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Note: !CENSUS: 1900 Census, Hudson County, NJ T1060 Reel 63-64
!CHRISTENING: Copy of baptismal certificate,St Lucas Luth Church, W42nd St, NY.
!CONFIRMATION:St Matthews Lutheran Church, West Hoboken,NJ
!DEATH: Records of George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ.
Funeral card from Anderson & Campbell Funeral Home, Toms River, NJ
shows death October 26, 1981
After marriage to Roland P. Staples, lived on top floor of 511 22nd Street
above parents. As early as 1924-26, had summer bungalow in Beachwood on
Forepeak Ave called Talk-A-Lot. Were very active in the Polly-U Yacht Club.
When Edward and Dorothy got married, they bought the bungalow and lived there
for many years before building another home overlooking the river in Beachwood.
Roy had a mortgage business. When Ed bought bungalow, Roy was holding a very
large garage/gas station/car dealership building on Route 9 near the railroad.
Upstairs was a very large apartment which the family used for many years.
Ed operated the garage/ gas station in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
One summer, Roy was trying to sell a large 12 acre estate in Rumson that
had belonged to the Deering family. The family used the estate for the
summer. The house was fully furnished. The antique bullseye mirror presently
owned by Doris & Warren came from the estate.
Bert was a very good seamstress who did much work at home for many people.
Later in life, after Roy's death left her with many debts, she returned to work
at a fashionable women's store, "The Tailored Woman" at Fifth Avenue and 57th
St., New York. as salesperson and seamstress. Did very well, had many clients
for which she did work. Raymond remembers helping her deliver completed
dresses to her clients. She might have 50 or 60 dresses or gowns to be
delivered. Each alteration could cost from $30 to $60. She did very good work
and would deliver quickly. Stayed at "Tailored Woman" for many years before
she left to work for "Caledonian Knits" where she stayed until she retired.
Had always been very good at sewing, made many of
the family's clothes. Ruth remembers her mother telling a story of a woman at
church who would not pay Pop for work he had done. She said, "Your children and
grandchildren always dress so well, you obviously don't need the money." Ruth
says Bert learned to sew by being a milliner when she was very young, before
she was married. Raymond adds that the family's name was Beck and that they
had owned Lindemann's ice cream parlor in Union City before they sold it and
opened the millinery shop in Jersey City. Ruth says that Bert had excellent
taste, she was ahead of her time.
Her sewing was so good, "you could wear it inside out and the stitching still
looked good".
After retirement, moved from 511 22nd Street to Central Avenue around 12th
street, Union City. She later moved to an apartment on Main Street in
Toms River with May Bishof, a long term friend with whom she had been confirmed
at St Matthews. After May's death, Bert was unable to continue living alone
and into a nursing home also in Toms River. After a few months the family
found that the nursing home was unsatisfactory and moved her to a nursing home
in Neptune. She stayed there for about a year before she died at Jersey
Shore Memorial Hospital in Neptune.
Bert was a strong domineering woman, a take charge person. Would control
others. Would sometimes fabricate stories. When discovered that she was
lying, she would say that she was only "embroidering" the story. Around Helen,
Bert was the master and Helen the servant. But, Helen would never argue.
Bert used an affected language of aristocracy - some people thought it sounded
phony.
Raymond says she was "very patient to say the least" "I guess you could say we
got along although I seldom got along with anybody because I was such an
obstinate kid. I always had a mind of my own and did whatever I damn pleased."
"Of course she had hard times and there were a lot of good times and she was as
patient as hell. Of course my father was no angel, he was like me, he liked to
trip the light fantastic, and of course that did not set too well."
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