Individual Details

Alvin (1816) KNICKERBOCKER {K-441}

(Abt 1816 - Abt 1878)

Events

Birth	Abt 1816	Census records disagree on birth location. 1850 &70 say NY. 65 says Penn. 75 says Tioga. (1875 census taker presumably meant Tioga County NY, but there is also Tioga County PA nearby.) - New York
Knick References	1816	See the report "Knickerbockers of Smithville Flats" on knic.com
Knick Lineage	1816	1. HJ / 2. Lourens / 3. John / 4. Solomon / 5. Henry / 6. Alvin (this person)
Knick Generation Number	1816	6
Extra information	1817	Many ancestry trees claim Alvin was the son of James and Dorcas Knickerbocker. Wrong. (1) Dorcas Knickerbocker never existed. See "Dorcas Knickerbocker Sisson". (2) James' sons all lived near him in Crawford PA. See James Knickerbocker.
Extra information	1841	State census records show birth counties for Alvin's kids. This family wandered. Unfortunately they left few traces of their presence. Example: no deeds in Alvin's name in Broome, Tompkins, Tioga, Cattaraugus, Chenango counties.
Residence	1844	Dau born in Tompkins County in 1844. (See 1865 census.) Tompkins was home to descendants of Tobias Knick. If Alvin is not descended from the Chenango clan of Solomon, the next most likely option is that Alvin is from Tobias. - Tompkins County, New York, USA
Knick Census Project: 1850	1850	NY, Broome, Lisle. HOH = Alvin Knickerbocker.
Residence	1850	(Lisle is about 14 miles west of Smithville.) Alvin's birthplace is shown as NY. - Lisle, Broome, New York, USA
Residence	1865	Birthplace: Penn. Household includes 2 year old Marshall Horton, "grandson" who was born in Michigan; not sure who this was. Did Alvin have older daughter who moved to Michigan? - Scio, Allegany, New York, USA
Extra information	10 Jul 1865	Alvin and Phebe Knickerbocker of Scio sell land to Hiram Knickerbocker of Scio. This strongly suggests that they were closely related.
Residence	1869	Scio property owner's map. "A Knickerbocker" is in the upper section. Name is diagonal, just above District 2 label. ("A Knickerbocker" was about 1 mile west of "H Knickerbocker". See downtown Scio map, attached to Hiram Samuel Knickerbocker.) - Scio, Allegany, New York
Residence	1870	Scio, Allegany, New York, USA
Residence	1 Jun 1875	Birthplace: Tioga - Marathon, Cortland, New York, USA
Death	Abt 1878	Marathon, Cortland, New York, USA

Families

Spouse	Phebe PRATT (1824 - 1911)
Child	William Ervin KNICKERBOCKER {K-1019} (1842 - 1910)
Child	Almira KNICKERBOCKER {K-1062} (1844 - 1930)
Child	Rudolph KNICKERBOCKER {K-1145} (1846 - 1926)
Child	Francis KNICKERBOCKER {K-1158} (1847 - 1864)
Child	Arretta KNICKERBOCKER {K-1248} (1850 - )
Child	Laverne Laura KNICKERBOCKER {K-1396} (1855 - )
Child	Ira Pratt KNICKERBOCKER {K-1445} (1857 - 1900)
Child	Alvin KNICKERBOCKER {K-1541} (1861 - 1933)
Child	Jenny KNICKERBOCKER {K-1608} (1864 - 1911)
Child	James Henry KNICKERBOCKER {K-1644} (1866 - 1894)

Child

fnu (doAlvin) KNICKERBOCKER {K-954} (1840 - )

Father	Henry KNICKERBOCKER {K-229} (1792 - 1872)
Mother	Polly RITTENBURG (1795 - 1825)
Sibling	Hiram Samuel KNICKERBOCKER {K-464} (1818 - 1901)
Sibling	James KNICKERBOCKER {K-535} (1822 - 1898)

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