Earl Winfield VanBlaricom ^{3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

Earl W. VanBlaricom, U.E., Q.C., M.A., L.L.B.

Born of Dutch United Empire Loyalist Stock near Belleville, Ontario, May 13,
1890.

Education -
"Little Red School House" of S.S. #7, Township of Sidney, County of Hastings
northwest of Belleville.

Four years Albert College Belleville, Ontario. Graduated June 1907.

M.A. in Honors Biology from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

Articled clerk - Messrs. Wylie, Mundell and Procter. Moosomin,
Saskatchewan, 1912 - 1914.

Articled clerk - Messrs. Borland, McIntyre, McAughey and Mowat. Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan. 1914 - until called to the bar Jan 3, 1916

L.L.B. College of Law of University of Saskatchewan 1914 - 1916.

War Services
March 14, 1916, joined 50th (Queen's), later 52nd Canadian Field Artillery
Battery at Kingston, Ontario as a Gunner. Served in England, France,
Belgium until July 1919.

Professional Life
Law office, Tisdale Saskatchewan August 15, 1919.
Appointed Q.C. Dec.31,1929.


Unitarian, Liberal, amateur naturalist.
Served as mayor of Tisdale for two years.
Masonic Lodge: Past Master of Tisdale Lodge #76. A Scottish Rite Mason.
Member of the Bay of Quinte Branch of the United Empire Loyalists
Association of Canada.

Hobbies
Bird watching, fishing, gardening.

Retired October 1957 to Kelowna, B.C.

Lake VanBlaricom named after him and his wife in token of appreciation for
their service to the province of Saskatchewan. Located northwest of Lac La
Ronge, Saskatchewan.

Roger Pickering,
Sept 2006, from notes written by his grandfather, E.W. VanBlaricom.
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The following document (typed on 7 legal size sheets by E.W. VanBlaricom)
was obtained from Verna Pickering and was retyped on Microsoft Word by Roger Pickering September 2006. Mom's copy is photocopied and the original may be in the Hastings Heritage Center, 154 Cannifton Road North, Belleville
Ontario, K0K 1K0 along with the rest of Grandpa's extensive records
regarding his family history. This is a complete copy of the document as I
obtained it from Mom. Parts of this document will be found under the
appropriate individuals elsewhere in the family tree.

Page 1 (original document)
Earl W. VanBlaricom U.E., Q.C., 7/1260 Kelglen Crescent, Kelowna, B.C., the
applicant for membership in the Dutch Settlers Society of New York, dated 9
November 1970.

VANBLARICOM, EARL WINFIELD
Born 13 May 1890 near Belleville, Ontario, in the Township of Sidney in the
County of Hastings, Ontario. The County of Hastings is just north of the
County of Prince Edward. The Bay of Quinte separates the two counties.
Father was William VanBlaricom and mother was Mary Elizabeth Stickney.
Educated at Albert College of Belleville (1903-1907) - full secondary
course. Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, M.A. (Biology) in 1912.
Taught "summer school" on the Western Prairies while going to Queen's. Upon
graduation became Science Master at Moosomin, Saskatchewan for May and June
and then articled as a Student-at-Law with Wylie, Mundell & Procter of
Moosomin, Sask. Transferred articles of clerkship in early 1914 to
McIntyre, Borlond, McAughey & Mowat of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, so he could
qualify for LL.B. degree at the new University of Saskatchewan. Called to
the Saskatchewan Bar on 3 January 1916 as a Barrister and Solicitor of
Saskatchewan. Recommended for LL.B. degree about March 1st 1916 and on 14th
of March at Kingston, Ontario, "took the King's shilling" and became a
gunner in the 50th (Queen's) Battery, Canadian Field Artillery. This
battery disappeared when batteries changed from 4 guns to 6 guns. Half went
to the 52nd and half to the 53rd. He went to the 52nd. Served until July
of 1919. At close of the war the battery was in action just behind Mons in
Belgium and later formed part of the Army of Occupation on the Rhine (Bonn
and Siegberg).

