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Vedder Crossing
Vedder is a Dutch language, Dutch and Low German surname. ''Vedder'', related to Dutch ('father'), meant 'uncle' (father's or mother's brother) in Middle Dutch and Eastern dialects of Dutch. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Swart Vedder (1834–1905), New York state born British Columbian politician, son of Volkert * Amy Vedder (born 1951), American ecologist and primatologist * Buddy Vedder (born 1994), Dutch actor and television presenter * Commodore P. Vedder (1838–1910), New York politician * Eddie Vedder (born 1964), American rock musician, singer, and songwriter * Edward Bright Vedder (1878–1952), U.S. Army physician, researcher of deficiency diseases, and medical educator * Elihu Vedder (1836–1923), American painter, book illustrator, and poet * Eva Vedder (b. 1999), Dutch tennis player * Harmen Albertse Vedder (1635–1715), Dutch settler in New Netherland, forebear of nearly all Vedders in North AmericaEdwin Henry VedderThe Vedder family in America, 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Vedder
Jill Kristin Vedder (née McCormick; born November 11, 1977) is an American philanthropist, activist, and former fashion model. She is the co-founder and vice chairman of EB Research Partnership, a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for the genetic skin disorder epidermolysis bullosa. She is also an ambassador for Global Citizen and the Vitalogy Foundation. Early life McCormick was born in Inglewood, California, to Bud and Amy McCormick. She has five sisters. Career Model At 15, McCormick relocated with her family to Bradenton, Florida, and was immediately accepted into the Elite Models' Miami Division. She attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California, and graduated from Manatee High School in Bradenton in 1995. In 1996, McCormick was one of the 15 finalists in the Elite Model Look of the Year contest, and moved to Paris to continue her modeling career. McCormick then left Elite Model for the Champagne Trott Management agency. She has appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedder Van Dyck
Vedder Van Dyck (July 18, 1889 - August 2, 1960) was the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. Biography A graduate of Columbia College (1918) and the General Theological Seminary in New York (1914), he was consecrated on February 24, 1936. His consecrators were James DeWolf Perry, Henry Knox Sherrill and John T. Dallas. Prior to this, Van Dyck was served Saint Mary's Church in Amityville, New York, where he was ordained as deacon (April 25, 1914), priest (1915), and priest-in-charge and rector (1917–1929). He died in office on August 2, 1960, and was succeeded by Harvey D. Butterfield. He was a Freemason under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York The Grand Lodge of New York, officially the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, is the largest and oldest of several organizations of Freemasons that are based in the U.S. state of New York. The offices of the Grand L ....digital document by phoenixmasonry: vol. 1 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedder Sand
The Vedder Sand is a geologic formation in California. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California * Paleontology in California Paleontology in California refers to Paleontology, paleontologist research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of California. California contains rocks of almost every age from the Precambrian to the List of fossil species ... References * Paleogene California Geologic formations of California {{Paleogene-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedder Crossing, Chilliwack
Vedder Crossing is adjacent to the junction of the Chilliwack and Vedder Rivers at its southern boundary, and Promontory Road to the north. History The area was sparsely populated until about 1941 when CFB Chilliwack was established (then called Camp Chilliwack) between Watson Road and Keith Wilson. The base became a major training facility for the Canadian Army until its closing in 1997. Part of CFB Chilliwack became a residential subdivision known as Garrison Crossing, and its training facilities became the Canada Education Park, a local campus for the University of the Fraser Valley. The Chilcotin Training Area, better known as the OPSEE Area (Operator Special Engineering Equipment Training Area), is still operational and is part of Western Area Training Centre (WATC). The OPSEE Area is used by the Primary Reserves units of British Columbia for field training and for the use of its firing ranges. The ASU is also used by Cadets for field training. The ASU also houses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedder Mountain
The Vedder Mountain is a branch of the Cascade Range in the Pacific Northwest, located at the southeastern edge of the Fraser Lowland in British Columbia, Canada, between the village of Yarrow, British Columbia, Yarrow and the village of Cultus Lake, British Columbia, Cultus Lake, extending from the Vedder River to the Saar Creek valley. It separates the broad Fraser Valley and Sumas Prairie in its northwest from the narrow Columbia Valley (Lower Mainland), Columbia Valley to its southeast. The mountain stands high and is tree-covered to its summit with some open areas. A hiking trail crosses the mountain. Old Gravel road#Logging roads, logging roads are also present. Catherwood Logging rail-logged the hill in the 1930s, and both east and west sides were cut with forest railway, rails coming from Vedder Crossing, Chilliwack, Vedder Crossing. External links * Mountains of British Columbia under 1000 metres New Westminster Land District Canadian Cascades {{BritishColumbiaIn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedder River
