 14 
 
SURNAME OF SETTLER LINEAGE 
 
 VAN VORST Dutch. 
 
 VAN WAGENEN Dutch. 
 
 VAN WART (1) Dutch. 
 
 VAN WART (2) Dutch. 
 
 VAN WINKLE Dutch. 
 
 VEDDER Dutch. 
 
 VERBRUGGEN Dutch. 
 
 VERBYCK Dutch. 
 
 VERWAY Dutch. 
 
 VINGE Flemish. 
 
 VREELAND Flemish. 
 
 WALDRON Dutch. 
 
 WANNAMAKER German. 
 
 WARREN English. 
 
 WESTERVELT Dutch. 
 
 WHITE English. 
 
 WILSON Scotch. 
 
 WINANS Dutch. 
 
 WINNE Flemish. 
 
 WORTENDYKE Dutch. 
 
 WOUTERSON Dutch. 
 
 YEREANSE Dutch. 
 
 ZABRISKIE Polish. 
 
 NAME AND DESCENT OF EUROPEAN ANCESTOR. 
 
 . . Cornelius Van Vorst Gelderland, Holland 
 
 . . Guert Gerretsen Wageningen, Holland 
 
 . . Mattice Van Waert Utrecht, Holland 
 
 ..Tuis Jacobsen Van Woert Schoendewoert, 
 
 Holland 
 . .Walling, Jacob and Simon Jacobsen, Middleburg, 
 
 Holland 
 . . Harman Albertsen Vedder . . Gronengen, Holland 
 
 . .John Verbruggen Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 ..Jensen Verbryck Isveren, Holland 
 
 ..Cornelius Verway ...Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . John Vinge Bruges, Flanders 
 
 . . Michael Jansen Brockhuysen, Flanders 
 
 . . Resolved Waldron Amsterdam, Holland 
 
 . . Peter Wannamaker Darmstadt, Germany 
 
 . . Peter Warren London, England 
 
 ..Lubbert Lubbertsen Meppel, Holland 
 
 . .Anthony White Boston, Massachusetts 
 
 . . Peter Wilsey Leith, Scotland 
 
 ..Cornelius Wynhard Gronengen, Holland 
 
 . . Peter Winne Ghent, Flanders 
 
 . . Nicaseus de Stille Aernheim, Holland 
 
 . . Egbert Wouterson Ysselstine, Holland 
 
 . . Andries Jurianse .... Bergen op Zoom, Holland 
 . . Albrecht Sobeiski Zolkieu, Poland 
 
 Introduction of Township Governments. 
 
 The first division of the counties into townships was made pursuant to 
 two acts of the Colonial Assembly, one approved in September, 1692, and 
 the other in October, 1693. The reasons for this division were set forth in 
 the preamble to the second of the above mentioned acts, as follows : 
 
 "Whereas, several things is to be done by the inhabitants of towns, ham- 
 lets, tribes, or divisions within each county, as chusing of deputies, con- 
 stables, &c., taxing and collecting of several rates for publick uses and the 
 making orders amongst themselves respectively about swine and fences, &c. 
 
 "Whereas, a great many settlements are not reckoned within any sucli 
 town or division, nor the bounds of the reputed towns ascertained by means 
 therof, the respective constables know not their districts, and many other 
 inconveniences arising from them, and forasmuch as the act made in Sep- 
 tember, 1692, for dividing the several counties and townships, the time for 
 the return of the said divisions, being too short and the method of dividing 
 by county meeting inconvenient, Therefore be it enacted, &c." 
 
 Under the above acts Bergen County (then including the present Bergen 
 and Hudson Counties) was divided into three townships: Hackensack, New 
 Barbadoes, and Bergen. Of these, Hackensack comprised "all the land 
 betwixt the Hackensack River and Hudson River, that extends froiii the 
 corporation town bound of Bergen to the partition line of the Province." 
 New Barbadoes comprised "all the land on Passaic River, above the third 
 river, and from the mouth of the said third river northwest to the partition 
 line of the Province, including also all the land in the New Barbadoes neck, 
 betwixt Hackensack and Passaic Rivers, and thence to the partition line of 
 
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the Province." Bergen comprised what is now that part of Hudson County 
 east of the Hackensack River. 
 
 The following table shows the names of the several townships and muni- 
 cipalities erected in Hudson County to date, the dates of their erection, and 
 the names of the townships and other municipalities from which they were 
 erected : 
 
 NAME OF TOWNSHIP FROM 
 No. NAME OF TOWNSHIP DATE OF ERECTION WHICH TAKEN 
 
 1 Bergen (Tp.) October, 1693 Original 
 
 2 Jers°ey (City) January 28, 1820 Bergen 
 
 3 Harrison (Tp.) February 22, 1840 Lodi, Bergen County 
 
 4 Van Vorst (Tp.) March 11, 1841 Bergen 
 
 5 North Bergen (Tp.) February 10, 1843 Bergen 
 
 6 Hoboken (Tp.) March 1, 1841 North Bergen 
 
 7 Hudson (Tp.) March 4, 1852 Bergen 
 
 8 Hoboken (City) March 28, 1855 North Bergen 
 
 9 Weehawken (Tp.) March 15, 1859 Hoboken 
 
 10 Bayonne (Tp.) February 16, 1861 Bergen 
 
 11 Union (Tp.) February 28, 1861 Bergen 
 
 12 West Hoboken (Town) February 28, 1861 Bergen 
 
 13 Greenville (Tp.) March 18, 1863 Bergen 
 
 14 Town of Union March 29, 1864 Union 
 
 15 Kearney (Town) March 14, 1867 Harrison 
 
 16 Bayonne (City) March 10, 1869 Bayonne 
 
 17 Guttenberg (Tp.) April 1, 1878 Union 
 
 18 West New York (Town) March 21, 1898 Union 
 
 19 East Newark (Town) 1898 Harrison 
 
 20 Secaucus (Bor.) March 12, 1900 North Bergen 
 
 21 Secaucus (Town) June ( ?) , 1917 North Bergen 
 
 Borough Governments. 
 
 The borough system of government for small communities was first 
 introduced into New Jersey by an act incorporating the "Borough of Eliza- 
 beth" During the next ninety years a number of similar municipalities 
 were erected in various parts of the State, each of which was the creation of 
 a special act of the Legislature. No general law on the subject was enacted 
 until April 5, 1878, when what has since been known as "The General Bor- 
 ough Act" became a law. It provided that the inhabitants of any township 
 or part of a township embracing an area not to exceed four square miles, 
 and containing a population not exceeding five thousand, might become a 
 body politic and corporate in fact and in law whenever, at a special election 
 to be called for that purpose, it might be decided by a majority of votes of 
 the electors of the proposed borough qualified to vote at elections for State 
 and Township officers. 
 
 For a period of sixteen years following the passage of this act , very 
 few boroughs were organized in the State, only three of them being in Berge~i 
 County. In the spring of 1894 an act was passed establishing an entirely new 
 system of public instruction. By this act the old school districts were blotted 
 out and each twonship erected into a separate and distinct district. yVll the 
 taxpayers of each township were thenceforth required to assume and pay, 
 pro rata, the debts already incurred by the several old districts, as well as 
 
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all future debts of the township for school purposes. The people com- 
 plained against the injustice of such a law, and sought a way to escape its 
 operation. 
 
 By the terms of the law, it was in operation in all incorporated boroughs, 
 towns, villages and cities, and accordingly a rush was made to form boroughs, 
 particularly in Bergen County, and had not the Legislature hastened to 
 check this rush by amending the school law, the whole county would have 
 been carved into boroughs in less than two years. As it was, 26 boroughs 
 were created in the county from January 23rd, 1894, to December 18th, of 
 the same year. The amendment which the Legislature made to the school 
 act provided that no borough might maintain a school separate from the 
 township unless there should be 400 children within its limits. This so 
 effectually checked the borough movement that only five have since been 
 formed, 
 
 Jersey City. 
 
 The locality now known as Jersey City was, before the white race came 
 to America, inhabited by a branch of the Minsi Division of the Lenni 
 Lanape Nation of the red men, and was called Sheyichbi. The name Lenni 
 Lanape means "Men of Otir Nation" and they claim to be the oldest nation 
 and root of the great Algonquin stock which occupied this co,ntinent from 
 Hudson Bay to South Carolina, and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi and 
 the great plains, with the exception of a portion east of the lakes, where the 
 Huron Iroquois dwelled. In 1750 New Jersey paid them $5,000 for their 
 lands in this state. 
 
 In the fall of 1609, when Hendrick Hudson anchored the "Half Moon" 
 off Communipaw, where lower Jersey City now stands, it was largely salt 
 marsh, and the heights were crowned with heavy forests. Hendrick Hudson 
 found an Indian village called Gemoenepa, and another at Hackensack. It is 
 said that Summit Avenue was a part of the trail or path connecting the two 
 villages. He found the natives along the west shore, from Sandy Hook to 
 Weehawken, most friendly and generous. Of these natives it is said "they 
 were more beautiful in form or feature than can possibly be described". 
 
 As already mentioned, Michael Pauw secured a deed froni the Indians 
 on November 22, 1630, to Ahasimus and Aresick (burying ground) pen- 
 insula late called Paulus Hook. In May, 1633, Michael Paulaz or Paullus- 
 son, an officer of the West Indian Co., was living at Pavonia. He lived in a 
 hut on the Point, which was later called Paulus Hook. 
 
 In the latter part of 1633, two houses were built, one at Ahasimus, 
 what is now the corner of Fourth and Henderson Sts., and the other at 
 Communipaw. These were the first two regular buildings in this county. 
 Jan Evertsen Bout, who succeeded Pauluson as Superintendent of Pavonia, 
 selected the house at Communipaw for his home and was the first white 
 resident there. This house was burned in 1643. In 1636, Cornelius Van 
 Vorst became Superintendent of the property and lived in the house biult at 
 Ahasimus. 
 
 On September 8th, 1660, Jacques Cortelyou was ordered to survey Ge- 
 monepa and lay it out into lots. This site, fronted by the bay, extended from 
 what is now Communipaw Avenue on the north to the Bay Shore House on 
 the south. In June, 1663, Gerrit GerritseA, Harmen Smeeman and Dirck 
 Claussen were appointed commissioners to fortify Gemoenepa, as it was 
 called at that time. On May 9th, 1661, Egbert Sanderson and Jan Theunis- 
 
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sen, inhabitants of Long Island, petitioned for permission to erect a saw 
 mill near the stream of Gemoenepa and move their families there, and tor a 
 lot of land for each. The permission was given, and they built a mill below 
 the points of rocks on the stream formerly called the Creek of the Woods or 
 "the Creek of the High Wood Lands." This mill was later referred to as 
 the "Mill of Hossemus" ; from this mill the creek received its name ot Mill 
 Creek This creek was filled in when the cut was made for the Pennsylvania 
 Railroad in 1837. In 1661 Sanderson erected a saw mill on Showhank 
 Brook ; this creek rose in an Indian spring in West Hoboken and ran south 
 until it reached the point where New York Avenue crosses Palisade Avenue ; 
 then it turned down the hill and emptied into Mill Creek. ,- i. j 
 
 The first legalized ferry across to Manhattan Island was established at 
 the foot of Communipaw Avenue, when the village of Bergen was started in 
 the fall of 1830 by William Jansen. The boats were of the old Spanish 
 pirouge style, pointed at both ends, and with two masts. Horses and cor- 
 riages were also transported across in these boats. The rates were fixed by 
 the Governor General and Council. Jansen ran boats across three times a 
 week. In 1669 a licensewas issued to Peter Hetfelsen to run a ferry from 
 Communipaw to New York with a list of rates to be charged ; all of which 
 were payable in Wampum. "Any person, letter, packett, or message of 
 public business, and the Governor and his family were to be carried free." 
 John Tymensen succeeded Hetfelsen in 1672. In 1783 Aaron Longstreet 
 and Company advertised that "constant attendance was given by the boats at 
 the ferry stairs, near the Exchange, at 3 P. M., to bring passengers to Com- 
 munipaw, where the Newark stage would be ready to convey them to New- 
 ark and thence by the excellent New York and Philadelphia running ma- 
 chines in one day to Philadelphia." 
 
 The first road built in this county was from Communipaw to Bergen in 
 1660. It ran across the present Communipaw Avenue to Summit Avenue, 
 then northerly along Summit Avenue to Academy Street, then westerly to 
 Bergen. It was named "Off-fall" Road, from the stream that ran from 
 Tuer's Pond and fell over the ledge of rock at the present intersection of 
 Grant Street and Communipaw Avenue. Until Grant Street was extended 
 across the marsh in 1847, the people from Communipaw and along to Bergen 
 Point, could only reach Jersey City by way of Bergen, and the Prior's Mill 
 Road or Newark Avenue; where Monticello Avenue now is was a marsh 
 until comparatively recent times. On November 24th, 1790, the Legislature 
 appointed five commissioners to locate and build bridges across the Hacken- 
 sack and Passaic and lay out a road four rods wide from the Newark Court 
 House to Paulus Hook. 
 
 Bergen section, around Montgomery Street and Bergen Avenue, was 
 founded in 1660 by Tilman Van X^leck. He petitioned for permission to 
 found a village there. After being refused twice, he was finally success- 
 ful the third time, and on August 16th, permission was granted him on the 
 following condition : "The site should be selected by the Governor and Coun- 
 cil ; it must be a place easily defended ; the land to be distributed by lot, and 
 work on each lot to begin within six weeks. Each owner of a lot to send one 
 man to bear arms. The houses were to be within a fortified village, and the 
 farms were to be outside." The place was surveyed and laid out by Jacques 
 Cortelyou, Surveyor of Nieu Netherland. This was the first village in New 
 Jersey, and was called "Bergen Village" after a small town in Holland. It is 
 claimed that a block house was built on the corner of Vroom and Teurs Sts., 
 as a protection against the Indians. The first lot taken in the new village, 
 
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now known as 201 Academy Street, was bought by Cornelius Van Reypen. 
 Some of the other families who bought lots in the village, were : Van Wage- 
 nens, Romeyns, Van Winkles, Sip and Neukirk. Branches of many of these 
 families are still living in that neighborhood. 
 
 The first local Court in New Jersey was established in Bergen in Sep- 
 tember, 1661. Tielman Van Vleck was schout or sheriff, Michael Jansen, 
 Herman Smeeman and Casper Stynmets as schepens or magistrates. How- 
 ever, only smaller offenses came before this court, all criminal cases were 
 tried before the Director General and Council in Nieuw Netherland. In 
 1673, a house was made "ye prison for the Province" until a prison could be 
 built, and Adrian Post, a constable, was made keeper. Later a "lock-up" 
 was built on the east side of the square near where the school now stands. 
 On the westerly side were the stocks and the whipping post. 
 
 During the war of 1812-14 a Liberty Pole was erected in a well, which 
 had been dug in the center of the square in L662. This pole was taken down 
 in 1870, when the square was paved. 
 
 ^ The first school house in Bergen was built in 1664, and Engelbert Steen- 
 huysen was appointed schoolmaster. In 1790 the Columbia Academy was 
 built on the same site, and in 1857 the present school. No. 11, was erected. 
 
 The first church was built in 1680, but before that time it is believed 
 religious services were held in the school house. 
 
 In 1773, the new church building was erected on the corner of what is 
 now known as Vroom Street and Bergen Avenue. The third church was 
 dedicated July 14th, 1882. 
 
 The first cemetery of Bergen was laid out on the south side of Vroom 
 Street, just outside of the new town. The second cemetery was opened in 
 1738 on the corner of Vroom Street and Bergen Avenue. The Jersey City 
 Cemetery was opened in 1829. About 1831 still another burial ground of 
 the Bergen Church, east of Bergen Avenue and south of Vroom Street, was 
 bought of Aaron Tuers. The New York Bay Cemetery was established in 
 1849, and the Spier's Cemetery in 1857. Other cemeteries have been 
 founded since then. 
 
 Paulus Hook was situated east of what is now Warren Street. It was 
 sold by the East Indian Company to Abraham Issacsen Planck on May 1, 
 1638. The Planck family sold it to Cornelius Van Vorst on August 2, 1699. 
 
 In 1754 a post route was established between New York and Philadel- 
 phia by way of Bergen Point and Staten Island. 
 
 One of the first parks was laid out by Van Vorst, at what is now the foot 
 of Grant Street. Michael Cornelisen built a tavern north of Grant Street, 
 near the water. This was later also used as a ferry house. In 1769, Van 
 Vorst laid out a race track along the edge of the upland. This was in use 
 until 1804. 
 
 The Beacon Race Course was established on the hill which was later 
 known as Hudson City, about 1837. It was located southeast of where the 
 reservoir now stands and was the scene of some very celebrated races. 
 
 Revolutionary Notes. 
 
 Lord Stirling, in command of the American forces in this section in 
 1776 put Bergen and Paulus Hook in condition of defense. A fort was 
 built 'at Bergen Neck, later called Fort Delancy, to prevent the Enghsh from 
 coming over from Staten Island. Tfoops from New York and Philadel- 
 phia were stationed there under command of General Mercer. On July 
 
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12th, 1776, fire was opened on the British warships as they came up the bay. 
 On the 16th of September, the British captured New York City, and on Sep- 
 tember 23rd, the EngHsh bombarded the fort and then landed a force. 
 General Mercer recognized that the fort could not be held, and retired with 
 his troops, after removing all guns, stores, etc. He retired with his troops 
 to Bergen and later joined Washington in his retreat to the Delaware. 
 
 For a long time Paulus Hook was the only British stronghold in New 
 Jersey. 
 
 On August 18th, 1789, Major Henry Lee, with a little over 400 men, 
 started from New Bridge (Hackensack) on a march of 14 miles through the 
 woods to make an attack upon the fort at" Paulus Hook. The following 
 afternoon he gained possession of the outer fort. Major Lee had intended 
 to burn the barracks, but on finding sick soldiers, women and children, he 
 retreated, after taking 159 prisoners ; he lost 2 of his own men and had three 
 wounded. After a march of many hardships Major Lee returned to New 
 Bridge. He received a medal from Congress and $15,000 to be distributed 
 among the troops which were engaged in the attack. 
 
 On August 24th, 1779, General Lafayette marched his troops on a for- 
 aging expedition from Fort Lee to Bergen. They encamped in the locality 
 now known as Waldo Avenue, between Henry Street and Magnolia Avenue, 
 about an old tulip tree. The tree was cut down December 20th, 1871. Van 
 Wagenen's Place on the northwest corner of Academy Street and Bergen 
 Square, was Lafayette's headquarters. Here he entertained General Wash- 
 ington at dinner in the orchard under an apple tree. 
 
 The Incorporation of Jersey City. 
 
 Anthony Dey of New York bought Paulus Hook with its ferry rights, 
 from the Van Vorst family, on March 26, 1804, for $6,000 in Spanish Milled 
 Dollars. Dey sold it to Abraham Varick, who again, within a month, sold it 
 to Richard Varick, Jacob Radcliff, and Anthony Dey. These men' were all 
 siiccessful lawyers in New York, and they became the founders of Jersey 
 City. They divided their purchase into one thousand shares, associating 
 others with themselves. On November 10th, 1804, the Legislature passed 
 an act incorporating the "Associates of the Jersey Company". 
 
 The city Hmits were, at various times, extended and the governing 
 power changed. In 1820 the Legislature passed an "Act to Incorporate 
 Jersey City, in the County of Bergen". On January 23, 1829, this was 
 changed to "The Board of Selectmen and Inhabitants of Jersev City". On 
 the 22nd of February, 1838, the governing power was vested in the "Mayor 
 and Common Council of Jersey City". It then ceased to be part of Bergen 
 Township. 
 
 Dudley S. Gregory was the first Mayor of Jersey City. 'He served as 
 Mayor in 1838-39-41, 58 and 59. ^ J ^ y 
 
 Hudson County was set off from Bergen County in 1840. Hudson City 
 was formerly part of North Bergen Township, but on March 4th, 1852, was 
 incorporated as the "Town of Hudson in the County of Hudson". On the 
 11th of April, 1859, it was incorporated as the "City of Hudson". In 1869 
 that section, Bergen, and Jersey City, became one city under the name of 
 Jersey City. In 1873 the town of Greenville was annexed to Jersey City 
 
 The first school on Paulus Hook was started in 1806. ' This was a pri- 
 vate 'pay" school and soon failed, in 1838, the Mayor and Council re- 
 modeled an old building and used this as a school house, town hall, and jail 
 
After a time the officials ceased to use it, and they met at different inns and 
 taverns until 1861, when the City Hall was built. In 1887 measures were 
 begun to build a larger City Hall, and on May 26, 1894, the corner stone was 
 laid for the present City Hall, which was completed on January 1st, 1896, 
 costing a sum of $736,267.56. 
 
 The first public school was opened in Jersey City in 1848, on York St., 
 west of Washington St. Mr. Lensley was the first principal and the school 
 was called Public School No. 1 . 
 
 The first Post Office was established in 1807 by Postmaster General 
 Grainger. Before that time, people had to go to New York or Newark for 
 their letters. The first successful church society was that of St. Matthews' 
 Episcopal Church, which was organized on August 21, 1808. The first Pres- 
 byterian society was founded in 1809. The Particular Baptist Church was 
 organized in 1839. In 1836 the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church was 
 organized. It is said that the Roman Catholics were under the jurisdiction 
 of the Diocese of New York until 1853, when the Diocese of New Jersey was 
 organized. However, St. Peter's R. C. Church opened for services in 1837. 
 Many other church societies have since been organized. 
 
 The first Fire Department was started in 1829 by pubHc subscription. The 
 Police Departement was organized about the same time with seven watch- 
 men. In 1837 four night watchmen and a City Marshal to serve by day, 
 were appointed. In 1845 the watchmen were required to call the hours 
 during the night '"'until the hour of calling off arrive". In 1851 uniform caps 
 and clubs were introduced. The first station house was built in 1859 at 
 Coopers Alley and Gregory St. The present form of police government was 
 started in 1866, and the mounted police were organized in 1873. The first 
 attorney to practice law in Jersey City was James Wilson, who opened his 
 law office in 1812. The Hudson County Bar was founded in 1840. 
 
 The first court of the new county opened in Lyceum Hall in Grand St., 
 on April 14th, 1840. On September 19th, 1843, the court was moved to the 
 Newkirk house at the Five Corners, and continued there until March 11th, 
 1845, when the Court House was completed. The jail, next to the Court 
 House, was finished a little later. The present Court House was completed 
 in 1912 In 1843 street lamps were introduced; on December 1, 1852, gas 
 was first used in Jersey City, and in 1884 electric lighting for the streets 
 began. The first telephone service in the' city was in 1878. 
 
 In the early days, people living in Bergen and Communipaw, had to 
 travel by private conveyances or walk to the ferry by the mill road ; later 
 stages were run by Peter Merselis from the ferry to Bergen via the Five 
 Corners. After a tirne omnibuses were introduced and large open sleighs in 
 the winter, Peter .Merselis sold out to the Jersey City and Bergen Railroad 
 Co., which was incorporated on March 15th, 1859. They were authorized to 
 lay out and construct a railroad from some point on the Kill van Kull at Ber- 
 gen Point to the Newark Turnpike Road, leading from Jersey City to New- 
 ark. They ran a line with dummy engines from the Pennsylvania Railroad 
 Ferry to Bergen Point. Later they received permission to lay a single track 
 of iron rail on Montgomery St., Newark Ave., Grove St., to Montgomery 
 St., Gregory St. to York St. and Hudson St. to Montgomery St. 
 
 The horse cars came into use in 1864, and the first trolley car was run in 
 Jersey City on the Montgomery St. line from Bergen Ave. to Monmouth St., 
 in 1890. 
 
 In 1834, the New Jersey Railroad and the Paterson and Hudson River 
 Railroad were opened in Jersey City. The N. J. Railroad extended to 
 
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Newark. Eight trips were made a day and each trip took one hour and a 
 half from Jersey City to Newark. The cars were drawn by horses until 
 the locomotive, "the Newark", was used in 1838. The road consolidated 
 with the Camden and Amboy in 1867, and the consolidation was leased to the 
 Pennsylvania Railroad Co. in 1870. 
 
 Jersey Cit}' to-day is one of the most up-to-date and prosperous com- 
 munities in the county. Many of the most beautiful biuldings can be found 
 there ; the Court House, City Hall, Post Office, Free Public Library, City 
 Hospital, Dickinson High School, and many others too numerous to mention. 
 Some of the finest parks in the county can also be found in Jersey City. 
 
 In 1913, Jersey City adopted the Commission form of government to 
 take effect the following year. 
 
 Hoboken. 
 
 Hoboken received its name from Hohopoghan Hackingh — the land of 
 the tobacco pipe. Here the Indians procured the stone from which they 
 carved their pipes. 
 
 The first recorded deed was conveyed by the Indians on July 12th, 1630, 
 to the Director and Council of New Netherlands, who were acting for 
 Michael Pauw. An agent of Pauw, Cornelius Van Vorst, settled at Aha- 
 simus (Jersey City), and his son Hendrick was probably the first white oc- 
 cupant of Hoboken. At least he had a farm there, but there is no record 
 of any house, and they probably lived with his father at Ahasimus. He re- 
 turned to Holland, where he died in 1639, and the following year Director- 
 General Kieft, the Governor of Nieu Netherland, leased Hoboken to Aert 
 Teunissen Van Putten and agreed to build a small house there. Van Putten 
 miproved the place, worked the soil, and built a brew-house, which was still 
 standing in 1649. \^an Putten was killed by the Indians in 1643. His 
 widow later re-married and laid claim to Hoboken, but Governor Kieft did 
 not allow the claim and leased Hoboken to Dierck Claesen from Bremen 
 who later abandoned the place, and in the end of the year 1649 Hoboken was 
 unoccupied. A few years later Nicholas Varleth acquired an interest in 
 Hoboken, and in 1663 he succeeded in getting a formal grant of the land 
 from Governor Peter Stuyvesant, which was later confirmed by Governor 
 Carteret after the English conquest in 1668. Varleth had married Anna 
 Stuyvesant, a sister of the Governor, and the widow of Samuel Bavard, in 
 1665. After Varleth s death in 1675 his heirs succeeded to his estate, and 
 from them the Hoboken property was conveyed to his step-son Samuel 
 l^\Z' ■\?'' "^ • ,f descendants continued in possession of Hoboken 
 
 until the Revolutionary War. The mansion of Wm. Bayard, the last of the 
 tamily to own Hoboken, stood on Castle Point 
 
 1 °f '1^ the Revolutionary War, Wm. Bayard was on the side of the 
 a)lonists but when the British captured New York in 1776, he joined the 
 Kings Army with the rank of Colonel. At the close of the war, the State 
 LfTJ^"'^^ confiscated his Hoboken estate, as he had taken up arms 
 tbn Cener.TV°""^^i ^^'- !f^^te was ordered to be sold at public auc- 
 tion. General Von Steuben tried to buy the land before it was sold at auc- 
 tion, but his attempt was unsuccessful and the auction sale of the Bavard 
 
 isS:fr.b„i,^i5,,S£'* '"""■ '"^^ '"•"^" >""=-- •»'*,,« 
 
 The Stevens family at once started to build up Hoboken, and it soon 
 became one of the greatest pleasure resorts. Twenty-five thousand to thirtv 
 
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thousand people would come to Hoboken to spend the day there. There 
 were all kinds of entertainments and refreshments were- served at the "76 
 House" near the ferry and at the "Colonnade", a pavillion which was 
 erected by Colonel Stevens in the Elysian Fields in 1830, and many others. 
 The "Green" and "River Walk" were frequented by all classes of all ages. 
 John Jacob Astor and many other well known people mingled freely with 
 the throngs of pleasure seekers there. 
 
 In 1811, John Stevens ran the first steam ferry boat, the "Julianna", 
 his own invention, and the first steam ferry boat in the world. In the early 
 days the ferry boats landed in New York at Vesey St. ; in 1817 it was mover 
 to Murray St., and in 1818 to the present site, at Barclay St. 
 
 With the perfection of the steam ferry boat and the steamship, Hoboken 
 slowly changed to a commercial center. 
 
 On March 28th, 1855, Hoboken was incorporated as a city, with a popu- 
 lation of 6,727. To-day the population of the "Mile Square City" numbers 
 over 80,000. 
 
 The first stage route was established in 1855 ; the first water mains wpre 
 laid in 1857; in 1858 the first school was opened. St. Paul's Protestant 
 Episcopal Church held the first services in 1832, but a permanent organiza- 
 tion was not effected before March 2nd, 1835. 
 
 The first horse cars appeared on Washington St. in 1861. The first 
 National Bank was estabhshed in 1865. The Erie Railroad and the Ham- 
 burg-American Line were estabhshed two years previous. 
 
 North Hudson. 
 
 West Hoboken, which has the distinction of being the biggest town in 
 the United States, was incorporated as a township on February 28th, 1867. 
 Previous to that time, it was part of North Bergen Township, which form- 
 erly was part of Bergen County. It is not definitely known when the first 
 house was erected in West Hoboken, but it is supposed to be in the last 
 quarter of the eighteenth century. The first inhabitants, who were Dutch, 
 and later French people, settled and founded a village around Paterson and 
 Clinton Ave. A few people settled in the northern end of the town, whiclr 
 at that time was mostly woodland. 
 
 It seems that the Indians, after the Indian War in 1643, gained complete 
 control over the northern part of the county, or what is now known as North 
 Hudson. A deed conveying this property to the whites, read in part as 
 follows : "On the 30th day of January, 1658, the Indians sold to the Noble 
 Lord Director General Pieter Stuyvesant and Council of Nieu Netherlands, 
 a tract of land lying on the west side of the North River. 
 
 "Beginning from the Great Clip (referring to the Palisades) above 
 Wiehachen and from there right through the land above the Island Sikakes 
 (Secaucus) and therefrom thence to the Kill von Coll, and so along the Con- 
 stables Hoeck again to the aforesaid clip above Wiehachen." 
 
 The tract was purchased for: 80 fathoms of wampum, 20 fathoms of 
 cloth, 12 brass kettles, 6 guns, 1 double brass kettle, and half a barrel strong 
 beer," in all valued at $675.00. 
 
 Almost all of the property north of Stevens Street belonged to the 
 Bayard Estate. This was auctioned ofif, as before mentioned, in 1784, when 
 John Stevens bought the biggest part of it ; he later sold his holchngs in West 
 Hoboken to the Hoboken Land Improvement Co. Wm. Jackson bought a 
 large tract of land adjoining Stevens' propetry. In 1785 Cornelius Van 
 
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Vorst bought a large tract of what now comprises the middle western part of 
 the town. Some of the other early land owners were : the De Motts, Trap- 
 hagens, Van Reinens and Van Winkles. A large tract of land was owned by 
 Mersalis in 1779,and by his heirs later sold to John Syms. Outside the 
 "village" limits West Hoboken was composed of farms and thick woods, in 
 which many specimens of cedar trees could be found. Among some of the 
 owners of these farms and their descendants may be mentioned the Kerri- 
 gans, De Motts, Van \'orsts, Syms, Ludlows, Mascus, Roseman's, Trap- 
 hagens, Dubois, Bonus and the Dreschers. Some of these farms were only 
 cut up into building lots in the early 60's and some much later. 
 
 At the time the town was incorporated the population numbered 1500 
 inhabitants. The center of population was at Paterson and Clinton Avenue, 
 and only a few houses were grouped together in the northern end of the 
 town, where the car barns are now located. 
 
 One of the oldest land marks in North Hudson is Cox's store on Hack- 
 ensack Plankroad and the Boulevard. It was established in 1837 when the 
 Cox family bought it from A. Ross. People living in the neighborhood 
 would say, "I live ten minutes north (or souh, east or west) of Cox's Cor- 
 ner." Some people would even print this on their business cards, besides 
 their address. 
 
 One of the greatest amusement places in those days was the Syms 
 Woods, located in the middle of the Township. It was bounded on the east 
 by the present line of Spring Street, on the south about one hundred feet 
 south of Syms Street, on the west about one hundred feet east of Central 
 Avenue, and on the north by John Street. The gate leading to this wood 
 was situated on Spring Street. Most of the picnics were held in this 
 wood. In the minutes of the Town Council of June, 1871, a motion can be 
 found to "allow the trustees privilege to maintain a bar for the sale of malt 
 liquors, said bar to be in the woods." 
 
 There were no streets running north and south through the town, except 
 the Weavertown Road (Boulevard), until 1870, when Palisade Ave. was 
 opened. There were no side streets from Stevens Street north to Angelique 
 Street, until 1882. Spring Street was opened 1882, and Clinton Avenne was 
 opened five years later. The large tract of land in the northern part of the 
 town was "known as the Commons". It was on these "Commons" that the 
 U. S. Government, in 1861, maintained a camp for their soldiers. When 
 the car stables were built, the railroad company leased part of the "Com- 
 mons", fenced it in, and used it for pasturage for their horses. 
 
 The first members of the Township Committee of West Hoboken were 
 Smclair, Cox, and Aldcorn. W. Sinclair was the first chairman of the 
 lownship Committee, and John A. Freeland was the first Township Clerk 
 Smclair was also- elected Treasurer, and Andrew Anderson was the first 
 Assessor and Collector. The first meeting of the Township Committee was 
 held in the office of John Hague and later the meetings were held at Mrs. 
 C. H. Piebes Hotel on Hillside Road and Palisade Avenue. A Town Hall 
 was erected on Palisade Avenue, near High Street, in 1868. The building 
 was later removed to Charles Street, where it remained until 1888, when 
 
 %^^Z7\a77\^^^^ """' \""*; ^^^ °^'' °f ^^'°''^'' ^^s -^re^ted in 
 18/5, and W E. Simms was the first Recorder. The Justices of the Peace 
 had previously tried most of the cases. There were no policemen, but on 
 holidays or on special occasions a Constable would be hired to preserve 
 peace, the offices of Assessor and Collector were separated in 1871 and 
 the first Assessor was Herman BrUsing. The Post Office was situated on 
 
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Paterson Avenue in a grocery store kept by John Freeland, who was also 
 the Postmaster. 
 
 In 1884 the Township assumed the title of Town, but retained the old 
 charter, and in that year the following citizens were elected to the Town- 
 ship Committee : Alfred De Bevoise, Thomas Nolan, B. Fitzgerald, R. E. 
 Galbraith, and Fred Engeln ; S. A. Fawl was elected Town Clerk. A regu- 
 lar paid police force was established the same year, with Fred Sieler in 
 command as sergeant. The special officers were paid on the piece work 
 system, receiving fifteen cents for each hour's work. In addition they re- 
 ceived seventy-five cents for every arrest, fifty cents for attending court, one 
 dollar and forty-eight cents to bring a prisoner to Snake Hill, and a dollar 
 and a quarter for lodging a prisoner in the County Jail. 
 
 The first school in West Hoboken was established in 1845. It consisted 
 of one large room in a small one-story frame building located on Hoboken 
 Street near Spring Street. The lone teacher and principal's name was 
 Kelly. A few years later another school was established on Ann Street, 
 and this school was in charge of a teacher named Kroh. Several other small 
 schools were added until 1867, when Public School No. 1 was built at a cost 
 of $32,762.56. The first principal of this school was John Keynton. 
 
 The first transit facility was established in 1846, when Saltzman began 
 running stages from De Mott Street and Clinton Avenue to the Hoboken 
 Ferry, going down Paterson Plankroad. The fare was one shilling. The 
 line changed hands several times until finally Nicholas Goelz secured con- 
 trol of the line. He changed the route from West Hoboken to Union Hill, 
 using the Hackensack Plank Road to the ferry. This was in 1859. Goelz 
 built his stables on Bergenline Avenue and Franklin Street. About this time 
 a line of horse cars were running from the ferry to Congress Street in 
 Jersey City. Goelz's barns and stables were struck by lightning and burnt 
 down in 1863, and before rebuilding he consolidated with the Jersey City 
 Co., who had cars running in Jersey City and Hoboken. After the consoli- 
 dation the company erected a car depot on Spring Street in 1865, and a 
 steam dummy was installed on the Palisade Avenue line in Jersey City, and 
 this road was extended up into West Hoboken, running as far as the Hill- 
 side Road. In 1871, the tracks were extended to the car stables, the dummy 
 was discontinued, and the first horse car was run through West Hoboken. 
 
 At that time the stores and residenecs were illuminated by kerosene 
 lamps, but in 1872 the Township Committee of West Hoboken entered into 
 an agreement with the Hudson County Gas Co., and this company was given 
 permission to lay gas mains in several streets. Seventeen gas lamps were 
 installed and John Everson was appointed gas lighter. The gas company 
 agreed to pay one half of his salary and the Township the other half. The 
 lamps were not supposed to be lit on nights when the moon, according to the 
 almanac, was supposed to shine. 
 
 In the year 1890, the Town Council contracted with the Hudson Electric 
 Light Co. for fifteen arc lights. These were installed on Clinton Avenue 
 from Stevens south, and on Spring Street from Stevens north. 
 
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Union Hill. 
 
 Union Hill, which was incorporated as a town on March 26, 1864, began 
 to be settled in 1851, when a small group of German-Americans employed 
 by the Hoe Company in New York City crossed the Hudson River to look 
 for more pleasing quarters where they could establish their homes. After 
 climbing the bluff, they reached Union Hill, which at that time was farms 
 and woodlands. After thoroughly looking over the ground, they decided it 
 would be an ideal place to live, and tipon their return to New York City, they 
 called a meeting in a small Weinstube on the Bowery near Stanton Street, 
 and there organized a Building and Loan Association. In this way Union 
 Hill was born. John Pleikhardt, who has since become well known in 
 Union Hill, was among the first settlers. The section between Hackensack 
 Plank Road and Union Street was the first to be settled, but in 1853 Louis 
 Becker incorporated a company, which bought large parcels of land from 
 the Gardner Farm, one of the largest farms located between Union and 
 Fulton Sts. The Greenleaf, Danielsen, Earle, Merrit, Cantello, and several 
 other farms were located within the section. The Louis Becker Co. sold 
 the lots ranging from $50 to $100 a piece on the installment plan, payable at 
 $2.50 a month. After part of the money had been paid, a lottery was held 
 in New York one Sunday morning, when a drawing for their lots took 
 place. Hardly any of the men who had bought lots knew where these were 
 located or what they looked like. After the drawing the men went to 
 Union Hill to locate their individual plots ; some found themselves to be 
 very lucky, and others found their lots to be a big water pool. Among the 
 latter was Fred Lange, who found his lot to be nothing but water, where 
 the Simon factory now stands. He had already paid $30, but stopped 
 further payments on his purchase. Among some of the luckier purchasers 
 were the Berenbroick and Gottlieb families, and several others. 
 
 The first public school was established in 1858 on Lewis Street, next 
 to where now the Hudson Theatre stands. Part of this first schoolhouse 
 still stands there. A man by the name of Schaef er was the teacher. 
 
 On January 30, 1860, several citizens met at Erb's Hall to organize a 
 Fire Company. The following temporary officers were elected: H. Rott- 
 mann, President; W. \^ogel, Secretary; U. Erb, Treasurer. The monthly 
 dues were fixed at 25c. A committee consisting of Rottmann, Vogt and ' 
 Reinhart were elected to prepare a constitution. It was decided to hold 
 the next meeting at Budtenbender's Hall, on Sunday, February 12 The 
 constitution was adopted at the next meeting, and the cohipany organized as 
 Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, Union Hill. Any German over 21 years of 
 age was eligible for membership. This was amended at the next meeting to 
 read : All business at meetings and orders at fires shall be in German The 
 uniform consisted of a red woolen shirt and a fire hat. The following of- 
 ficers were elected: H. Rottmann, Foreman; J. Reinhart, Jr., Assistant 
 Foreman ; W. Vogel, Secretary, and U. Erb, Treasurer. On April 7 1860 
 the company was accepted by the Town Committee. On May 1 Mr' Rott- 
 mann bought a truck for $50, which he paid. The first bell'tower was 
 erected on Jefferson St., between Palisade and New York Avenues The hell 
 originally came from Krupp Gun Works, Germany. It's the same laiw bell 
 now at the Town Hall. 
 
 It was not alone in the Fire Department, but in all the town's official 
 departments, that all business was transacted in the German language. The 
 
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executive sessions of the Board of Council were conducted in German as 
 recently as 1893. 
 
 The charter of the old North Hudson County Railroad, which intro- 
 duced the horse cars in North Hudson, was granted in 1859. 
 
 The late John H. Bonn of Weehawken was the first President, and 
 the late Nicholas Goelz the first Superintendent. 
 
 The first rail was laid in 1860, and the first car was run over the tracks 
 on December 15,, of that year. The horse cars were given up in the 90s. The 
 North Hudson County Car Road consisted of a single track road at first and 
 ran from 19th St., Weehawken, down the old Bulls Ferry Road to the lower 
 Hoboken Ferry. The old stage line which had been in existence since 1858 
 continued from 19th St., Weehawken, to Union Hill. The waiting room and 
 the stables of the stage line were, as before mentioned, located at Kossuth 
 St. and Bergenline Avenue on the site of the present residence of Henry 
 Luther, at 22 Bergenline Avenue, son-in-law of Nicholas Goelz, who built 
 it for his home after the stables were removed. A horse car line was later 
 extended to include Union Hill, the route leaving from Bergenline Ave. was 
 from Union St. down to 19th St.,Weehawken down Bullsferry Road to Wil- 
 low Ave., Hoboken, and down Ferry St. to the ferry. Returning from 
 Hoboken, it ran up Washington St. to about 8th St., where it ran diagonally 
 across town until it struck Willow Ave., then up the Bulls Ferry Road to 
 Lewis St., Union Hill, and along Lewis St. to Bergenline Ave. Two turn- 
 tables were used in connection with the Union and Lewis St. turns. The 
 double track system from Union Hill to Hoboken was installed about 1876. 
 Later cars were installed on Bergenline Ave., to run along that thoroughfare 
 to Herman Ave., Guttenberg. The steam elevator at the West Shore Ferry 
 was operated for the first time in 1894. The passengers were lifted from 
 the ferry to the top of the steel structure, a height of about 154 feet. The 
 process required but one minute. 
 
 The Hillside Railroad or the "Merry-Go-Round" was established in the 
 early nineties. 
 
 The first church in Union Hill was the German Evangelical Church on 
 Columbia Street, which was organized in 1853. The minister was the Rev. 
 Mohn. People living in the section of Union St. and Bullsferry Road used 
 the cow path running from that section across to Columbia St. and Bergen- 
 line Ave. when they went to church. The section above Fulton St. was all 
 thick woods. It was in these woods that Gen. Lee lost his way when he, with 
 400 men, marched down to Paulus Hook to take this fort from the English 
 in 1776. 
 
 Bergenline Ave. was a narrow lane, and it was originally thought that 
 Palisade Ave. -was to be the main street. A bitter fight arose over this 
 question, but the people who favored Bergenline Ave. as the main street 
 won out. 
 
 The late Abraham Birnbaum established the first dry goods store on 
 Bergenline Ave. and Franklin Lane in 1872. Some months later Holt- 
 hausen opened his store on Bergenline Ave. and Jefiferson St. 
 
 The Gulden furniture store was established by the late William Gulden 
 in 1868. It was located at 129 Union St. as a furniture and repair shop. 
 "Big Schneider" opened his store the same year, at Palisade Ave. and Jefifer- 
 son St. ' Other old stores were: Schmidt's drug store on Bergenline Ave. 
 and Hackensack Plankroad, Foster's photo studio on the top floor of the 
 
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building where Groth's cafe now is located; Etzold's hardware store on 
 Blum St., near New York Ave.; Roehm's stationery store, and Vorberg's 
 grocery store, and others. 
 
 The famous eating place at that time was Hellstern's Oyster House at 
 the corner of Bergenline Ave. and Lewis St. Meier's Hotel was at the 
 corner of Union St. 
 
 Daniel Bermes Brewery was founded in 1833, and William Peter 
 founded his brewery in 1863 at its present location. 
 
 In 1886, the first local new,spaper appeared. It was published in 
 German, under the name of "Union Hiller Sonntags-Journal" (Union Hill 
 Sunday Journal). John Weber, who conducted a small print shop at 422 
 Liberty St., was the publisher. It was a weekly paper, and before the second 
 issue was published, Fred Michel secured a position as printer with Weber, 
 and two years later George Rank was employed, also as a printer. Soon 
 after, the name of the paper was changed to "Hudson County Revue". In 
 1898, Weber died, and Michel and Rank conducted the business for his 
 widow until August of that year, when they bought the paper as well as the 
 printing plant. Six years later, the shop was moved to its present location at 
 Humboldt St. and New York Avenue, where Michel & Rank, the publishers 
 of this book, are still continuing the business, and publishing the "Hudson 
 County Revue" 
 
 At the west side of Bergenline Ave. was a thriving settlement, con- 
 taining at least 25 houses, as early as 1850; this was called Dallytown. Its 
 central point was the Liberty Pole at what is now the corner of Fulton St. 
 and the Boulevard. Here the people met once a week to await the arrival of 
 a butcher by the name of Chamberlain, of Hoboken, who supplied them with 
 fresh meat. Here, too, was the end of the stage line to Hoboken, and many 
 an old resident remembers the sound of the old stage horn. This corner 
 was long known as the Sawpit, for here many of the trees of the surround- 
 ing forest had been changed into ship timber. 
 
 North Bergen. 
 
 North Bergen became a township on February 10, 1843. It consisted 
 of a long stretch of land lying west of H.udson Boulevard and extending 
 from the Jersey City boundary line to Bergen County. One of the most 
 popular sections of the township is New Durham, which up to 1803 was 
 known as Marshland, and here was located "The Three Pigeons", a well 
 known tavern before the Revolution, where many people came to enjoy a 
 spin behind fast trotters along the country roads. The Frenchman's Gar- 
 dens was another interesting place. Andre Michaux, a noted French botan- 
 ist, came to this country with letters of introduction from Marquis de La- 
 fayette to George Washington. He was granted 200 acres of land on the 
 western slope of the hill at New Durham. From this spot, the Lombard 
 poplar trees spread all over the country. 
 
 The Schuetzen Park, in North Bergen, was established in 1874. It is 
 claimed that this land was the estate of the son of an English lord, who built 
 a stone castle there, surrounded by a deer park. Later it became the resi- 
 dence of a rich Southern cotton broker named Wright. He failed some 
 time later, and the Plattdeutsche Verein purchased the 33 acres for $105,000. 
 It has since become known, not only in this county, but in the whole state, 
 as well as in New York, as one of the greatest amusement parks. 
 
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North Bergen, especially the New Durham section, has become a thriv- 
 ing manufacturing centre, while the upper section, Woodcliflf, is one of the 
 finest residential sections in the county. 
 
 Weehawken. 
 
 Weehawken, variously also known as Whehocken, Weehank and Wee- 
 hauk, was the place where Hendrick Hudson anchored his "Half Moon", in 
 the cove north of Hoboken. The name orginiated from the Indians, and 
 translated means : the end of the Palisades. The women of the Indian tribe 
 who was in possession of that section, are described in early history as "the 
 prittiest ever seen". 
 
 The water front, a short distance north of the anchorage of Hendrick 
 Hudson, is a historic spot, known as a great duelling ground. One of the 
 most famous duels was fought here on July 11, 1804, between Aaron Burr 
 and Alexander Hamilton. Burr had fought one with Hamilton's brother- 
 ia-law, Mr. Church, on September 2, 1799. Alexander Hamilton's son, 
 Philip, was shot and killed, at the same spot, by Geo. L. Gacker, a New York 
 lawyer, on November 23, 1801. The day before, Gacker fought a duel, at 
 the same place, with a Mr. Price, a companion of Philip Hamilton, so it 
 seems it must have been a family feud. 'Other duels fought on this ground 
 were between : John Langstaff and Oliver Waldson, Jr., Dec. 25, 1801 ; 
 DeWitt Clinton and John Swartout, July 31, 1802; Richard Riker and 
 Robert Swartout, November 21, 1803; Isaac Gouverneur and W. H. Max- 
 well, July 10, 1815; Benjamin Price and Major Green, May 12, 1816. 
 
 Weehawken became a township on March 15, 1859. Among the first 
 settlers of that section were the Duer, King, Cassett, and Brown families, 
 who owned large estates there. 
 
 It is claimed that Maryn Adriansen was the first settler. The Wee- 
 hawken ferry was established in about the year of 1700. 
 
 Like the other sections in North Hudson, Weehawken consisted of 
 farms and woodland. The "Shades" was a strip of land west of Willow 
 Ave. which formerly belonged to West Hoboken, but in 1878 was consoli- 
 dated with Weehawken. The Kings woods on the top of the blufl? was a 
 mobilization camp during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Eldorado, 
 now the Highwood Park section, was about 25 years ago one of the greatest 
 amusement parks in the country. This section was later cut up into building 
 lots, and to-day some of the finest residences can be found there. It is not, 
 however, in that section alone that fine dwellings can be found, the Haux- 
 hurst section as well as Weehawken Heights contain some of the most 
 beautiful residences in North Hudson. 
 
 West New York. 
 
 West New York is one of the youngest municipalities in North Hudson. 
 It was incorporated as a town on March 21, 1898, and has since that time 
 developed into one of the most up-to-date sections of the county. West 
 New York and Guttenberg were formerly associated together, but it dis- 
 agreed, and West New York seceded. It then established the Township of 
 Union and went along prospering, until it outgrew itself and adopted a 
 more liberal charter in 1908, which in a great measure contributed to its 
 success. The enormous growth and improvement of West New York from 
 
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a rural section to practically a full grown city has certainly been a wonder- 
 ful achievemeiit. In 1895 the town had a population of 5,000, while to-day 
 its inhabitants number over 30,000. 
 
 The population has increased by about 20,000 in the last seven years. 
 This is due to the many wonderful improvements which have been made in 
 the town in recent years, and the splendid facilities the town ofifers to manu- 
 facturers, business men, and residents. The town fathers went slow and 
 noted the mistakes of the neighboring towns. In this way they avoided 
 many mistakes. The town is especially well known for the many embroidery 
 factories situated there. No other town can boast of a better administra- 
 tion, police and fire department, and school system. The town has one of 
 the most beautiful municipal buildings in North Hudsori. It was erected at 
 the cost of $80,000. The town is one of the healthiest places that any one 
 could wish to locate in. It lies high and the air is very pure. 
 
 Guttenberg. 
 
 Guttenberg was formerly a farm owned by Wm. Cooper. In 1853 it 
 was sold to a party of New Yorkers, who had formed a Weehawken Land 
 and Ferry Association. Lots were sold for $140 a piece, payable at $5 a 
 month. The company ran two boats, the "Hultz" and the "Flora". These 
 plied between Guttenberg, landing at the foot of Bulls Ferry Road, Pleasant 
 Valley and Fort Lee, and Spring St., New York. Shares in the ferry were 
 sold at $10. The West Shore Railroad Co. later bought over the rights in 
 the ferry. 
 
 The settlers of Guttenberg were, like the settlers of Union Hill, 
 mostly Germans. 
 
 The present Mayor Daniel Herrmann's father, Frederick Herrmann, 
 was one of the pioneers. He settled in that town in 1854. 
 
 Guttenberg became a town in 1859. In 1894 the first car tracks were 
 laid on Broadway, where the Palisade Trolley cars now are operated. 
 
 It was one of the most prosperous towns in the days of the 
 Guttenberg race track in North Bergen, when thousands of people visited 
 that place. 
 
 Bayonne. 
 
 The first tract of land of the present Bayonne contained about 300 acres 
 and was granted to Jacobsen Roy, a gunner of Fort Amsterdam, hence the 
 name of "Konstable", the title for gunner and hocke. Constable Hook or 
 Gunner's Point. Van Boskerck's Poi'nt, which is really a part of the same 
 formation of land, jutting out into the bay, was to the north of the point, 
 distinctively named Constable Hook. Probably the first house ever built in 
 Bayonne stood on Van Boskerck's Point in 1646. Patents were granted 
 for lands between Gemonepas and Kill Van Kull in 1654. What was form- 
 erly called Pamrapo, but then Pemrepogh, now a portion of the third ward 
 was within this grant. During the early years of the settlement the growth 
 was somewhat retarded by the unfriendly attitude of the Indians, who had 
 been incensed by the treatment they had received from the Dutch at Nieu 
 Amsterdam. The Indians gradually disappeared from the section, the 
 forests were cleared, the farms extended, and the population increased. 
 
Bayonne played an important part in the Revolutionary War, when it 
 was used as a thoroughfare for the fighting forces between Staten Island 
 and New York and northern- New Jersey. It is said that a fort was located 
 on the high ground near the old homestead of Hartman Vreeland, about 
 52nd St. and Avenue C. 
 
 A militia company, known as the "Close Light Guards", was organ- 
 ized at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. It received its name from 
 Joseph B. Close, a wealthy resident and property owner, who provided 
 money for some of the equipment. The company saw service at the front. 
 
 The present City of Bayonne is a southerly part of Bergen Township, 
 formerly known as Bergen Neck. This township was one of the parts of 
 Hudson County which were set off from the County of Bergen in 1840. 
 The City of Bayonne was chartered in 1869, and since that time its growth 
 has been remarkably rapid, until at the present time the population has 
 reached nearly 70,000. The city was governed by Mayor and Council from 
 1869 until May 1, 1915, when Commission Government assumed control. 
 
 In Revolutionary days, the transportation facilities were limited to 
 horseback or farm wagons. This led to the construction of the Jersey City 
 and Bergen Point Plank Road, built as a Town Road, and maintained as 
 such until after the incorporation of Bayonne. 
 
 A States Route was then established and maintained for many years ; 
 later a steamboat line was established running from Elizabeth Port to New 
 York. When the line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey was first laid 
 and operations begun, passengers and freight were carried by rail to Eliza- 
 beth Port and thence by the steamboat to New York. The bridge across 
 Newark Bay, and the line through Bayonne to Jersey City were then built. 
 The first trains ran over this section of the railroad in 1865. Prior to the 
 building of the Central Railroad the Jersey City and Bergen Railroad con- 
 structed its line to what is now Broadway, and then over its own right of 
 way between Avenue C and Broadway to Bergen Point. This was operated 
 for many years as a steam "duirfmy" railroad between the Bergen Point 
 Ferry and Jersey City Ferry. Later the steam cars were abandoned, and in 
 1885 the company obtained its franchise for a car line over Avenue C and 
 the route now used, and in 1893 electricity was substituted for horse power. 
 
 In writing this History of Hudson County, it must be understood that 
 some of the data has been taken from various publications, while other in- 
 formation has been secured from data possessed by old residents. 
 
 The reader is requested, however, not to take every statement in this 
 history as absolutely authoritative, as it- has been impossible to verify many 
 items, because no official records could be found of these. Much of the 
 data has been taken from the memories of old residents, and the reader must 
 realize that memories are not always accurate. 
 
 The publishers of this book wish to thank the many people who have 
 contributed much valuable information and in this way assisted in writing 
 this history. 
 
 Many items of historical interest will be found on the following pages 
 among the biographies. H^istories of churches, schools, and public depart- 
 ments may be found in the biographies of the ministers, boards of education, 
 and public officials. 
 
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The Stevens Family. 
 
 One of the most distinguished 
 and influential families in Hudson 
 County is the Stevens family of 
 Hoboken. For generations ' this 
 family has been conspicuous in civil, 
 military, governmental and pro- 
 fessional affairs, contributing a 
 wholesome influence in the commu- 
 nity and achieving for themselves 
 distinction as men of great learning 
 and abilitv. 
 
 Col. E. a. Stevexs. 
 
 The development of Hoboken was 
 a gigantic achievement for which 
 the family will never be forgotten. 
 
 The numerous great inventions 
 which have been perfected by vari- 
 ous members of the family have 
 been important and of enormous 
 value, not alone to this country, but 
 to the whole world. 
 
 Their daring and heroic under- 
 takings and the splendid results ob- 
 tained from these have put the 
 Stevens family down in history as 
 one of the most beneficial to man- 
 kind. 
 
 As philanthropists the family has 
 benefited the community probably 
 more than any other family in this 
 part of the country. 
 
 John Stevens, the founder of the 
 family on this side of the Atlantic, 
 immigrated to this country in 1699 
 from England, where he was bom 
 in 1687. He married Margaret 
 Campbell. Their son John (2) was 
 born in New York City in 1708. He 
 married Elizabeth Alexander. Their 
 children were : John ( 3 ) , Richard, 
 anfl Mary, who married C. Living- 
 ston. John (3) was born in New 
 ^'ork City in 1749. He married 
 Rachel Cox. Their children were : 
 John C. (4), Robert E., James. 
 Richard, P'rancis 0., Edwin A., 
 Julianna, Mary, Harriet, Esther 
 Howes and Katrina. 
 
 The second John settled in New 
 Jersey, where he later became one 
 of the joint commissioners for de- 
 fining the boundary line between 
 New Jersey and New York, in No- 
 vcnil)er, 1774. Ele resigned as 
 Ixoyalist Councilor in 1776 and 
 from that year till 1782 was \'ice- 
 President of the Council of New 
 Jersey. In November 1783 he was 
 elected to the Federal Congress, 
 and on December 18th, 1787, pre- 
 sided over the State Convention 
 that ratified the United States Con- 
 stitution. He died in 1792. 
 
 John Stevens ( 3 ) , the grandson 
 of John, the immigrant, was gradu- 
 ated from Kings (now Columbia) 
 College in 1768, was admitted to 
 the liar, and during the Revolution- 
 ary War held several offices, being 
 Treasurer of New Jersey from 
 1776 to 1779. On March 16, 1784, 
 he bought Hoboken or the Bayard 
 Estate, at auction, as mentioned in 
 the historical section of this book. 
 In 1790 he petitioned Congress for 
 protection to American Inventors, 
 which resulted in a law, passed 
 April 10, 1790, that formed the 
 foundation of the American Patent 
 Law. Having begun experiments 
 
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ill the application of steam in 1788, 
 he now continued them with his as- 
 sociates Nicholas I. Roosevelt and 
 the elder Brunei. Mr. Stevens, his 
 brother-in-law Robert R. Living- 
 ston and Nicholas I. Roosevelt built 
 the steam boat and navigated the 
 Hudson River near the close of the 
 eighteenth century. Tlieir boat, 
 however, failed to develop the speed 
 required b)' the Legislature of New 
 York and their joint proceedings 
 were interrupted by the appoint- 
 ment in 1801 of Livingston as Min- 
 ister to hVaiice. In Paris the latter 
 met Robert Inilton and afterwards 
 was associated with him in estab- 
 lishing and developing steam navi- 
 gation. 
 
 In 1804 Mr. Stevens built a ves- 
 sel propelled b}' twin screws that 
 navigated the Hudson, which was 
 the first application of steam to the 
 screw propellor. Li 1807, Mr. 
 Stevens and his son, Robert, built 
 the paddle wheel steam boat "Phoe- 
 nix", which was used on the Dela- 
 ware River for six years. Mr. 
 Stevens was one of the greatest in- 
 ventors and he secured patents on 
 numerous important inventions. On 
 October IL 1811, he established 
 the rtrst steam ferry in the world 
 with the "Juliana", which was 
 operated between New York City 
 and Hoboken, In 1813 he invented 
 the ferry boat with the paddle 
 \vheel in the middle, which was 
 turned by six horses. This sample 
 of horse-boat was long used on 
 the Hudson and East Rivers. In 
 1814, Mr. Stevens applied to the 
 .State of New Jersey for a Railroad 
 Charter from New York to Phila- 
 delphia, which he received on Feb. 
 15th. He did not proceed with the 
 project, however, hi 1823, with 
 Horace Binney and Stephen Girard, 
 he obtained from the State of Penn- 
 sylvania a Charter for a railway 
 from Philadelphia to Lancaster 
 along the route of the Pennsylvania 
 Railroad. These were the first 
 
 railroad charters granted in this 
 country. On October 23. 1824, he 
 obtained the patent for the con- 
 struction of railroads. He built a 
 circular railroad in Hoboken in 
 1826 and placed on it a locomotive 
 with a multi-tubular boiler wdiich 
 carried a half dozen people at the 
 rate of o\'er twelve miles an hour. 
 This was the first loccjmotive that 
 CA-er ran on a steel railroad in 
 America. 
 
 Air. Stevens built Castle Point 
 in Hoboken and in 1833 replaced 
 it by the present mansion. Colonel 
 Stevens married Elizabeth Alex- 
 ander, a sister of William Alex- 
 ander, who laid claim to the liarl- 
 dom of Sterling and was a famous 
 General in the Revolutionary ^Var. 
 Colonel Stevens died in Hoboken, 
 March 6th. 1838. 
 
 John Cox Stevens, son of John 
 Stevens, was born September 24, 
 1785, and died in Hoboken, June 
 13, 1857. 
 
 Robert I_.ivingston Stevens, an- 
 other son of John Stevens, was 
 born CJctober ISth, 1787, and died 
 in Hoboken, April 20, 1856. 
 
 James Alexander Stevens, also 
 a son of John Stevens, was born 
 January 29th, 1790, and died in 
 Hoboken, October 7, 1873. 
 
 Edwin Augustus Stevens, an- 
 other son of John Stevens, was 
 born at Castle Point, Hoboken. 
 July 28, 1795. He married twice. 
 His first wife was Mary B. Pieters, 
 with whom he had two children, 
 Mary P. and Elizabeth. His second 
 wife was Martha B. Dod. The fol- 
 lowing children blessed this union: 
 John (5), Edwin A., Carolin B., 
 Julia A., Robert L., Charles Albert, 
 and Richard. He became an en- 
 gineer and was very closely con- 
 nected in business afifairs with his 
 brother Robert L. 
 
 Edwin A. Stevens was occupied 
 largely in the management of his 
 father's estate, on which the City of 
 Hoboken now stands. He was also 
 
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connected with the organization, 
 construction and operation of the 
 Camden and Amboy Railroad, the 
 charter for which he and Robert 
 L. obtained from the State of New 
 Jersey in 1830. Robert L. became 
 the President and Edwin A. the 
 Treasurer and Manager of the road 
 which was opened for traffic in 
 about 1842. The brothers made 
 many improvements, among which 
 may be mentioned the vestibule 
 car. They retained their intei-est 
 in navigation and made many im- 
 provements thei-ein and became 
 prominent in the invention, intro- 
 duction and development of appli- 
 ances for railroads, locomotives 
 and cars. 
 
