When Elisha Wheat Van Etten was born on 12 February 1814, in Mount Pleasant, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, his father, Derick Richard A. Van Etten, was 28 and his mother, Mercy Wheat, was 53. He married Abigail Jane Daley on 26 July 1859, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1851. He died on 30 April 1899, in Pilot Grove, Lee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Clay Grove Cemetery, West Point Township, Lee, Iowa, 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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