Revision as of 21:26, 1 November 2024

Wayne Christian Assembly (KLC-eb) +1878-current

• • @ Passaic +1878-1889+; @ Paterson +1946-1977

Early Correspondents

• William Gribbon +1880+
• Chris DeKoster +1946+
• Oscar Tielman +1946+

Notable Families

Cellier family

• Louis Cellier

DeKoster family

• Chris DeKoster +1946+

Gribbon family

In 1880, William Sr. was employed as a linen merchant, residing at 242 Paulison Ave., Passaic, of which its closest location is a residential headquarters for the Passaic Dental Associates, currently a block from the public library and a local high school. William's wife Mary was employed as a housekeeper.

William's son, Dr. Henry Alexander Gribbon, studied at Pennington Seminary (founded in 1838 by Methodist Episcopals with support of Presybterians), Pratt Institute in Brooklyn (founded in 1887) & NYU's College of Medicine (founded in 1841 as per Wikipedia). He graduated the latter in 1899, setting up an allopathic practice that year in Poughkeepsie at what is now the Vassar Bros. Medical Center (owned by Nuvance Health) that has served the Mid-Hudson Valley since 1887. In 1902, he resided in Jersey City. In 1915, he was an assistant surgeon at Vassar.

Henry's wife Emily's father, Eldred Griffith, was employed until 1884 in Charlotte as the city cotton weigher. Emily was a granddaughter of Corp. John Morgan Rawlinson (b. 1831 Richland Co., SC - d. 1921 Charlotte, NC) & Frances Elizabeth Kellingsworth Rawlinson (b. 1835 Richland Co., SC; m. 1851; d. 1896 York, SC). From +1860-1881, John Rawlinson owned a hotel in Yorkville, commuting 1855-1867 from his plantation 7 miles east. In 1900, John owned a grocery store. He was credited in his obit as a "South Carolina planter", and a ruling elder of the Presby. church since "early manhood". John & Frances resided 1851-1855 at Spring Place, Murray, GA.

Frances was remembered in Yorkville in her fine obit as having done "numerous deeds of charity, kindness and sympathy... best known as a practical Christian, in whose tender heart welled a perpetual fountain of love for all her fellow creatures. Before her own health gave away, and ever afterward, when she could, it was the greatest pleasure of her life to minister to the sick of the community and to dissipate sorrow and distress with happiness and joy. It was this side of her beautiful character that has left an influence in Yorkville that will endure for generations to come."

• William Gribbon +1880+ (b. 1830 Ireland - d. 1906)
• Mary Caldwell Gribbon (b. 1834 Ireland; m. 1859 Coleraine, N.I.), daughter of James Caldwell.
  • Mary Margretta Gribbon Greeves (b. 1862 Ire. - d. 1949). Husband (1885 @ Fifth Ave. Baptist, NYC, NY): Joseph Malcomson Greeves (b. 1858 Mount Caulfield, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh, N.I. - d. 1925), son of John Greeves Malcomson (1831-1917 Belfast, N.I.) & Elizabeth Pim Jackson (b. 1837 Belfast, Antrim, N.I.; m. 1857 Belfast, N.I.; d. 1895 Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, near London, England).
  • Annie Frances Gribbon Greeves (b. 1864 Ire.)
  • Florence Eleanor Gribbon O'Brien (b. 1865 Ire.)
  • William Edward Gribbon (b. 1867 Ire.)
  • Dr. Henry Alexander Gribbon (b. 1877 Passaic, NJ - d. 1925 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, NY). Wife (1902 @ NYC): Emily "Daisy" Reid Griffith Gribbon (b. 1878 Yorkville, SC - d. 1938 Charlotte, NC), daughter of Eldred J. Griffith (1854-1937 Charlotte, NC) & Sarah "Sallie" Howell Rawlinson Griffith (b. 1857 Rock Hill, York, SC - d. 1938 Charlotte, NC). Henry & Daisy's wedding was announced in The Charlotte News in North Carolina where Emily was raised.

Tielmann family

• Oscar Tielmann +1946+ (b. 1891 Ashland, Schuylkill, PA - d. 1969 Danville, Montour, PA), son of Carl "Charles" Tielmann (b. 1858 Weitefeld, Rhine, Germany - d. 1951 Allentown, PA) & Emilie Ruths Tielmann (b. 1867 West Prussia, Germany - d. 1941 Allentown, PA). Emily emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 16 (about 1883), and resided in Allentown starting about 1925. In 1941, Emily was a member of the assembly in Allentown. In 1969, Oscar was residing at Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. He was a retired electrical engineer, having worked in both NJ & PA, as per his obit for the Pottsville Republican and Herald. At the time of his death, he had two surviving sisters residing in Allentown, PA.
• 1st wife (1920 First German Presby., Orange, NJ): Bertha Frieda Mönch Tielmann 1924-1957 (b. 1882 Germany - d. 1957 Paterson, NJ), daughter of Ernest Mönch / Moensch & Emma Weise Mönch. Bertha's parents emigrated to the U.S. in 1885, settling initially in Rochester, NY, relocating to Prospect Park about 1924 where Bertha was in fellowship with the assembly thereon, as per her obit in The Morning Call of Paterson. G.A. Kaschel officiated Bertha's memorial at the assembly, then in Paterson. No children.
• 2nd wife: Delta Withington Tielmann (b. 1899 PA; d. 2002 PA).

Sources

• early KLC & EB address books
• Ancestry.com