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The Van Voorhees Association was founded in 1932 by Rev. Dr. Oscar M. Voorhees. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to researching and preserving the history of the Van Voorhees family, which according to its website is one of the largest and oldest Dutch families in the United States. Membership is limited to members of the Van Voorhees families, and members must provide their known ancestry when applying for membership. The organization is governed by a board that includes a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, correspondence secretary, financial secretary, line representatives, genealogy committee, and membership chair.
Since it is a mainly a genealogical organization, its genealogy committee is very active and the organization retains a genealogist, who maintains a genealogical database and actively researches the family. The genealogist also assists members with their own family research. When the organization was founded, Oscar Voorhees was committed to creating and publishing a genealogy that continued and updated the family's first genealogy published by Elias Van Voorhis in 1888. The Van Voorhees Association has pursued this goal throughout its history. The organization has compiled and published several genealogies, including Albert L. Stokes' The Van Voorhees Family Volume 1: The First Four Generations and Florence Christoph's The Van Voorhees Family in America: The First Six Generations. In addition to its genealogical activities, the association organizes family reunions on a semi-regular basis and produces a newsletter, Niewsbrief. As of early 2011, the Van Voorhees Association is still an active organization. More information about the activities and genealogies of the association can be found on its website at http://www.vanvoorhees.org .
The records of the Van Voorhees Association consists of genealogy, family records, correspondence, journals, photographs, obituaries, wills, deeds, newspaper articles, and other material documenting the Van Voorhees family. Since the main activities are genealogical, the vast majority of the material relates to the Van Voorhees family history and genealogy. There is some material that documents the administration of the organization including membership records, correspondence, and newsletters.
The collection is mostly arranged by membership applications; membership correspondence; Dates and Individual Information for New Van Voorhees Genealogy sheets; photocopies/transcriptions of Bible records; Family Group sheets; photocopies/transcriptions of wills, deed and other documents; the papers of Patricia Zumwalt; newspaper clippings, book excerpts, booklets, genealogical charts, obituaries, letters, and short biographies; Albert L. Stokes' genealogy drafts; Harold Hazelton's genealogy draft and notes; the research of Donald Sinclair; photographs; newsletters; individual family genealogies; New York Supreme Court documents; and the Elias Van Voorhees journals.
Many individuals created and kept these records throughout the life of the organization which resulted in the records becoming jumbled without a record-keeping scheme. In the late 1990s, Judith Van Voorhis and Florence Christoph had primary responsibility for keeping these records and organized the material. Despite this organization, there are some inconsistencies in the organization.
Boxes 1-4 contain membership applications. Initially, these forms were filed by the applicants' last name but as the organization grew in size, each member was assigned a unique number and the applications were organized numerically by membership number. The applications include information regarding the member's lineage; occasionally the applicant included additional documentation about his ancestry. It was required for the member to provide this information since membership is only open to Van Voorhees descendants.
Membership correspondence, which is housed in Box 5, dates from 1993 to 2005 and is arranged chronologically. The content concerns membership matters such as confirmation of membership, renewals or notification of a member's death.
Box 5 also contains the Dates and Individual Information for New Voorhees Genealogy sheets. These informational sheets were designed by the Rev. Dr. Oscar Van Voorhees to collect biographical information on members. The sheets asked for information such as birth date, address, education, occupation, and information on immediate family. The purpose of these sheets was to collect information on family members that would be used to compile a family genealogy.
Photocopies and transcriptions of Bible records dating to back to the seventieth century are found in Box 6. All of these records come from Bibles belonging to various members of the Van Voorhees family.
Rev. Van Voorhees also designed Family Group sheets in addition to the individual information sheets that were sent to members in order to gather genealogical information. These sheets asked the member to provide information about their known ancestry and progeny. These sheets can be found in Boxes 6 and 7. There is one Family Group sheet per folder and the folders are identified by the member's name and city of residence.
In addition to records from family Bibles, the Van Voorhees Family Association also collected photocopies and transcriptions of wills, deeds and other legal documents related to family members from the seventeenth century to the present. Some of these records are found in Box 7. This box also contains the papers of Patricia Zumwalt, who was a longtime member of the organization and served as the western states representative on the board of the association. Her papers include correspondence with members of the board, new members from the west coast region; papers related to organizing reunions and other events for west coast members as well as her own genealogical research.
