When Martha Elizabeth Van Dyk was born on 26 March 1874, in Transvaal, South Africa, her father, Frans Johannes Van Dyk, was 35 and her mother, Eva Maria Bezuidenhout, was 40. She married Johannes Hendrik De Lange on 5 April 1890, in Middelburg, Transvaal, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 29 January 1944, in her hometown, at the age of 69.
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Britain claims Walvis Bay.
British defeat the Zulus in Natal. British and colonial forces destroy Zulu army at Isandhlwana. Griqualand East annexed to Cape Colony.
Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.
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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