Brief Life History of Rebecca Jane "Jennie"
When Rebecca Jane "Jennie" Hoyt was born on 9 August 1852, in Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Pvt James Newman Hoyt, was 27 and her mother, Elvira V. Peck, was 23. She married Stephen Eugene Van Buren on 27 August 1874, in Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Lawrence, South Dakota, United States in 1900 and Chadron, Dawes, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 April 1934, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Whitewood Cemetery, Whitewood, Lawrence, Dakota Territory, United States.
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- Jennie Hoyt, "Minnesota State Census, 1865 "
- Jennie R Hoyt, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Jane Rebecca Hoyt Van Buren, "Find A Grave Index"
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1853
Historical Boundaries: 1853: Dakota, Minnesota Territory, United States 1853: Nicollet, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Nicollet, Minnesota, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English hoit ‘long stick’.
Altered form of Haught , a surname of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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