Henrietta E. Van Steele

Henrietta E. Van Steele

• Father: Frederick C. Van Steele b. June 1853, d. 29 May 1913
• Mother: Isabella C. Martin b. September 1858, d. 3 May 1921

• Henrietta E. Van Steele was born in February 1882 in New York.
• Frederick C. Van Steele and Isabella C. Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, at 21 State Street living not far from Isabella's sister Irene Derlick. Also in the household is Jennie Carr, age 19, identified as "sister," but apparently not of Frederick or Isabella.. Other members of the household included Henrietta E. Van Steele, Elizabeth V. Van Steele, Martin W. Van Steele, Edward Harvey Van Steele, Irene Van Steele and Frederick J. Van Steele.
• She was an operator in a wrapper factory, according to the 1900 census.
• She married Thomas J. Totten Jr. circa 1902.
• Thomas J. Totten Jr. and Henrietta E. Van Steele appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, at 247 Nelson Avenue. Other members of the household included Thomas Joseph Totten III, Maryland Totten and Daisy B. Totten.
• The following appeared on 21 November 1911 in the Schenectady Gazette: Saratoga Springs. Mrs. Thomas J. Totten Jr. is seriously ill at her home in this village.
• Henrietta E. Van Steele died on 12 June 1912 at age 30 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, at 247 Nelson at her residence.
• Thomas J. Totten Jr. became a widower at her death.
• The following appeared on 14 June 1912 in the Schenectady Gazette: Saratoga Springs, June 13.-- Henrietta E. Van Steele, wife of Thomas J. Totten, died Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 'clock at her home, 247 Nelson avenue, after a long illness. Deceased was thirty years old and is survived by her husband, three children, Thomas, Maryland and Daisy; her mother, Mrs. Isabelle Van Steele; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Hintelmann and Miss Bessie Van Steele; three brothers, Edward, Martin and Fred Van Steele. The funeral will take place Saturday at 9 o'clock from her late home and 9:30 o'clock from St. Peter's church.
• The following appeared on 14 July 1914 in the Schenectady Gazette: (Saratoga Springs, July 13) Letters of administration on the estate of Thomas J. Totten, late of Saratoga Springs, have been issued to Isabelle Van Steele who has been appointed guardian of Thomas, Maryland and Daisy Totten, children of the decedent. The estate is valued at $6,000.

• Last Edited: 17 Nov 2009