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Re: George Brown Harris/Lavinia Caroline Zinzan

wprouse1 — 2013-05-20 08:36:07Z

Hi Dawn, would love to communicate again re the Zinzan clan! Have you managed to put together the booklet? Email me on: wmrouse@hotmail.com
Kind regards, Wendy

Foo chow

vantipolo84 — 2013-04-13 07:50:15Z

Hi, my great grandma was foo chow justina. Born in hongkong 1874.Could there be some info out there? Thanks

Re: Owyang/Au Yong/Auyong/Oyoung/Owyoung/Owyeung family information

mktam1 — 2013-03-28 03:04:01Z

Hi Rosemary,
We met once before Jim and Caran were married. I am married to Randy - Caran's Uncle/Janice's sister. Caran told me about your site and would love to combine. Julia is still living in Oakland. Julia's maiden name is Suen. I have been begging my kids to get their ancestory info from Arlene. Did you know she still owns the original village home, dirt floor and all she grew up in?

Mary Tam

Re: Owyang/Au Yong/Auyong/Oyoung/Owyoung/Owyeung family information

spro93 — 2013-03-22 16:58:32Z

Hi, my daughter-in-law's grand aunt was Julia Tam Owyang, wife of Elwood Owyang of Alameda, California. I believe they're both gone now, but can check with my daughter-in-law in Hawaii. My daughter-in-law's grandmother is Julia's sister(90 plus)and lives in Honolulu. I can contact her to see if she knows anything about Elwood's family. Please email me,and I'll forward to the family. I'd love to be able to expand the family tree for my daughter-in-law and my grandchildren. By the way, Julia and Elwood were always so gracious and kind to me. I miss them.

psalm91rw@yahoo.com

Re: Looking for information on my Grandfather

Jessemontiveros — 2013-03-21 13:53:38Z

Is your dad's name Pancho? if that is so, we are related. If your grandmother is Emma Mokay vda de Garcia, she is my mom's sister, Margarita Mokay vda. de Ontiveros. If you are who I think you are, your mom's name is Tona, right?

- Jesse

Re: Looking for information on my Grandfather

mimeroner78 — 2013-03-18 18:52:04Z

I think we have the same grandfather,here's why. my great grandfather was Jose mokay leong , he migrated from canton , China right before the big great earthquake. he his brother and his cuzin Juan mokay landed in san Francisco, before they moved to Sinaloa,Mexico .his cuzin alfonzo mokay stayed back in sf and contact was lost with him. that's where he met my grandma Emma mokay . my fathers name is also Jose A.Garcia Mokay named after my great grandfather Jose mokay leong. this might be a big coincidence or maybe nothing ,but the odds are slim since our storys sound almost identically the same.

Re: Hum Fook King

atcjmk — 2013-03-17 11:37:14Z

Dear Stacy:
I am sorry if you receive multiple replies from me, it's because my email address changed, and just want to make sure you can contact me.
Best regards.

Re: How do you do research for family in China

NZBC1952 — 2013-03-15 08:29:59Z

what part of China, what years, what information do you hsve now? what country did they end up in. Do you have photos of headstones with Chinese characters, do you have other relatives names?

If you have some more clues for us, try posting here, or on this message board http://siyigenealogy.proboards.com/index.cgi

How do you do research for family in China

adgulf — 2013-03-15 00:26:25Z

I know someone who is interested in researching their family from China.... but I'm at a loss where to begin. Any suggestions? Help!

Re: Looking for any information surnames Ah Sam & Tim See Foo

capricorn45 — 2013-03-09 12:01:14Z

Hi
It is a while since I checked the posts hence the late reply.

I am a great grandchild of Thomas Ah Sam and a grnddaughter of Phoebe ( Alice's sister). I would also love to know more bout our ancestors. Do you have any further info on Thomas or Rose?

