more about lily
Honolulu to Nanjing
Lily was born in Hawaii, but raised in Nanjing, where she attended the well-regarded Ginling Academy for college. Her father – Dr. Ho En Seong – became a dentist in Hawaii and moved his family to Nanjing in the early 1900s a few years after Lily’s birth. She was the oldest of seven children, one of whom died before the age of two. The Ho siblings were:
- 1. Lily
- 2. Ivy
- [Gideon died before the age of two]
- 3. David
- 4. Guy
- 5. Ernest
- 6. Doris
Ho Family members in hawaii
Dr. Ho’s siblings in Hawaii include:
- S.K. (Sue Kong) Ho (a.k.a Uncle Kong?), who is in poor health (wife Alice, son Dickie and daughter Phyllis, about to be married in Los Angeles);
- Lucy;
- Mrs. Chin Ho?;
- plus Ben, son of sister Ella Ho Soong?