Hamilton Street History

 

In my hometown in New Jersey, Hamilton

Street has a lot of history in my life.  My family

has been living on Hamilton Street for at least

90 years.  My Mum was born in a house on

Hamilton Street.  My Mum and Dad lived across

the street from each other and ended up getting

married after WWII.  I still have family living on

the street.

 

I went to school for 8 years just around the corner

from Hamilton Street and many days after school

I would walk around the corner with my girlfriends

after school to visit the Telephone company.  We

would ask the telephone repairmen for telephone

wire which was a wire covered in a plastic coating

in a variety of colors.  We would twist them and curl

them and create rings with the wires and then

exchange them with each other.  Yes, the crafty

thing has been part of my life forever...

 

I am visiting my hometown and last Saturday I

went to the Grand Opening party of the Hamilton

Stage for the Performing Arts.  Coincidentally, the

Hamilton Stage is located in the same building that

used to house the Telephone Company.

 

 

Hamilton Stage has a performance area, rehearsal

room and a multipurpose room that would be perfect

for corporate meetings.

 

 

Saturday night was the kick-off of the space

and the end result of a lot of work and planning

by many people.  It was a time for people to relax

and enjoy themselves.

 

 

Hamilton Stage is just one part of the

Arts District of Rahway, NJ.

 

Support the Arts in your community.

 

 

 

 

 



An Unknown Woman

Mystery and Intrigue in My Hometown

Found Dead in the Road,

An Unknown Woman

Meets a Frightful Fate.

In March of 1887, four brothers were

on their way to work when they found

a body of a woman alongside a fence.

The police were called and they found

she had been stabbed a dozen times.

As news spread through the small town,

the curious came out to the site to view

the scene, it is estimated a thousand people

came to the scene that day, but no one

knew her.  The police thought the girl to

be about 22 years old and by the look of her

clothing, she was probably in domestic service.

News spread of the death of this unknown

woman and thousands of people came to the

town to view the body, the Pennsylvania

Rail Road had extra trains stop in Rahway,

the main street was bumper to bumper with

carriages as the curious came to see if they

knew the girl.  The mystery has never been solved.

I had always heard of this story growing up but

had never seen the gravesite.  The other day I

visited the cemetery and with the help of the friendly

caretaker I found the gravestone.  It was nice to

see someone had left her a rose...