The Vedder River, called the Chilliwack River above Vedder Crossing, is a river in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington. The name Chilliwack comes from the Halkomelem word ''Tcil'Qe'uk'', meaning "valley of many streams". Course Originating as the Chilliwack River in Washington's North Cascades National Park, the river begins at Hannegan Pass and flows north across the Canada–United States border and into Chilliwack Lake. The river flows through Hells Gorge, a deep, dangerous-to-access gorge just below the river's headwaters that is home of a waterfall that the river drops over. The river picks up the Little Chilliwack River before crossing the border. There is a large sandy beach located where the river enters the lake, a popular recreational area among locals, however access is now restricted and the south shores of Chilliwack Lake are protected as an ecological reserve. The river exits the north end of the lake and flows general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvette Iola Vedder
Yvette Vickers (born Yvette Iola Vedder; August 26, 1928 – ) was an American actress, pin-up model and singer. Early life and early career Vickers was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of jazz musician Charles Vedder. During her youth, she traveled with her parents to their various performances. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, and studied journalism. While at UCLA, she took a class in acting and discovered that she enjoyed it, so she changed her major to drama. She began making television commercials. She later moved to New York City to model for White Rain shampoo advertisements, but she eventually returned to California to pursue an acting career. Career Her first movie appearance is listed under the name Yvette Vedder in ''Sunset Boulevard'' (1950), although she was not listed in the production credits. She made her first movie appearance under the Vickers name in ''Short Cut to Hell'' (1957), which was directed by James Cagney. In the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Vedder
Shirley Matthews (October 8th,1942 – January 8th, 2013) was a Canadian pop singer. Matthews sang in a church choir and at high school dances prior to embarking on a career in music. She worked in a Bell Telephone office while singing nights at the Club Bluenote in Toronto. in the Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia Her debut single, "Big Town Boy", was a major hit in Canada in 1964, selling over a million copies. She won the RPM Gold Leaf Award for Female Vocalist of the Year in 1964. Later singles failed to duplicate "Big Town Boy"'s success. "Big Town Boy" debuted on 1050 CHUM in Toronto on 2 December 1963, the same day as the Beatles' "She Loves You "She Loves You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released as a single in the United Kingdom on 23 August 1963. The single set and surpassed several sales records in the United Kingdom c ...". In 1967, she married, taking the name Shirley Vedder, and quit the music ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Vedder
Richard K. Vedder (born November 5, 1940) is an American economist, historian, author, and columnist. He is a professor emeritus of economics at Ohio University and senior fellow at The Independent Institute. Biography Vedder was born on November 5, 1940. He earned his bachelor's in economics in 1962 from Northwestern University in 1962 and his Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D in economics from the University of Illinois in 1965. He has since studied Economic history of the United States, U.S. economic history, particularly as it relates to public policy. Some of his research has involved Immigration to the United States, American immigration, economic issues in Education in the United States, American education, and the interrelationship between Labour economics, labor and Capital (economics), capital markets. Vedder serves as an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a think tank known for mostly Libertarianism, libertarian and Conservatism in the United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ria Vedder-Wubben
Hendrika Cornelia Maria "Ria" Vedder-Wubben (20 May 1951 – 23 August 2016) was a Dutch politician. As a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal she served in the Senate from 2003 to 2011. In the Senate she was concerned with pensions and tax law. Career Vedder-Wubben was born in the Hague on 20 May 1951. She attended the Hogere Burgerschool in Rijswijk. She subsequently studied to become an actuary. She spent her career in the field of actuarial science and pension advisement. Vedder-Wubben became politically active for the Christian Democratic Appeal in The Hague. She subsequently became member of the Senate for the party, serving from 10 June 2003 until 7 June 2011. In 2010 a government plan to cut the Algemene Ouderdomswet The ''Algemene Ouderdomswet'' ('General Old Age pensions Act, abbreviated AOW) is a 1956 Netherlands, Dutch law that installed a state pension for the elderly. This law was a continuation of a 1947 temporary law. The old law was a proposal by Wille ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Vedder
Louis Edward Vedder (April 20, 1897 – March 9, 1990) was an American professional baseball and football player. He appeared in one game in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers during the 1920 season as a relief pitcher. Listed at 5' 10", 175 lb., he batted and threw right-handed. He also played for the Buffalo Bisons of the National Football League (NFL) as a fullback in 1927. Born in Oakville, Michigan, Lou Vedder played just one game of professional baseball, but it was at the major league level. On September 18, 1920 Vedder pitched two perfect innings of relief for the Tigers in a 7–4 defeat to the visiting Boston Red Sox at Navin Field. He faced the minimum of six batters, striking out one of them, and never appeared in a major league game again. Vedder was a longtime resident of Lake Placid, Florida Lake Placid is a town in Highlands County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Sebring, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
