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Henry P. Van Luven, my 5th great grandfather on my mother’s side, was born December 15, 1794 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, United States.<\/p>\n
“Father and the rest were born in the Mohawk Valley.\u00a0 They were called Mohawk Dutch. There was something in the family, I heard whispered when I was a boy that was not pure Dutch, and as all the Van Leuvens I know are dark with black straight hair I have come to the conclusion there is Indian blood in our veins. Reading a history I have learned the Dutch and Indians were on good terms and intermarried.\u00a0 My father was very friendly with them and could speak the Mohawk language. I would like very much to know what grandmother’s maiden name was.”<\/em> – Leonard Van Luven, 1915 letters<\/p>\n Leonard’s grandmother’s maiden name on his father’s side was Elizabeth Kiefer. http:\/\/www.genealogy.com\/ftm\/l\/a\/n\/Richard-Lander-QC\/WEBSITE-0001\/UHP-0331.html<\/a><\/p>\n More info on the family name here: Leonard’s mother was Henry’s second wife, Sarah T.T. King.\u00a0 Sarah Thomasin Susan King was born in the UK. From the Burleigh Fonds:<\/p>\n John King was wounded and retired to Nova Scotia, then Cataraqui (Kingston), Ontario. John King may have actually been Captain Robert King according to the link below. Capt. Robert King sailed under Nelson, and lost a leg at the Battle of the Nile (or Trafalgar). In compensation, he was granted three properties in Canada; one in Margaretville, one in Cataraqui (outside of Kingston), and on Rice Lake near Peterborough. He and his son, John King, were carpenters. The Cataraqui property was sold to the Bracken family; currently it is the site of an Alcan plant. (John – the son – was a choirmaster in England, and married in England prior to coming to Canada). Ronald also remembered three sisters of John King:<\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.wikitree.com\/wiki\/King-19719<\/a> I’m still not 100% on this lineage.\u00a0 There are multiple Van Luven families who immigrated from Duchess county.\u00a0 According to some sources, Henry’s father was Cornelius\u00a0Van Luven aka Cornelius van Leeuwen aka Cornelius Van Leuven of Rhinebeck, NY.\u00a0 Cornelius’ mother was Elizabeth Knickerbocker of Germantown, NY.\u00a0 Cornelius immigrated to Ernestown, Ontario in 1795 with his brother John. https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/hcbvanluven<\/a><\/p>\n During the War of 1812, Henry served under Sir Gordon Drummond, Upper Canada Incorporated Militia Battalion.\u00a0 In 1814 he fought in one of the bloodiest battles on Canadian soil, the Battle of Lundy’s Lane in Niagara Falls.\u00a0 He wore a green uniform and was issued a Brown Bess muzzle loading musket.<\/p>\n In 1816 he married his first wife, Hannah Hartman, and 2 years later they had a daughter Mary Charlotte.\u00a0 \u00a0 Mary Charlotte would have a son named Henry Van Luven Campbell.<\/p>\n Lot 10: Crown to Philip Hartman, all 200 acres. In 1823, Philip Hartman sold the north half (100 acres) to Hannah VanLuven for \u00a35. In 1826, he sold the south half to Elizabeth Hartman for the same amount. In 1836, Henry VanLuven and wife sold the north half to J.G. Switzer for \u00a3400, a substantial sum which suggests a dwelling and other improvements. Elizabeth Hartman’s south half ended up belonging to Alvin Dowling sometime before 1844.<\/em> When they settled north of Kingston, Henry Van Luven named the swampy, woody area VanLuvens Mills. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HolidayCountryManor\/<\/a> In 1840, he built what is now known as Holiday Country Manor (http:\/\/holidaycountrymanor.com\/)<\/a>, an almost 10,000 square foot mansion located at 5208 Battersea Road.\u00a0 The manor was built\u00a0 by stone masons coming off the Rideau Canal project. In 1912 the family home was converted by his son Leonard into a fishing lodge known as Van Luven House.\u00a0 Leonard’s son Karl built the Loughborough Inn afterwards. In 1874, Henry applied for form of application to Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital for a pension as a Militiaman of 1812<\/a>.\u00a0 I’m not sure if this means he was wounded during the war. A map of the lots in Loughborough Township.<\/a> The thriving metropolis of Sydenham, just down the road, had a population of about 500 people, including J B VanLuven, harness maker.