Wee Leong Tan 黃良檀 Family

Wee Leong Tan (1835 - 20th April 1913)
黃良檀


(Image taken from Chinese epigraphic materials in Indonesia by Wolfgang Franke and Claudine Salmon)

福建思明縣
諱良檀領荷國華僑民長黃公佳城
大中華民國二年歲次癸丑季春中浣立
孝男
熙敏
承先
君培 
安基 
利澤
金鐘 
深淵 
且娘
榕娘
蓮娘

For full children list in English see his wife Madam Chua

THE LATE WEE LEONG TAN.
The Straits Times, 19 May 1913, Page 9


Wee Leong Tan died age 78 years in 1913 means he was born around 1835 .

The Will of the Wisp taking the lead

The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 3 February 1915, Page 2




Wee Liong Tan who died on 20th April 1913, probate given to Wee Ann Kee and Wee Kim Cheng 

Mrs Wee Leong Tan nee Madam Chew (Died 14 July 1909)



黃門周淑慎太夫人






Image taken from Chinese epigraphic materials in Indonesia by Wolfgang Franke and Claudine Salmon

宣統已酉元年仲夏二十七日  (1909 July 14)
清誥封二品夫人淑慎黃門周太夫人佳城
孝男
熙敏
承先
君培
安基
利澤
金鐘
深淵
勒石

BENKALIS NOTES.
The Straits Times, 2 August 1909, Page 7






Death of Madam Chew, another wife of Wee Leong Tan


甲政夫人蔡鋉娘 Mrs Wee Leong Tan nee Chua Seok Neo



汶浦
民國十六年四月十三日立 1927
顯妣鍊娘嗬皇欽賜甲政夫人黃門蔡氏墓 Kapitan Wife Madam Chua 
孝男 Sons 
熙敏 Wee Hee Bin (died durinq Qing dynasty)
承先 Wee Sin Sian (died 1912)
君培 Wee Koen Poey (died 1911/12)
安基 Wee Ann Kee (1874 died 26 July 1914)
利澤 Wee Li Teck (died 1900)
金鐘 Wee Kim Cheng (died 1950)
深淵 Wee Chim Yean (1885 - 13 Aug 1926)
女 Daughters 
且娘 Wee Chia Neo 
榕娘 Wee Cheng Neo 
蓮娘 Wee Lian Neo (Wee Kim Lian)
孫 Grandsons 
長毓 Wee Tiong York (eldest son of Koen Poey)
義源 Wee Ghee Guan (eldest son of Ann Kee)
義昌 Wee Ghee Cheong (second son of Ann Kee)
双溪 (son of Wee Li Teck)
金城 Wee Kim Seah (third son of Ann Kee)
肇祥 Wee Tiow Siang 
鏡凊 Wee Keng Cheng (second son of Koen Poey)
德義 Wee Teck Ghee (eldest son of Chim Yean)
春霖 Wee Choon Lim (third son of Koen Poey) 
佛蓮 Wee Hood Lian 
德揚 Wee Teck Yang (second son of  Chim Yean)
德明 Wee Teck Beng (third son of Chim Yean 
德亨 Wee Teck Heng (fourth son of Chim Yean) 
德懷 Wee Teck Huai 

Burial entry
Bukit Brown Blk 2 B plot no 142
DOD 13 Apr 1927
Age 90 years 
Chua Seet Neo
(Born circa 1837)

DEATH

The Straits Times, 14 April 1927, Page 7




Death - on April 12, 1927 at No 28,  Stanley Street
Chua Seok Neo
Age 90 years 

From Song Ong Siang One Hundred Years History of the Chinese in Singapore 

The firm of Kim Hock Hoe & Co, general shipowners and commission agents, was founded in 1893 by Wee Leong Tan. At an early age Leong Tan left his home in the Amoy region and went to Benkalis, on the east coast of Sumatra, where he became the Opium Farmer

under the chop Kim Hock Lee. For his twenty-nine years service as an honorary officer of the Dutch Government, first as Captain and afterwards as Major China, he received in 1900 an Imperial Order and gold medal from Queen Wilhelmina (of Holland). His two elder sons, Wee Ann Kee and Wee Kim Cheng were his partners in chop Kim Hock Hoe, which has been converted into a limited liability company known as Kim Hock Hoe Ltd, with Mr Goh Cheng Lim as chairman of the Board of Directors, and having its registered office at Market Street and doing business as general merchants and commission agents. 

The shipping business of the old firm was acquired by another company which was incorporated in 1908 under the name of Wee Brothers Steamship Co Ltd.

Mr Wee Leong Tan died in May 1913, at the age of 78, and was buried at Benkalis in the family vault. The fleet of Wee Brothers Steamship Co was placed at the disposal of sympathisers and friends from Singapore to attend the funeral, and a large crowd took advantage of a free trip to Benkalis. On the evening after the burial ceremonies, which were very imposing and elaborate, a firework display was given by the fleet, which immediately afterwards set sail for Singapore.


From Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya

Mr Wee Leong Tan, head of the firm of Messrs Kim Hock Hoe and Co, is one of the many enterprising Chinese who have been attached to the British and Dutch possessions in Malaya by the prospects of sharing in their commerical prosperity.