Boxes 7, 8, 11, 12, and 17-23 contain assorted newspaper clippings, articles, book excerpts, obituaries, wedding announcements, letters, printed e-mails, short biographies and other material related to Van Voorhees family members. This material was collected throughout the organization's history in order to collect material that documents the lives of Van Voorhees family members. Member correspondence, membership applications and photocopies and transcriptions of Bible records can be found within these records. Much of the material is original but there are photocopies and transcriptions of original material.
The collection also contains the drafts and notes of genealogies created by several of the organization's genealogists. Boxes 8 and 9 contain the drafts of the work compiled by Albert L. Stokes: The Van Voorhees Family Volume 1: The First Four Generations. His drafts are arranged by family line and generations. Boxes 9, 10 and 11 contains the drafts and notes compiled by Harold Hazelton, for which a publication was never finished. His research is also arranged by family line and generation. Box 11 contains the research of Donald Sinclair. He did extensive research on the family and filled notebooks with records of church records, family Bibles, wills, deeds and other records from the New Jersey and Pennsylvania archives dating to the seventieth and eighteenth centuries. These files are arranged alphabetically by first name. Sinclair did not produce a formal genealogy but his research filled in the gaps from previous family research.
Boxes 12-16, 23 and 24 contain member correspondence. The majority of this correspondence relates to the individual member's family research. The member is either asking the organization for information on a specific family member or the member is sharing his research findings of a particular member. The correspondence was often accompanied with photocopies of wills, deeds, Bible records, photographs, pedigree charts, or other material. This correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the correspondent except for Box 24.
Photographs collected by the association can be found in Boxes 16 and 17. In 2002 the organization created an index and a naming scheme for their photograph collection. The folders are labeled with the organization's naming scheme as well as the name of the person or people appearing in the photographs. The index to the collection can be found in Box 16, Folder 163.
The organization's newsletter, Niewsbrief (Box 24), dating from May 1985 to Fall 2007, focuses on upcoming and past events and on genealogical research findings. The newsletters are arranged chronologically.
Boxes 24-26 contain Van Voorhees Family genealogies compiled by individuals independently of the organization. Most of these genealogies were not published.
Box 26 contains documents (mostly summonses and complaints) from five court cases in which a Van Voorhees family member was one of several people named as a defendant. The documents date between 1912 and 1921.
The journals of Elias Van Voorhis (Boxes 26 and 27) consist of abstracts from wills, deed and church records, mostly from New Jersey. Each journal is devoted to a specific topic and/or geographic location. The notes in his journal are not arranged in any specific order unless indicated. Also in Box 27 is a copy of the Albert L. Stokes' genealogy, published in 1984, which contains information about the first four generations of the Van Voorhees family.
A pedigree chart of the descendants of Benjamin Moore, a drawing depicting the death of Captain Voorhees in 1779, and a photograph of a meeting of the Van Voorhees Association at the Empire State Club on May 21, 1932, are housed in an oversize folder.
7 3 Coert Line, Albert Leonel Voris, Jr.
Photocopies/transcriptions of wills, deeds, etc.
Newspapers clippings, articles, genealogical charts, obituaries, letters short biographies, etc.
7 131 Copy of article, "Ralph Voorhees: Father of Flag Day"
Newspapers clippings, articles, genealogical charts, obituaries, letters, short biographies, etc.
12 49 Letter, by Lily Duncan Voorhees, n.d.
12 102 Letter, Mrs. Adaleine Longstreet Stillwell to Dr. Oscar M. Voorhees, n.d.
12 117 Letter to Miss Voris from Mary Franks, contains genealogical information on Ruluff Voorhees, n.d.
12 154 Abramson, Flora G.
12 155 Adams, Alice V.
12 157 Ackerson, Truman T.
12 162 Allen, Sara W.
12 163 Alpaugh, Leon A.
12 168 Applegate, Kenneth P.
12 175 Baldwin, Norman A.
12 182 Beekman, Emetta H.
12 187 Bird, Harold L. Jr.
12 191 Bizier, Bettie B.
12 194 Bloodgood, Charles E.
12 195 Blyth, Randolph C.
12 200 Bottom, Larry G.
12 201 Boutilletee, George Francis Jr.
12 204 Bowman, Una A.
12 206 Brack, Marilyn J.
12 208 Breaux, Laurence M.
12 214 Brownell, Robert C.
13 4 Burr, Dorothy E.
13 6 Butler, J.B. Mrs.
13 10 Capestro, Esther B.
