Category: 1820-1849 (Born)
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Jane E. Johnson
c. 1834-Feb 1907 First principal of the Normal School, for teacher training, in 1879, starting the school with 30 students. She remained with the school for 21 years, later becoming Vice Principal when…
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Sarah Ward
Feb 1833 – Feb 16, 1907 Namesake of the Sarah Ward Day Nursery, which has been in operation since 1892. The story states that she began caring for several children and soon had…
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Clara Woodward Greene
c. 1846 – Jan 31, 1904 Born about 1846 in New England, Clara W. Greene was vice principal of Newark High School (now Barringer), or Principal/Head of the Female Department, for 25 years,…
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Eliza A. Chase
c. 1829-2 Jan 1880 First principal of the Female Department of Newark High School in 1855. The 1938 Barringer yearbook wrote, “an inspiration to all her students when high school and college education…
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Anna (Annie) T Nivison
1835-1920 An 1868 graduate of the New York Medical College for Women, Annie T Nivison opened “The Homestead” a private hospital in Newark in 1872. It was at 565-567 Orange St and later…
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Theodora Sautermeister Prieth
1843-1906 Owned the German Newspaper the Freie Zeitung which she managed for over 20 years after her husband died, until her son took over the paper. The Newark News said, “she had a…
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Christiana Oehler Trefz
1831-1913 Image from 1889 city atlas President and manager of the Christiana Trefz Brewing Company. She managed the company from 1876, when her husband died, until 1889 when it merged with Krueger, after…
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Duryee Family
(Photo from FindAGrave, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) All heavily involved in missionary work – specifically the Women’s Board of Foreign Missions Reformed Church in America (WBFM of the RCA). Mary, Anna, Charlotte and Amy…