*This may not be the entire census for the village, but these were the only entries marked as such by the enumerator.
| HSE | FAM | SURNAME | NAME | AGE | BIRTH | OCCUPATION | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | 121 | Downing | Hiram F. | 50 | NJ | both parents born in DE | |
| Martha | 50 | NJ | both parents born in DE. Has given birth 3x, all 3 still living | ||||
| 121 | 122 | Farrow | Carrie | 54 | VA | Has given birht 4x; two children still living. Her father was born in IN, her mother in KY |
|
| Wilmot | 14 | NJ | |||||
| 122 | 123 | Algor | Harry | 24 | NJ | laborer-odd jobs | |
| Grace | 19 | NJ | |||||
| 123 | 124 | Pomelier | John | 30 | NJ | laborer | |
| Mary | 33 | NJ | Has given birth 6x, all six still living | ||||
| John | 9 | NJ | |||||
| Anna | 5 | NJ | |||||
| Elizabeth | 4 | NJ | |||||
| Matilda | 2 | NJ | |||||
| Edna | 3 mos | NJ | |||||
| Collyer | Charles | 33 | NY | engineer- sawmill | |||
| 124 | 125 | Sexton | Harvey? | 25 | NJ | laborer | |
| Ella | 20 | NJ | |||||
| 125 | 126 | Phillip | Eugene | 36 | NJ | teamster- lumber Co. | |
| Alice | 22 | NJ | |||||
| 126 | 127 | Bolton | William? | 20 | NJ | laborer | |
| Rebecca | 20 | NJ | |||||
| 127 | 128 | Wainwright | George | 31 | NJ | laborer | |
| Armenia | 31 | NJ | Has given birth three times, has two children living | ||||
| Worth | Mabel | 15 | NJ | stepdaughter | |||
| Elsie | 13 | NJ | stepdaughter | ||||
| Stanton | 50 | NJ | laborer | he is a widower. | |||
| Cumming | John | 32 | NJ | laborer | boarder | ||
| Keegan | Frank | 39 | NJ | laborer | boarder | ||
| 128 | 129 | Platt | Joseph | 55 | NJ | laborer | |
| Matilda | 42 | NJ | Has given birth 6x, has five children living | ||||
| Anna | 12 | NJ | |||||
| Sarah | 3 | NJ | |||||
| 129 | 130 | Platt | William | 26 | NJ | teamster- lumber co. | |
| L--? | 22 | NJ | |||||
| Cranmer | 36 | NJ | laboerer- odd jobs | ||||
| 130 | 131 | Newman | John | 44 | NJ | laborer | |
| Sarah | 39 | NJ | |||||
| Lester A. | 19 | NJ | |||||
| Brazillai | 15 | NJ | |||||
| Curtis | 12 | NJ | |||||
| Morris | 10 | NJ | |||||
| Mitchell | 1 | NJ | |||||
| Leaf | Mitchell | 32 | NJ | laborer | boarder | ||
| 131 | 132 | Indelkoff | Joseph | 39 | NY | laborer | his parents were born in Germany |
| Alice | 35 | Germany | |||||
| Helen | 15 | NY | |||||
Harry Algor: Harry and Grace had relocated to Brown Ave, Lakehurst by 1920, where he worked as a laborer for the railroad. They had four children: Harold, 9; Kenneth, 7;Marion, 6;and Dorothy, 3. By 1930, they were still in Lakehurst, now on Main St. Harry was a 'machinist- steam' with the railroad. They had two more children now, Russel Algor, 9, and Lloyd Algor, 6.
John Cumming may have been in Berkeley township in 1920; there is John E. Cumming there in 1920, though we can't be sure it's the same man. In 1920 he lived on Berkeley's "Main Road", which is almost definitely not in Double Trouble. He was 46, a bit off from the age of the fellow in 1910, and he lived with his parents, Christopher J. and Sarah A. Cumming (ages 72 and 46). John worked as a lineman for the telephone company.
