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New Jersey, in 1815, her father being a pros- perous farmer of that locality. Children, the last three by second marriage: I. Howard, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. 2. Joseph J., of New Lisbon, New Jersey. 3. George Foster, president of Lansdowne and Darby Saving Fund and Trust Company, Lansdowne, Penn- sylvania. 4. Barclay Jr., died at age twenty- seven, in 1875. 5. Daniel Smith, referred to below. 6. Elizabeth, died in infancy. 7. James, died in infancy.
(VII) Daniel Smith, only surviving child of Barclay and Beulah Sansom (Shreve) White, was born on a farm near Pine Lane Station, Burlington county, New Jersey, De- cember 5, 1853. He attended the public schools of the township and the private school of Caleb Hollowell, until reaching the age of sixteen, when he entered Swarthmore College. He did not finish his full college course as he intended, for his father's appointment to be superintendent of Indians Affairs for Ne- braska necessitated his removal there with his family. They located in Omaha, where Dan- iel secured an appointment in the Indian Affairs office, where he remained three years. He retired from the Indian office to become receiving teller of the First National Bank of Omaha. He resigned this position when later he secured an appointment as Indian trader to the Winnebago Indians, on their Nebraska reservations. For seven years Mr. White re- sided in Sheldon and northwestern Iowa. In 1836 he returned east and located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he purchased an interest in the Hotel Traymore, in company with W. W. Green and G. E. Knight, this association continuing until 1896, when Mr. White became sole proprietor. In 1900 the Hotel Traymore Company was formed, with Mr. White as president. Extensive additions were planned and carried through until now (1910) the Traymore, in addition to being one of the best of Atlantic City's famous hostel- ries, is also one of the largest and handsomest. These twenty years have witnessed the great growth of Atlantic City as a summer and winter resort, and Mr. White has expanded and prospered accordingly. The Traymore has been enlarged to a capacity of six hundred guests, and from a hotel accommodating in the winter perhaps an average of forty, now has an established business of two hundred daily all through the winter. Mr. White is an ideal hotel man, and the Traymore and Daniel S. White are known from ocean to ocean.
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Friends, and of the Republican party. In 1906 he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the city council. His services in that body were so well appreciated that at the fall election of that year he was elected for a full term of three years. For the past two years he has been chairman of the council's committee on finance. His business interests are not confined to the Traymore. He is vice-president of the Guar- antee Trust Company of Atlantic City, vice- president of the Eastern Fire Insurance Com- pany, treasurer of the Country Club, director of the West Jersey Title Company, and of the Sterling Realty Company. He is actively interested in these substantial institutions, and a valuable official. Besides giving his time to Atlantic City in council service, he is a member of the Business Men's League, the Hotel Men's Association, director of the City Board of Publicity, and chairman of the building committee of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation. There is no department of public, official, or business life of Atlantic City that has not in Mr. White an interested friend. He is successful in his private business, and uses the same careful judgment and keen business sagacity in the conduct of public business and in his official duties for the corporations he serves.
Daniel Smith White married, in June, 1879, Serena Bremer, born in June, 1854, daughter of Walter W. and Hannah C. (Caley) Green, of Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. White have no children.
William K. Van Note, the VAN NOTE first member of the family of whom we have definite information, lived near Farmingdale, New Jer- sey. He was a farmer by profession. He married Lydia Taylor. Children: Grandin ; Hannah ; Catherine ; Calvin Griswold, referred to below; James M .; Thomas.
(II) Calvin Griswold, son of William K. and Lydia (Taylor) Van Note, was born in New Jersey, November 22, 1841, and died No- vember 15, 1907. After obtaining his early education at a public school he enlisted in the 47th Regiment of Brooklyn. When discharged from service he learned the carpenter's trade, and started with his brother in a general store. He then went to New York City for a time, and later returned to Long Branch, New Jersey, where he became a coal and wood dealer. Mr. Van Note was a Democrat, a member of Long Branch Lodge, No. 78, F. and A. M., and a director of the Citizens'
National Bank, a trustee of the First Presby- terian Church of Long Branch. He married Ruhanna Campfield, daughter of Abraham Garrison and Sarah Ann (Smith) Neafie; (see Neafie). Children : 1. Eugene Monroe, mar- ried Helen Bartlett; child, Bartlett M. 2. Clarence Grandin, referred to below. 3. Charles Sewall, died three years old.
