Gee Family Associations

[geeweilum]

In my City in the Canadian prairies the Mahs have an association which does many things, I am told. Among which they maintain a continuing record of births and deaths. This is a great way of maintaining a historical record of the various threads of different lines of the Mah families. One can then determine generational positions and lost family ties for future generations.

They apparently have a national association.

I wonder if there is a similar association for the Gee family name. We, however, do have a small one which is slowly fading away.

I am also looking for information on any families that have come from a village in Toisan(Taishan) called Sai Kong Choong

[Henry]

There is one in Houston, Texas - perhaps they are aware of other Gee Family Associations:

www.geefamilyhouston.org/index.htm

Good hunting !

[ida]

My nephew is a Gee and he says there is a huge one in San Francisco.  Try google.  If not successful, I will get details from him.

[amy]

I know this is an old thread, but I recently had cause to visit the Gee family association in New York City (Gee Poy Kuo Assn). Here is a photo of the doorway at 156 Canal Street (3rd floor). They are quite active and there are several members who speak English and were welcoming. They have some Gee genealogy books in their possession, but it is not a complete collection. Here is a photo of one that they showed me. This branch of the Association has joined the internet age and has a website nygeepoykuo.weebly.com/

[jeremychin]

Hi Amy,

Very interesting to hear that you visited the Gee Association! Was one of your ancestors a Gee? I emailed them once as my great grandmother on my maternal grandmother's side is a Gee from 泡埗鄉 Pao Bo Heung. Was looking for a possible zupu lead. Never heard back from them. I guess I may have to pay a visit!


- Jeremy   

[amy]

Hi Jeremy!

No, I don't have a Gee ancestor (in the most recent generations anyway), but I was helping someone with their Gee ancestry. A Chinatown community leader gave me an intro to one of the former Gee association presidents and I went up there to meet with him. I can send you that contact information. I don't know when you wrote to them, but they went through a bit of trouble renovating their headquarters a few years back so they may have been pre-occupied. BTW, Tony King's maternal grandmother is a Gee.

Amy