Brief Life History of Chick Soo
When Chick Soo Kang was born on 1 July 1885, in Yangsan-si, South Gyeongsang, Korea, his father, 강석인, was 26 and his mother, 이씨, was 22. He married Winnie Wiley on 10 October 1911, in Maui, Hawaii, United States. He lived in Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, United States in 1920 and Maui, Kingdom of Hawaii in 1930. He died on 14 May 1935, in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Oahu, Hawaii, United States.
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- Gich Chu Kang in household of J Miacero, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Chick Soo Kang - Published information: Military record or discharge: birth: 1 July 1885; Korea
- Chick Soo Kang, "Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1898
Historical Parent Boundaries: 1898 – 1900 Haiwaii Annexation. 1900 - 1907 Oahu County. Hawaii Territory 1907 – Present: Hololulu County. County and City consolidated.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sung, Yong, Jung, Shin, Sang, Kyung, Hyun, Sun, Myung, Soon, Jae. Korean Chang, Min, Dae, Myong, Moon, Byung, Chong, Seong, Jeong, Chung, Young Woo, Chul.
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 康, meaning ‘healthy’ in Chinese: (i) from the first element of Kang Shu (康叔), the posthumous title of one of the sons of the virtuous King Wen of Zhou (1152–1056 BC ). Kang Shu was the first king of the state of Wey (衛) (which is located mainly around present-day Hebi and Xinxiang in Henan province). (ii) from the first element of Kang Ju (康居), the name of a state in Central Asia during the Western Han dynasty (206 BC –25 AD ). People from this state adopted 康 as their surname. (iii) from Kang (康), the Chinese name of the state of Samarkand in Central Asia. Immigrants from Samarkand in China acquired 康, the Chinese name of their state as their surname, known as one of the 'Nine Sogdian Surnames’. (iv) adopted in place of another Chinese surname, 匡 (see Kuang 2). Some people with the surname 匡 changed their surname to 康 during the reign of Zhao Kuangyin (赵匡胤), known as Emperor Taizu of Song (927–976 AD ), the first emperor of the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127 AD ), because 匡 happened to be part of the personal name of the emperor, which was taboo in ancient China.
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 亢, meaning ‘high’ or ‘haughty’ in Chinese: (i) from the first element of the placename Kang Fu (亢父), the name of a vassal state (in present-day Jining in Shandong province) in the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC ). (ii) adopted in place of another Chinese surname, 伉 (Kang in Mandarin pinyin), also sharing the same origin of another two Chinese surnames 抗 (Kang in Mandarin pinyin) and 杭 (pronounced the same as 抗 in ancient Chinese, Hang in today's Mandarin pinyin), which can be traced back to San Kang (三伉/抗/杭), a noble official in the state of Wey (衛) during the Spring and Autumn Period (770–476 BC ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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