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** c/o Frederick Butterton (b. 1846 Topcroft, Norfolk, [[England]] - d. 1921 Oklahoma City, [[Oklahoma|OK]])
*** m. Emma Margaret Lee (b. 1841 Bisham, Berkshire, [[England]] - d. 1914 Oklahoma City, [[Oklahoma|OK]])
Rev. Peter Van D. Vedder of North Dakota pastored the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Audubon 1907-1909; He was born in 1854 in Niskayuna, Schenectady, [[New York]], and died in 1918 in [[Pennsylvania]]. He was the son of Alexander Vedder (1819-1901 NY) & Catharine Healey Vedder (1821-1893 NY). Peter's ancestor, Harman Albertse Vedder (b. 1635 Beverwijik, Holland - d. 1715 Schenectady, NY) was a pioneer settler of Albany, N.Y., as well as Schenectady, emigrating prior to 1657, according to ''History of the Schenectady Patent'', originally shared by F. Jay Harrell.
Relevancy is that Eugene Paul Vedder, Sr. (b. 1906 Germany - d. 1935 Kenosha, [[Wisconsin|WI]]) was an honored laboring brother within the KLC's.
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