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Descendants of Harmen Vanderbeck

12. William A.¹¹ Barnecott (Sarah Ann¹⁰ Vanderbeck, Harmen⁹, Paul⁸ Vanderbeek, Paulus⁷, Paulus J.⁶, Jacob⁵, Paulus⁴, Conrad³, Paulus², Cornelis¹) was born June 01, 1865, and died June 06, 1909. He married Elizabeth L. Murphy. She was born May 1865 in Massachusettes.

Notes for William A. Barnecott:
William was a police officer in the Bronx. Before this he is listed as a butcher at the age of seventeen in the 1880 census.

According to 1900 census, William was born in May, 1864. Death certificate lists differently.

1900 Census lists incorrect months for William, Katie and Sarah for births.

William is buried in Massachusetts where his wife was from.

Sources: 1900 census Vol 185, E.D. 1043,
Sheet 24, Line 41

In 1902, the NY Times reported a story of a runaway horse that Officer Barnecott stopped, after it dragged him fifty feet. The horse trampled and killed another man. named Richard Meyers.

Notes for Elizabeth L. Murphy:
Living in Massachusetts by 1910 census with her four children. Franklin County, ED 507, Supv District 119. Page 51 B. Image 48 of 58.

Children of William Barnecott and Elizabeth Murphy are:

+	29	i.	Ruth Frances¹² Barnecott, born August 21, 1890; died Abt. 1922.
+	30	ii.	William A. Barnecott, born June 21, 1892 in Monroe Avenue, Belmont, Bronx; died Abt. May 30, 1932 in 161-17 118th Road, Jamiaca, NY.
	31	iii.	Katherine Barnecott, born September 10, 1894 in Corner of Taylor Avenue and Kingsbridge Road, Belmont, Bronx.

Notes for Katherine Barnecott:
Name: Katharine Barnecott
Birth Date: 08 Sep 1894
Certificate Number: 39553

iv.

Sarah Elizabeth Barnecott, born September 12, 1896 in 2122 Arthur Avenue, Bronx NY.

13. Ethelyn¹¹ Barnecott (Sarah Ann¹⁰ Vanderbeck, Harmen⁹, Paul⁸ Vanderbeek, Paulus⁷, Paulus J.⁶, Jacob⁵, Paulus⁴, Conrad³, Paulus², Cornelis¹) was born May 28, 1867 in New York, and died September 27, 1937 in Bronx, New York. She married (1) Dennis O'Connell August 20, 1885, son of James O'Connell and Mary Doyle. He was born Abt. 1851 in New York, and died August 03, 1909 in Bronx, NY. She married (2) Ben Crogent Abt. 1924. He was born 1877 in England, and died 1945.

Notes for Ethelyn Barnecott:
Ethelyn is the mother of thirteen children and was adored by her kids. She suffered tragedy throughout her life including a bad first marriage and the loss of four children (Ethel, Dorothy, Walter and Helen).

1910 NYC directory
1641 Garfield Avenue
1910 census
Roll 998 -
ED 1473
Image
34 of 51 on Ancestry.com

Strange thing about the 1910 census. The 1910 census clearly lists "Denis" as if he is still alive. He died in 1909 (which I confirmed with both a death certificate and St. Raymond's cemetery).

More About Ethelyn Barnecott:
Burial: September 1937, Woodlawn, Bronx NY in Bluebell Section with Jack McAdams

Notes for Dennis O'Connell:
Died in 1909. He used to beat his wife. All his kids hated him. Ruth was raised, not having known him and hated him.

1900 census: NY Vol 184, ED 1033, Sheet 42, Line 4

The O'Connells lived at 1748 Morris Avenue, Bronx in 1887 according to NYC directory. Listed as Dennis Connell.

12/28/2003

When was Dennis born? The register at St. Augustine lists a John born to James and Mary in April of 1854 - but no Dennis. Were Dennis and John twins - highly unlikely, as they were not registered together. What about the census returrns? They seem to indicate that Dennis was born in 1854, and John in 1857?

More About Dennis O'Connell:
Burial: St. Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx NY

Children of Ethelyn Barnecott and Dennis O'Connell are:

+	33	i.		Mary Elizabeth¹² O'Connell, born October 19, 1885 in Bronx, NY; died February 1982 in Commack, NY.
	34	ii.		Margaret O'Connell, born July 24, 1887; died 1956. She married Jerome John Miller May 15, 1943 in Church of the Blessed Sacrament, New Rochelle; born March 24, 1876 ²; died May 1967².

Notes for Margaret O'Connell:
Godparents: Johnny Kerley and Mary Alia Buckley

Margaret was supposed to have been awfully sweet. All her nieces and nephews thought the world of her. Ruth often spoke very fondly of her.

More About Margaret O'Connell:
Christening: August 14, 1887, St. Joseph's Church, Bronx

Notes for Jerome John Miller:
Was not a very popular guy in the family. He was married and estranged from his wife. He and Margie went out for many years. Because Joe was a Roman Catholic, he could not get a divorce. He finally married Margie after his wife died. He did serve in WWI. After the war he received a gold pocket watch with his initials. He was supposed to have been very mean and racist.

