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Mary <I>Brown</I> Van Orden

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Mary Brown Van Orden

Birth
Bayport, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Death
11 Nov 1864 (aged 67)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 12744, Section 172
Memorial ID
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Daughter of William Brown and Ruth Terry, wife of Andrew Van Orden, whom she married on January 26, 1819 in Sayville, New York, and mother of Margaret Ann, Mary Elmore, Leander, Charlotte Augusta, William Brown, Frances Maria, Amanda Melvina Fitzallen (married John Woodhull), and Emily Josephine Van Orden (married John Richard Edwards).

Her husband was the proprietor of the Porter House, 32 Main Street, Brooklyn.

In 1850, Mary Van Orden, aged 53, was living in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, Andrew Van Orden, aged 53, and children, Leander Van Orden, aged 14, William Van Orden, aged 18, a clerk, Mary Van Orden, aged 13, Amanda Van Orden, aged 12, and Emily Van Orden, aged 10, with Rose Gaitland, aged 21, Fred Bastinake, aged 21, a painter, Robert Miller, aged 35, an agent, and Moses Buhart, aged 18, a tailor. Her husband was shown to be a hotel keeper.

In 1855, Mary Van Orden, aged 57, was living in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Andrew Van Orden, aged 57, and children, Frances Van Orden, aged 19, Amanda Van Orden, aged 17, and Emily Van Orden, aged 14, with boarder, Elizabeth Dickinson, aged 60, and domestic, Ann Fagan, aged 26.

In 1860, Mary Van Orden, aged 63, was living in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Andrew Van Orden, aged 63, and children, Francis A. Van Orden, aged 22, and Emily J. Van Orden, aged 19, with Betsy Dickinson, aged 86, and George S. Huskins, aged 29. Her husband was shown to be the proprietor of a hotel.

Estate - Kings County Surrogate Court; In the Matter of the Application for Letters of Administration on the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of Mary Van Orden, deceased, Intestate. Kings County, to wit: I, Andrew Van Orden of the City of Brooklyn, being duly sworn and examined, Do Depose and say, that I am the husband of the said Mary Van Orden, deceased; that the said deceased departed this life at the City of Brooklyn on the 11th day of November in the year 1864 without leaving any last Will and Testament; that said deceased died possessed of certain personal property in the State of New York, the value of which does not exceed the sum of about four hundred dollars, as I have been informed and believe; that said deceased left surviving her husband, your applicant, and five children to wit; Mary F.A. Van Orden, and Amanda M. Woodhull, residing in the city of Brooklyn, Emily A. Edwards, residing at Sayville, Long Island, William Van Orden and Leander Van Orden residing in the State of California, all of full age, the only next of kin; that said deceased was at the time of her death an inhabitant of the County of Kings, and City of Brooklyn. And that Letters of Administration on the estate of said deceased to be granted by the Surrogate of the County of Kings to me. Sworn before me, this 14th day of November, 1864. A. Van Orden.
Judah B. Vorhees, Clerk to Surrogate.

(1850, 1860 US Federal Census; 1855 New York State Census; Mary Vanorden in the New York, New York, Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948, Certificate Number: 7793; New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Mary VanOrden, Kings, Letters of Administration, Vol 014, 1864-1865; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 17 Mar 1869, Wednesday Page 2; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 08 Apr 1934, Sunday, Page 127)
Daughter of William Brown and Ruth Terry, wife of Andrew Van Orden, whom she married on January 26, 1819 in Sayville, New York, and mother of Margaret Ann, Mary Elmore, Leander, Charlotte Augusta, William Brown, Frances Maria, Amanda Melvina Fitzallen (married John Woodhull), and Emily Josephine Van Orden (married John Richard Edwards).

Her husband was the proprietor of the Porter House, 32 Main Street, Brooklyn.

In 1850, Mary Van Orden, aged 53, was living in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, Andrew Van Orden, aged 53, and children, Leander Van Orden, aged 14, William Van Orden, aged 18, a clerk, Mary Van Orden, aged 13, Amanda Van Orden, aged 12, and Emily Van Orden, aged 10, with Rose Gaitland, aged 21, Fred Bastinake, aged 21, a painter, Robert Miller, aged 35, an agent, and Moses Buhart, aged 18, a tailor. Her husband was shown to be a hotel keeper.

In 1855, Mary Van Orden, aged 57, was living in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Andrew Van Orden, aged 57, and children, Frances Van Orden, aged 19, Amanda Van Orden, aged 17, and Emily Van Orden, aged 14, with boarder, Elizabeth Dickinson, aged 60, and domestic, Ann Fagan, aged 26.

In 1860, Mary Van Orden, aged 63, was living in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Andrew Van Orden, aged 63, and children, Francis A. Van Orden, aged 22, and Emily J. Van Orden, aged 19, with Betsy Dickinson, aged 86, and George S. Huskins, aged 29. Her husband was shown to be the proprietor of a hotel.

Estate - Kings County Surrogate Court; In the Matter of the Application for Letters of Administration on the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of Mary Van Orden, deceased, Intestate. Kings County, to wit: I, Andrew Van Orden of the City of Brooklyn, being duly sworn and examined, Do Depose and say, that I am the husband of the said Mary Van Orden, deceased; that the said deceased departed this life at the City of Brooklyn on the 11th day of November in the year 1864 without leaving any last Will and Testament; that said deceased died possessed of certain personal property in the State of New York, the value of which does not exceed the sum of about four hundred dollars, as I have been informed and believe; that said deceased left surviving her husband, your applicant, and five children to wit; Mary F.A. Van Orden, and Amanda M. Woodhull, residing in the city of Brooklyn, Emily A. Edwards, residing at Sayville, Long Island, William Van Orden and Leander Van Orden residing in the State of California, all of full age, the only next of kin; that said deceased was at the time of her death an inhabitant of the County of Kings, and City of Brooklyn. And that Letters of Administration on the estate of said deceased to be granted by the Surrogate of the County of Kings to me. Sworn before me, this 14th day of November, 1864. A. Van Orden.
Judah B. Vorhees, Clerk to Surrogate.

(1850, 1860 US Federal Census; 1855 New York State Census; Mary Vanorden in the New York, New York, Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948, Certificate Number: 7793; New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Mary VanOrden, Kings, Letters of Administration, Vol 014, 1864-1865; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 17 Mar 1869, Wednesday Page 2; The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 08 Apr 1934, Sunday, Page 127)


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