Jane Ditmars1

F, b. 1735, d. 1782
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     Jane Ditmars was born in 1735.1

     Jane married Hendrick Van Arsdalen, son of Philip Van Arsdalen and Jannetje Van Dyke.1

     Her married name was Van Arsdalen.1

     Jane died in 1782.1

Family: Jane Ditmars and Hendrick Van Arsdalen

Last Edited=28 Jan 2021

Citations

  1. [S118] 2008, Compiler: A. VAN DOREN HONEYMAN Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Feb 11, Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Volume VIII-1919, Page 103.

Lucy Dix1

F
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     Lucy married Prof. Theodore Strong LL.D.1

     Her married name was Strong.1

Child of Lucy Dix and Prof. Theodore Strong LL.D.

Last Edited=3 Jul 2018

Citations

  1. [S58] A. M., Ph.D. Compiler: William B. Aitken, Distinguished Families In America ..... Jan Thomasse Van Dyke, Found on Page 216.

Benjamin H. Donaghy1

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     Benjamin married Betty Joan Pearson, daughter of Walter George Pearson and Alice Augusta Victoria Grant, on 11 July 1853, at Delta, Michigan.1

Family: Benjamin H. Donaghy and Betty Joan Pearson

Last Edited=26 Feb 2019

Citations

  1. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, Michigan, County Marriage Records, 1822-1940
    Name:     Betty J Pearson Gender: Female Age: 23 Birth Date: abt 1830
    Marriage Date: 11 Jul 1853 Marriage Place:     Delta, Michigan, USA Father: Walter Pearson Mother: Alice Pearson Spouse: Benjamin H Donaghy Film Number: 001783720.

Dorothy Donnelly1

F, b. 12 January 1919, d. 13 August 2009
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Dorothy E. Donnelly, wife first to Timothy Riordan; wife 2nd. to Al Benton
     Dorothy Donnelly was born on 12 January 1919 at Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.1

     As of 1940,her married name was Riordan.1

     Dorothy, married Timothy Riordan in 1940.1

     As of 1982,her married name was Benton.1

     Dorothy, married Al Benton in 1982.1

     Dorothy died on 13 August 2009, at Queens, Queens, New York, at age 90,1 and was buried at Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Nassau, New York.2

Obituary

17 August 2009

Dorothy Riordan Benton, civic leader

Dorothy Riordan Benton, a longtime resident of New Hyde Park and Middle Island who was well known for her civic leadership, died last Thursday at age 90 in a Queens nursing home. Benton, the oldest of six children, was born Dorothy Donnelly on Jan. 12, 1919, to a salesman and homemaker in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She grew up in a brown-stone town house with her extended family nearby. She married Timothy Riordan, a worker with the Schaefer beer company, in 1940 and raised four daughters and two sons. They later divorced. In 1955, she moved her family to New Hyde Park, and became the New Hyde Park Republican club president, one of the first women in that post. Her family described her as "always being a civic leader," for which she earned recognition. In the early 1960s, Benton successfully fought the development of a Hardy's restaurant a fast-food chain, on Hillside Avenue by New Hyde Park Road, said her daughter, Gayle Van Dyke, 58, of Oyster Bay. So Benton organized a petition drive. "Area residents wanted to maintain the country feel of the area," Van Dyke said. Granddaughter Jaime Van Dyke Doran, 31, of Hicksville, says she feels that the area continues to have a small-town feel, thanks to Bentons efforts. "If she wanted done, she would get it done and be a lady about it, Doran said. In 1982, she married Al Benton, a longtime family friend, and moved to Middle Island, where she brought Republicans and Democrats together to work on quality-of-life problems, her family said. By the early 1990s, she retired and moved to Sun City Center, a retirement community in Florida, where she gave neighbors and friends rides to doctors appointments. She moved to the nursing home in 2003. In addition to Van Dyke and Doran, she is survived by a brother, Howard Donnelly, of Kew Gardens Hills, Queens; her son Timothy Riordan of Peachtree City, Ga., daughters Patricia Barresi of Charlotte, N.CL, and Joan Riordan of York, Marne; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. There will be a wake today at New Hyde Park Funeral Home in New Hyde Park, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. and from 7 to 9:30 p.m. A funeral Mass will be offered at Notre Dame Church in New Hyde Park tomorrow, with burial at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home, 42-41 201st St, Bayside, NY 11361.1

Family: Dorothy Donnelly and Timothy Riordan

Child of Dorothy Donnelly

Family: Dorothy Donnelly and Al Benton

Last Edited=21 Nov 2022

Citations

  1. [S111] Unknown author, Newsday: Obituary, Newsday (Nassau Edition) (Hempstead, New York) 17 Aug 2009, Mon Page 40.
  2. [S24] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, FindAGrave memorial # 171290965.

Keith Andrew Doran1

M, b. 11 November 1970
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     Keith Andrew Doran was born on 11 November 1970.1

     Keith married Jaime Marie Van Dyke, daughter of Gregory David Van Dyke and Gayle Marie Riordan, on 8 October 2005, at St. Dominics Chapel, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York. Read:

Van Dyke-Doran

Jaime Van Dyke and Keith Doran were married Oct 8 at St. Dominics Chapel in Oyster Bay. The reception was at the Sagamore Yacht Club in Oyster Bay. She is a legislative assistant to Town of Oyster Bay Councilman Chris Coschignano and is the daughter of Greg and Gayle Van Dyke of Oyster Bay. The groom is an 11th-grade English teacher for Kellenberg Memorial High School and is the son of Peter and Janet Doran of Rockville Centre. The bride earned a bachelors from Hofstra and is pursuing a master's in public administration from Long Island University's C.W. Post campus. The groom earned a bachelors from St Bonaventure University and a master's in education from Hofstra. They live in Hicksville.1,2

Family: Keith Andrew Doran and Jaime Marie Van Dyke

Last Edited=26 Sep 2021

Citations

  1. [S80] Compiler: John Van Dyke, E - Mails from Jaime (Van Dyke) Van Doran, This is from Jaime (Van Dyke) Doran.
  2. [S111] Unknown author, Newsday: Obituary, Newsday (Nassau Edition) (Hempstead, New York) 12 Feb 2006, Sun
    Page 313.
 
Compiler: John W. Van Dyke: John W. Van Dyke