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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Mariannes Corner (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Mariannes Corner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Mariannes Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Mariannes Corner: Mariannes Cor. (or less commonly used: Mariannes Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Mariannes Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Mariannes Corner may originally have been Marianne's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mariannes Corner might be written as Marianne Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Mariannes Corner is located in Hunterdon County.

To see how the shape of New Jersey's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hunterdon County: Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren & Bucks (PA).

Below are the counties that are near Mariannes Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mariannes Corner:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mariannes Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Mariannes Corner.

Cemeteries Near Mariannes Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mariannes Corner.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Mariannes Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mariannes Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mariannes Corner, with the one closest to Mariannes Corner listed first.

  • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Old Bethlehem Presbyterian Churchyard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Allerton Methodist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fountain Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fountain Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fountain Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Norton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Norton Methodist Episcopal Churchyard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norton Methodist Episcopal Churchyard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norton Methodist Episcopal Churchyard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Spruce Run Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spruce Run Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spruce Run Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Mt. Salem Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Salem Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Anns Catholic Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Catholic Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Catholic Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cokesbury Methodist Churchyard
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cokesbury Methodist Churchyard
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cokesbury Methodist Churchyard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Mariannes Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mariannes Corner.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mariannes Corner, with the one closest to Mariannes Corner listed first.

  • Clinton
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Annandale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Annandale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
    • Annandale is located in Hunterdon County
  • Grandin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
    • Grandin is located in Hunterdon County
  • Jutland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jutland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jutland
    • Jutland is located in Hunterdon County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Jutland
    • From Mariannes Corner to Jutland
  • Sidney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Sidney is located in Hunterdon County
  • Hamden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamden
    • Hamden is located in Hunterdon County
  • Norton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
    • Norton is located in Hunterdon County
  • Cokesbury
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cokesbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
    • Cokesbury is located in Hunterdon County
  • Woodglen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodglen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodglen
    • Woodglen is located in Hunterdon County
  • Pattenburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pittstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunnyside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunnyside is located in Hunterdon County
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    • New Hampton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountainville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountainville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
      • Mountainville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Changewater
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Changewater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Changewater
      • Changewater is located in Hunterdon County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mariannes Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mariannes Corner.

Newspapers Published in Mariannes Corner ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mariannes Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mariannes Corner, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mariannes Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Mariannes Corner:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mariannes Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mariannes Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mariannes Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6532, Longitude: -74.9114       In this case, the coordinates for Mariannes Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).