Passaic County, New Jersey Obituaries

Passaic County, New Jersey Obituaries

Charles Clark
January 18, 1882 - Charles Clark, aged 15 years, employed in Strang's silk mill, Paterson, while playing with a piece of rope dangling from a shaft, had the end of it whipped around his wrist and in an instant he was whirling about the shaft, which was revolving 150 times a minute. The machinery was stopped and the lad taken down, when it was found that his left foot was torn off and his other limbs terribly lacerated. Before physicians could be summoned he was dead. [Submitted by Shauna Williams]

Charles Joughin

Charles Joughin Rites Tomorrow; Titanic Survivor
Paterson Evening News, Monday 10 December 1956

A service for Charles Joughin, 78, of 574 E. 23rd St., who survived the sinking of the trans-Atlantic liner, Titanic, will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the R. Charles D. Legg and Sons Home for Funerals, 384 Broadway. The Rev. William L. Griffin, Jr., of St. Paul's Episcopal Church will officiate. Burial will be in Cedar Lawn Cemetery. Visiting hours are after 7 tonight.

Mr. Joughin died yesterday at the Barnert Memorial Hospital. Born in Liverpool, England, he lived in Paterson about 35 years. He went to sea at the age of 11, and later became chief baker on various steamships. He was aboard the Titanic when it sank on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, after ramming an iceberg. He was also on the SS Oregon when it went to the bottom in Boston Harbor a number of years ago. Before retiring 12 years ago, he served on ships operated by the American Export Lines, as well as on World War II troop transports.

His wife, Mrs. Nellie Ripley Joughin, died in 1943. He leaves a daughter, Miss Agnes Joughin, of Liverpool, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Henry (Rose) Stoehr, of Paterson, and nieces and nephews.

[Paid Death Notice]
JOUGHIN---Entered into eternal rest in Paterson, Dec. 9, 1956, Charles, beloved husband of the late Nellie Ripley of 574 E. 23rd St. Funeral service Tuesday at the R. Charles D. Legg and Sons Home for Funerals, 384 Broadway 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited. Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call Monday after 7 p.m. Please omit flowers.

DR. HENRY VAN BLARCOM was born in the city of Paterson, April 11th, 1831. His parents were both of Dutch extraction, and descended from the first settlers of this region. He went to school in this place until about the age of sixteen, when he entered a classical school at Hackensack, New Jersey, where he remained about two years. He subsequently was two years in a drug store in New York, and then commenced the study of medicine with the late Dr. John Watson, of that city. He graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, October, 1854, having previously been connected with the New York Hospital, as junior and senior walkers. Having remained there a year longer as house-surgeon, he commenced the practice of medicine in this place. In 1860, he married the daughter of George Green, Esq., of Nyack, N. Y., and soon obtained an extensive practice, which he retained until his death, which occurred suddenly from rupture of the right auricle of the heart, June 5th, 1869. Dr. Van Blarcom was a good practitioner, and entirely devoted to his profession. He was most unremitting in his attentions to his patients, and had considerable reputation as a Surgeon, in which department he practiced extensively. His practice was very onerous, extending far into the surrounding country, as well as throughout the city. His health became greatly impaired in consequence, and also as a result of a severe attack of typhus fever, which he suffered from a few years ago. He was social and very agreeable in his manner toward every one, which contributed in a great degree to his popularity as a physician, while he commanded the respect of this community in an eminent degree. This was particularly made evident upon the occasion of his demise, when his loss was most deeply deplored. He left a widow and two children. He was regular in his habits, of sterling integrity, a faithful friend, and a kind husband and father. [Source: Transactions of the Medical Society of New Jersey By Medical Society of New Jersey; 1868. Newark, N.J.; Printed at the Evening Courier Office, 309 Broad St. 1868, pg. 87-88, submitted by Michelle Byrd]