Person:Catharine Hendrickson (2)

PARENTAGE: FHL 974.946 D2b Early Dutch Settlers, Monmouth County, New Jersey, by George C. Beekman, 1901 Moreau Bros., Publishers, Freehold, N.J. Joseph K. VanMater, by his wife, Ida Hendrickson, had the following children: Ida, b. May, 1795, m. Sept. 18, 1823, Cyrenius Hendrickson of Pleasant Valley, and were the parents of the late Henry D. Hendrickson, so well known to the present generation of people in this county, and of Catharine, wife of the late Joseph L. Tunis, who owned and resided on a farm near Wickatunk and died a few years ago.

BIRTH & DEATH: taken from tombstone in Holmdel Cemetery http://distantcousin.com/Cemetery/NJ/Monmouth/Holmdel/T.html Tunis, Kate Hendrickson (wife of Joseph L. Tunis) ~ Mar 19, 1836 - Feb 16, 1910

CENSUS: 1900 New Jersey, Monmouth, Marlboro Smith, Albert, head, white, male, Jan 1853, 47, marr., 2 yrs., b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey, farmer Smith, Marianna, wife, white, female, June 1866, 33, mar., 2 yrs., no children, b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey Tunis, Kate H., mother in law, white, female, March 1836, 64, wd., 3 children, 1 living, b. New Jersey, father & mother b. New Jersey, boarder

NEWS: http://mtpl.org/data/rbr/1900-1909/1904/1904.05.04.pdf RED BANK, N. J., WEDNESDAY. MAY 4. 1904. A BARN SET ON FIRE An Incendiary fire at Wickatunk this morning The Barn on the Joseph L. Tunis Farm Burned Down - Believed to Have Been Set on Fire by James Doyle, a Farm Laborer

   A barn on the Joseph L. Tunis farm at Wickatunk was burned down about five o'clock this morning. James Doyle, who had been working for the farmers in the vicinity, is suspected of having set fire to the buildings and officers are searching for him. The barn was discovered on fire on Sunday morning but the blaze was put out. Again yesterday morning the building was discovered on fire, but the flames had not gained much headway and were put out before any damage was done. When the fire was discovered this morning it was so far advanced that nothing could be done to save the building.
   When the fire was discovered a man answering to Doyle's description was seen running from the building by a servant girl employed on the place. Doyle had been working for the farmers in the vicinity for several weeks. He is a total stanger in the place and nothing concerning him is known. He disappeared from the place this morning. He wore a light coast, a pair of brown overalls and a new pair of shoes. He has one finger missing and one of his teeth projects prominently.
   The barn which was burned was wroth about $3,000 and was insured for $2,000. The farm is occupied by John Grant. He saved all his live stock and all his farming implements except a potato digger. The farm belings to Mrs. Tunis, widow of Joseph L. Tunis.

OBIT.: http://www.mtpl.org/data/rbr/1910-1919/1910/1910.02.23.pdf RED BANK, N. J.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1910. Old Keyport Resident Dead. Mrs. Kate H. Tunis, widow of Joseph L. Tunis of Keyport, died last Wednesday from appendicitis. She was 73 years old and had spent all of her life in Monmouth county. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Mary Smith of Keyport.

OBIT:http://173.12.11.248/DATA/1900-24/1910/1910-02-17.pdf The Matawan Journal, MATAWAN, N. J., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 17, 1910, p. 1, col. 2

  Relict of Joseph L. Tunis, died at her home, 88 Fulton Street, Keyport, Wednesday from appendicitis, aged 73 years and 11 months.
  Mrs. Tunis was the daughter of the late Cyrenius Hendrickson of Holmdel Township. On January 13, 1850, she was married to Joseph L. Tunis and of the three daughters born to them only one survives, Mrs. Mary P. Smith. Mr. Tunis died August 20, 1897, on his farm. near Wickatunk and Mrs. Tunis subsequently leased the farm and later removed to Keyport, where she bought the property in which she died. She was accompained by her daugher, Mrs. Smith, and they have resided together since. Mrs. Tunis had a wide acquaintance and the announcement of her death will be a surprise to them. She was highly esteemed by all who knew her. 
  The funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon at her late home and interment will be in Holmdel Cemetery.

PROBATE:http://rbr.mtpl.org/data/rbr/1910-1919/1910/1910.04.13.pdf Red Bank Register, Red Bank, N. J., Wednesday, April 13, 1910, p. 1

  Mrs. Kate H. Tunis of Morganville, in Marlboro township, provided for the placing of her body beside that of her husband, and for placing a suitable monument over her grave. She provided that after her debts were paid all her estate should go to her daugher, Mary P. smyth. Mrs. Tunis also provided that her husband's relative and friend, Charles S. Tunis, and her daugher Mary P. Smyth, should be the executors of the will. Mrs. Tunis died some time ago and this left Mrs. Smyth as sole executix. The wirnesses were Benjamin F. s. Brown and Henry c. Wyckoff.

BIRTH & DEATH: taken from tombstone in Holmdel Cemetery

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