Mostly Angels in the Sky

Adam Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50701

Relationship:

3rd cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Adam Van Valkenburg¹ B: 10 Jun 1769, D: 28 Jun 1836

Mother*

Rachel Wilson¹ B: 1770, D: 8 Mar 1846

'Non-primary' Vitals

Adam Van Valkenburg was the son of: Adam Van Valkenburg and Rachel Wilson.¹

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

Henry Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50702

Relationship:

3rd cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Adam Van Valkenburg¹ B: 10 Jun 1769, D: 28 Jun 1836

Mother*

Rachel Wilson¹ B: 1770, D: 8 Mar 1846

'Non-primary' Vitals

Henry Van Valkenburg was the son of: Adam Van Valkenburg and Rachel Wilson.¹

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

Jacob Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50703

Relationship:

3rd cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Adam Van Valkenburg¹ B: 10 Jun 1769, D: 28 Jun 1836

Mother*

Rachel Wilson¹ B: 1770, D: 8 Mar 1846

'Non-primary' Vitals

Jacob Van Valkenburg was the son of: Adam Van Valkenburg and Rachel Wilson.¹

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

Joseph Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50704

Relationship:

3rd cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Adam Van Valkenburg¹ B: 10 Jun 1769, D: 28 Jun 1836

Mother*

Rachel Wilson¹ B: 1770, D: 8 Mar 1846

'Non-primary' Vitals

Joseph Van Valkenburg was the son of: Adam Van Valkenburg and Rachel Wilson.¹

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

Joachem Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50705

Relationship:

3rd cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Adam Van Valkenburg¹ B: 10 Jun 1769, D: 28 Jun 1836

Mother*

Rachel Wilson¹ B: 1770, D: 8 Mar 1846

'Non-primary' Vitals

Joachem Van Valkenburg was the son of: Adam Van Valkenburg and Rachel Wilson.¹

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

John Joseph Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50706, (1 Dec 1770 - 23 Jul 1855)

Relationship:

2nd cousin 6 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Johan Jost Van Valkenburg¹ B: 20 Jan 1745, D: 28 Mar 1815

Mother*

Magdalena Brown¹ B: 12 Jul 1742, D: 27 Nov 1814

Primary Birth & Death

Born: John Joseph Van Valkenburg was born on Saturday, 1 Dec 1770, at New York Colony, British American Colonies^G.^1,2
Died on Monday, 23 Jul 1855 at Slate Hill, Schoharie County, New York^G, at age 84 years, 7 months and 22 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

John Joseph Van Valkenburg was the son of: Johan Jost Van Valkenburg and Magdalena Brown.¹
Sunday, 6 Jan 1771, John was christened at High & Low Dutch Reformed Church, Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York Colony, British American Colonies^G.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1796, John and Maria Bender, daughter of: Christian Bender, were married at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1796, John and Maria Bender, daughter of: Christian Bender, were married at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Children of: John Joseph Van Valkenburg and Maria Bender

Henrich Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 14 Mar 1798, D: 18 Apr 1866
Christian Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 14 Apr 1800, D: 3 Jul 1853
Magdalena Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 2 Apr 1802
John Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 27 Apr 1804, D: b 1860
John Jost Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 16 Jul 1806
Elizabeth Van Valkenburg¹ B: 28 Oct 1808
Mary Van Valkenburg¹ B: 13 Oct 1811
William Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 28 Apr 1814, D: 1893
Stephen Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 10 Mar 1818, D: 24 Nov 1896

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	5 Aug 1850, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G	Maria Bender, Elizabeth Van Valkenburg, Stephen Van Valkenburg, Hannah Bellinger, Peter B. Van Valkenburg, Mary B. Van Valkenburg and William S. Van Valkenburg²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

5 Aug 1850, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G

Maria Bender, Elizabeth Van Valkenburg, Stephen Van Valkenburg, Hannah Bellinger, Peter B. Van Valkenburg, Mary B. Van Valkenburg and William S. Van Valkenburg²

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Aug 1850	Sharon, Schoharie County, New York Colony, British American Colonies^G	farmer²

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Aug 1850

Sharon, Schoharie County, New York Colony, British American Colonies^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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1 Feb 2013

Maria Bender¹

Family

TMG ID:50707, (17 Oct 1776 - 14 Jun 1860)

Father*

Christian Bender¹

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Maria Bender was born on Thursday, 17 Oct 1776, at Schoharie County, New York, British American Colonies^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 14 Jun 1860 at age 83 years, 7 months and 28 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Maria Bender was the daughter of: Christian Bender.¹
Born: Maria Bender was born circa 1780, at New York^G.²

