James VanDerveer1

M, #770001, b. April 1864
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Pedigree
Father*Tunis VanDerveer1 b. 8 Aug 1834, d. 1904
Mother*Catherine Wortman1 b. 1843, d. 1925
Relationship2nd great-granduncle of Robert Michael Damon
James VanDerveer was born in April 1864 New Jersey.1 He was the son of Tunis VanDerveer and Catherine Wortman.1 James VanDerveer married Mary (?), daughter of (?) (?) (Father of Mrs Mary (?) Higgins) and (?) (?) (Mother of Mrs Mary (?) Higgins). James VanDerveer married Annie (?) about 1892.1
James VanDerveer became the father of Margaretta VanDerveer in September 1893.1

Census

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

Plus Bill James as Farm Hand.2
1880Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New JerseyCensus: 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.3
1900112 Atlantic Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New JerseyCensus: 1900 NJ Hudson Census
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.)4
190510a Clendenny Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson Country, New Jersey, =USACensus: 1905 New Jersey Census
Head: Catherine Wortman
Person: Clementia VanDerveer, James VanDerveer, Margaretta VanDerveer, Edward Hickcox, Adelaide Hickcox and Margaretta VanDerveer.5

Family of James VanDerveer and Annie (?)

Child of James VanDerveer and Mary (?), daughter of (?) (?) (Father of Mrs Mary (?) Higgins) and (?) (?) (Mother of Mrs Mary (?) Higgins),
Child
Last Edited7 Aug 2026

Citations

  1. [S320] U.S. Census, 1900, Tunis Vanderveer Household. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  2. [S317] U.S. Census, 1870, Tunis Vanderveer Household; New Jersey, Somerset, Bridgewater; Page 102. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  3. [S318] U.S. Census, 1880, Tunis Vanderveer Household; New Jersey, Somerset, Bridgewater; ED 153, page 34. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  4. [S320] U.S. Census, 1900, Tunis Vanderveer Household; NJ, Hudson, Jersey City, Ward 8; Ed 133 Page 8A, 8B. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  5. [S351] State Census, Catherine Van Derveer Household; Hudson, Hew Jersey, 8th Ward; 4th District, Page 20. (unknown repository, unknown repository address).