Mostly Angels in the Sky

Rosella Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:46261, (11 Mar 1888 - 1 Jan 1983)

Relationship:

6th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Alexander Van Valkenburg¹ B: 7 Feb 1834, D: 1 Apr 1915

Mother*

Emeline Hogaboom¹ B: Jul 1849, D: 23 Feb 1924

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Rosella Van Valkenburg was born on Sunday, 11 Mar 1888, at Schoharie County, New York^G.^1,2
Died on Saturday, 1 Jan 1983 at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G, at age 94 years, 9 months and 21 days.³
Interred after 1 Jan 1983 at Esperance Cemetery, Esperance, Schoharie County, New York^G.³

'Non-primary' Vitals

Rosella Van Valkenburg was the daughter of: Alexander Van Valkenburg and Emeline Hogaboom.¹
Died in May 1983 at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G, at age 95 years and 1 month.²

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Fortin (née Van Valkenburg).^3,2
Name-Variation: She was also known as Rozella⁴
Name-Married: on Friday, 3 Apr 1908, her married name became Mrs. Dane (née Van Valkenburg).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Rosella and Joseph Fortin were married.^3,2
Marriage	Friday, 3 Apr 1908, Rosella, age 20 years and 23 days, and Arthur Dane, age 18 years, 10 months and 28 days, son of: Isaac G. Dane and Armetta Scott, were married at Schenectady County, New York^G.^1,5

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Rosella and Joseph Fortin were married.^3,2

Marriage

Friday, 3 Apr 1908, Rosella, age 20 years and 23 days, and Arthur Dane, age 18 years, 10 months and 28 days, son of: Isaac G. Dane and Armetta Scott, were married at Schenectady County, New York^G.^1,5

Child of: Rosella Van Valkenburg and Arthur Dane

Ernest Dane+¹ B: 28 Mar 1909, D: 29 Sep 1965

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	22 Apr 1910, 61 Schneucker Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G	Arthur Dane and Ernest Dane⁴
Census-1920	30 Jan 1920, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	Arthur Dane and Ernest Dane⁶
Census-1930	17 Apr 1930, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	Arthur Dane and Ernest Dane⁷
Census-1940	19 Apr 1940, Delanson, Schenectady County, New York^G	Arthur Dane and Burdella Van Valkenburg⁸

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

22 Apr 1910, 61 Schneucker Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G

Arthur Dane and Ernest Dane⁴

Census-1920

30 Jan 1920, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

Arthur Dane and Ernest Dane⁶

Census-1930

17 Apr 1930, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

Arthur Dane and Ernest Dane⁷

Census-1940

19 Apr 1940, Delanson, Schenectady County, New York^G

Arthur Dane and Burdella Van Valkenburg⁸

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Arthur (age 45) and Rosella (née Van Valkenburg) (age 47) Dane lived at: Delanson, Schenectady County, New York^G.⁸

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.
[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

21 Dec 2016

Arthur Dane¹

Family

TMG ID:46262, (6 May 1889 - 9 Jul 1956)

Father*

Isaac G. Dane² B: May 1853, D: 1925

Mother*

Armetta Scott² B: Feb 1858, D: 1910

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Arthur Dane was born on Monday, 6 May 1889, at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G.^1,2
Died on Monday, 9 Jul 1956 at Delanson, Schenectady County, New York^G, at age 67 years, 2 months and 3 days.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Born: Arthur Dane was born in May 1887, at New York^G.³
He was the son of: Isaac G. Dane and Armetta Scott.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Friday, 3 Apr 1908, Arthur, age 18 years, 10 months and 28 days, and Rosella Van Valkenburg, age 20 years and 23 days, daughter of: Alexander Van Valkenburg and Emeline Hogaboom, were married at Schenectady County, New York^G.^1,4

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 3 Apr 1908, Arthur, age 18 years, 10 months and 28 days, and Rosella Van Valkenburg, age 20 years and 23 days, daughter of: Alexander Van Valkenburg and Emeline Hogaboom, were married at Schenectady County, New York^G.^1,4

