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The Oldest Families in Hudson County
The names of all the families that submitted entries are below. The winners are in boldface. You can also download the list of Oldest Families in Hudson County as an Adobe PDF file.
Municipality |
Ancestor |
Year |
Descendant |
Bayonne |
Michael Jasen Vreeland |
1646 |
Mary Lou Vreeland Muller |
John Sleight |
1856 |
Mary Ellen Cox |
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Dorethy Katko |
1889 |
Michael Gavrun |
|
Antonio DeMatteo (Mack) |
1908 |
Angelo Mack |
|
East Newark |
Joseph Bubenas |
1911 |
Charles Bubenas |
Joseph Parisi |
1924 |
Lucille Parisi Borghesi |
|
Guttenberg |
Mary & Philip Martin |
1880 |
Joanne Martin |
Bernhard Pleischner |
1891 |
Joseph Pleischer |
|
Secondo & Quintina Foscale |
1900 |
James Bordone |
|
Harrison |
Michael Rodgers |
1878 |
Jack Rodgers |
Hoboken |
Patrick Mooney |
1843 |
Thomas Mooney |
Simon Mahoney |
1850 |
Carol Ann Wilson |
|
Robert Holmes |
1856 |
Dorothea Holmes Gorman |
|
James & Betty Roarty |
1859 |
Joan Smith Cunning |
|
John Hope |
1870 |
Joyce Tyrell |
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John & Winifred Casler |
1872 |
John Casler & Marilyn DiLorenzo |
|
Vincinzo Luizzi |
1883 |
Leonard A. Luizzi |
|
Maria DeFranco |
1890 |
Vincent Wassman |
|
Alexander Della Bella |
1895 |
Celia Della Bella |
|
John Henry O'Brien |
1900 |
Jack O'Brien |
|
Sergio & Giovanna Del Vescovo |
1903 |
Angelo Valente |
|
Jersey City |
John Killroy |
1840 |
Charles Kilroy |
Mary Casey |
1846 |
Laura Revell |
|
John & Bridget Burns |
1849 |
Edward J. Burns |
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Edward & Johanna Apold |
1850 |
Doris Conrad |
|
Henry Coleman |
1852 |
David Donnelly |
|
Thomas Crawley |
1855 |
Catherine Cletes & John Russell |
|
Patrick Mulcahy |
1856 |
Joan Zanotti & Albert Mulcahy |
|
Katherine O'Connell Lau |
1858 |
William Lau |
|
Owen McNally |
1858 |
Michael McNally |
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Mary Muldoon |
1858 |
John Hallanan Jr. & III |
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John Faherty |
1859 |
Walter Faherty |
|
Pauline Helfrich |
1859 |
James McCarthy |
|
Patrick Donnelly |
1861 |
Peter Donnelly |
|
John Stork |
1867 |
Tobert Murgittroyd |
|
Catherine Thomen Rich |
1879 |
Raymond Kierce |
|
Patrick Connolly |
1880 |
Joan Quigley |
|
Phillip Callahan |
1887 |
Maureen Gallagher- |
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Leon Bromirski |
1888 |
Wm. & Barbara Bromirski, Melanie Zazula |
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Antonie & Mary Cupo |
1890 |
John Cupo |
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Joseph Mahoney |
1890 |
Barbara Petrick |
|
Hudson & Cecelia Oliver |
1890 |
Muriel Roberts |
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Mary & John Sweeney |
1890 |
John Richards & John Scales |
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Thomas Daly |
1893 |
Paul Daly |
|
Walter Stewart |
1894 |
Mary Stewart |
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William Hampton |
1895 |
Hampton Family |
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George W. Vanderpool |
1896 |
Alton O'Neil |
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Victor & Mary Guerieri |
1899 |
Harry Guerieri |
|
Francesco Panzariello |
1899 |
Andrew Panzariello |
|
Isaac & Fannie Blumkin |
1900 |
Rabbi Perkin |
|
Michael & Hannah Duffy |
1900 |
Doris Cappellutti |
|
Thomas Killeen |
1903 |
Maureen Killeen Hulings |
|
Luigi Donato |
1905 |
Nunziagita "Tessie" Donato Brady |
|
Stephen Russell |
1906 |
John Russell & Catherine Russell Cletes |
|
Vito & Stella Daddurno |
1907 |
Marie Ioffredo Luizzi |
|
Josephine Buccafusco |
1910 |
Geraldine Celauro |
|
William E. Murray |
1910 |
Rosemary Neubelt |
|
Elizabeth & John Nicholson |
1911 |
India Edwards |
|
Oscar & Cherry McRae |
1915 |
Eva Missouri |
|
Leon Bell |
1919 |
Francina Bell Stevens |
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Myles & Sebell Cunningham |
1922 |
Doris Cunningham Taylor |
|
Kearny |
John & Mary Condon |
1920 |
Barbara & Raymond Condon |
Lena Ritchie |
1930 |
Josh Humphrey |
|
North Bergen |
Gustav & Bertha Menzel |
1880 |
Karen Menzel |
Anna Craviolatti Lala |
1893 |
Evonne Lala |
|
Secaucus |
Frederick Huber |
1853 |
Gail Kennelly |
George Hugerich |
1870 |
Paul Hugerich |
|
Union City |
Catherine Lee |
1852 |
Kathie Pontus |
George W. Cranwell |
1857 |
Brian Barrett & Mary E. Donovan |
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John Gibney |
1887 |
Jane Gibney Pedler |
|
Giacomo Sonzoni |
1890 |
Ernestine Yandolino |
|
Arcangelo Galasso |
1899 |
Lynn Werner-Russo |
|
Andrew Chasmer |
1920 |
David Chasmer |
|
Weehawken |
William Dally |
1841 |
Cindy Ann Cimino |
Carl Schimper |
1851 |
Susan Scherman |
|
John Marshall |
1867 |
Joseph Fredericks |
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John O'Donnell |
1868 |
Patricia O'Donnell Sullivan |
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Frederick Kirchner |
1869 |
Verdon Family |
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John Reilly |
1876 |
Joan Wey Flood |
|
Bernard J. McMahon |
1870 |
Cecile Arline Rovito Stepkovich |
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John W. Miles |
1885 |
Ann Miles Arricale |
|
Wallace McCaffrey |
1890 |
Kevin McCaffrey |
|
Henry McClary |
1901 |
Joan McClary Baker |
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Carmelo Emanuele |
1902 |
Doris Emanuele Miller |
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Antonio Pizzuta |
1905 |
Pizzuta Family |
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Charles Kulesa |
1906 |
Helen Kulesa Gardner |
|
West New York |
Marco Barichevich |
1879 |
Thomas Berry |
James Morrison |
1910 |
Daniel Klein |
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List of winners courtesy of the Jersey City Free Public Library
