The circles are the "residents" and color coded according to generation .
Ode to my Great Great Great Grand Father
(With apologies to Khoo Seok Wan)
My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!
I stand before him, silent, in respect and awe.
His genes embedded in every cell of mine
We are bonded though the course of time.
My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!
I sit beside him, sunlight streaming through the trees
I sense inner warmth and joy sublime
Habitat Heritage History Entwine
My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!
The white stakes declare a restless future
His eyeless sockets shedding copious tears
That eight lane highway: unspoken fears
My Great Great Great Grand Father's Tomb!
"Could you not beg them to let us rest in peace?"
His silenced tongue in eloquence loudly says
His bony hands grasp me in one last fond embrace.
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Lim Mah Peng.. died 1879
How to get there
Lim Mah Peng, was from Fukien province
Born in Hai Teng District, Fujian Province, China
and first arrived in Penang in 1839.
Married a local-born Chinese lady.
Their only son was Lim Thean Geow, who was born in Penang
Shortly after Lim Thean Geow was born, Lim Mah Peng moved his young family to Singapore to work for Cheang Hong Lim. The elder Lim was a manager in Cheang's liquor business. The family stayed in Telok Ayer Street.
Lim Thean Geow died 1881
Thean Geow attended school at Raffles Institution
and he later also worked for Cheang Hong Lim in his opium business.
Died 1881 of Blood poisoning from razor cut
This made Boon Keng want to study medicine
Lim Boon Keng (b. 18 October 1869, Singapore - d. 1 January 1957, Singapore) was a pioneer Straits Chinese who actively sought to improve the status of the Chinese in Malaya through education and social activism. He held top positions in the Legislative Council and liaised actively with the Manchu government.
Early Life Lim was a third generation Baba (or Peranakan) born in Singapore, the second son of Lim Thean Geow. He was orphaned as a teenager with the death of his father when he was only 16. His mother had died when he was just 10. He was brought up by his grandparents instead who placed him in the clan temple to master the Chinese Classics.
Education
He was first educated in English at the Government Cross Street School, and later at Raffles Institution, marking his academic brilliance by becoming the first Chinese to win the Queen's Scholarship in 1887. His scholarship took him to study medicine in Edinburgh University, guided by the best in the medical arena with many of his lecturers becoming leaders in specific branches of medicine. He graduated in August 1892 with an MB C. M. (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) gaining first class honours.
Career
Medical Work
1892 : Research student in the Pathology Department, Cambridge University.
1893 : Returned to Singapore due to financial difficulties. He established a private practice in Telok Ayer Street. He had avoided the government service observing that few locals could obtain positions higher than that of assistant medical officer.
1896 : Conducted a local health survey with Dr Janz, the results of which indicated that cholera led to a high proportion of deaths in Singapore.
Early 1900s: Opened up the Kiu Su Tong Dispensary, later renamed the Sincere Dispensary at Raffles Place with Dr Murray Robertson and Dr S. C. Yin, his brother-in-law. He relinquished his partnership in 1906 to serve the Manchu government.
1907 - 1910 : Volunteered to lecture on Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the King Edward Medical School.
Commercial Enterprise
1896 : Began the first Chinese rubber enterprise in partnership with Tan Chay Yan. Set up his estate off Yio Chu Kang Road.
29 Mar 1920 : Made Director of the Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd.
He was also Director of several banks including Ho Hong Bank (incorporated January 1917), the Chinese Commercial Bank Ltd (incorporated September 1912) which he also served as first Chairman. He was also Director of the Singapore Rubber Ltd. In 1921, he relinquished these posts in favour of heading up the Amoy (Xiamen) University.
Social Work
He strongly advocated the reformation of the Straits Chinese community beginning with his famed queue-cutting campaigns and rallies against opium smoking culminating in the formation of the Khai Eng Soh, "The Opium Refuge", under Dr S. C. Yin in 1906.
Lim Boon Keng himself was buried at Bidadari: Bidadari Cemetery was closed in 1973, and was then slated, in the Singapore government’s 1998 Master Plan, to be cleared to make way for the development of public housing and other facilities. In December 2001, the Housing Development Board began exhumation of the estimated 143,000 graves found in the cemetery. Exhumation was completed by the end of 2006, and the cremated remains from the exhumed were placed to rest at the Choa Chu Kang Columbarium. Due to religious reasons, the exhumed remains from Muslim graves could not be cremated, and were reinterred at Pusara Abadi Muslim Cemetery at Choa Chu Kang. The cemetery was thus cleared to make way for the development of a road interchange at the junction of Bartley Road and Braddell Road, and for the construction of the Woodleigh MRT Station situated along the North-East MRT Line.
