rhew
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Post by rhew on Feb 19, 2016 1:32:17 GMT -5
Peripatus 2000: I didn't see an IM from you, but I just sent you one.
hclee: I sent you an email with some links.
I remember seeing some reports produced by the British around the time of the takeover of the New Territories that detail the Hakka and other Villages involved, and some of the surnames living in each. They were on the Hong Kong website and could be downloaded from there, but I can't remember exactly where/how I found them. If you can't find them, let me know and I will try to find them again. However, they only dealt with the New Territories, and I think both of you are interested in villages on the mainland.
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Post by rhew on Feb 20, 2016 1:36:48 GMT -5
Sorry - I think that the Census data I was thinking of re Hong Kong/New Territories only had population, and didn't differentiate between Hakka and Punti etc. The Gazetteer identified Hakka vs Punti villages, but I don't think it gave surnames in each.
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peripatus2000
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Post by peripatus2000 on Feb 29, 2016 0:39:40 GMT -5
Hi Henry, if I find anything about Yeung or Lee villages around this area I will let you know. Many thanks again for you be able to clarify the location of Baimanghua!
Adam
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Post by carolflee on Nov 22, 2016 0:09:19 GMT -5
Dear rhew: I'm new to this website and noticed that you have a database of Hakka villages. When I visited my paternal grandfather's village last November, a distant relative told my guide that the family was Hakka. The name of the village is Seng Guy (Shangjie in pinyin, translated as Upper Street). It is very close to Oh Hook (Tu Hu, Duhuzhen in pinyin) in southern Taishan.
I'm told that most of the Hakka people in that area were banished during the Hakka-Punti wars in the 19th century. My paternal grandmother had bound feet, which were unbound before the process was complete. I've read that the Hakka didn't find their women's feet, so the family seems to have departed from traditional Hakka practices.
Please let me know whether you have any indication that Seng Guy (Shangjie) was a Hakka village. Thank you very much, Carol
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Post by twoupman on Nov 23, 2016 20:17:04 GMT -5
Carol, The south eastern corner of Taishan county is a large Hakka enclave centered around Chixi/Chik Kai (赤溪). The village of Shangjie/Seuhng Gaai (上街) is most probably a Hakka village being in the same vicinity. Can't your relatives confirm they are Hakka? The areas rhew identifies as predominantly Hakka areas are all on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta north of Hong Kong. His website does not cover the western side of the Delta. If your paternal grandmother had bound feet it was an indication she was not Hakka. twoupman houseofchinn.com
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Post by ginagaladriel on Nov 28, 2016 21:19:44 GMT -5
Good evening Mr. Al,
You mention that if a paternal mother/grandmother had their feet bound they were not Hakka, what were the woman who had them bound? I just recently started investigating on this since my paternal great-grandmother had her feet bound.. would this mean that my great-grandma was the eldest daughter in her family?
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