Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Isaac Van Wart: Shoemaker, Father of 11, and Patriot
Today's post will tell the story of my 7th great grandfather, Isaac Van Wart. Before I begin I would like to preface that this is not the Isaac Van Wart who captured Major John Andre during the Revolutionary War (although they are related). This Isaac, like many others, was one of the revolutionary war veterans who weren't honored with a section in the history books, but whose sacrifices should not be forgotten.
Throughout records he is most commonly known as Isaac Van Wart (1) and is sometimes also referred to as Isaac Van Waert (2). Isaac was born in about 1750 (3) to his parents Abraham Van Wart (2)(11) and Anna Maria May (12). On the 13th of April, 1751, he was baptized in the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow in North Tarrytown, New York (2).
Upon reaching adulthood Isaac began working in the cordwainer trade (8), crafting shoes out of leather (8).
In the year 1777 Isaac, unmarried and just 27 years old, was commissioned as a 1st Lieut. in Capt. Jacob Wright, Company in the late Philip V Cortland Regiment, on the continental Establishment in which company and regiment he served as Lieut. from that time until the spring of the year 1780, when he retired from the service of the revolutionary war (5). During his service he was engaged in the battles of St. John's, Quebec, White Plains, Hackensack Bridge, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Stony Point (18).
Throughout records he is most commonly known as Isaac Van Wart (1) and is sometimes also referred to as Isaac Van Waert (2). Isaac was born in about 1750 (3) to his parents Abraham Van Wart (2)(11) and Anna Maria May (12). On the 13th of April, 1751, he was baptized in the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow in North Tarrytown, New York (2).
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| The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow. (source) |
In the year 1777 Isaac, unmarried and just 27 years old, was commissioned as a 1st Lieut. in Capt. Jacob Wright, Company in the late Philip V Cortland Regiment, on the continental Establishment in which company and regiment he served as Lieut. from that time until the spring of the year 1780, when he retired from the service of the revolutionary war (5). During his service he was engaged in the battles of St. John's, Quebec, White Plains, Hackensack Bridge, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Stony Point (18).
Monday, January 15, 2018
Biography: Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Schmidt (3gg)
This is the biography of my immigrant ancestor, my 3rd great grandpa Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Schmidt.
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Schmidt (who more commonly went by 'Wilhelm' or 'William') was born on the 18th of February, 1857 in Goldbeck, Pommern, Germany to his father, a farmer also named Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Schmidt, and his mother Dorothea Louisa Zabel. He was baptized into the Lutheran church there on the 28th of February, 1857. He was the 2nd child of his parents, who would have 3 more children before his father's death on the 27th of February, 1864 at the young age of 39. His mother remarried to Michael Heidemann and had a total of 6 more children by him.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
The Mysterious Origins of William Smith: A Tale of an Insane Irish Man
Nearly every family has one; a seemingly-eccentric-nutter-turned-black-sheep. The ancestor who lived under a guise of normalcy for years until a seemingly insignificant event turned them sour. On the Van Wert side of my family, this person is the Irish born William Smith, my 4th great grandfather by the following line:
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Monday, October 30, 2017
What in the world is a Wesselowski?(And solving a Mystery)
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| Julius Wesselowski |
Sunday, October 29, 2017
The Children of Emilie Wesselowski and Efroim Franz Brück
These are the biographies of the 7 children of Emilie Wesselowski and Efroim Franz Brück. They ended up all over the world in Germany, the USA, and Brazil. Several faced persecution as a result of being ethnic Jews during Nazi Germany.
Martha Brück
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| Birth Record of Martha Brück |
Sunday, September 10, 2017
What is known about August Ferdinand Krüger
Since my last post about Franz Albert Kruger, new information has surfaced about his brother, August Ferdinand Krüger, my 4th great grandpa. August Ferdinand was the first one to marry Ernestine Wilhelmine Warner, the second being his brother Franz Albert Krüger who I wrote about here.
Monday, September 4, 2017
Franz Albert Krüger
Today I thought I would share some basic information about my 4th great uncle Franz Albert Krüger.
Franz Albert Krüger
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| Photo of the family provided by Craig Hacker |
Saturday, March 25, 2017
John Anthony Kruszynski- Biography
My Relation:
He was my Great Grandfather on my paternal side.
Description:
John was tall man of medium weight. At the age of 19 he was 58 inches tall and 176 pounds5. He had blue eyes, light skin, and light brown hair.He was also bilingual in Polish and English.1
Biography:
John A. Kruszynski was born on April 21st 1897 1 to Leon Kruszynski and Rosie Kruszynski. Of their 7 children he was one of the only 3 to survive to adulthood. 2At the age of three he lived with his family in his home at 720 Minnehaha Avenue. On a typical day his father would go to work as a machine operator at a box factory while his mother stayed home to look after him and his little sisters Helen and Katherine.3
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