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Post by michaela on Mar 4, 2015 11:47:03 GMT -5
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Post by michaela on Mar 4, 2015 11:54:51 GMT -5
I couldn't figure out how to write into the above post ;-).
I'm trying to trace the family members of a Chinese man, who was born 4/4/1924 in Ningbo/Ningpao . The above scan is his parents, who were both born in Chekiang. The father died in 1925 in Ningpao and the mother was born in 1902 and died in Chekiang in 1972. He has no siblings, so, I'm trying to search for the Wong or Chuck families.
I have 2 addresses in Chekiang (Ningpao and Kan Kong Kia) from 1924 to 1947. After that he moved to Shanghai. I assume his mother stayed in Chekiang.
Since I don't understand or read Chinese, I don't really know where to start looking or who to approach for help.
Do you have any suggestions on what steps might be good for me to take?
Thank ou
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Post by michaela on Mar 4, 2015 12:57:10 GMT -5
I was just looking at the Chinese symbol for 'Wang' and it looks the same as the first symbol of the father's name. Could it just be a translation difference between the 2 languages? The Chinese man definitely used the name Wong and has his father's name written as Wong in all legal documents, but I wonder, if the origin could be Wang.
I understand there was a Wang clan in Zhejiang.....
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Post by twoupman on Mar 4, 2015 16:12:18 GMT -5
The man's name__ Wang Hongsheng/Wong Huhng Sang (王鴻生) and wife's__ Zhu Xiulan/Juk Sau Laahn (竺秀蘭). The transliteration is Hanyu Pinyin (Mandarin) followed by Yale Cantonese. In Cantonese Wong can be 王 (king) or 黃 (yellow). twoupman houseofchinn.com |
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Post by michaela on Mar 5, 2015 13:39:03 GMT -5
Thank you so, so much. That can be helpful in my search
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Post by michaela on Mar 5, 2015 13:59:04 GMT -5
Yeah! Without you I wouldn't have known to look for 'village'. I just found this in some of the documents of this Chinese gentleman as to the village he was born in.  |
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