This is a newspaper clipping I found among my grandmother’s things after she passed away. I don’t know which paper it was from, but according to Wikipedia, passenger service on the Penns Grove line ended on July 8, 1950. My Grandfather is on the far right.

Farewell Handclasp for Crew of Penns Grove Train
Walter Zane, a representative of the Road Foreman of Engines Office  of the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines, bids farewell to the crew of the local train which made its last run between Penns Grove and Woodbury on Friday. Zane, a former engineer on the local branch, gives a warm handclasp to Richard L. Callahan, of Camden, conductor, while W.J. Dolde, of Haddonfield, engineer, and O.W. Garrison, of Pitman, brakeman, look on. This is the first time the passenger service on the local branch has been discontinued in the 78 years it has been in existence.

There are obituaries on the reverse side, so I am including those in case anyone out there is researching these families.

Obituaries
Mrs. Mabel Grohmann
Pennsville– Mrs. Mabel M. Grohman, 23, of 9 Weinberg Street, died July 7 in the Salem County Memorial Hospital.
Funeral Services were held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Ashcraft Funeral Home, Penns Grove, with interment in Lawnside Cemetery,  Woodstown. The Rev. Samuel Y. Weidler, pastor of the Pennsville Assembly of God, officiated.
Surviving are: Her husband, John; a son, Harry, 2 years old; a daughter, Susan, 1 month old; her father, Lester Carvin; three sisters, Dorothy, Barbara and Nancy Carvin; two brothers, Lester and Frank Carvin, all of Pennsville.

Roderic Moriarty
Roderic Moriarty, 48, of Glen Burnie, Md., formerly of Ordmont, died July 7 in the South Baltimore General Hospital, where he had been a patient for a week.
During the war, Mr. Moriarty was employed at the Delaware Ordnance Depot.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday in St. Louis, Mo.
Surviving are: His widow, Vanita; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Buyarski, of Ordmont, and Miss Betty Moriarty of Glen Burnie; a son, William J., Glen Burnie; one grandson; and two brothers, G.L. Moriarty and D.W. Moriarty, of St. Louis, Mo.

Mrs. Linda Edwards
Woodstown– Mrs. Linda E. Edwards, 62, of Spring Garden street, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Horner, on Washington street, July 9.
She was a member of the Methodist Church and the Daughters of America…

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Orville Wilson Garrison (20 September 1907 – 22 June 1968)

Orville Wilson Garrison, circa 1930’s

Born:

20 September 1907 in Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States^1,2,3

Married:

24 July 1937 in Elkton, Cecil, Maryland, United States to Naomi Evelyn Carman⁴

Died:

22 June 1968 in Woodbury, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States⁵

Parents:

John S. Garrison (26 Feb 1877 – aft 1930)^2,5
Mamie E. Ware (3 Jul 1874 – 8 Feb 1960)^2,5

Spouse:

Naomi Evelyn Carman (22 July 1905 – 3 November 1999)

Children:

Carol Lucille Garrison

Ancestors
Orville is a descendant of Samuel L. Garrison & Lydia Burch, Ansel Irelan & Elizabeth Ayars, Robert Ayars, George Ware & Naomi Ackley, Jacob Coleman & Rebecca Venable, Arthur Venable & Rebecca Slim and Hudson Craner & Phebe Clark.

Biography
Orville Wilson Garrison was born on 20 Sep 1907 in Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States.^1,2,3 He lived at 120 Church St. in Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States on 15 Apr 1910.⁶ He was baptized on 9 Jun 1912 in Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States.³ Orville lived at 919 S. Fifth in Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States on 9 Jun 1912.³ He lived at 18 Parker in Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States on 1 Jan 1920.⁷ He lived at West Spokane Street in Seattle, King, Washington, United States on 1 Apr 1930.⁸ On 1 Apr 1930 Orville was a common laborer in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.⁸ He lived at 37 Arbustus in Pitman, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States on 1 Apr 1940.⁹ He died on 22 Jun 1968 at the age of 60 in Woodbury, Gloucester, NJ, USA.⁵ Orville was buried on 25 Jun 1968 in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Hurffville, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States.^{5, 10} Orville was a Brakeman and a Conductor for the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines.¹¹

Last updated: 29 April 2017

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Citations

1. New Jersey, State Department of Health, birth certificate (1907), Orville Wilson Garrison; Division of Vital Statistics and Administration, Trenton.
2. Camden County, New Jersey, birth certificate (1907), Orville Wilson Garrison; Office of Registrar of Vital Statistics, Camden.
3. Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Kaighn Avenue Methodist Episcopal, Camden, NJ, Orville Wilson Garrison; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 13 September 2012).
4. Cecil County, Maryland, marriage certificate (1937), Orville W. Garrison & Naomi E. Carman; Clerk of the Circuit Court, Elkton.
5. New Jersey, State Department of Health, death certificate 29959 (1968), Orville W. Garrison; Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, Trenton.
6. 1910 U.S. Census, Cumberland County, New Jersey, population schedule, Ward 4, Bridgeton, enumeration district (ED) 101, sheet 10B, line 83, dwelling 270, family 270, John Garrison; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1727033 : accessed 5 November 2013).
7. 1920 U.S. Census, Cumberland County, New Jersey, population schedule, Ward 4, Bridgeton, enumeration district (ED) 138, sheet 12A, line 38, dwelling 326, family 338, John S. Garrison; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411 : accessed 5 November 2013).
8. 1930 U.S. Census, King County, Washington, population schedule, Seattle, enumeration district (ED) 17-187, sheet 48A, line 30, family 482, Rooming house of Eugene H. Bowman; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1810731 : accessed 5 November 2013).
9. 1940 U.S. Census, Gloucester County, New Jersey, population schedule, Pitman, enumeration district (ED) 8-42, sheet 7B, line 55, household 17, Mary Garrison; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2000219 : accessed 7 June 2013).
10. Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 9 November 2013), Orville W. Garrison, Memorial # 16195964.
11. Personal knowledge

Last night over at Geneamusings, Randy Seaver had for his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun a game of ancestor roulette. The ancestor he landed on was his great-grandmother about whom he had this to say:

I called her “Nana” – as did my mother. She was the earliest born person that I remember being with.

