Tag: Historic Cemeteries of Bergen County NJ

Demarest Family Cemetery 239 Ramapo Valley Road Oakland, NJ 07436

Demarest Family Cemetery 239 Ramapo Valley Road Oakland, NJ 07436

Demarest Family Cemetery

239 Ramapo Valley Road

Oakland, NJ 07436

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1617471/demarest-family-cemetery

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~njbergen/cemetery.html

Open: During the hours of the Nursery that surrounds it.

My review on TripAdvisor:

The Demarest Family Cemetery sits on a small embankment surrounded by trees and a cement island. You can only access it from one side and there is no stairs. Totally forgotten burial site.

The fencing and locked door with a rusty lock surrounds the cemetery. There is no way to access it. I was able to walk up the cement embankment and was able to walk around the fence. The trees have taken over the cemetery and have knocked over the tombstones.

You can see some of the fallen tombstones from neglect at the fence

The growth surrounding the burial site

Some of the historic tombstones are still standing like this one of the burial sites of Lettya Ann Demarest who was born in 1830. She had inherited the house in 1863.

Most of the historic tombstones have fallen down

The fallen and forgotten tombstones have growth surrounding them.

The historic Demarest homestead was around the corner from the nursery. The house had been in the family for 194 years almost five generations.

The family homestead still exists up the road around the corner from the nursery.

This tiny historical and very forgotten and neglected cemetery was once part of this branch of the Demarest family. The small cemetery sits on a small hill not far from the house. Once the farm was sold off and the town grew around it, this small cemetery sits still in its original spot in the middle of nursery.

When I talked with one of the workers there, he said the owner was very careful to built around it and let it intact. He also said that no one seems to own it. It is the final resting place of James S. Demarest, who fought in the Revolutionary War.

With all the growth, I could not find it. It has been lost to time.

Hopper Family Burial Ground Spottswood Road Glen Rock, NJ 07452

Hopper Family Burial Ground Spottswood Road Glen Rock, NJ 07452

Hopper Family Burial Ground

Spottswood Road

Glen Rock, NJ 07452

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1593990/hopper-family-burying-ground

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=36966

Hopper Family Burial Ground, Glen Rock, NJ [GSBC Index]

Open: Dawn to Dusk

My review on TripAdvisor:

My review on TripAdvisor:

The Hopper Family Burial Ground

The Hopper Family Burial Ground sign

The Hopper family burial ground once sat between two branches of the Hopper family farms and was the resting place for members of both extended families.

The graves date back to before the Revolutionary War to the late 1800’s. It now sits between the suburban neighborhood in Glen Rock, NJ and one of the town’s elementary schools.

The grave of Elizabeth Alyea, the last person to be buried here in 1867

The grave of John Van Embury, whose wife was a member of the Demarest family.

The grave of Jess Demarest mostly is covered

These graves of the Hopper family were covered by grass.

The grave of John Hopper

Raham Hopper and his wife, Maria Goetschius graves

The Hopper family graves

The grave of Henry Hopper

The John Hopper family grave

https://www.glenrockhistory.org/post/2017/06/17/john-a-hopper-and-the-civil-war

Except for the last person to be buried here in 1876, all the tombstones were laid flat. Most have been overgrown by weeds and grass.

No one has been maintaining this cemetery or edging the tombstones so the cemetery is hard to study. Most of the graves were grown over or in bad shape.

The cemetery needs some work and a little TLC but still a reminder of the important part of our Country’s history.

Those buried in the Hopper Cemetery:

(Genealogical Society of Bergen County website)

NameDate of DeathAge at DeathNotes
Anne HopperFeb 2, 183988y, 3m, 27d
Jacob DemarestDec 22, 183211y, 3mSon of James & Ann Demarest
Peter HopperAug 28, 181873y, 6m, 26d
John VanEmburghJuly 13, 185228ySon of James J. and Anna Demarest
Maria HopperMar 30, 18514y, 6m, 13dDaughter of Garret H and Eliza Hopper
Theunis HopperJuly 29, 18544yChild of Garret H. And Eliza Hopper
Eliza SpearMar 5, 1897born Feb 7, 1814Wife of Garret H. Hopper
James J. DemarestAug 6, 184956y, 7m, 2d
Henry J. HopperFeb 5, 184942y, 1m, 22d
Sophia CourterMar 4, 186084y, 6m, 16dwife of Aaron Courter
Aaron CourterFeb 28, 186285y, 2m, 5d
Caroline HopperOct 25, 189778y, 1m, 28d
Maria GoetschiusJune 15, 188979y, 2m, 12dwife of Abraham H. Hopper
Garret H. HopperJan 10, 187060y, 1m, 8d
Peter HopperMar 3, 187973y, 4m
Ann HopperDec 27, 188874y, 7m, 17d
Henry G. HopperJune 22, 185924y, 3m, 13d
Dorcas AckermanAug 11, 186692y, 11mwife of Garret P. Hopper
John A. HopperMay 25, 186322y, 6m, 14dCivil War casualty
Henry P. HopperMar 28, 187085y, 11m
Abraham HopperMar 20, 185648y, 6m
Elizabeth Ann HopperMar 10, 186819y, 7m, 17d
Garret J. HopperSep 12, 187655y, 1m, 23d
Eliza WesterveltOct 22, 189468y, 8m, 22dwife of Garret J. Hopper
Garret P. HopperMay 12, 185282y, 3m, 13d
Albert J. HopperNov 5, 181838y, 11m, 28d
Elizabeth AckermanJan 17, 186487y, 1m, 8dwife of Henry P. Hopper
Jacob DemarestApr 23, 182965y, 8m, 27d
John J. LydeckerAug 14, 184652y, 10m, 4d
Sarah M. HopperJune 2, 181930y, 12m, 12dWife of James Williams
John H. HopperAug 7, 185971y, 2m, 7d
Mary VoorhisApr 7, 187084y, 1m, 20dwife of John H. Hopper
Clarence WilliamsJuly 19, 18732 monthsSon of James and Sarah Williams
BabyMay 4. 18282 monthsSon of Garrett and Jemime VanWagoner
Catherine HopperAug 9, 183840y, 11m, 12dwife of John J. Lydecker
Kacia DemarestAug 4, 184976y, 3m, 27d
Ann VanEmburghApr 19, 183335y, 10m, 14dwife of James Demarest

