Chi Hou Yuen

Female1900–1985

Brief Life History of Chi Hou

When Chi Hou Yuen was born in 1900, in China, her father, 盧伯渠, was 23 and her mother, Kin Kei Chan, was 21. She died in 1985, in Hong Kong, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

盧伯渠
1878–1940
Kin Kei Chan
1880–1959
Chi Hou Yuen
1900–1985
Hor Wah Lo
1921–1996

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    World Events (7)

    1901 · Late Qing Reform

    Age 1

    "The Late Qing Reform, also referred to as the era of ""New Policies,"" involved a series of changes to education, economy, military, politics, and cultural norms of the time. The goal of these reforms was to help the Qing Dynasty maintain power after having been subject to several invasions.  The Administration Office was established in April of 1901 to help manage the execution of these reforms. The effectiveness of these reforms was debated, with many believing that the laws served more as a demonstration."

    1911

    Age 11

    Chinese Revolution. Yuan Shih-k'ai is recalled from retirement to take command of army to put down the revolution. He negotiates with the revolutionaries, with the hope of being instituted as the head of a new government, but is disappointed when Sun Yat-sen is appointed president of the new republic.

    1941

    Age 41

    Japan occupies Hong Kong. Food shortages impel many residents to flee to mainland China. The population drops from 1. 6m in 1941 to 650,000 by the end of the Second World War.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Chinese: Kam, Wing, Wai, Cheuk, Chi, Chun, Kwok, Kin, Mei, Chi Keung, Choi, Jin.

    Chinese:

    Cantonese or alternative Mandarin form of the surnames 袁, 元, 苑, 原 and 源, see Yuan 1-5.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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