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Family HistoryFamily History - Robert McMurray Van Wyck


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 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Robert McMurray Van Wyck and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Robert McMurray Van Wyck,1 born 20 May 1848 in Fishkill Plains, Dutchess County, New York, the son of Cornelius Stephen Van Wyck and Phoebe Van Wyck;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 died 7 January 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.1, 2
  1. Find a Grave (website). Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, New York, Robert McMurray Van Wyck, born: 20 May 1848; died: 7 January 1902 (from record).
  2. Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998, Robert McMurray Van Wyck, died: 7 January 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; age 53y 7m 14d [so constructed birth date is 24 May 1848; his birth date from other records is 20 May 1848; his age in this record may be in error]; birthplace: Fishhill [sic, Fishkill] Plains, New York.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Dutchess County, East Fishkill, Image 7 of 67, Corn S. Van Wyck, 29, NY, farmer; Phebe Van Wyck, 27, NY; Robt Van Wyck, 2, NY; Stephen Van Wyck, 3/12, NY.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Page 347, Charles [sic] S. Van Wyck, 39, N.Y.; Phebe Van Wyck, 37, N.Y.; Helen M. Van Wyck, 25, N.Y.; Robert M. Van Wyck, 12, N.Y.; Stephen C. Van Wyck, 10; Francis Van Wyck, 5, N.Y.
  5. New York State Census, 1865, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Fourth Ward, Page 81, Cornelius S. Van Wyck, 44, Dutchess; wife Phebe Van Wyck, 42, Dutchess, 4 children; child Robert McM Van Wyck, 17, Dutchess; child Stephen C. Van Wyck, 15, Dutchess; child Frank Van Wyck, 10, Dutchess; servant Margaret Rankin, 25, Dutchess.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, E.D. 8, Sheet No. 2B, Robert McM. Van Wyck, 52, May 1848, New York, border, salesman (jewelry).
  7. Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Dutchess and Putnam, New York. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1897. Pages 528-529, biographical sketch of Stephen C. Van Wyck and family, including vital and biographical details of his ancestors back to his great-grandfather.