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Family HistoryFamily History - Catherine Clemens


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Catherine Clemens and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Catherine Clemens,1 born 14 February 1855 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (parents not determined);1 died 22 October 1926 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois.1 Catherine married, 1 September 1886, Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck3 (born 9 August 1834 in Dutchess County, New York, the son of Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy;2, 3 Tunis died 20 July 1916 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois2). Catherine and Tunis are buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.1, 2

  1. 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. 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).
  3. 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.