Individual Details
Margaret VAN KEUREN
(May 1820 - )
Events
Families
| Spouse | Clarence WILLINGFORD ( - 1843) |
| Child | Sarah E. WILLINGFORD (1843 - 1914) |
| Child | Ella M CUMINGS (1866 - ) |
| Child | Emma L CUMMINGS (1862 - ) |
| Father | John VAN KEUREN (1782 - ) |
| Mother | Henrietta CRANNELL (1786 - 1856) |
| Sibling | Edward L. VAN KEUREN (1814 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Sarah **abt 1824** VAN KEUREN (1822 - 1864) |
| Sibling | John VAN CUREN (1822 - 1855) |
Notes
Birth
compilation of census recordsMarriage
inferred from birth date of only childResidence
Census record states that she is widowed and that she lived in Troy for her entire life. Oddly, the record for her apparent daughter says that she has lived in Troy for only the past 5 of her 12 years.Residence
Residence as noted in various Troy City Directories:Troy, NY City Directories, Margaret Willingford
1857, widow, house 212 Eighth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/41199_1220706242_4269-00223/1439258433
1859, widow, house 63 North Fourth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/41199_1220706242_4271-00279/1442247392
1859, widow, house 63 North Fourth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/41199_1220706242_4271-00279/1442247393
1860, widow, house 63 North Fourth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/41199_1220706242_4272-00287/1388124547
1860, widow, house 63 North Fourth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/41199_1220706242_4272-00287/1388124548
1861, widow, house 63 North Fourth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/2253386/123199489
1862, widow, house 63 North Fourth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/2253850/123216855
1863, widow, house 63 North Fourth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/2254302/123260124
1870, widow, h. 74 N. Fourth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/2252923/123156984
1872, widow, h. 185 N. Fourth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/2523707/139387172
1873, widow, h. 185 N. Fourth, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/2254001/123238539
1877, widow, h. 117 N. First, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1688587/72883245
1878, widow, h. 117 N. First, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1689026/72913193
1882, widow, h. 117 N. First, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1689490/72948802
1883, widow, h. 117 N. First, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1686563/72743422
1884, widow, h. 117 N. First, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1687135/72783613
1885, widow, h. 117 N. First, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1690067/72990897
1886, widow, house River n. Douw, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1690653/73021357
1887, widow, h. 780 River, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1691950/73083363
1888, widow, house 780 River, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1607019/65409315
1889, widow, house 780 River, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1691276/73050554
1890, widow of Clarence, h. 801 Second av. Lans., https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/1660868/70960164
1897, Mrs. h. 457 Third av. Lans., https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/2439260/1203342856
1899, boards, 513 Jacob, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/2510665/1218247353 (this is close to the boundary of the 4th and 7th wards, as shown in the 1900 enumeration district map: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99HB-GDQM )
Residence
Listed in 1857 city directory-FAN-shared
Listed in 1857 city directoryAlt name
I have tentatively concluded that this person's married name was actually Margaret Willingford.Endnotes
1. 1870 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York||Rensselaer Co., NY, population schedule, Troy Ward 7, p. 40 (penned), lines 12-15, dwelling 198, family 311, Margaret Willingford household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ : viewed 18 December 2019).
2. 1875 New York Census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co, NY, population schedule, Troy Ward 11, p. 32 (penned), lines 21-24, dwelling 162, family 307, Margaret Willingford household; index and images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVC-YS7 : viewed 18 December 2019); citing State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 549,897.
3. 1880 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co., NY, population schedule, Troy, enumeration district (ED) 144, p. 17 (penned), lines 28-33, dwelling 108, family 216, Peter F. Cady; index and images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ > New York > Rensselaer >Troy > 144, image 17 of 64 : viewed 18 December 2019); citing Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..
4. 1900 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co, NY, population schedule, Troy Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 73, sheet 14-B, lines 77-81, dwelling 209, family 371, Chuncy [Chauncey] E. Cummings; database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSLP-SMC : viewed 19 December 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,150.
5. D. G. Van Curen, Descendants of Mathijs Jansen van Ceulen, RTF file on CD accompanying book, "Van Keulen/Van Keuren, Van Kuren/Van Curen," (Baltimore : Gateway Press, 1998), entry 1219i, citing 1860 census; supplied by D. G. Van Curen, , Boise, ID 83709, 1998 [presumably]. This is an extensive descendancy with informal citations to sources and brief proof arguments. The CD is informally labelled.
