Paul Bartlett Van Buren Genealogy
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Peter von Buren1
M, #385, b. circa 1763, d. 31 March 1825
Parents
| Father | Hans Georg von Buren (b. 23 April 1723, d. circa 1790) |
| Mother | Margaritha Bopst (b. circa 1725, d. 27 April 1795) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Elisabeth Knussi (b. 13 November 1777, d. 7 April 1848)
| Son | Ursus Joseph von Buren I (b. 5 March 1803, d. 29 July 1806) |
| Daughter | Catharina Veuna/Verena von Buren (b. 11 September 1805, d. 9 December 1875) |
| Son | Ursus von Buren+ (b. circa 1808) |
| Son | Ursus Viktor von Buren+ (b. circa 1809, d. 8 September 1864) |
| Son | Johanes von Buren (b. 13 July 1809, d. 19 July 1809) |
| Son | Adam von Buren+ (b. 1 August 1810) |
| Daughter | Anna Maria von Buren (b. 20 January 1814) |
| Daughter | Maria Anna von Buren (b. 25 October 1815, d. 2 April 1853) |
| Son | Philip von Buren+ (b. 19 April 1819, d. 27 August 1891) |
| Daughter | Maria von Buren (b. 21 September 1822) |
Biography
Peter was born on circa 1763 in Widlisbach, Canton Bern, Switzerland.2
Peter von Buren married Elisabeth Knussi, daughter of Joseph Knussi and Maria Elisabeth Weltner, on 21 February 1803 in Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.2
Peter von Buren died on 31 March 1825 in Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland, at age ~62.3 He was buried in Katholische Kirche Sankt Niklaus, Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.3
Peter von Buren married Elisabeth Knussi, daughter of Joseph Knussi and Maria Elisabeth Weltner, on 21 February 1803 in Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.2
Peter von Buren died on 31 March 1825 in Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland, at age ~62.3 He was buried in Katholische Kirche Sankt Niklaus, Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.3
| Last Edited | 17 June 2025 |
Citations
- [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Christening • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name Maria
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 21 Sep 1822
Event Place Helvetia
Father's Name Peter Von Büren
Mother's Name Elisabetha Knüsi
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Name: Petrus Von Buren
Event Type: Burial
Event Place: Helvetia
Sex: Male
Age: 62
Birth Year (Estimated): 1763
Death Date: 31 Mar 1825
Spouse's Name: Elisabethae Knusi
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Name: Petrus Von Buren
Event Type: Burial
Event Place: Helvetia
Sex: Male
Age: 62
Birth Year (Estimated): 1763
Death Date: 31 Mar 1825
Spouse's Name: Elisabethae Knusi
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Name: Petrus Von Buren
Event Type: Burial
Event Place: Helvetia
Sex: Male
Age: 62
Birth Year (Estimated): 1763
Death Date: 31 Mar 1825
Spouse's Name: Elisabethae Knusi
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Name: Philipus
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 19 Apr 1819
Event Place: Helvetia
Father's Name: Petrus Von Büren
Mother's Name: Elisabetha Knüsi
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Emilian (Emil) von Buren I1
M, #386, b. 8 September 1850, d. 19 November 1850
Parents
| Father | Philip von Buren (b. 19 April 1819, d. 27 August 1891) |
| Mother | Kathrina Scherrer (b. 21 November 1824, d. 2 July 1865) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Emilian (Emil) von Buren I was born on 8 September 1850 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.2 Emilian died on 19 November 1850, in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland, at age 0.3 He was buried on 22 November 1850 in Katholische Kirche Sankt Niklaus, Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.3
Emilian (Emil) von Buren I was baptized on 11 September 1850 in Katholische Kirche, Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland. ].2
| Last Edited | 23 May 2024 |
Citations
- [S141] FamilySearch Family Tree, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch Family Tree.
- [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Christening • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name: Emil von Büren
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 11 Sep 1850
Event Place: Helvetia
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1850
Father's Name: Philip von Büren
Mother's Name: Catharina Schrererd
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Name: Emil von Büren
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 22 Nov 1850
Event Place: Helvetia
Death Date: 19 Nov 1850
Father's Name: Philiph
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Leo von Buren
M, #387, b. 24 December 1852, d. 14 January 1853
Parents
| Father | Philip von Buren (b. 19 April 1819, d. 27 August 1891) |
| Mother | Kathrina Scherrer (b. 21 November 1824, d. 2 July 1865) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Leo von Buren was born on 24 December 1852 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.1 Leo died on 14 January 1853, in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland, at age 0.2 He was buried on 16 January 1853 in Katholische Kirche Sankt Niklaus, Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.2
Leo von Buren was baptized on 26 December 1852 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland. ].1
| Last Edited | 23 October 2023 |
Citations
- [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Christening • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name: Leo Vonbüren
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 26 Dec 1852
Event Place: Helvetia
Birth Date: 24 Dec 1852
Father's Name: Philip Vonbüren
Mother's Name: Kathrina Scherrer
Cite This Record: "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F8F-7GZW : 11 May 2022), Philip Vonbüren in entry for Leo Vonbüren, 1852. Hereinafter cited as Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996. - [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996, online www.FamilySearch.org, Burial • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name: Leo von Büren
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 16 Jan 1853
Event Place: Helvetia
Sex: Male
Age: 0
Birth Year (Estimated): 1853
Death Date: 14 Jan 1853
Father's Name: Philip von Büren
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Theodor von Buren I
M, #388, b. 9 February 1854, d. 22 May 1854
Parents
| Father | Philip von Buren (b. 19 April 1819, d. 27 August 1891) |
| Mother | Kathrina Scherrer (b. 21 November 1824, d. 2 July 1865) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Theodor von Buren I was born on 9 February 1854 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.1 Theodor died on 22 May 1854, in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland, at age 0.2 He was buried on 24 February 1854 in Katholische Kirche Sankt Niklaus, Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.3
Theodor von Buren I was baptized on 12 February 1854 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland. ].1
| Last Edited | 23 May 2024 |
Citations
- [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Christening • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name: Theodor Vonbüren
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 12 Feb 1854
Event Place: Helvetia
Birth Date: 9 Feb 1854
Father's Name: Philip Vonbüren
Mother's Name: Cathrina Scherrer
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Name: Theodor Vonbürer
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 24 May1854
Event Place: Helvetia
Sex: Male
Age: 0
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Death Date: 22 May 1854
Father's Name: Philip Vonbürer
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Name: Theodor Vonbürer
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 24 Mar [Feb.?]1854
Event Place: Helvetia
Sex: Male
Age: 0
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Death Date: 22 Feb 1854
Father's Name: Philip Vonbürer
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Beat von Buren
M, #389, b. 8 May 1855, d. 30 July 1855
Parents
| Father | Philip von Buren (b. 19 April 1819, d. 27 August 1891) |
| Mother | Kathrina Scherrer (b. 21 November 1824, d. 2 July 1865) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Beat von Buren was born on 8 May 1855 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.1 Beat died on 30 July 1855, in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland, at age 0.2 He was buried on 2 August 1855 in Katholische Kirche Sankt Niklaus, Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.2
Beat von Buren was baptized on 13 May 1855 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland. ].1
| Last Edited | 23 October 2023 |
Citations
- [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Christening • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name: Beat von Büren
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 13 May 1855
Event Place: Helvetia
Birth Date: 8 May 1855
Father's Name: Philip von Büren
Mother's Name: Katharina Scherrer
Cite This Record: "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F8X-YY45 : 11 May 2022), Philip von Büren in entry for Beat von Büren, 1855. Hereinafter cited as Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996. - [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996, online www.FamilySearch.org, Burial • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name: Beat Vonbüren
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 2 Aug 1855
Event Place: Helvetia
Sex: Male
Age: 0
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Death Date: 30 Jul 1855
Father's Name: Philip Vonbüren
Cite This Record: "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F8J-F8HR : 11 May 2022), Philip Vonbüren in entry for Beat Vonbüren, 1855.
Wilhelm von Buren I
M, #390, b. 17 July 1856, d. 31 July 1857
Parents
| Father | Philip von Buren (b. 19 April 1819, d. 27 August 1891) |
| Mother | Kathrina Scherrer (b. 21 November 1824, d. 2 July 1865) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Wilhelm von Buren I was born on 17 July 1856 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.1,2 Wilhelm died on 31 July 1857, in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland, at age 1.3 He was buried on 2 August 1857 in Katholische Kirche Sankt Niklaus, Ruttenen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.3
| Last Edited | 23 October 2023 |
Citations
- [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Christening • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name: Wilhelm von Büren
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date 20 Jul 1856
Event Place: Helvetia
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1856
Father's Name: Philip von Büren
Mother's Name: Kathrina Scherrer
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Name: Wilhelm von Büren
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 20 Jul 1856
Event Place: Helvetia
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1856
Father's Name: Philip von Büren
Mother's Name: Cathrina Scherer
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Name: Wilhelm von Büren
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 2 Aug 1857
Event Place: Helvetia
Sex Male
Age: 1
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856
Death Date: 31 Jul 1857
Father's Name: Philip von Büren
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Hedwig von Buren II
F, #391, b. 7 January 1862
Parents
| Father | Philip von Buren (b. 19 April 1819, d. 27 August 1891) |
| Mother | Kathrina Scherrer (b. 21 November 1824, d. 2 July 1865) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Hedwig von Buren II was born on 7 January 1862 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.1
Hedwig von Buren II was baptized on 12 January 1862 in Katholische Kirche, Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland. ].12
| Last Edited | 21 March 2024 |
Citations
- [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Christening • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name: Hedwig Vonbüren
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 12 Jan 1862
Event Place: Helvetia
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1862
Father's Name: Philip Vonbüren
Cite This Record: "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F8X-BV9N : 11 May 2022), Philip Vonbüren in entry for Hedwig Vonbüren, 1862. Hereinafter cited as Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996. - [S1585] Swiss Overseas Emigration, Immigration & Travel, 1910-1953, online www.ancestry.com, Swiss Overseas Emigration, Immigration & Travel, 1910-1953 (in German)
Name: Von Büren
Birth: 1862 - Flumenthal, Solothurn, Schweiz (Switzerland)
Departure: Jul 1925 - Boulogne S/M
Arrival: New York
Residence: Basel, Basel-Stadt (Basel-City), Schweiz (Switzerland). Hereinafter cited as Swiss Overseas Emigration, Immigration & Travel, 1910-1953.
