Family History - Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck

1. Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck,¹ born 9 August 1834 in Dutchess County, New York, the son of Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy;^{1, 2} died 20 July 1916 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.¹ Tunis married, first, 1 June 1869, Virginia A. Woodworth² (born 1847 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, the daughter of James Hutchinson Woodworth and Almyra Booth;³ Virginia died 2 August 1872 in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois³). Tunis married, second, 1 September 1886, Catherine Clemens² (born 14 February 1855 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, parents not determined;⁴ Catherine died 22 October 1926 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois⁴). Tunis is buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.¹ Virginia is buried in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.³ Catherine is buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.⁴

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Almyra Virginia Van Wyck, born 3 March 1871 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died 24 November 1947 in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois. Married George Jackson Pope.

1. Find a Grave (website). Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Tunis Brickenhoff Van Wyck, born: 9 August 1835 in Dutchess County, New York; died: 20 July 1916 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (from record, which includes the details from a death record or index; and provides the names and links for his mother, one sibling, two wives, and one child).
2. Descendants of Cornelius Barentse Van Wyck and Anna Polhemus, by Anne Van Wyck. New York, Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher, 1912. Pages 209,228-9, 303-4, and 361, Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and several descendants, showing detailed vital and biographical information.
3. Find a Grave (website). Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Virginia A. Woodworth Van Wyck, born: 1847, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died: 2 August 1872 in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, one sibling, wife, and one child).
4. Find a Grave (website). Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Catherine C. Van Wyck, born: 14 February 1855 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; died: 22 October 1926 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois (from record, which includes details from a death record or index; and provides the name and link for her husband).

2. Almyra Virginia Van Wyck² (Tunis¹), born 3 March 1871 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois;¹ died 24 November 1947 in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois.¹ Almyra married, 14 October 1891 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, George Jackson Pope^{1, 3, 4} (born 21 December 1866 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, the son of George Greenleaf Pope and Susan Jackson Peirce;² George died 4 December 1960 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois²). Almyra and George are buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.^{1, 2}

+	3	i.	George Van Wyck Pope, born 5 August 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died 5 March 1972. Married Mary Browne Slade.
+	4	ii.	Henry Peirce Pope, born 24 September 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died 22 August 1981. Married Clare Bradley.
+	5	iii.	Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope, born 11 February 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died 19 April 1957. Married Helen DeWolf Smyth.
+	6	iv.	John Leslie Pope, born 21 October 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died 22 April 1991 in Arizona. Married Harriet Belle McLean.

1. Find a Grave (website). Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Almyra Virginia Van Wyck Pope, born: 3 March 1871 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died: 24 November 1947 in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois (from record, which includes details from a death record or index; copies of two obituaries; and provides the names and links for her parents, husband, and two children).
2. Find a Grave (website). Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; George Jackson Pope, born: 21 December 1866 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died: 4 December 1960 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois (from record, which includes the names and links for his parents, siblings, half-sibling, husband, and two children).
3. Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968, George J. Pope, age 24; Almyra V. Van Wyck, age 20; married 14 October 1891 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
4. Descendants of Cornelius Barentse Van Wyck and Anna Polhemus, by Anne Van Wyck. New York, Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher, 1912. Pages 209,228-9, 303-4, and 361, Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and several descendants, showing detailed vital and biographical information.

3. George Van Wyck Pope³ (Almyra,² Tunis¹), born 5 August 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois;^{1, 2} died 5 March 1972.² George married, 9 June 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia, Mary Browne Slade⁴ (born 18 November 1893, parents not determined;³ Mary died 28 April 1968³). George and Mary are buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.^{2, 3}

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Virginia Pope, born 16 March 1923 in Columbus, Georgia; died 15 August 1966. Married Roy Marsh McCutchen, Jr..

4. Henry Peirce Pope³ (Almyra,² Tunis¹), born 24 September 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois;^{5, 6} died 22 August 1981.⁶ Henry married, 13 November 1903, Clare Bradley⁷ (born ____, parents not determined; Clare died 13 April 1988⁷). Henry and Clare are buried in Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi.^{6, 7}

5. Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope³ (Almyra,² Tunis¹), born 11 February 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois;^{8, 9, 10} died 19 April 1957.^{10, 11} Thomas married, 14 June 1924 in Utica, Oneida County, New York, Helen DeWolf Smyth⁹ (born 8 May 1901 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York, the daughter of Delos DeWolf Smyth and Helen Townley;^{9, 12, 13} Helen died April 1976^{12, 13}). Thomas and Helen are buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Oneida County, New York.^{10, 12}

+	8	i.	Thomas Van Wyck Pope, born 18 March 1925; died March 1983. Married Elizabeth Wilcox Reid.
+	9	ii.	Helen Townley Pope, born 18 January 1927 in New York; died 23 February 2012 in Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts. Married Laurance Pond Miller.
+	10	iii.	Henry DeWolf ‘Andy’ Pope, born 17 May 1928 in Utica, Oneida County, New York; died 22 January 2013 in Eagle Bay, Herkimer County, New York. Married Barbara Atwell.

6. John Leslie Pope³ (Almyra,² Tunis¹), born 21 October 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois;^{14, 15, 16} died 22 April 1991 in Arizona.¹⁵ John married, 1935, Harriet Belle McLean¹⁵ (born 21 August 1912 in De Kalb, Kemper County, Mississippi, the daughter of Putnam McLean and Sula Tartt;^{16, 17} Harriet died 8 December 1964 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona¹⁷). John and Harriet are buried in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona.^{15, 17}

	11	i.	Martha Leslie Pope, born 24 December 1939 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan;18 died 6 January 1940 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.18 Martha is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.18
	12	ii.	Barbara Van Wyck Pope, born ca. 1942 in Illinois.16
	13	iii.	Stephen Van Wyck Pope, born 28 December 1944 in Arizona.16, 19

1. Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949, Birth Registration, 17 August 1939, George Van Wyck Pope, born: 5 August 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; father: George J. Pope, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 26; mother: Almyra Virginia Van Wyck, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 22.
2. Find a Grave (website). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, BG George Van Wyck Pope, born: 5 August 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died: 5 March 1972 (from record, which includes biographical information; and provides the names and links for his parents, one sibling, and wife).
3. Find a Grave (website). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Mary Slade Pope, born: 18 November 1893; died: 28 April 1968 (from record, which includes the name and link for her husband).
4. Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950 (available at familysearch.org), Geo. Van Wyck Pope and Mary B. Slade, married on 9 June 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia.
5. Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949, Birth Registration, 17 August 1939, Henry Peirce Pope, born: 24 September 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; father: George J. Pope, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 27; mother: Almyra Virginia Van Wyck, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 23.
6. Find a Grave (website). Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, Henry Peirce Pope, born: 24 September 1895; died: 22 August 1981 (from record, which provides the name and link for his wife).
7. Find a Grave (website). Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, Clare Bradley Pope, born: 13 November 1903; died: 13 April 1988 (from record, which provides the name and link for her husband).
8. Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949, Birth Registration, 17 August 1939, Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope, born: 11 February 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; father: George J. Pope, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 33; mother: Almyra Virginia Van Wyck, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 28.
9. New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848, 1908-1936, available at familysearch.org, Marriage License and Certificate, Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope, age 25, banker, born in Chicago, Ill., father: George; mother: Almayra Van Wuck [sic, Almyra Van Wyck]; Helen De Wolf Smyth, age 23, born in Clinton, N.Y., father: Delos Smyth; mother: Helen Townley; married on 14 June 1924 in Utica, Oneida County, New York.
10. Find a Grave (website). Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Oneida County, New York, Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope, born: 1899; died: 1957 (from record, which provides the name and link for his wife).
11. United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope, born: 11 February 1897; died: 19 April 1957.
12. Find a Grave (website). Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Oneida County, New York, Helen Smyth Pope, born: 1901; died: 1976 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, sibling, and husband).
13. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Family Search (website), Helen Smyth Pope, born: 8 May 1901; died: April 1976; last place of residence: Oneida, New York.
14. Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949, Birth Registration, Pope, born: 21 October 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; father: George Jackson Pope, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 44; mother: Elmira Virginia Van Wyck, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 38.
15. Find a Grave (website). Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, John Leslie Pope, born: 21 October 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died: 22 April 1991 in Arizona (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, one sibling, wife, and one child).
16. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix, E.D. 15-89, Sheet No. 4, John Leslie Pope, 40, Illinois, office manager, general building contractor; wife Harriet M. Pope, 37, Mississippi; daughter Barbara Pope, 8, Illinois; son Van Wyck Pope, 5, Arizona.
17. Find a Grave (website). Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, Harriet Belle McLean Pope, born: 21 August 1912 in De Kalb, Kemper County, Mississippi; died: 8 December 1964 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (from record, which includes a copy of her obituary; and provides the names and links for her parents, one sibling, husband, and one child).
18. Find a Grave (website). Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, Martha Leslie Pope, born: 24 December 1939 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan; died: 6 January 1940 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan (from record, which includes copies of her obituary and death certificate; and provides the names and links for her parents).
19. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.

