Vanvalkenburg-Van, Adam Smith

1885 - 1954  (68 years)

• Name	Vanvalkenburg-Van, Adam Smith
  Born	17 Jul 1885	Grand Bend, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census	04 Apr 1891	Bosanquet, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Census	1911	Shallow Lake, Keppel Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Died	08 Jan 1954	London, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I37	VV-Adam-AnnaDiamond
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Vanvalkenburg, Henry James,   b. 1830,   d. 01 Dec 1892, Grand Bend, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Norton, Hannah Catherine,   b. 1860, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 06 Jun 1894, Tara, Arran Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)
  Married	20 Feb 1879	Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Firrell, Sarah Jane,   b. 1884, Ontario ,   d. 15 May 1912, Shallow Lake, Keppel Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 28 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1907	Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Van, female,   b. 08 Jul 1908, Con 10 Lot 8, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 08 Jul 1908, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   2. Vanvalkenburg-Van, Edna Annie Violeta
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Guthrie, Catherine Cassie Victoria,   b. 15 Mar 1899, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 May 1974, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	11 Aug 1919	London, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Van, female,   b. 1922  [Natural]   2. Van, two-males-born-past-1925  [Natural]
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 Jul 1885 - Grand Bend, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Census - 04 Apr 1891 - Bosanquet, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Dec 1907 - Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  BIRTH - Adam Smith Van Valkenburg-17 July 1885 Grand Bend,Huron,Ontario County of Huron Register

  
  

  Headstones

  Graves of Adam Smith Van (1885-1954) & second wife Cassie Guthrie (1899-1974) Dorchester Union Cemetery, London, Dorchester North Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario Burial records provide dates: VAN, ADAM 1/11/1954 4-E-R14-G13 VAN, CATHERINE 5/31/1974 4-E-R14-G14 (no stone for Cassie) Plot: Sec. 4-E-R14

  
  

  Histories

  In Search of a Grave for Henry VV - Hannah Lounsberry Henry James VanValkenburg was a cooper and had lived between mid-1860's and early 1880's in Hay Township, Huron County (according to census and birth records of children). During that time he lost his first wife Hannah Lounsberry, and remarried Hannah Norton. Henry died in 1891 at Grand Bend, to the south of Huron, and his burial place, and that of first wife Hannah L., have not been located. In the 1869 Directory of Ontario, under a town called Johnson’s Mills / Lakeview / Lake View: Henry VV and a James Lounsberry, coopers. James Lounsberry, on censuses for Hay Twp., is married to Lucinda, and they are old enough to be parents of Hannah Lounsberry. The Lounsberry family may have connected with Henry and his brother John D. VV, while living in Woodstock, 1851. In modern maps, this area is called Saint Joseph, on the road that leads to the lake from a larger town, Zurich. We don’t have an 1881 census for the family, however, the first children born to Henry and second wife Hannah Norton, were also born in Hay Twp., and one infant died at Hensall, nearby. On the 1862 map of the area, near Lakeview is shown a LouisDeneny. I suspect this was a mis-transcription of Lounsberry. James and Lucinda Lounsberry, being elderly at the time, may be buried in the area, and it is worth searching for them, along with Hannah and the infant son of the second marriage. (Assuming the family members would be buried together).

  
  

  Census Records		CENSUS-1891 - Henry James VanValkenburg--Hannah Catherine Norton with children: Ada,James,Adam Smith,Laura Bosanquet Twp.,Lambton,Ontario
  		CENSUS - 1911 James Henry Vanvoltenburg--Sylvia Estella Wright, Adam Smith Vanvoltenburg--Sarah Firrell, Shallow Lake, Ontario Here the sons of Henry James VanValkenburg--Hannah Catherine Norton are living next door to each other in Shallow Lake, ON

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] 1891 Canada Census - ONTARIO-Lambton-Bosanquet-VVHenryJ, Census of Canada, 1891. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html. Bosanquet Twp., East Lambton J Vanvalkenbury, 58 b. 1833 Ontario, cooper, father b. England, mother b. Ontario Hannah Vanvalkenbury, 30 b. 1861 Ontario, Ada, 8 b. 1883 Ontario James, 7 b. 1884 Ontario, cooper A. Smith Vanvalkenbury, 5 b. 1886, cooper Laura Vanvalkenbury, 10/12 b. Jun 1890 [S19] CENSUS-CANADA-1911-Keppel-Huron-VV-brothers, "Census of Canada 1911," Keppel Sub-Districts 13, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,517. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=7172950. 1911 Census Town of Shallow Lake, Keppel Township, Huron North, Ontario Adam Volkinburg, 23 b. 10 Jun 1888 Ontario, German, labourer Sarah Volkinburg, 27 b. 22 Jul 1883 Ontario, wife Edna, 1 b. 14 Dec 1909 Ontario Alferd Volknburg, 15 b. 27 Feb 1896 Ontario, brother, labourer [very next household, last name transcribed by Archives Canada: Mauastha] James Vanvoltenbog, 24 b. 14 Oct 1886 Ontario, German, labourer Stella Vanvoltenbog, 25 b. 26 Jan 1884 USA, imm 1910, English Glen, 5 b. 27 Jun 1905 USA, imm 1910 Joseph, 4 b. 3 Jun 1907 USA, imm 1910 [the "brother" Alferd is a mystery as the parents had died before 1896. Perhaps he was Sarah Firrell's brother?]