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Post by woosusan on May 2, 2012 1:47:42 GMT -5
Anybody know anything about this village and where it's located?
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Post by helen on May 2, 2012 2:02:38 GMT -5
Hi there - Can you give us more clues - last name, whose village is this? where have you ancestors come from? any headstone with Chinese characters? Thanks
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Post by laohuaqiao on May 2, 2012 9:43:53 GMT -5
woosusan,
As a member of the Lau clan from Wang Sui, I can tell you where Wang Sui is.
If Tung Sing is 東成 and is next a village called Dajingwei 大井尾 (Ai Dieng Mei in Taishanese dialect), the village's coordinates are "22.3170, 112.8159", by searching in Google maps Satellite view (not Map view) .
There is another village in Wang Shui which has similar transliteration Tung Sing or Tung Shing.
As Helen has asked, are you only interested in the location of the village? If you want more information on your ancestors, then it would be necessary to provide us with some names in Chinese.
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Post by melissa on May 6, 2012 20:46:38 GMT -5
Hi! I have just recently started researching my fathers family and it has lead me here. Supposedly his grandfather came from the village of wang shui. His name was William Leu Sen, which was later changed in Australia to Lew Shing. If you have information you can share I would be very grateful.  |
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Post by lachinatown on May 6, 2012 22:49:41 GMT -5
Wang shui can be 王水, but more information needed.
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Post by helen on May 7, 2012 0:33:31 GMT -5
Hi! I have just recently started researching my fathers family and it has lead me here. Supposedly his grandfather came from the village of wang shui. His name was William Leu Sen, which was later changed in Australia to Lew Shing. If you have information you can share I would be very grateful. Welcome Melissa Please can you start another thread - label it Australia, and the village name. That will keep your post separate from others. Also give us some more clues - where was he in Australia - what did he do, who were his friends, did he belong to any society, what dialect di he speak? Any old letetrs? headstones with Chinese characters. There are several Australians here who are very good. |
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Post by melissa on May 7, 2012 5:41:02 GMT -5
Will do! Many thanks!
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Post by laohuaqiao on May 7, 2012 11:33:04 GMT -5
Melissa,
If the last name is Leu/Lew and in Chinese it's 刘/劉 then most likely the Wang Shui your grandfather came from is a heung or district in Taishan, 橫水 in Chinese, not a village. There are over 80 villages in Wang Shui, all with this 刘/劉 surname.
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Post by melissa on May 11, 2012 2:40:08 GMT -5
yes, we were told that it was probably Taishan, Wang shui. The notes I have indicate it may of been a village near Taishan. This is interesting! Any advice as to where I would search from this point?
Your help and time is much appreciated!
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Post by laohuaqiao on May 11, 2012 10:31:55 GMT -5
Melissa,
Do you have anything in Chinese at all, names, correspondences, etc.? Do you know of anyone Chinese who might have been acquainted with your grandfather when he was alive and might know his origin?
If you would like, I could ask my father if heard of a Leu Sen or Lew Shing. You would have to provide me with approximate year he was born, when he left China for Australia, any siblings, children and other known relatives, their names, any story about him that may helpful to identify his Chinese origin, as much information as you can. Send me this info via the forum's private message, if you prefer.
There is a Wang Shui Clan Association in New York, I can ask there too.
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Post by marvinklau on May 26, 2013 12:40:33 GMT -5
Hi Laohuaqiao,
Thanks for your great info, I've been looking for a clue as to where my family come from in Taishan....! Unfortunately, my grandparents and my father have passed away so I didn't have anyone to ask for more details.... Is there a Wang Shui Clan Association in L.A. by any chance...? My grandfather and my father (Larry Lau) immigrated to L.A. after leaving China... In fact I was told that my Lau family side was running the biggest laundry business in L.A. back in the 70's.
Since I live in Guangzhou right now so I'll go checkout this place 横水 （Wang Sui in Cantonese) as soon as I have free time....
It's too bad that I don't know much more about my own heritage. But it's a start.
Once again, thanks for that precious info!
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Post by laohuaqiao on May 26, 2013 18:35:07 GMT -5
marvinklau, Do you have any relatives who may know which area of Taishan you grandfather came from? If you look at the village database for Lau surname in Taishan, chinese.rootswiki.legacy1.net/doku.php?id=references:villages:village_database:lauWangshui Lau clan is the largest in Taishan, but it is not by any means the only one. Also, Wangshui is a cluster of over 80 villages. I think you should try to get some more info before going there in person. |
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Post by lachinatown on May 27, 2013 0:05:31 GMT -5
Marvinklau,
Give me info on "biggest laundry business in LA back in the 70's". Since I am in LA Chinatown, I may be about to help with some information. I do know a Lau and that part is where Ambassador Gary Locke (ñ˜¼ÒÝx) [ancestral village of Kut Lung or Lilong (¼ªýˆ / ¼ªÁú) in Taishan, Guangdong, China] came from.
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Post by woosusan on Oct 18, 2014 17:39:01 GMT -5
laohuaqiao,
Thank you for that information. My mother, brother and I will be going back to China this coming Thanksgiving break and we plan on visiting this Lau village of Tung Sing where my mother was raised! I appreciate being able to see the village from google maps. Thanks for the coordinates!
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Post by chansomvia on Oct 30, 2014 22:23:15 GMT -5
Hi there
Glad you have made the decision to go back to see the lace, I am sure others on this forum would like to follow your journey and it would be of interest to see how you get along.
Joe
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