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KWOK Dit Chiu's Family Tree
Kwok Dit Chiu's Family
Photograph circa 1908
From left to right
(i) Kwok Lin Ying, Mary {3rd child}
(ii) Kwok Siu Sun Mong {The matriarch)
(iii) Kwok (Guork) Ling Fai, Francis {4th child}
(iv) Kwok Yuet Ngan {1st child}
(v) Kwok Dit Chiu {The patriarch}
(vi) Kwok Oi Wah {2nd child}
The other children were born subsequent the photo was taken:
(vii) Kwok Yuk Chun {5th child}
(viii) Kwok Wai Lin, Winnie {6th child}
(ix) Kwok Ling Kwong, Lincoln {7th child}
(x) Kwok Yuk Kay {8th child}
(xi) Kwok Yuet Yung, Audrey {9th child}
Acknowledgment
The credit of compiling Kwok Dit Chiu's Family Tree goes mainly to my cousin
(
Wong Shiu Tsang and Wong Cheng To Yue, Violet ) (granddaughter of Kwok Dit Chiu) who pick
up the ball and run a touchdown. We are very grateful for such a phenomenal work. We also thank
Woo, Constance Guork Shung Kin (granddaughter of Kwok Dit Chiu) for coordinating, and Li, Augusta
Luke {Jeung} Siu Kam (granddaughter of Kwok Dit Chiu) for compiling the Luke (Jeung) Family data.
Special thanks to my aunt Kwok Lin Ying, Mary (3th daughter of Kwok Dit Chiu), for providing the
above rare photo. I would also like to thank my daughter, Kwok Weng Sze, Lisa,
(great granddaughter of Kwok Dit Chiu) for providing technical assistance on the Website.
All other family members also pitch in their share of contribution and thank you all.
KWOK DIT CHIU'S BIOGRAPHY
Kwok Dit Chiu (also known as Kwok Min and also known as Kwok Wing Hong) was born on May 15, 1874 in Ping Lam Village of his hometown Sam Heung in the Chung Shan District of Kwangtung Province, China. Record showed that Kwok Dit Chiu was the second son of Kwok Hung Kai, but inherited the line of Kwok Hung Kin who had no son. He came from a prominent family and was well known for his filial piety to his parents.
As a youth with ambition, Kwok Dit Chiu left his hometown for Hawaii, U.S.A. in 1889 at the age of 15 to learn and pursue the trade of western tailoring. After living in Hawaii for more than 10 years, he returned to Chung Shan to look for a wife and he was introduced to a girl, Siu Sun Mong, in the neighbouring village of Siu Ka Chuen. He returned to Hawaii after the wedding and his wife joined him some time later after meeting all American immigration requirements. When they left U.S.A. for good and returned to Chung Shan in 1909, they had five children, eldest daughter Yuet Ngan, second daughter Oi Wah, third daughter Lin Ying, eldest son Ling Fai and second son Yuk Chun. When they left Hawaii, Mrs Kwok was pragnant, carrying fourth daughter Wai Lin who was born on February 21, 1910 in Sam Heung. Thereafter, they had had three more children, third son Ling Kwong, fourth son Yuk Kay and fifth daughter Yuet Yung.
Soon after his return from Hawaii, Kwok Dit Chiu left Sam Heung to work in Luzon, the Philippines but decided to return to Sam Heung a couple of months later due to a painful carbuncle on the back of his neck (an ulcer facing the mouth "Dui Hou Chong"). He later went to Hong Kong to manage the Western Tailoring Department of the Wai Ton Company in D'Aguilar Street. Central District for 2 years and was then invited by a Kwok family of Chung Shan District to join the Western Tailoring Department of their Wing On Company as its Manager. He remained in that position for 30 years until the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in December 1941 in World War II. During those years, he was also elected to serve as a Board member of the Wing On Insurance Company. He retired and returned to Sam Heung in 1942. From 1942 to 1949, his 3rd daughter Lin Ying looked after him in Sam Heung. After the change of government in China in 1949, he returned to live in Hong Hong at the end of 1949 until he passed away on September 11, 1969.