Child of: Arthur Dane and Rosella Van Valkenburg

Ernest Dane+¹ B: 28 Mar 1909, D: 29 Sep 1965

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1900	12 Jun 1900, Colonie, Albany County, New York^G	Isaac G. Dane, Armetta Scott, Edith Dane, Ivring Dane, Beulah Dane, Earl Dane, Ethel Dane, Russa Dane, Florence Dane and Austin Dane³
Census-1910	22 Apr 1910, 61 Schneucker Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G	Rosella Van Valkenburg and Ernest Dane⁵
Census-1920	30 Jan 1920, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	Rosella Van Valkenburg and Ernest Dane⁶
Census-1930	17 Apr 1930, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	Rosella Van Valkenburg and Ernest Dane⁷
Census-1940	19 Apr 1940, Delanson, Schenectady County, New York^G	Rosella Van Valkenburg and Burdella Van Valkenburg⁸

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

12 Jun 1900, Colonie, Albany County, New York^G

Isaac G. Dane, Armetta Scott, Edith Dane, Ivring Dane, Beulah Dane, Earl Dane, Ethel Dane, Russa Dane, Florence Dane and Austin Dane³

Census-1910

22 Apr 1910, 61 Schneucker Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G

Rosella Van Valkenburg and Ernest Dane⁵

Census-1920

30 Jan 1920, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

Rosella Van Valkenburg and Ernest Dane⁶

Census-1930

17 Apr 1930, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

Rosella Van Valkenburg and Ernest Dane⁷

Census-1940

19 Apr 1940, Delanson, Schenectady County, New York^G

Rosella Van Valkenburg and Burdella Van Valkenburg⁸

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1910	Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G	brakeman locomotive company⁵
circa Jan 1920	Delanon Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	trainman Delaware & Hudson railroad⁶
circa Apr 1930	Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	trainman railroad⁷
circa Apr 1940	Delanson, Schenectady County, New York^G	trainman Delaware & Hudson railroad⁸

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1910

Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G

brakeman locomotive company⁵

circa Jan 1920

Delanon Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

trainman Delaware & Hudson railroad⁶

circa Apr 1930

Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

trainman railroad⁷

circa Apr 1940

Delanson, Schenectady County, New York^G

trainman Delaware & Hudson railroad⁸

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Arthur (age 45) and Rosella (née Van Valkenburg) (age 47) Dane lived at: Delanson, Schenectady County, New York^G.⁸

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

21 Dec 2016

Ernest Dane¹

Family

TMG ID:46263, (28 Mar 1909 - 29 Sep 1965)

Relationship:

7th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Arthur Dane¹ B: 6 May 1889, D: 9 Jul 1956

Mother*

Rosella Van Valkenburg¹ B: 11 Mar 1888, D: 1 Jan 1983

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Ernest Dane was born on Sunday, 28 Mar 1909, at Schenectady County, New York^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 29 Sep 1965 at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G, at age 56 years, 6 months and 1 day.^1,2
Interred after 29 Sep 1965 at Fisher Cemetery, Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York^G.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Born: Ernest Dane was born on Thursday, 28 Mar 1907, at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G.²
He was the son of: Arthur Dane and Rosella Van Valkenburg.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Ernest and Bessie D. Fuller, daughter of: Charles L. Fuller and Eva M. Coons, were married.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Ernest and Bessie D. Fuller, daughter of: Charles L. Fuller and Eva M. Coons, were married.³

Child of: Ernest Dane and Bessie D. Fuller

Lawrence A. Dane+³ B: 8 May 1933, D: 20 Mar 2003

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	22 Apr 1910, 61 Schneucker Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G	Arthur Dane and Rosella Van Valkenburg⁴
Census-1920	30 Jan 1920, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	Arthur Dane and Rosella Van Valkenburg⁵
Census-1930	17 Apr 1930, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	Arthur Dane and Rosella Van Valkenburg⁶
Census-1940	27 May 1940, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	Bessie D. Fuller and Lawrence A. Dane³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

