Wu Genealogy for Kaiping

[peace]

Hello,

Would anyone know the contact information for Wu Yuquan who is assisting the compiler Wu Maosong with the Wu Genealogy for Kaiping.

Unfortunately, I don't speak or read Chinese, but I am trying to find out if there is another clan book which will tie into my Father's Family.  呉頌華 

Thank you!

[jasonwu]

peace,


I believe you are referring to Wu Yuquan 吳毓全 and Wu Maosong 吳茂松 who were mentioned in several news articles for their efforts of re-editing the genealogy book for their village. Is your father from the same village or the same town in Kaiping?
Kaiping, Lougang, Guifangli (Mandarin Pinyin)
Hoiping, Lau Kong, Kwai Fong Lay (Cantonese)
開平 樓岡 桂芳里

I noticed that you have posted in several threads searching for clan associations in Canada. Are you on the west or east coast?

For the Wu side for your family:

Low Kong Society/Ing Families Association of Ontario
51 Huron St
Toronto, ON
www.facebook.com/Low-Kong-SocietyAssociation-178892479294744/

For the Lee side for your family:

Lee's Benevolent Association Of Canada
313 East Pender St
Vancouver, BC
and
173 Dundas St W, 3rd Floor

Toronto, ON

leesofcanada.com/

Where is your mother's family from?

Jason,
Fellow Wu and Toronto native

[peace]

Hi Jason,

Thank you so much for the information on the clan phone numbers and locations!!!  I am living in northern Ontario, but will definitely check out the Toronto locations.

My Father is from Lau Kong and my Mother is from Lai Tung.

Are you from Lau Kong as well?

Would you please send a reply to my email [e-mail]?

Thank you!!!

Peace

[jasonwu]

Peace,

My family is not from Lau Kong; rather, my parents are from the western end of Toishan which borders Hoiping and Yanping. However, my grandfather's uncle used to play mahjong at the Ing Familiies Association of Ontario, which is adjacent to the Low Kong Society. I noticed that they have regular English updates on their Facebook page - it might be worthwhile to reach out to them and find out if you could get access to their genealogy books or membership records, if they have any.

There are some 42 villages in Lau Kong, do you know which village your father could be from? It would be vital to figuring out his lineage as each village generally stems from one ancestor.

Here is the Village Database link to the list of these Ng villages: villagedb.friendsofroots.org/display.cgi?level=Heung&id=319

As well, here is Lai Tung's catalog page: villagedb.friendsofroots.org/display.cgi?level=Village&id=3928

If you are still looking for the name of your father's village and if he or any of his family members entered Canada prior to 1949, you may check out their immigration details via the Gov't of Canada's website for Chinese immigration and the Canadian Head Tax: www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-china-1885-1949/Pages/search.aspx The details usually show the immigrant's village as their birthplace. Note that it is not necessary to fill out every detail in the search terms. I have found success in the past with just searching a single name.

I have sent you an email - please see if it was received!

Best,
Jason