| Author | Message | ||
     Bella |
Out of curiosity how long has everyone's family been in Maplewood? My great grandparents built a house on Schaefer Rd. in 1919 or so. Apparently, they passed up a lot on Ridgewood Rd. We understood that choice when my parents went to the Slovak Republic last year to visit our relatives and the family homes were all on narrow but deep plots just like the one they had on Schaefer Road. Anyway, there's been Bella's here ever since. When I was a kid my great aunt and my father would both tell me about the way Maplewood had been in their respective times. My brother and his family are still in town and I was fortunate enough to be able to get home this year for the 4th of July. I don't think I could ever give up the relatively cheap housing here in Cincinnati, but Maplewood will always be home. | ||
| Dave |
Roughly 70 years. | ||
| Les |
My family has been here since 1942; same house. We're the 3rd generation to raise our family here. | ||
| R2boy |
Bella, my family has been here since 1954.I do remember the plow in front of your house..I also remember you and my daughter discussing Anne of Green Gables all the time...Hope all is well with you and your family... | ||
| Mem |
38 years. | ||
| Extuscan |
The earliest known person to live in Maplewood in our family was my grandfather who has an elementary school book from 1909 he used when attending a school in town. He later went to the old Columbia but did not go to the "new" Columbia. They later moved to Irvington but moved back into Maplewood in the 1950's. The other side of my family moved into Maplewood in the 1960's. The last part of our family moved out in 1994, but we'll be back! John | ||
| Mtierney |
My family moved here in 1962. My spouse's parents moved here around 1932. Alas both in-laws are now dead. I recall my father-in-law speaking of the houses that could be bought on Wyoming Avenue for $5,000 during the depression! They couldn't swing it financially, however. Lived in the Seth Boyden area for many years. | ||
| Tip |
41 years | ||
| Bella |
R2boy- Hi, Mr. Boyle! You put a big smile on my face as I'm about to head out the door for work. Everything is fine with my parents, Carly is working for GE Aircraft Engines and just got a big promotion, Alan is in Maplewood and has two boys, Rob (4 yrs) and Drew (3 months). | ||
| Kmk |
Our Township engineer, Doug Ball, is a descendant of the Timothy Balls that lived on Ridgewood Road during the American Revolution. | ||
| Nakaille |
My grandfather (who was born in 1901) and many of his 8 siblings attended Seth Boyden Elementary School, according to my uncle Rich who is our family historian. They lived in a big house on Burnett Ave which had some farmland behind it where they grew a lot of what they ate. I think the house is still there, at the corner of what is now Marion Terrace. He attended Columbia HS as well. It's nice to be able to tell my kid that she is entering the school where her great-grandfather learned to read. Bacata | ||
| Kestrel |
My paternal grandmother (of graduating class photo -1897 in earlier thread) was born in a house on Elmwood Ave in 1881. Her husband's father,(my great grandfather)who lived in upstate NY, "retired" and came to live in house he built on Burnett Ave.(#38 -still standing) At that time, as Bacata relates about her grandfather, the area there was farmland. (I'll bet the families knew each other!) My great grandfather's "hobby" of growing vegetables, strawberries and Panseys quickly became a business, so his retirement was short-lived. There is a photograph of the house and the surrounding farm in a small booklet about the history of Maplewood somewhere around here and if I can find it, I'll try to scan it and post it here. The charming thing in all this is how my grandmother met my grandfather. In the summer months my great grandfather, believing that young lads should learn the value of a dollar, sent his son out in a horse-drawn wagon to sell produce from the farm. My grandmother often told the story of how, when she was a young lady, she waited for the handsome "vegetable huckster" to come along selling his wares and how she always managed to convince her mother that they needed some vegetables. She said she always knew my grandfather's horse and wagon, even from way off, because the horse pulling the wagon had a straw hat on its head, with holes in it, so the ears could stick through! I often think, if it wasn't for that silly hat on the horse's head, I might not be here! | ||
| Scottkisch |
1908. Incidentally, one week before the June Primary election, I received a call from an out-of-town uncle (CHS '67), who softly berated me for advertising myself as a 3rd-generation Maplewoodian (he saw my website) when, in fact, I am the 4th generation of Kisches to live in Maplewood. Great-grandfather Ladislaus Kisch, a jeweler in Newark, was the first to arrive. | ||
| Dave |
Scott, that may have cost you, dude. ;-) | ||
| Sac |
Those of you with Seth Boyden students in your family tree may want to look for them in the historic photos on the Seth Boyden PTA website (see http://sethboyden.home.att.net/photo_archive.html) | ||
| Nakaille |
Cool, Sac! I found two of 'em there! Thanks! Bacata | ||
| Nohero |
We've been here 12 years - now in our second house in town. Proudly related to 2 first-generation Maplewoodians, on account of being their parent. | ||
| Greeneyes |
1918 | ||
| Imacgrandma |
Just back from an 8-week vacation Down Under and I have a lot of catching up to do! My mom lived in Maplewood around 1915 on Sagamore Road in what was then called Wyoming. She went to Rickelton. Her old home is still there on Sagamore. I came to Maplewood in 1945 and lived on Claremont Avenue with my family. All of my daughters went to school here (at Fielding for elementary) and I've lived in my present home since 1958. | ||
| Bets |
My family came to South Orange in 1958. There are still 2 sisters and 1 brother living in town. | ||
| Bets |
Just had a thought - the plaque at Washington Rock in the reservation mentions that Gen. Nathaneal Greene was there during the battle of Morristown. Since I'm a descendant of his on my mother's side, does that count? Would have been about 1778 or so... | ||
| flugermongers Citizen Username: Flugermongers Post Number: 109 Registered: 5-2001 |
20.5 years. 3rd house. | ||
| imacgrandma Citizen Username: Imacgrandma Post Number: 205 Registered: 5-2001 |
My mom lived in a litle house on the downside of Sycamore Rd. in the area that was then called Wyoming. The kids in that area went to Millburn schools. But my grandparents felt Maplewood schools were better, so they sent my mom and her 3 sisters to Maplewood schools. I have a picture of her and her Rickelton class around 1914. So my kids are the third generation to attend Columbia, tho' I'm sure my mom was at least one year in the old location in South Orange. My parents moved back here in 1945 to Claremont Ave. My hubby and I spent one year in an apartment in the Montrose section of S.O., and then bought in Maplewood in 1958. | ||
| imacgrandma Citizen Username: Imacgrandma Post Number: 206 Registered: 5-2001 |
Just noticed I posted twice. Sorry about that. | ||
| cody Citizen Username: Cody Post Number: 450 Registered: 5-2001 |
24 years. Same house. |
