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Pluckemin, Burnt Mill Schoolhouse 1919
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StillImage
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Title
Pluckemin, Burnt Mill Schoolhouse 1919
Identifier
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/rucore00000002011.Photograph.000052681
Subject
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Topic
Schools
Subject
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Topic
Teachers
Subject
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Topic
Children
Subject
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(authority = NJCCS)
Temporal
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Subject
(ID = SBJ-5)
HierarchicalGeographic
Country
UNITED STATES
State
New Jersey
County
Somerset County
City
Bedminster (N.J. : Township)
Subject
(ID = SBJ-2)
HierarchicalGeographic
Country
UNITED STATES
State
New Jersey
County
Somerset County
City
Pluckemin (N.J.)
Abstract
The Burnt Mill schoolhouse in the spring of 1919. Pupils pictured are, in the far row of desk from left to right: Emma Walsh, Hazel Hatmen, Dora Walsh, Elsie Teischer, Bill Teischer, Billy Milnor, Myrtle Hendershot, Edna Greene, Margaret Nevius, and Gertrude Hendershot. In the near row of desks, left to right are: Margaret Osborne, Elmer Reger, Simon Nevius, Billy Cole, Edward Teischer, John Nevius, and Roy Ban Derveer.
The teacher was Irva Gallaway Ten Eyck, who came to New Jersey from West Virginia. (Her brother Haas Gallaway founded the Gallaway Funeral Home in Bernardsville). Miss Gallaway began teaching at Burnt Mill in 1918. in 1919 she married Abram Ten Eyck, one of the mill operators. For two years they boarded with with Otto Eberbach, the other mill operator, who owned the house next to the mill. Mrs. Eberbach was Elinor Barker.
In 1927 when the mill closed Abe Ten Eyck went to work for the Somerset Country Road Department, and the Ten Eycks bought the first house west of Lamington Church where they lived the rest of their lives.
Mr. Ten Eyck served on the Bedminster Township Committee 1948-1964, and was mayor 1954-1964. Mrs. Ten Eyck was Township Treasurer 1957-1975. Mr. Ten Eyck died in 1976, and Mrs. Ten Eyck in 1977. Both are buried in the Ten Eyck section of the North Branch cemetery.
Photo from the collection of Robert J. Sutton. Historical background by Marie Eberbach, Robert J. Sutton, and Anne O'Brien.
The teacher was Irva Gallaway Ten Eyck, who came to New Jersey from West Virginia. (Her brother Haas Gallaway founded the Gallaway Funeral Home in Bernardsville). Miss Gallaway began teaching at Burnt Mill in 1918. in 1919 she married Abram Ten Eyck, one of the mill operators. For two years they boarded with with Otto Eberbach, the other mill operator, who owned the house next to the mill. Mrs. Eberbach was Elinor Barker.
In 1927 when the mill closed Abe Ten Eyck went to work for the Somerset Country Road Department, and the Ten Eycks bought the first house west of Lamington Church where they lived the rest of their lives.
Mr. Ten Eyck served on the Bedminster Township Committee 1948-1964, and was mayor 1954-1964. Mrs. Ten Eyck was Township Treasurer 1957-1975. Mr. Ten Eyck died in 1976, and Mrs. Ten Eyck in 1977. Both are buried in the Ten Eyck section of the North Branch cemetery.
Photo from the collection of Robert J. Sutton. Historical background by Marie Eberbach, Robert J. Sutton, and Anne O'Brien.
PhysicalDescription
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1
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Walsh
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Emma
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Walsh
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Dora
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NamePart
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Hatman
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Hazel
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Teischer
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Elsie
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Teischer
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Bill
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Depicted
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NamePart
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Milnor
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Billy
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Depicted
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NamePart
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Hendershot
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Myrtle
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Depicted
Name
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NamePart
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Greene
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Edna
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Depicted
Name
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NamePart
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Nevius
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Margaret
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Depicted
Name
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NamePart
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Hendershot
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Gertrude
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Depicted
Name
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NamePart
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Osborne
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Margaret
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Depicted
Name
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NamePart
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Reger
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Elmer
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Name
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NamePart
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Nevius
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Simon
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Name
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NamePart
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Cole
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Billy
Role
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Depicted
Name
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NamePart
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Teischer
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Edward
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Depicted
Name
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NamePart
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Nevius
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John
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Depicted
Name
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NamePart
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Van Derveer
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Roy
Role
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Depicted
Name
(ID = NAME-18);
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NamePart
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Ten Eyck
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Irva Gallaway
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- 1977
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(authority = marcrelator);
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Depicted
Name
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NamePart
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Ten Eyck
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Abram
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- 1976
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Sutton
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Robert J.
Role
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Collector
Name
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Eberback
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Marie
Role
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(authority = marcrelator);
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Researcher
Name
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NamePart
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O'Brien
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Anne
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Researcher
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Clarence Dillon Public Library
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Owner
OriginInfo
DateCreated
(qualifier = exact)
1919
RelatedItem
(type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Anne O'Brien Historical Room Collection
Identifier
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rucore00000002011
Location
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(displayLabel = Clarence Dillon Public Library)
NjBdCDP
Identifier
(type = doi)
doi:10.7282/T3GF0TMX
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Copyright
Status
Public domain
Availability
Status
Open
Reason
Copyright expired
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Photographic
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