 Edwin A. patented the air-tight 
 fire room for the forced draught in 
 1842. This invention is now used 
 in all the great navies of the world. 
 The brother also devised and ef- 
 fected many improvements in the 
 means of attack and defense in 
 naval warfare. Edwin A. invented 
 the steam plow which was very ex- 
 tensively used for years. He 
 founded the Stevens Institute in 
 Hoboken and bequeathed to it and 
 the High School a large plot of 
 ground, $150,000 to the building 
 and $500,000 for endowments. 
 His widow, whose maiden name 
 was Martha Bayard Dod, donated 
 $200,000 to religious and charitable 
 institutions, among which was the 
 Church of the Holy Innocence of 
 Hoboken. 
 
 Edwin Augustus Stevens (2), 
 the subject of this sketch, was the 
 third oldest of eight children. He 
 was born in Philadelphia, Pa., 
 March 14, 1858, and obtained his 
 education at St. Paul's School, Con- 
 cord, N. J., and later at Princeton, 
 N. J. • He built the first screw 
 ferry boat, although the people ridi- 
 culed his idea. This ferry boat is 
 the "Bergen", which is still run- 
 ning between Hoboken and New 
 York. Many others of Mr. Ste- 
 
 vens' screw ferry boats are to-day 
 operated on the D. L. & W. R. R. 
 ferries. 
 
 In 1905 he received the degree 
 of Doctor of Engineering from 
 Stevens Institute of Technology. 
 Mr. Stevens also built the electric 
 light engine and marine engine. 
 
 Like his ancestors, he soon be- 
 came one of the most distinguished 
 and influential citizens in this part 
 of the country, and was honored 
 with many public offices of great 
 responsibility and trust. For six 
 years he served as State Highway 
 Commissioner. He also served on 
 numerous other local and State 
 Committees. 
 
 Mr. Stevens took a deep interest 
 in military life. He served as 
 Adjutant of the Ninth Regiment, 
 N. G. N. J., from 1880-1881, as 
 Aide on the Governor's Staff from 
 1881 to 1886, and as Colonel of the 
 Second Regiment from 1886 to 
 1892, when he retired. 
 
 The Colonel served as an Elector 
 in 1888 and 1892. In 1894 he made 
 an unsuccessful attempt to become 
 a member of Congress, and in 1906 
 he was a prominent candidate for 
 the U. S. Senate. 
 
 His career has been an eminently 
 successful one and stamped him as 
 a man of unusual ability, of great 
 force of character, and he was pos- 
 sessed of that self-reliance and per- 
 severance which characterize the 
 man of affairs. He achieved a wide 
 reputation as an able, conscientious 
 man, a'nd through his many excel- 
 lent qualities always had the con- 
 fidence and respect of the entire 
 community. 
 
 Colonel Stevens married Emily 
 C. Lewis in 1879. They had seven 
 children: John, Edwin A., W. 
 Lewis, Bayard, Basil M., Lawrence 
 L., and Emily L. 
 
 The Colonel was interested in 
 many local institutions. He was 
 President of the Hoboken Land and 
 Improvement Co. and a director in 
 
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the First National Bank of Hobo- 
 ken, the Commercial Trust Com- 
 pany of Jersey City, and the Pru- 
 dential Life Insurance Co. He was 
 a Trustee of Stevens Institute of 
 Technology, Treasurer of the Dio- 
 cese of Newark, etc. 
 
 Colonel Stevens died on March 
 8th, 1918. 
 
 The Peter Family. 
 
 One of the most noted families 
 in the County is the Wm. Peter 
 family of Union Hill. 
 
 Wm. Peter, Sr., was born in 
 Achern, Baden, Germany, March 
 16th, 1832. His parents were 
 Franz Joseph and Antonia (Hof) 
 Peter. His father was Mayor of 
 Achern for a number of years and 
 later served in the legislative bodies 
 of Baden. He was a staunch 
 democrat and took an active part 
 in the revolution against Prussia, 
 which brought him into quite some 
 trouble and by which he lost his 
 whole fortune. 
 
 In 1849 he brought his wife and 
 five children, William and four 
 girls, and a son-in-law, Max Freeh, 
 to America. They settled in New 
 York City, where Joseph Peter 
 opened a grocery store in Houston 
 Street. Some time later he. helped 
 his son-in-law to establish a wax 
 candle manufacturing establish- 
 ment in Port Richmond, Staten 
 Island, where the family then 
 moved. 
 
 Mr. William Peter received a 
 splendid education in his native 
 country, where, after completing 
 his High School course, he studied 
 chemistry and then learned the 
 trade of brewer. After the family 
 had settled in New York, he se- 
 cured a position in Wm. Richter's 
 brewery in Hester Street and later 
 went with an English brewery in 
 New York in order to learn the 
 English method of brewing beer. 
 
 For the next few years he "aban- 
 doned his trade and went with his 
 brother-in-law into the wax manu- 
 facturing business. He remained 
 with him for a few years and then 
 secured a position in a similar busi- 
 ness in Harlem. His desire, how- 
 
 WM. PETER, SR. 
 
 ever, to return to his own trade, 
 soon became so strong that he went 
 to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he se- 
 cured a position in a brewery and 
 remained for three years. In 1857 
 he returned to New York, where he 
 worked as a brew master in various 
 breweries controlled by the Lion 
 Brewery Co. in New York, Newark 
 and Staten Island. Then he changed 
 his position to "First Man" in the 
 Walther Brewery Co. in Williams- 
 burg, Brooklyn, and in about 1859 
 he started- his own little brewery in 
 West New York at Seventeenth 
 Street, near the Hudson Boulevard. 
 The property consisted of a small 
 wooden shanty, a stable, two lots, 
 for which he paid the high rent of 
 $44 per year. The -capacity of this 
 brewery was three barrels per day. 
 Later he removed the brewery to 
 West Hoboken, where he soon 
 after sold out. A short while after 
 he worked for a short time as fore- 
 man in George Fausel's brewery in 
 Union Hill, and in 1864 he started 
 
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his present brewery in the house in 
 which Bravinstein's Pavilion is now 
 located on Hudson St., Union Hill. 
 From then on the business expand- 
 er and grew by great leaps every 
 year. In 1886 he built a brewery 
 at its present site, adding new 
 buildings as the business expanded. 
 
 It can readily be seen that Mr. 
 Peter had no smooth road to travel 
 in the beginning, but had many 
 "ups and downs". He, however, 
 was a man with an iron will and 
 bound to succeed. When he started 
 in business for himself, he had ex- 
 actly $50 and his output of beer 
 consisted of three barrels per day. 
 To-day his company is one of the 
 largest in the east and has a daily 
 output of 1500 barrels. The pres- 
 ent area covered by the various 
 buildings of the company embraces 
 a ground space of 600 x 600 feet, 
 one city block. The structures are 
 built of brick, stone, and iron, and 
 are models of the architectural art. 
 They are located on Hudson Ave., 
 Weehawken Street, and Palisade 
 Avenue. 
 
 The latest and most up-to-date 
 machinery is used for the manu- 
 facturing of the product. The bott- 
 ling department, which was erected 
 1 few years ago, is one of the most 
 complete in the State. The immense 
 stables and garages are also located 
 on the premises. 
 
 In 1904 the company erected a 
 modern two-story office brick build- 
 mg on Hudson Ave., opposite the 
 handsome residence of Mr. Wm. 
 Peter, which was built by George 
 Fausel. 
 
 May 18th, 1890, the business was 
 incorporated under the name of 
 Wm. Peter Brewing Co. 
 
 William Peter married three 
 times. In 1858 he married Magda- 
 lene Jager, with whom he had six 
 children, Magdalene Anna, Emma, 
 William, Charles, Philip, and 
 August. 
 
 In 1870 Mr. Peter married Caro- 
 
 lina (Aeppli) Ohlenschlager, who 
 had one child by a former mar- 
 riage, Sophia Ohlenschlager. She 
 later married Wm. Braunstein, 
 whose mother was a sister of Wil- 
 liam Peter. (See Braunstein, for- 
 ward.) This second marriage of 
 Mr. Peter, Sr., was blessed with 
 two children, Amanda and Emil. 
 
 In 1902 Wm. Peter, Sr., married 
 Sophia (Vogel) Bertram, whose 
 daughter Antonia, by her first hus- 
 band, married August Peter, the 
 son of her present husband. 
 
 Anna, the oldest child of Wm. 
 Peter Sr.'s first marriage, was born 
 November 15, 1859. She married 
 Karl Jenne, with whom she had 
 three children. One of these died 
 in infancy, Chas. Wm. Jenne died 
 when 16 years old, and Marie C. 
 Jenne died when one year of age. 
 
 William Peter, Jr., the oldest son, 
 was born in West New York, De- 
 cember 11, 1860. He received his 
 early education in the local public 
 schools and completed his studies 
 in Baden, Germany. 
 
 Returning to' America, he at once 
 began to study the brewing trade, 
 and in order to learn the different 
 methods, he traveled all over the 
 country, working in the principal 
 big breweries. 
 
 In 1883 he returned to Union 
 Hill, having mastered every detail 
 in the art of brewing beer. He was 
 appointed General Superintendent 
 and Brewing Master of the WilHam 
 Peter Brewing Co. 
 
 Mr. Peter, Jr., married Mary 
 Veseput in 1890. There are no 
 children. 
 
 In the many several organiza- 
 tions of which Mr. Peter is a mem- 
 ber, he is a great favorite. His 
 frank and democratic manners and 
 his pleasing personality have gained 
 him a host of friends. 
 
 Charles Peter was born in the 
 Peter Mansion at Union Hill, De- 
 cember 20, 1862. After attending 
 the public schools he spent several 
 
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years in travel and benefited greatly 
 by his observations. 
 
 After his return he became very 
 efficient in the office details and real 
 estate department in his father's 
 brewery. 
 
 Some years ago he suffered a 
 sunstroke and went to Germany to 
 undergo treatment. 
 
 August Peter was also born in 
 the homestead in Union Hill. He 
 came to this world June 25, 1868. 
 
 Like his older brother, he ob- 
 tained his early education at the 
 local public schools, later attended 
 the Hoboken Academy, and took a 
 commercial course at Packard's 
 Business College. He has since 
 been associated with the other 
 members of the family in the 
 Brewing Co., in which he occupies 
 an important position. 
 
 He married (first) Alice Christi- 
 ansen, in 1892, with whom he has 
 one child, William August. 
 
 He married (second) Antonia 
 Bertram in 1905. One daughter, 
 Elfrieda, blessed this union. 
 
 Although Mr. August Peter is 
 not a member of any societies, he is 
 very popular and his friendship is 
 greatly esteemed. 
 
 Philip, the youngest child of the 
 first marriage, died when only an 
 infant. 
 
 Emil Peter, second child of the 
 second marriage of William Peter, 
 Sr., was born in the family resi- 
 dence in Union Hill, October 22, 
 1873. He was ediucated at the 
 Hoboken Academy and went 
 abroad to finish his education in the 
 colleges of Karlsruhe and Munich, 
 Germany. After spending four 
 years and a half at college, he re- 
 turned home and was made Secre- 
 tary of the Wm. Peter Brewing 
 Company. 
 
 As a man with considerable more 
 than the average official ability, he 
 was put in charge of the office de- 
 partment. Although this was pro- 
 bably one of the most difficult po- 
 
 sitions in the company, he dis- 
 charged his duties in the most able 
 manner and made a large circle of 
 friends with ' the hundreds of 
 people who had business dealings 
 with the company which naturally 
 went through the office. 
 
 He married Amy Conley, who 
 died in 1915. In 1916 he married 
 Rose C. Sutton. He had no 
 children. 
 
 He was a very prominent mem- 
 ber of the Masonic Order and se- 
 veral other societies. Mr. Emil 
 Peter died December 5, 1917, to 
 the great sorrow of his family and 
 of the community in which he had 
 achieved an eminent reputation. 
 
 William Braunstein, oldest son of 
 Captain Franz and Marie Louise 
 (Peter) Braunstein, was born in 
 New York City, January 3, 1854. 
 His mother was a sister of William 
 Peter,' Sr. His father, Captain F. 
 Braunstein, served this country in 
 the civil war and was soon pro- 
 moted to Captain for his gallant 
 services. 
 
 William Braunstein obtained his 
 educational training in the public 
 schools of New York City and in 
 Union Hill. At the age of 19 he 
 entered the employ of the William 
 Peter Brewing Co. as a clerk. He 
 soon became thoroughly efficient in 
 every detail of the administration 
 of the business and was then made 
 Treasurer of the company. 
 
 Mr. Braunstein has taken an ac- 
 tive interest in public affairs and in 
 1888 he was elected Treasurer of 
 the Town of Union, which office he 
 held for eight years. He is very 
 prominently connected in fraternal 
 circles and is a member of the Pali- 
 sade Lodge, No. 84, F. & A. M.; 
 Cyrus Chapter No. 32, Royal Arch 
 Masons ; Pilgrim Commandery No. 
 16, Knights Templars, of Hoboken ; 
 Mecca Temple, Ancient Arabic 
 Order, Nobles of the Mystic 
 Shrine; and a member of the An- 
 cient and Accepted Order Scottish 
 
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Rite. He is a member of the Arion 
 Society of New York and the Lie- 
 dertafel, Union Hill. He wai one 
 of the organizers of the Old 
 People's Home and Benevolent As- 
 sociation of North Hudson, of 
 which he has been Treasurer for a 
 number of years. 
 
 Mr. Braunstein married Sophie 
 Ohlenschlager, with whom he had 
 three children : Antoinette Caroline, 
 Erna Amanda (who married Coun- 
 sellor Charles Kappes, with whum 
 she has one son, Charles William 
 Kappes, ancHa daughter, S. Wini- 
 fred), and William Peter, named 
 after his grandfather. 
 
 Few men can count as large a 
 circle of friends as Mr. William 
 Braunstein enjoys. His demo- 
 cratic, open and frank manners, and 
 his pleasing personality have m;uie 
 him immensely popular. 
 
 Mr. William Peter, Sr., made his 
 success upon the foundation of 
 business ability, honesty, and strict 
 attention to his work. He was one 
 of the most shrewd business men 
 in the community. Possessed of a 
 great foresight and unusual, sound 
 judgment and imbued with an un- 
 impeachable integrity, he achie\cd 
 an enviable reputation in business 
 as well as in social circles. He was 
 one of the foremost factors in the 
 upbuilding and developing of 
 North Hudson. He can truly be 
 called one of the makers of the 
 Town of Union, having brought ta 
 it one of the principal industries, 
 and establishing a business which 
 gives employment to a large num- 
 ber of inhabitants. 
 
 The large real estate holdings of 
 the William Peter Brewing Corii- 
 pany pay a great sum annually in 
 taxes to the town. Mr. Peter's 
 giant enterprises stand as a monu- 
 ment to his immense business 
 ability. As an employer he was 
 greatly esteemed by his employees. 
 
 Mr. Peter was a public-spirited 
 and loyal citizen, and in numerous 
 
 ways contributed large sums of 
 money for the prosecution of the 
 great war. 
 
 In local affairs he was also ever 
 ready to lend a helping hand to any 
 worthy movement of benefit to the 
 community. He was a great phi- 
 lanthropist and never forgot that, 
 although he had climbed the ladder 
 to success, others had not been able 
 to do so. To those he was always 
 willing to give a helping hand. 
 
 His children are closely, follow- 
 ing their father's footsteps, and 
 what has been said about the father 
 can truly be said about every mem- 
 ber of his family. ,. /^Vx 
 
 The Peter family rank among 'the 
 foremost in business and social 
 circles and is one of the families of 
 which the Town of Union can be 
 proud. 
 
 Mr. Peter's greatest hobby was 
 art, and up to the very end of his 
 life passed many hours in his art 
 studio painting landscapes, for 
 which he had shown a great talent 
 from his early youth. 
 
 On Monday, June the 10th, 1918, 
 at 9 P. M., Mr. William Peter sud- 
 denly died at his home, after he had 
 spent a whole day up to six o'clock 
 in his office going over some de- 
 tails with his son. 
 
 He reached the high age of 
 eighty-six years. His death came 
 as a sudden shock to his family and 
 friends and to Hudson County, 
 which lost one of its most valuable 
 and most beloved citizens. 
 
 The Schneider Family. 
 
 One of the most highly esteemed 
 and respected families in the nor- 
 thern part of the County is the 
 Schneider family of Union Hill. 
 
 Fred Schneider, and his wife 
 Sophia, both natives of Germany, 
 immigrated to this country in 1853 
 and settled in New York City. Ten 
 years later Fred Schneider opened 
 
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a small tinware and stoves store in 
 Canal St., New York, and in 1867 
 he moved the business to Union 
 Hill and opened a store at Palisade 
 
 years ago and his son William died 
 about two years ago, leaving three 
 children, Emil, Fred and Cora. The 
 latter married Charles Fisher, who 
 conducted a hardware business in 
 West Hoboken for a number of 
 years and later consolidated with 
 the Schneider firm. 
 
 Emil Schneider, the present head 
 of the concern, married Julia Sie- 
 gele in 1889. They have two chil- 
 dren, Minnie and Albert E. 
 
 As mentioned before, the firm of 
 F. Schneider & Son Co. is one of 
 the largest concerns in the county 
 dealing in hardware, auto supplies, 
 paint, house furnishings, toys, etc. 
 The firm is widely known for its 
 fair dealings in every respect. 
 
 Fred. Schneider. 
 
 Ave. and Jefferson St. The business 
 met with success and in 1876 it 
 was found necessary to move into 
 larger quarters on Bergenline Ave. 
 and Lewis St. In the meantime 
 the business had grown into a hard- 
 ware and house furnishing store, 
 and in 1896 the business was moved 
 to its present location at 80-86 Ber- 
 genline Avenue, and has for years 
 been known as one of the largest 
 establishments of its kind in Hud- 
 son County. 
 
 Mr. Schneider's two sons, \\'i\- 
 liam and Emil, had jn the meantime 
 been taken into the business and 
 the firm became known as F. 
 Schneider & Sons, or more com- 
 monly known as ''Big Schneider". 
 The firm built the present place, 
 which is three stories high and has 
 a floor space of 25,000 square feet. 
 Thirty-five employees are continu- 
 ally kept busy there. 
 
 Fred Schneider died about five 
 
 Emil Schneider. 
 
 The Schneider Family has con- 
 tributed much to the development 
 and upbuilding of North Hudson 
 especially. The family owns con- 
 siderable property in this section as 
 well as a summer home in Bergen 
 
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County, and another at Laurel 
 Beach, Milford, Conn. This is one 
 of the most beautiful estates on the 
 water front. Always interested in 
 every movement of welfare to the 
 community and always ready to 
 
 Albert E. Schneider. 
 
 lend a helping hand to any deserv- 
 ing charity, the Schneider Family 
 has gained the admiration of the 
 local residents. 
 
 Emil Schneider is a man of the 
 highest business qualifications and 
 one of the most shrewd business 
 men in the section. He has achieved 
 an enviable reputation for his good 
 judgment and unquestionable in- 
 tegrity. 
 
 Albert E., the only son, is closely 
 following his father's footsteps. 
 Although a young man, he is show- 
 ing unusual abilities in his father's 
 business. He was born in Union 
 Hill, where he received his early 
 school education and later attended 
 a military academy. He then at- 
 tended business school, and after 
 completing his course, was offered 
 a position by the well known firm of 
 
 Sargent and Company in New 
 York. His father, however, needed 
 him in his business, where he now is 
 interested. 
 
 Albert Schneider is one of the 
 most popular young men in North 
 Hudson, where he has gained a 
 host of friends by his straightfor- 
 wardness and pleasing disposition. 
 He is very fond of automobiling 
 and is the owner of several cars. 
 As an autoist he has achieved quite 
 some fame. Outside of business 
 he speaks and thinks of nothing else 
 but autos and knows a machine in 
 every detail. 
 
 William Dahm. 
 
 One of the most respected citizens 
 in the northern part of the county 
 is Wm. Dahm, of North Bergen. 
 
 He was born in Germany, Octo- 
 ber 6th, 1867. His parents immi- 
 
 grated into this country when he 
 was only seven years old and the 
 family settled in North Bergen. 
 When William had finished his 
 schooling in the North Bergen 
 
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schools, he secured a job in a gro- 
 cery store and later worked in the 
 oil business, in which he has since 
 continued and made a great success. 
 Mr. Dahm has for the last fourteen 
 years been treasurer of the Bel- 
 mont Gurnee Stone Company, Inc., 
 in North Bergen, one of the largest 
 concerns of its kind in this part of 
 the country, and has four quarries, 
 one located at Granton, N. J., one 
 at Mount Ivy, New York, one at 
 Sufifern, N. Y , and one at West 
 Nyack, N. Y. 
 
 The main quarry and ofifice in 
 North Bergen employs from sixty 
 to seventy men and has its own rail- 
 road facilities for shipping. 
 
 Mr. Dahm is also interested in se- 
 veral other enterprises. He is Pre- 
 sident of the Belmont Stone Co., 
 President of the Hillside Sand Co., 
 and Treasurer of the Belmont Auto 
 Trucking Co. He is considered one 
 of the ablest and .shrewdest business 
 men and possessed of great fore- 
 sight and unimpeachable integrity. 
 
 He was elected a memeber of the 
 Board of Freeholdeers in 1903 and 
 served one term, and although his 
 renomination was offered him for a 
 second term, he declined. He was 
 one of the organizers of Pioneer 
 Hose Co., the first fire company in 
 North Bergen, and is now an Ex- 
 empt Fireman. 
 
 Mr. Dahm married Eleanor Stock- 
 fish, of the well known North Ber- 
 gen family, in 1896. They have five 
 children: Arthur, William, Luetta. 
 Herbert, and Walter. The family 
 residence, one of the most beautiful 
 residences on Hackensack Plank- 
 road, was built about 110 years a^o. 
 
 Mr. Dahm is a member of the 
 Elks, Hoboken No. 74, and the 
 Foresters, of which he was one of 
 the organizers of Court Friendship. 
 
 Richard Meyer. 
 
 In the city record of Eisenberg 
 in Sachsen-Altenburg, Germany, 
 the Meyer family can be traced 
 back for over four hundred years. 
 In these four last centuries the 
 
 family has been engaged in the tan- 
 nery business, which has been 
 handed down from father to son. 
 
 C. F W. Meyer was the last 
 member of the family to conduct 
 the business in Germany. He immi- 
 grated to this country in August, 
 1846, and settled in Philadelphia, 
 where he continued the business in 
 this country. 
 
 Richard Meyer, the subject of 
 this sketch, and the son of C. F. W. 
 and Carolina Fredericka (Uhl) 
 Meyer, was born at the family's 
 homestead in Germany, November 
 22, 1842. He received his school 
 education in Philadelphia and when 
 of age entered the father's business. 
 
 The family moved the business to 
 Union Hill in 1863 and when, four 
 years later, a boiler exploded in the 
 building where the plant was locat- 
 ed, the tannery was moved to its 
 
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present location on Third St., North 
 Bei-gen. This was November 14th, 
 1867. The plant covers four city 
 lots and employs ten men.. It spe- 
 cializes in pianoforte buckskin. 
 
 Mr. Meyer married Pauline 
 Louisa Beyer in 1869. The union 
 was blessed with six children, of 
 which five are living. They are : 
 Lena A., Christian Frederick Wil- 
 liam, Richard E. (who married 
 Mary Schaaf ; they have two chil- 
 dren, Richard A. and Walter Wil- 
 liam), Carolina Fredericka, and 
 Louis Albert (who married Marie 
 Haust; they have one child, Mary 
 Louisa). The three sons are as- 
 sisting their father in the business. 
 
 Mr. Meyer has achived an emi- 
 nent standing in the cotnmunity for 
 his great ability and integrity. He 
 is a true example of a hard work- 
 ing and honest man who has suc- 
 ceeded through his own efforts. He 
 is a member of the Odd Fellows. 
 
 A beautiful life size oil painting 
 of a minister, a member of the 
 Meyer family, is decorating one of 
 the walls in the Meyer residence in' 
 North Bergen. This is a copy of 
 an original accidentally discovered 
 in a church in Germany by Mr. 
 Meyer when he was visiting his 
 native country some years ago. 
 The niKnerals 1686-1716 appear on 
 this painting, but Mr. Meyer has 
 been unable to find out just 
 what these figures represent. The 
 church would not give up the 
 original painting, so Mr. Meyer had 
 a copy made of it and brought it 
 back to this country with him. 
 
 in Jersey Heights in 1856. Mr. 
 Francois was the seventli of four- 
 teen children. He received his 
 public school education at School 
 No. 2 in Jersey City Heights and 
 
 J. C. Francois. 
 
 Judsqn Camille Francois, the 
 former recognized leader of the De- 
 mocratic Party in West Hoboken, 
 was born in Brussels, Belgium, 
 Dec. 5, 1850. His parepts, Joseph 
 Francois and Pauline Maria, immi- 
 grated to this country and settled 
 
 later entered his father's hair dres- 
 sing establishment. He has since, 
 like eleven of his brothers and sis- 
 ters, achieved professional promi- 
 nence as a hair dresser in New 
 York and New Jersey. In 1872 he 
 opened his present hair dressing 
 parlors at 419 Paterson Ave., West 
 Hoboken, and for several years he 
 conducted a similar establishment 
 in New York City. 
 
 Mr. Francois has been very ac- 
 tive and prominent in the Demo- 
 cratic Party since 1876, when he 
 was elected Constable. This office, 
 which he held for sixteen consecu- 
 tive years, was the foundation for 
 his future political career. In 1889 
 he was elected to the New Jersey 
 Legislature to fill a vacancy. While 
 in this office he introduced several 
 bills, among which may be men- 
 tioned the one giving one police- 
 man for every eight hundred of 
 
 43 
 
population in West Hoboken, an- 
 other providing that a defendant 
 under arrest should have three 
 days' notice before the date of his 
 trial. He introduced and had 
 passed many other bills too numer- 
 ous to mention here. 
 
 In 1892 he was elected Council- 
 man for West Hoboken, in which 
 office he served two years. He held 
 the office of the Justice of the 
 Peace for a number of years and 
 also that of Democratic County 
 Committeeman. For four years he 
 was Treasurer of the Board of 
 Fire Trustees and was the founder 
 and standard bearer of the J. C. 
 Francois Association. He was a 
 member of the Town Fire Depart- 
 ment, Neptune Engine Co., for 
 twenty-two years. He served in 
 Company B, Fourth Regiment, N. 
 G. N. J., for ten years. Mr. Fran- 
 cois is a Commissioner of Deeds, 
 Committeeman, and Constable. 
 
 Mr. Francois was married to 
 Martha Stilwell in 1872, with 
 whom he had four children : Joseph 
 Judson, Martha, Alexander, and 
 Edward C. Francois, Acting Post- 
 master, West Hoboken Post Office. 
 
 Mrs. Francois later died, and in 
 1902 Mr. Francois married Sophia 
 Naef, with whom he has two sons,. 
 Judson C. Francois and Edgar 
 Judson, who at the writing of this 
 is five years old, and one daughter, 
 Cammille Annie. 
 
 The most remarkable feature is 
 Mr. Francois' robust health. Al- 
 though 67 years of age, his strength 
 is twice that of many a normal 
 young man. 
 
 James W. Cranwell. 
 
 Few men have contributed more 
 to the growth and prosperity of the 
 Town of West Hoboken than 
 James Cranwell, one of the fore- 
 most builders and contractors in 
 the county. 
 
 Associated with his father under 
 the firm name of George W. Cran- 
 well & Son, he has erected build- 
 ings in West Hoboken which yield 
 over a quarter of a million dollars 
 in annual taxes to that town. The 
 
 activity of this concern has not 
 been confined to West lioboken 
 alone, but has extended over the 
 whole State of New Jersey as well 
 as New York State. The Union 
 Hill Town Hall, the Union Hill 
 High School, St. Michael's* Paro- 
 chial High School, St. Michael's 
 Parochial Grammar School, Public 
 Schools Nos. 6 and 7, Free Public 
 Library of West Hoboken, St. Jo-. 
 seph's R. C. Church of Bayonne, 
 Public Service Commercial Build- 
 ing in Union Hill and hundreds of 
 factories, loft buildings, large 
 apartment houses and private resi- 
 dences have been erected by his 
 firm. 
 
 Mr. Cranwell, Sr., erected the 
 original part of the Monastery in 
 West Hoboken, and numerous 
 churches and structures of all 
 kinds throughout the States of 
 New York and New Jersey. He 
 
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has for some years retired from 
 active life, and the business has 
 since been conducted by his son 
 James W. Cranwell. 
 
 Like his father, he has become 
 one of the most conspicuous build- 
 ers and contractors in the State. 
 His work shows great skill and 
 ability and stamps him as one of 
 the ablest men of his vocation. He 
 is thorough in every detail, con- 
 scientious and practical in carry- 
 ing aut his contracts. He has 
 achieved an eminent reputation for 
 his foresight, sound judgment and 
 his capacity for business. He is a 
 public - spirited and enterprising 
 citizen and is universally respected 
 for those virtues which make up 
 the loyal friend and honest man. 
 
 James W. Cranwell was born in 
 Union Hill in 1866. His parents 
 were George W. and Margaret 
 (Fullerton) Cranwell. He was 
 the oldest of five children and 
 the only son. His father's parents 
 were Edward and Elizabeth Cran- 
 well, natives of Ireland, where 
 George W. Cranwell was born on 
 December 25, 1836. The family 
 immigrated to this country and 
 settled in Utica, N. Y., and in 1857 
 moved to West Hobokeri. A short 
 time after James W. was born the 
 family returned to Utica, where 
 James received his early school 
 education. The family moved 
 back to West Hoboken in 1886 and 
 has resided in that town ever 
 since. 
 
 After finishing his early educa- 
 tion, James Cranwell started to 
 learn the building and contracting 
 business of his father, and was 
 later taken in as a member of the 
 firm. 
 
 While always interested in the 
 welfare of his town, Mr. Cranwell 
 has. never sought nor accepted any 
 political office, with the exception 
 of that of Tax Collector, which of- 
 fice he held some years ago. 
 
 Mr. Cranwell married Katherine 
 
 McConan in 1894. They had ten 
 children, of which eight are living, 
 five boys and three girls. His wife 
 died in 1913, and two years later 
 Mr. Cranwell married her sister 
 Minnie. 
 
 The MeeKs Family. 
 
 Joseph Meeks was a prominent 
 citizen in New York City prior to 
 the American Revolution. His 
 name appears on the poll list of the 
 electors of the City of New York 
 in 1761. He was a patriot, and 
 his three sons, John, Joseph, and 
 Edward, all fought in the patriotic 
 cause during the Revolution. 
 
 Captain John Meeks, the eldest 
 son, married in New York City 
 Susanna Helena Maria de Moli- 
 nars, of an old French Huguenot 
 family. She was the daughter of 
 Jean Joseph de Molinars, and a 
 granddaughter of Jean Joseph 
 Sieur Brumeau de Molinars, who 
 was at one time assistant to the 
 Rev. Louis Rou of L'Egljse de 
 Saint d'Espirit of New York City. 
 John Meeks held the commission as 
 Captain during the Revolution, in 
 the famous regiment known as the 
 "Hearts of Oak". He owned a 
 country place at Morristown, N. J., 
 adjoining Washington's headquar- 
 ters, and his wife acted as inter- 
 preter for Washington and Lafay- 
 ette during the time of their stay 
 there. As a reward for his ser- 
 vice during the Revolution Captain 
 John Meeks received a grant of 
 land near Syracuse, N. Y., which 
 his descendants have never claim- 
 ed. He had several sons and a 
 daughter. 
 
 Joseph Meeks, the second son, 
 was a prominent citizen of New 
 York City. At the age of twelve 
 he assisted in tearing down the 
 British flag from the top of a 
 greased pole erected in Battery 
 Park. Subsequently he was a sol- 
 
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dier in the war of 1912. He was 
 one of the founders of the original 
 Tammany Society, from which 
 Tammany Hall has sprung. He 
 married Sarah, daughter of Colo- 
 nel A'an Dyke, an ofiicer of the 
 Revolution and a descendant of 
 
 one of the best known old Dutch 
 families of New York. They had 
 several sons and two daughters. 
 
 John Meeks, the oldest son of 
 the preceding, married Elizabeth 
 Bush, granddaughte,r of Richard! 
 Bragaw of Revolutionary fame. 
 He became a resident of Hudson 
 County and in 1851 acquired about 
 150 acres of land, the present site 
 of Woodcliff. It is upon this land 
 that, through the enterprise of his 
 son Hamilton V. Meeks, the pres- 
 ent political section of Woodcliff 
 has sprung up. 
 
 Hamilton V. Meks was born in 
 New York City, Dec. 19, 1850. His 
 father was a member of the New 
 York firm of J. and J. AV Meeks, 
 cabinetmakers. This business was 
 originally established on Broad 
 Street and barely missed destruc- 
 tion in the great fire in New York 
 
 City in 1835, being just on the edge 
 of the burnt district. 
 
 On November 4, 1874, Hamilton 
 V Meeks married Euretta Elea- 
 nore, daughter of Robert E. Gard- 
 ner, of the prominent Gardner 
 family in Union Hill, and the sarne 
 fall engaged in business with his 
 father-in-law, under the name of 
 Gardner & Meeks, lumber dealers 
 of Union Hill and Guttenberg. 
 This business had been originally 
 founded by the firm of J. & R. 
 Gardner, which became successive- 
 ly Robert E. Gardner and Gardner 
 & Meeks. Upon the death of Mr. 
 Gardner in 1895, the Gardner & 
 Meeks Company was incorporated. 
 
 Hamilton V. Meeks was a liberal 
 donor of two-thirds of the right of 
 way which enabled the construction 
 of the Grand Boulevard on the 
 crest of the west bank of the Hud- 
 son overlooking New York. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Meeks had three 
 children, two sons and a daughter, 
 Howard Victor Meeks, Clarence 
 Gardner Meeks, and Euretta Ele- 
 anor Meeks. 
 
 Howard Victor Meeks was born 
 in Union Hill in 1878. After fin- 
 ishing his public school education 
 he studied engineering at the Ste- 
 vens Institute in Hoboken, from 
 which institution he graduated in 
 1901. He worked as an engineer 
 for three years and then went into 
 the firm of Gardner & Meeks, of 
 which company he later became 
 Treasurer. 
 
 In 1903 he married Ethel Colon, 
 with whom he has two children, 
 Eleanor and Katherine. 
 
 Mr. Meeks is a member and 
 Treasurer of the Sigma-Nu, a col- 
 lege fraternity of Stevens Insti- 
 tute, Secretary of the Woodcliff 
 Land Improvement Co., Secretary 
 and Treasurer of the Union Auto- 
 mobile Co., and a member of the 
 Areola County Club. 
 
 Clarence Gardner Meeks was 
 born in Union Hill in 1880, where 
 
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also he received his pubHc school 
 education. He then attended a 
 private school in Hoboken, and 
 later studied at the Columbia Col- 
 lege in New York, from which in- 
 stitution he graduated in 1901. He 
 
 then went into the company of 
 Gardner & Meeks, of which he 
 later became the President. 
 
 Mr. Meeks is inuch interested in 
 public affairs, and a few years agf 
 was appointed as County Park 
 Commissioner. In this office he 
 has been very instrumental in beau- 
 tifying the parks in the county. 
 
 Mr. Meeks married Lilly Ben- 
 nett of Bayridge, Brooklyn, in 
 1901. They have three children, 
 Hamilton, Elizabeth and Clarence, 
 
 Jr. 
 
 Mr.. Meeks as a member of the 
 F. and A. M., Salaam Chapter of 
 Mystic Shrine, Trustee New Jer- 
 sey Lumber Protective Association, 
 Treasurer of the Woodclifif Land 
 and Improvement Co., member of 
 the Carteret Downtown Club of 
 Jersey City, the Columbia Univer- 
 sity Club, the Areola County Club, 
 the Spring Lake County Club, the 
 
 Building Material Exchange of 
 New York, theLumber Trade Club 
 of New York, the Lumber Trade 
 Association, and the Labor Com- 
 mittee of New York. 
 
 Like all their ancestors, Messrs. 
 Hamilton and Clarence Meeks ai?e 
 highly esteemed and respected for 
 their business abilities and unim- 
 peachable business integrity. They 
 are great philanthropists and al- 
 ways ready and willing to aid every 
 worthy movement. 
 
 Louis C. Hauenstein. 
 
 Louis C. Hauenstein, Recorder 
 of the Town of Union, is one of 
 the most prominent men in North 
 Hudson. He was born in Germany 
 in 1842. He emigrated to this coun- 
 try in 1856 and settled in New 
 York, but a few years later moved 
 to North Hudson, where he se- 
 cured a position as collector with 
 the Bermes Brewery. In 1880 he 
 
 established a brewery in Gutten- 
 berg, which he twelve years later 
 sold to the Rock Spring Brewery 
 Co. He then went into the Real 
 
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Estate and Insurance business. In 
 1861-65 he served in the U. S. 
 Army. 
 
 The Judge has been very promi- 
 nent in public affairs and has been 
 elected to various offices of respon- 
 sibility and trust. He served six 
 years as Mayor of Union Hill, was 
 twice elected to the Board of Free- 
 holders, and was elected a member 
 of the Board of Council several 
 times. 
 
 In 1887 he was elected Recorder 
 of the Town of Union, which of- 
 fice he still holds. 
 
 The Judge has gained an envi- 
 able reputation for his ability, in- 
 tegrity and sound judgment. While 
 on the bench he has always been 
 highly regarded for his fair deci- 
 sions and judgments. He is patri- 
 otic, public -r spirited, and has al- 
 ways been a staunch member of the. 
 Democratic Party. Personally he 
 is a strong man and is recognized 
 as such in the community. While 
 possessed of all the dignity that be- 
 longs to his office, he is also a man 
 of genial nature, refined courtesy 
 and urbanity. He makes friends 
 without effort and always keeps 
 them. 
 
 The Judge married Theresa 
 Gnand in 1871. They have twelve 
 children. 
 
 Oscar Broberg. 
 
 Oscar Broberg, a leading builder 
 in Woodcliff, N. J., and a member 
 of the firm of Adie and Broberg, 
 was born in Sweden on May 18, 
 1875. There he received his early 
 education and later served in the 
 Army. He came to this country 
 in 1897, and immediately upon his 
 arrival started to learn the carpen- 
 ter trade in New York City. 
 
 He came to Hudson County in 
 1910 and settled in the Woodcliff 
 section, where he one year later 
 started his own business as car- 
 
 penter and builder. The follow 
 ing year he went into partnership 
 with G. Addie. 
 
 Mr. Broberg is a man of recog- 
 nized ability, and as a builder has 
 achieved eminent success. He is 
 thorough in every detail, energetic 
 
 and practical in carrying out his 
 contracts, and prompt in all his 
 undertakings. His foresight, inte- 
 grity and sound judgment arid his 
 capacity for business have brought 
 him into local prominence. His 
 pleasing personality is gaining him 
 a large circle of friends. 
 
 Mr. Broberg was married to 
 Siegrid Eckdel in 1896. 
 
 He has, in partnership with Mr. 
 Addie, built over one hundred pri- 
 vate residences in the section, and 
 has gained a high reputation as an 
 honest and conscientious builder. 
 
 As a citizen he is patriotic and 
 public spirited and always interest- 
 ed in anything which may benefit 
 the community. 
 
 Mr. Broberg resides in a beauti- 
 ful home at 400 30th St., Wood- 
 cHff. 
 
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William Gulden. 
 
 William Gulden, of Union Hill, 
 is one of the most widely known 
 and highly respected men in North 
 Hudson. His furniture establish- 
 ment is known all over the county 
 and state. The business was 
 established by his father, William 
 
 Gulden, in 1868. He started a 
 small furniture and repairing store 
 in Union St., between Hudson and 
 Park Avenue. 
 
 William Gulden, the subject of 
 this sketch, was born in Union Hill, 
 November 12, 1854. After com- 
 pleting his public school education 
 he became a salesman in his fa- 
 ther's furniture store. Later he 
 established his own furniture store 
 in New York City. But as he was 
 eager to learn every detail and 
 branch of the business, he soon 
 gave up his store in New York and 
 became a traveling salesman for a 
 large wholesale furniture house. 
 In this way he not alone learned all 
 there was to learn about the dif- 
 ferent pieces of furniture, but he 
 
 also learned different business 
 methods from the various furniture 
 concerns he visited in different 
 parts of the country. 
 
 In 1882 he returned to Union 
 Hill. Full of new and modern 
 ideas, he took charge of his father's 
 store, which the following year was 
 moved into larger quarters at 81-83 
 (now 149-151) Bergenline Ave. 
 It did not take long before the 
 Imsiness, under Mr. Gulden's man- 
 agement, started to prosper and 
 people from all over the section 
 started to patronize the store. Be- 
 fore that time, the store had only, 
 been known in the near vicinity. 
 Mr. Gulden always found new 
 methods of attracting the public's 
 attention to his store and the num- 
 ber of pleased customers grew by 
 leaps. It did not take long before 
 it was found necessary to enlarge 
 the quarters, and in 1892 a large 
 four-story brick building was built 
 at the same location. Business in 
 this new building continued to grow 
 and the Gulden furniture stablish- 
 ment was fast becoming one of the 
 largest of its kind in the state. As 
 
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business was just at the highest, 
 and only a few weeks before Christ- 
 mas, in 1916, a fire broke out one 
 evening and burned the building 
 down to the ground. It was one 
 of the largest fires in the history of 
 North Hudson. People from all 
 over North Hudson hastened to 
 condole Mr. Gulden, who, every- 
 body thought, would retire from 
 business. However, a great sur- 
 pi-ise was in store ' for those 
 who thought so. Although Mr. 
 Gulden at that time was a man 62 
 years of age, his spirits were by no 
 means broken, he was naturally 
 deeply aflfected, but quick in his de- 
 cision to start all over again. 
 
 A few days after the fire he had 
 rented a vacant store, and to the 
 great astonishment of the people in 
 the section, he opened up with a 
 new stock. In the meantime an 
 architect was engaged to draw 
 plans for- a new building, the ruins 
 from the fire were torn down, and 
 at the writing of this article, the 
 outside walls of the new building 
 are already up. This building will 
 be 5 stories high, of beautiful ar- 
 chitecture, and will be another 
 structure of which Union Hill 
 can be proud. All through this 
 crisis, in which many a man 
 would have completely broken 
 down, Mr. Gulden has shown a re- 
 markably strong determination. 
 This in fact has been the founda- 
 tion for his success. Strong in his 
 convictions, strong in character and 
 possessed of a great business abil- 
 ity, no obstacles can possibly stop 
 his efiforts. 
 
 In many other ways, Mr. Gulden 
 has been instrumental in the de- 
 velopment of the community. He 
 is President of the Phoenix Pad 
 Manufacturing Co. of Baltimore, 
 President of New York Excelsior 
 Co., and one of the Directors of the 
 Weehawken Trust Co. He is a 
 great philanthropist and closely 
 identified with charitable work. He 
 
 is connected with the North Hud- 
 son Hospital, of which institution 
 he was the first and only financial 
 secretary. 
 
 He is a member of the Eintracht 
 Singing Society and many other as- 
 sociations and was formerly Presi- 
 dent of the North Hudson Board 
 of Trade. 
 
 He has never sought or accepted 
 any political offices, although it is 
 well recognized that he would be 
 the strongest candidate in the town 
 for any office he may desire. 
 
 As a citizen he is thoroughly 
 identified with the best interests in 
 the town. His genial and pleasing 
 manners and his sterling business 
 character have gained him a host 
 of friends. 
 
 James G. Morgan. 
 
 James G. Morgan is one of the 
 prominent, enterprising, public- 
 spirited and respected citizens of 
 the Town of Union and has been 
 honored by his fellow-citizens by 
 elections and appointments to many 
 offices of responsibility and trust. 
 He has taken a live interest in 
 everything pertaining to the welfare 
 of the community. He has faith- 
 fully discharged the many duties 
 connected- with the important posi- 
 tions he has held, and won the pub- 
 lic confidence by his integrity, fair- 
 ness and sound judgment. 
 
 Mr. Morgan was born in Wee- 
 hawken at Duer Place, July 17, 
 1848. He is the son of John Mor- 
 gan and Sarah Gardner, the latter's 
 ancestors dating back to the eigh- 
 teenth century in Union Hill. 
 
 Mr. Morgan's great-grand- 
 father, E. F. Gardner, owned a 
 large part of Union Hill or what 
 at that time was called North Ho- 
 boken. His property extended 
 from what is now called Union St. 
 to Columbia St., including a large 
 
 SO 
 
part of Weehawken. Mr. Gard- 
 ner's grandfather later sold this 
 property to the North Hoboken 
 Land Co., with the exception of ten 
 acres, which he reserved for the 
 children. 
 
 It may be mentioned here that 
 Gardner St. received its name from 
 E. F. Gai-dner and John St. from 
 John Gardner. Morgan St. re- 
 ceived its name from John Morgan. 
 
 John Morgan immigrated to this 
 country from Scotland in 1824 and 
 settled at Central Park, N. Y. He 
 came to this section in 1825, when 
 he took charge of Major Wallace's 
 estate, which was later sold to Gen. 
 Sheppitan and still later sold to 
 James King, whom Mr. Morgan 
 served as horticulturist and stew- 
 ard up to 1862, when he retired. 
 He died in 1876. 
 
 Mr. J. Moi-gan took an active 
 part in public affairs and was 
 elected to the Board of Council, and 
 also served in the Board of Free- 
 holders and as Commissioner in the 
 Board of Equalization of Taxes of 
 Hudson County. 
 
 James G. Morgan, the subject of 
 this sketch, attended Public School 
 and later the German American 
 School, where he studied under 
 Prof. Seidhorf and this Profes- 
 sors' sister-in-law Augusta Friede- 
 rich for four years. Later he 
 studied under Dr. Wm. Mabon and 
 then attended the College Institute 
 of. New York. After his gradua- 
 tion from this institution he se- 
 cured a position as clerk with the 
 Grand Locomotive \\^orks of 
 Paterson, N. J., where he was em- 
 ployed until his marriage. 
 
 He returned to Union Hill to 
 the house his father had built at 
 Columbia St. and New York Ave., 
 in 1863. Mr. Morgan entered the 
 real estate business in 1869 and was 
 very successful in this field up to 
 1911, when he retired. 
 
 In 1903 he became Vice-Presi- 
 
 dent of the Third National Bank in 
 Jersey City. 
 
 As this was later merged with 
 the Commercial Trust Co. of Jersey 
 City, he became the Vice-President 
 of this institution on January 17, 
 1915, and was assigned to theGrove 
 St. Branch of this institution. Mr. 
 Morgan is also Director of the Ho- 
 boken Bank of Savings, which of- 
 fice he has filled since 1885. 
 
 Mr. Morgan has always been 
 ready to serve the community when 
 called to fill some important office. 
 He was appointed School Trustee 
 in 1870 and served several terms as 
 Recorder of Union Hill. He was 
 also Justice of the Peace for sev- 
 eral years. In 1878 he was elected 
 to the Board of Freeholders, where 
 he served two terms. He also held 
 the office of Collector of Arrears 
 of Union Hill. In 1892 he was 
 elected Presidential Elector for 
 Cleveland. Governor Murphy ap- 
 pointed Mr. Morgan to the Board 
 of Morris Plains Insane Institution, 
 which Board he served for six 
 years. He was appointed to the 
 County Board of Equalization of 
 Taxes in 1881 and served on this 
 Board for twenty-one years, lie- 
 coming President of the Board. He 
 has served as Clerk and President 
 of numerous other important com- 
 missions. 
 
 Mr. Morgan is a member of the 
 Masonic Order, Mystic Tie No. 
 123, and is a Royal Arch Mason, 
 Pen Talpha, Chapter 11. 
 
 Mr. Morgan's daughter. Miss 
 Sadie, married Robert Dixon, the 
 prominent architect. 
 
 Mr. Morgan has travelled very 
 extensively berth by sea and! by 
 land. He has visited West Indies, 
 Canada, and nearly every part of 
 Europe, and has on his trips in- 
 cluded every place of interest. He 
 is a very keen observer of people 
 and their customs and has closely 
 studied conditions in the countries 
 he has visited. He has seen nearly 
 
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every battle field of historic inter- 
 est. Mr. Morgan's sterling busin- 
 ess character, his perseverance, 
 united with great business tact and 
 skill, has brought him into promi- 
 nence and his pleasing personality 
 and geniality has gained him a 
 large circle of friends. 
 
 R. C. Dixon. 
 
 Robert Campbell Dixon, one of 
 the most eminent architects in the 
 county, with offices at 548 Park 
 Avenue, Weehawken, has contrib- 
 uted much to the growth of North 
 Hudson. 
 
 He was born in New \'ork City, 
 his parents being Robert and Mar- 
 garet (Campbell) Dixon. Some of 
 his ancestors filled important posi- 
 tions of trust. One branch of his 
 grandmother's family being Sir 
 Wilfred Lawson, a representative 
 in the English Parliament. The 
 Dixon and Lawson families have 
 contributed wholesome influence to 
 their respective communities, and 
 
 achieved distinction as men of 
 learning and ability. Robert C. 
 Dixon, of this sketch, attended 
 public school in Poughkeepsie, N. 
 Y., and afterward pursued his 
 studies in private schools. He 
 completed his literary education at 
 River View Military Academy, and 
 finished with a business course in 
 Eastman's Business College at 
 Poughkeepsie. In 1876 he entered 
 the office of D. & J. Jardine, archi- 
 tects, of New York City, as stu- 
 dent. In 1883 Mr. Dixon engaged 
 in business for himself as an ar- 
 chitect, and has since achieved 
 marked success and a notable repu- 
 tation. He built the Town Hall of 
 Union Hill, thePalma and Colum- 
 bia Club Houses, Big Schneiders, 
 William Gulden and George Den- 
 zer's business houses, the W^eehaw- 
 ken High School, numerous church 
 edifices, many important public 
 schools, factories, and mercantile 
 establishments in New York, New 
 Jersey, and Pennsylvania. 
 
 During the last ten years he has 
 resided in Highwood Park, in 
 which section many of the elegant 
 residences erected by Mr. Dixon 
 testify to his ability in his profes- 
 sion. 
 
 In political matters Mr. Dixon 
 has been an active and influential 
 leader, serving frequently as dele- 
 gate to local and State Democratic 
 Conventions. He served as Presi- 
 dent of' the Board of Education at 
 Union Hill. 
 
 He is a member of Columbia 
 Club of Hoboken, and the Palma 
 Club of Jersey City. He was one 
 of the organizers of the New Jer- 
 sey Society of Architects, and is a 
 member of the American Institute 
 of Architects, and also the New 
 Jersey Chapter of Architects. He 
 is a Warden of Grace Episcopal 
 Church of Union Hill, and a mem- 
 ber of Columbia Lodge, No. 151, 
 Knights of Pythias. 
 
 Mr. Dixon was married Sept. 22, 
 
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1886, to Sadie Gardner Morgan, 
 only daughter of James (i. Morgan 
 of Union Hill (see Morgan His- 
 tory). They have two children, 
 Robert Kenneth, who is actively 
 engaged in business in New York 
 City, and Lola Smyth, who is mar- 
 ried into the Geo. \' Denzer 
 family. 
 
 Gustav Dopslaff. 
 
 One of the most highly esteemed 
 and respected citizens in North 
 Hudson is Gustav Dopslaff, Presi- 
 dent of the Commonwealth Trust 
 Co. in \\'est Hoboken. He is what 
 can be truly called a self-made 
 man, having worked his way up 
 from carpenter to his present po- 
 sition. 
 
 He was born in Germany, the 
 12th day of March, 1864, and re- 
 ceived a common education in that 
 county. He emigrated to America 
 in 1879, and settled in West Ho- 
 boken, where he, learned the trade 
 
 of carpenter and builder. In 1889 
 he engaged in business for himself 
 as a contractor and builder. He 
 immediately became one of the 
 most successful builders in the sec- 
 tion, and in other sections as well, 
 as he built in Jersey City, Union 
 Hill, and many other parts. In 
 1899 he disposed of his business to 
 Mr. E. Wesp, but for a number of 
 years after, continued to devote 
 his energies in building and selling 
 dwelling houses. 
 
 He soon became a large property 
 owner and has done much for the 
 development of the community in 
 which he always has exerted an 
 important and wholesome influence. 
 
 In 1906 Mr. Dosplaflf helped to 
 organize the Commonwealth Trust 
 Co., and in 1910 became the Presi- 
 dent of this institution. The re- 
 markable growth of this bank is 
 due to the conservative and careful 
 management. The bank was 
 started in small quarters at Stevens 
 St. and Clinton Ave., later mov- 
 ing next door to the present lo- 
 cation on Spring St. It soon pros- 
 pered to such an extent that the 
 Directors decided to erect the pres- 
 ent building at the corner of Spring 
 St. and Highpoint Avenue. The 
 bank occupies the entire ground 
 floor, while the upper floor is rented 
 out for office purposes. 
 
 The Commonwealth Trust Co. is 
 to-day ranked as one of the fore- 
 most banking institut?ions in the 
 county, and its management is re- 
 cognized as one of the most ef- 
 ficient. 
 
 Mr. DosplaflF has become im- 
 mensely popular by his gonial and 
 c'emocratic ways. He is a public- 
 siiirited citizen, possessed of the 
 highest integrity and business abil- 
 ity and enjoys the confidence of all 
 with whom he has come in contact. 
 
 He married Augusta Nadler in 
 1885. They had seven children, 
 of whom, however,- only two are 
 living, Gustav, Jr., and George. 
 
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Henry Kohlmeyer. 
 
 lienry Kohlmeyer, Treasurer of 
 the Commonwealth Trust Co. in 
 
 West Hoboken, was born in Union 
 Hill, July 22, 1870. His father, 
 Henry Kohlmeyer, at one time 
 served Union Hill as Councilman 
 and Chairman of Police. He was 
 a resident of that town since the 
 early 60's. 
 
 Henry, the subject of this article, 
 attended the local public school and 
 then worked in various positions, 
 until he secured a clerical position 
 with the American Type Founders 
 Co. in Jersey City. He worked for 
 this concern for fifteen years, rais- 
 ing himself from a small position to 
 that of Assistant Treasurer. Mr. 
 Kohlmeyer then took a trip to 
 Mexico, -and upon his return in 
 1908 became connected with the 
 Commonwealth Trust Co., which 
 had been established two years pre- 
 vious. 
 
 He started in the capacity of 
 bookkeeper, was later promoted to 
 Assistant Treasurer, and in 1911 
 to Treasurer. 
 
 With his sound judgment and 
 great foresight Mr. Kohlmeyer has 
 been instrumental in making the 
 Commonwealth Trust Co. one of 
 the most conservative and most re- 
 liable banks in the northern part 
 of the county. He has distinguish- 
 ed himself as a safe financier of 
 marked ability and sagacity. He 
 has mastered every detail of the 
 banking business. His skill and 
 ability have won for him a high 
 rank in the banking world, while 
 his untiring attention to duty, his 
 constant application and his great 
 care and practical devotion to the 
 interest of the depositors has gain- 
 ed their appreciation and confi- 
 dence. 
 
 Thomas McEwan. 
 
 Former Congressman Thomas 
 McEwan, one of the leading bank- 
 ers in the county, was bocn in Pa- 
 terson, N. J., February 26th, 1854. 
 
 He is the son of Thomas and Han- 
 nah (Ledget) McEwan. 
 
 After he had received his pre- 
 
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paratory education in the public 
 schools and the High School, he 
 entered the Columbia Law School, 
 from which institution he gradu- 
 ated and received the degree of L. 
 L. B. in 1881. He was admitted 
 to the Bar the same year and quick- 
 ly rose to be one of the most able 
 barristers in the county. 
 
 Mr. McEwan has been honored 
 by election and appointment to 
 many public offices of great respon- 
 sibility and trust. He served as 
 Tax Assessor of Jersey City from 
 1887 to 1888; Chief Supervisor of 
 Elections, District of New Jersey, 
 from 1892 to 1893 ; was elected to 
 the Assembly in 1894 and became 
 the leader of the Republican ma- 
 jority. This was the first time that 
 a one-year member of the Assem- 
 bly had held the office as leader. 
 Mr. McEwan was elected and 
 served as a member of the 54th and 
 .S.=ith U. S. Congresses from 1895 
 to 1899. He was the first Repub- 
 lican elected to Congress since 
 1878. He served as Comptroller 
 of Jersey City in 1905. Mr. Mc- 
 Ewan has, since its organization, 
 held his present office of Presi- 
 dent of the Highland, Trust Com- 
 pany in West Hoboken. No man 
 is more prominent or more es- 
 teemed than is Mr. McEwan. He 
 is enterprising, public-spirited, and 
 one of the most respected citizens 
 in the community. The confidence 
 which his service in his many vari- 
 ous capacities has inspired is evi- 
 denced by the fact of his appoint- 
 ment as executor, guardian, and 
 trustee of many large estates. He is 
 President of the Hoboken Heights 
 Land Co., Treasurer of the Vienna 
 Fancy Case Co. and Wecman Co. 
 
 He is a member of the New Jer- 
 sey State Bar Association, New 
 York City Bar Association, Hudson 
 County Bar Association, U. S. Su- 
 preme Court; Advisory Committee 
 Young Women's Christian Associa- 
 tion; President of Hudson County 
 
 Branch of States Charity Aid So- 
 ciety and meriiber of Executive 
 Committee, Equal Franchise. 
 
 In fraternal circles Mr. McEwan 
 is very prominently connected, 
 being a Scottish Rit€ Mason (32nd 
 degree) and a member of the 
 Knights of Pythias and United 
 Workmen. He is also a member 
 of the Union League of Hudson 
 County, the National Arts Society, 
 N. Y. City, and the Hudson County 
 Historical Society. 
 
 Frederick C. Hansen. 
 
 In the year of 1851, Peter Han- 
 sen emigrated from Schleswig- 
 Holstein, and in the same year 
 settled in Union Hill, being one of 
 the pioneers of that town. After 
 
 two years of hard work, he had 
 saved enough to send for his wife 
 and children. One of his sons, 
 Frederick C, the subject of this 
 sketch, was then four years old. 
 Having been born in Rendsburg, 
 Schleswig-Holstein, Sept. 29, 1849. 
 
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Frederick attended private school 
 in Union Hill until 1858, when the 
 lirst public school was opened. He 
 graduated from this school in 1863. 
 He then helped his father, who had 
 become a very successful contrac- 
 tor, and in 1876 Frederick estab- 
 lished his own business as a real 
 estate and insurance broker. In 
 the same year he was elected Town 
 Clerk of Union Hill and re-elected 
 to this office for four successive 
 terms, serving eight years in all. 
 In 1885, he was elected to the 
 Board of Council, and served four 
 years in that Board, three years of 
 which he served as President of 
 the Board, or, what was later called 
 Mayor. 
 
 In 1891, Mr. Hansen, with John 
 A. Ross, established a real estate 
 and insurance firm, under the name 
 of Hansen and Ross. In 1911 Mr. 
 Ross retired from the business and 
 Mr. Hansen took his two sons, 
 Paul A. and Ernest N., into the 
 firm, which then became known as 
 Hansen & Hansen. 
 
 Mr. Hansen has always exerted 
 a wholesome and beneficial influ- 
 ence in the community, and en- 
 joys the confidence of all who know 
 him. He is highly respected and 
 esteemed and has gained a high re- 
 putation for his business abilit)- 
 and integrity. 
 
 He is a member of the F & A. 
 M., Director of Hoboken Trust 
 Co., Secretary of the Town of 
 Union Tiuilding and Loan Asso- 
 ciation, member of the Eintracht 
 Society, and was for five years 
 President of the Exempt Firemen's 
 Association. 
 
 The Lange Family. 
 
 Frederick Lange was JDorn in 
 Germany in 1830. \Mien he was 
 nineteen years of age, he decided to 
 emigrate to this country, and after 
 spending thirty-five days in a vessel 
 
 he finally landed at Rector St., 
 New York City, in 1849. 
 
 Soon after his arrival, he estab- 
 lished a lamp business and sold 
 oil for lighting purposes. In 1856 
 he moved to Hoboken and contin- 
 ued the business there. He estab- 
 lished sevqral routes, especially in 
 West Floboken, Union Hill and 
 North Bergen. He was one of the 
 first ones to buy lots in Union Hill, 
 which were sold by Louis Becker, 
 who had formed a company to sell 
 lots laid out by the garden farm. 
 
 These lots ranged in price from 
 $50 to $100 and were paid by in- 
 stallment of $2.50 a month. After 
 people had paid part of the money, 
 a drawing took place, whereby each 
 man drew his own lot. The 
 people then started out to locate 
 their respective lots, and Frederick 
 Lange, to his great dismay, found 
 his lot to be a great waterpool, 
 where the Simon factory now 
 stands in Union Hill. He had by 
 this time paid in $30, but stopped 
 further payment and gave up his 
 claim. 
 
 In 1857 he married Caroline 
 
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Baier, with whom he had ten chil- 
 dren, of whom, however, only six- 
 are living. They are: Adaline, 
 Herman, Fred, Maurice, Carrie 
 and Frank. 
 
 A few years after their marriage 
 the family moved to Union Hill, 
 where Mr. Lange also moved his 
 business. He was later elected 
 School Trustee of that town, which 
 office he held for three years. Mr. 
 T-ange is now living in retirement 
 at his private residence in North 
 Bergen. 
 
 Herman Lange, a son of Fred- 
 erick Lange, was born in Hoboken, 
 September 5, 1861. He received 
 his public school education partly 
 in Hoboken Academy and partly in 
 the Union Hill public schools. 
 
 After leaving school, he received 
 a position on August 3, 1876. with 
 F O. Etzold, who conducted a 
 hardware store at Blum Street. 
 Five months after securing this 
 position, Mr. Etzold died, and the 
 responsibilil^ of ' condiicting the 
 l)usiness was put upon Herman, 
 who took full charge, acting as 
 salesman, buyer and collector. 
 
 In 1884 he established his own 
 hardware business in a small store 
 12 by 20 feet on Bergenline Ave. 
 The rent of this store was $8. His 
 sole capital was $200. One year 
 later he was able to move into lar- 
 ger quarters, and in 1891 he had 
 succeeded to such an extent that 
 !he was able to buy the corner 
 building at Columbia St. and Ber- 
 genline Ave. Two years later, 
 however, when business depression 
 set in and the country was prac- 
 tically in a panic, Mr. Lange had 
 to give up his business interests. 
 He was, however, not to be dis- 
 couraged, and with remarkable 
 energy and determination he 
 started all over again and in 1907 
 he established his present hardware 
 business with a capital of $800. 
 
