tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64441002322691923522024-03-13T08:58:42.519-04:00Rogers Family HistoryROGERS FAMILY HISTORY - My research in into the family history of my husband's genealogy which includes the Rogers family of Bucks County PA and Trenton,NJ; the Hildinger family of Armstrong Co, Pa and Trenton, NJ and the Hall family of Nassau, Bahamas.Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-84948248797273219652013-01-13T14:08:00.000-05:002013-01-13T14:08:01.145-05:00Sepia Saturday #159 - Bathing Beauty on Miami Beach 1948<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my second entry for this week's <a href="http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/2013/01/sepia-saturday-159-12-january-2013.html">Sepia Saturday </a>theme which centers around beaches, bathing suits, the Southern Hemisphere, etc. I usually post on my other blog, <a href="http://forgottenfacesandlongagoplaces.blogspot.com/">ForgottenFacesandLongAgoPlaces</a>, but I immediately thought of this photograph of my mother-in-law Margie which is perfect for this week and knew I had to post it as well. </div>
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My mother-in-law, Margaret Ann Hall Rogers Eaglebarger was born in Nassau, Bahamas on 11 Dec 1930 and when she was sixteen her mother sent her to Miami Beach to work as a nanny for a wealthy couple. She had strict instructions to work hard and stay away from boys. I have always found this story fascinating as of course, at age seventeen she met her future husband, Alvin Rogers who was fresh out of the Navy and working as a doorman at the same hotel where her employers wintered in Miami. Alvin came from a wealthy New Jersey family and was expected to follow in the family tradition and become a doctor. Instead, against both of their families' wishes they were married.</div>
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Even though the photo is a bit blurry, you can see that Margie was an exceptionally beautiful young woman and she remained this way throughout her lifetime. I hope you will check out the rest of her story by <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2012/04/matrilineal-monday-margaret-ann-hall.html">clicking here</a> to see the post I wrote after she died last year.</div>
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For more bathing beauties check out this week's <a href="http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/2013/01/sepia-saturday-159-12-january-2013.html">Sepia Saturday</a>!</div>
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Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-36842206811453012592012-07-04T12:24:00.000-04:002012-11-27T11:40:00.456-05:00Happy 4th of July! Trenton Inter-State Fair Early 1900's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I thought this real-photo postcard showing the Trenton Inter-State Fair in the early 1900's would be perfect for today the Fourth of July. Although I believe the Fair was typically held in September, with the big flag waving prominently in the front, it seems to say "patriotism" to me which is apropos for Trenton where so much of our country's early history took place. It's a little hard to date this photo but I believe it to be from the very early 1900's (1900 - 1905) as some of sleeves on the women's dresses look very puffed up on top.</div>
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About the Inter-State Fair: According to Grounds for Structure the Fairs were held intermittently in Trenton since 1745 when King George II granted a royal charter for the purpose of buying and selling livestock. This was the first fair in Colonial America. State Legislature banned all fairs in 1797 until 1858 when a revision was sought by the State Agriculture Society. They were held sporadically in the mid-1880's. In 1888 Trenton businessmen organized the State Fair Association and purchased more than 100 acres for a new park. </div>
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The Inter-State Fairs were wildly successful, bringing in large crowds to see the horses and other livestock. There were also contests in culinary arts and needlework - I have found newspaper reports in the Trenton Times where my husband's great-great grandmother and great-grandaunts won prizes in these categories. The Midway attractions at the Fair featured daredevil stunts, horse races and special events such as a shooting match between Annie Oakley and Miles Johnson. In the 1890's parachutists jumped from hot air balloons; at the turn of the century pioneers of aerial navigation, including the Wright Brothers, thrilled the crowds with their stunts.</div>
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Over the years people lost interest in the Fair and attendance dwindled. In 1980 the land was sold and the last Fair was held that year. For more information on the history of the Interstate Fair visit the Grounds for Sculpture at: <a href="http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/fairhist.htm">http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/fairhist.htm</a>.</div>
Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-5376774991438222492012-07-01T16:47:00.001-04:002012-07-01T16:47:46.507-04:00Sentimental Sunday - Did Great-Grandmother Wear This in Trenton, NJ?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">What did the fashionable Trenton, New Jersey woman wear in 1908? According to the 3 May 1908 Trenton Evening Times edition this shirtwaist gown was one of the most popular of the new designs of that time. It was elegant, simple and appealed to women of refined tastes. A pattern could be purchased for ten cents from the Trenton Times to make this dress - imagine, only a dime! For a medium sized woman it took 8 1/2 yards of fabric to make this dress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The model drawn here is quite lovely with her large, stylish hat. As we have no pictures, I can only wonder if this is what our female Rogers ancestors were wearing at the time.</span></div>Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-25892407655828798492012-05-07T06:00:00.000-04:002012-05-08T09:21:16.266-04:00Medical Monday - Dr. Alvin S. Rogers' Microscope<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This photograph of the microsope used by Dr. Alvin S. Rogers, my husband's grandfather was quite an exciting find. This picture was found in the book published by a distant cousin of my husband, Dr. Fred B. Rogers, The Healing Art, The Medical Society of New Jersey through two centuries 1766 - 1966. Fred Rogers was a son of Dr. Lawrence Rogers, who was a son of Irvin Rogers, and a brother of Elmer H. Rogers, Alvin's father. Dr. Alvin S. Rogers practiced between 1920 and 1947 in Trenton, NJ. I don't know how Fred Rogers got possession of Alvin's microscope or the picture of it, there are no pictures on this side of the family so this is particularly precious. Dr. Alvin S. Rogers died of heart complications 23 May1937 at the age of 47.</div>Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-9818839386172675412012-04-16T18:33:00.000-04:002016-09-25T11:33:21.294-04:00Matrilineal Monday – Margaret Ann Hall 1930 - 2011<br />
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This beautiful young woman was my mother-in-law Margaret Ann Hall who was born 11 Dec 1930 in
Nassau Bahamas to Margaret Louise (Smith) and <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/military-monday-hershel-stanley-hall.html">Hershel Stanley Hall</a>. She was the youngest child of six, and the couple's only daughter. At the age of sixteen her
mother sent her to Miami, FL to work as a nanny for a wealthy family from New
York who wintered in Miami. Margie had
lived a sheltered life up until this time and her mother warned her to do her
job and stay away from boys.
Unfortunately for Margie she was a beautiful young woman and I suspect heads turned wherever she went. The family she worked for spent each winter in a luxury hotel on Miami Beach and it was here that she met the man who was to become her
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<a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/alvin-stackhouse-rogers-jr.html">Alvin S. Rogers, Jr.</a> had just gotten out of the Navy and
instead of going home to Trenton, NJ to become a doctor as was expected of him,
he wanted to do something different with his life. He had seen the world while in the Navy and
gotten out from under, what I believe, was a domineering mother. He stopped in Miami to make his own way and
took a job as a doorman at the same hotel where Margie was working, and history,
as they say, was made. As soon as their
paths crossed, Al was smitten with the young beauty and as the story has been
told in this family, could not leave her alone.
In June 1949, Margie was sent back to New York with her young charge in
an effort to keep her away from Alvin.
Not be deterred, Alvin, along with his sister jumped in a car and
drove all the way to New York to woo his true love. There are a lot more details to this story
that I will not bore you with, but in the end they were wed in New York,
NY on 10 Jun 1949 and their first son was born nine months later in Miami in March 1950. Another son would follow in 1951, a daughter in
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On 11 May 1953, while eight months pregnant with her fourth
child, my husband, Margie petitioned the U.S. District Court in Miami for Naturalization
and was granted the same. On the
Petition she listed her current address: 11501 NE 11 Pl, Miami, Fla; she listed
her date of birth and place of birth (Nassau, Bahamas), her height, 5’1’, her weight 100
pounds. She listed her husband as Alvin
Stackhouse Rogers <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/p/alvin-s-rogers-ancestry-chart_15.html">(click here for a look at his ancestry chart)</a> and their marriage date as 10 Jun 1949. She also listed her three children, their
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She stated she was 21 years of age and formerly a British citizen. The picture here is
the one that was used on the Department of Justice's Certificate of
Naturalization. I have to assume this
picture was taken at or about this time so she would have been about 21 in this
picture and was most likely pregnant with my husband at that time. So few pictures exist in my husband’s family
