Brief Life History of John
When John Vermeule was born on 7 October 1781, in New Jersey, United States, his father, Eder Vermeulen, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Myer, was 28. He died on 24 June 1797, at the age of 15.
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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.
1787 · New Jersey Plan
"Also referred to as the Small State Plan, the New Jersey Plan was an important piece of legislation that William Paterson presented during the Constitutional Convention. The plan was created because states with smaller populations were concerned about their representation in the United States government. The New Jersey plan proposed, among other things, that each state would have one equal vote. This was in contrast to the Virginia Plan, which suggested that appointment for Congress should be proportional to state population. The Connecticut Compromise merged the two plans, allowing for two ""houses"" of congress: one with proportional representation, and the other with equal power from each state (as the New Jersey Plan had suggested)."
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Dirk, Frans, Gerrit, Hendrik, Leendert, Michiel, Mieke, Pieter.
Dutch and Flemish: shortened form of Vandermeulen , a topographic name for someone who lived at a mill. This surname is also established in South Africa.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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