Relatives 11:20 am
If you have a story about the family, a picture, or something you want to share about the history of the family, please let me know. I am happy to post it and hope to make this a living site for our kids to have access to.
You can leave it as a comment or e-mail me at gvanantwerp @ mac . com.
History and Locations and Relatives 11:58 am
My uncle sent me some basic information and a few pictures from this park in Detroit which is named after his father and my grandfather.
There is a four (short) block square complex in Detroit. It is bounded on the North side by Pembroke Avenue; East side by Wyoming Street; South side by St. Martins Avenue; and West side by Pinehurst Avenue.
A Detroit Public School called Bates Academy is located on the eastern half of the complex. It was built in 1981.
The playground was named after the late Mayor Eugene I. Van Antwerp (1889-1962) is located on the western half of the complex. The playground has big grassy lawns, tennis courts, children’s playscape, baseball diamond, and one football goal posts.
Uncategorized 12:16 pm
A great 52-minute video has just been made of the contribution of the 16th Engineers in WWI by a Dennis Skupinski. Eugene (Gene) was made a major.
For quick reference, the scenes with a mustached Eugene. I. Van Antwerp are into the documentary at the following times:
4:10 – observing innoculation
14:48 – on a horse, erroneously called Major Robertson
41:07 – front of line marching men
45:46 – showing then and now where the men marched
(My cousin Mike Denton also believes you might find him at the 9:03 mark in the back row, 11th from the left, in the Officers Corps picture.)
The oldest house still standing in the Mohawk Valley, the Mabee Farm Historic Site was originally settled by Daniel Janse Van Antwerpen, who established it as a fur trading post to meet Native American traders before they reached Schenectady.
He received a deed for the property in 1671 from the English governor. In 1705, Van Antwerpen sold the western portion of his land to Jan Pieterse Mabee, and it was handed down through the Mabee family for 287 years!
The Mabee original structures, which were donated by descendant George E. Franchere, include the stone farmhouse, brick slaves quarters, and a frame pre-Erie Canal Inn. A family cemetary holds graves dating back to the 1700s. Replacing the barns which burnt down in the early 20th century are the 1760 Nilsen Dutch barn, which houses displays, an English barn, and several outbuildings.
History 8:19 pm
Text from book – Hudson-Mohawak Genealogy.
The family name of Van Antwerp has the significance through the Dutch that the family to which this cognomen was applied resided near the wharf or the place of wharfing casting anchor or tying up the ships and in this sense also it could signify that before they took up residence in Holland or emigrated to America they came from the great seaport of Belgium Antwerp the capital of the province of the same name
The Van Antwerp Arms as used in Holland Shield D argent a trois cremailleres de sable rangees en fasce as used in Flanders Shield D or a une fleur de lis d azur au chef d herm charged de trois pals de gules celui du milieu surcharged d une ancre d argent Motto In puritate mentis I
Daniel Janse Van Antwerp was the progenitor of the family of this name in America He was the son of Jan John Van Antwerpen of Holland and was born in 1635 He came to Beverwyck Albany NY between 1656 and 1 66 1 for his name appears upon the records as being there in 1661 when he agreed to serve Adriaan Appel for one year for a recompense of thirty five beavers equal to about n2 and found He was industrious and before long was making his own way the owner of his own bouwerie and possessed of those things which go to make a farm of good proportions Shortly after the settling of Schenectady whither he removed so that he was freer to own land himself than he was allowed while within the immediate jurisdiction of Patroon Van Rensse laer he became possessed of the Third Flat on the south side of the Mohawk river about eight miles above that city and in 1706 he sold the western half of his bouwerie 63 a 79 rods to his neighbor Jan Pieterse Me bie
His village lot within the stockade or wall was on the east side of Church street next north of the present church lot and was 108 feet wide in front and 206 feet deep wood measure In 1676 when forty one years old he was one of the five magistrates
In 1701 he was made supervisor of the town Daniel Janse Van Antwerp married Maritje Maria Groot daughter of Symon Symonse
History and Relatives 11:08 am
I found a link yesterday to the John Van Antwerp MacMurray Papers along with a bio on him and his father (who married a Van Antwerp). It’s interesting that John would have kept both his mother and father’s name.
