Byvanck, Bleecker, Hitch and Van Wagenen
photos from an old album that once belonged to
Theodora Van Wagenen Ward (Aunt Teddy);
graciously made available by her grand niece, Ann Friend Clark
Can you identify anyone?
Watercolor on the first page of this 4½" X 6"
"very old bound book, gilt-edged and with metal
hinges like a diary might have"
(read the story of this family by Aunt Teddy
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Ref#: 002
Name: Jane Byvanck
Birth: 14 Nov 1777, New York, NY
Married: 27 Sep 1799, Trinity Church, NY; Lt. Col. Garrat Noel Bleecker (her 2nd )
Death: 1 Oct 1871, New York, NY (æ 93)
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Notes: 9 children, including Sarah Ann (see next)
Back of photo says "J. Loeffler's Photographic Gallery, Corner Bay & Grant Streets,
Tompkinsville, Staten Island
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Name: Sarah Ann Bleecker
Birth: 25 Jul 1813, New York, NY
Married: 25 Jul 1843, William Frederick Van Wagenen
Death: 8 Jul 1875, Clifton Springs, NJ (æ 61)
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Notes: Back of photo says "W. Kurtz, First class, Good Taste, New York, Madison Square
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Name: William Frederick Van Wagenen
Birth: 26 Feb 1814, New York, NY
Married: 25 Jul 1843, Sarah Ann Bleecker
Death: 6 Feb 1888, Newark, NJ (æ 73)
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Notes: William F. and Sarah Ann lived in Roseville, NJ.
Children: Frederick Wm., Sr. (1844-1925) married Mae Lacy (1852-1940),
and Bleecker (1845-1921) married Kate M. Holland (1853-1936)
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Notes: Back of photo says "Bodine & Co. 777 Broadway N.Y."
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Notes: Tentatively identified* as Henry Forster Hitch (1835-1913)
and his second son, Joseph Delano Hitch (1872-1925). Back of photo
says "F. Guterunst, Photographer, 704 & 706 Arch St. Philada."
* By Elizabeth ("Beppy") Van Wagenen White
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Notes: Back of photo says "Charles D. Fredricks & Co., Specialite, 587 Broadway, New York"
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Notes: Back of photo says "Whitney & Beckwith, Norwalk, CT"
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Notes: Back of photo says "Whitney & Paradis D. Photographers,
Broadway opposite Metropolitan Hotel, New York"
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Notes: Back of photo says "Holt & Swain, 779 Broadway"
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Notes: Originally thought to be the daughters (L-R: Marion Howe, Elizabeth Hathaway
and Julia) of Capt. Joseph Clement Delano and his (second) wife Sylvia Hathaway Swift,
but there is a problem with the dates (Marion died before Julia was born).