MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (DML) — The woman on the left is my grandmother, Yut-Seul Yee (or Yee Yut-Seul in proper Chinese naming order). The woman on the right is my great-grandmother,…
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MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (DML) — Yee Jock Leong owned a laundry at 404 West 3rd Street in Dayton, Ohio, for most of his final 20 years. In one of his address…
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MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (DML) — I believe Yee Jock Leong kept supporting his family financially, even after the dreadful Stock Market Crash of of 1929. He seemed wealthy before the crash.…
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MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (DML) — By 1914, Yee Jock Leong was owned and operated a laundry at 438 Main Street, Irwin, Pennsylvania. But he stayed in touch with his family, and…
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MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (DML) — Yee Jock Leong returned to China in 1905, I believe to get married. Before departure, he prepared his documents, compiling his birth certificate and other existing…
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MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (DML) — The family began preparing for Yee Jock Leong’s return to the United States before his departure from China. Yee Jock Leong, by virtue of being born…
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As I learned later, Yee Jock Leong’s father, Yee Kim Wo (right), first came to the United States in K.S. 2nd year (the second year of Emperor Kwang Sui), or…
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MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (DML) — Yee Jock Leong was born—according to his birth certificate—on January 15, 1884, at 741 Sacramento Street in San Francisco. (I have reason to believe that his…
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MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (DML) — My great-grandmother burned a lot of my great-grandfather’s belongings after his death. I assume we lost quite a bit of family information in the flames. Very…
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