(III) Clarence Grandin, son of Calvin Gris- wold and Ruhanna Campfield (Neafie) Van Note, was born at Farmingdale, New Jersey, December 3. 1873. After receiving his early education in the Long Branch high school he graduated from the New York Law School in 1895, having read law with the firm of C. Ewing Patterson & Van Note. He was ad- mitted to the bar as attorney in June, 1895. Mr. Van Note then entered into general prac- tice, in which he has since attained prominence and success. He has held the responsible pub- lic offices of city solicitor and member of the town commission. He is a member of Abacus Lodge, No. 182, F. and A. M .; of Standard Chapter No. 35, R. A. M., Corson Command- ery, No. 15, K. T., and of Long Branch Lodge No. 742, B. P. O. E. In politics Mr. Van Note is allied to the Democratic party. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and at one time filled the offices of treasurer and vestryman. He married, at Long Branch, New Jersey, September 29, 1897, Amelie, only daughter of Adolph and Bertha (Walzer) Stempel. Children: Clarence Grandin- Jr., born June 2, 1901 ; Stempel, born February 10, 1905.
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(III) Lee Cornelis, son of Johannes and Ariaentje (Blyck) Nevius (q. v.), was bap- tized January 19, 1661, at "The Ferry," Brooklyn, and died not earlier than 1707, the year of his youngest child's birth. Of educa- tion in the modern sense of the word, he had none, for he could not write his name. On a list called "The Valuation of Breuckelen," made September 26, 1683, the assessable prop- erty of "Cornelis Neafie" is thus noted: "I poll £18; 3 cows £15. I do. 2 yrs. £2 10 S. I do. I yr. fI IOS .- £37. About 1685 he re- moved with his family to Staten Island, where he resided until his death. "Cornelius Ne- pheus" has his name attached to a petition to King William III. He married, April 15, 1683, Agatha Joris, daughter of Joris Jacobs and Trientye (Klaessen) Bouman, who was baptized in Brooklyn, June 12, 1661. Chil- dren : Johannes, baptized February 17, 1684. died 1686-1688; Joris, born about 1686, mar-
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ried Willemptye Barkelve ; Johannes, referred to below ; Arientye, born 1690, married, 1709, Gerrit Kroesen; Tryntje, born 1692-1698; Marytje, baptized June 20, 1700; Sara, born 1702-1705; Cornelis, baptized October 22, I707.
(IV) Johannes, son of Cornelis and Agatha Joris (Bouman) Neafie, was born on Staten Island, about 1688, and died not earlier than May 1, 1743. He resided on Staten Island until 1720 and then removed to Slotterdam, Bergen county, New Jersey, where he lived about twenty-three years. He then sold out and removed probably to New Brunswick, New Jersey, though possibly to The Ponds, now Oakland, Bergen county, near Pompton. While at Slotterdam he attended church at Acquackanonck, Essex county, just across the Passaic, and now the first Reformed Church at Passaic. He was the progenitor of that branch of the family of Nevius spelling their name "Neafie," "Nafie," "Nafy," etc. Johan- ness married, at Bergen, now Jersey City Heights, October 9, 1710, Antje Gerretse, daughter of Gerrit Gerreysen Jr., and Neesje (Pieterse) Van Wagenen, both of Holland. Antje Gerretse Van Wagenen was baptized at New York City, November 13, 1689. His father, Gerret Gerretson Van Wagenen Jr., was born in Holland in 1658, and died at Ber- gen, New Jersey, October 9, 1732. Children of Johannes and Antje: I. Cornelis, baptized October 23, 17II ; married 1732-1740, - -, died not earlier than 1746. 2. Thomas, re- ferred to below. 3. Eaje, born about 1715, died after 1747. 4. Johannes. 5. Leeja, born 1720; married, June II, 1742, Petrus M. Nevins, her second cousin. 6. Gerret, referred to below. 7. Neesje, born 1723; married, Oc- tober 2, 1741, Derck, son of Derck Hartman Vreeland, who was born November 16, 1715; children : Johanna Vreeland, Derrick Vree- land, Feytjc Vreeland, Metje Vreeland, Zeeja Garret Vreeland, Catrina Vreeland. 8. Pieter, baptized December 13, 1724; mar- ried (perhaps) Ariantie. 9. Joris, born about 1726, at Slotterdam; married Hannah Bowu- man, probably second cousin. 9. Elizabeth, born October 7, 1728. 10. Jacobus, born June 14, 1731 ; married, about 1753, Egie of Aaghtje, daughter of Peter and Metje (Nevins) Metz- laer, his first cousin ; children: Antje, Petrus Maria, Johannes, Maria ; possibly others.
