Biography

Maria Oliver was born 6 December 1825.^[1] She was a daughter of John J. Oliver and his wife Margaret.

The 1850 U.S. Census recorded Maria Oliver, age 24(?), in the household of John J. Oliver and his wife Margaret in Watervliet, Albany County, New York. ^[2]

She was married to Gulian Lansing in 1850. She accompanied him in Syria and Egypt, where he was a missionary.

Maria Lansing died 5 July 1865 and is buried in the American Cemetery in Cairo, Egypt.^[3]

Children

Children of Gulian and Maria Lansing included:

1. Rev. John Gulian Lansing, born Damascus, Syria, November 27 1851.^[4]
2. Margaret Lansing, b. February 14, 1856, d. May 16, 1857^[3]
3. Gulianna Lansing, b. February 11, 1859, d. November 7, 1860^[3]
4. Elmer Lansing, b. August 11, 1861, d. June 1, 1893^[3]
5. Visscher Lansing, b. June 22, 1864, d. July 5, 1865^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Transcriptions in The American Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt (partial), by Judy Whitaker, USGenWeb Archives.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTN-XNB : 9 November 2014), household of John J. Oliver, Watervliet, Albany, New York, United States; NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Transcriptions in The American Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt (partial), by Judy Whitaker, USGenWeb Archives.
4. ↑ Corwin, page 392

• Corwin, Charles Edward. A Manual of the Reformed Church in America (formerly Reformed Protestant Dutch Church), 1628-1922. Board of Publication and Bible-School Work of the Reformed Church in America, 1922.
• Find-A-Grave, Mary Oliver Lansing