Anna Eva Hostetter

Family Overview and Vital Records

Born Sep 3, 1909 • Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey
Died Jan 4, 1984 • Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey
Parents: Frederick Hostetter and Charlotte Ross Golden
Spouse: Louis Joseph Macchia
Marriage: While Great Aunt Margie, Anna's sister, recorded that Anna and Louie were married on 3 March 1934, genealogical research shows Anna's marriage to Louis Macchia took place in 1947. Anna and Louis lived apart until after he returned from war and eventually married in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Children: Robert Stenton and Marjorie Macchia

Anna Eva Hostetter Macchia

Happy Birthday Anna Eva Hostetter Macchia!

On this day in 1909, Charlotte and Fred Hostetter became parents when they had their first child, Anna Eva Hostetter. Anna was born on September 3rd in Bayonne, NJ and was named after both of her grandmothers, Anna Tina McGill and Eva Rosenberger. Anna had polio as a child and as a result she had one leg slightly shorter than the other. It gave her many hip and mobility problems later in life.

Growing Up in Bayonne and Jersey City

Anna would spend less than one year living in Bayonne as her family moved to Jersey City by the time the 1910 census was taken. Charlotte, Fred and Anna were living at 263 Lembeck Avenue with Fred's parents, Fred Sr and Eva. When she was 10 she was living in another house, 221 Winfield Avenue with her parents, four sisters and her uncle Edward Golden. This house was right across the street from Columbia Park so the girls had plenty of room to run around!

New Beginnings and Family Life

By the time the 1930 census was taken, Anna's life was quite different. She was now 20 years old and about six months pregnant. The family were now living at 103 Ocean Avenue. Anna went on to have a son, Robert Stenten, and 4 years later she would also have a daughter, Marjorie Macchia.

Wartime Years and Marriage to Louis Macchia

At the outbreak of World War 2, Anna was living with her mother Charlotte, two children and two sisters, Myrtle and Marjorie at 434 Pacific Avenue. After the war was over, Anna married Louis Macchia in 1947 and by 1950 she and her husband and two children were living at 246 Pacific Avenue.

A Life Centered on Family

In 1965, she was living at 450 Ocean Avenue when Louie passed away at the age of 56. Anna then went to live with her daughter and son-in-law, Marjorie and Carl, first at 18 Winfield Avenue in Jersey City and then in 1974, she moved for the last time, going to 10 Windsor Avenue in East Rutherford, NJ. Anna passed away at the age of 74 on January 4, 1984 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst, NJ. She had two children, four grandchildren and currently she would be so proud to know she is also the great-grandmother of seven and great-great-grandmother of four.

Remembering Grandma Anna

Anna was my grandmother and she lived with us. Here are a few random memories that I have of her: She had beautiful blue eyes and the softest skin, which might have been because she religiously used Oil of Olay cream. She would brush her hair 100 times before bedtime every night. She loved to laugh and smile and sing, especially nursery rhymes to children. She would sit in the kitchen, looking out of the window at the birds and 'spy' on the people in the neighborhood. She had my mother go out to get The Jersey Journal newspaper almost every day to read about what was going on in her home town. She would do the daily crossword puzzles in the paper and the Jumble too. She would keep track of the numbers that came out with the daily Pick 3 and sometimes 'play the numbers' and win! She loved to play a dice game called Bunko and gin rummy too. She loved a good party, her Budweiser and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and the occasional cigarette. She had a strong Jersey City accent and would pronounce the word 'oil' as 'earl' and 'toilet' would be 'turlet'. She was a fan of General Hospital, Lawrence Welk and the Merv Griffin Show. She was a loving and caring woman and she is still very much missed. Wishing my Grandmother a very Happy Birthday!