Regards
Lyn

Re: Tan Kiem Nio

Garrie1934 — 2013-01-26 11:51:30Z

Tan Kiem and Carl had six children:
Florentine von Franquemont
1862 – 1943
Clementine von Franquemont
1865 – 1940 (who married Isidore Scnitzler)
Victor von Franquemont
1871 – 1871
Mathijs Johan August David von Franquemont
1872 – 1872
Joseph Leopold von Franquemont
1874 – 1874
Paul von Franquemont
1876 – 1945

For further details see our family tree:

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/25058281/person/13245158529

you can login with username: nhbik password: bikfamily

......>>I would like to know who Tan Kiem 's parents were<<...

Re: Francisco Ham, Maria Long, Carlos Ham

tmoulton74 — 2013-01-09 04:05:27Z

Hello. I too am trying to research Carlos Ham, possibly the same one as he married a Mexican woman by the name of Amalia Garcia. Did you ever have any luck. I can find very little info outside of u.s. records.

Re: A Long Shot

MaryLarson42 — 2013-01-07 14:30:12Z

Cindy: Thank you for your reply. Sorry it took so long to respond. I did find some information from the National Archives in San Bruno, CA. Our TONG name Chinese character is the same as the Tong Dynasty Character. My grandfather was from Guangdong Province, Cheongshan or Heungshan, TongGar or TongKa village. My first email said he had a family in China when he sailed to Hawaii. That is not true, he was never married or had any children. His brother's name was Tong On and married a Kan Shee. They had 10 children - 4 boys and 6 girls. They lived in Hong Kong in 1925 at No. 22 Lau Tai Toy Rd, Hong Kong, China. This information was taken from an interview with the immigration dept. in Hawaii because grandfather was sending his sons to Hong Kong to learn Chinese. I think my grandfather spoke Cantonese. Let me know if there is a connection or if you have any other information.

Re: Looking for ancestors (from Oey family) brothers or sisters, eta Indonesia approx.year 1800

rronald_25 — 2012-12-08 17:49:07Z

Hi there,

My full name is Ronald Yudo Adityo Widjaja, in the past few years I got interested to know more about my family ancestry mostly after I spent 6 months living in china few years ago and I stumbled on this post when I was searching for more info since I want to have Oey tattooed on my left arm.

I always regret that I dont have Chinese name but my father is from Oey family, Oey Kian Guan (or Goan) to be exact.
I do not know a lot about my father's family since my father passed away when I was 19, all of my document & photos (well mostly) was destroyed during flood in jakarta and for some sentimental reasons I hope we are related due to the fact that the time and location is quite close to my father's history.

My father was born in Demak on 1940, then moved / grew-up in Semarang (I heard Kranggan area), my father's sister (the oldest) moved to Netherlands and married to Dutch soldier, then there are 3-4 more siblings) and I still have relatives from my father side in Jogjakarta & Magelang, they have automotive bussiness. My grandpa passed away when my father still a kid but from what I can remember my father told us once that his great or great great grandpa came from Fujien, I might be wrong though.

Now I am trying to get in touch with them in Jogjakarta when I go back to Indonesia in January and when I know more such as my granpa name, his siblings name etc.

In the meantime it would be great if you can give me more info about you ancestry so when I meet them I can also ask if they remember their grandpa ever had relatives with you.

Thanks

China Christian Missions - Books sought

davis_jr — 2012-11-18 04:23:11Z

Hello,
I'm looking for the following books including the mission and missionaries in Shanghang, Fujian(Fukien), China. Does anyone have any of these they are through with or would like to sell at a low price.
The first 5 mention my grandparents, Rev. & Mrs. Bernard F.
Wiens, who were MB Missionaries to Shanghang, China about 1920.

Dick, Tina H., My Heart Looks Back

Robinson, Adina Wiens, 1991, China Beckoning (1990, pp.430)

Wiens, Roland, 1993, China Then and Now (pp.216)

Wiebe, Katie F., 1974, Have Cart Will Travel (the life of Paulina Foote,
pp.86))

MB & KMB Conference, 1963, Missionary Album 1889-1963 (4"x6", pp.176)

Quale, Gladys Robina, 1957, The mission compound in modern China: the
role of the United States ... (pp. 622)

Rawlinson, Frank Joseph, 1936, The China Christian year book, Volume 20
(pp. 490)

Thanks for your help.
Peace,
James R. Davis, 6708 Austin Way, Sacramento, CA 95823
james.davis1 at sbcglobal.net

jamieson.peter john.search scotland and ireland

debbiejamieson34 — 2012-11-13 03:57:57Z

iam debbie .j.jamieson still searching for my dads relatives
any one in the know of the jamieson family from pyrmont in
newsouthwales.austrlia.i would welcome any info
kind regards deb.