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Junius Wilson MacMurray was born in Missouri, the son of Irish immigrant and blacksmith John Dennison MacMurray and Eliza Wilson. At the outbreak of the Civil War he recruited a company for the Union army, which was sworn in with the 1st Missouri Volunteers and reorganized into the 1st Missoury Light Artillery. After participating with his battery in the Battle of Vicksburg he was promoted Captain in 1863. At the end of the Civil War MacMurray participated in the Powder River Indian Expedition into Wyoming and Montana (June-November 1865). He joined the regular army in 1866 and graduated from the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia in 1870.
MacMurray served as professor of military science and tactics on detail at the University of Missouri (1872-1873) and at Cornell University (1873-1875). He taught on detached service at Union College at Schenectady, New York, where he was in charge of sanitary and landscape engineering (1879-1883). While in Schenectady he was editor of A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times; being Contributions toward a History of the Lower Mohawk Valley, by Jonathan Pearson et al. (1883). In the summer of 1884, while stationed at Vancouver Barracks, WA, he served as Special Inspector of Indian Affairs and spent considerable time with the Native Americans of the region and their leader and prophet Smohalla. He shared his observations about these “Dreamers” of the Columbia River Valley in a lecture at the Albany Institute, which was published in 1886.
Additional places where MacMurray was stationed include Wadsworth, NY, and Fort Barrancas, Florida, where he contracted yellow fever during an outbreak in 1897. He died in May 1898, two months after he was promoted Major. In 1873, he married to Henrietta Van Antwerp, daughter of John H. Van Antwerp of Albany, and they had three children: Edna, Ethel and John Van Antwerp MacMurray.
John Van Antwerp MacMurray was born in Schenectady, New York on October 6, 1881 and entered boarding school in 1892 before attending Princeton University (1898-1902). After a year of travel in Europe he entered Columbia Law School in 1903. In 1906 MacMurray was admitted to the New York Bar, though he also sought to secure a position within the Foreign Service. While waiting for an appointment, he studied Elizabethan drama at Princeton, and in 1907 received a master of arts degree. That same year he was appointed Secretary of Legation and Consul General at Bangkok, Siam, followed by a position as Second Secretary of the embassy in St. Petersburg (1908-1911). After a brief interlude as Assistant Chief of the Division of Information, he became Assistant Chief and then Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department (1911-1913).
MacMurray started specializing in Far Eastern affairs with his consecutive appointments as Secretary of Legation in Peking (1913-1917), Counselor of the Embassy in Tokyo (1917-1919), and, back at the State Department, Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (1919-1924). In 1921 he published Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China. In the same year he served as expert assistant on Pacific and Far Eastern affairs to American Commissioners at the International Conference on the Limitation of Armament in Washington. He also was an observer for the U.S. government at the Chinese-Japanese negotiations for the settlement of the Shantung question (1921-1922). In 1924 MacMurray became Assistant Secretary of State, but one year later he was appointed Minister to China (1925-1929), a position he desired. The unstable situation in China, however, soon led to conficts between MacMurray and his superiors at the State Department. This ultimately led MacMurray to resign in 1929, when he accepted an offer to become Director of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University.
Faced with the fact that he could not secure enough funding for the Walter Hines Page School MacMurray relinquished his salary and reentered the Foreign Service in 1933, though he officially retained his position until 1935. President Roosevelt appointed him as Minister to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (1933-1936), which was followed by an ambassadorship to Turkey (1936-1942). In these years, he also served as the Assistant Chairman of the International Wheat Advisory Committee (1933-1938) and chaired the Joint Preparatory Committee on Philippine Affairs (1937-1938). His last two years before retirement were spent back at the State Department as Special Assistant to the Secretary of State (1942-1944).
MacMurray married Lois R. Goodnow in 1916 and they had three children: Joan Goodnow, Frank Goodnow, and Lois (“Bisi”) Van Antwerp MacMurray. He died at his home in Norfolk, Connecticut on September 25, 1960.
