I am slowly building a time line on my Great Grandfather's life.
1863 - born in Wun Chieh Minqing.
1870's baptised by foreign Methodist missionary (Rev Nathan Sites)
1886 - eldest son Tiong Kung Ping born
1902 Tiong.Kung Ping sailed for Sarawak.
1905? Great grandfather came to Sibu
1909 - Eldest son Tiong kung Ping married Chong Ching Soon
1910 - first grandson.chang ta kang born.
1912 ‐ 2nd grandson Tiong Siu.King born
1914- lst granddaughter born
Lily Chang Lee Sieng
1916‐ 3rd grandson Tiong Tai King born
1917 - daughter Yuk Ging born in Sibu.
1918 - Phyllis Chang Nguk Sieng born
2nd grand daughter
1919- returned to Fujian to add names of 2 grandsons to the family genealogy book.
1920 - Chang Chuo Sieng,third grand daughter born
1922 - opening of Binatang.
1922- Maggie Chang Ing Sieng born
4th grand daughter
1923 - Grace Chang Ging Sieng born. 5th grand daughter.
Est Mee Ann Rice and Sawmill
1926 - 4th grandson Chang Pan King born.
1928 - sibu big fire. Great grandfather was one of the work supervisors appointed to rebuild Sibu.
1930 7th grand daughter Tiong Chiew Sieng born.
1932 - 5th grandson Tiong Tai Sui born.
1932- 2 Grandsons went to Shanghai to study
1936 - family saddened by Rev Hoover's death.
- daughter yuk ging married Chiu Chuang Song , nephew of Dr Chiu Nai Ding
1937 - Ta kang graduated from Yenching University.
1938 - grandson Chiu koh Siong born . From yuk ging.
1939 ‐ Yuk Ging and family left for China.
1941 - Japanese invaded Sarawak
1942 - Ta kang arrested and remanded by Kempetai for 10 days in Sibu. Mr Lu Kie Choon wrote a letter of petition in Japanese to help release him. Grandfather was hit in the head by a Japanese soldier.
1944 - died
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