Vanvalkenburg, Frederick Denver b. 21 May 1885 Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada d. 25 Dec 1967: VanValkenburgh-Vollick-in-Canada (a collaborative project)

1885 - 1967 (82 years)

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Name	Vanvalkenburg, Frederick Denver
Census	1881	Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada [1]
Born	21 May 1885	Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
Gender	Male
Died	25 Dec 1967
Person ID	I93	VV-Adam-AnnaDiamond
Last Modified	16 Apr 2022

Father	Vanvalkenburg, Adam Francis, b. 1845, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 25 Oct 1897, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA (Age 52 years)
Mother	Foster, Adelaide, b. 04 Mar 1851, Yarmouth, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 14 Mar 1918, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA (Age 67 years)
Married	03 Dec 1874	Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada
Family ID	F42	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Schweizer, Catherine, b. 16 Oct 1882, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA , d. 20 Dec 1970, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA (Age 88 years)

Married 23 Mar 1918 Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

Children

	1. Vanvalkenburg, Denver N., b. 1919, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA , d. 23 Dec 1992, Rochester, Oakland Co., Michigan, USA (Age 73 years)
	2. Vanvalkenburg, Raymond Stanley, b. 12 Jul 1920, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA , d. 14 Jul 2008, Madison Heights, Oakland Co., Michigan, USA (Age 88 years)

Family ID F46 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Tower, Lillian L., b. 1888, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

Married 04 Mar 1909 Dearborn, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

Divorced 19 Feb 1918 Michigan, USA

Children

1. Vanvalkenburg, Mary, b. 02 Jun 1912, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

, d. 03 Jun 1912, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA

(Age 0 years) [Natural]

Family ID F45 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		DEATH CERTIFICATE - Mary Van Valkenburg-June 3 1912 Frederick Denver VanValkenburg--Lillian Tower's infant daughter.
		MARRIAGE - Frank H. Van Valkenburg--Annie E. Van Coverden-1905 Detroit,Wayne,Michigan This second marriage was witnessed by Frank's younger brother Frederick Denver Van Valkenburg.
		OBITUARY-Frederick Denver Van Valkenburg-December 25 1967
		OBITUARY-Catherine S. Van Valkenburg(Schweizer)-December 20 1970
		Social Security Application - Frederick Denver Van Valkenburg Applied for November 30, 1936
		BIRTH - Frederick Denver Van Valkenburg-21 May 1885 Woodstock,Oxford,Ontario
		MARRIAGE - Frederick Denver Van Valkenburg--Lillian Tower-1909 Frederick's first marriage, March 04, 1909 in Dearborn,Michigan. The marriage was witnessed by his sister Clara Maud Hutchinson and her husband Edward.
		MARRIAGE - Frederick Denver Van Valkenburg--Catherine Schweizer-1918 Frederick's second marriage to Catherine Schweizer on March 23,1918 in Detroit, Michigan.
		DIVORCE-1903 - John Francis Jeffrey--Catherine Schweizer - refused This Michigan divorce was refused by the court most likely because Catherine was pregnant with her daughter Helen Jeffrey at the time.
		DIVORCE-1904 - John Francis Jeffrey--Catherine Schweizer - granted This Michigan divorce was granted on September 30, 1904
		DIVORCE-1918 - Frederick Denver Van Valkenburg--Lillian Tower This Michigan divorce was granted on February 19, 1918. It certainly looks like there was a motive to this--Frederick married Catherine Schweizer soon after on March 04, 1918.
		Cottage on Cedar Beach near Kingsville, Ontario - 03 July 1924 Frederick Denver Van Valkenburg's Canadian Border Crossing document where he states "Bought a cottage on Cedar Beach near Kingsville, Ontario" - dated 03 July 1924 The cottage was passed down to his sons Denver Norman Van Valkenburg and Raymond Stanley VanValkenburg and eventually sold in 1992.

Headstones		Frederick Denver VanValkenburg Evergreen Cemetery Detroit,Wayne,Michigan
Headstones		Catherine VanValkenburg(Schweizer) Evergreen Cemetery Detroit,Wayne,Michigan

Census Records » Slide Show		CENSUS-1891 - Adam Francis VanValkenburg--Adelaide Foster Francis(Frank H.),George W.,Frederick Denver,Charles Russell,Clara Maud Woodstock,Oxford,Ontario Living next door: Adam Francis' mother Flora VanValkenburg(Lauzau)
		CENSUS-1900 - Adelaide VanValkenburg(Foster)-widowed George W.,Frederick Denver,Charles Russell,Clara Maud Detroit,Wayne,Michigan Adelaide is widowed and living with her brother in Detroit between 1891 and 1895 after they Woodstock, ON after 1891
		CENSUS-1910 - Frederick Denver Van Valkenburg--Lillian Tower Detroit,Wayne,Michigan Lillian and Frederick were married on March 4, 1909. Their infant daughter Mary died June 03, 1912 and was only one day old. Frederick and Lillian divorced sometime before 1920.
		CENSUS-1920 - Frederick Denver Van Valkenburg--Catherine Schweizer Denver, Helen Jeffrey(Catherine's daughter from her marriage to John Francis Jeffrey) Detroit,Wayne,Michigan
		CENSUS-1930 - Frederick Denver VanValkenburg--Catherine Schweizer Denver,Raymond Also living with them are Raymond Wersen--Helen Jeffrey, Catherine's daughter from her marriage to John Francis Jeffrey and Helen's husband Detroit,Wayne,Michigan
		CENSUS-1940 - Frederick Denver VanValkenburg--Catherine Schweizer Denver,Raymond Detroit,Wayne,Michigan

Sources

[S4] 1881 Canada West census - ONTARIO-Oxford-Woodstock-VVFlora, 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.

Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada

Florence Vanvalkenberg, 60 b. 1821 Ontario, widow, Church of Rome (Catholic), French
Angeline Vanvalkenberg, daughter, 40 b. 1841, single, seamstress
Next Household:
Francis Vanvalkenberg, 34 b. 1847 Ontario, cooper, Dutch
Adelaide Vanvalkenberg, 30 b. 1851
Francis, 6 b. 1875
Fredric, 5 b. 1876
Maud, 1 b. 1880