Otto von Buren
M, #392, b. 20 November 1868, d. 1869
Parents
| Father | Adolf Von Buren (b. 16 May 1846, d. 31 December 1895) |
| Mother | Luisa Grolimund (b. 4 February 1851) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Otto was born on 20 November 1868 in Switzerland.1
Otto von Buren died in 1869 in Switzerland at age ~1. CAVEAT: I have not found a source for his death.
Otto von Buren died in 1869 in Switzerland at age ~1. CAVEAT: I have not found a source for his death.
Otto von Buren was baptized on 29 November 1868 in Katholische Kirche, Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland, Roman Catholic. ].1
| Last Edited | 7 March 2024 |
Citations
- [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996
Name Otto Vonburer
Birth Date 20 Nov 1868
Father's Name Adolf Vonburer
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Luisa Grolimund
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 29 Nov 1868
Event Place Schweiz
Where The Record Is Found (Citation): "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F8F-CPLC : Mon Oct 30 01:58:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Otto Vonburer and Adolf Vonburer, 29 Nov 1868. Hereinafter cited as Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996.
Adolf Von Buren
M, #393, b. 16 May 1846, d. 31 December 1895
Parents
| Father | Philip von Buren (b. 19 April 1819, d. 27 August 1891) |
| Mother | Kathrina Scherrer (b. 21 November 1824, d. 2 July 1865) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family 1: Luisa Grolimund (b. 4 February 1851)
| Son | Otto von Buren (b. 20 November 1868, d. 1869) |
| Daughter | Rosa von Buren (b. 12 August 1870) |
| Daughter | Maria "Louisa"/ Mary Louise Van Buren+ (b. 27 April 1872, d. 9 May 1949) |
Family 2: Katherine (Kate) Stillger (b. 1848, d. 16 October 1931)
| Daughter | Hedwig (Hattie) Catharina Van Buren+ (b. 26 January 1877, d. 31 March 1945) |
| Daughter | Laura Catharina Van Buren+ (b. 5 April 1879, d. 31 May 1919) |
| Son | Gustave Adolph (Otto) Van Buren, Jr. (b. 2 June 1881, d. 17 June 1955) |
Gustav Adolph VanBuren
Biography
Adolf Von Buren was born on 16 May 1846 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland. This date is from the Swiss church records. His gravestone gives his date of birth as May 16, 1847.1,2,3,4,5
He married Luisa Grolimund on 14 September 1868 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.6,7
Adolf Von Buren married Katherine (Kate) Stillger, daughter of Johann Adam Stillger and Anna Maria Kraus, on 26 September 1875 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. According to the 1930 census, she was 84 years old and first married at age 30, which would have been in about 1876.2,2
Adolf Von Buren and Katherine (Kate) von Buren were divorced on 27 March 1885 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.
1/26/2010 – Transcribed from the Court File by Paul B. Van Buren
Adolf Von Buren vs. Catharine Von Buren
File: 1885 #1018
Supreme Court of New York
City and County of New York
Complaint
Supreme Court of the State of New York
Adolf Von Buren
vs.
Catharina Von Buren
The plaintiff complaining of the above named defendant alleges upon information and belief.
I. That on the 26th day of September 1875 at the city of Brooklyn, he was married to the defendant.
II. That plaintiff and defendant were at the commencement of this action and still are actual inhabitants of this state.
III. That in the month of July 1880 the defendant committed adultery with one Wilhelm Van Buren.
IV. That at divers places and at various times between the month of July 1880 and this action, but at what particular times and places, the plaintiff is unable to state, the defendant has committed adultery with various other men, the names of which are at present unknown to this plaintiff.
V. That such adultery was committed without the consent, connivance, privity or procurement of the plaintiff, that five years have not elapsed since the plaintiff discovered the facts of such adultery, and that the plaintiff has not voluntarily cohabited with the defendant.
VI. That the issue of said marriage are three children, respectively:
Hedwig Catharina, age 7 years
Laura Catharina, age 5 years
Johan Gustav Adolf, age 3 years
Wherefore plaintiff demands judgment that the bonds of matrimony between himself and defendant be dissolved and that the children be awarded to the plaintiff.
Robert Greenthal
Atty for plaintiff
269 West 36 St.
N.Y. City
Filed: March 10, 1884
County Clerk
New York City
City and County of New York, ss:
Adolf Von Buren, being duly sworn, says that he is the plaintiff in this action, and that the foregoing Complaint is true to the knowledge of the deponent except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to true.
Adolph Von Buren
Sworn to before me this 11th day of February 1884
Stephen Whitehorn
Commissioner of Deeds
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Summons
Adolf Von Buren,
Plaintiff
vs.
Catharina Von Buren,
Defendant
To the above named Defendant.
You are hereby Summoned to answer the complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within twenty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear, or answer, Judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated: New York, February 11, 1884
Robert Greenthal, Plaintiff’s Attorney
Office Address, No. 269 West 36th Street
N.Y. City
__________________________________
Proof of Service
N.Y. SUPPREME COURT
Adolf Von Buren
vs.
Catherine Von Buren
City and County of New York
William Green, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is over 21 years of age and resides at No. 269 West 36 St., this city, that he knows both the plaintiff and the defendant in this action and that on the 16th day of February 1884 the deponent served the summons and complaint in this action on the defendant Catharine Von Buren by delivering to and leaving with the said defendant Catharine Von Buren a true copy of the annexed Summons and Complaint in this action at No. 145 23rd Street in the City of Brooklyn, State of New York.
Deponent further says that he is well acquainted with said Catharine Von Buren, the defendant in this action, and knows the person on whom he served the copy of the annexed Summons and Complaint to be the defendant in this action, and that he acquired his knowledge of the said defendant Catharine Von Buren from knowing her living with the plaintiff as his wife in the city of Brooklyn in this State of New York at no. 712 Fifth Ave. and also at no. 378 Hamilton Ave. in the city of Brooklyn, State of New York, during the years 1879, 1880 and 1881, where they introduced themselves as husband and wife, and were generally known as such, and that he has be acquainted with the plaintiff and the defendant for several years.
William Green
Sworn to before me this 10th day of March, 1884
(Illegible signature)
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Affidavit of Default
Adolf Von Buren
vs.
Catherine Von Buren
City and County of New York
Robert Greenthal, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the plaintiff’s attorney herein, that the Summons and Complaint in this action was served on the defendant on the 16th day of February 1884, and that no notice of appearance, answer or demurrer was served upon deponent, and that the time in which to serve the same has passed.
Robert Greenthal
Sworn to before me this 10th day of March 1884
Montague L. Marks
Notary Public, NY County
_____________________________
Referral to Referee
At a special term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the City and County of New York held at the new County Court House at the city of New York on the 10th day of March 1884.
Present: Honorable Abraham R. Lawrence, Justice
Adolf Von Buren
vs.
Catharine Von Buren
On the Summons and Complaint in this action with due proof of the personal service of copies of the same on the defendant Catharine Von Buren in the city of Brooklyn in the State of New York, together with the affidavit of the plaintiff’s Attorney, that defendant’s time to answer has expired herein, and that no notice of appearance, answer or demurrer has been served herein, it is hereby
Ordered: that is action be and the same hereby is referred to Edward Holland Nicoll, Esq., to take proof of all the material allegations in the complaint in this action together with proof of personal service of the Summons and Complaint in this action on the defendant Catharine Von Buren, and to report the same to this Court with his opinion thereon.
Enter, ARL [Judge’s initials]
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Amended Answer
Supreme Court
City and County of New York
Adolph Von Buren
against )
Catherine Von Buren
The above named defendant Catherine Von Buren for her Amended Answer in this action respectfully shows to this Court:
That she admits that she was married to the plaintiff on the 26th day of September 1875 at the City of Brooklyn and that the plaintiff and defendant were at the commencement of this action and still are actual inhabitants of this State.
And she further admits that the issue of said marriage are the three children named in the Complaint in this action to wit: Hedwig Catharina, Laura and John Gustav Adolph.
And she denies each and every other allegation set forth in said Complaint.
And the defendant further shows upon information and belief that in the month of September 1878, the plaintiff committed adultery with a woman whose name is unknown to the defendant at a Hotel on the Bowery just opposite the Atlantic Garden between Hester Street and Chatham Square in the City of New York, County and State of New York.
And the defendant further shows upon information and belief that about six weeks after the last named date at number 163 Christie Street in the said City of New York, the plaintiff committed adultery with another woman whose name is unknown to the defendant.
And the defendant further shows upon information and belief that about two weeks after the last named date at number 163 Christie Street aforesaid the plaintiff committed adultery with the same woman set forth in paragraph V of this Amended Answer.
And that the defendant further shows upon information and belief that at divers times and places between the month of September 1875 and the commencement of this action, the particulars of which the defendant is unable to state, the plaintiff has committed adultery with sundry women whose names are unknown to this defendant.
And the defendant further shows the several acts of adultery hereinbefore more particularly set forth in paragraphs from IV to VII, both inclusive, of this Amended Answer were committed by the plaintiff without the consent, connivance, privity or procurement of the defendant; that five years have not elapsed since the defendant discovered the facts of such adultery; and that the defendant has not voluntarily cohabited with the plaintiff since such discovery.
And the defendant further alleges and shows that this defendant is in necessitous circumstances and unable to support and care for the said children, the issue of her said marriage with the plaintiff; that the plaintiff has and is possessed of money and property as a skilled workman or mechanic from which he derives a very considerable income, amounting to nearly, if not over, one thousand dollars per annum or over twenty dollars per week, as the defendant is informed and believes.
Wherefore this defendant prays judgment or decree in this action dismissing the plaintiff’s said complaint with her costs and disbursements; that the bonds of matrimony between the plaintiff and defendant be dissolved and this defendant freed from the obligations thereof; that a reasonable provision for the support of the defendant and the care, education, support and maintenance of the said three children, the issue of said marriage, be made out of the income and property of the plaintiff; that the defendant in whose custody they now are be awarded the custody of the said children; and that the defendant may have such other order, judgment or decree in the premises as may be just and proper.