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Mary^2,3
Name-Married: circa 1796, her married name became Mrs. Van Valkenburg (née Bender).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1796, Maria and John Joseph Van Valkenburg, son of: Johan Jost Van Valkenburg and Magdalena Brown, were married at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1796, Maria and John Joseph Van Valkenburg, son of: Johan Jost Van Valkenburg and Magdalena Brown, were married at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Children of: Maria Bender and John Joseph Van Valkenburg

Henrich Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 14 Mar 1798, D: 18 Apr 1866
Christian Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 14 Apr 1800, D: 3 Jul 1853
Magdalena Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 2 Apr 1802
John Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 27 Apr 1804, D: b 1860
John Jost Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 16 Jul 1806
Elizabeth Van Valkenburg¹ B: 28 Oct 1808
Mary Van Valkenburg¹ B: 13 Oct 1811
William Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 28 Apr 1814, D: 1893
Stephen Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 10 Mar 1818, D: 24 Nov 1896

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	5 Aug 1850, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G	John Joseph Van Valkenburg, Elizabeth Van Valkenburg, Stephen Van Valkenburg, Hannah Bellinger, Peter B. Van Valkenburg, Mary B. Van Valkenburg and William S. Van Valkenburg²
Census-1860	20 Aug 1860, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G	Stephen Van Valkenburg, Hannah Bellinger, Peter B. Van Valkenburg, Mary B. Van Valkenburg, William S. Van Valkenburg, Esther Van Valkenburg, Henry W. Van Valkenburg and Elizabeth Van Valkenburg³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

5 Aug 1850, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G

John Joseph Van Valkenburg, Elizabeth Van Valkenburg, Stephen Van Valkenburg, Hannah Bellinger, Peter B. Van Valkenburg, Mary B. Van Valkenburg and William S. Van Valkenburg²

Census-1860

20 Aug 1860, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G

Stephen Van Valkenburg, Hannah Bellinger, Peter B. Van Valkenburg, Mary B. Van Valkenburg, William S. Van Valkenburg, Esther Van Valkenburg, Henry W. Van Valkenburg and Elizabeth Van Valkenburg³

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.
[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.

Last Edited

14 Jan 2018

Christian Bender¹

Family

TMG ID:50708

Child of: Christian Bender

Maria Bender+¹ B: 17 Oct 1776, D: 14 Jun 1860

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

Henrich Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50709, (14 Mar 1798 - 18 Apr 1866)

Relationship:

3rd cousin 5 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

John Joseph Van Valkenburg¹ B: 1 Dec 1770, D: 23 Jul 1855

Mother*

Maria Bender¹ B: 17 Oct 1776, D: 14 Jun 1860

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Henrich Van Valkenburg was born on Wednesday, 14 Mar 1798, at New York^G.^1,2
Died on Wednesday, 18 Apr 1866 at Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G, at age 68 years, 1 month and 4 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Wednesday, 14 Mar 1798, Henrich was christened at Schoharie County, New York^G.¹
He was the son of: John Joseph Van Valkenburg and Maria Bender.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Henry"^1,2

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 1 Sep 1832, Henrich, age 34 years, 5 months and 18 days, and Rachel Bloomingdale, age 28 years, 1 month and 30 days, daughter of: Peter Bloomingdale and Barbara Sharp, were married at True Reformed Church, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G.¹
Marriage	Monday, 26 Dec 1836, Henrich, age 38 years, 9 months and 12 days, and Olive Louise Roth, daughter of: Joseph Roth, were married at Schoharie County, New York^G.

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 1 Sep 1832, Henrich, age 34 years, 5 months and 18 days, and Rachel Bloomingdale, age 28 years, 1 month and 30 days, daughter of: Peter Bloomingdale and Barbara Sharp, were married at True Reformed Church, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Marriage

Monday, 26 Dec 1836, Henrich, age 38 years, 9 months and 12 days, and Olive Louise Roth, daughter of: Joseph Roth, were married at Schoharie County, New York^G.

Child of: Henrich Van Valkenburg and Rachel Bloomingdale

Henry Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 26 Jul 1833, D: 14 Apr 1897

Children of: Henrich Van Valkenburg and Olive Louise Roth

Jacob Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 13 Jun 1838
Albert Amernan Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 26 Feb 1842, D: 25 Feb 1871
Joseph Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 26 Jul 1846, D: Feb 1918
Emily Van Valkenburg¹ B: 18 Feb 1850

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	5 Aug 1850, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G	Olive Louise Roth, Henry Van Valkenburg, Jacob Van Valkenburg, Albert Amernan Van Valkenburg, Joseph Van Valkenburg and Emily Van Valkenburg²
Census-1860	11 Sep 1860, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G	Olive Louise Roth, Jacob Van Valkenburg, Albert Amernan Van Valkenburg, Joseph Van Valkenburg and Emily Van Valkenburg³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

