Charles Vrooman

ID # 1453, (1844-1939)
FatherJohn Vrooman (1812-1892)
MotherHenrietta (--?--) (1820-1856)
BirthCharles Vrooman was born in 1844. 
MarriageHe married Susan Harrison on 13 January 1866 at Middlesex County.
MS248 reel 10 Vol 36, page 191, Middlesex Co.
Return of marriages solemnized by Rounding Patterson and George Watson of the Primitive Methodist Church for the year ending December 31, 1866

Charles Vrooman, 20, born and residing Caradoc. Parents John and Henrietta.
Susan Harrison, 18, born Blenheim, residing Caradoc. Parents Thomas and Ann.
Witnesses John Berdan and Janes Kyham, both of Caradoc.
On Jany 13, 1866.
 
DeathHe died on 15 February 1939. 
BurialHe was buried on 19 February 1939 at Moose Jaw Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 
NoteCharles and Susan were in Caradoc Township at the time of the 1871 census. By 1881, they were in Muskoka with Charles' father and stepmother. In 1891, they were in London, Ontario, and by 1901 they and their family were in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. The 1911 and 1916 censuses show them in Moose Jaw.

An online web page for the Moose Jaw Times Herald with a story dated July 15, 2012, and headlined: Cemetery Tours Bring History Lessons to Life. It reads in part:

Ontario-born Charles Vrooman moved to Saskatchewan and put up a homestead south of Tuxford.

Vrooman, who died on February 15, 1939, is buried in the Moose Jaw cemetery. He lived to be 93.

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A transcription of Charles' gravestone is also provided by Find-a-Grave. 

Children of Charles Vrooman and Susan Harrison

Last Edited20 May 2018