(V) Thomas, son of Johannes and Antje Gerretse (Van Wagenen) Neafie, was born about 1722, and died about 1758. He resided at Minisink, New York, in which vicinity he is
thought to have been killed by Indians. He married, before 1751, Rebecca Schoonhoven, .or Krom. Children: Rebecca, baptized 1751; Helena, baptized 1753.
(VI) Gerret, son of Johannes and Antje Gerretse (Van Wagenen) Neafie, was baptized at Port Richmond, New York, July 14, 1713. He was admitted as a member of the Acquack- anonck Dutch Church, April 18, 1742. Sep- tember 20, 1742, he and his wife conveyed to Jacob Gerretse for £170 a "lot at Slotterdam, in precincts of Saddle River, containing IIO acres." Gerret resided with his family at New Brunswick from 1747 to 1751, and then re- turned to Bergen county, settling at "the Ponds." He married, in 1737, at Acquackan- onck, Catalyntje, daughter of Jan and Fietje (Haring) Westervelt, who was born at Tap- pan, New York, March 29, 1721, and died not earlier than 1798. Children: I. Antje, born about 1738, died after 1747. 2. Cornelis, born about 1740; murdered by his own negro-slaves about 1781-1782; married Aeltje, daughter of Derrick Van Geeson ; children: Catelyntje, Helena and Marretje. 3. John, referred to below. 4. Margaret, supposed daughter of Gerrit, born about 1744. 5. Fietje, born about 1746, baptized January II, 1747; married (first) Johannes Adrian Post; (second) at Acquackanonck, Abraham Ven Giesen; chil- dren: Marrietje, Adrian, Catalyntje, Gerrit, Cornelis, Elizabeth, Roelif and one other. 6. Annettie, baptized December 8, 1751.
(VII) John, son of Gerret and Catalyntje (Westervelt) Neafie, was born at "The Ponds," now Oakland, Bergen County, New Jersey, about 1742, and died at Montgomery, Orange county, New York, October 26, 1816. He resided at "The Ponds" and at Camp Garn until about 1796, when he removed to New York City, where he resided at 46 and 83 Reed street, and in Jay street. He next re- moved to Montgomery, Orange county, New York, in 1803-1804, and remained there until his death. Two letters (published by Nelson, Van Houten p. 28) dated June 28-29, 1814, show that he owned slaves "William Cisco and Jane his wife and one child," whom he was willing to hire out for a term of years for $275 cash, or note with interest. John Neafie was a soldier of the revolution, a scout and a spy. He was probably the John Neif, who enlisted May 5, 1778, in the New York Line, Second Regiment, 6th Company, Colonel Phillip Van Cortlandt, for nine months, and was discharged in August 1, 1778. He was again mustered in September, 1778, and discharged November
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19, 1778. His great-granddaughter, writing of his military record, says: "He belonged to no regiment, but was a member of a separate company who served in the Debatable Ground in Rockland co., New Jersey." He was, how- ever, one who helped "hold the fort" in Cen- tral Park on the arrival of the British. John Neafie married (first) Catherine, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Van Voorhees) Post, who was born about 1750, and died November 29, 18II. He married (second) September 6, 1812, Martha, widow of Joseph Hunt, who died about 1843. Children by first marriage : I. Garret, referred to below. 2. Elizabeth, born May 5, 1774, died 1824; married Andries Smith; children : Aurie, Catherine, Gitty, Elizabeth, Garret, John, Flemis, Peter, Corne- lius, Henry and James Smith. 3. John, born February 24, 1779, died May 8, 1869 ; married, about 1800, Esther Stivers, who died May 21, 1864 ; children : Catherine, Hannah, Caroline, Rachel, Elsey, daughter name unknown, John Andrew Jackson, Elizabeth Phebe. 4. Peter, born February 18, 1781, died September 27, 1856; married (first) August 15, 1802, Eliza- beth, daughter of Richard and Hannah ( Pier- son) Dey, who was born July II, 1782, and died August 7, or 8, 1805; (second) Margaret McEwen, born March 5, 1800, died December 3, 1859. Child by first marriage: John Pier- son. Children by second marriage: Catharine Ann, Elizabeth, Augustus, Caroline, James, Edward, Caroline, Newton Theodore Freling- huysen. 5. Cornelius, born July 14, 1791, died at Walden, November 1I, 1854 ; married, Sep- tember 16, 1818, Rhoda Lyon, born at Morris- town, November 20, 1789; children: Rebecca Lyon, Eliza Maria, Sarah Jane, Henry Post, Julia Huyck, Alfred, Sarah Jane.
