Margaretta VanDerveer1

F, #31, b. 1869
Family Explorer
Pedigree
Father*Tunis VanDerveer b. 8 Aug 1834, d. 1904
Mother*Catherine Wortman b. 1843, d. 1925
Relationship2nd great-grandmother of Robert Michael Damon
ReferenceTFT0015

Names and Titles

Married: Mrs (VanDerveer) Hickcox as of between 1884 and 1887?2
Margaretta VanDerveer was born in 1869. She was the daughter of Tunis VanDerveer and Catherine Wortman. Margaretta VanDerveer married Edward Hickcox, son of (?) Hickcox and Mrs. (?) (?) Hickcox, on 21 November 1887.
Margaretta VanDerveer became the mother of Edward Hickcox about 1888.
Margaretta VanDerveer became the mother of Adelaide Hickcox on 25 August 1892. Margaretta VanDerveer lived at 21 Monticello Ave, Jersey City, New Jersey. She, as the mother of the bride, attended the wedding of William Hoyt and Adelaide Hickcox on 19 June 1916 at 21 Monticello Ave, Jersey City, New Jersey. As of about 1928, Margaretta VanDerveer was living with William Hoyt and Adelaide Hickcox 28 Warham St, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.3 On 30 November 1933 Margaretta VanDerveer was mentioned in the obituary of Adelaide Hickcox.

Census

DatePlaceEnumeration
1870Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New JerseyCensus: 1870 NJ Census
Head: Tunis VanDerveer
Person: Mrs Catherine (Wortman) VanDerveer, James VanDerveer, Clementia VanDerveer and Margaretta VanDerveer

Plus Bill James as Farm Hand.4
1880Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New JerseyCensus: 1880 NJ Census
Head: Tunis VanDerveer
Wife: Mrs Catherine (Wortman) VanDerveer
Son: James VanDerveer
Daughter: Clementia VanDerveer, Margaretta VanDerveer and Stella Caloan VanDerveer
Indirect: John Wortman and Clementina Stout.5
1900112 Atlantic Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New JerseyCensus: 1900 NJ Hudson Census
as Vanderveer, Margaretta
Head: Tunis VanDerveer
Wife: Mrs Catherine (Wortman) VanDerveer
Son: James VanDerveer
Daughter: Clementia VanDerveer, Margaretta VanDerveer and Stella Caloan VanDerveer
GrandSon: Edward Hickcox
GrandDaughter: Adelaide Hickcox and Margaretta VanDerveer
Daughter in Law: Annie (?)

Need to add:
Margarette Hickcox, Step Daugther (Born sep 1893.)6
190510a Clendenny Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson Country, New Jersey, =USACensus: 1905 New Jersey Census
Head: Catherine Wortman
Person: Clementia VanDerveer, James VanDerveer, Margaretta VanDerveer, Edward Hickcox, Adelaide Hickcox and Margaretta VanDerveer.7
1910155 Clinton Ave, Jersey City, Hudson County, New JerseyCensus: 1910 NJ Hudson Census
as Hickcox, Margaretta
Is Daughter of Catherine, Daughter in Law of Frederick.
Head: Frederick Higgins
Daughter: Margaretta VanDerveer
Mother in Law: Mary (?) and Catherine Wortman
Other: Adelaide Hickcox
Indirect: (?) Higgins (Father of Frederick Higgins), (?) (?) (Father of Mrs Mary (?) Higgins), (?) (?) (Mother of Mrs Mary (?) Higgins), John Wortman, Clementina Stout, Tunis VanDerveer and Edward Hickcox
**Witness**: Stella Caloan VanDerveer

Seems to have messed up several relationships.8
194028 Warham St, Windsor, Hartford, ConnecticutCensus: 1940 CT Hartford Census
as Hickcox, Margaretta
Head: William Hoyt
Daughter: Ruth Van Derveer Hoyt
Mother in Law: Mrs Margaretta (VanDerveer) Hickcox.9
1950334 Edge Hill Road, Abington, Montgomery, PennsylvaniaCensus: 1950 PA Montgomery Census
as Hickcox, Margaretta
(Actually Grandmother of Ruth)
Head: David Shearman Taber III
Wife: Ruth Van Derveer Hoyt
Son: David Shearman Taber IV
Daughter: Katherine Bliss Taber
Grandmother:Mrs Margaretta (VanDerveer) Hickcox
Father in Law: William Hoyt.10

References

Margaretta VanDerveer has ID 15 in Taber Family Tree.1

2 Children of Margaretta VanDerveer and Edward Hickcox, son of (?) Hickcox and Mrs. (?) (?) Hickcox,
Children
ChartsPedigree of Robert Damon (Big)
Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited)
Pedigree of Robert Damon (paged)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Big)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited)
Last Edited13 Sep 2026

Citations

  1. [S34] Barbara Wood Taber, Taber Family Tree, (Repository: Richard Smith Damon), (Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in).
  2. [S193] Estimated Married after age 15, before birth of first child.
  3. [S324] U.S. Census, 1940, William D Hoyt Household. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  4. [S317] U.S. Census, 1870, Tunis Vanderveer Household; New Jersey, Somerset, Bridgewater; Page 102. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  5. [S318] U.S. Census, 1880, Tunis Vanderveer Household; New Jersey, Somerset, Bridgewater; ED 153, page 34. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  6. [S320] U.S. Census, 1900, Tunis Vanderveer Household; NJ, Hudson, Jersey City, Ward 8; Ed 133 Page 8A, 8B. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  7. [S351] State Census, Catherine Van Derveer Household; Hudson, Hew Jersey, 8th Ward; 4th District, Page 20. (unknown repository, unknown repository address).
  8. [S321] U.S. Census, 1910, Frederick Higgins Household; New Jersey, Hudson, Jersey City, Ward 8; Ed 155, Page 9B. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  9. [S324] U.S. Census, 1940, William D Hoyt Household; CN. Hartford, Winsor; ED 2-266 Page 2A; Roll m-t0627-00508;. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
  10. [S325] U.S. Census, 1950, David Taber; PA,Montgomery, Abington; ED 46-18, Page4; Roll 1255. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).