Sunday, November 18, 2012

Leong Hean Inn and Chew Boon Huck, marriage Saturday 9 March 1935, Penang

The wedding took place in the old style at Penang of Mr Chew Boon Huck and Miss Leong Hean Inn. The bridegroom is the fifth son of the late Mr Chew Cheng Keat and Mrs Chew while the bride is the only daughter of the late Mr Leong Fook Chee and Mrs Leong. Mr Chew Boon Ee, brother of the bridegroom of Messrs Boon Pharmacy, gave a dinner in honour of the occasion to a large number of friends at his residence in Seang Tek Road. [The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 March 1935, Page 3]

The marriage took place last Saturday at Penang of Mr Chew Boon Huck fifth son of the late Mr Chew Cheng Keat and Mrs Chew Cheng Keat, and Miss Leong Hean Inn only daughter of the late Mr Leong Fook Chee and Mrs Leong Fook Chee. The ceremony which was in the old style was solemnised at the bride's residence in Love Lane, the bridgegroom's residence, 62 Seang Tek Road and the Pitt Street Chinese Temple. Mr Chew Boon Ee, of the Boon Pharmacy, entertained a number of friends to dinner at his residence, 62 Seang Tek Road, in the evening. [The Straits Times, 16 March 1935, Page 16]

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