Born in China in the vicinity of Amoy, he went early in life to

Bengkalis, on the east coast of Sumatra, where he soon became the opium farmer for that part of the Dutch possessions under the chop of Kim Hock Lee. He has received

numerous honours from the Dutch Government., In 1872 he was appointed Captain China, and in 1900 received an Imperial Order and gold medal from  Queen Wilhemina. In 1902, after twenty-nine Years'!service as an honorary officer of the Dutch Govermnent, he retired with the rank of titular major. During these years his business had thrived, and he had obtained extensive interests all over the district. His

first connection with Singapore dates from 1893, when he founded the firm of Kim Hock Hoe & Co., general shipowners and commission agents at 53 - 57 Market Street. The other partners in the concern are his two sons, Messrs Wee Ann Kee and Wee Kim Cheng, the latter of whom acts as manager. Mr Wee Leong Tan has sevens sons, three of whom hold office as honorary captains and lieutenants on the east coast of Sumatra.








THE CHILDREN OF WEE LEONG TAN

Eldest son Wee Hee Bin
黃熙敏

Died young during Qing dynasty, ancestral tablet in Bengkalis house 
皇清故考諱熙敏黃公

Wee Sin Sian 
黃承先
(said to be adopted)




Image taken from Chinese epigraphic materials in Indonesia by Wolfgang Franke and Claudine Salmon

民國元年五月旦 1912 5th moon
中華民國顯考諱承先字熙緒黃公之佳城
孝男
昆陵 Wee Koon Lin
昆祥 Wee Koon Siang 
孝女
碧娘 Wee Peck Neo 
桃娘 Wee Toh Neo 

Wee Koan Poey 
黃君培
said to died and buried in China 

Mrs Wee Koan Poey 
黃君培夫人葉氏


Image taken from Chinese epigraphic materials in Indonesia by Wolfgang Franke and Claudine Salmon

浯江
汶浦
宣統二年六月十二日葬
清誥封二品夫人端真黃門葉夫人之墓
長毓 Wee Tiong York 
鏡清 Wee Keng Cheng 
春霖 Wee Choon Lim 
等仝立石


The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 30 December 1912, Page 6




Wee Tiong Yeok, son of Wee Koen Poey , the late Capitan China of Bengkalis, engaged  to Miss Khoo Bee Neo the great grand daughter of the late Capitan Wee Ba Kee of Rhio , and the daughter of Khoo Kim Tee of Singapore 




20 July 1923, Page 8




Wee Kim Seng nephew Wee Keng Cheng married. 

Wee Keng Cheng was brother of Wee Tiong York of Bengkalis


DEATHS.

Malaya Tribune, 6 May 1929, Page 8




Wee Cheng Boey (Mrs Khoo Kim Tee)

64 Emerald Hill Road 

Khoo (Wee) Boon Chwee 

Khoo Soon Chye

Son in law 

Wee Tiong York 



Wee Ann Kee
黃安基


The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 23 August 1912, Page 6




Wee Ghee Guan, eldest son of Wee Ann Kee married youngest daughter of Lim Chan Sin 


Malaya Tribune., 28 July 1914, Page 9





Wee Ann Kee was the senior partner of Kim Hock Hoe and also Wee Brothers Steamship Co Ltd. He 
died at age 40.


Page 2 Advertisements Column 1

The Straits Times, 25 April 1916, Page 2




Wee Ann Kee, LOA given to Tay Kim Neo , his widow, staying at 28 Stanley Street



SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Straits Times, 10 January 1917, Page 8




Wee Ghee Cheong, second son of Wee Ann Kee married Kho Ann Neo, second daughter of Kho Keng Chuan 


SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Straits Times, 11 November 1919, Page 6




Wee Kim Seah, third son engaged to Quah In Neo, eldest daughter of Quah Kim Sian 


Malaya Tribune., 11 June 1921, Page 4




Wee Teow Siong, fourth son of Wee Ann Kee, brother of Wee Ghee Guan 

The Straits Times, 28 July 1922, Page 8



Sister of Wee Ghee Guan, Wee Geok Pin 


黃利澤 
Wee Li Teck 


Image taken from Chinese epigraphic materials in Indonesia by Wolfgang Franke and Claudine Salmon

浯江
汶浦
光緒廿六年八月  1900 8th moon
故考諱利澤黃君墓
雙溪
碧泉
勒立

Wee Kim Cheng
黃金鐘


Image taken from Chinese epigraphic materials in Indonesia by Wolfgang Franke and Claudine Salmon

民國卅九年五月十二日 1950
顯考金鐘黃公墓


Wee Chim Yean 
黃深淵





汶浦
中華民國十五年八月十三日 1926 Aug 13
顯考妣
特授和國皇欽賜
甲政諱深淵黃公
孺人謚金菊陳氏
佳城
孝男
德義 Wee Teck Ghee
德掦 Wee Teck Yang
德明 Wee Teck Beng
德亨 Wee Teck Heng
孝女
秀娘 Wee Siew Neo
秀清 Wee Siew Cheng
秀水 Wee Siew Swee
秀麟 Wee Siew Lin

Burial entry 
Blk 2 D plot no 99 / 100
DOD 13 Aug 1926
DO burial 22 Aug 1926 
41 years old 
born circa 1885

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Straits Times, 14 August 1926, Page 8






DEATH.
The Straits Times, 14 August 1926, Page 8


黃深淵甲政熱心平民教育
南洋商报, 27 June 1925, Page 4



Mrs Wee Chim Yean nee Madam Goh (tomb in Bengkalis)



浦頭
民國癸丑年十二月拾七日 1914 Jan 12
思明顕妣謚淑慎黃門吳氏墓
孝男
德義 Wee Teck Ghee
立石


Daughter - Wee Kim Lian



CHINESE LEGITIMACY SUIT.
The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 23 June 1926, Page 392



Gwee Khiok Soo, Husband of Wee Kim Lian, eldest Daughter of Wee Leong Tan