Brief Life History of Helena
When Helena Bras was born on 23 September 1724, in New York City, New York, United States, her father, Gerrit Hendricksen Bras, was 58 and her mother, Helena Post, was 45. She married George Walgraaf on 29 August 1744, in New York City, New York, United States.
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- Helena Bras, "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Rafael, Armando, Cesar, Gilberto, Jorge, Jose, Juaquin, Julio. French Andre, Francois, Thierry. Portuguese Joao.
Dutch: from Middle Dutch bras ‘arm’. This was probably a descriptive nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the arm, but the word was also used as a measure of length, and may also have denoted a surveyor (compare 3 below).
Spanish; Portuguese (Brás): from a vernacular form of the personal name Blasius , popularized through the cult of the 4th-century Christian martyr. Compare Portuguese Braz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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