(VIII) Garret, son of John and Catherine (Post) Neafie, was born in Bergen county, New Jersey, about 1771, and died at Richaney, Long Island, in August, 1805. He kept a grocery and inn in New York City, at 99 Reed street, and at 74 Vesey street. His name appears in the city directories from 1796 to 1805, with the exception of the year 1802, when we learn from a deed of that year that he was in Branklin township, Bergen county. The inventory of his estate filed September 2, 1805, New York City, amounted to $6,048.15 for personal property alone, and names among his property a negro woman Phebe, valued at $125.00; one row boat, one "pethanger," "Peggy's Delight," and another named "Yel- low Bird." Garret Neifie was a lessee of the iii-38
Weehauken and Bull's ferries, and ran boats to and about New York. He was drowned by the upsetting of a "pethanger" (probably the "Peggy's Delight") named in the inventory. His body was never recovered. Garret Neafie married, about 1791, Margaret, daughter of Abraham and Leah Garrison, who was born July 18, 1775, and died February 19, 1865. She married (second-) Jacob David Harring, born November 8, 1786, died February 13, 1865, and had six children by him. Children of Garret and Margaret (Garrison) Neafie: I. John Garret, born in Bergen county, March 25, 1792, died January 19, 1836; married, about March, 1812, Margaret Garrabrandt, born June, 1792. 2. Abraham, born 1794. died 1795. 3. Abraham (2d), born and died 1796. 4. Margaret, born in New York City, Septem- ber 23, 1800, died March 21, 1875; married, January 22, 1818, Abraham Valentine Hunt, born July 23, 1796, in Nyack; children: Gar- ret Neafie Hunt, James Smith Hunt, John Garrison Hunt, Jacob Harring Hunt, Henri- etta Leah Ann Hunt, William Henry Hunt, and Abraham D. Hunt. 5. Abraham Garri- son, referred to below.
(IX) Abraham Garrison, son of Garret and Margaret (Garrison) Neafie, was born in New York City, April 25, 1804, and died not earlier than 1845. He was a prominent man in Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, and was sheriff from 1834-1841. He married, December 29, 1825, Sarah Ann Smith, born August 31, 1809, died November 21, 1880. Children : I. Peter Smith, born February 6, 1829, died March 4, 1862; married, February 13, 1849, Deborah A. Little ; children : John, Frank, Mary. 2. Mar- garet, born April 20, 1831, living in 1900; married Marshall Allen; children, said to be five. 3. Caroline, born March 9, 1833, died August 26, 1860; lived at Toms River ; mar- ried John B. Cowdrick. 4. Garret, born June I, 1835, died February 24, 1840. 5. John, born May 16, 1837, died March 4, 1885 ; married, December 28, 1857, Kate, daughter of Johnson and Sarah H. Taylor. 6. Jackson Hendrick- son, born February 16, 1840, living in 1900; married, August 27, 1859, Harriet Johnson ; children : Caroline, Marshall Allen. 7. Mary Conover, born 1842, died 1850. 8. Ruhama Campfield, referred to below.
(X) Ruhama, daughter of Abraham Garri- son and Sarah Ann (Smith) Neafie, was born at Farmingdale, New Jersey, April 28, 1845, and died in 1879. She married Calvin Gris- wold Van Note (q. v.).
