Alice Martha Van Vranken was the daughter of Peter Johnson Van Vranken & Martha Hamm (Peter's line traces back to Hezekiah Rogers & Hannah vincent). They are buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown, IA.
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Evening
Times Republican, 26 Oct 1914
Mrs A
M Brinkerhoff Dead - Resident of City For Forty-Five Years Dies in Rochester
Hospital
Mrs
Alice M Brinkerhoff, a resident of Marshalltown for forty-five years, died
Sunday morning in a Rochester, Minn hospital, where on Oct 3 she passed thru a
surgical operation for cancer and the removal of stones of the bladder. Mrs Brinkerhoff was born Van Vranken in
Onondaga County, New York, May 23, 1847.
She came with her parents to Tama County in 1865, and there, four years
later, became the wife of Cornelius F Brinkerhoff, who had served thruout the
civil war as a member of Company G, Seventy-fifth Illinois Infantry, and
Company G of the Eighth Veteran Reserve Corps.
Mr and Mrs Brinkerhoff came to this city directly after their marriage
in 1869, and Mr Brinkerhoff died here Sept 6, 1896. On Jan 12, 1911, Mrs Brinkerhoff entered the
soldiers' home and took a furlough when she went to Rochester for her surgical
work. Mrs Brinkerhoff was a member of
Winchester Circle, Ladies of the G A R, and since 1861, had been a member of
the Presbyterian Church. Surviving their
mother are three children - Mrs Fred Barnard and Mrs Fred Detrick of this city,
and George L Brinkerhoff of Manly. One
sister, Mrs Gertrude M Dobson of this city and two brothers, H E Van Vranken of
Orchard, Neb, and P J Van Vranken of Chicago, are also surviving. Mrs Brinkerhoff's body is expected to reach
this city either tonight or Tuesday morning.
Funeral arrangements have not bee made definitely.
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