Jersey City, New Jersey Directory, 1889-90

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Located in northern New Jersey across the Hudson River from Manhattan Island, Jersey City is a part of Hudson County. This database is a listing of city residents between 1889 and 1890. In addition to providing the person's name, information regarding occupation, business address, residential address, and page number from the original directory are included. It contains the names of about 69,300 people, mostly heads of households. For persons seeking ancestors from New Jersey before the turn of the twentieth century, this can be a useful source of information.

Sources Graden, Debra, ed. Jersey City, New Jersey City Directory, 1889-1890. [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000. Taken from Boyd, W. Andrew, Gopsill's Jersey City Directory of 1889-90 published in Washington, D.C. A microfilm copy of this directory can be found at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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