The Bloomers Of Bergen County New Jersey

                                                                

Hudson River Palisades Cir 1830

From the earliest research the Bloomers of Bergen County have been difficult to enumerate.  A few sentences were provided in the 1880 Ulster County, NY family records of Orrin Bloomer and Virginia Hanford mentioned two Bloomer brothers who sailed sloops from the Hudson Palisades to New York City, but nothing to clearly identify their branch of the family. Another branch of Bloomers, one that Orrin was familiar with, but failed to mention, arrived in Bergen County during the 1880s.  These Bloomers were all from New York City and sons of Thomas Bloomer. Benton H. and Andrew J. Bloomer arrived together and they were the sons of Thomas and Leah (Gillett) Bloomer. They had married into a deep-rooted Bergen County, New Jersey family. The Carlock/Carlough, James Eckerson (1794-1871), and Ackerman families all connected with these families and all were life-long residences of Bergen County. James Bloomer, and other descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth (Gaffett) Bloomer also arrived in 1885. However, it is the early Bloomer boatmen that are being documented.

It was known that Robert & Elizabeth (Purdy) Bloomer’s sons, Anderson and Elisha, migrated from Westchester County, NY to the New Jersey side of the Hudson and lived under the Hudson Palisades before 1800. This was soon after the American Revolution where their father, Robert, had served and died. It is possible that Anderson and Elisha learned their river wisdom sailing sloops from Sawpit (Now Port Chester, NY.) The old town was named for its shipbuilding activity. Here raw lumber was cut, shaped, and worked into fine river craft. However, the navigation from Sawpit via Long Island Sound to New York City via the East River could be difficult and was laced with hazards. Sailing to New York City from the New Jersey Palisades was a shorter and safer voyage.  The Bloomer brothers made the move possibly before 1790.

With a home anchorage where the George Washington Bridge now intersect the New Jersey shore, for more than one hundred years these Bloomers were involved in Hudson River commerce and sailed from the Bergen Palisades.  But because they were people of the river they left few land records. During the past few years an amazing amount of information on these boatman and their extended families has been discovered. These pages trace the descendants of Elisha and Fanny (Van Wagoner) Bloomer and are a wonderful example of the large number of descendants that can be produced from a married couple in just a few generations.

In 1912 Captain John William Crum, a Bloomer uncle and cousin, recorded his recollections of life, people and specific events along his section of Hudson Palisade. In 1913 Benjamin Westervelt, whose sister had married George Bloomer, also recorded his recollections.  These reminiscing revealed great insight into the common pedigrees that connected these boatmen, and the camaraderie of their common river vocation. However, the most detailed genealogical account was compiled fifty years before.

In the 1850s James Anderson Whitlock, a Bloomer cousin, was compiling a family history and his connection to this same group of river people. James’ record was not discovered until 2004. Captain Crum’s, Westervelt’s and Whitlock’s records proved to be a genealogical treasure and helped to solve a difficult genealogical puzzle of Bloomer, Becker, Van Wagoner, Pearsall, Norman, Westervelt, and Crum family connections. These records also provided wonderful insight into the daily lives of these river men and their river vocation.

In 2006 Alex Bennett was exploring, recording, and restoring various cemeteries in Bergen County. After he had been working in a cemetery in the Undercliff area for several days, an unknown woman approached and said, “I have seen you here for the past few days, this record may help you understand these people.”  Alex was handed Whitlock’s records.  The lady disappeared and remains unknown.  Mr. Bennett discovered the Bloomer Family History and then contacted Robert Bloomer.

The transportation of bulk commodities from Albany to New York City and even along the Atlantic coast via the Hudson River was a major occupation for hundreds of New Yorkers. The ship of choice for these early Hudson River Boatmen was the Hudson River Sloop. Others sailed the larger two-masted schooners or a smaller boat known as a Periauger. Long after the first steam-powered ships sailed the Hudson the transition from sloop to steam was slow and competitive. The transition from sail to steam was never made by this first generation of Bloomers.

The first steam-powered boat sailed the Hudson in 1803. For the next 20 years other Hudson River men fought the battle of Fulton’s river monopoly. The distance from Alban to New York City was 150 miles and Fulton made the first round trip in 62 hours. He later commented on his ability to overtake, pass and soon depart from any sailing sloop, periauger or schooner regardless of wind or river conditions. Fulton’s voyage inaugurated a revolution in river competition and Fulton pursued a steam-powered monopoly until 1824.  The stage had been set, and for the next 75 years the challenge between steam and nature’s wind prevailed on the Albany to New York City run. More than once, this river competition resulted in accidents and even death. The New York steamboat monopoly developed from legal conflicts with the state of New Jersey into blows between river captains up and down the Hudson.   

“Breaking the Fulton-Livingston Monopoly — 1820

A steamboat to compete with the Fulton-Livingston steamboats was introduced by an Albany company as early as 1810, but this and other companies were promptly taken to court to block their operations.  The NY courts and State Legislature vigorously enforced the restrictions on the use of steamboats other than those licensed by Fulton and Livingston.  The Fulton-Livingston Company and its supporters denounced their competitors as rogues, rascals, lawbreakers and ingrates.”

The New Jersey boatman prided himself as master of all nature could offer. Wind and sail was their choice of power.  Steam, copper boilers with scalding water, blazing fire boxes with burning pine wood, paddles that slapped and churned the water, and smoke stacks with clouds of choking smoke were considered an affront to the natural order and nature Herself. And adding to these steam distractions an exploding boiler would occasionally rocket across the bay killing and maiming any who were in the way.  It had taken years to learn their river mastery and it had begun during their youth.  From deck hand to captain was a life-long journey and half the journey was learning the subtle signs of river’s winds and tides. The other half was the pride of ownership of a sleek wind powered Hudson River Sloop.  Unfortunately, the opportunity that Fulton’s steam power offered was lost to the dedicated Bloomer sloop master. The legal battles between New York and New Jersey industrial titans would require the arbitration of US Supreme Court and money our Bloomer cousins did not have.

It is believed that the Bloomers, Crums and other of the Palisades stayed clear of the East River, Hell’s Gate and Little Hell’s Gate. The swirling currents, rocks and shoals between Ward’s and Randall’s Island were a graveyard for the inexperienced boatman. This section of the river was a tidal deathtrap. The maelstrom of currents created by ocean tides pushing from the open sea up the Hudson into the East River created giant whirling pools of brackish gray water littered with rocky outcroppings. Bloomer cousins operated docks on the New York City shoreline and worked as dock cart men.

The steamboat soon evolved into the sleek steam ship, offering travelers’ leisure never experienced in human history. Travel became less a necessity and a thing of leisure for the New York wealthy.  Opulent dinning, gambling, and liquor added to the profits that the steam-powered vessel could produce.  Cornelius Vanderbilt made the transition from his father’s periauger, took the opportunity that steam powered offered, and reaped the finical rewards.  Meanwhile, the sloop captains of the Undercliffs, failed to visualize the human cargo potential, and as a result continued their financial river struggles. However, this is not surprising. Stone from the New Jersey Palisades was almost free and was transported to NYC with greater and greater frequency. The stone was paving the ever-expanding streets of the growing city.

The sloop averaged from 65 to 100 feet with a single mast of 80 to 100 feet.  These ships could carry over one hundred tons of cargo, had a kitchen area and could generally sleep a crew of four. Sloop captains often carried passengers who would be lucky to find a comfortable seat among the pig and chickens, or tons of deck cargo. Farm produce was moved to New York City markets and passengers were secondary cargo to the Bloomers of Bergen County.

A distinguishing feature of the sloop was its bowsipt and jibboom. On some sloops these spits were over 40 feet long and were often the first point of contact in riverboat collisions. The sloop was extremely seaworthy and known as a very sturdy craft.  In 1785 the 60-foot sloop “Experiment” sailed from Albany to China.

However, the Bloomer, Crum, Becker, Westervelt, Norman, Pearsall and Van Wagoner all sailed from the Undrecliff shoreline and confined their sailing between Albany and New York City. These families and their cousins were involved in every aspect of the lucrative river trade. The Bloomers had their family “Pitching Place” where timber and quarried stone was tossed from the heights of the Palisades cliffs to the riverbank and then loaded on the family sloop. Other family members built ships, constructed docks, fished for shad, sailed cargo to New York City and other cities along the Hudson. Other Bloomers cousins sailed from their homeports at Newburgh, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, Marlborough, and New York City.  According to the 1862 NYC tax records Captain Bloomer was taxed $50.00 for his sloop Quick Step. (This is believed to be Capt. Charles Augustus Bloomer son of Isaac and Abigail (Loveless) Bloomer of Ulster County.)

These river men and their river occupations are easily identified when census records list them as waterman, boatman, ship captains, fishermen, calmmers, quarrymen, and dock builders. In the early 1800s Captain James Bloomer sailed his sloop Diligent from Newburgh to New York, but it was the related families of Bloomers, Crums, Beckers, Normans, and Pearsalls of Bergen County who plied the river for there generations. Other family members supported the shipping business by readying coal, lumber, produce, mending gill nets, and quarrying stone for NYC markets. The term “Pitching Place” was applied to the location where timber and stone was tossed off the Palisade cliffs to the river’s edge. These Pitching Places were associated with specific families and held as guarded family possessions from one generation to the next. 

The journey from deckhand to captain required years of experience. Experience was the gatekeeper to success and a complete new vocabulary was required. Pogy Tide, Apple Tree, Pear Tree moons, Witches Tide and Worragut were all terms of special meaning to an experienced river man.  The flood tides on the lower Hudson are hard to predict. Light sloops reacted slowly while deeply laden sloops were swept forward.  The geographical knowledge required was just a complex as the vocabulary necessary to navigate from New York to Albany.  The Hudson Palisades were referred to as the “Rocks.”  Keeping this special river knowledge in the family was a prerequisite for success.

These New Jersey cliffs stretched from Jersey City approximately 20 miles north to Nyack, New York.  In February of 1848 George and Anderson petitioned the Senate and General Assembly of New Jersey to extend a pier into the Hudson from their water front property. The Assembly granted them the right to “erect and build a wharf upon and in front of their land in the township of Hackensack.” By 1855 Anderson and George Bloomer had developed their pitching place and dock facility to the point where it was referred to as “Bloomerville.”  Their property was just north of where the Hudson River and George Washington Bridge now intersect. The area near the bridge is still a popular commercial Shad fishing location and in colonial times the small group of homes were know as Fishermen’s Village.  As late as 1930 Bloomer Beach was still a popular location for Hudson River recreation. The beach is located at the Englewood, N.J. Boat Basin. 

 David Bloomer (1803-1840), brother of George and Anderson, captained a sloop and when he died his ship’s cook, Jake Van Wart, married David’s widow, Catherine (Pearsall) Bloomer. Davis and Catherine’s twin boys Hiram and Solomon sailed the Hudson in their own sloops from 1855 until the early 1900s. Catherine’s brother Lewis Pearsall also captained a sloop. After 1870 Lewis’ son Oliver Horton Pearsall captained a steamboat.

