About a year ago, I knew next to nothing about my gg-grandmother Elisabeth VAN OMMEN. I knew she was born in Holland. And I knew she married Richard HITCHCOCK and had children. I didn't know when she was born. I didn't no where she'd died. In fact, the only way I knew her surname at all was because it appeared on the death certificate of my great-grandmother Frances Hannah (HITCHCOCK) MARKS. That began to change when I decided to find out everything I could find out about van Ommen's in Cayuga County, NY. There wasn't much... at first. But that's a long story. And it didn't seem to help that the family surname changed spellings at every Census. And once all the pieces had been collected, I had a possible family for my gg-grandmother - father, Charles, brother Albert, and sisters Catherine TOWERS and Helen TATE. All that remained was to prove it. With the unexpected help of a cousin in Holland that I never knew I had and following a cross-country trip to Auburn, NY to honor the memory of my gg-grandfather and his service to his adopted country, I've put the following together on the chance I might find other cousins who are likewise looking to knock down a brick wall in their family history. Any additions and/or corrections to this list that was only a dream less than a year ago are most definitely welcomed. Bill Hart ------ Holland only surnames: Canis de Haas Ihrman Ketelboer Leenders Mikkers Scheffer ------ Other surnames listed: Aiken Amos Atkins Barrett Batten Burghdoff Clark Dean French Gardner Gunnell Harris Hart Higgs Hitchcock Hopper Judge Kanis Lucas Mahoney Marks McGloughlin Niver Odell van Ommen Platt Rhoads Stears Tate Thayer Towers Whitcomb Wilson ------ 1. Carel "Charles" Tobias VANOMMEN born: 9 July 1794, Goor, Holland (marker in Fort Hill says 1792) died: 26 August 1884, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY parents: Hendrik VANOMMEN and Helena Maria IHRMAN +Aaltje "Altie" Hendricks KANIS born: 9 May 1796, Zeedijk-IJsselmuiden, Holland (marker says 26 May 1795) died: 16 March 1850 (marker says 1851), Aurora, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY parents: Hendrik Klaaszen CANIS and Jantien Egberts KETELBOER 1.1 Hendrica Helena "Heintje" VANOMMEN born: 30 September 1815, Kampen, Holland died: 23 August 1865, Ambt Ommen, Holland +Reiner MIKKERS born: 4 August 1811, Ommershans (Ommen), Holland died: 15 May 1877, Paardelanden-Zuidwolde, Holland parents: Reinier MIKKERS and Anna Maria de HAAS married: 7 March 1839, Zwolle, Holland 1.2 Jacobus VANOMMEN born: 1 November 1819, Stad Vollenhove, Holland died: 13 May 1896, Lemsterland, Holland +Roelofke SCHEFFER born: 1815, Leeuwarden, Holland died: 5 January 1895, Lemsterland, Holland parents: Frederik Willem SCHEFFER and Geeske LEENDERS. married: 3 May 1848, Arnhem, Holland 1.3 Helena (Helen) Maria VANOMMEN born: 17 March 1824, Ambt Vollenhove, Holland (marker 16 March 1824) died: 31 December 1898, Scipio, Cayuga, NY burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Ledyard, Cayuga, NY +Robert TATE born: 3 August 1827, England died: 5 February 1888, Scipio, Cayuga, NY burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Ledyard, Cayuga, NY possible arrival in US on ship Shannon in the Port of New York on 2 June 1849 from Liverpool, England. 1.3.1 Helen Minnie TATE born: abt. 1855, Cayuga Co., NY died: aft. 1920 +William H. BATTEN born: abt. 1843, England died: aft. 1910 and bef. 1920 married: abt. 1872 1.3.1.1 Carrie BATTEN born: abt. 1873, Cayuga Co., NY died: +Eugene O. DEAN born: abt. 1872, NY died: 1.3.1.1.1 Lewis R. DEAN born: abt. 1895, NY died: 1.3.1.1.2 William B. DEAN born: abt. 1900, NY died: 1.3.2 William R. TATE born: October 1855, Cayuga Co., NY died: 1923 +Susan A. ??? born: November 1862, NY died: married: abt. 1885 1.3.2.1 Robert L. TATE born: September 1888, NY died: 1.3.3 Charles H. TATE born: abt. 1859, Cayuga Co., NY died: +Carrie L. ??? born: January 1862, NY died: married: abt. 1880 1.3.3.1 Louise TATE born: 27 February 1882 died: 14 April 1882 burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Ledyard, Cayuga, NY 1.3.3.2 Maria E. TATE born: May 1883, NY died: 1.3.3.3 Robert TATE born: 15 May 1886 died: 16 August 1887 burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Ledyard, Cayuga, NY 1.3.3.4 Helen M. TATE born: May 1889, NY died: 1.3.3.5 Ruth D. TATE born: February 1898, NY died: 1.3.4 Mattie TATE born: abt. 1867, Cayuga Co., NY died: 1.3.5 Albert TATE born: September 1870, Cayuga Co., NY died: 1928 burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Ledyard, Cayuga, NY +Anna ??? born: abt. 1865, NY died: married: abt. 1895 1.3.5.1 Stella TATE born: abt. 1897, NY died: 1.4 Catharina (Catherine) Digna VANOMMEN born: 17 April 1829, Ambt Vollenhove, Holland died: 28 December 1909, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +John TOWERS born: Scotland died: after 1855, but before 1870 1.4.1 George TOWERS born: abt. 1853, NY died: bef. 1900 +Sarah E. JUDGE born: August 1854, NY died: 19 March 1933, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY parents: Patrick and Alice (?) JUDGE 1.4.1.1 Catherine "Kate" Lulu TOWERS born: January 1874, NY died: 23 March 1906, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +??? GARDNER born: died: 1.4.1.1.1 Catherine Lulu G. TOWERS born: abt. 1906 died: 1.4.1.2 Irma Sarah TOWERS born: February 1880, NY died: 23 March 1916, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +Harry M. PLATT born: 1879, NY died: 1952, NY parents: George A. and Nancy (?) PLATT buried: Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, NY (with 2nd wife May ADAMS) married: abt. 1903 1.4.1.2.1 Harold PLATT born: abt. 1904, NY died: 26 December 1958?, Roslyn Harbor, , NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +Ida ???? born: died: 15 July 1957?, Roslyn Harbor, , NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.4.1.3 George Harold "Harry" TOWERS born: May 1881, NY died: 7 June 1901, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.4.2 Charles TOWERS born: abt. 1855, NY died: 1 February 1878, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.5 Albert B. VANOMMEN (no middle initial on birth record) born: 25 June 1832, Ambt Vollenhove, Holland, (marker 27 May 1833) died: 4 February 1895, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +Margaret AIKEN born: 14 May 1837, Ireland died: 19 February 1895, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.5.1 Charlotte E. "Lottie" VANOMMEN born: June 1863, NY died: 12 May 1902, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.5.2 Catherine S. "Kate" or "Kittie" VANOMMEN born: October 1864, NY died: 19 January 1922, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +??? WILSON born: died: 1.5.3 Nellie M. VANOMMEN born: November 1867, NY died: +William Alexander ATKINS born: April 1867, NY died: parents: William and Eliza (?) ATKINS married: abt. 1893 1.5.3.1 Raymond H. ATKINS born: abt. 1895, NY died: 19 August 1896, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.5.3.2 Horace A. ATKINS born: 1897, NY died: 29 August 1898, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.5.3.3 Helen M. ATKINS born: April 1899, NY died: 20 October 1968, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +William P. LUCAS born: abt. 1893, NY died: 13 February 1962, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY married: abt. 1925 1.5.3.3.1 Barbara LUCAS born: abt. 1927, NY died: 1.5.3.4 Theodore A. ATKINS born: 3 January 1903, NY died: 11 June 1986, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +Ruth Beatrice ??? born: abt. 1904, NY died: 7 January 1973, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY married: abt. 1923 1.5.3.4.1 Beverly ATKINS born: abt. 1923, NY died: 1.5.3.4.2 Janice ATKINS born: abt. 1926, NY died: 1.5.3.4.3 Phylis ATKINS born: abt. 1927, NY died: 1.5.3.5 Harold A. ATKINS born: abt. 1904, NY died: 12 October 1963, Naperville, Du Page, IL burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +Viola M. ??? born: 17 May 1904 died: 14 March 1990, IL burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.5.4 Albertine M. "Altie" or "Alta" or "Allie" VANOMMEN born: 23 July 1869, NY died: 29 June 1937, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +Thomas J. CLARK born: abt. 1845, England died: 26 July 1912, Aurelius, Cayuga, NY buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY married: abt. 1909 1.5.5 Mattie VANOMMEN born: 6 March 1873, Auburn, Cayuga, NY died: 7 March 1873, Auburn, Cayuga, NY buried: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.6 Ceetjen Elisabeth "Keetje" VANOMMEN born: 30 May 1835, Holland died: 9 October 1885, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: North Street Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY +Richard HITCHCOCK born: 14 February 1837, England died: 15 January 1887, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: North Street Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY parents: Thomas and Hannah (GUNNELL) HITCHCOCK married: 23 November 1855, ??, Cayuga, NY 1.6.1 Alice HITCHCOCK born: 1856, NY died: 1918, NY