Brief Life History of Johann Carl Christiaan
When Johann Carl Christiaan Van Drieberg was born in 1777, in Jaffna, Northern, Sri Lanka, his father, Capital Luetant Baron Diedrich Carolus van Drieberg, was 33 and his mother, Johanna Martina Aubert, was 32. He died on 4 July 1803, in Trincomalee, Trincomalee, Eastern, Sri Lanka, at the age of 26.
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Sources (4)
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles von Drieberg - Published information: birth-name: Charles von Drieberg
- Legacy NFS Source: Johan Carl Christian Von Drieberg - Company record: death: 8 October 1826;
- Johan Carel Chritiaan, "Sri Lanka, Colombo District, Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1677-1990"
World Events (2)
1796
Britain begins to take over island.
1800
Tamil people of southern India were taken by the British to Ceylon to clear the jungles and work plantations.
Name Meaning
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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