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Bert Van Volkenburg

Bert Van Volkenburg

Male Abt 1867 - Yes, date unknown

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  • Name Bert Van Volkenburg  [1
    Born Abt 1867  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I1904  Full
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 

    Family Martha Armelia Deboard,   b. Abt 1869, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1949, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 1 Oct 1906  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • Willie Cobb is still living at the time of the 1900 census. His daughter, Martha Cobb, writes that her mother had remarried by 1907.
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F326  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S110] DeBoard, Martha Armelia - Letter Ada(Cobb) Martin, (Letter written by Ada (Cobb) Martin, undated, recalling in her late to middle age events that took place in 1907 at age 12, including her father's death, her mother's remarriage to Bert VanVolkinburg, and the family's move from Howell County, Missouri, to Oklahoma; photocopy provided in the 1990's by an unidentifiable Internet contact to Janis Walker Gilmore [address]. Mrs. Martin was the daughter of Martha Armelia (DeBoard) Cobb VanVolkinburg and James W. Cobb; she is now deceased.), "It was a beautiful October morning, one of those only the Ozarks in MO could have. (Reliability: 3).
      My family had been planning for almost a year to move from Pomona MO to Red Bird, Okla. My mother had married Bert Van Volkenburg about a year before. He had planned with mother and we 3 children to make the move Bill (Willie) Adda and Anna. I being the oldest of the 3 girls was not happy to move for I had a boyfriend, but all plans were made for the move. "

    2. [S576] Kansas, Sedgwick - 1910 U.S. Census, Kansas, Sedgwick County, Union township, Sedgwick County, Kansas, ED 97, Sheet 7B, Dwelling 133, Family 133, Wilbert Vanvolkinburgh household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S110] DeBoard, Martha Armelia - Letter Ada(Cobb) Martin, (Letter written by Ada (Cobb) Martin, undated, recalling in her late to middle age events that took place in 1907 at age 12, including her father's death, her mother's remarriage to Bert VanVolkinburg, and the family's move from Howell County, Missouri, to Oklahoma; photocopy provided in the 1990's by an unidentifiable Internet contact to Janis Walker Gilmore [address]. Mrs. Martin was the daughter of Martha Armelia (DeBoard) Cobb VanVolkinburg and James W. Cobb; she is now deceased.).
      My family had been planning for almost a year to move from Pomona MO to Red Bird, Okla. My mother had married Bert Van Volkenburg about a year before. He had planned with mother and we 3 children to make the move Bill (Willie) Adda and Anna. I being the oldest of the 3 girls was not happy to move for I had a boyfriend, but all plans were made for the move. "

    4. [S60] Missouri, Howell - Marriage license, (Marriage license, Howell County Recorder's office, West Plains, Missouri), for Bert Van Volkenburg and Martha A. Cobb (1 Oct 1906) (Reliability: 3).
      I viewed this license.