 This business was located at 296 
 
 Bergenline Ave., has since become 
 one of the most prospering hard- 
 ware concerns in North Hudson. 
 
 In 1886 Mr. Lange married 
 Anna Kumpa, with whom he had 
 five children, of whom, however, 
 only three are living. They are: 
 Hermine, Charlotte and Ernst. 
 
 While Mr. Lange has never 
 sought nor accepted any public of- 
 fice, he is a public-spirited and 
 patriotic citizen. His pleasing 
 manner and sterling business 
 character has gained him a host of 
 friends. 
 
 Maurice Lange is another son of 
 Fred Lange. He was born in 
 Union Hill, April 26, 1873. After 
 finishing his education in the local 
 public schools, he started to help 
 
 his brothers in the hardware 
 business. His brother conducted a 
 branch store on Spring St., West 
 Hoboken, which the father took 
 over, and Maurice helped the 
 father in that store. 
 
 In the month of October, 1912, 
 Maurice took over the store and 
 
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has conducted it ever since. It is 
 located at 466 Spring St., West 
 Hoboken, and is one of the largest 
 hardware and housefnrnishings 
 stores in that town. 
 
 Mr. Lange is possessed of a 
 pleasing personality which has, 
 combined with using honest busin- 
 ess methods, been a great factor for 
 his success in business. 
 
 He has never taken any active 
 interest in political affairs, but de- 
 voted his full time to his. ever 
 growing business. He is, however, 
 always interested in any move- 
 ments which may benefit his town, 
 and always willing to lend assist- 
 ance wherever he can. 
 
 In 1912 he married Margaret 
 Schutte, with whom he has one 
 child, Helen Dorothy. 
 
 Mr. 'Lange is a member of the 
 Union Hill Turnverein. His great 
 i lobby 
 sports. 
 
 IS fishing and outdoor 
 
 Joseph TuercK. 
 
 The distinction of being the first 
 architect in West New York be- 
 longs to Mr. Tuerck, one of the 
 foremost architects in North 
 Hudson. 
 
 He was born in Germany, Nov. 
 19, 1858, and obtained his early 
 education in that country. He im- 
 migrated to this country in 1884 
 and five years later settled in Gut- 
 tenberg. In 1900 he moved to 
 . ^Vest New^ York, where he has re- 
 sided ever since. His Hfe study 
 has been architecture, in which he 
 has made an immense success. 
 Many of the finest buildings in the 
 county are monuments to his 
 ability. 
 
 An attempt to describe or even 
 mention the numerous buildings 
 he has erected and supervised, 
 would fill a little book. Let it suf- 
 fice to mention Clififside School 
 
 No. 2, Guttenberg School, West 
 New York School No. 3 and 4, 
 Fairview School No. 3, Fort Lee 
 School No. 2, Echpse Hose Co., 
 Guttenberg, Empire Hook and 
 Ladder Co., and Empire Hose Co. 
 No. 3 of West New York, and not 
 to forget the Lincoln High 
 School, one of the most beautiful 
 buildings in the section. He has 
 
 also erected several residences, 
 factories, etc. 
 
 With his many years of experi- 
 ence as an architect, Mr. Tuerck 
 has achieved a reputation second to 
 none in Hudson County. His 
 knowledge of his business is broad 
 and comprehensive, giving him the 
 position of recognized leader in his 
 profession. 
 
 Mr. Tuerck is a public spirited 
 citizen and takes a deep interest in 
 every movement affecting the wel- 
 fare of the community. He is 
 greatly esteemed and respected, not 
 only for his professional achieve- 
 ments, but also for those eminent 
 qualifications and personal attrib- 
 utes which distinguish the success- 
 ful man. His foresight, integrity 
 and' sound judgment and his capa- 
 city for business have brought him 
 into more than local prominence. 
 
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Fred. W. Hille. 
 
 Few men have achieved a higher 
 reputation than Fred W. Hille, one 
 of the foremost bankers in North 
 Hudson and President of the Mer- 
 chants' and Manufacturers' Rank 
 in Union Hill. 
 
 He was born in Marburg, Germ- 
 any, July 6, 1850. There he ob- 
 tained his early education and later 
 attended the "gymnasium" until he 
 was seventeen years of age. He 
 then studied drugs and chemicals in 
 Frankfort am Main and at the 
 University at Marburg. He next 
 secured a position as drug clerk in 
 Elberfeld, and after spending two 
 years in that position, came to this 
 country in 1872. He settled in 
 New York, where he worked as a 
 druggist for two years in one of 
 the largest drug concerns in that 
 city. In 1874 he came to Union 
 Hill, where he worked as a clerk in 
 Phil Gelhaar's (now Frank's) 
 Drug Store on Main Street. This 
 store, which had been establi.shed 
 in 1867, was at that time located in 
 
 what is now Wacker's Bakery. At 
 the time Mr. Hille became con- 
 nected with this store, Gelhaar'.s 
 widow was conducting the business 
 with the help of a few clerks. After 
 demonstrating his abilities to the 
 satisfaction of Mrs. Gelhaar, .she 
 entrusted the management of the 
 business to Mr. Hille, and soon 
 after sold him the business. He 
 then doubled his efforts and worked 
 practically day and night to make a 
 success of his enterprise. It did 
 not take long before he became 
 known as one of the most conscien- 
 tious and reliable druggists in the 
 section. 
 
 The business steadily increased, 
 and the store became too small. By 
 this time he had saved enough 
 money to buy the adjoining lot and 
 on this he erected a building, into 
 which he moved his store in 1881 ; 
 for the next twenty years Mr. Hille 
 successfully conducted his drug 
 business there, until ipoor health 
 compelled him to sell out to Aug. 
 I'rank. 
 
 Mr. Hille was not a man, how- 
 ever, who could be idle for any 
 great length of time, and he sooii 
 opened a small drug store in 
 Ridgefield, N. J. This he gave up 
 after a few years, and in 1890 he 
 became connected, in a confidential 
 capacity, with the Hudson Trust 
 Company, of which he had been 
 one of the founders. 
 
 He continued with this banking 
 institution until August, 1917, 
 when he resigned. 
 
 The Merchants' & Manufactur- 
 ers' Trust Co. in Union Hill had just 
 then been organized and the found- 
 er of this bank, after much persua- 
 sion, finally succeeded in secur- 
 ing the services of Mr. Hille to 
 direct the affairs of this institu- 
 tion. He became President of this 
 bank on August 15, 1917. No bet- 
 ter man could possibly be found 
 for that important position. Mr. 
 Hille's influence in the communitv 
 
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stamps him as one of the leading 
 citizens, and . his great knowledge 
 in banking affairs and methods 
 makes him especiall_v qualified for 
 his new ofifice. 
 
 He is a rare gentleman, most 
 gracious and hospitable, sincere 
 and earnest and so honest and hon- 
 orable in all the affairs of life, that 
 the faintest breath was never raised 
 to question his perfect integrity. 
 
 He is a paWic-Sfpirited citizen, 
 and has held many positions of 
 trust and responsibility. He organ- 
 ized the Town of Union Building 
 and Loan Association, of which he 
 was Treasurer for four years. He 
 was one of the organizers of the 
 Free Library Association and the 
 \\ eehawken Building and Loan 
 Association. In politics he has 
 always taken a keen interest and 
 served as Tax Collector for the 
 Town of Union for four terms. 
 
 In 1881 Mr. Hille married Chris- 
 tiana Frick, a member of one of 
 tlie oldest families in Union Hill. 
 They have three children, Katie, 
 Lmma, and \\'illiani, who is one of 
 the rising, young promising law- 
 yers of North Hudson. 
 
 Mr. Hille is a member of Mv.stic 
 Tie Lodge No. 123, F. & A. M'., of 
 which Lodge he has been the 
 Treasurer for the last eighteen 
 years. 
 
 Wm. G. Hille. 
 
 Among the foremost lawyers in 
 North Hudson is William C. Hille, 
 son of the noted banker of Union 
 Hill. 
 
 He was born in that town April 
 10th, 1884, and received his pre- 
 liminary education at the Hoboken 
 Academy. He then took a four 
 year's college course at the New 
 York University College, from 
 which institution he received his 
 
 college degree in 1905. Having 
 received a thorough training, he 
 took up the study of law at the 
 New York University Law School, 
 where he received his degree of 
 L.L.B. in 1907 He continued his 
 law studies in the offices of coun- 
 sellor A. Leuly, where he served as 
 clerk for two years. On March 9, 
 1909, he was admitted to the Bar 
 as an Attorney at Law in the State 
 of New Jersey and in 1912 he was 
 admitted as Counsellor at Law and 
 Master of Chancery. 
 
 Mr. Hille has been actively and 
 successfully engaged in the general 
 practice of his profession since his 
 admission to the Bar, and in a large 
 number of important cases with 
 which he has been identified he has 
 displayed high legal qualifications, 
 a broad and accurate knowledge of 
 the law, and great skill and ability. 
 He has established a reputation es- 
 pecially as a real estate mortgage 
 and chancery lawyer. 
 
 Counsellor Hille is a public-spir- 
 ited man prominently connected in 
 public, fraternal, professional and 
 
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social circles. He has served sev- 
 eral terms as County Committeman 
 and is a member of the Mystic Tie 
 Lodge, F. & A. M., and of several 
 college fraternities, social arid pro- 
 fessional clubs. 
 
 Prof. A. Riesenberger. 
 
 One of the most esteemed and 
 respected citizens in the county is 
 Prof. Adam Riesenberger, of the 
 Stevens Institute of Technology in 
 Hoboken. 
 
 He .was born in Ulster County, 
 New Vork, February 9th, 1857, but 
 his parents moved to Union Hill 
 when he was only three years of 
 age. Adam Riesenberger obtained 
 his early school education at the 
 Hoboken Academy, and at the ear- 
 ly age of fifteen years he took up 
 the study of mechanical engineer- 
 ing at the Stevens Institute of 
 Technology, from which college he 
 graduated four years later. He 
 continued his studies and in 1881 
 was appointed instructor in Mech- 
 anical Drawing at the safne institu- 
 
 tion. Six years later he was ap- 
 pointed Assistant Professor, and 
 Professor in 1889. Prof. Riesen- 
 berger is also the Treasurer of this 
 institution, an office which he has 
 held since 1884. He holds the of- 
 fice as Registrar since 1902, when 
 the office was first established. He 
 has for many years been an active 
 and influential resident of Union 
 Hill, in which town he still re- 
 sdes. He was a member of the 
 Union Hill Board of Education for 
 nearly seventeen ye^ars, five years 
 of which he served as President of 
 the Board. He resigned the latter 
 part of 1916. -He is Vice-President 
 of the Hoboken Trust Company 
 since this bank was incorporated 
 15 years ago, and a Director of the 
 Hoboken Building and Loan Asso- 
 ciation for about 28 years. He is 
 First Vide-President of the Boy 
 Scouts, Trustee of the Old Peo- 
 ple's Llome in North Bergen, 
 member of the Citizens' Federation 
 of Hudson County, of the Americ- 
 an Society of Mechanical Engin- 
 eers, and of the Society for the 
 Promotion of Engineering Educa- 
 tion. 
 
 Prof. Riesenberger's career has 
 Ijeen an eminently successful one 
 and stamps him as a man of un- 
 usual ability, of great force of 
 character, and possessed of that 
 self-reliance and perseverance 
 which characterize the man of af- 
 fairs. His ability, integrity, and 
 pleasing personality has gained him 
 a large circle of friends. He is 
 thoroughly identified with the best 
 interests of the town, and by ac- 
 tion and example has exerted a 
 wholesome influence in the com- 
 munity, whose respect and confid- 
 ence he enj6ys to the utmost. 
 
 Prof. Riesenberger married, in 
 1878, Antoinette Schlemm, who, 
 however, died two years later, 
 leaving him one child. In 1881 
 he married Sophie Werner, with 
 whom he has six children. 
 
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The Westervelt Family. 
 
 The Westervelt Family repre- 
 sent one of the oldest and most 
 prominent families in Hudson and 
 Bergen Counties. Their ancestors 
 date back about 400 years in Hol- 
 land, where the family was known 
 as ^'an Westervelt. 
 
 Daniel P- Westervelt is a lineal 
 descendant of Lubbert Lubeitsen 
 ( Westei-velt), the founder of the 
 American branch of the family, 
 w ho came to America from Hepple, 
 a province of Drenth, Holland, in 
 1662. He settled in Flatbush, Long 
 Island. Upon his death his sons 
 settled in Bergen County, New 
 Jersey, where they became large 
 land owners. Their descendants 
 intermarried with families of note 
 in Hudson and Bergen Counties, 
 and the- different branches of the 
 family became tillers of the soil, 
 noted lawyers, and eminent states- 
 men. 
 
 Daniel P. ^Vestervelt was born at 
 Tenafly, Bergen County, in 1827. 
 He became one of the biggest com- 
 mission merchants in New York 
 City. 
 
 He married Cornelia \\'estervelt, 
 who was also a descendant of the 
 Van Westervelt Family, in 1847. 
 
 They had four children : John 
 H., Lundy, Anna, and Rachael. 
 
 Until recently, Mr. Westervelt 
 resided at the old Westervelt home- 
 stead, the property located next to 
 the Lincoln Theatre on Hacken- 
 sack Plankroad, which property he 
 still owns, but now resides in 
 Woodcliff, N. J., where he built a 
 beautiful home. 
 
 He is one of the prominent 
 public spirited and respected citi- 
 zens of North Hudson. While 
 
 John H. Westervelt. 
 
 John H. Westervelt was born in 
 New York City, August 17, 1853. 
 In 1862 the family moved to Ho- 
 boken, and in 1867 to Union Hill, 
 where John attended public school. 
 After leaving school, he learned the 
 butcher trade and worked at the 
 Washington Market until 1897, 
 when he became connected with the 
 Armour Co. Mr. Westervelt is 
 now Manager of this concern's 
 branch in Jersey City. 
 
 never aspiring to any public oflice, 
 Mr. Westervelt is always interested 
 in everything pertaining to the wel- 
 fare of the community. In business 
 he has exercised great executive 
 ability, untiring energy, sound 
 judgment and unusual foresi|ght. 
 His achievements are the result of 
 his own efforts of the broad- and 
 progressive ideas of an able man. 
 As a citizen he is greatly esteemed 
 and has gained a large circle of 
 friends by his pleasing personality. 
 In 1874, Mr. Westervelt married 
 Eliza McCroskery, a daughter of 
 Michael C. McCroskery, one of the 
 oldest residents in Hudson County. 
 They had seven children, of which 
 
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however, only five are living: Wal- 
 ter Daniel (who married Sophie 
 Stalter; they have one child, Eliza 
 Augusta, who married John Roff, 
 with whom she has two children, 
 Lester and Muriel), Anna May, 
 James Calvin (who married Amelia 
 Eva Eoerch; they have three chil- 
 dren, Dorothy May, Marjorie 
 Ruth, and Evelyn Adell), Clara 
 (deceased), Cornelia (who married 
 II. Knowlton, they have two chil- 
 dren, John Henry and Mildred 
 Florence), Ray (deceased), and 
 Julia (who married Henry J. Rau ; 
 they have one child, Marjorie). 
 
 Although only sixty-three years 
 of age, Mr. Westervelt is a great- 
 grandfather, a fact of which he is 
 very proud. 
 
 W. D. Westervelt. 
 
 Walter Daniel ^Vestervelt was 
 born at the old \^'ester-velt home- 
 
 sitead on Hackensack Plankroad, 
 Town of Union, August 6, 1875. 
 After finishing his public school 
 education, ht worked in a whole- 
 
 •sale drygoods house for a number 
 of years. In 1896 he started to 
 learn railroading, . in which busi- 
 ness he is still engaged as an En- 
 gineer for the West Shore R. R. 
 
 In 1896 he married Sophie Stolte, 
 a daughter of Carl Stolte, who had 
 been a resident of North Hudson 
 for over forty years. They have 
 one daughter, Eliza Augusta, who 
 in 1914 married John Roth. They 
 have two children, Lester Wester- 
 velt Roth and Muriel. 
 
 Mr. Westervelt is a member of 
 the Knights of Pythias and of the 
 Brotherhood of Engineers. 
 
 James C. Westervelt. 
 
 James Calvin Westervelt was 
 born in West Hoboken, Mav 2, 
 1881. He attended Union 'Hill 
 
 Public School, and after finish- 
 ing his schooling worked for the 
 Gorham Silver Co. as a silver- 
 smith. H:e then started to learn the 
 plumbing business, and has worked 
 at this trade ever since. In 1899 he 
 
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established his own business, and 
 has since met with great success. 
 . IHs shop is located at the rear of 
 his beautiful residence, which he 
 Iniilt next to that of his father, at 
 409 32nd St., Woodcliff. He has 
 also a branch shop at Hackensack 
 Plankroad, Union Hill. 
 
 Mr. ^^'estervelt has built up a 
 very extensive business b}' his hon- 
 esty and business ability. He is 
 thorough in every detail, energetic 
 and practical in carrying out his 
 contracts, and prompt in all he un- 
 dertakes. His foresight, integrity 
 and sound judgment, and his ca- 
 pacity for business have brought 
 him into more than local promin- 
 ence. He is patriotic and possesses 
 a pleasing personality. 
 
 Mr. Westervelt married Amelia 
 Rva Foerch, September 14, 1907 
 They have three children, Dorothy 
 May, Marjorie Ruth, and Evelvn 
 .Adelle. 
 
 Mr. \\'estervelt is a member of 
 the Jr. O. U. A. M. As his rapidly 
 increasing business demanded his 
 continued attention, he has not had 
 much time for political affairs, 
 nevertheless he is always interested 
 in civic affairs. 
 
 He is very fond of automobiling, 
 and often makes long trips through- 
 out the country. 
 
 Ephraim G. Hellstern, 
 M.D. 
 
 Ephraim G. Hellstern, M. D., of 
 Hudson Heights, was born in 
 Union Hill, January 23, 1879. 
 
 His parents were John and Caro- 
 line (Meckel) Hellstern. They 
 were old, honored and respected 
 residents of Union Hill, having 
 settled in that town in 1870. 
 
 Mr. Hellstern attended the Union 
 Hill Public Schools and later the 
 Eagan Business Schools, being one 
 of the first pupils of the latter. He 
 
 then studied at the New York High 
 School and the Stevens Institute of 
 Hoboken, and in 1900 took up the 
 study of medicine in the University 
 of Maryland, from which institute 
 he graduated in 1904, receiving the 
 degree of M. D. Immediately after 
 
 he established his own practice in 
 Union Hill, and a short time after 
 moved to Hudson Heights, where 
 he soon came into prominence as a 
 physician and surgeon of unusual 
 ability, and where he has since con- 
 ducted a large and successful prac- 
 tice. Displaying broad and liberal 
 qualifications, a thorough mastery 
 of the science of medicine, and 
 sound -judgment, united with a 
 genial good nature, he has gained a 
 wide circle of friends and aii en- 
 viable standing in the community. 
 In professional circles ■ he has 
 achieved a high reputation. As a 
 citizen he is public spirited, pro- 
 gressive, patriotic, and universally 
 respected and esteemed. 
 
 He is assistant surgeon of the 
 North Hudson Hospital and is a 
 member of the Board of Health of 
 Fairview and Cliffside? and is a 
 
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medical school inspector for both 
 of those boroughs. 
 
 The doctor is prominently con- 
 nected in fraternal circles. He is a 
 member of the F. and A. M., a 
 former Commander of the Shrin- 
 ers, a member of the Foresters, Jr. 
 O. U. A. M., Woodmen, Redmen, 
 Shepherds of Bethlehem, and num- 
 erous others. 
 
 The doctor married in 1905, but 
 his wife died four years after. He 
 Ve-married in 1913, and in this 
 marriage is father of one child, 
 Marie. 
 
 Jos. D. Lu^osch. 
 
 Joseph D. Lugoseh has achieved 
 as an architect a measure of suc- 
 cess which stamps him as one of 
 the most prominent men in the 
 county in his profession. 
 
 He was born August 21, 1872, in 
 Germany, where he received his 
 education in the public schools, and 
 after completing his schooling he 
 turned his attention to the study of 
 architecture, for which he had a 
 
 decided taste. He studied at the 
 Charlottenburg Polytechnic Insti- 
 tution, Hildburghausen, and other 
 prominent institutions in Germany. 
 
 In 1901 he came to America, and 
 soon after settled in Weehawken, 
 later moving to Union Hill. Three 
 years after his arrival in this coun- 
 try he established his own business 
 and opened an office at 540 Pali- 
 sade Ave. This office he later 
 moved to 15 Bergenline Avenue, 
 and then to his present location at 
 21 Bergenline Ave., where he oc- 
 cupies a suite of offices. 
 
 Mr. Lugoseh has gained an ex- 
 tensive business through his ability 
 and skill. He has designed and 
 erected many of the finest structur- 
 es in the northern part of the 
 county, among which may be men- 
 tioned the Goelz Building, Har- 
 vard Building, Flat Iron Building, 
 William Peter's Bottling Depart- 
 ment, Consumers' Ice Plant, Rev. 
 Father Grieff's Rectory, the Pleas- 
 ant Avenue houses for VVm. Peter, 
 the new Gulden Building on Ber- 
 genline Avenue, and not to forget 
 the Union Hill High School, which 
 is one of the finest structures in 
 North Hudson. He has also erect- 
 ed several engine houses in Union 
 Hill, many moving picture houses 
 and embroidery factories and num- 
 erous private dwellings. 
 
 His work shows great originality, 
 broad professional knowledge and 
 marked artistic taste, as well as a 
 thorough comprehension of struc- 
 tural problems. His success is the 
 result of his own efforts. 
 
 Mr. Lugoseh had the distinction 
 of being appointed the first build- 
 ing inspector in Union Hill. Other- 
 wise he has never sought or accept- 
 ed any public office, as his continu- 
 ously growing business demands 
 his full attention. He is neverthe- 
 less a public-spiritel citizen, active 
 and influential in promoting busm- 
 ess and public interest. He is a 
 man promptly discharging every 
 
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obligation and imbued with the 
 highest principles of integrity. His 
 genial nature and winning manners 
 have gained him a host of friends. 
 In social circles Mr. Lugoschis a 
 welcome guest, and he is promin- 
 ently connected in fraternal and 
 social societies. 
 
 He is a member of the F. and A. 
 M. (PaHsade Lodge No. 84), Odd 
 Fellows, Elks of Hoboken No. 74, 
 Liedertafel, Eintracht Singing So- 
 ciety, Peter Braeu Bowling Club, 
 and several others. He is an ex- 
 Captain of the Union Hill Schuet- 
 zen Corps. 
 
 Mr. Lugosch married in 1910 
 Anna Dorothy Riefer, a daughter 
 of the well known piano manufac- 
 turer. 
 
 C. W. Van Zile. 
 
 The Van Zile family is one of 
 the oldest families in Hudson 
 County. Cornelius W Van Zile, of 
 
 the Van Zile Company, of 589 to 
 593 Sutnmit Ay^nu?, West Hobo^ 
 
 ken, is the sixth child of eight 
 children, his parents being Edward 
 Van Zile and Cornelia N. Cross- 
 man. 
 
 Although the family has resided 
 in Hudson County for over three 
 generations, Cornelius W. was not 
 born in this county, as his parents 
 had moved to New York, where 
 they resided for a few years, and 
 where Cornelius was born in 1869. 
 
 The family moved back to Union 
 Hill in 1870, and there Corrielius 
 attended Rev. John Justin's 
 school and later the Union Hill and 
 Weehawken Public Schools. After 
 graduating, Cornelius secured a po- 
 sition as clerk in A. Birnbaum's 
 Shoe Store on Bergenline Avenue 
 and worked in the retail shoe busi- 
 ness for a number of years. He 
 then worked in the office of the 
 Erie Railroad for six years, and 
 then changing to outdoor work, 
 went on the road traveling for a 
 New York City firm, selling teas 
 and coffees to the retail .store trade 
 in New York and New Jersey. 
 
 In 1904 Mr. Van Zile originated 
 his present business and in partner 
 ship with his brother Edward K., 
 started his present business under 
 the name of Van Zile Brothers 
 Company, which after six months 
 was changed to Van Zile Company. 
 They started the manufacturing of 
 Wash-Day-Wonder- Workers in the 
 old Sanitarium at Palisade Avenue 
 and Paterson Plank Road. The 
 business was a success from the 
 start, and one year later they built 
 and moved to a larger factory at 
 924 Monastery Street, West Ho- 
 bokgn, where they stayed up to 
 1911, when the business had again 
 outgrown the facilities, and Mr. 
 Van Zile built the present factory 
 at 589 to 593 Summit Ave., West 
 Hoboken. This building is two 
 story brick with a large cellar, cov- 
 ering a ground of 29x75 feet, and 
 with a floor spac^ of 6,50Q square 
 feet. 
 
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The Van Zile Company manu- 
 factures Van's Noi-ub, which wash- 
 es clothes clean without rubbing or 
 mjury, and Van's Addit, which 
 makes common starch perfect. 
 The firm has become known all 
 over the country, and has agencies 
 throughout the United States. 
 Their products, which have become 
 immensely popular, are being sold 
 by all the leading wholesale and re- 
 tail grocers. 
 
 Mr. Cornelius W. Van Zile has 
 never affiliated himself with any 
 political or fraternal organizations, 
 but is nevertheless a public spirited 
 and patriotic citizen. He is enter- 
 prising, enthusiastic, and popular, 
 and has gained the respect and es- 
 teem of everybod|y with whom he 
 has come in contact. His dignified, 
 pleasing personality has gained him 
 a host of friends. 
 
 August A. Schle^eL 
 
 August A. Schlegel, the success- 
 ful hardware merchant in Union 
 Hill, was born in Germany, April 
 3, 1871. His parents brought him 
 to this country in 1880, when the 
 family settled at 112 Gardner St. 
 After finishing his education in the 
 local schools, he learned the trade 
 as mill worker, and for a number 
 of years worked in the piano in- 
 dustry. In 1892 he secured a po- 
 sition with "Big Schneider", who 
 at that time conducted a small 
 haifdware store on Lewis St. He 
 worked for Schneider for four 
 years and then opened his own 
 jjusiness under the name of the 
 "Hudson County Stove Repair Co." 
 and located at 168 New York Ave. 
 He conducted this business for six 
 years and then moved to Columbia 
 St. and Bergenline Ave., where he 
 continued the business under the 
 name of Schlegel & Meyer, until 
 1907. 
 
 Mr. Schlegel was then taken in as 
 a member in the firm of "Big 
 Schneider", one of the largest hard- 
 ware concerns in North Hudson. 
 He became the general manager, 
 and for ten years successfully con- 
 ducted this firm's business. A few 
 
 months ago he retired his member- 
 ship in the firm, and has now open- 
 ed his own hardware store on the 
 corner of Bergenline Avenue and 
 Fourth St., Union Hill. This store 
 is modernly equipped and stocked 
 with everything pertaining to the 
 hardware line. The store is con- 
 ducted under the name of the. 
 Schlegel Hardware Co., and Mr. 
 Schlegel is the sole' owner. 
 
 In 1893 Mr. Schlegel married 
 Augusta S. Meyer, with whom he 
 had three children, of whom, 
 however, only one girl. Bertha is 
 living. She married Nicholas 
 Schutz, who is associated with Mr.' 
 Schlegel in his new enterprise. 
 
 In social circles Mr. Schlegel is 
 well known, being a member of 
 over a dozen different associations 
 and societies. 
 
 He has gained an eminent repu- 
 tation as a man of the highest in- 
 tegrity and great business ability. 
 He is a prominent citizen, connect- 
 ed with the b^st interests of North 
 Hudson, 
 
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Arnold Rippe. 
 
 Arnold Rippe, one of the largest 
 insurance agents in the County, 
 with offices at IS Exchange Place, 
 Jersey City, was born in New York 
 City, December 29, 1876. He went 
 to Public School No. 44 in that city 
 and after graduating started to 
 study the fire insurance business, 
 working for different brokers in 
 New York City in order to learn 
 
 the business thoroughly. In 1890 
 he moved to Union Hill and was a 
 resident of that town until he 
 moved to Weehawken some IS 
 years ago. On October 7, 1903, he 
 established his own office, at the 
 above address, and has since be- 
 come one of the most successful 
 men in the insurance business. 
 
 Mr. Rippe has never "sought nor 
 accepted political offices, but pre- 
 fers to devote his whole time to his 
 business. He is always ready 
 however, to bear a loyal citizen's 
 part m public afifairs, and takes a 
 deep mterest in all worthy move- 
 ments affecting the community. 
 
 He is secretary of the Vestry of 
 Grace Church, Union Hill, and 
 third vice-president of the First 
 National Bank in Union Hill. He 
 is also vice-president of New Jer- 
 sey State Fire Underwriters. 
 
 Mr. Rippe married Jenny V. 
 Symes, of the old West New York 
 family, on April Sth, 1899. They 
 have one child, Gladys. 
 
 Mr. Rippe's father, Fred Rippe, 
 was prominently identified with 
 political afifairs and once held the 
 office of Director of the Board of 
 Freeholders. He was also Presi- 
 dent of the Court House Commit- 
 tee, which built the present Court 
 House, one of the finest structures 
 in the State. 
 
 Wm. C. Kronmeyer. 
 
 Wm. C. Kronmeyer, of West 
 Hobqken, is descended frorii an old 
 family of Civil War fame. His 
 father, Chas. J. Kronmeyer, was 
 born in the State of New York in 
 1834. He married Caroline Louise 
 Brauneck, with whom he had seven 
 children. They are : Charles C. 
 (deceased), Christian C, ; Frede- 
 rick C; Julius C; William C; 
 Elizabeth and Caroline (deceased). 
 
 He was an inventor and manu- 
 facturer of pencil sharpeners until 
 (the outbreak of the Civil War, 
 when he joined the 52nd Regiment 
 of New York. He showed an im- 
 mense ability and bravery as a sol- 
 dier and was rapidly promoted. 
 On November 1, 1861, he was mus- 
 tered in as first Sergeant, Co. C; 
 was promoted to second Lieutenant 
 Co. I, March 1, 1862; on February 
 1st, 1863, was promoted to first 
 Lieutenant, Co. E ; on October 23, 
 1863, Captain Co. C, and on June 
 17, 1865, was promoted to Major 
 with rank from May 28th, 1865 
 On May 10th, 1864 (in the Battle 
 of the Wilderness) he was wound- 
 
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ed and captured while in action, at 
 Poe River, Virginia, and sent to 
 Camp Sorghum, Columbia, S. C, 
 as a prisoner of war. He was later 
 transferred to Andersville prison, 
 where he was kept a prisoner of, 
 war up to the latter part of March, 
 1865, when he escaped and returned 
 to Camp California, at Arlington 
 Heights, Virginia. While in the 
 Army, Mr. Kronmeyer gained a 
 
 high reputation as a splendid of- 
 ficer, always exercising sound judg- 
 ment and remarkable bravery. By 
 his good humor and pleasing per- 
 sonality he gained a host of friends. 
 
 He returned with his regiment in 
 July, 1865, and a few years later 
 moved with his family to Hudson 
 County, where he died in 1897. The 
 first surgeon of the regiment, in 
 speaking of Mr. Kronmeyer, re- 
 ferred to him as "one of our best 
 fellows, one of our truest com- 
 rades, always cheerful, a good fel- 
 low, a fine singer, and a faithful 
 comrade." 
 
 Wm. C. Kronmeyer, the subject 
 of this sketch, was born in Jersey 
 City Heights, March 10th, 1881. 
 
 He attended the old Public School 
 No. 7 , and after graduating from 
 this school he attended the Jersey 
 City Evening High School, from 
 which he graduated February 18, 
 1898. He then took a course at the 
 Y. M. C. A. in New York City, 
 from there he went to the New 
 York Preparatory School and then 
 entered the New York University, 
 where he received the degree of 
 Bachelor of Laws. 
 
 He was admitted to the Bar of 
 the State of New York and is at 
 present practising law in New York 
 City. Mr. Kronmeyer is also a 
 real estate, insurance and bonding 
 broker, with offices in New York 
 City. 
 
 He has been a resident of Hud- 
 son County practically all his life, 
 and a resident of West Hoboken 
 (with the exception of one year in- 
 tervening) for the past seventeen 
 years, and has been prominently 
 connected in public affairs. He 
 served the town as Councilman 
 from 1910 to 1911. He was a can- 
 didate for Alternate Delegate for 
 the National Republican Conven- 
 tion in 1908. 
 
 Mr. Kronmeyer married Kathe- 
 rine Kaelin in 1910. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Lafayette Camp, Sons of 
 Veterans, New York City, Ells- 
 worth Camp, Sons of Veterans, 
 Union Hill, Royal Order of Eagles, 
 Royal Arcanum, the Pierian De- 
 bating Society, and the New York 
 County Lawyers' Association. 
 
 He is also a member of theCo- 
 as-You-Please Bowling Club of 
 Union Hill and of the Halcyon 
 Canoe Club. 
 
 Though a young man, Mr. Kron- 
 meyer has achieved a very high re- 
 putation for ability and persever- 
 ance. He is a public spirited citi- 
 zen, imbued with an exalted sense 
 of patriotism and progressiveness, 
 and by example has exerted a 
 wholesome influence in the com- 
 munity, whose respect and confi- 
 
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dence he enjoys to the utmost. He 
 is honest and enterprising and is a 
 man of the highest integrity. 
 
 Mr. Kronmeyer's brother, Frede- 
 rick C, who is also a lawyer, a 
 member of the New York and New 
 Jersey Bars, has his office at No. 2 
 Wall Street, which office was form- 
 erly occupied by General Grant, 
 who was a member of the firm of 
 Grant & Ward. 
 
 John Neff, Sr. 
 
 The well known real estate and 
 insurance broker, with office at 185 
 Summit Avenue, West Hoboken, 
 was born in Switzerland, April 23, 
 1845. There he attended public 
 school and later Gymnasium (col- 
 lege). His parents wanted him to 
 study for the priesthood, while he 
 
 
 himself wanted to study law. 
 However, Mr. Neff finally chose 
 to learn the telegraph business, 
 and later passed the examina- 
 tion as telegraphist, when the 
 government appointed him as such 
 
 in a French part of Switzerland, 
 and, afterwards, as postmaster in 
 Appenzell, Switzerland. After re- 
 signing from this position, he start- 
 ed his own printing shop and edited 
 ,and published a newspaper, which 
 he continued until 1878, when he 
 sold out and went into the em- 
 broidery business. 
 
 Mr. Neff was also a military and 
 .State's officer in Switzerland. 
 
 In 1865, he passed a cantonal 
 military course, then a federal of- 
 ficers' military school, when he 
 was appointed as 2nd lieutenant, 
 afterwards as 1st lieutenant, and 
 then as ober-lieutenant. In 1874, 
 when the" first federal niilitary or- 
 ganization became a law, he had to ■ 
 pass a quarter-masters' military 
 school at Thun, Switzerland. 
 
 During the French-Prussian war 
 in 1870-1871 he was with the Swiss 
 army on the border — protecting the 
 Swiss neutrality. He saw the 
 French "Bourbaki" army, consist- 
 ing of 84,000 men, that was repuls- 
 ed by General Werder over Belfort, 
 Montbeliard, Besancon, Pontarlier, 
 to Verrieres Suisses, where, in 
 order to avoid being taken prison- 
 ers, said Bourbaki army entered 
 Switzerland, where the French 
 soldiers were treated like brothers. 
 
 He was also elected as president 
 of the Oberaufsichtskommission 
 fiir VValdwirtschaft (Supreme Di- 
 rection of Woodcraft) of his can- 
 ton (State), which office he held 
 until he emigrated to this country 
 in 1882. He first settled in New 
 Orleans, then in New York City. 
 In 1891 he came to West Hoboken, 
 where he and his wife were active 
 in hand embroideries, until he went 
 into the real estate and fire insur- 
 ance business. He was quickly 
 elected a Justice of the Peace, ap- 
 pointed a Notary Public and Com- 
 missioner of Deeds. 
 
 The Judge married Anna Maria 
 Koch, in Switzerland, June 5, 1867. 
 They had seven boys, of whom only 
 
 70 
 
three are living. They are: John 
 J., who married Anna Witzig 
 (they have nine children) ; Antho- 
 ny, who married Margaret Brun- 
 ner, nee Silver (they have one 
 child) ; Alfred R., who married 
 Olga Marquard (they have three 
 children). 
 
 Judge Neff is well known 
 throughout Hudson County, etc., 
 is a member of two large Swiss 
 societies and is highly respected by 
 all, who know his honesty, inte- 
 grity, and human feeling. 
 
 William Schlemm. 
 
 The Schlemm family is one of 
 the oldest and most prominent fam- 
 ilies in North Hudson.' Robert 
 Schlemm was born in Union Hill 
 in 1845 and resided in that town 
 and in West Hoboken until his 
 death in 1911. He, at one time, 
 served as Mayor of Union Hill. 
 He married Charlotta Bischoff, 
 with whom he had five children. 
 One of these children, William, the 
 subject of this sketch, was born in 
 Union Hill, May 4, 1885. He at- 
 tended the local public schools and 
 then started to help his father, who 
 had established the undertaking es- 
 tablishment of Robert Schlemm & 
 Son in Union Hill in 1890. Three 
 years later the business was moved 
 to West Hoboken, and on the death 
 of his father, William took full 
 charge. 
 
 Mr. Schlemm, although a young 
 man, has become one of the most 
 prominent and best known men in 
 the northern part of the county. 
 As an undertaker he has become 
 known from one end of the county 
 to the other. His business ability, 
 integrity and pleasing personality 
 have gained him a host of friends 
 throughout the county. 
 
 He is prominently identified with 
 the Democratic Party and at one 
 
 time served as Coroner of Hudson 
 County. While in this office, he 
 held the inquest in the murder case 
 of Anna Aumueller, for which 
 
 Hans Schmidt was later convicted. 
 Mr. Schlemm was highly compli- 
 mented by high New York police 
 officials for the thorough manner in 
 which he had conducted the in- 
 quest. He has always been a fear- 
 less advocate of honest govern- 
 ment and sound Democratic prin- 
 ciples. As a citizen he is public- 
 spirited, enterprising, and patriotic, 
 and is well known for his many 
 charitable deeds. 
 
 John Merritt. 
 
 John Merritt, one of the most 
 respected citizens in the Town of 
 Union, was born in that town in 
 1849. His parents were John 
 Merritt, who immigrated to this 
 country from England, and Cathe- 
 rine Van Gieson, who was born in 
 Secaucus, 1820, of Dutch parents. 
 
 Mr. Merritt, the subject of this 
 
 71 
 
sketch, was bom at Jefferson PI., 
 and the Boulevard, about 25 feet 
 from his present residence. 
 
 After finishing his public school 
 education in Union Hill, he learned 
 
 the lithographing trade and later re- 
 ceived a position with the litho- 
 graphing firm of Knapp & Co.' of 
 New York City. He was with this 
 hrm for thirty-eight years and be- 
 came a recognized artist in the 
 trade. Some of his beautiful work 
 can be seen at his home on Jefferson 
 Place. 
 
 In the growth and prosperity of 
 the Town of Union Mr. Merritt 
 soon gained influence, and through 
 his energy and public spirit has 
 been active in promoting the gen- 
 eral welfare. He took an early ac- 
 tive part in the councils of the Re- 
 publican Party and served as a 
 member in the Town's Board of 
 Council for four successive terms 
 and was a member of the Board of 
 Education for three years. In 1911 
 Mr. Merritt was appointed Post- 
 master and held this office till 1915, 
 under President Taft. 
 
 In 1873 Mr. Merritt married 
 
 Kate Seeley, daughter of John 
 Seeley, of New Durham. The 
 Seeley family were among the ear- 
 lier settlers of Nortlr Bergen. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. John Merritt have 
 two children : Henry, who married 
 Miss M. Brown (they have two 
 children, John and Jessie), and 
 Frank, who married Miss E. Hal- 
 den wang (they have also two chil- 
 dren, Howard and Frank). 
 
 Mr. Merritt has distinguished 
 himself for ability, sound judgment 
 and patriotism. He is known as an 
 honest and enterprising citizen of 
 the highest integrity and enjoys the 
 co"hfidence and respect of all who 
 know him. 
 
 August Wetterer. 
 
 One of the most esteemed and 
 respected residents of the northern 
 part of the county is August Wet- 
 terer, of the Town of Union. 
 
 He was born in New York City, 
 December 27, 1859. His father, 
 Charles ^Vetterer, immigrated from 
 Baden, Germany, to this country, 
 in 1848, and later became one of 
 the most prominent contractors in 
 New York as well as in this county. 
 
 The family moved to Union Hill 
 ill ISGi. There August received 
 his public school education and la- 
 ter learned the real estate and in- 
 surance- business. In 1877 he 
 opened a real estate and insurance 
 office with J. G. Morgan under the 
 name of Morgan & Wetterer (see 
 sketch of Morgan & Wetterer). 
 This office still stands at the corner 
 of Union Street and New York 
 Avenue, but is now conducted by 
 Mr. W^etterer himself, as Mr. Mor- 
 gan resigned from itjhis bus'iness 
 five years ago. The firm is now 
 Wetterer & Betz. 
 
 Mr. Wetterer has, all his Hfe, 
 displayed great business ability, 
 sound judgment and unerring 
 
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foresight, united with manly cour- 
 age, indomitable industry and hon- 
 est effort. He served his town in 
 the capacities of Collector of Ar- 
 rears and Taxes in 1890-'91-'92. 
 
 In 1885 he married Harriet Guth 
 of the old prominent family resid- 
 ing in Union Hill since 1850. 
 
 Mr. Wetterer is a member of the 
 Palisade Lodge Mo. 84, F. & A. M., 
 of which Lodge he has been a mem- 
 f)er for ihe last thirty years ; Cyrus 
 Chapter, Pilgrim Commandery, 
 Garfield Council and several other 
 societies. 
 
 He is a large property owner and 
 has done much for the development 
 of the community, and has always 
 taken an active interest in every- 
 thing connected with the welfare or 
 improvement of Union Hill. 
 
 Mr. VVetterer's father died in 
 1910, at the age of eighty-four 
 years. 
 
 FranK Selbach. 
 
 Few men are more popular than 
 Frank Selbach, the prominent iron 
 work manufacturer in North 
 Hudson. 
 
 Hes was born in Germany, Dec. 
 26, 1867, and received his early 
 education in that country, and later 
 learned the iron trade. 
 
 In 1887 he came to this country 
 and for a number of years worked 
 at his trade, later establishing his 
 own business in Hoboken, which 
 he conducted for 6 years. 
 
 Ten years ago he established the 
 business of Selbach-Meyer Co. in 
 West New York, which concern to- 
 day ranks among the foremost in 
 structural and ornamental iron 
 work. The plant is located at 21st 
 to 22nd Street, West New York 
 and covers a ground of 75x217 
 feet and employs about 30 men. 
 
 This firm has had the contracts 
 
 for some of the largest structures 
 in this section, including as follows : 
 The Union Hill High School, of 
 which the contract was $35,000; 
 West New York Town Hall, $10,- 
 000; School No. 6, West New 
 York; Belvidere Court, Jersey 
 City ; Goelz Building, Union Hill ; 
 North Hudson Hospital, Cliffside 
 School ; Leonia School ; and a large 
 number of other contracts too 
 numerous to mention. 
 
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 While being a public spirited and 
 enterprising man, Mr. Selbach has 
 never sought public offices, but has 
 devoted his full time to hisbusiness. 
 He is known throughout the north- 
 ern part of the county as a man of 
 the highest ability and integrity^ 
 and is possessed of sound judg- 
 ment and a sterling business char- 
 acter. His pleasing personality 
 has gained him a large circle of 
 friends. 
 
 Mr. Selbach married Marie 
 Bachmann in 1888. They have 
 four children, Mary, Augusta, 
 Margaret, and Charles. 
 
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M. a L. Mineral Water 
 Company. 
 
 Probably one of the best known 
 concerns in Hudson County is the 
 M. & L. Mineral Water Company, 
 manufacturers of high grade aer- 
 ated beverages and mineral waters. 
 
 The plant, which is located at 
 395 and 397 Haliday Street, Jer- 
 sey City, covers a ground of 50x 
 100 feet, and employs 16 men 
 steady. 
 
 The concern was established in 
 1911 by Mr. William J. Menovvn, 
 who started in a small place with 
 four men, and two wagons for de- 
 
 liveries. Today three double and 
 two single wagons and a two-ton 
 motor truck are kept busy making 
 deliveries all over the county and 
 in New York City, besides large 
 shipments delivered by rail to dif- 
 ferent places in New Jersey, New 
 York, and Pennsylvania. The firm 
 supplies most of the large and pro- 
 minent clubs and hotels in these 
 three states. Orders have been re- 
 
 ceived so fast of late, that it has 
 been found impossible to fill them 
 with the present facilities. 
 
 Mr. Menown received on Janu- 
 ary 1, 1916, the first certificate is- 
 sued by the Board of Health for 
 cleanliness in his factory. At the 
 exhibition and parade conducted by 
 the Jersey City Chamber of Com- 
 merce a few years ago, Mr. Men- 
 own received the blue ribbon for 
 display of wares. 
 
 All the latest and most up-to-date 
 machinery can be found in his fac- 
 tory. All bottles are first steril- 
 ized, then go through a brushing 
 process, and finally through the 
 rinsing machines. 
 
 All ingredients used in the man- 
 ufacture of. the beverages are made 
 at this plant, and only the purest 
 materials used. The different con- 
 tainers for water, syrup, etc., are 
 made of slate and porcelain, and 
 are screened to keep out dirt and 
 flies. 
 
 Mr. Wm. J. Menown has been in 
 the business for over fifty years, 
 starting to learn it when only a 
 boy, in Ireland, where he was born 
 January 19, 1856. He immigrated 
 to this country in 1882, and settled 
 in the section of Jersey City where 
 the factory is now located. He at 
 once started to work at his trade, 
 and his abilities were soon recog- 
 nized, procuring him a responsible 
 position with the old Standard 
 Bottling Works in Jersey City. 
 He ran this firm's first machinery 
 at the exhibition in New York, 
 1883. 
 
 In 1911 he established his pres- 
 ent business and by consistent hard 
 work and push, and by sticking to 
 his principle of "Honest Methods", 
 giving the public the purest and 
 best products, Mr. Menown soon 
 succeeded in making his business 
 known country wide. His aim 
 from the beginning has always been 
 "Quality", and he has stttck to it 
 ever since. 
 
 74 
 
S. T. FairbanKs. 
 
 Samuel T. Fairbanks, one of the 
 best known auctioneers in Hudson 
 County, with offices at 89 Mont- 
 gomery Street, Jersey City, was 
 born m that city, January 11, 1875 
 
 There he received his early educa- 
 tion at the Public Schools, and later 
 worked in the furniture business. 
 He, however, soon became inter- 
 ested in real estate, and worked for 
 several large firms in and about 
 New York. After a few years he 
 established his own business and 
 opened an office on Washington 
 St. in Jersey City, N. J., where the 
 present Post Office now stands. He 
 then became interested in auction- 
 eering, in which business he has 
 made a huge success, with hundreds 
 of important sales to his credit, 
 some of the largest deals having 
 been handled by Mr. Fairbanks, 
 who is known from one end of the 
 state to the other. 
 
 Mr. Fairbanks is honest and en- 
 terprising, and a man of the highest 
 integrity, enjoying the confidence 
 
 and respect of all who know him. 
 In 1900 he married Louise Sieben, 
 of Jersey City, by whom he has 
 had four children, Warren, Gordon 
 and Mildred, now living; and Ed- 
 gar (deceased). 
 
 He is a member of the F. and A. 
 M. and the Jr. O. U. M. 
 
 He is doing business under the 
 firm name of Jersey City Realty 
 Exchange, and is a real estate 
 broker, auctioneer, and appraiser. 
 
 F. E. Giavatti. 
 
 Fernando E. Ciavatti is fast be- 
 coming one of North Hudson's 
 most noted portrait painter's. He 
 was born in RiiAini, Italy, in 1892 
 and early in life showed a great 
 talent for portrait painting. He 
 
 (Photo from Painting.) 
 
 studied under the widely known 
 portrait painter and sculptor E 
 Panzini in Italy. 
 
 Mr. Ciavatti came to West Ho- 
 boken in 1906 and has since made 
 quite a name for himself both in 
 New York and New Jersey. He is 
 
 75 
 
an artist with a splendid talent and 
 ability, a fact which has been re- 
 cognized by many prominent 
 people who have posed for him, 
 among which can be found a num- 
 ber of men and women of New 
 York's best society. 
 
 Mr. Ciavatti is also well known 
 socially. He is at all times genial, 
 has a pleasant word and hearty 
 welcome to everybody, and his 
 pleasing ways make everybody take 
 a liking to him. 
 
 He was married in 1913 and re- 
 sides at 406 Mountain Road. 
 
 John Haag. 
 
 John Haag, well known in North 
 Hudson, was born in Union Hill, 
 'the 27th of August, 1867. His 
 parents were John Haag and 
 Christiana Miller. They settled in 
 
 that town in 1846, and were some 
 of the earliest settlers of that 
 section. 
 
 After John had received his 
 public school education, he learned 
 
 the plumbing trade and was in this 
 business for a number of years. In 
 1904 he went with the Peerless 
 Granite Company and has been 
 with this concern ever since. He 
 is now Secretary of this firm. 
 
 Mr. Haag has taken a great in- 
 terest in public affairs, and in 1909 
 was elected to the Board of Coun- 
 cil and re-elected to this Board 
 again in 1911. After finishing his 
 second term, Mr. Haag withdrew 
 to give another man a chance. 
 While in office, Mr. Haag was 
 chairman of the Fire Committee 
 for four years and chairman of the 
 Finance Committee for two years. 
 He has always been a staunch 
 Democrat and a great believer that 
 every man in the party should have 
 an equal chance. 
 
 Mr. Haag married Christina 
 Siebel in 1894. They have one son, 
 John C, Jr., who married Florence 
 Schmidt. 
 
 Mr. Haag has exerted an im- 
 portant influence in various direc- 
 tions, and by courage and persever- 
 ance has achieved a high reputa- 
 tion in all relations of life. 
 
 He is a public-spirited and enter- 
 prising citizen and has always 
 taken a great interest in the devel- 
 opment of the community. 
 
 James H. Hughes. 
 
 Descended from one of the oldest 
 and most prominent families and 
 one of the first undertakers in Jer- 
 sey City, is James H. Hughes, with 
 undertaking parlors at 183 Mont- 
 gomery Street. 
 
 Mr. Hughes established the busi- 
 ness in 87-89 Montgomery St. in 
 1846. It was at that time a furni- 
 ture and casket business. He was 
 the second undertaker starting in 
 business in Jersey City. 
 
 On May 2, 1899, Wm. Hughes 
 
 76 
 
died, and his son Thomas took over 
 the business, later moving it to 101 
 Montgomery St., and still later to 
 260 Warren St. He married Har- 
 riet McGillily, with whom he had 
 one daughter, Ida. Thomas Hughes 
 died on February 15, 1915, and 
 the business was then taken over by 
 James H. Hughes, who was a 
 cousin to the deceased. He moved 
 the business to the present address. 
 
 James H. Hughes was born in 
 Jersey City on January 26, 1876. 
 After finishing his school education 
 in the local schools, he worked for 
 a time in a large drug concern and 
 later started to learn the under- 
 taking business. 
 
 He married Minnie Schade in 
 1907. They have one son, Edwin, 
 mond. 
 
 The Hughes family are probably 
 the only undertakers who kept a 
 record of their funerals previous to 
 1875. Before that time no records 
 were kept by anybody of where 
 people were buried. 
 
 James Hughes is naturally 
 deeply interested in Jersey City and 
 especially in the lower section, 
 where he was born and raised and 
 where his family lived in the early 
 days. He has a splendid memory 
 of the olden days, and has followed 
 the growth of the section with an 
 appreciating interest. 
 
 He is, of course, well known in 
 the community, whose respect and 
 esteem he enjoys to the utmost. 
 
 Although he is a public-spirited 
 man, he has never taken any active 
 interest in politics and devoted his 
 full time to his business. He is a 
 very careful and conscientious man, 
 able and dignified in his profession, 
 and has achieved a high reputation 
 for his sterling business character. 
 
 He is well known in fraternal 
 circles, and is a member of the F. 
 and A. M. and the Elks. 
 
 Anton Dite. 
 
 Anton Dite, well known in poli- 
 tical and social circles, was born in 
 Bohemia in 1863 and came to 
 America in 1879. He worked in 
 several grocery stores in New 
 
 York and later at the manufactur- 
 ing of cigars. He came to West; 
 Hoboken about thirty years ago,- 
 where he worked as a painter and 
 later opened a cafe, which he con- 
 ducted for 13 years. He then re- 
 tired from this business and 
 started in the real estate business, 
 with office at his residence, 246 
 Palisade Ave., West Hoboken. 
 
 Mr. Dite was elected Freeholder 
 in 1902 and served in this capacity 
 until 1908. 
 
 He was married in 1886 and 
 there are six children. Mr. Dite 
 is prominently connected with sev- 
 eral Bohemian organizations and 
 is a member of the Foresters of 
 America, the Exempt Firemen's 
 Association and Columbia Mutual 
 Aid Society. 
 
 He is a public spirited and en- 
 
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terprising citizen and has always 
 been actively interested in the wel- 
 fare of the community and in vari- 
 ous capacities has served his fellow 
 citizens efficiently and honorably. 
 He is one of the organizers of the 
 Commonwealth Trust Co. of West 
 Hoboken and is a Director of this 
 bank. 
 
 Charles W. WycKoflF. 
 
 One of the most prominent and 
 best known builders in West Ho- 
 boken is Charles W. Wyckofif , He 
 was born in Huntington County in 
 
 which he has the help of his four 
 sons. Mr. Wyckoff served on the 
 Board of Education for five years. 
 He is a member of the Free Ma- 
 sons and Royal Arcanum. He was 
 married in 1870, and there are 
 eight children, four sons and four 
 daughters. 
 
 Mr. Wyckoff's great hobby is 
 automobiling, and he very often 
 goes out on large and extensive 
 trips in his car, and has in this 
 way seen a large part of the United 
 States. 
 
 He has a host of friends through- 
 out the country, and is known as 
 a sterling business man, whose 
 word is recognized wherever he i; 
 known. 
 
 1848 and after finishing his school- 
 ing, he started to learn the car- 
 penter business. He went to 
 Texas, where he stayed for four 
 years, then went to Princeton, and 
 ten years later moved to Asbury 
 Park, where he remained for siy 
 years. He then came to West 
 Hoboken in 1888, and since then 
 Mr. Wyckoff has erected over 600 
 buildings in North Hudson, and is 
 still very active in th? business, in 
 
 Fred'K J. Bergmann, Jr. 
 
 Frederick J. Bergmann, Jr., one 
 of the best known men in the 
 northern part of the county and 
 one of the most successful painting 
 contractors in that section, was 
 born in Weehawken, May 5, 1870. 
 He is the son of Frederick J. and 
 Gertrude (Ziegler) Bergmann, na- 
 tives of Germany, who emigrated 
 to this country in 1848. 
 
 Frederick obtained, his 'public 
 school education in Weehawken 
 and Hoboken and later took a 
 course in decorative design at the 
 Cooper Union Institute in iNew 
 York City. In 1898 he established 
 his own business as painter and 
 decorator. He has since become 
 one of the most brilliant men in 
 his line of business and his deco- 
 rations in some of the most noted 
 buildings have been praised as 
 masterpieces. 
 
 Mr. Bergmann is a public spirit- 
 ed citizen and has held many 
 public offices of responsibility 
 and trust. He served the Wee- 
 hawken Board of Education in 
 1901-1902-1903. He , was elected 
 Township Committeman from the 
 
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Second District, in which office he 
 served from 1904 to 1905. He 
 was then elected, by the unanim- 
 ous vote of the Weehawken Coun- 
 cil, to iill the unexpired term of 
 Township Treasurer. He has 
 faithfully discharged his duties 
 connected with his different offices 
 
 G. H. DecKer. 
 
 and won the public confidence by 
 his fairness and sound judgement. 
 excellent reputation for business 
 abihty, integrity and enterprise. 
 His work stands as monuments to 
 his industry. He has also won re- 
 cognition as a landscape and por- 
 trait painter and many beautiful 
 paintings executed by his own 
 hands can be seen at his home and 
 at the homes of his many friends. 
 He is thorough in every detail, en- 
 ergetic and practical, and prompt 
 in all his undertakings. 
 
 In 1896 he married Augusta 
 Kleinke, daughter of the well 
 known contractor and builder 
 Fred Kleinke of Weehawken 
 Heights. 
 
 He is a member of many politic- 
 al, business, fraternal and social 
 associations and clubs. : 
 
 Gottlieb H. Decker, one of the 
 foremost builders in North Hud- 
 son, was born in Wuerttemberg, 
 Germany, January 1, 1869. There 
 he received his early education and 
 later learned the mason and build- 
 ing business from his father. In 
 1891 GottHeb came to this country 
 and settled in North Hudson, where 
 he, three years later, established his 
 own business. He became one of 
 the most successful builders in the 
 county, and one whose reliability 
 and ability became widely known. 
 He has been very successful in se- 
 curing large and prominent con- 
 tracts, and was once one of the 
 busiest contractors in the section. 
 His pay roll, at one period, amount- 
 
 ed to $2,200 a week. Mr. Decker 
 secured the contract for the Tuber- 
 culosis Hospital at Laurel Hill, and 
 has erected numerous noted build- 
 ings, the latest of" which is a monu- 
 ment to his ability. This is the Na- 
 tional Bank of North Hudson, lo- 
 cated at the Transfer Station, West 
 Hoboken, 
 
 79 
 
He also built the Merchants' 
 National Bank in Jersey City, the 
 extension to the Hudson Trust Co. 
 Building, and numerous churches, 
 factories, and private houses. 
 
 Of late Mr. Decker has, however, 
 devoted most of his time to the 
 automobile business, and is part 
 owner of the Decker-Keynton Gar- 
 age and repair shop located at 3828 
 Hudson Boulevard. This two- 
 story building covers a ground of 
 6.Sxl00 feet, and stores about sixty 
 autos. 
 
 In 1893, Mr. Decker married 
 Katherine Wolf, with whom he has 
 one child, Frieda. 
 
 He is a member of the F. & A. 
 M., Elks Hoboken No. 74, Zem 
 Zems, and Odd Fellows, of which 
 latter he has been a member for the 
 last twenty-one years. 
 
 Henry Schopmann. 
 
 What can truly be said to be one 
 of the best known builders in the 
 northern part ' of the county, is 
 Henry Schopmann, at 3609 Hudson 
 Boulevard, Jersey City. 
 
 Mr. Schopmann comes from an 
 old, prominent family. His father, 
 Henry Schopmann, immigrated 
 from Germany to this country and 
 settled in this section over fifty 
 years ago. He was one of the pio- 
 neer carpenters and builders in that 
 section and became known county- 
 wide for his ability and reliability. 
 Henry, Jr., was born in Jersey 
 City, February 22, 1872. As soon 
 as he had finished his Public School 
 elucation, he started to learn the 
 carpenter trade from his father. 
 Later he worked for different buil- 
 ders, as he was eager to learn all 
 there was to learn and the different 
 methods in the building trade. In 
 1904 he engaged in business for 
 himself, the first three years with 
 
 W. S. Anderson, for whom he had 
 worked for over ten years. 
 
 Mr. Schopmann has been very 
 successful in securing some of the 
 larger and more prominent con- 
 tracts, one of the latest of which 
 was the carpenter work in the Na- 
 tional Bank of North Hudson, lo- 
 cated at the Transfer Station at 
 West Hoboken. He also executed 
 
 the carpenter contracts in the Key- 
 stone and Courtland Theatres in 
 \A'est Hoboken, the Jackson Thea- 
 tre, and the Seamen's Home in Ho- 
 boken, and numerous private resi- 
 dences, several churches, and some 
 sixteen twenty-family houses, fac- 
 tries. etc. 
 
 \Vhile Mr. Schopmann has never 
 mixed in politics, he is nevertheless 
 a public spirited and patriotic citi- 
 zen. He is prominently connected 
 in fraternal circles, being a mem- 
 ber of the F. & A. M., Odd Fel- 
 lows, and Foresters. 
 
 He married Katherine Heilich, 
 of the well known West Hoboken 
 family, in 1897. They have one 
 son, Valentine, wo is helping the 
 father in business. 
 
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Henry Koch. 
 
 Henry Koch, Mayor of Secau- 
 cus, is undoubtedly one of the best 
 known men in the country. 
 
 He was born in Germany, Sept. 
 9, 1870, and after finishing his pub- 
 He school and High School educa- 
 tion in that country, he learned the 
 trade of coppersmith, but as he was 
 
 anxious for an adventurous life, he 
 secured a job on a ship and became 
 a seafaring man. He traveled 
 nearly all over the world in dif- 
 ferent capacities, but in 1890 he 
 gave up this life and settled in this 
 country, working at different jobs 
 in New York City. By hard, con- 
 sistent work and by saving every 
 penny he possibly could, Mr. Koch 
 was soon able to buy a business of 
 his own. He bought a cafe at 205 
 Third St., Hoboken, which he con- 
 ducted for a number of years, then 
 sold out and went into the ice busi- 
 ness, and later into the hotel busi- 
 ness, which he conducted together 
 with an agency seUing ocean steam- 
 ship tickets for all principal steam- 
 
 ship companies, and in conjunction 
 therewith a foreign banking busi- 
 ness and money exchange. 
 
 In 1907 he went into the real 
 estate and insurance business, 
 which business he still conducts at 
 95 Washington St., Hoboken, also 
 having a branch office in Secaucus, 
 N.J. 
 
