This patch from Maria Stoutenburgh’s Friendship Quilt is just one of many exhibits you’ll find in the William Stoutenburgh Historic Homesite.
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Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of America
By reason of our descending from Pieter Van Stoutenburg and Aefje Van Tienhoven, we can get qualified as ancestors of the Presidents Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. Anyone of Engeltje Stoutenburg’s brothers or sister will be a collateral line.
Canadian Stoutenburgs in Thornbury Cemetery
Judge John Howland Wood, Jr.
A Stoutenburgh descendant, Judge John Howland Wood, Jr., was the first federal judge assassinated in the United States.
BOOK REVIEW: To Wire The World: Perry M. Collins and the North Pacific Telegraph Expedition
Back in December of 2007, we published an article here entitled Fascinating Descendants. That article, written by Lanaii Kline, alluded to the work of Perry McDonough Collins, grandson of Maria Stoutenburgh and Richard DeCantillon, in creating the Collins Overland Telegraph and opening up the Pacific Northwest for industrial and...
Fascinating Descendants
Not all Stoutenburgh descendants carry the Stoutenburgh surname. Yet many of these people have some fascinating backgrounds.