FAMILY TREES
American Branch
Below is a Quon family tree prepared by Ron that starts with Albert's father's and uncle's generation (2001 version). (The Scribd version may only be viewable on a laptop.)
Besides his two brothers Frank (older) and Nathan (younger), Albert also had a sister. During the war, this sister really looked after their mother Ah Yin, and Gung Gung always took special care to support her. Lil reports that he gave his sister and her husband money to open a restaurant (in Hong Kong?). Dede and Alec remember meeting this sister's daughter over dinner in Hong Kong in the '90s; she had a striking Quon resemblance.
Besides his two brothers Frank (older) and Nathan (younger), Albert also had a sister. During the war, this sister really looked after their mother Ah Yin, and Gung Gung always took special care to support her. Lil reports that he gave his sister and her husband money to open a restaurant (in Hong Kong?). Dede and Alec remember meeting this sister's daughter over dinner in Hong Kong in the '90s; she had a striking Quon resemblance.
Chinese Roots
Distant cousin Soo-Ling Chan's former husband was a genealogy buff and translated from Chinese a Quon family tree that ends about where the American one above one begins. As all good trees should, ours boasts one or two forbears who distinguished themselves in the lower levels of China's millennia-old examination system. (The Scribd version may only be viewable on a laptop.)
Tech Meets Tradition
A 2021 search indicates that the 1909 Quon/Kwan/Guan genealogy, shown in translation above, is archived at the lineage library in Chikan, near the ancestral village. It was built in 1929 as overseas Chinese prospered and sent back money to improve the area.
Perhaps we can find a less worm-eaten copy and add back missing bits, as well as birth and death dates of more recent ancestors!
Perhaps we can find a less worm-eaten copy and add back missing bits, as well as birth and death dates of more recent ancestors!