A.B. Chalmers
Attorney for the defendant
117 Nassau Street
New York City
City of New York, County of New York ss:
Catherina Von Buren, being duly sworn, says that she is the defendant in the above entitled action, that she has heard read the foregoing Amended Answer and knows the contents thereof; and that the same is true of her own knowledge except as to the matters therein alleged on information and belief, and at as to those matters she believes it to be true.
(Signed) Katherina V. Buren
Sworn to before me this 4th day of September 1884
Willard R. Jones
Notary Public
N.Y. City
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Reply
N.Y Supreme Court
Adolph Von Buren
vs.
Catharine Von Buren
The plaintiff, for a reply to the Amended Answer of the defendant in this action, avers as follows:
He denies the allegations contain in the IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX paragraphs of said Answer and each and every part thereof.
Robert Greenthal
Plaintiff’’s Atty
18 Centre St.
NYC
________________________________________
Report of Referee
N.Y. SUPPREME COURT
City and County of New York
_____________________________
Adolf Von Buren
against
Catherine Von Buren
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TO THE SUPREME COURT:--
I, EDWARD HOLLAND NICOLL, to whom by an order of this Court made herein on the 29 [sic, originally 10th] day of March, 1884, and by a further order of this Court made herein on the 15th day of January, 1885, all the issues in this action were referred to hear and determine the same, do respectfully report to the Court:
That I have been attended by the respective parties to this action and by Mr. Robert Greenthal, attorney and of counsel for the plaintiff, and by Mr. A. Burr Chalmers, attorney and of counsel for the defendant, and that after hearing their allegations and proofs, I do find as matters of fact:
That on the 26th day of September, 1875, at the City of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, the plaintiff and the defendant were married. That the plaintiff and defendant were, at the time of such marriage, actual inhabitants of the State of New York. That the plaintiffs and defendant were, at the time of the commencement of this action, actual inhabitants of the State of New York.
That in the month of July, 1880, the defendant, Catherine Von Buren committed adultery with one Wilhelm Von Buren, at the City of Brooklyn, in said State of New York.
That in the month of May, 1881, the said defendant Catherine Von Buren, on two separate occasions, committed adultery with one Adolf Scherrer, at the said city of Brooklyn, in said State of New York. [Note: Her son was apparently born on 2 June 1881.]
That the said adultery was committed without the consent, connivance, privity, or procurement of the plaintiff.
That five years have not elapsed since the plaintiff discovered the fact of such adultery.
That the plaintiff has not voluntarily cohabited with the defendant since the discovery by him of such adultery.
That there is no action pending, nor has any decree been entered against the said plaintiff, in an action, for divorce, on the ground of adultery, in this or any other State.
That the defendant has failed to prove the allegations contained in the “Fourth” paragraph of the amended answer, that the plaintiff, in the month of September, 1878, committed adultery with a woman who name is unknown to the defendant, in the City of New York.
That the defendant has failed to prove the allegation contained in the “Fifth” paragraph of the amended answer, that the plaintiff, about six weeks after the last mentioned date, committed adultery with another woman, whose name is unknown to the defendant, in the City of New York.
That the defendant has failed to prove the allegations contained in the “Sixth” paragraph of the amended answer, that the plaintiff, about two weeks after the last mentioned date, committed adultery with the same woman set forth in paragraph “Fifth” of said amended complaint.
That the defendant has failed to prove the allegations contained in the “Seventh” paragraph of the amended answer, that the plaintiff, at divers times and places, between the month of September, 1875, and the commencement of this action, committed adultery with sundry other women whose names are unknown to the defendant.
That the issue of said marriage between the plaintiff and the defendant is three children, Hedwig Catherine, Laura Catherine and Johan Gustav Adolf, at the commencement of this action aged respectively seven, five and three years.
Upon the foregoing facts I find as conclusions of Law.
That the plaintiff is not guilty of any of the acts of adultery charged in the amended answer herein.
That the plaintiff, Adolf Von Buren, is entitled to judgment, that the bonds of matrimony between himself and the defendant, Catherine Von Buren, be dissolved on account of the said adultery committed by the defendant Catherine Von Buren.
That the care and custody of the children, Hedwig Catherine, Laura Catherine and Johan Gustav Adolf, the issue of the said marriage of the plaintiff and the defendant, should be awarded to the plaintiff.
That the defendant pay the costs of this action to be taxed, and that the plaintiff have judgment therefor.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Dated New York, the 6th day of March, 1885
Edward Holland Nicoll, Referee
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Judgment and Decree of Absolute Divorce
At a special term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the First Department held at the new County Court House this city on the 27th day of March 1885.
Present: Honorable George R. Andrews, Justice
Adolf Von Buren
vs.
Catharine Von Buren
This action having been brought by Adolf Von Buren, the plaintiff, against Catharine Von Buren, the defendant, for judgment and a Decree of absolute Divorce on the ground of adultery on the part of the said defendant, and the summons and complaint herein having been personally served upon said defendant, and the defendant thereafter having duly appeared in this action and answered the plaintiff’s complaint, and this action thereafter having been referred to Edward H. Nicoll, Esq., an Attorney and Counsellor at Law of this Court, who was duly appointed the sole Referee to take proof of all matters raised by all the pleadings herein and to report the same to this Court with his opinion thereon, and the said Referee in pursuance to said order did take such proofs as were offered by the plaintiff and the defendant, and an order having been made and entered herein on the 15th day of January 1885 directing said Referee to take proofs as to the counter-claim as alleged in the amended answer of defendant and said Referee having taken such proofs in pursuance to said order and did report thereon and in his opinion the plaintiff is entitled to the relief demanded in his complaint:
Now, therefore, upon all the pleadings and proceedings in this action, and on said order of reference and upon all the testimony taken before said Referee and on said Referee’s Report thereon on file in the office of the clerk of this Court and on motion of Robert Greenthal, Esq., plaintiff’s attorney herein:
It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the Referee’s Report be and the same to hereby in all things confirmed, and that said marriage contract of Adolf Von Buren, the plaintiff, with Catharine Von Buren, the defendant, be and the same is hereby dissolved and the plaintiff be and is hereby discharged from all obligations thereof, and it is further Ordered:
That the plaintiff be permitted to marry again during the lifetime of the defendant as if the said defendant were actually dead, but that the defendant shall not be permitted to marry during the lifetime of the plaintiff, and that the children mention in the complaint be and the same are hereby awarded to the plaintiff Adolf Von Buren.
Enter: GPA [Judge’s initials], Justice
Filed: March 27, 1885
County Clerk
New York County
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle – 31 March 1885, page 6
AFTER HIS CHILDREN
Mrs. Van Buren Refuses to Obey the Mandate of the Court.
On the 27th inst. [27 March 1885], Adolph Van Buren, of No. 177 Twenty-second street, obtained a decree of absolute divorce from his wife, Catherine, who lives on Third avenue. Accompanying the decree was an order giving the plaintiff the custody of his three children, aged 8, 6 and 4 years. Mrs. Van Buren was duly notified of the order as to the disposal of the children, but flatly declined to obey it. She left her husband three years ago [in about 1882], since which time she has retained her children. Mr. Van Buren this morning [31 March 1885] filed his application to the [Brooklyn] Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus to recover the custody of his children, setting forth that his divorced wife is a woman whose character unfits her to have the care of young children.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle – 15 May 1885, page 6
CROSS DIVORCE SUITS
Mr. Van Buren Has Procured a Decree and Mrs. Van Buren Another.
Motion was made before Chief Judge Reynolds, in the Special Term, [Brooklyn] City Court, this morning [15 May 1885], to punish Adolph Van Buren for contempt of court. He had suddenly stopped paying the alimony ordered by the [Brooklyn] Court in a suit for limited divorce brought by his wife Katerina. He was ordered to pay $8 weekly, and had paid $50 when he procured a decree of absolute divorce in New York City on the ground that his wife had been living with his brother [apparently Wilhelm, aka William]. No answer was made to that suit. [Note: Not correct, it was litigated to a conclusion.] He discontinued paying the alimony ordered by the Brooklyn court when he obtained the decree in the New York court. Now, Mr. H.A. Meyenborg claimed, $62 is owing to his client, and he moved for the committal for contempt of court for the non-payment of that amount. Judge Reynolds adjourned the hearing to allow the defendant to produce his receipts.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle – 22 May 1885, page 6
THE VAN BUREN CASE
A New York Divorce Which Stops the Alimony.
Mrs. Katherine Van Buren, a miserable looking woman, has haunted the Court House for many months, as persistently as Miss Flite in the celebrated case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce.
[Note:Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce is a fictional court case in Chancery in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens. The case concerns the fate of a large inheritance. It has dragged on for many generations prior to the action of the novel, so that, by the time it is resolved late in the narrative, legal costs have devoured the entire estate. The case is thus a byword for an interminable legal proceeding. Dickens used it to attack the chancery court system as being near totally worthless, as any "honourable man among its [Chancery's] practitioners" says, "Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!" All of the main characters are connected in some way through the case, though the actual legal proceedings appear only as background plot. Aside from the lawyers who prosecute and defend the case, every character who directly associates with it suffers some tragic fate. Miss Flite has long since lost her mind when the narrative begins, and Richard Carstone dies trying to win the inheritance for himself. ]
She flits from one room to another, always gravitating toward the Special Term, [Brooklyn] City Court, where she has long had a motion pending against her husband [Adolph Van Buren] for non-payment of alimony. The case was up on Special Term last week and was adjourned until this morning [22 May 1885]. Chief Judge Reynolds denied the motion to commit Adolph Van Buren for contempt on the ground that he had paid alimony up to the time he obtained his decree of divorce in New York.