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Margie and Alvin went on to have three more children for a total of seven. There are many more stories I could tell, and I'm sure there were some happy times but the marriage had insurmountable issues. Alvin's mother inserted herself into their life and many problems ensued. Unfortunately their marriage ended in divorce in March 1971. She later married Joseph Eaglebarger (1929 - 1986). After her second husband's death she lived for a number of years in Margate, FL and then in Georgia with one of her sons. She also traveled around the country and to Nassau visiting family on a regular basis. Margie's family was extremely important to her and nothing made her more happy than to have them gathered around her. After a short illness she died 26 Aug 2011 at the age of 80 in Plantation, FL at our home. In the short time before she died she shared with us many stories we had never heard before and we felt honored and privileged to have had that time to talk to her and hear her stories. She left behind six living children, thirteen living grandchildren, a number of great-grandchildren as well as many family members in the Bahamas. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one son and one grandson. </div>
Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-12621886344107769632012-02-26T13:08:00.000-05:002012-02-26T13:08:00.323-05:00Sunday's Obituary - Alpha Hildinger Cutler Ullrich, Trenton, NJ<div style="text-align: justify;">
The sister of my husband's great-grandmother, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/mary-elizabeth-hildinger_15.html">Mary Elizabeth Hildinger Johnston</a> and great grand-uncle, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/charles-clark-hildinger.html">Charles C. Hildinger</a> of Trenton, New Jersey. Alpha was first married to Clinton Charles Cutler, well-known and respected newspaperman in Trenton. Sometime after his death in 1926, probably about 1930 she married family friend and extremely successful, local undertaker, Frank J. Ullrich who died in 1942. Alpha was born in Pennsylvania about 1871 to John A. and Mary Jane (Cochran) Hildinger, she died in Trenton, NY on 29 May 1945.</div>
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Postcard of Trenton, NJ circa 1940, showing night view of State Street West from Broad Street - you can see the Hotel Stacy Trent in the rear left.<br />
<br />Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-35099256186980187842012-01-28T17:03:00.001-05:002012-02-26T13:04:37.406-05:00Sepia Saturday #110 - Theatre - Charles C. Hildinger - Movie Pioneer, Trenton, NJ<br />
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This week's theme over at <a href="http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/">Sepia Saturday</a> is "Theatre" and nothing screams theatre to me more than Charles C. Hildinger, my husband's great-grand-uncle. I've <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/charles-clark-hildinger.html">written numerous times about Charles</a> who's known as the "Nickel King" or "Five Cent King" of Trenton, NJ one of the pioneers of moving picture theatres in Trenton at the beginning of the twentieth century. He got this nickname because when he moved to Trenton around 1898 he didn't have a nickel to his name. He grew up on a farm in Armstrong County, PA where he was born on 15 Dec 1876 to John A. and Mary Jane (Cochran) Hildinger. Charles' father came to this country at the age of two years with his parents John and Margaret, and older sister Rosana by ship in 1833 from <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Württemberg</span></span>, Germany and settled in Westmoreland County, PA. Charles was the youngest of seven children and when he was eleven years old his father, a Civil War veteran, died. <br />
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In 1898 after trying his hand at several professions in Pittsburgh, and McKeesport, PA, he went to Trenton with his partner and brother-in-law Clinton C. Cutler. They went to work for the circulation department of the Trenton Times and later jointly bought the circulation of Times. While visiting Pittsburgh, perched on a curb Charles noticed people going in and out of a moving picture show and calculated the evening's take. He went back to Trenton and created the "Bijou" at 23 North Warren Street which opened on 28 Jun 1906 to much fanfare. The Bijou was described in a Trenton Times article as "a beautiful little white and gold palace of moving pictures. The article also stated that "the opening was a great success and it was estimated between 1200 and 1500 persons witnessed the performances that night and half that number were turned away early in the evening." He and Cutler created the Dream Amusement Company, but within a few years he became the sole owner and Cutler dedicated himself to the newspaper business. </div>
