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Post by philiptancl on Jul 2, 2018 0:22:41 GMT -5
Early this year someone from US contacted me regarding his Zhou/Chew/Chiew/Chow/Chau/(周) family tree through his mother side of his Chinese ancestry. Before his uncle passed away in 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, he was given a copy of his maternal Zhou (周) zupu. As he could not read it and was not sure how to interpret it, he sought I disagreeistance in interpreting his pedigree line. His maternal side is of Hakka origin and originates from Mei Xian (梅縣), Guangdong Province. The cover of the zupu is shown below: If my memory serves me right, fellow Moderator Doug 周 of this Forum is also of this surname. I could recall that I had worked on his zupu quite some years ago but could not find Doug ancestry earlier than what his zupu could provide. I shall be posting all the three charts I had designed and constructed for Gary. Chart 1 and Chart 2 are coordinated with other sources while information for Chart 3 are extracted from Gary zupu and than specifically extended down to him and his family members. Gary had given me permission to share the charts but with him and his family members deleted. Chart 3 also shows where the branched off to other ancestral places. Hopefully Doug 周 could find a connection therein.
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Post by philiptancl on Jul 2, 2018 0:35:17 GMT -5
Chart 1 for Zhou/Chew/Chiew/Chow/Chau/(周):
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Post by Doug 周 on Jul 2, 2018 3:39:21 GMT -5
Thank you for thinking of me. I will ping you via private message.
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Post by philiptancl on Jul 2, 2018 8:46:35 GMT -5
Chart 2 for Zhou/Chew/Chiew/Chow/Chau/(周):
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Post by philiptancl on Jul 2, 2018 8:49:36 GMT -5
Chart 3 for Zhou/Chew/Chiew/Chow/Chau/(周):
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Post by philiptancl on Jul 2, 2018 19:56:49 GMT -5
The three Zhou/Chew/Chiew/Chow/Chau/(周) charts I had posted earlier appeared not to come out with much clarity. I have reposted them using another format.
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Post by canadianchan on Jul 4, 2018 4:09:21 GMT -5
Hello, I am not sure if this is the correct thread to post this enquiry. I am new to this page, so please bear with me while I figure everything out. I came upon this excellent forum in my search for more information of my Father's family. Sadly, two years ago my Father passed away unexpectedly while on holiday. He had gone to Hong Kong- his birth place- to show my brother and one of my cousins where he grew up, went to school, etc. On the day he was due to fly home (to Canada), he passed away. This was a tragic occurrence, however there is some small comfort in our thought that we believe that Hong Kong, and his past family there called him to stay with them forever. Since then, there has been a large gap in my knowledge about my Father's family and his passing has propelled me to find out everything I can about that side of my family as my Father was the last of that generation to pass, it seems my job is mine now to protect and preserve our family story and history. The unfortunate thing is that I have no idea where to begin and I thought I should share this story here to give some context to as to why I find myself in this forum to begin with. What I do know is this: 1) My Father was born Wai Chan in Hong Kong (not sure what village, area exactly) on 5, January, 1949. He had a number of brothers and sisters. 2) When I attended my Father's funeral in Hong Kong, I visited my grandparents' graves. As far as I was able to determine, my grandfather's name was Chan Pak Luk, born in Hong Kong on 27 MAR 1905 and my grandmother's name was Ho Siu Ying and she was born around 1908. 3) His parents passed away when he was young. 4) He emigrated to Toronto, Canada was he was a young adult/ perhaps teenager on the sponsorship of an elder brother already living there. I never pinned down the exact time. This is sadly the extent of knowledge that I have of my Father's family. Therefore, I appeal to everyone here who may point me in a useful direction and perhaps shed light to clarify how I may proceed.
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Post by philiptancl on Jul 8, 2018 20:38:15 GMT -5
Hi Canadianchan,
I am not familiar with Chinese ancestry originating from Hong Kong. Even if it is a settlement within Hong Kong, I would imagine the ancestry would have originated from another place within China proper. If you ancestry actually originated from a Chan clan settlement within Hong Kong, hopefully the clan there has an ancestral hall and keep on the tradition of keeping and recording/updating the clan zupu/jiapu. If the zupu/jiapu exists, it would likely mention from which ancestral place in China the clan originated from.
If, however, your grandfather or his father had migrated to Hong Kong from the ancestral place in China, you would need to locate that ancestral place to locate your clan zupu. Since your father has a number of brothers, some of your uncles or cousins may know the history of your clan and/or know the ancestral place in Hong Kong and/or China. The gravestones of your father/grandfather/great-grandfather could give provide a clue of the ancestry. If your search do record the names of ancestors and name of places in Chinese characters.
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Post by Henry on May 14, 2019 14:07:36 GMT -5
Dear Zhou Clan Members, I have a friend that came across a Zhou website that may be of interest - it is in Chinese, but, if you can find the Zhou place of interest - you could probably copy & paste the Chinese characters into a translator such as Google Translate - you can acquire some valuable information. Here is what my friend said: While looking on line for some history of the 周 Chow, Chou,Zhou, Chu, Ju,Jeu Etc family, I came across the following website that belongs to the Head Association Of Chow Clan of China. It has branches on almost every province and regions nation wide,and smaller ones in counties such as TaiShan, KaiPing. That includes the name of the first ancestor in each area, and the name of that particular branch. Here is an example for KaiPing: the name of the ancestor that first settled there is 周 Chow 天Han 與 Yea who settled in an area called 沙 Sah 罔 Gong under the branch name 茅 Mou 岡Gong. All the villages with Chow residents in KaiPing are listed. This should help those Chow descendants from KaiPing in root searching. All these are in Section(四 Four), fifth paragraph . www.chinazhou.cn/thread-1339-1-1.htmlHenry
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Post by genekl on Nov 21, 2021 16:06:41 GMT -5
A scholarly Chew contact mentioned that the Chew clan in Guangdong Taishan came via the sea route from Fujian, unlike most Cantonese who came overland down the Plum Pass. Apparently they followed a Song official who was assigned to the then Xinning Xinhui area. Has this come up here before?
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