7. Virginia Pope⁴ (George,³ Almyra,² Tunis¹), born 16 March 1923 in Columbus, Georgia;^{1, 2} died 15 August 1966.¹ Virginia married, 16 February 1944 in Camp Pickett, Nottoway County, Virginia, Roy Marsh McCutchen, Jr.^{2, 3} (born 14 December 1921 in Fort Benning, Georgia, the son of Roy Marsh McCutchen and Jennie Lee Cohen;^{2, 3} Roy died 28 November 1988 in Virginia³). Virginia and Roy are buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.^{1, 3}

8. Thomas Van Wyck Pope⁴ (Thomas,³ Almyra,² Tunis¹), born 18 March 1925;^{4, 5} died March 1983.^{5, 6} Thomas married, 29 January 1949 in Utica, Oneida County, New York, Elizabeth Wilcox Reid⁹ (born 12 January 1927 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, the daughter of George Goold Reid and Elizabeth W. Havens;^{7, 8} Elizabeth died 8 May 1996⁸). Thomas is buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Oneida County, New York.⁵

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Reid Van Wyck Pope, born 2 November 1950 in Utica, Oneida County, New York.10

9. Helen Townley Pope⁴ (Thomas,³ Almyra,² Tunis¹), born 18 January 1927 in New York;¹¹ died 23 February 2012 in Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts.¹¹ Helen married, 15 June 1949 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York, Laurance Pond Miller¹⁴ (born 14 December 1918 in Port Chester, Westchester County, New York, the son of Douglas J. Miller and Isabel P. Cornwall;^{12, 13} Laurance died 3 October 1996¹²).

10. Henry DeWolf ‘Andy’ Pope⁴ (Thomas,³ Almyra,² Tunis¹), born 17 May 1928 in Utica, Oneida County, New York;¹⁵ died 22 January 2013 in Eagle Bay, Herkimer County, New York.¹⁵ Andy married, November 1966, Barbara Atwell¹⁵ (born ____, parents not determined). Andy is buried in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Oneida County, New York.¹⁵

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Anne Pope, born 1977.15

1. Find a Grave (website). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Virginia Pope McCutchen, born: 16 March 1923; died: 15 August 1966 (from record, which provides the name and link for her husband).
2. Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1935-1988, Certificate No. 4438, Roy M. McCutchen, born in Benning, Ga. [sic, Fort Benning], father: Roy Marsh McCutchen; mother: Jennie Lee Cohen; M. Virginia Pope, born in Columbus, Ga., father: George Van Wyck Pope; mother: Mary Browne Slade; married on 16 February 1944 in Camp Pickett, Nottoway County, Virginia.
3. Find a Grave (website). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Roy Marsh McCutchen, Jr., born: 14 December 1921 in Georgia; died: 28 November 1988 in Virginia (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, siblings, and wife).
4. Birthday Celebration, Sunday, 20 March 1938, Birthday Dinner for Thomas Van Wyck Pope. The article indicates his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Pope, held a dinner on Friday for his 13th birthday [i.e., 18 March 1925].
5. Find a Grave (website). Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Oneida County, New York, Thomas VanWyck Pope, born: 1925; died: 1983 (from record, which includes a note: son of Thomas B. and Helen).
6. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Family Search (website), Thomas Pope, born: 19 March 1925; died: March 1983; last place of residence: Ulster County, New York.
7. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Security Applications, Elizabeth Wilcox Reid, born: 12 January 1927 in Rochester, New York; father: George G. Reid; mother: Elizabeth W. Havens.
8. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Death Files, Elizabeth R. Pope, died: 8 May 1996; born: 12 January 1927; residence zip code: 85375 (which corresponds to Sun City West, Maricopa County, Arizona).
9. Marriage Announcement, Utica Observer-Dispatch, Utica, New York (available at fultonhistory.com). 4 February 1949, Elizabeth Wilcox Reid and Thomas Van Wyck Pope, married on 29 January 1949 in Utica, New York. The article provides wedding details and the names of their parents, wedding party, and several guests.
10. Birth Announcement, Clinton Courier, Clinton, New York, 9 November 1950, Reid Van Wyck Pope, born 2 November 1950 in Faxton Hospital [in Utica, New York], son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. W. Pope.
11. Find a Grave (website). (No cemetery indicated); Helen Townley Pope Miller, born: 18 January 1927 in New York; died: 23 February 2012 in Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts (from record, which includes a note: wife of late Laurance Pond Miller, daughter of Thomas B. & Helen D.(Smyth) Pope).
12. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Death Files, Laurance P. Miller, born: 14 December 1918; died: 3 October 1996; residence zip code: 02771 (corresponding to Bristol County, Massachusetts).
13. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Security Applications, Laurance Pond Miller, born: 14 December 1918 in Port Chester, New York; mother: Isabel P. Cornwall; father: Douglas J. Miller.
14. Marriage Announcement, The Clinton Courier, Clinton, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), 16 June 1949, Helen Townley Pope and Laurance Pond Miller, married on 15 June 1949 in Clinton, New York. The article provides biographical and wedding details and the names of their parents, wedding party, and several guests.
15. Obituary, legacy.com; Henry “Andy” DeWolf Pope, died: 22 January 2013 in Eagle Bay [New York]. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of his parents, siblings, wife, child, step-children and several friends.