When Mary Louisa Van Valkenburg was born on 5 June 1856, in Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Peter Aker Van Valkenburg, was 44 and her mother, Eliza Ann Boggess, was 31. She married Alva Amasa Tanner on 20 March 1870, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1862 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1910. She died on 2 September 1919, in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Oakley Cemetery, Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States.
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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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