When Elizabeth Vanderheyden was born on 30 October 1862, in Stockton, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States, her father, Edward M. Vanderheyden, was 24 and her mother, Clarinda Appleby, was 20. She married Abraham Lincoln Parker in 1882, in Stockton, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pleasant Valley, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Stockton Township, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 20 February 1956, at the age of 93, and was buried in Morseville Cemetery, Morseville, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1876: Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Pierre, Thierry.
Flemish (also Van der Heyden) and Dutch (Van der Heyden): topographic name from Middle Dutch heede, heide ‘heath, moor’. In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the much more common Dutch variant Van der Heijden. Compare Verheyden .
History: This surname is recorded in Beverwyck in New Netherland (now Albany, NY) in the mid 17th century.
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