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  1. James J Usher: Birth: 26 Jan 1882 in , Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.A.. Death: 1956 in Denver, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

  2. Wayne Irving Usher: Birth: 26 Jan 1882 in Jersey City Heights, , New Jersey, U.S.A..

  3. Edward Everett Usher: Birth: 31 Oct 1883 in , Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1009 Sumat Ave.. Death: Aft 1942

  4. Florence Usher: Birth: 2 Sep 1885 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, U.S.A., 79 Babriskie St.. Death: Bef 1900 in , , New Jersey, U.S.A.


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1. Title:   Marriage Return; Usher, Thomas Benjamin b. 1861 - Image
Text:   State of New Jersey
 Marriage Return
  1. FULL NAME OF HUSBAND : Thomas P Usher
 Place of Residence : Jersey City, N.J.
 2. Age, nearest birthday : 21 Number of his Marriage : One
 3. Occupation : Brush Maker Country of Birth : U.S.
 4. Name of Father : James Usher Country of Birth : Scotland
 5. Maiden name of mother : Harriet Birks Country of Birth : England
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 1. FULL MAIDEN NAME OF WIFE :
 Dora Beginns Country of Birth : Holland
 2 .Place of Residence : Jersey City, N.J.
 3. Age, nearest birthday : 20
 4. Last name, if a widow Number of Brides marriage : one
 5. Name of Father : William Beginns Country of Birth : Holland
 6. Maiden name of Mother : Elizabette Van ???? Country of Birth : Holland
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 1. Date (in Full) : Nov 5th 1881 Place : City of Newark, N.J.
 2. In presence of : Henry Hill, Newark, N.J.
 3. Signature of Minister
 or officer presiding A???? J ????? J.P.
2. Title:   Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey
Page:   p. 327.
Author:   Cornelius Burnham Harvey
Publication:   New York: The New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900.
Text:   p. 327-328 THOMAS B. USHER of West Hoboken, Secretary of the New Jersey State Board of Taxation since its inception in 1891, is descended from sturdy Scotch ancestry, being connected with the family of which the Very Right Rev. James Usher D.D., Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, was a distinguished member. James Usher, his father, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, came to America about 1842, and first settled in Canada, whence he removed in 1860 to West Hoboken, N. J. He was a genealogist and writer of family history. His large and valuable library, comprising more than three thousand volumes, covered nearly every phase of the history of this country, and was regarded as one of the best and finest in its line in the United States. He died in West Hoboken. His wife, who also died there, was Harriet Birks, daughter of John Birks and a native of England, and their children were James Usher, of the Town of Union, a member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1894 and 1895 and in the latter year the leader of the Democratic minority and the party nominee for Speaker of the House; Thomas B. Usher, the subject of this article; Walter Scott Usher, a Captain of the police force of West Hoboken; and Wallace Bruce Usher, of West Hoboken.
  Thomas B. Usher was born in Bonnsville, Hudson County, N. J., on the 30th March, 1861. He received a common school education in West Hoboken, supplemented his literary studies by a business course at Cooper Union, New York, from which he graduated at the age of nineteen, and then became a clerk in the book store of Alexander Denham, of the latter city. Subsequently he entered the employ of Bradley & Smith, brush dealers, of New York, where he remained until 1890, when, having been elected a member of the New Jersey Legislature from West Hoboken, he took his seat in the House of Assembly and served with honor as Chairman of the Committee on Labour and Industries and as a member of the Revision Committee and of the Committee on Towns and Townships. In 1891 he served a second term and held the same positions on those committees. Mr. Usher had long made a serious study of those vital problems which affect the welfare and liberty of the people. His studies and observations were along original lines, principally in the field of moral and municipal reforms, and on entering the Legislature he at once took a prominent part, not only in the measures coming before that body, but also in the introduction of various bills, which soon gained for him a recognized leadership, especially in reform legislation. Among those bills was one separating prisoners confined in the State prisons on a basis according to their moral standing, and, although it was defeated, the measure attracted wide attention and received the support of the better elements of society. He also introduced a bill allowing a will to be probated during the lifetime of the testator, thus eliminating the chances of a legal contest and permitting the testator to see that his or her intentions were carried out. He originated and secured the passage of the bill authorizing the floating of the American flag on public school houses, another providing for the establishment and maintenance of free reading rooms in different cities, and many others of equal note and importance.
  On the organization of the New Jersey State Board of Taxation in March, 1891, Mr. Usher was appointed by Governor Leon Abbett the Secretary of that body, and has ever since discharged the duties of the office with credit and ability. To him is due in a large measure the board's constantly increasing usefulness.
  Mr. Usher is a Democrat in politics, has served as a member of the Hudson County Democratic Committee, and enjoys the confidence and respect of the entire community. He was married in September, 1882, to Dora Beegen, daughter of William and Mary Beegen and a descendent of old Holland Dutch stock. They reside in West Hoboken, and have two sons : James and Edward, both students at Blair Presbyterial Academy, Blairstown, N. J.
3. Title:   Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey
Page:   1890: p. 229
Author:   State of New Jersey
Publication:   Trenton, N.J. Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Legislative Reporter, Compiler and Publisher
4. Title:   [database online], \i Find A Grave\i0 �
Author:   Find A Grave
Publication:   http://www.findagrave.com
5. Title:   1870 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images
Page:   M593, roll 864, West Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, p. 457B, dwelling 747, family 881, accessed 4 May 2010
Publication:   http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009
Text:   Original data:
 �1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
 �Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
6. Title:   1880 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images
Page:   T9, roll 785, West Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 63, p. 48, dwelling 388, family 526, accessed 4 May 2010
Publication:   http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010
Text:   Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
7. Title:   New Jersey State Census, 1895, population schedule
Page:   Trenton, family 931, line 14; (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2010)
Author:   New Jersey
Publication:   Digital images. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com : 2007
Text:   Original data: New Jersey Department of State. 1895 State Census of New Jersey. Trenton, NJ, USA: New Jersey State Archives. 54 reels.
Link:   http://www.ancestry.com
8. Title:   1900 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images
Page:   T623, roll 975, West Hoboken Ward 3, Hudson, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 72, sheet 5, p. 5A, dwelling 728, family 106, accessed 4 May 2010
Publication:   http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004
Text:   Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
9. Title:   1910 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images
Page:   T624, roll 901, Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 107, sheet 24B, dwelling 460, family 488, accessed 4 May 2010
Publication:   http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2006
Text:   Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
10. Title:   1920 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images
Page:   T625, roll 1038, Newark Ward 16, Essex, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 282, sheet 10B, p. 338, dwelling 20, family 221, accessed 4 May 2010
Publication:   http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010
Text:   Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).
11. Title:   1930 U.S. census, \i Ancestry.com\i0, Digital images
Page:   T626, roll 1365, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 71, p. 18A, dwelling 18, family 107, accessed 4 May 2010
Publication:   http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002
Text:   Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

