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TitleSome Jersey Dutch Genealogy: An Address at the Annual Meeting of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, March 5, 1906

AuthorNelson, William

Date Created1912

DescriptionDiscussion of the naming practices of Dutch immigrants, with examples from those who settled throughout New Jersey. Challenges in deciphering how spellings changed over time, and patronymics versus...

Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763)

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TitleNew Amsterdam Family Names and Their Origin

AuthorFernow, Berthold

Date Created1898

DescriptionBeginning with a comparison of Native American and European naming customs, this booklet discusses the derivations of the patronymics found in the index to the "Records of New Amsterdam." Several of...

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TitleScale house at Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionPictured is a plant truck parked at the scale house at Seabrook Farms. John Fuyuume explains: 'The trucks would drive onto the platform scale to be weighed fully loaded, and [then] after discharging...

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TitleLunch time

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionAlice Okino, Jeffrey Mitsui, Ayako Murakami, Yoshi Ida, and Kiyomi Mukoda are enjoying lunch with their teacher.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleMartin Klein Article

Date Created1921

DescriptionNewspaper article about the Klein family in New Brunswick. Martin Klein, a German immagrant, founded a hotel in New Brusnwick in 1863. At the time of this article, his sons, Martin and Peter, owned...

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Titleuntitled chart of statistics from The Negro Wage Earner of New Jersey

Date Created1935

DescriptionThis is a chart from a study done by Dr. Egerton Elliot Hall of the unequal distribution of employment across races, particularly concerning African Americans and white Americans throughout the 1910s...

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TitleChanges in Employment of Negro Domestic and Personal Service Workers: New Jersey 1910-1930, Statistics from The Negro Wage Earner of New Jersey

Date Created1910-1930

DescriptionThis is a chart from a study done by Dr. Egerton Elliot Hall of the unequal distribution of employment across races, particularly concerning African Americans and white Americans throughout the 1910s...

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TitleNegro housing in Trenton

Date Created1953

DescriptionThis is a report on a self-survey of the Housing Committee in the early 1950s. This report demonstrates the problems within the African American community in Trenton, New Jersey, including real...

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TitleAckerman - Brinckerhoff - Mabon House

Date Created1930-1939

DescriptionExterior photograph of Ackerman-Brinckerhoff-Mabon house in Hackensack. An example of Dutch architecture.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleAckerman House

Date Created1930-1939

DescriptionInterior photograph of Ackerman House - an example of Dutch Colonial architecture in Bergen County.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)