Bidadari Garden, approximately 1,746.6 square metres, was then established at Vernon Park to commemorate 20 people who were considered important to Singapore's history, and who had been interred at Bidadari Cemetery. They include doctor and philanthropist Lim Boon Keng, Ahmad Ibrahim, and R. A. J. Bidwell–the architect who had designed the Raffles Hotel, Goodwood Park Hotel, and Chesed-El Synagogue. The old gates of the Bidadari Cemetery, which bore the lion emblem of the Singapore Municipal Council, were then placed at the entrance of Bidadari Garden.
The Art In Transit for this station is Metamorphosis by Lim Poh Teck. It features a bright tropical-themed painting on the concourse level, consisting of icons of everyday life used in the past and present.
Boon Keng MRT Station (NE9) is an underground MRT station on the North East Line in Singapore. It is located at Boon Keng Road and Serangoon Road, and near the Whampoa River.
On the North East Line, it is between Farrer Park and Potong Pasir station.
The station was named after Lim Boon Keng, a Chinese doctor of Chinese Peranakan descent.
http://sgwiki.com/wiki/Boon_Keng_MRT_Station
Lim Boon Keng (b. 18 October 1869, Singapore - d. 1 January 1957, Singapore) was a pioneer Straits Chinese who actively sought to improve the status of the Chinese in Malaya through education and social activism. He held top positions in the Legislative Council and liaised actively with the Manchu government.
Early Life Lim was a third generation Baba (or Peranakan) born in Singapore, the second son of Lim Thean Geow. He was orphaned as a teenager with the death of his father when he was only 16. His mother had died when he was just 10. He was brought up by his grandparents instead who placed him in the clan temple to master the Chinese Classics.
Education
He was first educated in English at the Government Cross Street School, and later at Raffles Institution, marking his academic brilliance by becoming the first Chinese to win the Queen's Scholarship in 1887. His scholarship took him to study medicine in Edinburgh University, guided by the best in the medical arena with many of his lecturers becoming leaders in specific branches of medicine. He graduated in August 1892 with an MB C. M. (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) gaining first class honours.
Career
Medical Work
1892 : Research student in the Pathology Department, Cambridge University.
1893 : Returned to Singapore due to financial difficulties. He established a private practice in Telok Ayer Street. He had avoided the government service observing that few locals could obtain positions higher than that of assistant medical officer.
1896 : Conducted a local health survey with Dr Janz, the results of which indicated that cholera led to a high proportion of deaths in Singapore.
Early 1900s: Opened up the Kiu Su Tong Dispensary, later renamed the Sincere Dispensary at Raffles Place with Dr Murray Robertson and Dr S. C. Yin, his brother-in-law. He relinquished his partnership in 1906 to serve the Manchu government.
1907 - 1910 : Volunteered to lecture on Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the King Edward Medical School.
Commercial Enterprise
1896 : Began the first Chinese rubber enterprise in partnership with Tan Chay Yan. Set up his estate off Yio Chu Kang Road.
29 Mar 1920 : Made Director of the Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd.
He was also Director of several banks including Ho Hong Bank (incorporated January 1917), the Chinese Commercial Bank Ltd (incorporated September 1912) which he also served as first Chairman. He was also Director of the Singapore Rubber Ltd. In 1921, he relinquished these posts in favour of heading up the Amoy (Xiamen) University.
Social Work
He strongly advocated the reformation of the Straits Chinese community beginning with his famed queue-cutting campaigns and rallies against opium smoking culminating in the formation of the Khai Eng Soh, "The Opium Refuge", under Dr S. C. Yin in 1906.
Lim Boon Keng himself was buried at Bidadari: Bidadari Cemetery was closed in 1973, and was then slated, in the Singapore government’s 1998 Master Plan, to be cleared to make way for the development of public housing and other facilities. In December 2001, the Housing Development Board began exhumation of the estimated 143,000 graves found in the cemetery. Exhumation was completed by the end of 2006, and the cremated remains from the exhumed were placed to rest at the Choa Chu Kang Columbarium. Due to religious reasons, the exhumed remains from Muslim graves could not be cremated, and were reinterred at Pusara Abadi Muslim Cemetery at Choa Chu Kang. The cemetery was thus cleared to make way for the development of a road interchange at the junction of Bartley Road and Braddell Road, and for the construction of the Woodleigh MRT Station situated along the North-East MRT Line.
Bidadari Garden, approximately 1,746.6 square metres, was then established at Vernon Park to commemorate 20 people who were considered important to Singapore's history, and who had been interred at Bidadari Cemetery. They include doctor and philanthropist Lim Boon Keng, Ahmad Ibrahim, and R. A. J. Bidwell–the architect who had designed the Raffles Hotel, Goodwood Park Hotel, and Chesed-El Synagogue. The old gates of the Bidadari Cemetery, which bore the lion emblem of the Singapore Municipal Council, were then placed at the entrance of Bidadari Garden.
