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" Walter W. Hammond, present pastor.
The North Baptist Church, Jersey City, was organized Sept. 28, 1865. The building is on the east side of Jersey avenue, be- tween Fourth and Fifth streets ; dedicated in April, 1867.
PASTOR-Rev. Henry A. Cordo, from Oct. 1, 1866, to Nov. 26, 1871, when he resigned. In 1872 he was recalled, there having been no intermediate pastor.
The First Baptist Church of the Town of' Union was or- ganized in 1864; incorporated Jan. 19, 1865. The building, erected in 1866, is on the northeast corner of Bergen Line avenue and Franklin street.
PASTORS-Rev. Washington Wicks, James Metz, Edwin Shaf- fer, George F. Hendrickson, who resigned in August, 1873.
The German Pilgrim Baptist Church, Hudson City, was in- corporated June 1, 1866.
The First German Regular Baptist Church, West Hoboken, was organized in November, 1868 ; incorporated February 15, 1869. The building at present occupied is in Hoboken avenue,
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near Clinton avenue. The building of the First Baptist Church will be occupied when that body occupies their new building.
PASTORS.
Revs. C. Frederick Blumenberg, -- Austermehl, George Knablach, Michael Ilüflin.
The Hamilton Park Baptist Church was recognized May 29. 1873.
PASTOR-Rev. Aaron S. Patton.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES.
In 1809 a society was organized in Jersey City under the care of Rev. Dr. Miller. In April, 1813, this society obtained the privilege of holding service in the " Jersey Academy," alternat- ing the Sundays with St. Matthew's P. E. Church. 1 Presby- terian Church was organized December 15, 1825. A frame building was erected on the site of the present First Reformed Church in Grand street. The corner stone was laid by Colonel Richard Varick, May 18, 1826. Rev. James S. Olcott was pas- tor until 1829. On February 16, 1830; the church, by action of the congregation, dissolved its connection with the Presbyterians, and became the First Reformed Church.
The First Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, was organized April 22, 1844, the services being held in the First Reformed Church. The building is on the northeast corner of Washington and Sussex streets ; corner stone laid October 4, 1844 ; dedicated May 25, 1845. This building was brought from New York city, where it stood on the north side of Wall street. It was known as the " stone-steepled Meeting House ; " built in 1718 ; enlarged in 1768 ; rebuilt in 1810 ; destroyed by fire in the fall of 1834, and immediately rebuilt. It was the only church in the city in which Whitfield could obtain a hearing. He preached in it many times. Its size and shape are now what they were prior to its removal to Jersey City, only the basement has been added and the pews and pulpit have been reconstructed.
PASTORS.
Rev. John Johnston, from May 20, 1844, to May 27, 1850.
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Rev. Lewis H. Lee, Associate, from Nov. 15, 1848, to Jan., 1850.
David King,1 from June 12, 1850, to Oct. 12, 1851.
" Charles K. Imbrie, from Feb. 11, 1852, to present time.
The Second Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, was organized September 9, 1851. The building is on the north side of Third street, between Erie street and Jersey avenne ; dedicated Jann- ary 17, 1858, and, after enlargement, March 21, 1869.
PASTORS. Rev. Charles Hoover, from June 30, 1852, to 1859.
" George C. Lucas, from May 31, 1860, to 1863.
" James M. Stevenson,2 from Oct. 15, 1864, to 1871.
" Hiram Eddy, from May 30, 1871, to present time.
The Scotch Presbyterian Church, now known as The Third Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, was organized May 29, 1856. At first the old building in Barrow street, between Newark and Railroad avenues, was occupied ; then a building in Grove street. In October, 1862, the congregation secured the " Tabernacle," a frame building on the southeast corner of Erie and Fifth streets. A building, nearly completed, is now being erected in Mercer near Varick street.
PASTORS.
Rev. James Petrie, from Nov. 5, 1856, to 1858.
William Cochrane, from June 7, 1859, to March 28, 1862. James Harkness, from Oct. 21, 1862, to present time.
The Third Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, was organized May 13, 1859; Rev. James Cubby, pastor. Union Hall, on the southwest corner of Grove and Fourth streets, was, for a while, occupied as a place of worship. Though a "feeble folk," the organization was very zealous in committing hari-kari. It was altogether too militant. Its existence was turbulent, happily brief, and its nunc dimittis applauded by all who believe that a church should lift its members above the level of the hero of Donnybrook Fair.
