When Ernst Jacobus Van Graan was born in 1772, in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa, his father, Ernst Jacobus van Graan, was 27 and his mother, Johanna Catharina van Beulen, was 24. He married Anthonia Johanna Poolman on 9 April 1797, in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters.
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Sand River Convention. Britain recognizes Transvaal as the independent Afrikaner South African Republic.
Xhosa cattle sacrifices lead to famine.
Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State and Kimberley.
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.
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