Captain Crum recorded that during the 1850s it was common to see 150 ships tied gunnel to gunnel along the New Jersey Palisade shoreline. Capt. Crum identified many of these sloops by name and captain: The Dock Builder was captained by Jake Van Wagoner. William and John Norman sailed the Ellen Jewett, the Daniel O. Archer, New World, and Isaac Newton were all skippered at various times by Captain John W. Crum. The Sailor’s Fancy was captained by Tom Jackson. Hiram and Solomon Bloomer had the sloops Edwin Smith, Margaret, and Elias Hicks, George and Robert Bloomer captained the Bright. (Jacob Van Wagoner had married David Bloomer’s daughter Louisa Bloomer. Louisa’s daughter married Oliver Horton Pearsall). Peter Pearsall, another brother of Catherine’s, captained a Periauger, the Crystal. (A Periauger is a small two masted sloop without a bowspit or headsail.)  There were many other sloops build and sailed from Hackensack and along with the river occupation came river hazards, accidents and even deaths.

A review of the newspaper Brooklyn Eagle and Verplanck’s book The Sloops of the Hudson revealed that river collisions, exploding boilers, and death were all to frequent. The long sloop’s bowsprit was often involved. In 1824 the sloop Neptune was capsized and twenty-five passengers drowned.  In 1853 the steamer Empire State’s wheelhouse was swept off her deck when it collided with a sloop’s bowsprit. That same October, a sloop near Esopus Meadows rammed the steamer Hendrick Hudson. On the night of 21 November 1861 the sloop W.W. Reynolds was sailing 2 miles south of Poughkeepsie when she rammed the steamer Francis Skiddy. The sloop’s bowsprit struck the boiler causing a large explosion. Tons of scalding water showered down on the fireman Isaac Bloomer and Isaac was instantly scalded to death. Two other fireman and several passengers added to the death toll. Isaac was from Newburgh and is believed to be the son of Isaac and Phoebe (Sawyer) Bloomer. (A detailed account of another river collisions is found in the 1846 US Supreme Court case of Newton vs Stebbins)

William Jordan, nicknamed Pony, Cesar Hannibal, John Dowdell, and Tom Snyder; all residents of the Undercliffs were drowned in the same boating accident. Tom Jackson, brother of Sugar Jackson, was caught in the rigging of his Sailor’s Fancy and pulled headfirst overboard. He drowned.  The Isaac Newton and New World were both lost the same year. The Newton burned with her cargo and the Isaac Newton sank. Captain Crum who was on the river carrying a load of flammable hay was forced to watch the Newton burn from the deck of his Daniel O. Archer. Pickle Town got it name when a market sloop the Diamond sank off Fort Washington. To the delight of many Undercliff families, the large cargo of cucumbers and pickles washed up on the New Jersey shore just north of Englewood dock.

In 1832 New York City suffered from a Cholera epidemic. The daily harvest of life was recorded in New York newspapers.  Henry Crum, Captain Crum’s father, died of river born Cholera in 1836. Captain Crum’s maternal grandfather was John Becker. Grandfather Becker (1773-1830) built the sloops Perseverance, Ambition, Enterprise, and Ajax at his Undercliff shipyard. 

During the early 1880s the sons of George Bloomer (1808-1883) George, Anderson & David continued their father’s prosperous river business. The boys worked for their father on their schooner scows Three Sisters and the Corsair. The brothers also build a scow schooner and constructed a dock on the Hackensack River at River Edge. On August 1, 1893 their scow and load of brick sank while tied to their dock. It took a week to unload the bricks and raise the scow. Benjamin Westervelt recorded that he, Anderson Bloomer and Jacob Van Wagoner were contracted to recover the cargo of a sunken steamer near the Undercliffs. According to Benjamin the trio worked all winter recovering copper sheets, knives, and steel bars. Other cargo was apparently smuggled to friends. The Crowley got two barrels of Almonds, the Allisons two barrels of cranberries and Ben got a box of soap. During the “great flood” of October 16, 1901 George and Anderson Bloomer lost most of their cordwood, coal and lumber stored at their Hackensack dock. 

While life along the river was dangerous, there were lighter river monuments. Captain Crum recorded how the boatman of Hackensack often sailed down the Hudson to Manhattan for a “boys-night-out” in New York City. Captain John Crum would be induced to sing the “American Boy” at Benson’s Tavern, while his friends sipped bottles of Champagne. The tavern was located on Lispenard Street and is now the home of Nancy’s Whiskey Pub. Pompey the Fiddler would play for all the local dances that were sometimes held on the deck of a Bloomer sloop. When Pompey died, Sheephead Bill replaced the old fiddler, but it was not the same. The “Old Jug” was apparently a local tavern and on some weekends the boatmen drink on the New Jersey side of the Hudson.  On one occasion after a Saturday night of heavy drinking that lasted well into Sunday morning, Captain Crum insisted he be taken home via a circuitous route to avoid the prying eyes of Edgewater churchgoers. In later years (1890) George, Anderson and David had community clambakes at “Bloomer Brother Grove” near River Edge. 

The common ancestor that linked these men and women was John Frederick and Mary (Harp) Van Wagoner. John’s father arrived from Germany before the American Revolution and from John’s ten children spring hundreds of Hackensack Van Wagoner cousins.       

A Sloop and its long bowsprit with jibboom

Elisha Bloomer married Fanny Van Wagoner and Anderson Bloomer married Fanny’s sister Margaret before 1800. These Van Wagoner sisters were the daughters of John and Mary before 1800.  The Bloomer brothers were engaged as Hudson River boatmen until the untimely death of Margaret in 1808.  Anderson then returned to Ulster County, NY and he soon followed his wife to an early grave.  That left Elisha and Fanny (Van Wagoner) Bloomer to carry on the Bloomer name in the Hackensack area. While both Elisha and Anderson were producing children in the early 1800, Anderson left a will in Ulster County, NY naming his children, and his descendants were well known as New York City businessmen. Elisha on the other hand has no clear pedigree of descendants.  Of the many Bloomers living in Bergen County in the 1850s it is not clear which were Elisha’s children. James Whitlock’s diary added a William Bloomer to the same generation as Elisha and Anderson, and according to Whitlock, William married Susan another daughter of John Frederick Van Wagoner. However, nothing more has been discovered concerning William and Susan (Van Wagoner) Bloomer. William is not enumerated in any early Bergen tax records.

There is a previously unrecorded William Bloomer who appears with a NYC Bloomer family in 1860. This William was born in 1778 and could possible be the contact between the marriage of cousins Harriet Bloomer and Hiram Bloomer. Elisha and Anderson Bloomer are listed in early1800 Bergen County records and Elisha continues to be enumerated into the 1820s. Elisha was then joined in Bergen records by his son David, George Washington, and Anderson Bloomer.    

In 2006 an extensive genealogy and chronology surfaced authored by James Anderson Whitlock son of James Cannon and Margaret (Becker) Whitlock. James Whitlock was a great-grandson John Frederick Van Wagoner. The material is dated October 10^th, 1849 with Whitlock’s address as 135 Wooster Street, New York City. A second NYC address with a date of February 1853 is also on the cover page. 

 As the Bloomers, Crums, Beckers, and Normans of Bergen County, James Whitlock was a descendant of the Van Wagoner family and James provided page after page of data related to his personal life, and the lives of three preceding generations.   The record contained thousand of facts of Becker and Van Wagoner genealogy,

The shallow drafted Scow Schooner

 and was recorded over an extended period of time (1850-1900). It is clear that James’ intention was to compile a genealogical record, and enumerate the descendants of John Frederick Van Wagoner (1740-1810) and Christian Becker (1735?-1800?).  Many entries were followed with notations and dates as to when and where the information had been obtained. James also named cities and towns were cousins were living.  Other entries were recorded without notes or documentation.  It is doubtful that the entire document can ever be fully verified with primary research. However, even after a few months of review the document has proven tantalizingly factual and cousins were located in cities James had mentioned.   James had an impeccable cursive style. Perhaps, his experience as a law clerk for several NYC law firms during the 1840s developed this skill. His legal profession may have added to his professional approach when collecting and documenting family history.

Shad fishing near the Hudson River Palisades

Along with the Whitlock document came a record of interviews with Captain John William Crum (1828-1910), son of Henry and Maria (Becker) Crum. Captain Crum’s reminisces are less of a genealogy than Whitlock’s document, but still wonderful reading to any historian. These documents were compiled at different periods, but have a common family pedigree to the Van Wagoner and Becker family tree. Captain Crum made no mention of the Whitlock information, but did mention James as a lawyer cousin living in New York City. This gives both documents a point of comparison, and a common point of interest to the many descendants of the Becker, Crum, Norman, Bloomer, and Van Wagoner families.

Captain Crum’s memories were recollections that appear to be based on interviews conducted in 1898 and again in 1913. The unique aspect of Capt. Crum’s document is the short descriptive paragraphs describing specific events, the river life style, and individual family relationships along the Hudson Palisades. Captain Crum’s sister had married George W. Bloomer (1808-1883) and Crum dedicated many paragraphs to the Bloomer family. A paragraph titled “Millerwrights” explained why in 1840 Anderson Bloomer and Evanda Allison, believing the end of the World was at hand, sold their property and gave the money away. (Millerites were a popular religious sect.)  Anderson, wanting to cover other options, and gave his money to his brother, George. When the anticipated date of October 23, 1843 passed and the end of the world did not come, George returned Anderson’s money. Benjamin Westervelt recorded that his father was also a firm believer in the Millerite Movement.  During the 1840’s Millerism moved from rural regional camp meetings to the American religious spotlight. Astronomical events just happen to coincided with William Miller’s predictions and gave his religious end of the word them reasonable creditability. So, just before the sun sent its first rays of light across the Hudson River on the morning of October 23, 1843 George Bloomer and thousands of others along the Hudson Palisades scrambled to prominent high places along the river to await William Miller’s anticipated moment.  When the morning passed as usual, William Miller recalculated and adopted April 18, 1844.  After 1844 William Miller’s popular movement fell from the American spotlight.  

 The Whitlock record is entirely different than Captain Crum’s Westervelt’s recollections. James was starting with both sets of great-grand parents and compiling their descendants. The result is a record of three generations of family history. It is full of specific dates, locations, family relationships, descendants, and information that has the potential for verification. Margin notes dating correspondence with addresses of cousins who provided information adds greatly to the authenticity of his record.  The entire handwritten record is extensive and only part has been transcribed, but it covers the first three generations of history.

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 During a single day in 1896 George & Anderson Bloomer caught 144 Shad, a record that lasted two years.