The Presbyterian Church, Hoboken, was organized June 9,
1 Died May 15, 1853.
2 Died October 18, 1871.
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1852. A movement for such an organization was made as early as October, 1851, and in November of that year the building of the Baptist Church, on the southwest corner of Washington and Third streets, was purchased. The present building is on the southeast corner of Sixth and Hudson streets ; dedicated Feb- ruary 23, 1865.
PASTORS.
Rev. Isaac P. Stryker, from June 11, 1854.
" William H. Babbitt, from 1859 to 1864.
" E. P. Gardner, from 1865 to 1870.
James Marshall, present pastor.
The First Presbyterian Church, Bergen, was organized Oc- tober 24, 1855. The building is on the north side of Emory street, between Bergen and Monticello avenues ; was dedicated October 28, 1858.
Rev. Edward W. French the only pastor.
Prospect Avenue Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, was or- ganized June 13, 1871, although regular services had been main- tained in a hall on Newark avenue from December 11, 1870.
PASTOR-Rev. John Glendenning, from Oct. 26, 1871, to pres- ent time.
The First Presbyterian Church, West Hoboken, was organ- ized June 12, 1850. The building is on Clinton avenue ; corner stone laid September 4, 1850; dedicated June 25, 1851.
Rev. James C. Egbert, from June 13, 1855, is the first and only pastor.
The Claremont Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, was organ- ized in February, 1868. The building is on the south side of Claremont avenue, between Ocean avenue and Clerk street ; cor- ner stone laid August 3, 1869; opened for service December 30, 1869.
PASTORS.
Rev. Samuel W. Duffield, from May 8, 1870.
J. McNulty, from 1872 to August, 1873.
The Weehawken Presbyterian Church was organized in Octo-
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ber, 1868. The church building is located at Weehawken, on the west side of Park avenue extended, and north of Nineteenth street ; begun in August, 1870; dedicated in May, 1871.
PASTORS.
Revs. Robert Proudfit ; George P. Noble, from Feb., 1870, to April 1, 1871 ; Robert R. Townsend, from Aug. 1, 1871, to the present time.
The First United Presbyterian Church, Hoboken, was organ- ized November 29, 1854, as The First Associate Presbyterian Church ; took its present name in 1858, when the union between the Associate and the Associate Reformed churches was consum- mated. The church building is on the southeast corner of Bloon- field and Seventh streets; erected 1856; opened for service on the last Sunday in November, 1856.
PASTORS.
Rev. Win. G. McElhany, from May 10, 1855, to May 20, 1860.1 Samuel C. Marshall, from July 16, 1861, to April 1, 1863.
Henry Allen, from April 3, 1867, to Dec. 26, 1867.1
Robert Armstrong, from Dec. 2, 1868.
The First United Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, was or- ganized October 15, 1862; incorporated August 1, 1863. The society occupies the old church building in Barrow street, between Newark and Railroad avenues.
PASTORS. Rev. Robert A. Hill, from Nov. - , 1864, to Nov. - , 1870.
Thomas W. Pollock, from May 17, 1871, to present time.
The Second United Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, was or- ganized in April, 1871. The building is on Hancock avenue, south of Bowers street.
Rev. Robert Armstrong, first and only pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
Asearly as 1811 an effort was made to establish an M. E. church
1 Died in charge.
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in this county. The appointments were made to "Bergen," which may mean the County of Bergen. They were as follows :
Revs. John Robertson, 1811-12; Daniel Fidler, 1812-13 ; .Joseph Totten, 1813-14; Stephen Martindale, 1814-15 ; David Best, 1815-16; John Finley, 1816-17; Peter Van Ness, 1817-18 ; .Jos. Sybrand, 1818-19 ; John Potts, 1819-20 ; George Banghart, 1820-2: Manning Force, 1822-3; Benjamin Collins, 1823-4; Bartholomew Weed, 1824-26 ; David Bartine, 1826-27.
At this date the appointments seem to have broken off.
January 20, 1826, Anthony Cathlin, Archer G. Welsh, Hiram L. Meeker, James J. Seaman and Josiah Hornblower certified to their election as trustees of "The First Methodist Society of the Town and County of Bergen." It is probable that this referred to the " Bergen Mission," which afterward revived and became the Simpson Church.
The next effort was at Bergen Neck, where a mission was started, to which appointments were made as follows :
Revs. Thomas G. Stewart, 1831-2; John HI. MeFarland, 1832-3; John N. Crane, 1833-4; John Nicholson, 1834-5.
This mission terminated in the Bergen Neek (now Mattison) Church.
