Finding Relatives China SURNAME MA

[kaluosima]

hi everyone , well i am a grandson of chinese person , well my grandfather came to peru about 1929 , he wav a passenger in a ship. my surname is ma , his hometown was Guangzhou in China , and i have some letter and home address and photos , i need help for find my relatives , maybe his grandson in china is about 50 years , other information that you have maybe can help me .
if you have surname ma and your family is from Guangzhoug please contact me
if you know about ways for find people in china in the 1930 is a great idea for me.
Sorry if my english is a little bad.

Thanks so much

[helen]

Hi kaluosima - Can you post any of the information in Chinese? Guangzhou is a city - most people came from the village area, may be a generation before.

[kaluosima]

yes i can post i have some photos but is in chinese and i have a newspaper when counicate to people in china that my grandfhater died.

[kaluosima]

thanks so much helen

[laohuaqiao]

Kaluosima,
Please do post the Chinese newspaper article and letters with addresses. Ma is a common name in my region Taishan, over 150 villages with that surname, and many Taishanese went to Peru in the past.

With the Chinese names and addresses, we can definitely try to help you.

[Doug 周]

This is the easiest way to post one photo at a time: Using attachment option^click

[kaluosima]

thanks so much , i will upload some photos

[kaluosima]

this is one letter , i can see home address in peru , please if you can translate to english will be ok , for seach in the new map of china , thanks so much for help me

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[kaluosima]

additional information is , my granfather name : chea surnames ma kin

Ma Kin Chea

and he sent some money to china and the person who receive that money is

Ma Fung Ñi

i am translating spanish to english

address : Republic of China , province Kwantung , district Chung San , commune Rin Ming de San gi - Yi chay Chin

i have some problem in this part de SAN GI , because in my photo i can´t see correctly

[laohuaqiao]

The letter was sent from China, Guangdong, Zhongshan, Sanxiang marketplace (now a town)
中国 廣东中山 三乡圩仔
Sender's name
馬鳳儀

Letter was addressed to Ma Quan 馬權

It would be easier if the village name is known rather than the town Sanxiang. However, Ma appears not to be a very big surname in Zhongshan. There are a few forum members here from Zhongshan. They can probably tell you if it's easy to locate the Ma villages in Sanxiang area or not.

[tyuti1668]

www.zsda.gov.cn/uploads/book/zhuanyezhi/dimingzhi/39.htm 圩仔 had too many surnames because it's the town center/ marketplace.
One of the Ma village in Sanxiang: www.sanxiang.gov.cn/news/2011/01/07/1797417.shtml
What's the home dialect? SX had 3 types: sub-Minnan, Yue, Hakka.
PM details to douglaslam , he's in Zhongshan next month. His mate (ex lineman in electric dept) had good connections in ZS.
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videos about SX: video.zsnews.cn/vSearch.asp?keyword=%C8%FD%CF%E7%B9%CA%CA%C2&x=0&y=0

[kaluosima]

thanks so much for help me , maybe you can write the name of the person who is the addressee and sender their names but no in chinese ,

[kaluosima]

that paper has a name , this name is one of my relatives , thanks so much

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[kaluosima]

one more letter , maybe you can say the type of chinese has the letter , thanks you

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[tyuti1668]

#12 =MAP
It's the same Ma village i mentioned in #10. Nowadays those Ma are divided into 2 village: 外... / 里...