Thomas Dewitt Cuyler

Brief Life History of Thomas Dewitt

When Thomas Dewitt Cuyler was born on 28 September 1854, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Theodore Ledyard Cuyler, was 35 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth DeWitt, was 23. He married Frances Lewis on 3 May 1881, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1922 and Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States in 1922. He died on 2 November 1922, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
1854–1922
Frances Lewis
1860–1941
Marriage: 3 May 1881
Mary DeWitt Cuyler
1882–1968
Frances Lewis Cuyler
1883–1930
Cuyler
1885–1885
Margaret Cuyler
1886–1886
Helen Scott Cuyler
1887–1978
Eleanor DeGraaf Cuyler
1898–1976

Sources (33)

  • Theodore Cuyler in household of Theodore Cuyler, "United States Census, 1860"
  • T. Deritt Cuyler, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, City Births, 1860-1915"
  • Thos. Dewitt Cuylam, "Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940"

World Events (8)

1861

Historical Boundaries 1861: Nez Perce, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Nez Perce, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Nez Perce, Idaho, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of a Dutch surname, most probably Kuiler: possibly an occupational name for a fisherman using kuilnetten, a specific type of fishing net. Alternatively, a habitational name referring to the toponym De Kuil or Ter Kuile (from kuil ‘hole, pit’; compare Verkuilen ).

History: The Cuyler family were one of five prominent political families in Albany, NY, by the 1730s. Philip and Cornelius Cuyler provisioned militiamen during the French and Indian War.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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