Posted by Al Chinn on September 03, 2001 at 10:40:18:
In Reply to: geneology MY GREAT GRANDFATHER YETTSOOWAR YEXIUHUA (according to Mandarin pronunciation) posted by TRISH on September 02, 2001 at 07:24:54:
Since your gggf died in Australia, do you have a photo of his tombstone? Does it have Chinese inscription on it?
: MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER KNOWN AS YETT SOO WAR WAY LEE IN AUSTRALIA. WAS IN AUSTRALIA FROM 1874 HE WAS A MANDARIN. HE HAD BUSINESSES HERE IN AUSTRALIA AND DIED HERE IN 1909 hE WAS BORN IN TUNGKUN PROVINCE JINGSHAN (KIANG-SAN) VILLAGE GUANGDONG (CANTON) PROVINCE 26/9/1852 I BELIEVE THIS WAS HIS DATE OF BIRTH. HIS FATHER WAS A RICE MERCHANT AND HIS MOTHER WAS FROM A CELESTIAL FAMILY.
: CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME I WOULD LIKE TO FIND MY ANCESTER IN CHINA HE ALSO HAD A SON BY HIS CHINESE WIFE YETT KING SUM