burial: Sand Hill Cemetery, Sempronius, Cayuga, NY +Parley B. RHOADS born: 1856, NY died: 1932, NY burial: Sand Hill Cemetery, Sempronius, Cayuga, NY parents: Jeriah G. and Delia M. (JOHNSON) RHOADS 1.6.2 Frances Hannah HITCHCOCK born: 12 January 1858*, NY died: 1905, Auburn, Cayuga, NY *age at death 47y 7m 13d burial: Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, NY +William James MARKS born: 16 November 1858, Niles, Cayuga, NY died: 18 February 1918, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, NY parents: Alfred and Cynthia (NIVER) MARKS 1.6.2.1 Cynthia Marion MARKS born: 8 March 1880, Auburn, Cayuga, NY died: 10 July 1973, Slidell, St. Tammany's Parish, LA +Clarence Eugene HARRIS born: 22 November 1877, Auburn, Cayuga, NY died: 2 February 1965, , Orange, CA parents: Samuel Foster and Louise J. (FRENCH) HARRIS 1.6.2.2 Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cornelia MARKS born: 02 September 1881, NY died: 1942, NY +Charles STEARS born: 1882, PA died: 1957, NY 1.6.2.3 Mary "Mate" Alice MARKS born: 9 August 1883, NY died: 1958, NY burial: Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, NY +Harry BARRETT born: 1879 died: 1954 burial: Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, NY 1.6.2.4 Joseph MARKS born: 07 June 1885, NY died: 09 August 1888, NY burial: Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.6.2.5 Florence Frances MARKS born: 25 March 1890, Auburn, Cayuga, NY died: 9 March 1945, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA burial: Sunnyside Mausoleum, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA +Fred J. HART born: 23 December 1880, Fairhaven, Cayuga, NY died: 2 May 1955, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles, NY burial: Sunnyside Mausoleum, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA parents: John P. and Mary Elizabeth "Libbie" (ODELL) HART married: 15 September 1909 1.6.2.6 William Frederick MARKS born: 29 May 1892, Auburn, Cayuga, NY died: 25 November 1961, Pomona, Los Angeles, CA +(1) Ethel BURGHDOFF born: died: +(2) Loretta May THAYER born: 15 January 1899, NY died: 1 December 1987, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 1.6.2.7 Radah Belle MARKS born: 31 August 1897, NY died: 10 September 1980, Auburn, Cayuga, NY burial: Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, NY +(1) Andrew Jonathan HIGGS born: January 1894 died: 22 June 1960, NY burial: Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, NY parents: James and Bessie (?) HIGGS married: 26 November 1913 +(2) Seward WHITCOMB born: 9 September 1896 died: June 1978, Auburn, Cayuga, NY married: abt. 1962 1.6.3 George HITCHCOCK born: October 1859, Auburn, Cayuga, NY died: 1924, Oswego, Oswego, NY +Elizabeth MCGLOUGHLIN born: July 1859, NY died: 1945, Oswego, Oswego, NY 1.6.3.1 Richard Joseph HITCHCOCK born: December 1880, Auburn, Cayuga, NY died: 1960, Fulton, Oswego, NY burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego, NY +Isabella MAHONEY born: 1882 died: 1966 burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego, NY 1.6.3.2 Alluce HITCHCOCK born: April 1882 died: 1.6.3.3 Albert HITCHCOCK born: February 1884 died: 1941, Oswego, Oswego, NY burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego, NY 1.6.3.4 Catherine HITCHCOCK born: September 1886 died: 1.6.4 Catherine "Katie" HITCHCOCK born: 1861, NY died: 1.6.5 Elizabeth "Lizzie" HITCHCOCK born: September 1864, NY died: 1913, NY burial: Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, NY +Edwin C. HOPPER born: April 1856, NY died: 1947, NY burial: Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, NY married: 8 April 1883, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.6.5.1 Maude HOPPER born: April 1882, NY died: 1.6.5.2 Edwin HOPPER born: June 1884, NY died: +Elizabeth ??? born: abt. 1885, NY died: 1.6.5.3 Gertrude L. HOPPER born: October 1885, NY died: 1.6.5.4 Elizabeth P. HOPPER born: July 1890, NY died: 1.6.5.5 Lorman J. HOPPER born: July 1892, NY died: 1.6.5.6 Pearl E. HOPPER born: January 1894, NY died: 1.6.5.7 Gordon HOPPER born: 31 August 1897, NY died: August 1976, Auburn, Cayuga, NY 1.6.5.8 William F. HOPPER born: 1904 died: 1964 burial: Soule Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga, NY 1.6.6 Mary HITCHCOCK born: July 1869, NY died: 25 September 1905 1.6.7 Frederick HITCHCOCK born: 1879, Auburn, Cayuga, NY died: +Elma Nathlie AMOS born: abt. 1899, Canada died: April 1978 married: 16 June 1908 1.6.7.1 Robert HITCHCOCK born: 10 April 1910, Rome, Oneida, NY died: 24 December 2001, Rome, Oneida, NY