Trinity M. E. Church, Jersey City, was organized in 1835. The first building was a frame structure, and stood on " legs "- Methodism was more itinerant then than now. The present building is on the south side of York street, between Washing- ton and Warren streets; corner stone laid May 5, 1843 ; dedi- cated December 25, 1843.
PASTORS.
Revs. John McClintock, 1835-6; Wesley C. Hudson, 1836-7; Benjamin Day, 1838-9 ; Charles H. Whitecar, 1839-41 ; James M. Tuttle, 1841-2; Vincent Shepherd, 1842-4; William Roberts, 1844-6; Francis A. Morrell, 1846-8; Joseph B. Wakely, 1848- 50; James M. Tuttle, 1850-51 ; Israel S. Corbit, 1851-3; James .A.yars, 1853-5 ; Charles H. Whitecar, 1855-7; Isaac W. Wiley,1
1 Mr. Wiley left in August, 1858, and was succeeded by Mr. Monroe for the remainder of the year.
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1857-9; Jonathan T. Crane, 1859-60; James Ayars, 1860-1; William P. Corbit, 1861-2; Robert L. Dashiel, 1862-4; Isaac W. Wiley, 1864-5; Samuel Y. Monroe, 1865-6 ; Hiram Mattison, 1866-8; George H. Whitney,1 1868-70 ; David W. Bartine, 1870 -3; John Atkinson, 1873-
The Simpson M. E. Church, Jersey City, was organized in 1841, the first service being held in a schoolhouse near the Five Corners. Previous to 1844 it was known as the " Bergen Mis- sion." The first building was the present police station in Oak- land, between Newark and Hoboken avenues. The present build- ing is on the west side of Central avenue, near St. Paul's avenue ; basement dedicated in 1857 ; building dedicated in 1858.
PASTORS.
Revs. Benj. N. Reed, 1839-40; Lewis T. Maps, 1840-41 ; Wm. M. Burroughs, 1841-2; Abraham T. Palmer, 1842-3 ; Wm. E. Perry, 1843-4; Aaron E. Ballard, 1844-5 : David Graves, 1845-6; John W. Barrett, 1846-7; Garner R. Snyder, 1847-8 ; Wm. M. Burroughs, 1848-9 ; F. Robbins, 1849-50 ; F. S. Hoyt, 1850-1; John Dean, 1851-2; Edwin A. Day, 1852-4; Edward A. Adams, 1854-6; Alex. II. Mead, 1856-8; A. L. Brice, 1858-60 : John O. Winner, 1860-2 ; Thomas H. Smith, 1862-4 ; Michael E. Ellison, 1864-7; Ralph S. Arnt, 1867-70 ; Robert B. Lockwood, 1870-3; Wm. Tunison, 1873-
The Mattison M. E. Church, Bayonne, was incorporated June 22, 1844, as The Bergen Neck Church. The name was changed by Legislative act, February 26, 1868. The building was erected on the east side of Avenue D, near Twenty-ninth street ; corner stone laid in 1854: dedicated in 1855. In 1868 or '69 it was moved to the southwest corner of Oakland avenne and Avenue D.
PASTORS .?
Revs. Waters Burrows, 1857-8; James H. Dandy, 1861-3 ;
1 Mr. Whitney was elected President of the Seminary at Hacketstown in Au- gust, 1869.
2 The Pastors of the Greenville Church were in charge of this church until 1865, except the years 1857-8 and 1861-3. During these three years it at- tempted to stand alone, but was too feeble.
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Stephen K. Russell, 1866-8 : Enoch V. King, 1868-9: A. Craig, 1869-70 ; J. Emory, 1870-1 : Abm. J. Palmer, 1871-2; W. L. Hoagland, 1872-4.
St. Paul's M. E. Church, Jersey City, was organized in July, 1848, as the M. E. Church at Pavonia. The building is on the north side of Third, between Grove and Erie streets ; corner stone laid December 25, 1849; basement opened for service June 30, 1850; dedicated November 27, 1850.
PASTORS.
Revs. Dayton F. Reed, 1849-50; John Parker, 1850-1 ; Rob- ert Given, 1851-2 ; George Hughes, 1852-4 ; Michael E. Ellison, 1854-6; Richard Van Horn, 1856-8 ; Wm. Tunison, 1858-60; Lewis R. Dunn, 1860-2; Richard Van Horn, 1862-4 ; Win. Tunison, 1864-7 ; Lewis R. Dunn, 1867-70; Charles Larew, 1870-3 : Daniel R. Lowrie, 1873-
The Greenville M. E. Church was incorporated July 20, 1845. The building is on the south side of Linden avenue, between Ocean avenue and Bergen road; dedicated January 6, 1846. This society was connected with Bergen until 1851.
