Vanleer (Van Leer) Family History
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Vanleer family tree.
Generation 4 Generation 5 Generation 6 Children of Bernardhus and second wife,
Christiana Fuls: Generation 8 Generation 9 Generation 10 Generation 11
European Roots, Canton of the Grisons, Switzerland
Generation 1
Hans Vollers/von Lähr and the
Battle of Grandson in 1476
Generation 2
Kaspar von Lähr (c. 1504-1568) Zurich gold merchant
Generation 3
Christoph von Lähr (c. 1534-1580)
Johann Theobald von Löhr (1576-c. 1624) clergyman Reformed
Church, Germany
Johann Balthasar von Löhr (c.
1620-1680)
Johann Georg von Löhr/ Van Leer
(1667-1748), immigrated to Penn Colony in 1698
- American Line followed by this site
Johanna Balthasar von Löhr
II (b. 1661 - German-Russian Line
Generation 7
Bernarhus Van Leer, Physician (1686-1790)
Children of Bernardhus
and first wife, Mary Branson:
1. George (1735-1807)
2. Thomas (died 1754 as child) Buried Middletown
Presbyterian
3. Branson (a medical doctor - died 1798).
No children.
4. William (c. 1743-1764)
5. Benjamin (a medical doctor in NJ, 1746-1820)
6.
Samuel (1747-1825) - Principal line followed at this site
7. Isaac (1754-1799)
8. Mary Moore -
includes discussion of the haunted Blue Ball Tavern
9. Hannah (1761-1837, married Mordecai Mackward.
10. Catherine (1764-1828, married Samuel Black
11. Christianna (married Audrey or James Lindsay)
12. Son (died young)
13. Bernard II (a medical doctor, 1770-1814)
14. Child (died young)
15. Sallie (born 1774)
Captain Samuel Van Leer/Vanleer (1747-1825) - Ironmaster and Patriot
Isaac Van Leer, Iron Master in Pennsylvania and Tennessee (1773-1821)
Children of Isaac and
Elizabeth Culbertson Van Leer:
1. Hannah, b. 1802
2. Margaret, b. 1803
3. Linford Lardner, b. 1806
4.
Wayne
(1810-1881)
- Principal line followed at this site
Wayne Van Leer, Texas Pioneer (1810-1881)
Isaac Guilford "I.G." Van Leer, West Texas Pioneer (1851-1934)
1. Jessie Anne, b.1877
2. Anthony Wayne (1880-1967)
Children of I.G. and Alice Poole Van Leer
3. Irene Guilford Van Leer, b. 1888
4. Mabel Van Leer, b. 1891