Burial Date: 5 Jan 1926
Age: 90
Cause of Death: Lobar Pneumonia
Residence: 3535 West 65th St.
Walter Joseph Van Dyke was born in The Hague, Southern Holland, in the Netherlands.
His grandsons said he spoke seven languages, among them Dutch, German and English. They also remember a salve their Grandfather made and sold to his neighbors. Whenever one of his 11 Grandsons had a cut, Grandfather Walter would apply this homemade salve. It was great for healing cuts. Grandfather Walter left no record of what went into this salve or how he made it.Walter immigrated to the U.S. in 1872.
The 1880 census listed Walter's occupation as an engineer.
The 1900 Cleveland City Directory and the 1900 Census listed Walter's occupation as a Fish Peddler. In the early 1900's, the meat man, the bread man, the iceman, milkman and fishman, all made their rounds in horse drawn delivery wagons. Their wagons would come down the street and the peddlers would sell their wares from house to house.
He had three wives; Anne Thomas, Alberta Born, and Mary Jane Mathys.
In December 1925, Walter and several of his friends drove to Sandusky Ohio. On the way home their Model T got a flat tire. Walter, being the fittest of the bunch, got out of the car and changed the tire. With rain soaked clothes, ninety-year-old Walter drove home in that open car. The next day he took sick. On January 2, 1926, Walter died, of Lobar Pneumonia.
info from: Donna Nettgen
Age: 90
Cause of Death: Lobar Pneumonia
Residence: 3535 West 65th St.
Walter Joseph Van Dyke was born in The Hague, Southern Holland, in the Netherlands.
His grandsons said he spoke seven languages, among them Dutch, German and English. They also remember a salve their Grandfather made and sold to his neighbors. Whenever one of his 11 Grandsons had a cut, Grandfather Walter would apply this homemade salve. It was great for healing cuts. Grandfather Walter left no record of what went into this salve or how he made it.Walter immigrated to the U.S. in 1872.
The 1880 census listed Walter's occupation as an engineer.
The 1900 Cleveland City Directory and the 1900 Census listed Walter's occupation as a Fish Peddler. In the early 1900's, the meat man, the bread man, the iceman, milkman and fishman, all made their rounds in horse drawn delivery wagons. Their wagons would come down the street and the peddlers would sell their wares from house to house.
He had three wives; Anne Thomas, Alberta Born, and Mary Jane Mathys.
In December 1925, Walter and several of his friends drove to Sandusky Ohio. On the way home their Model T got a flat tire. Walter, being the fittest of the bunch, got out of the car and changed the tire. With rain soaked clothes, ninety-year-old Walter drove home in that open car. The next day he took sick. On January 2, 1926, Walter died, of Lobar Pneumonia.
info from: Donna Nettgen
Burial Date: 5 Jan 1926
Age: 90
Cause of Death: Lobar Pneumonia
Residence: 3535 West 65th St.
Walter Joseph Van Dyke was born in The Hague, Southern Holland, in the Netherlands.
His grandsons said he spoke seven languages, among them Dutch, German and English. They also remember a salve their Grandfather made and sold to his neighbors. Whenever one of his 11 Grandsons had a cut, Grandfather Walter would apply this homemade salve. It was great for healing cuts. Grandfather Walter left no record of what went into this salve or how he made it.Walter immigrated to the U.S. in 1872.
The 1880 census listed Walter's occupation as an engineer.
The 1900 Cleveland City Directory and the 1900 Census listed Walter's occupation as a Fish Peddler. In the early 1900's, the meat man, the bread man, the iceman, milkman and fishman, all made their rounds in horse drawn delivery wagons. Their wagons would come down the street and the peddlers would sell their wares from house to house.
He had three wives; Anne Thomas, Alberta Born, and Mary Jane Mathys.
In December 1925, Walter and several of his friends drove to Sandusky Ohio. On the way home their Model T got a flat tire. Walter, being the fittest of the bunch, got out of the car and changed the tire. With rain soaked clothes, ninety-year-old Walter drove home in that open car. The next day he took sick. On January 2, 1926, Walter died, of Lobar Pneumonia.
info from: Donna Nettgen
Age: 90
Cause of Death: Lobar Pneumonia
Residence: 3535 West 65th St.
Walter Joseph Van Dyke was born in The Hague, Southern Holland, in the Netherlands.
His grandsons said he spoke seven languages, among them Dutch, German and English. They also remember a salve their Grandfather made and sold to his neighbors. Whenever one of his 11 Grandsons had a cut, Grandfather Walter would apply this homemade salve. It was great for healing cuts. Grandfather Walter left no record of what went into this salve or how he made it.Walter immigrated to the U.S. in 1872.
The 1880 census listed Walter's occupation as an engineer.
The 1900 Cleveland City Directory and the 1900 Census listed Walter's occupation as a Fish Peddler. In the early 1900's, the meat man, the bread man, the iceman, milkman and fishman, all made their rounds in horse drawn delivery wagons. Their wagons would come down the street and the peddlers would sell their wares from house to house.
He had three wives; Anne Thomas, Alberta Born, and Mary Jane Mathys.
In December 1925, Walter and several of his friends drove to Sandusky Ohio. On the way home their Model T got a flat tire. Walter, being the fittest of the bunch, got out of the car and changed the tire. With rain soaked clothes, ninety-year-old Walter drove home in that open car. The next day he took sick. On January 2, 1926, Walter died, of Lobar Pneumonia.
info from: Donna Nettgen
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