22 Apr 1910, 61 Schneucker Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G

Arthur Dane and Rosella Van Valkenburg⁴

Census-1920

30 Jan 1920, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

Arthur Dane and Rosella Van Valkenburg⁵

Census-1930

17 Apr 1930, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

Arthur Dane and Rosella Van Valkenburg⁶

Census-1940

27 May 1940, Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

Bessie D. Fuller and Lawrence A. Dane³

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1930	Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	yard clerk railroad⁶
circa May 1940	Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G	clerk railroad³

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1930

Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

yard clerk railroad⁶

circa May 1940

Delanson Village, Schenectady County, New York^G

clerk railroad³

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Ernest (age 26) and Bessie D. (née Fuller) (age 22) Dane lived at: Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York^G. Also living at this address: Lawrence A. Dane.³

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Last Edited

21 Dec 2016

(?) Hessner¹

TMG ID:46264

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	(?) and Beulah Dane, daughter of: Isaac G. Dane and Armetta Scott, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

(?) and Beulah Dane, daughter of: Isaac G. Dane and Armetta Scott, were married.¹

Citations

[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Last Edited

22 Dec 2016

Sally Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:46265, (14 Apr 1801 - 10 Apr 1870)

Relationship:

4th cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis Van Valkenburg¹ B: 25 Dec 1755, D: 19 Mar 1813

Mother*

Sylvia Coval¹ B: 18 Oct 1765

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Sally Van Valkenburg was born on Tuesday, 14 Apr 1801, at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 10 Apr 1870 at Erie County, New York^G, at age 68 years, 11 months and 27 days.¹
Interred after 10 Apr 1870 at Protection Cemetery, Protection, Erie County, New York^G.

'Non-primary' Vitals

Sally Van Valkenburg was the daughter of: Francis Van Valkenburg and Sylvia Coval.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: circa 1822, her married name became Mrs. Kimball (née Van Valkenburg).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1822, Sally and Asa Kimball were married at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1822, Sally and Asa Kimball were married at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Child of: Sally Van Valkenburg and Asa Kimball

Elizabeth Kimball¹ B: 1824, D: 21 Oct 1844

Citations

[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Asa Kimball¹

Family

TMG ID:46266, (c 14 Apr 1798 - 25 Mar 1858)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Asa Kimball was born circa 14 Apr 1798, at Vermont^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 25 Mar 1858 at Erie County, New York^G.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1822, Asa and Sally Van Valkenburg, daughter of: Francis Van Valkenburg and Sylvia Coval, were married at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1822, Asa and Sally Van Valkenburg, daughter of: Francis Van Valkenburg and Sylvia Coval, were married at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Child of: Asa Kimball and Sally Van Valkenburg

Elizabeth Kimball¹ B: 1824, D: 21 Oct 1844

Citations

[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Elizabeth Kimball¹

Family

TMG ID:46267, (1824 - 21 Oct 1844)

Relationship:

5th cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Asa Kimball¹ B: c 14 Apr 1798, D: 25 Mar 1858

Mother*

Sally Van Valkenburg¹ B: 14 Apr 1801, D: 10 Apr 1870

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Elizabeth Kimball was born in 1824, at Erie County, New York^G.¹
Died on Monday, 21 Oct 1844 at Erie County, New York^G, at age 20 years.¹
Interred after 21 Oct 1844 at Protection Cemetery, Protection, Erie County, New York^G.

