When Mary Jemima "Polly" Vandal was born on 2 August 1855, in Knox, Knox, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Stewart Vandel, was 43 and her mother, Sarah Marcel Adkins, was 38. She married Melvin Thomas Thurman on 20 December 1875, in Warren, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hamilton Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Morton, North Dakota, United States for about 20 years. She died on 26 March 1938, in North Dakota, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mandan, Morton, North Dakota, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1873: Morton, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Morton, North Dakota, United States
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Normand, Aime, Amedee, Gaston, Germaine, Herve, Lucien.
Flemish (also Van Dal) and Dutch (Van Dal): variant of Dutch Van Dale .
Americanized form of Dutch (and possibly also of German) Wendel .
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