Brief Life History of Charity
When Charity Ostrom was born on 28 November 1786, in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess, New York, United States, her father, Henry Ostrom, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Lydia Flagelaar, was 22. She married Myndert Van Wagenen on 1 July 1802, in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lloyd, Ulster, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 18 June 1858, in Ulster, New York, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Highland, Ulster, New York, United States.
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- Charity Vanwagenin in household of Minard Vanwagenin, "United States Census, 1850"
- Charity Ostrom, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
- Charity Ostrom Van Wagner, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Hedvig, Nils.
Swedish (Öström): ornamental name composed of theelements ö ‘island’ + ström ‘river’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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