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ALBERT Z. BOGERT
Originally published in 1900 |
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ALBERT Z. BOGERT, of River Edge, Bergen County, is descended from
one of the oldest families in New Jersey. His first American ancestor,
Cornelis Jansen Bogaerdt, came to America from Holland with his wife,
Geesie Williams, a few years prior to 1661. He bought and settled on a
village plot in Flatbush, L. I., which he subsequently sold to one Peter
Jansen. In 1677 he was one of the patentees of the Flatbush patent. He
resided at Flatbush until his death, about 1684. His children were Wyntie,
John Cornelise, Classie, Roloff, Maritie, and Peter, all of whom, except
Wyntie, eventually removed to Hackensack, N. J. His son Jan Cornelius
(2) married Angenitie Strycker, and resided at New Lots, L.. I., until 1694,
when he sold his farm there and with several others purchased a large
tract of land southeast of Hackensack. His numerous descendants have
spread over the County of Bergen, and have exerted an important and wholesome influence in shaping the affairs of the county, having been
prominent in business, in the professions, and in all the walks of life,
honored and respected for those noble virtues which characterize the
Dutch, and energetic and enterprising in promoting every worthy object.
Albert Z. Bogert, the subject of this sketch, is of the eighth generation from Cornelis Jansen Bogaerdt, the emigrant above named. His parents were Albert James Bogert and Catherine Aletta Zabriskie. His grand-parents were John and Catharine Zabriskie Bogert and Albert G. and Sally Annie (Winters) Zabriskie. Mr. Bogert was born in Spring Valley, Bergen County, N. J., on the 14th of November, 1864. He received his education in the Bergen County schools, which lie left at the age of nine. teen to assist his father on the farm, where he remained five years. In 1888 he settled permanently in River Edge and bought a half interest with P. V. B. Demarest in a large coal, lumber, and grocery business. A year later Mr. Demarest sold his interest to John H. Banta and the business was continued by Messrs. Bogert and Banta until 1892, when Mr. Banta died. Since that time Mr. Bogert has successfully continued it alone. Mr. Bogert's activity, enterprise, and influence in the community stamp him as one of the leading citizens, while his success in business has won for him a high reputation. He is a member of the Borough Council of the Borough of Riverside and of the Dutch Reformed Church of Schraalenburgh, and active in various other capacities. In March, 1900, he was elected a member of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders from Midland Township. His wife, Anna Van Wagner, who was also descended from an old Holland Dutch family of New Jersey, died in 1892, leaving two children, James Gordon Bogert, born in 1888, and John 1V. Bogert, born in 1891.
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