R. M. Van Norman, merchant, Keswick P. O., was born in North Gwillimbury in 1845. His father, David Van Norman, was born near Kingston in 1815, and is still living. His mother's maiden name was Eunice Crittenden, who was born in North Gwillimbury in 1820, and died in 1857. Our subject is one of a family of twelve children, and began life as a farmer. He afterwards established his present business, and was appointed Postmaster of Keswick in 1873. In 1880 Mr. Van Norman was elected a member of the Township Council, and was Reeve for 1884. He has always taken great interest in matters municipal. He belongs to the Christian Church, and is a Reformer in politics. History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario By Charles Pelham Mulvany, Graeme Mercer Adam, p. 504, transcribed by Linda Schwenn [Google Books]
Hi! FYI: The father David Van Norman was the son of Jacob Van Arnam and his second wife, Harriet Jones. This is the Jacob who married firstly to Catharina Hemstraet (various spellings) who was mentioned a couple of days ago in conjunction with Richard H. Van Arnam and Elizabeth (Van Arnam) Daman. The initial R. stands for Richard...... Stephen On 11/9/10, Linda Schwenn <schwel@comcast.net> wrote: > R. M. Van Norman, merchant, Keswick P. O., was born in North Gwillimbury in > 1845. His father, David Van Norman, was born near Kingston in 1815, and is > still living. His mother's maiden name was Eunice Crittenden, who was born > in North Gwillimbury in 1820, and died in 1857. Our subject is one of a > family of twelve children, and began life as a farmer. He afterwards > established his present business, and was appointed Postmaster of Keswick in > 1873. In 1880 Mr. Van Norman was elected a member of the Township Council, > and was Reeve for 1884. He has always taken great interest in matters > municipal. He belongs to the Christian Church, and is a Reformer in > politics. > History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario By Charles Pelham Mulvany, > Graeme Mercer Adam, p. 504, transcribed by Linda Schwenn > [Google Books] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VANNORMAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >