Catrina (Catharine) Van Dyke, daughter of Jan Van Dyke and Anna (Annetje) Verkerk, was born on 12 April 1708.¹

     Catrina married Gerardus Christophe Beekman, son of Christopher Beekman and Mary De Lanoy.¹

     Charles Edward Van Dyke, son of Stephen R. Van Dyke and Selina Seaman, was born on 3 February 1899 at Canarsie, Kings, New York. There is a story about Charles when he was either a baby or small child. When he was living with his parents at Locust Avenue, Bayville, New York, someone was carrying him down the stairs and he fell, causing, through his years, brain damage.^2,3,4

     Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. The first registration was for men between the ages of 21 and 31. As a result, this first registration included men born between June 5, 1886 and June 5, 1896. As World War I continued to escalate, the United States instituted a second draft registration. The second registration was for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1917, so it added men born between June 5, 1896 and June 5, 1897. Two months later, a supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918 for men who had become 21 years of age since June 5, 1918, adding the names of men who were born between June 5, 1897 and August 24, 1897. With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. Charles filled out a draft card for World War I on 12 September 1918 (at age 19), while living at Bayville, Nassau, New York. He was employed as laborer for O. B. Smith and described as height, tall and slender build with brown eyes and black hair..⁵

     The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just about a year before that, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history, due to rising world conflicts. After the U.S. entered WWII a new selective service act required that all men between ages 18 and 65 register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946, over 10 million American men were registered. The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military. Charles filled out a draft card for World War II on 16 February 1942 (at age 43), while living at Locust Avenue, Bayville, Nassau, New York. He was not employed.⁶

     Charles died on 29 December 1953, at New York, at age 54,⁷ and was buried at Canarsie Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.^8,9

     Charles Lewis Van Dyke, son of John Van Dyke and Margaret Hazelwood, was born in 1867 at Toledo, Cumberland, Illinois.¹

     Charles died on 8 March 1941, at Toledo, Cumberland, Illinois.²

     Charles was

At his marriage to Evelyn Jane Cranes in 1903 in Olney, Illinois , Charles was listed as a prominent young farmer of Cumberland Co. The couple first resided on the groom's Van Dyke farm just north of Toledo. They later moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After his divorce, Charles was a resident of Toledo, Illinois until his death.²

and was buried at Toledo Memorial Park, Toledo, Cumberland, Illinois.³

     Cornelia Eldert Van Dyke, daughter of Nicholas Albert Van Dyke and Sarah Hendrick Eldert, was born on 18 April 1848 at New York.^1,3,2

     Cornelia married Henry Buffett on 8 December 1870, at Flatlands, Kings, New York.^4,1

     Cornelia Eldert Van Dyke was involved in the probate of the estate of Nicholas Albert Van Dyke on 7 September 1881 at Kings, New York.⁵

     Cornelia died on 27 March 1922, at age 73,⁶ and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.⁷