Vandervoort Family - Ourfolk
Bertha Ameila Vandervoort (Sloan) 1 SEP 1856 - 2 SEP 1933
Bertha was born on 1 SEP 1856 in Sidney Twp, Hastings, Ontario, Canada and died on 2 SEP 1933 (age: 77) in Brazil, Clay, IN and was buried in Peoria Co., IL .
She was the daughter of Joseph Aikens Vandervoort (1 JUL 1829 - 16 JUL 1887) and Eleanor Eliza Jones (Vandervoort) (30 MAR 1829 - 28 APR 1910).
Bertha was married to William Thompson Sloan on 1 SEP 1875 in Elmwood, Ill.
William was born on 28 SEP 1849 in Clarion Co., Pa and died on 1929 .
He was the son of John J, Sloan (D: 1855) and Sebena (Sloan) .
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| Parents | Grand Parents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ George Vandervoort (22 MAR 1793 - 1870) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ Joseph Aikens Vandervoort (1 JUL 1829 - 16 JUL 1887) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Catherine Hogle (Vandervoort) (1808 - 9 DEC 1880) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bertha Ameila Vandervoort (Sloan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ Miles Jones, Jr. (6 NOV 1794 - 8 FEB 1885) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Eleanor Eliza Jones (Vandervoort) (30 MAR 1829 - 28 APR 1910) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Pamela Ketchum Turner (Jones) (2 SEP 1805 - 1 MAY 1883) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
married William Thompson Sloan, a druggist in Elmwood, Illinois, in Sep 1875. They had one child Eleanor Sloan.
The subject of this sketch is the son of John and Sebina Sloan, who were natives of Pennsylvania.
His father died in 1855, and his mother - now Mrs. Johnson - is a resident of McClean Co, Ill.
He commenced the study of medicine under Dr. W. A. Baker of Reidsville, Pa. in 1868.
In 1870 he attended lectures at the medical colege of Cleveland, O., and during
the years of 1871 and 1872, practiced medicine in Jefferson Co., Pa.
He attended lectures at Bellevue Medical College, New York city , in 1873, and in the Spring of the following year graduated and moved to Elmwood, Peoria Co., where
he has since resided and priacticed.
He has acquired a good share of medical practice of the town and surrounding country, and in 1879 added the business of drugguist and apothecary,
He married Miss Bertha Vandervoort, who was born in Canada in 1857, and by whiom he has one child, Eleanor, born in Jine 1877.
(The History of Peoria County, Illinois)
His father died in 1855, and his mother - now Mrs. Johnson - is a resident of McClean Co, Ill.
He commenced the study of medicine under Dr. W. A. Baker of Reidsville, Pa. in 1868.
In 1870 he attended lectures at the medical colege of Cleveland, O., and during
the years of 1871 and 1872, practiced medicine in Jefferson Co., Pa.
He attended lectures at Bellevue Medical College, New York city , in 1873, and in the Spring of the following year graduated and moved to Elmwood, Peoria Co., where
he has since resided and priacticed.
He has acquired a good share of medical practice of the town and surrounding country, and in 1879 added the business of drugguist and apothecary,
He married Miss Bertha Vandervoort, who was born in Canada in 1857, and by whiom he has one child, Eleanor, born in Jine 1877.
(The History of Peoria County, Illinois)
In 1876, Dr. Sloan was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Vandervoort, of Elmwood, a daughter of J. A. Vandervoort and they are the parents of three children,
of who two are living, John and Helen, the latter the wife of James C. McRae of Indianapolis.
Their daughter Eleanor, the wife of S. M. Russell superintendent of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad, died in 1908.
This two page article on pages 99 and 100 includes a photograph of Dr. Sloan.
of who two are living, John and Helen, the latter the wife of James C. McRae of Indianapolis.
Their daughter Eleanor, the wife of S. M. Russell superintendent of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad, died in 1908.
This two page article on pages 99 and 100 includes a photograph of Dr. Sloan.
First Cousin - William Henry Douglass
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