PASTORS.
Revs. Waters Burrows, 1851-3; David Waters, 1853-4; Ben- jamin F. Woolston,1 1854-5 ; Edwin A. Day, 1855-6; William C. Nelson. 1856-7; Waters Burrows, 1857-8; Isaac W. Haff, 1858-60 ; Thomas E. Gordon, 1860-1 : S. L. Baldwin, 1861-2 ; Richard Johns, 1862-3; William G. Hughes, 1863-4; Bront Slaight, 1864-5; Ambrose S. Compton, 1865-7; Fletcher Lum- mis, 1867-70 ; Egbert Clement, 1870-3 ; Charles R. Barnes, 1873.
The Hoboken M. E. Church was incorporated June 24, 1846. The first building was on the corner of Fourth and Garden streets ; corner stone laid October 1, 1846 ; dedicated April 12, 1848. This was upon property belonging to the city. A new building was erected on the east side of Washington, between Seventh and Eighth streets ; corner stone laid October 15, 1869; dedicated February 25, 1872.
1 Mr. Woolston left in September, 1854, and Mr. Day took his place.
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PASTORS.
Revs. David Graves, 1846-8 ; G. R. Snyder, 1848-9 ; William W. Christine, 1849-50 ; Michael E. Ellison, 1850-2 ; Joseph B. Dobbins, 1852-4 ; Charles S. Coit, 1854-5 ; Jonathan K. Burr, 1855-7: Joseph K. Knowles, 1857-9; J. O. Rogers, 1859-60 : Alexander L. Brice, 1860-2 ; John O. Winner, 1862-4 ; Jona- than K. Burr, 1864-7 ; Michael E. Ellison, 1867-70; William Tunison. 1870-3 ; Jonathan K. Burr, 1873.
The Hedding M. E. Church, Jersey City, was organized March 20, 1855; incorporated May 10, 1855. The building is on the north side of Montgomery, between Grove and Barrow streets : corner stone laid Angust 15, 1855 ; lecture room dedi- cated January 20, 1856 : building dedicated April 11, 1858.
PASTORS.
Revs. Waters Burrows, to April, 1855 ; Robert B. Yard, 1855-7 : William Day, 1857-9; Charles Larew, 1859-61 : James R. Bryan, 1861-3; William Day, 1863-6 ; John Hanlon, 1866-9 : James M. Freeman, 1869-72 ; Robert B. Yard, 1872-4.
The Communipaw M. E. Church was incorporated April 14, 1853. The building is on the south side of Communipaw avenue, near New York bay ; corner stone laid June 8, 1854 ; dedicated October 15, 1854. At the time of this dedication, Rev. T. C. Carman was pastor. IIe is the only pastor the society ever had exclusively. Since then it has been connected with Greenville, Trinity or Emory.
The Emory M. E. Church, Jersey City, was incorporated July 8, 1862. The first building was on the corner of Mill road and Colden place. It is now occupied by the First Universalist Church. The second building is on the north side of Belmont, between Bergen and Westside avenues : corner stone laid June 18, 1871 : dedicated in 1872.
PASTORS.
Revs. Charles E. Winans, 1863-4; John J. Morrow, 1864-7 ; Daniel R. Lowrie, 1867-70 ; John Atkinson, 1870-3: S. Van Benschoten, 1873-
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The Palisade M. E. Church, Jersey City, was incorporated May 26, 1858. The building is on the west side of Palisade avenue. a little south of the Paterson Plank road.
PASTORS.
Revs. Thomas E. Gordon, 1861-2 ; Henry M. Simpson, 1562- 3 : James J. Boswell, 1863-4 : James N. Fitzgerald, 1×64-7: Benjamin O. Parvin, 1867-70; John S. Porter, 1870-3: George Winson, 1873-
The Centenary M. E. Church, Jersey City, was organized April 17, 1867, incorporated September 27, 1867. The building is on the north side of Pavonia avenue, between Cole and Mon- month streets : corner stone laid September 26, 1870 ; basement dedicated April 30, 1871. Prior to this latter date, services were held in Union Hall, on the southwest corner of Grove and Fourth streets.
PASTORS.