Re: Campbell Alexander McAllum,Deputy Commissioner of Customs,Canton China.

dco56 — 2012-11-11 04:03:32Z

Dear Ian,

The link on McCallum is http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/customs/resources/serviceli...

Then click on the British and you will eventually reach the pdf file for British M.

You will note that two McCallums are given. I'd be very interested to know whether they are the same.

Regards, David

Re: family history

olivewilliams67 — 2012-11-04 20:20:36Z

If anyone can give me information about my grandfather frank crossley his mothers name was pathenia crossley please help

Georg and Olga Wegener

milllake2012 — 2012-10-20 13:46:13Z

Hello

Am looking for information on German diplomat (author) Georg Wegener and his wife Olga-Julia who collected large
Chinese art collection during their stay in China - 1906-1910.

Thankyou for any help.
Valerie

William Frederick Collins

milllake2012 — 2012-10-20 13:44:16Z

Hello

Am looking for information on William Frederick Collins, British engineer and art dealer residing in China during
1900-1930.

mtDNA Haplogroup G2a1 for Chinese People

bracker59 — 2012-10-17 16:47:14Z

Can anyone give me information about Chinese people with mtDNA that puts them into the G2a1 haplogroup? I understand this is a very small group of people and I'm having a hard time finding information about location, background, etc.

Re: Character translation

helenw1952 — 2012-09-28 06:29:06Z

It must be traditional characters - try posting the characters here: http://siyigenealogy.proboards.com/index.cgi

Character translation

JessicaOrr27 — 2012-09-27 22:59:32Z

I have a copy of a naturalization document from 1850 that shows my ancestors Chinese character, but most modern Chinese readers have told me that it is eligible. A friend was telling me about the evolution of Chinese characters and that I would need someone who has studied Chinese calligraphy. Does anyone know of such a person or organization who could look at the document??

Thanks!

fleming family

pattisue53 — 2012-09-22 17:29:54Z

Fleming family in China in 1702

Re: Lee Kim Wing

fomi1 — 2012-09-18 06:22:02Z

Thank you very much for your answer and the links you are providing.
Sincerely
Michele

Lee Gay came to America from China in April 1868 age 12

gayl126 — 2012-09-16 06:05:11Z

he came to San Francisco and was born in China. The records from San Francisco were lost in a fire in 1940. Does anyone have any idea if there are records in China that would help me find info on his parents or where he was born in China??

Re: Lee Kim Wing

helenw1952 — 2012-09-15 21:01:14Z

The original post says that "Lee Kim Wing (b.late 1890s)" and therefore not likely that he had a child born C1912.

Does your husband's grandfather have a grave in UK, with Chinese characters? have you tried to find his service records, marriage certificate, death certificate, naturalisation papers?

Please also post your query to: http://siyigenealogy.proboards.com/index.cgi

Re: Lee Kim Wing

fomi1 — 2012-09-14 07:52:06Z

I am very intrigated by your message : my husband is the grand son of somebody named Lee Kim Wing, born in Canton towards 1880-1890. The only thing we know is that he came in America in 1912-1913 with his little boy aged less than 1 year, he was named Lee Yuen FONG, born 28 april 1912 in Canton, died 1963 in UK, served in US Army and became the father of my husband.
I wonder if it could be the same person.

Seeking ancestors from Taiwan: Hsu, Fu, Huang, Yang, and Lie

liweihan1978 — 2012-09-07 09:20:40Z

I am doing research on Taiwanese ancestors named Hsu, Fu, Huang, Yang and Lie. The following are the names of the earliest ancestors that i currently know of:

(1)许石信/Hsu Shixin: died 1 october 1883, lived in Pingtung County, Donggang village
(2)傅耀宗/fù yàozōng: born 4 feb 1913, died 4 feb 1993, lived in Tainan
(3)黄阿莅/huang ali: died 8 june 1891, lived in Pingtung County
(4)杨秀琴/yáng xiùqín: born 28 feb 1914, died 15 oct 1994, lived in tainan
(5)李吗生/Lie Ma Sheng: born around 1830s, moved from Zhushan (珠山）on Jinmen (金门) to indonesia, east java in the mid 19th century.

