Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyRobert McMurray Van Wyck

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Robert McMurray Van Wyck7 (Cornelius Van Wyck,6 Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherCornelius Stephen Van Wyck (9 March 1821 - 18 June 1895)
MotherPhoebe Van Wyck (9 March 1823 - 7 March 1880)

Personal Information

Record Created: 26 December 2022; Last Edited: 26 December 2022 
Person ID12786
NameRobert McMurray Van Wyck
GenderMale
Born 20 May 1848 in Fishkill Plains, Dutchess County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Died 7 January 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois1, 2

Sources

  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.