5 Aug 1850, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G

Olive Louise Roth, Henry Van Valkenburg, Jacob Van Valkenburg, Albert Amernan Van Valkenburg, Joseph Van Valkenburg and Emily Van Valkenburg²

Census-1860

11 Sep 1860, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G

Olive Louise Roth, Jacob Van Valkenburg, Albert Amernan Van Valkenburg, Joseph Van Valkenburg and Emily Van Valkenburg³

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Aug 1850	Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G	farmer²
circa Sep 1860	Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G	farmer³

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Aug 1850

Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G

farmer²

circa Sep 1860

Sharon, Schoharie 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.
[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.
[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.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Rachel Bloomingdale¹

Family

TMG ID:50710, (2 Jul 1804 - 26 Apr 1835)

Father*

Peter Bloomingdale¹

Mother*

Barbara Sharp¹

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Rachel Bloomingdale was born on Monday, 2 Jul 1804, at Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 26 Apr 1835 at Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G, at age 30 years, 9 months and 24 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Rachel Bloomingdale was the daughter of: Peter Bloomingdale and Barbara Sharp.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Saturday, 1 Sep 1832, her married name became Mrs. Van Valkenburg (née Bloomingdale).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 1 Sep 1832, Rachel, age 28 years, 1 month and 30 days, and Henrich Van Valkenburg, age 34 years, 5 months and 18 days, son of: John Joseph Van Valkenburg and Maria Bender, were married at True Reformed Church, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 1 Sep 1832, Rachel, age 28 years, 1 month and 30 days, and Henrich Van Valkenburg, age 34 years, 5 months and 18 days, son of: John Joseph Van Valkenburg and Maria Bender, were married at True Reformed Church, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G.¹

Child of: Rachel Bloomingdale and Henrich Van Valkenburg

Henry Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 26 Jul 1833, D: 14 Apr 1897

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

Peter Bloomingdale¹

Family

TMG ID:50711

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Peter and Barbara Sharp were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Peter and Barbara Sharp were married.¹

Child of: Peter Bloomingdale and Barbara Sharp

Rachel Bloomingdale+¹ B: 2 Jul 1804, D: 26 Apr 1835

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

Barbara Sharp¹

Family

TMG ID:50712

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Bloomingdale (née Sharp).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Barbara and Peter Bloomingdale were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Barbara and Peter Bloomingdale were married.¹

Child of: Barbara Sharp and Peter Bloomingdale

Rachel Bloomingdale+¹ B: 2 Jul 1804, D: 26 Apr 1835

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

Henry Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50713, (26 Jul 1833 - 14 Apr 1897)

Relationship:

4th cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Henrich Van Valkenburg¹ B: 14 Mar 1798, D: 18 Apr 1866

Mother*

Rachel Bloomingdale¹ B: 2 Jul 1804, D: 26 Apr 1835

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Henry Van Valkenburg was born on Friday, 26 Jul 1833, at Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 14 Apr 1897 at age 63 years, 8 months and 19 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Henry Van Valkenburg was the son of: Henrich Van Valkenburg and Rachel Bloomingdale.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1860, Henry, age 26 years, and Mary Frances Witbeck were married at New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1860, Henry, age 26 years, and Mary Frances Witbeck were married at New York^G.¹

Child of: Henry Van Valkenburg and Mary Frances Witbeck

Adrian Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 11 Nov 1863, D: 19 Oct 1917

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	5 Aug 1850, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G	Henrich Van Valkenburg, Olive Louise Roth, Jacob Van Valkenburg, Albert Amernan Van Valkenburg, Joseph Van Valkenburg and Emily Van Valkenburg²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

5 Aug 1850, Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G

Henrich Van Valkenburg, Olive Louise Roth, Jacob Van Valkenburg, Albert Amernan Van Valkenburg, Joseph Van Valkenburg and Emily Van Valkenburg²

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Aug 1850	Sharon, Schoharie County, New York^G	farmer²

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Aug 1850

Sharon, Schoharie 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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1 Feb 2013

Mary Frances Witbeck¹

Family

TMG ID:50714

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1860, her married name became Mrs. Van Valkenburg (née Witbeck).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1860, Mary and Henry Van Valkenburg, age 26 years, son of: Henrich Van Valkenburg and Rachel Bloomingdale, were married at New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1860, Mary and Henry Van Valkenburg, age 26 years, son of: Henrich Van Valkenburg and Rachel Bloomingdale, were married at New York^G.¹

Child of: Mary Frances Witbeck and Henry Van Valkenburg

Adrian Van Valkenburg+¹ B: 11 Nov 1863, D: 19 Oct 1917

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

Adrian Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50715, (11 Nov 1863 - 19 Oct 1917)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Henry Van Valkenburg¹ B: 26 Jul 1833, D: 14 Apr 1897

