Knickerbocker — Knickerbocker, also spelled Knikkerbakker, Knickerbakker, Knickerbacker, is a surname that dates back to the early Dutch colonists in New York. The name translates as marble baker from the Dutch knikker . In 1809, Washington Irving published his… … Wikipedia
Knickerbocker — descendant of Dutch settlers of New York, 1831, from Diedrich Knickerbocker, the name under which Washington Irving published his popular History of New York (1809). The pen name was borrowed from Irving s friend Herman Knickerbocker, and… … Etymology dictionary
Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker — (* etwa 1650 in Olst Wijhe[1] Overijssel, Niederlande; † etwa 1720 in Nieuw Amsterdam; auch Harmen Jansen van Wijhe) war ein niederländischer Kolonist in der Nähe von Albany, USA. Vor 1683 siedelte er in Nähe, des heutigen Albany, 1704 kaufte er… … Deutsch Wikipedia
The Knickerbocker — or New York Monthly Magazine , was a literary magazine of New York City, founded by Charles Fenno Hoffman in 1833, and published until 1865 under various titles, including The Knickerbocker from January through June 1833, The Knickerbocker, or … Wikipedia
Harmen Jansen Knickerbocker — (c. 1650 c. 1720), Dutch colonist of New Netherland (New York), was a native of Wijhe (Olst Wijhe), Overijssel, Netherlands. Before 1683 he settled near what is now Albany, New York, and there in 1704 he bought through Harnie Gansevoort one… … Wikipedia
Knickerbockers (clothing) — Knickerbockers This article is about clothing. For other uses, see Knickerbocker (disambiguation). Knickerbockers are men s or boys breeches or baggy kneed trousers particularly popular in the early twentieth century USA. Golfers plus twos and… … Wikipedia
David Buel Knickerbacker — The Rt Revd David Knickerbacker IV Bishop of Indiana Church Episcopal Church in the United States of America See Episcopal Diocese of Indiana, now the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis In Office 1883 1894 … Wikipedia
List of people associated with Albany County, New York — This is a list of notable people whose lives were significantly associated with Albany County, New York. Chronological list18th century*Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1710 1792), born in Albany, was a politician who supported the American Revolution … Wikipedia
United States congressional delegations from New York — These are tables of congressional delegations from New York to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Over the years, New York has demographically changed so that it is hard to consider each district to be a… … Wikipedia
List of members of the United States House of Representatives who served a single term — This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. One term congressmen are members of the United States House of Representatives that spent only one two year term (or less) in office usually either due to death, resignation, or defeat. In… … Wikipedia
