Brief Life History of James
When James Van Winkle was born on 15 September 1827, in Henry, Illinois, United States, his father, Abraham Van Winkle, was 47 and his mother, Jerusha Coy, was 46. He married Sarah Elizabeth Pike on 3 July 1845, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Lincoln Township, Johnson, Nebraska, United States for about 30 years. He died on 28 October 1913, in Graf, Johnson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Cook, Johnson, Nebraska, United States.
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- James Vanwinkle, "United States Census, 1850"
- James Vanwinkle, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- James Van Winkle, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832 · Black Hawk War
"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
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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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