Fernand Bastien
–1974
Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti
The Life of Fernand
Fernand Bastien had at least 1 son with Amenie Rodrigue. He died about 1974, in Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti.
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–1974Male
–1998Female
children
(1)
–1998Male
World Events (3)
1862
The United States finally grants Haiti diplomatic recognition sending noted abolitionist Frederick Douglass as its Consular Minister.
1915
President Woodrow Wilson orders the U.S. Marines to occupy Haiti and establish control over customs-houses and port authorities. The Haitian National Guard is created by the occupying Americans. The Marines force peasants into corvée labor building roads. Peasant resistance to the occupiers grows under the leadership of Charlemagne Peralt, who is betrayed and assassinated by Marines in 1919.
1934
The U.S. withdraws from Haiti leaving the Haitian Armed Forces in place throughout the country.
Name Meaning
French: from Bastien, a short form of the personal name Sébastien ( see Sebastian ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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