Voorhis-Lozier-Demarest Family Burial Ground Genther Avenue Oradell, NJ 07649

Voorhis-Lozier-Demarest Family Burial Ground Genther Avenue Oradell, NJ 07649

Voorhis-Lozier-Demarest Burial Ground

Genther Avenue

Oradell, NJ 07649

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1875079/voorhis-lozier-demarest-cemetery

Click to access historic_preservation_plan_element-jan_12-2010.pdf

Open: Sunday-Saturday Dawn through Dusk

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g46706-d33246110-r1011336224-Voorhis_Family_Burial_Grounds-Oradell_New_Jersey.html?m=19905

The Voorhis Family Burying Ground was once part of the extensive farm owned by Henry Van Voorhis. This small burial plot houses this branch of the family and sits in what used to be the southeastern section of the farm. Now it sits behind a small house in need of a good lawn cutting.

The historic sign of the Voorhis Burying Ground

The inside of the Voorhis Burial Ground

What is sad about these small family cemeteries is that I am sure that the families never thought to the future when the land would be sold off and the family would move on. The Voorhis and Demarest names still dot the landscape of Bergen County but these tiny plots are lost to the current generations.

The gravesite of Lucas Van Voorhis

The grave of Mary Demarest, who was the wife of James

The one thing that I like about this particular cemetery is that someone in town had done their research on this cemetery and each grave marker was tastefully recreated in separate historic signs right next to the graves as the tombstones have worn out over the years.

The grave of Hannah Voorhis

The grave of Henry Van Voorhis, the first person buried in the site.

This was the first person buried here and the former owner of the farm, Henry Van Voorhis, whose line of the family had once owned this farm of several hundred acres.

The grave of Ouselche Voorhis

The grave of Cornelius Voorhis. I could not believe how many small children were buried in these cemeteries.

I was impressed by how organized and well researched this cemetery was with all the markers. I just needs a good lawn cutting.

The grave of Albert Voorhis, son of the Revolutionary veteran, Albert Voorhis

The grave of Henry Voorhis Sr,

The full view of the cemetery as I was leaving

This quiet and respectful looking cemetery now sits in the back of someone’s home looking lost and forgotten but when you really look at all the historical signs and read them to yourself, their memories still linger on. The family will never truly be forgotten.

DeWolf-Haring Cemetery 84 DeWolf Road Old Tappan, NJ 07675

DeWolf-Haring Cemetery 84 DeWolf Road Old Tappan, NJ 07675

DeWolf-Haring Cemetery

84 Dewolf Road

Old Tappan, NJ 07675

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1617475/dewolf-haring-cemetery

https://ldsgenealogy.com/NJ/Old-Tappan.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haring%E2%80%93DeWolf_House

Open: Sunday-Saturday Dawn through Dusk

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Profile/R4960NKjustinw/mediabatch/13615617?m=19905

The DeWolf-Haring family cemetery sits on a homeowners front yard

The DeWolf-Haring Cemetery is one of the most unusual of the small cemeteries in Bergen County that I have seen. It sits right in front of someone’s front yard.

The cemetery probably at one time sat at the very edge of the farmland which is now a golf club and a neighborhood of McMansions. It shows the progress of the area as the farmland was sold off.

The gravesite of John Haring

The DeWolf-Haring family; grandparents and grandson

It was interesting that the last person buried here was the wife of Martin DeWolf’s grandson. I am still trying to figure out how they had funeral services on the edge of someone’s front lawn.

The Haring family graves

The grave site sits in front of someone’s driveway

The cemetery is nicely maintained and treated with great respect. I am not sure by either the town or the homeowner.