Shad Fishing was a great food source for Native Americans as well as the early colonialist and the largest run on the Atlantic seaboard was up the Hudson River, past the New Jersey Palisades, to the once pristine streams in the Catskill Mountains. These migratory fish were just another bounty offered up by the Hudson and in the early spring of 1778 it was the Shad run that saved the starving troops at Valley Forge. Most of the families along the Hudson shoreline profited from the annual run. Benjamin Westervelt wrote as if individuals controlled local fishing grounds, and that his father had one of the best fishing areas on the Hudson. In Fisherman’s Village near Englewood Cliffs, preparation for the season began in early winter with the readying, and repair of nets as long as 500 feet. Bloomer, Crum and Becker families were no doubt working every winter on their nets and readying them for the coming year.  About April Hickory poles would stretched out into the river with nets hung between them signaled the approaching spring run.   These annual spring spanning runs were huge and a great deal of money could be made each spring from Shad fishing. The spring run and strong river currents probably created a chaotic tangle of large and small boats with nets full of migrating Shad.

 Floating drift nets were also used that moved up and down the river with the changing tides. To avoid tangling with regular river traffic, nets were weighted and hung from twelve-foot ropes attached to buoys.  Undoubtedly, the 144 shad caught in 1896 by Anderson and George Bloomer would have been a pitiful day’s fishing in the early 1800s.  Whither attached to Hickory poles or buoys, the linen gill nets were the primary method of fishing and it took several brawny men to work them while a third rowed the boat against the river currents.  The catch would then, as now, be taken to lower Manhattan’s Fulton Street Market. Gill netting and river pollution contributed greatly to the rapid decline of Shad and Sturgeon on the Hudson during the late 19^th Century.  However, even today the area near the George Washington Bridge and Bloomer Beach is still a commercial Shad fishing area.

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James A. Whitlock (the writer of this) was born September 29^th 1831 in a house at N. 41 Thompson Street in New York City (as to parents see page 62) went to different Schools- last one was Mechanic’s S. School N 32 Apsley St

 

 which left June 10^th 1844 and went to various law offices down town- viz Griffin & Haven Cutting, Moore & Hatting…………………

Grandfather’s Family

Christian Becker was born in Germany and married there.  He came to the Untied States (then the Colonies) in 17?? His three sons were born here. He had a number of daughters also. His sons were:

1. Peter.  Peter married Sarah Allen at Rhinebeck in the State of New York

2. Helmess

3. John.  John married Hannah Van Wagoner daughter of John Frederic Van Wagoner.    

Grandmother’s Family

John Frederick Wagoner a German by birth fought in the Old French War, was in Quebec when General Wolf was killed in 1759.  He came to the colonies when 12 years old, he arrived at Powell’s Hook (now Jersey City, NJ) he was detained their for the purpose of registering his name and other things for 2 or 3 days and then went to Johnstown 45 mile below Albany. 

He married Mary Harp at Johnstown.  Mary Harp war born in East Jersey had the following children:

1. Catherine born in Johnstown married Henry Norman

2. Mary born in Johnstown married Nathaniel Day

3. Ann Margaret or Hannah was born in Johnstown 12 February married John Becker.

4. Fanny born in East Jersey married Elisha Bloomer abt 1792

5. Margaret born (1773-1808) in East Jersey married Anderson Bloomer

6. Frederick born in East Jersey married Hannah Pasall

7. George born in E.J. married Nancy Nodine

8. John born in E.J. married Catherine Nodine. 

9. Susan born in E.J married William Bloomer

10. Peter born in E.J. married Betsey Thompson

John Becker Sr. was born September 7^th 1773 he married Hannah Wagener in 1793.

Hannah Wagener was born in Johnstown 12th February 1774 she was christened Anna Margaret Wagener but was always called Hannah.  She was baptized in Old Dutch church in Albany.  Lived 13 miles up the Hudson River on the Jersey side, where her daughter Maria wife of Wm Wiley resided; it is called Becker’s Landing.  In the revolutionary war her parents were troubled a great deal by the English.

They had the following children:

1. Sally

2. Maria ( b. 1795

3. Elizabeth or Betsey

4. John

5. Margaret

6. Peter

7. Susan Ann

8. Edwin

9. Sophia

10. William  

 

John Becker Sr. died November 29^th 1830. His gravestone is at Becker’s Landing.  As to his parents and grandparents see page 42.  Hannah (Van Wagoner) Becker his widow is still alive (184?) as to her parents see page 43. 

[Notes & Comments: John Becker is listed on early Hackensack Twp records being taxed for 12 acres of land. Maria (Becker) first married Henry Crum and then William Wiley.  William and Maria are listed in 1850 living in Hackensack. Captain John Crum mentioned that William lost his sight while working in the stone quarry.  William is listed as blind in the 1850 census.  Margaret Becker first married John Woolsey and their daughter Belinda was the second wife of George W. Bloomer.  When John Woolsey died 7 Sept 1823 Margaret Becker married (2) James Cannon Whitlock 28 June 1825 parents of James Anderson Whitlock and other children.]

 

John Becker Jr. was born July 31, 1798. He never married and died 8^th February 1827.  He resided in New York.  His grave is at Becker’s Landing. 

Maria (Becker) Crum was born 1795 February 12^{th. .}  She married Henry Crum March 5^th 1814 M. Becker parents of Henry Crum born June 17^th 1786.

Had the following children

1. Henry b. 1815

2. Mary Ann b. 1819

3. Peter James b. 1823

4. John William b. 1828

5. Theophilus Hanford

6. Andrew Jackson 

Henry Crum Sr. died 20^th of August 183?.  See Grave at Becker’s Landing.

Maria his widow married William Wiley 9^th June 1839 No Children

They reside at Becker’s Landing 13 miles from New York on the Hudson River opposite Spuyten Duyval Creek. 

[Notes & Comment: Maria (Becker) Crum married William Wiley of Hackensack June 9^th, 1830 by A Carlock.  Death 14 May 1881 age 87 years.]  Theophilus Hanford Crum an1860 resident of Hackensack age 30.  Maria Crum age 65 in 1860 resident of Hackensack.   

Peter Becker was born October 28, 1802 and married Fanny Healkier (sister of Phebe wife of Edwin Becker) July 28, 1825.  Peter Becker is a carpenter and resided in NY City.  Peter Becker died April 6^th, 1852 his residence is in NYC.  He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery.  He had three children: Anna Margaret, Sophia and Peter.   

James Cannon Whitlock born April 12, 1800 married Margaret Woolsey (widow of John Woolsey mentioned on page 53) As to Margaret Woolsey (formerly Becker) parents see p.47. Married in

They had the following Whitlock children viz:  All born in the City of New York

1. Theodore Edwin b. 30 June 1826

2. William Henry b. 25 Sep 1828

3. James Anderson b. 29 Sep 1831

4. Ann Margaret

5. Catherine Jane

6. William Becker

 Neither Captain Crum nor James Whitlock wrote much concerning the Pearsall family. It was noted that Jarvis Pearsall was listed next to Elisha Bloomer in early 1800s Bergen tax records.  In 1928 an extensive genealogy and history of the Pearsall family was published and it identified the Pearsall of Bergen. Jarvis and his family are among the many families listed in this book.  Jarvis was from Hempstead Long Island, New York and born 20 January 1782. His ten children were listed and the marriage of his eldest daughter, Catherine to David Bloomer was listed. Captain Crum recorded that Rueben Brooks was called Old Peacock and was the brother-in-law of George Bloomer. He had one son and seven girls. He was well educated and quite a horse doctor. One time a yolk of oxen were sick and had sprained their legs.  He got some alcohol and used it on the oxen’s legs. Tom Snyder adulterated the alcohol and drank it. Reuben went away and come home after the children were grown up. He came back and moved in the Rodebecker’s house. According to Ben Westervelt Al Luther’s father built the house. Ben Westervelt stated that there was a family connection with the Bloomers and Luthers. At one time they lived in Bobby Cure’s house under the Palisades. [Abigail Brooks married William Becker connecting them to the same 2-great grandparents. Lewis Pearsall, brother of Catherine and brother-in-law of David Bloomer, had son Oliver.  About 1873 Oliver married Kate Van Wagoner, daughter of Jacob and Louisa (Bloomer) Van Wagner. Louisa was the daughter of Catherine and David Bloomer.]  This maze of relationships began in the early 1800s and there must be many others like family connection.  

The remaining pages contain an organized grouping of Van Wagoner and Becker descendants. Many of these were residents of Hackensack, New Jersey in 1850. Bloomers, Wiley, Van Wagoners, and Van Warts are all listed on the same census page in 1850. 

John W. Crum’s pages contain information on the Bloomers, Crums, Beckers, and many others who he had contact with during his life. He also mentions family relationships.    

While both records are extremely interesting there are obvious gaps in the birth dates of children from the family of Elisha and Fanny Bloomer.  William and Susan have no family recorded at all.  This leaves the lingering question of the parents of Theophilus H. Bloomer.  Julia (Smith) Bloomer (1815-1837), the wife of Theophilus H. was buried at the small Undercliff Cemetery. The inscription on her head stone and the 1847 inscription on the headstone of Belinda (Woolsey) Bloomer are almost identical. The cemetery contains just a few graves, and seems to have been used exclusively by the families that lived at the Undercliffs. The Undercliff community consisted of just a few dozen homes. Capt. Crum identified these families house-by-house. This grave has been the lingering singular connection between Theophilus and the Bloomer family. A great deal of speculation can be made from it, but out side Julia’s grave, not a single primary source has been discovered to connect Theophilus with the Bloomers of Bergen.  Captain Crum’s sister married George Bloomer after the death of Belinda. This would have given him added interest in the Bloomers. Crum’s list of residents can be compared with Bergen County tax records.

When Theophilus died in Cleveland, Ohio in 1840 his Cleveland creditors (Nathan C. Hills, grocer, Thomas H. Nicohols, tailor and John G. Stockley) were all businessmen.  John Stokley was a coal dealer and Theophilus owed him $322.13. At 1840 price of coal, the $300.00 would represent approximately 30 tons of coal.  The four Michigan banks that Theophilus had accounts with were all in coal producing areas of Michigan. There was also a small amount of money ($6.00) owed the Lake Erie Rail & River Ransom Road Company. The advent of steam ships on the Hudson River created a new coal market. In William Verplanck’s The Sloops of the Hudson page 33 mentions that as late as 1834 or 1835 wood was still the main source of fuel for steaming purposes, there being no anthracite coal.  It has not been discovered who Theophilus’ parents were or just why he was in Cleveland, but he seems to have been involved in the coal business. His 1840 death in Cleveland did not go unnoticed in NYC and was mentioned in a NYC newspaper.  He must have been a man of some business prominence with associates in New York City.

During the 1930s when Theophilus John Bloomer’s son Millard was searching for the family pedigree he did not even know the name of his grandfather, Theophilus H. Bloomer. Millard apparently did not even know of any New York Bloomer cousins. He corresponded exclusively with his Smith cousin in New York, California and New Jersey in an attempt to discover his Bloomer heritage. These Smith cousins had been prosperous New York City umbrella manufactures, and provided many details concerning the Smith family and their business. These cousins were familiar with the extended connection between Isaac Smith and Jane (Beadle) Smith, his brother John Smith and Sarah (Pack) Smith. Millard discovered absolutely nothing about his Bloomer family connection.   