A few years after his return to Sam Heung from Hawaii, Kwok Dit Chiu was much concerned about the education of the female gender which was evidently lacking in that era. In the early 1920s, he sponsored the establishment of the Pui Tak Girls' School in Ping Lam Village and employed a graduate from the Canton Teachers Training College, not only to teach academic subjects but also Biblical Knowlege. His eldest daughter Yuet Ngan had taught in this school for some time. Earlier, he had set up a Tailoring School in Canton teaching the art of western tailoring. In 1924, his second daughter Oi Wah returned to Sam Heung to teach in the Pui Tak Girls' School until the Japanese invasionin the late 1930's when the premises were burnt down.
Kwok Dit Chiu was born in an idol-worshipping family but he converted to Christianity when he was 32 years old. He was saved by Jesus Christ in 1906 in Hawaii and received the water baptism together with his wife and four children there in 1908. The photograph appeared in the beginning of the website of Gordon Kwok (grandson of Kwok Dit Chiu) was taken right after the baptism ceremony. When he returned to Sam Heung, he found no church there but a christian returned from Australia. He also was greatly annoyed by the superstitious behaviour of the village people.
Kwok Dit Chiu later met some Canadian missionaries from the Kong Moon District of Kwangtung Province who ordered their suits from Wing On Company. He discussed with these missionaries and decided to start church services in Sam Heung. He rented a shop in the market-place (hui jai) for the purpose in 1915 and the missionaries were responsible to provide a preacher to deliver sermons there. That was the first Church in that town.
While living in Hong Kong, Kwok Dit Chiu and his wife were introduced to the Pentecostal Mission, Hong Kong & Kowloon, a local church not affiliated to any foreign missions. They both received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in the early 1920s. During the summer school holidays in 1922, their second and third daughters, Oi Wah and Lin Ying, both received the baptism of the Holy Spirit while visiting their parents in Hong Kong. In 1923 or 1924, Kwok Dit Chiu was appointed the Treasurer of the Pentecostal Mission of Hong Kong. Later, he was appointed a Member of the Church Committee as well as a Trustee of the Pentecostal Mission, Hong Kong & Kowloon and remained in these posts until 1942 when he left Hong Kong to return to Sam Heung.
Due to the unacceptance of the baptism of the Holy Spirit by the church in the village, Kwok Dit Chiu decided that his family and other relatives in Sam Heung who abode by this teaching should leave that church forthwith. From 1924, a few believers gathered together to hold family services in the Pui Tak Girls' School premises under the leadership of his second daughter Oi Wah. After Oi Wah married Cheng Tai Yan, his son-in-law Tai Yan and Oi Wah jointly led the family services. Anticipating the number of worshippers would be increasing as time went by, Kwok Dit Chiu donated the ground floor of his newly-built home in Ping Lam to set up a new Church. It was dedicated in 1933 and officially named the Pentecostal Church of Ping Lam, affiliated to the Pentecostal Mission, Hong Kong & Kowloon which was established in Hong Kong in 1907.
Kwok Dit Chiu was a man of charity, kindness, honesty, righteousness and with foresight. He was a devout Christian and abode by God's Word seriously all those years even under the stress of Japanese occupation and the change of Government in China. His generosity in helping others had benefited numerous people physically and spiritually. For many years, he had been spreading the Words of God to many people afar by writing letters to them and he freely shared his resources with those in need. He told others that God taught him to be a Levite and he would not have earthly properties but properties in Heaven.
After Kwok Dit Chiu's return to Hong Kong in 1949, he lived with his 5th daughter Tsang, Audrey Kwok Yuet Yung who took the primary care-taking responsibiltiy for many, many years. In his last few years, his 3rd daughter Kwok Lin Ying provided primary care for him.