 Mr. Koch has always been very 
 active in political affairs. He has 
 been a Justice of the -Peace for the 
 last fifteen years. He has been a 
 resident of Secaucus for the last 
 twelve years, and has served that 
 town as Recorder for years. In 
 1913 the residents elected him 
 Mayor of Secaucus by a very large 
 majority. He took office on Janu- 
 ary 1, 1914. His splendid man- 
 agement of the town's affairs and 
 his principle of running his office 
 on a business basis soon gained him 
 many admirers and enthused the 
 people so much that they re-elected 
 Mayor Koch by a big majority in 
 1915 to serve another term as 
 Mayor of Secaucus. In 1917 he 
 was again re-elected to the highest 
 office in town and began his third 
 term on January 1, 1918. 
 
 During his four years of admin- 
 istration he has won the absolute 
 trust and confidence of the people. 
 To mention the Mayor's numerous 
 achievements would fill up a small 
 book. He has been and still is a 
 hard fighter for the development of 
 Secaucus. His honesty, ability and 
 his sterling business character, 
 combined with a pleasing person- 
 ality, has made him one of the most 
 popular men in the county. 
 
 He is prominently connected in 
 fraternal circles, being a member of 
 the F. and A. M., Hudson Lodge 
 No. 71, Eagles, Foresters, and 
 Knights of Pythias. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Secaucus Fire Depart- 
 ment and many societies and or- 
 ganizations too numerous to men- 
 tion. 
 
 Mayor Koch married Lizzie 
 
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Jurich in 1900. She, however, died 
 in 1911, leaving !him one son, 
 Henry, who is now seventeen years 
 of age. 
 
 James Nolan. 
 
 James Nolan, Mayor of North 
 Bergen, was born in Annandale, 
 N. J., June 25th, 1874. His par- 
 ents moved to North Bergen in 
 1881, where James finished his 
 public school education in North 
 Bergen Schools No. 4 and 6. In 
 1888 he secured a position as mes- 
 senger boy, and while employed as 
 such learned the Morse system of 
 telegraphy. He then became a tele- 
 graph operator for the West Shore 
 
 Railroad, and later hecame con- 
 nected with the Manhattan Rail- 
 road in New York City, and for 
 twelve years held the position a,s 
 operator in this railroad's switch 
 tower at Chatham Square. This 
 was, at that time, the busiest switch 
 tower in the world. Mr. Nolan 
 then became a cigar salesman for 
 Aug. Kleflfmann Cigar Co., and 
 
 two years later became connected 
 with the Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co. 
 in an official capacity. He then 
 started in the real estate and in- 
 surance field, in which business he 
 is still engaged. 
 
 Mr. Nolan takes a deep interest 
 in the welfare of the community, 
 and in various capacities has con- 
 tributed much to its growth and 
 advancement. He is a Democrat 
 in politics, a sagacious business 
 man, and enjoys a wide popularity. 
 He was elected a member of the 
 Township Committee in 1903, and 
 was re-elected in 1905-07-09. In 
 1910 he resigned from the Town- 
 ship Committee and was appointed 
 to the Board of Freeholders to fill 
 a vacancy. He was elected Tax 
 Assessor in 1911 and served an un- 
 expired term till 1913, when he was 
 re-elected to a full term of three 
 years, and in 1916 was again re- 
 elected to a third term. While a 
 member of the Township Commit- 
 tee, he served as Chief of Police. 
 In 1917 Mr. Nolan was elected 
 Mayor of North Bergen. It was 
 through Mr. Nolan's efforts that 
 the town Secured its own post of- 
 fice. The police department was 
 also inaugurated afi'd ' ; the Town 
 Hall built during his. terms as 
 Committeeman. 
 
 The Mayor was married in 1910 
 to Cristine B. Smith, nee Berg- 
 man, of Philadelphia. He is a 
 member of the Elks, Hoboken No. 
 74, and of the Knights of Colum- 
 bus, Palisade Council No. 387. He 
 is also a member of the Exempt 
 Firemen's Association, being a 
 member of the department for over 
 nine years. 
 
 Mr. Nolan's parents were Philip 
 Nolan and Mary Lyon, both na- 
 tives of Ireland. They immigrated 
 to this country in 1854 and settled 
 in Hunterdon County, N. J. They 
 had ten children, four girls and six 
 boys, As the children grew up, 
 
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the family was known as the hea- 
 viest family in the world, each of 
 the boys weighing over 250 pounds 
 and each of the girls weighing over 
 200 pounds. They are nearly all 
 over six feet in height. 
 
 Daniel Herrmann. 
 
 One of the most highly esteemed 
 men in North Hudson is Daniel 
 Herrmann, Mayor of Guttenberg. 
 He was born in that town in 1877. 
 His parents were Frederick W. and 
 
 Fredericka (Hess) Herrmann. His 
 grandfather was Frederick W. 
 Herrmann, a native of Germany, 
 who immigrated to this country in 
 1834. The Mayor's father was one 
 of the pioneers in Guttenberg, 
 where he settled in 1854, and with 
 his stepfather established a grocery 
 and hardware store at the north- 
 west corner of Franklin Ave. and 
 First Street. In 1861 the step- 
 father died, and F. W. Herrmann 
 became the sole proprietor. In 
 1872 he married Fredericka Hess, 
 
 with whom he had four children, 
 Frederick W., George, Alfred and 
 Daniel. 
 
 Daniel Herrmann, the subject of 
 this sketch, attended the local pub- 
 lic schools, and later with his bro- 
 thers helped in the father's busin- 
 ess. This business soon developed 
 to such an extent that the elder 
 Mr. Herrmann foimd it necessary 
 to erect a two-story brick structure 
 on the southeast corner of Franklin 
 Ave. and Bullsferry Road. In this 
 building he opened a double store 
 for the hardware business, which 
 was managed by the sons. When 
 the father died in 1913, his sons 
 continued the business under the 
 firm name of F. W. Herrmann Co. 
 This firm has since become one of 
 the largest in North Hudson, deal- 
 ing in hardware and building sup- 
 plies. 
 
 Like his father. Mayor Herr- 
 mann has always taken an active 
 interest in political affairs. The 
 older Mr. Herrmann was elected 
 for five successive terms to the 
 Board of Freeholders, and for two 
 years served as Assessor of Gut- 
 tenberg besides holding many other 
 minor offices. 
 
 Daniel Herrmann was elected 
 Mayor of Gutteiiberg in 1913 and 
 in 1915 re-elected to the same of- 
 fice. He was again re-elected 
 Mayor in 1917 and is now serving 
 his third term in this office. The 
 town has benefited by numerous 
 improvements under Mayor Herr- 
 mann's administration. The Fire 
 Department has been supplied with 
 automobile apparatus, and several 
 streets have been asphalted, and 
 numerous other improvements are 
 under way. 
 
 The Mayor is undoubtedly one of 
 the most popular executives any 
 city or town has ever had. Nearly 
 every man, woman and child in the 
 town has a good word for their 
 Mayor, but as an executive he is 
 bound to have some enemies ; these, 
 
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however, are so few and insignific- 
 ant that they are not worth men- 
 tioning. 
 
 As a business man as well as a 
 public official Mayor Herrmann has 
 been successful in every enterprise 
 he has undertaken. His ability, 
 enterprise, sound judgment and in- 
 tegrity have never been questioned. 
 His pleasing, democratic manners 
 have gained him a host of friends, 
 and his sterling character has gain- 
 ed him the confidence he enjoys in 
 the community. 
 
 Emile Grauert. 
 
 One of the most prominent and 
 respected citizens in North Hudson 
 is Emile W. Grauert, Mayor of 
 Weehawken. He is the son of W. 
 Grauert and Elizabeth Kauth. He 
 
 was born in New York City, Oc- 
 tober 5, 1856, and after attending 
 the Hoboken Academy and the 
 German American Institute in 
 New York, he started to learn ar- 
 chitecture in the office of several 
 
 noted architects. He has since then 
 become one of the foremost men 
 in his profession in New York, as 
 well as in New Jersey. He has 
 gained the respect and confidence 
 of builders, contractors and finan- 
 ciers with whom he has become in 
 contact. They recognize in him the 
 business man in whom confidence 
 can be placed. Mr. Grauert has 
 erected and superintended the 
 erection of many buildings both in 
 New York and New Jersey. In 
 politics, Mr. Grauert has always 
 been an ardent Republican, fearless 
 in espousing the best principles and 
 earnest in his convictions as well 
 as enthusiastic in his efforts. In 
 1907 he was elected Township 
 Committeeman, and in 1908 he 
 was appointed Mayor of Weehaw- 
 ken. He has since then been 
 elected four terms as Mayor, miss- 
 ing one term, when he was de- 
 feated by only seventy-seven votes. 
 He is now serving his fifth term as 
 Mayor of Weehawken. 
 
 Throughotit his administration, 
 Mayor Grauert has exhibited a re- 
 markable progressive and enter- 
 prising spirit, and through his ef- 
 forts has effected numerous im- 
 portant improvements for the 
 township. He successfully fought 
 the Public Service Co. and com- 
 pelled the company to replace 
 something like one hundred tele- 
 phone poles which had become de- 
 fective. 
 
 In the matter of street improve- 
 ments the Mayor has been very 
 successful, and Weehawken can 
 pride itself upon the best paved 
 and kept streets within the whole 
 of North Hudson. 
 
 Mayor Grauert is undoubtedly 
 one of the most able and serious- 
 minded officials the Township has 
 ever had. He makes his daily in- 
 spection of the Township every 
 morning before he starts his day's 
 work, and it is a known fact that 
 
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nothing can prevent the Mayor 
 from making his inspection. 
 
 All other matters pertaining to 
 his duties in his responsible office 
 receive this same careful attention. 
 Mayor Grauert is greatly esteemed 
 and respected by the community, 
 and has won the public confidence 
 by his integrity, fairness and splen- 
 did judgment. 
 
 He is prominently connected in 
 fraternal circles, being a member 
 of Doric Lodge, F. & A. M., and 
 Royal Arcanum. He is a member 
 and one of the organizers of the 
 Highwood Fire Company and was 
 also one of the organizers of the 
 Civic Betterment Association. 
 
 1881, the Mayor married Clara 
 Funger, with whom he has one son, 
 E. Robert Grauert, who is treas- 
 urer of the firm of Schulz and 
 Grauert, a prominent real estate 
 and insurance concern of which 
 the Mayor is Vice-President. 
 
 Mayor Wm. Brady, M.D. 
 
 Dr. Wm. Brady, Mayor of 
 Union Hill, who is one of the most 
 prominent physicians ^in North 
 Hudson, was born in Paterson, N. 
 J., September 15th, 1876. After 
 graduating from Public School, he 
 attended the Paterson High School 
 from which he graduated in 1892. 
 After spending a year at the 
 World's Fair at Chicago, he took 
 a course in military training for 4 
 years, at the Vermont Academy. 
 From -there he entered the Univer- 
 sity of Vermont and graduated 
 from this institution in 1901 with 
 the degree of M. D. In the same 
 year he started to practice in New 
 York, and was on the staff of the 
 Oppenheimer Institute in that city, 
 and later transferred to their 
 branch in Philadelphia. 
 
 In 1905 he came to Union Hill. 
 The Mayor has always been much 
 interested in miHtary training; he 
 enlisted in the Spanish-American 
 War, and in 1911 he joined the 
 Fourth Regiment, N. G., N. J., and 
 was promoted to second lieutenant 
 the following year. He was acting 
 commander of Company M, and in 
 1913 he was promoted to captain. 
 
 Although his military abilities 
 had. been fully recognized and his 
 future possibilities were inviting 
 he, however, found it necessary to 
 resign, as his medical practice had 
 grown to such an extent that it re- 
 quired the most of this time. The 
 Mayor is still much interested in 
 military training and hopes, in the 
 near future, to have it introduced 
 into the public schools. 
 
 Shortly after this country en- 
 tered the War, the Mayor answered 
 the call and is now serving as cap- 
 tain in the Medical Corps, U. S. A. 
 
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FranK H. EcKert. 
 
 Frank H. Eckert, ex-Mayor of 
 West Hoboken, is the second oldest 
 child of Gottlieb and Frances 
 (Huber) Eckert. 
 
 He was born October 19, 1870, 
 in Jersey City, where he received 
 his early education and graduated 
 from Public School No. 8. He 
 then entered the Jersey City High 
 
 School, from which institution he 
 graduated in 1886. His great de- 
 sire was to study chemicals and 
 drugs, and for two years he worked 
 in Dr. Wolfstein's drug store at 
 291 Central Ave., and then entered 
 the New York College of Phar- 
 macy and graduated form this col- 
 lege' in 1889 at the age of 18>4 
 years, being one of the youngest 
 graduates. Starting out with his 
 degree of Ph. G., he worked in 
 several drug concerns in New York 
 and Brooklyn, then went to St. 
 Louis and in 1897 came back to 
 West Hoboken, where he secured 
 a position as manager, and after 
 one year bought his present store. 
 Mr. Eckert is an enterprising and 
 
 public-spirited citizen, and it did 
 not take long before he became ac- 
 tive in the town's affairs. In 1901 
 he was appointed a member of the 
 Board of Health, and in 1903 he 
 was elected a member of the P>oard 
 of Education by one of the great- 
 est majorities on record. He was 
 re-elected to this office in 1906 and 
 again in 1909, but did not serve Ids 
 full term, as the law in 1911 was 
 changed from electing to appoint- 
 ing the members of the Board. 
 
 In 1915 he was elected Mayor of 
 West Hoboken by a big majority, 
 defeating Mr. Mohn, who had held 
 that office for three terms . previ- 
 ous. Mr. Eckert took office Janu- 
 ary 1, 1916, and has since accomp- 
 lished much for the welfare of the 
 town. He has increased the Police 
 Department personnel, and created 
 a Detective Bureau, the Fire De- 
 partment has been improved con- 
 siderably, the Hillside steps were 
 built, and the Emerson High 
 School finished under Mayor Eck- 
 ert's administration. He has been 
 a strong advocate of the relief 
 joint outlet sewer which is now 
 being built. 
 
 The former Mayor is thoroughly 
 known as a man of unimpeach- 
 able integrity, great ability and 
 sound judgment. He is patriotic 
 and intensely interested in the af- 
 fairs of the community. His term 
 of office expired- on January 1st, 
 1918. 
 
 On October 1, 1896, the Mayor 
 married Anna Staedler, with whom 
 he has one child, Charles. 
 
 He is a member of the F. and A. 
 M., Mystic Tie, Odd Fellows, Elks 
 Hoboken No. 74, Foresters, Ind. 
 Foresters, Royal Arcanum, and Jr. 
 O. U. A. M. 
 
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Joseph Stilz. 
 
 Few men have achieved the dis- 
 tinction in both business and pub- 
 He Hfe which Joseph Stilz, the 
 Mayor of West New York, enjoys. 
 He has long been active and in- 
 
 fluential in business and public 
 affairs, and in the various posi- 
 tions he has filled he has displayed 
 great executive ability, sound 
 judgement and commendable fore- 
 sight. He has probably done more 
 for the development of West New 
 York than any other man. 
 
 Mr. Stilz was born in Paterson, 
 N. J., February 8th, 1878. His 
 parents moved to Union Hill when 
 he was only seventeen months old. 
 The family shortly after moved to 
 West New York, where Mr. Stilz 
 has ever since resided. He attend- 
 ed the local public schools and later 
 graduated from the Union Hill 
 High School. After studying at 
 different other institutions and re- 
 ceiving a thorough training for an 
 active business life, he established 
 his own real estate brokerage in 
 
 West New York. He has since be- 
 come one of the largest real estate 
 brokers in the northern part of the 
 county. He has erected numerous 
 buildings in West New York, and 
 is the owner of some of the largest 
 properties in the town. In fact, he 
 is one of the largest tax payers in 
 the section. 
 
 The people of ^Vest New York 
 soon recognized in Mr. Stijz a man 
 of great ability and enterprise. He 
 took an ardent interest in the wel- 
 fare of the town and especially in 
 the children and their education, 
 and in 1910 he was elected to the 
 Board of Education, to which office 
 he was re-elected in 1914 and later 
 became the President of the Board. 
 Much credit is due him for the 
 town's splendid school system, 
 which is second to none in the 
 State. Mr. Stilz also held the res- 
 ponsible position as Town Treas- 
 urer from June, 1908, to March, 
 1914. He faithfully discharged 
 the duties connected with these po- 
 sitions and is a man prompt in the 
 discharge of every obligation im- 
 bued with the highest principles of 
 integrity and active and influential 
 in the community, whose confid- 
 ence he enjoys to the utmost. 
 
 Mr. Stilz was one of the organ- 
 izers of the Weehawken Trust 
 Co. and is a director of this insti- 
 tution. 
 
 Being one of the most respected 
 and esteemed men in the town, it 
 was only natural that the people 
 should want Mr. Stilz for their 
 chief executive. After hesitating 
 for a long while, as it meant a 
 great sacrifice to his great and ex- 
 tensive business interests, Mr. Stilz 
 finally yielded after much persua- 
 sion and signified his willingness to 
 become a candidate for the office. 
 Although he had strong opposition, 
 he was elected Mayor of West New 
 York at the Fall election of 1917, 
 by a very large majority. He took 
 office January 1, 1918. 
 
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0. L. Auf der Heide. 
 
 Freeholder Oscar L. Auf der 
 Heide, ex-Mayor of West New 
 York, is one of the most popular 
 public officials in the county. 
 He was elected Mayor in 1913 
 and re-elected to the same office 
 in 1915. During his tenure in 
 office West New York developed 
 and progressed more than any 
 town in the county. Splendidly 
 paved streets, a fine lighting sys- 
 tem, a school system and school 
 
 buildings second to none in the 
 county, an up-to-date Police and 
 Fire Department, With modern 
 motor apparatus, an effective fire 
 alarm system, plenty of recreations 
 and entertainments for the people 
 of the town, these are only a few 
 of the many plans and improve- 
 ments inaugurated during his ad- 
 ministration. 
 
 The Mayor did, of course, not 
 procure all these improvements 
 alone, but had the assistance of 
 some of the most able men in the 
 
 town, many of whom he appointed 
 on important committees to work 
 for the welfare of the community. 
 
 Mayor Auf der Heide has held 
 many public offices of responsibil- 
 ity and trust. He is now serving 
 his second term in the Board of 
 Chosen Freeholders, to which office 
 the people re-elected him by a large 
 majority vote. He has always 
 faithfully discharged the duties 
 connected with the different public 
 offices he has held and has become 
 widely known throughout the 
 couny as a man of great business 
 sagacity, enterprise and integrity. 
 While in the Board of Freeholders, 
 he has always fought hard for 
 needed improvements in North 
 Hudson. 
 
 The Mayor's pleasing personal- 
 ity and his democratic ways and 
 manners have gained him a large 
 host of friends who greatly respect 
 and esteem him and whose confi- 
 dence he enjoys to the utmost. 
 
 He is a member of numerous 
 fraternal, political and social or- 
 ganizations and clubs and is a re- 
 cognized leader in the Democratic 
 party. 
 
 Arthur F. Norton. 
 
 Arthur F. Norton was born in 
 Chelsea, Mass., Feb. 26, 1881. His 
 parents moved to West Hoboken 
 nine years later and Arthur receiv- 
 ed his education in that town. He 
 later started in the insurance 
 business and for the last 13 years 
 has been employed by one of the 
 largest insurance companies in the 
 world. He is also agent for several 
 large fire insurance companies, 
 with his office at 412 Oak Street, 
 West Hoboken. 
 
 Mr. Norton is one of the best 
 known men in the town, where he 
 has achieved a high reputation for 
 his ability, enterprise and sterling 
 
business character. He has always 
 been deeply interested in public and 
 civic affairs and alert to anything 
 that may be of benefit to the com- 
 munity. 
 
 He is a strong advocate of hon- 
 est government and is quick in de- 
 nouncing unfair and dishonest 
 methods. He is fearless in his at- 
 tacks on questionable undertakings 
 
 Louis Nagel. 
 
 Louis John Nagel, Councilman 
 of Union Hill, has been a resident 
 of this town since 1884. He was 
 
 and equally quick in exposing 
 them. 
 
 Mr. Norton is ,!promiiiently 
 connected in fraternal circles. He 
 is a member of Doric Lodge 
 No. 86, F. and A. M., and General 
 Hancock Council No. 301, Jr. O. 
 U. A. M. 
 
 He is a member of the West Ho- 
 boken Playground Commission and 
 of the Lincoln Republican Associa- 
 tion. The character of Mr. Nor- 
 ton is summed up in a_ few lines 
 "The man who is not easily turned 
 down, or shaken off ; who has bull- 
 dog grit — tenacity of purpose ; who 
 smiles at rebuffs, who thrives upon 
 them." 
 
 born in New York in 1874 and 
 when of the age of ten years, came 
 to Union Hill. His father started 
 an express business on Hudson 
 Avenue, next to William Peter's 
 Brewery. When Louis was thir- 
 teen years old, he left school and 
 went to work for his father, and 
 later started his own express busi- 
 ness in Jersey City. He, however, 
 came back to Union Hill after two 
 years, and when his father died in 
 1896, he took over the entire busi- 
 ness. In 1902 the business had 
 grown to such an extent that he 
 had to move to larger quarters. 
 He then built his present ware- 
 house, express office and stables 
 at 120 New York Avenue. 
 
 Mr. Nagel has always been very 
 prominent and popular, and last 
 year his numerous friends induced 
 him to run for Councilman, which 
 he finally consented to do, with 
 the result that he was very easily 
 elected. 
 
The Councilman married Bertha 
 Roth of the well known Union Hill 
 family in 1896. They had three 
 children, of which, however, only 
 one is living. 
 
 Mr. Nagel's greatest hobby is 
 walking, and in this sport he is 
 quite an expert. 
 
 William Perils. 
 
 Counsellor William Pedis, with 
 law offices in the Hudson Trust 
 Building, West Hoboken, has been 
 very successful in winning a large 
 percentage of his cases, and al- 
 
 though a young man, he is a very 
 able practitioner and conscientious 
 worker. 
 
 His ability as on orator is well- 
 known throughout the county, and 
 it has helped him materially in his 
 arguments before judges and 
 juries. His humor and wit and h"s 
 genial disposition have won him 
 many friends and clients. He was 
 
 born in Union Hill, January 2nd, 
 1891, and attended the West Ho- 
 boken public schools from a, b, c, 
 through the High School, from 
 which he graduated in 1908. He 
 then entered the New York Law 
 School, from which he graduated 
 in 1911 with signal honors, receiv- 
 ing the degrees of LL.B. and 
 LL.M. He immediately thereaf- 
 ter entered the law office of As- 
 semblyman Peter H. James in Jer- 
 sey City, and was associated with 
 the Assemblyman until 1913, when 
 he passed the Bar Examination, 
 and in the same year started as a 
 practising attorney, being the 
 youngest in the State. 
 
 In 1916, he was admitted as a 
 Counsellor-at-Law and Master in 
 Chancery. He is representing 
 several large corporations, and has 
 been connected with many cases of 
 public interest. He is the legal ad- 
 visor of the West Hoboken Liquor 
 Dealers' Association. He has a large 
 practice, which has taken him 
 through the highest courts in the 
 State. 
 
 Counsellor Perils was much 
 talked about for the Recordership 
 and Town Attorney of West Ho- 
 boken and has on numerous occa- 
 sions been requested to run for poli- 
 tical offices, but has always refused, 
 as he wants to devote his full time 
 and efforts to his ever increasing 
 practice. 
 
 He is, what can be truly 'said, a 
 self-made man. He was born in 
 meager circumstances and his 
 mother died when he was only IS 
 months old. His father, the well- 
 known Justice of the Peace J. 
 Perils, had the responsibility of 
 bringing up William and his only 
 sister. . 
 
 The Counsellor has, however, 
 successfully overcome all obstacles 
 and has a splendid career before 
 him. 
 
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Frederic Fichtel. 
 
 Frederic Fichtel, one of the most 
 able musicians in the country, came 
 to Union Hill with his parents, 27 
 years ago. He attended Public 
 School No. 1 in that town, at the 
 
 same time studying piano under 
 Professor Charles Becker of New 
 York, and soon became one of his 
 mo^t promising pupils. 
 
 In 1900, Mr. Fichtel went to 
 Germany, and later graduated, in 
 piano, at the Royal Academy of 
 Music at Munich, where he also 
 studied counterpoint undier Rhein- 
 berger. He then went to France, 
 and studied piano for one year 
 with Philipp at Paris. 
 
 Upon his return to America he 
 was appointed Professor of Piano, 
 Harmony and Ensemble at Hardin 
 Cellege. Later he studied piano 
 for one year under the famous 
 Godowsky of Berlin. 
 
 He then accepted a position as 
 Director of Music at Centennary 
 College at Tennessee. 
 
 His last position was as head of 
 the Piano Department of North- 
 western Conservatory at Minnea- 
 polis, one of the largest music 
 schools in the U. S. 
 
 He has played a great many 
 times in public as soloist, with or- 
 chestras and in ensemble with vio- 
 linists, trios, etc. He appeared 
 prominently twice before local au- 
 ' diences. A few years ago with 
 Schumann-Heink and the Union 
 Hill Liedertafel Concert, where he 
 played Liszt's E-flat Concerto, and 
 once again in December, 1916, he 
 played with the Union Hill Lieder- 
 tafel and Frieda Hempel when he 
 appeared as soloist at their Golden 
 Jubilee Concert. 
 
 He is a pianist of rare ability 
 and a good teacher. He has many 
 prominent pupils, who now hold 
 responsible positions as teachers of 
 piano in conservatories and col- 
 leges, in the various schools where 
 he taught. He has had pupils from 
 nearly every State in the Union. 
 
 Mr. Fichtel has a residence 
 studio at 76 Liberty Place, Wee- 
 hawken and has a studio at 220 
 Madison Ave., New York, where 
 he is meeting with great success. 
 
 John Sutter ® Son. 
 
 One of the largest marble and 
 granite works in the county is that 
 of John Suttef & Son, located at 
 the entrance of the Hoboken Cem- 
 etery in North Bergen. Some of 
 the finest work has ben turned out 
 in this plant, among which may be 
 mentioned the monument of the 
 Hoboken Elks, made in one piece 
 and weighing 16 tons. This monu- 
 n-;ent is placed in the Hoboken 
 Cemetery. The monument in front 
 of the Union Hill High School was 
 also made by this concern. 
 
 The plant of John Sutter & Son 
 
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covers a ground of 50x100 feet and 
 about eight men are continuously 
 kept busy there. 
 
 It is one of the niost modern 
 and most completely equipped 
 plants in the country. Electric pol- 
 
 ishers, pneumatic tools, in fact, all 
 modern machinery, are used by this 
 firm. 
 
 The concern is doing work in 
 nearly all the cemeteries in the 
 State of New York and New Jer- 
 sey and before the war executed 
 many orders for Europe. 
 
 John Sutter, Sr., was born in 
 Germany in 1864 and immigrated 
 to this country in 1880. He se- 
 cured a position with his uncle, 
 who has a marble and granite yard 
 in Middle Village, Long Island. 
 After working there for twelve 
 years he came to Hudson County 
 in 1892. He worked for Batter- 
 son & Eisele and other big concerns 
 and in 1901 he established his own 
 business. Two years later he was 
 
 appointed superintendent of the 
 Hoboken Cemetery, an oiifice which 
 he still holds. 
 
 Mr. Sutter married Anna Leh- 
 mann in 1891. They have one son, 
 John P. F. Sutter. 
 
 Mr. Sutter, Sr., is a member of 
 the Free Masons, Odd Fellows, 
 Elks (Hoboken No. 74), and the 
 Zem Zems. 
 
 Mr. Sutter, Jr., received his 
 early education at the local public 
 schools and later began to learn the 
 trade of his father. He showed a 
 remarkable ability and became very 
 enthusiastic in his work. Many 
 new, modern ideas were introduced 
 by him, and in numerous ways he 
 improved the business to such an 
 extent that the father took him into 
 the business, which then became 
 known as Sutter & Son. 
 
 Both father and son have ac- 
 quired a great knowledge of their 
 trade and are widely known for 
 their ability and integrity. 
 
 Mr. Sutter, Jr., is a member of 
 the Masonic Order, Zem Zems, and 
 Jr. O. U. A. M. 
 
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Fred Hensel. 
 
 Few men are better known in 
 North Hudson than architect Fred 
 Hensel of West Hoboken. 
 
 In his professional career he has 
 gained the respect and confidence 
 of builders and contractors with 
 whom he has come in contact. 
 They recognize in him the business 
 man in whom confidence can be 
 placed. 
 
 Outside of his profession Mr 
 Hensel is the type of manhood of 
 
 which any community might feel 
 proud. Careful, conscientious and 
 genial, Mr. Hensel is a man with 
 whom it is both a pleasure and a 
 privilege to hold a friendship. 
 
 He was born in Hoboken in 
 1866, . and after finishing his 
 schooling there, he started to learn 
 the trade as designer and carver 
 in wood and stone. When he was 
 18 years old, he took up the study 
 of architecture at Cooper Union 
 where he later received his dip- 
 loma. He started in business for 
 himself when he was only 25 years 
 
 old. He has erected over a thou- 
 sand buildings, among which may 
 be mentioned Schools Nos. 5, 6. 
 and 7, in West Hoboken., the Tu- 
 berculosis Hospital at Laurel Hill, 
 and, associated with Architect 
 Weir, erected St. Joseph's Audi- 
 torium and School, St. Michael's 
 School, North Bergen, and the 
 Union Building in Union Hill, and 
 numerous others. 
 
 Mr. Hensel has always been 
 prominent in politics. He sei'ved 
 West Hoboken as Recorder from 
 1900 to 1911. For a number of 
 years he was a County Committee- 
 man, and in 1916 was appointed a 
 member of the Board of Education 
 for a term of five years. Mr. 
 Hensel is a member of the Masonic 
 Order. 
 
 Wm. Bimer. 
 
 Wm. Bimer, Councilman of 
 West Hoboken, was born in that 
 
 town in 1876. After attending the 
 West Hoboken public school he 
 learned the trade of lithographer. 
 
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He did not, however, follow up his 
 trade, but went to work for the 
 North Hudson Railroad as car re- 
 pairer, working his way through 
 the different grades until he was 
 finally made a brake inspector. 
 After fourteen years of faithful 
 service, he resigned and opened a 
 cafe at 555 Spring Street. He 
 soon prospered, and in 1904 built 
 the four story brick corner house 
 at Clinton Avenue and Elm Street, 
 in which his cafe with meeting 
 room and bowling alleys is located. 
 
 Mr. Bimer has always taken a 
 great interest in the town's affairs. 
 He was Treasurer of the Town 
 Committee, and has held the of- 
 fice of Police Pension Commission- 
 er since 1913. In 1917 he was 
 elected Councilman and has, at this 
 writing, effected several important 
 improvements in the town. 
 
 Although in the cafe business 
 himself, he has already closed sev- 
 eral saloons of questionable repu- 
 tation. He runs a first-class place 
 himself, and believes ithat every 
 man in the business should do the 
 same. He also believes that every 
 man holding a city position, high 
 or low, should do his full duty to 
 the job the people are paying him 
 for. 
 
 Mr. Bimer was married in 1900 
 to Anna Schurr of the well known 
 West Hoboken family, and they 
 have one daughter. 
 
 The Councilman is a member of 
 the Eagles, Royal Moose, and the 
 Lincoln Republican Club. He is 
 also Committeeman of Hudson 
 County. 
 
 Fred M. Vincent. 
 
 Fred M. Vincent, one of the 
 most prominent roofing contractors 
 of North Hudson, has been a resi- 
 dent of Weehawken since 1896. 
 
 He was born in New York City 
 in 1872, where he, after leaving 
 Public School, learned the roofing 
 trade of his father, who was a 
 well known contractor in New 
 York. 
 
 Twenty-one years ago, Fred 
 moved to Weehawken, where he 
 continued to work at his trade, and 
 in 1906 established his own busi- 
 ness. 
 
 As a contractor, Mr. Vincent has 
 achieved a measure of success, 
 which stamps him as one of the 
 most prominent men in his line of 
 business in North Hudson. 
 
 He has always .taken an active 
 interest in politics ever since he 
 starter! to vote, and in 1912 his 
 ability and honesty were recogn- 
 ized, and he was elected a member 
 of the Township Committee. He. 
 however, made an unsuccessful run 
 for re-election in 1914, but was 
 again elected Councilman in 1916, 
 carrying every district in his ward. 
 He- was the only Democrat elected 
 to the Board at this election. 
 
 His opponent was one of the 
 strongest Republicans in the ward. 
 
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but nevertheless Mr. Vincent came 
 out a victor. He is, what can truly 
 be said, a man of the people and 
 for the people, and is always doing 
 his utmost to take care of the 
 people's interests. He has never 
 taken dictation from any political 
 boss, neither has he received con- 
 tributions for campaign purposes 
 from any bosses or leaders. 
 
 His last election was simply a 
 recognition of his splendid work 
 while in office two years previous, 
 when he inaugurated a street clean- 
 ing system and improved several 
 streets and sidewalks. In 1913 he 
 had the Public Service Corpora- 
 tion indicted for keeping the 
 Hackensack Plank Road as a nuis- 
 ance. Mr. Vincent has always 
 been interested in the Fire Depart- 
 ment, and his one great aim is to 
 see a paid department installed in 
 the town. He is also hopeful of 
 establishing some kind of a recrea- 
 tion, such as a playground for the 
 children. Through his efforts the 
 Public Service was forced to 
 place over 300 telephones in 
 town. 
 
 Mr. Vincent married Miss 
 Strickland in 1896. They have two 
 children. Miss Sybil, who is a 
 noted pianist, having played at 
 many local concerts, and Fred, Jr.. 
 who is attending public school. 
 
 Mr. Vincent is a member of the 
 Masons, Loyal Association, and Jr. 
 O. U. A. M. He is also a .member 
 of the Second Ward Democratic 
 Club, the F. Bergmann Association 
 and the Owls' Bowling Club. 
 
 re- 
 
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 M. 
 
 William Weir. 
 
 Architect William Weir is the 
 son of Alexander Weir,one of the 
 oldest living general contractors in 
 Hudson County, and under whose 
 
 training Mr. Weir received a thor- 
 ough and complete knowledge in 
 all lines of constructional work in 
 buildings. This training has been 
 
 one of his most valuable assets in 
 his present profession. 
 
 ^^'illiam Weir was born in Edin- 
 burgh, Scotland, in 1880. He has 
 resided in West Hoboken since 
 1888, and received his education in 
 that town. Later he studied archi- 
 tecture at Cooper Institute, New 
 York, and is now a promising 
 architect with a splendid career 
 before him. 
 
 He has erected several large 
 buildings and has been associated 
 with Mr. Hens el in the erection of 
 No. 5 School, North Bergen, St. 
 Joseph's Auditorium and School 
 Building, St. Michael's School 
 Buildings in West Hoboken, and 
 the Union Building in Union Hill. 
 
 Mr. Weir has always taken a 
 keen interest in public affairs and 
 is well known throughout the 
 county, 
 
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Charles Frei. 
 
 Wm. Roth. 
 
 The distinction of having in- 
 stalled over 3,000 electric motors 
 in ■ North Hudson, belongs to the 
 well known electrical contractor 
 Charles Frei, at Central Ave. and 
 Sip Street, West Hoboken. Always 
 busy, with no time for political oi 
 social aflfairs, Mr. Frei has be- 
 come recognized as an electrical 
 expert, whose work and honesty 
 can be fully relied on. 
 
 He has installed numerous elec- 
 tric plants, one of which may be 
 mentioned, in Wm. Peter's Brew- 
 ery Bottling Department, and in 
 ■ many embroidery factories too 
 numerous to mention. 
 
 His large shop, located at above 
 mentioned address, covers a 
 ground of 45 by 25 feet and em- 
 ploys about 16 men. 
 
 Mr. Frei was born in Switzer- 
 land in 1878 and came to this 
 country in 1899. A few years later 
 he started in the electrical business. 
 
 He was married in 1901 and is 
 the father of three children. 
 
 Descended from one of the 
 oldest families in Union Hill is 
 Wm. Roth, the well known musi- 
 
 cian at 408 Blum Street, His 
 father was a prosperous retail shoe 
 merchant, having settled! in that 
 town in 1865. 
 
 William was born in Union Hill 
 in 1877 and at an early age 
 showed great talent for music. He 
 studied piano and violin under 
 Wm. Winkelmann and later at the 
 Laufenberg Music School, under 
 William and Adam Laufenberg. 
 
 Mr. Roth started to teach music 
 20 years ago and has since become 
 a noted musician, having conducted 
 several large and successful con- 
 certs. He is an instructor in violin, 
 piano, mandolin, and harmony. 
 For the last 15 years he has been 
 recognized as an expert in piano 
 tuning. 
 
 In 1903 Mr. Roth married Leah 
 C. Dobbs, daughter of the well 
 known Tom Dobbs, one of the 
 oldest and most prominent families 
 in North Hudson. 
 
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Geo. B. Meneely. 
 
 George B. Meneely, the promin- 
 ent, well known baker of West Ho- 
 boken, has been Poormaster of that 
 town for the last seven years. 
 
 He was born in New York City, 
 Sept. 19, 1863. There he received 
 his early education and later took 
 up the study of medicine and 
 chemistry. He held a responsible 
 position in the chemical department 
 of the National Biscuit Company 
 for a time. He then became inter- 
 ested in the baking of bread and for 
 
 a number of years managed one of 
 the largdst bakeries in Pennsyl- 
 vania. The New York Bread Co. 
 then secured the services of Mr. 
 Meneely, and he served this con- 
 cern as superintendent until the 
 time when he went in business for 
 himself. 
 
 In 1899 he established his own 
 bakery, and the following fear built 
 his own store at 253-255 Clinton 
 Avenue, West Hoboken. 
 
 Mr. Meneely's great knowledge 
 of the business, his ability and hon- 
 
 esty, soon gained him a large circle 
 of customers until today his busi- 
 ness is one of the largest of its kind 
 in North Hudson. From time to 
 time he has improved and enlarged 
 the bakery, which now covers a 
 ground of three city lots, employs 
 thirty people, and keeps fourteen 
 wagons busy making deliveries. 
 
 "Meneely's Bakery", as it is 
 widely known throughout the coun- 
 ty, is one of the cleanest and most 
 sanitary bakeries in the section. It 
 is equipped with the most modern 
 mjichinery and is up-to-date in 
 every way. 
 
 Mr. Meneely has been a resident 
 of West Hoboken for the last 27 
 years, of which he has, in a very 
 praiseworthy manner, served the 
 town as Poormaster for the last 
 seven years. 
 
 In 1896 he married Effie Rich- 
 ards, of the old North Bergen fam- 
 ily. They have two children, How- 
 ard R. and Marion B. 
 
 Mr. Meneely is a member of the 
 F. and A. M., Jr. O. U. A. M., and 
 Woodmen. 
 
 Max RosenKranz. 
 
 Max Rosenkranz, the newly ap- 
 pointed member of the Board of 
 Education of West Hoboken, N. 
 J., has been a resident of that town 
 for the past twenty-two years. 
 
 He is well regarded throughout 
 the community and is looked upon 
 as a conscientious and serious- 
 minded citizen, whose counsel is 
 .welcome at all times, not alone in 
 political circles, but also in busi- 
 ness circles. His earnest integrity 
 and excellent character can be 
 vouched for by all. 
 
 Mr. Rosenkranz is one of the 
 most reliable painting contractors 
 in this town, and a producer of ex- 
 cellent work as such, as evidenced 
 by the fact that he has had the cori- 
 tracts for most of the public insti- 
 
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tutions in the county, among them 
 the Tuberculoslis Hospital and 
 Alms House at Laurel Hill, and 
 most of the county bridges. He 
 has also held the contracts for 
 various school work in North Hud- 
 son, particularly in West Hoboken, 
 Mr. Rosenkranz is a member of 
 the John Hancock Lodge No. 70, 
 F. & A. M., West Hoboken Coun- 
 cil, Royal Arcanum, Cosmopolitan 
 Lodge, L O. O. F., 251, and sev- 
 eral prominent Hebrew lodges. 
 
 He started to learn the carpenter 
 trade at an early age, and after 
 working for a number of years at 
 th^s trade, he established his own 
 
 During the year 1904, he was 
 married to Miss Beatrice Zatu- 
 love of Bayonne, and is the father 
 of two children, Milton, who at- 
 tends the Emerson High School, 
 and Arnold, a pupil of the Public 
 Schools of the same town. 
 
 F. Adriance. 
 
 Franklin Adriance, contractor, 
 of. West Hoboken, was born in 
 Jersey City, March 22nd, 1858. 
 His parents moved to West Ho- 
 boken when he was two months 
 old. 
 
 business as carpenter and builder. 
 Since then he has erected numer- 
 ous buildings throughout the 
 county. 
 
 Mr. Adriance has always shown 
 an active interest in politics. He 
 was elected a Fire Trustee for the 
 Volunteer Fire Department several 
 years ago, and in 1914 he was 
 elected Councilman and re-elected 
 in 1916 with the largest majority 
 on record. 
 
 He is very prominently con- 
 nected in fraternity circles, being 
 a member of the Mystic Tie Lodge, 
 F. & A. M., and has been a mem- 
 ber of the Odd Fellows for the 
 last 35 years. 
 
 Mr. Adriance was married in 
 1882. There were five children, of 
 which, however, only one is living. 
 The Councilman is well known for 
 his sterling character. His motto 
 in business as well as in politics is: 
 "Give people a square deal." 
 
Charles Kutler. 
 
 Recorder Charles Kutler of 
 West Hoboken was born in Ho- 
 boken in 1883. He attended public 
 school in that city and some years 
 later moved to West Hoboken and 
 went into the theatrical business, 
 becoming manager of the New 
 Amsterdam Theatre. 
 
 He has always been active in 
 politics and is known as a fighter. 
 He has, in fact, always fought his 
 own battles, and always came out 
 
 a victor. In 1915 he was appointed 
 Recorder of the town, and in Jan- 
 uary 1917 re-appointed after a 
 very bitter fought battle. 
 
 The Judge is, and always has 
 been, a Democrat, and when in 
 January of this year the Board of 
 Council became Republican by 
 majority, the Republicans naturally 
 fought against his re-appointment, 
 as they wanted a man of their own 
 party in his place. 
 
 However, Judge Kutler's numer- 
 ous friends, forgetting their politi- 
 
 cal faith, rallied to his support and 
 pointed out his splendid record, 
 and after a very hard fought battle 
 they finally won out, and Judge 
 Kutler was appointed for another 
 two year term. 
 
 He is a great philanthropist, and 
 one of the most kind-hearted men 
 on the bench. It is not uncommon 
 to see the Judge pay the fine out of 
 his own pocket for some poor man 
 or woman unable to pay the fine 
 themselves which he had to impose 
 upon them. 
 
 For the last two years the Judge 
 has conducted the Christmas Bas- 
 ket Fund for the poor of the town, 
 and last , year over 200 families 
 were supplied with baskets through 
 his efforts. 
 
 He has always been fair and 
 honest in his decisions, and the 
 legal profession holds him in great 
 esteem. 
 
 Judge Kutler conducts a detec- 
 tive agency at 139 Paterson Plank 
 Road. 
 
 Daniel Bryan. 
 
 Daniel Bryan, the well known 
 musician, at 419 Washington St., 
 Hoboken, has built up one of the 
 largest musical schools in the 
 county. Four competent teachers 
 are giving instructions in every 
 kind of instrument. 
 
 Mr. Bryan was born in Brook- 
 lyn, August 4th, 1890. After fin- 
 ishing his early school education, 
 he gave himself up completely to 
 the studies of music. He studied 
 the clarinet under the eminent Pro- 
 fessor W. S. Mygrants. He also 
 studied at the New York College of 
 Music and has for a number of 
 years studied at the New York C ol- 
 lege of Art. 
 
 Mr. Bryan is a student of piano 
 and harmony. At an early age he 
 started to play for a living. In 191 1 
 
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he settled in Hoboken, where he 
 opened a studio at his home. He 
 met with great success at the 
 start, and soon found it necessary 
 to move into larger quarters. On 
 
 A. L. Scarmolin. 
 
 January 1, 1917, he moved the stu- 
 dio to 419 Washington Street. 
 Here Mr. Bryan as well as his four 
 teachers are kept busy giving les- 
 sons in private as well as in classes. 
 Mr. Bryan is also a band and or- 
 chestra leader and has become well 
 known as one of the best musicians 
 in the county. He was the organi- 
 zer of the Hudson Glee Club's 
 Band, and of the Lackawanna and 
 Hoboken Redmen's Corps. For a 
 long time Mr. Bryan furnished 
 free music to the social centre of 
 Hoboken. He has always been 
 ready to do his share for anything 
 which may be of benefit to the com- 
 munity. 
 
 In 1913, Mr. Bryan married Elsie 
 Veronica Erode, of the old, well 
 known Hoboken family. He is an 
 honorary member of the Hudson 
 Glee Club, and a member of several 
 other associations. 
 
 A. Louis Scarmolin, one of 
 North Hudson's young promising 
 music composers, residing in West 
 Hoboken, was born in Italy, July 
 30th, 1890, and came, with his 
 parents, to this country ten years 
 later. After receiving his educa- 
 tion in the public school, he studied 
 piano and composition at the New 
 York German Conservatory under 
 Bertha Cahn and Carl Hein. He 
 appeared in the limelight at the 
 early age of 14, when his first 
 composition was published, and 
 has since composed numerous 
 
 pieces for voice, piano and or- 
 chestra. 
 
 Mr. Scarmolin is young and am- 
 bitious and has a splendid career 
 before him. He is recognized as 
 a composer of ability, and his 
 pleasing personality has gained him 
 many friends. 
 
 He is a resident of West Ho- 
 boken since 1901, and is a member 
 of the Foresters of America. 
 
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Heraco Exchange. 
 
 H. R. Raven and C. L. Hen- 
 richs of the Heraco Exchange at 
 615 Spring Street, West Hoboken, 
 with a branch store at 610 Bergen- 
 line Ave., West New York, are 
 cousins and come from one of the 
 oldest and most prominent families 
 in West Hoboken, their grand- 
 father being Herman Breusing, 
 who was the first Tax Assessor in 
 that town. 
 
 They are both what can truly be 
 q^lled "live wires", dealing in high 
 class phonographs, cameras and 
 photo supplies, at both their stores. 
 Their splendid business abilities in 
 selecting and offering to the public 
 only the very best, combined with. 
 
 H. R. Raven. 
 
 their pleasing personalities, have 
 gained them a host of friends and 
 satisfied customers. 
 
 H. R. Raven, who is the Presi- 
 dent of the Heraco Exchange, was 
 born in West Hoboken in 1885. 
 After finishing his schooling in 
 
 that town, he went to work for a 
 broker in New York City and later 
 worked as an accountant in the 
 railroad business. He has always 
 been very fond of music, and when 
 only 14 years old played in an or- 
 chestra and later became leader of 
 his own band. 
 
 C. L. Henrichs. 
 
 C. Leo Henrichs, Treasurer and 
 Secretary of the firm, was also 
 born in West Hoboken, in 1893. 
 He also went to school in that 
 town, and after graduating became 
 interested in artistic work. He has 
 the distinction of taking the picture 
 for the first colored postal views of 
 North Hudson. 
 
 Both cousins in company started 
 a small photo supply store at 608 
 Spring Street in 1910, and later 
 moved to 505 DuBois Street, 
 where after three and a half years 
 the businesss had grown to such 
 an extent that they had to look 
 for larger quarters. They then 
 moved to their present location, 
 which they have just enlarged on 
 account of the continued increase 
 
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of business. They are now agents 
 of the Aeolian-Vocalion and Co- 
 lumbia Phonographs and carry a 
 large and varied stock of records, 
 also of cameras and photo supplies. 
 They came of a musical family, 
 being related to T. F. Droops of 
 the well known firm E. F. Droops 
 & Sons of Washington, D. C, the 
 largest musical firm south of New 
 York. 
 
 A. M. Miles. 
 
 Alfred M. Miles, Recorder of 
 North Bergen, was born in the 
 State of Maryland, the 24th of 
 May, 1862. His father, Alfred M. 
 Miles, was Comptroller of that 
 
 State from 1856 to 1860. The fam- 
 ily was well known in Maryland, 
 being among the earliest settlers of 
 that State. After receiving his 
 early education in his homestead. 
 Judge Miles came to North Hud- 
 son in 1894. He was first associated 
 with David S. Brown & Co., a soap 
 concern. He then entered the em- 
 ploy of the Manhattan Soap Co. 
 
 New York City, with which con- 
 cern he has been associated for the 
 last fifteen years. His ability and 
 faithfulness were soon recognized 
 and he is at present one of the im- 
 portant adjuncts to that enterpris- 
 ing concern. 
 
 Judge Miles has always taken an 
 active interest in public and politic- 
 al affairs and in all questions which 
 affect the welfare of the com- 
 munity. In 1900 he was elected 
 a member of the Board of Educa- 
 tion in North Bergen, and was re- 
 elected for a second term as Presi- 
 dent of the Board. He has also 
 held the offices of Supervisor of 
 Lights on the Boulevard and 
 Supervisor of Census. On Jan. 1 
 1917, he. was appointed Recorder 
 of the Township. 
 
 The Judge is very prominently 
 connected in the Masonic Fratern- 
 ity, being a member of Doric 
 Lodge, No. 86, of West Hoboken, 
 Cyrus Chapter, No. 32, Union Hill. 
 Pilgrim Commandery, No. 16, of 
 Hoboken, and Mecca Temple, of 
 New York City. He is also a mem- 
 ber of the Royal Arcanum. 
 
 Judge Miles resides at Wood- 
 cliflf, N. J., where he was the prin- 
 cipal organizer and first President 
 of the local Fire Department. 
 
 In 1885, Judge Miles married 
 Laura Dillinger, with whom he has 
 two children, Edith L. and Alfred 
 M., Jr. 
 
 The Judge has achieved a high 
 reputation for ability, sound judg- 
 ment, and his sterling business 
 character. While on the bench 
 only a short time, he has won the 
 esteem of the legal profession for 
 his fair and honest decisions. 
 
 His excellent judgment, fore- 
 sight, integrity and energy in con- 
 nection with his pleasing personal- 
 ity, have gained him a large circle 
 of friends not alone in North Ber- 
 gen, but in the whole of North 
 Hudson. 
 
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Frank Tibbitt. 
 
 Frank Tibbitt, member of the 
 township Committee of Weehaw- 
 ken, was born in the State of Dela- 
 ware, January 17th, 1876. There 
 
 he received his public school edu^ 
 cation and later learned the trade 
 of machinist. 
 
 He came to Weehawken in 1897 
 and the following year joined the 
 colors in the Spanish-American 
 War. After receiving an honor- 
 able discharge, he returned and 
 soon became prominent in public 
 affairs. He has always been ac- 
 tively interested in the Republican 
 Party, and in 1915 was elected a 
 member of the Township Commit- 
 tee to take office on January 1st, 
 1916. He was re-elected to a 
 second term, which he is now serv- 
 ing. He has at several times, served 
 as County Committeeman. 
 
 Mr. Tibbitt has been employed 
 by the West Shore Railroad as a 
 marine engineer for the last 20 
 
 years. 
 
 Social and popular and a general 
 
 favorite among his friends, Mr. 
 Tibbitt's reputation and honorable 
 standing are the result of his own 
 energetic efforts. He takes an ac- 
 tive interest in everything affecting 
 the welfar.e of the community. He 
 is a man of strength of character 
 and of unimpeachable integrity and 
 is highly respected. 
 
 Mr. Tibbitt married Daisy S. 
 Rowe in 1900. They have three 
 children, Mildred, Francis, and 
 Marion. 
 
 He is prominently connected 
 in fraternal circles, being a member 
 of the Masonic Order and Royal 
 Arcanum. He is also a member of 
 the town's Volunteer Department, 
 in which he takes a very deep 
 interest. 
 
 Thos. L. Anderson. 
 
 Thos. L. Anderson, former mem- 
 ber of the Weehawken Township 
 
 Committee, was born in that town, 
 February 24th, 1881. He is the 
 son of Charles Anderson and Mary 
 
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Fox, who were among the first 
 settlers of Weehawken. 
 
 There Thomas attended public 
 school and after leaving school he 
 worked in a real estate office for 
 about seven years. He then went 
 into the saloon business and has 
 since 1907 conducted his present 
 cafe at 1833 Willow Ave., Wee- 
 hawken. 
 
 Mr. Anderson has been very 
 prominent in politics and has for 
 the last fifteen years been leader of 
 the Democratic Party. He has 
 served four successive terms as 
 Town Committeeman from the 
 iMrst \Vard. During his tenure of 
 office, many improvements have 
 been effected in the township, such 
 as the building of the Clifton Fire 
 House, the purchasing of automo- 
 bile fire apparatus, and many other 
 improvements too numerous to 
 mention. 
 
 In 1913 Mr. Anderson married 
 Rose Gilmore. 
 
 He was formerly actively inter- 
 ested in Athletic Clubs, but in later 
 years has become more interested 
 in automobiling. 
 
 The First Ward, which Mr. An- 
 derson represented, is one of the 
 old landmarks, having been built 
 about 1877. 
 
 By his courtesy and pleasing per- 
 sonahty, Mr. Anderson has made 
 a host of friends. 
 
 Joseph Weber. 
 
 Joseph Weber, the well known 
 architect of . 132 26th St., Gutten- 
 berg, was born in Germany, March 
 7, 1876. When only thirteen years 
 of age, he started to learn the cabi- 
 net making and building trade. In 
 1900 he came to this country and 
 settled in West Hoboken, and a few 
 
 years later moved to Guttenberg. 
 After working at his trade for a 
 number of years, he established his 
 own business as a contractor and 
 builder in 1906. He later took up 
 the studies of architecture, attend- 
 ing the Cooper Union Institute of 
 New York City, and International 
 Correspondence School, Scranton, 
 Pa., and in 1913 he started prac- 
 tising as an architect. 
 
 Mr. Weber is the only architect 
 in Guttenberg and has erected and 
 supervised the erection, of several 
 large buildings, factories, tenement 
 houses, and private residences. He 
 has gained a high reputation as a 
 conscientious worker, and is known 
 as a man who knows his business 
 form A to Z. In 1914 Mr. Weber 
 was appointed Tax Collector of 
 Guttenberg, which office he still 
 holds. 
 
 He married Sophie Ruch in 
 1902. There are two children, 
 John and Margaret. 
 
 Mr. Weber is a member of the 
 Free Masons, F, and A. M., Pali- 
 sade Lodge No. 84, and Washing- 
 ton Kranken- and Sterbe-Kasse of 
 West Hoboken. 
 
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W. G. Turner. 
 
 Wilfred G. Turner, Councilman 
 of the Town of Union, was born in 
 New York City, November 8th. 
 1887. There he attended Public 
 School and later the Peter Cooper 
 High School. The family moved 
 to Union Hill in 1901, and Wilfred 
 
 The Councilman is unmarried, 
 and resides with his parents at 223 
 First Street. 
 
 finished'his schooling in the Union 
 Hill High School. He then se- 
 cured a position with a New York 
 Shoe Manufacturing concern- and 
 is still connected with this firm. 
 
 Although a young man, he is 
 very actively interested in public 
 affairs. He was elected to the 
 Board of Council in 1916 and re- 
 elected in 1918. He is now serving 
 Union Hill as Acting Mayor while 
 Mayor Brady is serving his country 
 in the Army. Mr. Turner is an 
 ardent Democrat, and is one of the 
 organizers of the Phil Schumacher 
 Association. 
 
 The Councilman is possessed of 
 excellent judgment, foresight, in- 
 tegrity and energy. 
 
 He is popular and respected in 
 both social and political circles and 
 has achieved a high reputation for 
 ability and perseverance. Mr. 
 Turner is a member of the School 
 Estimate Board and for the past 
 four years has been a member of 
 the Union Hill Fire Department 
 Engine Co. No. 2. 
 
 His gr^at hobbies are athletics 
 baseball, and bowling. 
 
 Edward Meyer. 
 
 Edward Meyer, member of the 
 Board of Council from the Second 
 Ward, Town of Union, was born 
 in New York City, April 1st, 1880, 
 where he attended public school. 
 When he was nine years of age, his 
 parents moved to Union Hill, 
 where he finished his studies and 
 upon graduation from the Public 
 Schools learned the electrical trade 
 and was for some six years em- 
 
 ployed by the Public Service Cor- 
 poration, resigning to become Man- 
 ager of the Charles Meyer Co. 
 Manufacturer of Chenilles and 
 Novelties, of which his father was 
 proprietor. He later became in- 
 terested in the Painting and De- 
 corating line, and in 1914 embarked 
 in the aforementioned business on 
 his own account, and from a small 
 beginning, by hard work and close 
 application, has succeeded in es- 
 tablishing one of the largest paint- 
 
 lOS 
 
<ng and decorating businesses in 
 town. 
 
 Mr. Meyer has always taken an 
 active interest in the town's public 
 and civic affairs. In 191 S he was 
 elected a member of the Board of 
 Council and re-elected for the term 
 of 1918-1920. At present he is 
 serving as chairman of the Police 
 Committee as well as other commit- 
 tees. 
 
 Under his regime many import- 
 ant improvements have been made 
 in town, among which is the new 
 underground Police Signal System, 
 which is one of the finest in exist- 
 ence and enables those at Police 
 Headquarters to keep ' in constant 
 touch with the officers patrolling 
 the town. 
 
 Mr. Meyer has also co-operated 
 with his colleagues in effecting 
 numerous improvements, such as 
 automobile fire apparatus, new fire, 
 alarm system, street improvements 
 etc. He has been a member of 
 Union Hjll Hook and Ladder Co. 
 No. 1 for over ten years, and is an 
 enthusiastic fireman. He is also a 
 member of the Second Ward 
 Democratic Club, Charles Lindke 
 Association, Humboldt Association 
 and others. 
 
 Wm. H. Gardner. 
 
 . \Vm. H. Gardner, Councilman 
 of the Second Ward of Union 
 Hill, was born in that town in 
 1880. There he received his early 
 education and after leaving public 
 school he learned the trade of 
 photo engraver, and has worked at 
 this trade ever since. 
 
 Mr. Gardner has always been 
 actively interested in the Republic- 
 an Party, and in 1916 he was 
 elected a member of the Board of 
 Council of the Town of Union 
 and went into this office January 
 1st, 1917. 
 
 He is a prominent and enterpris- 
 ing citizen, active in promoting 
 every worthy object, prompt in the 
 discharge of duty and thoroughly 
 identified with the best interests of 
 the town. He is chairman of the 
 Finance, Taxes and Assessments 
 Committee and chairman of the 
 
 Legislation Committee. Mr. Gard- 
 ner descends from one of the oldest 
 families in the town. His grand- 
 father, Wm. Babcock, used to cut 
 trees in Union Hill in olden days 
 when that place was mostly 
 Woods. His parents were Jacob 
 Gardner and Emma Ward. 
 
 In 1903 Mr. Gardner married 
 Ella Blauvelt, descending from the 
 prominent family of that name 
 and on the mother's side descend- 
 ing from the old Baxter family. 
 
 The Councilman has two chil- 
 dren, William H. Jr. and James 
 W. He is a member of the Gar- 
 field Co., Jr. O. U. A. M., America 
 Flag Council, Sons and Daughters 
 of Liberty, and Mystic Star Shep- 
 herds of Bethlehem, and several 
 social and political associations. 
 
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Wm. A. Mclndoe. 
 
 ^William A. Mclndoe, Council- 
 man of the Town of Union, is the 
 son of Alexander W. Mclndoe and 
 Marie Halstead, both born in New 
 York City. 
 
 William was born in that city on 
 August 18th, 1871. There he re- 
 ceiving his early education, and 
 after leaving Public School started 
 to learn the printing trade. The 
 family moved to Union Hill in 
 1898 and William was married in 
 the same year to Julia Langen- 
 bacher, with whom he has three 
 children, Wm. Jr., Walter J., and 
 Alexander W. 
 
 Mr. Mclndoe has always been a 
 public-spirited and enterprising 
 citizen. In 1911 he was elected 
 Councilman -of Union Hill and 
 thrice re-elected to this office, now 
 serving his fourth term. While in 
 office, the Councilman has helped 
 inaugurate many important im- 
 provements, such as the purchasing 
 of automobile apparatus, the erec- 
 tion of Engine Co. No. 2 House, 
 
 the installation of the Fire Alami 
 and Police Signal systems, and has 
 effected several street improve- 
 ments. 
 
 Mr. Mclndoe is very prominent 
 in fraternal, political and social so- 
 cieties. He is a member of the 
 Mystic Tie Lodge, No. 123, F. & 
 A. M., and the Zem Zem Grotto. 
 He is a standard bearer of the as- 
 sociation bearing his name, and is 
 a member of the John J. Eagan 
 Association, of which he was a 
 Secretary for ten years. For the 
 last ten years he has been a secre- 
 tary of the Emil Groth Association. 
 He is a member of the Charles 
 Schaaf Association and the John 
 Haas Association, also of the J. J. 
 Vervoort Association and John 
 Meiller Association. 
 
 The Councilman is very fond of 
 bowling, fishing, and gunning, and 
 is a member of the Regatta Rod 
 and Gun Club. 
 
 Edw. F. Russell. 
 
 Edward F. Russell, ex-Chief of 
 the Fire Department of the Town of 
 Union, was born in Hoboken, No- 
 vember 1, 1881. He was educated 
 in the public schools of that city, 
 and after finishing his schooling, 
 he secured a position with a large 
 concern in New York City, and is 
 still employed with this firm. 
 
 Mr. Russell was one of the or- 
 ganizers of Engine Co. No. 2, of 
 the Town's Volunteer Fire Depart- 
 ment, in 1907. He has been honor- 
 ed with every office in the Com- 
 pany in the department. In 1915 
 he was elected Assistant Chief and 
 in 1916 was elected Chief of the 
 Department. As a fire fighter, the 
 Chief has discharged his duties 
 with distinction. He has always 
 displayed great ability, enterprise 
 and probity of character and has 
 
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gained the confidence and respect 
 of all who know him. He is a man 
 with great energy and thoroughly 
 identified with the affairs of the 
 
 town. At the recent 'Gulden fire 
 in 1916 and at the Franklin Street 
 fire in 1917, the Chief exerted great 
 ability in handling these as well as 
 other big fires. 
 