\u00a0 A few of my other relatives in Sydenham were George & Stephen Ackroyd and Albert Buck. STORRINGTON TOWNSHIP – FRONTENAC COUNTY 18 – Christopher S. Van Luven – 87 acres, farmer, Battersea P.O. native of Canada; date of settlement- 1830. 19 – Henry Van Luven – 175 acres 20 – S. Van Luven – 100 acres 21 – L. Van Luven, Battersea, telegraph operator, native of Canada; date of settlement- 1857.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n The Anglin family name has their history intertwined with Van Luven. Bay Anglin (1122), 1867 – 1957<\/b> Their second son was William Woodbury ‘Bay’ Anglin (1122), born in 1867 and married in 1900 to Isabelle Farquhar. A poem which he wrote on the occasion of the installation of a bell and tower in the Battersea United Church<\/a>, a gift of John Bruyiere of Florida in memory of his father-in-law, Henry Van Luven, is worth quoting here:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.ruralroutes.com\/5487.html<\/a><\/p>\n Sir John A. Macdonald used the current kitchen and facilities in Henry Van Luven’s house to practice law.\u00a0 Coincidentally, both men died in the same year. Henry Van Luven died October 27, 1891 at age 96.<\/p>\n On June 5, 1914, an unfortunate fellow named Nelson VanLuven, age 35, spent a 3 year sentence on the wrong side of KP’s bars for false pretenses.\u00a0 This was Nelson Williams VanLuven, Sydney Van Luven’s son and Henry’s grandson. Battersea<\/strong> Additional information from Bill Anglin’s web site. I put together a timeline of some events that may have influenced Henry Van Luven and the lives of his family, ancestors and descendants.<\/p>\n
\nElizabeth married Cornelius Van Luven in 1787 in Mount Ross, Dutchess, New York.
\nElisabeth’s father was Lewis Kiefe (Kiefer).<\/span><\/p>\n
\nVan Leuven Genealogy Book I<\/em>
\nBeing the history of Andreies Pieterse Van Leuven, Immigrant of 1663, and of one line of his descendants through Pieter, Andries, Benjamin and John Van Leuven in New York, Canada, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Utah, California.
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\nhttp:\/\/georgevanleuven.org\/documents\/VanLeuvenGeneology.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\nCaptain John\u00a0 King<\/h2>\n
\nSarah’s father was John King.\u00a0\u00a0Captain John King was in the Royal Navy, circa 1816, in England.\u00a0 He was master of the<\/del> Frigates Falcon<\/del> and<\/del> Kite<\/a>, under Admiral Nelson.\u00a0 \u00a0He fought in the Battle of the Nile against Napoleon’s navy.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/0a\/The_Battle_of_the_Nile.jpg\")
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\nAn ancestor of John King, a long line of navy captains.<\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.geni.com\/people\/Capt-John-King\/6000000001900834616<\/p>\n
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\nThe Wakeford family, who had the water rights on a river flowing out of some lake[1]<\/a><\/sup>, put out a contract for the building of 14 houses in a town which was then called Dingbat. John King, who had been working in the Kingston shipyards, won the contract to build the houses. He later suggested the name of the community be changed to Battersea.
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\nThe last four children formed a 4 voice choir; Sarah – soprano, John Henry – tenor, Edward – bass, and Mariah – alto. Ron remembered a family gathering at which some difficulties must have arisen (or been remembered); Sarah suggested they “let bygones be bygones”, and sing … and they did.<\/p>\n\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.wikitree.com\/wiki\/Miller-41636<\/a><\/p>\nCornelius Van Luven<\/h2>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.genealogy.com\/ftm\/l\/a\/n\/Richard-Lander-QC\/WEBSITE-0001\/UHP-0331.html<\/a>
\nHis Grandfather was Benjamin Van Luven.
\nHis Mother was Elisabeth Kiefer, Grandmother Elizabeth Knickerbocker, Gr. El. Knickerbocker<\/p>\nWar of 1812<\/h2>\n
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\nhttp:\/\/www.lennoxandaddingtonhistoricalsociety.ca\/ErnC6.html<\/a><\/p>\nBattersea, Ontario<\/h2>\n
\nHenry laid out the street plan for VanLuvens Mills across 1,200 acres of crown land he purchased.\u00a0 He distributed 99-year leases to families who settled in the area.