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Within ten years he would own ten movie theatres in Trenton one of them being the "Nicolette" at 134 South Broad Street. His string of movie houses would also include the "Princess" on North Clinton Avenue, the "Victory" on South Broad Street, the "Rialto" on Pennington Avenue, the "American on Princeton Avenue, the "Strand" on Hermitage Avenue and the "Garden" on North Broad Street. He also had interests in the "Greenwood" and "City Square" theatres in which he was aided by financially interested associates. He became associated with Milton Hirshfield and they acquired the "Stacy Theatre" on East State Street. He was also invested in numerous other ventures in Trenton and elsewhere including amusement holdings at Belmar, Asbury Park as well as being a member of a group that erected the Lincoln Theatre in Trenton. Charley, as he was known, became a well-known and respected businessman in Trenton. He was active in charity work and a member of a number of organizations, including the Trenton Lodge No 105, B.P.O. Elks, the Allied Motion Picture Theatre Association and the Trenton Republican Club just to name a few. In 1922 he was named treasurer of the New Jersey Motion Picture Owners' Association.<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">My husband's great-grandfather, David R. C. Johnston, was the manager of several of Charley's theatres over a period of years. He was the husband of Mary Elizabeth Hildinger, Charley's sister. They came from Clearfield, PA around 1916 and David worked for Charley until he retired. He was first a manager for the Park Theatre which later became the Rialto, and he was the first manager of the Strand Theatre which was on the corner of Hermitage and Edgewood. Their only child, Luella Ruth Johnston Rogers, my husband's grandmother, was an accomplished musician and organist. It seems the theatrical gene ran in the family. David and Mary lived at 633 Edgewood Drive and rented rooms in their home to people who worked at the theatre. The Strand closed in 1963 and was taken over by the Trenton Free Library.</span></div>
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On 27 Oct 1915 Charles married Helen Beatrice Dunn, daughter of Harry and Margaret (Mooney) Dunn. They had two children, John Clark and Claire Helen. John Clark never married, Claire married late in life and neither had any grandchildren to pass the family theatre legacy on to. Charley died of a heart attack on 2 Sep 1931 at the age of fifty-four and his wife took over the reins of his empire. From all reports of what I've read, Charley was larger than life, much loved and respected. I'm not sure what happened to all the memorabilia of this extraordinary and exciting life; it's a shame some of the memories were not passed down to other members of the family - I'm sure they would have enjoyed knowing Charley!<br />
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<br />Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-72734687186973135232012-01-17T20:43:00.000-05:002012-01-17T20:44:01.744-05:00Tombstone Tuesday - James Lamb Bowers, Maryland<b>James Lamb Bowers </b><br />
Born: 7 Feb 1810 Maryland<br />
Died: 4 Jan 1882 New Castle County, Delaware<br />
Burial: <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmid=47301009&GRid=55120912&">Cecil Burial Ground</a><br />
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Father of Thomas Lamb Bowers<br />
Father of Mary Olivia Bowers<br />
Mother of Alvin Stackhouse Rogers, Sr.<br />
Father of Alvin Stackhouse Rogers, Jr.<br />
<br />Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-79578885072645679372012-01-12T09:00:00.000-05:002012-01-12T09:17:23.460-05:00Those Places Thursday - Notable Trenton Homes - Trenton, NJ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">On Sunday I posted the obituary of Irvin Wise Rogers, my husband's great-grand-uncle who died 12 May 1912 in Trenton, NJ. A prosperous and well-respected businessman with the Standard Fire Insurance Company, he had just built a new home five months before he died. I found this article in the Trenton Sunday Times Advertiser published on 8 Jun 1913:</span></div>
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The article below describes in detail the home inside and out from the architecture of the brick home (modified Colonial) to the garden designed by horticulturalist, Edmund C. Hill. The home was built in the heart of the old estate of the Cadwaladers, then known as the Cadwalader Park section. The architect was William W. Slack with much input by Mr. and Mrs Rogers. The article goes on to describe the entrance, the vestibule, the library with many books, dining room, butler's pantry and kitchen. There was a porch that at the last moment was turned into a glassed and heated study and after Mr. Rogers' death used by his son Dr. Lawrence H. Rogers. Family bedrooms were on the second floor along with five closets and a thoroughly modern bathroom. There was also a third story which was furnished along with a storeroom.<br />
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<br />Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-9999525893875165092012-01-08T14:07:00.002-05:002012-01-08T14:14:02.966-05:00Sunday's Obituary - Irvin W. Rogers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the obituary of my husband's great grand-uncle, Irvin Wise Rogers, who was a well known and respected businessman in Trenton, NJ. He was born 10 Dec 1863 in Edgewood, Bucks County, PA to <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/tombstone-tuesday-levi-h-rogers.html">Levi H. Rogers</a> and <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/tombstone-tuesday-jane-eliza-slack.html">Jane Eliza (Slack) Rogers</a>. He was also the brother of <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/dr-elmer-h-rogers-obituary.html">Dr. Elmer H. Rogers </a>of Trenton, NJ and <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/12/sundays-obituary-dr-benjamin-h-rogers.html">Dr. Benjamin H. Rogers</a>, of Patterson, NJ.<br />