13 21 Clapp, Julian H.B.
13 24 Cochran, Maurice D.
13 26 Cole, Virginia V.
13 30 Conniff, Sandra L.
13 33 Cook, Warren A.
13 41 Cox, Roger R.
13 42 Crabtree, Royale R.
13 46 Craig, Charles M. Mrs.
13 54 Curtis, Ray Mrs.
13 55 Davidson, George L.
13 57 Davis, George R.
13 59 Day, Alta J.
13 61 Dehaan, Ruth V.
13 64 DeVore, Paul W.
13 67 Donelson, Faye M.
13 68 Dones, Jean C.
13 69 Doyal, Dean A.
13 73 Dumers, Marilynne M.
13 79 Eichbaum, Beatrice M.
13 91 Fay, Joanne D.
13 94 Ferguson, Edward E.
13 96 Holm, Robert A.
13 97 Fields, Joseph G.
13 99 Fisher, Mary E.
13 119 Gilbert, Henry R.
13 124 Gladding, David L.
13 133 Greenlees, Charli M.
13 145 Haney, Adrienne L.
14 2 Harmon, Kenneth, Mrs.
14 6 Harris, Stanley Edwards, Jr.
14 7 Harrison, Waylan D.
14 14 Havemeyer, Gretchen A.
14 16 Hayes, Hazel J.
14 21 Hemmingsen, H. Mrs.
14 26 Hess, Lois A.
14 48 Isacks, Albert J.
14 50 Jackson, Diana A.
14 52 Jewell, George A.
14 60 Kearney, Joseph N.
14 62 Kephart, Calvin I.
14 64 King, Frances R.
14 68 Klauka, Michelle L.
14 76 Lackey, Allen M.
14 83 Lewis, Anna M.
14 85 Lindell, E.E., Mrs.
14 89 Loutzenhiser, Merrilyn K.
14 95 Lydecker, William J.F.
14 102 MacElroy, Jane A.
14 104 Mainey, Louis B.
14 114 Mason, Thomas R.
14 120 McCormick, Rachael H.
14 122 McElvery, Richard M.
14 130 Melancon, Mary L.
14 137 Miller, Alberta M.
14 139 Miller, Shelly E.
14 140 Mills, Walter H.
14 142 Minke, III, John F.W.
14 144 Moore, Andrew L.
14 146 Moore, Florence L.
14 148 Mitzel, Pauline S.
14 149 Moore, Stella B.
14 155 Muller, Betty W.
14 156 Munson, Rosalie A.
14 159 Mustain, Robert D.
14 162 Nelson, Daniel R.
14 164 Nunn, Ann S.
14 171 Owens, Leanore, G.
15 1 Palella, Margaret W.
15 5 Parker, Wayne V.
15 10 Peck, Elizabeth A.
15 11 Peck, Lila J.
15 16 Peyrouse, Jane H.
15 20 Phillips, Margaret R.
15 21 Phillips, Wendell E.
15 26 Poole Jr., Lawrence A.
15 29 Porter, Michael M.
15 32 Poulson, Herbert E.
15 35 Prather, Lois M.
15 36 Pyne, Frederick W.
15 48 Redden, Margaret R.
15 55 Richey, Forrest A.
15 61 Rose, Elizabeth A.
15 62 Ross, Isaac S.
15 69 Sawyer, Herbert Allen Jr.
15 74 Schneider, Ann V.
15 75 Schmidt, Mary B.
15 79 Scudder, Richard A.
15 81 Sebern, Wilbur B.
15 83 Seery, Elnora M.
15 85 Shannon, Peter B.
15 86 Sharp, John P.
15 94 Shirk, Claire E.
15 95 Shoemaker, Fred R.
15 101 Snow, Elise M.
15 108 Spillers, Mrs. G.C.
15 110 Staats, Mary T.
15 111 Staubach, Charles P.
15 114 Steesy, Walter W.
15 115 Steuver, John Russell Jr.
15 118 Stocker, Charles L.
15 119 Stonaker, Margaret R.
15 127 Stroup, Hazel M.
15 130 Suydam, John L.
15 145 Van Voorhis, Harold Lynn Jr.
15 147 Van Voorhis, Isaac Lindsay Jr.
15 150 Van Voorhis, John M.
15 152 Van Voorhis, Martha J.
15 156 Van Voorhis, Robert A.
15 157 Van Voorhis, Robert P. Sr.
15 161 Van Voris, Filmore E.
