Earl was the eldest son of Ruford Merkman & Claristine Eunicy Merkman-Liburd, born on Sint Eustatius.
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The Capture of Sint Eustatius took place in February 1781 during the American War of Independence when British army and naval forces under General John Vaughan and Admiral George Rodney seized the Dutch-owned Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius.
From November of 1996 to present she works as a field research assistant in various Caribbean nations, such as Dominican Republic, Montserrat, St. Eustatius, and Saba, St. Lucia.
The Consulate General of the United States of America Curaçao is located in Willemstad and serves Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten (countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) as well as Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius (special municipalities of the Netherlands).
In his late twenties, Van Idzinga began his political career in the colonies, first becoming landdrost of the district of Nickerie in Surinam between 1850 and 1853, before becoming Lieutenant Governor (Dutch: gezaghebber) of Sint Eustatius (1853 – 1859) and Sint Maarten (1859 – 1865).