Bone Hill
Bone Hill

Bone Hill was a section of Manchester Township in Ocean County, off of what is now Route 37. I know next to nothing about this place, but if you have some info send me an e-mail.

There is still a road off Route 37 called Bone Hill Road, but no sign of any settlement on that road. About 1/4 mile further up Route 37 is a graveyard, which I have been told is the Bone Hill Cemetery. It is worth noting, I suppose, that none of the residents listed below are buried in that cemetery.

In 1930, according to the census, there were two homes in this 'section' of the township. They were occupied as follows:

Hse Fam Surname Name Age Birth Occupation Real Est.
31 33 CHILDERS Earl C. 36 IA --- $4200
Minette 34 NJ
Earl S. 13 NY
John J. 11 NY
George 9 NY
Albert 7 NY
Jane 5 NY
Ralph 3y 5mos NY
Marguerite 1y 9mo NJ
Phebe 10 mos NJ
32 34 CARPENTER Frank 26 NJ carpenter
Rose 24 NJ
Frank 19 NJ
Lillian 18 NJ
Lester 16 NJ
Collen 14 NJ
Woodrow 12 NJ
Adelaide 10 NJ
Samuel 5 NJ
Elizabeth 4 NJ
Paul 1 NJ
Daria 0 NJ

Although Minette Childers ws born in New Jersey, her father was born in New York. (Her mother was also from NJ). Daria Carpenter's age is listed as '0', so presumably she was a newborn at the time of the census in April 1930?

I did find Earl Childers on the 1920 Census in Des Moines, Iowa on East 7th Street. At that time, he was a driver for the National Biscuit Company. The only children with them in 1920 were Earl and John.