Bukit Brown Trails: Finding Grandparents and Parents of Lim Boon Keng

On previous trip Raymond had shown me tombs of the grandparents and parents of Lim Boon Keng (my great grand father) . I had asked Raymond to mark it on the map. E2 make the spot, just before the dog-leg bend of that survey road.

I met two undergraduates, Yani and Martina from East Asian studies NUS, and showed them TBC gravesite (which I had managed to find 30 minutes earlier after a little searching).

Yani, Me & Martina

Then I boldly offered to show them the Lim Boon Keng cluster. The map was accurate enough but I headed uphill too early. After searching uphill I finally found it.

Upon exiting and counting, here is my guide to finding the cluster;

Walk along that road till on the left, near the dogleg bend you find AA65 of Ah Kim 亞金

go uphill counting 10 tombs (Ah Kim is #1)

This is the #10:

To the right we find tomb of Lim Boon Keng's mother

Lim Boon Keng grandfather Lim Mah Peng died in 1879.

Lim Mah Peng

Lim Boon Keng's grandmother's tomb is to the right

This is tomb of grandmother of Lim Boon Keng:

As he is my great-grand-father,

I am standing before the tomb of my great-great-great-grand mother.

(Did I get that right?)

Madam Soh, Mother of Lim Boon Keng

Lim Boon Keng's father has 4 sons and 4 daughters. One son and one daughter was given to someone else(出嗣）. This son's name is Mu Qing (木庆）(木慶) and the daughter 's name is You Ru (幼汝). The name of these 2 children are also reflected on Lim Boon Keng's mother's grave, but they are not indicated as 出嗣.

Boon Keng's father was

Lim Thean Geow