When Charles H Van Nest Sr. was born in December 1869, in New Jersey, United States, his father, David Van Nest, was 40 and his mother, Phebe A., was 32. He married Emma Johnson on 24 October 1889, in Somerset, New Jersey, United States. He lived in Somerset, Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States in 1910 and Essex, New Jersey, United States in 1920. He died on 28 March 1944, in Irvington Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Irvington Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States.
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Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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.
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