Revs. David Graves, 1867-8 ; Hamilton C. McBride, 1868-9 ; James B. Faulks, 1869-72 ; Edson W. Burr, 1872-4.
The West End M. E. Church, Jersey City, was organized September 1, 1868. The building is on the east side of Tonele avenue, between St. Paul's and Tuers avenues.
PASTORS.
Revs. Henry M. Simpson, 1869-71 ; Charles R. Barnes, 1871-3 ; Thomas II. Jacobus, 1873.
The Lafayette M. E. Church, Jersey City, was incorporated April 21, 1873. The building is on the west side of Pine street, between Communipaw avenue and Lafayette street.
PASTORS.
Revs. W. L. Hoagland, 1869-72 ; A. H. Tuttle, 1872-3.
The Warerly M. E. Church (Rock Ridge Chapel), Jersey City, was incorporated December 20, 1870. The building is on . the corner of Palisade and New York avenues; begun in De- vember, 1870; dedicated November 19, 1871.
PASTORS.
Revs. Henry Baker, 1870-3; Abraham J. Palmer, 1873.
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The Janes M. E. Church was incorporated March 10, 1870.
PASTORS. Revs. Thomas Hall, 1870-3; J. F. Dodd, 1873.
The Porter M. E. Church, Bonnville, in West Hoboken town- ship, was incorporated November 14, 1870. It was a mission, and had no pastor until 1873, when Rev. John Campbell was ap- pointed. The building is on the east side of Bergen Line avenue, and a little south of the Hackensack turnpike ; dedicated Sep- · tember 19, 1870.
The Arlington M. E. Church, Kearney. The corner stone of the building was laid (as per newspaper) November 23, 1873.
PASTOR-Rev. Mr. Blaine.
The East Newark Wesley M. E. Church was organized some years ago. A second building is now being erected ; corner stone laid July 2, 1873; dedicated January 4, 1874.
PASTOR-Rev. J. L. Hayes.
St. Johanne's M. E. Church ; building in Central, near New York avenue.
PASTOR-Rev. C. Brockmeyer.
There are several colored churches in the county of the M. E. persuasion.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
The Roman Catholics of New Jersey were under the jurisdic- tion of the diocese of New York until October 30, 1853, when the diocese of New Jersey was created, and James Rosevelt Bayley consecrated bishop.
St. Peter's R. C. Church, Jersey City. The first building erected for this congregation was on the north side of Grand, be- tween Washington and Warren streets ; begun in 1831; opened for service in 1837; consecrated in 1839, by Bishop Hughes, assisted by Bishop Fenwick, of Boston. The present building is on the northeast corner of Grand and Van Vorst streets ;
FORMERLY PASTOR OF ST. PETER'S.
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corner stone laid in August, 1865 ; opened for service December 16, 1865. The Jesuit Fathers took possession of this parish April 13, 1871.
PASTORS.
Rev. Fathers Burns, Mohan, Quarter, Rogers, Benney, Reiley. John Kelly, from November 12, 1844, to 1866; Patrick Corri- gan, from 1866 to 1871 ; Victor Baudevin, from 1871.
St. Mary's R. C. Church, Jersey City, dates from April, 1859. The building is on the northeast corner of Erie and Third streets ; corner stone laid in June, 1861 ; consecrated in May, 1863.
PASTOR-Rev. Dominick Senez, from April 1, 1859.
St. Mary's R. C. Church, West Hoboken. The building is on the northeast corner of High street and Clinton avenue ; erected in 1851 : consecrated November 23, 1851. In this church is a copy of an oil painting of " Our Lady of Mercy," presented by Cardinal Brignole, of Rome, who received it from Paci Typoliti. of Rimini, as an ex-voto for his preservation from death.
PASTOR-Rev. Anthony Canvin, from July, 1851, to April 21. 1861. On this latter date the church was placed in charge of the Passionist Fathers of the Monastery.
St. Mary's R. C. Church, Hoboken. Services were first held in Hoboken in June, 1841, by Father Mohan, of St. Peter's, Jer- sey City. On December 6, 1844, Rev. John Rogers read mass in Phoenix Hotel, and continued in charge of the enterprise until April 1, 1845. In July, 1851, Rev. Anthony Cauvin took charge of that part of the county which lies north of the Five Corners. The church building is on the corner of Willow and Fifth streets ; corner stone laid September 3, 1854; consecrated June 24, 1855. The large painting in this church is a copy of the Madonna of Foligno, by Raphael, executed by order of Charles Felix, King of Sardinia, by him bequeathed to the Duke of Genoa, brother of the King of Italy, and by him .presented to Father Cauvin in 1854. It was crowned by Bishop Bayley June 20, 1858. The crown was presented by the Duchess of Genoa. In a side altar repose the " Relics of St. Quietus, Martyr," de- posited June 1, 1856 ; found in the Catacombs January 29, 1849 ;
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presented by Pope Pins IX. The chalice and sanctuary lamp were presented by the Emperor Napoleon III. ; the silver osten- sorium by Victor Emmanuel, and the painting of the Crucifixion by Henry Hoguet, of New York.