 L. F. Marcy. 
 
 Leonard F. Marcy, Chief of the 
 Police of North Bergen, and one of 
 the best known citizens of the nor- 
 thern part of the county, was born 
 •in New York City in 1881. His 
 parents, Leonard Marcy and Mary 
 Ward, moved from that city to 
 North Bergen when Leonard was 
 only two years old\ 
 
 There he spent his boyhood and 
 youth attending the public schools. 
 After leaving school he learned the 
 steam-fitting business and later be- 
 came an engineer. He then became 
 connected with the brewing in- 
 dustry and finally became proprie- 
 
 tor of the Casino, a famous pleas- 
 ure resort. 
 
 On May 1st, 1907, he was ap- 
 pointed Captain on the local police 
 force, which at that time consisted 
 of seventeen men. In 1913, the 
 sixth of March, he was appointed 
 Chief of the North Bergen Police 
 Department. To-day this depart- 
 ment consists of 33 men, including 
 the Chief, three Lieutenants, three 
 Sergeants, and one Detective. 
 
 Chief Marcy has discharged his 
 duties with marked ability and 
 sound common sense, which has 
 won the approval and confidence 
 of the entire community. 
 
 Although a strict policeman and 
 disciplinarian, he has gained a 
 tremendously large circle of 
 friends, among the public as well 
 as among the men of the police 
 force. 
 
 He has inaugurated many need- 
 ed improvements in the department 
 such as the finger-print system, 
 a photo gallery and index system. 
 
 North Bergen has now, thanks 
 to the Chief, a fully up-to-date and 
 modern police department. 
 
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J. H. Rottmann. 
 
 John H. Rottmann, the promin- 
 ent painter contractor of West Ho- 
 boken, was born in Gillana, Illinois, 
 the 26th of April, 1874. His par- 
 ents were Christian C. Rottmann 
 and Veronica Volkmann. The 
 family came to Union Hill the 
 
 same year John was born, and 
 settled on a farm. at Blum Street 
 and Hudson Boulevard After fin- 
 ishing his public schooling, John 
 learned the painting trade, and in 
 1896 established his own business. 
 In 1900 he built his present shop, 
 office and residence at 306 Elm 
 St., West Hoboken. His father 
 had. built the house on the corner 
 of Elm St. and Palisade Ave., this 
 being the first house in that section. 
 .The father was well known in 
 political circles, having served the 
 town as a member of the Board of 
 Council. He died in 1910. 
 
 John Rottmann married Clara 
 Wicke of Paterson in 1902, with 
 whom he has two children, John 
 Jr. and Albert. 
 
 Mr. Rottmann is a prominent 
 
 citizen, well known throughout the 
 county. His foresight, integrity 
 and sound judgment and his capa- 
 city for business have brought him 
 into more than local prominence. 
 While never aspiring to any poli- 
 tical office, he is a public-spirited 
 and patriotic citizen, always ready 
 and willing to do more than his 
 share for anything effecting the 
 betterment of the community. 
 
 Mr. Rottmann is a member of 
 the Elks, Hoboken No. 74, and the 
 John J. Eagan Association. He is 
 very fond of automobiling and 
 other outdoor sports. 
 
 R. Blechschmidt. 
 
 R. Blechschmidt, the noted chiro- 
 practor, with offices at 920 Savoye 
 St., North Bergen, is universally 
 
 regarded as one of the most enthu- 
 siastic men in his profession. 
 
 He first became interested in the 
 art of drugless healing when he 
 fell and broke his leg and was sent 
 
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to a hospital for treatment. After 
 a few days stay in the hospital, he 
 became dissatisfied with the meth- 
 od used and claiming that no pro- 
 gress was being made in the heal- 
 ing of his leg, he demanded to be 
 sent home. As soon as he reached 
 liis home, he called a doctor prom- 
 inent in drugless healing, and ex- 
 plaining matters to him, requested 
 him to treat his leg. 
 
 Dr. Blechschmidt claims that 
 from then on it only took a very 
 short time to cure his leg, which 
 became as perfect as before the ac- 
 cident. He became so interested in 
 chiropractic that he decided to take 
 up the study, and in 1912 he enter- 
 ed the New Jersey Collejge of 
 Chiropractors and three years later 
 passed the examination at that in- 
 stitution. In 1914 he received his 
 diploma from the New England 
 College of Chiropractors and in 
 1916 he passed the examination at 
 the Anatom Chi Society in Flower 
 Hospital. In the beginning of 1917 
 he passed the examinations of Na- 
 turopathy. He had already passed 
 the examination for the Red Cross 
 Society in 1910. 
 
 Dr. Blechschmidt has performed 
 many marvelous cures, for which 
 he has become widely known. He 
 has cured numerous cases of infan- 
 tile paralysis, some of which have 
 been miraculous. 
 
 The Doctor is a member of the 
 Naturopath Ass'n, the Chiroprac- 
 , tors' Research Ass'n, and the Hud- 
 son County Chiropractors' Ass'n. 
 
 In 1883 he married Wilhelmina 
 Hill, with whom he has six chil- 
 dren, Augusta, John, who is also a 
 Chiropractor, Richard, Frederic, 
 Emma, and Wilhelmina. 
 
 The Doctor, his wife and the 
 children are known as the acrobat 
 family. Each is the picture of 
 physical perfection. 
 
 Theodore A. Hleffmanil. 
 
 Theodore A. Kleflfmann, Secre- 
 tary of the Board of Education of 
 North Bergen, was born in New 
 York City, October 29, 1880. After 
 graduating from public school in 
 that city, he took a commercial 
 course for two years and then went 
 to work for his father, Aug. Klefl- 
 mann, the manufacturer of the 
 famous "King's Taste" cigars. 
 
 In January, 1915, Mr. Theo. 
 Kleffmann, in partnership with his 
 two brothers, succeeded the father 
 in the business, which is over 
 thirty-seven years old. 
 
 Mr. Kleflfmann has been a resi- 
 dent of North Bergen for the- last 
 seventeen years and resides on the 
 Hudson Boulevard. He has been 
 a Democratic County Committee- 
 man for the last seven years, of 
 the first district of the Third Ward, 
 and a member of the North Bergen 
 Fire Department, Pioneer Engine 
 Co. No. 1, for the last six years. 
 He was appointed Secretary of the 
 Board of Education on February 1, 
 
 110 
 
1916, and re-appointed to this of- 
 fice on February 1, 19t7. 
 
 Mr. Kleffmann was married in 
 1907 to Thekla Hofstetter, of the 
 old North Bergen family. They 
 have two children, Thekla and 
 May. 
 
 Mr. Kleffmann is a member of 
 the B. P. O. E. No. 74, Hoboken 
 Lodge, and is Secretary of the Ci- 
 tizen's Association of the First 
 District, Third Ward, and Treas- 
 urer of the North Bergen Build- 
 ing and Loan Association. 
 
 Mr. Kleffmann is one of the 
 leadling citizens in the community, 
 and enjoys a high reputation for 
 his ability, integrity and sterling 
 business character. His pleasing 
 personality and frank and open 
 manners have gained him a host of 
 friends. 
 
 Michael Modarelli. 
 
 Michael Modarelli, the recogn- 
 ized leader of the Italian-Ameri- 
 cans in North Hudson, is one of 
 the most prominent men in that 
 section. 
 
 He was born in Italy in 1876 and 
 came to America in 1890, when he 
 settled in the Town of Union. He 
 worked as a barber for two years, 
 saving every penny he possibly 
 could, and in 1903 he opened his 
 own barber shop. By hard, con- 
 sistent work and strict attention to 
 business, he soon prospered, and in 
 1905 he sold out and entered the 
 real estate and insurance business, 
 in which he since has made a great 
 success. 
 
 Mr. Modarelli is a Justice of the 
 Peace and has held this office for 
 three successive terms since 1906. 
 He has always been actively inter- 
 ested in politics and is President of 
 the Italian-American Political Club 
 of Union Hill. 
 
 As one of the foremost Italians 
 in the county, the Italian Consul 
 
 appointed Mr. Modarelli chairman 
 of the Italian Red Cross Society in 
 North Hudson. He has done much 
 work for this society, as well as for 
 War Relief work, and is interested 
 in many other important move- 
 ments. 
 
 He was the founder of Volere e 
 Potere No. 398, Sons of Italy, and 
 
 is a Trustee and founder of Saint 
 Rocco's Church. 
 
 Mr. Modarelli married Rosa 
 Ricciulli in 1897. They had nine 
 children, of whom, however, only 
 seven are liviiig. They are : Alfred 
 E., who is studying at the Colum- 
 bia University, Amile, Julia, Helen,' 
 Arthur, Robert and Walter. 
 
 Mr." Modarelli!s oifice is located 
 at 242 Bergenline Ave., and his 
 residence at 214 2nd St. 
 
 He is a large property owner in 
 North Hudson and is a man whose 
 life has been one of constant activ- 
 ity, and in every way successful. 
 He has won and gained the confi- 
 dence of all with whom he came in 
 contact. He was recently appointed 
 Assessor of Taxes. 
 
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Tischler Bros. 
 
 One of the largest tinsmith and 
 roofing concerns is that of Tisch- 
 ler Bros, at 115 Blum Street, Town 
 of Union. The business was estab- 
 lished in 1907 by David and Sa- 
 muel Tischler. Since then it has 
 grown very rapidly and to-day the 
 premises of the concern, including 
 shop, yard and office, covers a 
 ground of 50 x 100 feet, employ- 
 ing about fifteen men steady. A 
 motor truck is continually bringing 
 out orders for the different jobs. 
 The firm has gained a high reputa- 
 tion and standing in the building 
 
 trade for its reliability and thor- 
 oughness. The policy of effecting 
 the best class of work combined 
 with the best service, honesty and 
 fairness, is always Ijeing strictly 
 lived up to by this concern. 
 
 David Tischler was born in 
 Austria, May 15th, 1882, where he 
 received his public school educa- 
 tion and later learned the trade as 
 tinsmith. He immigrated to this 
 
 country in 1903 and worked at the 
 trade untif he established his own 
 business. In 1907 he married J. 
 Blecher, with whom he has three 
 
 children, Ida, Carrie and Leonard 
 
 Samuel Tischler was born in 
 Austria in 1886 and came to this 
 country one year after his brother. 
 He had also learned the tinsmith 
 trade in the old country and work- 
 ed as such over here, until he went 
 into partnership with his brother. 
 
 He was married in 1913 to S. 
 Weiner. They have two children, 
 Ruth and Leo. 
 
 Both brothers are well known in 
 North Hudson. They are mem- 
 bers of the North Hudson Hospital 
 Association and are prominently 
 connected with several Hebrew 
 associations. 
 
 They are both possessed of ex- 
 cellent judgment, foresight and en- 
 ergy, and are public-spirited and 
 enterprising, and enjoy the respect 
 of all who know them. 
 
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Emil Wendland. 
 
 One of the most respected busi- 
 ness men in West Hoboken is Emil 
 
 Wendland, the prominent plumber 
 of that town. 
 
 He was born in Austria, July 1, 
 1866, and after finishing his public 
 school education he started to learn 
 the coppersmith anl plumbing trade 
 in his native country. 
 
 Anxious to see the world, he took 
 to traveling at an early age, and has 
 seen not alone every part of Aus- 
 tria, but also many foreign coun- 
 tries. He has worked at his trade 
 in Constantinople, Cairo, Alexan- 
 dria, and many other -southern 
 cities. 
 
 In 1892, he came to America and 
 settled in West Hoboken, where he 
 continued to work as a plumber. 
 
 A few years later he established 
 his own business, which he has suc- 
 cessfully worked up to one of the 
 largest of its kind in North Hud- 
 son. He has executed many large 
 plumbing contracts in public build- 
 
 ings, as well as in factories and pri- 
 vate houses. 
 
 Mr, Wendland has always been 
 recognized as one of West Hobo- 
 ken's leading citizens and is held 
 in great respect and esteem by 
 every one who knows him. He is 
 very conspicuous in fraternal cir- 
 cles, being a member of the F. and 
 A. M., the Scottish Rite, the 
 Shriners, and the Zem Zems. 
 
 In public aflfairs he has always 
 taken a deep interest. He is an 
 ardent Republican and a member 
 of the Lincoln Republican Associa- 
 tion, Charles Bollinger Association 
 and many others. 
 
 C. Heim. 
 
 Conrad Keim, the prominent 
 baker of 341 Spring Street, West 
 Hoboken, is probably one of the 
 
 best known men in that town or in 
 the whole of North Hudson. 
 
 He was born in West Hoboken, 
 and after finishing his schooling in 
 that town, he started to learn the 
 baker busiaess of his father, who 
 
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had established the ■ present busi- 
 ness in 1873. The buiness is one 
 of the oldest bakeries in North 
 Hudson. When his father died in 
 1911 Conrad, together with his 
 brother Frank, took over the 
 business. 
 
 Mr. Keim has always been a 
 public spirited and enterprising 
 citizen. He served the town as 
 Councilman in 1915 and was Poor- 
 master for a number of years, an 
 office he took over from his father, 
 who was Poormaster of West Ho- 
 boken for over 26 years. 
 
 Mr. Keim is one of the most 
 popular men in the town. His 
 pleasing personality, integrity and 
 sterling business character has 
 gained him a large circle of 
 friends. 
 
 As a business man he has gained 
 an enviable reputation, and the 
 business is constantly growing. 
 Both Mr. Keim and his brother 
 Frank believe in fair and honest 
 dealings and in giving customers a 
 hundred cents value for every dol- 
 lar. They are both very courteous, 
 as are also the sales people in their 
 store, which is known as one where 
 people get the best and most pleas- 
 ing service. 
 
 The bakery is sanitary in every 
 respect, light and well ventilated 
 and located above the ground. 
 Fifteen people are employed here 
 and four delivery wagons and one 
 auto are kept busy making de- 
 liveries. 
 
 A. Benoist. 
 
 Alexis Benoist, Secretary of the 
 West Hoboken Board of Educa- 
 tion, was born in Paris, France, in 
 1866. 
 
 His parents brought him to this 
 country in 1873, and settled in New 
 York City, where he attended 
 public school. At the early age of 
 
 thirteen years he left school and 
 started to work as a wagon boy. 
 
 He indeed "roughed it" for a 
 few years, then took up litho- 
 graphy, in which profession he 
 
 later became prominent. In the 
 meantime he took up a course in 
 drawing at the Cooper Union In- 
 stitute and later at the Academy of 
 Design under the noted Professor 
 Edgar M. Ward. 
 
 Mr. Benoist's abilities were soon 
 recognized, and as a young man he 
 was given charge of the artist 
 room of a large concern in New 
 York. 
 
 He has executed a considerable 
 amount of artistic work in the in- 
 dustrial and commercial art, also 
 in water color studies. 
 
 He is widely known as a labor 
 man and has several times satis- 
 factorily settled labor difficulties. 
 He has always been interested and 
 active in political and civic affairs 
 as well as in fraternal and social 
 circles. 
 
 He was appointed Councilman to 
 fill the unexpired term of Charles 
 
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A. Mohn in 1910 when the latter 
 was elected Mayor. 
 
 Six years ago he was appointed 
 Secretary to the Board of Educa- 
 tion and is now serving -his sixth 
 term in that office. 
 
 Mr. Benoist was married in 
 1895 to Lena Hirschi. They have 
 three children, Alice, Emile and 
 Louise. Miss Alice is at present 
 taking a teachers' course at the 
 Montclair State Normal School. 
 She is a noted musician, having 
 played at many of the town's pro- 
 minent affairs. Emile and Louise 
 are attending the Emerson High 
 School. 
 
 Mr. Benoist is a Past Regent of 
 the West Hoboken Council No. 
 1185, Royal Arcanum. 
 
 He is much interested in charity 
 and uplifting work, and is an Elder 
 of the First Presbyterian Church 
 of West Hoboken. 
 
 John H. Schuster. 
 
 John H. Schuster, the well 
 kiiOwn Committeeman of the 
 Township of Weehawken, is the 
 son of Jacob Schuster and Eliza- 
 beth Steinberg, both natives of 
 Germany. 
 
 John was born in New York City 
 on May 22nd, 1880. He is one out 
 of twelve children. After- he had 
 finished his public school education 
 in New York City, the family 
 moved to Duer Place, Weehaw- 
 ken, where the father had built a 
 home for the family. John then 
 started to learn the real estate and 
 insurance business and in 1912 
 opened his own office, making a 
 specialty of Weehawken real estate 
 and handling all kinds of insurance, 
 representing some of the largest 
 and most responsible insurance 
 firms. Mr. Schuster has been very 
 successful in this business and has 
 become one of the ranking real 
 
 estate and insurance brokers in 
 North Hudson. 
 
 Mr. Schuster has always been a 
 public-spirited and enterprising 
 citizen, and in 1915 was elected 
 Committeeman of the Third Ward. 
 Although this Ward had voted 
 Republican for four years, Mr. 
 Schuster, who is a staunch Demo- 
 crat, easily won out by a large 
 majority. Since January 1, 1917. 
 he has been chairman of the Police 
 
 Committee, one of the most im- 
 portant committees in the Board. 
 He has already effected several im- 
 portant improvements in the Police 
 Department, the most important 
 of which is the three shift system. 
 He has charge of the traffic 
 regulation at the West Shore Ter- 
 minal, one of the busiest traffic 
 points in North Hudson. He is 
 also Clerk of the Board of Health 
 In 1917 his many friends in- 
 duced him to run for Mayor of the 
 Township, and Mr. Schuster 
 claims, if it had not been for a split 
 in the Democratic Party and 
 treachery in the party, he would 
 easily have won. At the campaign 
 
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he created quite an excitement in 
 the town by accusing certain of- 
 ficials of neglect, especially in the 
 Tax Department, which books he 
 claimed had not been kept on a 
 business basis, and which showed 
 that taxes had not been collected 
 for several years past. The matter 
 was thoroughly sifted, and as a 
 resuh, Mr. Schuster claims, that 
 up to the present time, March. 
 1917, three months after his accu- 
 sations, $75,000 have been collected 
 for arrears in taxes. 
 
 Dr. L. WinKelmann, D.C. 
 
 Dr. L. Winkelmann, D. C, the 
 Chiropractor, of 248 Cambridge 
 Avenue, Jersey City Heights, has 
 one of the best equipped offices in 
 the state. He gives X-ray treat- 
 
 The doctor was born in Jersey 
 City Heights, June 30th, 1882. His 
 father was an old and well known 
 resident of that section.' The doc- 
 tor attended Public School No. 7 
 and the German American School. 
 He then took up the study of music 
 and attended the Conservatory of 
 Music at Philadelphia, where he 
 studied the piano. He afterward 
 became quite a pianist, but later be- 
 came interested in drugless heal- 
 ing, and took up the study of oste- 
 opathy with Dr. Charles S. Murray 
 from Illinois, where he, after the 
 completion of his course, received 
 a diploma, and finally took a course 
 at the Anatpm. Chi.. Society .of 
 Dissection at the Flower Hospital. 
 
 Dr. Winkelmann is a member of 
 the Americaii Naturopath Associa- 
 tion, Chiropractors Ass'n of New 
 Jersey, and Hudson County Chiro- 
 practors Association. 
 
 The doctor is very popular in the 
 Heights section, where he has re- 
 sided .his whole life, and where he 
 has gained a splendid reputation in 
 professional and social circles. 
 
 The doctor started to practice 
 about three years ago and has since 
 gained a large circle of patients, 
 who are loud in their praise of his 
 wonderful achievements. 
 
 ment, which he has studied for a 
 long time and in which he is a 
 specialist, and is also an expert at 
 photography, which is a very big 
 factor in the practice pf ChirO' 
 praetor, 
 
 Alexander Arvay. 
 
 Alexander Arvay was brought 
 over to this country by his parents 
 when only three years of age. The 
 family first settled in New York 
 City, and later moved to West Ho- 
 boken, where Alexander attended 
 Public School. The family then 
 moved to Guttenberg, where he fin- 
 ished his schooling. Alexander 
 then attendled the DeWitt Clinton 
 High School, where he took a 
 course in architectural drawing, 
 drafting, and mathematics. He 
 then established himself as a con- 
 tractor and builder, and continued 
 
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in this business in Guttenberg up 
 to 1912, when he went to Pough- 
 keepsie, N. Y., where he erected 
 several buildings. He then went to 
 Omaha, Nebraska, when with the 
 
 Charles Puff. 
 
 Drake Construction Company he 
 built up whole sections, and then 
 went to Kansas, where- he helped 
 build up a whole little town named 
 Hunter in three months. While out 
 West, Mr. Arvay also dealt exten- 
 sively in real estate. 
 
 He returned to Guttenberg the 
 latter part of 1916, and is now 
 established as a carpenter and 
 builder in that town. He special- 
 izes in interior work, and is at pres- 
 ent very busy with screen work. 
 Mr. Arvay has a wide acquaintance 
 in North Hudson and his many 
 friends are predicting a great suc- 
 cess for him. He is an enterpris- 
 ing citizen, a thorough mechanic, 
 and his honesty has never been 
 questioned. Mr. Arvay's residence 
 and office is located at 237 25th St., 
 Guttenberg. 
 
 Probably one of the best known 
 painters in the county is Charles 
 Puff, at Lincoln Place, West New 
 York. He was born in Germany, 
 August 31, 1870, where he received 
 his public school education and la- 
 ter learned the painting trade. In 
 1901 he came to America and set- 
 tled in Hudson County, where he 
 worked for different painting con- 
 tractors up to 1907, when he es- 
 tabhshed his own business. He has 
 since become one of the most re- 
 ■ cognized painter and decorator 
 contractors in the county, and has 
 executed a number of very large 
 
 contracts, among which may be 
 mentioned City Hall, Hoboken, 
 Public School No. 1, Hoboken; 
 Public School No. 24, Jersey City ; 
 Lincoln School, Fairview; St. Jo- 
 seph's School, and Public School 
 No. 6, West New York; Tubercu- 
 losis Hospital at Laurel Hill, and 
 numerous others. He also has the 
 contracts for painting work on the 
 following new buildings: Dispatch 
 
 117 
 
Building, Union Hill, N. J.; Lin- 
 coln High School, Jersey City; 
 Public School No. 16, Jersey City; 
 Public School No. 4, jersey City; 
 Administration Building, Jersey 
 City; Jersey City Hospital; Nurses 
 Home, Jersey City ; English Neigh- 
 borhood School, Fairview, N. J. 
 
 Mr. Puff married Anna Scha- 
 rioth in 1899. They have two chil- 
 dren, Alfred and Johanna. Mr. 
 Puff has resided in West New 
 York for the last four years, pre- 
 vious to which he resided in West 
 Hoboken. He is a very high de- 
 greed Free Mason, and President 
 of the Deutscher Kriegerbund of 
 New Jersey. Mr. Puff has achiev- 
 ed his success as a painter through 
 his own energy, ability and sound 
 judigmenf. He is a progressive, 
 patriotic citizen, and a man of the 
 highest integrity. He has gained a 
 host of friends by his pleasing ways 
 and manners. 
 
 Dr. F. P. Nief. 
 
 One of the most prominent dent- 
 ists in North Hudson is Dr. Frede- 
 rick P. Nief, with offices in the 
 Commonwealth Trust Co. Build- 
 ing, West Hoboken. The doctor 
 was born in Jersey City, Jul}"- Sth, 
 1888. His parents were John Ni- 
 colaus Nief and Minnie (Roeber). 
 He received his public school edu- 
 cation in West Hoboken, and later 
 attended the High School in that 
 town. He then took a coui'se in 
 the New York College of Dentistry, 
 from which institution he gradu- 
 ated in 1910. He established his 
 own practice the same year at the 
 above mentioned address, and has 
 since succeeded in building up a 
 practice second to none in North 
 Hudson. Several assistants and a 
 trained nurse are continuously em- 
 ployed at his offices. 
 
 The name of Dr. Nief is widely 
 known in the professional circles. 
 
 as well as among the public. He 
 has gained an excellent reputation 
 for ability, integrity and enter- 
 prise, and has made a host of 
 
 friends by his pleasing personaHty. 
 He is identified with the best in- 
 terests in the town, and is a public- 
 spirited and patriotic citizen. 
 
 The doctor married Margaret 
 Hibbard in 1916. He is a member 
 of the Elks No. 74, and of several 
 Dental Societies. 
 
 George Weissgerber. 
 
 " George Weissgerber, the proprie- 
 tor of the "Old Corner" on Hack- 
 ensack Plankroad and Spring St., 
 AA'est Hoboken, is one of the most 
 popular men in North Hudson. He 
 was born in Germany, September 
 22, 1868, and after finishing his 
 public school education in that 
 country, he worked at odd jobs, 
 and in 1889 emigrated to America. 
 He settled in New York City, where 
 he worked in the brewing business. 
 In 1900 he came to West Hoboken, 
 where he, in partnership with his 
 
 118 
 
brother-in-law, bought the "Old 
 Corner". Five years ago his bro- 
 ther-in-law retired, and Mr. Weiss- 
 gerber took full charge of the 
 place, which consisted of the cafe 
 
 Otto 0. Hoffmann. 
 
 and restaurant. He, however, soon 
 leased the restaurant, and devoted 
 his energies to the cafe. 
 
 The "Old Corner" is one of the 
 old land marks of West Hoboken. 
 It was formerly known as "Carl's 
 Old Corner" when Carl Rodenhau- 
 sen conducted the place, which in 
 early days was a meeting place for 
 many of the prominent politicians. 
 Many a successful politician receiv- 
 ed his first boost from this corner. 
 
 Mr. Weissgerber married Marie 
 Rodenhausen, a sister of the 
 former owner^ in 1890. They have 
 one child, Charles. 
 
 Mr. Weissgerber is one of the 
 best known men in the northern 
 part of the county. He is a man of 
 the highest integrity and has gained 
 a large circle of friends by his 
 pleasing personality and courteous 
 manners. He is well known in fra- 
 ternal and social circles, and is a 
 member of the Palisade I.x)dge No. 
 84, F. & A. M., Odd Fellows, 
 Eintracht Singing Society, Odd 
 Fellow Maennerchor, Union Hill 
 and West New York Schuetzen 
 Corps. 
 
 Otto O. Hoffmann, the well 
 known metal ceiling contractor at 
 3631 Hudson Boulevard, Jersey 
 City, was born in Boston, Mass., in 
 1880. His parents moved to this 
 country when Otto was but an in- 
 fant, and he attended public school 
 in Jersey City and West Hoboken. 
 Later he learned the tinsmith and 
 metal ceiling trade, and in 1907 
 estabHshed his own business in 
 North Hudson. Since then Mr. 
 Hoffmann has become widely 
 known as one of the most reliable 
 men in the trade, and one of the 
 largest metal ceiling contractors in 
 North Hudson. His shop, which is 
 located at 124 Leonard Street, 
 West Hoboken, is continuously 
 keeping 15 men busy. 
 
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 Mr. Hoffmann is prominently 
 connected in fraternal circles, and 
 is a member of F. and A. M., No. 
 84, Jr. O. U. A. M., Hudson Coun- 
 ty No. 175, Zem Zem Grotto No. 
 16, and the Odd Fellows. He is 
 also a member of a Maennerchor, 
 
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and is very fond of singing, fishing 
 and hunting. 
 
 While Mr. Hoffmann has never 
 had time to devote to political af- 
 fairs, he is, nevertheless, a public- 
 and civic-spirited man, who has the 
 welfare of the community at heart. 
 His business, which is continuously 
 growing, demands his full atten- 
 tion, and he has achieved his suc- 
 cess just because he has person- 
 ally supervised every detail of the 
 business. For those qualities 
 which distinguish the successful 
 man, he is greatly esteemed and 
 enjoys the confidence of all who 
 know him. 
 
 Mr. Hoffmann married Minnie 
 Mairer. They have two children, 
 Helen and Edna. 
 
 Albert Ensmin^er. 
 
 Albert Ensminger is a descendant 
 of the old Ensminger family. He 
 was born in New York City, Dec. 
 17, 1883, and was only two years 
 old when the family moved to 
 North Bergen. There he received 
 his public School education and 
 later went to work in the railroad 
 shops, where he worked for three 
 years. He then started to learn the 
 mason trade, and has worked at this 
 ever since. In 1908 he went into 
 partnership with his brother Wil- 
 liam and established the mason 
 and plasterer firm under the name 
 of Ensminger Bros. 
 
 Mr. Ensminger married Anna 
 Wildemann of Union Hill in 1911. 
 They have one daughter, Anna 
 May, named after Mr. Ensminger's 
 sister, who married J. F. Wurde- 
 mann, the Councilman of North 
 Bergen. See sketch of J. F. Wur- 
 demann.) 
 
 Mr. Ensminger has always been 
 a public-spirited, patriotic and en- 
 terprising citizen. While never 
 seeking political office, he is never- 
 theless thoroughly identified with 
 
 the interests of the community and 
 active in promoting every worthy 
 object. He is thorough in every 
 detail, energetic and practicable in 
 carrying out his work, and prompt 
 in all he undertakes. His foresight, 
 integrity and sound judgment, 
 combined with a sterling business 
 character, have brought him into 
 local prominence. 
 
 Mr. Ensminger is a member of 
 the Mystic Tie, F. & A. M., and Jr. 
 
 O. U. A. M. He has been a mem- 
 ber of the North Bergen Fire De- 
 partment for the last seven years. 
 His one great hobby is automobil- 
 ing. \ ., 
 
 Wm. Ensminger, a brother and 
 the partner of Albert, was born in 
 New York City, December 14, 
 1874. After finishing his public 
 school education, he learned the 
 mason trade. He established the 
 business twenty years ago and has 
 for the last seven years resided in 
 \\'est New York. 
 
 He was married, in 1902 to Mary 
 Haerter, with whom he has one 
 daughter, Edna. 
 
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Mr. Ensminger is a member of 
 the Mystic Tie,F. & A. M., Jr. O. 
 U. A. M., Knights of Pythias, and 
 Exempt Firemen's Ass'n. 
 
 August KleinKe. 
 
 "August Kleinke, a member of the 
 Board of Council of West Hobo- 
 ken, and one of the best known ma- 
 son contractors and builders in 
 North' Hudson, was born in Germ- 
 any, December 28, 1876., but came 
 to America with his parents when 
 he was only a year and a half old. 
 The family settled in West Hobo- 
 
 ken, and there August received his 
 public school education. At the 
 early age of fourteen he com- 
 menced to learn the masons and 
 builders trade, and by hard, con- 
 scientious work he was soon able 
 to establish his own business. He 
 has since become one of the most 
 successful contractors and builders 
 in the northern part of the county. 
 He is thorough in every detail, en- 
 ergetic and practical in carrying out 
 his contracts, and prompt in all he 
 
 undertakes. His great foresight, 
 integrity, and sound judgment, and 
 his capacity for business, has 
 brought him into more than local 
 prominence. 
 
 In politics he is an ardent Re- 
 publican. In 1916 he was elected a 
 member of the Board of Council 
 and took office January 1, 1917. 
 Shortly after, he was appointed 
 chairman of the PoHce Committee. 
 
 Mr. Kleinke's success has been 
 the result of his own efforts, as he 
 is what can truly be called a self- 
 made man. 
 
 Many important buildings . in 
 North Hudson attest his skill and 
 ability, while the esteem and con- 
 fidence in which he is held by his 
 fellow-citizens, represents in a 
 measure his popularity throughout 
 this section. 
 
 Mr. Kleinke was married to 
 Anna Tirch on June 24, 1904. 
 
 He is a member of many frater- 
 nal, political and social organiza- 
 tions. 
 
 John G. Meister. 
 
 John ■ G. Meister is descended 
 from one of the pioneer families in 
 the Highwood Park section. His 
 father biiilt one of the first houses 
 in that section. 
 
 John Meister was born in New 
 York City, in 1889, but his parents 
 brought him to Highwood Park 
 when he was only six years old. 
 He attended all the schools in Wee- 
 hawken and later the Union Hill 
 High School. After graduatingfrom 
 this institution, he learned the real 
 estate and insurance business and 
 soon opened his own oflfice. Al- 
 though a young man, Mr. Meister 
 has become one of the leading real 
 estate brokers in that section. He 
 has gained an enviable reputation 
 as an able and trustworthy man and 
 has gained the confidence of all who 
 have come in contact with him. 
 
 121 
 
In 1912 he was elected Tax As- 
 sessor of Weehawken, to take of- 
 fice on January 1st, 1913. He was 
 re-elected to this office in 1916, 
 and also holds the office as Vital 
 
 Statistician, ilc lus discharged 
 his official duties to the full satis- 
 faction of the people of Weehaw- 
 ken, who predict a great political 
 career for Mr. Meister. 
 
 He is a public-spirited and enter- 
 prising citizen, who is deeply con- 
 cerned in the welfare of the com- 
 munity and always willing to do his 
 .share towards anything which may 
 benefit his town. 
 
 He is a member of the Board of 
 Health of Weehawken, Highwood 
 Fire Company, the Union Hill 
 High School Alumni and several 
 political and social associations. 
 
 Through 'his greatly pleasing per- 
 sonality he has gained a large 
 circle of friends, not alone in Wee- 
 hawken, but in North Hudson. 
 
 F. W. Ziebell, D. D. S. 
 
 F. W. Ziebell, one of the fore- 
 most dentists in North Hudson, 
 with offices in the First National 
 Bank Building, Guttenberg, and 
 also at 277 Bergenline Ave., Union 
 Hill, was born in Union Hill, July 
 16, 1891. His parents were the 
 late Ferdinand A. and Dora 
 (Bachle) Ziebell. Mr. Ziebell, the 
 elder, one of the most esteemed 
 citizens of North Hudson, died in 
 December of 1916. The mother 
 died in the spring of 1917. 
 
 Doctor Ziebell, the subject of 
 this sketch, graduated from the 
 
 
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 Public School and High School "of 
 this town, and then attended 
 the New York College of Dentist- 
 ry, from which institution he gra- 
 duated in 1914, receiving the de- 
 gree of D. D. S. While at college, 
 he worked for the erriinent Profes- 
 sor H. S. Dunning of New York. 
 
 Dr. Ziehen's Dental Office is one 
 of the most modern equipped in 
 North Hudson. A trained nurse is 
 continuously in attendance. Dr. 
 
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Ziebell is Attending Dentist for the 
 Hudson County Tuberculosis Clin- 
 ics and Sanatorium at Laurel Hill. 
 Like his father, he is very promi- 
 nent in the Masonic fraternity. He 
 is a member of the Palisade 
 Lodge, No. 84, a fourteenth degree 
 Mason of the Jersey Lodge of Per- 
 fection, an eighteenth degree mem- 
 ber of the Jersey City Chapter of 
 Rose Croix, a thirty-second de- 
 gree member of N. J. Consistory, 
 S. P. R. S., member of Jersey City 
 Council Princes of Jerusalem, and 
 a member of Salaam Temple A. A. 
 O. N. M. S. 
 
 Daniel Bermes. 
 
 Daniel Bermes is descended from 
 one of the oldest and most promin- 
 ent families in the northern part 
 
 of the county. His grandfather 
 was the founder of the Bermes 
 Brewery in Union Hill. The fam- 
 ily settled in that town in 1853. 
 
 Daniel Bermes, the subject of 
 this sketch, was born in Union 
 
 Hill, June 5th, 1880. He received 
 his preliminary education in the 
 local public schools and later at 
 the Hoboken Academy. He then 
 took a course at the Packard Busi- 
 ness School in New York. After 
 graduating from this institution, 
 he started to learn the real estate 
 business, and fof a number of years 
 was connected with the Limouze- 
 Singer Co. In 1912 he established 
 his own real estate and insurance 
 business, with offices at 138 Fourth 
 St., Union Hill, where he still is 
 located. 
 
 Mr. Bermes has built up a very 
 successful business and is widely 
 known as a man of a strong char- 
 ter, possessed of sound judgment 
 and great business ability. He is 
 a genial, companiable, public-spir- 
 ited man, deeply interested in the 
 general welfare of the community, 
 and is always ready to respond to 
 the demands of good citizenship. 
 Progressive in all that the word im- 
 plies, he has been active and influ- 
 ential in the advancement of his 
 town, a liberal contributor to its 
 growth and moral, improvement, 
 and ever alert in increasing its use- 
 ful institutions. He is a member of 
 the Board of Education of North 
 Bergen, in which town he resides. 
 
 Mr. Bermes married Hortense 
 Alt in 1912. He is a member of 
 the F. and A. M., and one of the 
 directors of the First National 
 Bank of the Town of Union. 
 
 Charles Waechter. 
 
 Chas. Waechter, the prominent 
 painter, descends from one of the 
 pioneer families in Union Hill. He 
 was born in that town August 17, 
 1867. His parents were Martin 
 and Phoebe (Elinter) Waechter. 
 His great-grandfather at one time 
 owned half of Main St. 
 
 Charles Waechter attended pub- 
 lic school in Union Hill and after 
 
 123 
 
finishing his schooling, he worlced 
 at the baker business for a time, 
 and then learned the painting and 
 decorating trade. ■ ' 
 
 In 1891 he established his own 
 business, and has for the last elev- 
 en years been located at 414 Blum 
 
 St. Some years ago, the son, 
 Charles, Jr., was taken into the 
 father's business, which then be- 
 came known under the firm name 
 of Charles Waechter & Son. The 
 firm has become widely known 
 throughout the northern part of 
 the county and has gained a high 
 reputation for its high class work. 
 Mr. Charles Waechter, Sr., has 
 always taken an active interest in 
 the affairs of his town. He was 
 elected and served as a member of 
 the Board of Council, from 1910 to 
 1911. In that year the Board 
 "^eatly imjjroved Bergenline Ave. 
 % 1888 Mr. Waechter married 
 (5&rrie Kaiser of Union Hill. They 
 hive six children: Charles, Jr., 
 Anna, Martin, William, Carrie, 
 ^nd Phoebe. 
 
 i Mr. Waechter is a member of 
 the Foresters of America, and Fi- 
 
 nancial Secretary of the Firemen's 
 Relief Association. 
 
 Chas. Waechter, Jr., started to 
 learn the painting business of his 
 father after finishing his early edu- 
 cation in Union Hill. He was, as 
 above stated, later taken into the 
 business with his father. He mar- 
 ried Edith Merz, with whom he 
 has two children ; Albert, and Dor- 
 othy. 
 
 The Merz family, another old 
 family in Union Hill, is related to 
 the Ellenhausen family, which built 
 the house on Gardner St. and New 
 York Ave., about fifty years ago. 
 
 John J. Schneider ® Son 
 
 One of the foremost real estate 
 firms in the northern part of the 
 county is that of John J. Schneider 
 
 & Son, with offices at 553 Bergen- 
 line Ave., West New York. 
 
 This firm has been very instru- 
 mental in the upbuilding of West 
 New York and has erected numer- 
 ous large apartment houses, all 
 
 124 
 
hibdernly equipped, and several 
 factory and loft buildings. 
 
 Mr. John J. Schneider, Sr., was 
 born in Germany, in 1868. He im- 
 migrated to this country in 1881 
 and for the last ten years has been 
 engaged in the real estate and in- 
 surance business. He is one of 
 
 the best known men in the northern 
 part of the county and has gained 
 a high reputation for his splendid 
 business ability and honest charac' 
 ter. 
 
 Mr. Schneider has never aspired 
 to any public office, but devotes his 
 full time to his many large enter- 
 prises. 
 
 John J. Schneider, Jr., was born 
 in New York City, on April 28th, 
 1896. He attended school in that 
 city, and later learned the machinist 
 and automobile trade. 
 
 Although a young man, Mr. 
 Schneider has practically seen near- 
 ly every part of the country. He 
 took to traveling at a very early 
 age, and his great hobby was to 
 "rough it". He has gone through 
 some of the most hair-breaking ex- 
 
 periences, and only a short time ago 
 Settled down to "normal" life with 
 his father in West New York. He 
 is now associated with his father 
 in the real estate business, and be- 
 sides conducts a cafe at 22nd St. 
 and Park Ave., West New York. 
 
 John V. Zoppel. 
 
 The distinction of being the 
 youngest post office superintendent 
 belongs to John V. Zoppel of North 
 Bergen's Past Office. He was born 
 in Athenia, New Jersey, July 9, 
 1887, and has been a resident of 
 North Hudson since 1898. He 
 received his public school education 
 inUnion Hill, where his parents had 
 moved when he was very young. 
 After finishing his school education 
 he worked a few years for the West 
 Shore Railroad, and in 1908 se- 
 cured a position " as' clerk in the 
 
 Weehawken Post Office, in which 
 position he continued until 1914, 
 when he was appointed Superin- 
 tendant of the North Bergen Post 
 
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Office This post office had then 
 just been built, after a long, hard 
 fight by the people of North Ber- 
 gen. 
 
 Though a young man, Mr. Zop- 
 pel has achieved a high reputation 
 for his ability and perseverance. 
 He is a public spirited citizen, im- 
 bued with an exalted sense of pa- 
 triotism and progressiveness, and 
 enjoys the confidence and respect 
 of every one who knows him. He 
 is one of the most popular and best 
 known men, not alone in his town, 
 but in North Hudson [generally. 
 He is discharging his duties to the 
 full satisfaction of the people in the 
 community. 
 
 Mr. Zoppel is a member of Jr. 
 O. U. A. M., and the Shepherds of 
 Bethlehem. 
 
 Dr. L. A. Pera^allo. 
 
 No man in the county is more 
 worthy of extended mention than 
 Dr. Louis Anthony Peragallo of 
 Hoboken, who has risen in promi- 
 nence in the musical world solely 
 through his efforts and ability. 
 
 Although a young man, he has 
 made a record for himself of which 
 many an old man could well feel 
 proud. 
 
 Dr. Peragallo was born in New 
 York City, in the year 1888. His 
 parents were Ferdinand Peragallo 
 and Mary Vezetti, the latter a 
 member of one of the most promi- 
 nent families in Hoboken, and both 
 natives of Italy. 
 
 The family moved to Hoboken 
 when Louis was very young, and 
 there he received his early educa- 
 tion, graduating from Public 
 School No. 8. He then entered 
 High School, but as he had a splen- 
 did talent for music, his parents 
 took him to Italy, when he was fif- 
 teen years old, and there he studied 
 the violin under the widely known 
 Professor Sarti. 
 
 For eleven years he studied 
 music in Italy and in 1914 he gra- 
 duated from the Royal Conserva- 
 tory in Bologna, in that country, 
 with high honors, and was award- 
 ed the degree of Doctor of Music. 
 He was also elected honorary mem- 
 ber of the Royal Philharmonic 
 Academy of Bologna. The follow- 
 ing year he returned to this coun- 
 try and opened a studio at 1035 
 Garden St., Hoboken. 
 
 ' The doctor since has conducted 
 several large and very successful 
 concerts, and his quintet, composed 
 of some of his advanced pupils, 
 have taken many honors at the dif- 
 ferent places they have played. 
 
 Dr. Peragallo is not only well 
 known in musical circles, but also 
 in social aflfairs has become quite a 
 figure. 
 
 His pleasing personality has 
 gained him a host of friends and 
 admirers, and between his profes- 
 sional and social duties he is kept 
 very busy. When at leisure the 
 doctor indulges in walking and has 
 become quite an expert in cross- 
 rnuntrv w^alkinp'. 
 
A. HoKanson. 
 
 Andrew Hokanson was the first 
 and is today one of the largest 
 builders in Woodcliff. 
 
 He was born in Sweden, June 
 13, 1868, and after finishing his 
 public school education there he 
 
 learned the carpenter and building 
 trade. He became quite an expert 
 as a ship carpenter and for eight 
 years he sailed the seas and has 
 been in every civilized country in 
 the world. In 1903 he came to this 
 country, and settled in New York 
 City, but two years later moved to 
 Woodcliff. He worked as a car- 
 penter until 1909, when he en- 
 gaged in business for himself as 
 a contractor and builder. The dis- 
 tinction of being the first builder in 
 that section of the county belongs 
 to Mr. Hokanson. During the time 
 he has been in business he has built 
 a house at the average of every 
 thirty days. He specialized in pri- 
 vate residences and has erected 
 some of the most beautiful dwell- 
 ings in the Woodcliff as well as in 
 
 the Grantwood sections. He is at 
 present very busy erecting several 
 houses for many prominent people, 
 who are anxious to secure his ser- 
 vices. 
 
 Mr. Hokanson employs as many 
 as sixty men, and personally super- 
 vises every detail in his building 
 enterprises. 
 
 He was married in 1900 to 
 Hanna Henrikson, with whom he 
 has one daughter. 
 
 Oscar Hogrelius. 
 
 Among the foremost builders in 
 the Woodcliff section is Oscar 
 Hogrelius. Although in business 
 
 only a few years, he has erected 
 numerous buildings, and has prac- 
 tically built up the whole length of 
 29th Street, Woodcliff. He special- 
 ized in cozy residential dwellings, 
 for which that section is so well 
 known. He has, however, of late 
 erected two large, beautiful apart- 
 ment houses on 28th Street. Mr. 
 Hogrelius built the Church of In- 
 tercession in New York. He is one 
 
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of the most successful contractors 
 and builders in the northern part 
 of the county. He is thorough in 
 every detail, energetic, and practical 
 in carrying out his contracts, and 
 prompt in all he undertakes. His 
 splendid foresight, integrity, and 
 sound judgment, and his capacity 
 for business has brought him into 
 more than local prominence. As 
 his business has always occ.upied 
 his full time, he has never affiliated 
 himself with any political or frater- 
 nal organization.' He takes a great 
 interest in church work, and is, na- 
 turally, much interested in civic 
 work. 
 
 Mr. Hogrelius was born in Swe- 
 den, January 25th, 1865. There he 
 received his early education and 
 later learned his trade. In 1899 he 
 immigrated to this country, and 
 settled in New York, later moving 
 to Woodcliff, where he soon after 
 engaged in business for himself. 
 
 In 1906 he married Edith Olson, 
 with whom he has one son, Olaf . 
 
 Fred. E. Conover, D. C. 
 
 Fred E.. Conover, D. C, one of 
 the best known Chiropractors in 
 North Hudson, was born Nov. 30, 
 1880. He received his early edu- 
 cation in the public schools of West 
 Hoboken, and after graduating 
 took a course in a business college. 
 He then started to study drugless 
 healing and attendted the New Jer- 
 sey College of Chiropractors, from 
 which institution he graduated and 
 received the degree of D. C. and 
 Ph. C. He took a post graduate 
 course at Electric Osteopathic In- 
 stitute, and also studied at the 
 American School of Naturopathy. 
 
 The Doctor is a member of sev- 
 eral professional societies, among 
 which may be mentioned the New 
 Jersey Chiropractors' Association, 
 Hudson County Chiropractors' As- 
 
 sociation, of which he is Treasurer, 
 New Jersey Naturopaths' Associa- 
 tion, American Naturopaths' Asso- 
 ciation, and the American Academy 
 of Chiropractors' Research. 
 
 Although practising only about 
 two • years. Dr. Conover has be- 
 come one of the foremost Chiro- 
 practors in North Hudson. He es- 
 
 pecially gained wide publicity some 
 time ago, when he treated and 
 cured the little son of the noted 
 sculptor F. E. Elwell, who was suf- 
 fering from a chronic disease and 
 had been treated by several physi- 
 cians without success. Several 
 other well known people in North 
 Hud.son are praising the Doctor for 
 his skill and thorough knowledge 
 of his profession. Numerous 
 hopeless cases have been cured by 
 the Doctor, and his practice today 
 is probably one of the largest in 
 North Hudson. 
 
 His pleasing personality and his 
 genial manners have made him very 
 popular and gained him a large 
 circle of friends; 
 
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August G. Apel. 
 
 August G. Apel, of North Ber- 
 gen, is one of the best known men 
 m Hoboken and North Hudson. 
 He was born in Germany, in 1871. 
 He came to this country when only 
 sixteen years of age, and settled in 
 New York City. In 1890 he moved 
 to Hoboken, where he learned the 
 butcher business, and soon after 
 
 opened a butcher store of his own. 
 After a few years' hard work, he 
 was able to open a larger butcher 
 store, which he conducted under 
 the name of 'the Hudson County 
 Beef Company. This soon became 
 one of the largest butcher stores in 
 Hoboken. Mr. Apel has always 
 been a great believer in new ideas, 
 and modern systems ; he would, for 
 instance, when he sold a pound of 
 corned beef, give a head of cabbage 
 free with it, or when he sold soup 
 meat, give free soup greens. He 
 was one of the first business men 
 to install a cash register.^ The busi- 
 ness soon became too big for him>^ 
 and rather than conduct a store in 
 
 which he had to employ several 
 men, he sold out this business and 
 built a home at the Six Corners, 
 North Bergen, in which he opened 
 a small butcher shop. This he sold 
 out about fifteen years ago, when 
 he built another house on the next 
 lot, where he started a moving and 
 trucking business. In this he has 
 also succeeded, and by hard consist- 
 ent work, has made this business 
 one of the largest of its kind in 
 North Hudson. He has two large 
 auto moving vans and about twenty 
 wagons and horses. 
 
 Mr. Apel was one of the organ- 
 izers of the Protection Company of 
 the North Bergen Fire Depart- 
 ment. 
 
 In 1891, Mr. Apel married Mary 
 Muhring, with whom he has three 
 children, of which August,. Jr., al- 
 though only twenty-one years of 
 age, is practically running the busi- 
 ness. He is as much devoted to the 
 father as the father is devoted to 
 him, and together they make an in- 
 separable pair. He is always find- 
 ing ways and means of improving 
 the business, and is a very hard- 
 working youth, in fact, he is always 
 working. Although he has never 
 had any mechanical tuition, he is 
 quite a mechanical genius, and has 
 just built and perfected a splendid 
 motor boat. Like his father, he has 
 never affiliated himself with any 
 political or fraternal associations, 
 as the continuously growing busi- 
 ness demands steady attention. 
 
 Preben J. Peaters. 
 
 One of the greatest scenic artists 
 in the county is Preben J. Peaters, 
 with studio in North Bergen. 
 
 He was born in Denmark, March 
 21, 1866, and at the age of six years 
 he startgd to study art in Copen- 
 hagen, the capital of Denmark. 
 When nineteen years of age, he 
 came to this country, where he 
 
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worked as a scenic artist in New 
 York City, and later traveled to 
 every principal city in the United 
 States. He spent five years in San 
 
 Ralph Emerson Peaters, and Ger- 
 trude Stevenson Peaters. 
 
 He is a member of the F. and A. 
 M., Mystic Tie, and was the first 
 President of the Pastmasters As- 
 sociation of that Order in this sec- 
 tion. 
 
 Francisco and a short time in Texas 
 and then returned to this county. 
 
 In 1903 he opened his own studio 
 at Monroe St., North Bergen, 
 where he since has painted the scen- 
 ery for some of the largest produc- 
 tions. His studio and residence 
 covers a ground of 75x100 feet. 
 
 It is not alone as a scenic artist 
 Mr. Peaters has become noted 
 throughout the county, but he has 
 also achieved quite a reputation as 
 a landscape and portrait painter. 
 Some of the most beautiful works 
 painted by his own hand can be 
 seen at his studio and residence, 
 and numerous others have been 
 sold. 
 
 Mr. Peaters' great hobby is farm- 
 ing, and he owns a large farm of 
 220 acres in New York State. 
 There his family spent the summers 
 and Mr. Peaters his week-ends. 
 
 In 1902 he married Dore Drives, 
 who soon after died in Texas. In 
 1911 he married Jenni_e E. Steven- 
 son. Mr. Peaters is the father of 
 thr^e chiHren, C^rl Preben Jr., 
 
 Otto G. SternKopf. 
 
 Otto G. Sternkopf, one of the 
 youngest real estate and insurance 
 brokers in West Hoboken, was 
 born in New York City, Feb. 18, 
 1891. He attended Public School 
 in North Bergen, where his parents 
 had moved when Otto was very 
 young. Later he attended the West 
 Hoboken High School and then 
 took up the study of law at the 
 New York University. He, how- 
 ever, soon had to give up his studies 
 on account of trouble with his eyes. 
 
 Determined to obtain as much 
 knowledge of law as possible, he 
 secured a position in a law office, 
 where he worked for nine years. 
 Six months agQ he opened his own 
 
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real estate and insurance office at 
 294 Summit Avenue, West Hobo- 
 ken, where he, in these few months, 
 has made a great success. 
 
 Mr. Sternkopf is a public spirited 
 and enterprising young man. He is 
 actively interested in all civic work 
 which may be of benefit to the 
 community. Although a very young 
 man, he has erected several build- 
 ings in the Grantwood section, and 
 intends to go into the building line 
 extensively. 
 
 He is Secretary and Treasurer of 
 the Summit Investment Co. and is 
 a member, of several organizations 
 and societies. 
 
 In 1916 Mr. Sternkopf mamed 
 Marion Paulsen, of the well known 
 old West Hoboken family. 
 
 Mr. Sternkopf's father, Albert 
 Sternkopf, was born in Germany, 
 in 1849, and immigrated into this 
 country fifty years ago. He worked 
 for a number of years in the insur- 
 ance business, in which he became 
 very, successful. One of his other 
 sons, Frederick, is Town Treasurer 
 of North Bergen. 
 
 James J. McClelland. 
 
 One of the most enterprising and 
 ambitions young men in North 
 Hudson is Mr. James J. McClel- 
 land, Cashier and one of the Di- 
 rectors of the First National Bank 
 of the Town of Union. He is the 
 son of Thomas McClelland, the 
 present Tax Collector of .Union 
 Hill and was born in that town on 
 May 30, 1884. After finishing his 
 early school education in the local 
 schools, he worked in minor clerical 
 positions and in 1909 entered the 
 service of the above mentioned 
 bank as messenger. The bank had 
 just been organized and Mr. Mc- 
 Clelland was one of its first em- 
 ployees. He at once put his whole 
 heart and soul into his work, and 
 his ability and efficiency was quick- 
 ly recognized. He was promoted the 
 
 following year to bookkeeper, the 
 year after to Paying Teller, and in 
 1913 to Cashier. He is now also 
 one of the bank's Directors. Mr. 
 McClelland has discharged his du- 
 ties in a thorough, businesslike 
 manner with great fidelity and 
 honor. He has proven himself 
 more than equal to his task and has 
 achieved a high reputation for abil- 
 ity and perseverance. 
 
 That the First National Bank of 
 the Town of Union has greatly 
 benefited by Mr. McClelland's valu- 
 able services, can readily be seen 
 when reading the history of this 
 bank published elsewhere in this 
 book. 
 
 Mr. McClelland is a pubHc-spir- 
 ited and patriotic citizen, and while 
 he has never aspired to any public 
 office, he is nevertheless much in- 
 terested in anything which may 
 benefit the community. 
 
 He is not an organization man or 
 connected with any fraternities, but 
 devotes his entire time to his du- 
 ties in the bank. 
 
 His great hobby is "Work", in 
 which he takes a deep and conscien- 
 tious interest. 
 
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FranK Effert. 
 
 Frank Effert, of the blue and 
 lime stone firm of Effert & Gerish. 
 was born in West New York, Oc- 
 tober 9th, 1885. After finishing 
 his early public school education, 
 he learned the stone cutting busi- 
 ness withWm.Luckhardt, and later 
 worked in • several large stone 
 yards. Eight years ago he estab- 
 
 lished his present business, which 
 is the largest of its kind in North 
 Hudson. The shop and yard lo- 
 cated at 670 Polk St. cover a 
 ground of 75x200 feet. It is 
 equipped with the most modern 
 machinery and tools. 
 
 Mr. Effert has always taken a 
 deep interest in public affairs and 
 has held the office of Assessment 
 Commissioner for the last three 
 years. As a resident of West New 
 York he came early into promi- 
 nence, displaying a broad public 
 spirit and winning a deserved pop- 
 ularity. He is greatly respected 
 and esteemed in the community, 
 whose confidence he enjoys to the 
 
 utmost. He has exerted an import- 
 ant influence in various directions, 
 and by courage and perseverance 
 has achieved a high reputation in 
 all the relations of life. His un- 
 impeachable integrity has never 
 been questioned. 
 
 In politics, Mr: Effert has al- 
 ways been an a:rdent Democrat. 
 
 His motto has always been: 
 "Treat the people the same way 
 you would like them to treat you." 
 In the present campaign Mr. Efl'ert 
 is not doing much shouting, but be- 
 lieves that actions speak stronger 
 than words. 
 
 FredericK Koch. 
 
 Frederick Koch, manufacturer 
 of artistic medals and badges, was 
 born in Baden, Germany, Feb. 15, 
 1862. He received his early edu- 
 cation in the old country, and later 
 
 studied as an artist. Not satisfied 
 with studying in Germany alone, he 
 started to travel and studied in 
 Vienna, London, Rome, and Brus- 
 sels, in which latter city he received 
 
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two prizes for modeling, from the 
 Academy. 
 
 He came to this country in 1884, 
 when he settled in New York City, 
 where he worked as an artist. In 
 1889 he established his own busin- 
 ess in New York as an engraver. 
 Twenty-five years ago he came to 
 West Hoboken, where he establish- 
 ed his present business as manu- 
 facturer of badges and medals four 
 years ago. 
 
 The plant, which is located at 
 72-82 Palisade Ave., West Hobo- 
 ken, and which is one of the largest 
 in the country, has a space of about 
 7,000 square feet, and employs 
 from 25 to, 50 people. 
 
 Although Mr. Koch does not 
 employ any salesman, he has been 
 very successful in finding a market 
 for his products, and can now boast 
 of having customers all over the 
 United States, South America, and 
 Canada. This has been made pos- 
 sible by extensive advertising, of 
 which Mr. Koch is a great believer. 
 
 As a public-spirited and enter- 
 prising citizen, none is .better 
 known than Mr. Koch. He has for 
 many years been prominently con- 
 nected with the Republican Party. 
 He is genial and frank, and is pos- 
 ■sessed of a sterling business charac- 
 ■ ter. 
 
 He married Elizabeth Ringler, of 
 the well known West Hoboken 
 family, in 1893. They have four 
 children, — Frederick August, 
 Charles William, Louis Ottoj, and 
 Lillian. 
 
 George E. Barrett. 
 
 George E. Barrett, County Com- 
 mitteeman, residing at No. 411 
 Humboldt St., Union Hill, was 
 born in New York City on the 11th 
 of July, 1877. He received his 
 early education in that city, and at 
 an early age secured a position as 
 messenger boy in a Wall Street 
 
 office. He has worked in Wall St. 
 all his life and now holds a respons- 
 ible position as manager in a large 
 Wall St. banking house. Mr. Bar- 
 rett has gained a high reputation as 
 a certified public accountant. 
 
 Before moving to Union Hill, in 
 which town he has lived for a num- 
 ber of vears, Mr. Barrett was nrom- 
 
 inent in politics in New York City 
 and actively interested in Tammany 
 Hall, and was a General Commit- 
 teeman in that organization. 
 
 In 1915 he was elected County 
 Committeeman and -Secretary of 
 the County Committee in this coun- 
 ty, although his opponent was one 
 of the strongest candidates in the 
 Ward. In' 1916 he was re-elected 
 to this office by a substantial ma- 
 jority. 
 
 Mr. Barrett is probably one of 
 the most prominent men in frater- 
 nal, political and social circles. He 
 is the Esteemed Leading Knight of 
 'the B. P. O. E., Hoboken Lodge 
 No. 74, and a member of the Royal 
 Arcanum. He is also a member of 
 the Phil Schumacher Association, 
 and an honorary president of the 
 
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Jefferson Democratic Club in the 
 Bronx, N. Y., and a member of the 
 Wall Street Clerks Association. 
 He is Vice-President of Engine Co. 
 No. 2, Union Hill, Fire Depart- 
 ment, and is a member of this de- 
 partment since 1914. He is one of 
 the best known orators in the coun- 
 ty, and one of the most accomplish- 
 ed after-dinner story tellers. 
 
 Mr. Barrett married Marcella 
 McLean in 1899. They have three 
 children, Agnes, Eugene, and 
 George, Jr. 
 
 In July, 1917, he was appointed 
 chairman of the Local Draft Board 
 No. 3 for the County of Hudson, 
 State of New Jersey, by President 
 Wilson. 
 
 William G. Weller. 
 
 William G. Weller, Town Treas- 
 urer of WestHoboken, is one of the 
 best known men in North Hudson. 
 
 Though a young man, Mr. Weller 
 has achieved a high reputation for 
 ability and perseverance. He is a 
 public-spirited citizen, imbued with 
 
 an exalted sense of patriotism and 
 .progressiveness, and by action and 
 example has exerted a wholesome 
 influence in the community, whose 
 respect and confidence he enjoys to 
 the utmost. 
 
 He was born in Brooklyn, Nov. 
 5, 1885, where he received his 
 public school education. His par- 
 ents moved to ^Vest Hoboken in 
 1897, and William secured a cleric- 
 al position, later becoming a book- 
 keeper, and worked in this capacity 
 with one firm seven years. In the 
 meantime he studied accounting, 
 and later opened his own office as 
 an expert accountant, with offices 
 at 110 Hutton Street, Jersey City. 
 He is publicly recognized as one 
 of the ablest accountants in the 
 county, and does a very extensive 
 business with numerous large firms. 
 He lately completed an audit of the 
 books of the Township of Wee- 
 hawken. He is also Secretary of 
 the Central Building and Loan As- 
 sociation of Jersey City. 
 
 Mr. Weller has always taken an 
 active interest in the Republican 
 Party and served the Town of 
 West Hoboken as Councilman from 
 1913 to 1915. On January 1st, 
 1917, he was appointed Treasurer 
 of that town. 
 
 He is a member of the Lincoln 
 Republican Club of West Hoboken 
 and several other societies. He is 
 very fond of baseball, and was 
 formerly known as one of the best 
 bowlers of North Hudson. Mr. 
 Weller is unmarried. 
 
 Adolph Machetto. 
 
 Adolph Machetto, a member of 
 the North Bergen Board of Educa- 
 tion, and one of the young promin- 
 ent men of North Hudson, was 
 born at Stirling, Morris County, 
 N. J., on November 1, 1890. Six 
 years later his parents moved to 
 North Bergen, and Adolph receiv- 
 
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ed his education in the Union Hill 
 public schools and in the North 
 Bergen Public School No. 3. At 
 the age of fourteen he secured a 
 position as office boy for a business 
 firm in New York City, and he 
 
 has remained with this firm dur- 
 ing the twelve years since, and by 
 his energy and strict attention to 
 business has worked his way up to 
 his present position as City and Ex- 
 l)ort Sales Manager. 
 