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VAN WINKLE (II) Jacob Jacobse, sec- ond son of Jacob Wal- lingen Van Winkle, (q. v.), member of general court, 1640, and Tryn- tje (Jacobs) Van Winkle, was baptized Octo- ber 16, 1650, in New Netherland, and settled in Bergen county, New Jersey, becoming the founder of prolific branches of the family there. He married (first) December 15, 1675, Widow Aeltje Daniels, who died June 2, 1692; (second) March 26, 1695, Grietje Hen- dricks Hollings, who died September 20, 1732, having survived her husband nearly eight years. He died November 20, 1724. In the records of his marriage he is described as Jacob Jacobse van Winckel. Children of first wife: I. Jacob, born September 19, 1676. 2. Margrietje, October 22, 1678. 3. Daniel, July 28, 1681. 4. Johannis, June 25, 1686. 5. Simeon, January 22, 1689. 6. Son, died in infancy. Children of second wife: 7. Hen- drick, see forward. 8. Tryntje, January 14, 1697. 9. Teunis, died in infancy. 10. Samuel, January 5, 1705.
(III) Hendrick, seventh son of Jacob Jacobse Van Winkle, eldest child of his sec- ond wife, was born January 20, 1696, in Ber- gen county, New Jersey. Children : 1. Jacob, see forward. 2. Joseph, died in infancy. 3. Daniel, born January 1, 1735 ; one of the dea- cons of the first Dutch church in New Jersey chartered by the Crown and incorporated under the name of The Ministry, Elders and Deacons, December 20, 1771; he died De- cember 19, 1823; married Aeltje Van Riper. 4. Hendrick, January 23, 1736, died Decem- ber 19, 1827; married (first) Jannetje Broaer ; (second) Sarah Speer. 5. Johannis, May 9, 1739. 6. Joseph, June 4, 1741, died August 4, 1809; married Jenneke Vreeland, widow of Henry Newkirk, May 26, 1798.
(IV) Jacob (2), eldest child of Hendrick Van Winkle, was a first lieutenant in Captain Nicausa Terhune's company of Bergen county militia, 1775-78. He died December 17, 1778. He married, April 8, 1753, Rachel, eldest daughter of Abraham and Lea (de Marris) Cammagear, who had no sons; she died Sep- tember 18, 1772. Children : I. Daniel, see forward. 2. Abraham, married, September 6, 1780, Antje Clemdenny ; died November 24, 1823. 3. Catrintje, June 1, 1763, died when twenty years old. 4. Joseph, died in seventh year. 5. Lea, died in second year.
(V) Daniel, eldest child of Jacob and Ra- chel (Cammagear) Van Winkle, was born July 21, 1758, died June 13, 1830. He mar-
ried, October 26, 1802, Antje, daughter of Johannis Winne, who died August 25, 1843. Children : I. Cornelius, born August 6, 1783 ; married, August 16, 1807, Margrietje Van Riper ; died August 4, 1852. 2. Aeltje, April II, 1786; married (first) March 29, 1807, John Mandeville, who died March 28, 1815; mar- ried (second) November 29, 1828, Stephen Vreeland. 3. Jacob D., see forward. 4. Ra- chel, January 25, 1791, died when thirty years old; unmarried. 5. John, died in his seventh year. 6. Daniel, died in his twentieth year.
(VI) Jacob D., second son of Daniel and Antje (Winne) Van Winkle, was born Oc- tober 28, 1788, died September 6, 1864. He married, December 31, 1812, Antje Vreeland. He was one of the founders of the town of Bergen, New Jersey. Children: I. Rachel, died when two years old. 2. Jacob, see for- ward. 3. Michael, born March 27, 1817; married, October, 1838, Ann Robinson. 4. Ann W., March 7, 1820; married, April 25, 1839, Peter Sip. 5. Daniel, June 27, 1822; married, June 22, 1847, Effie Newkirk. 6. Getty, October 15, 1823.