Opened up an office in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, in August of 1919. Remained
here until 13 October 1957. Grew up with the town. In 1949 the firm was
VanBlaricom, Hamilton and Woolliams. By 1957 the firm was VanBlaricom,
Woolard and Aseltine. Married Vera Kathleen Van der Water on 12 June 1920.
Two children: Mrs. Verna Merle (VanBlaricom) Pickering and Lawrence
Stickney Van Blaricom. In the New Year's Honour list of 31 December 1929
was made a King's Counsel of the Province of Saskatchewan. Served as
Chairman of the School Board and as Mayor of the Town, as President of the
Red Cross, the President of the Study-Discussion Club, Master of the Masonic
Lodge, with the Scottish Rite Masons (32nd degree), Boy Scouts, Natural
History Clubs, Historical Societies, etc. "A big frog in a small pond"
might be appropriate, never made a political speech although always voted
Liberal except on two occasions in over four decades. Honorary Life Member,
Charter Member and Past President of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch
number 50, Saskatchewan. His wife and he were honored in 1946 when the
Canadian Permanent Committee on Canadian Geographical names, on the request of the Government of the Province of Saskatchewan, named a lake at Latitude 55 degrees 23' 30" and Longitude 105 degrees 50' 0" (near Lake La Ronge, Saskatchewan) VANBLARICOM LAKE for dedicated services given to fellow citizens. Retired to British Columbia in October of 1957. Member of Bay of Quinte Branch of the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada. Church:
The Unitarian Fellowship at Kelowna B.C.

Page 2 (original document)
My father was:
WILLIAM VAN BLARICOM (1842-1911)
Of Belleville, Ontario, Teacher and then Farmer. Born near Demorestville in
the township of Sophiasburg in the County of Prince Edward in the Province
of Upper Canada, later Ontario, on 22 july 1842. His father was David
VanBlaricom (1802) and his mother was Sally Giles (1805). He married Mary
Elizabeth Stickney on 13 April 1875. He lived for years near Trenton
Ontario, and then near Belleville, Ontario, where he died in 1911. He was
the best educated of his father's family of eight and was a born teacher and
student. He was the one that gave me the impetus to do research work in
connection with the family. He had two sons:
a. Charles VanBlaricom of Rabbit Lake, Saskatchewan, Farmer
b. Earl W. VanBlaricom of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Barrister and Solicitor.


My paternal grandfather was:
DAVID VAN BLARICOM (1802-1868)
Of Demorestville, Ontario, Farmer. Born 8 August 1802 (I was through the
Battle of Amiens 8 August 1918, 116 years later. I have no difficulty remembering my paternal grandfather's birthday) on the High Shore in Sophiasburg Township near present day Picton. His father was Abraham VanBlaricom and his mother was Rhoda Alger, daughter of Elisha Alger, U.E., who landed at Adolphustown, Upper Canada, on 16 June 1784, (?) under the command of Captain Van Alstyne. David was one of eight children. On 8 January 1828 he married Sally Giles. He farmed most of his life near Demorestville in Prince Edward County but when old lived on another farm near Trenton, Ontario, in Hastings County. He died on 1 March 1868.


My paternal great grandfather was:
ABRAHAM VAN BLARICOM (1775-1846)
Of Conger's Corner (or Elmbrook) in the Township of Sophiasburg near present
day Picton. His farms included: Lot 21 in Concession 1 and Lot 21 in
Concession 2 of the Township of Sophiasburg. I understand these were Crown
grants made through Lieutenant Paul Huff. He married Rhoda Alger, U.E., on
15 August 1799. He died 17 August 1846 and was buried S.W. of the Conger
Meeting House (alias The White Chapel) on the shores of the Bay of Quinte
near his farm in the said Township of Sophiasburg. He and Rhoda Alger had
11 children. He was a Road Commissioner and a trustee of the Conger Meeting
House, a leader in the new settlement. His brothers Peter and Martinus each
had 200 plus acres beside him on the High Shore.




Page 3 original document starts "at Hackensack, New Jersey, in early.."
My paternal great great grandfather was:
DAVID J. (Jan or John or Johann) VANBLARICOM (1736-1804)
Of Preakness in Saddle River Township in Bergen County (The County Town is
Hackensack) in New Jersey, Farmer and Miller. Born 14 December 1736 near
Paramus, christened at Tappen 23 January 1737, died 31 December 1804.
Letters of Administration issued out of the County Court of Bergen County at
Hackensack, New Jersey, in early 1805. Buried at Preakness Church Cemetery.
Married Gerretye (or Gerritje or Geertje) Mabie (or Maybe or Meaby) who was
born 12 March 1741 and was christened at Tappen 22 March 1741. They were
the parents of ten children of whom five sons and two daughters as well as
the widow were mentioned in a Quit Claim Deed dated 10 October 1805 and
registered in the Registry Office at page 296 of Book 2 at Hackensack. The
five sons mentioned in the Quit Claim Deed of 10 October 1805 settling the
estate of David J. Van Blaricom were:
a Peter VanBlaricom of Picton, Upper Canada, Farmer;
b Abraham VanBlaricom of Picton, Upper Canada, Farmer;
c Martinus VanBlaricom of Picton,Upper Canada, Farmer;
d John D. VanBlaricom of Saddle River Township, Bergen County, New
Jersey, Farmer and Miller.
e Isaac D VanBlaricom of Saddle River Township, Bergen County, New
Jersey, Farmer and Miller.

