Teo Hoo Lye and Mrs Teo Hoo Lye

Teo Hoo Lye and his four wives 

Teo Hoo Lye 







In Loving Memory of
Teo Hoo Lye
Born 18.10.1853
Died 16.11.1933

Mrs Teo Hoo Lye nee Kow Hooi Neo (Kow Tak Poh) 
Born 24.6.1856









Born 24.6.1856
Died 9.11.1933 
(Died 1 week before her husband death) 









DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH

The Straits Times, 10 November 1933, Page 10




DEATH OF MR. TEO HOO LYE.

Malaya Tribune, 16 November 1933, Page 9






“Chop Soon Bee” Beach Road 


AGED COUPLE'S DEATH

The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 17 November 1933, Page 6




DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATHS.

Malaya Tribune, 16 November 1933, Page 8




Sons 

Teo Teow Peng

Teo Teow Gim 

Teo Teow Geok 

Teo Hong Neo (Mrs See Cheng Ann)

Teo Nya Chwee (Mrs Chia Hock Chye)


The funeral of Mr. Teo Hoo Lye. the woll-known Singapore Chinese philanthropist

Malaya Tribune, 6 December 1933, Page 20




南洋商报, 23 November 1933, Page 4






Mrs Teo Hoo Lye nee Tan Chee Neo (Tan Chi Neo) 

Born 8 Nov 1864

























DEATH

Malaya Tribune, 10 July 1940, Page 10




119 Beach Road was also the address of Chop Soon Bee 

Teo Hoo Lye has 2 other wives , so total 4 wives 2 buried in Bukit Brown and 2 buried in Greater Bukit Brown 


Tomb of Mdm Wee Huat Neo (Mrs Teo Hoo Lye) 1886


Reconstructed in 1935 by Chop Teo Soon Bee 
(119, Beach Rd, proprietor Teo Hoo Lye who died in 1933). 
Son - Teo Teow Peng, Daughter - Teo Hong Eng



Chop Soon Bee 
119 Beach Road 



Reconstructed 
1935
Chop Soon Beee
119 Beach Road 



小坡
張順美號
乙亥年重修

Since Wee Huat Neo has only one son Teo Teow Peng and only one daughter Teo Hong Neo inscribed in her tomb, she should be the actual birth mother of these two children 

Tomb of Mdm Lim Chwee Liang 1896






Reconstructed 
1935
Chop Soon Beee
119 Beach Road



小坡
張順美號
乙亥年重修


Page 7 Advertisements Column 1

Malaya Tribune, 8 February 1929, Page 7




Teo Hoo Lye institution

(formerly Prince of Wales Institution) 


HALF-MILLION DOLLAR SALE OF SOON BEE STEAMSHIP COMPANY

The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 3 August 1935, Page 2









Further reading 


https://mymindisrojak.blogspot.com/2012/04/teo-hoo-lye-bukit-brown.html?m=1


http://bukitbrown.com/main/?p=4826

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