Isaac and Jane (Beadle) Smith

George and Anderson were both involved as wholesalers of coal and lumber.  Prior to 1830 coal was shipped from Lackawanna Valley, Pennsylvania via the 108-mile long Delaware and Hudson Canal to NYC. Apparently, it seems Theophilus Bloomer had enough business acuity to realize that the Erie Canal and steamboats across Lake Erie to the Michigan coalfields would be more profitable. By the 1870s the Erie Railroad was renamed to The New York, Lake Erie, and Western Coal and Railroad Company. 

If Theophilus had been intent on developing a new coal source for his Bloomer cousins at the Undercliff and then the to New York City market from Cleveland it did not materialize. The newspaper “Brooklyn Eagle” in 1841 advertised Lackawanna coal from Pennsylvania via the Delaware and Hudson Canal, and even coal shipped from Liverpool, England was advertised, but nothing about the Michigan coalfields. However, the Market Sloops of the Hudson would have been a vital transportation link in any business arrangement of moving coal from Lake Erie.     

Compiled by Robert Bloomer

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Fishing Village near the Undercliffs.         Circa 1885 Courtesy the Van Wagoner Family

John Frederick Van Wagner

First Generation

         1.  John Frederick Van Wagner was born in 1740 in Germany. He was christened in. He died in Bergen, New Jersey.

Information came from diary of James Anderson Whitlock, Captain John Crum and -William O Allison,

all three were descendants of John Frederick Van Wagoner.

Captain John Crum: Parents Henry Crum & Maria Becker, grandparents John Becker and Hannah Van

Wagner

During the summer of 2006 Alex Bennett of Villas, New Jersey (609-886-1493) a local historian of the

Undercliff, Edgewater Bergen County, New Jersey area, mailed many pages of local history. The pages

were a verity of personal memorabilia and genealogical reminisces compiled by three individuals who

had lived in the Palisades area during the 1840 and into the early 1900s. All three were descended from

the family of John Frederick Van Wagner and Christian Becker. The pages were compiled by James A.

Whitlock in 1849, Captain John Crum’s in 1896, again in 1916, and memories of W.O. Allison

What is most interesting is the fact that it appears that these records were compiled independently, at

different times, but all mentioned many of the same families. As a result the records are a valuable

cross reference to each other and help to verify their combined material.  The James Whitlock, a NYC law clerk in the 1840s, compiled a hand written diary containing a genealogy of various families who had lived in the area of Bloomerville and related to him. There were

also personal recollections of Mr. Whitlock’s early years in NYC as a law clerk and later a lawyer.

Records of the Bloomer, Whitlock, Van Wagner, Becker, and Crum families were detailed with relative

certainty and sources mentioned.  Captain Crum’s document was more of a narrative.  Written in a style

of unrelated  independent paragraphs that were often short statements of local history and the people

who he had contact with during his early years.   It also contained a more contemporary genealogy of

the Becker, Van Wagner, Crum and Bloomer families. These documents answered many more

questions than they posed, and offer a wonderful insight into the early families of the Hackensack area.  

  Many Bloomer descendants intermarried with the oldest families of the Undercliff area. Anderson

Bloomer married Margaret Van Wagner before 1800 as did his brother Elisah and the Bennett records

recorded a third marriage between a William Bloomer and another Van Wagner sister. This was the first of

three know marriages into the Van Wagner family and the Bloomers.  About 1858 Sarah Francis

Bloomer married John W. Van Wagner and in 1848 Jacob Von Wagoner married Louisa Bloomer. All of

these families are mentioned numerous times in general histories of the area.  However, the many

intermarriages were not know until Bennett’s information was reviewed.

John married Mary Harp in 1770 in New Jersey. Mary was born in 1745 in New Jersey. She died in Bergen, New Jersey.

John and Mary had the following children:

+   2   F   i.  Catherine Van Wagner was born in 1771.

+   3   F   ii.  Margaret Van Wagner was born in 1773. She died on 31 Mar 1808.

                                 4   F   iii.  Mary Van Wagner was born on 5 Jan 1772 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Mary married Nathaniel Day in 1792. Nathaniel was born in Bergen, New Jersey.

+   5   F   iv.  Anna Margaret Hannah Van Wagner was born on 12 Feb 1774. She died on 28 Dec 1862.

+   6   F   v.  Fanny Van Wagner was born in 1776. She died after 1860.

                                 7   M   vi.  Frederick G. Van Wagner was born in 1778 in New Jersey.

There is a Frederick Van Wagner listed in 1815 &1816 Bergen Tax records.

Frederick married Hannah Pearsall in 1795 in Bergen, New Jersey. Hannah was born in 1780 in New Jersey.

                                 8   M   vii.  George Van Wagner was born in 1780 in New Jersey.

                                 9   M   viii.  John Van Wagner was born in 1782 in New Jersey.

                                 10   F   ix.  Susan Van Wagner was born in 1784 in New Jersey.

Diary recorded that Susan married William Bloomer.  At present have no idea who this

William Bloomer is.

Susan married William Bloomer.  William was born in 1780 in New York             .

There are four children that do not fit into Anderson's or George's family.  Theohpilus,

George and Elizabeth.  This may have been the William listed with William H. Bloomer

in NYC age 84 in 1860.  This would give Harriet Bloomer a link to Isaac Bloomer of

Bergen County.  Harriet was daughter of William and Jessie Bloomer.  William was

son of Thomas and Eliza (Gaffit) Bloomer.  Isaac and Harriet first daughter was

named Jessie.

William and Susan (Van Wagner) Bloomer.  William and Susan pose an interesting

twist on the Bloomers of Bergen County, New Jersey.  James Whitlock identified this

marriage in his records, but mentioned nothing else.  John Crum did not mention them

at all.  There are three Bloomer children that seem to be without identified parents in

Bergen records:  Theophilus, Elizabeth (Bloomer) Norman and Fanny (Bloomer)

Brooks. (William would be in the same generation as Elisha and Anderson Bloomer.)

+   11   M   x.  Peter Van Wagner was born on 22 Nov 1796. He died on 11 Aug 1844.

                                                                                    Second Generation

         2.  Catherine Van Wagner (John Frederick) was born in 1771 in New Jersey.

Bennett records recorded that Catherine married Henry Norman and their son Frederick married

Elizabeth Bloomer.  Elizabeth was daughter of Elisha and Fanny Van Wagoner.  These old

records are a little vague on the relationship of Kate Bloomer, wife of David, and other marriages.  After

Dave, Kate married Jacob Van Wart.  Captain Crum also named the same children.

Catherine married Henry H. Norman in 1800. Henry was born in 1777 in New Jersey. He died before 1840 in Bergen New Jersey.

Crum has a note that Henry Norman was the great grandfather of Sarah (Westervelt) Bloomer's g-

grandfather.  According to Crum a grandchild of Henry was the wife of Daniel Westervelt, who was the

father of Sarah (Westervelt) Bloomer. This is probably the son of the Henry Norman who the British Navy Impressed. Captain Crum recorded that Henry Norman deserted in New York and then opened the tavern “Black Horse” near New York City. 

One of the Henry's sons married twice. First to a Van Saun and then his unnamed second wife who

was the mother of Henry, Hester, Cornelius and Catherine Margaret (Norman) Westervelt.

Henry and Catherine had the following children:

+   12   M   i.  Frederick Norman was born in 1801. He died after 1850.

                                 13   M   ii.  William H. Norman was born in 1802 in Bergen, New Jersey.

                                 14   F   iii.  Amelia Ann Norman was born in 1804 in Bergen, New Jersey.

                                 15   M   iv.  John Norman was born in 1808 in Bergen, New Jersey.

         3.  Margaret Van Wagner (John Frederick) was born in 1773 in New Jersey. She died on 31 Mar 1808 in Bergen, New Jersey. She was buried in Edgewater, Bergen, New Jersey.

Margaret married Anderson Bloomer son of Robert Bloomer and Elizabeth Purdy in 1793. Anderson was born on 8 Jan 1771 in Westchester, New York. He died on 10 Feb 1809 in Marlborough, Ulster., New York.

Left will in Ulster County, NY. children moved to NYC. Anderson and Elisha listed in 1796 Bergen

County, NJ tax records.

Anderson and Margaret had the following children:

+   16   M   i.  Elisha Bloomer was born in 1795. He died on 3 Nov 1879.

+   17   M   ii.  John Wagoner Bloomer was born on 21 Jan 1797. He died on 25 Aug 1871.

                                 18   F   iii.  Hannah Bloomer was born in 1801 in Marlborough, Ulster., New York  She died after 1809.

Hannah married Benjamin F. Deane in 1825 in New York 

+   19   M   iv.  Fredrick Bloomer was born in 1803. He died on 22 May 1862.

+   20   M   v.  Isaac Bloomer was born on 1 Nov 1806. He died on 23 Aug 1847.

                                 21   F   vi.  Jane Ann Bloomer was born in 1808 in Bergen County, New Jersey. She died after 1877 in New York.

Listed in 1860 NYC 9th Ward with husband p. 95. Named in Elisha’s, will.

Listed in 1870 NYC 9th Ward on Hudson St. age James 53, Jane A. age 60.

Also listed in NYC Tax Record

Jane married James R. Isleton in 1838 in New York. James was born in 1814 in New York. He died after 1870 in Manhattan, New York, New York.

         5.  Anna Margaret Hannah Van Wagner  (John Frederick) was born on 12 Feb 1774 in New Jersey. She died on 28 Dec 1862 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Known as Hannah. Information from Whitlock genealogy.

Anna married John Becker son of Peter Becker and Sarah Allen in 1793 in Bergen, New Jersey. John was born on 7 Sep 1773 in New Jersey. He died on 29 Nov 1830 in Bergen New Jersey. He was buried in Becker's Landing, Bergen, New Jersey.

Capt John Crum stated the Capt John Becker lived under the Palisades. He had married one of the Van

Wagner's. His wife and Mrs. Bloomer's grandmother are sister.  (Mrs. Bloomer is Sarah (Westervelt)

Bloomer wife of George Bloomer.  Phebe Becker married Cornelius Westervelt.  Head stone recorded

death date and age 57 years 2 mon 23 days. John is listed in the Bergen, NJ 1830 census.  He left a

will witnessed by William Whitlock, Asmer Pratt and Elander Allison.  LDS Film

John and Anna had the following children:

                                 22   F   i.  Sally Becker was born on 12 Sep 1793 in New York City, New York. She died after 1860 in Pigeon, Vanderburgh, Indiana.

First two husbands died and Joseph and Sarah are listed ages 61 and 57 in Indiana in

1850.  Info from Whitlock. Are listed in 1850 census

Sally married (1) Jarvis Smith on 26 Jun 1813 in New York. Jarvis was born on 15 Feb 1789 in New York, USA. He died after 1830 in New York, USA .

Sally married (2) John Patchen. John was born in 1795 in New York         . He died before 1840 in New York.

Sally married (3) Joseph Hyde. Joseph was born in 1789 in Connecticut. He died after 1850 in Pigeon, Vanderburgh, Indiana.