Thank you Lisa.
On Friday ,May 14 ,2010, Thaine Dorin VanAntwerp passed away after a brief illness.
He was born April 17, 1921. He was a WWII Veteran with Honors, Merits in the 12th Armored Division under General George Patton. He retired from Ford Motor Car Company Division.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years Anna I. Cronander-VanAntwerp, daughter Judith M. Kershner (Royal), son James Dorin (Lisa) VanAntwerp. Preceded in death by daughter Linda M. VanAntwerp.
I just found this online:
The Rev. (Father) Tom McDevitt passed away May 3, 2010 at the age of 77. He was born Oct. 5, 1932, the son of Gerald and Alice McDevitt.
He was a 1950 graduate of St. Mary’s High School, Jackson. Fr. Tom was ordained on June 29, 1958 in Louvain, Belgium. After attending Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, he completed seminary at the American College in Louvain, Belgium. In 2000, he reached Senior Priest status (priests never really retire) at St. John Student Parish, East Lansing, but continued to be active in many areas.
He was on the retreat team at St. Francis Retreat Center in DeWitt. He has been priest/chaplain and presenter at Retrouvaille weekends around the country and on the board of Retrouvaille International.
He has continued his love of learning, teaching, and preaching the word faithfully and with love: studying at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and elsewhere, and teaching classes. As an International Fellow of Catholic Relief Services, he has traveled to Palestine and Israel and spoken at parishes throughout Michigan and beyond on behalf of the work done by CRS.
Tom deeply loved his God, his family and friends, his fellow priests and his own life as a priest, celebrating the sacraments and ministering to the people. Prayer and meditation were staples of his life. He liked a good game of cards or Scrabble, enjoyed bowling with the Knights of Columbus and with family and walking or riding his bike. He loved to sing, saying, “I believe everything when I sing.”
He was enthralled with nature in its many forms; birds singing, surf pounding, stars at night. He had a great spirit of adventure both spiritually and concretely. Spiritually, this led him to explore different forms of spirituality and prayer, both Eastern and Western. Concretely that spirit led him to travel to many parts of the world, including a trip around the world with priest friends. In those travels he delighted in the culture, sights, and foods of each place he went. Now he is on the greatest adventure of his life.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister-in-law, Kay McDevitt and brother-in-law, Stas Karasek.
He is survived by his brothers, Jerry (Shirley) and Pat (Phyllis) McDevitt; sisters, Shirley (Bill) Phillips, Mary Karasek, and Kathy McDevitt; 18 nieces and nephews; 27 great-nieces and nephews; his much loved best friends, Fr. Jake Foglio and Jean Mather and family.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. John Church and Student Center, 327 MAC, East Lansing. The visitation will be held from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday at the church with a Scripture Service at 7 p.m. and one hour prior to the Mass on Thursday. The Rite of Committal will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Jackson.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Catholic Relief Services, 228 N. Walnut St., Lansing, MI, 48933-1122 in memory of Fr. Tom McDevitt.
The family is being served by Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, East Lansing, Michigan. Online condolences may be made at http://www.gorslineruncimaneastlansing.com.
One of my favorite cousins died at age 77 yesterday. I can remember spending many summers with him and his family growing up. He married my wife and I. He performed the baptism on one of my children. He’s been a very special person in my life and someone who I always enjoyed seeing.
Fr. Tom was a longtime pastor at the St. John Student Parish in East Lansing. I was trying to find more information on him, but I didn’t find much online. I know he celebrated 50 years as a priest a few years ago.
My Uncle Danny and his wife Cecelia are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in a few days. He is the one that has tracked and documented much of the family history.
He sent out this note to the family that I thought I would share here…
Cecelia Elizabeth and Daniel Janse Van Antwerp of Troy announce the celebration of their 50th Wedding Anniversary on February 7th. Cecelia Martin lived in Royal Oak, Michigan. They were married in her parish church at St. Dennis, where five priest-relatives presided at the Mass.
