Lydia Alice Van Valkenburg

Brief Life History of Lydia Alice

When Lydia Alice Van Valkenburg was born on 25 December 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Peter Aker Van Valkenburg, was 45 and her mother, Eliza Ann Boggess, was 33. She married Joseph Stephen Vance on 9 June 1875, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920. She died on 24 August 1932, in Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Stephen Vance
1854–1938
Lydia Alice Van Valkenburg
1857–1932
Marriage: 9 June 1875
Bertha Ellen Vance
1877–1877
Laura Virginia Vance
1878–1911
Amos Stephen Vance
1881–1949
Martha Frances Vance
1882–1883
Alfred Willard Vance
1884–1957
Lewis Hyrum Vance
1888–1970
Willis Albert Vance
1890–1960
Alice Lydia Vance
1893–1974
Joseph Merlin Vance
1895–1970
Archie Maurice Vance
1900–1973
Jennie Geneva Vance
1903–1928

Sources (23)

  • Lydia A Vance in household of Joseph S Vance, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Lydia A Vance, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Lydia Alice Van Valkenburg Vance, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Historical Boundaries 1865: Called Taylor's Crossing, Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1866: Named changed to Eagle Rock, Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Eagle Rock, Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1891: Renamed Idaho Falls, Bingham, Idaho, United States 1911: Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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