1870 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co OH

Name:   James Elder
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1843
Age in 1870:  27
BirthPlace:  Scotland
Home in 1870:  Cincinnati Ward 12, Hamilton, Ohio
Race:  White
Gender:  Male
Post Office:  Cincinnati
James 29 -- Scot
Elizabeth 30 -- Scot
Isabella 4 -- Scot
James 2 --Scot

Source Citation: Year: 1870;
Census Place: Cincinnati Ward 12, Hamilton, Ohio;
Roll: M593_1213; Page: 137; Image: 274.
 

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1880 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co OH
James ELDER
      Birth Year  <1841>
      Birthplace  SCOTTLAND
      Age  39
      Occupation  Wrk. At Pottery
      Marital Status  M <Married>
    Race W <White>
      Head of Household  James ELDER
    Relation Self
    Father's Birthplace SCOTTL.
    Mother's Birthplace SCOTTL.
   Household:

Source Information:
      Census Place  Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
    Family History Library Film 1255026
    NA Film Number T9-1026
    Page Number 102D

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Heritage Quest - Trenton NJ 1900 census
ELDER, WILLIAM   (1900 U.S. Census)
NEW JERSEY , MERCER, 5-WD TRENTON
Age: 29, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: OH
Series: T623 Roll: 982 Page: 213

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JOHN ELDER
1900 Trenton New Jersey
 (1900 U.S. Census)
NEW JERSEY
Series: T623 Roll: 982 Page: 337
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1900 Census
Name:   David Elder  (Potter Dipper)
Home in 1900:  Trenton Ward 5, Mercer, New Jersey
Age:  27
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1873
BirthPlace:  Ohio
Relationship to head-of-house:  Head
Spouses's Name:  Lucy
Race:  White
Household Members:
Name  Age
David Elder  27
Lucy Elder  21
James Elder  2
Agnes Elder  8/12

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Trenton Ward 5, Mercer, New Jersey;
Roll: T623 982; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 74.

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Same page of 1900 census as David Elder,
Elizabeth is  a head of household,
so husband James b. 1842 must have died before 1900):

Name:   Elizabeth Elder
Home in 1900:  Trenton Ward 5, Mercer, New Jersey
Age:  52
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1848
BirthPlace:  Scotland
Relationship to head-of-house:  Head
Race:  White
Immigration year: 1875
Household Members:
Name  Age
Elizabeth Elder  52
George Elder  21  (Potter Presser)
Nellie Elder  16

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Trenton Ward 5, Mercer, New Jersey;
 Roll: T623 982; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 74.

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1910
Name:   John Elder
Age in 1910:  39
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1871
BirthPlace:  Ohio
Relation to Head of House:  Head
Father's Birth Place:  Scotland
Mother's Birth Place:  Scotland
Spouses's Name:  Ellen
Home in 1910:  Trenton Ward 8, Mercer, New Jersey
Marital Status:  Married
Race:  White
Gender:  Male
Neighbors:  View others on page
Household Members:
Name  Age
John Elder  39
Ellen Elder  38
Nollie Elder  16
Agnes Elder  13
Elizabeth 12
John 12
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Trenton Ward 8, Mercer, New Jersey;
Roll: T624_896; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 75; Image: 1097.
      "On this 1910 census page the census taker
writes at the bottom of the page-- the same house number
for John ELDER and Ellen, again, and then added
the names of their last  2 children, Elizabeth and John!

