Happy Anniversary Nana and PopPop

Bruce Cheney
Born: October 17, 1917, Morris County, New Jersey
Died: July 16, 2012; Dover, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Grandfather (aka PopPop)

Elizabeth Charlotte Paulus (married name Cheney)
Born: November 23, 1919, New Jersey
December 16, 2009; Randolph, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Grandmother (aka Nana)

Dear Nana and PopPop,

Happy 71st wedding anniversary. We all miss you very much. To remember you both, I am posting your wedding picture on your 70th anniversary. I am thankful and proud to have celebrated your 50th anniversary and 60th anniversary with you both. And now, on your 70th, know that we are thinking of you.

PS - I can't express how much I love this picture. You both look so happy. And glamorous!

The Paulus Kids

Edna Paulus (married name Shultz)
Born: March 24, 1911, New Jersey
Died: April 2, 1995, Wharton, Morris County, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Grand Aunt

Frederick Paulus
Born: March 14, 1913, Morris County, New Jersey
Died: August 1984, Wharton, Morris County, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Grand Uncle

Alvin Paulus
Born: September 17, 1915, Morris County, New Jersey
Died: October 6, 1995, Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Grand Uncle

Elizabeth (Betty) Charlotte Paulus (married name Cheney)
Born: November 23, 1919, New Jersey
Died: December 16, 2009, Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Grandmother (aka Nana)

Here is a picture from roughly 1922 (since Elizabeth was born in 1919 and she looks to be about 3 years old) of the Paulus children. My grandmother - aka Nana - is at the bottom. I love this picture of her, holding a cat, with a squinty smile.

But Which Foundry?

Frederick Paulus
Born: June 30, 1886, Scranton, PA
Died: March 17, 1934, Dover, NJ
Relation to Author: Great Grandfather

I have reported on Frederick Paulus's relatively early death (age 47) and the likely cause of silicosis. And after reviewing his records some more, I realized we know where he worked.

Frederick's Certificate of Death lists "Boynton Foundry" and his World War I draft card lists "Richardson & Boynton Stove Works" as his places of employment. According to Dover: Images of America, Richardson & Boynton made stoves in downtown Dover. There is an image of Richardson & Boynton in the book (follow the link above) as well as a description:

The sprawling company manufactured heating furnaces and pioneered the four-legged cooking range, called the "Perfect Cooking Range." The firm was founded in Brooklyn in 1837 and moved to Dover in 1896*. At it's peak, the company employed 800 workers. During World War I, it manufactured specially designed furnaces for heating army barracks. It closed in 1938. 

Unfortunately, we don't know for sure exactly how long he worked there. We know he was working there when he died in 1934. And the 1930 Census says he was a stove moulder working at a stove shop, which is very likely Boynton. And his 1917 / 1918 World War I draft card says he is working at Boynton. So that means he was there at least 15 years. We can't say for sure whether it is longer than that because his 1910 Census merely says "moulder" as his occupation and the industry is "iron".

As a moulder at the stove works, Frederick would have been making the sand-based molds for the body of the stoves, since it seems that they were made of iron at that point.


*Frederick moved to Dover area sometime before 1910.

Works Referenced:
Dover: Images of America. Stanley Schoonmaker, George Laurie. Arcadia Publishing, 1999. Page 102.