The Art In Transit for this station is Metamorphosis by Lim Poh Teck. It features a bright tropical-themed painting on the concourse level, consisting of icons of everyday life used in the past and present.
Boon Keng MRT Station (NE9) is an underground MRT station on the North East Line in Singapore. It is located at Boon Keng Road and Serangoon Road, and near the Whampoa River.
On the North East Line, it is between Farrer Park and Potong Pasir station.
The station was named after Lim Boon Keng, a Chinese doctor of Chinese Peranakan descent.
http://sgwiki.com/wiki/Boon_Keng_MRT_Station
Cheang Hong Lim: not related to our family but employed Lim Mah Peng and Lim Thean Geow in the opium business. Hong Lim's tomb is near Tan Kim Cheng's tomb.
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Seow Chye Watt was a rice trader: His business brought him frequently to Thailand
He married Yeo Buay Neo born 1859, died 23 February 1929 aged 70
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Tan Tock Seng's Tomb is at Outram Road
http://bukitbrown.org/cliff-hanger-i-saving-a-mr-tans-grave
Tan Tock Seng
By Tien, Mui Mun written on 29-Sep-1997
Tan Tock Seng (b. 1798, Malacca, Malaysia - d. 24 February 1850, Singapore),
a Hokkien merchant, landowner, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Tan
started as a humble vegetable seller and rose to become one of
Singapore's early Chinese leaders. He was the first Asian to be
appointed Justice of the Peace (JP). In 1844, he helped set up a
hospital for the poor which now bears his name.
Tan Tock Seng left Malacca and came to Singapore in 1819 at the age of 21. The enterprising young man started as a vegetable seller, bringing produce from the countryside to sell in the city. He was hardworking and scrimped on every cent he made. Eventually, with his savings, he opened a shop along the riverside at Boat Quay in 1827.
*(we think that this may be a misquote: he could have come with wealth)
Through a joint business in land speculation with J. H. Whitehead of Shaw, Whitehead & Co., Tan eventually became a wealthy businessman. His landed properties included 50 acres of land where the railway station at Tanjong Pagar is located, and the plot of land from the Padang to High Street and Tank Road. He also owned a block of shop houses at Ellenborough Building and a 14-acre fruit plantation opposite the St Andrew's Mission Hospital.
Tan contributed generously to charity and became a renowned philanthropist amongst the Chinese. He was known to provide burial costs for the Chinese poor. His most famous gesture was the donation of Spanish $7,000 to the building of the Chinese Pauper's Hospital (later to be named after him , the Tan Tock Seng Hospital or TTSH) in 1844 at Pearl's Hill. The building was designed by John Turnbull Thomson and it was opened in 1849. He was also a founder of the Thian Hock Keng Temple at Telok Ayer Street, Singapore's oldest temple, which had been the centre of worship for the Fujian Chinese.
Tan Tock Seng was the first Asian to be made a Justice of the Peace by the Governor Butterworth. His role in helping the early Chinese immigrants settle disputes earned him the title "Captain of the Chinese."
Tan died at age 52.
Tan Tock Seng left Malacca and came to Singapore in 1819 at the age of 21. The enterprising young man started as a vegetable seller, bringing produce from the countryside to sell in the city. He was hardworking and scrimped on every cent he made. Eventually, with his savings, he opened a shop along the riverside at Boat Quay in 1827.
*(we think that this may be a misquote: he could have come with wealth)
Through a joint business in land speculation with J. H. Whitehead of Shaw, Whitehead & Co., Tan eventually became a wealthy businessman. His landed properties included 50 acres of land where the railway station at Tanjong Pagar is located, and the plot of land from the Padang to High Street and Tank Road. He also owned a block of shop houses at Ellenborough Building and a 14-acre fruit plantation opposite the St Andrew's Mission Hospital.
Tan contributed generously to charity and became a renowned philanthropist amongst the Chinese. He was known to provide burial costs for the Chinese poor. His most famous gesture was the donation of Spanish $7,000 to the building of the Chinese Pauper's Hospital (later to be named after him , the Tan Tock Seng Hospital or TTSH) in 1844 at Pearl's Hill. The building was designed by John Turnbull Thomson and it was opened in 1849. He was also a founder of the Thian Hock Keng Temple at Telok Ayer Street, Singapore's oldest temple, which had been the centre of worship for the Fujian Chinese.
Tan Tock Seng was the first Asian to be made a Justice of the Peace by the Governor Butterworth. His role in helping the early Chinese immigrants settle disputes earned him the title "Captain of the Chinese."