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1920 census NJ
Name:   John Elder
Home in 1920:  Trenton Ward 8, Mercer, New Jersey
Age:  49 years
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1871
BirthPlace:  Ohio
Relation to Head of House:  Head
Spouses's Name:  Ellen
Father's Birth Place:  Scotland
Mother's Birth Place:  Scotland
Marital status:  Married
Race:  White
Sex:  Male
Home owned:  Own
Able to read:  Yes
Able to Write:  Yes
Image:  1134
Neighbors:  View others on page
Household Members:
Name  Age
John Elder  49  (Potter)
Ellen Elder  48
Elizabeth Boston  23  (daughter)
William Boston  24  (Son in law)
John Wright  28  (Son in law)
John Wright  5    (Nephew)
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Trenton Ward 8, Mercer, New Jersey;
Roll: T625_1052; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 78; Image: 1134.
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1920
ELDER, JOHN JR   (1920 U.S. Census)
NEW JERSEY , MERCER, 7-WD; TRENTON
Age: 21, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: NJ
Series: T625 Roll: 1052 Page: 199
(by himself) .pdf file for ( JOHN JR 1920 NJ)
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1920
Name:   James Elder   (James David ELDER of WWI draft card, mother Lucy Smith)
Home in 1920:  Trenton Ward 13, Mercer, New Jersey
Age:  22 years
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1898
BirthPlace:  Ohio
Relation to Head of House:  Son-in-law
Spouses's Name:  Doris
Father's Birth Place:  New Jersey
Mother's Birth Place:  New Jersey
Marital status:  Married
Race:  White
Sex:  Male
Able to read:  Yes
Able to Write:  Yes
Household Members:
Name  Age
Lucy Smith  43  Head
James Morgan  24  (son in law)
Agnes Morgan  20  (dau)
Louise Morgan  8/12  (g-dau)
James Elder  22  (son-in-law) should be son?
Doris Elder  19   (dau ) should be dau-in-law
John Elder  3 0/12  (g -son)
Frances Elder  0/12    (g-dau)

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Trenton Ward 13, Mercer, New Jersey;
Roll: T625_1054; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 106; Image: 1119.
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 Frank Smith is married to Lucy (after David died, I guess):
and he's a Potter, too!
1910
Name:   James Elder
Age in 1910:  12
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1898
BirthPlace:  New Jersey
Relation to Head of House:  Stepson
Father's Birth Place:  New Jersey
Mother's Name:  Lucy C
Mother's Birth Place:  Ireland
Home in 1910:  Trenton Ward 13, Mercer, New Jersey
Marital Status:  Single
Race:  White
Gender:  Male
Household Members:
Name  Age
Frank A Smith  35  (Potter)
Lucy C Smith  32
James Elder  12
Agnes Elder  10

Source Citation: Year: 1910;
 Census Place: Trenton Ward 13, Mercer, New Jersey;
Roll: T624_897; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 97; Image: 966.
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Another good census for James DAVID ELDER and Doris.
And a son who could be living, b. abt 1921 (now would be 85)

1930 census
Name:   James D Elder  (Patrolman - Police Dept)
Home in 1930:  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey
Age:  32
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1898
BirthPlace:  New Jersey
Relation to Head of House:  Head
Spouses's Name:  Doris
Race:  White
Household Members:
Name  Age
James D Elder  32
Doris Elder  29
John H Elder  9  (b. abt 1921)

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey;
Roll: 1365; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 59; Image: 257.0.

I see the father, JAMES DAVID ELDER,  b. 1897 - d. May 1977
Social Security Death Index
Name:   James Elder
SSN:  153-07-4825
Last Residence:  08629  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey,
Born:  16 Sep 1897
Died:  May 1977
State (Year) SSN issued:  New Jersey (Before 1951 )

(but his son , JOHN H. ELDER born 1921, is NOT in Social Sec. Death Index
may be 85 in 2006)
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1930
Name:   John Elder
Home in 1930:  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey
Age:  57
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1873
BirthPlace:  Ohio
Relation to Head of House:  Head
Spouses's Name:  Ellen
Race:  White
Household Members:
Name  Age
John Elder  57
Ellen Elder  56
(Bastian, Elizabeth Elder  31 daughter
(Bastian, John Elder  14  g-son
William Bastian  34  son in law (Proprietor, store)
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey;
Roll: 1364; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 10.0.

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Ancestry.com
Social Security Death index:
Name:   William Bastian
SSN:  146-26-3352
Last Residence:  08638  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey,
Born:  6 Aug 1896
Died:  Apr 1969
State (Year) SSN issued:  New Jersey (1951-1952 )
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Name:   Elizabeth Bastian
SSN:  142-03-5808
Last Residence:  08638  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey
Born:  4 Sep 1897
Died:  Mar 1970
State (Year) SSN issued:  New Jersey (Before 1951 )
 

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JAMES DAVID ELDER, WWI Draft Card Registration,
Trenton, Mercer Co NJ
(son of DAVID and LUCY ELDER)

