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Kang-wing SooHoo, 1903–1994 (aged 90 years)

Name
Kang-wing /SooHoo/
Given names
Kang-wing
Surname
SooHoo
Birth
October 11, 1903
China Government/Dynasties
Qing or Ching or Manchu Dynasty
from 1636 to 1912 (aged 8 years)
Note: Source citation: Qing Dynasty Wikipedia
Note: 2nd foreign dynasty to rule China—Unlike the Mongols however, the Manchu adopted Chinese dress and customs. However, they did force men to wear the queue. Neo-Confucianism was made the official doctrine, demanding loyalty to the emperor, but Chinese culture was preserved and Chinese were excluded only from the very senior court positions. Increasing European trade causedforeign powers divide China into spheres of influence. The Boxer uprising caused the downfall of this last dynasty. source
Chinese American Events
1906 San Francisco earthquake
April 18, 1906 (aged 2 years)
Note: Public birth records were destroyed in the subsequent fire, which allowed a new opportunity for Chinese to claim American citizenship.
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909 (aged 5 years)
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913 (aged 9 years)
Death of a father
Fong SooHoo
August 19, 1920 (aged 16 years)
San Francisco, CA, United States
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921 (aged 17 years)
Death of a mother
Sing-fah QUAN
July 5, 1922 (aged 18 years)
San Francisco, CA, United States
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923 (aged 19 years)
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929 (aged 25 years)
Chinese American Events
Tong Wars
from 1800 to 1930 (aged 26 years)
Note: Source citation: Tong Wars Wikipedia
Note: These started as conflicts between clans and sensationalized by American media as gang and turf urban warfare.
Chinese American Events
Chinese Exclusion Act
from May 9, 1882 to 1943 (aged 39 years)
Note: An official act legalizing discrimination against Chinese in the United States. Poster: 'Chinese Must Go'.
Note: Source citation: Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia
Global conflict
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 15 years)
Note: Source citation: World War One Wikipedia
Economic
1929 Great Depression
from 1929 to 1930 (aged 26 years)
Note: Source citation: Great Depression Wikipedia
Note: Worldwide economic downturn.
Chinese Conflicts
Mukden Incident
from September 18, 1931 to February 18, 1932 (aged 28 years)
Note: Source citation: Mukden Incident Wikipedia
Note: Imperial Japan starts to subjugate Manchuria for natural resources and living space. Japan wanted a Great Britan like empire calling it the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The Japan's defeat to the Soviet during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol set the stage for the Japan's Pearl Harbor attack and war with the United States.
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933 (aged 29 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Second Sino-Japanese War
from July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945 (aged 41 years)
Note: Some historians consider this the true start of World War Two. Japan's attempt to conquer China, after subjugating Manchukuo.
World Conflict
Attack on Pearl Harbor
from December 7, 1941 (aged 38 years)
Note: Source citation: Attack on Pearl Harbor Wikipedia
Note: The date the United States enters WW2.
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945 (aged 41 years)
China Government/Dynasties
Republic of China
from 1912 to 1949 (aged 45 years)
Note: Source citation: Republic of China Wikipedia
Global Conflict
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 41 years)
Note: Source citation: World War Two Wikipedia
Note: Western world's time period for World War II.
Chinese Conflicts
Chinese Communist/Kuomintang Civil War
from August 10, 1945 to December 7, 1949 (aged 46 years)
Note: This represented the defeat and withdrawal of the Kuomintang to Taiwan by Mao Zedong
China Government/Dynasties
People's Republic of China
1949 (aged 45 years)
Chinese American Events
McCarthyism
from 1940 to 1950 (aged 46 years)
Note: Source citation: McCarthyism Wikipedia
Note: An example of memes and slogans during this time was 'better dead than red' and the Domino theory
Chinese American Events
Internment of Japanese Americans
from February 19, 1942 to March 20, 1946 (aged 42 years)
Note: Another example of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.