Tan died at age 52.
He has two sons buried at Bukit Brown
1) Tan Swee Lim Tan Swee Lim
(Swee Lim has a son Tan Bin Cheng buried at Bukit Brown)
2) Tan Kim Ching
Singapore-born Tan Kim Ching (Chinese: 陳金鐘; pinyin: Chen Chin-chung; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kim-tsing) who lived from 1829 to Feb 1892 was the eldest of the three sons of Tan Tock Seng, the founder and financier of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He was consul for Japan, Thailand and Russia, was a member of the Royal Court of Siam.
He was one of Singapore’s leading Chinese merchants and was one of its
richest men at that time. He was also the first Asian member of the
Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. After his father, Tan Tock Seng's death, he became the Kapitan China of the Straits Chinese community.
Tan Kim Ching had a very close relationship with the royal family of Siam and often served as their go-between. In recognising the importance of his role, he was appointed ‘the first Siamese Consul in Singapore’ by King Mongkut in 1863 and in 1885, King Chulalongkorn elevated his title to that of Consul-General. He was bestowed the Royal Title Phraya Astongt Disrarak Siamprajanukulkij.
Tan Kim Ching had a very close relationship with the royal family of Siam and often served as their go-between. In recognising the importance of his role, he was appointed ‘the first Siamese Consul in Singapore’ by King Mongkut in 1863 and in 1885, King Chulalongkorn elevated his title to that of Consul-General. He was bestowed the Royal Title Phraya Astongt Disrarak Siamprajanukulkij.
When King Mongkut of Siam also known as King Rama IV wanted to find someone who would help educate the members of his immediate family without attempting to convert them through use of Christian indoctrination it was to his Consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, that he turned, pointing out "It is not pleasant to us if the school mistress much morely endeavour to convert the scholars to Christianity than teaching language literature etc. like the American missionaries here." In response, and upon a suggestion from William Adamson of The Borneo Company, Tan Kim Ching recommend a suitable teacher in Singapore at that time who happened to be Anna Leonowens, a young widow, looking for work to support herself and two children.
Although he was buried in Changi, his grave was transferred to Bukit Brown in 1940.
Kim Ching had a son Soon Toh
Name: TAN Soon Toh
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1853
Death: BEF FEB 1892
Tan Soon Toh, the eldest son of Tan Kim Cheng. Soon Toh married Wuing Yi Ho, the daughter of Wuing Boon Whatt who according to Song Ong Siang, was the first Chinese in Singapore to practise law. Like his father, Soon Toh was an active leader of the Chinese community. He was also listed in the Singapore General Directory in 1890 as the Vice Consul of Siam holding the title "Khoon Rasada Borirax"
Soon Toh's son Tan Boo Liat is buried at Bukit Brown
Tan Boo Liat was a wealthy Singapore philanthropist. He was the son of Tan Soon Toh, grandson of Tan Kim Ching and great-grandson of Tan Tock Seng. He was educated locally. He was a member of the Singapore Volunteer Infantry and was among the contingent present at King Edward's coronation. He was the head of the Hockien pang in Singapore. He was Chairman of the Pok Chek Kiong Temple's Committee of Management. He was a strong supporter of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and member of the Singapore T'ung Meng Hui along with Lim Boon Keng and Dr. S. C. Yin and a president of the Singapore Kuomintang. He headed the Fukien Protection Fund together with Tan Kah Kee collecting $130,000 during a nine-month campaign.
He was a trustee of the Anglo-Chinese School's Boarding School, and together with Dr. Lim Boon Keng, Sir Song Ong Siang and a few other Straits-born Chinese leaders, he initiated the Singapore Chinese Girls' School.
He had a stable of a dozen racehorses. In 1898 his famous horse, Vanitas won the Viceroy's cup in Calcutta, India, the first time that a horse from the Straits Settlements or the Federated Malay States won this trophy, earning Tan Boo Liat $100,000.
He had strong commecial links to Thailand and was honoured by the King of Thailand, two of the things he had in common with his famous grandfather Tan Kim Ching. In 1920 he was awarded the title Phra Anukul Sayamkich.
He owned Golden Bell Mansion (built 1901) on Pender Road at the Mount Washington side of Mount Faber, Singapore. Dr. Sun Yat-sen stayed there on 15 December 1911 as did his wife and daughters (February 1912). After Tan Boo Liat's death in Shanghai in 1934 the house was sold. It is currently occupied by the Danish Seaman's Mission.
His daughter, Polly Tan Poh Li, married Seow Poh Leng after the death of his sister, Lilian Tan Luck Neo, Seow's first wife.
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