MARIA ABEL was born in Mar 1839 in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York. She died on 11 Jan 1905 in Batavia Village, Genesee, New York. She married JOSEPH L. VANDORN. He was born about 1815 in Bedminster, Somerset, New Jersey. He died on 21 Mar 1885 in Seneca Co., New York.

Maria Abel lived in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York in 1850-1870. She lived in Covert, Seneca, New York in 1880. She lived in Concord, Erie, New York in 1892. She lived in Batavia village, Genesee, New York in 1900. She was buried Trumansburg, Tompkins, New York in Grove Cemetery, Lot 320.

Note: Several of the children spelled their name Van Doren or Vandoren.

Joseph L. Van Dorn and Maria Abel had the following children:

i. MARIAM C. VAN DORN was born in May 1858 in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York. She died on 25 Mar 1938 in Trumansburg, Tompkins, New York. She married Elwin Augustus Snow on 05 Jan 1881. He was born in Feb 1855 in New York. He died on 17 Apr 1937 in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York.

ii. ALMA S. VAN DOREN was born in Feb 1860 in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York. She died on 05 Mar 1932 in Batavia, Genesee, New York. Alma S. Van Doren was buried in Grand View Cemetery in Batavia, Genesee, New York.

iii. JOHN S. VAN DOREN was born in Oct 1861 in Jacksonville, Tompkins, New York. He died on 19 Jul 1924. John S. Van Doren was buried in Grand View Cemetery in Batavia, Genesee, New York.

iv. CLEMENTINE VAN DOREN was born on 11 Aug 1864 in Jacksonville, Tompkins, New York. She died on 15 Aug 1911 in Interlaken, Seneca, New York. She married Albert Morehouse in 1882. He was born on 11 Sep 1856 in Covert, Seneca, New York. He died on 20 Mar 1920 in Covert, Seneca, New York.

v. ELLA J. VAN DORN was born in Dec 1866 in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York. She died on 16 Jul 1938 in Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York. She married Franklin W. Shultes, son of Franklin Carver Shultes and Ellen Rebecca Holman, on 21 Sep 1889 in Springville, Erie, New York. He was born on 20 Nov 1867 in Springville, Erie, New York. He died on 12 Mar 1962 in Elton, Cattaraugus, New York.

vi. CLAUDE VAN DOREN (twin) was born on 31 May 1869 in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York. He died on 28 Nov 1893 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. Claude VanDorn was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Sec.18, Lot A5 on 30 May 1893 in Springville, Erie, New York.

vii. MAUDE VAN DORN (twin) was born on 31 May 1869 in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York. She died in 1946. She married (1) RUSSEL A. WENTWORTH. He was born about 1853 in United States. She married (2) ALLEN MOUNT in 1889. He was born in Mar 1869 in New York.

viii. JOSEPH L. VAN DORN was born in Mar 1871 in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York. He died in 1931. He married Emma Bethune, daughter of Neil Bethune and Amanda Spooner, in 1894. She was born on 01 Jul 1872 in Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. She died in 1956.