Dong Family History

A chronicle of the Dong family's arrival and settling in San Francisco, CA.

Sunday, February 26, 2006

15. Old Chinatown - "Tangrenbu"

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Those who have visited San Francisco's Chinatown are familiar with the neighborhood's unique urban environment including its dense i...
Monday, February 20, 2006

14. Hung On Tong

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We know little about what Dong Hin did during his first years in San Francisco. He may have had some sort of affiliation with the Sam Yup Co...
Sunday, February 05, 2006

13. Family Associations & the Chinese Six Companies

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With his arrival in San Francisco in 1881, Dong Hin would soon become part of the incredibly complex business and societal organizations tha...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006

12. Arrival

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The arrival and docking of a great steamship in nineteenth century San Francisco at the conclusion of a trans-Pacific crossing was always ...
Saturday, January 28, 2006

11. San Francisco!

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Dong Hin sailed through the narrow Golden Gate into San Francisco Bay for the first time in 1881 aboard the S.S. City of Peking. It surely m...
Monday, January 23, 2006

10. First Pacific Crossing (1881)

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As a gum shan haak , or “traveler to the Golden Mountains ,” Dong Hin would have had to raise the $25 to $60 required to pay for the 7,000 ...
Sunday, January 22, 2006

9. Gold Mountain Calls

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In spite of his older brother's purported advice to remain in China, Dong Hin decided to seek his fortune in the “Land of the Flowery F...
Thursday, January 19, 2006

8. Dong On, Chan Shee, & Dong Hin (1867)

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In a sense, our story really begins in Loo Jow on October 13, 1867 with the birth of Dong Hin ( 鄧 賢 ; Pinyin, "dèng xián") to o...
Monday, January 16, 2006

Time out...

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... for a little announcement. 恭喜發財 (kung hei fat choy) Chinese New Year 2006 (or 4703, depending on your calendar ), the Year of the Dog i...
Thursday, January 12, 2006

7. Loo Jow, now

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The district of Shunde and the town of Loo Jow (Luzhou, figur e 1b) have certainly changed in the 125 years since Dong Hin first left his...
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