She was born in 1868, so I was impressed by that. The earliest born person I remember is my Great-Uncle Milt who was born in 1900. I had some great-uncles born in the 1890’s whom I probably met but don’t remember. My Uncle Milt had no other family living besides us. He never had children and his only brother, my grandfather, had only my mother. So, Uncle Milt would join us for Thanksgiving and other holidays. When he passed away, I went with my mom to his house and it was like stepping into another time. I came away with a penny from 1919, an old fountain pen and three old 78 records. None of those things have survived to present day, I am sad to report.

Compared to 1868, 1900 is not that long ago. My grandmothers were born in 1904 and 1905 and I knew them better than Uncle Milt. Through the stories of my grandmother Naomi Carman Garrison especially, the early twentieth century was not so far removed.

What about my grandmother? Who was the oldest person she knew? My mind went immediately to her grandmother Catherine Hornef Carman. This was not likely the oldest person in her family my grandmother ever met, but she is the only one my grandmother told me about. It is not much, but this may be all that is ever “remembered” about my 2nd great-grandmother. My grandmother told me she remembered her grandmother as a large, happy German woman and remembered her cooking in the kitchen. My grandmother was only seven years old when her grandmother passed away, so one can forgive the vagueness.

Some things I have learned about Catherine Hornef Carman since:

• She was born 1 July 1845 in Otterberg, Germany to Jacob Hornef and Katharina Faber.
• She was christened at the Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche in Otterberg shortly thereafter.
• They immigrated to Philadelphia when she was a baby and they left Germany “secretly.”
• She had two sisters Eva Amelia who married Andrew Mahla and settled in Marcus Hook and Mary who has proven elusive.
• Her sisters were both born in Pennsylvania.
• She was married in 1862 to Elon Carman at the First Independent Christian Church in Philadelphia.
• She died 9 April 1913 and is buried in Mt. Moriah cemetery in Philadelphia¹

Carol Lucille Garrison ( 18 July 1938 – 25 August 1999)

Carol L. Garrison, 1959

Born:

18 July 1938 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States¹

Married:

24 Oct 1959 at First Presbyterian Church in Pitman, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States to Charles Edward Conrad.²

Died:

25 August 1999 in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, United States³

Parents:

Orville Wilson Garrison (20 September 1907 – 25 June 1968)³
Naomi Evelyn Carman (22 July 1905 – 3 November 1999)³

Spouse:

Charles Edward Conrad (3 April 1937 – 16 June 1999)

Children:

Living

Ancestors
Carol is a descendant of Samuel L. Garrison & Lydia Burch, Charles R. Carman & Caroline A. Brill, Ansel Irelan & Elizabeth Ayars, Uriah Ware & Mary V. Coleman, Hudson Craner & Phebe Clark, Wendel Gottlieb Hornef & Maria Louis, and Joseph Funston & Frances.

Biography
Carol Lucille Garrison was born on 18 Jul 1938 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.¹ She lived at 37 Arbustus in Pitman, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States on 1 Apr 1940.⁴ Carol was a Registered Nurse. She died on 25 Aug 1999 at the age of 61 in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, USA.³

Last updated: 25 July 2013

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Citations

1. Pennsylvania, Department of Health, birth certificate (1938), Carol L. Garrison; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.
2. Pitman, Gloucester County, New Jersey, marriage certificate (1959), Charles E. Conrad & Carol L. Garrison; Office of Registrar of Vital Statistics, Pitman.
3. Florida, Department of Health, death certificate 99-105725 (1999), Carol L. Conrad; Office of Vital Statistics, Jacksonville.
4. 1940 U.S. Census, Gloucester County, New Jersey, population schedule, Pitman, enumeration district (ED) 8-42, sheet 7B, line 55, household 17, Mary Garrison; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2000219 : accessed 7 June 2013).

This post is part of the Fearless Females: 31 Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month.

Today’s prompt:

What education did your mother receive? Your grandmothers? Great-grandmothers? Note any advanced degrees or special achievements.

Carol L. Garrison – Nurses Training Graduation 1959

Both of my grandmothers left school after the eighth grade to work in the hosiery mills in Philadelphia. My mother was the first person in my family to graduate high school. Her father attended one year of high school and my other grandfather attended 3 years. She also was the first to obtain an education beyond high school.

My mother graduated from the Presbyterian Hospital nurses training program in Philadelphia in 1959. It was a three year program with traditional classroom learning and hands-on training. She told me she had always wanted to be a nurse. She also told me some eye-opening stories about working in a city hospital in the 1950’s. Hint: drugs and violence are not new phenomena.

Upon graduation my mother worked in the maternity ward of Presbyterian Hospital. Later in her life she worked as a home health care nurse.