1. | Melville Watson van Amber was born on CA Dec 1838 in Jefferson, New York, United States (son of Beckwith van Amber and Liza Charlotte Kimbell); died on 7 Feb 1913 in New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
- _FSFTID: LCM6-R1S
- _UID: 7066E9A1E2484DDDAE4D4F532B6AFDA184E5
- Birth: 31 Dec 1838, Alexandria Bay, Jefferson, New York, United States
- Census: 10 Aug 1850, Alexandria, Jefferson, New York, United States
- Census: 20 Jun 1855, Alexandria, Jefferson, New York, United States
- Census: 30 Jun 1860, Wilna, Jefferson, New York, United States
- Occupation: 30 Jun 1860, Wilna, Jefferson, New York, United States; Sawyer
- Military: Aug 1862; Enlistment Company D, 10 New York Art
- Military: 1861–1865; Company D, 10th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery
- Military: 23 Jun 1865; Discharge
- Census: 27 Jun 1870, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States
- Occupation: 27 Jun 1870, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; Lumberman
- Census: 17 Jun 1875, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States
- Occupation: 17 Jun 1875, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; Manufacturer of Lumber
- Census: 10 Jun 1880, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States
- Occupation: 10 Jun 1880, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; Manufacturer
- Military: 17 Aug 1889, New York, United States; Filed for military pension
- Military: Jun 1890, Lewis, New York, United States
- Military: Jun 1890, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; 1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census
- Census: 16 Feb 1892, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States
- Misc: 20 Jan 1897, Albany, Albany, New York, United States
- Census: 27 Jun 1900, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States
- Occupation: 27 Jun 1900, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; Farmer
- Census: 1 Jun 1905, Lowville, Lewis, New York, United States; Address:
8 Park Place
- Census: 16 Apr 1910, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; Address:
Carthage Road
Notes:
Member of NY State Senate 1892
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Melville W van Amber
Enlisted 21 Aug 1862 from Wilna, NY
D Company 10th HA regt NY -
unit listed on enlistment
unit listed on the application for CWVP
applied for Civil War veterans Pension on Aug 17, 1889
(HA - Heavy Artillery ???)
Promoted to Full Corporal on 08 Aug 1964
Mustered out at Petersburg VA on 23 June 1865
Source NY Report of the Adjutant General
Melville W van Amber
Enlisted 21 Aug 1862 from Wilna, NY
D Company 10th HA regt NY -
unit listed on enlistment
unit listed on the application for CWVP
applied for Civil War veterans Pension on Aug 17, 1889
(HA - Heavy Artillery ???)
Promoted to Full Corporal on 08 Aug 1964
Mustered out at Petersburg VA on 23 June 1865
Source NY Report of the Adjutant General
Military:
Discharge Date: 23 Jun 1865
Census:
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8J7-S9K : 17 October 2014), Watson Vanamber, New York, United States; citing p. 22, family 178, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,463.
Census:
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZDC-4MP : 15 July 2016), M W Vanamber, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 171, sheet 198A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0858; FHL microfilm 1,254,858.
Occupation:
Manufacturer of what??
Military:
Melville joined the US Army Co D, 10th Inf as a private on Aug 1862 and was discharged 23 Jun 1865
United States Civil War Soldiers Index
Name Melvin W. Vanamber
Also Known As Name Melville W. Vanamber
Event Type Military Service
Military Beginning Rank Private
Military Final Rank Corporal
Military Side Union
State or Military Term New York
Military Unit 10th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery
Military Company D
Affiliate Film Number 144
United States Civil War and Later Pension Index
Name Melville W. Vanamber
Military Rank [BLANK]
Military Company D
Military Regiment 10
State New York
Military Unit Heavy Artillery
Event Date 17 Aug 1889
Affiliate Name National Archives and Records Administration
Affiliate Record Type Civil War Pensions
Misc:
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 27 1897
Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests
Several comments made by the Hon M. W. van Amber pp 392-393
Census:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSNT-YXG : accessed 17 March 2017), Mel* Van Amber, New Bremen Township, Election District 1, Lewis, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68, sheet 7B, family 164, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,070.
Census:
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5CT-JX9 : accessed 16 March 2017), Melville W Van Amber in household of Charles E Muker, New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet 1B, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 986; FHL microfilm 1,374,999.
Died:
Had been assemblyman
Death of the Hon Melville W. van Amber occurred in New Bremen
Lowville, Feb 8. Melville W Van Amber, aged 76 died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Meeker, at New Bremen at 7 o'clock last evening. He had been in poor health for the past two years. Mr van Amber was a Republican in politics and had represented the town of New Bremen on the Lewis County Board of Supervisors and served as member of Assembly from Lewis County for two years. He was a resident of Lowville for a time and the president of the village for two years and a member of the Lowville Club and the Lowville Lodge No. 34 F. and A.M. Before entering politics he was engaged in lumbering in the town of New Bremen. Surviving are two daughters and two sons. Mrs Charles Meeker of New Bremen, Mrs James A McDonald of Virginia, Minn; Hiram W van Amber of Minneapolis, Minn and M Wilber van Amber of Lowville.
Utica Herald Dispatch Saturday Evening, Feb 8, 1913
Melville married Helen Adelia Ripley in Oct 1865 in New York, United States. Helen was born on 20 Jul 1841 in Jefferson, New York, United States; died on 18 Aug 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Catherine E Van Amber was born on 16 Feb 1871 in New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; died after 1920.
- Harriet C Van Amber was born on 8 Sep 1874 in New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; and died.
- Hiram Watson van Amber was born on 8 Jul 1883 in Lowville, Lewis, New York, United States; died in Sep 1973 in Montgomery, Maryland, United States; was buried in 1973 in Oakdale, Stanislaus, California, United States.
- M Wilbur van Amber was born on 22 Feb 1885 in New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States; died in Nov 1977 in Riverview, Hillsborough, Florida, United States.
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