Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Maarsman was born on 22 August 1851, in Kortgene, Zeeland, Netherlands, her father, Frans Maarsman, was 35 and her mother, Levina de Loof, was 31. She married Jan Eversdijk on 2 May 1879, in Kortgene, Zeeland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 18 May 1929, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
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- Elizabeth Everdyke in household of John Everdyke, "United States Census, 1900"
- Elizabeth Maarsman in entry for Cornelius Cook and Fanny Everstyk, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Elisabeth Maasman, "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000"
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1853
Birth of Vincent van Gogh.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Berend.
Dutch:
topographic name for a dweller in marshland, from Middle Dutch marsch, mersch ‘marsh, alluvial land by a watercourse’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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