When Lilian Van Der Merwe was born on 13 December 1903, in Bechuanaland, her father, Jan Hendrik Van Der Merwe, was 63 and her mother, Johanna Maria Van Der Merwe, was 29. She married William James Simpson on 16 October 1928, in Pretoria, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 30 April 1985, in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, at the age of 81.
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Last Zulu uprising against British.
British Parliament enacts the South Africa Act, proposed constitution of Union of South Africa.
Afrikaans recognized as South Africa's official language.
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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