+   23   F   ii.  Maria Becker was born on 12 Feb 1795. She died on 14 May 1881.

+   24   F   iii.  Elizabeth Becker was born on 1 Aug 1796. She died after 1850.

                                 25   M   iv.  John Becker Jr. was born on 31 Jul 1798 in New York. He died on 8 Feb 1827 in New York City, New York. He was buried in Becker's Landing, Bergen, New Jersey.

Whitlock stated John Jr. never married died in NYC and interred at Becker's landing.

+   26   F   v.  Margaret Becker was born on 15 Jun 1800. She died on 24 Jun 1858.

+   27   M   vi.  Peter Becker was born on 28 Oct 1802. He died on 6 Apr 1852.

+   28   F   vii.  Susan Ann Becker was born on 19 Sep 1804. She died on 31 Jul 1892.

+   29   M   viii.  Edwin Becker was born on 1 May 1807. He died in Jun 1841.

+   30   F   ix.  Sophia Becker was born on 17 May 1810. She died after 1860.

+   31   M   x.  William M Becker was born on 7 Apr 1811. He died after 1880.

         6.  Fanny Van Wagner (John Frederick) was born in 1776 in Bergen, New Jersey. She died after 1860 in Bergen, New Jersey.

James Whitlock diary states that Fanny married Bobby Cure after the death of Elisha. The 1850 census

listed Fanny Cure in the same family as George W. Bloomer. Her birth year was 1776.  In 1860 Fanny

is listed with Joseph Allen Bloomer. Listed with George and Mary in 1850 is a Fanny Cure age 74 born

in New Jersey

Captain John Crum stated that Fanny was sister of his grandmother.  In 1860 Fanny's birth is listed as

Bergen, New Jersey

Fanny married (1) Elisha Bloomer son of Robert Bloomer and Elizabeth Purdy on 2 Feb 1792 in Westchester, New York . Elisha was born on 24 Dec 1768 in Westchester, New York. He died in 1820 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Is recorded that Elisha had two sons who lived under the Pallisades for many years.

Does not seem to be listed in NY census records.

 George and Anderson with the Demarests owned and sailed sloops from Bloomer's Beach, NJ  to NYC

for over 50 years.  (Elisha and his brother Anderson are recorded in Bergen 1789 Tax records) Pre 1850

Bloomer history "Elisha son of Robert 4 had two sons who lived many years under the Palisades on the

Hudson River and Sailed sloops to NY. "

Quote from a plaque posted at Bergen, NJ.

 Demarest-Bloomer House, "Built about 1840 in the Greek Revival style by John C. Demarest.  He was

a farmer with an interest in river trade when schooners plied the Hackensack River.  The house was

purchased in 1864 by George Bloomer a dealer in coal and lumber, and his family owned it until 1928. 

This locality was known at different times as Demarest's Landing, Bloomer's Landing and Old Bridge."

LDS IGI has Elisha married to a Fanny Wagner at Trinity Church.  Randolph recoded recorded Fanny

Travis?

In 1898 Captain Crum recorded that Anderson's brothers were David and George. The record listed

other children as: Elizabeth, who married Fred Norman, Fanny who married Reuben Brooks, another

married a Gildersleeve and one married a Wilson and one a Luther.  Marie Bloomer’s marriage to

Thomas Gildersleeve is recorded in 1824 in NYC Records.

In 1896 Captain John Crum listed several pages of facts concerning citizens of the Palisades area of

Bergen County. Capt. Crum's grandmother was Hannah (Van Wagner) Becker.  Sister of Fanny (Van

Wagner) Bloomer.

AT PRESENT I DO NOT CONSIDER THIS FAMILY COMPLETE.

Elisha and Fanny had the following children:

                                 32   F   i.  Miss Bloomer was born in 1794 in Bergen, New Jersey.

According to Crum married a Mr. Wilson.

                                 33   F   ii.  Miss Bloomer was born in 1796 in Bergen, New Jersey.

According to Crum married a Mr. Luther.  There is an Allen D. Luther living in the

same area as Reuben Brooks family in 1840.  Benjamin Westervelt mentioned that

the Luthers were cousins to the Bloomers.  A home build by Al Luther's father was

mentioned.

+   34   M   iii.  David Bloomer was born in 1798. He died about 1838.

+   35   F   iv.  Elizabeth Bloomer was born in 1800.

+   36   F   v.  Maria Bloomer was born in 1805. She died in 1840.

+   37   M   vi.  Anderson Bloomer was born in 1806. He died on 22 May 1888.

+   38   M   vii.  George Washington Bloomer was born on 4 Feb 1808. He died on 17 Oct 1883.

Fanny married (2) Robert Cure in 1825 in Bergen, New Jersey. Robert was born in 1780 in New Jersey. He died after 1860 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Robert is not listed in the 1850 census and Fanny is living with her son George.  However, Robert is

mentioned several times by both Whitlock and Crum. Robert Cure is listed in 1860 Bergen census just

before Rueben Brooks

         11.  Peter Van Wagner  (John Frederick) was born on 22 Nov 1796 in Bergen, New Jersey . He died on 11 Aug 1844 in Under Cliffs, Bergen, New Jersey.

Peter married Elizabeth Thompson in 1818 in Bergen, New Jersey  Elizabeth was born in 1798 in New Jersey, USA . She died in New Jersey, USA.

They had the following children:

+   39   M   i.  Peter James Van Wagner was born on 27 Feb 1819. He died in 1912.

                                 40   M   ii.  Charles Edward Van Wagner was born on 7 Jun 1821 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died on 4 Dec 1902.

                                 41   F   iii.  Ann Margaret Van Wagner was born on 2 Sep 1824 in Bergen, New

Jersey.

+   42   M   iv.  John W. Van Wagner was born on 13 Aug 1833. He died on 7 Mar 1910.

                                 43   F   v.  Mary Elizabeth Van Wagner was born on 18 Jul 1835 in Bergen, New Jersey.

                                 44   F   vi.  Rebecca Jan Van Wagner was born on 2 Apr 1829 in Bergen, New Jersey . She died on 2 Feb 1913 in Bergen, New Jersey.

+   45   M   vii.  Jacob Thomas Van Wagner was born in Sep 1831. He died after 1880.

Third Generation

         12.  Frederick Norman (Catherine Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born in 1801 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died after 1850 in New Jersey.

The only Frederick Norman in 1850 in NJ is listed with an Ann

Frederick married Elizabeth Bloomer daughter of Elisha Bloomer and Fanny Van Wagner on 24 Dec 1823 in Bergen New Jersey. Elizabeth was born in 1800 in Bergen, New Jersey.

If Whitlock’s records are correct there is a problem with the dates of marriage (24 Dec 1823) and the

dates of her parents. Marriage date is recorded in Bergen County.  Her birth date would be around 1808

with that marriage date???

Frederick and Elizabeth had the following children:

                                 46   F   i.  Jane Norman was born on 27 Nov 1835 in Bergen, New Jersey . She died on 31 Jul 1915 in Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey . She was buried in Ridgefield, Bergen, New Jersey.

Listed with Henry Westervelt in 1850. In 1900 listed with Margaret Westervelt as a

Servant.  Margaret signed Jane's death certificate.

         16.  Elisha Bloomer  (Margaret Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born in 1795 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died on 3 Nov 1879 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York . He was buried in Greenwood, Brooklyn, New York.

Family is listed in 1850 Westchester, NY.  Margaret is listed as Margaret Gray.  Death certificate for

Margaret named parents.  Property records Ulster Co., NY. Owned property at 40 Grove St NCY. Left

will dated 14 Nov 1879 plus several codicils.  (LDS Film 0596948 p. 563).  Will named family members,

Cook grand children and grandson George Bloomer.  Niece Frances Bloomer, niece Jennie Dean and

sister Jane Ann Isleton.   In 1870 census Elisha's estate is listed at $ 300,000.  Children listed in 1870

Margaret and Catherine. 

Article on Ancestors "America's Successful Men" Henry Aaron Burr was employed with Elisha Bloomer

for five years from 1831 as a bookkeeper.  In 1845 developed a hat-making machine which gave him a

virtual monopoly of the hat making business in NYC.

Elisha married Francis S. Moon  on 9 Feb 1824 in Ulster, New York. Francis was born in 1795 in New York. She died on 4 Jan 1883 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York. She was buried in Greenwood, Brooklyn, New York.

Death notice in Newspaper Extracts 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) A sister was mentioned "Mrs. C.W.

Hegeman of Brooklyn."  a C.W. Hegeman is listed in 1880 with a Miss Moon age 57.  Another Hegeman

family is also listed.

Elisha and Francis had the following children:

                                 47   F   i.  Margaret Bloomer was born on 16 Nov 1828 in New York City, New York. She died on 27 Feb 1890 in New York City, New York. She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

NYC Death Certificate. Identified in father's will.  Henry S. Stearns M.D. signed death

Certificate

                                 48   F   ii.  Catherine Moon Bloomer was born in 1825 in Manhattan, New York,  New York. She died on 1 Mar 1899 in Oakland, Alameda, California  She was buried in Green Wood, Brooklyn, New York .

Named in father's will as Kate Spear wife of William S. Spear. Listed in NYC marriage

index 1600-1800s as Kate M. Bloomer. In 1870 Catherine Spear age 45 is listed with

father and mother in NYC.

Catherine married William S. Spear on 29 Mar 1855 in New York City, New York  . William was born in 1823.

Named in father's will.

+   49   F   iii.  Mary Jane Bloomer was born in 1827. She died on 29 Oct 1877.

+   50   M   iv.  John A. Bloomer was born in 1830. He died after 1870.

+   51   F   v.  Alice A. Bloomer was born in Nov 1832.

+   52   F   vi.  Francis Bloomer  was born on 4 Nov 1834. She died on 17 Aug 1889.

         17.  John Wagoner Bloomer  (Margaret Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 21 Jan 1797 in Bergen, New Jersey . He died on 25 Aug 1871 in Baltimore, Maryland .

From 1830 John lived at 115 Orchard St. in NYC. Listed in Ulster Grantee records with wife Mary S.

Bloomer in 1831 Film 888232.Listed in Maryland 1850 census with all children.  Frederick only child

born in NY.

John married (1) Mrs. Mary S. Bloomer in 1825 in Ulster. New York. Mrs. was born in 1799 in New York . She died after 1860 in Maryland.

Listed living in Maryland in 1860 census.

John and Mrs. had the following children:

+   53   M   i.  Frederick Bloomer was born in 1830. He died after 1870.

                                 54   F   ii.  Mary A. Bloomer was born in 1834 in New York, New York. She died¹  on 28 Aug 1900 in Hamilton, New York .

Mary married James H. Young in 1854. James was born in 1830.

                                 55   M   iii.  Anderson Bloomer was born in 1836 in Maryland. He died after 1850.

                                 56   M   iv.  John W. Bloomer was born on 3 Sep 1838 in Frederick, Maryland .

John married Cordelia Howard daughter of Cornelius Howard and Minerva Phillips in 1860. Cordelia was born in 1837 in Maryland.

