By Louise Skyles Tong Yee Aii唐綺 According to the Tang Zi Ying Jiapu: Tong Fu Jin 唐富錦 (1820-1861), also known as Tong Yee 唐綺 (Tong Yee Aii), married Miss She 佘氏 (1826-1862), and they had a son Yishan益善 (Hawaiian name: Tong Chong) The Chinese [...]
Gu Chuan Pin 古傳品 was one of the early immigrants from the Nazhou Gu clan who settled in Hawaii. His family's experiences in Hawaii and later in Chicago, Illinois are fascinating, because they are tied closely to the political affairs of China. Here's Gu Chuan [...]
One of my distant cousins, Trevor Goo, contacted me via the private message feature in familysearch.org in March 2021, to inquire about where I had obtained the records for some of the Gu ancestors on the tree. We exchanged information, and I put him [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8342tHnK4gg In the final part of this 2-part series, historian Brian Dillon details the experience of the Chinese immigrants who came to California in the 19th century. Unlike the supportive and welcoming experience Chock Chin and other Chinese immigrants had in the Kingdom of [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn9fjgBSCDY This is an outstanding presentation by historian Brian Dillon, recorded on August 14, 2021. It offers the historical context for the Chinese migration from Guangdong to the Kingdom, and later the Territory, of Hawaii. This directly informs our understanding of Chock Chin's [...]