ANY help, suggestions, or clues on any of the above, please do let me know!

Re: LAM Family - Hong Kong

catarp — 2012-09-03 04:51:17Z

Descendants are still living in Samoa, and throughout the USA.

How are you related?

Re: CHAN yu fung, Hargee Guanjou Quang Dong

helenw1952 — 2012-07-11 07:22:37Z

Now have a copy of the jiapu. with poem. Yea - now to get soem one to translate it

Re: Thomas Danswan - left Amoy 1852 arrived Australia

TrevorEdmonds — 2012-06-22 07:15:28Z

Hello Tracey,

I am not related, but I beleive I have three of your realatives in a current research project: Leonard (born 1891), Perceres/Percy (1880) and Wilfred (1893).

My contact details are:
email - trevor_edmonds@hotmail.com
mobile - 04 1999 3046

Sarajinsky family in Harbin

1_lreading — 2012-06-20 09:02:13Z

Looking for Nachman Sarajinsky m. Feige Lieberman

Re: PANG surname

extranjeros — 2012-06-11 14:56:00Z

Hi,

I haver a Jay Pong that become the colombian citizenship on 1929

Perhaps is this relative with you ?

If you are inerested, you can writeb me at:
extranjeros@gmail.com

Best regards

http://www.extranjerosencolombia.com

Bing Wing Dong/Gee Wo Dong 曾紀和

SturtevantMA — 2012-05-24 10:18:18Z

Gee Wo (formerly Bing Wing) Dong 曾紀和

Birth 1 Feb 1908 (or Jan 7 1908),in Guangdong province 廣東省, Taishan county, 台山縣 Shangge Heung 上閣鄉 Dasan Cun (village) 大三村

Traveled with Bing Den Dong (B. 1910) from Hong Kong to Boston, arriving May, 1923. May have been brothers, they were 15 and 13 years old, respectively.

Bing Wing/Gee Wo Dong said his father had left China previously and gone to Cuba, where he died some time later.

Mother was a Chin, who moved to Hong Kong after the Communist takeover. She would have been born around 1888, and died in the 60's in Hong Kong.

Bing Wing/Gee Wo Dong had ties to the Boston and NY Chinese communities. Following his first Anglo marriage to Lillian Coombs (two children, Cynthia & Norman), he divorced and married 陳玉桃 and moved from Lowell, MA to NYC around 1979, where he died in April, 1980. 陳玉桃 died in 1987, they are buried together at:
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Brooklyn
Kings County
New York, USA
Section 14, Plot: Suwan 323

Bing Wing/Gee Wo Dong was known as 'Donald' in Lowell, MA, where he ran Donald's Laundry on Bridge St for decades until his move to NY around 1979.

Photos: (2) Bing Wing Dong/Gee Wo Dong 曾紀和
Photo of his mother, surname Chin, around 1955 at age 67.

Re: Bing Wing Dong/Gee Wo Dong 曾紀和

helenw1952 — 2012-05-24 09:35:22Z

Also post your query here

http://siyigenealogy.proboards.com/index.cgi

Re: Thomas Danswan - left Amoy 1852 arrived Australia

tracey_faets — 2012-05-08 21:15:59Z

I am a great grandaughter of Tom Danswan. My mother is Beryl Scott (nee Danswan) her father was Percival Danswan son of Tom. Percy was born in Murrundi. There is a great history here to be learned. I was wondering who you are a decdendent of?

Boxer Rebellion

kay_fredricks — 2012-05-05 23:08:00Z

I am interested in locating the names of the men who fought in the Boxer Rebellion at the Battle of Peking in 1900.
Specifically I am looking for any men with the last name of Ronaldson, who would have come from Scotland.

Most likely the names that would be on that record would be:
Ronaldson: Peter born abt 1790 E. Lothian,his son Thomas Sherriff born 1817 in Fifeshire Scotland, his sons:Peter born abt 1848,John M born abt 1849, George abt 1854, James Henry born July 1858 or William born May 1860.

