King Leung (Kwok-Hei) KWAN (aka Kwan Sum-Yin) [1869-1945]

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Names
Given
King Leung (Kwok-Hei)
Family
Kwan
Alias / nickname
Kwan Sum-Yin
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Hong Kong
Birthplace (country)
Hong Kong
Died
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(Day & Month are approximate.)

I am researching my grandmother's side of the family, the Kwan Yuen Cheong, family of 15.   I would like to know where the couple resided and also where the second generation (each) lived.   My great-grandmother was raised by Daniel and Mary Ayow Caldwell and educated by Lady Ball (Dyer Ball's second wife).  A lot has been written about her and her dentist husband, who worked for the LMS print shop before apprenticing under an "American missionary dentist" (Rudi Butt's blog says that would be Varnum David Collins but I cannot find his sources nor reach the author). I have read and researched Carl T. Smith's books and note cards on every Kwan I can find.

The Kwan sons and daughters ALL have a great story, and I endeavour to dig up as much of their personal stories as I can.  The larger narrative has already been told and passed down through the generations but I am a sucker for details and I want to know dates, timelines, addresses, causes of death, graves, contemporaries etc.

Please help me by sending me any pieces of info you can find on the 15 children and their children.  Here they all are (I am descended from #8 Kwan Yuet Ying.

Kwan Yuen Cheong (b. December 30, 1832 - January 12, 1912, 79 yrs) m. Lai A-Mei (b. June 1, 1839 - January 11, 1902, 62 yrs)

5 Daughters | 10 Sons



1. Yuet Ming (月明) 1858-1913 (55yrs)

2. King Wan (景雲) 1860-1923 (63 yrs)

3. King To (景道) 1862-1889 (27 yrs)

4. King Woon (景垣) 1864-1864 (0 yrs)

5. Yuet Ping (月屏) 1865-1899 (34 yrs)

6. King Yin (景賢) 1867-1919 (52 yrs)

7. King Leung (景良) Mar. 3, 1869-1945 (76 yrs)

8. Yuet Ying (月英) Sept. 23, 1870-1962 (92 yrs)

9. King Chung (景忠) 1873-1923 (50 yrs)

10. Yuet Har (月霞) 1874-1942 (68 yrs)

11. Yuet Wah (月華) 1875-? (? yrs)

12. King Sing (景星) 1877-1955 (78 yrs)

13. King Sun (景燊) 1878-1948 (70 yrs)

14. King Hung (景鏗) 1880-1947 (67 yrs)

15. King Fai (景輝) 1883-1943 (60 yrs)

This group is amazing and I have already gleaned a few gems like the DBS List by Annalise and Emride's post about Agent Domus, Honky Kwan.  Thank you both,  and advanced thanks to those who can help me!

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Thanks David, it does look like a match except for the extra "a" in Kwan, and the fact that Kwan King-Sing was a doctor.  Who knows? By 1941,  he would have been 64 years old, and he was living in the "Garden City of Kowloon Tong" in Hong Kong by 1937.  I guess he could have become a clerk for the Asiatic Petroleum Co.?  What does "on premises" mean?

As your King-Sing was a doctor, they must be different people. It'll help if you can give a line or two of background about the different family members, eg profession and any other key points, so we know where to be looking for them. (Or better still, make a separate Person page for them.)

"on premises" in the Jurors Lists sometimes means the person was living on company premises, and other times it seems to mean they didn't want to list their residential address and used "on premises" to show they could be contacted via their business address.

There is a book on the Kwan's family written by Dr. Kwan Siu Sek and Yung Ying Yue.  It is in Chinese and published by Wide Angle Press Ltd.  I think it is available at the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences.

Hi Deborah,

If you click the "Edit" link at the top of the page, you can correct the middle name and then scroll down and click "Save" to update the text.

Would you be able to add a Person page for your great-grandmother too? I'd like to connect it to Daniel Caldwell's page, so that any of the Caldwell family passing by see it and can maybe add more information.

Regards, David

exciting , I wrote a piece of hundred of pages on Fung Fu. He was the first headmaster of Saiyingpun(English) from 1879- 1903.  Fung Fu's most prominent connection to modern Chinese history was he married the first daughter of Kwan Yuen Cheong
 this piece of history was discovered by me. please contact with me directly through lausanching2@gmail.com

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DwhYY-CRxg5sOh2ZU6h-pNuEesjR8Eth/ed…

Proof of Fung Fu’s wife was the eldest daughter of Kwan Yuen Cheong. the first registered Chinese dentist and is considered the father of modern Chinese dentistry. 

馮關氏（187- 1）

關元昌大女兒關月明 （187- 1） 與馮關氏的道濟堂會員編號相同。根據葉深銘的”天道下濟：香港華人自理會道濟會堂傳教事業研究（1843-1926）”的解釋。她是同一人無誤。

Ms. Fung Kwan  (187-1)

Kwan Yuen Cheung's eldest daughter, Kwan Yuet Ming (187-1), shared the same membership number as the Fung Kwan family's Tao Chai Tong. According to Ye Shenming's explanation "Heaven's Way Grants: A Study on the Missionary Work of the Hong Kong Chinese Self-Governance Association Tao Chi Synagogue (1843-1926)." She was definitely the same person.

In page 138 , of the book, 馮關氏(187-1) , and page 137 關月明(187-1), she share the same register number , that means she was the same person.

The explanation of code is in page 132.

Proof that Fung Fu’s wife was the eldest daughter of Kwan Yuen Cheong (the first registered Chinese dentist and the father of modern Chinese dentistry):
馮關氏 (Ms. Fung Kwan) and 關月明 (Kwan Yuet Ming) share the same membership ID: (187-1).
According to the historical register records analyzed in Dr. Ip Kam-shing's (葉深銘) book, "Heaven’s Way Descends to Save: A Study of the Missionary Work of the Hong Kong Chinese Self-Governing To Tsai Church (1843-1926)" (天道下濟：香港華人自理會道濟會堂傳教事業研究), they are undeniably the same person.
  • Page 132: Explains the registration code and membership numbering system.
  • Page 137: Lists Kwan Yuet Ming under registration number (187-1).
  • Page 138: Lists Ms. Fung Kwan under the exact same registration number (187-1).
Since To Tsai Church (道濟會堂) assigned unique registration codes to its members, this identical number confirms that Fung Fu's wife, recorded as Ms. Fung Kwan, was indeed Kwan Yuen Cheong's eldest daughter, Kwan Yuet Ming.

Kuan Yue-ying

Third daughter: Kwan Yuet Ying (1870–1962), the first female elder of Tao Tsai Church, also a midwife, and wife of Rong Xingqiao. Rongxing Bridge, also known as Rong Kai, was the younger cousin of Rong Hong. He had eight sons and three daughters.

Wah Yiu Daily 1962 Dec., 31

Obituary  Dead at 1962 Dec., 29     9:30A.M.

Obituary, by lausanching