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Who knows about TSE's history?

Who knows about TSE's history?

Tse Yan Ki (View posts)
Posted: 22 Sep 2000 6:42PM GMT
Very interesting that everybody have different surname. Who can tell me where I got mine from? (except from my father)

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Elisabeth (View posts)
Posted: 2 Dec 2000 3:00PM GMT
You said you wanted to know if there is anyone but your father who knows about the Tse history. If possible can you tell me about it because my grandfather and father doesnt talk about it much and i really want to know about my family history. Thanks.

Re: Who knows about TSE's history?

linda (View posts)
Posted: 22 Aug 2001 2:12AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: TSE
My grandson is David Tse. His grandfather is from China and has been in the US about 30 years. I am trying to compile a family history for my grandson. When I do I will return to this board and post. It was great just seeing a board. Linda

Re: Who knows about TSE's history?

Posted: 27 Nov 2001 2:02AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 6 Oct 2002 9:12PM GMT
Surnames: Tse Dea Der
Tse is a surname in my family. Since it's not my surname, I haven't gotten around to doing much research about it, but I can tell you that it's also spelled Dea and Der, strangely enough - another one of those Anglicized spellings at immigration.

Re: Who knows about TSE's history?

Kevin Lee (View posts)
Posted: 31 Jul 2002 12:21AM GMT
Classification: Query
My wife is half a Der or Tse ot Xie. I haven't done any indepth research into it yet. But I do know during the Chou (Zhou) Dynasty there was a country or principality by that name. So the surname goes back a long long way.

During the Jing Dynasty the Xie and Wang clan members held all the important positions in the royal court. It was during this time a Xie general won one of the famous battles in Chinese history. It was a decisive victory for the Han against the invading nordic tribes.

Re: Who knows about TSE's history?

Posted: 17 Dec 2003 3:36PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 1 Feb 2004 4:12PM GMT
Surnames: Xie4, Wang2, Ong, Wong, Xie Xie, Sese
Are you referring to Wang2 ? No. 8 Surname in the Hundred Familiy Surnames?

I am of the Sese House of the Xie Xie of the Xie4 Clan, currently courting a daughter of the Wong House of the Ong of the Wang2 Clan.

Now with that information it can help me a lot if the Xie4 and Wang2 were friends.


Re: Who knows about TSE's history?

Posted: 17 Dec 2003 3:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 1 Feb 2004 4:12PM GMT
I'm not entirely sure but from my research, Dea, Dear, Der, and Deer is Cantonese and not Anglicized, so if you have those surnames, your House belong to the Xie4 Clan.

Also, you are relatives of these Houses: Hsieh4 (Wade-Giles), Che, She, Tse, Tze, Xie Xie, Xie, Se, and Sese.

Re: Tse Family

Posted: 17 Dec 2003 3:50PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 1 Feb 2004 4:12PM GMT
All I know from my current research is that Tse is one of the Houses of the Xie4 Clan.

Xie4 Clan is about 2,675 years old and has the following Houses:

Xie
Xie Xie
Hsieh4 (Wade-Giles)
Dea (Cantonese)
Dear (Cantonese)
Der (Cantonese)
Deer (Cantonese)
Che
She
Tse
Tze
Se
Sese


And belongs to the 3rd Group of the biggest Chinese Clans. Rank #1 of the 3rd Group according to a 1977 Statistics. And that's China only, not counting the whole world.

I still have to confirm one info that Xie came from an Emperor line who actually has the surname "Xie" written in Xie4 which means "Thank You".

Check out the Heroine "Xie" who fought for the rights of women in China. I don't know much info about this one yet as well.


Re: Who knows about TSE's history?

Marisa Louie (View posts)
Posted: 17 Dec 2003 9:52PM GMT
Classification: Query
They are all Cantonese surnames, but these are their English spellings (which is what I meant by Anglicized, perhaps I chose the incorrect usage of the word...) The spelling of the surname was arbitrarily chosen by immigration officials when they entered this country, because the "hsieh" sound (which is "thank" in Cantonese) is so foreign to the English speaking ear. Thus, my grandfather has the spelling "Dea", and his siblings have "Tse" and "Der" because they each came to the United States at different times.

Re: Who knows about TSE's history?

Posted: 18 Dec 2003 5:53AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 1 Feb 2004 4:12PM GMT
Ah I see. Thanks for the info. Hmm... that's interesting. I'm trying to find out where in China my Great Great Great Grand Father came from, his name is written in Chinese as Xie4 landed here in the Philippines 5 generations ago (I'm a 5th generation from him) and it became "Sese".

And when I try to trace "Sese" I always end up as my starting point in Taiwan, they might be a different branch or something.

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