Rockland News 11 Feb 1921: Isabella Furman, widow of Abram, d/o Col. Jacob A. Van Riper, b. Spring Valley ~1850, d. last Thursday (3 Feb 1921); mother of Mrs. John W. Sanford of Warwick.
Maiden Van Riper. Also styled Mrs. Isabella Furman; 1890 census spelling Isabellia; Warwick obit index Furman (VanRiper) Isabella. Born Spring Valley circa 1850 (1921 obit: about 71 years ago; lived there all her life). Died 3 Feb 1921 Spring Valley (Rockland News Friday 11 Feb 1921: died last Thursday; 11 Feb 1921 was a Friday). Burial Oak Hill Cemetery, funeral from son Louis H. Furman's home. Father Col. Jacob A. Van Riper named in the 1921 obit; mother unnamed. WikiTree Apr 1849 birth is UNCONFIRMED user-text only.
Facts
- Name
- Isabella Van Riper Furman
- Maiden name
- Van Riper
- Born
- 1850
- Birthplace
- Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York
- Died
- 3 February 1921
- Place of death
- Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York
- Generation
- 5
- Status
- confirmed
- Sex
- Female
Parents
Spouses
Children
Sources
- Named as the only surviving son of Isabella Furman in the 1921 obituary: Louis H. Furman, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Spring Valley and Spring Valley fire chief. Therefore brother of Mrs. John W. Sanford (Bertha M. Furman), not her child.
Mrs. Isabella Furman died last Thursday; widow of Abram Furman who died thirty seven years ago; daughter of the late Col. Jacob A. Van Riper; born in Spring Valley about 71 years ago and lived there all her life; leaves one daughter, Mrs. John W. Sanford of Warwick, Orange county, and one son Louis H. Furman, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Spring Valley and Spring Valley fire chief; funeral at Louis H. Furman's home; burial Oak Hill Cemetery.
- Warwick obituary name-index independently tags Isabella as Furman (VanRiper), 1921.
Furman(VanRiper) Isabella | 1921 | F13 | T3
- 1890 veterans census already lists her as widow of Abraham Furman, PO Spring Valley (spelling Isabellia).
Hs 43 Fam 46 | Isabellia widow of Abraham Furman | Private | K | 133 NY Inf | Oct 1, 1864 | June 6, 1865 | 0 yrs 8 mos 6 dys | Spring Valley, NY