Mother*

Mary Frances Witbeck¹

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Adrian Van Valkenburg was born on Wednesday, 11 Nov 1863, at North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York^G.¹
Died on Friday, 19 Oct 1917 at Troy, Rensselaer County, New York^G, at age 53 years, 11 months and 8 days.¹
Interred after 19 Oct 1917 at North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Adrian Van Valkenburg was the son of: Henry Van Valkenburg and Mary Frances Witbeck.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 22 Feb 1865, Adrian, age 1 year, 3 months and 11 days, and Minnie Elvene Hilsinger were married at Lawrence, Otsego County, New York^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 22 Feb 1865, Adrian, age 1 year, 3 months and 11 days, and Minnie Elvene Hilsinger were married at Lawrence, Otsego County, New York^G.¹

Children of: Adrian Van Valkenburg and Minnie Elvene Hilsinger

Eveline Van Valkenburg¹ B: c 1890, D: 1958
Henry Clyde Van Valkenburg¹ B: 26 Jan 1892, D: 11 Dec 1971
Waldo Adrian Van Valkenburg¹ B: 30 Jan 1899, D: 21 Oct 1983

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

Minnie Elvene Hilsinger¹

Family

TMG ID:50716, ( - 1939)

Primary Birth & Death

Interred in 1939 at North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York^G.¹
Died in 1939 at Troy, Rensselaer County, New York^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Wednesday, 22 Feb 1865, her married name became Mrs. Van Valkenburg (née Hilsinger).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 22 Feb 1865, Minnie and Adrian Van Valkenburg, age 1 year, 3 months and 11 days, son of: Henry Van Valkenburg and Mary Frances Witbeck, were married at Lawrence, Otsego County, New York^G.¹

Children of: Minnie Elvene Hilsinger and Adrian Van Valkenburg

Eveline Van Valkenburg¹ B: c 1890, D: 1958
Henry Clyde Van Valkenburg¹ B: 26 Jan 1892, D: 11 Dec 1971
Waldo Adrian Van Valkenburg¹ B: 30 Jan 1899, D: 21 Oct 1983

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

Eveline Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50717, (c 1890 - 1958)

Relationship:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Adrian Van Valkenburg¹ B: 11 Nov 1863, D: 19 Oct 1917

Mother*

Minnie Elvene Hilsinger¹ D: 1939

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Eveline Van Valkenburg was born circa 1890, at Troy, Rensselaer County, New York^G.¹
Died in 1958.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Eveline Van Valkenburg was the daughter of: Adrian Van Valkenburg and Minnie Elvene Hilsinger.¹

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

Henry Clyde Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50718, (26 Jan 1892 - 11 Dec 1971)

Relationship:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Adrian Van Valkenburg¹ B: 11 Nov 1863, D: 19 Oct 1917

Mother*

Minnie Elvene Hilsinger¹ D: 1939

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Henry Clyde Van Valkenburg was born on Tuesday, 26 Jan 1892, at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 11 Dec 1971 at age 79 years, 10 months and 15 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Henry Clyde Van Valkenburg was the son of: Adrian Van Valkenburg and Minnie Elvene Hilsinger.¹

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

Waldo Adrian Van Valkenburg¹

Family

TMG ID:50719, (30 Jan 1899 - 21 Oct 1983)

Relationship:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Adrian Van Valkenburg¹ B: 11 Nov 1863, D: 19 Oct 1917

Mother*

Minnie Elvene Hilsinger¹ D: 1939

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Waldo Adrian Van Valkenburg was born on Monday, 30 Jan 1899, at Troy, Rensselaer County, New York^G.¹
Died on Friday, 21 Oct 1983 at Florida^G at age 84 years, 8 months and 21 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Waldo Adrian Van Valkenburg was the son of: Adrian Van Valkenburg and Minnie Elvene Hilsinger.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Monday, 20 Sep 1920, Waldo, age 21 years, 7 months and 21 days, and Beatrice Adelaide Carr, age 15 years and 5 months, daughter of: Francis Carr and Florence Estelle Timms, 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.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Beatrice Adelaide Carr¹

Family

TMG ID:50720, (20 Apr 1905 - 19 Jul 1958)

Father*

Francis Carr¹

Mother*

Florence Estelle Timms¹

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Beatrice Adelaide Carr was born on Thursday, 20 Apr 1905, at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 19 Jul 1958 at East Orange, New York^G, at age 53 years, 2 months and 29 days.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Beatrice Adelaide Carr was the daughter of: Francis Carr and Florence Estelle Timms.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Monday, 20 Sep 1920, her married name became Mrs. Van Valkenburg (née Carr).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Monday, 20 Sep 1920, Beatrice, age 15 years and 5 months, and Waldo Adrian Van Valkenburg, age 21 years, 7 months and 21 days, son of: Adrian Van Valkenburg and Minnie Elvene Hilsinger, 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

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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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