When Julia Ann Van Valkenburg was born on 30 June 1861, in Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Peter Aker Van Valkenburg, was 49 and her mother, Eliza Ann Boggess, was 36. She married David Alma Proctor on 23 November 1880, in Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 16 October 1938, in her hometown, at the age of 77, and was buried in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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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