VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells

1914 - 1987  (72 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 26 descendants in this family tree.

VAN FOSSEN, Charles Linford

1877 - 1943  (65 years)

Birth	19 Nov 1877
Died	11 Apr 1943
Family	WELLS, Ruiess Elizabeth,   b. 12 May 1880, Maryland, USA
Married	Abt 1908
Children	+ 1. VAN FOSSEN, Charles Allen,   b. 3 Nov 1908 + 2. VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells,   b. 10 Mar 1914, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA

WELLS, Ruiess Elizabeth

1880 - 1932  (51 years)

Birth	12 May 1880	Maryland, USA
Died	26 Jan 1932	Pennsauken Township, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Family	VAN FOSSEN, Charles Linford,   b. 19 Nov 1877
Married	Abt 1908
Children	+ 1. VAN FOSSEN, Charles Allen,   b. 3 Nov 1908 + 2. VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells,   b. 10 Mar 1914, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA

—?—

- Yes, date unknown

Died	Yes, date unknown
Family	VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells,   b. 10 Mar 1914, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Children	1.

Father	VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells,   b. 10 Mar 1914, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Mother	—?—

LANDOLT, Ethel M.

L 1915 - 2008  (93 years)

Birth	8 Oct 1915	Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Died	2 Nov 2008	Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey, USA
Buried	West Creek Cemetery, West Creek, Ocean, New Jersey, USA
	Address: West Creek Cemetery Willets Ave. West Creek, New Jersey USA
Father	LANDOLT, John Theodore,   b. 6 Sep 1874, Lorenz & Charlotta Armbruster Residence, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mother	EYRE, Ethel Mary,   b. 29 Dec 1876, Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK
Family	VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells,   b. 10 Mar 1914, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Married	Dec 1938
Children	+ 1. + 2. + 3.   4. VAN FOSSEN, Alice Ethel,   b. 23 May 1943, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA

Father	VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells,   b. 10 Mar 1914, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Mother	LANDOLT, Ethel M.,   b. 8 Oct 1915, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Children	+ 1. + 2.   3.

Father	VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells,   b. 10 Mar 1914, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Mother	LANDOLT, Ethel M.,   b. 8 Oct 1915, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Family	ROQUITTE, Bimal Chorone,   b. 29 Sep 1931, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Children	+ 1. + 2. + 3. + 4.

Father	VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells,   b. 10 Mar 1914, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Mother	LANDOLT, Ethel M.,   b. 8 Oct 1915, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Family 1	BRAVO, Luis Guillermo Sr.,   b. Chile
Children	+ 1.   2.   3. BRAVO, Ruiess Elizabeth,   b. 21 Apr 1979, Sao Paulo, , São Paulo, Brazil
Family 2	RAMSEY, David Laurence,   b. 12 Nov 1940

VAN FOSSEN, Alice Ethel

1943 - 2010  (66 years)

Birth	23 May 1943	Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Died	4 Apr 2010	West Creek, Ocean, New Jersey, USA
	Cause: Colon Cancer
Buried	West Creek Cemetery, West Creek, Ocean, New Jersey, USA
	Address: West Creek Cemetery Willets Ave. West Creek, New Jersey USA
Father	VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells,   b. 10 Mar 1914, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Mother	LANDOLT, Ethel M.,   b. 8 Oct 1915, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA

• Name	VAN FOSSEN, Robert Wells  [1, 2]
  Birth	10 Mar 1914	Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Employment	- Camden Courier-Post newspaper in Camden, NJ, from 1939-1943 - Independent coal truck driver in Uiontown, PA from 1943-1945 - Construction work in Camden, NJ from 1945-1949 - Various jobs in Ocean County, NJ beginning in 1949
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	78457032
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78457032
  Death	1 Mar 1987	Manahawkin, Ocean, New Jersey, USA   [3, 5]
  Age	72 years
  Burial	West Creek Cemetery, West Creek, Ocean, New Jersey, USA   [5, 6]
  	Address: West Creek Cemetery Willets Ave. West Creek, New Jersey USA
  	Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #78457032.
  Person ID	I1265	Cochrane Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	VAN FOSSEN, Charles Linford,   b. 19 Nov 1877   d. 11 Apr 1943 (Age 65 years)
  Mother	WELLS, Ruiess Elizabeth,   b. 12 May 1880, Maryland, USA d. 26 Jan 1932, Pennsauken Township, Camden, New Jersey, USA (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	—?—   d. Yes, date unknown
  _MARRIED	N  [4]
  Children	1. L
  Family ID	F543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2011

  
  

  Family 2	LANDOLT, Ethel M.,   b. 8 Oct 1915, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA d. 2 Nov 2008, Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey, USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1938  [1, 2, 4]
  	In 1943 Bob quit his job at the Camden newspaper, took all their savings and bought a truck, and went to Uniontown, PA to haul coal as an independent driver. He was to send for his family after he located a house to live in. Ethel received letters for months saying he couldn't find housing. He also did not send any money, and the bank foreclosed on their house in New Jersey forcing Ethel and the children to move in with her parents. Ethel's father became irate, and he and his sons, Henry and George, went to Uniontown to see what the problem was. They found Bob living fairly well with a former babysitter, and a new baby boy. John LANDOLT offered to help Ethel get a divorce, but she was afraid the children would be placed in foster homes as she was unable to support them. John Landolt then gave Bob an ultimatum to find a house for his family, or else. He did, and Ethel and the four children moved to Uniontown. When the war ended in 1945, the coal companies took back their returning drivers, and the independent drivers, including Bob, lost their work. The family returned to New Jersey to live with Ethel's retired parents who were in their 70s, in what must have  been a very uncomfortable situation, both physically and  emotionally. [4]
  Age at Marriage	He : 24 years and 9 months - She : 23 years and 2 months.
  Residence	- Camden, NJ in 1938-1941 - Blackwood Terrace, NJ in 1941-1942 - Uniontown, PA in 1943-1945 - 555 York St., Candem, NJ in 1945-1949 with Ethel's parents - Ocean County, NJ beginning in 1949
  Children	+   1. L +   2. L +   3. L     4. VAN FOSSEN, Alice Ethel,   b. 23 May 1943, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA d. 4 Apr 2010, West Creek, Ocean, New Jersey, USA (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Mar 1914 - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, USA Death - 1 Mar 1987 - Manahawkin, Ocean, New Jersey, USA Burial - Address: West Creek Cemetery Willets Ave. West Creek, New Jersey USA - - West Creek Cemetery, West Creek, Ocean, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S251] Ruth Roquitte, Research Report - Descendants - Armbruster, Charlotta Herman, 15 Oct 2011, p. 3-6. [S255] Memoirs - Landolt, John T., 30 Oct 2011, "Memoirs - John T. Landolt," Jan 1956; Typewritten, carbon copy, 20 pages plus introduction and 2 pages of names and dates. [S298] Ruth Elaine Roquitte, Research Report - Ancestors - Van Fossen, Ruth Elaine, 19 Apr 2012, p. 1. [S253] Ruth E. Roquitte, Research Report - The Landolt Family, 19 Oct 2011, p. 18-25. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 19 Apr 2012, accessed 19 Apr 2012<, Robert Van Fossen, Memorial #78457032. [S296] Ruth Roquitte (Morris, Minnesota), Letter - Roquitte, Ruth to Winston Cochrane, 19 Apr 2012. Letter - Roquitte to Cochrane