I actually believe BTJ is the moron in his avatar here and abroad...always a fun read as I take him with a grain of salt..I think his "lovely precious wifey who gives him an allowance to buy penny loafers" is fictitious and would`nt be surprised if this guy is an escapee from the Secaucus mental health institute...
<tt>I located a 3rd great grand father of mine who died at the Lunatic Asylum in
Secaucus in 1884 on the burial list for the Hudson County Burial Grounds in
November of 2002. As many of you may have read in the local and AP news a
large section of this cemetery has been relocated to the Maple Grove
cemetery in Hackensack. This was done because the New Jersey Turnpike
Authority needed to purchase a parcel of land from the County of Hudson that
was need to construct the on and off ramps leading to the new Secaucus
Interchange 15X.
Mainly because an ancestor of mine was buried somewhere at Snake Hill, later
renamed Laurel Hill in the 1920s; I was prompted to learn what I could about
the Hudson County Institutions. One of the first buildings was the
Almshouse. The Almshouse in its early day started out as the Poorhouse. It
was a place to house the sick and mentally ill as well as the not so
fortunate citizens of Hudson County. The Almshouse was not just for the
poor. It was a place also for contagious diseased persons. It was a place
for those who may have been down on their luck and needed a place to live.
Records show that many people who stayed at the Almshouse had jobs. They
work both at Snake Hill and even regular jobs. This was the place you may
have been sent that you parents used to talk about. You want me to wind up
in the Poorhouse.
In later years, the County of Hudson expanded the Hudson County Institutions
and built the Insane Asylum, later called the Lunatic Asylum and then it
became the Mental Disease Hospital and was moved further down on County
Avenue in Secaucus. Many people died of what we call today common disorders.
Let us remember simple techniques and modern day drugs did not exist in the
early days.
Other building that followed was the Contagious Disease Hospital, the
Childrens Hospital, Tuberculosis Hospital and a General Hospital. The
Penitentiary was also one of the first buildings at the site. The area at
Snake Hill also had a Church, School, a morgue, tennis courts, a working
farm and let us not forget the cemetery with over 9,700 burials of which
5,000 are still buried at Laurel Hill</tt>
Secaucus in 1884 on the burial list for the Hudson County Burial Grounds in
November of 2002. As many of you may have read in the local and AP news a
large section of this cemetery has been relocated to the Maple Grove
cemetery in Hackensack. This was done because the New Jersey Turnpike
Authority needed to purchase a parcel of land from the County of Hudson that
was need to construct the on and off ramps leading to the new Secaucus
Interchange 15X.
Mainly because an ancestor of mine was buried somewhere at Snake Hill, later
renamed Laurel Hill in the 1920s; I was prompted to learn what I could about
the Hudson County Institutions. One of the first buildings was the
Almshouse. The Almshouse in its early day started out as the Poorhouse. It
was a place to house the sick and mentally ill as well as the not so
fortunate citizens of Hudson County. The Almshouse was not just for the
poor. It was a place also for contagious diseased persons. It was a place
for those who may have been down on their luck and needed a place to live.
Records show that many people who stayed at the Almshouse had jobs. They
work both at Snake Hill and even regular jobs. This was the place you may
have been sent that you parents used to talk about. You want me to wind up
in the Poorhouse.
In later years, the County of Hudson expanded the Hudson County Institutions
and built the Insane Asylum, later called the Lunatic Asylum and then it
became the Mental Disease Hospital and was moved further down on County
Avenue in Secaucus. Many people died of what we call today common disorders.
Let us remember simple techniques and modern day drugs did not exist in the
early days.
Other building that followed was the Contagious Disease Hospital, the
Childrens Hospital, Tuberculosis Hospital and a General Hospital. The
Penitentiary was also one of the first buildings at the site. The area at
Snake Hill also had a Church, School, a morgue, tennis courts, a working
farm and let us not forget the cemetery with over 9,700 burials of which
5,000 are still buried at Laurel Hill</tt>
