Posted by JWC Low on September 25, 1997 at 14:25:31:
In Reply to: Toy family name posted by Joanne Toy Harrison on June 29, 1997 at 22:16:14:
I think your "Toy" surname is also "Cai..." Try Thomas Tsu-wee Tan's book, Your Chinese Roots, p. 183-184 on the surname, Cai, the first was a papermaker, also pronounced... Toy, Choy, Chooey, Chui, Tsoi, Tsai in various dialects. The Toy spelling I have seen used about 1890's in immigration documents to U.S.