(Three sons were Tories or Loyalists and two sons and their father were
Whigs - truly a divided family).

But, the information given on the prior pages and on this page was not known
to me until late 1969. Here's the story handed down by word of mouth from
1783 and 1784 by Abraham, then David, then William:

Page 4 original document starts " 200 acres each from the Crown on the High
Shore..."
THE STORY AS TOLD UNTIL 1969
All the VanBlaricoms in Canada are the descendants of Johann Lubrecht who
left the Settlement of Blaricum in Holland in the 1620's to go to New
Amsterdam (later New York City) to be a wheelwright or a furniture maker or
an expert worker in wood for the Governor of that new Dutch Colony. As
there were others by the same name in the new colony, this man, to
distinguish himself and to avoid confusion, indicated in his name the
district whence he came by adding "of Blaricum", thus: Johann Lubrecht
VanBlaricum. He had a large family. The first two or three births
registered followed the old pattern but after that each child was registered
as VanBlaricum. This man from whom we are descended became the City Clerk
of Bergen, New Jersey. I understand this city of Bergen is now known under
another name. All this came down to me by word of mouth. The fact that an
early ancestor was the town clerk of "Bergen" came down clear and distinct
as did the statement that records of him and his work as clerk and his
registration of his children are still in exictence. I was told that in
1783 or about that date four brothers and a sister had to leave the U.S.A.
because of their being Royalists or Loyalists. They were supposed to have
left New York by boat and landed in Nova Scotia. The girl married a man by
the name of Strauser (?) and joined another party and has never been heard
of since. One brother fell in love with a Nova Scotia girl, married her and
settled down near Digby, Nova Scotia. Their numerous descendants spell the
family name without an "i", thus: VanBlarcom. Three brothers in the spring
of 1784 proceeded to Sorel or from Sorel, Quebec, to Upper Canada where on 16 June 1784 they landed at Adolphustown under the command or direction of Captain VanAlstyne. There was no tradition handed down to the effect that the three brothers reached Sorel by coming overland from the south.

The tradition is that Peter, Abraham and Martinus received 200 acres each from the Crown on the High Shore of the Bay of Quinte in Concession 1 of the
Township of Sophiasburg in the County of Prince Edward. Peter, the eldest
of the three received lots 17 and 19 and 20. Abraham received lot 21 (and
also Lot 21 in Concession 2 just north). Martinus received Lot 22. The
Crown Patents were issued around 1803. the grantees may have been on the
land 10 or 15 years before the Crown Patent finally was issued. These men
were said to have come from The Jersey Settlement where their father had
been a farmer. They brought tales of mounted soldiers and raids year after
year on cattle and horses, hogs, grain, etc., etc. The land they came from
was along the Hudson River, in Rip Van Winkle Country. Tradition never
mentioned their father to any extent but it did say that one or more
brothers supported the patriots or Whigs and did not leave the Jersey
Settlement with the four Loyalist brothers. Where was the Jersey
Settlement? Tradition had it along the Hudson River. Some said it was near
Poughkeepsie in Duchess County of New York. Before 1970 I was never able to find the location of the Jersey Settlement or the names of the boys'
parents.

The secretary of the Fiskill Historical Society (near Poughkeepsie) was
contacted. She didn't know where the Jersey Settlement of New York had been located. She consulted people in Poughkeepsie who suggested we were barking up the wrong tree or state, that The Jersey Settlement was the Dutch
Settlement from New York which lived in Bergen County of the State of New
Jersey, not of the State of New York. Then Mr. George O. Zabriskie, noted
American genealogist and writer up of VanBlaricom family history told me to
buy The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley. I did and in 1970 for
the first time found fine records of David Jan VanBlarcom (1736-1804) of
Preakness in Saddle River Township, in Bergen County, in the State of New
Jersey. Farmer and Miller, and of his wife Geertje Mabie. (Mr. Zabriskie,
genealogist, says he is a seventh cousin of mine as he is related to the
VanBlarcoms of Bergen County via the Mabie family! Mr. Zabriski can trace
Davie Jan VanBlarcom back for one or more generations. See his published
articles on the VanBlarcoms.)

