Interviews with Local Residents
March 9,2010

Anna Stevens was born on January 30, 1932. She lived in Jersey City until she moved to Tuckerton in 1953. She married Joseph C. Stevens Jr. of Tuckerton N.J. She has three children: Joseph C. Stevens III, Anne McMullen and Susan M. Stevens who passed away in 1992. Her children went to the Tuckerton Elementary School and graduated from Southern Regional High School, except for Susan, because Pinelands Regional was built while Susan was in high school.
Anna’s earliest memory was going to kindergarten at St. Michael’s in Jersey City. Her class was very large. In Jersey City there was a large theater. When she came to Tuckerton in 1953, there were hardly any houses or people but now that has all changed. Even though there are more people, she thinks this is good because she is very sociable and likes to go to church. Her family was big; she was one of nine children. Anna was of Irish descent. Both of her parents came directly from Ireland. Her dad worked for the Railway Express.
Anna has a lot of friends and is catching up with them in Tuckerton now. Her first job was in New York at Hartford Insurance Company. She made $15 per week. Anna did not go to college. Her favorite meal is corn beef and cabbage. Her favorite sports team is the Yankees, and her favorite player is Derek Jeter.
Dan B and Matt M

Interviews with Local Residents

March 12, 2010

Joe Hagan was born in Brooklyn, New York. Between the ages of two and three, he moved to Tuckerton, New Jersey. Mr. Hagan attended both Tuckerton Elementary and Southern Regional schools. He said his favorite childhood memory was having the chance to grow up in the town of Tuckerton. Joe Hagan was raised as a Catholic. Things he enjoyed to do as a child were to go swimming and ice skating at the same lake, fishing and occasionally getting into trouble. His best friend, Ronnie Miller, was that friend with whom he always got into trouble. Mr. Hagan mentioned that they were the first two kids to be suspended from Tuckerton Elementary. As he grew up, at the age of eleven, the first job he had was at a horse farm. Although he was paid one dollar a day, Mr. Hagan received free lunch and was able to ride the horses after hours for free. Mr. Hagan currently lives in Waretown but is still able to recognize the expansion of Tuckerton and all of the changes school systems have made. He mentioned attending Stockton, Ocean County College and the College of New Jersey, as well as serving in the army. Tuckerton was also called Fishtown and Clamtown due to main activities taking part in this area. Mr. Hagan was full of information and knowledge and he was very willing to share all of it with me.
Hunter R and Rebecca G