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From: Robert Sorensen <>
Subject: Re: [NYRICHMO-L] Joshua D VAN NAME
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:00:12 -0400


Joshua Mercereau Van Name b march 11, 1810 d 1889 wife Ellen" Eleanor " van Horn

Joshua's father was David b 4/4/17774 mother elizabeth Mersereau b 6/20/1779
Bob S.
wrote:

> Hoping a VAN NAME researcher has come across this cat and can help me unravel
> a mystery.
>
> The DECKER plot in Hillside cemetery (where my DECKER grandmother and her
> parents and my parents are all buried) was purchased by one Joshua D VAN NAME
> in 1883. (His name is on the deed.)
>
> Further study of the deed in my possession reveals that in 1916 for one
> dollar, the plot was conveyed by the widow to Isaac W WOLF! If you can bear
> the pun, the plot thickens!!
>
> The map of Hillside shows the plot with "J D VAN NAME" on it. The Richmond
> atlas of 1898 shows chunks of SI with his name on it, next to an even larger
> piece labelled David VAN NAME.
>
> This situation really puzzles me. Who is Joshua D VAN NAME and why would he
> buy a plot for the DECKER family? I see from the deed that his widow's name
> was Mary E. VAN NAME and living in Ridgwood NJ in 1916.
>
> I have long theorized that Joshua VAN NAME is somehow related. There is much
> intermarriage among VAN NAMEs and DECKERs. And perhaps the "D" stands for
> DECKER.
>
> To tantalize me even further, a Decker VAN NAME, age 37, has turned up in
> Northfield in the 1870 census. At the same time there seems to be no Joshua
> VAN NAME in 1870, leading me to wonder: could Decker VAN NAME be Joshua D VAN
> NAME?
>
> And who the heck is Isaac W WOLF? And how are they connected to my family?
>
> Hoping someone somewhere knows. And tells me!!
> Cheers!
> Holly Tooker
>
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