 Though a young man, Mr. 
 Machetto has achieved a high repu- 
 tation for his ability and persever- 
 ance. He is a public-spirited citi- 
 zen, imbued with an exalted sense 
 of patriotism and progressiveness, 
 and by action and example has ex- 
 erted a wholesome influence in the 
 community, whose respect and con- 
 fidence he enjoys to the utmost. He 
 is one of the most popular and best 
 known men, not only in his town, 
 but in North Hudson generally. 
 
 He has always taken an active 
 interest in public affairs. On Fe- 
 bruary 1, 1916, he was appointed 
 member of the Board of Educa- 
 tion; he is also a member of the 
 
 Board of School Estimate and of 
 the Volunteer Fire Department, 
 Peei-less Hose Co. No. 3. 
 
 Mr. Machetto is also interested 
 in several business enterprises and 
 is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M., 
 (Garfield Council No. 56), and the 
 Second Ward Democratic Club of 
 North Bergen. He is unmarried. 
 
 Theodore Schaefer. 
 
 One of the most popular officials 
 in A\'est New York is Councilman 
 Theodore Schaefer. 
 
 He was bom in Germany, on 
 July 13th, 1882, and came to this 
 country in 1896. Twelve years ago 
 he settled in West New York, where 
 he bought his present business, that 
 of wagon manufacturer and wagon 
 painter. He conducted the busi- 
 ness in partnership with Herman 
 W. Schaefer of Jersey City, under 
 the firm name of Schaefer & 
 
 Schaefer, for ten years. Herman 
 W. Schaefer died, and Mr. Theo- 
 dore Schaefer became the sole 
 owner. 
 
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The business was originally es- 
 tablished over fifty years ago and 
 under the able management of Mr. 
 Schaefer it has become one of the 
 largest concerns of its kind in 
 North Hudson. Twelve men are 
 continuously employed in the shop, 
 building, repairing and painting 
 wagons. Everything is done on the 
 premises from start to finish; and 
 some of the finest work is turned 
 out. 
 
 Among the customers of this 
 concern are some of the oldest and 
 most prominent business men, who 
 pride themselves in having excep- 
 tionally fine delivery wagons. 
 
 In public life Councilman Schae- 
 fer has always taken a prominent 
 part. At one time he served his 
 town as Tax Assessor. His great 
 ability and integrity were soon re- 
 cognized, and /in 1914 the iresli- 
 dents of the town elected him a 
 member of the Board of Council. 
 After his term had expired, the 
 people insisted on keeping him in 
 the Board and re-elected him for 
 another term in 1916. His second 
 term expires at the end of this year 
 but although the people were eager 
 to elect him for a third term, he 
 declined on the plea that his busi- 
 ness needs his full attention. 
 While in office he has done much 
 for the welfare and the develop- 
 ment of the town and has been 
 instrumental in bringing about 
 many needed improvements. 
 
 The Councilman is possessed of 
 great business ability and a sterl- 
 ing business character. His pleas- 
 ing, dignified, quiet manners have 
 gained him a host of friends, who 
 greatly admire and esteem him. 
 
 He is a member of the Free 
 Masons, Foresters of America, 
 Ind. Foresters of America, and has 
 been chairman of the Building and 
 Loan Association for the last four 
 years. He was one of the organ- 
 izers of the W. N. Y. Maennerchor 
 and was chairman of the Building 
 
 and Ground Committee when the 
 new Town Hall was built. 
 
 In 1905 he married Hanna Bock, 
 with whom he has one son, Theo- 
 dore, Jr. 
 
 John B. Freudenberger, 
 Jr. 
 
 One of the best known and most 
 respected men in West New York 
 is John B. Freudenberger, Jr., a 
 member of the Board of Council 
 of that town. 
 
 He was born in New York City, 
 July 3rd, 1882, and received his 
 school education in New York and 
 
 abroad. After finishing his school- 
 ing, he secured a position as clerk 
 and in 1900 became connected with 
 Armour & Co. in New York City, 
 and later with the New York Stock 
 Exchange as reporter and tele- 
 grapher, where he has since been 
 employed. 
 
 He came to West New York in 
 1907 and soon after became deeply 
 
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interested in the upbuilding of that 
 town. 
 
 His abiHty, sound judgment and 
 enterprise combined with a sterling 
 business character, soon made him 
 one of the most popular men in 
 the town, and the residents urged 
 him to become a candidate to the 
 Board of Counci|men. Hte was 
 elected a member of the Board in 
 1913, and during his term in of- 
 fice procured so many improve- 
 ments in the section and discharged 
 his duties in such an efficient man- 
 ner that the people re-elected him to 
 „the same office in 1915. 
 
 Councilman Freudenberger has 
 been instrumental in the laying out 
 of many streets, especially in the 
 lower section on the easterly side, 
 and has worked enthusiastically 
 with the other members of the 
 Board for the improvements of the 
 Fire Department, which ihas al- 
 most been motorized completely. 
 A new modern fire alarm system 
 has also been installed in the town 
 during the tenure of the Council- 
 man's office. 
 
 Though a young man. Council- 
 man Freudenberger has achieved a 
 high reputation for ability and per- 
 severance. He is a pubHc-spirited 
 citizen, imbued with an exalted 
 sense of patriotism and progres- 
 siveness, and by action and ex- 
 ample has exerted a wholesome in- 
 fluence in the community, whose 
 respect and confidence he enjoys to ■ 
 the utmost. His one great hobby is 
 to develop the town of West New 
 York to one of the most modern 
 towns in the State. 
 
 The Councilman married Miss 
 Mary V. Wolf in 1904. They have 
 two children. Their names are 
 John and Joseph. 
 
 Richard J. Miller. 
 
 One of the most respected and 
 esteemed inen in North Hudson is 
 Richard J. Miller of West New 
 York, former Mayor of that town. 
 
 During his two terms as Mayor, 
 from 1910 to 1914, he rendered 
 most efficient service to the town, 
 
 bringing to his duties the energies, 
 abilities and thoroughness 'which 
 characterizes successful men. Due 
 to his great ability, superior judg- 
 ment and enterprise West New York 
 has becpm^i.pne of the foremost 
 municipalities in the county. To 
 attempt to publish the many im- 
 provements he inaugurated during 
 his administration, would fill a 
 moderate sized book. 
 
 Mr. Miller is a man of broad, 
 scholarly attainments, of noble and 
 generous impulses, and universally 
 esteemed and respected not only 
 
 137 
 
for his ability and integrity, but 
 also for those affectionate and sym- 
 pathetic qualities which make him 
 so popular among all people. He 
 has always interested himself in 
 the affairs of the community and is 
 an ardent advocate of every move- 
 ment and project which has the 
 welfare of the people for its object. 
 
 He has always been an ardent 
 democrat, a friend of education, 
 and a benevolent, patriotic, public- 
 spirited citizen. 
 
 Previous to his term of Mayor, 
 he served one year in the Board 
 of Council. In 1913 he named the 
 first appointive Board of Education 
 under the laws of 1912. The 
 Board <yi Playground Commission- 
 ers was created by Mr. Miller in 
 1912, and the people of West New 
 York can thank the former Mayor 
 for the playground, which has 
 been of immense benefit to the 
 people of the Town. As chairman 
 of the Board of Recreation Com- 
 missioners, he has inaugurated 
 many plans of benefit to the people. 
 
 John L. VoellmicKe. 
 
 John L. Voellmicke is one of the 
 well known cafe owners in the 
 northern part of the county. 
 
 He was born in Germany, June 
 20, 1884,- and. received his public 
 school education in that country. 
 He then secured a position in a 
 wholesale dry goods concern, and 
 on November 21, 1905, he came to 
 this country. He then settled in 
 New York, but after a few months 
 moved to Newark, where he work- 
 ed in the cafe business. One year 
 after he came to North Hudson, 
 where he has resided ever since. 
 
 In 1908, only a little over two 
 years after his arrival in this coun- 
 try, he went into the cafe business 
 fpr himself in West Hoboken. 
 
 Four years ago he bought his 
 present place on Hackensack 
 
 Plank Road, on the corner of 
 Gardner St., Union Hill. This 
 place is one of the oldest in North 
 Hudson and was the first Turn 
 Hall in that section. The place, in- 
 cluding cafe, restaurant, summer 
 garden and wagon sheds, covers a 
 ground of five full city lots. It 
 
 especially caters to funeral parties 
 and is located right opposite the 
 Palisade and Weehawken Ceme- 
 teries. 
 
 Mr. Voellmicke has never sought 
 nor accepted any public office, 
 nor does he belong to any secret 
 fraternities or lodges. He devotes 
 his full time to his business enter- 
 prise, and is known as a man par- 
 ticularly able in his business. He 
 is public spirited and enterprising 
 and a man of pleasing ways and 
 manners, which has gained hiii^ 
 a large host of friends. His hon- 
 esty and integrity have never been 
 questioned. 
 
 Mr. Voellmicke marrired Mary 
 Bartl in 1910. They have three 
 children, Viola, John, and Wil- 
 liam. 
 
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M. C. Wolpert. 
 
 Mfchael C. Wolpert, one of the 
 leading contractors in Union Hill 
 and the present Building Inspector 
 of that town, was born in Baden, 
 Germany, December 23, 1866. Af- 
 ter barely finishing his public school 
 education in that country, he came 
 
 to America in 1884. He started 
 to learn the tinsmith and roofing 
 trade with several well known con- 
 tractors in Union Hill, and in 1890 
 went into business for himself and 
 opened a small shop at 183 Bergen- 
 line Avenue, and as business in- 
 creased, he found it necessary to 
 look for still larger quarters, and in 
 1911 he built his present shop, of- 
 fice and stable at 514 Third St 
 
 This property covers a ground 
 of 50x100 feet and the shop is 
 equipped with all the most modern 
 machinery. 
 
 Mr. Wolpert has built up a large 
 business in sheet metal work, roof- 
 ing, hot air heating and ventilating. 
 By close, careful study he has suc- 
 ceeded in building up a large busi- 
 ness and a repvitation second to 
 none in North Hudson. He has 
 demonstrated that the man with ab- 
 solutely no financial backing can 
 •succeed, provided he uses his hands 
 and head. 
 
 Wr. Wolpert executed the con- 
 tract on all metal work and copper 
 
 corners at the Necker Building, 
 Union Hill, and has for the last 
 fifteen years done all the metal 
 work for the Hackensack Water 
 Works on all this company's plants 
 scattered all over the county. 
 
 One year ago, Mr. Wolpert in- 
 corporated his business, which is 
 now known as Michael C. Wol- 
 pert Inc. 
 
 On January 1, 1917. he was ap- 
 pointed building inspector of the 
 Town of Union. 
 
 Mr. Wolpert married Ida Rie- 
 menschneider, of the well known 
 Union Hill family, in 1889. There 
 are no children. 
 
 Peter Planert. 
 
 The distinction of being one of 
 the most remarkable men in Hud- 
 County belongs to Peter 
 
 son 
 
 Planert, the proprietor of the 
 Fischer Hotel on First St., 
 Hoboken. 
 
 He is French by birth, speaks 
 the German language fluently, as 
 
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well as English, and some Polish. 
 He conducts a hotel under a Ger- 
 man name, which is largely patron- 
 ized by German, English, French, 
 Scandinavian, and American 
 people. 
 
 The hostelry, which is one of 
 the oldest in Hoboken, having been 
 built about 30 years ago, is widely 
 known all over the United States, 
 as well as in Europe. It is the 
 favorite stopping place for travel- 
 ers coming from all parts of the 
 country going to or coming from 
 Europe. The hotel consists of a 
 cafe, restaurant and forty rooms. 
 It is one of the coziest and most 
 homelike hotels imaginable. 
 
 Mr. Planert was born in Lor- 
 raine of French parents, April 27, 
 1876, and came to this country in 
 1892. He started to work in New 
 York City in a grocery store for 
 $5 a month, and later traveled 
 West, where he worked in the hotel 
 business. After his return to New 
 York he worked in the Holland 
 House and in the Waldorf. In 
 1907 he bought the Fischer Hotel, 
 which he has since succeeded in 
 making one of the most popular 
 hotels in Hoboken. He personally 
 supervises every detail of the busi- 
 ness and carefully looks after the 
 comfort of each guest. 
 
 His great knowledge of the 
 business, his ability, enterprise, in- 
 tegrity, and pleasing personality- 
 have been the great factors of his 
 success. 
 
 Mr. Planert is a member of the 
 Elks, Hoboken No. 74, Scottish 
 Rite, Euclid Lodge No. 136, F. & 
 A. M., and Zem Zem Grotto. 
 
 John Faller a Son. 
 
 One of the most conspicuous 
 manufacturing concerns in Hudson 
 Cdunty is that of John Faller 
 monumental Co. 
 
 The firm conducts two plants, 
 
 one at Hackensack Plank Road at 
 the entrance of the Weehawken 
 and Palisade Cemetery, which is 
 the main oilice and yard and under 
 the supervision of Mr. Faller Sr., 
 
 while the other plant is located at 
 Fairview, under the supervision of 
 John Faller, Jr. Both places are 
 equipped with the most modern 
 machinery and tools and because 
 of the beautiful work turned out 
 at these places, they have become 
 very widely known. 
 
 John Faller, Sr., was born in 
 Baden, Germany, in 1860. After 
 obtaining his early school educa- 
 tion he started to learn the monu- 
 mental business and in 1877 he 
 emigrated to America. In 1881 he 
 started in business at Lutheran 
 Cemetery, Queens County, Long 
 Island, from which place he moved 
 in 1886 to the State of New Jersey 
 to form a partnership with" \Vm. 
 Luckhardt, at the entrance of Ho- 
 boken and Flower Hill Cemeteries. 
 Six years later he sold out his 
 share in the partnership and went 
 out west, where he remained about 
 
 140 
 
SIX years. In 1901 he returned to 
 North Hudson and purchased the 
 Monumental business . of the late 
 Adam Duerkes, and also that of 
 the late George Wernsing at the 
 Weehawken and Palisad'e Ceme- 
 teries. 
 
 About eleven years ago Mr. 
 Faller took John, Jr., and George 
 into partnership, and the firm be- 
 came known as the John Faller 
 Monumental Co. The branch yard 
 in Fairview was then established. 
 About nine years ago the son 
 George sold his share of the busi- 
 ness to his father and brother. 
 
 John Faller, Sr., and John Fal- 
 ler, Jr., are well known through- 
 out the county. Their great abil- 
 
 Charles J. Morris. 
 
 ity and knowledge of the business 
 have brought them into more than 
 local prominence. They are both 
 prominent in fraternal and social 
 circles and have achieved an emin- 
 ent reputation for their sterling 
 business character. 
 
 Mr. Faller, Sr., is a member of 
 the F. & A. M. and the Odd 
 Fellows. 
 
 Few men in the county are bet- 
 ter known than Charles J. Morris, 
 Township Committeeman of North 
 Bergen. 
 
 He was born in New York City, 
 November 11th, 1872, his parents 
 being Michael Morris and Sarah 
 
 (O'Neil). Charles received his 
 early education in New York, and 
 came to Hudson County with the 
 family 26 years ago, of which time 
 they have spent 21 years in North 
 Bergen. 
 
 Mr. Charles Morris has been 
 with one firm the last twenty-five 
 years, beginning as a clerk, then, 
 promoted to bookkeeper, and now 
 holds the position as cashier. He 
 has been active in politics for the 
 last 18 years, and served as Presi- 
 dent of the School Board from 
 1899 to 1900. He was Chief of 
 the Fire Department from 1905 to 
 1907, then served as clerk for the 
 Board of Health for three years, 
 and was then elected to the Board 
 
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of Freeholders, in which Board he 
 served from 1911 to 1912. 
 
 In 1914 Mr. Morris was elected 
 to the T^ownship Committee and re- 
 elected in 1916. While serving as 
 Township Committeeman he also 
 holds the ofifice of chairman of the 
 Police Committee. 
 
 Mr. Morris married Elisabeth 
 Weiss of the old Guttenberg family 
 in 1894. They have three children, 
 Charles, Jr., Louis J., and G. A. 
 Julius. 
 
 He is very prominently con- 
 nected in fraternal, political and 
 social circles, being a member of 
 the F. & A. M., the Shriners, Scot- 
 tish Rite Masons, the Elks (Hobo- 
 ken No. 74), and Royal Arcanum. 
 He is the standard bearer of the 
 Charles Morris Association, Presi- 
 dent of North Bergen Exempt 
 Firemen's Association, Treasurer 
 of the North Bergen Firemen's 
 Relief Association, Treasurer of 
 the American Engine Co., Treasur- 
 er of Charles Morris Xmas So- 
 ciety, member of Keystone Fire 
 Chiefs Association, and Secretary 
 of North Bergen Building and 
 Loan Association. 
 
 Mr. Morris is possessed of an 
 exceptional ability, sound judg- 
 ment, and splendid foresight. He 
 is considered a leader among men, 
 and his pleasing personality has 
 gained him a very large host of 
 friends. 
 
 Paul Seglie. 
 
 One of the most popular men 
 in the County is Boulevard Com- 
 missioner Paul Seglie of West 
 Hoboken. 
 
 He has been a resident of that 
 town for many years and has built 
 up a very successful liquor busi- 
 ness in North Hudson. 
 
 Mr. Seglie is a fine example of 
 the Italian-American citizen, one 
 of that large class whose industry. 
 
 economy and sturdy intelligence 
 have done so much toward the de- 
 velopment of our country, and 
 whose solid qualities and valuable 
 service in all departments of pri- 
 vate and public life have been re- 
 cognized in every portion of the 
 republic. 
 
 By tireless activity- and prompt, 
 thorough attention to business he 
 has built up one of the largest 
 
 businesses of its kind in the nor- 
 thern part of the county. 
 
 Mr. Seglie is a man of kind and 
 generous impulses, as is evidenced 
 by the fact that he is known as a 
 friend of the poorer classes, who 
 often receive his assistance and 
 help. 
 
 So bright and energetic a man 
 could scarcely fail to become a 
 leader in politics. He is an ardent 
 Republican and has always been 
 true to the Republican standards, 
 and hence enjoys the fullest con- 
 fidence of his party. 
 
 He has twice been elected to 
 the Boulevard Commission and the 
 last time, in 1916, after one of the 
 most bitter political contests Hud- 
 
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son County has ever witnessed. 
 While in office, Mr. Seglie has 
 faithfully discharged his public 
 duties, and has become very popu- 
 lar - for his strong opposition to 
 closed specification. He is a man 
 whose ability and integrity has 
 never been questioned, and -who 
 will not stand for any one impos- 
 ing on the public by dishonest 
 methods. 
 
 Mr. Seglie has also held the of- 
 fice as County -Committeeman, to 
 which office he seeks to be re- 
 elected at the coming election. 
 
 His many friends predict that he 
 will have no trouble, but will be re- 
 elected by a large majority. 
 
 Arthur 0. Smith. 
 
 One of the most respected men 
 in educational circles in the State 
 of New Jersey is Arthur O. 
 Smith, Superintendent of the Pub- 
 lic Schools in West Hoboken. 
 
 He was born at Smith's Hill, 
 Sussex County, N. J., March 6th, 
 1875, His parents were Albert 
 
 O. and S. Elizabeth (Anderson) 
 Smith, who were among the earlier 
 settlers of that section. 
 
 Mr. Smith attended the district 
 school in the village of Washing- 
 tonville, now called Halsey. He 
 later entered the High School at 
 Newton, from which institution he 
 graduated in 1895. 
 
 Mr. Smith then began teaching 
 in a "little red school house in the 
 woods" at Blooming Grove, Want- 
 age Township, iri his native county. 
 The following iyear he was ap- 
 pointed principal of the school at 
 Branchville, N. J., where he .re- 
 mained for two years. In 1898 he 
 entered the State Normal School at 
 Trenton, graduating in 1900. In 
 this institution he also took a Post 
 Graduate Course. His studies 
 were, however, interruptedt by a 
 severe illness, but after regaining 
 his health he took up his studies 
 again and completed his final course 
 there in 1902. The same year he 
 was appointed Superintendent in 
 the Borough of Sussex and held 
 that office for two years. 
 
 In September, 1904, Mr. Smith 
 came to North Bergen as Principal 
 of School No. 3, a year later 
 School No. 8, then newly opene:l, 
 was also placed in his charge. 
 
 In the meantime Mr. Smith stu- 
 died at the New York University, 
 where he received the degrees of 
 B. S. in 1911 and M. A. in 1914. 
 
 On November 4th, 1916, he was. 
 appointed County -Superintendent 
 for Hudson County. 
 
 After the death of Superintend- 
 ent Kinsley of West Hoboken, the 
 Board of Education of that town 
 offered the vacant position to Mr. 
 Smith. He would accept the posi- 
 tion only on the conditions that the 
 Board would unanimously appoint 
 him and that he be given a free 
 hand of the management of the 
 schools in West Hoboken. Mr. 
 Smith did not want to become Su- 
 perintendent of Schools in name 
 
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only, but wanted full authority in 
 all matters pertaining to the educa- 
 tional phase of the public school af- 
 fairs in the town. 
 
 On June 2Sth, 1917, the Board of 
 Education of West Hoboken, by a 
 unanimous vote appointed Mr. 
 Smith Superintendent of Schools 
 for a period of five years with 
 power and authority as he desires. 
 
 Mr. Smith is a highly trained 
 and educated man and possesses 
 all of those virtues which stamp 
 him as a successful man. As an 
 educator and disciplinarian he has 
 achieved an eminent reputation. 
 His pleasing personality has gained 
 him many friends throughout the 
 county. 
 
 Mr. Smith married Melissa 
 Greenleaf in 1908. 
 
 He is a member of I. O. O. F., 
 a member of the Consistory of the 
 Grove Reformed Church in North 
 Bergen, is President of the Build- 
 ing and Loan Association in North 
 Bergen and Director of the Mer- 
 chants' and Manufacturers' Trust 
 Co. in Union Hill. 
 
 Otto Venino, Jr. 
 
 Among the able younger lawyer,'^ 
 of North Hudson is Otto Venino. 
 Jr., who has office with the real 
 estate and insurance firm of Ven- 
 ino & Son, located at 414 Lewis 
 St., Town of Union. 
 
 Councellor Venino has, since his 
 admisssion to the Bar, been a credit 
 to North Hudson and to the pro- 
 fession he represents. He has a 
 select list of clients, which is con- 
 stantly growing, because in him 
 those who are careful in legal mat- 
 ters, recognize a man who will 
 look after their interests as closely 
 as he would his own. 
 
 Mr. Venino, Jr., was born in 
 the Town of Union in 1891 and 
 received his early education in the 
 
 Public schools and High School of 
 that town. After graduating 
 from High School in 1908, he en- 
 tered the New York University 
 Law School. He graduated from 
 this institution in 1911 with the 
 degree of L. L. B. The following 
 year he received the degree of L, 
 L. M. 
 
 He was admitted to the Bar of 
 New Jersey as an Attorney-at- 
 
 Law in 1913, and in 1916 admitted 
 as a Counsellor-at-Law and Master 
 in Chancery. 
 
 Although his practice is general 
 and cases of every nature arc 
 handled by him, there is probably 
 no • lawyer in the county who is 
 more conscientious about the mer- 
 its of the case he undertakes as is 
 Mr. Venino. He is dignified, self- 
 confident, and is possessed of a 
 nature which draws men to him. 
 
 Mr. Venino is the son of the 
 noted real estate broker Otto 
 Venino, and both are members of 
 the well known real estate firm 
 Venino & Son. 
 
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Charles Kappes. 
 
 Charles Wm. Kappes, one of the 
 prominent members of the Bar of 
 New Jersey and New York, was 
 born at 33 Union Place, Union Hill, 
 May S, 1880. His parents were 
 
 Charles A. and Sophia (Koeber- 
 lein) Kappes, both descendants of 
 the early settlers of that section. 
 
 Charles attended the Union Hill 
 Public Schools, and in 1896 gradu- 
 ated from the Union Hill High 
 School. He then entered the New 
 York University Law School, 
 where he received the degree of L. 
 L. B. in 1898. The same year he 
 was admitted to the New York 
 Bar. After practising in the New 
 York Courts for several years, 
 during which time he was associ- 
 ated with counsel in a number of 
 important . cases, he took the ex- 
 amination in this State and was ad- 
 mitted as an Attorney-at-Law in 
 1906 and subsequently as a Coun- 
 sellor-at-Law and Master in Chan- 
 cery. He established his own law 
 practice, with offices on Bergenline 
 
 Ave., Union Hill, in 1906. Mr. 
 Kappes was later admitted as a 
 Counsellor-at-Law of the United 
 States Court. He has displayed 
 high legal qualifications in a large 
 number of important cases, with 
 which he has been identified. As 
 a lawyer he has established a high 
 reputation for his broad and accu- 
 rate knowledge of the law, and his 
 great skill and ability have often 
 been proven. 
 
 Mr. Kappes is a public-spirited 
 and enterprising citizen, thoroughly 
 identified with the best interests of 
 his town. He is prominently con- 
 nected in fraternal circles and is a 
 member of the F. and A. M., 
 Shriners Temple, and Jr. O. U. A. 
 M. In 1911 he married Erna A. 
 Braunstein and has two children, 
 Charles W., Jr., and S. Winifred. 
 
 Philip Geist. 
 
 Philip Geist, Councilman from 
 the Third Ward, West Hoboken, is 
 one of the most popular men of 
 that town. His ability, sound judg- 
 ment arrl integrity have made him 
 
 greatly respected and esteemed in 
 the community whose confidence 
 he enjoys to the utmost. He is pos- 
 sessed of those qualities which es- 
 pecially fits him to represent the 
 people. 
 
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He has been a resident of West 
 Hoboken for over thirty years and 
 is a successful business man of that 
 town. 
 
 He is not what may be called a 
 politician, but a man of the people 
 who thoroughly knows what the 
 people want and what the town 
 needs. He is enterprising and fear- 
 less and is not bossed by any man 
 or set of men, but acts and governs 
 according to the wishes of the 
 people. 
 
 Mr. Geist was born in Germany 
 on July 8th, 1880, and came to this 
 country when only six years of 
 age. After finishing his early 
 school education he learned the 
 plumbing trade and for a number 
 of years he was connected with 
 Menegaux's plumbing concern in 
 Union Hill. Twelve years ago he 
 established his own business as 
 plumber and steam fitter. 
 
 His friends, knowing his sterling 
 qualities and honesty, urged him. to 
 become a candidate for Council- 
 man in 1917. He was elected at 
 the November election and took of- 
 fice on January 1st, 1918. 
 
 Mr. Geist is a member of the 
 Odd Fellows and the Democratic 
 Town Committee. 
 
 Wm. Meister, 
 
 Ranked as third highest in the 
 taxidermist profession, by such au- 
 htorities as Carl Ackley and James 
 L. Clark, is Wm. Meister, with stu- 
 dio at 1195 Summit Ave., Jersey 
 City. 
 
 He was born in New York City 
 October 3rd, 1883. His parents 
 were Wm. and Anna (Kellee) 
 Meister. Wm. was the third oldest 
 of nine children. The family moved 
 to Jersey City in 1891, where Wil- 
 liam finished his school education 
 He then attended the New Jersey 
 Law School for two years, but pre- 
 fering the studies as a naturalist to 
 
 that of law, gave up the latter and 
 devoted his full time to the work he 
 had been interested in since he was 
 15 years of age. On October 1, 
 1915, he established himself in busi- 
 ness as a taxidermist and immedi- 
 ately met with great success, which 
 has followed him ever since. 
 
 Mr. Meister does all the taxi- 
 dermy work of the Bronx Zoologic- 
 al Garden and for many large New 
 
 York concerns and numerous pro- 
 minent hunters. Some of the most 
 beautiful work can be seen at his 
 studio. 
 
 As a citizen he is esteemed for 
 those qualities which distinguish the 
 successful man and enjoys the con- 
 fidence of all who know him. In 
 politics he is an ardent Democrat, 
 and in a quiet way has rendered 
 valuable service to his party and 
 community. He was Treasurer of 
 the 12th Ward Wittpenn. Club and 
 of the Hudson City Democratic 
 Club, both of Jersey City. 
 
 Mr. Meister has achieved a high 
 reputation for ability and persever- 
 ance. He is a public-spirited citi- 
 zen, imbued with an exalted sense 
 
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of patriotism and progressiveness, 
 and by action and -example has ex- 
 erted a wholesome influence in the 
 community, whose respect and con- 
 fidence he enjoys to the utmost. He 
 is one of the best known and popu- 
 lar men not alone in Jersey City, but 
 in Hudson County. 
 
 He married Dorothy C. Kreutz- 
 burg of Jersey City in 1905. They 
 have two children, Alma F. and 
 I-avinia D. 
 
 Mr. Meister is a member of the 
 F. & A. M., and the Masonic Club. 
 His great hobby is hunting and in 
 fact all outdoor sports. 
 
 He is also quite an artist in paint- 
 ing and rriodelling. 
 
 Prof. Gustav Meyer. 
 
 Prof. Gustav Meyer, 
 Astrologer, with studio 
 at 1125 Washington St., 
 was born in Madison, 
 February 16th, 1876. 
 moved with his parents 
 land, Ohio, and in 1885 
 
 the noted 
 and office 
 Hoboken, 
 Indiana, 
 He later 
 to Cleve- 
 moved to 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. Five years later 
 the family moved to Hoboken 
 where the father became a pros- 
 perous merchant, but died in 1905. 
 . In 1909 Prof. Meyer started to 
 study astrology under the world- 
 wide known Prof. J. O. Astor of 
 Boston, Mass., who had a study in 
 St. Paul's Building, New York. 
 He at once gave his whole body 
 and, soul to his tudies; he read 
 thought, and wrote about astrology 
 and had very soon mastered it. 
 
 Then he decided to open his own 
 studio, and has since become one 
 of the foremost Astrologers of the 
 world. 
 
 The Professor has made numer- 
 ous predictions of actual happen- 
 ings, the mention of which would 
 fill a whole book. In the N. Y. 
 Sun, December 28th, 1913, he fore- 
 told the great European War, and 
 was the only Astrologer who fore- 
 told this great war. 
 
 He predicted the (assassination 
 of President McKinley, the Ho- 
 boken fires. Lord Kitchener's death 
 and numerous other facts, which 
 actually happened as he predicted. 
 
 J. Parentini, Ph. G. 
 
 Joseph J. Parentini, President of 
 the Board of Education of West 
 Hoboken, was appointed to this 
 Board four years ago. 
 
 He was born in New York City 
 in 1882, Where he attended school 
 until his parents moved to West 
 Hoboken, where he finished his 
 
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schooling, and graduated from 
 School No. 1. For two years he 
 worked for a drug firm in New 
 York and then entered the New 
 York University, where he gradu- 
 ated in 1902. He later passed 
 the New York State Board and 
 later the New Jersey State Board. 
 He then opened a drug store at 
 Savoy and Spring Streets and in 
 1912 moved into his present store, 
 located at 259 Spring Street. This 
 is one of the most up-to-date and 
 modern drug stores in that section. 
 
 Mr. Parentini was a trustee of 
 the University of Pharmacy, Jer- 
 sey City, for one year ; he is a Di- 
 rector of the Palisade Building and 
 Loan Association, charter member 
 and ex-Director of the National 
 Bank of North Hudson, and a 
 member of the Free Masons, For- 
 esters of America, and Woodmen 
 of America, and is also a Deputy 
 Registrar of West Hoboken. 
 
 Mr. Parentini has made a large 
 circle of friends by the pleasing 
 and courteous treatment he offers 
 everyone who comes in contact 
 with him. 
 
 Michael Censullo. 
 
 Among the most widely known 
 and successful builders of North 
 Hudson is Michael Censullo of 622 
 Monastery Street, West Hoboken. 
 To mention the numerous build- 
 ings he has put up, would take too 
 much space, be it sufficient to men- 
 tion the one block of high-class 
 apartment houses at Filmore PI., 
 the large loft building at Filmore 
 PI. and Seventeenth Street, both 
 in West New York; the post of- 
 fice, fire house, a twenty-two fam- 
 ily house in Edgewater, N. J., and 
 the school in Bergenfield, N. J., 
 and many others. 
 
 Mr. Censullo was born in Italy 
 in 1880 and came to this country 
 
 in 1891. He landed in Boston, 
 where he finished his schooling and 
 learned the carpenter trade. 
 
 He later moved to Brooklyn, 
 and in 1900 came to North Hudson 
 
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 ^^^^HP^ 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 
 and there established his own busi- 
 ness 12 years ago. 
 
 Mr. Censullo is prominently 
 connected with fraternal and social 
 circles. He is a member of the 
 Zem, Zem, Mason, and Foresters 
 of America. 
 
 Louis Hohler. 
 
 One of the most popular musi- 
 cians and bandmasters in North 
 Hudson is Louis Kohler, at 205 
 Spring St., West Hoboken. 
 
 He was born in Jersey City, and 
 after finishing his schooling in 
 that city, he studied music and 
 learned to master violin, cornet, 
 and drum. He was in the thea- 
 trical business for a number of 
 years and traveled with different 
 companies as music director. 
 
 He later moved to West Hobo- 
 
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ken and has since built up an en- 
 viable reputation as an instructor 
 of music and band leader. He has 
 played at many high-class affairs. 
 and Mr. Kohler and his orchestra 
 can be found at most of the promi- 
 
 Joseph Peschkar, D. 0., 
 N. D., D. C. 
 
 J. Peschkar, the well known 
 Chiropractor and Naturopath, re- 
 siding at 313 Main St., Union Hill, 
 N. J., was born in Austria, Febru- 
 ary 18th, 1881. He came to this 
 country in March, 1908, and at 
 once started to study in West Ho- 
 boken and the New York evening 
 schools. 
 
 nent affairs held in this section. 
 He is very popular and has a host 
 of friends, and is a prominent 
 figure in fraternal and social Ufe. 
 He is a member of Jr. O. U. A, 
 M. ; Sons and Daughters of Liber- 
 ty ; Foresters of America ; Inde- 
 pendent Order of Foresters; 
 Loyal Order of Moose; Fedleral 
 Order of Eagles; Imp. Order of 
 Redmen; Shepherds of Bethle- 
 hem; Grove Mutual Ben. Ass'n; 
 Anchor Athletic Club; Clover 
 Social Club, and Charles Bollinger 
 Ass'n. He is also a member of 
 the Musicians' Local No. 526, Jer- 
 sey City, and Local No. 310, A. 
 F. of M. 
 
 Mr. Kohler 's telephone number 
 is 1385 Union. 
 
 The doctor has studied at and 
 graduated from the International 
 College of Osteopathy, 111., Ameri- 
 can School of Naturopathy and N. 
 J. College of Chiropractic, the Vo- 
 tus Academia (O. P. M. College), 
 and Electric Osteopathic Institute of 
 New York. Dr. Peschkar is one 
 of the few in his profession who 
 have taken a full course in Human 
 Dissection at the Flower Hospital, 
 New York City. , 
 
 The doctor has built up a very, 
 large practice and has become well 
 known throughout North Hudson. 
 He is a member of several profes- 
 sional organizations and has gained 
 
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a large host of friends in the pro- 
 fession as well as among the public. 
 The doctor is devoting his full 
 time to his practice in Union Hill, 
 N. J., and Long Island City, N. Y., 
 and has no time to devote to fra- 
 ternal or social societies. 
 
 Henry F. A. Matthies, 
 
 D. 0., N. D., D. C. 
 
 Ph. C. 
 
 Henry F. A. Matthies, D. O., N. 
 D., D. C, Ph. C, one of the fore- 
 most Osteopaths in North Hudson, 
 was born in New York City, on 
 March 5, 1881, and when six years 
 old, his parents moved to West 
 Hoboken, where he has resided 
 ever since. Dr. Matthies' early 
 education was received in the 
 West Hoboken Public Schools and 
 Eagan's School of Business. After 
 a successful business career in the 
 diamond trade, he took up the study 
 of drugless healing with marked 
 success, graduating' from the New 
 Jersey College of Osteopathy on 
 January 27, 1909, and received the 
 degree of D. O. On June 15, 1910, 
 he completed a course at the Natu- 
 ropathic Institute at Butler, N. J., 
 receiving the degree of N. D. At the 
 New England College of Chiro- 
 practic, he took up the study of 
 Chiropractic, and on June 28, 1913, 
 was graduated with the degree of 
 D. C, and later taking a Post Gra- 
 duate Course at the New Jersey 
 College of Chiropractic, graduated 
 on June 24, 1915, and was awarded 
 the degree of Philosopher of Chiro- 
 practic. After a long fight for re- 
 cognition with the Medical Board 
 of New Jersey, Mr. Matthies took 
 a special Post Graduate Course in 
 the Philadelphia College of Osteo- 
 pathy, at the completion of which 
 he took the Pennsylvania State 
 Board examinations and was the 
 first Osteopath in North Hudson to 
 
 receive a license from the New 
 Jersey State Medical Board. Dur- 
 ing the years that Dr. Matthies has 
 practised in West Hoboken, he has 
 gained an eminent reputation as a 
 man who thoroughly understands 
 his profession. His wonderful 
 cures in many well-known hopeless 
 cases in North Hudson have as- 
 tonished his colleagues as well as 
 the public. Although his time is 
 taken up by an extensive practice, 
 the Doctor finds time for civic 
 work. He was one of the organ- 
 izers of the Ambulance Corps of 
 the North Bergen Fire Department 
 
 and held the position of Chief 
 Steward for five consecutive years. 
 Aside from being an Exempt Fire- 
 man of the North Bergen Fire De- 
 partment, he is a member of Doric 
 Lodge, No. .86, F. & A. M., of 
 West Hoboken, Zem Zem Grotto of 
 Jersey City, and was also one of the 
 organizers and first Secretary of 
 the West Side Democratic Club of 
 West Hoboken. The Doctor and his 
 family now reside at 491 Palisade 
 Ave., West Hoboken, where his of- 
 fice is fully equipped to successfully 
 
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treat the. human body without the 
 use of drugs. 
 
 For the last seven years he has 
 been a member of the Tyler Hook 
 and Ladder Co., North Bergen. 
 He is also a member of the North 
 Bergen Election Board and is Sec- 
 retary of the West Side Democratic 
 Club of West Hoboken, which he 
 helped organize. 
 
 In 1906 the Doctor married Ca- 
 roline Lang, with whom he has 
 three children, Henry, Harry, and 
 Caroline. The Doctor resides at 
 419 Palisade Avenue, West Hobo- 
 ken. 
 
 Siro Tagliabue. 
 
 Siro Tagliabue, one of the most 
 notable builders in this section, 
 was born in Italy in 1870, and 
 
 came to this country in 1886. His 
 father was one of the largest and 
 most prominent builders in Italy. 
 Mr. Tagliabue established his 
 own business 16 years ago, and has 
 since put up numerous buildings. 
 
 among which may be mentioned, 
 Haase and Koehls Wholesale 
 Grocery Establishment on Cam- 
 bridge Ave., Vietmeyer's Bakery 
 on Sherman Ave., Transfer Sta- 
 tion at West Hoboken, the Summit 
 and Spring Theatres, and many 
 others. He executed all the in- 
 side work in the Emerson High 
 School. 
 
 Mr. Tagliabue is very promin- 
 ently connected in fraternal, poli- 
 tical and social circles. He is a 
 member of the Zem Zems, a Chief 
 Past Ranger of the Foresters of 
 America, and President of the 
 Benevolent Italian Association 
 He served as Playground Commis- 
 sioner for four years and was 
 formerly a County Committeeman 
 
 He was married twenty-six 
 years ago in West Hoboken, has 
 no less than thirty-six nieces and 
 nephews in West Hoboken. He 
 has the distinction of being one of 
 the first Italian builders in the 
 town. The building at 243 Spring 
 Street, in which he resides and has 
 his office, was built by himself last 
 year. 
 
 Wm. O'Connor. 
 
 WiUiam O'Connor was born in 
 the town of West Hoboken, on 
 September 21st. 1886. While at 
 the age of two years he suffered 
 the loss of his mother, and his edu- 
 cation and upbringinig devolved 
 upon his father, John O'Connor, 
 the well known building contractor 
 of that period. 
 
 After completing his education 
 he entered the contracting business 
 with his father and upon the de- 
 mise of his parent eleven years ago 
 he continued the busines's with 
 marked success, erecting many 
 buildings, among which are the 
 German Hospital Building in Jer- 
 sey City and the First National 
 
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Bank Building of Sullivan County, 
 N. Y. 
 
 In business and private life his 
 geniality, frank and open nature 
 won him hosts of friends, and in 
 
 the spring of 1914, when he had 
 attained the age of 28 years, thru 
 the fact of the dissatisfaction of 
 many of the citizens of the town 
 with the council form qf govern- 
 ment, he was popularly named as 
 candidate to head the movement 
 for a commission form of adminis- 
 tration, but thru various reasons 
 including that of business and an 
 inherent distaste for mingling in 
 politics, caused him to decline the 
 honor, but in 1915, one year later, 
 the popular wish for him to parti- 
 cipate in the governmental aiifairs 
 of the town became so universal 
 and insistent, that he accepted the 
 nomination as candidate for the of- 
 fice of Councilman of the second 
 ward and was elected the same 
 year, with the distinction of being 
 the youngest man to hold that im- 
 portant office in the history of 
 
 Hudson County. He was re-elected 
 to this office for a second term. 
 
 His fearless and uncompromising 
 attitude in the discharge of his 
 duties as Councilman, coupled with 
 his well deserved reputation for 
 possessing the highest integrity 
 and honesty, gained for him the 
 sobriquet of "Honest Bill O'- 
 Connor". 
 
 A. G. Sacco, M. D. 
 
 Dr. Anthony G. Sacco, of West 
 Hoboken, is one of the best known 
 men in .the medical profession. He 
 was born in Long Branch, Septem- 
 ber 5, 1889. After finishing his 
 early school education, he entered 
 the Cornell University, where he 
 graduated in 1911, and received the 
 degree of M. D. He served his 
 
 hospital term in New York City 
 Hospital and Christ Hospital, Jer- 
 sey City, and in 1913 started his 
 own practice. 
 
 In March, 1916, he was appointed 
 School Physician of West Hobo- 
 ken, and on January 1, 1917, was 
 
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appointed Board of Health Medi- 
 cal Inspector. 
 
 The doctor is State Medical Di- 
 rector of the Georgia Casualty 
 Company, and is Treasurer of the 
 North Hudson Physicians' Club. 
 He is on the staff of the North 
 Hudson Hospital, and is a mem- 
 ber of the Alpha Kappa. 
 
 Dr. Sacco has built up a very ex- 
 tensive practice and has gained the 
 trust and confidence of people all 
 over North Hudson. He is a pop- 
 ular figure in professional as well as 
 in social circles, and has a large 
 » number of admirers and friends. 
 He is a spirited and enterprising 
 man, always ready to do his share 
 for the community. As a philan- 
 thropist he is well known, and is 
 always ready to lend a helping hand 
 where help is needed. 
 
 He is very quick-witted and fond 
 of a good joke. His ability as a 
 medical doctor, his democratic 
 ways, and his sterling business 
 character has made him one of the 
 most popular doctors in North 
 Hudson. 
 
 Since the writing of this Dr. 
 Sacco has enlisted and is now serv- 
 ing in the U.. S. Army Medical 
 Corps in France. 
 
 Dr. H. C. Dehn. 
 
 Dr. Henry C. Dehn, Surgeon 
 Dentist, with offices in the Hudson 
 Trust Building, West Hoboken, has 
 been practising in this community 
 for the past seven years. 
 
 Born and brought up in Moscow, 
 Russia, where he attended High 
 School, he came over to this 
 country 26 years ago, settled in 
 New York, and in 1902 took up 
 the study of dentistry in the Penn- 
 sylvania College of Dental Surgery, 
 from which institution he graduat- 
 ed in 1905. In 1911 Dr. Dehn, 
 after having had charge of Dr. 
 
 Denis' office, finally took over the 
 practice himself and since built up 
 one of the most successful prac- 
 tices in North Hudson. 
 
 Doctor Dehn is very enthusiastic 
 about his work as Dental Examiner 
 at the St. Michael's Parochial 
 School, where he has been doing 
 regular examination for the past 3 
 years. 
 
 Dr. Dehn has passed the State 
 examinations of New Jersey, Penn- 
 sylvania, and New York. His 
 pleasing personality and sterling 
 
 business character have gained him 
 a host of friends. 
 
 The Doctor married Anna 
 Manster in 1898. They have one 
 son, Clarence. 
 
 Jos. A. Hurley. 
 
 Jos. A. Hurley, Plumbing Inspec- 
 tor of Quttenberg, was born in 
 New York City, January 17, 1882. 
 He has been a resident of Qutten- 
 berg for the last seventeen years, 
 and established himself as a plumb- 
 
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ing and gasfitting contractor six- 
 teen years ago. He has executed 
 many large and important con- 
 tracts, and is well known as a thor- 
 ough mechanic who knows every 
 detail of his business. 
 
 In civic and political matters, 
 Mr. Hurley has always taken a 
 great interest, and he has in many 
 
 Anthony Barberis. 
 
 ways done much for the welfare of 
 Guttenberg. In 1907 he helped or- 
 ganize the town's Board of Health, 
 on which Board he served for four 
 years prior to his reappointment in 
 1916. He also helped organize 
 Tribe No. 250 of Guttenberg of the 
 Redmen about eight years ago. 
 
 Mr. Hurley has always been a 
 staunch Democrat, in which party 
 he is very active. He is a patriotic 
 and public spirited citizen, pos- 
 sessed of sound judgment and sterl- 
 ing business character. His pleas- 
 ing personality has gained him a 
 host of friends. 
 
 Mr. Hurley's shop is located at 
 58 Bergenline Ave., where he con- 
 tinuously keeps three men busy. 
 
 Emigrating from sunny Italy, 
 where he was born on February 1, 
 1874, Anthony Barberis, the well 
 known real estate and insurance 
 broker of West Hoboken, came 
 to this country in 1896. His par- 
 ents, who were in well-to-do cir- 
 cumstances, had given him a splen- 
 did education in his native country, 
 where he attended public school, 
 High School and College, and had 
 learned Latin, Greek, and several 
 other languages. His father had a 
 woolen factory in Italy, where" 
 Anthony worked, helping his fa- 
 ther und supervising the business, 
 until he came to this country. 
 Here he worked in the silk mills, 
 
 and in 1903 established a real 
 estate and insurance business, 
 which he is still conducting at 160 
 Clinton Avenue, West Hoboken. 
 
 Mr. Barberis married Amelia 
 Bozzo in 1902. They have five 
 children, Antoinette, Emma, Paul, 
 James, and Clotilde. 
 
 Mr. Barberis has been a Justice 
 
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of the Peace since 1905. He is a 
 Notary Public and Commissioner 
 of Deeds. He is very prominently 
 connected with several of the im- 
 portant Italian societies, and is a 
 member of the Forresters of 
 America. 
 
 Greatly esteemed, not alone by 
 the Italian- Americans, but by all 
 who know him, Mr. Barberis has 
 become one of the most prominent 
 men in West Hoboken, and is iden- 
 tified with the best interests of the 
 town. 
 
 He resides at 304 Mountain 
 Road, West Hoboken. • 
 
 Paolo Cremonesi. 
 
 Paolo Cremonesi, the distinguish- 
 ed Italian actor, is a resident of 
 
 which North Hudson can be 
 proud. 
 
 He was born in Milano, Italy, 
 January 8, 1872, and made his first 
 stage appearance when he was 
 seven years old, playing boys' 
 parts until the age of twelve, when 
 
 he entered tlie Dramatic Academy 
 of Milan, where he studied for 
 three years, and graduated from 
 this institution while still in his 
 teens. He studied under the great 
 Giuseppe Giacosa and became one 
 of his star pupils, being equally 
 facile in the expression of French 
 and Italian. After a year's travel 
 he settled down to serious dramatic 
 work. His reputation was quickly 
 made, and he has shone equally in 
 tragedy, comedy, drama, and farce. 
 He himself prefers characters from 
 the plays of Shakespeare, Moliere, 
 Alfieri, and Goldoni. 
 
 Mr. Cremonesi made his debut 
 on the English - speaking stage 
 in this country at the Keith and 
 Proctor Fifth Avenue Theatre. For 
 the last six years he has played with 
 his own company in his own vaude- 
 ville act, playing the leading vau- 
 deville houses from coast to coast. 
 Last spring he' conducted the opera 
 at St. Joseph's Auditorium in West 
 Hoboken, which proved a great 
 success. He will start a new season 
 of opera at the same theatre for 20 
 consecutive Sundays, beginning 
 Sept. 23rd. 
 
 Mr. Cremonesi's genuine art 
 and eminent gifts have commanded 
 attention everywhere, and the crit- 
 ics have often praised his remark- 
 able ability. 
 
 He rnarried Esther Estiot in 
 1897. They have two children, 
 Germaine and PauHne. 
 
 Geo. Zwerneman, D. C. 
 
 Possessed of a great knowledge 
 of the human body. Dr. George 
 Zwerneman, the prominent chiro- 
 practor, has made an eminent suc- 
 cess as a drugless practitioner. 
 
 He was born in Jersey City on 
 April 13, 1874. After finishing his 
 early school education in^that city, 
 he worked at odd jobs and then be- 
 came interested in the study of the 
 
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human body. For the last 25 years 
 he has practised physical culture 
 and has become well known as a 
 trainer of athletes. The doctor 
 himself is a great athlete and is 
 the holder of a championship in 
 long distance swimming. He has 
 trained many people for the latter 
 sport, also for wrestling, in fact for 
 
 every kind of athletics. By his suc- 
 cessful methods he has built up a 
 large practice and has people com- 
 ing to his office for treatment from 
 all parts of the county as ' well as 
 _from New York. The medical pro- 
 fession is recommending numerous 
 patients to the care of Dr. Zwerne- 
 man. Many almost hopeless cases 
 of well known prominent people 
 have been absolutely cured by the 
 doctor. 
 
 He has gone into the study of 
 drugless healing very thoroughly- 
 and studied at the New Jersey Col- 
 lege and at the New York School 
 of Chiropractors. 
 
 The doctor married Rose Kuntz, 
 with whom he has two children, 
 both girls. 
 
 He is a member of the Jersey 
 City Elks and takes an active in- 
 terest in all professional, social and 
 civic affairs. He has a large num- 
 ber of friends, who admire him for 
 his ability, integrity and pleasing, 
 personality. 
 
 The doctor's office is located at 
 601 Pavonia Ave., Jersey City. 
 
 Wm. C. Harper. 
 
 Wm. C. Harper, the instructor of 
 the Lyric Musical Company, in 
 Union Hill, is a violinist of a high 
 reputation. 
 
 He was born in Newark, N. J., in 
 1885, and attended Public School 
 in his native city. He began to 
 study violin when only six years of 
 age and studied under the noted 
 violinist Mr. B. Drew. He later 
 studied at the New York Conserva- 
 tory of Music for three years. He 
 came to Union Hill in 1910 and has 
 since been an instructor of the Lyric 
 Company. 
 
 Mr. Harper teaches in classes and 
 orchestra form and has graduated 
 many successful pupils. 
 
 His splendid talents and abiHty 
 has made him a well known figure 
 in musical circles. His friends are 
 legion, being found in large num- 
 bers especially in North Hudson. 
 
 While a public spirited citizen, 
 Mr. Harper has never affiliated 
 himself with any political or frater- 
 nal associations, but devotes his 
 whole time to his profession. ,i 
 
 His tastes, his environment and 
 his natural inclinations all fitted him 
 for the musical profession, and in 
 prosecuting it as an instructor and 
 student he has scored marked suc- 
 cess and achieved a high reputation. 
 
 Mr. Harper is what may truly be 
 styled a domestic man and spends 
 all his spare time in his home, of 
 which he is very fond. 
 
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Lewis B. Eastmead. 
 
 One of the leading barristers in 
 the county is Lewis B. Eastmead, 
 with law office on Summit Avenue, 
 West Hoboken. He was born in 
 Savannah, Georgia, June 17, 1885. 
 He obtained part of his school edu- 
 cation in his native city, but jour- 
 neyed with his parents to Jersey 
 City in 1893 and finished his edu- 
 cation in the Jersey City schools 
 and the Jersey City High School. 
 He worked as a newspaper adver- 
 tising man for five years and then 
 • entered the custom service, at which 
 he worked for a number of years, 
 later becoming an inspector. Dur- 
 ing his leisure hours he studied law 
 at the New York Law School and 
 after two years' study was admitted 
 to the Bar as an Attorney-at-Law, 
 in December, 1911. The following 
 year he opened a law office in part- 
 nership with Robert Hille on Jer- 
 sey City Heights, but after one year 
 the partnership was dissolved and 
 Mr. Eastmead at 108 Summit Ave., 
 West Hoboken, establishel his own 
 law office and in 1915 he moved to 
 his present location, 254 Summit 
 Avenue. 
 
 Mr. Eastmead came to the Bar 
 well equipped for the duties of a 
 lawyer and has displayed those legal 
 abilities and qualifications which 
 win success. 
 
 He is an active and influential 
 member of the Democratic Party, 
 and while he has never accepted or 
 aspired to any political office, he is 
 very much interested in political 
 . affairs. 
 
 He is also prominently connected 
 in fraternal circles. He is a chap- 
 lain of the North Hudson Eagles, 
 Grand Knight of Carrol Council, 
 K. C, and a member of tlie Moose 
 and the Foresters. He is interested 
 in athletics and is a member of the 
 Anchor Athletic Club of Jersey 
 City. 
 
 Mr. Eastmead married Jeanette 
 
 Davidson in 1909. They have three 
 children, James, Lewis, and 
 Dorothy. 
 
 Dr. Harold VolcKmann. 
 
 One of the most distinguished 
 drugless physicians in Jersey City 
 is Dr. Harold Volckmann, with of- 
 fices at 40 Zabriskie St. 
 
 He is descended from one of the 
 old families in the hill section and 
 was born in the house in which his 
 office is located and in which he also 
 resides. 
 
 He obtained his education in the 
 public school and later attended the 
 New York Preparatory School. He 
 graduated from this institution and 
 later graduated from the New York 
 State Board of Regent. For a time 
 he studied medicine at the well 
 known college and then took up the 
 study of Osteopathy and later gra- 
 duated from the Osteopathy College 
 of New Jersey. 
 
 In 1912 he established his own 
 practice as a drugless physician and 
 Osteopath. A few years later he 
 took a post graduate course at the 
 Osteopath College of New Jersey. 
 
 The doctor has received many 
 diplomas and certificates from the 
 various institutions of learning he 
 has attended, and from many of 
 which he has graduated with high- 
 est honors. 
 
 Dr. Volckmann has succeeded in 
 building up a very successful prac- 
 tice and is recognized as one of the 
 most skilled men in his profession. 
 
 He enjoys the confidence and res- 
 pect of his colleagues as well as of 
 the hundreds of people he has 
 cured. 
 
 As a citizen he has attained an 
 enviable reputation for his sterling 
 qualifications. He has never sought 
 nor accepted any political office, pre- 
 fering to devote his whole time to 
 his profession. He is always ready, 
 
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however, to bear a loyal citizen's 
 part in public affairs and takes a 
 deep interest in all wortKy move- 
 ments affecting the community. 
 
 The doctor is a member of sev- 
 eral professional and fraternal as- 
 sociations. 
 
 Geo. E. Burger. 
 
 William F. BurKe. 
 
 Counsellor William F. Burke, a 
 member of the New Jersey Bar 
 since 1899, and now engaged in the 
 general practice of law in West 
 Hoboken, with offices in the Com- 
 monwealth Trust Company Build- 
 ing, was born in Hoboken in 1877. 
 He has proved himself an apt dis- 
 ciple of Blackstone, and his law 
 business is constantly growing. 
 He has the training, the system, 
 and the experience, which will per- 
 mit him to do an enormous amount 
 of work in the shortest possible 
 time. His interests are always those 
 of his clients, and those who have 
 retained him are loud in praise of 
 his satisfactory work in their 
 behalf. 
 
 He was educated in the Hoboken 
 Public School and High School, 
 and in 1898 graduated from the 
 New York University with the de- 
 gree of L.L.D. The following year 
 he passed the Bar Examination. 
 He then entered the office of Russ 
 & Heppenheimer in Hoboken and 
 served there until 1902, when he 
 opened his own law office in Ho- 
 boken. Five years later he moved 
 to his present location. 
 
 George E. Burger, the under- 
 taker at 335 Bergenline Ave., Union 
 Hill, was born in Grantwood, Au- 
 gust 12th, 1877. His parents mov- 
 ed to Brooklyn a few years later 
 and there George received his 
 early education. The family then 
 moved up New York State and 
 settled on a farm. George helped 
 on the farm until he was 19 years 
 of age, when he started to learn a 
 trade. He did not, however, con- 
 tinue at this, but in 1904 secured a 
 
 position with undertaker Greenleaf 
 of West Hoboken, with whom he 
 remained for three years. In Fe- 
 bruary, 1909, he went to work for 
 Wm. Necker and continued with, 
 him until February 1, 1917. 
 
 Mr. Burger worked his way up 
 with Mr. Necker and held a respon- 
 sible position, taking care of fun- 
 eral arrangements at all Necker' s 
 branch offices in Hudson and Ber- 
 gen Counties. He soon became one 
 of the most trusted and most effi- 
 
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cient employees of the Necker firm. 
 Having gained a thorough knowl- 
 edge of every detail of the under- 
 taking business, Mr. Burger decid- 
 ed to etsablish his own business. 
 He selected the best thoroughfare 
 in North Hudson and opened his 
 undertaking parlors at the above 
 address. His' beginning has been 
 very encouraging and there is little 
 doubt he will make a great success. 
 
 His complete knowledge of his 
 business, his earnest desire to be of 
 service, his conscientious business 
 principle and his courteous and 
 'dignified, but pleasing ways, make 
 him especially fitted for his profes- 
 sion. 
 
 Mr. Burger is an enterprising 
 citizen, and a man of business abil- 
 ity. He has been taught to vfork 
 and does not believe in being idle. 
 If he is not engaged in his busi- 
 ness, he looks around for some- 
 thing else to do, for he is one of 
 those men who simply must be busy 
 at all times. 
 
 He has never taken any active 
 interest in political afifairs, but is a 
 civic-spirited citizen, interested in 
 the welfare of his community. 
 • He is a loyal and patriotic man 
 and is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. 
 M., Garfield Council, and the 
 Daughters of Liberty. 
 
 Charles A. Heyler, D. C. 
 
 Charles A. Heyler, one of the 
 countys' best known chiropractors 
 and naturopaths, with offices at 67 
 Lincoln St., Jersey City, was born 
 in New York City, April 29, 1874. 
 After receiving the advantage af- 
 forded by the public schools in the 
 city, he worked at clerical jobs and 
 was a singer in St. John's Church, 
 
 New York, Trinity Parish, on 
 Varick St. 
 
 He then became interested in the 
 art of drugless healing and took up 
 the study of chiropractor in the 
 New England College " in Boston, 
 
 from which institution he received 
 his diploma in 1914. On June 24, 
 1915, he received his diploma from 
 the New Jersey College. Dr. Hey- 
 ler has also studied at Dr. Lust 
 Naturopath Institution and at the 
 Anatom Chi Society. 
 
 He also received the degree of 
 Philosopher of Chiropractic from 
 the Mecca College of Chiropractic, 
 Wilmington, Delaware, June 1917. 
 
 The doctor opened his practice 
 at No. 100 Terrace Ave., Jersey 
 City, and one year ago moved to 
 his present location. 
 
 Dr. Heyler enjoys a very large 
 practice and has become widely 
 known for his successful cures. He 
 has succeeded in a number of cases 
 by his great knowledge of his pro- 
 fession, where no other expedient 
 known to medical science has been 
 successful. 
 
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As a citizen he is successful and 
 enterprising, and his pleasing per- 
 sonality has gained him a large 
 circle of friends. He is well known 
 in professional as well as social 
 circles and is a member of the F. 
 and A. M., Mystic Tie. 
 
 The doctor married Rose Meiss- 
 ner in 1896. They have one daugh- 
 ter, Gertrude, who has become a 
 well known teacher of piano music. 
 
 Geo. C. 
 
 Weiershausen, 
 D.C. 
 
 Dr. George C. Weiershausen, the 
 prominent chiropractor and naturo- 
 path, and one of the leading social- 
 ists of the county, was born in New 
 York City, February 10, 1890. 
 
 He attended Public School No. 
 15 in that city and later the High 
 School. He then secured a cleric- 
 al position in a broker's office and 
 studied chemistry at the New York 
 Evening High School. Soon after 
 he became interested in drugless 
 healing and into this study he threw 
 his heart and soul. He studied 
 chiropractice at the New Jersey 
 College, Naturopathy at the Butler 
 Institute, and Human Dissection at 
 the Flower Hospital. 
 
 Dr. Weiershausen has gone 
 deeper into the study of drugless 
 healing than most of his colleagues. 
 He has also studied Neuropathy 
 and Iridology, the latter enabling 
 the students to read the disease 
 from the eyes of the patients. He 
 has made a wonderful success in 
 his practice, especially in the cases 
 of children, and he has cured 
 numerous cases of infantile paral- 
 ysis, insane, blind, paralyzed in all 
 limbs, and deafness. 
 
 Dr. Weiershausen gives free ad- 
 vice to mothers for the prevention 
 of infantile paralysis. 
 
 In political affairs he has become 
 very promment. He has always 
 been a staunch supporter of the 
 Socialist Party and has been fear- 
 less in advocating its principles. 
 He is chairman of the Hudson and 
 Bergen County Federate Union of 
 Democracy. In 1915 he managed 
 the Labor Union Suffrage Cam- 
 paign. 
 
 Dr. Weiershausen has been a resi- 
 dent of Guttenberg for the last 
 
 twelve years, but has his office at 
 the Palisade Supply Building in 
 Grantwood. 
 
 He is well known as a lecturer 
 and one of the best orators in the 
 section. He is a member of the 
 Shepherds of Bethlehem, Hudson 
 County Chiropractors and Naturo- 
 paths Association, New Jersey Chi- 
 ropractors Association, American 
 Academy of Chiropractic Research, 
 Alliance of Physicians and Sur- 
 geons, and the Young People's 
 Socialist League. 
 
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Charles Swensen. 
 
