Grandpa Van Ornam
Great Grandma Van Ornam
Bertha & Victor
PHOTOGRAPH: # 826
OTHER INFO: Daddys father, grandmother,sister & her son
PHOTOGRAPHER: C.J. Daugherty, Long Beach, California
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WHERE PURCHASED: Roswell, New Mexico
WHEN PURCHASED: April 19, 2004
RESEARCHED INFO:
Edward Charles Delavan Van Ornam
Born: August 8, 1836, Champlain, New York
Died: January 10, 1914, Los Angeles Co., California
Father: Daniel Dudley Van Ornam
Mother: Harriet Frances Ross
Married: Ann Marie Doolittle in Durant, Cedar Co., IA
Harriet Frances Ross
Born: Dec. 19, 1811 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts
Died: Sept. 4, 1906 in Long Beach, California
Buried: Wilmington Cemetery, Wilmington, California
Parents: Peter Ross and Polly (Kendall) Burpee
Bertha Florence Van Ornam
Born: May 13, 1867, Iowa
Died: Feb. 28, 1955, Los Angeles, California
Married: John Benjamin Steen
Victor V. Steen
Born: May 19, 1890 in Chambers, Nebraska
Died: June 1, 1922 in Steins, Hidalgo, New Mexico
Buried: Wilmington Cemetery, Wilmington, California
Note: He was killed by a train. He was working on the tracks
on a blind corner. The fellow who was supposed to let
the workers know the train was coming fell asleep and
Victor and another fellow were killed.
Married: Hazel O. Ungewitter
Children: Hazel Marie and Lucille Genevieve Steen
Source: Worldconnect.rootsweb.com