Catherine Van Norden
Parents
Sarah Fischer
Sarah Fischer
1792 - 1864
William A Van Norden
William A Van Norden
1795 - 1871
Spouse
Charles Hicks
Charles Hicks
1806 - 1879
Children
Thomas R Hicks
Thomas R Hicks
1829 - 1908
Josephine Hicks
Josephine Hicks
1835 - 1921
Walter E Hicks
Walter E Hicks
1847 - 1892
Jessie Hicks
Jessie Hicks
1849 - 1875

The name Van Norden comes from Naardan, a town in Holland, and a former province of the Netherlands.  Her name was found written as 'Vanhorden' on her son Walter's marriage record ('horden' most likely misread for Norden).  In the book "the Ancestry and Descendants of Cornelius and John J. Van Deusen" it is listed as Van Norden.

1811


Apr
1811 José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.

1829


Age: 17y
1829 • Mrs. Helen Dance, wife of the captain of the ship Sulphur, cuts down a tree to mark the founding day of the town of Perth in Western Australia.

1840


Age: 28y
Charles Hicks - 1840 Census

residence


In the two houses behind Charles Hicks, there is a Mrs. Van Norden aged 20-30, and then a Wm A Van Norden aged 40-50 years. Also living on the same page as Charles Hicks is an Abraham Van Norden. William Van Norden's brother James is also living in ward 14, on page 418. modified
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1840 Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.
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1844


Age: 32y

1847


Age: 35y
1847 • A rescue effort, called the First Relief, leaves Johnson's Ranch to save the ill-fated Donner Party. These California bound emigrants became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847, and some had resorted to cannibalism to survive.

1849


Age: 37y

1850


Age: 38y
1850 • The USS Advance puts to sea from New York to search for John Franklin's Arctic expedition.

1850


Age: 38y
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1850


Age: 38y
1850 Clayton–Bulwer Treaty is signed by the United States and Great Britain, allowing both countries to share Nicaragua and not claim complete control over the proposed Nicaragua Canal.
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1851


Age: 39y
1851 • The Great Exhibition in London is closed.
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1854


Age: 42y
1854 Crimean WarAlma: The FrenchBritish alliance wins the first battle of the war.

1870


Age: 58y
1870 • A plebiscite held in Rome supports, by 133,681 votes to 1,507, the annexation of the city by Italy.

1880


Age: 68y
Catherine Van Nordon - 1880 United States Federal Census

residence


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Widowed and living with her daughter and son-in-law, Issac Van Deusen
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1880 • The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana.

1903


Feb 5
Age: 91y
1903 El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.

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