My grandfather also died in his 60s, so none of the ‘Chows’ that died in Victoria in 1957 fits my information. In 1958, one candidate is Sing Chow who died on May 3rd. In 1956, there are two candidates. One is Poy Sun Chow who died on March 7th. The other is Chu Sing Chow who died on October 10th. I think Chu Sing Chow is the more likely candidate as my paternal grandfather, but I’d like to find out for sure and check these other names out as well.

If anyone has any information they can share about these three people (Chu Sing Chow, Poy Sun Chow, Sing Chow), I would appreciate it.

My father died at age 64, young like his father. This is how I know the age range that my grandfather died.

My dad’s sister is still living in Toronto. I don’t have her name in Chinese either. I only ever called her ‘Ai Gu’. I think she is in her 90s now. She has a daughter, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Anyway, like others, I’m just looking for my ancestors and trying to find distant relatives.

~~~C

My paternal grandfather (father’s father) lived in B.C. as well. He died in Victoria. He moved to Canada in the early 20th century (1900 to 1950). My father, Bing Sut Chow, came to Canada from Toisan. He and my mom eventually settled in Ontario. I was born in Toronto. Unfortunately, I don’t know my paternal grandfather’s name (I’m researching this still and trying to track down his name). I have been told though that my father has ‘Chow’ cousins in Vancouver. My father’s brother died young so I assume my father’s cousins would be descended from maybe his father’s brother or maybe from his grandparents (my great-grandparents). Of course, I don’t have their names either. I think my best chance will be to get a birth record for my dad from China, but I don’t read Chinese very well yet. (My mom doesn’t like to talk about this stuff – at all. The most I could get was her to write out my father’s name in Chinese and her name in Chinese. I’ll try to get my dad’s name typed out using Cangjie sometime.)

Anyway, I figured I’d put a message up and maybe someone will see this and have information they are willing to share.

My Chinese name is 周婉蓮.

Taking pictures of the tombstone is a good idea. Most of the graves where Mr. Chow is buried belong to men with no family members in Canada. Reason I know is because these have no visitors during the two traditional Chinese visitation dates nor the Western holidays. I’ll go and take photos of them and post it here. Thanks for the idea.