1886: MILLHAM: CAN YOU SAY "EAST TRENTON?"

WITH THE GROWTH OF THE POTTERY INDUSTRY IN TRENTON OVER A CENTURY AGO, MANY IMMIGRANTS CAME FROM GREAT BRITAIN'S STAFFORDSHIRE AREA TO WORK THE POTTERIES WHICH ONCE DOTTED THE AREA ALONG THE CANAL. (TODAY'S TRENTON FREEWAY). MY DAD AND HIS BROTHER AND SISTERS WERE AMONG THE NEWCOMERS BACK IN 1914. THE AREA WE KNOW OF TODAY AS "EAST TRENTON" IS LOCATED IN THE AREA ONCE KNOWN AS "MILLHAM." IF THERE WAS A "CENTER CITY" MILLHAM, I WOULD PLACE IT IN THE BRUENIG, ST. JOES, MULBERRY STREET AREA OF TRENTON. THE ORIGINAL HOMES IN THE AREA WERE LAID OUT TO EMULATE OLD ENGLISH NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ROW HOMES ON NARROW STREETS.