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Christiana Oehler Trefz
1831-1913 Christina Trefz was 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 which her son served as superintendent. She became “one of the wealthiest and best known women of this city”. In 1893, the Newark German…
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Mrs. Mary Gordon Barnett Hill (Mother Hill)
1803-1884 Mother Hill was the first President of the Newark Women’s Christian Temperance Union from 1874 to 1882, and afterwards an Honorary President. “As an organizer she showed great discrimination and tact in securing the right woman in every place, encouraging the timid and holding a mild restraint upon those needing it.” She spoke throughout…
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Margaret Kidney
1814-1917 Margaret Kidney lived to age 103. She earned her own way after the death of her husband, when she was 35, by making clothes, which she embroidered. On the 1860 census her occupation is listed as “fancy store”. Margaret’s daughter died when she was 60, after this she fostered many girls, which she attributed…
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May C. Korb Cronham McBath
1892-1978 Soprano who performed throughout the United States and Canada at least through the 1930s. The Newark News called her a “church and concert soloist” and mentioned she performed at Aeolian Hall in New York in 1922. She also sang opera. She was a soloist in South Park Presbyterian Church and Second Presbyterian Church. She…
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Patricia Hall Curvin
1936- Patricia “Pat” Curvin was the wife of historian Robert Curvin and has served many roles in the Newark community. Pat Curvin was born Patricia Hall and grew up in New York City. She married Robert Curvin in Manhattan in 1958. She was an English teacher at East Side High School starting in the 1960s.…
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Curvin Family
The Curvin Family, the family of historian and activist Robert Curvin had several interesting and important women. The family had six daughters. They were born in Newark, but they grew up in Belleville at 68 Belmont Ave. The family lived on Cottage Place and other addresses in Newark through at least 1930. Jewel Curvin (featured…
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Annette “Tony” Doyle O’Flaherty
1920-2000 Annette O’Flaherty served in leadership roles in labor, social service, county and city. She was president of the CIO Women’s League of New Jersey, a member of the Newark local assistance board, Essex County Manpower Office director and spokeswoman, and chairwoman of Newark Emergency Services for Families Homeless Task Force. She was also active…
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Naomi Sylvia Charner Campbell
1925-2017 Naomi Charner was a graduate of South Side High who lived at 712 Bergen St and 140 Somerset St in Newark. In 1947, she attended Upsala College and was a senior and Vice President of the Phi Omega Chi Sorority. She had also founded an interracial organization known as the Four Freedoms Action Committee.…
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Duryee Family
(Photo from FindAGrave, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) The Duryee family was 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 were sisters and Charlotte was their sister in law. They were very involved in North Reformed Church. From…
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Elizabeth Hardin Goss
1895-1953 Elizabeth Hardin Goss graduated Miss Townsend’s School in Newark and then went to Vassar where she broke the world record in shot put, as well as the basketball and baseball throw. Her shot put record would have won the gold medal at the Amateur Athletic Union championships in 1923-1925 and the 1932 Olympics! After…