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Joseph Van Vleck

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Birthplace: Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, United States
Death: May 15, 1903 (72)
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, United States (Heart disease )
Immediate Family:

Son of Peter Van Vleck and Anne Van Vleck
Husband of Amanda Van Vleck
Father of Charles Edmund Van Vleck; Joseph Van Vleck, Jr; William David Van Vleck; Franklin Niles Van Vleck; Clara Van Vleck and 2 others
Brother of John Monroe Van Vleck; Rachel Van Vleck; Son Van Vleck and Sarah Cornelia Van Vleck

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About Joseph Van Vleck

Gave Van Vleck Observatory to Wesleyan University, CT in honor of brother John

Joseph Van Vleck was born 19 Nov 1830 in High Falls, Marbletown, Ulster, New York, and died 25 May 1903 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey. He was buried 1903 in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York 16607 Sect.165. He was the son of 2. Peter Van Vleck and 3. Ann Hasbrouck.

He married Amanda Niles 7 Dec 1852 in New York, daughter of William Niles and Melinda Seeley. She was born 3 Nov 1833 in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, and died 18 Nov 1883 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey. She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York 16607 Sect.165.

He married Melinda Niles 30 Sep 1886 in Rev AH Bradford, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, daughter of William Niles and Melinda Seeley. She was born 11 Aug 1831 in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, and died Abt 13 Jul 1914 in 59 Upper Mountain Avenue, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey. She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York lot 16607 Sect.165.

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Joseph Van Vleck's Timeline

1830
November 19, 1830
Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, United States
1862
March 5, 1862
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
1875
1875
1903
May 15, 1903
Age 72
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
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