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Chinese Genealogy
This site is devoted to the genealogy of Chinese families from an area of Guangdong, China (中國廣東)commonly known as Siyi (四邑) or four counties. The counties are Xinhui (新會), Taishan (台山), Kaiping (開平), and Enping (恩平). The families in this area have much in common besides geographic location. The great majority trace their origin... »
Lee Guang
The life of Lee Guang (李廣) makes for interesting reading. There are legendary heroic deeds, unbelievable misfortune and human errors. In short, it is a Greek tragedy play in real life. We have very little, if not no, information on his life prior to 166BC (漢文帝十四年). Thanks to the great historian Sema Qian (司馬遷) we... »
Der She Chow 1911-1982
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 bring 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... »
Li Bai
The period 713-756AD was when the Tang Dynasty reached its zenith. It was also China’s golden age of poetry. Then it is no surprise the era produced China’s two greatest poets, To Pu (杜甫) and Li Bai (李白). Li Bai’s life time (701-762AD) neatly framed this period. He was born in the steppe of Central... »
Wing Shui Xie
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... »
Ancestors Of Li Jiquan – Part III
by Peter Leeson Li Jiquan 李積銓 As there is no record of Lee Soon entering the country and as there is also no record of the ship he lists on his naturalisation application as having travelled on, it is assumed he was one of the many Chinese immigrants tricked into paying the Victorian Immigration tax before... »
Chinese Canadians sue Ottawa
Onetime immigrants want redress over head tax in claim that would total $1-billion by Caroline Alphonso Tuesday, December 19, 2000 Globe and Mail VANCOUVER — With their numbers dwindling each year, Chinese Canadians who had to pay a head tax to enter the country a lifetime ago are suing... »
Stateless Chinese dream of basic rights
Features – October 06, 2002 Emmy Fitri and Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Residents of Kampung Pulo in Citeureup, Bogor, and Tegal Alur in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, are not immune from the mass hysteria over Taiwan’s TV series Meteor Garden. Some children and teenagers can be seen walking around wearing T-shirts sporting the picture of the... »
Shui Jim Wong
Final dignity for a homeless man: Friends seek his posthumous citizenship by Nicolas Keung, staff reporter Toronto Star, March 11, 2002 During the 47 years Shui Jim Wong lived in Canada he didn’t call himself a Canadian – in fact, he couldn’t even live under his own name. But... »