VanValkenburg, Ira

1802 - 1875  (~ 72 years)

• Name	VanValkenburg, Ira
  Born	Sep 1802	Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Between 1817 and 1855	Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada - various lots east of Springdale / Erindale Village   [1]
  Census	1851	Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1858	Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada- Con I SDS Lot 7   [3]
  Census	1861	Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Census	02 Aug 1870	Port Huron, St. Clair Co., Michigan, USA   [5]
  Died	27 Mar 1875	Port Huron, St. Clair Co., Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I539	VANVALKENBURGH
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	VanValkenburg, Cornelius,   b. 22 Feb 1774, Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York, USA ,   d. Ontario, Canada
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Davis, Louisa,   b. 22 Feb 1779, New York, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1874, Norwich, North Norwich Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	22 Feb 1801	Guilderland, Albany Co., New York, USA
  Family ID	F178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cushman, Eliza,   b. 1828, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Married	1848	Peel Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. VanValkenburg, Eliza,   b. 1848, Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada  [Natural]   2. VanValkenburg, Ira,   b. 1850, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  [Natural]   3. VanValkenburg, Adaline,   b. 1851, Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada  [Natural]   4. VanValkenburg, Scott,   b. 1853, Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada  [Natural]   5. VanValkenburg, Thaddeus,   b. 1857, Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada  [Natural]   6. VanValkenburg, Grant,   b. 01 Feb 1866, Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 May 1952, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 86 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories » Slide Show		MILITARY - War of 1812 - Cornelius VV, DAVIS & VANDENBURGH families, Niagara & LOCATIONS of Cornelius VV- Lois DAVIS Family 1801-1817
  		History Notes written by Ariel Evelyn VV - Dawson (1886-1943) in response to the questionnaire from William Perkins Bull, Peel Co. historian, in 1933.
  		Baptism, Marriage & Burial Records of St. Peter's Anglican Church "Toronto Mission", 1827-1851 St. Peter's Anglican Church, Springfield/Erindale, Mississauga, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada. Copies obtained at the Anglican Archdiocese of Toronto Archives.
  		Obituary: Ira VanValkenburg (1802-1875), Port Huron, Michigan

  
  

  Census Records		CENSUS-1851 - Ira VanValkenburg--Eliza Cushman Eliza,Ira Toronto Twp,Peel,Ontario
  		CENSUS - 1817 "Circa 1817" - Thaddeus Davis Sen., Cornelius VV, Vandenburgh families at Allanburgh. Thorold Twp., Welland Co., Ontario, Canada The Thorold Township Minute Book (1799-1842) is a collection of censuses, assessment rolls, etc. many of them undated. The "1817 Census Thorold Township" and "1817 Assessment" are stated to be "circa" 1817 but historians feel they could have been recorded as early as 1815 and as late as 1818. Column Headers: Name, Husband, Wife, Males, Females See also the "Circa 1817" Tax Assessment for Thorold Twp.

  
  

  Maps		VV Land Holdings - Erindale/Springdale, Toronto Twp., Peel Co. Land records taken from William Perkins Bull family files, against 1859 Tremaine map and modern map. Pertains to Cornelius VanValkenburgh - Lois Davis and their sons in the 1815-1870 period.
  		ATLAS- HALTON Co. (Trafalgar Twp.) & PEEL Co. (Toronto Twp.) 1858/9 Geo. Tremaine. Shows St. Peter's Anglican cemetery and Munn's United Cemetery, and the VV relatives on their lots along Dundas St. From east to west: Ira VV, Eleanor (Conover) widow of Moses Teeter and George Phoenix, Samuel Conover husband of Lovina VV, Abraham & George Phoenix (Fenix). The VV's in this area started out as members of the Anglican church, as it was the only church available, but most converted to Methodism.

  
  

• Notes

  642,32) Ira VanValkenburg m. Cushman http://www.navvf.org/VVgene/pafg58.htm#201 http://www.heritagePIN.com/VV-Ontario/navvfgen/642-32.htm

  
  

• Sources

  [S169] RES-VV-PeelCo-WmPerkinsBull, Perkins Bull, William. “William Perkins Bull Historical Series”. Research notes, Family Files: Vanvalkenburgh Family, c1930’s. Microfilm. Various land records of VV property in the 1817-1860 period in Toronto Twp., Peel Co. Original land grants to Cornelius VV and Lois Davis-VV were: Con 1 SDS Lot 7, Con 1 NDS Lot 23 and Con 1 SDS Lot 17. Sons John, Hiram and Ira recorded on these lots and others until about 1860 when they had moved elsewhere. [S30] 1851 Canada West census - ONTARIO-Peel-Toronto-Ira, Canada. "Census of 1851" (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Toronto, Peel County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11746. Toronto, Peel Co., Canada West Ira Vanvalkenburgh * Ira Vanbalkenburgh, 50 b. 1801 Canada Eliza, 24 b. 1827 Canada Eliza, 3 b.1848 Canada Ira, 1 b. 1850 Canada [S4] ATLAS-Tremaine-1858-PeelCo-Erindale, Tremaine's Map of the County of Peel, Canada West Publisher: Geo. M. Tremaine, 1859 Scale: [1:39,600]. Partial section of Toronto Twp. showing Con I SDS (South of Dundas Street) Lot 7 as owned by Ira VV. This is his father Cornelius VV's original land patent of 1810. [S54] 1861 Canada West census - ONTARIO-Peel-Toronto-VanIra, Canada. "Census returns for 1861." Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. Toronto, Peel County, Canada West; Roll: C-1062 - C-1064. Toronto, Peel Co., Canada West I. Vanvalknberg, 60 b. 1801 Eliza van Va??, 30 b. 1831 A.A. va?, 11 b. 1850 ??? ??, 9 b. 1852 ??? ??nn, 5 b. 1856 John Vann, 61 b. 1847 , single, carpenter * This family interchanged VV with Vann as a surname. An ink blot obscures the children of Ira and Elizabeth VV but the surname changes to an "nn" ending. John Vann is Ira's brother. John Vann's children are living with relatives in Peel and Halton counties. [S170] 1870 United States Federal Census - MICHIGAN-StClair-PortHuron-VVIra, "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11824-69598-87?cc=1438024), citing NARA microfilm publication M593, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Port Huron, St. Clair Co., Michigan Ira VanValkenburgh, 68 b. 1802 Canada, at home Eliza VanValkenburgh, 42 b. 1828 Canada, keeping house Scott 18 b. 1852 Canada, works in saw mill Adaline 20 b. 1850 Canada, at home Thaddeus 14 b. 1856 Canada, at home Grant 4 b. 1866 Canada, at home