In reply to your Nettie ( this is the name I show). In the Books by George Olin Zabriskie she is listed as Nettie, under Alfred Newkirk Number 3833. It states the following: 3833 Alfred Newkirk, son of Leah Demarest (# 1584) born May 9, 1860 in Oradell and Christened Oct. 12, 1860 at Dumont. He lived at Oradell. He died May 16, 1930 buried in Westwood Ceme. Married Sept. 28, 1887 Nettie Voorhis. Children of Alfred Newkirk and Nettie Voorhis. # 7185 Lillian, born Feb 6, 1893. Died August 9, 1894. Buried in the Woodside in Dumont. In the book you can also look up the other people you listed for help and rule them out or include them as necessary. Hope this information can help you. The Zabriskie Family books have many many other families listed that can help out with those brick walls. There are Walkers listed as well. Best regards, Sharon On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:01 AM, <dutch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Neeltje Voorhees (David Walker) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Walker <dwalker10@hotmail.com> > To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 00:41:59 -0600 > Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Neeltje Voorhees > > I am still looking for help regarding the parents of the Neeltje > Voorhees who married Ferdinand Schureman. I am hoping that a kind soul > who has access to > one of the more recent Van Voorhees genealogies, such as the one compiled > by > Florence Christoph, could look her up. I understand from an earlier > posting that > the family is discussed on pages 85 and 86 of Christoph’s compilation. > > > Many sources identify her with Helena Voorhees, daughter of > Roelof Lucasse Van Voorhees and Neeltje Schenck, baptized 4 Apr 1731 in New > Brunswick, but I have my doubts that they are really the same person. > Firstly, Roeloff still refers to his daughter > as Helena in his will, which was written in 1750, presumably only a year > or two > before her marriage. Yet Ferdinand Schureman’s > wife is called Neeltje, Nelly, Eleanor, etc. and never Helena. > > Secondly, according to “The Schuremans of New Jersey” by > Richard Wyncoop, Neeltje and Ferdinand had 8 children: Anne (who died > young), Eleanor, Jacobus, > Abraham, another Anne, Lena, Margaret and Jane. > No Roelof among them. Yet it > appears they followed the Dutch naming system with regards to Anne (named > for > Antje Terhune) and Jacobus (named for Jacobus Schuremen). Eleanor could > be named for Neeltje Schenck, but > what about Abraham? It seems to me that Roelof’s > brother, Abraham Lucasse Van Voorhees and his wife Neeltje Courtelyou make > better > candidates to be this woman’s parents. > > > According to “A Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family in > America” by Elias W. Van Vorhis, Abraham had 7 children, among whom there > was a Nelly. No details are given. But she had a brother, Jacques, > baptized 1733 > and a sister Catalina baptized 1735, which more or less puts this family's > offspring in > the right time period. Any chance this Nelly grew up to become the wife of > Ferdinand Schureman? I would appreciate > any help. > > > Many thanks, David > > To contact the DUTCH-COLONIES list administrator, send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the DUTCH-COLONIES mailing list, send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > >