William J. VanSchoiack  

William J. VanSchoiack b Dec. 31, 1848/1849 d. Feb 1, 1916 Chicago, Cook, Illinois (death index abstract) was son of Louden T; in the his wife is listed as his mother.

Death of Wm. VanSchoiack

W i l l i a m Van Schoiack, one of the oldest residents at the southeast end of the Lake and for many years the proprietor of a summer boarding house, died in a Chicago hospital Tuesday and was brought here yesterday

Mt. VanSchoiack was tken to Chicago several weeks ago and had two or three amputations preformed on one of his legs in the hope of arresting gangrene.

He underwent each operation without an anaesthetic, owinf to a weak condition of the heart. - - 3 feb 1916 Citizen

Obituary

William VanSchoiack was born in Mercer county, Ill., Dec. 31 1848 and died Feb. 1 1916 in Columbia Hosiptail, Chicago. He was a son of Soudon {Louden} T and Esther VanSchoiack.

He came with his parents to Indiana and located on the east bank of Lake Maxinkuckee.

In 1876 he was untied in marriagge to Miss Mary WIlson of Wayne county and settled on a small farm near Maxinkukcee.

This union was blessed with eight children: Lola May (who died in infancy), Fred Allen of Portland, Ore., Edna Fay Snyder of Richomond, Indla., Mabel Alice Bigley of Chicago, George Raymond, who lifes on his farm hear his father's home, Ethel Maud of Elkhart, Helen Marie of RIchmond, Ind. and William Walter, who lives with his mother.

The children are all present except Fred.

Deceased leaves a loving companion, seven children, two brothers and two sisters. He was a kinf companion and loving father, a good neighbor and lived a quiet life.

All that kind hands and skilleful midical and surgical attention could do was fone to prolong his life

The community has lost a good citizen and neighbor, the wife a kind companion, the children a loving father.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Thomas Whittaker, assisted by Rev. A. L. Vermillion, the the Maxinkuckee M.P. church, after which the remains were taken to the Washington Cemetery.

He married Mary Catherine 'Mary Comfort' Wilson b. July 9, 1858 Indiana - Feb. 23, 1931 , Marshall, Indiana daughter of Oliver Wilson and Nancy Watson.

Mrs. Mary VanSchoiack Funeral Held Last Week

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary C. VanSchoiack were held last Wednesday, February 25, at the Methodist Protestant Church, Maxinkuckee, Rev. W. L. Heitz officiating.

Internement was in the Washington Cemetery

Mrss VanSchoiack passed away Monday, February 23, at her home in Richmond,

She had formery lived in the Maxinkuckee neighborhood, until failing health made it necessary to leave the old homstead. She had lived in this community since 1878.

Surviving are Fred A., Mrs. G. T. Bigley, George R and Walter W. of Maxinkuckee community; Maude E of ELkhart; and Mrs. Edna F. Snyder and Mrs. Helen M. Brown both of Richmond.

An obituary is published on another page of this issue. - 4 Mar 1931 - Citizen

Mary Comfort VanSchoiack
Mary Comfort VanSchoiack, daughter of Oliver and Rebecca WIlson was born in Wayne county, Indiana, Jul9, 1857 and died at her home in Richmond, Indiana, February 23, 1931, age 73 years, 7 months and 14 days.

In the year 1878 she was united in marriage with WIlliam J. VanSchoiack. They tool up their residence in Maxinkuckee, later moving into their own home on the East bank of Lake Maxinkuckee, a part of the old VanSchoiack homestead, where they lived unti her husband was taken by death in Fbreuary 1918.

To this union there were born eight children: Loly May, the eldest having died in infancy; Fred A. VanSchoiak; Mabel A Bigley, George R. VanSchoiack and Walter W. VanSchoiack now residing in Maxinkuckee vicinity; Maude E VanSchoiack of Elkhart; and Edna F. SNyder and Helen M. Brown of RIchmond.

After failing health Mrs. VanSchoiack sold her home at Maxinkucee and moved to RIchmond where she was still near some of her children, brothers and sisters and many of her girlhood acquaintances.

Throughout her life she was a devoted christain. WHile residing here she was a member of the christain church and flater attended the Methodiat church.

At the time of her demise she was a member of the Central Methodist church in Richmond, taking an active part in all the activities of that organization.

She was also a member of the WOmen's Christain Temperance Union, Womens Relief Corp of the G.A.R. and the Virginia Ascher Club of RIchmond.

She was a devoted mother, always anxious for the welfare of her children and friends.

Besides her children she leaves to mourn her loss, six grandchildren: Howard, Beveryl SNyder; John Bigley; Gladys VanSchoiack; and DIckie and Barbara VanSchoiack. One great grandson John Bryse Bugley; three brothers and one sister and many friends

The funeral was conducted in the Methodist Protestan Church at Maxinkuckee by the Rev. W. L. Heits. on Wedensday afternoon, February, 25, and the body was laid to rest in the Wahington cemetery south of Maxinkuckee. - 4 Mar 1931 - Citizen


census records -

Year: 1900; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: 392; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0082 William Vanschoiack 51 Mary C Vanschoiack 41 Fred A Vanschoiack 19 Edna F Vanschoiack 18 Mabel A Vanschoiack 16 George R Vanschoiack 13 Maude E Vanschoiack 10 Helen M Vanschoiack 3 Walter W Vanschoiack 1





Year: 1910; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: T624_370; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0114 Name Age William Vanschoiack 61 Mary C Vanschoiack 51 Maud Vanschoiack 20 Helen Vanschoiack 13 Walter Vanschoiack 11





Year: 1920; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: T625_456; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 183 Mary Vanschorck 61 Walter Vanschorck 21





Washington Cemetery Union Twp. Marshall county, Indiana. VANSCHOIACK, William J., Dec. 31, 1848 - Feb 1, 1916 (Father on stone to right) VANSCHOIACK, Mary, his wife, July 9, 1858 - Feb. 23, 1931

They had:

2 - Fred Allen Van Shoiack b. July 1880 [3 Sep 1879 /3 sep 1887] ,Marshall, Indiana died 2 Jun 1949, Marshall, Indiana buriied Washington-Lawson Cemetery, Union twp., Marshall, Indiana. He married 17 Nov 1909 ,Marion, Indiana Sadie E. Hicks b. abt 1877-1879 Virginia died 1941 ,Marshall, Indiana buriied Washington-Lawson Cemetery, Union twp., Marshall, Indiana.


Year: 1910; Census Place: Culver Ward 2, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: T624_370; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0113


Fred A Vanschoiack 30 Sadie E Vanschoiack 30


Year: 1920; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: T625_456; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 183; Image: 956.


F red A Vanschorack 39 Sadie E Vanschorack 41


Year: 1930; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: 617; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 17; I


Fred A Vanschoiack 50 Sadie E Vanschoiack 49


Year: 1940; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: T627_1077; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 50-18.


Fred A Van Schoiack 60 Sadie E Van Schoiack 61




3 - Edna Fay Van Shoiack b. 8 Mar 1882; 12 Jun 1953 - ,Wayne, Indiana. She married Harry Snyder; Son & dau.


Year: 1930; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2121; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 1195
Harry Snyder 48
Edna Snyder 48

1940; Census Place: Richmond, Wayne, Indiana; Roll: T627_1109; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 89-43.
Harry J Snyder 57
Edna F Snyder 58




4 - Mabel Alice VanSchoiack b. Dec. 1884 Indiana died 13 Nov 1978. She married 2 Oct 1904 Marshall, Indiana [Bk. H-D pf 35] Guy T. Bigley born 31 Jul 1876 ,Marshall, Indiana died 1 Sep 1955 ,Marshall, Indiana s/o of Thomas J. Bigley

5 - George Raymond VanSchoiack b. 27 Oct 1886 ,Marshall, Indiana

6 - Maude E. (Ethel Maud ) VanShoiack b. Feb. 1890 ,Marshall, Indiana ; died 6 Mar. 1968

9 - Helen Marie VanSchoiack b. July 1896 ,Marshall, Indiana

8 - Walter W. (Wiilliam Walter) VanSchoiack b. 29 Jun 1898 ,Marshall, Indiana

9 - Lola Mae VanSchoiack died as infant


5 George Raymond Van Shoiack b. 27 Oct 1886 ,Marshall, Indiana 26 May 1965. Union township Marshall county Indiana Washington-Lawson Cemetery, Union Twp., Marshall, Indiana
George R. VanSchoiack, 77, a lifetime resident of the Culver community, was found dead at 11 a.m. Wednesday at his home on R.R. 1, Culver. He had been under a doctor's care for a heart condition the last five years.

Mr. VanSchoiack, the son of William and Mary Wilson VanSchoiack, was born Oct. 27, 1887, near his present home. His wife, Catherine Ward VanSchoiack, died in 1961. He was a retired carpenter.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. LeRoy (Gladys) VOREIS, Bear Lake, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. G. T. (Mable) Bigley, Culver , and Miss Maude VanSchoiack, Edwardsburg, Mich., and a brother, Walter, Richmond.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the grossman funeral home in Argos with the Rev. Leon STARK officiating.

Burial will be in Washington cemetery near Culver . Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Friday - - Thursday, May 27, 1965 Rochester Sentinel


He married 1st 22 Feb 1909 ,Marshall, Indiana [Bk. C-3pg. 200] Louisa M Working Birth Birth: Aug. 31, 1887 Death: Jan., 1969 Indiana Springdale Township Cemetery Copemish Manistee County Michigan They were divorced about 1937 daughter of Phillip Working and Evangline "Evanna" Esther Garn.
She was still living when her father died and the obit appeared on 26 June 1938 in the Culver Citizen

1940 - Jul 17 - Mrs. Louise VanSchoiack who is in Michigan and her daughter, Mrs. Leroy Voreis of Twin Lakes were down to her farm and spent som time with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Finney. He is farming her place.

1943 - Mar 1943 - Having sold her farm just west of the Washington Cemetery, Mrs. Louise VanSchoaick had a pulic sale of her personal property on Saturday. The sale was largely attended and all things sol well. She will make her home in Michigab. A Chicago family purchased the farm and will rside here at least a part of the time 1943 - Sept 15 - Mr. and Mrs Huck of Chicago are staying for the winter at the Mimmerick home as caretakers, the Mimmericks bought the Louise VanSchoiack farm.


Year: 1910; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: T624_370; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0114;


George B Vanschoiack 23 Louisa M Vanschoiack 22


Year: 1920; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: T625_456; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 183;


George R Vanschoiack 33 Soussa M Vanschoiack 32 Gladis E Vanschoiack 9


Year: 1930; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: 617; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 17;<


George R Vanschoiack 42 Louise M Vanschoiack 43 Gladys E Vanschoiack 18


They had:
Gladys E. VanSchoiack Birth: 8 Nov 1911 Death: 20 Dec 1984 - Bear Lake, Michigan Burial: Springdale Township Cemetery Copemish Manistee County Michigan m. 8 Jul 1936 - Starke county Indiana LeRoy Voreis Birth: 10 Jan 1898 Marshall County, Indiana Death: 12 Jan 1988 - Bear Lake, Manistee, Michigan Burial: Springdale Township Cemetery Copemish Manistee County Michigan son of Jessue Lee Vories and Alma Alice Working


He married 2nd. 1937 Pensacola Fla. Mary Catherine Ward born Jan. 1, 1911, at Mackinaw, Ill. March 1961 Plymouth Marshall county Indiana Washington-Lawson Cemetery, Union Twp., Marshall, Indiana dau. of George Ward and Della [-?-]


Final rites will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Grossman funeral home in Argos for Mrs. Mary Catherine Van SCHOIACK, 50, R.R. 1, Culver , who died at 3:15 p.m. Saturday at Parkview hospital in Plymouth. She had been a patient in the hospital for six days and had been ill with a heart ailment for two years.

Mrs. Van Schoiack was born Jan. 1, 1911, at Mackinaw, Ill., to George and Della WARD. She was married in 1937 in Pensacola, Fla., to George VanSchoiack, who survives. She had lived in the Maxinkuckee area for the past 26 years, going there from Indianapolis.

She was a member of the Maxinkuckee church and the Maxinkuckee Rebekah lodge.

