When Mary Jane Van Matre was born on 2 March 1837, in Fayette, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States, her father, John Johnson Van Matre, was 33 and her mother, Mary Mathews, was 33. She married John G Baker on 23 September 1854, in Fayette, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Blanchard, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States in 1880 and Evansville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1930. She died on 29 July 1933, in Blanchardville, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Blanchardville, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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