“Gravesender” is the name of an inhabitant of Gravesend, in the borough of Brooklyn. The name “Gravesender” has been cited in print since at least 1839.
Wikipedia: Gravesend, Brooklyn
Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA.
5 October 1839, New-York (NY) Commercial Advertiser, pg. 1, col. 8:
From the Long Island Star.
Governor Seward’s Visit.
(...)
One of the Gravesenders inquired if Gov. S. was born on Long Island.
7 November 1893, Hartford (CT) Courant, “The Gravesend Affair,” pg. 6:
According to the leading democratic newspaper of Brooklyn, it is 2000 in excess of the total number of male Gravesenders of voting age.
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Gaynor, the Tammany mayor who swallowed the tiger:
Lawyer, Judge, Philosopher
By Louis H. Pink
New York, NY: International Press
1931
Pg. 72:
To rebuke the political outlawry it was necessary to vote for Schieren and Gaynor. McKane though idolized by his Gravesenders had shot his bolt too far.
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Brooklyn—and how it got that way
By David W. McCullough
New York, NY: Dial Press
1983
Pg. 13:
Some Gravesenders themselves might actually have been uneasy in their freedom.
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Coney Island:
The People’s Playground
By Michael Immers
Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press
2002
Pg. 13:
By the 1840s a sufficient number of excursionists were arriving by carriage to cause some misgivings among the Gravesenders.
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Gravesend, Brooklyn
By Joseph Ditta
Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub.
2009
Pg. 10:
Soon many Gravesenders moved on to other ventures.
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