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The Vroman – Sullivan Families Genealogy

   Amelia and Phillip Vroman on the proch of their Put-in-Bay home.Nancy Becker Vroman Sullivan is the beginning of the following genealogy because her two marriages encompass two large island families. Family legend states that her husband John Vroman was a peddler who sold goods from a horse-drawn wagon in New York State. He never returned from one of his trips.
    Her son, Philip Vroman, was the first permanent settler in the islands. He worked for the Edwards family and later de Rivera and eventually bought land.
   This large family located on both South Bass and North Bass Islands. Descendants of the Vroman and Sullivan families still reside in the Lake Erie Islands today.

Vroman – Sullivan Genealogy

1    Nancy Becker 1800 – 1886 m. 1st John Vroman 1795 – 1826
             2  Philip Vroman 1823 – 1912 m. Amelia Luce 1829 - 1925
                       3  Daniel P. Vroman 1848 – 1925 m. Sara A. Bertrand 1850 - 1918
                       3  Frank V. Vroman 1854 - 1866
                       3  George H. Vroman          1860 – 1935 m. 1st Charlotte J.
                          Reynolds 1861 - 1890 m. 2nd Mary A. Bidkey 1868 - 1960
                       3  Solomon W. Vroman 1870 – 1891
              2  George Vroman 1824 – 1886
              2  Simon L. Vroman 1825 – 1899 m. Helen E. Becker 1836 - 1920
                        3  John Vroman 1856 - 1866
                        3  Philip Vroman 1864 - 1940
                        3  Bertrand A. Vroman 1865 - 1939
                        3  Amelia M. Vroman1868 – 1927 m. William Sadler 1871 - 1901
                        3  Edward E. Vroman 1871 – 1935
                2  John Vroman 1826 – 1886
1 Nancy Becker m. 2nd Michael Sullivan 1795 – 1870
                2  Catherine Sullivan 1828 – 1891 m. Joseph V. Ruh 1830 - 1923
                       3  Ellen R. Ruh 1862 – 1923 m. John Woner 1860 - 1906
                       3  Nancy E. Ruh 1864 - 1955
                       3  Mary L. Ruh 1866 - 1928
                       3  Elizabeth Ruh 1868 – 1923 m. R. Williams 1865 -
                       3  Charles E. Ruh 1868 – 1944 m. Elva E. Pickens 1867 – 1947
                2  Sophie E. Sullivan 1831 – 1893 m. 1st Simon E. Welch 1805 - 1860
                       3  Mariah B. Welch 1852 – 1926 m. Nicholas J. Buyer 1843 -
                       3  Levi E. Welch 1854 – 1926 m. Jennie Pickel 1861 - 1903
                       3  Nancy S. Welch 1856 – 1932 m. Anton J. Heuchele 1848 -
                             1929 Sophie E. Sullivan m. 2nd William W. Axtell 1829 - 1896
                       3  George H. Axtell 1863 – 1925 m. Bertha E. Gossman   1864 -
                             1908 3  Lewis D. Axtell 1874 - 1935
                       3  Nettie H. Axtell 1878 – 1930 m. Charles DeCamp 1875 –
                  2  Elizabeth Sullivan 1834 – 1903 m. Simon Fox 1823 - 1902
                        3  Nancy M. Fox 1858 – 1932 m. Rudolph Siefield 1858 - 1924
                        3  Diantha F. Fox 1864 - 1876
                        3  Franklin W. Fox   1867 – 1932 m. Millicent Wardrum 1876 - 1939
                        3  Stewart A. Fox 1873 – 1931 m. Clara C. Gosser 1873 - 1938
                        3  Adam M. Fox 1875 – 1876
                   2  Mary A. Sullivan 1836 – 1879 m. George W. Hallock 1822 - 1870
                        3  George W. Hallock 1853 – 1937 m. Lavina H. Wires 1850 - 1935
                        3  Julia J. Hallock 1856–1953 m. 1st William D. Willis  1858-1886;
                            m.2nd Mr. Bronson 1850 -;
                            m. 3rd William T. Marshall 1855-1937
                         3  Anna Hallock 1860 – m. John Bogart 1850 –
                     2  Susan Sullivan 1838 – 1890 m. John Greenman 1835 - 1869
                         3  Willard Greenman 1861 - 1869
                         3  Theodore Greenman 1863
                         3  William Greenman 1864 – 1869
                     2  Nancy E. Sullivan 1839 – 1925 m. John F. Magle  1838 - 1910
                          3  Katherine J. Magle 1864 – 1938 m. Aid B. Jordan 1869 - 1922
                          3  Elizabeth Magle 1865 – 1959 m. Alexander R. Bruce 1857 - 1937
                          3  Caroline R. Magle 1870 – 1935 m. Leslie G. Bruce 1866 - 1934
                          3  Mary E. Magle 1877 – 1949 m. August C. Schultz 1880 –
                     2  Diantha Sullivan 1841- 1864 m. Henry T. Lauenstein 1819 - 1892
                          3  Edward W. Lauenstein 1861-
                          3  Margaret Lauenstein 1864 – m. John Martin 1860 -
 

 

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