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Know Your Roots - The History of Chung Chow


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Preamble

The history of Chung Chow is written in a chronological order starting with chapter 1 to chapter 46 and posted in that order which makes Chapter 1 - Reasons to Emigrate - the oldest post (posted 30 January 2011) and Chapter 46 - The Final Legacy - the last chapter of Chung Chow's story.

Please read the Preface and Introduction first before you embark on this historical journey to retrace the bold steps our forefathers took to settle down in Malaysia.


Pages

  • Home
  • Blog Outline
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Reasons to Emigrate
  • 2. Chan Clan Members Who Emigrated
  • 3. In Search Of A New Life
  • 4. First Time In Taiping
  • 5. Initial Success In Taiping
  • 6. Searching For Tin In Chemor
  • 7. Return To China
  • 8. Ancestral Home In China
  • 9. Return To Malaya
  • 10. Settling Down In Taiping
  • 11. Life As A Taoist Priest
  • 12. Father Chung Chow's Siblings
  • 13. Father A Self-Educated Man
  • 14. Japanese Occupation
  • 15. Screening and Interrogation
  • 16. Age and Name Change
  • 17. Terror Under The Japanese Soldiers
  • 18. Work To Survive
  • 19. Food Shortages
  • 20. Demise of Chan Keng San
  • 21. Japanese Invasion Money
  • 22. Happy Events During The Hardships Of War
  • 23. Happy Union
  • 24. Beginning of The Second Generation
  • 25. Demise of Grandfather Chan Ah Kee
  • 26. Sole Breadwinner
  • 27. Malayan Communist Party (MCP)
  • 28. The Emergency
  • 29. New Additions During The Emergency
  • 30. Demise of Grandmother Wong Sui Cheng
  • 31. End Of Our Primogenitors in Malaya
  • 32. The Second Generation Is Now Complete
  • 33. Home Sweet Home At 15 Tupai Road
  • 34. Growing Up and Responsibilities
  • 35. Tightening Our Belts
  • 36. Growing Up and Having Fun
  • 37. Leaving The Nest
  • 38. Visit To Homeland
  • 39. Brush With Death
  • 40. "Old Men Ailment"
  • 41. HouseTaken Away
  • 42. Demise Of A Beloved Mother
  • 43. After Mother's Death
  • 44. MI Home
  • 45. Happy Reunion
  • 46. The Final Legacy
  • Major Chronological Periods In China And British Malaya
  • The Chan/Chung Chronology
  • Origin Of The Zeng Clan
  • Spellings of Surnames
  • Generation Names
  • China During The Mid 19th And Early 20th Centuries
  • British Intervention In The Malay States
  • The Japanese Occupation
  • References
  • Ah.......those were the days.

The History of Chung Chow

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