Walter TUERS b. 31 May 1813 Hoboken, NJ d. 8 Sep 1909 Home of Cyrus Tuers, Bethel, MI: Turse Family Genealogy

1813 - 1909 (96 years)

Name	Walter TUERS
Born	31 May 1813	Hoboken, NJ [1]
Gender	Male
BAPM	27 May 1814 [2]
OCCU	Shoemaker
Died	8 Sep 1909	Home of Cyrus Tuers, Bethel, MI
Person ID	I477	The Turses
Last Modified	7 Mar 2012

Father	Abraham TOERS, b. Abt 1790, New Barbadoes (East Newark), Essex, NJ
Mother	Eleanor VAN WINKLE, b. 6 Feb 1791, d. 17 Feb 1859 (Age 68 years)
Married	29 Jan 1809	Jersey City, Hudson, NJ [3]
	Rev. John Cornelison
Family ID	F207	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Living

Children

	1. Adaline TUERS, b. 8 May 1836, New York , d. 25 Aug 1927 (Age 91 years)
	2. Alford C. TUERS, b. 27 Dec 1847, Michigan , d. 22 Jan 1921, Coldwater, Branch, MI (Age 73 years)

Histories

Vanderbeck House I
Brief history of house and land owned by Lauren Arentsen Toers and Jacob Vanderbeck. House built probably 1740.

Vanderbeck House II
In 1734 Jacob Vanderbeck purchased land from Cornelius Drake on boh sides of the Saddle River. On this tract, just north of Dunker Hook Road, Fair Lawn, NJ, Jacob built this house in 1754.

Last Modified 17 Jul 2010

Family ID F328 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Julia Esther STEVENS, b. Jun 1826, CT , d. 1 Mar 1922, Coldwater, Branch, MI (Age 95 years)

Children

	1. Cornelius TUERS, b. Abt 1847, d. Coldwater, Branch, MI
	2. Emmaline Sophronia TUERS, b. 1852, Coldwater, Branch, MI
	3. Cyrus William TUERS, b. 22 Feb 1854, Coldwater, Branch, MI , d. 19 Mar 1943, Michigan (Age 89 years)
	4. Viola F TUERS, b. 1858, Coldwater, Branch, MI , d. 7 May 1926, Coldwater, Branch, MI (Age 68 years)
	5. Alice TUERS, b. 1865, Coldwater, Branch, MI , d. 2 Dec 1880, Coldwater, Branch, MI (Age 15 years)
	6. Jane TUERS, b. Abt 1849, Michigan

Last Modified 3 Jan 2011

Family ID F1366 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Born - 31 May 1813 - Hoboken, NJ

Died - 8 Sep 1909 - Home of Cyrus Tuers, Bethel, MI

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Notes

Walter is listed in Winfield’s Land Titles as born 27 May 1814, but this may be a baptism date.

The family oral history has it that Walter had three sons all killed at Gettysburg, and therefore he moved west to start anew. Since he was already in Michigan for the 1860 Census, married to Julia Stevens and with children born Michigan as early as 1848, we find this story spurious.

Walter’s gg grandson, Earl Tuers, Jr. notes that family records indicate that the two brothers were Joseph and John. These names do not correlate with this family. Joseph and John were sons of Samuel Tuers and Rachel Ackerman, and are well documented. John Tuers, Jr, Civil War Vet, was buried 15 Nov 1907 in Riverside Cemetery, Hennepin, Putnam, ILL. Joseph S. Tuers, Civil War Vet, is buried Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, Essex, NJ. Joseph and John both served in Company K, 25th Regiment and are listed as being from Passaic originally. John was mustered out as a Sergeant 20 Jun 1863, and Joseph mustered out on the same day as a Private. Both had enlisted for 9 months.

Another family member lists a George as a child of Walter and Ann, and notes that he was killed at Gettysburg. This listing also shows George Tuers married Emily Jane Williams 23 Oct 1864 , with George Edward, born 1877 as their son. We believe George Edward Tuers is the son of Vreeland Augustus Tuers based on a series of Census sources, and Dr. Geo Edward Tuers Obit. The Gettysburg Campaign was June-July 1863. George Tuers served with the 8th New Jersey Infantry, 8th Regiment, Company E. This unit was involved in the Campaign, and consisted primarily of men from Newark, which is consistent with this family’s history. However, Civil War Records note he mustered out as a Corporal in September 1964. We can find no further record to indicate he died of his wounds.

We believe we have reviewed all of the New Jersey Civil War recorded records available for this family, and cannot confirm any relationships with dead or missing soldiers.

We believe that the name of Walter’s first wife might be Ann Van Winkle since we hold the record for the marriage of Adeline Tuers, daughter of Walter Tuers and Ann Van Winkle in Oakville MI in 1857 to John Wesley Thurston. The record indicates that Walter is from Newark, NJ and that Adeline was born in New York in 1836. We welcome any information that would clarify this mystery. We welcome correction of this record when source records are made available.

In the 1860 Census, Jane, age 11 and in the 1870 Census, Jane, age 21 is shown living in the household. In the 1870 Census, probably Alvin Bonner, who married 1870 Emeline Sophronia Tuers - is shown as a farm laborer, age 23, living in the household.

Walter purchased cemetery lot upon death of daughter, Alice

CITY OF COLDWATER, MICHIGAN? THE BOARD OF CEMETERY TRUSTEES? OAKGROVE CEMETERY? ?OWNER OF LOTS - WALTER TUERS, LOT 71, DATE, DEC. 2 1880 $15.OO?UNUSED LOTS TRANSFERRED TO JARED LORENZO HICKEY, APR 1916?PAGE # IN REGISTER BOOK, 66 OB?GRAVE # 1. ALICE TUERS 16 YRS. DEC 2, 1880 PNEUMONIA, WALT'S DAUGHTER?GRAVE 2. LULU HICKEY?GRAVE 3. NORRIS HICKEY?GRAVE 4. JULIA ESTER STEVENS TUERS w/o Walter 76 YRS. DIED MAR 1, 1902 HEART?GRAVE 5. ADDIE IRENE TUERS 4YRS, 8 MO. DIED FEB 4, 1908 HEART?GRAVE 6. WALTER TUERS DIED SEP 9, 1909 OLD AGE?GRAVE 7. IRVIN SEVEY?GRAVE 8. ALTA SEVEY?GRAVE 9. ALFRED C. TUERS DIED 22 JAN 1921 HARDENING OF ARTERIES?GRAVE 10. VIOLA F HICKEY WALTER'S DAUGHTER?GRAVE 11. JARED M. HICKEY HER SON* ?GRAVE 12. JARED L. HICKEY HER HUSBAND DIED MAR 19, 1944 91 YRS
GRAVE.13. WM. CYRUS TUERS*
*Jared M. HICKEY is husband of Viola
**Cyrus William Turse is correct name [4]