Cecelia was born in Ramapo, New York, and is the youngest of four children of Thomas Stuart and Bernice Elizabeth (Frushour) Martin. Her father was a top salesman for West Disinfectant Company. Her family traces its roots back to Scotland and Ireland. She worked in the office both at Witbeck’s Appliances and at Dingeman Incentives. Thereafter she worked in sales at the J.L. Hudson Company, Jacobson’s Department Store, Bon-Wit Teller, and, most recently, at The Poster Gallery in the Fisher Building in sales and office work.
Danny was born in Detroit, Michigan, and is the youngest of eleven children born to Eugene Ignatius and Mary Frances (Mc Devitt) Van Antwerp. His father served on the Common Council of the City of Detroit for thirty years and was Mayor of Detroit in 1948-49. The family traces its Dutch roots back to 1655 in Schenectady, New York, and its Irish roots back to 1810 in Ennis, Maherrah and Ballyclough, Ireland. Danny served as a judge for over thirty-five years. He was Presiding Judge of the former Common Pleas Court of the City of Detroit and was Chief Judge Pro Tem of the 36th District Court in Detroit. He retired from that court in 1992 and served many years thereafter as a visiting judge throughout Southeastern Michigan.
Both Cecelia and Danny love meeting with friends and relatives, walking their three dogs, traveling, cruising, reading, jigsaw puzzles, photography, computers, shopping at Eastern Market, cider mills, berry-picking, parades, festivals (espc. Strawberry, Peach, Apple, etc.), flea markets, free arts & craft shows (espc. Ann Arbor, Rochester, Pontiac, Warren, Royal Oak, Birmingham, Bloomfield, Orchard Lake, Ferndale, Troy, etc.), neighborhood outdoor concerts, and watching, photographing and videotaping their grandchildren at T-ball, soccer, cross-country, swimming, plays, musicals, birthdays, holidays, recitals, ballets, etc. They also involve themselves in volunteer work, babysitting, and raising rescue dogs. Cecelia loves solitaire and is an expert cook and flower gardener. She is an outstanding folk dancer and dance teacher (Israeli, Armenian, Romanian, etc.), as well. Danny loves bridge, genealogy (14,000 on his data base), investing (formerly), crossword puzzles, spider solitaire, writing, weekly emailing out jokes (13th year), and Bible classes. He has written one book and co-authored two others. Sorry to say, neither are good athletes nor sports lovers (except for UDM & Notre Dame).
They are the proud parents of four wonderful and God-fearing children: Ann Elizabeth [Daniel] Wyers; Catherine Denise [Matthew] Partalis; Mary Patricia [Dennis] Moylan; and Karen Marie [Michael] Heupel.
They also have six wonderful and talented grandchildren: Audrey Ann Wyers, Patrick Daniel Wyers, Dakota Edwin Holbrook, Tyler Martin Moylan, Alec Matthew Moylan, and Lydia Mary Moylan.
Relative or Not? 1:06 pm
VAN ANTWERP, DUDLEY STRICKLAND
A.I.A. – An architect, died in Montclair, New Jersey, January 17, 1934. He was born in Huntington, Indiana, August 27, 1867. He had designed over five hundred buildings, among them the Monomonock Inn in Caldwell, New Jersey and the Bayside Yacht Club, Montclair Academy and Club House, and Empire City Trotting Track in Yonkers, New York. He was made an Associate of the American Institute of Architects in 1921 and was a member of the New Jersey Society of Architects. WWAA I – 1936-37.
