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Male Bartholomew Jacob Van Valkenburgh Click to view Bartholomew Jacob Van Valkenburgh in the family tree Click to view Bartholomew Jacob Van Valkenburgh in the family tree

Bartholomew was born on April 23rd, 1831 in Prattsburg, Steuben County, New York.  Bartholomew's father was Jacob Van Valkenburgh and his mother was Mary (Polly) Bethia Higgins.  His paternal grandparents were Bartholomeus Van Valkenburgh and Catherine Pruyn; his maternal grandparents were David Higgins and Eunice Gilbert. He had eight brothers and three sisters, named Robert, David, Lucius, Franklin, Gerrit, George, Edward, George, Kate, Gertrude and Mary.  He was the sixth oldest of the twelve children.  He died at the age of 65 on November 12th, 1896 in Austin, Minnesota.

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The Van Valkenburg Family in America, Paul I Van Valkenburg