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Vanderburg
Van der Burg is a Dutch language, Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the fortress / stronghold". at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variations are ''Van de Burg'', ''Van den Burg'', ''Van den Burgh'' and ''Van der Burgh''. Anglicized versions of these names show a variety of agglutinations and capitalizations. Notable people with the surname include: ;Van der Burg / Vanderburg *Adriaan van der Burg (1693–1733), Dutch painter *Agnes Vanderburg (1901–1989), Native American (Salish) translator and writer *Ben van der Burg (born 1968), Dutch speed skater *Brigitte van der Burg (born 1961), Dutch politician *Dave van der Burg (born 1993), Dutch off-road bicycle racer *Dirk van der Burg (1721–1773), Dutch la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Vanderburgh County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 179,703. The county seat is in Evansville, Indiana, Evansville. While Vanderburgh County was the seventh-largest county in 2010 population with 179,703 people, it is also the eighth-smallest county in area in Indiana and the smallest in southwestern Indiana, covering only . In 2019, the population was 181,451. Vanderburgh County forms the core of the Evansville, Indiana, metropolitan area, Evansville metropolitan statistical area. History Vanderburgh County was formed on January 7, 1818, from Gibson County, Indiana, Gibson, Posey County, Indiana, Posey, and Warrick County, Indiana, Warrick counties. It was named for Captain Henry Vanderburgh, American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War veteran and judge for the Indiana Territory. Geography According to the 2010 census, the county has an area of , of which (or 98.79%) is land and (or 1.21%) is water. Regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Vanderburgh
Federal Vanderburgh (May 11, 1788 – January 23, 1868) was an American doctor, researcher and a pioneer in the field of homeopathy during the early-to mid 19th century. One of the pupils of Dr. Hans Burch Gram, Vanderburgh contributed a number of valuable research papers and essays in the field as well being credited for introducing homeopathy in Connecticut. He was one of the oldest and most successful practicing homeopathists in the United States at the time of his death. Biography Federal Vanderburgh was born in Beekman, New York, on May 11, 1788. He was one of nineteen children born to Revolutionary War veteran Colonel James Vanderburgh, his father having remarried, and whose family were among the many Dutch-Americans who settled Dutchess County. Vanderburgh was supposedly named in honor of the adoption of the Federal Constitution, suggested by voting lawyer Chancellor Kent, although his mother objected to the full name of Federal Constitution Vanderburgh.King, William Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Vanderburg
Mary "Agnes" Vanderburg (1901 – 1989) was a Native American teacher, translator and author. She was descended from Selish Indians on the Flathead Reservation The Flathead Indian Reservation, located in western Montana on the Flathead River, is home to the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles tribes – also known as the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation. The ... in the US state of Montana. Life She was born near Arlee in 1901.Gretchen M. Bataille, Laurie Lisa: ''Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary''. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 9781135955861Google Books She was descended from Salish Indians on the Flathead Reservation in the US state of Montana. In 1920 she and Jerome Stanislaus Vanderburg married and they operated a farm near Arlee. They had a son named Joe and another son Eneas was born while she and her husband were away hunting. left, Vanderburg eating Camus root she had just cooked Her husband died in 1974 and as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Vanderburgh
Henry Vanderburgh (1760–1812) was an American military officer and jurist. He was one of the first three judges of the United States territorial court for the Indiana Territory (the predecessor to today's U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana). Biography Vanderburgh was born in 1760 in Troy, New York, the son of William Vanderburgh and Margaret Gay. At the age of sixteen, Vanderburgh was made a lieutenant in the 5th New York Regiment of the Continental Army in 1776. Later he was promoted to Captain of the 2nd New York Regiment. He served in the Continental Army until the end of the Revolutionary War. He was an original member of Society of the Cincinnati and his descendants continue to be members. After the War, Vanderburgh relocated to the Indiana Territory. He was appointed a commissioner for the licensing of Merchants, Traders and Tavernkeepers for Knox County, Indiana in 1792. Vanderburgh's sister, Mary Vanderburgh, died in New York aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Vanderburg
Helen Vanderburg (born January 12, 1959) is a former Canadian synchronized swimmer and world champion. Career Vanderburg began synchronized swimming in 1969 at age eleven. From 1971 to 1973, she was a member of junior national championship teams, and in 1973 she captured the junior Canadian solo and duet championships. In 1977, Vanderburg joined the senior ranks, winning the solo and duet competition, with partner Michelle Calkins, at the Canadian Aquatic Championships, the first of three years that she won both events. Vanderburg was the first non-American to win the World Championship at both the Solo and Duet events, doing so at the 1978 World Aquatic Championships in West Berlin. After Calkins' retirement in 1978 Vanderburg partnered with Kelly Kryczka, they went on to win gold in the duet at the 1979 Pan American Games, Vanderburg also won gold in the solo event. Vanderburg retired from competition in 1979. Titles 1979 * Pan American Games (in Puerto Rico) - gold in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Vanderburgh Harkness
