According to the 1940 census, James was a railroad engineer. His family members are Myrtle Alice, wife; Doris Jean, daughter; James Earl, son; Mary Helen, daughter-in-law; Marion Joyce, granddaughter; Earl Eugene, grandson; Otto Milburn, son; and Ruth, daughter-in-law.
Fact: Census (1900) Nineveh Township, Adair, Missouri, United States
Fact: Census (1910) Bevier, Macon, Missouri, United States
Fact: Military Draft Registration (1917-1918) Linn County, Missouri, United States
Fact: Census (1920) Brookfield Ward 3, Linn, Missouri, United States
Fact: Census (1930) Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States
Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
Fact: Census (1940) Ward 3, Brookfield, Brookfield Township, Linn, Missouri, United States
Sources
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3HX-QXF : accessed 4 April 2019), Roy J Vandyke in household of James A Vandyke, Nineveh Township (west half), Adair, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 10B, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,836.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2BS-2KM : accessed 4 April 2019), Roy Vandyke, Bevier Ward 2, Macon, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 69, sheet 10A, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 796; FHL microfilm 1,374,809.
1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8CS-R9T : accessed 4 April 2019), Roy Vandyke, Brookfield Ward 3, Linn, Missouri, United States; citing ED 71, sheet 12A, line 48, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 933; FHL microfilm 1,820,933.
1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHFT-VR2 : accessed 4 April 2019), Roy L Van Dyke, Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 10A, line 28, family 239, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1209; FHL microfilm 2,340,944.
1940 Census:"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K77Q-4YJ : accessed 17 September 2015), James Leroy Van Dyke, Ward 3, Brookfield, Brookfield Township, Linn, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-7, sheet 19B, family 472, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2125.
Burial:"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKD-BYBH : accessed 17 September 2015), James Leroy VanDyke, 1956; Burial, Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States of America, Rose Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 43507249, Find A Grave: Memorial #43507249.
Genealogy: Handwritten family record provides birth and death dates.
World War I Draft Registration:"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RV-YB2 : accessed 17 September 2015), James L Vandyke, 1917-1918; citing Linn County, Missouri, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,683,400.
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