Work recorded in the original 1950 census
| Person / household | Work recorded | Identification and limit |
|---|---|---|
| Edward T. Becker · North Bergen | Postman · 40 hours | Explicit son-in-law of Ilario; very strong family match. |
| Ilario Minero · North Bergen | Last job: textile worker; looking for work | Do not describe him as retired or working that week. |
| Louis F. Minero · North Bergen | Proprietor · 44 hours | Explicit son; retail upholstery reading qualified. |
| John Minero · Union City | Packed elevators · 40 hours | Clara and children match; parents not named. |
| Joseph E. Minero · Jersey City | Jewelry proprietor · 60 hours | Probable Eligio Joseph match, not a new parent link. |
| John J. Swantek · Kenilworth | Bus driver · 48 hours | Family match very strong; employer and route unnamed. |
| Charles M. Horsch · Irvington | Lighter assembler · 50 hours | Explicit son-in-law of Henry Schubiger. |
Three generations at 1203 26th Street
On April 20, 1950, Ilario and Desolina Minero shared a North Bergen, New Jersey home with their son Louis F., daughter Minerva, son-in-law Edward T. Becker and grandson Edward J. The census writer crossed out the Becker family’s initial Head, Wife and Son labels and replaced them with their relationships to Ilario. The explicit daughter, son-in-law and grandson entries make this a very strong match to Robin’s recorded paternal family. Edward J., Robin’s recorded father, was fourteen.
Evidence: E154
The work behind the household
Edward T. was a postman, reporting a forty-hour working week and $3,500 in wages during 1949. Ilario, seventy and Italy-born, was looking for work; textile worker was his last occupation, not proof he worked that week. Desolina was keeping house. Louis, forty and Italy-born, was a proprietor working forty-four hours; the industry appears to concern retail selling of upholstered articles, with the reading qualified. The page does not tell us why they shared a home or how they felt about it.
Evidence: E154
An additional son, and an identity trap
Louis F. is explicitly called Ilario’s son, but he is absent from the imported family list. His age suggests a birth around 1909–1910 in Italy; it supplies no exact birthday or town. A separate 1950 Union City page records John Minero, thirty-four and New Jersey-born, with Clara and four matching children: David, Lana, Adriane and Lois. John packed elevators for a manufacturer. These are best treated as two distinct men. The Union City page does not name John’s parents; the imported claim that John was Italy-born in 1940 still needs its exact original page. No tree profile has been added, split or renamed.
A probable jewelry business
Joseph E. Minero, forty-three and Italy-born, appears with Viola S. at 150 Western Avenue in Jersey City. He was a proprietor in jewelry manufacturing, reporting sixty hours of work. Wife, age and locality make him a strong working match to the recorded Eligio Joseph Minero and Viola family. The page does not supply Eligio or name his parents, so the identification remains probable. No earnings amount was obtained.
Evidence: E156
A bus driver and the children’s new home
On April 11, 1950, John J. Swantek and Florence S. were at 738 Newark Avenue in Kenilworth with Carole H., seven, and Jerrilyn K., five. John drove a bus and reported forty-eight hours that week. His sample line reports World War II service; it supplies no branch, unit or combat history. The household reported living in a different house and county, Essex County, one year earlier. That strengthens the school notices describing the girls’ arrival from Newark without supplying an exact moving day. The source’s John J. remains beside the inherited Stephen; the full middle name is unresolved.
Evidence: E157
Another daughter named in Henry’s household
The April 8, 1950 Irvington census places Henry Schubiger, sixty-eight, and wife Mary, sixty-seven, with daughter Ruth A. Horsch, son-in-law Charles M. and granddaughter Patricia A. Charles assembled cigarette lighters, reporting fifty hours. The explicit relationships strengthen this family identification. Mary is retained beside the inherited Mamie Marie; the overwritten Springfield Avenue house number remains unresolved. Florence is not named on this page, so it does not by itself prove her parentage.
Evidence: E158
From Manhattan to poultry farming
A retrospective funeral-home account describes Emil Schubiger as a retired poultry farmer, born in New York City, who died December 4, 1950 in Glen Gardner. The original state index independently confirms a December 1950 death, file 46026, and distinguishes Glen Gardner as the death place from Lebanon Township as his residence. It does not give the exact day or occupation. The recorded link to the Manhattan Schubiger family remains inherited; the July 4 versus July 5 birth disagreement remains open. The Easton Express obituary is precisely indexed to December 6, 1950, page 21, but the obituary itself has not been read.
