Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Leong Cheong and Wong Leong Hamilton
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The Leong family tree, beginning with Cheong and Wong Leong, and including spouses, currently numbers close to 100 individuals, the youngest born just this year. The Leong family tree, beginning with Cheong and Wong Leong, and including spouses, currently numbers close to 100 individuals, the youngest born just this year. This brief introduction to the Leong family history begins with Henry and Low Foon Leong, who are the first ancestors who came to New Zealand.
The Leong family tree, beginning with Cheong and Wong Leong, and including spouses, currently numbers close to 100 individuals, the youngest born just this year. The Leong family tree, beginning with Cheong and Wong Leong, and including spouses, currently numbers close to 100 individuals, the youngest born just this year. This brief introduction to the Leong family history begins with Henry and Low Foon Leong, who are the first ancestors who came to New Zealand.
Mr JAMES CHUNG GON
CHINESE PATRIARCH DIES IN HIS 98th YEAR. Mr JAMES CHUNG GON, patriarch of the Chinese community in Tasmania, died at his home in Launceston on Saturday in his 98th vear.
Mr. Chung Gon, wiho was born in Kwantung Province, South .China, set out for
Australia as an 18-year-old boy with 20 dollars in his pocket. An old Chinese told ham that he would need only 1/, so he sent the 20 dollars home again.
Hire of a cab in Melbourne absorbed ail the capital he brought into the country.
After a short time on the Bendigo goldfields, he came to Tasmania where he has lived ever since, except for occasional trips to China. He first worked in a tin mine near Branxholm, and then in a market garden near the Lefroy goldfields.
He later laid down big market gardens in Launceston.
He went back to China to be married and shortly after his return bought 200 acres of land at Turners Marsh and established the first commercial orchard in Northern Tasmania.
Most of his 11 children were born there.
He sold the property and opened a fruit and vegetable shop in Launceston. He was associated in a number of civic activities.
He was 97 on July 23, 1951. Until about three years ago Mr Chung Gon worked in his vegetable garden.
The 10 surviving members of his family are Rose (Mrs. Chuey, Sydney), Violet (Mrs. Loon, Sydney), Lillian (Mrs. Chau, New Zealand), Esther (Mrs. Wong, Sydney), Ann (Mrs. Soon, West Australia), Miss Dolly Chung Gon and Messrs. Joseph, Albert, Samuel, and Edward Chung Gon.
The funeral will leave the Memorial Baptist Church, Launceston, after a service at 3.30 pm. today, for Carr Villa. The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. Monday 25 February 1952
DEATHS
CHUNG GON.-On February 23 1952, at his residence, 104 Elizabeth St., Launceston, James, loved husband of the late Mary Chung Gon, and loved father oí Rose (Mrs. Chuey, Sydney) Violet (Mrs. Loon, Sydney), Lillian (Mrs. Chau, New Zealand), Esther (Mrs. Wong, Sydney), Ann (Mrs. Foon, West Australia), Dolly, Joseph, Albert, Samuel and Edward, in his 98th year. The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. Monday 25 February 1952 >
Mr. Chung Gon, wiho was born in Kwantung Province, South .China, set out for
Australia as an 18-year-old boy with 20 dollars in his pocket. An old Chinese told ham that he would need only 1/, so he sent the 20 dollars home again.
Hire of a cab in Melbourne absorbed ail the capital he brought into the country.
After a short time on the Bendigo goldfields, he came to Tasmania where he has lived ever since, except for occasional trips to China. He first worked in a tin mine near Branxholm, and then in a market garden near the Lefroy goldfields.
He later laid down big market gardens in Launceston.
He went back to China to be married and shortly after his return bought 200 acres of land at Turners Marsh and established the first commercial orchard in Northern Tasmania.
Most of his 11 children were born there.
He sold the property and opened a fruit and vegetable shop in Launceston. He was associated in a number of civic activities.
He was 97 on July 23, 1951. Until about three years ago Mr Chung Gon worked in his vegetable garden.
The 10 surviving members of his family are Rose (Mrs. Chuey, Sydney), Violet (Mrs. Loon, Sydney), Lillian (Mrs. Chau, New Zealand), Esther (Mrs. Wong, Sydney), Ann (Mrs. Soon, West Australia), Miss Dolly Chung Gon and Messrs. Joseph, Albert, Samuel, and Edward Chung Gon.
