When Maratje Van Vliet was born on 14 June 1767, in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Abraham Willemse Van Vliet, was 28 and her mother, Catharine Van Aken, was 25. She married Henricus Ostrander on 6 March 1784, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 7 March 1838, in New York, United States, at the age of 70.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Anh, Thanh, Hung, Minh, Vinh, Dung, Hue, Huong, Lan, Quang, Tan, Thuy, Hong, Chi, Hang, Ho, Pok, Sang, Bai, Chin, Ching, Chu, Chuan, Dong.
Vietnamese (Vạn): from the Chinese surname 萬, see Wan 1.
Vietnamese (Văn): from the Chinese surnames 文 or 聞, see Wen 2 and 3, and also 5 below.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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