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van der Steen, Cornelis "Cornelius"

van der Steen, Cornelis "Cornelius"[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27]

Male 1849 - 1936  (87 years)


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  • Name van der Steen, Cornelis "Cornelius"  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
    Birth 6 Feb 1849  Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1884  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 16, 25
    Residence 1886  Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 25
    Residence 1889  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 15, 25
    Residence 1892  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 14, 25
    Residence 1899  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18
    Arrival 1914  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21
    Arrival 
    Residence 1914  Holland, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 25
    Residence Jun 1916  Rm of Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 25
    Naturalization 1919  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21
    Residence 1 Jun 1931  Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21
    Death 25 Feb 1936  RM of Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25
    Burial Aft. 25 Feb 1936  Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Cemetery, Fisher Branch, North Interlake Census Division, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 24, 25
    Person ID I402148455357  Rick Dondo's Family
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2025 

    Family Griffioen, Alida "Ole",   b. 18 Oct 1859, Kockengen, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1944, Fisher Branch, RM of Bifrost, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 24 May 1882  Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [24, 25
    Type: Spousal 
    Children 
    +1. Vandersteen, Cornelis "Cornelius" Sr,   b. 9 Mar 1883, Utrecht, Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1965, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. van der Steen "Vandersteen", Gijsbertus 1,   b. 26 Feb 1884, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1884, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +3. Vandersteen, Cornelia "Cordelia",   b. 14 Mar 1886, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1961, Carnduff, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +4. Vandersteen, Gijsbertus "Herbert" "Bert" "Gysbert",   b. 9 Mar 1889, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1965, Fisher Branch, North Interlake Census Division, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    >5. Vandersteen, Johanna "Anna",   b. 25 Sep 1892, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1979, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +6. Vandersteen, Johannes Gerardus "John Nicholas",   b. 6 Dec 1895, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1980, Saint-Boniface, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +7. Vandersteen, Willhelmus "William",   b. 25 Dec 1899, Maartensdijk, De Bilt Municipality, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1985, New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F6338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Feb 1849 - Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Type: Spousal - 24 May 1882 - Utrecht, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1884 - Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1886 - Utrecht, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1889 - Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1892 - Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1899 - Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - Arrival - 1914 - Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1914 - Holland, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Jun 1916 - RM of Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - 1919 - Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Jun 1931 - Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Feb 1936 - RM of Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft. 25 Feb 1936 - Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Cemetery, Fisher Branch, North Interlake Census Division, Manitoba, Canada Link to Google Earth
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      Ancestry's Find A Grave Indices / Catalogues, (Find a Grave (A subsidiary of Ancestry)).

      An online memorial for "Cornelis van der Steen 25 Feb 1936"
      can be reviewed on the public and free Find a Grave service.
      It may offer connections to his or her parents, siblings, children, and generations beyond.
      It may also contain stories that are not documented on your host's tree or this website.

      Your host has graciously offered an image file identified as a document
      with a title of "Findagrave Cornelis van der Steen",
      and has reported details about it as follows:

      No further description was provided

      Presented as pertaining to Fisher Branch, North Interlake Census Division, Manitoba, Canada on 25 Feb 1936

      The pertinent institution was not identified

      Though there may be such, no people have been identified by the contributor as having been mentioned in the document

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    25. [S1569074774] Various,
      UofMB Library Digital Collections (Web)[SD], (Various).
      A contributor has cited material deemed to be pertinent to this story.
      It is described as "A Place of Our Own - A History of No Ordinary People".

      It was described specifically or transcribed by them as "Various passages that recount the stories of various Vandersteen family members during their time in the area of Fisher Branch, MB, CANADA, and its surrounding towns and villages".

      Reported as having been published or sourced on or about 1982.

      The information was at the time and may yet be available here, on an Internet service,
      access to which may or may not also be subject to a subscription.


    26. [S0000300007] Various,
      Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Stories in files [SD], (Various).

      Your host has offered a data file identified as containing a story
      with a title of "A Place of Our Own - A History of Fisher Branch -- William Vandersteen (1898) Family",
      and has reported details about it as follows:


      Described as: Excerpt from the local history captured in the book "A Place of Our Own - A History of Fisher Branch and surrounding towns" (1982) (pp 392f) -- the William Vandersteen (1898) Family story
      NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original

      Reported as pertaining to Manitoba, Canada, on 1982

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    27. [S0000300006] Various,
      Media items collected on Ancestry® family trees: Stories as rich text [SD], (Various).

      Another contributor has offered a story, and has reported details about it as follows:
      with a title of "John Vandersteen Family Story",
      and has reported details about it as follows:


      Described as: From the local history captured in the book "A Place of Our Own - A History of Fisher Branch and surrounding towns" (1982), pp 389 - 396
      NOTE: The above description may be truncated / shortened from the original

      Noted by the author as pertaining to events in Fisher Branch, Manitoba, Canada on 1982

      The story has been brought forward to this site as follows:

      John Nicholas Vandersteen & Josephine Meilleur - October 18, 1923 - married in Fisher Branch by Father Leroux




      John Nicholas Vandersteen was born in the year 1895, in Utrecht, Holland. He started school when he was seven and went until he was thirteen. For the first couple of years he attended Soesterbergse School, and when his family moved to Soest in 1904, he attended a Catholic boy's school. He had to pay five cents a week for schooling and continued his education until he grade six. Later, to help his family, he worked at landscaping, and in a vegetable garden at home. In the winter of 1910, he planted trees along the streets. He was paid one gulden a day for eight to ten hours of work. A gulden has a Canadian value of thirty-three cents.


      In May 1913, he came to Canada with some friends. He started work in Holland, Manitoba, on a farm, for fifteen dollars a month for the first month, and twenty-five dollars for the

      The content is described by the Ancestry service as follows:

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      Content size: 13233 bytes / characters

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