Brief Life History of Harvey Bates William
When Harvey Bates William Vance was born in 1842, in Indiana, United States, his father, Arthur St. Clair Vance, was 41 and his mother, Lavinia Noble, was 33. He married Hortense Cordelia Prather on 21 October 1874, in Jeffersonville Township, Clark, Indiana, United States. He lived in Center Township, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Washington Township, Marion, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 13 February 1877, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States.
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- Harvey B Vance in household of Laverea Vance, "United States Census, 1850"
- Harry Bates Vance, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Hervey Bates Vance, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Name Meaning
Scottish: apparently a spelling pronunciation of Vans, a misreading of Vaus (see Vause ), in which -u- has been miscopied as -n-. If true, it is probably limited to the Vans or Vaus family of Wigtownshire. It may be this surname that appears in Ireland from the early 17th century, especially in Ulster, but it could alternatively be the English name in 2 below.
English: if not a transcription error for Vause (a surname well evidenced in Warwickshire and Leicestershire), a variant of Vann , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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