The Life of Yee Jock Leong. VII: Life and Death in Dayton
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…
Read moreThe Life of Yee Jock Leong. VI: Mysteries
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.…
Read moreThe Life of Yee Jock Leong. V: Final Trip
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…
Read moreThe Life of Yee Jock Leong. IV: China and Marriage
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…
Read moreThe Life of Yee Jock Leong. III: Return to America
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…
Read moreThe Life of Yee Jock Leong. II: Parents and Siblings
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…
Read moreThe Life of Yee Jock Leong. I: Birth
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…
Read moreThe Life of Yee Jock Leong: Introduction
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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