Name:   James David Elder
City:  Trenton
County:  Mercer
State:  New Jersey
Birth Date:  16 Sep 1897
Race:  White
Roll:  1754441
DraftBoard:  1
Mother: LUCY SMITH
Dated: 1918
Source Citation: Registration Location: Mercer County, New Jersey;
Roll: 1754441; Draft Board: 1.
Posted on webpage:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/ed/JamesDavidElderTrentonNJWWI.jpg

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Mercer Co NJ Genweb:
Obituary index
http://members.cox.net/mercergen/timesobit.html

Trenton Evening Times (1885 - 1953) obituaries index
SURNAME  FIRST NAME  MAIDEN  AGE  DEATH DATE LOCATION OBITDATE Page Cem

Elder James --78 -- 09-Jan-1947 -- Trenton -- 10-Jan-1947 -- page 4--  Greenwood
Elder William M.-- 72-- 09-Dec-1945-- Colonial Lakelands --10-Dec-1945 -- page 5-- Greenwood
Elder Anna M. Schmidt --70-- 07-May-1940 --Colonial Lakelands-- 08-May-1940-- page 12--  Greenwood
Elder David --04-Nov-1905 --Trenton --06-Nov-1905

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Social Security Death Index
Name:   James Morgan
SSN:  154-09-9799
Last Residence:  08638  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey,
Born:  9 Aug 1895
Died:  Jul 1971
State (Year) SSN issued:  New Jersey (Before 1951 )
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Social Security Death Index
Name:   Agnes M. Morgan
SSN:  138-54-4522
Last Residence:  08638  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey,
Born:  14 Oct 1899
Died:  28 Apr 1988
State (Year) SSN issued:  New Jersey (1972 )

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1930
Name:   Agnes M Morgan
Home in 1930:  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey
Age:  29
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1901
Relation to Head of House:  Wife
Spouses's Name:  J Henry (James Henry Morgan) b. abt 1896
Household Members:
J Henry Morgan  34  (b. abt 1896) Interior decorator  NJ NJ NJ
Agnes M Morgan  29  (b. abt 1899)  NJ OH NJ
L Louise Morgan  11  (b. abt  1919)
J Daniel Morgan  7    (b. abt 1923)
H Francis Morgan  (son) 1/12 (b. abt 1930)
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey; Roll: 1365;
Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 63; Image: 533.0.

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1930
Name:   Lucy C Smith
Home in 1930:  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey
Age:  52
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1878
BirthPlace:  New Jersey
Relation to Head of House:  Head
Race:  White
Household Members:
Name  Age
Lucy C Smith  52
Frances C Smith  18

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POTTERIES: THE STORY OF TRENTON'S CERAMIC INDUSTRY
 by GOLDBERG, DAVID 1998
On Order  for HOPEWELL BRANCH LIBRARY, Mercer County Libraries
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Also: Trenton Public Library copy:
Trenton, N.J. : Trenton Museum Society, 1998, c1983.
Note: "Preliminary notes on the pioneer potters and potteries of Trenton, N.J.:
the first thirty years, 1852-1882 (and beyond)"
Subject:  Pottery, American -- New Jersey -- Trenton -- History.
Physical Description: ii, 56, 3 p. ; 28 cm
Main Branch, Trentoniana Coll., T666.3 GOLD pbk.

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RESEARCH in GALLATOWN, FIFE, SCOTLAND:
5. Robert Heron & Son, Fife or Gallatoun Pottery, Kirkcaldy,
Scotland, 1790-1928)

Photos:
http://www.scottishpotterysociety.co.uk/show.php?contentid=45

History:
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/02-00/02-27-00/e08li168.htm

