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Wm Crater, Blacksmith of Glen Gardner

July 21, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Glen Gardner, Hockenbury, Hunterdon Tags: architecture, houses, land titles, maps, stores, taverns

In a previous article, I told the story of Martin Kaffitz and his wife Hattie W. Fritts. Kaffitz was employed for many years by William Crater who ran the blacksmith shop in Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County. I learned about the life of Martin Kaffitz from the many entries about him in the Hunterdon Republican newspaper. That paper was equally informative about William Crater, although Crater led a very different sort of life.

An Old Account Book

July 14, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Dalrymple, Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Historians, Hoppock, Moore, Sandbrook

I am publishing this article now because it ties in with the other articles I have recently written about residents of or near the village of Sandbrook in Delaware Township. This is one of Mr. Bush’s articles that could be taken as an historical document in itself, because it includes the contents of two old records—an account book from the 1830s and an old family bible.

The Moore Family Tree

July 12, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, Moore Tags: family trees

There were two separate Moore families living in the vicinity of Sandbrook and Headquarters in Delaware Township in the 19th century. One was English and one was German, and oddly enough, they seem never to have intermarried. This page will list both of them. The German family is far more extensive than the English one.

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