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He was married to Ida May Tallman of Bucks County, PA about 1882. Sometime around 1890 they moved to Trenton, New Jersey where for many years he was the secretary of the Standard Fire Insurance Agency. They had four living children, Dr. Lawrence H. Rogers, Norman Tallman Rogers who later became an attorney and Superior Court Judge of New Jersey, Irvin W. Rogers, Jr. and one daughter Helen M. Rogers.Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-50498853602300770232012-01-02T11:44:00.002-05:002012-01-02T11:45:05.866-05:00Madness Monday - Ella Rogers - Trenton Lunatic Asylum<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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As a follow up to my last few postings about Mary and Ella Rogers and their hospitalizations at the <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/12/madness-monday-trenton-insane-asylum_26.html">New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum</a>, I just found this brief clipping which showed me that Ella spent more time there than I originally knew. It appears she was admitted as early as 1902, but must have been released and readmitted a number of times. I know this through census records and I also have other newspaper clippings where she attended social events, etc. Sad, sad, sad........Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-54704653751324102352011-12-26T09:00:00.000-05:002012-11-27T11:41:08.419-05:00Madness Monday - Trenton Insane Asylum (Part II) Sad Tale of Two Sisters<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This 1917 postcard showing the entrance to the New Jersey State Hospital, or more commonly called at the time, the Trenton Lunatic Asylum presents a pleasing picture of calm and tranquility. As we all know however, pictures can be quite deceiving. As I discussed in <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/12/madness-monday-trenton-insane-asylum.html">Part I of my story on Mary and Ella Rogers</a>, from what I have learned I believe their time spent in this institution was anything but pleasant.</span></div>
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In the 1910 Census, the only Rogers listed in the State Asylum is
Ellen Rogers which I believe to be Mary although the age is off a few
years. I could not find her listed in the 1920 census. In the 1930
census, once again under the State Asylum is a Mary Rogers, born in
Pennsylvania, which is correct. However, the age is listed as 53 which
would be incorrect. Surprisingly, also listed is Ella Rogers, her
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Next I found two articles on Ella Rogers; the
first pertaining to guardianship in December of 1927 in the Trenton Evening
Times for Miss Ella M. Rogers, formerly of 125 Jackson Street who is now a
patient of the state lunacy hospital. The article stated Ella Rogers had
entered the institution on 6 Jun 1925, had been released twice when her
condition improved, but was now bedfast and a guardian was needed and her
property must be sold to assist in payment of her care. The second
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This entire story makes me terribly sad. These two sisters
both seem to have spent a large part of their lives in the New Jersey Insane
Asylum; Mary for nearly forty years, Ella for over twenty years. The
research I’ve done on this institution has been horrifying. From 1907 to
1933 the asylum was run by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cotton_(doctor)">Dr. Henry Cotton</a> who believed that insanity was the
result of untreated infections in the body. His treatment was “surgical
bacteriology” or the removal of teeth, tonsils, testicles, ovaries, gall
bladders, stomachs, spleens cervixes and especially colons. The patients
of the asylum were continuously subjected to these gruesome experimental
surgeries in a time before antibiotics which resulted in a high mortality rate. Many were dragged kicking and screaming to surgery as they knew what was coming. Amazingly, Dr. Cotton was considered a "pioneer" in his field by the medical community, as reported by <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/019930.html">Mike Adams</a>, award-winning journalist in his article about the "Dark History of Modern Medicine."</div>
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Several things occur to me; one, before his
death in 1907 Dr. Elmer H. Rogers, their brother, according to newspaper articles I have found, admitted patients to this asylum and went there on occasion to treat patients - he surely must have witnessed some of the shocking conditions although from what I have read the worst started around the time of his death. Two, how
ironic that these two women who came from what seemed to be a charmed
background, lived and died in this horrific institution. Thirdly, I wonder
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It’s been over one hundred and ten years
