The ancestry of Robert Howard Van Horn
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Robert Howard Van Horn, son of Orrin Ellsworth and Golda Mae Howard Van Horn, was born 1926 in Union Twp., Calhoun Co., Iowa. He married (1) Phyllis Beigholfer (b. 1931); (2) 1987 Sally Brown (b. 1943). One early ancestor was, Cornelius Van Horn (1695-1744), son of Matthys Cornelisen of Holland and Fytie Adam (Sophia) Brower of New Amsterdam, N.Y. He was born in Brooklyn, Kings Co., N.Y. He was married three times: 1. Catherine Cox (1695-1723), daughter of Thomas and Mary Cox, born in Middleton, Monmouth Co., N.J.; 2. Elizabeth Lawrence born 1699 in Monmouth Co., N.J., daughter of James and Mehetable Alburtis Lawrence; and 3. Hannah Seabrook (b. 1706), daughter of James and Hannah Grover Seabrook. He settled in New Jersey. Family members live in New York, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and elsewhere. Golda Howard, daughter of George McClellan Howard and Elizabeth Ellen Bistline, was born in Jolley, Calhoun Co., Iowa, and died in Rochester, Minn. Her father was born in Ohio and mother in Illinois. The Bistline (Beuschlein) ancestor, Andreas, was born in Dietenhan, Mosbach, Germany in 1724. His son, George Bistlein, was born 1766 in.

Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Another early ancestor, Gabriel Newby (1665-1735), son of William Newby of London, England, was born in Virginia and died in Pasquotank, North Carolina. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived in North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana and elsewhere.

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