Lynette Mae Curlhair (1872-1942)

Lynette Mae Curlhair (1872-1942) Housewife (b. March 10, 1872, Binghamton, Broome County, New York, USA - d. April 13, 1942, 6:00 am, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA)

Birth
Lynette was born in 1872 to Freeman C. Curlhair (1834-1910), a cigar store merchant and harness maker. Her mother was Lydia A. Gaige (1837-1903).

Siblings

 * Cora B. Curlhair (1865-?)
 * Nora A. Curlhair (1866-1952)
 * Emma L. Curlhair (1869-?)
 * Linnia M. Curlhair (1872-?)
 * Orlow C. Curlhair (1878-1907)

Maine, New York
The family appears in the 1880 US Census living in Maine, Broome County, New York, where Freeman was working as a harness maker.

Marriage
Around 1897 Nora married Benjamin Spencer Van Deusen I (1872-1937), who worked in real estate, and they eventually moved to Jersey City, New Jersey.

Children
Together they had four children: Lillian Van Deusen (1898-c1962) who married Clarence Ethan Reeve I (1888-1960) aka Ethan Reeve; Mildred Lynette Van Deusen (1901-1968) who married Reed Edison Smith (1899-1980); Benjamin Van Deusen II (1903-1972) who married Helene Elizabeth Bentley (1905-1999); and Burnette Peter Van Deusen (1913-1993) aka Peter Van Deusen who married Naida Muriel Freudenberg (1915-1998).

Jersey City, New Jersey
In 1930 Lynette was living at 601 Garfield Avenue in Jersey City, and in 1934 she and her husband were listed as members of the Browne Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in Jersey City. In 1937 she was living at 726 Ocean Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey when her husband died.

Death
Lynette died in 1942 at the home of her son, Burnett, at 98 Woodlawn Avenue in Jersey City and she was buried in Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery on 355 East Linden Avenue in Linden, New Jersey.