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Welcome
Jessie Utter Gray,grandson Don George,son Don
Come
in and Enjoy
the
Grays'
Family Page
We dedicate this page to
all early settlers who toiled long and hard to make a difference in the
lives of their families.There is a memorial to these ancestors in Vernon
Township, N.J.,which shall be called :
THE UTTERS
The
first evidence, of our ancestors the Utters in the Vernon, NJ area, is
the record of the
marriage
of Silas Utter(1795-1856) and Hester Weeden (1799-1891) at the Dutch Reformed
Church in Warwick,N.Y. on 30 Oct 1819. Warwick is just across the N.Y.,N.J.
border.
They
settled down in Cherry Ridge,N.J. on a farm where Henry Silas, one of their
many children, was born.(1835-1916)
He
worked on his father's farm and also as a road surveyor.When twenty-one
years of age, he married Julia Card on 10May1856 .Sylvester Utter,one of
their children, named for Julia's father Sylvester,grew up to become a
medical doctor.He was graduated from New York University's Medical school
in 1885
It
took just two generations,after the arrival of Silas Utter in the New Jersey
area ,for his grandson Sylvester to become a doctor, a member of the N.J.Legislature
and the first mayor of Hawthorne, N. J.
Dr.Sylvester Utter,Jessie's father
DR.SYLVESTER UTTER GOES TO TRENTON
THE HAWTHORNE,N.J. CENTENNIAL PARADE PHOTOS
THE
WEEDEN ,STRAATMAKER CONNECTION
Not
all of our ancestors settled in the rolling hills and the fertile lands
of northern N.J. to seek their dream.
The
Grays and Craigs from Scotland(1866) settled in the city of Paterson,N.J.and
lived in a brownstone similar to the one that they had occupied in Glasgow.
The
Kimmerlys and Ficks from Germany made Jersey City their home, after a short
stay in New York City.
A TENEMENT IN GLASGOW
presently,a museum
IN
THE SCHEME OF THINGS
The Dunns and Kimmerlys
THE
SEARCH FOR A PHOTO
Frank H. Kimmerly
A Few Interesting Web Sites:
Genealogy,
Family History - Ernst Bohning, 1843, A German Immigration Story - Hannebaum
Website
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Acknowedgements:
We would like to thank the following
friends,without whom we could never have produced this web page: John Ruggiero,our
"computer tutor"of Computers Made Easy, Lake Placid, Florida, who gave
us the encouragement and the tools with which to proceed; David Kimmerly,our
nephew,who has shared much information and many photographs with us; Ginger
Nehrings of the Passaic Co.Historical Society, Paterson,N.J.,who has found
many records ,including the ship's manifest included herein; the Highlands
Co.Genealogical Society and especially their Ms. Sue Rood; the N.J.Utter
group,our internet family whom I have named and to whom we have paid a
special tribute on the "Elusive William Utter" page.
Our thanks also to a few other
special people: Daisy Fick, Jessie Fick, Rosalie Kimmerly and May Wooding.
And to our son, our appreciation
for all your help,including the satellite photo herein, and for your unabashed
awe at your mother's techie pursuits.
Gert and Don Gray
Gert and Don Gray-1990
Farewell,for now
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