Anthony VanCampen
Honor Code SignatorySigned 17 Aug 2023 | 2,074 contributions | 43 thank-yous | 1,043 connections
Signed 17 Aug 2023 | 2,074 contributions | 43 thank-yous | 1,043 connections
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My current project is to move everything from Ancestry over to Wikitree and provide as much supporting documentation as I can for each family member.
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anyone who shares the same ancestors.
My family tree is at <https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/53877494/family?cfpid=162141223204>.
My current project is to move everything from Ancestry over to Wikitree and provide as much supporting documentation as I can for each family member.
I enjoy finding branches of the tree and seeing how my ancestors fit in to the world.
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Mr. Anthony L. VanCampen
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Brother of
Bryan Van Campen
Profile last modified
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Biography
Anthony VanCampen is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Navy 1984-2004
(FC1(SW), USS Berkeley (DDG-15), USS Cole (DDG-67))
Served in the United States Navy 1984-2004
(FC1(SW), USS Berkeley (DDG-15), USS Cole (DDG-67))
Anthony VanCampen participated with Toddlin' Tortoises during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 2 previously unsourced profiles.
Anthony VanCampen was born to Darrell R VanCampen[1] and Orlene VanCampen[2] on 23 May 1959 in Raleigh, NC. The family moved to Freeville NY in 1962, when Darrell took a Post Doc position at the US Plant Soil and Nutrition Lab in Ithaca NY. Anthony's brother Bryan[3] was born on 13 April 1963.
Anthony started Kindergarten at the Freeville Elementary School, Dryden School District, in 1964 and transferred to Caroline Elementary School in the Ithaca School District. When the family purchased a home at 1955 Slaterville Road.
Anthony was a member of Cub Scout Pack 35 which met at the Bethel Grove Community Center. After completing all 4 levels of Cub Scouts, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, and Webelo's. He transferred into Troop 35 of the Louis Agassiz Fuertes Council, later merged into the Baden-Powell District. While a member of Troup 35 he achieved the level of 1st Class Scout. He was 'tapped' for Order of the Arrow and Hiked trails at Philmont in 1972.
A 1977 Graduate of Ithaca High School and a 2nd Alternate Regents Scholarship awardee. He lettered in the Brass Band and was a member of the Marching Band.
He was a member of the Alfred University class of 1981 but transferred to Tompkins-Cortland Community College to study Engineering Technology, earning an associate degree in 1981. Also in 1981, he married Valerie Howard on 27 June 1981.
In the fall of 1981, he resumed studies for a Bachelor's Degree in Ceramic Engineering graduating with the Alfred University class of 1983.
In August 1984 he attended Navy Boot Camp and Basic Electrical and Electronics training in San Diego, CA. Transferring in January 1984 to Fire Control 'A' School at Naval Station Great Lakes, IL. At the completion of 'A' school he was promoted to FC3 and transferred to Mare Island Naval Shipyard to attend AN/SPG-51(C) Digital School.
In March 1985 he transferred to shipboard duty on USS Berkeley (DDG-15) at 32nd St. San Diego, CA. Serving aboard USS Berkeley for 3 West Pac deployments including the 1988 West Pac with port Calls in Inchon Korea, and an East Coast tour of Australia as part of the Australian Bicentennial.
During his service on Berkeley he was assigned to the ship's Ceremonial Detail as Bugler and played 'Taps' for several burial at sea services.
Sea Duty on Berkeley was followed by an assignment to Naval Weapons Station Concord, Concord CA. The Concord assignment was an out of rate assignment meaning that the duties assigned were not related to Missile Fire Control. Qualification as a security patrolman, and patrol supervisor.
HIs next assignment was to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren. Assigned to the Aegis Training Center as a student, he trained as a Display Technician. On completion of the school he was assigned to the USS Cole (DDG-67) Precommissioning detachment in Norfolk, VA.
In November of 1995 he began his long association with the Norfolk Post of the 29th Infantry Division Association. Playing Taps on November 11, 1995.
In March of 1996, the detachment transferred to Pascagoula MS to begin commissioning work ups. The ship transited to Fort Lauderdale, FL for commissioning in June. After a year and a half Cole made her first deployment to the Persian Gulf in the spring of 1998.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Anthony VanCampen at registration.
- Birth U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019 - US Navy Service Start 09 Aug 1984 DD214 - US Navy Service End 31 Aug 2004 DD214
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Anthony or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Anthony:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Anthony or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Anthony:
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Anthony VanCampen:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FR9568670 [compare], Ancestry member anthony_vancampen
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~1.56%
Trace Salzbrenner
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23andMe, yourDNAportal TRA33950de3
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Christopher Child :
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Categories: New Netherland Settlers | Raleigh, North Carolina | Salamanca, New York
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On my next visit home I hope to collect my dads paper files from when he was the family genealogist. I also need to check with the local libraray and see if they can track down the VanCampen Big Book - that's not what cousin Jerry called it but its a pretty good description. Have a great weekend - I'm going to be playing hide and seek with a storm that will either stay Tropical Depression 16 og spin up enough to take the name Ophelia.
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I've been working on family genealogy just about long enough not to have to look it up in the dictionary when I spell it. As is often the case, I'm standing on the shoulders of giants to have what I do now about the family. The VanCampen family we can trace back to the Dutch colonial period late 1650s. My mom's side back to 1860's civil war era is solid and then we get shaky. I'm hoping to get some help with a maternal ancestor that seems to have just popped up out of the ground. Census records show him as born in Pennsylvania, and he moved west to Ohio and then Indiana. In 1864 he and his sons joined an Indiana Infantry Regiment, got shipped to Tennessee and he died in Tennessee in the Chattanooga area. No record of who his father was, and very little about his mother.
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edited by [Living Moore]
I'm in the process of importing my Ancestry.com GEDCOM. I'm also hoping for tips and hints on cleaning up the mess. One of my Ancestors, Jan Van Campen b 1661, has been listed by some on Ancestry as a Dutch Admiral others have him as a Captain but don't differentiate between Sea Captain and Militia Captain. I've found a pretty good source that convinces me he was a Militia Captain in the Kingston NY area. The good thing about that time period and area is that a lot of the the colonial records for the New Netherlands and New York colonies were preserved into the mid-1800's and nearly all of the original records were transcribed into a multi-volume set. Usually called Colonial History of New York. Another great help is some of the wealthier New York area Dutch families, formed the Holland Society, with purpose of documenting the history and settlers of the colony. I'm similarly lucky with a branch of Clan Campbell, that is reasonably well documented. All of that just makes it more frustrating when a branch dead ends with a guy like Samuel Bohart, born in Pennsylvania to Charlotte Bohart, who may have been from Virginia originally and no information about a husband. I need to start winding down, and sometimes this stuff winds me up. Thankyou again for a great introduction to this site, and I hope you have a great night. Tigger
Do review the GEDCOMpare process on the Gedcom Topics link I sent you. Yes, there is good help for cleaning up Gedcom mess and incorrect facts. Be sure to ensure that Jan Van Campen is not already on WikiTree. The further back in time you go, the more likely your ancestors are shared with and already entered by WikiTree members.
More later, and enjoy your night also.
Take care ~ Sheryl