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Surname: VAN ASDALL, VANASDALL, FREET, BLUE
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Family Group Sheet
Husband: John Van Asdall
Born: Abt 1812 at: PA
Married: 26 Aug 1858
Place: Starke Co. , IN
Events
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1. Marriage, 2 Mar 1841, Crawford Co., OH
Leah Swartzell on March 2, 1841 in Crawford Co., OH.
2. Marriage Contract, 26 Aug 1858, Starke Co. , IN
Mary Ann Blue West.
4. Census, 1860, Washington Township, Starke County, IN
John VanAsdall, 48, cooper, born PA
Mary Ann VanAsdall, 40, born PA
Eliza Jane VanAsdall, 18, born OH
Mary J West, 13, born OH
Simon A Vanasdall, 9, born IN
Hanna E West, 8, born OH
Benjamin West, 6, born IN
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Wife: Mary Ann Blue
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Born: 1820 at: PA
Died: 30 Oct 1899 at: Starke Co. , IN
Buried: 1 Nov 1899at: Lerch Cemetery, Starke Co., IN
Father: Michael (Blew) Blue (1786- )
Mother: Julia Ann UNKNOWN (1790- )
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Other Spouse: Eleazar West M. Date: 24 Oct 1845, Wyandot Co., OH
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Events
1. Marriage Contract, 24 Oct 1845, Wyandot Co., OH to Eleazar West.
2. Marriage Contract, 26 Aug 1858, Starke Co. , IN to John Van Asdall.
3. Place, 1899, Starke Co. , IN
The following are 2 handwritten newspaper items:
Thursday, November 2, 1899 - Starke County Democrat
Old Mrs. VanAsdall died Monday evening at the residence of Steve Stevenson
in this city at the advanced age of 82 years. The funeral was held at the
red school house in Washington Township conducted by Rev. A.J. Ferrell,
and was followed by internment in the Lerch Cemetery. (date of death October
30, 1899 - burial November 1, 1899)
Hannah West gracious shared the home of Mary Ann and John VanAsdall until
her marriage to Stephen Stevenson on the 20th day of August in the year
1871. She passed away at the advanced age of 83 years on February 2, 1935.
It was in her home that Mary Ann VanAsdall passed away on October 30, 1899.
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Children
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1 F Anna Jerusha Van Asdall
Born: 1860
Died: 1945 at: Marshall Co., IN
Spouse: William H. Freet (1855-1939)
Marr. Date: 1876
Events
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1. Marriage Contract, 1876, Starke Co. , IN
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Wife's Research Notes
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Mary Ann Blue (West) VanAsdall and Charlotte Blue Freet were sisters.