John married (2) Catherine Eaton  on 25 Feb 1839 in New York .

They had the following children:

                                 57   M   v.  William Bloomer was born in 1840 in Maryland.

William married Annie M. White in 1860 in Baltimore, Maryland.

         19.  Fredrick Bloomer  (Margaret Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born in 1803 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died on 22 May 1862 in New York City, New York. He was buried in Greenwood, Brooklyn, New York.

Fredrick is listed in the 1827 NYC Directory as a Hatter. In 1858 Elisha and Frederick were involved in a

NY Supreme Court  case.  Elisha awarded a Frederick Bloomer several thousand dollars.  (Film 0566229

p. 441)  It is assumed that Frederick was the son of Frederick.

In 1840 Baltimore, Maryland 5th Ward both John W. and Frederick are listed.  Fredrick is listed with

younger children.  He is 35/40 years old.    Unable to locate any family members in 1870 census.

Fredrick married Mrs. Ellen Bloomer in 1821 in New York City, New York  . Mrs. was born in 1830 in New York City, New York. She died on 27 Nov 1871 in 408 W. 16th St New York City, New York. She was buried on 28 Nov 1871 in Greenwood, Brooklyn, New York.

NYC Death certificate 102296.  Listed in 1860 NYC census.  Both parents born in NY.

Fredrick and Mrs. had the following children:

                                 58   F   i.  Margaret J. Bloomer was born in 1850 in New York City, New York. She died after 1860.

                                 59   M   ii.  James A. Bloomer was born in 1857 in New York City, New York. He died after 1860.

         20.  Isaac Bloomer  (Margaret Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 1 Nov 1806 in Orange, New York, USA. He died²  on 23 Aug 1847 in Manhattan, Kings, New York . He was buried in Cypress Hills, Kings, New York .

In 1833 Isaac appears on Orchard St. in NYC Directory.

Death at 40 years 9mon and 22 days. Film 1314278

Isaac married³  Harriet A. Rhodes  daughter of Gabriel Rhodes and Mrs. Catherine Rhodes on 17 May 1832 in Manhattan, Kings, New York . Harriet was born in 1808 in New York. She died on 1 Jan 1885 in New York City, New York . She was buried in Cypress Hills, Kings, New York .

Listed in 1850 NYC census and George and Mary listed in Brooklyn in 1900.  Family still listed in 1870. 

George was a Book Binder.

Isaac and Harriet had the following children:

                                 60   F   i.  Mary E. Bloomer was born on 4 Jul 1836 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. She died on 18 May 1901 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York. She was buried in Cypress Hills, Kings, New York.

Death Certificate # Kings 20954

                                 61   F   ii.  Margaret Bloomer was born in Jun 1839 in Manhattan, New York, New York. She died on 24 May 1840 in Manhattan, New York, New York.

NYC Death Reg. living at 113 Orchard St.

+   62   F   iii.  Harriet A. Bloomer  was born in 1841. She died on 24 Aug 1891.

                                 63   M   iv.  George W. Bloomer  was born on 20 Jul 1844 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. He died on 24 Oct 1904 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. He was buried in Cypress Hills, Kings, New York.

1904 Manhattan, NYC Death Cert. #20837.

[No. 381] George W. Bloomer.  George was born 20 July 1843 and died 25 Oct 1904

in Brooklyn, NY.  He apparently died without issue as an unmarried bookbinder. 

George’s mother was listed on his death certificate (Harriet Rhodes).  

Source: 1904 Brooklyn Death certificate # 20837.

         23.  Maria Becker  (Anna Margaret Hannah Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 12 Feb 1795 in Bergen, New Jersey. She died on 14 May 1881 in East Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey.

Maria listed with children in Hackensack in 1860 census.  Maria listed with Andrew and family in 1880

Englewood.

Maria married (1) Henry Crum Sr. on 5 Mar 1814 in Bergen, New Jersey. Henry was born on 17 Jun 1786 in New York. He died on 20 Aug 1838 in New York City, New York. He was buried in Becker's Landing, Bergen, New Jersey.

Death of Henry Crum recorded in Bergen County, NJ.  Henry and Mary Ann applied in Orphan’s Court

for custody to be given to mother.  All children named.

Henry and Maria had the following children:

                                 64   M   i.  Henry Crum Jr.  was born on 27 Jul 1815 in New York City, New York . He died on 19 Jul 1849 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Henry married⁴  Marie Henrietta Francis Garns  on 3 Nov 1846 in New York City, New York . Marie was born in 1816 in New York City, New York .

+   65   F   ii.  Mary Ann Crum was born on 26 Sep 1819. She died on 27 Feb 1880.

+   66   M   iii.  Peter James Crum was born on 17 May 1823. He died on 9 Mar 1891.

+   67   M   iv.  John William Crum was born on 2 Feb 1828. He died on 19 Apr 1915.

+   68   M   v.  Theophilus Hanford Crum Sr. was born on 12 Aug 1829. He died on 30 Jul 1915.

+   69   M   vi.  Andrew J. Crum was born on 28 Jun 1834. He died after 1880.

Maria married (2) William Wiley  on 9 Jun 1839 in New Jersey . William was born in 1803 in New Jersey . He died after 1850 in New Jersey.

Listed with wife in 1850 Hackensack, New Jersey. Lost sight while working at Rock Quarry in Bergen,

New Jersey

         24.  Elizabeth Becker  (Anna Margaret Hannah Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 1 Aug 1796. She died after 1850 in New York City, New York.

Amas Pratt age 49 and Elizabeth age 51 with children are listed in 1850 living in NYC 12 Ward. Children

match information on Whitlock material.

Elizabeth married (1) Henry Archer  on 6 Mar 1813 in New York. Henry was born on 26 Feb 1795 in New York . He died before 1830 in New York .

They had the following children:

                                 70   M   i.  John B. Archer  was born on 16 Dec 1813 in New York City, New York .

John married Caroline Canfield . Caroline was born in 1815.

                                 71   F   ii.  Hannah M. Archer  was born on 1 Mar 1818 in New York City, New York . She died on 13 Dec 1833.

Elizabeth married (2) Amasa Pratt . Amasa was born in 1801 in New York City, New York . He died after 1850 in New York City, New York .

Resident of NYC carpenter.  Wit to the last will and testament of John Becker Se. 7 Oct 1830.

Amasa and Elizabeth had the following children:

                                 72   M   iii.  Amasa Pratt was born in 1831 in New York City, New York . He died after 1850.

Whitlock noted that Amas was learning to be a printer with his brother John 1849.

                                 73   F   iv.  Sarah Pratt  was born in 1834 in New York City, New York . She died after 1850.

                                 74   F   v.  Ann Mateldia Pratt  was born in 1846 in New York City, New York .

         26.  Margaret Becker  (Anna Margaret Hannah Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 15 Jun 1800. She died on 24 Jun 1858 in New York City, New York . She was buried in Cypress Hills, New York New York .

New York Times" Friday 25 Jun 1858_Whitlock-In Harlem, on Thursday 24 Jun, Margaret wife of

James C. Whitlock _in the 58th year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family, are _invited to

attend the funeral from her late residence, corner of Ave A, and _120th St. on Saturday 26th of June at

2 o’clock.

Margaret married (1) John Woolsey  in 1818 in New York. John was born in 1800 in New York City, New York . He died on 18 Feb 1827 in New York City, New York .

They had the following children:

+   75   F   i.  Belinda Woolsey  was born in Dec 1818. She died on 19 Mar 1843.

Margaret married (2) James Cannon Whitlock  on 28 Jun 1825 in New York . James was born on 12 Apr 1800 in New Jersey . He died on 23 Jan 1883 in New York  City, New York            .

They had the following children:

+   76   M   ii.  Theodore Edwin Whitlock  was born on 30 Jun 1826. He died on 16 Apr 1858.

                                 77   M   iii.  William Henry Whitlock  was born on 25 Sep 1828 in New York City, New York . He died on 24 Jun 1837 in New York City, New York . He was buried in Becker’s Landing,  Bergen, New Jersey .

Head stone recorded death date and age 8 years 9 mons.

+   78   M   iv.  James Anderson Whitlock  was born on 29 Sep 1831. He died on 16 May 1910.

                                 79   F   v.  Anna Margaret Whitlock .

                                 80   F   vi.  Catharine Jane Whitlock .

                                 81   M   vii.  William Becker Whitlock .

         27.  Peter Becker  (Anna Margaret Hannah Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 28 Oct 1802 in New York. He died on 6 Apr 1852 in New York City, New York. He was buried in Greenwood, Kings, New York.

Info from James Whitclock

Peter married Fanny Healkier on 28 Jun 1825 in New York  City, New York           . Fanny was born in 1805 in New York. She died on 19 Mar 1885 in New York City, Kings, New York.

Sister of Edwin Becker's wife.

Peter and Fanny had the following children:

                                 82   F   i.  Ann Margaret Becker was born in 1826 in New York City, New York           .

                                 83   F   ii.  Sophie Becker was born in 1830 in New York City, New York.

                                 84   M   iii.  Peter Becker was born in 1840 in New York  City, New York.

         28.  Susan Ann Becker  (Anna Margaret Hannah Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 19 Sep 1804 in Bergen, New Jersey. She died on 31 Jul 1892 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York .

Listed in Harrington, Bergen, NJ in 1850 & 1860 with family.  In 1870 listed in Yonkers with daughter

Susan E.

Susan married (1) Joseph Anderson on 13 Jan 1824 in New Jersey.  Joseph was born in 1800 in New Jersey . He died in 1825 in New York City, New York.

Susan married (2) Peter Pearsall  on 24 May 1828 in New Jersey . Peter was born in 1806 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died in Jun 1849 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Whitlock stated that Peter and family lived at the North side of Spuyten Duyval Creek near the mouth.

This is in Bergen County, NJ.   In 1849 they removed to the Upper Closter with his family.  Dates and

info from James Whitlock.

Peter and Susan had the following children:

+   85   M   i.  Peter William Pearsall was born in 1832.

                                 86   M   ii.  Charles Edgar Pearsall was born on 12 Dec 1834 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died on 31 Jan 1898 in New Jersey. He was buried in Alpine, Bergen, New Jersey.

                                 87   F   iii.  Susan Elizabeth Pearsall was born on 21 Feb 1839 in New York City, New York .

Still single in 1870 listed with mother in Yonkers.

                                 88   F   iv.  Emily Virginia Pearsall was born in 1841 in New York City ,Kings,  New York            .

                                 89   M   v.  John Tyler Pearsall was born in 1844 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York . He died after 1880.

Listed with mother unmd in 1880 living in Yonkers, Westchester, NY

                                 90   M   vi.  George Washington Pearsall was born on 21 Oct 1847 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York. He died on 22 Aug 1915 in Yonkers, Westchester,

New York. He was buried in St Johns Cemetery, Yonkers, New York.

Dates from James Whitlock info.  Listed in 1880 & 1900 census for Yonkers, NY

George married Mrs. Emma Pearsall in 1874 in New York, USA. Mrs. was born on 8 Oct 1850 in New York, USA. She died after 1910.

