Jesse R. Jr. Van Alstyne

Male24 May 1928–16 March 1991

Brief Life History of Jesse R. Jr.

When Jesse R. Jr. Van Alstyne was born on 24 May 1928, his father, Jesse Ray Van Alstyne, was 39 and his mother, Clara Blanche Eckelberry, was 32. He died on 16 March 1991, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Ray Van Alstyne
1889–1964
Clara Blanche Eckelberry
1895–1952
Jesse R. Jr. Van Alstyne
1928–1991

Sources (2)

  • Jessie Van Alstyne in household of Jesse Van Alstyne, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Jesse R Van Alstyne Jr. in household of Jessie R Van Alstyne, "United States Census, 1930"

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Siblings (1)

World Events (8)

1929

Age 1

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman

Age 3

The Minnesota Woman was the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old found near Pelican Rapids. The bones were brought to the University of Minnesota for more study. Later, Dr. Albert Jenks identified them as the bones of a 15 or 16 year old woman. Scientists now recognize the girl as someone whose ancestors were Paleo-Indian and now her skeletal remains have been reburied in South Dakota, not available for further study.

1945 · Peace in a Post War World

Age 17

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

Name Meaning

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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