Valentine Orson Eastman

Brief Life History of Valentine Orson

When Valentine Orson Eastman was born on 20 March 1814, in Bridgewater, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, John Eastman, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Fellows, was 34. He married Adelia Dodge on 4 November 1838, in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Vermont, United States in 1870. He died on 16 January 1892, in Troy, Orleans, Vermont, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Troy, Orleans, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Valentine Orson Eastman
1814–1892
Adelia Dodge
1817–1900
Marriage: 4 November 1838
Anneta Julia Eastman
1839–1908
Melvin C. Eastman
about 1854–after 1870
Mary Jane Eastman
1841–1930
Seldon Vernon Eastman
1846–1916
Louise Maria Eastman
1849–1904
Laura A. Eastman
1855–after 1880
Ludella Lydia Eastman
1858–1920

Sources (28)

  • Vohiter Eastman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Valentine Orson Eastman, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Valentine Eastman in entry for Lizzie L King, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough

In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Estmund (Old English Ēastmund, from ēast ‘east’ + mund ‘protection’). See also Esmond .

English: occasionally a variant of Heasman, a topographic name for a dweller ‘(in the) brushwood’, from Old English hǣse ‘brushwood’ + mann (compare Hayes 3).

Americanized form (translation into English) of Swedish Östman (see Ostman ) and North German Ostmann or Östmann (see Oestmann ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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