Remembrance Discovering the Roots of Our Ancestors

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RemembranceDiscovering the Roots of Our
Ancestors
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CHONG KUI Family, Hawaii, 1927
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Tracing Our Roots Back to China
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Historic Migration of Hakka People
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Eventually Reaching Guandong Province, Southern
China
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Guandong Province Guangzhou (Canton) and the
Pearl River Delta Area
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Hakka Walled Village and Typical Terrain
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Hakka Village on Mountainside
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Hakka Walled Village (Fortress)
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Interior of Hakka Walled Village Residents
Usually Have the Same Surname
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Interior of Hakka Walled Village Showing the
Family Hall (Temple)
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Hong Kong Ancestral Villages Located Near Yuen
Long
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Hakka Walled Village Rectangular Shape Common
in Hong Kong
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Hakka Walled Village Museum New Territories,
Hong Kong
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Interior of Hakka Village Museum. Note Hidden
Drain System
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Hakka Museum Simple Furniture in a Dining Room
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Hakka Museum. Furniture Including High Chair
and Suspended Cradle
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Hakka Museum Bedroom with Dresser, Bed and Loft
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Hakka Museum Interior Hallway
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Hakka Museum Interior Walkway. Note Benches
and Underground Drain (on right)
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Roger and Sharon at the Sam Tung Uk Hakka Museum,
Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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Hakka Museum. Ancestral Hall
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Bridal Palanquin (Sedan Chair). Bride was
Carried to her Fiancé's Village as Part of the
Ceremony
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Hakka Museum. Hakka Woman Wearing Traditional
Hat
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Closer View of Hakka Woman and Her Hat. Veil
Provided Protection From Sun and Insects While
Working in the Rice Fields
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Hakka Woman (OK, Hapa-Hakka!) Wearing
Traditional Hat with Veil Lifted.
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Hakka Cloth Headgear. Worn Under the Traditional
Hat or by Itself When Not Working in the Fields
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Side View of Hakka Woman Wearing Cloth Head
Covering. Note the Woven Patterned Band Used to
Hold it on the Head
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New Territories, Hong Kong. Location of
Ancestral Villages of Ma Tin Tsuen and Kong Tau
Tsuen (near Yuen Long)
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CHONG Kui (born about 1851-died May 9, 1935)
Ancestral Village, Ma Tin Tsuen
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Ceremonial Entrance to Ma Tin Tsuen, 2007
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Rear View of Ma Tin Tsuen Gate Showing Proximity
of Yuen Long
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Modern Apartments Surrounding Entrance to Older
Part of Ma Tin Tsuen (Note Two Red Lanterns Over
Doorway)
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Closer View of Entrance to Older Part of Ma Tin
Tsuen
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Typical Narrow Street in Older Part of Ma Tin
Tsuen
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Ancestral Hall (Room) and Temple in Ma Tin Tsuen
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Interior of Ancestral Hall. Note Altar in Rear
and Food Offering for Ancestors on Table.
Ornate Object on Right is Used for Parades and
Ceremonies
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Mythological Creature on Wall behind Altar
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Sharon Chong Picquet Examining the Size, Color
and Diversity of the Parade Float in Ma Tin Tsuen
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CHING Kyau (born about 1874-died about 1937,
buried in Fook On Tong Chinese Cemetery, Kula,
Maui, Hawaii). Ancestral Village Kong Tau Tsuen
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Kong Tau Tsuen is Located About One Mile from
Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong
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Typical Scene in Kong Tau Tsuen. Note Raised
Concrete Sidewalks Which Follow Meandering
Footpaths Throughout Village.
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Kong Tau Tsuen is a Mixture of Very Old and Rural
Buildings and a Few Two and Three Story
Residential Buildings
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View of Typical Older Residences in Kong Tau Tsuen
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A Collection of What Appeared to be the Oldest
Residential Structures in Kong Tau Tsuen.
Unoccupied in 2007
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Rear View of the Same Buildings. The Doors and
Windows Appear to Have Been Added after the
Original Construction
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The Buildings Have Some Fascinating Features
Including the Picturesque Friezes Along the
Roofline
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Another View of the Roof Tiles and Friezes
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Another Side View of the Old Residences in Kong
Tau Tsuen
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Hawaii CHONG Kui immigrated to Hawaii in
1886-1895 as a Contract Laborer and then Returned
to China to Marry and Came Back to Hawaii With
His Wife, CHING Kyau, in 1897.
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All Chinese Residents of Hawaii Were Required to
Obtain a Certificate of Residence to Prove That
They Were a Lawful Resident at the Time of
Annexation to the USA
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Oldest Known Photograph of CHONG Kui, age 49,
April 18, 1901.
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Alice (Ten Kyau) Chong(February 6, 1902-October
30, 1993). Photograph is From Her Certificate of
Residence, March, 1909, age 7.
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Ten You Chong (born February 8, 1897).
Photograph is From His Certificate of Residence,
March 1909, age 12.
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Thomas (Ten Kui) Chong (born September 22,
1898-died May 1, 1957). Photograph Taken From
His Certificate of residence, March, 1909, age
11.
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Ten You Chong. Application of Alleged American
Citizen of the Chinese Race for Preinvestigation
of Status (Form 430). Necessary in Order to
Leave Hawaii for Visit to China, 1922
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Ten You Chong. Close Up of Photograph From His
Form 430, 1922
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Thomas (Ten Kui) Chong. Photograph From His
Form 430, 1922.
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Photograph of CHONG Kui From His Form 430, 1922.
Age 71
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TENN Kui Kyau. Wife of Thomas, from Ancestrral
Village (Ma Tin Tsuen). Age 16.
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CHING KyauReturn Certificate-Lawfully
Domiciled Chinese Laborer,Form 432, 1930.
Necessary to Return to Hawaii After Visiting
China.
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CHING Kyau. Photograph From Form 432, age 56.
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Anthony (Ten Foon) Chong Photograph From His
Certificate of Hawaiian Birth, 1922
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Lydia Kyau Chong, wife of Ten You (born
December 3, 1899)
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Arthur (Yun Fung) Chong Natural child of Thomas
and Kui Kyau Chong, adopted by Ten You and
Lydia according to the Chinese manner
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CHING Kyau 1933, age 59, as she Looked Upon Her
Departure for China With Her Husband. She
Returnedto Hawaii in 1935 After His Death in
Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong
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CHONG Kui 1933, age 82 , as He Looked Upon His
Departure From Hawaii to Return to His Ancestral
Home in China (Ma Tin Tsuen, near Yuen Long,
New Territories, Hong Kong)
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CHING Kyau 1935, age 61, as She Looked Upon Her
Return to Hawaii after Her Husbands Death.
She Died in Kula, Maui, Hawaii Two Years Later,
1937
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Edith (Yuen Kyau) Chong (Mrs. James Dvorak)
Certificate of Citizenship-Hawaiian Islands,
May 20, 1942, age 30. Chinese Exclusion Act
Repealed in 1943
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To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook
without a source, a tree without a root.