Kwok Dit Chiu passed away at the age of 96 due to a prolonged old-age weakness lying in bed for over two years. Yet he never felt painful but always praised the Lord and thanked Him for His abundant blessings. He went to Heaven peacefully.
At the time of Kwok Dit Chiu's expiration on September 11, 1969, 69 members of his family survived him. At the time of writing his biography on October 4, 2000, there are 125 members of his family living in the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Chung Shan (China) and Hong Kong (China).
This biography was written by Wong Shiu Tsang, husband of Violet, Cheng To Yue (granddaughter of Kwok Dit Chiu) with background information supplied by Mary Kwok Lin Ying (daughter of Kwok Dit Chiu) and others after visiting Auntie Mary at Sam Heung, Chung Shan District on September 30, 2000. All are welcomed to supply additional information to make this biography as informative as possible.
Shiu-Tsang WONG
Hong Kong
October 4, 2000
Thereafter, with light editing (adding information) by KWOK Yat King, Gordon
Notation
In this segment, we define Kwok Dit Chiu and Kwok Siu Sun Mong as the first generation. Their descendant generations are named by their orders: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th.
1= First generation
2= Second generation
3= Third generation
4= Fourth generation
5= Fifth generation
6= Sixth generation
Convention
We list the offspring first, regardless whether the person is male or female.
We list the offspring's spouse after the offspring.
Kwok Dit Chiu's Family Tree
Date of Birth
l. Kwok Dit Chiu (Expired September 11, 1969) May 15, 1874
Kwok Siu Sun Mong (Expired February 5, 1947) August 12, 1875
Kwok Chan Law Yin (Expired July 4, 1974) July 6, 1901
2. Luke (Jeung) Kwok Yuet Ngan (Expired January 3, 1981) 1901
Luke (Jeung) Hiram Hoi Lam (Expired November 2, 1972) 1892
3. Li, Augusta Luke (Jeung) Siu Kam 1924
Li Kam Wan, Jonah Genwin (Expired July 15, 1995) 1918
4. Li Hop Wai, Hiram Waye 1944
Li, Judith Lew Ngan Yee 1944
5. Li Ching Yat, Eric 1970
5. Vollmer, Meredith Li Ching Dai 1971
Vollmer, Alex 19xx 19xx
4. Li Hop Kwong, Stacy Kwong 1946
Li, Marguerite Dekar 1946
5. Li Ching Chiu, Marina 1979
5. Li Ching Fai, Burton 1981
4. Li Hop Fei, Ernest Faye 1948
Li, Joyce Kurashita 1948
5. Li Ching Chung, Joel 1985
5. Li Ching Yi, Christopher 1989
4. Akana, Lucia Li Hop Hing 1951
Akana, Stephen 1952
5. Akana, Katie 1978
5. Akana, Stephen 1980
5. Akana, Elizabeth 1983
4. Li Hop Bong, Jonah K. 1956
Li, Rosemary Loo 1960
5. Li Ching Tak, Jonah Eduardo 1993
5. Li Ching Shun, Christian Harry 1999
4. Li Hop Cyn, Millie Cyn 1964
3. Luke (Jeung) Tin Wo, Thomas (Expired 198x) 1927
Luke (Jeung), Helen Leong Mei Ngnor 192x
4. Luke (Jeung), Pamela Yok Kwai 1960
4. Luke (Jeung) Tim Chun, John 1963
3. Leong , Lilly Luke (Jeung) Siu Sim 1928
Leong Kau Kwong, Stephen 1927
4. Quint, Stephanie Leong Lai Hing 1955
Quint, Peter 1953
5. Quint, Jamie 1985
5. Quint, Rebeckah 1991
4. Leong Tak Mun, Stephen Randall 1958
Leong, Zandra Lau 1958
4. Leong Tak Kit, David 1966
