When Jacoba van Boerum was born on 27 January 1916, her father, Geert van Boerum, was 33 and her mother, Maria Fokkens, was 32. She died on 23 May 1922, in Aalsum, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands, at the age of 6, and was buried in Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands.
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WWI. Despite Dutch neutrality in World War I (1914-18), the Netherlands suffers from severe food shortages, triggering street riots.
Dutch women get the vote.
Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Anh, Thanh, Hung, Minh, Vinh, Dung, Hue, Huong, Lan, Quang, Tan, Thuy, Hong, Chi, Hang, Ho, Pok, Sang, Bai, Chin, Ching, Chu, Chuan, Dong.
Vietnamese (Vạn): from the Chinese surname 萬, see Wan 1.
Vietnamese (Văn): from the Chinese surnames 文 or 聞, see Wen 2 and 3, and also 5 below.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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