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Family HistoryFamily History - Barnett Burtis Greenfield


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Barnett Burtis Greenfield and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Barnett Burtis Greenfield,1 born 14 July 1888 in Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey (parents not determined).1, 2, 3 Barnett married, 16 July 1932 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, Alice E. McGregor (née Hodgeboom) 2, 7 (born 6 July 1906 in Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey, the daughter of Harry C. Hodgeboom and Wilhelmina ‘Minnie’ Steinheart;2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Alice died 16 January 1974 in Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey5, 7). Alice is buried in Arlington Cemetery, Kearny, Hudson County, New Jersey.7

Alice was a secretary to the vice president of the Mohawk Savings and Loan Co. in Newark, New Jersey, for eight years until her retirement in 1973. Previously she was a secretary for the Kearny Federal Savings & Loan Co. She lived in Kearny for 45 years, the last several at the home of her daughter Ruth.4


  1. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Barnett Burtis Greenfield, No. 88; born: 14 July 1888 in Kearny, NJ; carpenter; married, wife and child.
  2. New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940, Barnett B. Greenfield, 42, born in Kearney, NJ, widowed; father: Wm. G. [Greenfield]; mother: Eliza J. Wilkinson; Alice E. Hogeboom, 25, born in Harrison, NJ, single; father: Harry L. Hogeboom; mother: Minnie Steinhart; married on 16 July 1932 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New Jersey, Hudson County, Kearny, E.D. 9-176, Sheet No. 8B, Burtis Greenfield, 52, patrolman, minnie. pd; wife Alice Greenfield, 34, New Jersey; daughter Ruth [surname crossed out], 13, New Jersey.
  4. Record of visit with Ruth Hamilton by Robert Lee Gazlay and Doris M. (McGregor) Gazlay
  5. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Alice Greenfield, no. 145-14-6520
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New Jersey, Hudson County, East Newark, Enumeration District 31, Sheet 7B
  7. Obituary, Newark Star Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, Alice Greenfield, 17 January 1974, page 36. Microfilm, Library of Congress, Madison Building, Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room.