Arminda Vleit

Female13 March 1860–22 November 1948

Brief Life History of Arminda

When Arminda Vleit was born on 13 March 1860, in Glide, Douglas, Oregon, United States, her father, Francis Marion Vliet, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Shaw, was 37. She married Thomas Fillmore Buchanan on 5 October 1876, in Lewis, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1920 and Lakeview, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 22 November 1948, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Fillmore Buchanan
1850–1925
Arminda Vleit
1860–1948
Marriage: 5 October 1876
Frederick Fillmore Buchanan
1877–1948
Norma Nellie Buchanan
1886–

Sources (20)

  • Arminda Buchanan in household of Tom Buchanan, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Arminda Valie?, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Arminda in entry for Mr Thomas F Buchanan, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 October 1876Lewis, Washington, United States
  • Children (2)

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1862 · The Homestead Act

    Age 2

    The Homestead Act of 1862 gave each citizen 160 acres of land. The qualified applicants were required to build a home and cultivate the land for five years.  

    1863

    Age 3

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

    1886

    Age 26

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a brook, from vliet ‘brook, stream’, or a habitational name from a place called with this word. Compare Van Vliet .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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