The funeral will leave the Memorial Baptist Church, Launceston, after a service at 3.30 pm. today, for Carr Villa. The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. Monday 25 February 1952
DEATHS
CHUNG GON.-On February 23 1952, at his residence, 104 Elizabeth St., Launceston, James, loved husband of the late Mary Chung Gon, and loved father oí Rose (Mrs. Chuey, Sydney) Violet (Mrs. Loon, Sydney), Lillian (Mrs. Chau, New Zealand), Esther (Mrs. Wong, Sydney), Ann (Mrs. Foon, West Australia), Dolly, Joseph, Albert, Samuel and Edward, in his 98th year. The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. Monday 25 February 1952 >
Chinese Students Return To Australia And N.Z.
Chinese Students Return To Australia And N.Z.
ALTHOUGH Japan is 'a militaristic nation some of the Japanese are very good,' said Mr. Gordon Lowe, a New Zealand-born Chinese student who with four companions, is returning from China in the Changte, whicn passed through Brisbane yesterday. They felt, he added, that there should be no argument between the two countries. It resembled brothers fight ins:. The five in the picture, reading from left to right, are Messrs. Sidney Lei and Jimmy Lum born in Sydney and Gordon Lowe, Stan Wing, and Yuke Wong She, born in New Zealand. They have been pursuing their studies for six years in Hong Kong. Mr. Lowe is a nephew of the late Mr. David Chen See, managing director of the Sincere Company, at Kowloon, Mr. See was recently stabbed to death. Mr. Lowe's activities in Hong Kong were mainly educational. He was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, and 10 years ago was well known in football circles, playing as a half-back for Hamilton Technical School
The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld.Tuesday 4 January 1938
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ALTHOUGH Japan is 'a militaristic nation some of the Japanese are very good,' said Mr. Gordon Lowe, a New Zealand-born Chinese student who with four companions, is returning from China in the Changte, whicn passed through Brisbane yesterday. They felt, he added, that there should be no argument between the two countries. It resembled brothers fight ins:. The five in the picture, reading from left to right, are Messrs. Sidney Lei and Jimmy Lum born in Sydney and Gordon Lowe, Stan Wing, and Yuke Wong She, born in New Zealand. They have been pursuing their studies for six years in Hong Kong. Mr. Lowe is a nephew of the late Mr. David Chen See, managing director of the Sincere Company, at Kowloon, Mr. See was recently stabbed to death. Mr. Lowe's activities in Hong Kong were mainly educational. He was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, and 10 years ago was well known in football circles, playing as a half-back for Hamilton Technical School
The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld.Tuesday 4 January 1938
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Will There Be Chinese Clans in Canada 10 Years From Now? By Angela
Last night I attended Cheng Wing Yeong Tong Benevolent Association (basically a gathering of people with the same surname as me) banquet, the same one I have attended every year since I was born. But in the next ten years, what is the likelihood that there will even be one of these banquets for me to attend?
My grandfather is a dedicated member of the Cheng Chinese clan. (By the way, there are a whole bunch of different English surnames: Cheng, Chang, Zheng, Jang and Jung; but we all share the same last name in Chinese.) He goes to the Cheng "clubhouse" everyday on Pender Street in Chinatown to play mahjong. And it seems to me, the role of Chinese benevolent associations are only limited to being a spot where grandparents gather to play mahjong.
I understand the need for the formation and existence of associations back when my great-grandparents and grandparents immigrated to Canada, and the desire to create solidarity with other Chinese clan members. Yet I don't exactly see foresee a future for the benevolent associations today...
This year marks the 82nd Anniversary of Cheng Wing Yeong Tong Benevolent Association. Who will ensure that there will be a 92nd Anniversary? Or a 102nd Anniversary? I learned today that the Chengs were one of the first Chinese clans to arrive in Vancouver in the 1900s, and the Chengs is the largest Chinese clan in Canada. But history and numbers aren't enough to continue the legacy. Maybe it will be just that -- a legacy.
Or will our heritage be able to survive in other forms? http://www.schemamag.ca/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1635
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