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Joseph P. Vangilder (1836 - 1912)

Joseph P. Vangilder
Born in Knox Co., ILmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 15 Jan 1863 in Jasper Co., IAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 76 in Perry, Dallas Co., IAmap
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Contents

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Joseph P. /Vangilder/[1][2][3]
Name: Joseph P. /Van Gilder/

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Joseph P. /Vangilder/.

Birth

Birth:
Date: 26 SEP 1836
Place: Knox Co., IL[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Death

Death:
Date: 22 OCT 1912
Place: Perry, Dallas Co., IA[10][11][12]

Data Changed

Data Changed:
Date: 27 AUG 2000[13][14]

Prior to import, this record was last changed 27 AUG 2000.

Occupation

Occupation:
Place: a drayman[15][16]

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: 1HKS-DJH

Reference

Reference: 1843

Note

Note: #NI2218

Marriage

Husband: Joseph P. Vangilder
Wife: Margaret Ellen Smith
Child: Clara O. Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Abraham Lewis Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Unknown
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Charles Herman Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Unknown
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Estella A. Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Earl Forrest Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Ila Mabel Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Joseph Walter Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Mary Prudence Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Marriage:
Date: 15 JAN 1863
Place: Jasper Co., IA[17][18][19]
Marriage:
Date: 15 JAN 1863
Place: Jasper Co. IA
Husband: @I0017@
Wife: @I2216@
Child: Martha Ellen Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Unknown
Child: @I0373@
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Family member
Child: Joseph P. Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Child: Mary Ann Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Unknown
Child: Infant son Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Unknown
Child: Nancy Jane Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Family member
Child: Samuel H. Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Unknown
Child: Angeline Vangilder
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Marriage:
Date: 1832[20][21][22]

Sources

  • Source: S005440 Title: January.FTW Repository: Call Number: Media: Other
  • Source: S009499 Title: E-mail from Maude Gunn (Mrs. John Gunn) regarding descendants Author: Gunn, Maude (Mrs. John Gunn) Note: #NS094991

No NOTE record found with id NS094991.

No NOTE record found with id NS096301.

  • Source: S009675 Title: GenForum Vangilder Family Genealogy Forum Note: #NS096751

No NOTE record found with id NS096751.

  • Source: S012394 Title: Gunn.ged Repository: Call Number: Media: Other
  • Source: S013013 Title: The Cape May County (1692-____) Magazine of History and Author: Van_Vorst, Joyce Publication: Cape May County Historical and Genealogical Society, Cape May CONT Court House, New Jersey, 1995 Note: #NS130131 Repository: Note: #NS130133

No NOTE record found with id NS130131. No NOTE record found with id NS130133.

  • Source: S068526 Title: testmerge.FTW Repository: Call Number: Media: Other

Notes

Note NI2218At the outset in telling about g-grandfather Joseph Van Gilder, there was a family tradition told about him. My Dad (never the "genealogist", mind you) told me that his grandfather Joseph had been born deformed. Dad said he'd never seen his grandpa walk without a cane. The family tradition said that Joseph had been born deformed because of his mother spending so much time in the covered wagon as the family moved from Indiana to Illinois. I always took this comment as an unlikely scenario until genealogical search showed me that he had been born on 26 September 1836 in Knox County, Illinois, just shortly after the family had arrived there from Greenfield, Indiana. He'd been born with both a badly deformed hand and leg.
Further proving the story was this obituary excerpt from the "Perry Chief" - a newspaper in the town of Perry, IA, where Joseph had been living with daughter Clara and her husband. "Mr Van Gilder had been handicapped in this race of life, being born a cripple . . . one of his limbs being misshapen and having practically no use of one hand, the other also affected partially. He assumed the burdens of life hopefully. Had he lived until next January 13th, he and his wife would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary."
With that deformity, Joseph couldn't perform really hard work. He was a drayman for many years, and using horses and wagon he transported goods from the town of Colfax to and from the capital city of Des Moines. Later, he and his fledgling family moved near relatives in Garnett, Kansas, where he ran a small store, but a fire and the chinook winds burned him out of business. He and his family moved back to Iowa where he spent his final days.
Joseph Van Gilder was born 26 Sep 1836 in Knox County, Illinois, a son of Abraham B. (1813 OH - 1889 IA) and Rebecca M. Pauley Van Gilder. He married Margaret Ellen Smith (born 25 Jul 1844 in Ohio) on 15 Jan 1863 in Jasper County, Iowa, in a ceremony conducted by Justice of the Peace R. B. Dawson. He died 22 Oct 1912 in Perry, Dallas County, Iowa while staying in the home of his eldest child, Clara McKean. Cause of death listed on the certificate says "Disease of Heart". His wife, Margaret, died 15 Nov 1943 in East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois, while staying in the home of their youngest child, Prudence Mary "Poo" Sturgis. Her cause of death was listed as "Chronic Myocartis and General Arteriosclerosis". Her certificate shows her age as 99 yrs, 3 mos, 20 days.
Thirteen children were born to them, and eight survived to adulthood
  1. Source: #S012394 Data: Text: Date of Import: Sep 23, 2000
  2. Source: #S068526 Data: Text: Date of Import: Nov 11, 2000
  3. Source: #S005440 Data: Text: Date of Import: Mar 1, 2000
  4. Source: #S013013 Page: Vol.VIII,#5,pg.388 Data: Text: QUAY 2
  5. Source: #S009630 Page: AFN: 1HKS-DRX and 1HKS-DFV Data: Text: QUAY 1
  6. Source: #S009675 Page: posted 6 December 1999 by John Gunn Data: Text: QUAY 1
  7. Source: #S009499 Page: 27 August 2000 (2 messages) Data: Text: QUAY 2
  8. Source: #S012394 Data: Text: Date of Import: Sep 23, 2000
  9. Source: #S068526 Data: Text: Date of Import: Nov 11, 2000
  10. Source: #S009630 Page: AFN: 1HKS-DRX and 1HKS-DFV Data: Text: QUAY 1
  11. Source: #S012394 Data: Text: Date of Import: Sep 23, 2000
  12. Source: #S068526 Data: Text: Date of Import: Nov 11, 2000
  13. Source: #S012394 Data: Text: Date of Import: Sep 23, 2000
  14. Source: #S068526 Data: Text: Date of Import: Nov 11, 2000
  15. Source: #S012394 Data: Text: Date of Import: Sep 23, 2000
  16. Source: #S068526 Data: Text: Date of Import: Nov 11, 2000
  17. Source: #S012443 Page: Vol.VIII,#5,pg.388 Data: Text: QUAY 2
  18. Source: #S012394 Data: Text: Date of Import: Sep 23, 2000
  19. Source: #S068526 Data: Text: Date of Import: Nov 11, 2000
  20. Source: #S013013 Page: Vol.VIII,#5,pg.388 Data: Text: QUAY 2
  21. Source: #S012394 Data: Text: Date of Import: Sep 23, 2000
  22. Source: #S068526 Data: Text: Date of Import: Nov 11, 2000

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Maude Gunn for creating WikiTree profile Vangilder-51 through the import of vangild.GED on Dec 11, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Maude and others.






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