Mrs. Van Buren will now have no inducement to haunt the Court House, as the recognition of her husband’s New York divorce will act as a stay to her action for limited divorce. Their children are in a public institution.8
Adolf Von Buren married Marie Margaret Ruof, daughter of Ulrich Ruof and Margaretha Staehli, on 16 May 1886 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.3,9,10,11
Adolf Von Buren died of chronic gastritis; stricture of the pylorus; starvation exhaustive on 31 December 1895 in 212 44th Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at age 49.1,12,13
Adolf Von Buren was buried on 3 January 1896 in The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York+, in Section 204, Lot 29312, Grave No. 2. On this cemetery lot are buried Gustave A. Van Buren (1895), his grandson Harold John Rudolph Eise (1900), his grandson Francis Jerome Landgraff (1914), his daughter Laura [Van Buren] Landgraff (1919), his second wife Katherine Von Buren (1931), his son Gustave A. (aka Adolph or Otto) Van Buren (1955), and his son's wife Wilhelmina Schindler Van Buren (1969).
There is only one gravestone on this lot which reads:
My Dear Husband
Gustave Adolf von Buren
Born May 16, 1847
Died Dec. 31, 1895
Though Lost to Sight Memory Dear
Note: Presumably the wife who purchased this gravestone was his then current wife, the former Marie M. Ruof.
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1881 Gustave A. von Buren 1955
and his wife
1878 Wilhelmina [No date]. [December 2, 1998, letter from The Green-Wood Cemetery and The Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Transcript] The Green-Wood Cemetery is located at 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11232, telephone: 718-788-7850; fax: 718-788-7782.
The Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Transcript states that Gustav A. Von Buren [sic] was born in Germany [sic, actually Switzerland] and died on 31 December 1895 at age 48 years, 7 months and 15 days, which would make his birth date 16 May 1847 (evidently consistent with his death certificate). It states that he died of gastritis at his home at 212 44th Street, Brooklyn. According to The Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Transcript, he is "on records as Adolph Von Buren."
By a December 2, 1998, letter, The Green-Wood Cemetery wrote that Lot 29312, Section 204 was purchased on 2 January 1896 [two days after Gustav's death on 31 December 1895], by Mrs. Marie M. Von Buren, later Hollander [who was Marie M. Ruof who had become his third wife in 1886]. On November 24, 1914, she conveyed the lot to Louise [Van Buren] Eise, Hedwig [Van Buren] Kuckenbecker, Laura [Van Buren] Landgraff and Adolph Von Buren, children of former husband Gustav A. Von Buren. Upon the decease of said Laura [Van Buren] Landgraff, title passed to her son and sole heir, Charles J. Landgraff. Upon the decease of said Adolph Von Buren, title passed to his widow, Wilhelmina [Schindler] Van Buren.
In a 7 March 1999 letter, Diane Khoury speculates that Gustav Adolph Van Buren and his second wife Katherine Stillger Van Buren may have separated. [In fact, they divorced in 1885.] Diane Khoury reports that Katherine (who did not speak much English) told Diane's father that her (Katherine's) husband Gustav had gone off with "die schwarze Marie" (loosely translated as "the despicable, hateful, black-hearted Marie"), who was Marie M. Ruof. So, Gustav Adolph Van Buren divorced his second wife Katherine and married his third wife Marie. But why is his second wife Katherine Stiller VB (who did not die until 1931) buried with him?14,1,15
He married Luisa Grolimund on 14 September 1868 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.6,7
Adolf Von Buren married Katherine (Kate) Stillger, daughter of Johann Adam Stillger and Anna Maria Kraus, on 26 September 1875 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. According to the 1930 census, she was 84 years old and first married at age 30, which would have been in about 1876.2,2
Adolf Von Buren and Katherine (Kate) von Buren were divorced on 27 March 1885 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.
1/26/2010 – Transcribed from the Court File by Paul B. Van Buren
Adolf Von Buren vs. Catharine Von Buren
File: 1885 #1018
Supreme Court of New York
City and County of New York
Complaint
Supreme Court of the State of New York
Adolf Von Buren
vs.
Catharina Von Buren
The plaintiff complaining of the above named defendant alleges upon information and belief.
I. That on the 26th day of September 1875 at the city of Brooklyn, he was married to the defendant.
II. That plaintiff and defendant were at the commencement of this action and still are actual inhabitants of this state.
III. That in the month of July 1880 the defendant committed adultery with one Wilhelm Van Buren.
IV. That at divers places and at various times between the month of July 1880 and this action, but at what particular times and places, the plaintiff is unable to state, the defendant has committed adultery with various other men, the names of which are at present unknown to this plaintiff.
V. That such adultery was committed without the consent, connivance, privity or procurement of the plaintiff, that five years have not elapsed since the plaintiff discovered the facts of such adultery, and that the plaintiff has not voluntarily cohabited with the defendant.
VI. That the issue of said marriage are three children, respectively:
Hedwig Catharina, age 7 years
Laura Catharina, age 5 years
Johan Gustav Adolf, age 3 years
Wherefore plaintiff demands judgment that the bonds of matrimony between himself and defendant be dissolved and that the children be awarded to the plaintiff.
Robert Greenthal
Atty for plaintiff
269 West 36 St.
N.Y. City
Filed: March 10, 1884
County Clerk
New York City
City and County of New York, ss:
Adolf Von Buren, being duly sworn, says that he is the plaintiff in this action, and that the foregoing Complaint is true to the knowledge of the deponent except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to true.
Adolph Von Buren
Sworn to before me this 11th day of February 1884
Stephen Whitehorn
Commissioner of Deeds
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Summons
Adolf Von Buren,
Plaintiff
vs.
Catharina Von Buren,
Defendant
To the above named Defendant.
You are hereby Summoned to answer the complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within twenty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear, or answer, Judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated: New York, February 11, 1884
Robert Greenthal, Plaintiff’s Attorney
Office Address, No. 269 West 36th Street
N.Y. City
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Proof of Service
N.Y. SUPPREME COURT
Adolf Von Buren
vs.
Catherine Von Buren
City and County of New York
William Green, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is over 21 years of age and resides at No. 269 West 36 St., this city, that he knows both the plaintiff and the defendant in this action and that on the 16th day of February 1884 the deponent served the summons and complaint in this action on the defendant Catharine Von Buren by delivering to and leaving with the said defendant Catharine Von Buren a true copy of the annexed Summons and Complaint in this action at No. 145 23rd Street in the City of Brooklyn, State of New York.
Deponent further says that he is well acquainted with said Catharine Von Buren, the defendant in this action, and knows the person on whom he served the copy of the annexed Summons and Complaint to be the defendant in this action, and that he acquired his knowledge of the said defendant Catharine Von Buren from knowing her living with the plaintiff as his wife in the city of Brooklyn in this State of New York at no. 712 Fifth Ave. and also at no. 378 Hamilton Ave. in the city of Brooklyn, State of New York, during the years 1879, 1880 and 1881, where they introduced themselves as husband and wife, and were generally known as such, and that he has be acquainted with the plaintiff and the defendant for several years.
William Green
Sworn to before me this 10th day of March, 1884
(Illegible signature)
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Affidavit of Default
Adolf Von Buren
vs.
Catherine Von Buren
City and County of New York
Robert Greenthal, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the plaintiff’s attorney herein, that the Summons and Complaint in this action was served on the defendant on the 16th day of February 1884, and that no notice of appearance, answer or demurrer was served upon deponent, and that the time in which to serve the same has passed.
Robert Greenthal
Sworn to before me this 10th day of March 1884
Montague L. Marks
Notary Public, NY County
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Referral to Referee
At a special term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the City and County of New York held at the new County Court House at the city of New York on the 10th day of March 1884.
Present: Honorable Abraham R. Lawrence, Justice
Adolf Von Buren
vs.
Catharine Von Buren
On the Summons and Complaint in this action with due proof of the personal service of copies of the same on the defendant Catharine Von Buren in the city of Brooklyn in the State of New York, together with the affidavit of the plaintiff’s Attorney, that defendant’s time to answer has expired herein, and that no notice of appearance, answer or demurrer has been served herein, it is hereby
Ordered: that is action be and the same hereby is referred to Edward Holland Nicoll, Esq., to take proof of all the material allegations in the complaint in this action together with proof of personal service of the Summons and Complaint in this action on the defendant Catharine Von Buren, and to report the same to this Court with his opinion thereon.
Enter, ARL [Judge’s initials]
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Amended Answer
Supreme Court
City and County of New York
Adolph Von Buren
against )
Catherine Von Buren
The above named defendant Catherine Von Buren for her Amended Answer in this action respectfully shows to this Court:
That she admits that she was married to the plaintiff on the 26th day of September 1875 at the City of Brooklyn and that the plaintiff and defendant were at the commencement of this action and still are actual inhabitants of this State.
And she further admits that the issue of said marriage are the three children named in the Complaint in this action to wit: Hedwig Catharina, Laura and John Gustav Adolph.
And she denies each and every other allegation set forth in said Complaint.
And the defendant further shows upon information and belief that in the month of September 1878, the plaintiff committed adultery with a woman whose name is unknown to the defendant at a Hotel on the Bowery just opposite the Atlantic Garden between Hester Street and Chatham Square in the City of New York, County and State of New York.
And the defendant further shows upon information and belief that about six weeks after the last named date at number 163 Christie Street in the said City of New York, the plaintiff committed adultery with another woman whose name is unknown to the defendant.
And the defendant further shows upon information and belief that about two weeks after the last named date at number 163 Christie Street aforesaid the plaintiff committed adultery with the same woman set forth in paragraph V of this Amended Answer.
And that the defendant further shows upon information and belief that at divers times and places between the month of September 1875 and the commencement of this action, the particulars of which the defendant is unable to state, the plaintiff has committed adultery with sundry women whose names are unknown to this defendant.
And the defendant further shows the several acts of adultery hereinbefore more particularly set forth in paragraphs from IV to VII, both inclusive, of this Amended Answer were committed by the plaintiff without the consent, connivance, privity or procurement of the defendant; that five years have not elapsed since the defendant discovered the facts of such adultery; and that the defendant has not voluntarily cohabited with the plaintiff since such discovery.
And the defendant further alleges and shows that this defendant is in necessitous circumstances and unable to support and care for the said children, the issue of her said marriage with the plaintiff; that the plaintiff has and is possessed of money and property as a skilled workman or mechanic from which he derives a very considerable income, amounting to nearly, if not over, one thousand dollars per annum or over twenty dollars per week, as the defendant is informed and believes.
