Melvina Lounsbury m. William O. Vandyke in NY State, moved to Iowa Co, IA
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Melvina Lounsbury m. William O. Vandyke in NY State, moved to Iowa Co, IA
 joannaklein
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Posted: 13 Jul 2008 4:09AM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Lounsbury - Vandyke - Huffman - Ginther
I am looking for information on the ancestry of Melvina (or Malvina) Lounsbury (b. ~1833) from NY. I have no information regarding her parents; below is what I have been able to acquire.
She married William O. Vandyke in NY ~1855, had one son there, and then moved to Iowa Co., IA. I have unconfirmed sources stating that William was from Utica, Oneida Co., NY. His mother was Sarah (b. ~1802) who lived next to them in Iowa in 1860 and with them in 1870. [In 1860, the William Vandyke family had a woman named Julia Chudwick (b. 1790 in MA) living with them. I have _no_ idea who this woman is!] I have unconfirmed sources stating that William's father was Peter O. Vandyke, who may have been a riverboat captain.
William and Melvina's children are:
William H. (b. ~1855 in NY);
Charles M. (b. ~1860);
Eva J. (1862-1928) m. Alfred Anderson Huffman;
Celia Adelaide (1866-1942) m. John Newton Ginther;
Homer D. (b. ~1870);
John Fremont (b. ~1872).
[John Newton Ginther's family (descended from Peter Ginther who settled Tuscarawas County, OH) has been thoroughly researched and documented, but noone provides ancestral information on Celia Adelaide.]
In 1895, Melvina was living with the Huffman family in Sioux City, Woodbury Co., Iowa. William's whereabouts are unknown (to me), but in 1900, he was living with the Huffman family in Woodbury, Woodbury Co., Iowa; Melvina was not.
The only record that I have of Melvina's maiden name is from a 1925 Iowa Census, in which her daughter (my gg grandmother) Celia Adelaide (aka Addie) Vandyke Ginther provides information about her parents. Unfortunately, this record has her birthplace as Missouri, while all of the other census records that I have for Melvina (US: 1860, 1870, 1880; IA: 1885, 1895) show her birthplace as NY.
Any information that you can provide from me will be greatly appreciated. I'm dying to uncover the truth of the myths that Grandma Ginther passed around the family!
She married William O. Vandyke in NY ~1855, had one son there, and then moved to Iowa Co., IA. I have unconfirmed sources stating that William was from Utica, Oneida Co., NY. His mother was Sarah (b. ~1802) who lived next to them in Iowa in 1860 and with them in 1870. [In 1860, the William Vandyke family had a woman named Julia Chudwick (b. 1790 in MA) living with them. I have _no_ idea who this woman is!] I have unconfirmed sources stating that William's father was Peter O. Vandyke, who may have been a riverboat captain.
William and Melvina's children are:
William H. (b. ~1855 in NY);
Charles M. (b. ~1860);
Eva J. (1862-1928) m. Alfred Anderson Huffman;
Celia Adelaide (1866-1942) m. John Newton Ginther;
Homer D. (b. ~1870);
John Fremont (b. ~1872).
[John Newton Ginther's family (descended from Peter Ginther who settled Tuscarawas County, OH) has been thoroughly researched and documented, but noone provides ancestral information on Celia Adelaide.]
In 1895, Melvina was living with the Huffman family in Sioux City, Woodbury Co., Iowa. William's whereabouts are unknown (to me), but in 1900, he was living with the Huffman family in Woodbury, Woodbury Co., Iowa; Melvina was not.
The only record that I have of Melvina's maiden name is from a 1925 Iowa Census, in which her daughter (my gg grandmother) Celia Adelaide (aka Addie) Vandyke Ginther provides information about her parents. Unfortunately, this record has her birthplace as Missouri, while all of the other census records that I have for Melvina (US: 1860, 1870, 1880; IA: 1885, 1895) show her birthplace as NY.
Any information that you can provide from me will be greatly appreciated. I'm dying to uncover the truth of the myths that Grandma Ginther passed around the family!