The Bayonne Times
Death Notice Index

The Hudson County Genealogical Society is pleased to offer this database courtesy of member Bill Miller, who over the years has indexed over 13,000 death notices appearing in The Bayonne Times from 1915 to 1945. To protect his hard work, the index hosted here is name-only, but if you find a potential match Bill has kindly offered to send you a copy of the death notice or obituary you need via email.

Bill’s e-mail address is: willardmiller at comcast.net

Note: Once you have a copy of the record you must contact the library for copies of the original obituary or death notice.

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More years will be added as they are available

History of The Bayonne Times

The Bayonne Times started publication by the Times Printing Company of Jersey City in 1870 under the name “The Hudson County Times”. At that time if joined the “The Bayonne Herald and Greenville Register” as the second local Bayonne newspaper. In 1872 “The Hudson County Times, was purchased by Edward Gardner, an experienced newspaper man, having worked at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and as editor for 16 years of the Essex County paper, The Orange Journal. Gardner renamed the paper “The Bayonne Times” and made his son, Bloomfield, the assistant editor. The paper quickly became a family business with Gardner’s wife the former Miriam Bloomfield, a great granddaughter of former New Jersey Governor, Joseph Bloomfield, writing many of the articles.

After Edward’s death in 1892 his son, Bloomfield, became editor. By 1900 the paper ran into financial and legal difficulties. Bloomfield hired a local attorney and judge, Hyman Lazarus, to help with the legal problems but falling deeply into debt Bloomfield eventually ceded control of the newspaper to Lazarus as payment of his legal fees.

Not being a newspapermen Lazarus’ plan is to improve the newspaper’s finances and sell it to recoup his money. After going through a number of editors by 1911 Lazarus was still not successful in turning around the fortunes of the paper when he asked his energetic local teenage office boy, Samuel I. Newhouse to run the newspaper. Newhouse proved to be a natural at running a newspaper and within a year had returned the newspaper to the black, increasing both circulation and ad revenue. When renegotiating his pay Sam asked for a percentage of the profits in lieu of salary, Lazarus agreed, resulting in Sam earning over $20,000 a year while still in his early twenties.

In 1922 Sam and Judge Lazarus together purchased the Staten Island Advance and again worked Sam’s magic to the newspaper’s bottom line. When the Judge died in 1924 Sam purchased his shares in 1927. This was the start of the Newhouse media empire which today is one of the largest media companies in the world.

The Judge’s son, Herman, became editor of the Bayonne Times in 1928 and continued in that capacity until his death in December 1966, when his daughter Helen Lazarus Barrett became publisher.

The Bayonne Times ceased publication July 3, 1971. All rights were acquired by the Newhouse Newspaper chain’s Jersey Journal.

If you've been collecting data on a particular aspect of Hudson County genealogy and would like to see your work posted here, please contact projects@HudsonCountyNJGenealogy.org

This database is the result of the work of Bill Miller who has given permission for The Hudson County Genealogical Society to post it on its web site for free access. 

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