When Paul Van Curen was born on 25 February 1831, in Clarion Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Van Keuren, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Girts, was 37. He married Elvira Teeples in 1853, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in Penn Township, Osborne, Kansas, United States in 1880 and San Bernardino, California, United States in 1894. He died on 10 May 1917, in Dixon, Solano, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Dixon Cemetery, Dixon, Solano, California, United States.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
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.
Possible Related NamesPaul VanCuren was born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania on February 25, 1831. He was the son of James and Betsy VanCuren. He came to the Salt Lake Valley about 1848 or 1849. He married Elvira Teeple …
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