| Father -
James G. Vader - born 12/24/1879 State Center, Iowa Died 3/23/1959 in Long Beach, CA. Grandfather-David W. Vader-born 1/11/1824 in Bennington, New York Died 6/28/1907 |
Mother -
Dennie Vannoy - born 8/16/1890 Wheatland, Missouri Died 4/17/1958 Grandmother - Caroline Crook-born 1/1/1832 in Edwardsburg, Michigan Died 12/31/1906 |
| Great Grandfather - Jacob Vedder born 8/14/1791 in New York State possibly Herkimer or Niskayuna moving to Iowa in 1850's |
Great Grandmother - Elizabeth Altenburg born 12/9/1792 in Ballston, Saratoga, N.Y. died 1846, Ellington, Chautauqua, N.y. |
I believe my grandmother had the
same spirit of her pioneer ancestor, Hannah Webster
Emerson-Duston,her 5th great grandmother. You can read a little
of her story by clicking here...
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Maternal Branch - Dennie Vannoy's Parents
| John N. Vannoy, born 3/25/1858 in Iowa - Died 2/11/1942 | Milda Mary Ream, born 11/24/1864 in Edin Township, Indiana Died 9/19/1951 in California |
My mother's memories of her grandmother, Dennie, and great grandmother, Milda, are that of two women ahead of their time. They were free spirits who had both divorced husbands who cheated on them or mistreated them in some way. They spent their last years together, living close by my grandmother, Nedra Vader-Selsor, and my mother. They were characters who enjoyed life. John Vannoy was born to Isham Vannoy and Mary Maginnis in Iowa, his parents coming from Tennessee. Isham Vannoy died when John
was very young, 1862, from illness contracted while serving in the Union Army. Isham was described as,
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