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Note: !CHRISTENING: St Mathews Lutheran Church, West Hoboken, NJ. Sponsors: Rosina
and Frank Feirer per records of St Matthews, now Union City, NJ.
!CONFIRMATION: St Matthews, March 24, 1918 by Rev. George Steinert.
Born when family was living at 514 Spring St(now 17th St). Moved to Highpoint
Ave when family bought house in 1907. Tony was small for his age and was
sometimes called Peewee. The family remembers him running under his father's
horse's belly. Schooling: Completed 8th or 9th grade.
Began working in plumbing business with his father at age 15.(about 1918).
Very active member of General Hancock Council Junior Order United American
Mechanics for all of adult life. Played clarinet in its band and acted in its
shows. Group met in a large former house(mansion) at 414 or 421 15th St, Union
City.
On 30Sep1928 married Genevieve Emily Congalton of West New York, NJ(had been
engaged on Genevieve's birthday April 18, 1927). Ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Warren P. Coon, Pastor of St Paul's M.E.Church of
West New York at the home of Tony's parents in Union City. The ceremony was
performed in the living room between the front windows. Tony's sister, Bert,
played the piano. Guests were seated on chairs borrowed from St Matthews.
Genevieve came down the stairs from Bert's apartment escorted by her father.
The wedding reception was held in the very thoroughly cleaned plumbing shop
downstairs.(comments were that the shop was never that clean before nor again
after). For their honeymoon, the couple traveled by Model T Ford to Alabama
to visit Tony's brother Ed, who was attending the University of Alabama.
After their return they rented a nice apartment over the Bossetti Funeral Home
at 500 19th St, Union City where they stayed for only 2 months until Nov 24th.
The apartment's previous occupants had two dogs and the apartment was filled
with lice and and cockroaches. They then rented an apartment on Summit
Ave and 21st St.(801 21st Street),Union City until 25Jan1935. The apartment was
the corner apartment on the 3rd or 4th floor. Anthony Warren was born while
they lived there.
Moved to two family house at 122 Shippen St, Weehawken on 25Jan1935.
Purchased the house on January 9, 1941. Next door neighbor, Mr Hozinger, who
owned a fountain pen factory, gave them the $1000 downpayment. He liked them
and wanted them to have the house rather than someone else.
Sons Allan and Kenneth born at North Hudson Hospital.
As Warren grew, Tony became active in Boy Scouts. He was Troop Committee
Chairman of Troop 71 of Weehawken while Warren was a Boy Scout and accompanied
the troop on many camping trips. He also participated in several boy scout
fund raising campaigns.
As he grew older, it was discovered that Tony had a damaged heart. His parents
were unaware that he had had rheumatic fever as a child. Doctors urged him to
change his profession; but Tony felt he was unable to do anything else. He had
been a plumber since he was 15. The heart problems became progressively worse
and Tony died 12Dec1949 at age 46 at Christ Hospital, Jersey City. Buried:
George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ.
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