Surviving along with the husband is one step-daughter, Mrs. LeRoy (Gladys) VOREIS, Bear Lake, Mich.

The Rev. Clyde BECKNER of the Maxinkuckee Methodist church will officiate at the services, and burial will be in the Washington cemetery, at Culver .

Friends may call at the funeral home. - - Monday, March 20, 1961 The Rochester Sentinel

Mary Catherine VanSchoiack, Age 50, Dies

Mrs. Mary Catherine VanSchoiack, 50, of Route 1, Culver ,died at. 3:15 p.m. Saturday, March 18, in Parkyiew Hospital, Plymouth,where she had been a patient for six days.

Mrs. VanSchoiack was born Jan. 1, 1911, in Mackinaw, Ill.,and came to Culver in 1935 from Indianapolis.

She was married to George VanSchoiack in 1937 they made their home east of Maxinkuckee. Mrs. VanSchoiack was a member of the Maxinkuckee Methodist Church and a f__ member of the Maxinkuckee Rebekah Lodge.

Surviving with the husband; a brother. Walter Ward, of Indianapolis.

The Grossman funeral Home at Argos was inservicesices held at 2 p.m. 21, with the Rev. Clyde Be_ pastor of the Maxinkuckee Methodist Church. officiating. - March 22 1961


8 Walter William . Van Shoiack b. 20 Jun 1898 ,Marshall, Indiana died 16 Mar 1976 Niles, Berrien, Michigan. He is buried Goshen Cemetery <, Richmond, Indiana >




Year: 1930; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: 617; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 17;


Walter W Van Schoiack 31
Josephine E Van Schoiack 23
Richard W Van Schoiack 5
Barbara J Van Schoiack 1 [1 6/12]



Year: 1940; Census Place: Union, Marshall, Indiana; Roll: T627_1077; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 50-18.


Walter Van Schoiack 41
Josephine Van Schoiack 34 abt 1906 wife
Richard Van Schoiack 15 abt 1925
Barbara Van Schoiack 11 abt 1929



1924 - Dec 17 - Walter VanSchoiack Builds New Bungalow - A new bungalow will be erected in Maxinkuckee in the very near future by Walkter VanSchoiack. The building will have five rooms and a bath and will be a very attractive home

1938 - Nov. 23 There was penty of activity on our busy corner on Staurday in the way of moving. Mrs. and Mrs. Walter VanSchoiack took over the ditied of running the Bigley Grocery which the purchased from Mrs. Georgia Scheets some time ago...

1942 - Mar 25 - L. R. Finney has sold his tow passenger boats the "East Side May" and "Carol" to Walter VanSchoiack



They owned Van's Market on the East side of Lake Maxinkuckee which became R & J's (Roscoe and Josephine Stevens) and then finally Manor Market





Walter worked on the steamer Carol



He married Josephine Edwina McFarland b. 21 May 1905 Indiana died 25 Jun 1971 in Plymouth, Indiana Josephine married 2nd 7 Feb 1947 Perry, Flordia Roscoe Bey Stevens born 1 Oct 1891 in Marshall, Indiana died 11 Oct 1974 in Culver , Marshall, Indiana, they had John Michael Stevens born Birth Nov. 28, 1949 in Plymouth, Indiana, died Nov. 30, 1949 in Plymouth, Indiana, USA Rsoce was the son of Oliver Ray Stevens and Delia Marian Malaney daughter of Robert C. McFarland and Lillie May Low



They had:

Richard William VanSchoiack Birth OCT. 6, 1924 Marshall County, Indiana, Death DEC 1984 New Carlisle, Ind

Barbara VanSchoiack , Marshall County, Indiana, died probably New Carlisle, Ind.; had 2 daughters & 1 son

Patricia Ann 'Patty' VanSchoiak married Edward Anthony Cole Birth 10/16/1932 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Death 3/12/2005 Worcester, Massachusetts son of Edward Victor Cole & Helen Sophia Bishop


He married 1950 Marie C Keely - Birth 28 JAN 1901/1900 - Louisville, Kentucky Death 2 Sep 1968 Richmond/Spring Grove, Wayne, Indiana daughter of -- Keely and Rosa ---