"Another name to look for is Fife,
 or Gallatoun Pottery, which has a history dating back to 1790.
In more modern times, it made transfer-printed and painted wares, as
well as colored and sponge-printed pieces. One of the high points of
the firm was the production of Wemyss Ware, single-colored pots based
on antique designs. Author Henry E. Kelly feels that this raised the
pottery to a new level, because of the superior quality of the
painting.
Values in the book are given in both pounds and dollars and cover a
wide range. Among the most valuable objects listed are: A Fife or
Gallatoun pug dog figure painted with flowers, $33,400;
a fine Delftfield Pottery creamware punch bowl with Scottish Masonic
Arms and the remains of painted swags of flowers, $2,500;
a large Wemyss Ware vase painted with flowers by Karen Nikola,
$16,700; an ornamental green Dunmore Pottery wall plaque depicting a
cherub, $835; a beautifully modeled Possil or Saracen Pottery
porcelain figure of a water carrier, $2,500;
 Fife or Gallatoun Pottery "Tygs" loving cups, painted with colorful
flowers, $1,340-5,000; a Glasgow ("Bells") Pottery pair of
earthenware "Wally dugs," circa 1900, $585; a Jessie Marion King
Mowgli vase, $5,100; a Clyde punch bowl commemorating the royal
wedding of 1863, $270.
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Wemyss Ware
http://www.wemyssware.net/about_wemyss_ware.html
The Flamboyant Scottish Pottery made by Robert Heron & Son in
Gallatown, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland from 1882 through to 1930.
 
Wemyss Ware was the brainchild of Robert Heron. He had the idea of
producing pottery which brought the images of garden and farmyard in
to the house but to do this he needed to find the painters who could
bring his ideas to life.

So he brought some very talented decorators from the Continent across
to Fife to work for him, one of whom was a Czech called Karl Nekola.
Karl Nekola is today, as he was then, regarded as the success of
Wemyss Ware and their greatest painter.
 Dish
Picture a Victorian house and imagine Wemyss Ware scattered through
it.

The kitchen with a Wemyss teaset decorated with black cockerels
awaiting the waking of the family so they can breakfast from it,
maybe a Wemyss Ware honey box depicting bees flying round a skep.
There would be an assortment of preserves in Wemyss pots decorated
with strawberries, plums and brambles to name but a few.

Farmyard Teaset & others
Cabbage Rose vase & others

Moving through to the drawing room we can see a tall Wemyss vase
decorated with cabbage roses sitting in the window. On a writing desk
in the corner is an inkwell beautifully painted with sweet peas and a
small Wemyss Ware yellow pig being used as a paperweight.

On the mantle piece there is a pair of tall candlesticks with cabbage
roses adorning the stems.
And just maybe there is a Wemyss Ware cat, his back covered in dog
roses, smiling contentedly as he warms himself by the fire!
 
Now we walk through to the dining room which has a Wemyss Ware
dessert set laid out on the table, each plate decorated with
different fruits - cherries, apples, oranges, greengages and grapes.
Green Ribbon Jug & Ewer and daffodil set
Upstairs in the bedrooms each room has its own washbasin set, some
have cherries, one has green ribbons and another has yellow
daffodils.
So in every part of the Victorian and Edwardian house Wemyss Ware
played its part and now in Newburgh we have a beautiful collection of
Wemyss Ware waiting to take its place in your home - but if only it
could tell you the story of where it's been and what it's seen!
At Newburgh Antiques we stock a large and ever changing collection of
Wemyss Ware circa 1882 - 1930, from the early self-coloured piece to
the late Jazzy and Langtoun ware.
We are also interested in buying whole collections or individual
pieces.
Lady Eva Vase

Today many potteries are producing copies of the original pieces made
by Robert Heron & Son but none has captured the beauty of the real
thing.
"To see a Wemyss Ware Lady Eva vase decorated by the great Karl
Nekola is to almost smell the perfume of the roses and to feel the
heat of the summer sun on them."
At Newburgh Antiques we have a first-rate collection of other
Scottish potteries, such as Methven, Morrison & Crawford, J. M. P.
Bell & Company, Makmerry & Bough, to name but a few.
We also stock a good collection of Monart and Vasart glass, Scottish
paintings, Mauchline Ware, Tartan Ware, antique furniture and objets
d' a

Ancestry.com
1841 census Scotland --Fife
Name:   Orr Elder
Age:  12
Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1829
Gender:  Male
Where born:  Fife, Scotland
Civil parish:  Dysart
County:  Fife
Address:  Gallatown South West
Parish Number:  426
ED:  2B
 
Household (Parish number: 426)
Agness Elder   abt 1791 Fife, Scotland  Dysart  Fife   426
Isabella Elder  abt 1826 Fife, Scotland  Dysart  Fife  426
John Elder  abt 1827 Fife, Scotland  Dysart  Fife  426
Orr Elder  abt 1829 Fife, Scotland  Dysart  Fife  426
Thomas Elder  abt 1791 Fife, Scotland  Dysart  Fife  426

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