David Cronk (abt. 1803 - 1868)

Born about 1803 in Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Clark) Cronk — married about 1829 in Canada

Descendants

Died 1868 at about age 65 in Olden, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

David was born circa 1803 in Camden or Ernestown, Ontario, Canada. Before 1829, David married Nancy Clark, born between 1811 and 1813, in Ernestown, Ontario, Canada.

Children of David and Nancy are: ^[1]

• Sylvester Cronk, born August 21, 1829, in Tyendinaga, died May 27, 1906, in Hinchinbrooke, married Mindwell Vannest

• Sylvanus Cronk, born January 23, 1831, in Canada, died August 23, 1896, in Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, married Deborah Cronkhite

• Wilson Cronk, born March 14, 1833, in Camden, died March 20, 1915, in Sheffield, married 1) Catherine VanVolkenburg, and 2) Mary Jane Graham Cousins

• William Cronk, born April 27, 1835, in Camden, died January 2, 1925, in Olden, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, married 1) Mary Polly Vannest and 2) Sabra Babcock York

• Henry Samuel Cronk, born September 1840, in Ontario, died February 7, 1917, in Armstrong, Iowa, married Mary Elizabeth Horswell, daughter of Richard Horswell

• Karel or Haret Cronk (not legible on the Census Records) born 1842

• Dorcas Cronk, born May 11, 1846, Ontario, died June 23, 1923, in Armstrong, Iowa, married Richard Horswell, (her brother Henry's father-in-law)

• John Cronk, born April 15, 1847, in Camden, died July 23, 1935, in Menomonie, Wisconsin, married Sarah Coglon

• Columbia Cronk, born circa 1849

The children, Henry, Dorcas, John and Columbia are found living in Iowa on the 1870 Census, Columbia and Dorcus in Springvale, Iowa and John in DeMoines. ^[2] John ended up in Wisconsin and a biography is included in the History of Dunn County. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ 1861 Canada Census Olden, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1022
2. ↑ History of Emmet County and Dickinson County Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, The Pioneer Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1917. Biographies of son Henry Samuel Cronk and daughter Dorcas (Cronk) Horswell
3. ↑ Curtiss-Wedge, F.; Jones, Geo. O., Editor, History of Dunn County, Wisconsin H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1925

• http://www.jbatzloff.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I02592&tree=jules
• Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Ancestry.com, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 209. Record for Wilson Cronk

• Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Ancestry.com, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 324. Record for William Cronk