Notes
a. Note:   Publications:
  New York State Library
 http://www.njstatelib.org/webpac.htm
  Author: Usher, Thomas Benjamin, 1861-1933
 Title: Assessor's manual, a guide to the assessment of taxes under the New Jersey Revised Tax Act of 1903 / by Thomas B. Usher.
 Publisher: Newark, N.J., Soney & Sage, 1911
 Description: 101 p.; 20 cm.
  STATE LIBRARY
 CALL Number : NJ KFN 2271 U83 1911
 Collection : LAW-NJ-LEVEL 3
  Author: Usher, Thomas Benjamin, 1861-1933
 Title: Dutiesof collectors under the tax laws of New Jersey : a hand-book of information for the guidance of tax collectors in the discharge of their duties / by Thomas B. Usher.
 Publisher: Newark, N.J., Soney & Sage, 1911
 Description: 70 p.; forms; 20 cm.
  STATE LIBRARY
 CALL Number : NJ KFN 2271 U84 1911
 Collection : LAW-NJ-LEVEL 3
  Author: Usher, Thomas Benjamin, 1861-1933
 Title: Assessor's manual, a guide to the assessment of taxes under the New Jersey Revised Tax Act of 1918, by Thomas B. Usher.
 Publisher: Newark, N.J., Soney & Sage, 1918
 Description: iii, 70 p.20 cm.
  STATE LIBRARY
 CALL Number : NJ KFN 2271 U83 1918
 Collection : LAW-NJ-LEVEL 3
b. Note:   HI5507
Note:   (Research):N.J. Biographical Index by Donald Arleigh Sinclair
  USHER, Thomas B., b.1861.
 HARV 327-328; Checked and transcribed.
 MAN 90:229, 91:215, 96:288//05:380
 MEE 255*
  HARV: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties by Cornelius B. Harvey.
  MAN: Manual of the Legislature of N.J. 1872-1980
 None published 1877
 Vol or chapter : pages
  MEE: Meeker, Ellis R., N.J. A Historical, Commercial and Industrial Review, Elizabeth, 1906
c. Note:   DI5507
Note:   Found in an index in the New Jersey State Library.
 Thomas Benjamin Usher 1861-1933
d. Note:   NF4522
Note:   His biography in the "Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties", states that he was married in September 1882 to Dora Beegen daughter of William and Mary Beegen and a descendent of old Holland Dutch stock.


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