RemembranceDiscovering the Roots

of Our Ancestors

CHONG KUI Family, Hawaii, 1927

Tracing Our Roots Back to China

Historic Migration of Hakka People

Eventually Reaching Guandong Province, Southern China

Guandong Province Guangzhou (Canton) and the Pearl River

Delta Area

Hakka Walled Village and Typical Terrain

Hakka Village on Mountainside

Hakka Walled Village (Fortress)

Interior of Hakka Walled Village; Residents Usually Have the Same

Surname

Interior of Hakka Walled Village Showing the Family Hall (Temple)

Hong Kong Ancestral Villages Located Near Yuen Long

Hakka Walled Village Rectangular Shape Common in Hong Kong

Hakka Walled Village Museum New Territories, Hong Kong

Interior of Hakka Village Museum. Note Hidden Drain System

Hakka Museum Simple Furniture in a Dining Room

Hakka Museum. Furniture Including

High Chair and Suspended Cradle

Hakka Museum Bedroom with Dresser, Bed and Loft

Hakka Museum Interior Hallway

Hakka Museum Interior Walkway. Note: Benches and Underground Drain (on right)

Roger and Sharon at the Sam Tung Uk Hakka Museum,

Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Hakka Museum. Ancestral Hall

Bridal Palanquin (Sedan Chair). Bride was Carried to her Fiancé's Village as Part of the Ceremony

Hakka Museum. Hakka Woman Wearing Traditional

Hat

Closer View of Hakka Woman and Her Hat. Veil Provided Protection From Sun and Insects While Working in the Rice

Fields

Hakka Woman (OK, Hapa-Hakka!) Wearing

Traditional Hat with Veil Lifted.

Hakka Cloth Headgear. Worn Under the Traditional

Hat or by Itself When Not Working in the Fields

Side View of Hakka Woman Wearing Cloth Head Covering. Note the Woven Patterned Band Used to

Hold it on the Head

New Territories, Hong Kong. Location of Ancestral Villages of Ma Tin Tsuen and Kong Tau Tsuen (near

Yuen Long)

CHONG Kui (born about 1851-died May 9, 1935) Ancestral Village, Ma Tin Tsuen

Ceremonial Entrance to Ma Tin Tsuen, 2007

Rear View of Ma Tin Tsuen Gate Showing

Proximity of Yuen Long

Modern Apartments Surrounding Entrance to Older Part of Ma Tin Tsuen (Note Two Red Lanterns Over

Doorway)

Closer View of Entrance to Older Part of Ma Tin Tsuen

Typical Narrow Street in Older Part of Ma Tin Tsuen

Ancestral Hall (Room) and Temple in Ma Tin Tsuen

Interior of Ancestral Hall. Note Altar in Rear and Food Offering for Ancestors on Table. Ornate Object on

Right is Used for Parades and Ceremonies

Mythological Creature on Wall behind Altar

Sharon Chong Picquet Examining the Size, Color and Diversity of the Parade Float in Ma Tin Tsuen

CHING Kyau (born about 1874-died about 1937, buried in Fook On Tong Chinese Cemetery, Kula, Maui, Hawaii). Ancestral Village Kong Tau Tsuen

Kong Tau Tsuen is Located About One Mile from Yuen Long, New Territories,

Hong Kong

Typical Scene in Kong Tau Tsuen. Note Raised Concrete Sidewalks Which

Follow Meandering Footpaths Throughout Village.

Kong Tau Tsuen is a Mixture of Very Old and Rural Buildings

and a Few Two and Three Story Residential Buildings

View of Typical Older Residences in Kong Tau Tsuen

A Collection of What Appeared to be the Oldest Residential Structures in Kong Tau Tsuen.

Unoccupied in 2007

Rear View of the Same Buildings. The Doors and Windows Appear to Have Been Added after the Original Construction

The Buildings Have Some Fascinating Features Including the Picturesque Friezes Along the Roofline

Another View of the Roof Tiles and Friezes

Another Side View of the Old Residences in Kong Tau Tsuen

Hawaii CHONG Kui immigrated to Hawaii in 1886-1895 as a

Contract Laborer and then Returned to China to Marry and

Came Back to Hawaii With His Wife, CHING Kyau, in 1897.

All Chinese Residents of Hawaii Were Required to Obtain a Certificate of Residence to Prove That They Were a Lawful

Resident at the Time of Annexation to the USA

Oldest Known Photograph

of CHONG Kui, age 49, April 18, 1901.

Alice (Ten Kyau) Chong(February 6, 1902-October 30, 1993). Photograph is From Her Certificate of Residence, March, 1909, age 7.

Ten You Chong (born February 8, 1897).

Photograph is From His Certificate of Residence, March 1909, age 12.

Thomas (Ten Kui) Chong

(born September 22, 1898-died May 1, 1957).

Photograph Taken From

His Certificate of residence,

March, 1909, age 11.

Ten You Chong. “Application of Alleged American Citizen of the Chinese Race for

Preinvestigation of Status” (Form 430). Necessary in Order to Leave Hawaii for Visit to China, 1922

Ten You Chong. Close Up of Photograph

From His Form 430, 1922

Thomas (Ten Kui) Chong.

Photograph From His Form 430, 1922.

Photograph of CHONG Kui From His Form 430, 1922.

Age 71

TENN Kui Kyau. Wife of Thomas, from

Ancestrral Village (Ma Tin Tsuen). Age

16.

CHING Kyau“Return Certificate-Lawfully Domiciled Chinese Laborer”,

Form 432, 1930. Necessary to Return to Hawaii After Visiting

China.

CHING Kyau. Photograph From Form

432, age 56.

Anthony (Ten Foon) Chong Photograph From His

‘Certificate of Hawaiian Birth”, 1922

Lydia Kyau Chong, wife of Ten You

(born December 3, 1899)

Arthur (Yun Fung) Chong Natural child of Thomas and Kui Kyau Chong, adopted by

Ten You and Lydia “according

to the Chinese manner”

CHING Kyau 1933, age 59, as she Looked Upon Her Departure for China

With Her Husband. She Returned

to Hawaii in 1935 After His Death

in Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong

CHONG Kui 1933, age 82 , as He Looked

Upon His Departure From Hawaii to Return to His Ancestral Home in

China (Ma Tin Tsuen, near Yuen Long,

New Territories, Hong Kong)

CHING Kyau 1935, age 61, as She Looked Upon Her Return to Hawaii

after Her Husband’s Death. She Died in Kula, Maui,

Hawaii Two Years Later, 1937

Edith (Yuen Kyau) Chong (Mrs. James Dvorak) “Certificate of Citizenship-Hawaiian Islands”,

May 20, 1942, age 30. Chinese Exclusion Act Repealed in 1943

To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook

without a source, a tree without a root.