Wherefore this defendant prays judgment or decree in this action dismissing the plaintiff’s said complaint with her costs and disbursements; that the bonds of matrimony between the plaintiff and defendant be dissolved and this defendant freed from the obligations thereof; that a reasonable provision for the support of the defendant and the care, education, support and maintenance of the said three children, the issue of said marriage, be made out of the income and property of the plaintiff; that the defendant in whose custody they now are be awarded the custody of the said children; and that the defendant may have such other order, judgment or decree in the premises as may be just and proper.
A.B. Chalmers
Attorney for the defendant
117 Nassau Street
New York City
City of New York, County of New York ss:
Catherina Von Buren, being duly sworn, says that she is the defendant in the above entitled action, that she has heard read the foregoing Amended Answer and knows the contents thereof; and that the same is true of her own knowledge except as to the matters therein alleged on information and belief, and at as to those matters she believes it to be true.
(Signed) Katherina V. Buren
Sworn to before me this 4th day of September 1884
Willard R. Jones
Notary Public
N.Y. City
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Reply
N.Y Supreme Court
Adolph Von Buren
vs.
Catharine Von Buren
The plaintiff, for a reply to the Amended Answer of the defendant in this action, avers as follows:
He denies the allegations contain in the IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX paragraphs of said Answer and each and every part thereof.
Robert Greenthal
Plaintiff’’s Atty
18 Centre St.
NYC
________________________________________
Report of Referee
N.Y. SUPPREME COURT
City and County of New York
_____________________________
Adolf Von Buren
against
Catherine Von Buren
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TO THE SUPREME COURT:--
I, EDWARD HOLLAND NICOLL, to whom by an order of this Court made herein on the 29 [sic, originally 10th] day of March, 1884, and by a further order of this Court made herein on the 15th day of January, 1885, all the issues in this action were referred to hear and determine the same, do respectfully report to the Court:
That I have been attended by the respective parties to this action and by Mr. Robert Greenthal, attorney and of counsel for the plaintiff, and by Mr. A. Burr Chalmers, attorney and of counsel for the defendant, and that after hearing their allegations and proofs, I do find as matters of fact:
That on the 26th day of September, 1875, at the City of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, the plaintiff and the defendant were married. That the plaintiff and defendant were, at the time of such marriage, actual inhabitants of the State of New York. That the plaintiffs and defendant were, at the time of the commencement of this action, actual inhabitants of the State of New York.
That in the month of July, 1880, the defendant, Catherine Von Buren committed adultery with one Wilhelm Von Buren, at the City of Brooklyn, in said State of New York.
That in the month of May, 1881, the said defendant Catherine Von Buren, on two separate occasions, committed adultery with one Adolf Scherrer, at the said city of Brooklyn, in said State of New York. [Note: Her son was apparently born on 2 June 1881.]
That the said adultery was committed without the consent, connivance, privity, or procurement of the plaintiff.
That five years have not elapsed since the plaintiff discovered the fact of such adultery.
That the plaintiff has not voluntarily cohabited with the defendant since the discovery by him of such adultery.
That there is no action pending, nor has any decree been entered against the said plaintiff, in an action, for divorce, on the ground of adultery, in this or any other State.
That the defendant has failed to prove the allegations contained in the “Fourth” paragraph of the amended answer, that the plaintiff, in the month of September, 1878, committed adultery with a woman who name is unknown to the defendant, in the City of New York.
That the defendant has failed to prove the allegation contained in the “Fifth” paragraph of the amended answer, that the plaintiff, about six weeks after the last mentioned date, committed adultery with another woman, whose name is unknown to the defendant, in the City of New York.
That the defendant has failed to prove the allegations contained in the “Sixth” paragraph of the amended answer, that the plaintiff, about two weeks after the last mentioned date, committed adultery with the same woman set forth in paragraph “Fifth” of said amended complaint.
That the defendant has failed to prove the allegations contained in the “Seventh” paragraph of the amended answer, that the plaintiff, at divers times and places, between the month of September, 1875, and the commencement of this action, committed adultery with sundry other women whose names are unknown to the defendant.
That the issue of said marriage between the plaintiff and the defendant is three children, Hedwig Catherine, Laura Catherine and Johan Gustav Adolf, at the commencement of this action aged respectively seven, five and three years.
Upon the foregoing facts I find as conclusions of Law.
That the plaintiff is not guilty of any of the acts of adultery charged in the amended answer herein.
That the plaintiff, Adolf Von Buren, is entitled to judgment, that the bonds of matrimony between himself and the defendant, Catherine Von Buren, be dissolved on account of the said adultery committed by the defendant Catherine Von Buren.
That the care and custody of the children, Hedwig Catherine, Laura Catherine and Johan Gustav Adolf, the issue of the said marriage of the plaintiff and the defendant, should be awarded to the plaintiff.
That the defendant pay the costs of this action to be taxed, and that the plaintiff have judgment therefor.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Dated New York, the 6th day of March, 1885
Edward Holland Nicoll, Referee
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Judgment and Decree of Absolute Divorce
At a special term of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the First Department held at the new County Court House this city on the 27th day of March 1885.
Present: Honorable George R. Andrews, Justice
Adolf Von Buren
vs.
Catharine Von Buren
This action having been brought by Adolf Von Buren, the plaintiff, against Catharine Von Buren, the defendant, for judgment and a Decree of absolute Divorce on the ground of adultery on the part of the said defendant, and the summons and complaint herein having been personally served upon said defendant, and the defendant thereafter having duly appeared in this action and answered the plaintiff’s complaint, and this action thereafter having been referred to Edward H. Nicoll, Esq., an Attorney and Counsellor at Law of this Court, who was duly appointed the sole Referee to take proof of all matters raised by all the pleadings herein and to report the same to this Court with his opinion thereon, and the said Referee in pursuance to said order did take such proofs as were offered by the plaintiff and the defendant, and an order having been made and entered herein on the 15th day of January 1885 directing said Referee to take proofs as to the counter-claim as alleged in the amended answer of defendant and said Referee having taken such proofs in pursuance to said order and did report thereon and in his opinion the plaintiff is entitled to the relief demanded in his complaint:
Now, therefore, upon all the pleadings and proceedings in this action, and on said order of reference and upon all the testimony taken before said Referee and on said Referee’s Report thereon on file in the office of the clerk of this Court and on motion of Robert Greenthal, Esq., plaintiff’s attorney herein:
It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the Referee’s Report be and the same to hereby in all things confirmed, and that said marriage contract of Adolf Von Buren, the plaintiff, with Catharine Von Buren, the defendant, be and the same is hereby dissolved and the plaintiff be and is hereby discharged from all obligations thereof, and it is further Ordered:
That the plaintiff be permitted to marry again during the lifetime of the defendant as if the said defendant were actually dead, but that the defendant shall not be permitted to marry during the lifetime of the plaintiff, and that the children mention in the complaint be and the same are hereby awarded to the plaintiff Adolf Von Buren.
Enter: GPA [Judge’s initials], Justice
Filed: March 27, 1885
County Clerk
New York County
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle – 31 March 1885, page 6
AFTER HIS CHILDREN
Mrs. Van Buren Refuses to Obey the Mandate of the Court.
On the 27th inst. [27 March 1885], Adolph Van Buren, of No. 177 Twenty-second street, obtained a decree of absolute divorce from his wife, Catherine, who lives on Third avenue. Accompanying the decree was an order giving the plaintiff the custody of his three children, aged 8, 6 and 4 years. Mrs. Van Buren was duly notified of the order as to the disposal of the children, but flatly declined to obey it. She left her husband three years ago [in about 1882], since which time she has retained her children. Mr. Van Buren this morning [31 March 1885] filed his application to the [Brooklyn] Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus to recover the custody of his children, setting forth that his divorced wife is a woman whose character unfits her to have the care of young children.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle – 15 May 1885, page 6
CROSS DIVORCE SUITS
Mr. Van Buren Has Procured a Decree and Mrs. Van Buren Another.
Motion was made before Chief Judge Reynolds, in the Special Term, [Brooklyn] City Court, this morning [15 May 1885], to punish Adolph Van Buren for contempt of court. He had suddenly stopped paying the alimony ordered by the [Brooklyn] Court in a suit for limited divorce brought by his wife Katerina. He was ordered to pay $8 weekly, and had paid $50 when he procured a decree of absolute divorce in New York City on the ground that his wife had been living with his brother [apparently Wilhelm, aka William]. No answer was made to that suit. [Note: Not correct, it was litigated to a conclusion.] He discontinued paying the alimony ordered by the Brooklyn court when he obtained the decree in the New York court. Now, Mr. H.A. Meyenborg claimed, $62 is owing to his client, and he moved for the committal for contempt of court for the non-payment of that amount. Judge Reynolds adjourned the hearing to allow the defendant to produce his receipts.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle – 22 May 1885, page 6
THE VAN BUREN CASE
A New York Divorce Which Stops the Alimony.
Mrs. Katherine Van Buren, a miserable looking woman, has haunted the Court House for many months, as persistently as Miss Flite in the celebrated case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce.
[Note:Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce is a fictional court case in Chancery in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens. The case concerns the fate of a large inheritance. It has dragged on for many generations prior to the action of the novel, so that, by the time it is resolved late in the narrative, legal costs have devoured the entire estate. The case is thus a byword for an interminable legal proceeding. Dickens used it to attack the chancery court system as being near totally worthless, as any "honourable man among its [Chancery's] practitioners" says, "Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!" All of the main characters are connected in some way through the case, though the actual legal proceedings appear only as background plot. Aside from the lawyers who prosecute and defend the case, every character who directly associates with it suffers some tragic fate. Miss Flite has long since lost her mind when the narrative begins, and Richard Carstone dies trying to win the inheritance for himself. ]
She flits from one room to another, always gravitating toward the Special Term, [Brooklyn] City Court, where she has long had a motion pending against her husband [Adolph Van Buren] for non-payment of alimony. The case was up on Special Term last week and was adjourned until this morning [22 May 1885]. Chief Judge Reynolds denied the motion to commit Adolph Van Buren for contempt on the ground that he had paid alimony up to the time he obtained his decree of divorce in New York.