Leong, Christine Gonzales 1963
5. Leong Yun Oi, Taylor Cole 1996
5. Leong Chee Oi, Sidney Rae 1998
3. Louis, Rose Luke (Jeung) Siu Kuen 1930
Louis Yu Siu, Harry S. 1921
4. Nakano, Patti Louis Siu Yee 1949
Yano, Howard (Husband #l) 19xx
5. Yano, Derrick 1969
6. Yano, Derrick Jr. 1993
4. Nakano, George (Husband #2) 1949
5. Nakano, Creig 1983
5. Nakano, Keith 1985
5. Nakano, Laura 1986
4. Louis Kwok Chun, Gordon 1961
Louis, Jeannette Castro 1962
5. Louis, Ashley 1994
3. Luke (Jeung) Siu Ho, Frances 1932
3. Tom, Marion Luke (Jeung) Siu Lin (Expired Sept. 27, 1965) 1933
Tom Sau Yee, Raymond (Expired October 27, 1993) 1927
4. Gee, Audrey Tom Lai Kuen 1956
Gee, Gary 1950
5. Gee, Christina 1994
5. Gee, Michelle 1997
4. Tom Shu Pak, Malcolm 1960
Tom , Darrielle 19xx
5. Tom, Tiana 2000
3. Luke (Jeung) Siu Moon, Alice 1934
2. Cheng Kwok Oi Wah (Expired January 19, 1952) 1902
Cheng Yip Oi Chi (Expired April 30, 1979) 1901
Cheng Tai Yan (Expired December 26, 1996) 1899
3. Wong, Violet Cheng To Yue l927
Wong Shiu Tsang 1925
4. Hung, Dorothy Wong Shun Chun 1954
Hung Tak Shing, Peter 1952
5. Hung Ching Hei, Andreas 1982
5. Hung Lap Hei, Brian 1985
4. Wong Oi Chun, Esther 1957
4. Wong Po Chun, Pearl 1960
4. Leung, Gloria Wong Yiu Chun l964
Leung Yip Shing, Samson 1962
5. Leung Ka Yan, Katrina 1991
5. Leung Tin Yan, Tiana 1994
3. Cheng To Kuen (Expired March 25, 1952) 1929
3. Cheng To Wing, Lincoln 1931
Cheng, Rosalind Lam Ming Kit 1934
4. Wee, Virginia Cheng Wai Ching 1972
Wee Chi Wai, Dennis 1966
3. Cheng To Yin, Raymond 1933
Cheng, Jean Lee Tak Fong l936
4. Cheng Wai Kwong, Matthew 1962
Cheng, Patricia Shih Wei Wha 1964
5. Cheng Man Hymn, Samuel 1999
4. Cheng Wai Chi, Joseph 1967
4. Cheng Wai Shun, Wilson 1968
Cheng, Anne Wong Yan Yan 1970
5. Cheng Man Sum, Stephanie 1995
5. Cheng Man Ching, Olivia 1998
4. Ng, Alice Cheng Wai Shan 1972
Ng Shung Lai, Samson 1963
5. Ng Ka Ching, Tiffany 2000
3. Cheng To Hang, Moses 1936
Cheng, Rose Chan Lo-Tsz 1946
4. Cheng Wai-Hai, Harvey 1969
4. Kinross, Eileen Cheng Wai-Ying 1971
Kinross, Ryan Robert 1971
3. Ngok, Miranda Cheng To Ming 1938
Ngok Pang Fei, Jimmy 1935
3. Ahing (Chan), Betty Cheng To Chuen 1942
Ahing (Chan Tak Hing), Irvine 1920
4. Ahing (Chan), Steven Ian 1950
Ahing, (Chan), Sandra Young 1957
5. Ahing (Chan), Kimberly 1981
5. Ahing (Chan), Amanda 1983
5. Ahing (Chan), Vanessa 1986
2. Kwok Lin Ying, Mary 1905
2. Guork Ling Fai, Francis (Expired April 27, 1999) 1907
Guork, Dorothy Lai U Kam (Expired September 9, 1992) 1904
{Note: Guork = Kwok. Guork is a more accurate phonatic
sound of the Chinese Family name Kwok in Cantonese
dialect. It is merely a different way to write the
Family name in the English Language.}
3. Guork Shung Kwan, Wesley (Expired January 21, 1937) 1934
3. Woo, Constance Guork Shung Kin 1936
Woo Yat Chung, William B. 1931
4. Woo Loy Yau, Marc Henry 1960
4. Woo Mei Ho, Sharon D. 1963
4. Woo Loy Keung, Michael 1966
4. Woo Loy Kwong, Steven William 1970
2. Kwok Yuk Chun (Expired 1911) 1908
2. Cheng, Winnie Kwok Wai Lin 1910
Cheng Man Sang (Expired September, 24, 1978) 1905
