1835 - 1926 (90 years)
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Name |
VanVolkenburgh, Michael Henry |
Born |
24 Nov 1835 |
Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1851 |
Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada [1] |
Census |
1861 |
Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada [2] |
Residence |
1878 |
Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada- Con XII Lot 5 N 1/2, [3] |
Census |
1881 |
Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada [4] |
Died |
06 Jun 1926 |
Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada |
Person ID |
I16 |
VV-Jacob-ChloeHodges |
Last Modified |
22 Dec 2015 |
Father |
VanVolkenburgh, Phylander, b. 1803, Augusta Twp., Leeds-Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Nov 1877, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years) |
Relationship |
Natural |
Mother |
Richmond, Martha, b. 1811, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Sep 1878, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 67 years) |
Relationship |
Natural |
Married |
1827 |
Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada |
Family ID |
F4 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Scriver, Eliza Ann, b. 13 Dec 1847, Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 13 Nov 1909, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years) |
Married |
20 Oct 1864 |
Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada |
Children |
| 1. VanVolkenburg, David, b. 01 Sep 1865, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 16 Jun 1868, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 2 years) [Natural] |
| 2. VanVolkenburg, Mary Ann, b. 25 Aug 1867, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 1917, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years) [Natural] |
| 3. VanVolkenburg, George Sherman, b. 07 Jan 1869, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Jan 1957, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years) [Natural] |
| 4. VanVolkenburg, Cinderella, b. 05 Jan 1873, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada [Natural] |
| 5. VanVolkenburgh, Sarah Eliza, b. 29 Jun 1876, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 11 Aug 1877, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 1 years) [Natural] |
| 6. VanVolkenburg, Margaret Maggie Letitia, b. 03 Mar 1879, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 28 Jul 1970 (Age 91 years) [Natural] |
| 7. VanVolkenburg, Amelia Jane Jennie, b. 28 Nov 1882, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 07 Oct 1946, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 63 years) [Natural] |
| 8. VanVolkenburgh, Arthur Wellington, b. 05 Jan 1884, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 12 Nov 1970, North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada (Age 86 years) [Natural] |
| 9. VanVolkenburgh, Jessie May, b. 01 Oct 1888, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 12 Mar 1892, Trent River, Seymour Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 3 years) [Natural] |
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Family ID |
F9 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Histories
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 | VV names in two directories for Northumberland Co., Ontario - 1865 and 1870.
Shows VV / Vollicks in the following townships: Brighton, Campbellford & Emily, Seymour. An 1885 directory was consulted but not copied as it showed only one: Oscar Vollick, shoemaker, in Marmora, Hastings Co.
David VV, (who incidentally was also a shoemaker), wrote a will out of *Cramahe* Twp. in 1846 describing his holdings at Lots 4 and 5 in the 4th Concession. By the 1870's, that part of Cramahe Twp. just north-west of the village of Brighton, was incorporated into Brighton Twp., so he is the "D." VV in these directories. On censuses he was actually a resident of Brighton village - maybe he had his shoemaker shop there.
Note the proximity of an "S.D." VV living very near to David at Con 3 Lot 3. Is this Sylvester Ducklin VV?
Directories available at the Cobourg Public Library. |
 | Letter written by John VV (1863-1951) of Cordova Mines, Ontario to a Paul E. VV in 1935.
Letter 3 of 4. See transcription of text here. Outlines what is known of his family's history through his aunt, Mrs. Almeda VV-Quackenbush. |
 | Transcription of Letter #3 by John VV of Cordova Mines, Ontario, written in 1935.
Transcription of original hand-written letter.
See other letters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Sources |
- [S2] 1851 Canada West census - ONTARIO-Northumberland-Brighton-VVMartha, Canada. "Census of 1851" (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Brighton, Northumberland County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11739 - C-11740.
Brighton, Northumberland Co., Canada West
Martha Vn Vokenbury, 45 b. 1807 Canada , married Nathan, 18 b. 1833 Canada
Elmida, f, 8 b. 1843 Canada
Maria, 5 b. 1846 Canada
[and a few lines down]
Michael Van Volkinburg, 17 b. 1835 Canada
Hanna Jane Van Volkinburg, 14, b. 1837 Canada
- [S11] 1881 Canada West census - ONTARIO-Peterborough-Methuen-VVNathan, Canada. "Census returns for 1861." Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. Seymour, Northumberland County, Canada West; Roll: C-1054 - C-1056.
Seymour, Northumberland Co., Canada West
Nathan Vanvolkenburgh, 26 b. 1835 Germany
Lucinda, 26 b. 1835 Germany
Lucy Jane, 3 b. 1858 Canada
Margaret, 1 b. 1860 Canada
Filander Vanvolkenburg, 58 b. 1803 Germany
Martha, 50 b. 1811 Germany
Michael, 26 b. 1835 Germany
Jane, 23 b. 1838 Canada
Darpley-Ann (f), 20 Canada
Almedia (f), 17 Canada
Margaret, 14 Canada
- [S1] ATLAS-SeymourTwp-NorthumberlandCo-1878, Illustrated historical atlas of the counties of Northumberland and Durham, Ont. Toronto : H. Belden & Co., 1878.
Shows north part of Seymour Twp. Con XII Lot 5 N 1/2 owned by "Michael Vanvolkenburgh".
- [S13] 1881 Canada West census - ONTARIO-Northumberland-Seymour-VVMichael, Canada. "Census of Canada, 1881." Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html.
Seymour, Northumberland East
M. (m) Vanolkenberg, 45 b. 1836 Ontario
Eliza Vanolkenberg, 38 b. 1843 Ontario
Mary, 13 b. 1868 Ontario
George, 12 b. 1869 Ontario
Cindrella, 6 b. 1875 Ontario
Margaret, 2 b. 1879 Ontario
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