Mrs. Van Buren will now have no inducement to haunt the Court House, as the recognition of her husband’s New York divorce will act as a stay to her action for limited divorce. Their children are in a public institution.8
Adolf Von Buren married Marie Margaret Ruof, daughter of Ulrich Ruof and Margaretha Staehli, on 16 May 1886 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.3,9,10,11
Adolf Von Buren died of chronic gastritis; stricture of the pylorus; starvation exhaustive on 31 December 1895 in 212 44th Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at age 49.1,12,13
Adolf Von Buren was buried on 3 January 1896 in The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York+, in Section 204, Lot 29312, Grave No. 2. On this cemetery lot are buried Gustave A. Van Buren (1895), his grandson Harold John Rudolph Eise (1900), his grandson Francis Jerome Landgraff (1914), his daughter Laura [Van Buren] Landgraff (1919), his second wife Katherine Von Buren (1931), his son Gustave A. (aka Adolph or Otto) Van Buren (1955), and his son's wife Wilhelmina Schindler Van Buren (1969).
There is only one gravestone on this lot which reads:
My Dear Husband
Gustave Adolf von Buren
Born May 16, 1847
Died Dec. 31, 1895
Though Lost to Sight Memory Dear
Note: Presumably the wife who purchased this gravestone was his then current wife, the former Marie M. Ruof.
----------------------------------------
1881 Gustave A. von Buren 1955
and his wife
1878 Wilhelmina [No date]. [December 2, 1998, letter from The Green-Wood Cemetery and The Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Transcript] The Green-Wood Cemetery is located at 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11232, telephone: 718-788-7850; fax: 718-788-7782.
The Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Transcript states that Gustav A. Von Buren [sic] was born in Germany [sic, actually Switzerland] and died on 31 December 1895 at age 48 years, 7 months and 15 days, which would make his birth date 16 May 1847 (evidently consistent with his death certificate). It states that he died of gastritis at his home at 212 44th Street, Brooklyn. According to The Green-Wood Cemetery Burial Transcript, he is "on records as Adolph Von Buren."
By a December 2, 1998, letter, The Green-Wood Cemetery wrote that Lot 29312, Section 204 was purchased on 2 January 1896 [two days after Gustav's death on 31 December 1895], by Mrs. Marie M. Von Buren, later Hollander [who was Marie M. Ruof who had become his third wife in 1886]. On November 24, 1914, she conveyed the lot to Louise [Van Buren] Eise, Hedwig [Van Buren] Kuckenbecker, Laura [Van Buren] Landgraff and Adolph Von Buren, children of former husband Gustav A. Von Buren. Upon the decease of said Laura [Van Buren] Landgraff, title passed to her son and sole heir, Charles J. Landgraff. Upon the decease of said Adolph Von Buren, title passed to his widow, Wilhelmina [Schindler] Van Buren.
In a 7 March 1999 letter, Diane Khoury speculates that Gustav Adolph Van Buren and his second wife Katherine Stillger Van Buren may have separated. [In fact, they divorced in 1885.] Diane Khoury reports that Katherine (who did not speak much English) told Diane's father that her (Katherine's) husband Gustav had gone off with "die schwarze Marie" (loosely translated as "the despicable, hateful, black-hearted Marie"), who was Marie M. Ruof. So, Gustav Adolph Van Buren divorced his second wife Katherine and married his third wife Marie. But why is his second wife Katherine Stiller VB (who did not die until 1931) buried with him?14,1,15
Adolf Von Buren was also known as Adolph Van Buren. He was baptized on 17 May 1846 in Switzerland. ].4,5 His baptism name was Adolf Von Buren.4
Adolf Von Buren and Emilian Von Buren II emigrated on 20 November 1871 from Switzerland to the United States Family tradition: When the Von Buren sons' mother Kathrina Scherrer died in Switzerland, their father[Philip von Buren] married again to her older sister Elisabeth who was a widow. The second wife did not want the boys around, so they were placed in a "home" or school for boys. There were four sons. Two of them, Emil and Theo decided to come to the USA and did so in 1871 as very young boys. There is a picture taken of them, either in Switzerland before they left, or just as they arrived in the USA. According to Germans to America - Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Volume 26, October 1871 - April 1872 (page 140), Adolf von Boren [sic], age 25, and Emil von Boren [sic], age 20, both listed as "mechanics", sailed on the ship Palmyra from Liverpool and arrived in Boston on 20 November 1871 (LDS Film No. 419,976). Both are listed as being from an "unknown" village in Germany.
Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943
Name: Adolf Von Boren
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Age: 25 Years
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Palmyra
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Microfilm Roll Number:M277_82
Name: Emil Von Boren
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Age: 20 Years
Estimated birth year: abt 1851
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Palmyra
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Microfilm Roll Number: M277_82
That entry is confirmed by the Palmyra's Passenger List obtained from the National Archives, which also adds that the brothers traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in steerage.
When the "von Buren" brothers arrived in America in 1871, they apparently sometimes changed their last names to "Van Buren" (perhaps because Martin Van Buren had left the U.S. Presidency only 30 years earlier in 1841, and therefore the name Van Buren may have sounded more "American"). Emilian also changed his first name to "Adam Emile". He also named his first born son Phillip (after his father) Martin (after the President?) Van Buren.16,17,18
Adolf Von Buren was also known as Gustave Adolph Van Buren, Sr. Adolf also evidently changed his first name to "Gustav Adolph". Aldolf was also apparently known as "Otto" in America, which was evidently the name of his first born son in Switzerland.
It is strange that Adolf von Buren left Switzerland in late 1871, because he was apparently married and had at least three children, including a daughter Rosa von Buren who had been born to his wife on 12 August 1870 and another daughter Maria "Louisa" who may have been born in April 1872 after he had arrived in America.
Adolf Von Buren was a stone cutter and worker in marble in Brooklyn, New York, and carved many gravestones.
Adolf Von Buren was also known as Otto Van Buren.
Adolf Von Buren and Katherine (Kate) von Buren appeared on the census of 1880 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, which lists "Otto" Van Buren, 34, born in Switzerland, as were both of his parents; his wife Catherine [sic; actually Kathrine], 36 (although she may have been only 32), born in Germany, as were both of her parents; and their daughters Hattie [actually, Hedwig], 3, born in New York, and Catherine [actually, Laura], 1, and also born in New York. This is the only census in which "Otto" is listed.
Household Members in 1880 Census:
Otto Vanburen, 34
Catharine Vanburen, 36
Hattie Vanburen, 3
Cathrine Vanburen, 1.19
He was a marble cutter in 1880.20 He lived in 1881 in 227 22d, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.21 He and Katherine (Kate) von Buren lived on 2 June 1881 in 712 5th Ave (8th Ward), Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.22 He was a stone letterer on 2 June 1881.22
Adolf Von Buren was naturalized on 28 October 1881 in Kings County, New York.23 He lived in 1883 in 229 22nd St., Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, He appears in various Brooklyn, New York, city directories as "Gustav", "G.A." and "Adolph". For example, in The Brooklyn City Directory for 1883-84, he is listed (at page 1256) as Gustav Van Buren, cutter, living at 229 22nd Street. A Brooklyn City Directory shows that in 1890, G.A. Van Buren lived at 177 27th Street, Brooklyn, New York. The 1891-92 Brooklyn City Directory gives his address as 212 1/2 44th Street, which was still his address at the time of his death in 1895. The 1901-02 Brooklyn City Directory indicates that "Marie M. Van Buren, widow of Chris'r [sic?] A." [apparently Gustav's third wife and widow Marie Margaret Rouf] lived at 212A 44th Street. [Diane Khoury's 17 May 1999 e-mail].
Subject: Gustave A. Van Buren
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004
From: dikhoury@juno.com
To: paul@vanburen.us
On the the LDS website, I stumbled into the marriage of "Gustuv" Adolph von Buren to Marie Ruof in Manhattan, 16 May 1886!! She must be the "schwarze Maria" my father remembered his grandmother (Katherine Stillger VB, G. Adolph's second wife) talking about, and the same Marie Van Buren who purchased the VB burial lots in Brooklyn's Greenwood cemetery when Adolph died. The marriage date makes some other matters clearer. My father said his mother, Hedwig VB, and her siblings Laura and Adolph Jr. spent some unhappy time in an orphanage as children while their mother was unable to keep them together. At the time of G. Adolph's third marriage [to Marie Ruof in 1886], these children ranged in age from 5 to 9, not able to care for themselves without supervision. So far, I have been unable to locate any other relatives in the U.S. who might have been able to help Katherine Stillger VB with her children after Adolph left her.
As for Marie Ruof, wife #3, she was born in canton Bern, Switzerland, but I found that her parents and their children emigrated to the Monticello, Iowa, area about 1882. How she ever got to marry Adolph VB in New York City in 1886 is a mystery, but perhaps Adolph knew the family back in Switzerland. As I told you, I originally thought that Gustav Adolph had come from Bern. That was the only area ever mentioned in connection with him. Perhaps he worked there at some time before coming to the U.S. Without the complete original marriage record, I don't know Marie's age, but it appears she may have been quite a bit younger than Adolph. Obituaries of Marie's Iowa brother and sister are posted on the web, giving their births in the 1860's, and census indexes list the same decade for two other brothers.
So--after the holidays you can add Marie's name to the Van Buren genealogy.
Later this winter I'll be sending you another name and marriage as well. Our son Paul is planning to marry in February, so we're looking forward to that. Dwight will be best man at the wedding!
Meanwhile, a merry Christmas to all the Van Burens.
Cousin Diane.
He lived in 1888 in 127 27th, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.24 He lived between 1888 and 1895 in 127 27th, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.24
Adolf Von Buren and Marie Margaret von Buren appeared on the census of 16 February 1892 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, which lists Gustave Van Buren, 46, born in Switzerland, his wife Marie Van Buren, 30, also born in Switzerland, and his children [by his former wife Katherine Stillger] Hattie, 15, Laura, 12 and Gustave [Jr.], 11, all born in the U.S.25 He was a letter cutter (for gravestones) in 1892.26
Adolf Von Buren left a will dated 6 December 1895 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.27,28
His estate was probated in 1896 in Surrogate's Court, Kings County, New York, The Gustave A. Von Buren estate was valued at real property worth $1,400 and personal property not more than $300. He was survived by his widow, Maria M. Von Buren, an adult daughter Mary Louise Von Buren, and three minor children Hedwig (19 on 26 January 1896), Laura (17 on 5 April 1896), and Gustave (15 on 2 June 1896). Maria was the stepmother of the four children.
