Ocean View Cemetery is a very popular cemetery with the Chinese in Greater Vancouver. On the southwest corner of the cemetery, which Ocean View has assigned the name Fern, is a fair number of Chinese who died in the 1950s and from the looks of things most died without family. Vast majority of these...
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Over the years visitors to our forums had contributed many maps of Siyi and the surrounding regionals. The biggest contributor, however, is Henry Tom, one of our moderators. The forums currently is unsearchable which makes referencing next to impossible and leads to much duplicated postings of the same maps. In these pages we’ll harness...
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Raymond Seid on his most recent trip to his ancestral village in Xinhui purchased three very interesting books on Wuyi. These books take the readers to different parts of Wuyi and give a glimpse of the area’s past as the pieces were written by different authors from different eras. Raymond is willing to share...
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According to legend and folk lore the North Emperor or Beid (北帝) is a powerful deity who rules the north. The ancient Chinese believed the world is made up of five elements, metal (金), water (水), wood (木), fire (火), and earth (土). They also assigned an element to each direction, north is water,...
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My family was originally from KwangTung, Taishan, Dong Hang, Taup Kirk. My grandfather (Lee Yee Hui) settled in Penang at the young age of 17 as carpenter. My father was born in Penang in 1906. His name was Lee Kam Mao. He was also known as Lee Ping Wah or Lee Wai Mao. My...
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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...
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Canada 加拿大 Lee Association of Calgary 132-2nd Ave SW Calgary, Alta T2P OB8 Tel: (403)262-2247 Lee Association of Edmonton c/o 13204 62nd Ave Edmonton, Alta T6H 1N9 Lee Association of Montreal 94 Lagauchetiere St W. Montreal, Que H2Z 1C2 Tel: (514)861-3762 Lee Association of Toronto 175A Dundas St W. 2nd Fl Toronto ON M5G...
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Philippines 菲律賓 Filipinas Civic & Fraternal Association, Inc. 5th Fkoor, 1039 Benavidez Street Manila Tel: 632-244-8174 Fax: 632-244-8154 Lee Lung Sai Tong 554 – 3rd Floor, Bermuda Street STA Cruz, Manila Cebu Long Se Temple, Inc. Osmenas Boulevard Cebu City PO Box No. 452 Tel: 633-253-5665 Long Se Lee Association Tabuco Street Naga City...
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