Ken Tet
1927–2004 (Age 78)
, Svay Reang Province, Cambodia
The Life of Ken
When Ken Tet was born in 1927, her father, Nhang Tet, was 17 and her mother, Kady Leach, was 14. She died on 22 December 2004, in Kandal, Cambodia, at the age of 77.
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Family Time Line
Nhang Tet
1910–1974
Kady Leach
1913–1996
Ken Tet
1927–2004
Parents & Siblings
1910–1974Male
1913–1996Female
siblings
(1)
1927–2004Female
World Events (5)
1953
Age 26
Cambodia wins its independence from France. Under King Sihanouk, it becomes the Kingdom of Cambodia.
1965
Age 38
Relations are broken with the U.S. Head of State Sihanouk allows North Vietnamese guerrillas to set up bases in Cambodia in pursuance of their campaign against the U.S.-backed government in South Vietnam.
1975
Age 48
Cambodia is renamed Kampuchea.
Name Meaning
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a refiner, from Yiddish test ‘crucible’, ‘melting pot’.2 English: nickname for someone with a large or otherwise remarkable head, from Old French teste ‘head’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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