We are able to trace the family trees to the first southward migrating ancestor for these families: Chow Der Lee Zhao In most cases it extended to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, 1276AD or earlier. We have the information for the Der and Zhao families. It is a matter of finding time...
Note 1. The commonly accepted where about of Ping Wong Xie is that he went to the South Pacific. Nobody knows the actual destination. We were told but unable to confirm that he started a family there. Der She Chow said he was convinced to board a South Pacific bound ship as a stowaway....
Our thanks to Washington Lee Tom of San Antonio, Texas and Henry Tom of Frederick, Maryland for providing the locations of the various United States branches plus locations in Canada, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Canada 加拿大 Chew Lun Association 1105 Clark Street Montreal, QC, H2Z 1K3 Chau Luen Kon Sol 71 D’arcy St Toronto,...
Der She Chow was my mother-in-law. I first met her in May 1977 at her house in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (加拿大沙省舞士阻埠). In keeping with the Chinese tradition of bringing the wedding cakes and roast pork to the bride’s family a month or two before the wedding, Margaret and I flew in from Vancouver during...
We don’t have a lot of information on him but from data on hand and knowledge of Chinese customs we can make certain deductions. Firstly, it is safe to say that Xie Wingshui was born in 1883 or there about. His second daughter and fourth child, Der She Chow, was born in 1911. Males...