         29.  Edwin Becker (Anna Margaret Hannah Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 1 May 1807. He died in Jun 1841 in Becker's Landing, Bergen, New Jersey.

Widow of Edwin never remarried and resides in NYC 1849.

Edwin married Phoebe Healkier on 4 Jun 1828 in New York. Phoebe was born in 1810. She died in 1852 in New York City, New York.

They had the following children:

                                 91   F   i.  Elizabeth Becker was born about 1830 in New York City, New York            .

+   92   M   ii.  John Edwin Becker was born in Dec 1831. He died on 28 May 1901.

                                 93   F   iii.  Frances Becker was born about 1834 in New York City, New York            .

         30.  Sophia Becker (Anna Margaret Hannah Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 17 May 1810 in Bergen, New Jersey. She died after 1860 in Indiana.

Family and dates are from James A Whitlock diary.  James noted that info came from correspondence

with "them" while they were living in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, on June 1853.  The Gilman

family is listed there in the 1850 census with an unnamed 2/12 daughter.

Sophia married (1) William Whitlock on 30 Oct 1830 in New York. William was born on 13 Nov 1806 in New York. He died on 18 Sep 1832 in Bergen, New Jersey.

William is brother to James Cannon Whitlock.  Was wit on 1830 Will of John Becker.

William and Sophia had the following children:

                                 94   F   i.  Sarah Matilda Whitlock was born on 18 Oct 1831 in New York.

Sarah listed with family in Indiana in 1850.

Sarah married Homer Hyde on 4 Sep 1852 in Pigeon, Vanderburgh, Indiana. Homer was born in 1830 in New York USA. He died after 1880 in Indiana, USA.

James Whitlock wrote that Homer was nephew of Joseph Hide

Sophia married (2) Charles Gillman on 14 Jul 1836 in New York. Charles was born on 25 Aug 1809 in New York. He died on 2 Aug 1850 in Pigeon, Vanderburgh, Indiana.

The family is living in Pigeon Twp, Vanderburgh, Indiana in 1850 as Whitlock indicated.

Charles and Sophia had the following children:

                                 95   F   ii.  Belinda Ann Gillman was born on 29 Jun 1837 in New York, New York City.

1850 Census recorded birth state as Indiana. Whitlock recorded it as NY, husbands

name and marriage date.

Belinda married Thomas R. Bolup on 30 Jan 1854 in Pigeon, Vanderburgh, Indiana Thomas was born in 1835.

                                 96   M   iii.  Robert Richard Gillman was born on 16 Jul 1839 in New York. He died on 29 Jul 1850 in Pigeon, Vanderburgh, Indiana.

                                 97   F   iv.  Mary Sophia Gillman was born on 9 Feb 1842. She died on 30 Jul 1850 in Pigeon, Vanderburgh, Indiana.

                                 98   M   v.  Charles Joseph Gillman was born on 4 Sep 1844. He died on 12 Sep 1848 in Pigeon, Vanderburgh, Indiana.

                                 99   F   vi.  Margaret Adelaide Gillman was born on 21 Aug 1847. She died on 29 Jul 1850 in Pigeon, Vanderburgh, Indiana.

                                 100   F   vii.  Caroline Gillman was born on 18 Mar 1850. She died on 2 Aug 1850 in Evansville, Indiana.

         31.  William M Becker  (Anna Margaret Hannah Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 7 Apr 1811 in New York. He died after 1880 in New York.

Whitlock noted that William was a NYC carpenter in Oct 1849.  William is not listed in the NYC 1850

census, however he is listed in the NYC Directory for 1850 living at the address Whitlock indicated 41

Thompson St.  In 1880 William and Phebe are listed in Rye, Westchester, NY census.  Both were born

in NJ as were there parents.  Listed in 21 Ward NYC in 1870

William married Phoebe Canfield on 25 Nov 1833. Phoebe was born in 1815 in New Jersey . She died after 1880.

James Whitlock noted that Phoebe was sister to Caroline wife of John Archer.

William and Phoebe had the following children:

+   101   F   i.  Margaret Berthana Becker was born in 1834. She died after 1880.

                                 102   F   ii.  Phebe Ann Becker was born in 1836 in New York City, New York .

                                 103   F   iii.  Emma Virginia Becker was born in 1838 in New York City, New York .

+   104   M   iv.  Theodore Whitlock Becker was born in 1842. He died after 1880.

                                 105   F   v.  Louisa Becker was born in 1844 in New York City, New York .

+   106   M   vi.  William Henry Becker was born in 1845.

                                 107   F   vii.  Pricilla Becker was born in 1851 in New York City, New York .

         34.  David Bloomer  (Fanny Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born in 1798 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey. He died about 1838 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey.

There are children listed in the 1850 census that are to old to belong to George or Anderson.  In 1830

census a David Bloomer is listed in Hackensack with small children. He is not listed in the 1840 census.   

John D. Bloomer , age 25 in 1850 with son David must have been a son.  Hiram & Solomon both 19 in

1850 and George Bloomer age 17 in 1850 are believed to be other children.  All these boys had river

occupation listed.

Bennett's information contained two lists of children for David's FAMILY.  Record stated his wife was

Catherine Pearsall with children: John, Louisa, Rachel, Hiram, Salomon.  Another list stated: Elizabeth

married Fred Norman, Fanny married Rueben Brooks, another married a Gildersleeve, one married a

Wilson and one a Luther. 

A Louisa Bloomer b. 1829 married Jacob Van Wagoner.

A Marie Bloomer married a Thomas Gildersleeve in NYC on 5 July 1825.  Thomas is listed in 1850

census and was born in 1805.  This is the same generation as David. David between 30 & 40 in 1830

census. 

David and Catherine (Pearsall) Bloomer’s children are listed several times in the Bennett material. 

However, there is no consensus of their descendants.  It seems highly possible that William and Susan

(Van Wagner) Bloomer suffered an early death and their children many have lived with David and

Catherine.  The birth year of Catherine was established from the 1850 census as 1805 and Hiram and

Solomon are listed with her in 1850.  They were born in the 1830s, which would be consistent with the

estimated ages of David and Catherine. Other children attributed to them are in the wrong generation to

be their prodigy. [Elizabeth married Fred Norman in 1823. That should give her a birth year of

approximately 1805.  The Fanny Bloomer who married Reuben Brooks was born in 1808. Again placing

her in the wrong generation.  Maria (Bloomer) Gildersleeve married Thomas in NYC in 1824.  Assuming

she was approximately 20 at the time of her marriage, she is not a child of David and Catherine.

As a result the children in this family grouping are most likely children of David and Catherine, but they

are not positive.

Capt Crum mentioned that Robert Cure was a cook on David Bloomer's boat.

1830 Census 1 male 5-10 1 male 30-40 /// One female under 5 1 female 5-10 and one 20-30

David married Catherine Pearsall daughter of Jarvis Pearsall and Rachel Kelly in 1815 in Bergen, New Jersey. Catherine was born in 1802 in Bergen, New Jersey. She died after 1860 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey.

Captain John Crum's document stated that Catherine married Dave Bloomer, then Jacob Van Wagoner

and then an unclear sentence about a Van Wart.  In 1850 Bergen County census Catherine Van Wart is

listed with a Jacob Van Wart.  A Joe Van Wagoner age 7 is listed and then Hiram and Solomon Bloomer.

In 1860 She is again listed with a Hiram Bloomer and what is believed to be a child of Hiram. This would

tend to establish the correct sequence of marriages and establish her birth year.  (Elizabeth Bloomer as

    their child is in question)  Early Bergen tax records listed a Jarvis Pearsall next to Elisha Bloomer. 

Possible father of Catherine. (Relationship confirmed in Pearsall Family History Film 1033605)

 Name: Jarvis PEARSALL Sex: M Birth: 20 JAN 1782  Father: Uriah PEARSALL

  Mother: Caroline ROEBUCK  Marriage 1 Rachel KELLY

 Children  Uriah PEARSALL

 Catherine PEARSALL b: 1802 

Peter PEARSALL  b: 1806

 John PEARSALL  b: 1809

 Lewis PEARSALL  b: 10 OCT 1813 

Nathaniel PEARSALL b: 1815 

Jarvis PEARSALL  b: 1817 

William PEARSALL  b: 1820 

Oliver Horton PEARSALL 

David PEARSALL b: 15 JUL 1822

David and Catherine had the following children:

+   108   F   i.  Fanny Bloomer was born in 1819. She died after 1870.

+   109   M   ii.  John Bloomer was born in 1825. He died on 14 Jun 1883.

                                 110   M   iii.  Solomon Bloomer was born in 1829 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey. He died after 1911 in Hudson, New Jersey 

Crum stated that Solomon died about 1911. There is a death notice in NYC Newspaper for 8 Nov 1874 for a Solomon Bloomer.  In 1900 Solomon is living in Jersey City with a niece in his household. The niece is the daughter of Gertrude (Bloomer) Entwistle.

In1870 Solomon is listed with a wife Linda age 24 and his sister Fanny Brooks.

Solomon married Mrs. Solomon Bloomer in 1868 in Hudson, New Jersey. Mrs. was born in 1847 in New Jersey. She died after 1900.

Listed with Solomon in 1880& 1900 in Hudson as Melinda Bloomer

                                 111   M   iv.  Hiram Bloomer was born Mar 1829 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey. He died after 1870.

In 1860 Hiram is listed in Hackensack as Hiram Van Wartz living with his mother and Step-father.  It appears that he had a nine year old daughter . She is the only listed

Bloomer in the household.  Melissa Bloomer age 9, birth NJ.

+   112   F   v.  Louisa Bloomer was born in Aug 1831. She died after 1900.

                                 113   M   vi.  George A. Bloomer was born in 1833 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died after 1850.

Believed to be brother of Fanny.  Listed with her in 1850 and a David Galdersleve. 

This George A. and Anderson's son George A. are listed separately 1850 census.

         35.  Elizabeth Bloomer  (Fanny Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born in 1800 in Bergen, New Jersey.

If Bennest's records are correct there is a problem with the dates of marriage (24 Dec 1823) and the

dates of her parents .Marriage date is recorded in Bergen County.  Her birth date would be around 1808

with that marriage date???

Elizabeth married Frederick Norman son of Henry H. Norman and Catherine Van Wagner on 24 Dec 1823 in Bergen New Jersey. Frederick was born in 1801 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died after 1850 in New Jersey.

The only Frederick Norman in 1850 in NJ is listed with an Ann

Frederick and Elizabeth had the following children:

                                 114   F   i.   Jane Norman is printed as #46 on page 8.

         36.  Maria Bloomer  (Fanny Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born in 1805 in Bergen, New Jersey. She died in 1840 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Listed in the 1898 material of Capt. John Crum is David Bloomer with an unnamed daughter married to a

Gildersleeve. Thomas Gildersleeve is listed in Bergen County in 1850 and Gildersleeve children are

listed with Bloomer families.  The age of Thomas puts him in the same generation as George, Anderson

and David Bloomer and not one of David's children?  If Maria married at 17 that would be a birth year of

1807.