\nhttp:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/docs\/DOC-15133
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\nLater the area was called Rockville, then finally Battersea when registered as a Post Office, when Rockville was already taken and rejected as a formal name.
\nhttp:\/\/www.frontenacmaps.ca\/pdf\/hamlets\/SF-Battersea.pdf<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.digitalkingston.ca\/genealogy-pathfinder\/storrington-township<\/a>
\nIn 1865, Cornelius Vanluven was the postmaster of Battersea, Storrington Township.
\nhttps:\/\/ogs.on.ca\/kingston\/pages\/membersonly\/2017-3_May-Jun_NL.pdf<\/a>
\nZara Vanluven was postmaster of Moscow, Camden East Township.<\/p>\nHoliday Country Manor<\/h2>\n
\nHenry was a stone mason by trade.\u00a0 The balcony on the side of his home below was likely an addition after his death.\u00a0 I’m sure he would have used brick.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-3YOR6MjRXKI\/WHvlGQImgdI\/AAAAAAAAPSA\/SVHv4ukUgUwy8eY8a_qesu16YsKVdSiygCEw\/s1600\/IMG_1349.JPG\")
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\nThis is an interesting story<\/a> about another mill owner in Loughborough creating a manmade disaster upstream, shortly after the opening of the Rideau Canal.
\nhttp:\/\/www.rideau-info.com\/canal\/tales\/wall-water.html<\/a>
\nThe walls of the building were made of thick limestone and it is conceivable that he designed the property to ward off Fennian Raiders<\/a> from across Lake Ontario, or at least the cold winters of Battersea.
\nI don’t know what the R-value of a 2-foot limestone wall is, however it was probably still cold in the winter, and according to the current property owners caused a lot of issues with setting up the WIFI internet reception.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/static.panoramio.com.storage.googleapis.com\/photos\/large\/94320239.jpg\")
\nKingston and surrounding area has some of the nicest heritage buildings in Canada.
\nhttp:\/\/frontenacheritage.ca\/about-us\/gallery\/<\/a><\/p>\nRoyal Hospital Pension<\/h2>\n
\nThe Royal Chelsea Hospital <\/a>\u00a0was a retirement home for the Chelsea Pensioners and an administrative office for the British Army. It was founded in 1682 and opened in 1692 to look after wounded and disabled soldiers. The hospital catered for in-pensioners but the large majority of soldiers pensioned out of the army were out-pensioners living at their own address but receiving a pension via the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
\nhttp:\/\/images.ourontario.ca\/1812\/72223\/image\/180976
\nhttps:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/wiki\/en\/Canada_Military_Records
\nhttps:\/\/www.bac-lac.gc.ca\/eng\/discover\/military-heritage\/Pages\/british-colonial-era.aspx<\/a><\/p>\nLoughborough Township<\/h2>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.frontenacmaps.ca\/pdf\/lotcon\/SF-Loughborough.pdf<\/a>
\nIn 1886, Battersea had a population of about 150 people, including Charles VanLuven, agent, and Chris VanLuven, miller.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/data2.archives.ca\/ap\/a\/a051313-v8.jpg\")
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\nPeth Road, A Village in the Township of Loughboro had a population of about 100, including Ira Darlington, blacksmith and Babcock & Sears, blacksmiths, and John Sears, shoemaker.
\nhttp:\/\/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca\/obj\/001075\/f2\/e010780559.pdf<\/a>
\nSanford Van Luven lived on Concession 4, Lot 1 of Loughborough, a neighbour of my Great Great Grandfather Samuel Sears.
