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Van Horne
The Van Horne Family Burial Plot
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was the man charged with completing the Canadian Pacific. See http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41876. I found that he, originally an American (who ironically had his first rail job with the Illinois Central), was buried in Joliet, Illinois. This was not too far off our path to a family reunion in Peoria, so we made a point of stopping.
The Van Horne family plot, in Joliet, Illinois.
It is located not far from a rail yard and the Illinois river.
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The entrance to the Van Horne family plot
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It's a bit hard to read, but says:
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne
K.C.M.G.
Born in Frankfort ILL.
Feb. 3, 1843
Died in Montreal Can.
Sept 11, 1915
Son of Cornelius Covenhoeven Van Horne
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Van Horne's son, died at age 5:
William Cornelius Van Horne
Born in Chicago, ILL
Oct. 6, 1871
Died in LaCrosse, Wis.
May 16, 1876.
Son of William Cornelius Van Horne.
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Mrs. Van Horne (birth year seems incomplete):
Lucy Adaline
Hurd wife of
William Cornelius
Van Horne
Born at Niagara County, New York
Sept. 19, 18
Died at Montreal
Jan 24, 1929
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Lucy Adaline
Van Horne
Daughter of
Sir William and
Lady Van Horne
Born at
Bloomington, ILL.
June 7, 1868
Died at Montreal
Feb. 24, 1941
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