Oldest Families in Hudson County 1660 – 2010*

350th Anniversary of Bergen Oct. 9, 2010

Winner Names are in boldface
Municipality Ancestor Year Descendant
Bayonne Michael Jasen Vreeland 1646 Mary Lou Vreeland Muller
John Sleight 1856 Mary Ellen Cox
Dorethy Katlo 1889 Michael Gavrun
Antonio DeMatteo (Mack) 1908 Angelo Mack

East Newark Joseph Bubenas 1911 Charles Bubenas

Joseph Parisi 1924 Lucille Parisi Borghesi

Guttenberg Mary & Philip Martin 1880 Joanne Martin

Bernhard Pleischner 1891 Joseph Pleischer
Secondo & Quintina Foscale 1900 James Bordone

Harrison Michael Rodgers 1878 Jack Rodgers

Hoboken Patrick Mooney 1843 Thomas Mooney

Simon Mahoney 1850 Carol Ann Wilson
Robert Holmes 1856 Dorothea Holmes Gorman
James & Betty Roarty 1859 Joan Smith Cunning
John Hope 1870 Joyce Tyrell
John & Winifred Casler 1872 John Casler & Marilyn DiLorenzo
Vincinzo Luizzi 1883 Leonard A. Luizzi
Maria DeFranco 1890 Vincent Wassman
Alexander Della Bella 1895 Celia Della Bella
John Henry O'Brien 1900 Jack O'Brien
Sergio & Giovanna Del Vescovo 1903 Angelo Valente
 Oldest Families in Hudson County 1660 – 2010
Municipality Ancestor Year Descendant
Jersey City John Killroy 1840 Charles Kilroy
Mary Casey 1846 Laura Revell
John & Bridget Burns 1849 Edward J. Burns
Edward & Johanna Apold 1850 Doris Conrad
Henry Coleman 1852 David Donnelly
Thomas Crawley 1855 Catherine Cletes & John Russell
Patrick Mulcahy 1856 Joan Zanotti & Albert Mulcahy
Katherine O'Connell Lau 1858 William Lau
Owen McNally 1858 Michael McNally
Mary Muldoon 1858 John Hallanan Jr. & III
John Faherty 1859 Walter Faherty
Pauline Helfrich 1859 James McCarthy
Patrick Donnelly 1861 Peter Donnelly
John Stork 1867 Tobert Murgittroyd
Catherine Thomen Rich 1879 Raymond Kierce
Patrick Connolly 1880 Joan Quigley
Phillip Callahan 1887 Maureen Gallagher-
Leon Bromirski 1888 Wm. & Barbara Bromirski, Melanie Zazula
Antonie & Mary Cupo 1890 John Cupo
Joseph Mahoney 1890 Barbara Petrick
Hudson & Cecelia Oliver 1890 Muriel Roberts
Mary & John Sweeney 1890 John Richards & John Scales
Thomas Daly 1893 Paul Daly
Walter Stewart 1894 Mary Stewart
William Hampton 1895 Hampton Family
George W. Vanderpool 1896 Alton O'Neil
Victor & Mary Guerieri 1899 Harry Guerieri
Francesco Panzariello 1899 Andrew Panzariello
Isaac & Fannie Blumkin 1900 Rabbi Perkin
Michael & Hannah Duffy 1900 Doris Cappellutti
Thomas Kileen 1903 Maureen Killeen Hulings
Luigi Donato 1905 Nunziagita "Tessie" Donato Brady
Stephen Russell 1906 John Russell & Catherine Russell Cletes
Vito & Stella Daddurno 1907 Marie Ioffredo Luizzi
Josephine Buccafusco 1910 Geraldine Celauro
William E. Murray 1910 Rosemary Neubelt
Elizabeth & John Nicholson 1911 India Edwards
Oscar & Cherry McRae 1915 Eva Missouri
Leon Bell 1919 Francina Bell Stevens
Myles & Sebell Cunningham 1922 Doris Cunningham Taylor
 Oldest Families in Hudson County 1660 – 2010

Municipality Ancestor Year Descendant

Kearny John & Mary Condon 1920 Barbara & Raymond Condon
Lena Ritchie 1930 Josh Humphrey

North Bergen Gustav & Bertha Menzel 1880 Karen Menzel

Anna Craviolatti Lala 1893 Evonne Lala

Secaucus Frederick Huber 1853 Gail Kennelly

George Hugerich 1870 Paul Hugerich

Union City Catherine Lee 1852 Kathie Pontus

George W. Cranwell 1857 Brian Barrett & Mary E. Donovan
John Gibney 1887 Jane Gibney Pedler
Giacomo Sonzoni 1890 Ernestine Yandolino
Arcangelo Galasso 1899 Lynn Werner-Russo
Andrew Chasmer 1920 David Chasmer

Weehawken William Dally 1841 Cindy Ann Cimino

Carl Schimper 1851 Susan Scherman
John Marshall 1867 Joseph Fredericks
John O'Donnell 1868 Patricia O'Donnell Sullivan
Frederick Kirchner 1869 Verdon Family
John Reilly 1876 Joan Wey Flood
Bernard J. McMahon 1870 Cecile Arline Rovito Stepkovich
John W. Miles 1885 Ann Miles Arricale
Wallace McCaffrey 1890 Kevin McCaffrey
Henry McClary 1901 Joan McClary Baker
Carmelo Emanuele 1902 Doris Emanuele Miller
Antonio Pizzuta 1905 Pizzuta Family
Charles Kulesa 1906 Helen Kulesa Gardner

West NY Marco Barichevich 1879 Thomas Berry

James Morrison 1910 Daniel Klein

*These are the oldest known families with continuous residency in each municipality