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Descendants of George W. Van Alstine

The following information comes from Toby and Jim Hurley. They added endnotes to indicate where they found their information:

    Generation No. 1

    1. GEORGE W.4 VAN ALSTINE (ADAM3, NICHOLAS2, JEREMIAH1)1,2,3,4,5 was born 12 February 1843 in Jonesville, Hillsdale Co., MI,6,7,8 and died 27 January 1927 in Union Twp., Monticello, White Co., Indiana.9 He married MARY ELLEN "ELLEN" KILE10,11,12,13,14 24 October 1865 in Kankakee, Kankakee Co., Illinois,15,16 daughter of REASON KILE and NANCY HAYDEN. She was born 01 September 1847 in Kankakee Co., Illinois,17 and died 27 June 1933 in Monticello, White Co., Indiana.18,19,20

    Children of GEORGE VAN ALSTINE and MARY KILE are:

    Generation No. 2

    2. ERNEST EDGAR5 VAN ALSTINE (GEORGE W.,4 ADAM,3 NICHOLAS,2 JEREMIAH1)27,28,29,30 was born 07 August 1866 in Illinois,31,32 and died Bef. 22 August 1961 in Lowell, Lake County, Indiana.33 He married CORA E. PULVER,34 daughter of DAVID PULVER and URSULA VANDECAR. She was born 1869 in of Lowell, Lake County, Indiana,35 and died 16 September 1935.36,37

    Children of ERNEST VAN ALSTINE and CORA PULVER are:

    Endnotes

    1. federal census for Hillsdale Co., Michigan, 1850 federal census for Allen Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan, has George W. Vanalstine 7 yr. old b. Michigan living in household 142, family 154 (apparently next door? to Charles) w/ Credits: Benjamin R. Credit 33 yr. old b. NY, Johna (F) 23 yr. old b. NY, Mary M. 2 yr. old b. Mich, George W. 3/12 (?) b. Mich., and 2 laborers, John Kelly b. Indiana, and Joel Smith b. NY.As w/ Charles, it is unknown as to whether this is one of the "2-7th Day Adventist Aunts" as described by Jean Henrich and what their relationship, if any, is to William.
    2. 1870 federal census, Yellowhead, Kankankee Co., household 39, family 39 George W. Van Alstine w/ Mary. George is 28 yr. old, born Michigan, Mary (can't read middle name) is 24 yr. old b. Illinois. Also living w/ them is ? 15 yr. old farm laborer.
    3. 1880 federal census, living in Yellowhead, Kankakee Co., Illinois 35 yr. old b. Michigan, father and mother both born New York. Living w/ Mary E. (wife), Ernest (son) and Minnie (daughter).
    4. "unidentified obituary for Adam."
    5. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    6. 1900 federal census, Monticello, White Co., Indiana has George W. Van Alstine states b. Feb. 1843 and is 57 yr. old b. Michigan. States father b. New York and mother b. Michigan.
    7. Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana vol. II, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), biography of George W. Van Alstines documents his birth date and place.
    8. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    9. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267), buried 30 Jan. 1926, Lake Prairie, Lowell, Indiana.
    10. 1870 federal census, Yellowhead, Kankakee Co., Illinois, living w/ George W. Van Alstine. 24 yr. old b. Illinois.
    11. 1880 federal census, Yellowhead, Kankakee Co., Illinois, living w/ George is Mary E. 31 yr. old b. Illinois, father b. Ohio, mother b. Pennsylvania. With them is son Ernest 14 yr. old b. Illinois (where was he in 1870 when census taken? should have been 3-4 yr. old at the time.) Minnie is 10 yr. old b. Illinois.
    12. 1880 federal census, Monticello, White Co., Indiana, has Mary E. as wife of George W. Is 48 yr old, born Apr. 1848 in Illinois, father b. Ohio, mother b. Pennsylvania.
    13. Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana vol. II, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), p. 608, "Mr. VanAlstine was married to Miss Ellen Kile, of Kankakee county, Illinois..."
    14. Rev. T. H. Hull, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana With A Compendium of History 1834-1904, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904).
    15. marriage register Kankakee Co, Illinois book B, p. 44.
    16. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    17. Julia Watkins Brass Chapter DAR, Crown Point, Indiana, Cemetery Records of Lake County, Indiana, (1956-'57).
    18. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    19. Julia Watkins Brass Chapter DAR, Crown Point, Indiana, Cemetery Records of Lake County, Indiana, (1956-'57).
    20. Hayden Family Reunion Scrapbook, "Electronic."
    21. Julia Watkins Brass Chapter DAR, Crown Point, Indiana, Cemetery Records of Lake County, Indiana, (1956-'57).
    22. 1880 federal census.
    23. Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana vol. II, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), p. 608.
    24. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    25. 1880 federal census, parents in 1870 federal census for Yellowhead, Kankakee, Illinois and also 1880 federal census for same. Minnie listed as 10 yr. old in 1880 census. Birth place given.
    26. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267), year stated as 1880, but believe this to be in error based on fact she is listed as 10 yr. old in 1880 census.
    27. 1880 federal census, living w/ parents in Yellowhead, Kankakee Co., Illinois as 14 yr. old.
    28. Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana vol. II, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), p. 608, ...to them have been born two children,---Ernest, who is in business w/ his father..."
    29. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    30. "Lowell Tribune obituary for Ernest Edgar Van Alstine," 24 August 1961.
    31. 1880 federal census, living w/ parents in Yellowhead, Kankakee Co., IL as 14 yr. old.
    32. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    33. "Lowell Tribune obituary for Ernest Edgar Van Alstine," 24 August 1961.
    34. Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana vol. II, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), p. 608, "Ernest VanAlstine married Miss Cora Pulver..."
    35. Julia Watkins Brass Chapter DAR, Crown Point, Indiana, Cemetery Records of Lake County, Indiana, (1956-'57).
    36. "Lowell Tribune obituary for Ernest Edgar Van Alstine," 24 August 1961.
    37. Hayden Family Reunion Scrapbook, "Electronic."
    38. Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana vol. II, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), p. 608.
    39. "Lowell Tribune obituary for Ernest Edgar Van Alstine," 24 August 1961.
    40. Lowell Tribune.
    41. Hayden Family Reunion Scrapbook, "Electronic."
    42. Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana vol. II, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), p. 608, "Ernest...is the father of...Sula Ellen."
    43. "Lowell Tribune obituary for Ernest Edgar Van Alstine," 24 August 1961.
    44. Julia Watkins Brass Chapter DAR, Crown Point, Indiana, Cemetery Records of Lake County, Indiana, (1956-'57).
    45. "Lowell Tribune obituary for Ernest Edgar Van Alstine," 24 August 1961.
    46. Julia Watkins Brass Chapter DAR, Crown Point, Indiana, Cemetery Records of Lake County, Indiana, (1956-'57).

NOTES:

There was a Frank F. Heighway who was the Lake County Superintendent of schools around 1893. He lived in Crown Point in 1918 and died around 1921-2. His wife had Kelsey connections -- her name was included as an attendee of the James J. Kelsey funeral in 1920. G.W. Van Alstine of Monticello and E.E. Van Alstine of Cecil, OH, also attended that funeral. In the Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton. . . Indiana, published in 1899, it refers to ". . .Minnie, the wife of Frank S. Highway, the principal of the high school at Crown Point." Chances are that the spellings "Heighway" and "Highway" refer to the same man.

Last updated on March 7, 2008.

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