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From: "Mary H. Cole" <>
Subject: Re: [SILVIUS] Connection
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:22:34 -0700
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The Pa Silvis/Silvius family was from the Palatines Germany. J. Henry
signed his name in German script.

His granddaughter - my ancestor- was able to speak English but could only
read a German Bible.

She could not have French in her background


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim and Sandie Preder <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [SILVIUS] Connection


> Hi Mary
> The Uncle Jim mention in the answer from Dodie below is my husbands
> grandfather who came to WI in 1911. His daughter Edna is my mother-in-law
> (She died 1984). Someone at a fair told me that "the SANDEE married to
Jim
> (Jacobus) SILVIS was not in the line of Silvis who settled in PA (This
> person has done a very indepth searching on Dutch genealogy). The Silvis
in
> PA were French because they came from Alsace-Lorraine".
> Since I found the Silvius site I thought I should double check to see
if
> the information is correct.
>
> Do I have this correct? The Silvius from Alsace-Lorraine spoke & red
> German, but they have no connection to the Silvis mentioned by Dodie.
> Another way I could ask is, are any of the Silvis in PA also decendants of
> Johannes Sylvius 1607-1673 and Margaretha VanDenBroeck d. 1692/93 as Dodie
> and my husband are:
>
> I truly appreciate the help I'm getting from this site. Is it
possible
> that the family goes back to Alsace-Lorraine before 1600?
>
> Sandie Preder
> Plymouth USA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary H. Cole" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 3:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [SILVIUS] Connection
>
>
> > That's not entirely correct - I will use the spelling Silvis in this
> message
> >
> > The our Pa Silvis family came from Germany. They read and wrote German.
> > You will find some of them in Mi, Wi, & Mn
> >
> > There were two Silvis families later in Michigan who came from the
> > Netherlands. Leonard & son Nicholas - and Henry who came in 1915.
> >
> > There are Silvis families from Italy, France, England, Mexico, the
> > Philippines, Norway, and probably many other countries
> >
> > The best way to tell is find the person in the census 1880 or later and
> see
> > what is listed.
> > ========================
> > Tidbits on the Neitherlands Silvis
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Marriage Record for Henry SILVIS
> > Spouse: Lulu Bell VALENTINE
> > Date: 2 Sep 1927
> > B/G: Groom
> > St Joseph Co, Ind.
> > Source: Book:041 Page:610
> > Record #: license date 1927/09/02
> >
> > From: <>
> > To: <>
> > Subject: Regarding Henry Silvis - LuLu Bell
> > Date: Sunday, March 11, 2001 5:27 PM
> > Hi all,
> > The questions you had regarding Henry Silvis marrying LuLu Bell
Valentine
> is
> > my father and his first wife. As she died in childbirth of their first
> > child
> > that also died, I have not pursued the place of their marriage.
> > He was not a resident of that place as they lived in Grand Rapids, MI.
I
> > believe that her parents were from that area.
> > My father came to USA in around 1915 from the Netherlands. So he does
not
> > connect unless it is way back with any of the other Silvis that you
> follow.
> > His brother Ed - (Evert) settled in Bigelow, MN and Uncle Jim settled in
> WI.
> > The rest of the family is still in the Netherlands.
> > Edia gave me the name of a Silvis in Africa and we have connected with
him
> > and also with one in VanCouver but the USA ones I don't see any
connection
> > unless it is back quite a ways.
> > Dodie
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > Nicholas Silvius - Michigan
> >
> > 1890 City Directory of Grand Rapids Michigan has these 2 entries of
> > interest among others...
> > Leendert Silvius.....carpenter.......1889
> > Nicholas Silvius.......Dry Goods store....... at 549 Ottawa. Lives at
> > 555 Ottawa.
> > Nicholas Silvius.......clerk.....71 Page St. lives at 553 Ottawa..
> > 1890.
> > All these are in Grand Rapids.
> > Mary, do you have Grand Rapids Michigan in any censuses? Thanks,
> > Judy
> > -----------------------
> > 1900 - Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Mi Ed 64, 15, 64
> > ??? Nicholas Silivus Jan 1860 40 Ny
> > Anna May 1865 35 Mi
> >
> > Grand Rapids City Directory
> > 1882 - Lendert Silvius cabinetmaker & Nicholas Silvius - Res. 549 Ottawa
> > 1884/85 - Leonard Silvius 549 Ottawa; Nicholas Silvius 552 Ottawa
> > 1892 - Leonard Silvius carp.- rear 220 Kent; Nicholas Silvius 418 Ottawa
> > 1902 - Leonard Silvius - 75 Oakhill Av; Nicholas Silvius - 557 Ottawa
> >
> > Soundex for 1900 - Leonard Silvius, Grand Rapids - Oakhill Ave.
> >
> > Leonard Silvius b. Sep 1817 age 82 b. in Netherlands. Living with
> > son-in-law
> > Cornelus Vanda Schoo___
> >
> > It look as though Leonard was Nicholas' father
> >
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jim and Sandie Preder <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 10:13 AM
> > Subject: [SILVIUS] Connection
> >
> >
> > > List
> > > Has anyone connected the Silvis families in PA with the Silvis
> familes
> > > in MN, WI & MI. From what I understand so far the Silvis of the
Midwest
> > are
> > > from Netherlands and the PA Silvis are from France. I'm told the
Silvis
> > > name only goes back to early 1600's in the Netherlands and their is a
> > story
> > > that the first Silvis stayed after spending time in the Netherlands
> after
> > a
> > > war.
> > >
> > > Sandie Preder
> > > Plymouth USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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