Eleanor C. Barhydt
Born: October 15th, 1835
Died: March 25th, 1917
Obituary
Theodore Wells Barhydt was born April 10, 1834, in Newark, New Jersey, and was educated in Schenectady, where he was married to Miss Eleanor C. Christiancy, a native of that city. She is a daughter of Isaac C. Christiancy, who was born near Schenectady. The first settler of her father's family was Christiaan Christiaanse, in 1671, who became a property owner in Schenectady. Her mother was Miss Maria Vedder. The Vedder ancestry is traceable to Herman Albertse Vedder, who was a trader in Beaverwyck before the year 1657, and who married in 1672. He removed to Schenectady, and in 1673 was appointed one of the three magistrates. Both families were of the Holland stock, with numerous descendants scattered through that section of the State. Mrs. Barhydt, is a member of the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution, and eligible as a Colonial Dame.
Excerpted from: Biographical Review of Des Moines County, Iowa, Hobart Publishing Company, Chicago, 1905, pp. 551-552