David and Catherine (Pearsall) Bloomer’s children are listed several times in the Bennett material. 

However, there is no consensus of their descendants.  It seems highly possible that William and Susan

(Van Wagner) Bloomer suffered an early death and their children many have lived with David and

Catherine.  The birth year of Catherine was established from the 1850 census as 1805 and Hiram and

Solomon are listed with her in 1850.  They were born in the 1830s, which would be consistent with the

estimated ages of David and Catherine. Other children attributed to them are in the wrong generation to

be their prodigy. [Elizabeth married Fred Norman in 1823. That should give her a birth year of

approximately 1805.  The Fanny Bloomer who married Reuben Brooks was born in 1808. Again placing

her in the wrong generation.  Maria (Bloomer) Gildersleeve married Thomas in NYC in 1824.  Assuming

she was approximately 20 at the time of her marriage, she is not a child of David and Catherine.

As a result the children in this family grouping are most likely children of David and Catherine, but they

are not positive.

Maria married Thomas Gildersleeve on 5 Jul 1824 in New York City, New York. Thomas was born in 1804 in New York. He died after 1850.

Marriage listed in NYC Methodist Mariages 1785-1893.  In 1850 Mary Jane is living with John D.

Bloomer age 25 in Bergen, NJ.  John is listed after Anderson Bloomer in the 1850 census.  On the same

page listed with another family is a Thomas Gildersleeve age 46 born in NY.

Thomas and Maria had the following children:

                                 115   M   i.  David Gildersleeve was born in 1833 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died after 1850.

Listed with Fanny (Bloomer) Brooks in 1850.

                                 116   F   ii.  Mary Jane Gildersleeve was born in 1839 in New Jersey.

Listed with John D. and Sarah Bloomer in 1850 NJ census.

         37.  Anderson Bloomer  (Fanny Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born in 1806 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died on 22 May 1888 in Monmouth, New Jersey.

Listed in 1850 census with complete family.  Mary left a will in 1894 naming children and married names

of daughters.  (Film 802081 p. 333).  Next family listed in 1850 is John D. Bloomer age 25 and family. 

Also listed in 1870 Hackensack as a retired Dock Builder with family.

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                  Obits - NJ - Monmouth - Anderson Bloomer        

Top of Form 1

_Bottom of Form 1

Anderson Bloomer died at his late residence at Navesink on Tuesday morning, aged 82 years. He was

at one time one of the leading dockbuilders of New York. He built the dock at the Belleview hotel and

repaired several docks and bridges in this county. he leaves a wife and seven children, six sons and

one daughter.

Source: Red Bank Register Wednesday, May 23, 1888

Anderson married Mary Tompkins in 1828 in Bergen, New Jersey. Mary was born in 1807 in Bergen, New Jersey . She died in 1894 in Monmouth, New Jersey.

Bennett information states name was Mary Horton.  Marriage certif of Robert T. states Tompkins.

George A. Bloomer 1833-1910)

Sarah Francis Bloomer  (1834-    )

Anderson and Mary had the following children:

+   117   M   i.  George A. Bloomer was born in Oct 1833. He died after 1900.

+   118   F   ii.  Sarah Frances Bloomer was born in Nov 1835. She died in 1931.

+   119   F   iii.  Mary Eliza Bloomer was born in 1838. She died in 1875.

+   120   M   iv.  Robert T. Bloomer was born in 1840.

                                 121   M   v.  John H. Bloomer was born in 1842 in Bergen, New Jersey.

+   122   M   vi.  Abraham Bloomer was born in 1844. He died after 1930.

+   123   M   vii.  Isaac Bloomer was born in May 1847. He died after 1910.

                                 124   M   viii.  Jacob R. Bloomer was born in 1850 in Bergen, New Jersey.

         38.  George Washington Bloomer  (Fanny Van Wagner, John Frederick) was born on 4 Feb 1808 in Bergen, New Jersey . He died on 17 Oct 1883 in Bergen, New Jersey. He was buried in Dumont, Bergen, New Jersey.

Listed in 1850, 1860, 1870 Census.  In 1860 listed as George W. Bloomer.  Was married at least three

times.  Belinda Woolsey, Miss Bogadus, Mary Ann Crum.

In 1900 Bergen census Anderson, George, David and Emma are listed together, all single.

George married (1) Ann Boyd  in 1830 in Bergen, New Jersey. Ann was born in 1810 in Bergen, New Jersey.

1848 Diary of James Anderson Whitlock recorded that George Bloomer's first wife was widow Ann

Boyd.  Diary also recorded that first child was Anna born 1835.  Joseph Allen Bloomer was born 1824.

Joseph Allen's death certificate recorded his mother's maiden name as Bogartus. When Ann died diary

states that George married Belinda Woolsey.

George and Ann had the following children:

+   125   M   i.  Joseph Allen Bloomer was born on 9 Jan 1834. He died on 7 Apr 1897.

                                 126   F   ii.  Ann Eliza Bloomer.

George married (2) Belinda Woolsey daughter of John Woolsey and Margaret Becker on 21 Nov 1838 in Bergen, New Jersey. Belinda was born in Dec 1818 in New Jersey. She died on 19 Mar 1843 in Undercilff, Bergen, New Jersey.

1848 Diary of James Anderson Whitlock recorded that George Bloomer's first wife was widow Ann

Boyd.  Diary also recorded that first child was Annen born 1835.  Joseph Allen Bloomer was born 1824.

Joseph Allen's death certificate recorded his mother's maiden name as Bogartus. When Ann died diary

states that George married Belinda Woolsey.

Birth date recorded for Belinda as 31 Dec 1818 and married on 21 Nov 1838.

George and Belinda had the following children:

                                 127   F   iii.  Margaret Belinda Bloomer was born on 18 Oct 1840 in Bergen, New Jersey. She died in Jan 1853 in Bergen, New Jersey. She was buried in Undercliff Cemetery, Bergen, New Jersey.

George married (3) Mary Ann Crum daughter of Henry Crum Sr. and Maria Becker on 12 Oct 1849 in New York City, New York. Mary was born on 26 Sep 1819 in New York. She died on 27 Feb 1880 in Bergen, New Jersey. She was buried in Dumont, Bergen, New Jersey.

 Mary Ann Crum on head stone.  Left will naming husband only Film 909989 page 346.

George and Mary had the following children:

                                 128   M   iv.  Anderson Bloomer was born on 17 Dec 1849 in New York . He died on 16 Mar 1914 in Bergen, New Jersey. He was buried in Bergen, New Jersey.

1900 census gave birth date as 7 Dec 1849 with George, David and Emma all single in

1900

                                 129   M   v.  George Bloomer was born on 3 Sep 1855 in Bergen, New Jersey. He died on 15 Feb 1928 in Bergen, New Jersey. He was buried in Bergen, New Jersey.

Photo of headstone from Charles Bloomer.  Unmd in 1900 living with brothers

George married Unknown .

                                 130   M   vi.  David Henry Bloomer was born on 27 Dec 1859 in Bergen, New Jersey . He died on 14 Feb 1910 in Bergen, New Jersey. He was buried in Dumont, Bergen, New Jersey.

Photo of headstone.  "Captain David H. Bloomer"

Baptized 1 June 1860.

David married Unknown in 1880.

                                 131   F   vii.  Emma Bloomer was born on 17 Jan 1863 in Bergen, New Jersey . She died on 17 Oct 1916 in Bergen, New Jersey. She was buried in Dumont, Bergen, New Jersey.

Photo of head stone from Charles Bloomer

                                 132   F   viii.  Lulietta Bloomer was born on 23 Apr 1867 in Bergen, New Jersey. She died on 10 Jul 1869 in Bergen, New Jersey. She was buried in Undercilff, Bergen, New Jersey.

         39.  Peter James Van Wagner  (Peter, John Frederick) was born on 27 Feb 1819 in New Jersey. He died in 1912 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Capt John Crum stated family names and relations.  In the 1870 Hackensack, Bergen, NJ census a

Peter and Margaret are listed. This Peter is 51 years and Margaret is 50.  There is a George listed with

the family age 19.  George and Sarah Bloomer are on the same page.  A head stone for a Peter Van

Wagoner is at the Pallasades death 11 Aug 1844 age 47 years and 8 months 19 days.  (22 Nov 1796). 

Note: not sure this is the same Peter.

Peter married Margaret Ackerman on 11 Dec 1841 in Bergen New Jersey. Margaret was born in 1819 in Bergen New Jersey. She died in 1912 in Bergen, New Jersey .

They had the following children:

                                 133   M   i.  Charles Edward Van Wagner was born on 6 Jan 1842 in Bergen, New Jersey .

                                 134   M   ii.  Peter Richard Van Wagner was born on 6 Feb 1844 in Bergen New Jersey. He died in 1922 in New Jersey.

Peter married Christiana Westervelt daughter of Daniel Westervelt and Catherine Margaret Norman in 1864 in New Jersey. Christiana was born on 18 Aug 1843 in Bergen New Jersey. She died in New Jersey.

Captain stated no children.

                                 135   M   iii.  Edward Anson Van Wagner was born on 23 Apr 1846 in Bergen, New Jersey . He died on 30 Aug 1847.

+   136   M   iv.  George Augustus Van Wagner was born on 28 Aug 1853. He died on 3 Apr 1925.

                                 137   F   v.  Mary Jane Allison Van Wagner was born in 1854 in Bergen, New Jersey . She died in 1855 in Bergen, New Jersey.

         42.  John W. Van Wagner  (Peter, John Frederick) was born on 13 Aug 1833 in New York. He died on 7 Mar 1910.

Listed in Englewood Cliffs 1900 as John W. Van Wagner age 66 married 45 years 1 child and 1 living. 

Listed in 1880 and 1870.  1870 listing John Van Wagner just before brother Jacob.

John married Sarah Frances Bloomer daughter of Anderson Bloomer and Mary Tompkins in 1856 in Bergen, New Jersey. Sarah was born in Nov 1835 in Bergen, New Jersey . She died in 1931 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Named in mother's will as Sarah Francis Van Wagoner wife of John W. Van Wagoner.  I believe they

are listed in the 1880 Englewood census without children.  Ages 45 and 4

John and Sarah had the following children:

                                 138   M   i.  Charles Van Wagner was born in 1856 in Bergen, New Jersey .

         45.  Jacob Thomas Van Wagner  (Peter, John Frederick) was born⁵  in Sep 1831 in New Jersey. He died after 1880 in Bergen, New Jersey.

See notes "From Story of Englewood"

Jacob married Louisa Bloomer daughter of David Bloomer and Catherine Pearsall in 1849 in Bergen, New Jersey . Louisa was born in Aug 1831 in Bergen, New Jersey. She died after 1900 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Am reasonably sure that Louisa is a child of David.  Still living with husband and daughter Margaret in

1900 at Englewood Undercliffs.  1900 census indicated there were three children.  Capt Crum stated

that Louise was the sister of Hiram and Solomon.