(VII) Jacob (3), eldest son of Jacob D. and Antje (Vreeland) Van Winkle, was born October 6, 1815, died April 5, 1894. He mar- ried, November 6, 1834, Maria Sip, born Feb- ruary 26, 1814, died September 21, 1882, daughter of Colonel Garret Sip, who served in the war of 1812. Children: I. Elizabeth Ann, born October 4, 1835 ; married, November 6, 1855, Lewis A. Brigham; died September 20, 1881. 2. Peter S., March 16, 1837; married, December 26, 1861, Catherine, daughter of George Vreeland; died August 28, 1907; child, George V., born September 19, 1864, died in third year. 3. Daniel, October 3, 1839; married (first) December 12, 1861, Emma L., daughter of William J. B. Smith; (second) October 12, 1880, Emma L. Earle, daughter of Thomas Earle; children of first wife: i. Florence, born September 28, 1862; ii. Grace, born April 10, 1864, died in infancy ; iii. Jes- sie, born May 4, 1865 ; iv. Clara, born January 5, 1867, died in infancy ; v. Clara, born Janu- ary 5, 1867, died in infancy ; vi. Mary, born January 7, 1871, died in infancy; vii. Helen M., born December 30, 1871 ; viii. Alfred L., born October 27, 1873, died in twenty-first year; children of second wife: ix. Thomas Earle, born October 2, 1882; x. Frank Has- brouck, born December 7, 1889. 4. Garrit S., died in second year. 5. Margaret Jane, March 24, 1844, died in twenty-sixth year, unmar- ried. 6. Edward, see forward. 7. William C.,
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September 13, 1855, died June 7, 1873, in eighteenth year.
(VIII) Edward, fourth son of Jacob and Maria (Sip) Van Winkle, was born February 2, 1846, died January 12, 1882. He was edu- cated in the public schools ; served in the civil war in Company G, Thirty-seventh Regiment of New York; afterwards became a member of the New York Stock Exchange. He mar- ried, September 24, 1868, Mary Jane Wandle, born January 15, 1847, daughter of Jasper Wandle, who was a member of the New Jer- sey general assembly, 1872-73. Children : I. Joseph, born and died 1872. 2. Jasper, born 1874, died in his fourth year. 3. Edward, see forward.
(IX) Edward (2), only surviving child of Edward (1) and Mary Jane (Wandle) Van Winkle, was born April 24, 1878, in Jersey City. He received his primary education in the public schools of his native city, after which he was a student at Stevens School and then the Stevens Institute of Technology, at Hoboken. He pursued a special course at Columbia University, New York, and was admitted to the patent bar in 1902. After com- pleting his course at Columbia in the early spring of 1900 he took up the practical appli- cation of his chosen profession as a helper and subsequently as a mechanic in the construction department of the Otis Elevator Company. His aptitude for his chosen line of work and mechanical ingenuity displayed in the perform- ance of same led to his advancement to the draughting department and thence to the sur- veying department of the elevator company. Subsequently he was promoted to the estimat- ing engineering department and held a respon- sible position on the engineering staff until May 1, 1902. In the same month he assumed entire charge of the estimating department of the Marine Engine and Machine Company, and occupied that position until January I, 1903. He then resigned and opened an office as a consulting patent engineer and started to build up an independent practice. Early his attention was attracted by an ingenious coin- counting and wrapping machine, with the pos- sibilities of which he was much impressed, and for nine months he devoted himself entirely to the perfection of the invention, superintending the construction of tools, dies and gauges nec- essary for the manufacture of the machine. He makes a specialty of patent causes, and the perfecting of inventions, both in the electrical and mechanical arts. He is active in the engi- neering profession, and is retained by many
well known companies as their consulting pat- ent engineer, namely : The Simplex Manu- facturing Company, Wells Fargo Express Company, and Rhinelander Real Estate Com- pany. He is a director in the following cor- porations : Lonsdale Novelty Company, Se- curity Automatic Signal Company, also its president, Theta Delta Chi Press, also its president, and Twentieth Century Window Company. Mr. Van Winkle is a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity and was edi- tor of The Shield, the official quarterly of that organization, for two years, 1907-08; the Hol- land Society of New York; the University Club of Hudson County, New Jersey, of which he was one of the founders and was secretary for seven years and a member of the board of governors; Columbia University Club; Engineers' Club of New York; full member of the American Society of Mechani- cal Engineers, in which he is an active mem- ber of the house committee and chairman of committee on National History Exhibit on the occasion of the Hudson-Fulton celebration in 1909; full member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; Canadian Society of Civil Engineers ; the Engineering Society of Colum- bia University. While in college he was man- ager of the Lacrosse team at Columbia Uni- versity, winning his place on the team and the varsity "C." He took quite a prominent place in other branches of athletics.
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