Peter A. Vink was born on 19 September 1794, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States as the son of Sabastian Vink. He had at least 5 sons and 8 daughters with Margaret Fisher. He lived in West Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States in 1840. He died on 8 October 1873, in New Franklin, Stark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Moultrie Chapel, West Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Pieter, Dirk, Gerrit, Hendrik, Henk, Machiel, Marinus.
Dutch: from vink ‘finch’, a metonymic occupational name for someone who catches finches or a nickname for a lively and cheerful person.
English (London): variant of Finch with southern Middle English voicing of the initial fricative /f/ to /v/.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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