Tunis VanDerveer1

M, #62, b. 8 August 1834, d. 1904
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Pedigree
Relationship3rd great-grandfather of Robert Michael Damon
ReferenceTFT0030
Tunis VanDerveer was born on 8 August 1834.2 He married Catherine Wortman, daughter of John Wortman and Clementina Stout, on 18 November 1863 in Somerset County, New Jersey.1,3 Tunis VanDerveer died in 1904.
Tunis VanDerveer became the father of James VanDerveer in April 1864.4
Tunis VanDerveer became the father of Clementia VanDerveer in October 1867.4
Tunis VanDerveer became the father of Margaretta VanDerveer in 1869.
Tunis VanDerveer became the father of Stella Caloan VanDerveer in December 1872.4 Tunis's daughter was married at wedding of Margaretta VanDerveer and Edward Hickcox on 21 November 1887. Tunis's son James VanDerveer was married to Annie (?) about 1892.4 Tunis's daughter was married at wedding of Stella Caloan VanDerveer and Frederick Higgins about 1896.5

Census

DatePlaceEnumeration
1870Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey Census: 1870 NJ Census
Head: Tunis VanDerveer
Person: Mrs Catherine (Wortman) VanDerveer, James VanDerveer, Clementia VanDerveer and Margaretta VanDerveer

Plus Bill James as Farm Hand.6
1880Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey Census: 1880 NJ Census
Head: Tunis VanDerveer
Wife: Mrs Catherine (Wortman) VanDerveer
Son: James VanDerveer
Daughter: Clementia VanDerveer, Margaretta VanDerveer and Stella Caloan VanDerveer
Indirect: John Wortman and Clementina Stout.7
1900112 Atlantic Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Census: 1900 NJ Hudson Census
as Vanderveer, Tunis
Head: Tunis VanDerveer
Wife: Mrs Catherine (Wortman) VanDerveer
Son: James VanDerveer
Daughter: Clementia VanDerveer, Margaretta VanDerveer and Stella Caloan VanDerveer
GrandSon: Edward Hickcox
GrandDaughter: Adelaide Hickcox and Margaretta VanDerveer
Daughter in Law: Annie (?)

Need to add:
Margarette Hickcox, Step Daugther (Born sep 1893.)8
1910155 Clinton Ave, Jersey City, Hudson County, New JerseyIndirect Reference to:
Census: 1910 NJ Hudson Census
Head: Frederick Higgins
Daughter: Margaretta VanDerveer
Mother in Law: Mary (?) and Catherine Wortman
Other: Adelaide Hickcox
Indirect: (?) Higgins (Father of Frederick Higgins), (?) (?) (Father of Mrs Mary (?) Higgins), (?) (?) (Mother of Mrs Mary (?) Higgins), John Wortman, Clementina Stout, Tunis VanDerveer and Edward Hickcox
**Witness**: Stella Caloan VanDerveer

Seems to have messed up several relationships.9

References

Tunis VanDerveer has ID 30 in Taber Family Tree.1

4 Children of Tunis VanDerveer and Catherine Wortman, daughter of John Wortman and Clementina Stout,
Children
ChartsPedigree of Robert Damon (Big)
Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited)
Pedigree of Robert Damon (paged)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Big)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited)
Last Edited13 Sep 2026

Citations

  1. [S34] Barbara Wood Taber, Taber Family Tree, (Repository: Richard Smith Damon), (Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in).
  2. [S252] Alice M Smith, "your Abigail (Hart)/Moses Stout family line", e-mail message from e-mail address to =2, Apr 1, 2008.
  3. [S235] Jordan Dodd, New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1875 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001).
  4. [S320] U.S. Census, 1900, Tunis Vanderveer Household. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  5. [S321] U.S. Census, 1910, Frederica Higgins Household. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  6. [S317] U.S. Census, 1870, Tunis Vanderveer Household; New Jersey, Somerset, Bridgewater; Page 102. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  7. [S318] U.S. Census, 1880, Tunis Vanderveer Household; New Jersey, Somerset, Bridgewater; ED 153, page 34. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  8. [S320] U.S. Census, 1900, Tunis Vanderveer Household; NJ, Hudson, Jersey City, Ward 8; Ed 133 Page 8A, 8B. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  9. [S321] U.S. Census, 1910, Frederick Higgins Household; New Jersey, Hudson, Jersey City, Ward 8; Ed 155, Page 9B. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).