\nHenry and his family and other Van Luven’s had many acres of land in the areas around Kingston.<\/p>\nAnglin Family<\/h2>\n
\nFrom Bill Anglin’s site:
\nThe oldest son of William J. Anglin (112) and Sarah was John Anglin (1121), born in 1866, died, 1936, married 1894 Gertrude Taber, born in 1866, died in 1926. They had a farm outside of Battersea and raised a family of four.<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n\"It was in late November\nOf Nineteen twenty-one\nFather and I walked to the church\nAs we had so often done.\nIn those far gone days of boyhood Ere I so far did roam Away from my native village Away from my home sweet home.\nAs we were passing Sidney's house The Bell rang loud and clear For the first time on Sunday morn So that all worshippers could hear.\nThere in the splendid new Tower Stood Anderson Knapp with pride Ringing the bell John Bruyiere gave In memory of his young bride.\nHenry Van Luven her father's Memory to perpetuate Was the name inscribed thereon Fitting and appropriate.\nFor he it was the first did come A veteran of Lundy's Lane And here he built his mills and home And gave Battersea its name.\nHis name with others blended By ties so hard to sever Shall be sacred to the people Of Battersea forever.\"\n<\/span><\/pre>\nBattersea Stone Mill<\/h2>\n
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Sir John A. Macdonald<\/h2>\n
\n“William W. Anglin, 82, a former resident of Battersea, one of two CPR telegraph operators who first flashed the news of the death of Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada, across Canada on June 6, 1891, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Horton, 300 College St., Kingston.”<\/em><\/p>\nDeath of Henry Van Luven<\/h2>\n
Kingston Penitentiary Relatives<\/h2>\n
\nNelson was drafted in WWI after leaving prison and moving to Michigan.
\nIn 1923, Robert Miles VanLuven worked on the right side of the bars at the Kingston Penitentiary.\u00a0 My great grandfather at least one great uncle were both prison guards at this time.<\/p>\nWWI Veterans of Storrington Township<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n3058340 ANGLIN, William RD
\n835949 BETTS, Arnold J
\n204469 HARTLEY, Herbert Alfred
\n204136 HARTLEY, James Ray
\n835775 HOGLE, Edward
\n835731 HOOPER, Rowland
\n51213 HUNTBACH, Ernest
\n835749 JACKSON, Wallace
\n835782 KEELER, Harmon
\n835389 KING, Thomas L
\n835644 KNIGHT, Fred
\n835847 LAKE, Harold C
\n38 VanLUVEN, Otto
\n835725 WILLIAMS, Dalton M
\n835748 WILLIAMS, John
\nInverary<\/strong>
\n835904 DARLING, Roy Addison
\n835130 EARDLEY, Thomas C
\n5777 EDWARDS, William Cecil
\nFERGUSON, Frederick S
\n780 FREEMAN, Norman Victor
\n835616 KISH, Archie
\n835906 RITCHIE, Peter
\n835057 SHEPHERD, Elmer
\n835863 SIMPSON, Clarence Leroy
\n835654 SMITH, Joseph
\n835554 WOOD, Chaffy<\/p>\nOh! Henry Brothers<\/h2>\n
\nThe Fourth Generation: Robert’s (12) Grandchildren<\/em>
\nOn the farm at Battersea, Eliza (122) and Christopher Van Luven raised four children, Frederick William Van Luven (1221), Robert Anglin Van Luven (1222), Hannah Hartman Van Luven (1223), and Charles Morley Van Luven(1224). Hannah and Morley remained on the farm with their parents, even after Fred and Rob left to enter the business world.<\/em>
\nFred Van Luven (1221), 1863 – 1941
\nRob Van Luven (1222), 1863 – 1940
\nFred (1221) and Rob Van Luven (1222) both became, in turn, travellers for the Crothers Biscuit Company of Kingston, and lived at Hedgewood, on Union Street, when so employed.<\/em>
\nAfter the deaths of his parents and of Hannah, Morley moved into Kingston where he lived until his death in 1956. The parents, Hannah and Morley are all buried in the Van Luven cemetery nearby which, for a time, was sadly neglected until Dorothy, Frederick’s daughter, was able to arrange for its care.<\/em>
\nIn 1925, Crothers was sued by Williamson Candy for trademark infringement for registering Oh! Henry in Canada.\u00a0 They lost on appeal.
\nhttp:\/\/www.billanglin.com\/story4pt1.html<\/a>
\nSupreme Court of Canada, Crothers Co. V. Williamson Candy Co., 1925<\/a><\/p>\nTimeline of Henry Van Luven’s life<\/strong><\/h1>\n