The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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246 stin in the description of his journeyings and 13 g 7 - iicilccizdents attending them. Mr. Vosburgh died unmarried. Dr. ZAREMBA W. WALDRON, a member of the Society since October IO, 1895, died in Jackson, Mich., October 1, IQO 3. He was a descendant of William W. Waldron, who was born in Holland, 1647, and came to this country between that date and 1675, for on the latter date we find his son, Pieter, born at Harlem. After this the family moved to Albany, where they remained. about three-quarters of a century, when they emigrated to Half -Moon, Saratoga County, and from there Dr. Waldron moved to Jackson, Mich., where he achieved an enviable reputation. CORNELIUS VAN BRUNT Cchristened Cornelius Rutgers, but never using the middle namej, was one of the original members of the Holland So- ciety, March 14, 1885. He died at his residence in New York City, 319 East 57th Street, October 1, IQO 3, after a painful illness of nine weeks, nearly seventy-six years old. i He was sixth in a line of direct descent from the first Cornelis Rutgerz, a son of the common an- cestor of the family, Rutgert Joosten, who was an emigrant from the Netherlands and settled on Long Island in 1653. The family later' owned large tracts of land at New Utrecht, Gowanus, Gravesend, etc., and were mostly agriculturists. His father, Cornelis, Qborn March 18, 1795, died September 3, I828,D entered mercantile life in New York City with a well-known shipping firm of that day, and not long after his marriage in I82O to a distant cousin, CSarah, daughter of Theodorus Van Norden and Alletta Langdonj the young husband WQS Obhged by his firm to sail as supercargo to Lima. This was not his first visit to .South Amer- ica, but proved to be his last, as he contracted a fever which clung to him, and of which he died f 1

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2 Society of which orgamz t M secretary and treasurer a llcfllanyrwilfsgi-2315551 YES great activity put forward by Mr. Vosbur h ' awakening interest and bringin the 11 g In a successful issue. In the pregaratioicfsijl gag!-E12 meeting MT- VOSb111'gh gave most valuable aid and it WHS largely due to his efforts that the ban: 431119135 Were so uniformly successful. - Of a .naturally genial temperament, -he had many friends. While very outspoken in demm- Ciatlon of. everything which appeared insincere or hypocritical, yet he was unswervingly loyal to those whom he deemed honorable and true, re- gardless of station or wealth. A prominent member writesz, He was pecu- liarly near to me in many ways, for he was a noble fellow, thoroughly reliable, interested in his work and always kept his promises. . Mr. Vosburgh had lived in Albany all his life, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac W. Vos- burgh, being 'among that city's oldest residents. He was educated at the Boys' Academy and grad- uated in the class of '76, receiving one of the medals for proficiency in class work, and entered the class of 1880 in Union College. Shortly after graduation he went into business with his brother, Fletcher Vosburgh, as agents of the various steam- ship companies, succeeding john E. McElroy. Upon the death of his brother, Mr.' Yosburgh carried on the business successfully until impaired health compelled him to retire about two years ago. Mr. Vosburgh was also a member of the COUHJUYY Cl b, f hich he was Club and of the Fort Grangeb u fO tile First Rem sec t . He was a mem er .o g fonlifiesglqfghurch. In the social life of Albanl' Mf- Vosburgh was prominent. He liadTtT-?LV21g?Z ixg tensively, not only throughout the J nite HE-1 1 th u hout Europe. .6 and Canada? fibutfairiiliar Ivgitlgi and interested in W rticu a Y . - .. ' 4, Haosllaigiild, the land of his forefathers, and w as in I i' 45

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247 shortly after reaching his home September 3, 8 8 1 2 , and before his only child, born October 5, 1827, during his absence, at his grandfather Van Norden's house in Leonard Street, had completed his first year. A few years later the Widow removed with her t F' son o ishkill village, Where in 1835 she married judge Joseph I. Jackson, of the Supreme Court of Dutchess County, and here at the village school, and later with some private tuition Mr Van Bru , , t nt received his education and prepared to enter Union College. He passed the examinations, but at this juncture his step-father decided against college training for him and apprenticed the lad to the Matteavvan Machine Works. This event seems to have been the single bitter recollection of a very happy childhood and early youth. . h He Was very ingenious and- inventive, with a natural capacity for mechanics, and soon out- Stripped his fellow-app1'GgT1131QSS, bems allowed bY the management to take individual contracts long before he had attained his majority. One of these was a portion of the iron Work-the coliimpslios the old Crystal Palacenof New York CNY-' nm bg- WaY he had earneglllguite a nleagtcgplpppof money 1S EL Te A M ' forleihpgligaii iifgid 595611251 others estalpiiipgi -E132 Fishkill Landing Machine Worlgs at Fi? ltgct and Hudson, and it was largely.OW1118 to 15 UCCGSS- management that this business was .runtie Civil fully and uninterruptedly, SVSU iimngan Bmnt WHT, and that in I869' when T. mfortable retired from it, he had made a CO Q une. , - - forgfom that tim? mm I8i7f12ii-ebiisiiiisiu keepsief and' haiimg no reg to those scientific abled to turn his attention this heart. Duf- Pufsuits which always lay nealigss he was President ing this period of seven yea . Gf the Poughkeepsie Academy of Sciences, and lectured frequengy before that bodY, Vassar