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My ancestors, the Petermanns and Lands, lived in Hoboken as did my husband, Tom's ancestors, the Blancks, Erxmeyers and Kettlers.

In fact, at one point in 1886/87 the Blancks and the Petermanns lived on the same block of Willow Street. Since both families had young boys of the same age it is highly likely that they had at least a nodding acquaintance. See Did Our Ancestors Know Each Other


HOBOKEN ADDRESSES FOR THE BLANKS, BLANCKS, ERXMEYERS, KETTLERS, LANDS AND PETERMANNS

The following addresses are taken from censuses and civil records. There are gaps where the address is not known. I do not know in which year there was a move from one address to another.
1872 Fred Erxmeyer 115 Willow Street. 113 and 115 are side by side. Took pictures.
1873 Fred Erxmeyer 113 Willow St.
1875 Henry Blank 152 Meadow St., (became Park Avenue) There is no #152, on Park Avenue.
1875 Fred Erxmeyer 84 Bloomfield Street.
1875 Henry Erxmeyer 103 Washington Street.
1876 Henry Blank 10 Willow Street. Gone.
1878 Lehman 156 Park Avenue. there is no #156 Park.
1878 Fred Erxmeyer 176 Garden Street
1880 Henry Blank 156 Park Avenue. there is no #156 Park
1880 Lehman 25 Clinton Street
1880 (Nov.) Lehman 81 Third Street (between Hudson and Washington)
1880-1887 Henry Blank 43 Willow Street. Gone
1881 Henry Erxmeyer 130 Newark Street
1881 Fred Erxmeyer 122 Willow Street. Took picture. Pink with white windows?
1882 Dorethe Erxmeyer 142 Garden Street
1883 Henry Erxmeyer 119 Park Avenue. Gone.
1884-86 Petermann 101 Park Avenue. Took a picture, but the building looks more like a warehouse than apartments. May not be the original building from 1886.
1885 Lehman 88 Second Street
1886-87 John Petermann 65 Willow Street. Gone.
1894 Kettler 406 Grand Street
1896 Kettler 228 Washington Avenue
1897 Lands 213 14th Street
1897-1905 Lehman 213 Willow Street. Renting in 1900. Owning with morgage in 1905.Took picture. Large yellow building the same facade as 215 Willow. In 1900, Lizzie Leman von Durhan livee at 213 Willow Street.
1910-1925 Henry Blank 213 Willow Street, this house belonged to Julie Lehman.
1897-1900 Henry Blank 215 Willow Street. See above
1899 Fred Erxmeyer 157 3rd Street (between Bloomfield and Garden).
1899-1905 John Petermann 36 Second Street (Between River and Hudson) Renting. Gone large highrise apartments on this sight.
1900 Herman Blanck 414 Grand Avenue. Renting
1900 Fred Erxmeyer 257 Third Street (between Garden and Park). Owning with morgage, single family. Gone.
1900 William Erxmeyer 253 Third Street. Gone. This is the same address Gertrude Kettler is at in 1907.
1900-13 Henry Erxmeyer 214 Park Avenue, owning with mortgage, multifamily. Pretty building with bays.
1916 Fred Erxmeyer, Jr. or Sr.? 214 Park Avenue
1900 Berthe Bremmer Palasades Ave, West Hoboken, owning with morgage, 2 family.
1905 Fred Erxmeyer 55 Second Street. Renting.
1906 Percy Land 328 Hudson Street
1907 Gertrude Kettler 253 Third. St. (between Park and Willow). Gone.
1907 Louis Blank 185 Spring Street, West Hoboken
1909-10 Louie Blank 303 Willow Street. Gone. Across from St Mary’s Hospital.
1909-1920 Henry Blank Jr. 813 Willow Street, renting. Blue and cream multifamily
1909 Herman Blank 710 Willow Street.
1910 Herman Blanck 222 Willow Street
1915-1920 Louis Blank 107 Willow Street. Orange-red house with shop on first floor.
1917-20 Fred Kettler 107 Willow Avenue.
1920 Herman Blanck 134 Highwood Terrace, Weehauken, renting
1920 Fred Erxmeyer 216 Hudson Street, owning, single family
1920 Fred Erxmeyer Jr. 261 Whiton Street, Jersey City, owning
1920 Henry Erxmeyer (younger) Auora Avenue, Cliffside Park, renting
1920 Henry Erxmeyer (younger) 174 Summit Avenue, West Hoboken, renting
1922 Henry Erxmeyer, Sr. 541 Central Avenue, Jersey City
1925 Walter Erxmeyer 124 Hudson Street
1933 Fred Erxmeyer, Sr. 18 Polk Street, Guttenberg, New Jersey
1935 Louie Blanck 704 Willow Street.
1936-38 John Blanck 1122 Hudson Street
1941 John Blanck 1108 Washington Avenue
Note: The family of Bernhard Petermann and the family of Henry Blanck were living on the same block in 1887. This area had been covered over by the Erie Lackawanna railroad tracks. In 1887 the Blanks had 6 children; Minnie, age 15, John, age 12, Herman, age 10, Henry, age 5, and Louis, age newborn. The Petermanns had four children; Johann, age 8, Christian, age not known, but circa 5 years, Meta, age 1, and Annie, age new born.


