VanDuyn, Nellie/Neeltje (Mrs. Adolph), 1850-1931

VANDUYN, DOORDUIN

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:32

From the Rock Valley Bee, April 17, 1931:

FORMER RESIDENT DEAD

Mrs. A. Van Duyn, a former resident of Rock Valley and vicinity for forty years, died at her home in Colton, S.D., last week Tuesday [April 7]. Her husband died there about two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Van Duyn resided on a farm northwest of Rock Valley for thirty years and then moved to town where they lived ten years, moving from here to Colton. Mrs. Van Duyn had attained the advanced age of 82 years.

She leaves several relatives in Rock Valley and vicinity, being an aunt of Mrs. A. G. Vander Meer, L. C. Van Duyn, Mrs. A. G. Vander Lugt and Mrs. P. Attema. Mrs. Van Duyn leaves one son, L. C. Van Duyn, of Colton, and two daughters, Mrs. Swier and Mrs. Sluiter.

Funeral services were held at Colton last Thursday, the services being conducted by Rev. J. H. Geerlings, a former pastor of the Christian Reformed church of Rock Valley, but who is now located at New Holland, S.D. Those from Rock Valley who attended the funeral services were Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Vander Meer, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Vander Lugt, M. Vugteveen, Mr. and Mrs. P. Attema, D. J. Scanlan and Emmett Scanlan.

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RESEARCH NOTES

The South Dakota Historical Society Cemetery Records Index shows A. Van Duyn, died 1931, buried in the Colton Cemetery. In the same cemetery lot (Lot 26, Block B) is Adolph Van Duyn, died 1928.

No further information explicitly tied to her was located, but the following family appears to be hers and her husband’s:

There is an entry in the 1900 U.S. census for a Van DYKE family farming in Garfield township (southwest of Rock Valley): Adolph (age 55, born May 1844), married 15 years, a farmer, born in the Netherlands, immigrated 1881; wife Nellie (age 50, born Feb. 1850), mother of 5 children, 3 living, born in the Netherlands, immigrated 1885; son Louis (age 14, born Feb. 1886), daughter Maggie (age 11, born Jan. or June 1889), and daughter Elizabeth (age 9, born Jan. 1891).

The 1910 U.S. census has Adolph Van Duijn (age 65), married 25 years (second marriage), a retired farmer, born in the Netherlands, immigrated 1881, naturalized; wife Neeltje (age 60), first marriage, mother of 5 children, 5 living, born in the Netherlands, immigrated 1885; and a niece, Seintje Van Duijn (age 14). born in the Netherlands, immigrated 1907; living in Garfield Township, Sioux County.

The 1920 U.S. census has Adolph Van Duyn (age 74) and wife Nellie (age 69) living in Rock Valley.

The 1925 Iowa state census for Rock Valley has Adolph Van Duyn (age 79), 44 years in the U.S., 32 years in Iowa; and wife Nettie (age 75), 40 years in the U.S., her father is given as Lucus Der Duyn and Magie Frendensull.

From Ancestry.com: The 1908/1909 Sioux County Marriage Register entry for her probable daughter Maggie Van Duyn (age 21) shows Maggie born in New Holland, S. Dak., parents Adolf Van Duyn and Neeltje Doorduin. The Minnesota Births and Christenings Index entry for her presumed daughter Elizabeth Van Duyn shows Elizabeth with parents Adolph Van Duyn and Neeltje Door Duin.

WieWasWie.nl has a birth index entry for Neeltje Doorduin, born 2 Feb 1850 in Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland; parents Lukas Doorduin and Grietje Vreugdenhil [one English version of Grietje is Margaret].