Brief Life History of William Isaac James
When William Isaac James Van Hoesen was born on 2 September 1866, in Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, United States, his father, William J. Van Hoesen, was 26 and his mother, Amanda E Martin, was 22. He married Anne May Howell in 1890, in Clifton, Franklin, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 13 April 1916, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Worth Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Wm J Vanhoesen in household of W J Vanhoesen, "United States Census, 1870"
- William J. Van Hoesen Jr, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- William J Vanhoesen, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1867 · The Chicago Water Tower
The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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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