 Charles Swensen, Town Clerk of 
 West New York, was born in Den- 
 mark, September 21, 1878. He 
 came to this country, all alone, 
 when he was only eleven years of 
 age. He settled with relations in 
 New York City and later moved to 
 
 West Hoboken. He received part 
 of his public school education in 
 New York and finished his school- 
 ing in West Hoboken. He then re- 
 ceived a clerical position with a 
 large jeweler and silversmith man- 
 ufacturer and worked for that con- 
 cern for a number of years. 
 
 In 1898 he moved to West New 
 York and soon after became active 
 in public affairs. He was elected 
 a member of the Board of Educa- 
 tion in 1908 and re-elected in 1911. 
 He served as Clerk of that Board 
 for four years. In 1916 he .was 
 appointed Assistant Town Clerk, 
 and in this year, 1917, he was ap- 
 pointed Town Clerk after the death 
 of his predecessor. 
 
 Mr. Swensen has always been 
 affiliated with the Democratic 
 Party. He is a public-spirited and 
 
 enterprising citizen and has 
 achieved an excellent reputation as 
 a man of ability, industry, and un- 
 impeachable integrity. He is 
 thoroughly identified with the af- 
 fairs of his town and active and in- 
 fluential in every movement which 
 effects the welfare of the communi- 
 ty. He enjoys the respect and con- 
 fidence of all who know him, and 
 by his pleasing personality he has 
 gained a very large circle of 
 friends. 
 
 Mr. Swensen married Dorothy 
 Andres in 1902. They have four 
 children, Robert, Harry, Charles 
 and Norman. 
 
 Numerous voters in West New 
 York who would like to see Mr. 
 Swensen continued in the office as 
 Town Clerk, are leaving no stone 
 unturned to secure his nomination 
 at the coming primaries. They 
 claim he has demonstrated his abil- 
 ity and faithfully discharged his 
 duties and deserves a full term as 
 Town Clerk. This is by no means 
 a "soft job", as much work is at- 
 tached to this office, and Mr. 
 Swensen not alone puts in a full 
 day's work, every day, but can_ be 
 found in his ofike every evening, 
 always busily engaged. 
 
 Samuel L. Hirschberg. 
 
 One of the most promising 
 young lawyers in Hudson County 
 is Assemblyman Samuel L. Hirsch- 
 berg. 
 
 He was born in Hoboken, Sep- 
 tember 28, 1892. Receiving his 
 preliminary education in the Ho- 
 boken public schools and the High 
 School, he later took up the study 
 of law at the New Jersey Law 
 School, from which institution he 
 received the degree of L.L.B. in 
 1913. He studied in the law offices 
 of Judge Tennant of the Common 
 Pleas Court, and of Judge Haight 
 
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of the United States District Court, 
 and in December, 1914, Mr. 
 Hirschberg was admitted to the 
 New Jersey Bar as an Attorney-at- 
 Law. One year later he establish- 
 ed his own practice, with law of- 
 fices in Hoboken, and with a 
 branch office in West New York, 
 in which town he resides. 
 
 Mr. Hirschberg is a bright young 
 man steadily rising to prominence 
 among the members of the Hud- 
 son County Bar. Endowed with 
 broad, intellectual qualifications, 
 with splendid judgment -and great 
 energy, he has, through his own ef- 
 forts, achieved distinction as an 
 able, industrious and painstaking 
 lawyer, and is highly esteemed and 
 respected by all who know him. 
 
 He has always been interested in 
 civic affairs and ever ready to pro- 
 mote anything which may be of 
 benefit to the community. 
 
 Mr. Hirschberg was elected to 
 the Assembly in the Fall election of 
 1917, and although he has occupied 
 the seat only a short time, he has 
 already introduced several bills, one 
 in favor of increasing the payments 
 to insured workingmen under the 
 present Compensation Law. His 
 experience as an attorney has con- 
 vinced him that the Compensation 
 Law as it now is, is very unjust to 
 the working classes. 
 
 He is inviting suggestions from 
 organizations for future healthful 
 legislation and will be glad to ap- 
 pear at any meetings where any 
 such suggestions might be made. 
 
 Dr. L. Hubner, D. C, 
 N. D. 
 
 Dr. Louis Hubner, D. C, N. D., 
 with offices at 130 Fourth Street, 
 Union Hill, is one of the best 
 known chiropractors in North 
 Hudson. The doctor was born on 
 Long Island, Aug. 11, 1892, but 
 
 his parents moved to North Bergen 
 when the doctor was only a few 
 months old. There he received his 
 public school education and later 
 graduated from Eagan's Business 
 School, after which he took a 
 course at the Senftner Prep. 
 School in New York. 
 
 He then started to study the art 
 of drugless healing, and in 1916 
 received his diploma from the N. J. 
 College of Chiropractors. He next 
 took a post graduate course at 
 the American School of Naturo- 
 pathy and received a diploma from 
 this institution, and later received a 
 diploma from the Natiiropathic So- 
 ciety of U. S. of America, where 
 he took a full coiu'se, after which 
 he started his own practice. This 
 has since grown to one of the lar- 
 gest in North Hudson, and his of- 
 fice is constantly filled with pa- 
 tients eager to have Dr. Hubner 
 treat them for various diseases. 
 Many who have suffered a lifetime 
 have been completely cured by Dr. 
 Hubner. 
 
 The doctor is prominently con- 
 nected in professional circles, 
 being Vice-President A. N. A.. 
 New Jersey Division; Secretary of 
 Hudson County Chiropractors and 
 Naturopath. Association ; a mem- 
 ber of the Chi. Sqc. for Human 
 Dissection ; Red Cross Society of 
 Finst Aid to the Injured; N. J. 
 Chiropractors' Association; Ameri- 
 can Academy of Chiropractic Re- 
 search, and the Anti-Compulsory 
 Vaccination Society of New Jer- 
 sey. 
 
 The doctor is a man for whom 
 nobody can help but have a liken- 
 ing. His frankness and open man- 
 ners make one take full confidence 
 in him. 
 
 Dr. Hubner has well said it when 
 he said that Chiropractic Adjust- 
 ments are the automatic spark ad- 
 vance of life, 
 
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John Warren. 
 
 John Warren, one of the lead- 
 ing lawyers of the county, was 
 born in Jersey City, March 25, 
 1888. He attended Public School 
 No. 12 of that city and later Jer- 
 sey City High School. His great 
 desire was to study law, but as his 
 parents were in meagre circumstan- 
 ces, he found it necessary to work 
 in the day time while he studied law 
 at the New York Law School in 
 
 the evening. He worked in several 
 law offices, where he had an oppor- 
 tunity to study banking and real 
 estate as well as law. For a time 
 he was employed in McDermitt & 
 Fisk Law Office and later worked 
 in the office of Judge Blair. 
 
 In 1910, Mr. Warren was ad- 
 mitted to the bar and immediately, 
 afterward started his own law 
 practice. He soon achieved a high 
 reputation in the legal profession. 
 His abilities were soon recognized 
 and in 1913 he was appointed Po- 
 lice Judge of the First Criminal 
 Court in Jersey City. While on 
 
 the bench, the Judge made an ad- 
 mirable record and instituted many 
 needed reforms and improvements, 
 such as the establishment of the 
 Night Court, the postponed and 
 probation systems. 
 
 He resigned from the bench on 
 May 1, 1915, a few months after 
 he had been elected President of the 
 National Bank of North Hudson. 
 This bank was, at that time, housed 
 in imdoubtedly the smallest bank- 
 ing quarters in the county, at De 
 Mott Street and Summit Avenue, 
 West Hoboken. Judge Warren at 
 once employed all his energy and 
 ability to build up this bank, and 
 after two years of hard and strenu- 
 ous work succeeded to such an ex- 
 tent that the bank was able to build 
 its own building on the opposite 
 corner, which today ranks as one of 
 the most beautiful and most mo- 
 dern banking institutions in North 
 Hudson, if not in the whole 
 county. 
 
 Judge Warren is interested in 
 nearly every undertaking which is 
 of benefit to the community. He 
 is possessed of a remarkable busi- 
 ness ability, and although a young 
 man, has achieved a tremendoufc 
 success in all his undertakings. He 
 was the first President of the 
 School Extension Committee of 
 Jersey City and is Vice-President 
 of the Society for the Prevention 
 of Cruelty to Children. He is Sec- 
 retary of the committee of North 
 Hudson Bankers appointed to 
 handle the Liberty Bond issue. He 
 is a member of several exclusive 
 clubs, such as the Lotus Club of 
 New York City, the Jersey City 
 Club, the Carteret Club, the Na- 
 tional Democratic Club of New 
 York, the Jersey City Elks, Jersey 
 City Foresters, Knights of Colum- 
 bus ,and many others. 
 
 The Judge married Marie Bett- 
 cher of Jersey City on Nov. 8, 
 1916. 
 He is especially interested in all 
 
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civic work and reforms pertaining 
 to the children and their school sys- 
 tems. When at leisure he indulges 
 in the sport of golf. 
 
 The Judge conducts a very large 
 law practice, with law offices at Ex- 
 change Place in Jersey City, and in 
 National Bank of North Hudson 
 Building, West Hoboken. 
 
 Judge Warren successfully con- 
 ducted the campaign for the adop- 
 tion of Commission Government in 
 Jersey City in 1913. 
 
 He is known as one of the most 
 eloquent orators in the county. 
 
 George Willaredt. 
 
 Among the most distinguished 
 architects of North Hudson is 
 George Willaredt. 
 
 He was born in New York City, 
 October 5th, 1884. His parents 
 were Andrew and Bertha (Ge- 
 
 risch) Willaredt. His father once 
 served as School Trustee of West 
 New York. He died in 1909. 
 George attended the public 
 
 schools in New York City and 
 West New York and later took up 
 the study of architecture at the 
 New York Evening High School. 
 He then secured a position in the 
 office of the noted architect F. S. 
 V. Hoppin in New York. Mr. 
 Willaredt established his own busi- 
 ness in 1907, being the second ar- 
 chitect in West New York. He has 
 since become one of the most able 
 men in his profession. 
 
 Among some of the more impor- 
 tant buildings he has erected may 
 be mentioned the Transfer Station 
 in West Hoboken, the Talmud 
 Torah Hebrew .Temple on Sher- 
 man Ave., Jersey City, the North 
 Hudson Grocery Warehouse, the 
 iive-story apartment house on Ber- 
 genline Ave. and Seventh Street, 
 West New York, Warehouse for 
 Hudson Supply Co., Palisade Ave.. 
 Jersey City, and numerous facto- 
 ries, private residences, and tene- 
 ment houses. 
 
 Mr. Willaredt has attained a high 
 standing as an architect and has 
 continually and successfully prac- 
 ticed his profession in North Hud- 
 son. He rapidly came into promi- 
 nence, and by his untiring energy 
 and industry achieved eminent suc- 
 cess in every sense of the term. 
 Enterprising and practical, he is 
 universally respected for his broad 
 and sterling qualities, which mark 
 the honest man. The esteem in 
 which he is held is attested by his 
 popularity and by the confidence 
 reposed in his sound judgement and 
 unimpeachable character. He is a 
 man of the highest integrity, faith- 
 ful in every trust, just and con- 
 scientious in all the relations of 
 life, modest and unassuming, 
 though true to his convictions. He 
 has developed great mental energy 
 and intellectual abilities, and during 
 his successful career has maintain- 
 ed the confidence of the community. 
 
 He is a member of the Palisade 
 Lodge No. 84, F, & A, M. 
 
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John J. McGovern. 
 
 One of the most prominent pub- 
 lic men in the County of Hudson 
 is John J. McGovern, County 
 Clerk of Hudson County. 
 
 He was born at Morristown, N. 
 J., April 17, 1863. His parents 
 moved to Hoboken about five years 
 later. He received his early school 
 education at St. Michael's School, 
 West Hoboken, Public School No. 
 
 3, and Hoboken High School. 
 Later he attended the New York 
 and New Jersey Law School. He 
 was employed. by the D. L. & W. 
 and the United States Express, and 
 his first public office was as a mem- 
 ber of the Hoboken Common 
 Council. Mr. McGovern was elect- 
 ed Recorder of Hoboken for three 
 successive terms and in November 
 1914 was elected to his present po- 
 sition of County Clerk, which of- 
 
 fice he assumed on April 12, 1915. 
 As Recorder Mr. McGovern 
 achieved a high reputation for his 
 work in connection with the bet- 
 terment of the condition of young 
 men. He created and conducted 
 Juvenile and Night Court and es- 
 tablished an employment bureau. 
 There are to-day men, especially 
 young men, in different sections of 
 the county, who have occasion to be 
 grateful to Judge McGovern for 
 the help he gave them in start- 
 ing on the right road to success and 
 prosperity. 
 
 Judge McGovern also conducted 
 a successful campaign against the 
 use of cigarettes by boys. The 
 campaign was very successful and 
 became the topic of general dis- 
 cussion and commendation. 
 
 The County Clerk was a dele- 
 gate to the Baltimore Convention 
 of 1912 that nominated Woodrow 
 Wilson, and as an ardent supporter 
 of the President attended the St. 
 Louis Convention four years later 
 that re-nominated Wilson. 
 
 In public and private life the 
 Judge has always had an eminent 
 reputation and enjoys the friend- 
 ship of a host of admirers. Of a 
 kindly, charitable and jovial dis- 
 position, he is esteemed and res- 
 pected by all who know him. 
 
 Minconi Bros. 
 
 One of the most prominent fami- 
 lies in West Hoboken is the Min- 
 coni family at Mountain Road. 
 
 Raphael and Frank, the two 
 brothers and partners in the firm of 
 Minconi Bros., with studio at 335 
 West 24th St., New York City, 
 have become noted throughout the 
 nation as sculptors of the highest 
 ability and standing. 
 
 The ' artist blood runs in the 
 Minconi family. An uncle, Pietro 
 
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Ghiloni, has achieved fame in Eu- 
 rope as well as in this country. 
 
 The Minconi Bros, are doing 
 work in practically every part of 
 the country. They have been, as- 
 signed to do all the art work at the 
 Missouri State Capitol Building, 
 and, among other important work 
 erected Mrs. Hetty Green's Memo- 
 rial in Boston. They have exe- 
 cuted many art pieces for the Du 
 Pont family, well known gun pow- 
 der manufacturers, and have exe- 
 cuted many important contracts 
 for interior as well as exterior art 
 work at many prominent homes on 
 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 
 
 The Minconi Bros, are highly 
 praised in several national publica- 
 tions and have achieved a distin- 
 guished reputation for their work- 
 manship. Several booklets have 
 been issued, illustrating some of 
 the most beautiful works of art too 
 numerous to mention in this brief 
 sketch. 
 
 Raphael Minconi was born in 
 Italy, 1877, and came to this coun- 
 try in 1895. His talent as a sculp- 
 tor was noted in his younger years. 
 He studied with many of the most 
 noted sculptors and soon became 
 a recognized master in his profes- 
 sion. He is a teacher at the 
 School for Architects in New York, 
 where his younger brother Frank 
 also teaches. 
 
 The brothers have not alone 
 achieved an eminent reputation in 
 the business and artistic world, but 
 also enjoy a high standing in so- 
 cial circles. Seven years ago the 
 two brothers moved with their fa- 
 milies to West Hoboken, where 
 they had bought a most beautiful 
 residence on Mountain Road, over- 
 looking the Hudson. 
 
 While they have never taken any 
 active interest in public affairs, they 
 are civic-spirited and greatly inter- 
 ested in the welfare of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 Adrian Post. 
 
 Adrian Post, Town Clerk of Se- 
 caucus, is descended from one of 
 the oldest families, his grand- 
 father, John H. Post, being one of 
 the first settlers of that town. 
 
 Adrian Post was born in Secau- 
 cus, August 23, 1869. He attended 
 the local school and finished his 
 education at the Jersey City High 
 School. 
 
 He then started to help his father 
 on the latter's farm and to-day is 
 one of the largest truck farmers in 
 Secaucus. 
 
 In 1900 Mr. Post was appointed 
 Clerk of Secaucus, which then was 
 a Borough. He served until 1905 
 and in 1910 was again appointed 
 Clerk, and served in this capacity 
 up to the present time. As Secau- 
 cus has become a town, the clerk- 
 ship ceases to be an appointive of- 
 fice, and the people have to decide 
 if they want to retain Mr. Post, 
 in which case they must elect him. 
 He -is, however, certain of being 
 elected, as he has no opposition. 
 He has been endorsed by both par- 
 ties and has no opposition what- 
 ever. 
 
 Mr. Post is a public-spirited citi- 
 zen possessed of great business 
 ability, foresight and integrity. He 
 has always been an ardent Repub- 
 lican and has served as County 
 Committeeman for a number of 
 years. His pleasing personality 
 has gained him a large circle of 
 friends, and he enjoys the confi- 
 dence of the entire community. He 
 is a conscientious, hard working 
 •man, fairminded and broadminded, 
 and strong in his own convictions. 
 
 He takes a great interest in any- 
 thing and everything which may 
 aflfect his town and is untiring in 
 his eflforts in any movement which 
 may benefit the community. 
 
 Mr. Post is a member of the Jr. 
 O. U. A. M., and of the Secaucus 
 Building and Loan Association. 
 
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Dr. E. K. Stretch. 
 
 One of the most noted osteo- 
 paths in the county is Dr. E. K. 
 Stretch, with offices at 615 Trap- 
 hagen St., West Hoboken. 
 
 He was born in Paterson, De- 
 cember 8, 1876, but soon after 
 moved to Jersey City, where he re- 
 ceived his public school education 
 and later graduated from Jersey 
 City High School. He then stud- 
 
 ied medicine at the Bellevue Hos- 
 pital for one year, and the follow- 
 ing three years studied at the New 
 York University, from which insti- 
 tution he graduated in 1897, receiv- 
 ing the degree of V. S. The doc- 
 tor then took up the study of osteo- 
 pathy, and in 1910 graduated from 
 the New Jersey College of Osteo- 
 pathy. In the early part of 1917 
 he completed a course at the Phda- 
 delphia College of Osteopathy. He 
 passed the examinations of the 
 State Board of Pennsylvania with 
 the highest average. He is also a 
 licensed osteopath in the State of 
 New Jersey. The doctor has stud- 
 
 ied every branch of drugless heal- 
 ing, and in 1911 graduated from 
 the Davenport College of Chiro- 
 practor. 
 
 During the years of Dr. Stretch's 
 practice he has achieved an emin- 
 ent reputation as a man very high 
 in his profession. He has success- 
 fully cured numerous cases which 
 were considered hopeless and in- 
 curable. As his successes became 
 known, his practice grew, and to- 
 day he enjoys one of the largest 
 practices in the county. His of- 
 fice or clinic is equipped with all 
 the most modern appliances, such 
 as electric apparatuses, ex-ray ma- 
 chine, etc. The dotcor has had 
 several treating rooms built in or- 
 der to treat each case separately. 
 
 He is a member of the Alumni 
 of the New York University, Ver- 
 salius Anatom Society, Philadel- 
 phia College of Osteopath, Osteo- 
 path Society of Essex County, and 
 the United Chiropractic Associa- 
 tion. 
 
 ;Dr. Stretch married Margaret 
 Reiner in 1900. They have three 
 children, Olive, Wm. B., and May. 
 
 Rob. G. Taylor. 
 
 Rob. G. Taylor, the Tax Col- 
 lector of West Hoboken, has held 
 this office for the last 12 years. 
 
 He was born ' in that town in 
 1866, where he, after finishing his 
 education in the public schools, 
 started to learn the electrical trade. 
 He later had charge of electrical 
 construction work in New York. 
 
 ■In 1905 he was elected to his 
 present office, succeeding John S. 
 Conlin, who was Tax Collector of 
 West Hoboken for 15 years. 
 
 Mr. Taylor is recognized as one 
 of the most competent officials in 
 the town, a fact which the people 
 have proven by electing him four 
 successive terms. 
 
 He is well known in fraternal 
 
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and social circles, being a member 
 of the Masonic Order and the Zem 
 Zems. He is also a member of the 
 Exempt Firemen's Association, 
 
 \\ est Hoboken Democratic Club, 
 and is a director of the Palisade 
 Huilding and Loan Ass'n. , 
 
 Mr. Taylor married Louise Kat- 
 tenhorn, of the well known West 
 Hoboken family. They have two 
 children, both boys. 
 
 Clarence J. Rieman. 
 
 Although a young man, Clarence 
 J. Rieman has become one of the 
 leading funeral directors in North 
 Hudson. 
 
 He was born in Buffalo, N. Y., 
 July 23, 1887. He began to re- 
 ceive his early education at the St. 
 Michael's School of West Hobo- 
 ken and continued his education at 
 Cansius College, Buffalo, to which 
 city his parents had moved in 
 1898. 
 
 After finishing his schooling he 
 secured a position with the U. S. 
 Express Co., and later with the 
 Lehigh Valley R. R. In 1907 he 
 became interested in the undertak- 
 ing business and became connected 
 with William Necker, for whom 
 he worked three years. He then 
 worked in a large undertaking es- 
 
 tablishment in New York City, 
 and for three years worked for 
 Thos. F. Carey of Jersey City. 
 
 In 1914 he opened his own un- 
 dertaking establishment at his pres- 
 ent location at 512 Stevens St., 
 West Hoboken, where he has con- 
 ducted the business ever since. 
 
 Mr. Rieman has become well 
 known in the northern part of the 
 county as a conscientious and hon- 
 est man. He has conducted num- 
 erous large funerals of well known 
 people in the section. 
 
 He is actively interested in pub- 
 lic affairs and also in fraternal aiid 
 social associations. He is a mem- 
 ber of St. Michael's Holy Name 
 Society and Knights of Columbus. 
 
 On Sept. 20, 1916, he married 
 Miss E. Schulze, with whom he has 
 one son, Clarence, Jr. 
 
 Mr. Rieman is very fond of 
 baseball and automobiling. 
 
 At the Fall election, he was 
 elected Coroner of Hudson County 
 to take office January 1, 1918. He 
 is one of the youngest Coroners the 
 County has ever had. 
 
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James F. Norton. 
 
 No man is better known or more 
 popular than James F. Norton, the 
 Surrogate of Hudson County. 
 
 He was born in Brooklyn, De- 
 cember 23rd, 1858, but his parents 
 moved to Jersey City when "Jim", 
 as Mr. Norton is popularly known, 
 was only ten years of age. He at- 
 tended the St. Peters Parochial 
 
 School in Jersey City, but at a very 
 early age he had to start making 
 his own living, as his father had 
 died and his mother was in meagre 
 circumstances. " He started in to 
 sell newspapers, and later secured 
 a position as messenger boy for a 
 local newspaper. This was his be- 
 ginning as a newspaper man, in 
 which profession he since became 
 very successful. For a nuijiber of 
 years he worked as a press "feeder, 
 then as a typesetter, and finally as 
 a reporter. ..He served once as the 
 Hudson Coupty editor of the New- 
 ark Morning Star, and later, asso- 
 ciated with Sheriff.. Kinkead and 
 Thomas -Tumulty, now Secretary 
 
 to President Wilson, published the 
 Jersey City Sunday Eagle. 
 
 Mr. Norton was, until lately, re- 
 porter and political writer for the 
 New York World, and was associ- 
 ated with that newspaper for 
 twenty-six years. 
 
 He has held many public offices 
 of trust and responsibility. In 1883 
 he was elected to the Board of 
 Freeholders and re-elected to a 
 second term in that Board. He was 
 elected to the Assembly in 1887, 
 and re-elected in 1888. Mr. Nor- 
 ton worked hard to bring about the 
 adoption of Commission Govern- 
 ment in Jersey City, and after its 
 inception was rewarded with the 
 office of Deputy Director of Public 
 Safety under Director F. Hague. 
 He served in this capacity until 
 1916, when he was elected Surro- 
 gate of the County by a very large 
 majority. 
 
 Mr. Norton's integrity of charac- 
 ter, his faithfulness and the close 
 attention which he has given to 
 public duties, have brought him in- 
 to more than local promiiience, and 
 stamped him as a man of the 
 highest attributes. 
 
 He was married November 23, 
 1888, to Marie Trayene, with 
 whom he has two children, Daniel 
 and Helen. 
 
 He is a member of the Jersey 
 City Elks, Royal Order of Moose, 
 and several political and social or- 
 ganizations. 
 
 Charles DarKe. 
 
 Charles Darke, one of the 
 youngest funeral directors in 
 North Hudson, was born in New 
 York City, September 25, 1884. 
 His parents moved to Guttenberg 
 when Charles was only one year 
 old, and in that town he received 
 his public school education, later 
 attending the Union Hill High 
 S&hool. He then secured a posi- 
 
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tion with Samuel Armstrong, the 
 well known undertaker. When S. 
 R. Sharpe took over the business, 
 Mr. Darke continued to work for 
 
 him until 1913. From 1913 till 
 February 26, 1917, he worked for 
 former Coroner Schlemm, then 
 went with A. J. Volk & Co., and 
 managed their branch office at 
 West New York, and on July 15 
 of this year he bought out that 
 branch and is now conducting his 
 own undertaking establishment at 
 670-72 Bergenline Ave., West 
 New York. 
 
 Although only in business a very 
 short time, Mr. Darke has made a 
 splendid beginning and promises to 
 be one of the most successful fune- 
 ral directors in North Hudson. 
 
 He is a hard and conscientious 
 worker and has achieved a high re- 
 putation while in the employ of 
 Mr. Sharpe as well as Mr. 
 Schlemm, with whom both he held 
 responsible positions. His pleas- 
 ing and tactful manners have gain- 
 ed him a large circle of friends. 
 
 Mr. Darke married Mathilda 
 Woehrle in 1906. He is a member 
 
 of the Jr. O. U. A. M., the Ex- 
 empt Firemen of Union Hill, and 
 has been a member of the Palisade 
 Engine Company for the past 
 eleven years. 
 
 His parents were William and 
 Sarah A. (Campbell) Darke, resi- 
 dents of Guttenberg since 1885. 
 His father was Police Captain of 
 the New York Police Department. 
 
 Mr. Darke himself served in 
 the Union Hill Police Department 
 for one year under Captain 
 Krieger. 
 
 Wm. Soliveau, Ph. G. 
 
 Wm. Soliveau, the prominent 
 druggist of West Hoboken, is the 
 proprietor of one of the oldest drug 
 stores in that town, located at 261 
 Summit Avenue. 
 
 His father, John B. Soliveau, 
 studied chemistry and graduated as 
 a druggist in Luxemburg. He came 
 to this country about forty-six years 
 ago and later conducted a drug store 
 
 in Newark, where William was 
 born. After completing his school 
 education, the son started to learn 
 
 170 
 
the profession of his father and 
 studied at the New Jersey College 
 of Pharmacy, from which institu- 
 tion he graduated in 1908. 
 
 About twenty years ago the elder 
 Mr. Soliveau established the present 
 business on Suvnmit Ave. He died 
 in 1910 and Mr. Wm. Soliveau took 
 over the business. 
 
 He has since succeeded in build- 
 ing up a very large and successful 
 business and has become known as 
 one of the most reliable druggists in 
 the town. His prescription depar- 
 ment is especially very large, as the 
 , doctors as well as the public are 
 thoroughly familiar with the fact 
 that Mr. Soliveau only uses fresh 
 and pure drugs and is especially 
 careful in the filling of prescrip- 
 tions. He makes up several of his 
 own remedies, for. which a great 
 demand has been created. 
 
 As a business man Mr. Soliveau 
 has achieved a splendid reputation 
 for his ability and sterling business 
 character. He is thoroughly known 
 in the town, where he has gained 
 the respect and confidence of all 
 who know him. 
 
 A. Sonzo^ni. 
 
 J. Sonzogni, of the firm of Son- 
 zogni Brothers, manufacturers and 
 dealers in marble, mosaic, terrazo,- 
 tiles and ceramics, with offices and 
 yard at 527-529 Courlandt Street, 
 West Hoboken, is porbably one of 
 the best known men in his line of 
 business. He has been awarded and 
 has successfully executed numerous 
 of the largest contracts in the coun- 
 ty, among which may be mentioned 
 the Lincoln High School in Jersey 
 City, St. Josephs Home for the 
 Blind, Jersey City; the Technical 
 School of Hoboken, Hoboken High 
 School, McKinley Memorial in 
 Ohio, and many others, too numer- 
 ous to mention, not alone in this 
 county, but all over the country. 
 
 The firm employs as many as 
 thirty-five men and their yards at 
 the above address cover a ground of 
 75x100 feet. 
 
 Mr. Sonzogni was born in Italy, 
 October 3, 1861, and came to this 
 
 country in 1890. He settled in New 
 York City and a few years after 
 came to West Hoboken, in which 
 town he has been a resident for the 
 last twenty-five years. He learned 
 the tile and marble business and 
 thirten years ago established his 
 own business in conjunction with 
 his brother under the name of Son- 
 zogni Bros. 
 
 Mr. Sonzogni is a public-spirited 
 and patriotic citizen, always inter- 
 ested in anything which might be of 
 benefit to the community. He is 
 possessed of a very pleasing person- 
 ality, which has gained him a host 
 of friends. Mr. Sonzogni married 
 in 1884 and is the father of seven 
 children. He is prominently con- 
 nected with several Italian societies 
 and is a large property owner in the 
 town of West Hoboken. 
 
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Edward Fetterly. 
 
 One of the most respected, citi- 
 zens in North Hudson is Edward 
 Fetterly, of Weehawken. 
 
 He was born in Canada, in 1874, 
 and received part of his education 
 in that country, but finished his 
 schooling in Chicago, where his 
 parents had moved. At the age of 
 nineteen years he entered the em- 
 ploy of Swift & Co. By hard and 
 conscientious work and strict atten- 
 
 tion to business he worked his way 
 up from one position to another un- 
 til he was made general department 
 manager of the Chicago City 
 Branch Houses. In 1900 he was 
 transferred to New York as man- 
 ager of the largest Branch House 
 in the city. 
 
 Mr. Fetterly has been connect- 
 ed with the Swift Co. for the last 
 twenty - two years. This is the 
 first and only concern he has ever 
 been connected with. 
 
 Fie has been a resident of Wee- 
 hawken for the last fourteen years 
 and has achieved an eminent repu- 
 
 tation as a man of great ability 
 and unimpeachable integrity. He 
 is a public-spirited and enterpris- 
 ing citizen and deeply interested in 
 the welfare of the community. He 
 is especially interested in boys' 
 work and is connected with several 
 boys' organizations. He is (also 
 interested in religious work and is 
 a Warden of Grace Episcopal 
 Church of Union Hill. He is fond 
 of outdoor sports, but his one great 
 hobby is his home, in which he 
 takes a great pride. 
 
 In politics he has always been 
 an ardent Republican, and in the 
 Fall election he was elected to the 
 Board of Council and took office 
 January 1, 1918. 
 
 , Mr. Fetterly married Catherine 
 E. Webber in 1900. They have 
 one daughter, Dorothy. 
 
 Wm. J. Hanley. 
 
 William J. Hanley was born 
 in Hoboken, N. J., January 18, 
 1891. He attended Public School 
 No. 2 and in 1905 graduated 
 from Grammar School No. 8 in 
 Hoboken. In 1909 he graduated 
 from St. Peters College in Jersey 
 City, and later studied at the Holy 
 Cross College in Mjassachusetts, 
 from which institution he graduat- 
 ed in 1912. Returning to Hoboken, 
 he secured a clerical position in the 
 Jersey City Court House and later 
 worked as a reporter for the Hud- 
 son Dispatch. In the meantime he 
 had taken up the study of law at 
 the New York Law School and in 
 1915 received the degree jf L.L.B. 
 The following year, on June 4th, he 
 was admitted to the New Jersey 
 Bar as an Attorney-at-Law. On 
 the seventh day of June, 1917, he 
 established his own practice in his 
 native city. 
 
 Mr. Hanley has succeeded in 
 
 172 
 
building up an eminent large and 
 successful law practice and is re- 
 cognized as one of the most able 
 young lawyers in Hoboken. He 
 
 specializes in organization work, 
 and was the organizer of the Hobo- 
 ken Jitney Men's Association and 
 is attorney for that organization. 
 
 Mr. Hanley is known as one of 
 the best orators in the county and 
 is much in demand as a public 
 speaker. 
 
 He has achieved a high reputa- 
 tion for his ability, integrity and en- 
 terprise. His pleasing personality 
 and frank and open manners have 
 gained him a large circle of friends. 
 Mr. Hanley was elected a mem- 
 ber of the Assembly for the year 
 1918 by the splendid majority of 
 24,000 votes over the high man on 
 the Republican ticket, having all 
 those qualifications which make 
 him most valuable to the people. 
 As already stated, he is a splendid 
 speaker, fearless and possessed of a 
 strong personality. He is a man of 
 the people and will truly represent 
 the people and safeguard their in- 
 terests. 
 
 James P. Dolan. 
 
 James P. Dolan, former Police 
 Judge of Jersey City and one of the 
 best known men in the legal pro- 
 fession, was born in Jersey City, 
 July 1st, 1886. He attended St. 
 Bridget School and later St. Peters 
 College, where he received the de- 
 gree of A. B. in 1905 and A. M. in 
 1907. He then entered the New 
 York Law School, and after receiv- 
 ing the degree of L. L. B. from this 
 institution, was admitted to the 
 Bar as an attorney at law in 1908. 
 He was admitted a Counsellor at 
 Law in 1912. 
 
 Judge Dolan taught school in St. 
 Peters College from 1907 to 1909. 
 
 He was appointed Clerk to the 
 First District Court in 1910, and 
 served in this office to 1915, when 
 he was appointed Police Judge of 
 the First Criminal Court of Jersey 
 City. He served on the bench for 
 two years, and in this time became 
 known as one of the most able 
 jurists and at the same time also as 
 one of the most fair-minded men on 
 
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the bench. After retiring from the 
 bench, the Judge opened his own 
 law practice, with offices in the 
 National Bank of North Hudson 
 Building in West Hoboken. 
 
 Although only a young man, 
 Judge Dolanhas achieved a high re- 
 putation for his ability and integrity 
 and is held in great esteem and res- 
 pect by his fellow citizens. He is a 
 public-spirited and enterprising 
 young man, and is always ready to 
 do his share for 'anyhting which 
 may benefit the community. 
 
 He is a member of St. Peter's 
 Alumni, the Alumni of the New 
 York Law School, and the Knights 
 of Columbus. He is one of the di- 
 rectors of the National Bank of 
 North Hudson. 
 
 The Judge married Anna Kerri- 
 gan, of Jersey City, in 1914. They 
 have two children, James, Jr., and 
 Catherine. 
 
 While on the bench, the Judge 
 was instrumental in establishing the 
 Night Court, the postponed sen- 
 tence and probation systems. 
 
 Froemchen's Hall. 
 
 This hall, located at 327 Union 
 Street, is one of the old landmarks 
 in Union Hill, where many of the 
 most prominent affairs were held 
 in olden days. 
 
 It was built about 1880 by Her- 
 mann Froemchen, and covers an 
 area of three city lots. The ball- 
 room is still one of the largest, 
 measuring 92 by 60 feet. It also 
 contains dining and meeting 
 rooms. 
 
 Mr. Froemchen died in 1911, 
 and the place has since been con- 
 ducted by his widow, who has 
 shown a surprising ability to con- 
 duct such a large establishment. 
 Mrs. Froemchen altered the whole 
 building about five years ago, and 
 
 it is now one of the most modern 
 places in North Hudson, suitable 
 for all kinds of social affairs, of 
 which many are held there every 
 month. 
 
 Mrs. Froemchen enjoys a 
 splendid reputation and can count 
 as her friends the most prominent 
 people in North Hudson. 
 
 Hans Pf eiffer, D. C. 
 
 Hans Pfeiffer, the noted Chiro- 
 practor of 32 Clendenny Avenue, 
 Jersey City, was born in Germany 
 in 1851. 
 
 He received his schooling in his 
 native country and in 1870 immi- 
 grated to America. A few years 
 after he took up the study of drug- 
 less healing. He studied at the 
 New York School of Chiroprac- 
 tors, and after graduating from this 
 institution, started his own practice 
 in Jersey City. 
 
 Dr. Pfeiffer has become one of 
 
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the most conspicuous dirugless phy- 
 sicians in the county and has gained 
 an eminent reputation not alone in 
 Hudson County, but in the States 
 of New York and New Jersey as 
 
 well. His office is daily being vi- 
 sited by numerous patients from 
 this county as well as from across 
 the river. Many so-called hopeless 
 cases have been completely cured 
 by the doctor. His modern office 
 gives the impression of a success- 
 ful practitioner. He is highly es- 
 teemed in the profession and is 
 known as a man of the highest 
 ability and integrity. 
 
 Dr. Pfeiffer is also a Naturopath 
 and is a member of the Hudson 
 County Chiropractors' Association. 
 
 In private life he is much inter- 
 ested in any movement which may 
 be of benefit to the community. He 
 is a public and civic-spirited citizen 
 who enjoys the confidence of all 
 who know him. 
 
 As a Chiropractor, he probably 
 enjoys one of the largest practices 
 in the county. 
 
 August Frank. 
 
 One of the best known druggists 
 in the county is Mr. August Frank 
 of Union Hill. 
 
 He was born in Stuttgart, Ger- 
 many, August 28th, 1869, and im- 
 migrated to this country in 1891. 
 He studied chemistry and medicine 
 at the New Jersey College of Phar- 
 macy and graduated from this in- 
 stitution in 1888. Later he ob- 
 tained a position as clerk in F. W. 
 Hille's Drug Store in Main Street, 
 Union Hill, and soon after became 
 manager of this store. In 1884 he 
 
 bought Mr. Hille's business, which 
 he is still conducting. 
 
 Mr. Frank has succeeded in 
 gaining the name or rather title of 
 the leading druggist in North Hud- 
 son. His careful filling of pre- 
 scriptions, his ability as a chemist 
 and druggist, and the splendid ser- 
 vice rendered the customers, have 
 gained him a name and reputation 
 of which not many druggists can 
 boast. 
 
 As a philanthropist and a civic- 
 and public-spirited man Mr. Frank 
 
 175 
 
is well known. He is always wil- 
 ling to lend a helping hand to any 
 worthy movement which will bene- 
 fit the community. He is an 
 esteemed and respected citizen 
 whose ability and integrity have 
 been recognized both professionally 
 and socially. He has never taken 
 any active interest in public affairs, 
 but has in many other ways been a 
 very useful citizen. 
 
 Mr. Frank married Tillie Beier 
 in 1896. 
 
 Max Schumann. 
 
 One of the best informed men in 
 the hotel business is Max Schu- 
 mann, proprietor of the old Central 
 Hotel or Hofbrau House on River 
 St., Hoboken. 
 
 The hotel is one of the oldest in 
 that city and is known not alone in 
 Hudson County, but in New York 
 as well. 
 
 The cozy restaurant on the 
 ground floor has for years been the 
 favorite place where some of the 
 
 best people, social as well as politi- 
 cal, enjoyed their luncheons, din- 
 ners and suppers. The deliciously 
 cooked food has always attracted 
 those people who are very particu- 
 lar eaters, to the Central Hotel. 
 
 Mr. Schumann began to learn 
 the hotel and restaurant business in 
 his native country, Germany, where 
 he was born in 1876. After finish- 
 ing his early .school education, he 
 worked as a waiter and coming to 
 this country in 1907 he continued 
 to work as a waiter. He was con- 
 nected with the Meyer's -Hotel for 
 four years and with the Elks' Club 
 House for one year. 
 
 On October 1, 1916, he bought 
 the Central Hotel, where he had 
 previously worked for four years 
 and three months. 
 
 He at once started to improve 
 the place and succeeded so far that 
 it was fast becoming one of the 
 most coziest and best outfitted ho- 
 tels and restaurants in Hoboken. 
 
 Then the war broke out, and as 
 the hotel is situated right across 
 from the big army piers, he was in 
 the "barred zone" and, like numer- 
 ous other hotel and cafe men, for- 
 bidden to sell liquor. This has, at 
 the writing of this history, worked 
 a great hardship on him as well as 
 on the other hotel men. However, 
 Mr. Schumann, anxious to aid and 
 help the government, is obeying the 
 law to the letter and is doing his 
 "bit" by facing his losses bravely. 
 
 Since his arrival in Hoboken, in 
 which city Mr. Schumann settled 
 when he came to America, he has 
 gained scores of friends. His 
 ability, his sterling business cha- 
 racter and his pleasing personality 
 have made friends for him all over. 
 He has never taken any active in- 
 terest in politics, but in business 
 and social circles he is very popu- 
 lar, and his presence in the many 
 clubs of which he is a member, is 
 always welcome. 
 
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Ernest G. Beckert, Chief of the 
 West New York Fire Department, 
 was born in Germany, August 3rd, 
 1880. His parents emigrated to 
 this country in 1882 and settled in 
 Guttenberg. There Ernest at- 
 tended public school, and after fin- 
 ishing his schooling in West New 
 York, he worked at the milk busin- 
 ess and later in the butcher busin- 
 ess, and finally went into the brew- 
 ery industry, with which he was 
 connected for over thirteen years. 
 He worked for the Bermes Brew- 
 ery Co. for a number of years. 
 
 In 1913 he was appointed cap- 
 tain of the town's paid Fire De- 
 partment, which at that time con- 
 sisted of nine men. He was the 
 first paid official in the department. 
 On May 1st, 1914, the volunteers 
 and part-paid firemen elected him 
 Chief by a big majority. In 1915, 
 when the full-paid Fire Depart- 
 
 ment was organized, consisting of 
 twenty-six men, Mr. Beckert was 
 appointed Chief. He has the dis- 
 tinction of being the last Chief of 
 the Volunteers and first Chief of 
 the paid Department. 
 
 The Chief has fought several 
 large fires, among which may be 
 mentioned the North Bergen 
 School on February 12th, 1914, 
 Union Hill Turn Hall, January 31, 
 1915, the Marine Shop Fire in 
 1910, and numerous others. He 
 has at all times shown a great abil- 
 ity as an Executive Fireman. His 
 great foresight and good judgment 
 have at many instances prevented 
 great disasters. 
 
 Mr. Beckert married Emma 
 Losche in 1902. They have three 
 children, Pearl A., Lester Ernest, 
 and Sylvia C. Mr. Beckert is a 
 member of the Foresters of Amer- 
 ica, the Firemen's Mutual Ass'n, 
 the Firemen's Exempt Ass'n, and 
 the International Ass'n of Fire 
 Engineers. 
 
 Jacob Ring'g'er. 
 
 Jacob Ringger, for 35 years a 
 respected resident of North Hud- 
 son, was born in Switzerland in 
 1847. After receiving his early 
 education in his native country, he 
 started to learn the cabinetmaking 
 trade, and in 1881 emigrated to 
 America. He settled in the State 
 of Illinois, but a few years later 
 came to Union Hill, where he se- 
 cured a position as carpenter in 
 William Peter's Brewery. He 
 worked there for four years and 
 then started in partnership a small 
 factory, manufacturing doors, 
 sashes, blinds 'and mouldings. The 
 factory was located on Savoy St., 
 West Hoboken, but he soon had to 
 
 177 
 
move to larger quarters and built 
 a factory at Highpoint and Kerri- 
 gan Avenues. After many years 
 of hard and conscientious work, 
 Mr. Ringger had built up a splen- 
 did business. But he was not to 
 enjov the frutis of his labor very 
 long' On January 11th, 1906, his 
 factory burned completely down to 
 the ground, and as he carried no 
 insurance, he lost everything. He 
 was not, however, to be discour- 
 aged, and it did not take him long 
 to start business anew. He moved 
 across the street from his former 
 location, and started anew. In 
 1908 the partnership was dissolved 
 and Mr. Ringger became the sole 
 owner of Jacob Ringger & Co. 
 
 The factory located at High- 
 point and Kerrigan Aves. covers 
 a ground of 176x100 square feet. 
 In busy times as many as 45 men 
 are employed there. 
 
 Mr. Ringger has never sought 
 nor accepted any public office, but 
 has devoted his full time and ener- 
 gy to bis business. He is a public- 
 spirited citizen and held in great 
 respect and confidence by the entire 
 community, and is noted for his 
 benevolence, kindness and genero- 
 sity. He is always ready and wil- 
 ling to lend his assistance to any 
 movement of welfare to his town. 
 
 Mr. Ringger is what can be truly 
 called a self-made man. Through 
 great thrift and economy he not 
 alone succeeded in working his 
 way from carpenter up to a large 
 manufacturer, but also succeeded 
 by wise investments to become a 
 large property owner. He owns 
 several large houses in North Hud- 
 son. 
 
 In 1861 Mn Ringger married 
 Barbara Meyli in Switzerland. 
 They had three children, of which, 
 however, only two are living, both 
 girls. 
 
 Gabinetto Mensolilo, 
 D.C. 
 
 Among the most successful chi- 
 ropractors in North Hudson is Dr. 
 Gabinetto Mensolilo, of Summit, 
 Ave., West Hoboken. 
 
 Five years ago he took up the 
 study of drugless healing, and three 
 years ago he established his own 
 practice. The dotcor is a gradu- 
 ated chiropractor and naturopath, 
 and in the few years he has been es- 
 tablished he has succeeded in build- 
 ing up a very large and successful 
 practice. He has gained a thor- 
 ough knowledge of the profession 
 and has accomplished great skill in 
 many serious cases where he has 
 procured wonderful results. 
 
 In the last few years he has spent 
 much time and money in the study 
 of chiropractic and has studied 
 every detail of the profession. He is 
 a sincere and conscientious believer 
 in his work and fully believes in 
 the science of chiropractic. 
 
 Dr. Mansolilo was born in Italy 
 in 1887, where he received his early 
 school education. He immigrated 
 into this country 13 years ago and 
 settled in New York City. About 
 3 years ago he came to West Hobo- 
 ken, where he started a small office 
 on De Mott St. His practice soon 
 grew so large that he found it ne- 
 cessary to move into larger quar- 
 ters, and he then opened his present 
 office on 174 Summit Ave. 
 
 The doctor has received several 
 diplomas as a naturopath as well 
 as a chiropractor. He is promi- 
 nently connected with several orga- 
 nizations and clubs and held in 
 great respect in professional circles 
 as well as in private life. His pleas- 
 ing manners, his ability and his 
 sterling business qualifications have 
 gained him a large circle of friends, 
 
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Henry Andes. 
 
 Henry Andes, the Tax Collector 
 of North Bergen, has lived in this 
 town since he was six months old. 
 
 He was born in Paterson, June 
 30, 1867. His parents, Henry An- 
 des and Theresa Morton, could not 
 afford to give Henry an expen- 
 
 sive education. In fact, he had to 
 leave public school, which he at- 
 tended in North Bergen, at the 
 early age of ten, when he had to 
 earn his own living. He worked at 
 odd jobs for a time and then begaw 
 to learn the trade of mason and 
 plasterer, which he has followed 
 ever since. In 1891 he engaged in 
 business for himself and has since 
 put up numerous buildings, 
 among which may be mentioned the 
 handsome brick building at 14th 
 St. and Bergenline Ave., West New 
 York, the largest building in that 
 town. He has built eleven schools 
 and numerous houses and cottages 
 
 in West New York and Highwood 
 Park, in fact all over North Hud- 
 son. 
 
 Mr. Andes is one of the most 
 successful contractors and builders 
 in North Hudson. He is thorough 
 in every detail, energetic and prac- 
 tical in carrying out his contracts, 
 and prompt in all he undertakes. 
 His foresight, integrity and sound 
 judgement, his capacity for busi- 
 ness, have brought him into more 
 than local prominence. In politics 
 he is an ardent Democrat. He has 
 held every office in the gift of the 
 people in the town with the excep- 
 tion of Mayor, which he has re- 
 peatedly refused. In 1891 he was 
 elected a member of the North Ber- 
 gen Board of education and re- 
 elected to this ofhce in 1893 and 
 again in 1894, the last time for a 
 term of three, years. He was one 
 of the principal organizers and the 
 first foreman of the American Hose 
 Co. of North Bergen and is still ac- 
 tive in the Volunteer Fire Depart- 
 ment of the town. In 1899 he was 
 elected Chief of the Fire Depart- 
 ment and held this office for two 
 terms. In 1905 he was elected a 
 member of the Township Commit- 
 tee, in which capacity he served for 
 four successive terms. While in 
 the Board he was appointed chair- 
 man of the Police Committee. He 
 was one of the organizers of the 
 paid Police Depai'tment, which was 
 created in the town in 1914. Mr. 
 Andes was elected Tax Assessor 
 and re-elected to this oiBce last 
 year. He has been instrumental 
 in many needed improvements, 
 among which may be mentioned the 
 Sewer Bill for East New Durham, 
 of which he was the father. 
 
 Mr. Andes was married Febru- 
 ary 21, 1893, to Sophia Menkel of 
 the well-known West New York 
 family of that name. They have 
 two children: Henry P., Jr., and 
 Martha S. 
 
 Mr. Andes is a County Com- 
 
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mitteeman and a member of the 
 Elks, No. 74, and the Schuetzen- 
 bund, and a member of the town's 
 Democratic Club and several other 
 associations. 
 
 Mr. Andes' great hobbies are 
 hunting and automobiling. 
 
 Charles W. Heinrich. 
 
 Charles W. Heinrich, one of the 
 most respected citizens of North 
 Bergen and Committeeman of this 
 township, was born in Hoboken, 
 May 17th, 1879. His parents were 
 Charles Heinrich and Emma 
 (Carstens). 
 
 Charles attende dthe Hoboken 
 Public Schools, and after graduat- 
 ing started to help his father, who 
 was in the wholesale liquor busi- 
 nesss, and is now part owner of this 
 business. 
 
 Mr. Charles Heinrich has always 
 taken a deep interest in everything 
 of interest and to the welfare of 
 the community. 
 
 He has been active in political af- 
 fairs since 1900,- when he became 
 a member of the School Board, in 
 which capacity he served till 1902. 
 He was elected a Township Com- 
 mitteeman in 1911, and re-elected 
 in 1913, 1915, and 1917, now serv- 
 ing his fourth term in this office. 
 
 Mr. Heinrich married Lillie 
 Tschupp, of the old prominent 
 family of that name. They have 
 three children, Fred, Mathilda, and 
 Ruth. 
 
 Mr. Heinrich takes an active in- 
 terest in the welfare of the com- 
 munity, and in various capacities 
 has contributed much to its growth 
 and advancement. He is a Demo- 
 crat in politics, a sagacious business 
 man, and enjoys a wide popularity. 
 He is chairman of the Township 
 License and Printing Committee. 
 
 Edw. W. Collins. 
 
 Edw. W. "ColHns, the noted 
 chiropractor and former Superin- 
 tendent of the New Jersey College 
 of Chiropractics, is one of the best 
 known men in the profession. He 
 studied the art of drugless heahng 
 at several of the more prominent 
 institutions in the country and is a 
 
 graduate of New England College 
 of Chiropractors in Boston, Massa- 
 chusetts, and of the American 
 School of Naturopathy. 
 
 He is known throughout the 
 State as one of the most skilled 
 practitioners and has attained an 
 eminent standing in the profes- 
 sional world. 
 
 His father, Dr. F. \\'. Collins, 
 founded the college of which Dr. 
 ColHns, the subject of this sketch, 
 was the Superintendent. It was 
 started on a small scale, but was 
 time after time enlarged and was 
 located in a large building con- 
 nected with a hospital in Newark. 
 A free clinic. had also been estab- 
 lished, at which from 40 to 50 pa- 
 tients were treated every day. 
 
 180 
 
The New Jersey College of Chi- 
 ropractors is now consolidated with 
 the New York College of Chiro- 
 practors, one of the largest institu- 
 tions of its kind in the east. The 
 college is located in the heart of 
 New York City. 
 
 George Medina. 
 
 Mr. Medina has been a resident 
 of North Bergen for the last twen- 
 ty-four years and has in that time 
 achieved an enviable reputation as 
 •a man of great ability and unim- 
 peachable business character. 
 
 He served the township as Recor- 
 der for nine years and gained the 
 respect of the legal profession for 
 his fair decisions. He has served 
 in the Township Committee for one 
 year, filling an unexpired! term. 
 While serving in the latter capacity, 
 he has procured many needed im- 
 provements for the First Ward 
 which he represents. He has im- 
 proved the lighting system and se- 
 veral streets and sewers. 
 
 Mr. Medina was born in the State 
 of New York in 1871. After re- 
 ceiving his education at a military 
 institute, he worked for his uncle, 
 who was a. wholesale grocer. Twen- 
 ty-five years ago he secured a po- 
 sition with the Consolidated Gas 
 Co. of New York and gradually 
 worked his way up until he reached 
 • the position as special representa- 
 tive which he now holds. 
 
 Mr. Medina is a member of the 
 F. and A. M., the Royal Arcanum, 
 and was one of the organizers of the 
 Marcy Association, of which he is 
 now first vice-president. He is pre- 
 sident of the First Ward Democra- 
 tic Club and a member of the 
 Woodcliflf Fire Co. and numerous 
 other organizations and clubs. 
 
 The Cox Family. 
 
 William and Albert Cox, pro- 
 prietors of the large hardware con- 
 cern located at the Hackensack 
 Plankroad and the Boulevard, 
 West Hoboken, descended from 
 one of the oldest and most promi- 
 nent families in the northern part 
 of the county. 
 
 Their grandfather, William Cox, 
 emigrated from England ^o this 
 country in 1838 and settled in West 
 Hoboken the following year. In 
 the spring of the same year he 
 opened the present business as a 
 "general store" selling practically 
 everything. The business was lo- 
 cated in a small house situated near 
 the present location on the corner 
 of Hackensack Plankroad and the 
 Hudson Boulevard. 
 
 William Cox had several chil- 
 dren, among whom was George, 
 who was born in England, 1837. 
 He attended school in West Ho- 
 boken, and later helped the father 
 in his business. He (George) 
 married Catherine von Asperen in 
 ']}860. They had eight children. 
 His father died in 1878 and George 
 took over the business, which in 
 the meantime had been moved into 
 larger quarters in the present build- 
 ing, which the Cox family built in 
 1861. George continued to run the 
 business until 1903, under the 
 name of George Cox and Soils, 
 having taken two of his sons, Wil- 
 liam and Albert, into the business. 
 George Cox died in 1910. 
 
 William Cox, one of the present 
 proprietors, was born in 1861. He 
 married Elizabeth Applegate, of 
 the well known Hoboken family, in 
 1893. They have five children. 
 
 Albert Cox was born in 1873. He 
 married Annie McAller with 
 whom he has five children: 
 George, Albert, Joseph, Norman, 
 and Annetta. 
 
 An uncle, WiUiam Cox, was 
 very prominent in political affairs. 
 
 181 
 
He was a member of the Board of 
 Freeholders and a National Dele- 
 gate to the Saratoga Convention. 
 
 In 1905, the firm discontinued 
 their grocery department, and has 
 since conducted business as a hard- 
 ware and feed store. The firm is 
 one of the largest of its kind in the 
 northern part of the county and 
 does a very extensive business in 
 practically every part of the county. 
 
 Both William and Albert Cox 
 are highly reputable men, who 
 have gained the esteem and confi- 
 dence of all with whom they have 
 come into contact. They have 
 strictly adhered to the principles 
 as laid down by their grandfather, 
 the founder of the business, and 
 which has been the keynote of the 
 firm's success, namely : Honest 
 Business Methods. 
 
 Dr. Frieda Pfau. 
 
 Dr. Frieda Pfau, proprietress of 
 the Physical Health Institute, lo- 
 cated at 120 Palisade Avenue, West 
 Hoboken, has gained an eminent 
 reputation in the art of drugless 
 healing. 
 
 The doctor was born in Switzer- 
 land, where she studied her pro- 
 fession. She came to this country 
 in 1901 and started a small practice 
 at 596 Clinton Avenue, West Ho- 
 boken. She was one of the pioneers 
 in the profession in New Jersey. 
 In 1910 she established the Insti- 
 tute at the above mentioned ad- 
 dress. Here every modern appara- 
 tus and appliance for the cure and 
 prevention of nearly every disease 
 known may be found. Electric ap- 
 paratus, baking ovens, vibrators, 
 and many other devices are used in 
 this institute, and some of the 
 agencies employed are massage, 
 electro-vibrassage, Swedish move- 
 ments (curative), gymnastics, col- 
 
 ored rays treatment, changeable 
 spray and douches, hot and cold 
 baths, herbal, salt, medicated, alter- 
 nating, electric, and Nauheim baths, 
 also Turkish, vapor and hot air 
 baths. Every facility can be found 
 at this institute for the treatment of 
 patients. 
 
 Dr. Pfau has studied every 
 branch of drugless healing. She is 
 an osteopath, having passed the 
 
 State examination of New Jersey 
 and received her license in 1915. 
 She was the first one in Hudson 
 County to receive this license. She 
 is a chiropractor and naturopath, 
 having studied and received her 
 diplomas from some Of the most 
 eminent institutions. The doctor 
 has written several important ar- 
 ticles on drugless healing in some 
 of the largest professional publica- 
 tions. 
 
 Many of the medical doctors are 
 sending their patients to Dr. Pfau 
 to undergo treatment. She enjoys 
 a very high reputation in the pro- 
 fession and has achieved wonder- 
 ful success in her undertaking. 
 
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Chas. W. Randall. 
 
 Charles W. Randall, one of the 
 best known architects and contrac- 
 tors in the northern part of the 
 county, was born and brought up 
 in the Jersey Heights section. Af- 
 
 office he is especially fitted to fill 
 because of his great experience in 
 the building tirade. 
 
 As a citizen Mr. Randall is pub- 
 lic-spirited, enterprising and always 
 ready to lend his assistance to any 
 movement which may benefit the 
 community. He is possessed of 
 great ability, foresight and sound 
 judgment and an unimpeachable 
 integrity. 
 
 He is President of the Lincoln 
 Republican Association, a member 
 of the Town Improvement Associa- 
 tion and the Suckly Park Associa- 
 tion, of which he was chairman for 
 a number of years. 
 
 ter he had finished his school edu- 
 cation, he began to learn the car- 
 penter and building trade. Later he 
 took up the study of architecture 
 at the Cooper Institute in New- 
 York City and graduated from this 
 institution in 1885. For some years 
 after, he devoted his time as an 
 architect and then became a con- 
 tractor and builder as well. 
 
 Mr. Randall has erected over 200 
 houses in Hudson County and has 
 achieved a high reputation as a con- 
 scientious builder and busmess 
 man. 
 
 In public afifairs he has always 
 taken a sincere interest. He is an 
 ardent Republican and a leader m 
 the councils of that party. 
 
 At the beginning of this year, 
 Mr Randall was appointed Budd- 
 ing Inspector of West Hoboken, an 
 
 Fred'k W. Schier 
 
 Chief Engineer 
 West Hoboken Fire Departm't. 
 
 183 
 
Edwin B. Young. 
 
 Edwin Berkley Young, one of 
 the leading real estate and insur- 
 ance men~ with office at 429 Ber- 
 genline Avenue, Union Hill, is des- 
 cended from a very old, distin- 
 guished family. 
 
 The Youngs made their first 
 settlement at Athol, Prince Edward 
 County, Ontario, Canada, at East 
 Lake. 
 
 Colonel Henry Young, born in 
 
 Jamaica, Long Island, in 1737. was 
 
 the second son of six children of an 
 
 English gunsmith, who ;founded 
 
 the family in this county and 
 Canada. Henry joined the British 
 army when a young man and served 
 for six years in the French and 
 Indian wars and in numerous en- 
 gagements against the Continentals. 
 
 At the close of the American re- 
 volution, he retired on half pay and 
 was granted 3,000 acres of land. 
 He selected a site at East Lake in 
 the Town of Athol. There he 
 brought his family in 178L He 
 had four daughters, Elizabeth, 
 
 Mary, Catherine, and Sarah, and 
 two sons, Henry and Daniel. Henry 
 married, and his son Richard 
 Young married, and the son of 
 this marriage was William Henry 
 Young, who married Sarah Jane 
 Clark. They are the parents of 
 Edwin Berkley Young and Geo. 
 A. Young. 
 
 Edwin was born in Athol Town- 
 ship, Prince Edward County, On- 
 tario, and in 1883 married Henri- 
 etta Bell, with whom he had three 
 sons, Edwin Henry, Ralph Percy, 
 and Herbert Eldred. Edwin Henry 
 married Margaret Thompson. 
 They have two sons, Edwin Berk- 
 ley 2 and James Donlapp. Ralph 
 Percy married M. Nurge. They 
 have one child, Ralph Henry. Her- 
 bert Eldred is still single. 
 
 Edwin B. Young, the subject of 
 this sketch, has achieved marked 
 success in real estate operation, and 
 by untiring devotion to business has 
 won the confidence and respect of 
 the entire community. He was 
 Secretary of the old Literary So- 
 ciety of the Town of Union, and 
 later became one of the prime mov- 
 ers in organizing the Free Reading 
 Room and Library Ass'n, of which 
 he was for many years the Treas- 
 urer. 
 
 Mr. Young is a prominent mem- 
 ber of various fraternal and social 
 organizations, including Mystic Tie 
 Lodge, F. and A. M., of which he is 
 the oldest living Past Master. He 
 was the founder of Trinity Chap- 
 ter No. 18, O. E. S., was Grand 
 Patron of the Order of Eastern 
 Star in New Jersey, a veteran of 
 the Scottish Rite in New York 
 City, Masonic fraternity, and a 
 member of the Royal Arcanum. In 
 1899 he was elected Most Worthy 
 Grand Patron of the Order of the 
 Eastern Star, and in 1900 was 
 elected 1st President of the Past 
 Masters' Association of Hudson 
 County. 
 
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Prof. H. Godio. 
 
 Prof. Henri Godio, one of the 
 most noted musicians in North 
 Hudson, was born in Cleveland, 
 Ohio, in 1889. His parents brought 
 him to West Virginia when he was 
 quite young, and there he received 
 his early education. 
 
 He came 'to West Hoboken in 
 1900, and although a young man, 
 has m^de an enviable reputation as 
 a noted musician. He started to 
 
 study the violin at the early age of 
 nine, and studied in the New York 
 Conservatory of Music under the 
 widely known Henry Lambert, 
 Nathan Ulanov, and several other 
 prominent artists. 
 
 Prof. Godio has played at sev- 
 eral of the largest hotels in New 
 York, among which may be men- 
 tioned the Astor, Healy's, Shan- 
 ley's, and Sherry's. 
 
 He opened his own studio U 
 years ago and taught music as a 
 side line, until his pupils became 
 so numerous that he found it ne- 
 cessary to devote his full time to 
 the instruction of music. 
 