I can (via Mr. Zabriskie) furnish the names of the ten children of David Jan
VanBlarcom and the location of all lands he owned at the date of his death,
31 December 1804. Letters of Administration were issued out of the County
Court at Hackensack in 1805.

More small details upon request if so desired. Mr. Zabriskie is my most
reliable reference.
Signed: Earl W. VanBlaricom

E.W.V.B., 9 November 1970.

Page 5 original document
Review and Criticism dated 30 September 1972
The previous four pages were compiled and completed about 9 November 1970.
Since then much information has been gathered and it is now not difficult to
find errors and omissions therein. Here are some of them.

1.Peter VanBlaricom (B.1772), Abraham VanBlaricom (B.1775) and Martinus
VanBlaricom (B.1776), the three brothers who settled side by side northeast
of the present town of Picton, Ontario, on the High Shore of the Bay of
Quinte, in a community later known as Conger's Corners (or the White Chapel
or Elmbrook) were loyalists in today's ordinary meaning of that word but
they were not U.E Loyalists of Loyalist U.E.'s. Perhaps the term "late
loyalists" would be most applicable. None of them had ever "worn His
Majesty's uniform in North America before the signing of the Treaty of Paris
of 1783", the main qualification for being awarded that hereditary Mark of
Honor known as U.E. (Unity of Empire). Moreover, it is very doubtful they
arrived in Upper Canada on 16 June 1784 unless under the care or
guardianship of an uncle or some close relative. In 1784 Peter was 12 years
old, Abraham 9 and Martinus 8.

2. The names of Abraham and Martinus VanBlaricom do not appear in any of the lists of United Empire Loyalists printed and on file with the Provincial
Archivist of the Province of Ontario.

3.An Abraham VanBlaricom did fight in the Revolutionary War with the British
forces. The Courts of Inquisition in either New Jersey or New York
confiscated all his real estate and available personal property. He was an
older man, born years before 1775. He may have been and uncle or cousin.
Some of the luster connected with his deeds has apparently rubbed off and
been attributed to the man born in 1775 and wrongly so. (see File Pre-One;
Before 1783)

(Note from Roger Pickering: I believe that the reference to a file concerns
my grandfather's extensive family history records that are now held by the
Hastings Heritage Centre, 154 Cannifton Road North, Belleville, Ontario.)


4. In Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in 1783 there was a loyalist by the name
of Peter VanBlaricom. This man also was much older than the Peter VanBlaricom who was born in 1772. Until the ages of the three VanBlaricom Upper Canada settlers had been obtained it was believed or suggested that this was the Peter VanBlaricom whowas said to have reached Upper Canada in 1784. That is not so. These were two different men and neither arrived in Upper Canada in 1784 as far as I can ascertain.



5. There is another mistake. Legend had it that the founder of the
VanBlarcoms (no "i") of Nova Scotia was a brother of the three Upper Canada
pioneers. This brother was said to have fallen in love with a Nova Scotia
girl, married her and having found his Eldorado in Nova Scotia refused to go
on to Upper Canada. (See File #12, The Nova Scotia VanBlarcoms) The Nova
Scotia patriarch was likely an older man, an uncle or cousin of the three
Upper Canada pioneers but he was not a brother as stated. Why?


Page 6 original document
6. From records now available from Bergen County, New Jersey, it would
appear David J. VanBlarcom (or VanBlaricom or VanBlaricum) (1736-1804) of
the Settlement of Preakness in Saddle River Township in the County of
Bergen, Farmer and Miller, had only five boys and all five have been
identified and placed. When he died intestate and letters of administration
of his estate were issued early in 1805 out of the county court of
Hackensack, New Jersey, three sons were living in the Township of
Sophiasburg, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada and two sons (John D. and
Isaac D.) were living at said Preakness. There was no sixth son in Nova
Scotia or elsewhere. (See File #12, The Nova Scotia VanBlarcoms.)