15 163 Van Wagnen, F.L.
15 171 Voorhees, Charles M.
15 172 Voorhees, Clint W.
15 184 Vail, Russell E.
15 185 Van Arsdale, Marcia A.
15 187 Van Osdol-Schneider, B.
15 195 Van Voorhis, Judith K.
15 200 Voorhees, Daniel Webster Sr.
15 201 Voorhees, David A.
16 6 Voorhees, Edwin Forman Jr.
16 8 Voorhees, Frederick M.
16 9 Voorhees, Garrett H.
16 15 Voorhees, Howard J.
16 18 Voorhees, James M.
16 25 Voorhees, John Whitman Jr.
16 27 Voorhees, Judith E.
16 29 Voorhees, Lesley E.
16 31 Voorhees, Peter G.
16 33 Voorhees, Mary M.
16 35 Voorhees, Mildred D.
16 37 Voorhees, Nelson J.
16 42 Voorhees, Ralph Spencer Jr.
16 50 Voorhees, Theodore Jr.
16 52 Voorhees, Wilbur G.
16 55 Voorheis, Mark E.
16 57 Voorhies, Jr., Bennett J.
16 59 Voorhis, Charles B.
16 61 Voorhis, Emily W.
16 63 Voorhies, John A.
16 65 Voorhis, Charles C.
16 67 Voorhis, Harold J.
16 71 Voorhis, Ralph N.
16 77 Vores, Alfred Dingee Jr.
16 80 Vorheis, Kevin L.
16 82 Vorhees, Scott V.
16 84 Vorhies, Charles T.
16 95 Vories, Elizabeth G.
16 99 Voris, Charles R.
16 104 Voris, Ralph S. Jr.
16 109 Wagoner, Pauline A.
16 110 Waite, William W.
16 112 Walsh, Anne D.M.
16 129 White, Roger G.
16 131 White, Wallace E.
16 136 Wilcox, Clyde H.
16 144 Wilson, Elizabeth K.
16 148 Winter, Evelyn A.
16 149 Winter, Stephen L.
16 154 Wood, Theodore V.
16 166 Voorhees, Foster M.
Newspaper clippings, articles, genealogical charts, letters, obituaries, short biographies, etc.
17 103 "Voorhees Road Genealogical Record from Aden, Menzo through Hiram Voorhees"
17 141 "The Conewago Colony"
17 142 Excerpt of "The Conewago Colony of Pennsylvania"
18 29 Letter to Ruluff Voorhees from brother, n.d.
18 64 Proposal for Van Voorhees Association Membership Roster, n.d.
18 70 Van Voorhees Association notes, research and pedigree charts about Voorhees family, v.d.
18 78 Obituaries, photocopies, v.d.
19 1 Van Voorhees family genealogy related notes, research and correspondence, v.d.
19 9 Newspaper clippings, v.d.
19 68 Excerpt from book Frederick Fritts and his descendants by Frederic Enemy, M.D.
20 48 The memorandum book of "David Voorhees"
20 86 Letter, Charles F. Voorhees to William J.F. Lydecker, n.d.
20 123 Letter to Joan Carter from Florence Christoph, n.d.
21 6 Letter, Jeanne Drew Shebley to Florence Christoph, n.d.
21 13 Letter from Charles Voris to Florence Christoph, n.d.
21 167 Willard Penfield Voorhees (1851-1914), "Proceedings in the Supreme Court and Court of Errors and Appeals in reference to the death of Mr. Justice Voorhees"
21 177 Isaiah Voris, biography from "The Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Ohio"
22 19 Association correspondence regarding ancestry, v.d.
22 22 New member cards and association dues renewals, v.d.
22 24 Correspondence between Association Officers, v.d.
22 57 Descendants of Frank Andrew Henning, Jr.
22 123 Membership applications, v.d.
23 95 Charles Henry Meeker, Jr.
23 129 Van Voorhis, Charles S.
23 130 L.W. Van Voorhis, Dr.
23 134 Frank Van Voorhis, Sr.
28 Unprocessed accretion – membership files, correspondence files, genealogical research notes, etc.
29 Unprocessed accretion – membership files, correspondence files, genealogical research notes, etc.
The van Voorhees family in America: the seventh and eighth generations:…/edited and compiled by Florence A. Christoph (Baltimore, MD : Published by [i.e. for] the Van Voorhees Association by Gateway Press, Inc., c2003) 2 v.

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