Stephen Vanderburgh Harkness (November 18, 1818 – March 6, 1888) was an American businessman based in Cleveland, Ohio. He invested as a silent partner with John D. Rockefeller, Sr. in the founding of Standard Oil and served as a director of Standard Oil until his death. Early life Stephen Harkness was born on November 18, 1818, in Fayette, New York, to David M. Harkness and Martha Cook. His mother died before he turned two, and his father moved with Stephen to the Western Reserve region of Northeast Ohio. They settled in Milan. The widower David married Elizabeth Ann Caldwell Morrison. They had a son Daniel M. Harkness. After David died in 1825, the widow Elizabeth took the two boys back to Seneca County, New York, where she had grown up. She married Isaac Flagler, a Presbyterian minister in Milton. They also had a son together, Henry Flagler. Career At age twenty-one, after finishing his apprenticeship as a harness maker, Stephen Harkness moved to Bellevue, Ohio with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George VanderBurg
George VanderBurg (born February 15, 1957) is a Canadian politician, who formerly represented the electoral district of Whitecourt-Ste. Anne in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. VanderBurg won his third term in office by defeating Link Byfield in the 2008 Alberta general election. He served as Minister of Seniors and Community Supports in the Alberta government, appointed in 2011, succeeding Mary Anne Jablonski Mary Anne Jablonski (born c. 1952) is a Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Red Deer North as a Progressive Conservative. Early life Jablonski was born and raised wit .... Vanderburg lost his seat in May 2015 to NDP candidate, Oneil Carlier. Electoral history References External links Profile at the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1957 births Living people Mayors of places in Alberta Progressive Conservative Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vandenberg (surname)
Vandenberg or Vandenburg is a surname that is a variation on the Dutch_name#Most_common_Dutch_surnames, Dutch and Flemish surname "van den Berg", literally meaning "from the mountain" (a Dutch reference to a somewhat higher place in the landscape). The version treating it as a single word is current mainly in English-speaking countries. Notable people with the name include: * Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch guitarist who has worked with Whitesnake * Arielle Vandenberg, American actress * Arthur H. Vandenberg (1884–1951), U.S. Senator from Michigan * Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr. (1907–1968), government official, politician, son of the U.S. Senator * Don VandenBerg, Canadian astronomer * Hoyt Vandenberg (1899–1954), second Chief of Staff of the Air Force of the United States * Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr. (born 1928), U.S. military officer * James Vandenberg, quarterback for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes *Joanna Maria Vandenberg (born 1938), Dutch crystallographer based in USA * Kim Vande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Vandenburgh
Jane Vandenburgh (born 1948) is an American novelist and memoirist. Biography A fifth-generation Californian, she was born in Berkeley and grew up in Redondo Beach and in the San Fernando Valley. She holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from California State University Long Beach (1971) and a master's degree (1978) in English literature with a specialization in creative writing from San Francisco State University. The title story of her master's thesis, ''The Salisbury Court Reporter'', won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for fiction in 1981. Her publisher is Counterpoint Press. Vandenburgh is the author of two novels, ''Failure to Zig-Zag'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1989), ''The Physics of Sunset'' (Pantheon 1999), and two books of memoir''A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century''( Counterpoint 2009) an''The Wrong Dog Dream: A True Romance''Counterpoint, 2013), which is an intense parallel narrative of dog ownership and a new marriage while living in Washing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Daniel Van Der Burgh
Pieter Daniel van der Burgh or P. D. van der Burgh (1805–1879) was a Dutch landscape painter. He was a pupil of his father, Hendrik van der Burgh (1769–1858).Pieter Daniel van der Burgh in the RKD He is known for landscapes, but also made portraits and still life paintings. References 1805 births 1879 deaths 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Painters from The Hague Dutch landscape painters 19th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Der Burgh
van der Burgh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cameron van der Burgh (born 1988), South African swimmer *Hendrick van der Burgh Hendrick van der Burgh (1627 – after 1664), was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter. Biography According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) he was born in Delft and was a member of the same "school" or artistic style as Piet ... (1627–1664), Dutch painter * Pieter Daniel van der Burgh (1805-1879), Dutch painter See also * Van der Burg {{surname, van der Burgh Surnames of Dutch origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrick Van Der Burgh
Hendrick van der Burgh (1627 – after 1664), was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter. Biography According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) he was born in Delft and was a member of the same "school" or artistic style as Pieter de Hooch, showing simple intimate scenes of daily life in towns. Though no evidence for such a school exists, the artists whose works fall into this category are considered by the RKD to be Esaias Boursse, Hendrick van der Burgh, Pieter de Hooch, Pieter Janssens Elinga, Cornelis de Man, Hendrick ten Oever, and Jacob Vrel. in the The yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