Source: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/search/collections/8800/records/10474431?tid=&pid=&queryId=44dd3475-8dd9-47ab-86b1-fb7881742266&_phsrc=wjq1&_phstart=successSource.29,28
According to Diane Khoury, Marie M. Von Buren had a tough time keeping the family together because of her husband's illness and death in 1895, so for a time she had to place her three stepchildren (Hedwig, Laura and Gustave Adolph) in a Catholic orphanage. The 1900 census for Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, shows that Gustave "Adolph" Van Buren, age 19, was living with the family of his uncle, William Van Buren, Sr.
Adolf Von Buren and Emilian Von Buren II emigrated on 20 November 1871 from Switzerland to the United States Family tradition: When the Von Buren sons' mother Kathrina Scherrer died in Switzerland, their father[Philip von Buren] married again to her older sister Elisabeth who was a widow. The second wife did not want the boys around, so they were placed in a "home" or school for boys. There were four sons. Two of them, Emil and Theo decided to come to the USA and did so in 1871 as very young boys. There is a picture taken of them, either in Switzerland before they left, or just as they arrived in the USA. According to Germans to America - Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Volume 26, October 1871 - April 1872 (page 140), Adolf von Boren [sic], age 25, and Emil von Boren [sic], age 20, both listed as "mechanics", sailed on the ship Palmyra from Liverpool and arrived in Boston on 20 November 1871 (LDS Film No. 419,976). Both are listed as being from an "unknown" village in Germany.
Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943
Name: Adolf Von Boren
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Age: 25 Years
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Palmyra
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Microfilm Roll Number:M277_82
Name: Emil Von Boren
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Age: 20 Years
Estimated birth year: abt 1851
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Palmyra
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Microfilm Roll Number: M277_82
That entry is confirmed by the Palmyra's Passenger List obtained from the National Archives, which also adds that the brothers traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in steerage.
When the "von Buren" brothers arrived in America in 1871, they apparently sometimes changed their last names to "Van Buren" (perhaps because Martin Van Buren had left the U.S. Presidency only 30 years earlier in 1841, and therefore the name Van Buren may have sounded more "American"). Emilian also changed his first name to "Adam Emile". He also named his first born son Phillip (after his father) Martin (after the President?) Van Buren.16,17,18
Adolf Von Buren was also known as Gustave Adolph Van Buren, Sr. Adolf also evidently changed his first name to "Gustav Adolph". Aldolf was also apparently known as "Otto" in America, which was evidently the name of his first born son in Switzerland.
It is strange that Adolf von Buren left Switzerland in late 1871, because he was apparently married and had at least three children, including a daughter Rosa von Buren who had been born to his wife on 12 August 1870 and another daughter Maria "Louisa" who may have been born in April 1872 after he had arrived in America.
Adolf Von Buren was a stone cutter and worker in marble in Brooklyn, New York, and carved many gravestones.
Adolf Von Buren was also known as Otto Van Buren.
Adolf Von Buren and Katherine (Kate) von Buren appeared on the census of 1880 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, which lists "Otto" Van Buren, 34, born in Switzerland, as were both of his parents; his wife Catherine [sic; actually Kathrine], 36 (although she may have been only 32), born in Germany, as were both of her parents; and their daughters Hattie [actually, Hedwig], 3, born in New York, and Catherine [actually, Laura], 1, and also born in New York. This is the only census in which "Otto" is listed.
Household Members in 1880 Census:
Otto Vanburen, 34
Catharine Vanburen, 36
Hattie Vanburen, 3
Cathrine Vanburen, 1.19
He was a marble cutter in 1880.20 He lived in 1881 in 227 22d, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.21 He and Katherine (Kate) von Buren lived on 2 June 1881 in 712 5th Ave (8th Ward), Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.22 He was a stone letterer on 2 June 1881.22
Adolf Von Buren was naturalized on 28 October 1881 in Kings County, New York.23 He lived in 1883 in 229 22nd St., Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, He appears in various Brooklyn, New York, city directories as "Gustav", "G.A." and "Adolph". For example, in The Brooklyn City Directory for 1883-84, he is listed (at page 1256) as Gustav Van Buren, cutter, living at 229 22nd Street. A Brooklyn City Directory shows that in 1890, G.A. Van Buren lived at 177 27th Street, Brooklyn, New York. The 1891-92 Brooklyn City Directory gives his address as 212 1/2 44th Street, which was still his address at the time of his death in 1895. The 1901-02 Brooklyn City Directory indicates that "Marie M. Van Buren, widow of Chris'r [sic?] A." [apparently Gustav's third wife and widow Marie Margaret Rouf] lived at 212A 44th Street. [Diane Khoury's 17 May 1999 e-mail].
Subject: Gustave A. Van Buren
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004
From: dikhoury@juno.com
To: paul@vanburen.us
On the the LDS website, I stumbled into the marriage of "Gustuv" Adolph von Buren to Marie Ruof in Manhattan, 16 May 1886!! She must be the "schwarze Maria" my father remembered his grandmother (Katherine Stillger VB, G. Adolph's second wife) talking about, and the same Marie Van Buren who purchased the VB burial lots in Brooklyn's Greenwood cemetery when Adolph died. The marriage date makes some other matters clearer. My father said his mother, Hedwig VB, and her siblings Laura and Adolph Jr. spent some unhappy time in an orphanage as children while their mother was unable to keep them together. At the time of G. Adolph's third marriage [to Marie Ruof in 1886], these children ranged in age from 5 to 9, not able to care for themselves without supervision. So far, I have been unable to locate any other relatives in the U.S. who might have been able to help Katherine Stillger VB with her children after Adolph left her.
As for Marie Ruof, wife #3, she was born in canton Bern, Switzerland, but I found that her parents and their children emigrated to the Monticello, Iowa, area about 1882. How she ever got to marry Adolph VB in New York City in 1886 is a mystery, but perhaps Adolph knew the family back in Switzerland. As I told you, I originally thought that Gustav Adolph had come from Bern. That was the only area ever mentioned in connection with him. Perhaps he worked there at some time before coming to the U.S. Without the complete original marriage record, I don't know Marie's age, but it appears she may have been quite a bit younger than Adolph. Obituaries of Marie's Iowa brother and sister are posted on the web, giving their births in the 1860's, and census indexes list the same decade for two other brothers.
So--after the holidays you can add Marie's name to the Van Buren genealogy.
Later this winter I'll be sending you another name and marriage as well. Our son Paul is planning to marry in February, so we're looking forward to that. Dwight will be best man at the wedding!
Meanwhile, a merry Christmas to all the Van Burens.
Cousin Diane.
He lived in 1888 in 127 27th, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.24 He lived between 1888 and 1895 in 127 27th, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.24
Adolf Von Buren and Marie Margaret von Buren appeared on the census of 16 February 1892 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, which lists Gustave Van Buren, 46, born in Switzerland, his wife Marie Van Buren, 30, also born in Switzerland, and his children [by his former wife Katherine Stillger] Hattie, 15, Laura, 12 and Gustave [Jr.], 11, all born in the U.S.25 He was a letter cutter (for gravestones) in 1892.26
Adolf Von Buren left a will dated 6 December 1895 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.27,28
His estate was probated in 1896 in Surrogate's Court, Kings County, New York, The Gustave A. Von Buren estate was valued at real property worth $1,400 and personal property not more than $300. He was survived by his widow, Maria M. Von Buren, an adult daughter Mary Louise Von Buren, and three minor children Hedwig (19 on 26 January 1896), Laura (17 on 5 April 1896), and Gustave (15 on 2 June 1896). Maria was the stepmother of the four children.
Source: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/search/collections/8800/records/10474431?tid=&pid=&queryId=44dd3475-8dd9-47ab-86b1-fb7881742266&_phsrc=wjq1&_phstart=successSource.29,28
According to Diane Khoury, Marie M. Von Buren had a tough time keeping the family together because of her husband's illness and death in 1895, so for a time she had to place her three stepchildren (Hedwig, Laura and Gustave Adolph) in a Catholic orphanage. The 1900 census for Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, shows that Gustave "Adolph" Van Buren, age 19, was living with the family of his uncle, William Van Buren, Sr.
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Citations
- [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S141] FamilySearch Family Tree, online www.familysearch.org, Name: Adolph Von Buren
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Sep 1875
Event Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Marital Status: Single
Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Birthplace: Seewen, Cant. Solvthurn, Swyz.
Father's Name: Philipp
Mother's Name: Catharina Scherrer
Spouse's Name: Catharina Stillger
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age: 28
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Spouse's Birthplace: Vilmar A/D Lahn, Germany
Spouse's Father's Name: Johann
Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna Maria Kraus
Citing this Record: "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24Z2-2K3 : 20 March 2015), Adolph Von Buren and Catharina Stillger, 26 Sep 1875; citing Marriage, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,543,916. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch Family Tree. - [S141] FamilySearch Family Tree, online www.familysearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree
Name Adolf ( Gustav Adolph or " Otto") von Buren
Birth name Gustuv Adolph von Buren
Gender Male
Birth May 16 1846
Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland
Marriage Spouse: Luisa Grolimund
Sep 14 1868
Seewen, Solothurn, Switzerland
Marriage Spouse: Marie Ruof
May 16 1886
Manhattan, New York, New York
Death Dec 31 1895
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Burial Jan 3 1896
The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Occupation a stone cutter and worker in marble in Brooklyn, New York, and carved many gravestones.
