Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameEliza Ann POST
Birth1 Apr 1831, Bergen County, New Jersey159,154,337,343
Baptism1 May 1831, Pompton Plains, Bergen County, New Jersey344
Death21 Dec 1909, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York340
Burial23 Dec 1909, Cedar Lawn Cemetery, McLean Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07513, USA345
MemoSec 6 Lot 5/2 Grave 3&4
OccupationMother of 3 children
Religion2nd Reformed Church, Paterson
FatherAbraham G. POST (1800-1850)
MotherHannah H. WINTERS (1804-1895)
Spouses
Birth19 Jan 1828, Acquackanonk, Essex County, New Jersey6,333,334,335,336,337
Baptism24 Feb 1828, Acquackanonk, Essex County, New Jersey338
Death21 Jan 1900, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey339,340,341
Memocerebral hemmorage
Burial24 Jan 1900, Cedar Lawn Cemetery, McLean Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07513, USA342
MemoSec 6 Lot 512 Grave 2&3
FatherTheunis I. SPEER (1788-1863)
Marriage2 Apr 1851, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey159,346,6,158,347,348
Marr MemoRev. John H. Duryea; Passaic County Bk AC: pg 15
ChildrenMary Ellen (1852-1875)
 John Bernard (1854-1925)
 Charles J. (1872-1925)
Notes for Eliza Ann POST
After Jacob died in 1900, Eliza Ann was living with their son, Charles J. Spear at 95 Hamilton Ave. in Paterson. Also in that residence were Ellen Neer and her two daughters who were teachers. She was living at 366 Cambridge St. in Brooklyn, NY when she died.
Census notes for Eliza Ann POST
1850 New Jersey, Passaic County, Township of Manchester, p. 380
dwelling 115, family 165
Hannah Post, age 42, female, born New Jersey
Eliza A.-------, age 19, female, born New Jersey
Mary E.-------, age 17, female, born New Jersey
Margaret J. --, age 12, female, born New Jersey

1860 New Jersey, Passaic County, East Ward Paterson, p. 324 film M653-706
dwelling 145, family 221
Jacob Spear, age 33, male,white, shoe store, personal prop $2000, born New Jersey
Eliza ---------, age 29, female, white, born New Jersey
Mary E. -----, age 8, female, white, born New Jersey
John B.------, age 5, male, white, born New Jersey
Hannah P.---, age 56, female, white, born New Jersey

1870 New Jersey, Passaic County, 3rd Ward Paterson, page 368, film M593-885
dwelling 236, family 392,
Spear, Jacob, age 43, male, white, shoemaker, real estate $4000, personal $2000, born New Jersey
-------, Eliza, age 38, female, white, keeps house, born New Jersey
-------, Mary, age 18, female, white, at home, born New Jersey
-------, John, age 15, male white, attends school, born New Jersey

1880 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, E.D. 154, page 97C, film T9-0795
116 Division St., dwelling 18, family 30
Spear, Jacob, white, male, age 51, head, shoe dealer, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
-------, Eliza, white, female, age 48, wife, married, keeping house, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
-------, John B., white, male, age 25, son, single, clerk, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
-------, Charles, white, male, age 7, son, at school, born New Jersey, parents New Jersey
Post, Hannah, white, female, age 72, mother-in-law, born New Jersey, parents New Jersey

1900 New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson, E.D. 121, sheet 4, line 5, film T623-991
95 Hamilton Street, dwelling 39, family 71
Speer, Eliza A, head, white, female, April 1831, age 69, widow, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey
-------, Charles, son, white, male, Dec 1872, age 27, single, born New Jersey, parents born New Jersey, bookkeeper
Neer, Ellen, head, white, female, April 1826, age 74, widow, born New York, parents born New York
------, Anna, daughter, white, female, Oct 1857, age 42, single, born New Jersey, parents born New York, teaching
------, Jennie, daughter, white, female, Dec 1859, age 40, single, born New Jersey, parents born New York, teaching

---------------------------deceased
Obituary notes for Eliza Ann POST
Paterson Morning Call, Thursday, 23 December 1909, p. 12, viewed at fultonhistory.com
Died
SPEAR — In Brooklyn, on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1909, Eliza A., wife of the late Jacob Spear. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral on Thursday, Dec., 23, 1909, from 73 Twelfth avenue, at 2 o’clock p.m. Interment at Cedar Lawn.
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