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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 • Henri Christophe is proclaimed King Henri I, turning the northern State of Haiti into the Kingdom of Haiti. |
1829
Age: 17y
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birth of childThomas R Hicks New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1829 • Rail transport: Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials. |
1835
Jun
Age: 24y
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birth of childJosephine Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1835 • USA: The Second Seminole War breaks out. |
1840
Age: 28y
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residenceIn 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 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • The Penny Black, the world's first postage stamp, becomes valid for the pre-payment of postage. |
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Age: 32y
1844
Age: 32y
birth of childFannie F Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1844 • Giuseppe Verdi's I due Foscari debuts at Teatro Argentina, Rome. |
1847
Age: 35y
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birth of childWalter E Hicks New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1847 • Radley College, an English public school, is founded near Oxford. |
1849
Age: 37y
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birth of childJessie Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1849 • A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group, the Petrashevsky Circle. Facing a firing squad on December 23 the group members are reprieved at the last moment and exiled to the katorga prison camps in Siberia. |
1850
Age: 38y
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residenceNew York, New York, USA ⇓ Her husband was a jeweler at the time. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress. |
1850
Age: 38y
| 1850 • First ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest summit of the eastern Alps. |
about
Age: 38y
1850
Age: 38y
birth of childEllen M Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1850 • The University of Sydney (the oldest in Australia) is founded. |
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Age: 39y
1851
Age: 39y
birth of childEugene Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1851 • Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto is first performed at La Fenice in Venice. |
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Age: 42y
1854
Age: 42y
birth of childJerome Hicks New York, New York, USA ⇓ |
| 1854 • German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; 2 years later his remains are found in the canal near Charlottenburg. |
1870
Age: 58y
| 1870 • The Deutsche Bank is founded in Berlin. |
1880
Age: 68y
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residencePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Widowed and living with her daughter and son-in-law, Issac Van Deusen 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1880 • Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. |
1903
Feb 5
Age: 91y
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deathFranklin Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, USA ⇓ Aged 91 years and ten months - Cause of death listed as "Paralysis". 2032 Tioga Street, 38th Ward 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1903 • The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority"). |