When Jeremiah Van Buskirk was born in 1824, in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Charles VanBuskirk, was 49 and his mother, Garritje Harriet Vroom, was 42. He married Elizabeth Lucy Merry on 20 January 1852, in Bear River East, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 24 December 1903, in Bear River, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 79, and was buried in Bear River, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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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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