since Mary was admitted to this institution, around her early thirties and it brings tears to my
eyes to think of this poor woman and her sad, tortured, wasted life. I
have no information abut her actual diagnosis, was she really “mad” or was she sent away by
her family as was common for the times when they didn't know how to handle what is easily treated today as depression or perhaps even a bi-polar condition? Whatever the truth, I don’t
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The two youngest children of Levi and Jane Rogers were daughters, Mary E. born in 1866 and Ella E. born in 1867. Both sisters are found in the 1870 and 1880 Lower Makefield, Bucks County, PA census. It appears that sometime before his death in 1892 Levi and Jane moved to Trenton where their prosperous sons were residing. The only funeral notice for Levi states that the funeral was to be held from his son Elmer’s residence. It did not name any of his other children. In the 1900 Trenton Ward 1, Mercer, New Jersey census, I found his wife Jane and daughter Ella living at 4 East State Street both listing their occupation as Artist. From this, I originally assumed daughter Mary had married before 1900, but never came across a marriage record or announcement.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the 1910 Trenton Ward 3, Mercer, New Jersey census, I found Jane age 72 and daughter Ella aged 39 living at 125 Jackson Street. Ella again listed her occupation as Artist. Additionally, son Elmer H. Rogers had died in 1907 and I was fortunate to have found his obituary. It listed his survivors as his wife, children, mother (Jane) brothers Benjamin and Irvin, but interestingly enough did not list his sisters Ella and Mary.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yJbIWg8kpZU/Tu5AQ2NBv9I/AAAAAAAAAzE/Ac_iLbbmRsg/s1600/Mary+Ella+Rogers+City+Directory+1889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="71" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yJbIWg8kpZU/Tu5AQ2NBv9I/AAAAAAAAAzE/Ac_iLbbmRsg/s320/Mary+Ella+Rogers+City+Directory+1889.jpg" width="320" /></a>The 1889-1892 Trenton City Directory listed sisters Mary and Ella Rogers as living at 23 East State Street. The 1895-1896 listed them as living at 6 East State Street and their occupations as Artists. </div><div class="MsoNormal">Of course, then Mary disappeared and I assumed she had married until I deduced she was dead first from her brother Elmer’s obituary, then from brother Irvin’s obituary in 1912 which listed Ella, but not Mary. The mother Jane died in 1918 and her obituary listed her only surviving children as Benjamin and Ella.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">If you are confused at this point, believe me so was I! About this time I received in the mail, the will of Dr. Elmer H. Rogers which I had ordered some time before. Dr. Rogers was quite wealthy and in that will he made bequests for several family members including his wife and children, his wife’s brother and a loyal servant. I read that will, which was dated and signed 8 May 1905 several times before I realized that he also mentioned his sisters. Not sister, but both his sisters, Ella <u>AND</u> Mary which means Mary was still alive in 1905. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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I had searched for over a year with little luck for the death date of my husband's great-grandfather, David R. C. Johnston who was born in October 1859 in Jefferson County, PA to Andrew Jackson and Eliza Mariah (London) Johnston. He and his wife, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/mary-elizabeth-hildinger_15.html">Mary Elizabeth Hildinger</a> moved to Trenton, NJ around 1914 when he began working as as manager for his brother-in-law, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/charles-c-hildinger-obituary.html">Charles C. Hildinger,</a> at his growing movie theater business.<br />
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</tbody></table>Using numerous sources, including my subscription to the Trenton Times archives, I found a number of articles on David and Mary Johnston and their daughter Luella Ruth who married <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/alvin-stackhouse-rogers-sr.html">Dr. Alvin S. Rogers </a>(my husband's grandfather) including Mary's obituary in 1954. I never had any luck finding David's death date. Finally a little luck came my way via a wonderful <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69737444">Find-A-Grave</a> volunteer, Mark Snyder who had taken a picture of this Johnston headstone for me for Mary E. Hildinger Johnston. Mary's name wasn't on the stone, just the name Johnston, but the headstone was near the <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/07/sundays-obituary-john-clark-hildinger.html">Hildinger</a> and Sweet headstones who are Mary's siblings. Mark went out of his way to <b>GO BACK</b> to the cemetery office a few days later to ask if they could check their burial records to see if David was buried there as well. They confirmed that David C. Johnston died 31 Dec 1945 at age 86 years, 2 months and was buried next to Mary in plot C123. Find-A-Grave volunteers are the best!<br />