John Van Antwerp MacMurray was born in Schenectady, New York on October 6, 1881 and entered boarding school in 1892 before attending Princeton University (1898-1902). After a year of travel in Europe he entered Columbia Law School in 1903. In 1906 he was admitted to the New York Bar. By this time MacMurray was trying to secure an appointment in the Foreign Service. While waiting for an appointment, he made a study of Elizabethan drama at Princeton. In 1907 he received a master of arts degree from his alma mater and was appointed Secretary of Legation and Consul General at Bangkok, Siam, followed by a position as Second Secretary of the embassy in St. Petersburg (1908-1911). After a brief interlude as Assistant Chief of the Division of Information, he became Assistant Chief and then Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department (1911-1913). He started specializing in Far Eastern affairs with his consecutive appointments as Secretary of Legation in Peking (1913-1917), Counselor of the embassy in Tokyo (1917-1919), and, back at the State Department, Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (1919-1924). In 1921 he published Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China. In the same year he served as expert assistant on Pacific and Far Eastern affairs to American Commissioners at the International Conference on the Limitation of Armament in Washington. He also was an observer for the U.S. government at the Chinese-Japanese negotiations for the settlement of the Shantung question (1921-1922).
In 1924 MacMurray became Assistant Secretary of State, but one year later he was back in his area of specialization as Minister to China (1925-1929). In this capacity he chaired the American delegation to the Special Conference on the Chinese Customs Tariff (1925-1926). In 1930 he made a very different career choice, accepting an offer to become Director of the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University, a position he officially held until 1935. Faced with the fact that he could no longer secure enough funding for the School, he relinquished his salary and reentered the Foreign Service in 1933 as Minister to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, followed by an ambassadorship to Turkey (1936-1942). In these years, he also served as the Assistant Chairman of the International Wheat Advisory Committee (1933-1938) and chaired the Joint Preparatory Committee on Philippine Affairs (1937-1938). His last two years before retirement were spent back at the State Department as Special Assistant to the Secretary of State (1942-1944).
MacMurray married Lois R. Goodnow in 1916 and had three children: Joan Goodnow, Frank Goodnow, and Lois Van Antwerp. He died at his home in Norfolk, Connecticut on September 25, 1960.
His father, Junius Wilson MacMurray, was born in Missouri, the son of Irish immigrant and blacksmith John Dennison MacMurray and Eliza Wilson. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Junius recruited a company, and as a volunteer in the Army of the Republic he rose to the rank of captain. At the close of the Civil War, he was appointed lieutenant in the First Missouri Light Artillery. He joined the regular army in 1866 and graduated from the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia in 1870. He married Henrietta Van Antwerp of Albany, New York, and by the time of John Van Antwerp’s birth in 1881, he had been a professor of military history at Cornell, lectured publicly, and was considered an authority on the history of the American Indian. He was the editor of A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times; being Contributions toward a History of the Lower Mohawk Valley, by Jonathan Pearson et al. (1883).
To find more on the diplomatic papers from him, go to the Princeton library.
(Given the ties to Albany and Schenectady where the first Van Antwerps to the new world settled, I think it is pretty safe to assume he is a relative.)
Uncategorized 4:14 pm
According to my father, this is a sketch they found with my grandfather’s initials (EIV – Eugene I Van Antwerp) of “Honest John” McDevitt who was my great grandfather.
I just got this picture of the old Van Antwerp Farm which is now at the center of Grosse Pointe, MI.
Relative or Not? 12:38 pm
I found a few mentions of Marjorie (or Marj) Van Antwerp that intrigued me.
1- Talks about her as one of the original investors in the cabanas in Sarasota. (see article)
2 – An article that mentions her as one of the great danes of Sarasota. (see article)
Relative or Not? 11:30 am
I searched Forbes.com this morning to see what Van Antwerps are listed in the public records as executives at their companies. (Not sure of the breadth of this search.) It found 3:
Francis J. VanAntwerp
CNB Corporation MI
Cheboygan , MI
Sector: FINANCIAL / Regional – Midwest Banks
63 Years Old
Mr. VanAntwerp is Vice President of Durocher Marine Division – Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. He has served as a director of the Corporation and the Bank since 1990.
Gary L. Van Antwerp
Executive VP/Other Executive Officer at Willamette Valley Bank
Shelley Van Antwerp
Divisional Senior VP/Secretary at Willamette Valley Bank
Events and History and Relative or Not? 11:18 am
Interestingly, I found this posted on a financial blog. I don’t know William’s relation to the family but given the original family resided in NY, I think it’s a safe assumption he’s related.
