Does anyone know where Swabue was

helen
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Does anyone know where Swabue was Aug 12, 2017 4:07:55 GMT -5

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Post by helen on Aug 12, 2017 4:07:55 GMT -5

Does anyone know where Swabue was? Probably in Swatow

Mary Paton, (second from right front row) a missionary with the English Presbyterian Mission in Swabue, moved to Hong Kong

cicarchiveprototype.wordpress.com/digital-archive/protestant/presbyterian/#jp-carousel-1461

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Page 28 Ashiho - Kaiyuen

divinity-adhoc.library.yale.edu/Resources/Directories/1904_Directory.pdf

Family are looking for the school that Mary Paton taught at

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tyuti1668
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Does anyone know where Swabue was Aug 12, 2017 8:45:42 GMT -5

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Post by tyuti1668 on Aug 12, 2017 8:45:42 GMT -5

No... Swaton spokes Teochew. ST was a coastal area of 潮州府 (Historical 潮州府 had 8 counties) ONLY. Swaton later became the "star"...
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汕尾 (The proper township & surrounding / ie. those near coast... ) that under 海豐縣. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanwei Their local dialect (汕尾片) had more Teochew influence than 海豐 proper zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%B7%E4%B8%B0%E8%AF%9D

Last Edit: Aug 14, 2017 17:55:01 GMT -5 by tyuti1668

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Does anyone know where Swabue was Aug 31, 2020 21:35:21 GMT -5

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Post by thelonelystone on Aug 31, 2020 21:35:21 GMT -5

Yes. Swabue is now a City call Shanwei in Guangdong provinces. The school that Mary was now a Hospital in Shanwei.

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There was still a site of original church that people called 'Young Lady Hall' perhaps referring to Mary.

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