Hiram Downing was living in Georgetown Hundred, Sussex Co.,
DE in 1880. There appears a Hiram Downing with wife Martha and three children, just like the couple who
was at Double Trouble in 1910. Hiram's age is blotched over with ink and unreadable; Martha's age is 40,
which doesn't jibe with her age in 1910. The children were Jennie V. Downing, 19; Lizzie Downing, age 15;
and Hugh Downing, 11. Hiram worked as a farmer in 1880, and the family also had a black woman living with them
as a cook--16 year old Hester Hildens.
In 1900, Hiram Downing shows up in Berkeley township, living in his son, Hugh's, home.
Hugh worked as a Civil Engineer (and was probably NOT at Double Trouble in that case).
He was married to Ethel A. Downing, b. Aug 1878 in the Bahamas. Hugh Downing and Ethel
were the parents of Hugh W. Downing, b. Aug 1897; and Wallace A. Downing, b. Jul 1899.
Hiram was, according to this census, born in Oct 1835 and working as a real estate agent.
Hiram was still married, and in fact his wife, Martha, lived in the previous house on the census--
in the home of her daughter Elizabeth D. (Downing) Farrow. "Lizzie" was born Dec 1867, and was by 1930
married to Edward Farrow, born 1855 in Maryland. Edward was also a civil engineer in 1930. Edward and
Lizzie had a son, Edward, b. Apr 1898.
By 1910, Hiram was living at Double Trouble. Hugh appears to have relocated by 1920 out to Palmyra Township, living on
Cinnaminson Ave, where he continued to work as a Civil Engineer. Their son, Wallace, worked as an auto mechanic at that time.
Elizabeth still lived with her parents, and Martha, his 84 year old mother, now a widow, lived there as well. A niece,
Marie E. Farrow, age 14, lived with them. She is, in all likelihood, the same Mary E. Farrow, daughter of Edward Farrow and
Hugh's sister, Elizabeth (see below).
Indelkoff Family: In 1920, Alice Indelkoff was a widow at age 45, and she lived with her daughter, Helen Movis, who was now married to 39 year old Howard Movins. Howard worked as a lineman for the telephone company.
Mitchell Leaf appears in 1930 on the census in South Toms River, on Dover Road. He gives his occupation as "laborer- Double Trouble". In 1930, he was married to Ethel, age 20 (12 years younger than he). There was a daughter, Matilda, age 18, and a son, Norton, age 17.
Newman family: This family was at Berkeley in 1900. John was born in New Jersey in Jan 1871, and in 1900 he was a farmer. Hiw wife, Mary (not Sarah as in 1910, but still perhaps the same woman?) was born Oct 1871. She had given birth four times, but only had three living children as of 1900. Son Lester, born in 1891 and Papillon(?),b. Apr 1896, were also with the family in 1900, as was young Curtis, b. in Aug 1898.
Stanton Worth was living in Hoboken in 1920, working as a clammer at sea. He was married
to a woman named Virginia, who was 46 and of Canadian birth. The problem I have with this is
that Stanton was a widower in 1910, yet in 1920 he has a 29 year old daughter (Irene) and an 18 year old daughter (Adeline). If they are his
children, where were they in 1910? Possibly they are Virginia's from a previous marriage?
In 1900, Mabel and Elsie worth appear in the very first home on the census in
Berkeley township. They lived in the home of William R. Worth, b. Oct 1872. William was employed
as an oysterman, and lived with his wife, Armenia, b. Mar 1878. (Mabel was
born in May 1895; Elsie in Oct 1897). It's not clear what became of William and Armenia by 1910. Could William and Stanton
actually be the same person? It wouldn't be the first time an invidual went by more than one name in different years, but
there's just not enough to be certain. Armenia may have remarried by 1910, so that the Armenia Wainwright who lived with
Elise and Mabel in 1910 was the same woman, remarried to George Wainwright. Stanton may well have been her father in law, since
he was 19 years older than she in 1910.
The New Jersey Courier of 24 Nov 1910 mentions that "Elsie Worth is visiting in
Bayville". It also mentions that "Miss Mabel Worth is home from Toms River
for Thanksgiving".
I also found a Frank J. Keegan in Newark, but he has a family as well that he should have had in 1910.
