Rebecca Eleanor Vrooman

ID # 1576, (1809-1836)
FatherSolomon Secord Vrooman (1783-1874)
MotherMary Brown (1790-1846)
BirthRebecca Eleanor Vrooman was born on 9 October 1809. 
ChristeningShe was christened on 7 October 1821 at Queenston, Upper Canada. 
MarriageShe married Gilbert Chrysler Field on 12 February 1829 at Stamford Presbyterian Church, Niagara Falls.
See Vital Records of Upper Canada/Canada West, Vol 1: Part 2, Niagara District, 1792-1849, compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai, Global Heritage Press, 2000.

Stamford Associate Presbyterian Church, Niagara Falls, marriages 1827 - 1834, shows the following:

Gilbert E. Fields, to Rebecca Froman, both of Niagara Twp. 12 Feb, 1829, by licence of R. Grant.

Gilbert's middle initial was actually C.
 
DeathShe died on 28 October 1836 at age 27. 
BurialShe was buried at Copetown Cemetery, Ancaster Twp., Wentworth Co.. 
NoteInformation for Rebecca's dates of birth and death are taken from a transcription of the Field stone in Copetown Cemetery.

For the moment, we do not know if Rebecca had more children than Mary, Eleanor, Solomon and Gilbert Jr. It appears that she died within a few days of young Gilbert's birth. 

Children of Rebecca Eleanor Vrooman and Gilbert Chrysler Field

Last Edited28 Apr 2024