7. When did Elisha Alger arrive in Upper Canada? I believe the Alger family
gave the date as 1784. Volume 1 of Quinte Pioneers says he landed at
Adolphustown on 16 June 1784. But, his name does not appear on any 1784
list of U.E.'s. His name appears on a list of Adolphustown inhabitants for
the year 1796. In 1799 apparently he moved to Lot 33 of Concession 3,
Township of Cramahie, County of Northumberland. I believe this farm was
near today's Coborne in Ontario.


8. When did the three VanBlaricom settlers arrive in Upper Canada? Surely
not in 1784. They were too young unless they came with a guardian or
relative. They got title to lands on the High Shore as early as 1803 by
buying "rights" from army officers who already held grants for the same.
They may have been in possession for a few years prior thereto as all land
registry business was through Montreal. They appear to be the first actual
settlers or residents on the said land and it was not until 1785 that the
township of Sophiasburg was surveryed. Squire Conger, a neighbor, settled
on his land in1787. On 30 August 1797 Martinus and Abraham VanBlaricom
filed petitions for grants of 200 acres each. The petitions were granted
but we don't know for what land. Abraham got title for Lot 22 Con.1,
Sophiasburg and later for Lot 22 in Con.2, Sophiasburg. Much later he got a
grant for 200 acres in Cramabie, Northumberland County. That was for Lot 13
in Concession 9. The earliest date I can find of the names of these
pioneers appearing on old records is 30 August 1797.


9. Capt. Van Alstyne sailed from New York for Nova Scotia on 26 April 1783.
Rhoda Alger was born 2 April 1783. Where? Albany, N.Y.? On board ship?
The Algers were Quakers. Elisha may have "left the Meeting House"
(backslid) and joined the British in the war. Later when he settled down in
Upper Canada apparently he rejoined the Quakers.


10. The very first VanBlaricoms entitled to place U.E. after their names
were the children of Abraham VanBlaricom and Rhoda Alger, U.E. Her father's name appears in the Newcastle list of U.E.'s in 1805.

(note by R.P.: this last sentence is hand written and the word I have typed
as "Newcastle" is hard to read (the quality of the photocopy is poor). It
could also be Newcastie).


11. When John D. VanBlarcom (no "i") and Isaac D. VanBlarcom of Preakness,
Bergen County inherited the old mill and lands of their father and later
sold out, where did they go? Pennsylvania? Ohio? Westward? (See Pre-one
File - Before 1783 and #1 File on First Settlers in Upper Canada.)


12. The first three Upper Canada VanBlaricoms had their baptisms recorded in
the old Dutch Reformed Church at Paramus, New Jersey, as follows:
Petrus bp. January 26, 1772;
Abram bp. March 12, 1775; and
Martynus bp. August 25, 1776 (See
File Pre One and #1)


13. I wish to express my thanks and gratitude to Mr. C. Loral R. Wanamaker
of RR#1 Belleville, Ontario. He has been a tower of strength and an
encyclopaedia of information, always ready, willing and able to do all he
can to present the true picture. I understand he is a member of the
Hastings County Historical Society and a Past President of the Adolphustown
Branch of the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada. He has been a
valued friend to me.

Signed: Earl W. VanBlaricom
Earl W. VanBlaricom
September 30 1972

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1901 census, Sidney twp, Hastings County, Ontario
(near Belleville, Ontario)

family 35, page 4

VanBlaricom, William, male, white, Head of family, married, born 22 July, 1842, age 58, born Ontario, German origin, Canadian, Methodist, Farmer
", Mary E., female, white, Wife, married, born 6 Sept, 1842, age 48, born Ontario, German origin

", Earl W., male, white, son, single, born 13 May, 1890, age 10, born Ontario, German origin
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Teacher, 1911, Theodore Village, Springside Village, Saskatchewan. ¹¹

• Occupation: Kelowna, B.C. ^{1 8} Lawyer

Earl married Vera Kathleen Van der Water, daughter of William Edgar Van der Water and Emma Amelia McFaul, on 12 Jun 1920 in Regina, Sask.^{1 2 3} (Vera Kathleen Van der Water was born on 7 Dec 1891 in Hallowell, Prince Edward County, Ontario,^{3 12 13 14} died on 9 Nov 1973 in Kelowna, B.C. ¹⁵ and was buried on 15 Nov 1973 in Penticton Crematorium Ltd. ¹⁵.)