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Personal data William Allen van Wormer 

  • He was born on July 10, 1840 in somewhere in PA.
  • He died on July 15, 1920 in Gas City, Mill Twp., Grant Co., IN, he was 80 years old.
  • This information was last updated on August 11, 2010.

Household of William Allen van Wormer

He is married to Sarah Rocela Haswell.

They got married on May 25, 1861 at Troy Twp., DeKalb Co., IN, he was 20 years old.

William Allen Van Wormer oo Sarah Rocela Haswell

Marriage source: McIntosh, William H., History of Northeast Indiana, Vol. II, (Chicago & NY, The Lewis Pub. Co., 1920), pg 163 for state of marriage.

Certificate of Marriage License, (a copy), (Dekalb Co xxiii Aug MCMXX)

'WM Van Wormer TO Sarah Haswell Be It Remembered, That on this 22 day of May 1861 the clerk of the DeKalb Circuit Court, issued a Marriage License ... Your are hereby authorized to join together as HUSBAND AND WIFE Wm Van Wormer and SarahHaswell .. Witness John Ralston Clerk ... 22 May A.D. 1861 ... on the 25 day of May 1861 Certificate was filed in my office ... I G C Everts of said county certifiy that on the 25 day of May A. D. 1861 I joined in Marriage Wm Van Wormerand Sarah Haswell Given under my hand, this 25 day of May A.D. 1861 GC Everts ...' <>

Child(ren):

  1. Sarah Della van Wormer  1867-1945 


Notes about William Allen van Wormer

William Van Wormer

Source: Betty McDonald FGS sent MCMXCII for name, state of birth

Wise, James, FGS, June MCMLXXXI for name

Faith: United Brethren Chr. Military: Co K, 100th IN Inf til close of Civil War.

Stringfellow, Helena, The Alwood Family Tree, (Grantville PA, Wert Bookbinding, MCMXCVI), pg. II-FGS-17, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. for yob.

Hanna, Jacquelyn, Alwood Web Site, (Portage MI, J.H., xxii Sept MCMXCIX) for dob, state of birth, dod, town of death.

Gen. Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, T-288, Roll 487, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'Van Wormer, William A. Widow, Van Wormer, Sarah K 100 Ind. Inf. 1880 May 3 Invalid App # 357283 Cert # 212813 1920 Jul 23 Widow 1161277 893.219 Ind.'

War Department Adjutant General's Office Washington, June 10 1882

'William A. Vanwormer, a private of Company K 100 Regiment Ind. Volunteers, was enrolled on the 20 day of August, 1862 at Ft. Wayne Ind ... absent - wounded in the shoulder in action at Missionary Ridge November 25. 1863 ... Mustered outwith Company as corporal June 29. 1865 at Louisville Ky ...'

William's parents: ______ Van Wormer b. PA & ________ Bell b. PA <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Allen van Wormer

William Allen van Wormer
1840-1920

1861

Sarah Rocela Haswell
1843-1931

Sarah Della van Wormer
1867-1945

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Birthday July 10, 1840

  • The temperature on July 10, 1840 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen bui. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
    • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
    • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
    • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
    • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
    • May 22 » The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.

Day of marriage May 25, 1861

  • The temperature on May 25, 1861 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
    • January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
    • May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
    • May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
    • June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
    • November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.

Day of death July 15, 1920

  • The temperature on July 15, 1920 was between 9.4 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
    • May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
    • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
    • July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
    • August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
    • October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.


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About the surname Van Wormer


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