2. Kwok Ling Kwong, Lincoln 1912
Kwok, Peggy Po Yan (Expired July 3, 1995) 1911
Kwok, Bella Cheng Chun Ying (Expired October 11, 1996) 1914
3. Kwok Yat King, Gordon 1944
Kwok, Julie Cheng Ai 1948
4. Kwok Weng Sze, Lisa 1977
4. Kwok Weng Houng, Vicki 1980
2. Kwok Yuk Kay (Expired 1916) 1914
2. Tsang, Audrey Kwok Yuet Yung 1918
Tsang Kwok Kuen, Frank (Expired February 1, 1987) 1917
3. Lee, Ruth Tsang Hay Chi 1949
Lee Yun Foo, David 1955
4. Lee Ming Kay, Jonathan 1989
3. Smith, Pauline Tsang Hay Man 1954
Smith, Robert Dean 1948
4. Smith, Jordan Timothy Tsang Sing-Yun 1982
4. Smith, Joshua Frank Tsang Sing-Wai 1985
3. Tsang Hay Chitt, Timothy 1959
Tsang, Denise Din-Yee Loo 1967
4. Tsang Chi Kay, Amy 1995
4. Tsang Chi Lum, Andrea 1996
Compiled in August 2000
Kwok Dit Chiu's genealogy on his male ancestors, his comtemporaries and descendants.
Acknowledgment
The credit of the source came from my third Aunt, Ms. Kwok Lin Ying, Mary, who replied my question on the Kwok Family Tree, dated August 1, 1996. She got her information through her personal knowledge and from the Kwok Genealogical Tabernacle, or, Clan House (Chi Tong). The nomanclature of this set of genealogic record is different than the one described above. In this segment, it started on the 16th generation. Kwok Dit Chiu belonged to the 19th generation.
Notation:
16 = 16th generation
17 = 17th generation
18 = 18th generation
19 = 19th generation (Kwok Dit Chiu's generation)
20 = 20th generation
21 = 21th generation
22 = 22th generation
For this Family Tree segment, only the male descendants were listed. It might not be politically correct in today's viewpoint, but it was recorded that way following the old tradition. For example, the Old Testament in the Bible recorded Adam's and Abraham's genealogy the same way. The webmaster merely transcribed the text sent by Kwok Lin Ying.
It starts on the 16th generation, and we don't know their names prior the 16th generation. If anyone who knows more, please contact the Webmaster.
Oral history indicated that the Kwok migrated from Fukien Province to Kwangtung Province, as evidenced in their "country dialact" (Heung Har Wah) is very similar to the Fukien dialact. Very little information is known about the distant ancestors. The record showed some names, but without year of birth and year of expiration, nor do we know the names of their spouses, nor the names of the female descendants. In addition, on the branch staying in the United States, some of them might use different Legal names. We try to do the best we could to compile the data.
What year was it when the first recorded Kwok generation began? Let's do some estimation. Take the average years of 30, mulitpy by 15, we get 450 years. Take 450 from 1874, we get 1424. So the Family Tree could trace back to 15th century, in the Ming Dynasty.
The webmaster could only speak for his experience, in meeting 4 of such extended family members.
1 lived in Hawaii: Chung Cherk (Yuk ?). He visited Hong Kong at least twice, including staying in my father's house on his Vacation.