This is from one of the earliest Commonwealth Club speeches reacting to the stock market crash of 1929. Titled “The Panic of 1929,” the December 6, 1929, speech by William C. Van Antwerp of E.F. Hutton, offered some initial reaction to the market panic and included some surprisingly thought-provoking ruminations on the human spirit.
Here are some excerpts from Mr. Van Antwerp’s speech:
A panic is a state of mind in which fear supplants reason. It cannot be stopped by statute law or arrested by the police. The best that can be said of such a phenomenon is that it doesn’t occur very often.
In the panic of 1907, there were fundamental conditions that were not sound — in 1929, we merely suffered a case of nerves following a debauch. It is not to be expected that sound and conservative industry will be shaken this time.
This present panic had its roots back in 1917, when our masses found that they could invest money in bits of paper called Liberty Bonds. From investing to speculating was an easy step.
Whether it be public excess, saxaphones or modern art, the American public always goes too far. If we emerge from our excesses somewhat sadly, we are also somewhat wiser.
The stock market was running wide open and good judgment was forgotten. Most of the post-mortem warnings we now hear about were never given until after the panic occurred.
The recent rise had to stop in one way if it did not in another. Even a billion dollar pool would not have averted the panic.
We have for some time been “rotten rich” — now for a short time we are to be merely “affluent.”
President Hoover will bring into action the confidence reserves which everybody knows we possess. When we start forward again as we surely shall, trade and prosperity will go forward to heights not now imagined.
Uncategorized 12:13 pm
I found this picture of a Mary Van Antwerp in Flickr who according to the entry is a well known photographer.
Locations 12:05 pm
From our early relatives to the US that came into upper state NY, we can find traces in Niskayuna, NY where there is a road, a village, and a school with the family name.
Uncategorized 12:04 pm
I think I have mentioned Lt. General Robert L. Van Antwerp before, but with all the flooding, I see lots of quotes from him online. Here is his bio from Wikipedia…
Lieutenant General Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr. is the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army.
Van Antwerp graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1972. He completed Ranger, Airborne and Air Assault training, the Engineer Officer Basic Course and the Engineer Officer Advanced Course. He holds a Master of Science Degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration Degree from Long Island University in New York. He is a Registered Professional Engineer.
Van Antwerp’s previous assignment was as Commanding General, U.S. Army Accessions Command and Deputy Commanding General for Initial Military Training at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Additionally, Van Antwerp exercised Department of the Army directed executive agent authority over the United States Military Entrance Processing Command. Command assignments include the U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center and Fort Leonard Wood/Commandant, U.S. Army Engineer School; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District during the Northridge earthquake of 1994; the U.S. Army Division, South Atlantic, Atlanta, Georgia; and the 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) during the Gulf War. Other assignments include Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, Washington, DC; Director, Office of Competitive Sourcing, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition), Washington, DC; Executive Assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC; Executive Office, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C.; Chief, Military Engineering and Construction Division, U.S. Army Western Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Executive Officer, 84th Engineer Battalion, 45th General Support Group, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; and Instructor, Department of Mechanics, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York.
Relative or Not? 11:51 am
Apparently, there is a Dick Van Antwerp who owns a company or franchise called Vitality Fit in AZ. He has started a new blog – Vitality Fit Blog. It only has two entries now, but perhaps he will add more.
Relative or Not? 6:52 pm
Another person that might be related. She is a physician and works at the Cleveland Clinic.
Judith Van Antwerp, MD, is a Staff Member in the Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology at the Cleveland Clinic’s main campus.
She earned her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Roseau, Dominica. She completed a general surgery internship at Graduate Hospital Allegheny University in Philadelphia, Penn. In addition, she completed an anesthesiology residency at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, also in Philadelphia, a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Boston in Boston, Mass., and a critical care medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md.
She is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Society of Critical Care Medicine and Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society.
Relative or Not? 6:51 pm
Don’t know who Bill is, but I found a nice slideshow that he posted on photo.net.
Locations 6:26 pm
The Van Antwerp building in Mobile is for sale.