Death of a sister
Rose Elizabeth SooHoo
January 20, 1951 (aged 47 years)
San Francisco, CA, United States
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953 (aged 49 years)
Chinese American Conflicts
Korean War
from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 (aged 49 years)
Note: Source citation: Korean War Wikipedia
Death of a sister
Toy-tong SooHoo
August 22, 1957 (aged 53 years)
Alameda, CA, United States
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961 (aged 57 years)
Death of a sister
Choy-ping SooHoo
July 25, 1962 (aged 58 years)
36th President of the United States
Lyndon B Johnson
November 22, 1963 (aged 60 years)
American INS program
Chinese Confession Program
from 1956 to 1965 (aged 61 years)
Note: A program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service allowing reconciliation of the illegal entry status of paper sons. This caused much fear and distrust among the Chinese American population. The number of participants were less than initially predicted.
Death of a brother
Kang-chee SooHoo
September 14, 1966 (aged 62 years)
37th President of the United States
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1969 (aged 65 years)
Death of a sister
Yong-sin SooHoo
January 15, 1974 (aged 70 years)
38th President of the United States
Gerald Ford
August 9, 1974 (aged 70 years)
American Conflicts
Vietnam War
from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 (aged 71 years)
Note: Source citation: Vietnam_War Wikipedia
Chinese Events
Cultural Revolution
from 1949 to 1976 (aged 72 years)
Note: The wanton distruction of Chinese clan genealogy documents along with cultural relics by the Red Guards made tracing Chinese Americans family heritage even harder. This represented Mao Zedong' s attempt to regain local control of China.
Note: Source citation: Cultural Revolution Wikipedia
39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977 (aged 73 years)
40th President of the United States
Ronald Reagan
January 20, 1981 (aged 77 years)
41st President of the United States
George H W Bush
January 20, 1989 (aged 85 years)
42nd President of the United States
Bill Clinton
January 20, 1993 (aged 89 years)
Death
February 12, 1994 (aged 90 years)
Family with parents
father
Birth: September 24, 1852
Marriage:
Death: August 19, 1920 — San Francisco, CA, United States
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree chart Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sing-fah QUAN Rose Elizabeth SooHoo Toy-tong SooHoo Choy-ping SooHoo Pearl SooHoo Yong-sin SooHoo Kang-chee SooHoo Kang-wing SooHoo
Fong SooHoo
1852–1920
Birth: September 24, 1852
Death: August 19, 1920 — San Francisco, CA, United States
mother
Birth: November 12, 1872
Marriage:
Death: July 5, 1922 — San Francisco, CA, United States
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree chart Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Fong SooHoo Rose Elizabeth SooHoo Toy-tong SooHoo Choy-ping SooHoo Pearl SooHoo Yong-sin SooHoo Kang-chee SooHoo Kang-wing SooHoo
Sing-fah QUAN
1872–1922
Birth: November 12, 1872
Death: July 5, 1922 — San Francisco, CA, United States
Marriage — —
elder sister
Rose Elizabeth Shoong
Birth: June 16, 1890 — San Francisco, CA, United States
Marriage: June 28, 1916 — San Francisco, CA, United States
Death: January 20, 1951 — San Francisco, CA, United States
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree chart Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse JOE Shoong Betty Shoong Doris Jane Lee Milton W Shoong
Rose Elizabeth SooHoo
司徒 氏
1890–1951
Birth: June 16, 1890 — San Francisco, CA, United States
Death: January 20, 1951 — San Francisco, CA, United States
2 years
elder sister
Birth: October 4, 1892
Death: August 22, 1957 — Alameda, CA, United States
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Toy-tong SooHoo
1892–1957
Birth: October 4, 1892
Death: August 22, 1957 — Alameda, CA, United States
15 months
elder sister
Birth: December 13, 1893
Death: July 25, 1962
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Choy-ping SooHoo
1893–1962
Birth: December 13, 1893
Death: July 25, 1962
2 years
elder sister
Birth: about 1895
Death: about 1895
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Pearl SooHoo
1895–1895
Birth: about 1895
Death: about 1895
13 months
elder sister
Birth: January 25, 1896
Death: January 15, 1974
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Yong-sin SooHoo
1896–1974
Birth: January 25, 1896
Death: January 15, 1974
6 years
elder brother
Birth: July 21, 1901
Death: September 14, 1966
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Kang-chee SooHoo
1901–1966
Birth: July 21, 1901
Death: September 14, 1966
2 years
himself
Birth: October 11, 1903
Death: February 12, 1994
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Kang-wing SooHoo
1903–1994
Birth: October 11, 1903
Death: February 12, 1994
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