MOVING AROUND HOBOKEN

The following addresses are taken from censuses and civil records. There are gaps where the addresses are not known. I do not know in which year there was a move from one address to another.
Henry Blank, Senior, Melosine and Family

1875, 152 Meadow (Park) Avenue
1876, 10 Willow
1880, 156 Park
1880-1887, 43 Willow
1897-1900, 215 Willow
1910-1925, 213 Willow

Herman Blank (son of Henry)

1900, 414 Grand Ave.
1909, 710 Willow
1910, 222 Willow
1920, Highwood Terrace, Weehawkan

Louie Blank (son of Henry)

1907, 185 Spring Street, West Hoboken
1909-1910, 303 Willow Street
1915-20, 107 Willow Street
1935, 704 Willow

John Blanck (son of Louie)

1936-38, 1122 Hudson St. with Gertrude
1941, 1108 Washington Ave., with Aunt Etta and Louie?

Henry Blank, Jr. (son of Henry)

1909-20, 813 Willow

Frederich Erxmeyer and Family

1872, 115 Willow
1873, 113 Willow
1875, 84 Bloom Street
1878, 176 Garden St.
1881, 122 Willow
1899, 157 3rd (between Bloomfield and Garden)
1900, 257 3rd St. (between Garden and Park)
1905 55 2nd St.
1916, 214 Park Ave.
1920, 216 Hudson
1933, died in Guttenberg NJ

Fred Erxmeyer Jr.

261 Whiton St. Jersey City

Henry Erxmeyer and Family

1876 103 Washington St
1881, 130 Newark St.
1883, 119 Park
1900-13, 214 Park Ave.
1922, 541 Central Ave. Jersey City

Julia Erxmeyer Lehman Tietjen and her Family

1878, 156 Park
1880, 25 Clinton
1880, November, 81 3rd St. (between Hudson and Washington)
1885, 88 2nd St.
1897-1905, 213 Willow
1900, 213 willow, Lizzie von Dorhen

Johan Bernard Petermann

1884-86, 101 Park Ave.
1886-87, 65 Willow St.
1899-1905, 36 2nd Street. Between River and Hudson

Kettlers

1894, 406 Grand
1896, 228 Washington
1907, 253 3rd (between Park and Willow) Gertrude Kettler

Hannah Peter Kettler Jensen

1898, 228 Washington
1900, 113 Monroe Street
1905, 407 Forth Street
1910, 108 Forth Street
1915, 609 Park Avenue
1920, 325 Broomfield Street
1927, 23- Grand Street
1933, 604 Newark Street

Kettler, Fred

1917-20, 107 Willow, same address as Louie blank and his sister Gertrude

Lands

1897, 213 14th St., Law and Family
1906, 328 Hudson St., Percy Land


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Current photos of places the Blancks lived in Hoboken

Connecting Hoboken Pages

CHURCHES WAYS TO THE HEIGHTS HUDSON STREET
NEWARK STREET CHURCHES PARKS
JUNE 30, 1900 FIRE PHOTOS OF THE FIRE THE PIERS
PUBLIC BUILDINGS TRAIN STATION STEVENS INSTITUTE
TUNNEL WASHINGTON STREET

For more information and images of the ferries between Hoboken and New York go to New York Ferries and THE END OF TRANS-CROSS HUDSON FERRY SERVICE both pages by Theodore W Scull

For information and images of the old buildings and signs as seen today go to Forgotten Street Scenes

For more old Hoboken images go to New Jersey Digital Highway