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Female Gertrude Coeymans Van Valkenburgh Click to view Gertrude Coeymans Van Valkenburgh in the family tree Click to view Gertrude Coeymans Van Valkenburgh in the family tree

Gertrude was born on April 4th, 1827 in Prattsburg, Steuben County, New York.  Gertrude's father was Jacob Van Valkenburgh and her mother was Mary (Polly) Bethia Higgins.  Her paternal grandparents were Bartholomeus Van Valkenburgh and Catherine Pruyn; her maternal grandparents were David Higgins and Eunice Gilbert. She had nine brothers and two sisters, named Robert, David, Bartholomew, Lucius, Franklin, Gerrit, George, Edward, George, Kate and Mary.  She was the fourth oldest of the twelve children.  She died at the age of 78 on April 12th, 1905 in Prattsburg, Steuben County, New York.

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The Van Valkenburg Family in America, Paul I Van Valkenburg