Koay Clan

[koayclan]

Hi,

I'm looking for information on my mother's ancestors. Her father (my grandfather) Anthony Koay was born in Port Louis, Mauritius but not sure where his father (my great-grandfather) Joseph Koay Leng was born. Joseph Koay Leng married Marie Beatrice Siou in Mauritius. They took their children, including my grandfather and his siblings (Yvonne, Kok San, and another brother who later became a doctor and moved to France, and another sibling who we don't know the name of), back to China when my grandfather was young, where they lived for 11 years before going away again due to some uprising (possibly around early 1920). My grandfather Anthony Koay moved to Penang where his sister Yvonne then lived.
So here is what I know: The family in China were in Bai Qi Pu Village, Hui'an District, Quan Zhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. My understanding is that my great-grandfather's family were no happy that his daughters did not have their feet bound.
Could anyone help with finding out about my Koay family please?

[Henry]

Hi Koay,

I believe this may be the location of your ancestral village - the "pu" meaning "universal" might just be a suffix:

Click on:Bai Qi village


If this is the correct village - it is notable:

www.academia.edu/80259814/Religious_blending_along_the_Maritime_Silk_Roads_the_case_of_Muslim_s_descendants_in_Baiqi_village_Quanzhou_City_China_


You may want to try the Quanzhou Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs:

www.quanzhou.gov.cn/

The website is in Chinese, however, if you use this website address in Google Chrome and it comes up in Chinese - in the top right corner you can see 3 vertical dots - click, click on "Translate", select "English" and check out the website for some contact information - to get some assistance.

Henry