'Non-primary' Vitals

Elizabeth Kimball was the daughter of: Asa Kimball and Sally Van Valkenburg.¹

Citations

[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Anna Van Valkenbergh¹

Family

TMG ID:46268, (6 Feb 1803 - 20 Mar 1851)

Relationship:

4th cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Francis Van Valkenburg² B: 25 Dec 1755, D: 19 Mar 1813

Mother*

Sylvia Coval² B: 18 Oct 1765

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Anna Van Valkenbergh was born on Sunday, 6 Feb 1803, at Schoharie County, New York^G.²
Died on Thursday, 20 Mar 1851 at Schoharie County, New York^G, at age 48 years, 1 month and 14 days.²
Interred after 20 Mar 1851 at Protection Cemetery, Protection, Erie County, New York^G.²

'Non-primary' Vitals

Anna Van Valkenbergh was the daughter of: Francis Van Valkenburg and Sylvia Coval.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Annie"²
Name-Married: on Tuesday, 9 Nov 1824, her married name became Mrs. Wagner (née Van Valkenburg).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Tuesday, 9 Nov 1824, Anna, age 21 years, 9 months and 3 days, and Jacob A. Wagner were married at True Reformed Church, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 9 Nov 1824, Anna, age 21 years, 9 months and 3 days, and Jacob A. Wagner were married at True Reformed Church, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G.²

Children of: Anna Van Valkenbergh and Jacob A. Wagner

Mary Wagner² B: c 1825, D: 1907
George Wagner+² B: 19 Jan 1827, D: 19 Jan 1900
Sally C. Wagner² B: c 22 Oct 1830, D: 31 Dec 1876
James W. Wagner² B: c 1833, D: 24 Jul 1905
Elvira Wagner² B: c 1835
Marcus Wagner+² B: 18 Jul 1841, D: 12 Feb 1914
Joseph Wagner+² B: c 1842

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G	Jacob A. Wagner, Mary Wagner, George Wagner, Sally C. Wagner, James W. Wagner, Elvira Wagner, Marcus Wagner and Joseph Wagner¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G

Jacob A. Wagner, Mary Wagner, George Wagner, Sally C. Wagner, James W. Wagner, Elvira Wagner, Marcus Wagner and Joseph Wagner¹

Citations

[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.

Last Edited

24 May 2022

Jacob A. Wagner¹

Family

TMG ID:46269, (c 1804 - 1866)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Jacob A. Wagner was born circa 1804, at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹
Died in 1866 at Erie County, New York^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Born: Jacob A. Wagner was born circa 1808, at New York^G.²
Born: Jacob A. Wagner was born circa 1810, at New York^G.³

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Waggoner²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Jacob and Mary (?) were married.²
Marriage	Tuesday, 9 Nov 1824, Jacob and Anna Van Valkenbergh, age 21 years, 9 months and 3 days, daughter of: Francis Van Valkenburg and Sylvia Coval, were married at True Reformed Church, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Jacob and Mary (?) were married.²

Marriage

Tuesday, 9 Nov 1824, Jacob and Anna Van Valkenbergh, age 21 years, 9 months and 3 days, daughter of: Francis Van Valkenburg and Sylvia Coval, were married at True Reformed Church, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Children of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh

Mary Wagner¹ B: c 1825, D: 1907
George Wagner+¹ B: 19 Jan 1827, D: 19 Jan 1900
Sally C. Wagner¹ B: c 22 Oct 1830, D: 31 Dec 1876
James W. Wagner¹ B: c 1833, D: 24 Jul 1905
Elvira Wagner¹ B: c 1835
Marcus Wagner+¹ B: 18 Jul 1841, D: 12 Feb 1914
Joseph Wagner+¹ B: c 1842

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G	Anna Van Valkenbergh, Mary Wagner, George Wagner, Sally C. Wagner, James W. Wagner, Elvira Wagner, Marcus Wagner and Joseph Wagner³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G

Anna Van Valkenbergh, Mary Wagner, George Wagner, Sally C. Wagner, James W. Wagner, Elvira Wagner, Marcus Wagner and Joseph Wagner³

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Aug 1850	Holland, Erie County, New York^G	farmer³

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Aug 1850

Holland, Erie County, New York^G

farmer³

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

Last Edited

24 May 2022

Mary Wagner¹

Family

TMG ID:46270, (c 1825 - 1907)

Relationship:

5th cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Jacob A. Wagner¹ B: c 1804, D: 1866

