Who's Who at Wayne Christian Assembly, NJ

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

In 1930, Louis Sr. was employed as an inspector at a silk mill. The family lived in Aubonne, Vaud, Switzerland in 1912 when they emigrated to the U.S.

• Louis Aime Cellier, Jr. +1968-2008 (b. 1924 Knoxville, Knox, TN - d. 2008 Paramus, Bergen, NJ), son of Louis Cellier, Sr. +1968 (b. 1888 Nods, Bern, Switzerland - d. 1968 Areuse, Switz.)
• Madeline Lehmann Cellier (m. 1950 Paterson, NJ)

DeKoster family

In 1918, Chris was employed as a silk warper for Joseph Wadsworth & Henry Doherty, both originally from England, who in 1879 started working together in Paterson in the silk manufacturing industry, renting spaces until purchasing their first mill in 1882. Doherty developed an automated process in 1913 to enable workers to operate four looms simultaneously.

The factory Chris worked for was on the corner of Beech & Essex Sts., one of Paterson's largest silk mills, with over 350 employees, as per Paterson Fire History, where a drawing may be found of the structure, along with news of a major fire they sustained in 1895. Wadsworth & Doherty also had mills in Allentown and Wilkes-Barre, before folding in 1938, as per the National Museum of American History. From +1923-1949, Chris was self-employed as a real estate broker, the occupation he was best known for around Paterson.

Jennie had a brother named Johannes "John" VanWyckhouse (b. 1889 Aardenburg, Neth. - d. 1970 Atlantic City, NJ), self-employed as a homebuilder in Passaic Co. from +1920-1947+ in Haledon, and resided for a time in Florida.

• Christian "Chris" DeKoster +1946+ (b. 1872 Netherlands; emig. 1900; d. 1955 Paterson, NJ)
• Janna "Jennie" Pieternella VanWyckhouse DeKoster (b. 1878 Aardenburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; emig. 1892; d. 1955 Fair Lawn, Bergen, NJ), a daughter of Jacobus van Wuijckhuijse (1849-1922 Aardenburg, Neth.) & Maria Catharina Klaaijsen van Wuijckhuijse (b. 1849 Aardenburg, Neth.; m. 1874 Aardenburg, Neth.; d. 1929 Fair Lawn, NJ). Jennie was also a paternal granddaughter of Abraham van Wuijckhuijse (1824-1870) & Janna Bliek van Wuijckhuijse (1816-1897).

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 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. When he was born in 1891, his family was Presby.

He served in the U.S. Army during WWI (1917-1919), joining in Mt. Carmel as a Private 1C, while residing in Ashland. His company was the Sanitary Detachment of the 310th Field Artillery of the 79th Division, serving in France from July 14th, 1918 thru May 26, 1919, honorably charged at Camp Dix, likely participating in the battles of Saint-Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne in Lorraine, the latter of which lost 750-800 U.S. soldiers daily for five weeks, the largest battle at that time in American history.

Oscar's 2nd wife Delta's maternal ancestry, the Deibler family, resided in the Shamokin Valley starting sometime before 1830, originally from Dauphin Co. George Deibler (1777-1852) was a farmer & miner in Snydertown, his son John Deibler (1836-1912), Delta's maternal grandfather, was a building contractor, credited with "some of the largest and finest buildings in Shamokin and vicinity", a Civil War veteran, and born at "Deibler's Station" in the county, a member of the Baptist church there. Delta's paternal grandfather, William Withington (1828-1898) was a pioneer lumber dealer in the area, also a Civil War vet. Her father, Frank, worked in the family business, and also as a contract painter before becoming a peace officer, including serving as a special representative of a number of finance companies as an investigator.

• 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 Maria Augustine Ruths Tielmann (b. 1867 West Prussia, Germany; emig. 1885; d. 1941 Key West, Monroe, FL). 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.
• 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 M. Withington Tielmann (b. 1899 Snydertown, Northumberland, PA - d. 2002 Sunbury, PA), daughter of Frank Withington (b. 1866 Shamokin, PA - d. 1942 Snydertown, PA) & Almeda C.M. Deibler Withington (b. 1867 Paxinos, Northumberland, PA - d. 1928 Snydertown, PA). John Gottshall officiated Frank Withington's memorial.

Sources

• early KLC & EB address books
• Ancestry.com