Evidence: E159
The next records that matter
Ilario, Desolina and Louis were each reported naturalized. Those answers give a search starting point, not a petition date, court, hometown or voyage. Ilario’s 1955 death certificate, state file 24401, remains a precise target. Louis needs a matched birth or naturalization record, and John’s exact 1940 page needs comparison. John Swantek’s reported service needs a military record. Emil’s obituary, certificate and funeral register may identify relatives and the farm. No exact Italian hometown, ship, new Polish parentage or surviving family property has been established.
Spike, the mail carrier and umpire
Edward T. “Spike” Becker’s June 1, 1953 Jersey Journal obituary adds eleven years as a North Bergen letter carrier and membership in a baseball umpires association. It names wife Minerva, son Edward, mother Linda Medici Becker, and sisters Josephine Uhl and Emma Ollwerther. The mother was alive in this notice, challenging the inherited approximate 1951 death. “Died Friday” points to May 29, against the tree’s May 30; the certificate is still needed. No professional-league career or sister’s spouse is supplied.
Evidence: E282
Sources & further reading
- RB.MINERO.CENSUS1950Minero–Becker household · 1950 North Bergen census
Contemporary original census image inspected
North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey; ED 9-147, sheet 41, April 20, 1950; serial 498, 1203 26th Street, lines 20–25; NARA schedule 3382720.
Open source - RB.JOHNMINERO.CENSUS1950John and Clara Minero · 1950 Union City census
Contemporary original census image inspected
Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey; ED 34-45, sheet 19, April 1950 (day blank); serial 226, 811 27th Street, lines 2–7; NARA schedule 3449332. Montesi entries: lines 19–20.
Open source - RB.JOSEPHMINERO.CENSUS1950Joseph and Viola Minero · 1950 Jersey City census
Contemporary original census image inspected
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey; ED 29-467, sheet 5, April 6, 1950; serial 56, 150 Western Avenue, lines 10–11; NARA schedule 3308743.
Open source - RB.SWANTEK.CENSUS1950John and Florence Swantek · 1950 Kenilworth census
Contemporary original census image inspected
Kenilworth, Union County, New Jersey; ED 20-319, sheet 77, April 11, 1950; serial 276, 738 Newark Avenue, lines 17–20; NARA schedule 3325653.
Open source - RB.SCHUBIGER.CENSUS1950Schubiger–Horsch household · 1950 Irvington census
Contemporary original census image inspected
Irvington, Essex County, New Jersey; ED 28-12, sheet 16, April 8, 1950; serial 193, Springfield Avenue, lines 7–11; NARA schedule 3352727. House number unresolved.
Open source - RB.EMIL.FUNERAL1950Emil Schubiger · retrospective funeral-home account
Retrospective funeral-home account, not contemporary register image
Retrospective notice: July 4, 1883, New York City; December 4, 1950, Glen Gardner; retired poultry farmer; Locust Grove Cemetery, Quakertown. Attribution and birth-date disagreement retained.
Open source - RB.EMIL.DEATH1950Emil Schubiger · original New Jersey 1950 death index
Government death-index image inspected
New Jersey 1950 death index, surnames L–Z, PDF page 267: SCHUBIGER EMIL; file 46026; death code 10365; residence 10575; 12/50. Locality key: PDF page 7, rows 282/289.
Open source - RB.EMIL.EASTON.INDEX1950Emil Schubiger · Easton library obituary index
Library-compiled obituary index inspected
Library index, PDF page 81, row 3: Emil Schubiger, Easton Express, December 6, 1950, page 21. Obituary itself unread.
Open source - RB.NJ.LOCALITYCODESNew Jersey historical locality-code key, 1949–1984
Historical locality-code key copied at the New Jersey State Archives; image inspected for locality decoding
Open source - RB.OBIT1953.BECKEREdward Becker,43, Mailman, Umpire
Visually inspected original contemporary obituary clipping, supplied by library
The Jersey Journal 1953-06-01p. 12; The_Jersey_Journal_1953_06_01_12.pdf, PDF 1
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