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Post by helen on Apr 6, 2019 15:49:34 GMT -5
How can I find a Ng Choy Ping with a son, about 10 years old - living in 245 Wing Lok St, Victoria, Hk, 13 January 1941. Power of Attorney was granted - by lawyers Ts'o & Hodgson Solicitors, Prince's Building Hong Kong. George Kingston Hall Brutton, Notary Public, Victoria, Hong Kong. Her husband died in 1940. We are trying to locate the son - who would have been born about 1930. There is no name for the son, but the father was Wong Wing On, who was in New Zealand.
With the last name of Ng, I will assume that she was from Ng Yiel, Zengcheng. He was from Gua Leng, Zengcheng. I haven't been able to work out when he came to New Zealand, but it must have been after 1930. He would have been born early 1900's (before his younger brother (Born 1911))
A long shot - but maybe my husband still has a first cousin out there.
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Post by Henry on Apr 6, 2019 16:45:28 GMT -5
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Post by helen on Apr 7, 2019 5:31:58 GMT -5
Thanks Henry - I'll give the HK records a shot. |
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Post by douglaslam on Apr 7, 2019 6:45:31 GMT -5
Gwa Leng, of course,is Helen's home village. I have been there once. Let me sidetrack on this conversation. Older members will remember Geoff our prolific contributor who has been laying dormant for a few years. Helen and Henry will remember meeting Geoff quite a few years back here in Sydney. Last Saturday March 30th, Geoff and I attended a talk on Chinese opera here in the 19th and early 20th. century. I was surprised when Geoff came up to me and we both exchanged contact details. After the talk I went on to Bathurst , an inland township some 200 km away. I stayed there overnight in order to be part of a two hour walking tour of old Chinatown in Bathurst. Of course, no traces of early Chinese settlement has survived. Here is a photo of our meeting. Geoff is much bigger in physical stature than me. Images uploaded here do not stay long term, it is rather disheartening and discouraging uploading.  |
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Post by Henry on Apr 7, 2019 10:24:37 GMT -5
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Post by douglaslam on Apr 8, 2019 8:49:24 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the links, Henry. I want to see it through when I have more time, the videos are in exceptional clarity . These days I try to make my annual trip to China during the ninth lunar month. That's the month when the opera troupes come to the villages to perform. The performances are free as sponsors and philanthropists will meet the costs.
Two years ago I went to four performances in as many nights. It feels good to be among the simple village people watching Chinese dramas, historical events, folk tales and mythical legends play out on stage.
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Post by douglaslam on Apr 10, 2019 20:30:31 GMT -5
Henry, I watched the first video to the end. Of all the names mentioned, I only know three or four because of the distant era it represented. Cantonese opera must have been a very important staple of the old timers in major population centres. I remember in Denise Chong's book The Concubine's Children in which she mentioned in the small town of Nanaimo, in Victoria Canada, at one time it hosted up to six Cantonese opera troupes to entertain the old timers. They could not get enough of it. It must have been the only entertainment and social event in town for our people. Opera helped to ease their homesickness, no doubt.
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