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By Robert A. DeSando: South Lakewood Park was an exclusive enclave for socialites and scientists forgotten by history. A deadly pandemic, financial panic, a catastrophic fire, and a devastating tornado combined to extinguish this planned community unlike any other in New Jersey to burning embers. -
By Vivian Zinkin: This book is a comprehensive study of place name origins in Ocean County. Place Names of Ocean County sheds light on how various names came to exist. An 1849 Robert E. Horner map of Ocean County is included. -
By William S. Dewey: “Bergen Iron Works” can refer both to the nineteenth century manufacturing concern of that name and to the hamlet in which it was situated. It is the story of the bog iron industry and forges and furnaces. The tokens associated with Bergen Iron Works store are a part of the popular series know to numismatists as “Hard Times” tokens or “Jackson Cents”. -
Compiled by the Ocean Conty Principal’s Council: Written by school pupils over a nine-year period and published by the Ocean County Principal’s Council in 1940, the book has a wealth of information about many of the communities in Ocean County, Its style is simple, direct, and concise. One hundred pictures enhance the narrative descriptions of people, places, and events in Ocean County. The book contains an index that will help the reader to locate specific information. -
By June Methot: Over one hundred years ago Leah Blackman, a resident of Tuckerton, wrote a history of Little Egg Harbor Township which included genealogical information about numerous early settlers and old families of that area. June Methot, with the many sources available for research today, has updated that genealogical data with additions and corrections. This is an excellent resource for anyone searching for his/her roots in Southern Ocean County. Leah Blackman’s publication, The History of Little Egg Harbor Township, is out of print but may be available in libraries and/or research centers. -
By Ocean County Historical Society: See the people, places and events that have defined the city of Toms River and its surrounding area since the early 1700s. Located on the banks of the river of the same name, Toms River was first settled in the early 1700s by loggers drawn to the dense forests on the river's banks. During the American Revolution, the village was a constant thorn in the side of the British, and it was attacked and burned to the ground in 1783. The arrival of the railroads in the late 1800s ushered in a new age of expansion which, spurred on by the construction of the Garden State Parkway in the decade after World War II, continues to this day. See for yourself how it all came about with over 200 carefully-selected photographs. -
By Carolyn M. Campbell, M. Peryl King, Martha T. Smith: The story of one-room schools moves from the mid 1800’s, when schools were in such disrepair that chickarees (squirrels) nested in the walls, to 1943 when the last one-room school was closed. Over 100 photos and maps, interviews with teachers and pupils, and quotations from the time emphasize the changes that have occurred in education during this century. Specific information about the county’s 76 one-room and 8 multiroom schools is given in the directory. -
By Robert H. Camp: This book contains a listing of those service members who died during World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam and are honored posthumously. -
Compiled by Elizabeth Ann Grant: Information in this booklet stems from materials about the Soper family in Ocean County, New Jersey collected by James Wilson Soper before 1904. A genealogy written by the Reverend Clarence Woodmansee of Barnegat, New Jersey about the Soper genealogy as it related to the Woodmansee family is the basis for this compilation. The Reverend Woodmansee was known throughout Ocean County, New Jersey as the “Pastor of the Pines”. Other research, documentation and statistics are included. -
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Compiled by Elizabeth Ann Grant: These marriages, ranging from approximately the 1740s to the 1960s, were compiled from many different sources. The source for each marriage is listed in the book. The resources used are available at the Ocean County Historical Society Research Center. The purpose of this compilation was to gather all these many resources into one long date base that would enable the researcher to search with ease for any ancestor’s marriage record. -
The 1987 Fall Tour of The Society For Industrial Archeology: The booklet provides an overview of the various industries which formed the culture of South Jersey. The first area covered of the southern part of New Jersey is the coastal area; fishing, oystering, and boat building. This includes the Atlantic shore and the Delaware Bay, which contain vast reaches of tidal marshes. The second area of investigation is that part of the outer coastal plain known as the Pine Barrens. A tract of at least 650,00 acres which supplied the mill seats and raw materials for iron, paper, glass, blueberries, and cranberries. In addition, the people who followed the bay, who worked the iron plantations; and who in later years became known as “Pineys” are included. Learn about at least three generations of the William Richards family who helped to create much of South Jersey’s history. -
By Ocean County Historical Society: A unique area exists along the western shores of Little Egg Harbor Bay and Great Bay between the communities of Manahawkin and New Gretna. These towns, located in the southern coastal section of New Jersey have a rich and charming history. From the beginning, the region was rich in natural resources, providing fish, clams, oysters, lumber, and cranberries for early settlers. The communities also enjoyed a temperate climate and navigable harbors, leading to the development of shipbuilding and trading as early industries. Because of the isolation of the Tuckerton area from the larger population centers of the state, its small-town flavor and way of life were allowed to endure. Many of the occupations of the settlers of the early 1700s survive to this day. Downshore from Manahawkin to New Gretna seeks to capture the charm of the little towns in this region, the character of the people who settled here, many of whose families still remain, and the lifestyle lived in harmony with this pastoral environment during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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