Occupation a marble cutter
1880. - [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Christening • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name Adolf von Büren
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 17 May 1846
Event Place Helvetia
Birth Date 16 May 1846
Father's Name Philip von Büren
Mother's Name A Kathrina Scherrer
Cite This Record: "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F8F-4JTB : 11 May 2022), Philip von Büren in entry for Adolf von Büren, 1846. Hereinafter cited as Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996. - [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996, online www.FamilySearch.org, Christening • Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996
Name Adolf von Büren
Sex Male
Birth Date 16 May 1846
Father's Name Philipp von Büren
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Cathari Scherer
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 17 May 1846
Event Place Schweiz
Cite This Record: "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F8S-MNNL : Mon Oct 30 07:12:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Adolf von Büren and Philipp von Büren, 17 May 1846. - [S141] FamilySearch Family Tree, online www.familysearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree
Name Luisa von Buren (born Grolimund)
Gender Female
Birth Feb 4 1851
Seewen, Solothurn, Switzerland
Marriage Sep 14 1868
Seewen, Solothurn, Switzerland
Husband Adolf ( Gustav Adolph or " Otto") von Buren
Children Otto von Büren
Rosa von Büren. - [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996, online www.FamilySearch.org, Marriage • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name: Adolf Vonbüren
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 14 Sep 1868
Event Place: Helvetia
Sex: Male
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Father's Name: Philip Vonbüren
Mother's Name: Katharina Scherrer
Spouse's Name: Luisa Grolimund
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1851
Spouse's Father's Name: Johan Grolimund
Spouse's Mother's Name: Elisabetha Zrugi
Cite This Record:"Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F8V-BCHK : 29 June 2022), Philip Vonbüren in entry for Adolf Vonbüren, 1868. - [S896] Adolf Von Buren Plaintiff v. Catharine Von Buren Defendant, Supreme Court of New York, City & County of New York, 1885, #1018 unknown repository, Division of Old Records, Room 161, New York County Court House, 60 Centre Street, Manhattan, New York County, New York.
- [S1589] New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938 (FamilySearch), online www.FamilySearch.org, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938
Name Gustuv Von Buren
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 16 May 1886
Event Place Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States
Sex Male
Age 40
Marital Status Unknown
Birth Year (Estimated) 1846
Birthplace Switzerland
Father's Name Philip Von Buren
Mother's Name Katerina Scherer
Spouse's Name Marie Ruof
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 25
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1861
Spouse's Birthplace Switzerland
Spouse's Father's Name Ulrich Ruof
Spouse's Mother's Name Margaretha Staehli
Cite This Record: "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24S1-TBV : 20 August 2022), Philip Von Buren in entry for Gustuv Von Buren and Marie Ruof, 1886. Hereinafter cited as New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938 (FamilySearch.) - [S1662] New York, New York City Marriages, 1866-1949 (MyHeritqage), online www.myheritage.com, New York, New York City Marriages, 1866-1949 (MyHeritage)
Marriage May 16 1886, Manhattan, New York, United States
Groom
Name: Gustav Adolphson Von Buren
Birth: Circa 1846, Switzerland
Age: 40
Father: Philip Von Buren
Mother: Katerina Scherer
Bride
Name: Marie Ruof
Birth: Circa 1861, Switzerland
Age: 25
Father: Ulrich Ruof
Mother: Margarita La Staehli
Certificate # 69034. Hereinafter cited as New York, New York City Marriages, 1866-1949 (MyHeritqage.) - [S1225] New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937, online www.ancestry.com, New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937
Name: Gustav A Von Buren
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 16 May 1886
Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Spouse: Marie Ruof
Certificate Number: 69034
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Index to New York City Marriages, 1866-1937. Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group, and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives. Hereinafter cited as New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937. - [S1086] German Genealogy Group, online www.germangenealogygroup.com, Surname: VanBuren [sic]
Given Name: Gustav A
Age: 48 y
Month Day Year: Dec 31 1895
Certificate Number: 22554
County: Kings. Hereinafter cited as German Genealogy Group. - [S1663] New York, New York City Deaths, 1866-1948 (MyHeritage), online www.myheritage.com, New York, New York City Deaths, 1866-1948 (MyHeritage)
Name Gustav A. Van Buren
Gender Male
Birth Circa 1847, Germany [sic]
Marital status Married
Occupation: Stone cutter
Death Dec 31 1895, 212 44th St. (Ward 8), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Age at death 48 years, 7 months, 15 days
Cause of death: Chronic gastritis; stricture of the pylorus; starvation exhaustive
Birth of father Germany [sic]
Birth of mother Germany [sic]
Certificate # 22554. Hereinafter cited as New York, New York City Deaths, 1866-1948 (MyHeritage.) - [S1057] Green-Wood Cemetery Burials, Brooklyn, New York, online http://www.green-wood.com/burial_results/index.php, Last Name First Name Burial Date Lot Section
VON BUREN GUSTAV A. 1896-01-03 29312 204
VON BUREN KATHERINE 1931-10-18 29312 204. Hereinafter cited as Green-Wood Cemetery Burials, Brooklyn, New York. - [S1308] Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, online http://www.green-wood.com, Green-Wood Cemetery
VON BUREN, GUSTAV A. - Burial Date:1896-01-03 - Lot 29312, Section 204, Grave: 2
VON BUREN, KATHERINE - Burial Date: 1931-10-18 - Lot 29312, Section 204, Grave: 3. Hereinafter cited as Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. - [S764] Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1943, online www.ancestry.com, Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1943
Name: Emil Von Boren [sic]
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Palmyra
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
. Hereinafter cited as Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1943. - [S1083] Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby Germans to America - Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Volume 37, December 1880 - April 1881 (unknown publisher address: unknown publisher), page 140. Hereinafter cited as Germans to America - Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports.
- [S1309] Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963, online www.ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963
Name: Adolf Von Boren
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1846
Departure Place: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Arrival Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ship: Palmyra
Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891; Record Group Title: Records of the U.S. Customs Service; Record Group Number: 36; Series Number: M277; NARA Roll Number: 082
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.
Original data: Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943. Micropublication T843. RG085. 454 rolls. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891. Micropublication M277. RG036. 115 rolls. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963. - [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Otto Van Buren household, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Otto Vanburen
Home in 1880: Kings (Brooklyn), New York City-Greater, New York
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Switzerland
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Catharine
Father's birthplace: Switzerland
Mother's birthplace: Switzerland
Occupation: Marble Cutter
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Otto Vanburen, 34
Catharine Vanburen, 36
Hattie Vanburen, 3
Cathrine Vanburen, 1. - [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Otto Van Buren household, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
- [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: Gustav A von Buren
Residence Year: 1881
Street address: 227 22d
Residence Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Occupation: Marble Letterar
Publication Title: Brooklyn, New York, City Directory, 1881
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information. Hereinafter cited as U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989. - [S1661] New York City Births, 1866-1909 (MyHeritage), online www.myheritage.ocom, Certficate No. 4699. His name is not listed on the birth record. His mother's name is lited as Kate Stlger [sic]; he was her fourth child. Her age is 35, and Adolph's is 32. Hereinafter cited as New York City Births, 1866-1909 (MyHeritage.)
- [S1091] U.S. Naturalization Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives roject), online www.ancestry.com, U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
Name: Adolph Von Buren
Birth Place: Switzerland
Court District: New York [County Court, King's County]
Date of Action: 28 Oct 1881
[Volume 115, Record No. 147]
[Witness to Naturalization: Casper Fretz]. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Naturalization Indexes, 1791-1992. - [S1310] Brooklyn, New York Directories, 1888-1890, online www.ancestry.com, Brooklyn, New York Directories, 1888-1890
Name: Adolph Van Buren
Location 2: 127 27th
Occupation: Stonecutter
Year: 1888, 1889
City: Brooklyn
State: NY
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Brooklyn, New York Directories, 1888-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Brooklyn Directory, 1888-89. Brooklyn, NY: Lain & Co., 1889.Brooklyn Directory, 1889-90. Brooklyn, NY: Lain & Co., 1890. Hereinafter cited as Brooklyn, New York Directories, 1888-1890. - [S1381] 1892 New York State Census, online www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as 1892 New York State Census.
- [S176] e-mail message from Diane Khoury, Duluth, Minnesota, to Paul B. Van Buren. Hereinafter cited as "Diane Koury e-mail". 16 January 2010.
- [S1081] Gustave A. Von Buren, Probate File, Surrogate's Court, King's County, Brooklyn, New York Source:"New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7LL-RNR : accessed 20 Mar 2013), Gustave A Von Buren, 1896.. Hereinafter cited as Gustave A. Von Buren Probate File.
- [S1590] New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923 (FamilySearch), online www.FamilySearch.org, Probate • New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923
Name Gustave A Von Buren
Event Type Probate
Event Date 1896
Event Place Kings, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) Surrogate's Court, Kings County, New York
Court Surrogate's Court
Residence Place Kings County, New York
Record Type Petition, Citation, Proofs of Will, Orders, etc.
Source Reference Kings County Probate Estate Files
First Image Number 160
Last Image Number 174
Number of Images 15. Hereinafter cited as New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923 (FamilySearch.) - [S1081] Gustave A. Von Buren Probate File Source:"New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7LL-RNR : accessed 20 Mar 2013), Gustave A Von Buren, 1896., Gustave A Von Buren, "New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923"
Name: Gustave A Von Buren
Event Place: Kings County, New York
Event Date: 1896
Schedule Type: Petition, Citation, Proofs of Will, Orders, etc.
Court: Surrogate's Court
Event Type: Probate (with a will)
Digital Folder Number: 4233140
Number of Images: 15
First Image Number: 160
Last Image Number: 174
Citing this Record: "New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7LL-RNR : accessed 20 Mar 2013), Gustave A Von Buren, 1896.
Johannes Jaggi (from Seewen)
M, #396
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Elisabeth Wohlgemuth
| Son | Jacob Jaggi+ (b. circa 1786) |
Biography
| Last Edited | 8 March 2024 |
Citations
- [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Marriage • Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996
Name Jakob Jäggi
Sex Male
Age 59
Birth Year (Estimated) 1786
Father's Name Johannes Jäggi
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Elisabeth Wohlgemuth
Mother's Sex Female
Spouse's Name Kathrina Jäggi
Spouse's Sex Female
Spouse's Age 22
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1823
Spouse's Father's Name Viktor Jäggi
Spouse's Father's Sex Male
Spouse's Mother's Name Maria Trösch
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 4 Feb 1845
Event Place Schweiz
Cite This Record: "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F8V-5ZLC : Mon Oct 30 04:18:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Jakob Jäggi and Johannes Jäggi, 4 Feb 1845. Hereinafter cited as Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996.
Maria Scherrer (from Seewen)
F, #398, b. circa 1824
Biography
Maria was born on circa 1824. Maria died on.
| Last Edited | 31 May 2001 |