Otis and Sarah VanDyke

(Many thanks to Todd Tamura, great-great-grandson of Otis and Sarah VanDyke for the picture, information on their children, and other Hogg/Van Dyke ancestral information.)

Otis James VanDyke, son of Robert and Rebecca VanDyke, was born on August 12, 1855.

Sarah Rebecca Hogg, daughter of Robert and Mary Hogg, was born March 20, 1856.

Otis and Sarah, known to their nieces and nephews as Aunt Sade and Uncle Ote, married on April 8, 1873 and had 5 children:

Myrtie Jame VanDykeBorn June 9, 1876.
Mary Viola VanDykeBorn in 1878. Married John Giles(sp?) June 4, 1901.
James Clare VanDykeBorn May 28, 1881.
Murrel Agnes VanDykeBorn March 15, 1887. Married Franklin Bernardt on November 16, 1929.
Gladys Eloy VanDykeBorn June 4, 1894. Married John Herman Wright on December 21, 1924.

Sarah Rebecca (Hogg) VanDyke 4-generation picture
Sarah Rebecca (Hogg) VanDyke with daughter Murrel, grand daughter Dolores Bernhardt Armstrong, and Dolores' eldest child.
Dolores and Marcella Bernhardt
Dolores (left) and Marcella Bernhardt.


Letter from Robert and Mary Hogg.


First published April 21, 2011. Revised September 27, 2011. If you have comments, corrections or additional information or pictures you would like to contribute, feel free to contact Dave Nims.