Mother*

Anna Van Valkenbergh¹ B: 6 Feb 1803, D: 20 Mar 1851

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Mary Wagner was born circa 1825, at Erie County, New York^G.¹
Died in 1907.¹
Interred in 1907 at Protection Cemetery, Protection, Erie County, New York^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Mary Wagner was the daughter of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Wagoner
Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Wilkins (née Wagner).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Mary and Alexander Wilkins were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Mary and Alexander Wilkins were married.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G	Jacob A. Wagner, Anna Van Valkenbergh, George Wagner, Sally C. Wagner, James W. Wagner, Elvira Wagner, Marcus Wagner and Joseph Wagner²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G

Jacob A. Wagner, Anna Van Valkenbergh, George Wagner, Sally C. Wagner, James W. Wagner, Elvira Wagner, Marcus Wagner and Joseph Wagner²

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Alexander Wilkins¹

TMG ID:46271, (1826 - 1907)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Alexander Wilkins was born in 1826, at Erie County, New York^G.²
Interred in 1907 at Protection Cemetery, Protection, Erie County, New York^G.²
Died in 1907 at age 81 years.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Alexander and Mary Wagner, daughter of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh, were married.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Alexander and Mary Wagner, daughter of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh, were married.²

Citations

[S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Sally C. Wagner¹

Family

TMG ID:46272, (c 22 Oct 1830 - 31 Dec 1876)

Relationship:

5th cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Jacob A. Wagner¹ B: c 1804, D: 1866

Mother*

Anna Van Valkenbergh¹ B: 6 Feb 1803, D: 20 Mar 1851

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Sally C. Wagner was born circa 22 Oct 1830, at Erie County, New York^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 31 Dec 1876.¹
Interred after 31 Dec 1876 at Protection Cemetery, Protection, Erie County, New York^G.

'Non-primary' Vitals

Sally C. Wagner was the daughter of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Wagoner
Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Colby (née Wagner).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sally and Jonas Colby were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sally and Jonas Colby were married.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G	Jacob A. Wagner, Anna Van Valkenbergh, Mary Wagner, George Wagner, James W. Wagner, Elvira Wagner, Marcus Wagner and Joseph Wagner²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G

Jacob A. Wagner, Anna Van Valkenbergh, Mary Wagner, George Wagner, James W. Wagner, Elvira Wagner, Marcus Wagner and Joseph Wagner²

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

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Jonas Colby¹

TMG ID:46273, (1827 - 1911)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Jonas Colby was born in 1827.¹
Interred in 1911 at Protection Cemetery, Protection, Erie County, New York^G.
Died in 1911 at age 84 years.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Jonas and Sally C. Wagner, daughter of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Jonas and Sally C. Wagner, daughter of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh, were married.¹

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.

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1 Feb 2013

James W. Wagner¹

Family

TMG ID:46274, (c 1833 - 24 Jul 1905)

Relationship:

5th cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Jacob A. Wagner¹ B: c 1804, D: 1866

Mother*

Anna Van Valkenbergh¹ B: 6 Feb 1803, D: 20 Mar 1851

Primary Birth & Death

Born: James W. Wagner was born circa 1833, at Erie County, New York^G.¹
Died on Monday, 24 Jul 1905.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

James W. Wagner was the son of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Wagoner

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

James and Angeline Ward were married.¹

Marriage

James and Lona A. Tiffany were married.¹

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G

Jacob A. Wagner, Anna Van Valkenbergh, Mary Wagner, George Wagner, Sally C. Wagner, Elvira Wagner, Marcus Wagner and Joseph Wagner²

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Aug 1850

Holland, Erie County, New York^G

farmer²

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

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24 May 2022

Angeline Ward¹

TMG ID:46275, (1839 - )

Primary Birth & Death

Interred at Protection Cemetery, Protection, Erie County, New York^G.
Born: Angeline Ward was born in 1839, at Erie County, New York^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Wagner (née Ward).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Angeline and James W. Wagner, son of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh, were married.¹

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.

