Notes for: George Berdine
From Ronny Bodine:
1880 (10 June) New Brunswick: George BERDINE 30 NJ sawyer, Ella 31 NJ wife.
Burials in Willow Grove Cemetery, New Brunswick, Middlesex County (For a photograph of their marker see Find A Grave Memorial # 61448941.)
Same Marker: George Berdine 1851-1914 Etta Van Nuis His Wife 1849-1914
Obituary, New Brunswick Times (New Brunswick, N.J.) of 27 Jan 1914.
Mrs. Etta Van Nuis, wife of Former Prosecutor George Berdine, died at her home at 184 Livingston avenue, last evening after an illness of several months. Mrs. Berdine was taken ill last August, and was removed to Wells Memorial hospital where she was operated upon by Drs. Schurenian and Hawks. Her suffering was relieved temporarily and it was thought she was regaining her health, but of late she began failing and gradually grew weaker tiil her death. She was the daughter of the late Robert Van Nuis and was born at Three Mile Run. At the time of her parents' death Mrs. Berdine was quite young. She later moved to this city and in 1879 she became the wife of Mr. Berdine. In her death the Suydam street Reformed church has lost one of its most earnest workers. She was an active worker in the Sunday School and interested in the success of every society of the church. She was greatly loved by the children of the Sunday School and took much interest in training them for their Christmas exercises. Besides her husband she is survived by a brother, Charles Van Nuis, of this city. Her funeral will take place from her late residence on Thursday afternoon. Undertaker Quackenboss is in
charge.
Obituary, New Brunswick Times (New Brunswick, N.J.) of 1 Oct 1914.
George Berdine, Prosecutor of Pleas of Middlesex county from 1904 to 1909, died suddenly at his home corner of Livingston avenue and Suydam street, shortly after midnight this morning. Heart failure was the cause of his death. Mr. Berdine had been in poor health for the past few years and had been compelled to give up his law practice. He had been able to go out and was downtown yesterday. Shortly after midnight this morning he went to the bathroom at his home. Soon afterward Miss Kate Suydam, who owns the house in which he lives, and who has been looking after the household since the death of Mrs. Berdine last winter, heard a noise as of someone falling. She found Mr. Berdine lying upon his face on the bathroom floor. She rolled him over and he gave a gasp and was dead. Dr. Saulsberry was summoned and pronounced the man dead and heart disease the cause of death. Mr . Berdine had been aware of his condition for a long time, and freely predicted his own death. The death of his wife was a great blow to him, and his friends felt that he would not long survive the shock. After Mr. Berdine was graduated from Rutgers, in the class of 1871, in which he was a Classmate of the late Justice Willard P. Voorhees, he took up the study of law and entered the Middlesex bar. Politics attracted him and as a Republican campaigner he soon became known in every part of the county. He was in much demand as a campaign orator, as he was outspoken and witty, and generally gave his audience something to talk about for days afterward. Mr. Berdine was born in this city the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Berdine 63 years ago next December. He was educated at the public schools and Rutgers College. Upon his graduation from college in the class of 1871, he entered the law office of former Judge Charles T. Cowenhoven where he read law. He was admitted to the bar a few years later. He served the city as city attorney for several years, under a Republican administration. He was a Mason and a Shriner, an American Mechanic and a member of other organizations. He attended the Suydam street Reformed Church and, during the pastorate of Rev. Dr. T. Chalmers Easton here, he was an attendant at the First Reformed Church. He was a great admirer of Dr. Easton. At one time he engaged in the carriage business with John S. Clark, at George and Washington streets. In recent years he was interested in the automobile business. He was made Prosecutor by Governor Franklin Murphy in 1904 upon the death of John S. Voorhees. Theodore Strong presented his name to the governor. The late Woodbridge Strong was judge at the time. When his term expired five years later, the late Theodore B. Booraem was named as his successor. His funeral will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, and he will be laid at rest in Willow Grove cemetery, beside thebody of his wife, who passed away on January 26 last. Undertaker Quackenboss has charge of the funeral arrangements. Mr. Berdine leaves a sister Miss Ruth Berdine; a brother-in-law Charles Van Nuis,and several nephews and nieces.