Wednesday, March 20, 2013

J. Richardson, Death, 20 September 1856, Penang

Domestic Occurrence. DIED. At Pinang on the 15th September 1856, Lieut. Col. J. Richardson, 20th Regiment, Commanding Troops in the Straits. [Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, Saturday 27 September 1856, Page 1]

Edward Grant Stokes, Death, Monday 8 September 1856, Penang

DIED. At Prince of Wales' Island, on Monday the 8th instant, in the 20th year of his age, Lieut. Edward Grant Stokes - Royal Marine late of H.M.S. "Spartan". [Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle 20 Sept 1856]

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Wee and Tan Liang Seah, Marriage, September 1926

Mr. Tan Sim Poey of Poh Hin and Co., gave a dinner party on Tuesday to celebrate the occasion of the marriage of his youngest son, Mr Tan Liang Seah with Miss Wee, daughter of Mr Wee Teow Cheng and granddaughter of Mr Wee Bock Sin of Rhio. [The Straits Times, 16 September 1926, Page 12]

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Khoo Hong Lim and Tan Boon Thye, Marriage, December 1917, Penang

The wedding of Mr Tan Boon Thye, younger brother of Mr Tan Boon Hong, and third son of the late Mr Tan Sim Ho, estate and landed proprietor of Simpang Ampat, P.W., and Penang, with Miss Khoo Hong Lim, eldest daughter ofMr Khoo Kung Ho, took place on Monday. At night a large number of guests sat down to dinner at No. 58 Beach Street, where the Penang Band was in attendance. At eleven o'clock the whole party adjourned to No. 45 Love Lane, the residence of the bride, where the customary serving of tea to all present took place. [The Straits Times, 20 December 1917, Page 6]

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Lim Liew Saik (Mrs. Choong Lye Hock), death 25 December 1935

LATE MRS. CHOONG LYE HOCK. The funeral took place at Penang this week of Mrs. Choong Lye Hock, nee Madam Lim Liew Saik Neoh, who died on Christmas night aged 52 years, after a long illness. She leaves her husband, two sons, four daugters and 13 granchildren. She was the founder of the Lim Liew Saik Neoh Scholarship at the Penang Free School and was well known for her charitable disposition. [The Straits Times, 16 January 1936, Page 16]

Ho Guat Im and Choong Eng Hye, marriage January 1927

The wedding took place on Friday at Penang, of Mr. Choon Eng Hai, a partner of Sun Hai Bros., rubber dealers and factory owners, and younger son of Mr. Choon Lye Hock, the well-known landed property owner, rice and oil miller and merchant of Penang, and Miss Ho Guat Im, younger daughter of Mr. Ho Kim Teik, a well-known Penang merchant and planter. [The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 January 1927, Page 8]

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Ang Kim Tee, death 16 December 1901, Penang

Death. On Saturday, the 14th instant, at 1 p.m. at his residence, No 7 McCallum Street, Mr. Ang Kim Tee. Aged 68 years.

The Straits Times, 16 December 1901, Page 2