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1 Feb 2013

Lona A. Tiffany¹

TMG ID:46276, (7 Oct 1854 - )

Primary Birth & Death

Interred at Protection Cemetery, Protection, Erie County, New York^G.
Born: Lona A. Tiffany was born on Saturday, 7 Oct 1854, at Erie County, New York^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Wagner (née Tiffany).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Lona and James W. Wagner, son of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh, were married.¹

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.

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1 Feb 2013

Elvira Wagner¹

Family

TMG ID:46277, (c 1835 - )

Relationship:

5th cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Jacob A. Wagner¹ B: c 1804, D: 1866

Mother*

Anna Van Valkenbergh¹ B: 6 Feb 1803, D: 20 Mar 1851

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Elvira Wagner was born circa 1835, at Erie County, New York^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Elvira Wagner was the daughter of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Wagoner
Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Thomas (née Wagner).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Elvira and Ward Thomas were married.¹

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G

Jacob A. Wagner, Anna Van Valkenbergh, Mary Wagner, George Wagner, Sally C. Wagner, James W. Wagner, Marcus Wagner and Joseph Wagner²

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

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1 Feb 2013

Ward Thomas¹

TMG ID:46278

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Ward and Elvira Wagner, daughter of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh, were married.¹

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.

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1 Feb 2013

Marcus Wagner¹

Family

TMG ID:46279, (18 Jul 1841 - 12 Feb 1914)

Relationship:

5th cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Jacob A. Wagner¹ B: c 1804, D: 1866

Mother*

Anna Van Valkenbergh¹ B: 6 Feb 1803, D: 20 Mar 1851

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Marcus Wagner was born on Sunday, 18 Jul 1841, at Holland, Erie County, New York^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 12 Feb 1914 at Arcade, Wyoming County, New York^G, at age 72 years, 6 months and 25 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Marcus Wagner was the son of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Marquis²
Name-Variation: He was also known as Wagoner

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 4 Jul 1861, Marcus, age 19 years, 11 months and 16 days, and Frances D. Rogers, age 15 years, 7 months and 1 day were married at New York^G.¹

Child of: Marcus Wagner and Frances D. Rogers

Louis Llewellyn Wagner+¹ B: 18 Aug 1871, D: 18 May 1953

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

15 Aug 1850, Holland, Erie County, New York^G

Jacob A. Wagner, Anna Van Valkenbergh, Mary Wagner, George Wagner, Sally C. Wagner, James W. Wagner, Elvira Wagner and Joseph Wagner³

Census-1860

10 Aug 1860, Post Office: Protection, Holland, Erie County, New York^G

George Wagner, Roxana Hopper and Anice S. Wagner²

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Aug 1860

Holland, Erie County, New York^G

farmer²

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.
[S96] 1 Jun 1860, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/yayf9d52 Eighth Census of the United States, 1860.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.

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Frances D. Rogers¹

Family

TMG ID:46280, (3 Dec 1845 - 10 Oct 1921)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Frances D. Rogers was born on Wednesday, 3 Dec 1845, at Holland, Erie County, New York^G.¹
Died on Monday, 10 Oct 1921 at Arcade, Wyoming County, New York^G, at age 75 years, 10 months and 7 days.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Thursday, 4 Jul 1861, her married name became Mrs. Wagner (née Rogers).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 4 Jul 1861, Frances, age 15 years, 7 months and 1 day, and Marcus Wagner, age 19 years, 11 months and 16 days, son of: Jacob A. Wagner and Anna Van Valkenbergh, were married at New York^G.¹

Child of: Frances D. Rogers and Marcus Wagner

Louis Llewellyn Wagner+¹ B: 18 Aug 1871, D: 18 May 1953

Citations

[S589] National Association of the Van Valkenburg(h) Family, online <http://tinyurl.com/p6hd6h6>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - Van Valkenburg Assoc.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
— Will Rogers
A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
— Will Rogers
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
— Will Rogers
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
— Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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