Wong Gar Won - Nam Lung Village

[wongroots]

Dave, the Nam Lok village you mention is about 2 miles south of Nam Lung village:

Yes, this confirms the location. My uncle said he walked 2 miles south, over a mountain and into a valley to his mother's village.

Would anyone know the correct spelling for Sin Woi and Buck Gai? The japanese had bombed the bridge into and out of Toisan so they had to take a small boat past the bridge to the train station. Once on the train, it was an overnight ride to Buck Gai and another boat to HK. Sin Woi was in between somewhere.

I'd like to see these 2 places on a map to trace their route to HK.

[Henry]

Dave,

Sin Woi in Cantonese is usually spelled Sunwui or in Mandarin, it is Xinhui.

It is hard to say what Buck Gai is suppose to represent - Chinese characters?


Henry

[wongroots]

Aug 12, 2010 17:05:52 GMT -5 Henry said:

Dave,

Sin Woi in Cantonese is usually spelled Sunwui or in Mandarin, it is Xinhui.

It is hard to say what Buck Gai is suppose to represent - Chinese characters?


Henry

I found Xinhui on the map. So it looks likethey went Northeast towards buck gai. I wonder if buck gai is beijie? I also wonder if this is the train route on the map that they took.

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[Henry]

Dave,

I checked and your "Buck Gai" sounds like "Pakkai ( Beijie ).

Beijie ( 北街 ) is located in Jiangmen (Kong-Moon), the administrative city that has jurisdiction over the SiYi counties. I believe it was once a street, a place and now, a village:



You pass Sunwui/Xinhui to get to Jiangmen.

Henry

[wongroots]

I was reading this

"The line was built in stages over a period of some 15 years, commencing with the first section of 15 miles from Gongyi to Taishan, which opened in January 1908. The line reached Doushan in 1909 which saw the official opening of the then 54-mile railway. In 1913 it was extended a further 26 miles to Beijie of Jiangmen city"

which makes me beleive "buck gai" is "beijie".

Further, in toisan language we call Beijing - Buck ging. So i think Buck means north in toisan.

Plus, how many railway lines could there be back then?

[tyuti1668]

Buck Gai station = Today's 江门市蓬江区北街圩
The "railway" in Chinese wikipedia

The ex Taishan "city station" (#25) is located as this hotel

[wongroots]

When I signed up on Aug 10, 2010, I wasn't sure what to expect from this website.

Today Aug 18, 2010 I have more than I ever could have imagined.

With the help of Henry, Doug, Tyuti, Laohuaqiao(I like this name), Henry's nephew Tan Shi Cheng and some luck, I have the following:

Pictures of Nam Lung village
Pictures of the house my GF built in 1936
The name of my GGF's brother
My family lineage from Huang Di down to myself

I will share some pics on the next few threads.

I will now add my name to the list of people who can vouch for Henry's nephew. I know it's an unsettling feeling to send money overseas to someone you do not know. However, as you will see on the next few replies, the result is priceless.

[wongroots]

Tyuti....this is the road #49 you identified that was critical in determining that this was the correct "Nam Lung" out of 3.

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[wongroots]

Here is the watchtower in 1936 or 37.

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[wongroots]

Here is same watchtower Aug 18, 2010.

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[wongroots]

House grandfather built in 1936.

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[wongroots]

Same house today

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