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Confirmed for the Memorial
Criteria:
Watermen who drowned or died in the line of duty while working in their industry on and along New Jersey’s Delaware Bay
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Anderson, Hans O. H.
May 26, 1949
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Anderson, Walter R.
May 26, 1916
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Ashby, George
July 29 1940
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Barclay, Virgil
March 16, 1953
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Barnes, Isiah
September 2, 1950
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Barnett, Floyd, Captain
April 30, 2000
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Bass, Jr., Smith S.
September 13, 1905
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Bimbpry, Herbert C.
July 26 1972
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Brower, Platt, Captain
August 7, 1897
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Burt, Dayton
April 1, 1816
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Camburn, Joseph, L.
June 3,1947
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Camless, Robert
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Camper, Sr., Randolph Edward "Sonny"
June 1979
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Carrow, Thomas
Oct 1879
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Carter, Solomon
May 1, 1952
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Cashin, John
May 15, 1937
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Catlett, Joshua Michael
April 4, 2013
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Chamberland, John
June 10, 1922
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Clark, William H.
Feb 15, 1913
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Cole, Thomas
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Collingswood, Allan, M., III
May 7, 1985
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Cooper, Robert
April 30, 1949
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Corson, Wilbert
April 29, 1988
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Coursey, Raymond
April 29, 1950
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Cresse, James
June 1, 1764
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Cuttingham, Robert
November 6, 1953
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Dashill, Amos R.
August 29, 1927
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Davis, Rufus
May 9, 1956
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Dickenson, Samuel
June 10, 1892
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Downs, Walter
July 26, 1972
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Facemire, Chester
November 25, 1886
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Fisher, Charles H.
March 7, 1927
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Ford, Dennis
March 30, 1902
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Green, Frederick K.
May 9,1956
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Garner, Pinkney A.
May 14, 1947
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Gaskill, Daniel
April 14, 1898
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Gibson, Charles
June 9, 1923
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Godfrey, Kenneth E.
October 28,1970
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Gross, Gafton
May 31, 1942
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Hand, Henry
January 30, 1820
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Hand, John
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Hand, Thomas, Sr.
1714
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Harris, Robbins, Daniel "Brick"
January 3, 1962
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Henricks, Ray
May 7,1985
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Highburgher, Andrew
November 15, 1905
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Hill, Benjamin
1931
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Jackson, William E.
May 30, 1910
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Jakobson, Halyma
May 25, 1900
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Janey, William
May 2, 1949
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Johnson, Andrew Jr.
July 10, 1971
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Jones, William
June 1, 1964
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Jowanoski, James
May 24, 1912
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Kohler, Frank
1946
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Langley, Eleck
June 5, 1931
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Matthews, Anthony R.
Aug 1, 1959
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Matthias, Grady
1946
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McBride, Captain James Elwood
May 15, 1963
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Monroe, Clarence
July 17, 1948
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Morgan, Robert, Sr.
December 31, 1965
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Morris, Charles
November 26, 1882
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Murray, Gus
December 12, 1953
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Myers, John
April 1926
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Niluer, Junnie
July 1, 1919
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Nolan, Patrick
March 30, 1902
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Norfleet, Joseph A. Jr.
September 24, 1969
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Nutter, Matthew
May 26, 1911
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Ogden, Jason
March 19,1850
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Offer, Joesph
December 19, 1952
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Pepper, Charles, Captain
August 9, 1926
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Peterson, Charles
May 1910
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Phillips, George G., Captain
November 4, 1913
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Phillips, Virgil
September 16, 1940
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Powell, Norman
November 4, 1992
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Price, Fulton G.
June 17, 1953
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Quinlan, Thomas A. Sr.
July 1, 1960
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Richman, Harry Elmer
March 17, 1947
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Richmond, Joseph
August 5, 1984
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Riggins, Elijah
April 2, 1894
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Robbins, Jr., David
October 3, 1879
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Robbins, Hammitt
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Robbins, Paul “Mac”
May 9, 1956
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Robbins, Willard S.
May 9, 1956
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Roberts, Williams
September 15, 1962
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Robinson, Warren Frace, Captain
April 1, 1954
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Ross, Thomas
Febraury 24, 1755
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Santucci, Joseph Mark
July 29, 1885
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Sharp, Wallace
September 14, 1904
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Shaw, James
November 25, 1894
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Smith, William
March 30, 1902
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Somers
April 18, 1902
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Stackhouse, Charles
April 18, 1902
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Stafford, Henry
June 13, 1952
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Stanley, George E.
December 26, 1948
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Sucatenbraury, Christopher
September 2, 1918
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Sulia, Thomas
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Sulky, Thomas
March 28, 1937
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Sutton, Harry, Captain
May 20,1951
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Taylor, Mathias
April 15, 1754
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Thompson, James A.
December 5, 1943
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Thompson, Randy
January 1, 1991
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Townsend, Ludlum
September 14, 1904
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Townsend, J. Milton
September 14, 1904
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Vanaman, Nathan
March 15 1828
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Veach, Thomas W.
1918
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Walker, Ellis C.
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Warwick, John, Captain
February 1, 1860
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Waters, Kermit G.
July 24, 1955
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Webb, Jr., Isaac
October 14, 1889
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Weir, Joseph
May 1910
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Whittington, Lawrence
May 8, 1933
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Wigfall, Lawrence
August 27, 1972
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Williams, Joseph
September 1, 1912
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Williams, Robert
November 6, 1953
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Wilson, Edward
December 3, 1972
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Worthington, Samuel
May 23, 1953?
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Wright, Egusta
July 8, 1931
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2 crew members, AJ Meerwald
1928-1929
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Unknown
May 1890
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Unknown sailor
April 20, 1922
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(2) Slaves, names unknown
(owned by a Townsend)
Other Unknowns
Berry's Oysterbeds
1850
Sea Breeze
1884
Other Trades
Daniel Earl
October 24, 1878
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Newcomb, Charles N.
October 24, 1878
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We are looking for names and stories of Watermen.
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Thank you to the following researchers:
Sonia Forry and Lois Broomell, Cape May County Historical Society
Linda Jones, Warren Adams and Bill Saunderlin, Cumberland County Historical Society
Richard Guido, Salem County Historical Society
Brooke Gihorski, Bayshore Center at Bivavle Administrative Assistant
Ed Adams and Dick Smith, Elizabeth Hoffman, volunteers, PNHS
Pat and Gordon Moore, volunteers, Bayshore Center and PNHS
Diann Ewan, volunteer, Bayshore Center
Hannah E. Nichols, Township Clerk, Commercial Township
JP Hand
Scott Sheppard
Meghan E. Wren, BCB Founder and Former Executive Director
Rachel Rodgers Dolhanczyk, BCB Museum Curator
Rachel Cobb, PNHS and Graphic Designer/Web Development/Photographer
And to the family and friends who contributed names of their loved ones.