+	35	iii.	Sarah Amelia O'Connell, born May 05, 1889.
+	36	iv.	Helen (Nellie) O'Connell, born 1891; died August 1931.
+	37	v.	Isabel (Bella) O'Connell, born January 15, 1892; died May 1962.
+	38	vi.	Cora Louise O'Connell, born February 03, 1894; died August 1976.
+	39	vii.	Katherine (Kitty) O'Connell, born April 08, 1895; died May 1965.
	40	viii.	Frances O'Connell, born June 11, 1896 ³; died July 1985³. She married John McAdams February 11, 1935 in St. John's, Kingsbridge, Bronx, NY; died 1950.

Notes for Frances O'Connell:
Frances married Jack McAdams Sr. after her sister Helen died. She is buried with both Helen and Jack Sr. in the McAdams plot in Woodlawn cemetery in the Bronx. They are in the BlueBell section of the cemetery and the gravestone is in the shape of a little bench with flowers on both sides. Ethelyn Crogent (O'Connell) nee Barnecott is there. She was Helen and Frances' mother. James Odell Barnecott (Ethelyn's brother) is also there.

12/07/2003
Frances' birth cert lists her as Ethelyn? according to Ancestry.com database. Cert # 25577

02/17/2004
Godparents: Denis Wagner and Emma Horeck

More About Frances O'Connell:
Christening: July 05, 1896, St. Joseph's Church, Bronx

More About John McAdams:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY

+	41	ix.		Edward O'Connell, born October 11, 1897; died 1953.
	42	x.		Ethel O'Connell, born February 1900.

Notes for Ethel O'Connell:
Ellen crawled down the stairs and into the basement of her parents home in the Bronx. A rainstorm came in and the basement was flooded. The child was found ten minutes after the rain began floating face down in the water. She died in February, 1902. She was buried in an infant's plot at St. Raymond's cemetery in the Bronx. I visited the spot; however, there is almost no markers of the children that were buried there.

More About Ethel O'Connell:
Fact 1: Ellen died at the agre of two

xi.

Walter Dennis O'Connell, born 1902; died April 28, 1917.

Notes for Walter Dennis O'Connell:
Walter O'Connell enlisted in the navy in about 1917 at about the age of fifteen or sixteen. His ship was aiding another ship off the coast of France that was foundering after a mine-sweeping operation. They took on other passengers from the ship. The Gypsum Queen than hit a rock and Walter went down with sixteen other men. His name is emblazoned at a spot about fifteen miles outside of France that commemorates these men.

Gypsum Queen, a sea-going tug, was built by Dialogue & Co. in 1890, acquired from her owners, J. B. King Transportation Co. of New York, in September 1917; and commissioned 4 December 1917 at New York City.

Turned over to the 3d Naval District, Gypsum Queen was fitted out for overseas service at New York Navy Yard and subsequently served in French ports as a towing vessel and a minesweeper. While returning from rendering assistance to minesweepers foundering off the coast of France, Gypsum Queen struck a rock near Armen Light House off Brest 28 April 1919 and sank with a loss of 2 officers and 13 men.

The American Legion Hall in Island park was originally named for him, as Ethelyn was the first Gold Star mother from that town.

April 28, 1919: U. S. S. Gypsum Queen (S. P. No. 430), gross 361 tons; struck a rock, blew up and sank, while rounding Armen Light, France; 16 killed.

From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships

Gypsum Queen

A former name retained.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

(SP - 430: t. 361; l. 135'; b. 27'; dr. 14'5"; s. 14 k.; a. 1 3", 2 mg.)

Gypsum Queen, a sea-going tug, was built by Dialogue & Co. in 1890, acquired from her owners, J. B. King Transportation Co. of New York, in September 1917; and commissioned 4 December 1917 at New York City.

Turned over to the 3d Naval District, Gypsum Queen was fitted out for overseas service at New York Navy Yard and subsequently served in French ports as a towing vessel and a minesweeper. While returning from rendering assistance to minesweepers foundering off the coast of France, Gypsum Queen struck a rock near Armen Light House off Brest 28 April 1919 and sank with a loss of 2 officers and 13 men.

Transcribed by Yves HUBERT (hubertypc@aol.com)

More About Walter Dennis O'Connell:
Fact 1: Wal;ter died on the Gypsum Queen in April, 1919
Fact 2: The boat hit a rock off of Aran Lights, France and sunk

xii.

Dorothy O'Connell, born 1904; died March 1917.

Notes for Dorothy O'Connell:
Dorothy was shot and killed in Van Cortland park in March of 1917. A man shot at the open car that she and some friends were riding in to hold them up. The bullet ricocheted off the bumper and into Dorothy's head killing her instantly. She is buried with Dennis O'Connell in St. Raymond's cemetery in the Bronx. I visited this plot; however there is no headstone. The records at St. Raymond's indicate that there was no perpetual care and no headstone. Dennis is listed in the cemetery as a Connell and not an O'Connell. This helped me greatly, as NYC directories alternate through the years as to which name both he and his family went by.
-John Fischer, May 1, 2000

xiii.

Ruth O'Connell, born April 11, 1908 in 1060 Tremont Avenue, Bronx NY; died August 1988 in Syosset, NY.

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