My great grandfather Chung Keng Quee was born in China in 1821. I'm afraid that's the only date I have. So I am looking at anything before that date I suppose. Keng Quee's father was Chung Hsing Fah. Hsing Fah's father was Cheng Tung Lam. Tung Lam's father was Cheng Hoy Yan. Hoy Yan's father was Cheng Yun Sing. Yun Sing's father was Cheng Cheong Man. Cheong Man's father was Cheng Pak Lung. And that's as far back as I have traced it.

Pak Lung had two sons, Cheung Man and Cheung Wah. Yun Sing had two sons, Hoy Yan and Hoy Chun. Hoy Yan had three sons, TungLin @ TungLam, TungYau and TungTang CHENG. Tung Lin had two sons, Hsing Fah and Hin Wan. Hsing Fah had four children, Keng Quee, Keng Seng, King Hung, Yam Loy and Mau Loy.

Turbulence in China forced Keng Quee's father, CHUNG, Hsing Fah to migrate to Malaya to seek greener pastures. Worried by the absence of her husband and second son (Keng Seng followed after his father), Keng Quee's mother, Madam Lai sent Keng Quee to look for them. So in about 1841, Ah Quee, then a brawny youth of 20 with a pair of sharp and penetrating eyes braved the storrmy South China Sea in a frail junk for Malaya. The resourceful stripling eventually found his father and brother in Perak. They had established themselves in business. His brother was so prosperous that he was popularly known as Lui Kung Seng (literally Seng, The godof thunder). Keng Seng's daughter was subsequently married to the well-known "Tin king of Malaya", Towkay FOO, Choo Choon.

Notes on Keng Quee CHUNG name - Keng Quee is also spelt Keng Kwee or Keng Kooi and he is also known as Ah Kooi or Kung Kwee.

Larut Wars - Venerabe leader of the Hai San's in the Larut Wars, Keng Quee had the good fortune to outwit and outlive SO, Ah Chiang (killed in 1865) and LEE, Ah Khun (drowned in 1872), two fot eh rival Ghee Hin's formidable headmen.

Mandarin of the Ching Court - In recognition of his munificence, the ManchuImperial Government conferred on him the title of Mandarin Second Rank retrospectively for three (3) generations. Thus Kapitan CHUNG, Keng Quee, his father CHUNG Hsing Fan and his grandfather CHUNG Tung Lin (the latter two pothumously)became simultaneously Mandarins of the Second Rank, a highly cherished honour in those days.

BIOGRAPHY: Honoured in Penang for his generosity // By CATHERINE CHONG // WHILE many contributors to society may aspire to have a road named after them, philanthropist Chung Keng Kwee was honoured with two Lebuh Keng Kwee and Lebuh Ah Quee, both in Penang. // Popularly known as Ah Quee in 19th century Malaya, Keng Kwee was a man with a colourful history. He was a Hai San secret society leader, tin-miner and kingpin of the coolie trade. // He came to Malaya from Cheng Sheng in Kwangtung province, China, in 1849, and eventually led the Hai San throughout the protracted years of conflict with the Ghee Hin during the Perak civil war. // He was one of the signatories of the Pangkor Engagement 1874 that led to his appointment as Chinese Kapitan in the first Perak State Council in 1877. He sat next to his Ghee Hin counterpart, Kapitan China Chin Ah Yam. // His great-grandson Owen Chung, one-time aide-de-camp to Bapa Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman, says that after the end of the Larut Wars in Perak, Keng Kwee helped the people get back on their feet by providing them with monetary aid. // In Penang, Keng Kwee was the chief donor to the Sea Pearl Tua Pak Kong Temple in Tanjung Tokong, Penang Chinese Town Hall, Kwangtung and Teochew Cemeteries, and the Kek Lok Si Temple. // In recognition of his liberal generosity, the British Government named two roads in Penang after him. He had to build the roads and present them to the municipality, says Owen. // He also allowed the Government to tear down his house fronting Beach Street for the construction of an access road Ah Quee Street. // The Malays referred to Ah Quee Street as Lorong Takia because of the kampung that existed there before the street was created. // At the age of 20, Keng Kwee alias Keng Kooi joined his father Hsin Fatt, an early settler of Klian Pauh in Perak, and brother Keng Seng in their mining business. // Keng Seng had already made a name for himself in Perak and was popularly known as Lui Kun Seng. His daughter married the well-known Tin King of Malaya, Foo Choo Choon. // Through his close association with the Menteri of Larut, Ngah Ibrahim, he received tin mining rights to Larut. // He was practically the founder of Taiping town. He was the first miner to use the hydraulic pump in his Tupai mine, says Owen. .....


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Re: CHUNG FAMILY decended from Chung TungLin of ChengShen village in Kwangtung province
Author: helen Date: 30 Aug 2003 8:17 AM GMT
Classification: Query
In Reply to: CHUNG FAMILY decended from Chung TungLin of ChengShen village in Kwangtung province by: Jeffery Seow

what years are you looking at? My in-laws are from this village - one lady is 92 and the other lady 87. Do you have any chinese names, ages, what they did etc? The family name may be Chan, not Chung