Brief Life History of Henry Charles
When Henry Charles Tong was born on 28 October 1896, in Napier, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, his father, Franklin Charles Tong, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Culshaw, was 26. He married Muriel Florence Wotherspoon in 1920, in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 13 January 1967, in Taradale, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, at the age of 70, and was buried in Taradale Cemetery, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Charles Henry Tong, "BillionGraves Index"
- Charles Henry Tong, "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981"
- Charles Henry Tong, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1896–1967 Male
1895–1938 Female
Children (4)
1920–1996 Female
1922–2007 Female
1923–1996 Male
1926–1998 Male
Parents and Siblings
1860–1929 Male
1870–1924 Female
Siblings (10)
1893–1945 Female
1895–1957 Male
1896–1967 Male
1899–1946 Female
1900–1965 Female
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World Events (7)
1907
Age 11
1907 · Dominion of New Zealand
Age 11
1923 · New Zealand's Claim to Antartica
Age 27
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Wing, Ming, Chi, Lai, Man, Hing, Hung, Kin, Kwan, Wen, Hong, Kam, Ping, Minh, Dang, Doan, Dung, Hoang, Lam, My, Trung, Tuan, Tung, Be.
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 童, also an alternative Cantonese Romanization, meaning ‘children’ in Chinese: (i) from the personal name of Lao Tong (老童), son of the legendary king Zhuanxu (traditional dates: 2514–2437 BC ). (ii) from the personal name of Xu Tong (胥童), the name of an official in the state of Jin (located mainly in present-day Shanxi province) during the reign of the Duke Li of Jin (died 573 BC ).
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 佟, also an alternative Cantonese Romanization: (i) from Zhong Gu, an official during the Xia dynasty (2070–1600 BC ), who submitted to the king of the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ). His descendants inherited his name as the surname and later changed to 佟. (ii) traced back to the Jurchen ethnic group, the ancestors of the Manchus, originating in present-day Liaoning province in far northeastern China.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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