Martin
VAN BUREN
(b.
5 December 1782
,
Kinderhook, New York, USA
d.
24 July 1862
,
Kinderhook, New York, USA
)
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Martin VAN BUREN was born
5 December 1782
in Kinderhook, Crown Colony of New York.
Martin VAN BUREN
was the child of
Martin VAN BUREN died 24 July 1862 in Kinderhook, New York, USA.
Occupation: President of the United States
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America - Did you know? May 13, 1846 - Mexican War: U.S. declares war on Mexico in effort to gain California and other...Read MORE...www.infoplease.com
New York was named after the English Duke of York and Albany (and the brother of England's King Charles II) in 1664 when the region called New Amsterdam was taken from the Dutch. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1664 - New Amsterdam
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
Birth 5 December 1782
Kinderhook, New York, USA
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Death 24 July 1862Kinderhook, New York, USA
died at Kinderhook, New York
Martin is buried at: Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery Kinderhook Columbia County New York, USA
Name: Martin Van Buren
Maiden Name:
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1862
Event Place: Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 05 Dec 1782
Death Date: 24 Jul 1862
Affiliate Record Identifier: 1054
Cemetery: Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery
"Find A Grave Index," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-1FQ4 : accessed 28 June 2015), Martin Van Buren, 1862; Burial, Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States of America, Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery; citing record ID 1054, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Added: 7/8/2014 11:31:30 AM
Martin is buried at: Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery Kinderhook Columbia County New York, USA
Name: Martin Van Buren
Maiden Name:
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1862
Event Place: Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 05 Dec 1782
Death Date: 24 Jul 1862
Affiliate Record Identifier: 1054
Cemetery: Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery
"Find A Grave Index," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-1FQ4 : accessed 28 June 2015), Martin Van Buren, 1862; Burial, Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States of America, Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery; citing record ID 1054, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Added: 7/8/2014 11:31:30 AM
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