Saturday, October 26, 2013

The Elusive Ancestor - Christian Stuyverson (or is it Stuyvesant?)

Since the early 1990's when I started to have access to the Internet, I have been searching for my 3rd Great Grandparents, Celina Artemesia Church, daughter of Isaac Church and Sylvia Maria Clark, from Connecticut. Her husband, Christian Stuyveson or Stuyverson or Stuyvesant, you pick....has never been found. Family rumor has it that he abandoned the family when he join the service to fight in the Civil War, in PA.


I can find records but I can't find where he was born, or if I have his correct parents, plus I can't find a death record of any kind that would indicate where he may have died, if he didn't survive the War.


The picture is of Celina Church Stuyverson. If someone has any information, I would love to hear from you! I would love to finally have a resting place for Christian.