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They also reported that a Susan L. Rogers had been buried in the Johnston family plot on 5 Aug 1971. That would have to be <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/luella-ruth-johnston.html">Luella Ruth Johnston</a>, the daughter of David and Mary, my husband's grandmother. She changed her name to Susan sometime after her husband Dr. Alvin Rogers died in 1937 and she later died in Miami, FL in 1969 and was cremated. I assume my father-in-law took her ashes back to Trenton for interment.Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-53743864216788737582011-07-17T15:31:00.001-04:002011-07-18T12:27:52.031-04:00Sunday's Obituary - Claire Helen Hildinger Moldovan - Trenton Movie Heir<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Claire Helen Hildinger Moldovan, wife of George Moldovan, and only daughter of the late Charles C. and Helen (Dunn) Hildinger was born 17 May 1920 in Trenton, NJ and died 30 Nov 1982 in Belleair Bluffs, Fl. Her father was a prominent Trenton, NJ businessman known as the <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/charles-c-hildinger-obituary.html">"Nickel King"</a> who created the first movie theaters in Trenton in the early 1900's. She was also preceded in death by a brother, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/07/sundays-obituary-john-clark-hildinger.html">John Clark Hildinger</a> in 1968. Burial was at <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GSmid=47301009&GRid=57205839&">Ewing Church Cemetery</a> in the family plot.<br />
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</tbody></table>Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-89844143069981973882011-07-10T14:14:00.001-04:002011-07-10T14:15:11.089-04:00Sunday's Obituary - Movie Heir, John Clark Hildinger - Trenton, NJ<b>John Clark Hildinger 24 Sep 1916 - 3 May 1968</b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">John Clark Hildinger was born in Trenton, New Jersey on 24 Sep 1916 to <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/charles-clark-hildinger.html">Charles Clark Hildinger</a> and <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/sundays-obituary-helen-dunn-hildinger.html">Helen Beatrice (Dunn) Hildinger</a>. Young Clark was born into Trenton royalty, his father the owner of a string of motion picture houses and who was known as the “nickel king.” His father died in 1931 and his mother stepped into his shoes. After his mother’s death in 1960 Clark took over the reins of the family business.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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Clark Hildinger was a <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/military-monday-cadet-clark-hildinger.html">veteran of World War II</a>. He left the family business in April 1942 entering the U.S. Army as a private at Fort Dix. In March 1943 he was promoted to Corporal. <br />
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Clark was survived by one sister, Claire Hildinger and several cousins. He was a first cousin once removed to my father-in-law, Alvin S. Rogers. The funeral was held at William Murphy Funeral Home, 149 North Warren Street. He was buried in the family plot at Ewing Church Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-39190817466330457952011-07-07T03:39:00.005-04:002011-07-18T12:30:41.434-04:00Those Places Thursday - Warren Street, Trenton, NJ<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Another great find on eBay, a postcard from around 1900 showing St. Mary's Catholic Church on Warren Street in Trenton, NJ. What is the particular interest in this card you may ask? Well, St. Mary's Catholic Church which is still there today is located at 151 N. Warren Street and my husband's ancestor, his great-grandfather, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/dr-elmer-h-rogers-obituary.html">Dr. Elmer H. Rogers</a> lived and conducted his medical practice from 126 N. Warren Street which would have been across the street. I don't know if the house still exists today, but he and his family surely shopped frequently on nearby Warren Street and this postcard gives me such a visual of what the street must have looked like. I have posted before how Dr. Rogers frequently took his horse and buggy on medical calls.Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-30622864296474722922011-07-04T16:24:00.004-04:002011-07-10T14:16:43.365-04:00Happy Independence Day America!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zVZodLqUJms/ThIfgNpV9WI/AAAAAAAAAVY/HdB8jT6EucY/s1600/Americans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zVZodLqUJms/ThIfgNpV9WI/AAAAAAAAAVY/HdB8jT6EucY/s320/Americans.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In Remembrance</span><br />
