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Family HistoryFamily History - Helen Josephine Barden


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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 Helen Josephine Barden and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Helen Josephine Barden,1 born ca. 1840, the daughter of Dr. Henry Barden and Caroline Purdy;1 died 17 May 1915 in Earl, Yates County, New York.1 Helen married, 12 December 1883 in Benton, Yates County, New York, Cornelius Stephen Van Wyck9, 11 (born 9 March 1821 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, the son of Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy;2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Cornelius died 18 June 1895 in Earl, Yates County, New York8, 9, 10).

  1. New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection,1723-2009 (available at familysearch.org), Helen J. Van Wyck, died: 17 May 1915 in Earl, Yates County, New York; age: 75; wife of Cornelius Van Wyck; brother: Dr. Wallace Barden.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Page No. 54, Cornelius Van Wyck, 49, New York, assessor; Phoebe Van Wyck, 47, New York; Frank Van Wyck, 15, New York; Margaret Rankin, 28, New York, domestic.
  6. New York State Census, 1875, Dutchess County, East Fishkill, Second Election District, Page 3, Cornelius S. Van Wyck, 54, Dutchess, farmer; wife Phebe Van Wyck, 52, Dutchess; child Frank Van Wyck, 21, Dutchess; child Stephen Van Wyck, 24, Dutchess; father Stephen Duryea Van Wyck, 80, Dutchess; plus two servants.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Dutchess County, East Fishkill, E.D. 34, Page No. 31, Stephen Van Wyck, 29, New York, farmer; wife Libbie Van Wyck, 28, New York; son Charles Van Wyck, 6, New York; son Robert Van Wyck, 4; father Cornelius S. Van Wyck 59, New York, widow; brother Frank Van Wyck, 25, New York; plus two servants.
  8. Deaths, New York Herald, available at www.fultonhistory.com, 20 June 1895, VAN WYCK. -- Suddenly, at Earl, N. Y., June 18, 1895, Cornelius S. Van Wyck, aged 74 years 3 months, and 9 days [so constructed birth date is 9 March 1821]. Funeral from his late residence, at Earl’s, on Friday, June 21, at 10 A. M. Interment at Hopewell, N. Y. on Saturday, June 23.
  9. 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.
  10. New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection,1723-2009 (available at familysearch.org), Cornelius S. Van Wyck, died: 18 June 1895 in Benton, Yates County, New York; married 2nd: Helen Barden; married 1st: [wife not named on the data card].
  11. New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009, Cornelius S. Van Wyck and Helen J. Barden; married on 12 December 1883 in Benton, Yates County, New York. [A note on the record indicates she is the only daughter of the late Dr. Henry Barden.]