The 68,000-square-foot, 11-story Van Antwerp building on St. Francis and Royal streets downtown is listed for sale for $3.5 million, and the local owners are considering a purchase offer, according to Burton Clark of Cummings & Associates , the listing agent. The building has one tenant, a restaurant on the ground floor, he said.
Relative or Not? 6:24 pm
Bragg Van Antwerp has recently started blogging at Bragging Writes. I am not sure if he is a cousin, but I would assume so.
Relatives 6:22 pm
I was saddened to recently learn that my cousin died. I believe it was of a heart attack suffered while one the road working. I know several of his brothers and his parents well.
Bernard A. Van Antwerp, beloved husband of Patti, nee Domzalski; loving father ofNicholas, Michael and Eleanor; dear son of Bernard L. and Deanna J. Van Antwerp; fond brother of Julie Odermann, Christopher (Loretta), Michael, and Lynn (Karl) Ness; fond son-in-law of Bruno and Katie Domzalski; dear-brother-in law of Michael (Paige) Domzalski and Ellen (Chris) Clark; greatly loved by 13 nieces and nephews and a friend to many.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Van Antwerp Children Education Fund, 26333 Jefferson, St. Clair Shores, MI 48081. Info 84-234-0022.
Published in the Chicago Tribune on 6/8/2008.
There is a nice online guest book here.
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I added after the fact this additional information that I found on him.
Bernie A. Van Antwerp
Died: Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Age: 43
Former Grosse Pointe Park resident Bernie A. Van Antwerp, 43, died suddenly of heart attack Wednesday, June 4, 2008. He was living in Lake Forest, Ill.
Mr. Van Antwerp was raised in Grosse Pointe Park and attended St. Clare of Montefalco grade school. A job transfer took the family to Ohio and Mr. Van Antwerp graduated from Walsh Jesuit High School in Stow, Ohio.
He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University and his Master of Business Administration from Wayne State University.
He was employed in sales and marketing with Oracle.
Mr. Van Antwerp was an avid skier, sailboat racer, triathlete, runner and tailgater. He was an active volunteer in his community and church as a youth sports coach and member of the Knights of Columbus.
History and Relatives 11:59 am
Continuing on Rootsweb, it looks like the Van Antwerp family moved to Detroit back in the early 1800s with Francis Van Antwerp and that his only child to have decendents was Eugene Charles.
Father: Francis VAN ANTWERP b: 4 Oct 1804 in Amsterdam, New York
Mother: Appoline dit La Douceur VERNIER b: 19 Feb 1810 in Detroit, Michigan
Marriage 1 Mary Eliza GORE b: 4 Sep 1825 in Deer Park, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
Children
History and Relatives 11:48 am
Now this seems to get to the multiple trees in the Michigan area.
Eugene Charles VAN ANTWERP
Father:
Francis Joseph VAN ANTWERP b: 8 Apr 1831 in Detroit, MichiganMarriage 1
Cecilia Mary RENO b: 21 Sep 1859 in Detroit, MichiganChildren
History and Relatives 11:45 am
So, yesterday I posted my generation and my father’s generation. Now, let me go back to my great-grandfather. From Rootsweb, it tells me:
Marriage 1 Cecilia Mary RENO b: 9 – 21 – 1859 in Detroit , Michigan
Children
Mary Cecilia VAN ANTWERP b: 9 – 21 – 1885 in Detroit , Michigan Eugene Ignatius VAN ANTWERP b: 7 – 26 – 1889 in Detroit , MichiganClicking through on my grandfather’s sister doesn’t reveal much other than she died in St. Louis.
Relative or Not? 1:49 am
In my research, I have found several things that point to a Van Antwerp family in South Africa which comes directly from Antwerp. The research becomes very fuzzy the farther you go back, but it would be interesting to try to connect the two trees and see if there is a link.
 | Kevin VanAntwerp on Chief of Engineers |
 | carolj54 on Do You Have A Van Antwerp… |
 | nfd034 on Michigan Cemetary List |
 | loriannva on Do You Have A Van Antwerp… |
 | George Van Antwerp on Who is Marjorie Van Antwe… |
