When William Adrianus van der Veen was born on 1 July 1820, in Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands, his father, Cornelis van der Veen, was 35 and his mother, Jenneke Campagne, was 31. He died on 1 October 1896, in his hometown, at the age of 76.
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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