Chiu Un Eng, death 21 June 1935, Penang

Mr. Chiu Un Eng. Death of Well-Known Penang Chinese. Penang, June 21. The death occurred yesterday morning of Mr. Chiu Un Eng at his residence in Penang Road. Deceased was aged 57 years. He was the eldest son-in-law of Mr. Lim Kim Soa and brother-in-law to Mr. Lim Khye Seng and Mr. G. H. Goh. He leaves a widow, three sons and five daughters, of whom are Ban It, a brilliant scholar of the Penang Free School, and Miss Chiu Hui Pe, a teacher of the Anglo-Chinese Girls' School, Bukit Mertajam. Mr. Chiu was many years a Chinese lay helper of the St. George's Church, Penang. His uncle, Mr. Chiu Choon Guan, of Amoy, was the first Chinese representative to London sent by the London Missionary Society about the year 1908. His eldest brother, Moses Chiu, a doctor of philosophy from the Berlin University, was tutor of foreign languages to President Yuan Shih Kai. One of his cousins, Mr. Teng Hiok Chiu A.R.I.B.A., among other distinctions won in America and England, was a Landseer gold medalist. Before he left London for China, he gave a farewell exhibition of his work and had the honour of an unexpected visit from Queen Mary who bought one of his landscapes. One of the deceased's nieces, Hida Kung, recently graduated at a Danish University. Mr. Chiu was descended from one of the oldest Christian families in Amoy. The funeral takes place today at 4.30 p.m. from his place of abode. [The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 June 1935, Page 11]