Family legend is that one of our ancestors fought in the Boxer War at the Battle of Peking.

Would anyone know where I would be able to locate those records?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also if you are a member of this family, I would love to exchange information with you. I can fill in some of the blanks on one member who came to America.

Re: Floriano Antonio Rangel

pskmdrrj — 2012-04-11 04:31:40Z

Hi Cameron

Great to hear from you. I have not been doing much research lately but will be back into it all over the winter months. Sounds like we are related. My email address is pskmdrrj@hotmail.com. I would appreciate any info you have. I have a photo of Floriano Antonio Rangel if u would like a copy. I am not sure if I sent u a copy of a spreadsheet with a lot of information and photos on it. If not I will try and send it to you.
cheers
Karen

Re: John William Galvin

abanham — 2012-04-10 18:46:07Z

Additional information - he was born in Nov 1893 in Bally lander Co Limerick. He married Amalie Marie Foyn 26 Sept 1945 in Shanghai which must have been just after his release from camp.

Floriano Antonio Rangel

CameronReitmeier — 2012-04-07 03:05:02Z

Hello Karen,

I am so excited to hear from you and apologize for taking so long to realize you had posted a reply.

I am writing for my mother, Noele Frances Gutierrez, who is the 2nd Gr-Granddaughter of Floriano Rangel. She was born in Shanghai in 1927 and quite elderly now, but mentally very sharp.

We have a family tree on ancestry.com. If you will let me know your UserID or email address I will send you an invite to access our family tree. My email address is denalillama@gci.net.

I look forward to hearing from you and your husband.

~Peggy Brockman

Floriano Antonio Rangel

CameronReitmeier — 2012-04-07 03:03:23Z

Re: Danenberg

abaptiste312 — 2012-03-30 18:23:00Z

Hi Sarah,

I know it's been several years since you last posted. My father is Ronald Baptiste. I would like the opportunity to get in touch with your grandfather and give dad his address. I just found this post and called dad to tell him. It is so nice to meet our family.

Re: Researching family roots of Yin and Koung

fionajkennedyarnold — 2012-03-27 22:08:40Z

We have some YIN's in Canton...
Fiona

Re: Researching family roots of Yin and Koung

debbieyin2002 — 2012-03-27 22:04:47Z

Hello Liz, I just saw your response to my query some time ago. Yes, any information you have on the Yin family would be much appreciated.

Re: Looking for ancestors (from Oey family) brothers or sisters, eta Indonesia approx.year 1800

anthony_draccu — 2012-03-20 23:13:51Z

I'm a 4th generation Oei / Huang family as well. I dont know the hokkian version of my name, but its Huang Wen Cen in mandarin.
If im not mistaken my dad (Oei Yong Seng) said that we're originally from fujian as well. Though I dont quite remember the exact stories.
We're in jakarta as well, and might be knowing each other.

Re: need info on my great grandmother Guilherma Hong

charleecrusat — 2012-03-17 10:18:59Z

My paternal grandmother is a Lominario and her father is Francisco Lominario and her mother is Victoria Hong Gorzal. The last name Polenio is also familiar, but I don't know how. We live in Hawaii. I think the Roberta you have been emailing is my father's cousin. Could you send me any info you sent her.
Thank you!

Re: FAMILY SEARCH AH GINN , GEE, GINN

KDonner75 — 2012-03-11 16:55:40Z

My grandfather was William Ah Ginn, who married Elizabeth Foye, he lived in Australia, please let me know if this helps
Katie

John William Galvin

abanham — 2012-03-06 16:29:14Z

interested in connecting with anyone descended from him. He was Chief Appraiser of the Chinese Maritime Customs . He was interned in Shanghai's Pootung Camp during the war . The camp records show him as British and aged 51 . I believe he knew my Grandfather I.A.Donnelly and that they shared a stay at the Country Hospital in Shanghai late 1944 .

Re: LAM Family - Hong Kong

ukalele — 2012-02-26 04:47:05Z

what information do you presently have of their time in Samoa?