1 lived in San Francisco: Yuk Shing. He came back to Hong Kong to get marry. I saw him again, his wife and child again when I went to America.
1 lived somewhere in the suburb of S.F., and I visited him following a group of relatives, but I never learned his name.
1 lived in Sam Heung, Ping Nam, Chung San: Kwok Wing Kun (Chut Kun) and family, whom I met twice in around 1995 and 1998.
Kwok Dit Chiu's genealogy on his male ancestors, his comtemporaries and descendants.
1 to 15 generations of the Kwok Family: Names unknown at this point
16 Kan Kei {great grandfather of Dit Chiu}
17 Teung Fun {grand uncle of Dit Chiu}
18 Hung Kin {adopted father of Dit Chiu}
19 Dit Chiu {adopted son of Hung Kin}
{Record showed that Dit Chiu was the
second son of Hung Kai, but inherited
the line of Hung Kin who had no son.}
20 Ling Fai
21 Shung Kwan
20 Yuk Chun
20 Ling Kwong
21 Yat King (Shung Tak)
20 Yuk Kai
17 Chun Fun {grandfather of Dit Chiu}
18 Hung Kai {father of Dit Chiu}
19 Kang Chiu {brother of Dit Chiu}
20 Kau
20 Yui
20 Tue (Yuk Ming)
21 Shung On
21 Shung Lok
19 Ying Chiu {brother of Dit Chiu}
20 Wing Kun
21 Ka Yiu
17 Moon Fun {grand uncle of Dit Chiu}
18 Hung Yue {uncle of Dit Chiu}
19 Kwong Chiu {cousin of Dit Chiu}
(The branch lived in Hawaii & S.F.)
20 Yuk Shing
21 James
20 Yuk Fong
20 Yuk Dan
19 Koon Chun {cousin of Dit Chiu}
(The branch lived in Sam Heung, Ping Nam, Chung San)
19 Wai {cousin of Dit Chiu}
19 Shong Chiu (Tak) {cousin of Dit Chiu}
20 Yuk Li (Hip Chun)
21 Shun Hung
22 Wai Ching
22 Tai Wang
22 Tai Kit
20 Yuk Shui (Hip Kum)
21 Ka Kui
21 Ka Shue
21 Ka Leung
21 Ka Keung
19 Chung {cousin of Dit Chiu}
18 Hung Kit (uncle of Dit Chiu}
19 Wai {cousin of Dit Chiu}
19 Shung Chiu (Tak) {cousin of Dit Chiu}
19 Chung {cousin of Dit Chiu}
18 Hung Wing {uncle of Dit Chiu}
19 Kai Chiu {cousin of Dit Chiu}
Compiled in August 2000
Links
Please click here and go to
Kwok Family Tree, Part 2
Please click here and go to
Kwok Family Tree, Part 3
If anyone in the Family has a homepage website about himself/herself and would like to share it with the rest of us, please send your website address (URL) to the webmaster. It could be about some recent happenings to your life, such as, your vacation, hobbies, birthday party, spiritual inspiration, thoughts, poems, schools, work / promotion, your new home, your children / grandchildren, your parents etc. You get the idea. Thank you for your participation.
Let the webmaster break the ice and post my website. It is about the history on the Chinese Serving in the American Civil War, and this is one of my hobbies.
Kwok Yat King, Gordon :
Chinese Serving in the American Civil War
Woo, Constance Guork Shung Kin and Woo Yat Chung, William's Marin Community Christian Church :
The Church is a very important part of their lives, and they would like to share their experience
with the rest of the Family members.
Marin Community Christian Church
Lee, Ruth Tsang Hay Chi and family attend
the Church of the Highlands for their Sunday
worship
The most famous KWOK in history
Webmaster: Kwok Yat King, Gordon (gordonkwok@aol.com) is the grandson of Kwok Dit Chiu.
October 5, 2000
Revised June 15, 2001