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ROBERT GAW
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ROBERT GAW, of Union Hill, is the son of Charles Gaw and Margaret
McKee and a grandson of Robert Gaw, all natives of the North of Ireland.
The family came to America in the early fifties, settling in New York.
Mr. Gaw was born at Union Hill, Hudson County, December 9, 1879. He attended the public schools, both in Union Hill and West Hoboken, and later Cooper Institute, New York, where he studied engineering and higher mathematics. He was first employed by John W. Rutherford, contracting engineer, and by John G. Payne, engineer to the Riparian Commission. He was with James Moylan for a number of years, and assisted J. J. Tallon on the main lateral sewer, and completed the Boulevard sewer, in West Hoboken, after Mr. Tallon died. He was also engineer on the Summit Avenue and other improvements, including the paving on Clinton Avenue, West Hoboken. He is a member of the Fire Department, the Royal Arcanum, and the Junior Order United American Mechanics. In politics he is a Democrat.
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