PASTOR-Rev. Anthony Cauvin, from July 1851, to Aug., 1873.
St. Joseph's R. C. Church, Jersey City, was organized as St. Bridget's in June, 1856. The first church building was a frame structure on Hopkins avenue, erected in 1856. The second church building was on the southeast corner of Baldwin and Pavonia avenues ; corner stone laid in August, 1857 ; opened for service December 25, 1857; consecrated October 17, 1858. The third church building is on the site of the second ; corner stone laid July 19, 1869 ; basement opened for service June 8, 1871; building consecrated September 14, 1873.
PASTORS-Rev. James Coyle, 1856-7; Aloysius Vannta, 1857. St. Mary's Star of the Sea R. C. Church, Bergen Point. The church building was consecrated March 18, 1860.
PASTORS-Fathers Callan, Vincent, Timothy, Neilass and Neiderhauser
St. Patrick's R. C. Church, Jersey City, organized May 1, 1870. The church building is on the northeast corner of Ocean and Bramhall avenues; corner stone laid November 13, 1870 ; chapel opened for service November 10, 1872.
St. Michael's R. C. Church, Jersey City, was established as St. Mary's. The first building was on the southwest corner of Erie and Tenth streets ; erected in 1855 ; opened for service Oet. 21, 1855. The present church building is on the north side of Hamilton square ; corner stone laid September 8, 1872; dedicat- ed August 17, 1873.
PASTOR-Father Da Concilio.
St. Boniface R. C. Church, Jersey City, was organized in 1862. The church building is on the north side of First street, between Erie street and Jersey avenue ; corner stone laid in June, 1864 ; basement opened for service in November, 1864.
PASTOR-Rev. Dominick Kraus.
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Our Lady of Grace R. C. Church, Jersey City, was incorpo- rated September 20, 1864.
St. Paul's R. C. Church, Greenville, was incorporated Oeto- ber 12, 1864.
Church of the Holy Family, Union Hill, was incorporated February 23, 1869. The church building is on the north side of Jefferson street, between Bergen Wood and Bergen Line avenues.
PASTOR-Rev. Vincent Nagler.
St. Paul's of the Cross R. C. Church, Jersey City, was incor- porated September 15, 1867. The church building is on Han- cock avenne, near Bowers avenue; corner stone laid in 1870; opened for service in 1871.
PASTOR-Rev. P. Bandinelli.
St. Bridget's R. C. Church, Jersey City. The church building is in Mercer street ; consecrated June 5, 1870. A new building is nearly completed.
St. Pius R. C. Church, Hoboken, was incorporated June 9, 1861. PASTOR-Rev. James J. McGahan.
St. Paul's R. C. Church, Jersey City. The church is on the corner of Manners and Bergen avenues ; corner stone laid in May, 1869; basement opened for service January 1, 1870.
St. Paul's German R. C. Church, Hoboken, was organized in October, 1871.
PASTOR-Rev. Angelus Kempen.
St. Joseph's R. (. Church, Guttenberg, was incorporated March 19, 1866.
PASTOR-Rev. Timothy Pacitti.
R. C. Church, East Newark, corner stone laid August 13, 1871.1
R. C. Church on Washington avenue, near Van Vorst avenue: corner stone laid in 1869; consecrated October 16, 1870.1
1 Of these two churches I have no reliable information.
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St. Michael's Monastery, West Hoboken, founded in 1863; corner stone laid July 18, 1864.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES.
The First Congregational Church, Jersey City, was incor- porated September 10, 1841. It did not thrive.
The Tabernacle Church, Jersey City, was organized April 14, 1858; incorporated April 13, 1859. The building is on the southeast corner of Henderson and York streets ; dedicated in May, 1862. In 1858 services were held in Franklin Hall ; in 1861 in the Lyceum in Grand street : from 1861 to 1862 in the Unitarian church on the corner of Montgomery and Grove streets.
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