6. 1860 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co., NY, population schedule, Troy, Ward 7, p. 40 (penned), lines 2-3, dwelling 178, family 341, Mary Mullingford[?], John Van Curen; database index and images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7667/4232697_00446 : downloaded 20 December 2018).
7. 1855 New York State Census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co, NY, population, Troy Ward 7, p. 83 (penned), lines 18-19, dwelling 395, family 796, Margaret Willingford; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7181/ > Rennsselaer > Troy, Ward 07 > All, image 42 of 48 : viewed 15 December 2019).
8. 1855 New York State Census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co, NY, population, Troy Ward 7, p. 83 (penned), lines 18-19, dwelling 395, family 796, Margaret Willingford; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7181/ > Rennsselaer > Troy, Ward 07 > All, image 42 of 48 : viewed 15 December 2019).
9. 1860 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co., NY, population schedule, Troy Ward 7, p. 40 (penned), lines 2-3, dwelling 178, family 341, Margaret Willingford; database index and images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ > New York > Rensselaer > Troy Ward 7, image 40 of 108 : viewed 15 December 2019).
10. D. G. Van Curen, Descendants of Mathijs Jansen van Ceulen, RTF file on CD accompanying book, "Van Keulen/Van Keuren, Van Kuren/Van Curen," (Baltimore : Gateway Press, 1998), entry 1219i, citing 1860 census; supplied by D. G. Van Curen, , Boise, ID 83709, 1998 [presumably]. This is an extensive descendancy with informal citations to sources and brief proof arguments. The CD is informally labelled.
11. 1860 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co., NY, population schedule, Troy Ward 7, p. 40 (penned), lines 2-3, dwelling 178, family 341, Margaret Willingford; database index and images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ > New York > Rensselaer > Troy Ward 7, image 40 of 108 : viewed 15 December 2019).
12. 1860 U. S. Census, Rensselaer County, New York||Rensselaer Co., NY, Troy ward 7, p. 40, lines 2 and 3, dwelling 178, family 341, Margt Willingford and John Van Curen; indexed digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7M-L3F : accessed 13 March 2021).
13. 1870 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York||Rensselaer Co., NY, population schedule, Troy Ward 7, p. 40 (penned), lines 12-15, dwelling 198, family 311, Margaret Willingford household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ : viewed 18 December 2019).
14. 1870 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York||Rensselaer Co., NY, population schedule, Troy Ward 7, p. 40 (penned), lines 12-15, dwelling 198, family 311, Margaret Willingford household; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ : viewed 18 December 2019).
15. 1875 New York Census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co, NY, population schedule, Troy Ward 11, p. 32 (penned), lines 21-24, dwelling 162, family 307, Margaret Willingford household; index and images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVC-YS7 : viewed 18 December 2019); citing State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 549,897.
16. 1880 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co., NY, population schedule, Troy, enumeration district (ED) 144, p. 17 (penned), lines 28-33, dwelling 108, family 216, Peter F. Cady; index and images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ > New York > Rensselaer >Troy > 144, image 17 of 64 : viewed 18 December 2019); citing Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..
17. 1880 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co., NY, population schedule, Troy, enumeration district (ED) 144, p. 17 (penned), lines 28-33, dwelling 108, family 216, Peter F. Cady; index and images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ > New York > Rensselaer >Troy > 144, image 17 of 64 : viewed 18 December 2019); citing Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..
18. 1900 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co, NY, population schedule, Troy Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 73, sheet 14-B, lines 77-81, dwelling 209, family 371, Chuncy [Chauncey] E. Cummings; database index with images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSLP-SMC : viewed 19 December 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,150.
19. 1860 U. S. census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co., NY, population schedule, Troy Ward 7, p. 40 (penned), lines 2-3, dwelling 178, family 341, Margaret Willingford; database index and images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ > New York > Rensselaer > Troy Ward 7, image 40 of 108 : viewed 15 December 2019).
20. 1855 New York State Census, Rensselaer County, New York || Rensselaer Co, NY, population, Troy Ward 7, p. 83 (penned), lines 18-19, dwelling 395, family 796, Margaret Willingford; database index with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7181/ > Rennsselaer > Troy, Ward 07 > All, image 42 of 48 : viewed 15 December 2019).

