Van Norden Family unit Genealogy

The surname Van Norden (which has historically also been written "Van Orden" and "van Norden") is a toponym, meaning that information technology was derived from a byname referring to a place.  (A "byname" is a nickname used to distinguish people with the same given name, like "Ockham" in "William of Ockham.")  Well-nigh people with the surname "Van Norden" in the U.s.a. can be traced dorsum to Pieterese Casparszen Mabille van Naarden, who was built-in in the city of Naarden (Holland) and died in the tardily 1600s in New Amsterdam (at present known as New York City).  There is a family unit coat of artillery, which is a chevron separating three towers, against an azure groundwork.  The family motto, "manu forti," is Latin for "past forcefulness" (literally, "with stiff hand").  In that location is a long tradition in the Van Norden family of naming boys later relatives, which can make the family genealogy confusing.

At the time of the Revolutionary War, John Van Norden (1732-1810) was a individual in the Revolutionary Regular army, simply his blood brother Gabriel Knowles Van Norden (1737-1810) was a Loyalist, and Gabriel's son, John (named after his uncle) was an officer in a Loyalist New Bailiwick of jersey infantry unit.  Like many Loyalists, Gabriel and John fled the US for Nova Scotia after the war.  John later on moved to Bermuda, and was mayor of St. Georges for many years.  A plaque in his accolade may still be constitute there.

Amid the Van Nordens who stayed in the US, the family divided into northern and southern branches after John Van Norden's grandson, St. Luke Van Norden (1787 – 1855), moved to New Orleans and so to Mississippi.

The northern branch of the Van Norden family became distinguished and financially successful, particularly a trio of brothers:  Thomas Langdon Van Norden, Warner Van Norden, and Charles E. Van Norden.  Thomas Langdon Van Norden (1837-1895) received an Medico from the University of the City of New York (at present officially known as New York University) in 1859.  He served as a surgeon with the Spousal relationship Army during the Civil State of war.  After the war, he and his wife became missionaries in Persia, where they died.

Thomas's blood brother, Warner Van Norden (1841-1914), became very wealthy during the state of war, and founded the Van Norden Trust Company.  With his newfound fortune, Warner renovated an existing building, which became the "Van Norden Family Mansion." Information technology even so exists (although no longer endemic by anyone in the family) at No. 8, Due east 62nd Street, Manhattan.  It was last sold in 2007 for $35 one thousand thousand (http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-1903-van-norden-mansion-no-8-east.html).

The third brother, Rev. Charles E. Van Norden (1843-1913), was valedictorian of his course at Hamilton College and elected to Phi Beta Kappa.  He also received his LL.D from Hamilton, then studied theology at Matrimony Theological Seminary, and was later awarded a D.D by New York University.  He went on to become a Congregationalist minister, president of Elmira Higher, and an author of several books, including Jesus:  An Unfinished Portrait. He also wrote a short story, "A Case of Discipline" (1896), which is apparently based on his experience every bit president  of Elmira College. Charles had three sons by his showtime wife, and later she passed abroad he remarried a adult female thirty years his junior, with whom he had two daughters.

Charles E. Van Norden (Photo Used with Permission of the Elmira College Archives)

Charles E. Van Norden (Photograph Used with Permission of the Elmira Higher Archives)

Linda de la Montaigna Van Norden (1905-1972)

Linda de la Montaigna Van Norden (1905-1972)

His older girl, Linda Van Norden, earned a BA from Stanford Academy and a PhD from UCLA, both in English literature.  She was on the kinesthesia of the University of California at Davis for more than 25 years, and died of a sudden of a heart attack shortly before her retirement.  Her book,The Black Feet of the Peacock:  The Color Concept "Black" from the Greeks through the Renaissance,was published posthumously.

 Warner Van Norden too had noteworthy offspring, including his son, Warner Montaigne Van Norden.

Warner Montaigne Van Norden (1873-1959)

Warner Montaigne Van Norden (1873-1959)

Warner was an early opponent of anti-Chinese discrimination and wrote Who's Who of the Chinese in New York to showcase the achievements of Chinese Americans. He was too an amateur Sinologist, who visited Mainland china and made a fortune importing Chinese tea.  Warner had charmingly eccentric hobbies.  He bought a champion French Bulldog for a record price, and imported a species of zebra from Africa, which he hoped to domesticate equally subcontract animals.

Warner Montaigne's sister, Emma Van Norden (1871-1906), was equally strong-willed.  Equally an upper-form debutante she was expected to alive a life of leisure and marry an every bit distinguished man.  Instead, she joined the Conservancy Army, an action considered so déclassé that information technology was reported with shock in the society page of The New York Times.  An official of the Salvation Army explained defensively that Miss Van Norden "was simply a good young adult female who had joined the ground forces on the same footing as any other girl less fortunate in the possession of affectionate parents, plenty of money, and hosts of friends."  She spent the rest of her life taking function in the charitable piece of work of Conservancy Army.

Emma Van Norden (1871-1906)

Emma Van Norden (1871-1906)

 There have not been many distinguished members of the southern branch of the Van Norden family.  John Wesley Van Norden (1842-1918) served equally a private in the 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.  Later the state of war, he received a pension for injuries (a hernia) incurred during his service.

John Wesley's grandson, Charles R. Van Norden (1910-2002), was the first in the southern branch of the family to earn a bachelor's degree and a graduate degree (MBA from Northwestern Academy).  During Earth War II, Charles was an officeholder in the Navy, and at ane signal managed shipping in Guam when it was the busiest seaport in the globe. Later on the war, Charles worked as an accountant, and eventually became the Corporate Secretary of Kennametal, a visitor that makes specialty steel.  His married woman, Helen K. Van Norden (1917-1994), was the child of immigrants from Poland, and she spoke only Smoothen until she began class school. Notwithstanding, as an adult she had no trace of a Smoothen accent. She was working as a stenographer when she met Charles, who was auditing the visitor she worked for.  Helen had many friends and was known for her beauty, vivacious personality, and quick wit.  Charles and Helen had five children and 10 grandchildren, all of whom have achieved success in a variety of fields.  Their ashes are interred at Arlington National Cemetery.