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On this Fourth of July, 2011 remembering my husband's ancestors who fought for our country including his 5X great-grandfather <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/06/military-monday-george-washingtons.html">Samuel Callender</a> (1756 - 1830) who fought in the Revolutionary War, his first cousin twice removed, Dr. Lawrence Harrison Rogers (1883 -1959) who served in WWI, another first cousin twice removed, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/military-monday-cadet-clark-hildinger.html">Corporal John Clark Hildinger </a>who served in the Army in WWII and his own father, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/alvin-stackhouse-rogers-jr.html">Alvin Stackhouse Rogers</a> (1926 - 1993) who served in WWII in the US Navy aboard the US Nevada.Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-21171694746834202042011-06-06T01:15:00.018-04:002011-06-06T01:15:00.105-04:00Military Monday – George Washington’s Bodyguard - Samuel Callender<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Samuel Ca</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">llender 1756 - 12 Mar 1830</span></b></span><br />
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</div>Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-89938603668684054042011-04-24T01:56:00.005-04:002011-07-18T12:31:36.115-04:00Sunday's Obituary - Helen Rogers - Trenton, NJI wrote last week about the short life of <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/04/sundays-obituary-ellerslie-wallace.html">Ellerslie Wallace Rogers</a>, son of Dr. Elmer H. and Mary (Bowers) Rogers. Sadly, they were to lose another child two and a half years later, their four year-old daughter Helen. I would have never known about Helen, except I came across this short notice in the Trenton Times:<br />
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</span></span></span>Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-44241691841344167192011-04-19T01:44:00.010-04:002011-04-19T01:44:00.231-04:00Talented Tuesday - Trenton Physician Discovers Secret in Clays<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Trenton Physician Discovers Long Sought Secret in Clays<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Dr. Elmer H. Rogers (1858 – 1907), my husband’s great-grandfather, was a well-respected physician and businessman in Trenton, NJ. Besides his thriving medical practice, it appears he invested in real estate and other businesses. I recently came across this article in the Trenton Times (17 Jun 1905) that talks about his discovery of a special clay that when made into bricks “possessed the hardness of a piece of granite and the enamel was perfect.” This article was of special interest to me as his grandson Alvin, who was born nearly twenty years after his death, would later become a stone and brick mason and his son, my husband, a contractor. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The article talks about Dr. Rogers’ ownership of a property “on which is deposited an almost inexhaustible supply of the right quality in its natural state.” It goes on to further state his intention to form a company to develop and manufacture bricks to be sold on the market. I don’t know if this business venture ever got off the ground, it has never been heard of in this generation of the family. I have not found any further articles to substantiate the company and Dr. Rogers died 11 Apr 1907. Here is the article as it appeared:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-80091677448979103002011-04-17T11:07:00.002-04:002011-04-17T14:30:39.161-04:00Sunday's Obituary - Ellerslie Wallace Rogers - Trenton, NJI have written before of the sad, short life of the first-born son of Dr. Elmer H. and Mary (Bowers) Rogers, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/11/tombstone-tuesday-rogers-plot-riverview.html">Ellerslie Wallace Rogers</a>. He was my husband's grand-uncle. Although his father was a respected Trenton, NJ physician, he was not able to save his own child from dying. I have not been able to find out why Ellerslie or Wallace as it appeared he was called died, the only mention of his death is this short mention in the Trenton Times on 20 Feb 1895:<br />
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Although some months ago I had requested via Find-A-Grave, a photograph of his headstone at Riverview Cemetery in the family plot, I was very disappointed to be told there was none. However, just this week out of the blue I received notification that another <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GSmid=47301009&GRid=55017244&">Find-A-Grave</a> contributor had added these pictures of Ellerslie and his sister Helen's headstones (who I will write about also) and I am so grateful to have these pictures.<br />
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</tbody></table>Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444100232269192352.post-67366392513899065882011-02-17T09:21:00.002-05:002011-02-17T09:21:00.895-05:00Those Places Thursday - Mercer Hospital, Trenton, New JerseyI was lucky enough to score these vintage postcards on eBay of Mercer Hospital in Trenton, New Jersey where my husband's ancestors were affiliated, first his great-grandfather, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/dr-elmer-h-rogers.html">Dr. Elmer H. Rogers</a> who died in 1907 and then his grandfather, <a href="http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/09/alvin-stackhouse-rogers-sr.html">Dr. Alvin Stackhouse Rogers, Sr.</a> who died in 1937.<br />
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These postcards are postmarked circa 1910 -1913 so are very indicative of the era.Teresa Wilson Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07340825601857084302noreply@blogger.com0