 His ability and talent were soon 
 recognized, and in December, 1916, 
 be was appointed director and or- 
 ganizer of the Emerson High 
 School Orchestra by the West Ho- 
 boken Board of Education. He 
 conducted the first concert with 
 this orchestra in January, 1917, 
 and it was one of the greatest suc- 
 cesses the town has ever witnessed. 
 The orchestra, composed of both 
 boys and girls, playing all different 
 instruments, now numbers sixty 
 members and is an institution of 
 which the Board of Education as 
 well as the whole town can be 
 proud. It is one of the finest in 
 North Hudson, and Prof. Godio is 
 co-operating with the Board of 
 Education to make it one of the 
 best in the state. 
 
 The Professor has also his own 
 pupils' orchestra. His first own 
 orchestra experience was in the 
 Young Men's Symphony Orchestra 
 under the direction of Dr. A. 
 Volpe. 
 
 Prof. Godio has, by his courte- 
 ous ways and pleasing personality, 
 gained a large circle of friends, 
 who admire him for his great 
 talent, integrity and sterling char- 
 acter. 
 
 His father, August Godio, is a 
 prominent sculptor, well known in 
 Europe as well as in this country. 
 He studied in Rome and in Paris 
 and came to this country in 1882. 
 
 G. E. Martinelli. 
 
 Gaetano Enrico Martinelli, one 
 of the best known violinists in 
 West Hoboken, was born in Ve- 
 rona, Italy, in 1887. 
 
 He began to study the violin at 
 an early age and later attended the 
 Academy in Verona. After spend- 
 ing sixteen montlis in Canada, he 
 
 185 
 
came to this country in 1907 His 
 splendid talent was soon recog- 
 nized and his services became dif- 
 ficult to obtain. He played at the 
 Waldorf-Astoria and many other 
 leading hotels in New York City, 
 and his name soon became well 
 known in musical circles in the 
 metropolis. About three years ago 
 he opened his own study at 349 Pa- 
 lisade Avenue, West Hoboken. 
 
 It did not take long before Mr. 
 Martinelh's ability as a teacher be- 
 
 A. Martinelli. 
 
 came known, and numerous pupils 
 flocked to his studio to study with 
 this noted violinist. 
 
 It is not alone in the musical 
 circles that Mr. Martinelli has 
 achieved a high reputation, but as 
 a citizen he is also held in great 
 esteem and respect. While he de- 
 votes practically all his time to this 
 his life study, he is always inter- 
 ested in any movement which may 
 be of benefit to the community. 
 His pleasing personality has made 
 him a score of friends, who are 
 proud of his achievements. 
 
 One of the leading jewelers in 
 West Hoboken is A. Martinelli of 
 Summit Ave. He was born in 
 Italy, April 6th, 1876, and after 
 receiving his preliminary educa- 
 tion in his native country he came 
 to America in 1896. About nine- 
 
 teen years ago he started a small 
 jewelry store at 227 Summit Ave., 
 and after one year had to move 
 into larger quarters at 204 Summit 
 Ave. The business soon outgrew 
 these quarters also, and fourteen 
 years ago he moved into his present 
 store at 213 Summit Ave. This is 
 one of the largest if not the largest 
 jewelry store in West Hoboken. 
 
 Mr. Martinelli studied geometry 
 at the North Illinois College of Op- 
 tometry, where he received his di- 
 ploma, and later he received the 
 certificate as a registered optician 
 of the State of New Jersey. His 
 optical department is connected 
 with his jewelry store. 
 
 Mr. Martinelli is an enthusiast of 
 music and art, and an amateur of 
 no mean ability in both fields. 
 
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He is a cornet player of high re- 
 putation. In art he has won fame 
 as a portrait and landscape painter. 
 
 Gifted with so many rare abili- 
 ties, it is only natural that he has 
 many friends in the community. 
 While he has always taken a deep 
 interest in all civic matters, he has 
 never sought nor accepted any pub- 
 lic office. In 1901 Mr. Martinelli 
 married Jenniie Sighinolfi, with 
 whom he has three children, Elsa, 
 Anzo, and Anthony. He is a mem- 
 ber of many professional and so- 
 cial organizations. 
 
 Chas. W. Zentgraf. 
 
 Among the residents of the 
 Town of Union, Chas. W. Zentgraf 
 is best known. He has resided in 
 this town for the last twelve years, 
 and in this time has gained the res- 
 pect and confidence of the people of 
 the community. 
 
 He immigrated to this country 
 with his parents in 1888. The fa- 
 mily settled in New York, where 
 Charles received his final educa- 
 tion in different institutions. 
 
 When the Spanish - American 
 War broke out, he joined the colors 
 and was soon afterwards placed in 
 the Adjutant's office, where he 
 quickly was promoted to a respon- 
 sible position. Later he was placed 
 in charge as manager of the Army 
 and Navy Store. Returning to pri- 
 vate life, he secured a position 
 with the Metropolitan Co., with 
 which company he is now con- 
 nected. In the Union Hill office 
 he is known as one of the most 
 valuable men, whose ability and ef- 
 ficiency is greatly prized. 
 
 Probably no man bears a more 
 striking likeness to ex-President 
 Roosevelt than Mr. Zentgraf. It is 
 not alone in the resemblance that 
 he is like our former President, but 
 
 also in figure, stout and broad- 
 shouldered, with the winning smile. 
 He is dignified and stern, exactly 
 like Roosevelt, and like the latter — 
 a Republican. All these qualifica- 
 tions make him especially suited for 
 the office the people of Union Hill 
 have persuaded him to become a 
 candidate for — that of Recorder of 
 
 the town. Mr. Zentgraf has been 
 a student of law for many years, 
 and all his leisure time has been 
 spent over the law books. He was 
 elected Justice of the Small Cause 
 Court of Hudson County, and is 
 also a Notary Public. His un- 
 questionable integrity, ability and 
 great judgment and other qualifica- 
 tions make him especially suited for 
 the recordership. He is not what 
 may be called a professional politi- 
 cian, and it is certain that he will 
 not let politics interfere with jus- 
 tice if he should be elected. 
 
 Mr. Zentgraf is a wide-awake 
 and ambitious man, who will not be 
 influenced in his judicial decisions 
 by any political faction or otherwise. 
 
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Charles M. Egan. 
 
 Former Senator Charles M. Egan 
 was born in Jersey City, October 
 13, 1877. He was educated in the 
 Public schools of his native city, 
 and later studied at the New York 
 J.aw School. He served his law 
 clerkship in the law office of Vice- 
 Chancellor John Griffin, until his 
 
 admission to the Bar in November, 
 1899. After his admission to the 
 practice of his profession, he form- 
 ed a partnership with Congressman 
 James A. Hamill and he and Mr. 
 Hamill remained together in busi- 
 ness for eight years, when they both 
 opened separate offices. In 1910 
 he was elected to the Assembly, and 
 re-elected in 1911 and 1912. He 
 became the majority leader of the 
 House of Assembly in 1913. In the 
 latter year he was elected ta the 
 State Senate and served in this of- 
 fice until January 1, 1917. During 
 his tenure of office at Trenton, Sen- 
 ator Egan won great recognition 
 for his sound judgment and great 
 force of character. Fie was the 
 
 "father" of the Child Labor Law, 
 Full Crew Law, present Chancellor- 
 Sheriff Jury Law, the Juvenile 
 Court Law, the Parental Flome 
 Law, and the Loan Shark Law; 
 the latter law had the effect of driv- 
 ing all the loan sharks out of the 
 State of New Jersey. 
 
 His entire legislative career was 
 marked by careful, comprehensive, 
 and intelligent attention to the busi- 
 ness of the State, and especially to 
 those measures which affected his 
 town or county, and his devotion 
 to the public interest gained for him 
 a high reputation as well as a wide 
 and intimate acquaintance. 
 
 Only a few months ago, Senator 
 Egan was appointed an assistant 
 Prosecutor of the Pleas of Hudson 
 County, and he is now serving in 
 this capacity. 
 
 On June 14, 1916, the Senator 
 married Eleanor S. Walsh, a 
 daughter of the late Magistrate 
 James J. Walsh of New York City. 
 He is a member of the Knights of 
 Columbus, A. O. H., Carteret 
 Club, the Elks, and several political 
 and social organizations. 
 
 Emil Bautz. 
 
 Emil Bautz, Town Clerk of 
 Union Hill, one of the most i^es- 
 pected men in North Hudson, was 
 born in Germany, November 1, 
 1874. His parents brought him to 
 this country when he was only four 
 months old, taking up their resi- 
 dence in New York City. The 
 family came to Union Hill in 1882, 
 and in that town Emil received his 
 public school education. After fin- 
 ishing his schooling he worked in 
 several clerical positions. 
 
 In 1901 he was elected a member 
 of the Board of Education, and the 
 following year he was elected 
 Town Clerk. Mr. Bautz is still 
 holding this responisible position, 
 
 188 
 
having been re-elected five succes- 
 sive terms, and is now serving his 
 fifteenth year as Tovi^n Clerk. 
 
 Mr. Bautz has always been an 
 ardent Democrat and a strong sup- 
 porter of clean politics. 
 
 He has gained an excellent repu- 
 tation for ability, integrity and en- 
 terprise. He has conducted the 
 town's aflfairs in a thorough, busi- 
 nesslike manner, creditable to him- 
 self and his constituents, and most 
 satisfactory to all classes of citizens 
 irrespective of party. With char- 
 teristic energy and application he 
 entered upon his duties as Town 
 Clerk, which he has discharged 
 with great fidelity and honor. 
 
 Mr. Bautz married Rose Henze 
 in 1904. She died some years later, 
 and in 1915 Mr. Bautz married 
 Helen Quinlan. 
 
 He is a member of the Elks, Ho- 
 boken No. 74, Royal Arcanum, 
 Highwood Council, Palisade Coun- 
 cil, Knights of Columbus, and 
 John J. Eagan Association. 
 
 G. M. HutschinsKi. 
 
 One of the largest property own- 
 ers in West Hoboken is G. M. 
 Kutschinski, the prominent Real 
 Estate Broker. 
 
 He is what can be truly called 
 a self-made man. Born in Ger- 
 many, November 11th, 1859, under 
 meager circumstances, he was com- 
 pelled to go to work at a very early 
 age in order to help support the 
 family. In order to better his con- 
 dition, he succeeded in saving 
 enough money to come to America, 
 and settled in this country in 1885. 
 He worked at difiFerent jobs as a 
 carpenter, and twenty-five years 
 ago settled in West Hoboken. 
 Seven years later he established 
 his own business as a carpenter, 
 contractor and builder. His con- 
 
 scientious work and his honest and 
 fair business methods soon helped 
 him to success. Numerous large 
 buildings in North Hudson have 
 been erected by Mr. Kutschinski, 
 who drew all the plans himself. 
 
 After fifteen years in the build- 
 ing line he I'etired and devoted his 
 time to real estate. Through his 
 
 great foresight and careful meth- 
 ods he made several profitable in- 
 vestments and soon acquired much 
 valuable property. 
 
 Although being a public-spirited 
 citizen, he has never sought nor ac- 
 cepted any public office, but has de- 
 voted his full time to his business. 
 He is widely known not alone in 
 West Hoboken, but in North Hud- 
 son, as a man of ability and great 
 integrity. 
 
 In 1888 he married Mary Mayer, 
 with whom he has seven children. 
 They are Amelia, Gustav A., Hen- 
 rietta, Fred, Alvaria, Margaret and 
 Walter. 
 
 Mr. Kutschinski has been a Com- 
 missioner of Deeds for two terms 
 and a Notary Public for the last 
 twenty years. 
 
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PatricK A. Brady. 
 
 Henry Trost. 
 
 Patrick A. Brady, the Town 
 Clerk of North Bergen, was born in 
 New York City on March 15th, 
 1872. There he went to public 
 school and later to the College of 
 the Christian Brothers. After gra- 
 duating from this institution, he 
 learned the plumbing trade. In 
 1888 his parents moved to North 
 Bergen, where he later established 
 his own plumbing business. 
 
 Mr. Brack's political career 
 started in 1896, when Sheriff Hel- 
 ler appointed him Constable of the 
 County Court, which office he held 
 for six years. In the years of 1900 
 and 1901, he served North Bergen 
 as Township Committeeman, dur- 
 ing which time he was Chief of Po- 
 lice, or chairman of the Police 
 Committee, as it was called at that 
 time. He later became connected 
 with the Claim Department of the 
 Public Service Railway, which po- 
 sition he held for five years. 
 
 On January 1, 1907, he was elect- 
 ed Town Clerk and has since been 
 re-elected to his office three times, 
 and is now serving his fourth suc- 
 cessive term in this capacity. 
 
 Mr. Brady is a member of the 
 Exempt Fire Department, and was 
 one of the first members of the 
 North Bergen Fire Department, in 
 which he was enrolled in 1892. 
 
 He married Minnie A. Schneider 
 on April 12th, 1910. He is a mem- 
 ber of many political and social or- 
 ganizations, and has always been 
 prominent in the Democratic Party. 
 
 Mr. Brady has gained an excel- 
 lent reputation for his ability, in- 
 tegrity and sterling business char- 
 acter. His pleasing personality has 
 gained him a large circle of friends, 
 and the fact that he has been elect- 
 ed four successive terms speaks for 
 itself. He is much devoted to his 
 home, where he spends every min- 
 ute not taken up by his official 
 duties. 
 
 Henry Trost, one of the most 
 prominent contractors in West Ho- 
 boken and former Town Treasurer 
 of that town, was born in Jersey 
 City Heights in 1873. Pie attended 
 school in that section for two years, 
 when his parents moved to West 
 Hoboken, where Henry finished his 
 schooling. He then learned the 
 
 electrical trade, and when only 
 twenty years of age, traveled to the 
 West as well as the South, working 
 his way as an electrician. After a 
 few years he returned to West Ho- 
 boken, and in 1906 he established 
 his own business as a general con- 
 tractor, and has since, built up a 
 very large bus'iness. 
 
 Mr. Trost has achieved an emin- 
 ent reputation and during his entire 
 career has maintained the respect 
 and confidence of all who know 
 him. He has always ben thorough- 
 ly identified with the affairs of his 
 city, active and influential in every 
 movement which affects the wel- 
 fare of the community. 
 
 Mr. Trost was elected Town 
 Treasurer in 1915. He is promin- 
 ently connected in fraternal and 
 social circles, being a member of 
 the Masons, Zem Zems, Elks, Ho- 
 boken No. 74, and Cosmopolitan 
 Lodge of the Odd Fellows. He is 
 also a member of the Automobile 
 
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Club of America and the Harmony 
 Singing Society. 
 
 Mr. Trost was married in 1898 
 to Minnie Eichmann, daughter of 
 the well known Captain E. Eich- 
 mann of West Hobolien. They have 
 two children: Minnie and Henry, 
 Jr., and reside at 512 Elm St., 
 West Hoboken. 
 
 Wm. Mayer. 
 
 There is probably not a more 
 popular man in West New York 
 than Councilman Wm. Mayer. It is 
 certain that it would be difficult to 
 find a person who has. an ill word 
 for Mr. Mayer. 
 
 "Dutchy", as he is commonly 
 known by every man, woman and 
 child in the town, has a big heart 
 and cannot rest if he knows any- 
 body is in need or trouble. He is al- 
 ways ready to give whatever as- 
 sistance Tie can, and instances are 
 known where he has deprived him- 
 self of dire necessities in order to 
 help some unfortunate person. 
 
 It is only natural, therefore, that 
 he has gained a standing and repu- 
 tation second to no other in North 
 Hudson. 
 
 The Councilman was one of the 
 organizers of the Volunteer Fire 
 Department in West New York, 
 and for six years held the office of 
 Fire Chief. He held the position 
 as School Janitor for ten years and 
 then established himself as a build- 
 ing contractor. Three years after 
 he retired and engaged in the cafe 
 business. 
 
 In politics he has always been 
 a recognized leader and influential 
 member of the Deniocratic Party. 
 He was elected Councilman of the 
 Second Ward in 1907 and has been 
 re-elected to this office for five suc- 
 cessive terms. It is predicted in his 
 town that he can be elected to any 
 
 office he desires and that he can 
 control any election in the town. 
 
 Mr. Meyer has gained his emi- 
 nent popularity by his democratic 
 ways and pleasing manners. He 
 has a good word for every man, 
 whether he be dressed in shabby 
 clothes or in evening dress. 
 
 In the administration of the town 
 he has faithfully discharged his 
 duties and displayed ability, sound 
 judgement and great foresight and 
 an unimpeachable integrity. 
 
 As a citizen he is patriotic and 
 progressive and enjoys the confi- 
 dence of all who know him. 
 
 Chas. S. Hegadorn, D. C. 
 
 One of the foremost Chiroprac- 
 tors in North Hudson is Charles 
 S. Hegadorn of West Hoboken. 
 
 He was born in Canada, Febru- 
 ary 28, 1872, where he received his 
 early school education. After fin- 
 ishing his schooling he worked at 
 farming and later went into the 
 
 191 
 
Real Estate business. He then 
 came to this country and soon after 
 became interested in the art of 
 drugless healing. For two years 
 he studied Chiropractic at the 
 Palmer School of Chiropractics, 
 the largest school of its kind in the 
 United States, and in 1916 received 
 his diploma from this institution. 
 
 Dr. Hegadorn has been a very 
 successful practitioner since the 
 day he opened his office. During 
 the first ten months of his practice 
 he handled 116 cases. His success 
 continued and his practice is one of 
 the most successful in the northern 
 part of the county. His name has 
 become well known outside the 
 county limits and his practice has 
 spread rapidly. 
 
 The doctor has achieved a high 
 reputation for his professional abil- 
 ity and also as a citizen. His 
 many successful cases have natural- 
 ly gainedj him many admirers, who 
 greatly esteem him for his qualifica- 
 tions. 
 
 In the community in which he 
 resides, he is respected as a patri- 
 otic and public-spirited citizen, 
 whose unimpeachable integrity has 
 never been questioned. 
 
 Dr. Hegadorn married Ettie 
 Wallace in 1893. They have two 
 children, Milton and Archibald. 
 
 Edw. BecK. 
 
 Descended from one of the oldest 
 families in North Bergen is Mr. 
 Edw. Beck, Committeeman of that 
 Township. He was born in the 
 house in the Hoboken Cemetery 
 occupied - by the Superintendent, 
 which position his father, Andrew 
 Beck, held at that time. Andrew 
 Beck came to North Bergen when 
 only 13 years of age, and became 
 one of the best known men in the 
 county. He held the office of 
 
 Mayor, Boulevard Commissioner, 
 and was a member of the Assembly 
 and of the local school board. He 
 married Marie Brewster, of the 
 well known rich Brewster family 
 of Ridgefield, N. J. They had ten 
 children, of which four are dead. 
 
 Edward Beck, the subject of this 
 sketch, was born December 31st, 
 1885. After finishing his public 
 school education in North Bergen, 
 he started to learn the steam-fitting 
 business. At the early age of eigh- 
 teen years, he established his own 
 business as heating and power con- 
 tractor. He has since succeeded in 
 building this business up to one of 
 the largest in North Hudson. He 
 employs six men steady all the year 
 around, and has executed quite a 
 number of large contracts, among 
 which can be mentioned School No. 
 5 and St. Michael's School, both in 
 West Hoboken, the Birnbaum 
 Building on Bergenline Avenue in 
 Union Hill, and four of the dif- 
 ferent schools in North Bergen. He 
 also built the large apartment house 
 on 18th Street and Bergenline Ave., 
 West New York. 
 
 Mr. Beck has always taken a 
 great interest in political affairs, 
 and when only 21 years old was 
 elected Fire Chief of North Bergen. 
 In 1910 he was elected Township 
 Committeeman and has since been 
 re-elected three successive times, 
 now serving his fourth term. He is 
 chairman of the Finance, Fire and 
 Water Committee. He is also a 
 member of the Township's Board 
 of Health. 
 
 Mr. Beck married Edith Dobbs 
 September 10th, 1904. He is a 
 member of the Jr. O. U. A. M., 
 Peerless Fire Co., Second Ward 
 Democratic Club, and has been a 
 delegate to the Firemen's Relief 
 Association of North Bergen for 
 the last eight years. 
 
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Philip L. Amon. 
 
 One of the best known men in 
 musical circles of the county is 
 Philip L. Anion, Principal of the 
 New Jersey Institute of Music and 
 Languages. 
 
 This institution, which is one of 
 the largest of its kind, was estab- 
 lished over 30 years ago and has 
 
 graduated hundreds of pupils. It is 
 located on Palisade Ave., Jersey 
 City Heights. 
 
 Mr. Amon came to this country 
 when only sixteen weeks old, with 
 his parents, who settled in New 
 York. He spent his early school 
 life in the parochial school of the 
 Church of the Redeemer in New 
 York City. At the age of only 12 
 years he began to study Latin and 
 Greek. 
 
 His hobby, however, was music, 
 and in 1859 he began to study under 
 John Wegner. He graduated from 
 De La Salle University and was an 
 organist in this institution in 1867. 
 Later he studied under such famous 
 
 teachers as Beyersdorfer, Kirch- 
 ner, Unruh and Steigler. 
 
 His rise in the musical world was 
 rapid, as his rare talent was soon 
 recognized. 
 
 He taught and played in many 
 Catholic institutions and was musi- 
 cal director for several dramatic 
 and musical companies. 
 
 He came to Hoboken in 1884, and 
 in 1891 established the New Jersey 
 Institute. 
 
 Mr. Amon has also been very in- 
 terested in union labor circles. He 
 was most active in establishing the 
 local musical union, and for several 
 terms was President of that organi- 
 zation. He is a very well known 
 bandmaster and for one season was 
 Inspector of Music in the Jersey 
 City parks. 
 
 August Carell. 
 
 Hotel Carell, located at 18 
 Journal Square, near the Tube 
 Station, Jersey City, is one of the 
 best known establishments in that 
 section. 
 
 The modern outfitted cafe and 
 the cozy restaurant are the popular 
 meeting places of some of the most 
 prominent citizens in public as well 
 as in civil life. 
 
 The splendid cooking, the home- 
 like surroundings and the fine 
 music have attracted many people 
 to the place, not alone from Jersey 
 City, but from all parts of Hudson 
 County and Newark and New York 
 as well. Numerous large dinners 
 and banquets have been held at this 
 hotel, as well as many other social 
 affairs. The hotel rooms, single or 
 en suite, affords complete comfort 
 for the guests. A roof garden 
 covers the entire roof. 
 
 August Carell, who has conduct- 
 ed the hotel for the last five years, 
 was born in Germany, June 22, 
 1872. He came to this country in 
 
 m 
 
1891 and settled in New York City. 
 In 1903 he came to Hudson County, 
 where he has ever since been en- 
 gaged in the hotel and restaurant 
 business. 
 
 By his own efforts, his great abil- 
 ity and his exceedingly pleasing 
 personality, and by attending strict- 
 ly to business he has succeeded in 
 making a great success of his enter- 
 prise. He is one of the most popu- 
 lar men in Jersey City and has 
 gained a large circle of friends out- 
 side Jersey City. 
 
 Mr. Carell has never sought nor 
 accepted any political office, but 
 takes a deep interest in any move- 
 ments concerning the welfare of 
 the community. He is a loyal and 
 public-spirited citizen and possessed 
 of a sterling business character. 
 
 He is a member of the Masonic 
 Order, Jersey City Lodge B. P. O. 
 E., the Germania Riding Club, and 
 several other organizations and 
 clubs. When asked what his 
 hobbies are, Mr. Carell answered : 
 "Business" His full time is taken 
 up in his establishment, as every- 
 thing is done under his personal 
 supervision. He is therefore a very 
 busy man and has had no time to 
 develop any hobbies. 
 
 John V. BurKe. 
 
 Few men can count more friends 
 than former Coroner John V. 
 Burke, the well known undertaker 
 at the Five Corners section, Jersey 
 City. He was born at the corner of 
 17th St. and 7th Ave., New York 
 City, in 1852. 
 
 After finishing his school educa- 
 tion he launched into business as a 
 building contractor and later went 
 into the undertaker business. For 
 over 40 years he has been located 
 on Newark Ave. and Oakland Ave., 
 where he a few years ago built one 
 
 of the most up-to-date undertaking 
 parlors. He has served for several 
 terms as Coroner of Hudson 
 County. 
 
 Mr. Burke is one of the leading 
 men in his profession and his busi- 
 ness is one of the oldest establish- 
 ments in Jersey City. 
 
 His ability, integrity and dignity, 
 combined with a pleasing personal- 
 ity, has made him one of the most 
 sought-after funeral directors. 
 
 He has conducted some of the 
 largest funerals in the section in a 
 most praiseworthy manner and has 
 gained a reputation, second to none, 
 for his sterling business methods. 
 
 In fraternal circles he is very 
 prominent and is a member of se- 
 veral clubs and organizations. 
 
 Mr. Burke is very esteemed and 
 respected in his profession as well 
 as in business and social circles and 
 has won the confidence of all with 
 whom he has come into contact. He 
 is always interested in civic better- 
 ments and is a patriotic citizen of 
 high standing. 
 
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Lincoln Restaurant. 
 
 One of the most cozy restau- 
 rants in North Hudson, if not in 
 the entire county, is the Lincoln at 
 Hackensack Plank Road, Union 
 Hill. It is located in the same 
 building with the Lincoln Theatre 
 and consists of dining room, ban- 
 quet hall, bar and grill room. It 
 is profusely decorated and furnish- 
 ed and is without doubt one of the 
 coziest places in the county. The 
 excellent food and splendid service 
 
 have made it a popular place for 
 the most prominent people in the 
 community. The dining room on 
 the ground floor has a seating ca- 
 pacity of about 200 and the banquet 
 hall on the tipper floor can seat 
 500 people. The guests are on cer- 
 tain evenings entertained by music 
 and dancing. 
 
 The Lincoln is conducted by 
 William von Frankenberg, a pro- 
 gressive and enterprising man. 
 Since he took charge, the place has 
 been altered and refitted to meet 
 the taste of the most particular 
 people. 
 
 Mr. von Frankenberg has been in 
 the restaurant business for many 
 years. 
 
 He was connected with the Club 
 House of the Hoboken Elks for 
 several years. He is thoroughly 
 known for his ability, enterprise, 
 and integrity and has gained a host 
 of friends by his pleasing personal- 
 ity and courtesy. That he would 
 make a success of his new enter- 
 prise is evidenced by the large pa- 
 tronage he has gained since he took 
 possession. 
 
 The Lincoln has become noted 
 for the special Sunday dinners 
 served here at moderate prices, for 
 the grill room, where many of 
 North Hudson's known business- 
 men enjoy their lunch ; for the din- 
 ing room, which has become a ren- 
 dezvous for the best people of the 
 section, and for the banquet hall, 
 where many of the most prominent 
 affairs were held. The Bar has be- 
 come popular with the better class 
 of patrons. 
 
 J. F. Wurdemann. 
 
 John Fred Wurdemann, the pop- 
 ular Committeeman from the Sec- 
 ond Ward of North Bergen, was 
 born in Hoboken, November 20, 
 1880. He attended the old Public 
 Schol No. 1 in that city, and after 
 leaving school, he started to learn 
 the insurance Isusiness, in which -he 
 continued for seven years. 
 
 His father, John Wurdemann, 
 was an old resident of Hoboken, 
 where he conducted a grocery store 
 for over fifteen years. He estab- 
 lished several bread routes in 
 North Hudson, representing one of 
 the larger bakers, and John Fred 
 helped his father on these routes. 
 
 In 1897, Mr. J. F. Wurdemann, 
 the subject of this sketch, estab- 
 lished his own business in North 
 Bergen, later securing the local 
 agency for the Ward Baking Co., 
 and has still charge of this con- 
 
 195 
 
cern's deliveries in North Bergen. 
 Besides Mr. Wurdemann is doing 
 a general trucking business. His 
 residence with yard and stables, 
 located at 844 Anderson Place, 
 covers a ground of 100x100 feet. 
 
 He is a pubHc-spirited citizen, im- 
 bued with an exalted sense of patri- 
 otism and progressiveness, and by 
 action and example has exerted a 
 wholesome influence in the com- 
 munity, whose respect and confid- 
 ence he enjoys to the utmost. He 
 is one of the most popular and best 
 known men in North Hudson, and 
 by his frankness and courtesy 
 makes a pleasing impression on 
 all with whom he comes in contact. 
 He has always taken an active in- 
 terest in politics and is prominently 
 connected with the Democratic' 
 Party. About twelve years ago, 
 Mr. Wurdemann was elected Con- 
 stable, from which office he later 
 resigned when he was elected Jus- 
 tice of the Peace. In 1911 he was 
 elected Township Committeeman, 
 and was re-elected in 1913, and 
 again in 1915, now serving his third 
 term in that office. Mr. Wurdemann 
 is one of the leading factors in the 
 fight of having the county take over 
 the Secaucus Road, in the improve- 
 ment of the Hackensack Plank 
 Road, in the elimination of the soft 
 coal nuisance, in the laying of new 
 sewers, in the improvement of Ton- 
 neLe Avenue, and numerous other 
 important improvements. He has 
 served as County Committeeman 
 since 1911. 
 
 Mr. Wurdemann was married 
 October IS, 1907, to Anna May 
 Ensminger, of the well known 
 North Bergen family of that name. 
 They have one son, Fred. 
 
 The committeeman has been a 
 member of the town's Fire Depart- 
 ment for the last fourten years. 
 He is a member of the Exempt 
 Firemen's Association, Jr. O. U. A. 
 M., and Second Ward Democratic 
 Club. 
 
 Albin E. Strobel, D. C. 
 
 "Practice what you preach", is 
 the motto of Albin E. Strobel, the 
 well known chiropractor and natu* 
 ropath, of 520 Paterson Plankroad, 
 Jersey City. 
 
 He not alone takes chiropractic 
 treatment for all his ailments him- 
 self, but follows up chiropractic 
 suggestions as to taking exercise, 
 diet, fasting, etc. Some time ago 
 he fasted one full week and lost 
 several pounds, but gained con- 
 siderable in health. He is also a 
 strong behever in athletics and is a 
 member of several athletic asso- 
 ciations. 
 
 Dr. Strobel was born in Jersey 
 City, March 24th, 1891 and receiv- 
 ed his early school education in 
 that city. 
 
 Having always been a strong be- 
 liever in nature and nature's work, 
 it was only natural that he should 
 become interested in chiropractic, 
 which is a scientific method of re- 
 moving the cause of disease and en- 
 able nature to restore normal con- 
 ditions. 
 
 He took up the study at the N. 
 J. College of Chiropractors, and af- 
 ter receiving his diploma from this 
 institution he took a postgraduate 
 pourse at Butler's Institute in New 
 Jersey. 
 
 He then started his own practice, 
 to begin with in his spare time, but 
 he soon found it necessary to give 
 everything else up and devote his 
 full time to his profession. 
 
 Dr. Strobel is well known in 
 Jersey City as an enterprising 
 young man, a deep thinker and sin-^ 
 cere student of important problems. 
 
 His pleasing ways and manners 
 have gained him a host of friends. 
 He has never taken any active in- 
 terest in politics, but is much inter- 
 ested in civic reforms and in any- 
 thing which may benefit the com- 
 munity. 
 
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John Eisele. 
 
 Few men have achieved a higher 
 reputation than John Eisele, Presi- 
 dent and General Manager of Bat- 
 terson & Eisele Marble Works. 
 
 Mr. Eisele came to America in 
 1872 at the age of 19 years. He had 
 received a thorough education and 
 had chosen stone cutting for his 
 life work. In New York City he 
 secured a position as journeyman 
 in the marble works of A. L. Fau- 
 cher & Co. His talent and business 
 ability were soon recognized and he 
 ' was rapidly promoted to salesman, 
 then to foreman of the plant, and 
 finally to a small partnership. 
 
 However, this rapid progress 
 did not satisfy his ambition, and 
 seeing a better opportunity, he 
 formed a partnership with the late 
 James G. Batterson, President of 
 the Travelers' Insurance Co. of 
 Hartford, Conn., under the firm 
 name of Batterson & Eisele, as im- 
 porters and workers of marble, 
 onyx and granite, making architec- 
 tural work a specialty. This .firm 
 is now one of the largest in this 
 part of the country. 
 
 Mr. Eisele married Miss Anna 
 Horsberger in 1873. They have 
 six children. The beautiful resi- 
 dence of the family is located on 
 Union St., Union Hill, and was 
 constructed from his own designs 
 in 1904. 
 
 Mr. Eisele is a self-made man in 
 every sense of the word ; he has 
 through his own efforts, business 
 ability, integrity and perseverance 
 climbed the ladder of success, but 
 has never forgotten that once upon 
 a time he was at the bottom of the 
 ladder. 
 
 Although a Captain of Industry 
 of high standing, he has preserved 
 his democratic ways and manners. 
 He is an active, energetic and patri- 
 otic citizen, but has never sought 
 nor accepted any political office. In 
 
 charitable work he is a very con- 
 spicuous figure and ever ready to 
 help any worthy movement. 
 
 Mr. Eisele is a most genial and 
 hospitable man and kind to every- 
 body. His employees as well as his 
 business associates and his friends 
 hold him in very great esteem and 
 value his friendship greatly. He is 
 esteemed and respected in the com- 
 munity as a man of the highest 
 standards. 
 
 Chr. A. Jetter. 
 
 Christian A.- Jetter, proprietor of 
 the Zimmerman Hotel, formerly 
 the Venice, located at River St. 
 and Hudson Place, Hoboken, was 
 born in New York City, January 
 23, 1880. He received his public 
 school education in that city, and 
 later became engaged in the milk 
 business. He came to West Hobo- 
 ken in 1912, and this year, 1917, 
 bought the above mentioned hotel, 
 which was in earlier days known as 
 the Delaware Hotel. The building 
 is four stories, brick, and covers a 
 ground of 35x125 feet. It is one of 
 the most beautiful hotels in Hobo- 
 ken, is modernly equipped and ab- 
 solutely fire-proof. The large, airy 
 and splendidly outfitted cafe, on the 
 ground floor, is favored by many of 
 the most prominent men in the city. 
 
 Mr. Jetter has gained an excel- 
 lent reputation for business ability, 
 integrity and enterprise. He is a 
 patriotic citizen, interested in any- 
 thing which may be of benefit to 
 the community. Although in busi- 
 ness only a, few months, he has 
 gained a large circle of friends. 
 His frankness and pleasing person- 
 ality gain him the confidence of all 
 who meet him. 
 
 Mr. Jetter is a member of the 
 Elks, Hoboken No. 74. He is un- 
 married. 
 
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John J. Muilef . 
 
 John J. Muller, the present Fire 
 Chief of Guttenberg, is probably 
 the youngest Fire Chief in the 
 county. 
 
 He was born in New York City, 
 October 18, 1891, but his parents 
 moved to Guttenberg when John 
 was only six months old. 
 
 He attended the Guttenberg 
 Public School and later the Egan 
 Business School. He then started 
 to help his father, who conducted 
 the cafe in Guttenberg, of which 
 Mr. .Muller now is the owner. His 
 father, who conducted this cafe 
 since 1892, was one of the leading 
 men of Guttenberg and served his 
 town as Councilman two terms. 
 
 Chief Muller has been a member 
 of the Town's Fire Department for 
 the last eight years. He was one 
 of the organizers and later foreman 
 of the Palisade Hose Company. He 
 was elected Chief of the Fire De- 
 partment this year. The Chief is 
 well known not alone in Guttenberg, 
 but in all North Hudson, where he 
 has made a large circle of friends. 
 He is a patriotic and public-spirited 
 citizen, always interested in any- 
 thing which may be of benefit to 
 the community. He is a member of 
 the Foresters of America, of which 
 order he is a Past Chief Ranger 
 and Grand Trustee of the State of 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Fred. Bebber. 
 
 Fred Bebber, manufacturer of 
 the famous cigar "The Monarch's 
 Taste", is one of the best known 
 men in the Jersey City Heights 
 section. 
 
 His factory, located at 103.S Sum- 
 mit Ave., is known as one of the 
 most sanitary cigar shops in Hud- 
 son County. It is a three-story 
 brick building, well ventilated and 
 
 Scl'eened and with well lighted 
 workrooms. 
 
 Mr. Bebber has been in the cigar 
 manufacturing business for over 
 30 years, and has in this time built 
 up a very large business. His pro- 
 duct as well as his fair business 
 dealings have gained him a reputa- 
 tion second to none. 
 
 In civic and fraternal circles he is 
 very popular. His genial ways and 
 his sterling character have gained 
 him numerous friends in all parts 
 
 of the county. He is a patriotic 
 citizen, always interested in the wel- 
 fare of his country and in the com- 
 munity in which he resides. 
 
 The "Monarch's Taste", which 
 he manufactures, can be found in 
 nearly every first class place where 
 cigars are sold ; it is strictly union- 
 made and smoked by many thou- 
 sands of men who appreciate a 
 good smoke. The steady growth of 
 his business bears out these facts. 
 
 Mr. Bebber has never sought nor 
 accepted any political office, but has 
 devoted his whole time to his busi- 
 ness. 
 
 When asked what his "hobbies" 
 were, Mr. Bebber answered: 
 "VVork", which he constantly does 
 enjoy and which is the reason for 
 his success in business. 
 
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Eugene N. Nelson. 
 
 Eugene Nelson, the proprietor of 
 the famous Duke's House in Ho- 
 boken, is probably one of the 
 youngest restaurant proprietors in 
 the county. 
 
 The Duke's House, located oppo- 
 site the D. L. & W. Railroad, fer- 
 ries and the Hudson Tubes, is an 
 old, well known institution. As a 
 restaurant, the Duke's House is un- 
 equalled on this side of the river. 
 The patrons number many of our 
 first citizens. The Bar was pro- 
 "bably one of the most interesting 
 places previous to the establishment 
 of the War Zone. At that time 
 the most mixed assemblage could 
 be found there : millionaries, 'long- 
 shoremen, bankers and truck dri- 
 vers, the most prominent politi- 
 cians and street cleaners would rub 
 elbows at the bar. To the credit of 
 the place, however, it must be said 
 that people of the highest standing 
 in business, political and social cir- 
 cles make the Duke's House their 
 rendezvous. 
 
 The entire establishment has 
 been completely rebuilt outside and 
 inside. The beautiful, cozy restau- 
 rant has a seating capacity of 250. 
 Music and dancing entertains the 
 
 guests. 
 
 Mr. Nelson has been in the res- 
 taurant business all his life. He 
 was born in Germany, July 19th, 
 1886, and came to this country 
 about ten years ago. Previous to 
 his taking charge of the Duke s 
 House about a year ago, he was 
 manager of the German Club m 
 Hoboken. His thorough knowledge 
 of his business, his modern, pro- 
 gressive ideas and his pleasmg per- 
 sonality have made him orie of the 
 most successful men in the busi- 
 ness. . r , • 
 
 With the able assistance of his 
 manager, Otto Schmidt, who has 
 also been in the restaurant busi- 
 
 ness all his life in Germany, France 
 and this country, where he held a 
 responsible position in the Biltmore 
 Hotel, there is little doubt that Mr. 
 Nelson will make the Duke's House 
 even more popular than it has been 
 heretofore. 
 
 Louis Poellot. 
 
 Louis Poellot, the prominent tin- 
 smith and roofer, at 44 Polk St., 
 Guttenberg, was born, in New York 
 City, September 23, 1889. His 
 parents moved to North Hudson, 
 where Louis graduated from the 
 West New York pubHc school. He 
 then secured a position with the 
 Manhattan Electrical Co. of Jersey 
 City, and later worked in the office 
 of Thomson and Thomson Co. 
 Then he started to learn the tin- 
 ning and roofing business with the 
 New Jersey firm of Schmidt and 
 Doersett, and later with his uncle. 
 In 1913, he established his own 
 business, at the above mentioned 
 address. His two-story shop, 
 which covers a ground of 25x45 
 feet, is equipped with all the most 
 modern machinery and facilities. 
 
 Mr. Poellot employs from seven 
 to ten men continuously and keeps 
 an auto truck for delivery pur- 
 poses. 
 
 This auto truck can daily be seen 
 in nearly every part of North Hud- 
 son, a fact which demonstrates that 
 Mr. Poellot is a very busy man, 
 doing business in many different 
 sections. 
 
 His ability as a mechanic is fast 
 making him one of the foremost 
 contractors in his line. 
 
 In 1912, Mr. Poellot married 
 Anna Naegeli, of West New York, 
 with whom he has one child, 
 Dorothy. 
 
 He is a member of Wm. Duhne 
 Association and several other socie- 
 ties, and is very fond of automobil- 
 ing'and all kinds of water sports. 
 
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Thomas Carrol. 
 
 Thomas Carrol, Clerk of the 
 Township of Weehawken, was 
 born in Hoboken, May 1, 1867. 
 His parents, Patrick and Johanna 
 (Sullivan) Carrol, and his grand- 
 parents Philip and Mary Carrol, 
 were natives of Ireland, his father 
 being born in Tipperary and his 
 mother in Cork. Philip Carrol 
 come to this country with his fami- 
 ly soon after 1880 and settled in 
 Princeton, N. J., where he_ ope- 
 rated a large stone quarry. His son 
 Patrick learned the carpenter trade 
 in New Brunswick and about 1862 
 moved to Hoboken, where he had 
 charge of the Hoboken Land Im- 
 provement Company's saw mill for 
 about twenty-eight years. He later 
 moved to Weehawken, where he 
 died in 1890, being survived by his 
 wife and several children, of whom 
 Thomas is the oldest living son. 
 
 Thomas Carrol was educated at 
 St. Mary's Parochial School and 
 the Christian Brothers' School in 
 Hoboken, and at the age of fifteen 
 entered the employ of the Standard 
 Oil Company. Later he learned 
 the plumbing trade with J. H.Knif- 
 fin of Hoboken, and for more than 
 six years he followed that business 
 with marked success, having an es- 
 tablishment of his own during a 
 part of that period. 
 
 In the meantime, Mr. Carrol had 
 become an acknowledged and in- 
 fluential leader of the Republican 
 Party in Weehawken, taking an ac- 
 tive part in local politics and being 
 honored by his party with several 
 positions of trust. He was Police 
 Clerk of Weehawken for six years 
 and in April, 1891, he was elected 
 Township Clerk. He has been re- 
 elected numerous times and still 
 holds this office. 
 
 Mr. Carrol was one of the organ- 
 izers in 1890 of the old Weehawken 
 
 Athletic Club, of which he was 
 Secretary. He is an Exempt mem- 
 ber of the Baldwin Hose Co. No. 1, 
 which he served as Secretary for 
 six years. He was a member and 
 Secretary of the old West Side So- 
 cial Club and a member of Glend- 
 laugh Council No. 214, C. B. L. 
 
 Mr. Carrol is a pubHc-spirited, 
 progressive citizen and has been ac- 
 tive in promoting the best interests 
 of his town and county. 
 
 William C. Asper 
 
 COUNSELLOR - AT - LAW 
 
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 423 Hackensack Plankroad 
 Hudson Trust Bldg. West Hoboken, N. J. 
 
 200 
 
Herman Bruns, Jr. 
 
 One of the oldest families in Jer- 
 sey City Heights, Jersey City, is 
 the Bruns family. 
 
 Herman Bruns, Sr., has resided 
 on the hill for over 55 years and 
 built many houses, and in many 
 other ways helped to develop Cen- 
 
 joys one of the lai-gest patronages 
 on Central Avenue. His principle 
 of selling only the very best meat 
 and his courteous treatment to his 
 customers have been the foundation 
 of his success. His pleasing per- 
 sonality and his sterling character 
 has gained him many friends. 
 
 Mr. Bruns married Wilhelmine 
 Braun, daughter of Captain R. H. 
 Braun, in 1910. They have two 
 children. 
 
 tral Avenue, which now is one of 
 the most up-to-date business thor- 
 oughfares in Jersey City. 
 
 Herman Bruns, Jr., the object of 
 this sketch, was born in the house 
 on Central Avenue where his 
 butcher store is located. His father, 
 who conducted several stores in 
 Hudson County, built this house. 
 After finishing his early school 
 education, Herman, Jr., started to 
 learn the butcher business, and m 
 1900 opened his present store. His 
 patronage grew very rapidly, be- 
 cause he handled only the very best 
 of meat, and soon he had to enlarge 
 and improve his store. 
 
 In 1911 he installed his own ice 
 plant and made many other impor- 
 tant improvements. To-day he en- 
 
 Albert Leuly. 
 
 Albert Leuly, one of the best 
 known lawyers in North Hudson, 
 with offices in the Hudson Trust 
 Co. Building inWestHoboken, was 
 born in that town, March 15, 1872. 
 His parents were Jacques Leuly, 
 a well known florist, and Barbara 
 Gasser. There were eight chil- 
 dren, four of whom are living : 
 Emil, a retired florist; Jacob, 
 the well known real estate man ; 
 Louise, who married Romeo Pal- 
 mer, and Albert. 
 
 Albert received his public school 
 education in West Hoboken and 
 later attended the Stevens High 
 School in Hoboken. He then 
 entered the New York University 
 Law School, from where he gradu- 
 ated with the degree of L.L.B. in 
 1894. He served his clerkship with 
 Judge Abel L Smith and John S. 
 Mabon of Hoboken. 
 
 Mr. Leuly was admittted to the 
 bar of New Jersey in 1895 and im- 
 mediately after he started his own 
 practice in a small oifice at his 
 present location. 
 
 He soon found it necessary, how- 
 ever, to move into his present large 
 quarters. 
 
 Mr. Leuly is a lawyer of the old 
 school, a lawyer who lives and 
 breathes and feels deeply the trust 
 imposed on him by his clients. 
 There is nothing of the spectacu- 
 
 201 
 
lar about him, none of the flam- 
 buoyancy which marks so many of 
 the profession to-day. 
 
 Mr. Leuly served as Counsellor 
 for the Township of Weehawken 
 for a number of years. He also 
 served as President of the Board of 
 Education of that town for several 
 years. He is attorney for the Hud- 
 son Trust Co., the First National 
 Bank of Secaucus, and the Board 
 of Education of Secaucus. 
 
 In 1896 Mr. Leuly married 
 Christiane Fisher of Jersey City. 
 They have two children, Marjorie 
 I. and Vera J. 
 
 Mr. Leuly is a member of the 
 Palisade Lodge No. 84, F. & A. M. 
 
 His hobbies are automobiling, in 
 which sport he was one of the pio- 
 neers, and golf. 
 
 Anthony Capone. 
 
 One of the larger excavating and 
 sewer contractors in North Hudson 
 is Anthony Capone of West Ho- 
 boken. 
 
 He was born in Italy, June 5th, 
 1869, and emigrated to this country 
 in 1888. For some time he worked 
 in Pennsylvania and then came to 
 West Hoboken, where he establish- 
 ed his own business about 16 years 
 ago. 
 
 He has since then executed many 
 large contracts important to the 
 development of the respective sec- 
 tions. 
 
 The yard and stables are located 
 on Sip Street, West Hoboken, and 
 cover a ground of 75 x 100 feet. 
 Fifty to sixty men are generally 
 kept busy at the different jobs. 
 
 Mr. Capone is a hard working 
 man, a true type of sunny Italy. 
 He is conscientious in his work, 
 honest and self-sacrificing. 
 
 His full time is devoted to his 
 work and he has little time for 
 anything else. He has, therefore, 
 not been active in politics, but is, 
 
 however, a civic-pirited citizen, in- 
 terested in the welfare of his town 
 and always ready to help any move- 
 ment which may be of benefit to 
 the community. 
 
 Mr. Capone married in 1892 and 
 the union has been blessed with 
 eleven children, of which one son is 
 helping in the business. 
 
 His ability as a contractor, his 
 foresight and great judgment in his 
 many times dangerous work, have 
 gained him a high standing. His 
 pleasing and generous ways have 
 gained him a host of friends. 
 
 Howard Fetzg'er. 
 
 Howard Fetzger, better known 
 as "The Battling Chief of the 
 North Bfergen Fire Department," 
 was born in that township, July 30, 
 1877. 
 
 Te went to school in North Ber- 
 gen, where his mother was born 
 and where his father was an in- 
 fluential member of the Democratic 
 party. 
 
 He has been a member of the 
 Township Fire Department for the 
 last twenty years and was one of 
 the organizers of the Peerless Hose 
 Co. For the last three years he has 
 been Chief of the Department. 
 
 Mr. Fetzger has on numerous 
 occasions displayed great skill and 
 ability as a fire fighter and has won 
 the admiration of the people as 
 well as of his fellow firemen. As 
 a citizen he has become popular 
 and well liked and by his pleasing 
 personality has gained a large circle 
 of friends. 
 
 In 1899 Mr. Fetzger married 
 Annie Flemming, with whom he 
 has four children, Howard, Jr., 
 William, Elmar, and Alvin. 
 
 Mr. Fetzger is an Exempt Fire- 
 man and a member of the Fire- 
 men's ReHef Association of North 
 Bergen and several other political 
 and social associations. 
 
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J. Smarak. 
 
 Few men have more knowledge 
 of horses than J. Smarak, the pro- 
 prietor of the Boarding, Sale and 
 Ejcchange Stables at 300 Hacken- 
 sack Plankroad, Union Hill. The 
 stables cover an area of 100 by 
 110 feet, and about eight men are 
 continually employed here. 
 
 Mr. Smarak is a recognized ex- 
 pert on horses and has been in this 
 line of business all his life. 
 
 He was born in Austria in 1866, 
 and came to America in 1899. He 
 has been a resident of Hudson 
 County for the last 15 years, and 
 12 years ago established his present 
 business. 
 
 He was married 21 years ago 
 and is the father of six children. 
 One.of the sons, Sidney, is helping 
 in the business and is of great as- 
 sistance to his father. 
 
 chairman of the Arms Committee, 
 a member of the License Commit- 
 tee and Police Committee. He is 
 a conscientious and efficient public 
 official, who has the welfare of the 
 people and community at heart. 
 
 In private life he is foreman of 
 John E. Bowe Co., Inc., and work- 
 ed for the late Mr. Bowe for the 
 last twenty-two years. He is a 
 member of the Jr. O. U. A. M. 
 since 1805. 
 
 In 1894 he married Anna Wolf, 
 
 Charles Schitti^. 
 
 Charles Schittig, member of the 
 Board of Council of West New 
 York, was born in New York City, 
 January 23, 1873. After finishing 
 his early school education in that 
 city, he started to work in a paper 
 factory and later worked at the 
 printing trade. Later he began to 
 ledtti the bricklaying trade, at 
 which he has ever since been en- 
 gaged. 
 
 He settled in West New York in 
 1886 and soon after became inter- 
 ested in the development of the 
 tbwtl. He has always been a staunch 
 Democrat, and once served as Poor 
 Master and later as Clerk to toe 
 Assessment Commissioners. He 
 was elected Councilman last year 
 and took office January 1, 1917. 
 
 Mr. Schittig is chairman of the 
 Building and Ground Committee, 
 
 a sister of the late Town Clerk of 
 West New York. They have two 
 children, Charles and Leonard. 
 
 Mr. Schittig is very fond of fish- 
 ing and is much interested in labor 
 unions. He has gained a large 
 circle of friends by his pleasing 
 personality and open manner. 
 
 He holds the respect and confi- 
 dence of the entire community and 
 is well known for his benevolence, 
 kindness and generosity. 
 
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John Knobloch. 
 
 John Knobloch, Councilman of 
 West New York, has served in this 
 capacity for tKe last four years, 
 now finishing his second term. 
 
 He has always been a great fight- 
 er for civic betterments and was 
 one of the main instigators for a 
 paid Fire Department, which was, 
 after a great fight, installed in May, 
 
 1915. He was also instrumental 
 in having a modern Fire Alarm 
 System installed in the town. As 
 chairman of the Fire Department 
 Committee he has rendered West 
 New York very valuable service. 
 It is, however, not alone in the Fire 
 Department that Mr. Knobloch's 
 efforts have been successful. He 
 has fought for many other needed 
 improvements in other departments 
 and has achieved much for the de- 
 velopment of the community. 
 While in office, he has faithfully 
 discharged his duties and has 
 gained a host of admirers for his 
 ability and determination. 
 
 He is a public spirited citizen 
 
 possessed of good judgment and 
 great foresight and a sterling busi- 
 ness character. 
 
 After his term expires, January 
 1, 1918. Mr. Knobloch will retire 
 from public life, much against the 
 wishes of his many friends, who 
 greatly deplore the loss of his ser- 
 vices in the administration of the 
 town's affairs. 
 
 Mr. Knobloch has gained a high 
 reputation as a civic spirited citizen 
 who has devoted much of his time 
 to the welfare of his town. He 
 has been untiring in his efforts to 
 procure the very best for West 
 New York, and in this way has 
 greatly helped the town to become 
 one of the most progressing towns 
 in the county. 
 
 Prof. R. Taverna. 
 
 Professor Remo Taverna, at 406 
 Savoye Street, West Hoboken, is 
 one of the most noted pianists in 
 the country. He is also well known 
 as a composer and opera coach. 
 Born in 1888 in America, he went 
 to school here, and later went to 
 Italy to study music. After con- 
 centrating his energies under the 
 direction of the famous Vittorio 
 da Camino, Professor of Compo- 
 sition, and under the able tutor- 
 ship of Alessandro Rissone, re- 
 nowned as a teacher of the piano, 
 harmony, caunterpoint, and with 
 Paolo Giorza, for the art of sing- 
 ging, and dramatic coaching, he 
 graduated from the Conservatory 
 of Torino, Italy, and came back 
 to America. He opened a studio 
 in New York, where he taught 
 piano, singing and composition. 
 Several large and successful con- 
 certs have been directed by Pro- 
 fessor Taverna. He was Director 
 of the San Carlo Opera Company, 
 of New York, for two seasons! 
 
 204 
 
Then the following year he re- 
 signed from the conductorship of 
 the above mentioned opera com- 
 pany and opened a studio in West 
 Hoboken, where he has since been 
 kept very busy as a teacher of the 
 
 musical festival of the Verdi Cen- 
 tenary Celebration of America, un- 
 der the auspices of the "Italian 
 Orchestral Society of New York," 
 held at Carnegie Hall, New York 
 City. His ability as a high-class 
 
 piano and its kindred subjects, 
 specializing in the Italian school 
 of Bel Canto. 
 
 Prof. Taverna, although young, 
 has long since made a name for 
 himself; he is a man of whom 
 North Hudson may be proud. In 
 October, 1913, he was chosen As- 
 sistant Conductor for the great 
 
 entertainer, combined with his 
 pleasing personality, has made 
 him well known all over, and he is 
 held in great esteem by everybody 
 who has had the pleasure of meet- 
 ing him. 
 
 Mr. Remo Taverna is a member 
 of several social clubs and musical 
 societies.. 
 
 205 
 
John J. Shannon. 
 
 One of the most successful un- 
 dertakers in Jersey City is John J. 
 Shannon. 
 
 He is the son of Owen Shannon, 
 in the early days a prominent con- 
 tractor and old time resident of the 
 Bergen section. 
 
 John was born in Jersey City, 
 July 17, 1871. After completing 
 his school education in that city, he 
 started to learn the undertaker 
 business. His first position was with 
 Undertaker Boylan, for whom he 
 worked from 1884 to 1886. He 
 then went to work for Undertaker 
 Merrity, who conducted an estab- 
 lishment a few doors from Mr. 
 Shannon's present location at 482 
 Communipaw Avenue. Mr. Mer- 
 rity diecl in 1905, and after 
 conducting his business for the 
 widow for five months, Mr. Shan- 
 non took over the business himself. 
 He has since succeeded in build- 
 ing the business up to one of the 
 largest undertaking establishments 
 in the city. 
 
 Unlike many other undertakers, 
 Mr. Shannon has his own stables. 
 He is very prompt in the discharge 
 of his obligations, in fact, he claims 
 this to be one of the reasons for his 
 success. "Always meet your bills 
 promptly and take -advantage of the 
 discount" is one of Mr. Shannon's 
 principles. This is only an illustra- 
 tion of his strict business policies, 
 which prove him to be a man of 
 ability, sound judgment, great 
 foresight and integrity. 
 
 For these, as well as for many 
 other sterling qualifications, Mr. 
 Shannon has become widely known 
 not only in Jersey City, but in every 
 part of the county. During his 
 many years in the business he has 
 gained a high reputation as one of 
 the most able and conscientious 
 undertakers.- 
 
 Mr. Shannon married Bridget 
 Gawaren in 1895. They had two 
 children, Eugene, and Mary. His 
 wife died in 1901, and three years 
 later Mr. Shannon married Mary 
 C. Pakenham. 
 
 John J. Fa^an. 
 
 Ranking as one of the most pro- 
 minent men in Hoboken is Archi- 
 tect John J. Fagan, son of former 
 Mayor Lawrence Fagan and Hanna 
 (McHale) Fagan.. 
 
 He was born in Hoboken, June 
 8th, 1882, and attended the local 
 schools and later the Stevens Insti- 
 tute. 
 
 After finishing his schooling, he 
 went to work in his father's large 
 plant, "the Fagan Iron Works", in 
 Jersey City, where he studied 
 structural engineering. 
 
 He then went to Europe, where 
 he studied architecture for lj4 
 yars, then returned to Hoboken and 
 in 1914 engaged in business for 
 himself as an architect. 
 
 His first "job" was the new en- 
 gine house No. 2. Later he erected 
 the addition to Hoboken High 
 School, and was also architect for 
 St. Michael's Rectory in Jersey 
 City, the new Odd Fellows' Hall, 
 and the re-modeling of the "Duke's 
 House", both in Hoboken. 
 
 Mr. Fagan is fast becoming one 
 of the most conspicuous architects 
 in the county. He has gained an 
 eminent reputation for his ability, 
 skill, great foresight and sound 
 judgement. 
 
 Descending from one of the lead-r 
 ing families in the city, it is only 
 natural that he should take a great 
 interest in the welfare of the com- 
 munity. He is a loyal and patriotic 
 citizen, imbued with the highest 
 sense of integrity and actively in- 
 terested in many worthy move- 
 ments. 
 
 205 
 
Unlike his father, he has never 
 sought nor accepted any pubHc of- 
 fice, but devotes the greatest part 
 of his time to his continuously 
 growing business, which demands 
 all his attention. 
 
 Mr. Fagan married Elisabeth 
 Heidemeier on February 1, 1910. 
 They have one daughter, Helen 
 Elisabeth. 
 
 He is a member of the Knights 
 of Columbus and the Elks, Hobo- 
 ken No. 74. 
 
 Clarence Razim. 
 
 One of the best known electrical 
 contractors in North Hudson is 
 Clarence Razim, of West Hoboken. 
 He was born in Long Island, 
 April 11, 1883, and received his 
 school education partly in New 
 York City and partly in West Ho- 
 boken, where his parents moved in 
 1891. 
 
 After finishing his schooling, he 
 began to learn the electrical trade 
 and in 1907 established his own 
 business in partnership with his 
 brother. Five years later the part- 
 nership was dissolved and Clarence 
 took over the business himself. 
 
 By constant attention to the busi- 
 ness he has mastered every detail 
 in his trade, a fact which soon be- 
 came so well known that several 
 large and important contracts were 
 given him. 
 
 He executed the electrical con- 
 tracts in the Palace Court and the 
 Royal Court, both located on Park 
 Avenue, Weehawken, with 90 
 families in both buildings, — ^the 60 
 family apartment house on Hud- 
 son Avenue and Seventh Street, 25 
 family apartment house on Hudson 
 Avenue and Eighth Street, 2.5 fa- 
 mily apartment house on Hudson 
 Avenue and Second Street, 15 fa- 
 mily apartment house on Palisade 
 Avenue and Eighth Street, all in 
 West New York, the Hudson Con- 
 
 sumers Ice Plant, Woodcliff Re- 
 formed Church, and numerous 
 residences in Woodcliff, Fairview 
 Terrace, Dr. McCroskery's beauti- 
 ful residence, and the First Pres- 
 byterian Church, both in East 
 Orange. 
 
 These are only a few of the 
 large contracts in which Mr. Razim 
 has proven himself a thorough me- 
 chanic of great ability and skill. 
 
 As a citizen he is very popular 
 and enjoys a large circle of friends. 
 
 He is a member of the John J. 
 Eagan Association, the John Haas 
 Association, John Meiller Associa- 
 tion, John Haas Bowling Club, the 
 Regatta Rod and Gun Club and 
 many others. 
 
 His large business, which con- 
 tinuously demands his attention, 
 has prevented Mr. Razim to take 
 any active interest in political af- 
 fairs. He is, however, a civic- 
 spiritecl citizen, always interested 
 in anything which may be of benefit 
 to the community. 
 
 Peter J. Rohr, D. C. 
 
 Ranking among the foremost 
 chiropractors in North Hudson is 
 Peter J. Rohr, with offices in the 
 Dispatch Building. 
 
 He was born in Hoboken, April 
 27, 1892, and received his early 
 school education in that city. 
 
 Displaying artistic talent at an 
 early age, he took a course in draw- 
 ing at the Cooper Institute in New 
 York City, and later graduated 
 from that institution. During his 
 studies at drawing he became inter- 
 ested in anatomy and soon knew 
 every bone and muscle in the 
 human body. In this way he be- 
 came interested in chiropractic. He 
 studied at the N. J. College of 
 Chiropractors, from which insti- 
 tution he received his diploma and 
 later the degree of Philosopher. 
 He then took a postgraduate course 
 
 ?07 
 
at the American School of Naturo- 
 path and later at the Delaware Col- 
 lege of Chiropractors. 
 
 Dr. Rohr served as House Phy- 
 sician at Dr. B. Young's Sanitari- 
 um in New Jersey, and at one time 
 had charge of the noted health re- 
 sort Tangerina in Florida. 
 
 Two years ago he opened his 
 own practice in West Hoboken and 
 this year moved to his present lo- 
 cation. 
 
 Although a young man, the doc- 
 tor has achieved a high reputation 
 
 and standing in his profession and 
 enjoys a large and successful prac- 
 tice. 
 
 His thorough knowledge of his 
 profession and his refined, pleasing 
 personality, combined with his un- 
 impeachable integrity, has made 
 him one of the most noted chiro- 
 practors in the section. 
 
 As a citizen he is very popular 
 and has gained a large circle of 
 friends, who greatly respect and es- 
 teem him for those qualifications 
 which make a successful man. 
 
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