Also, the 1910 Frank claims his parents were born
in New Jersey, while the one in 1920 in Newark had Irish parents, so this may not be him.
Frank gets a mention in the 24 Nov 1910 issue of the New Jersey Courier, where it is mentioned
that he is laid up with a bad foot.
Platt Family. I believe Joseph Platt lived elsewhere in Berkeley township
in 1920. He claimed he was 60, which is off from his 1910 entry, but that's hardly uncommon on census
entries. Joseph worked as a "laborer-camp", which could well mean he still worked at Double Trouble.
His wife, Tillie Platt (i.e.,Matilda) was still there-now aged 58. One child, Sarah, age 13 (whose age
actually does line up with her 1910 entry) was with the family. Anna may well have moved
out and gotten married by 1920, as she would be about 22, but we can't be certain.
In 1930, Joseph and Matilda Platt lived in South Toms River. Joseph was unemployed, and his wife worked as a servant
in a private home. Son William, now 46, worked as a carpenter. Their fifteen year old grandson, Charles, also lived
in the home.
Going back to 1880, there is a Joseph Platt,at the right age (25) in Berkeley Township, living with his parents, Jesse and
Lydia Platt.(We can't be sure
this is the same Joseph Platt, of course, but it seems likely.)
There was a brother, Benjamin Platt, 23,and a sister, Minnie, 18 (who had typhoid in 1880). [She wasn't the only typhoid
case in Berkeley either--a few doors down, Jesse Grant, age 24, also had it.] Jesse, Lydia and Benjamin were all living on
Berkeley Boulevard elsewhere in the township in 1910, when Joseph was at Double Trouble.
It's not clear how William Platt is related, if at all, to Joseph Platt. In the New Jersey
Courier of 24 Nov 1910, it is mentioned that he has moved into the "Phillips cottage",
which may indicate that Eugene Phillips left the area shortly after the 1910 census, explaining
his absence in 1920 and 1930.
In Nov of 1910, according to the same newspaper, Mrs. Joseph Platt was visiting in Mt. Holly.
Edward Farrow was born in Maryland in 1855. In 1910, he and his
wife, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Downing were living on Seventh Avenue in Asbury Park. Edward
worked as an engineer there, and they had the following chidren: Edward S. Farrow, Jr,
age 12; Vernon R. Farrow, age 10; William H. Farrow, age 8; and
Mary E. Farrow, age 4. The first two children were born in Delaware,
indicating that the family was there until at least 1900. William was born in Pennsylvania,
and Mary in New Jersey. In 1910, the Farrow's had a 36 year old black servant living with them
named Annie Jefferson. (She was born in Virginia).
In fact, it appears the family relocated sometime in 1900--because in that year, although Vernon
was born in Delaware, the family shows up in Berkeley township (see the Downing family,
above).
There is a family in 1900 a few doors down from Edward Farrow in Berkeley township that's probably related: Ernest and
Carrie Farrow, born in Maryland and Virginia, respectively. They had a son, Wilmot, as well. In 1910, this family was
at double trouble--at least, Carrie and Wilmot were.
George Wainwright: As discussed under the Worth family above, I believe George Wainwright
married Armenia Worth by 1910. In 1900, he was living in Berkeley Township with his grandparents, Charles and Emeline
(b. Oct 1887 and Feb 1871). Charles Wainwright worked as a miller. Children Arnetta and Caleb Wainwright were also in the home;
at age 31, George worked as a brakeman for the railroad.
As far back as 1880, in fact, it seems George was living in the township with his grandparents. The whole family appears in
the 1880 census, charles working as a mechanic. The wife's name looks more like 'Sue' on this census. Charles had chilidren
Josephine (21), Ida (17), Charles (11), and Caleb (8).
the NJC newspaper of 24 Nov 1910 mentions that George Wainwright was being visited
by Mrs. Westbrook and daughter of Cambridge, MD as well as Clara Worth
of Bayville. Additionally, George was apparently filling in for the night watchman, Fred Wilbert
(who does not appear on this census) while he recovered from an abcess.