Andy van der bijl, known as Brother Andrew, was born in 1928. His father was severely deaf and his oldest brother was severely handicapped. He was the third of six children in his family and lived in the small house in the village of Witte in the Netherlands. Bas, his oldest brother, died when Andy was only eleven. Bas died from his handicap. As a young boy, Andrew helped the Dutch underground. The Dutch underground was a group of rebels, which fought against the Nazis in the Netherlands. At about the age of eighteen he joined the Dutch forces and was a notorious commando. Andrew was shot in the ankle at age twenty and returned home crippled. He felt horrible for all the people he had killed in the military and turned to God. God told
Michaelle Jean is a Catholic who was born on September 6, 1957, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This year she is 59 years old. In her early life, she lived a middle-class life. Her parents decided not to let her go to school because she would have to swear under the dictator, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. Instead, Michaelle was home-schooled. Her father got tortured, so he fled to Thetford Mines, Quebec in 1967, and the following year, Michaelle and the rest of her family joined. The family eventually separated because her father became violent. Michaelle left with her mother and sister to go to Montreal. She received a bachelor's degree in Italian and Spanish at the Université de Montréal. She received many scholarships to let to make trips to Italy to study at the Perugia, Florence, and Milan universities. She knew how to speak five languages and worked for shelters for abused women. She married a Canadian filmmaker, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and adopted Marie-Éden from Jacmel.
Nicholas Biddle was born in Philadelphia on January 8th, 1786 to an established family who had originally come to America with William Penn. Nicholas's father, Charles Biddle had been the vice president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. His mother was Hannah Shephard Biddle. At age 10, Biddle enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, only to be denied a degree upon completion of his coursework because he was so young. He then enrolled as a sophomore at Princeton, graduating in 1801 at the age of 15, at which time he decided to study law. Biddle was offered a job before he had finished his studies as a lawyer. He was offered secretary of John Armstrong a revolutionary war officer, delegate to the continental congress, and later
There is a small white church located on a U.S. highway near the intersection of two Interstate highways in northern New Jersey. There, a Scottish flag flies over an easily missed gravestone in a small churchyard. This stone was erected by an American Founding Father over the burial plot of an officer in the British Army during the Revolution.
Bulimba's Oxford Street is everything that Darlinghurst's isn't. You're more likely to encounter a baby stroller and weak coffee than a severe brain injury and cheap amphetamines.
Neil Johnson is a singer-songwriter from the northwestern, United States. Raised up from a family of traveling musicians, Neil has developed a passion for the pickup gig, the "show up and blow doors" mentality, the "where did this guy come from?!" league. It's gotten him into trouble and it's gotten him into the hearts of many who have had the pleasure of watching his performance.
No one knew they would be getting into this mess. John Hanstrange was a farmer boy and he had never fought in a war. The date was March 3, 1863. The war had started two years ago and and it did not show sign of stopping anytime soon. John had been taken away from his home earlier that month and had been taken to the Confederate army. He was a scrawny boy with blonde hair and blues eyes. His days consisted of pulling weeds and picking at his humongous pimples.
Some say Alan Gell is good or maybe bad, but we will all know that shortly. Alan Gell, a white American living in the state of North Carolina. Alan was a male at age twenty when he was accused of murder . Alan lives alone with a rough life. Alan Gell has many illegal record of him even before he goes to court. He has been accused of stealing a friend's truck. He sells drugs, and he also is a petty criminal.
Adam Lind Leslie played a small but important part in the gold mining industry in NSW, during the 19th century. Without his efforts to comfort the miners, Australia’s gold industry would never of been so successful.
Vel Philips was born on the south side of Milwaukee. Vel Howard won a scholarship to Howard University that’s where she got her bachelor degree in art in 1946. When she returned to Wisconsin she attended university of Wisconsin Madison law school. Vel Philips has fought for civil rights in Wisconsin. She became the first black women to graduate from that school. Her and her husband became the first husband and wife couple to be admitted to the Wisconsin bar.
Andrew was born March 15,1767, by Lancaster South Carolina. Andrew acquired his name from his father. Andrews family consisted of his mom Elizabeth, his brothers Hugh and Rob, his dad Andrew, and some extended family from Ireland. Andrew's father died when he was still a baby which left his mom to raise 3 boys. When the American Revolutionary War came to the Carolinas it had huge effects on Andrews family. Jackson's oldest brother died in The Battle of Stono Ferry from a heat stroke, just 2 years later Jackson and his brother Robert were captured
William Johnson was a slave before being freed at age 11, along with his mother, Amy, and sister, Adelia. He got his barber shop in 1830 from his half brother, James Miller. After starting his barber shop, he keeps a diary and he used it until he died. He also owned a bathhouse and bookstore.He married named Ann Battles, who was also a free african american. They had about 11 children before Johnson died. He lived in the free town of Natchez, and he almost had about three thousand dollars in 1835. Johnson was friends with other freed african americans like Robert McCary and hunted and fished with them. Johnson and Baylor Winn got into a dispute and it ended in Johnson`s favor in court. Winn was upset and shot Johnson when he was returning to
William Johnson was born a slave in the year 1809 but was freed by his owner, probably his father in 1820. His owner had earlier released William’s sister and mother. William Johnson upon being freed became a barber apprentice in Natchez town. William’s brother-in-law had a barbershop which he took over in 1830 and later on got married to Amy Battles. They had eleven children. Amy was a free person and just like William was black (National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox, 2007). William Johnson went on to operate several barbershops, owned land, and rented buildings. He also had a bathhouse and regularly loaned white and black people money which was paid at an interest. Like other free blacks in the South, William Johnson owned slaves and at times sold them too. The diary is a record of his daily personal endeavors, majorly about the payment of his debts, the items he bought and the running of his family. William was murdered by a free black man, Baylor Winn, with whom they had a boundary conflict. Despite his murderer being identified, he escaped prosecution since according to his evidence, he was a white man, and so no black man could testify against him (Humanities Center Resource Toolbox, 2007).
Brian VanDeMark was known as a writer that focus on a significant event such as U.S wars, the Vietnam War, and World War II. VanDeMark attended the honor program at the University of Texas for his BA in 1981 and for his master degree in history in 1983 (Brian VanDeMark). After getting his Master degree, he attended the University of California, Los Angeles for his pH. D in history in 1988 ((Brian VanDeMark). VanDeMark work in United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, as a professor of history (Brian VanDeMark). From 1990-2000, VanDeMark work as a history professor at Johns Hopkins University- Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies ((Brian VanDeMark). Brian VanDeMark wrote several books such as American Sheikhs: Two Families,
He and his brother Robert were captured in the battle. Taken into the prison Andrew was
Rembrandt van Rijn was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, Netherlands. He came from a large family where he was the ninth child. His father was a miller and saw to it that Rembrandt had an excellent education. Rembrandt began attending the University of Leiden, but really wanted to study art. Eventually he left school to become an apprentice to the artist Jacob van Swanenburgh. He also was a student of the painter Pieter Lastman. Company Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch , known as the Night Watch is a Rembrandt painting which dates from 1642. It is a company of the bourgeois militia Musketeers Amsterdam , Frans Banning Cocq controlled , leaving weapons of a building. This painting is in New Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which is