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Yuen-fue SooHoo, 1830–

Name
Yuen-fue /SooHoo/
Given names
Yuen-fue
Surname
SooHoo
Birth
about 1830
Marriage
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8th President of the United States
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1837 (aged 7 years)
Chinese Conflicts
First Opium War
from September 4, 1839 (aged 9 years)
Note: Source citation: First Opium War Wikipedia
Note: Great Britain since the 18th century consumed a lot of Chinese tea. There were no manufactured goods from England that the Chinese desired. The tea had to be purchased by English silver, which caused a drop in reserves. Britain then introduced opium from the British East India Company, and found a ready market in an addicted China. Sensing the destructions of their social fabric, Qing emperors fought and lost to the British this war.
9th President of the United States
William Henry Harrison
March 4, 1841 (aged 11 years)
10th President of the United States
John Tyler
April 4, 1841 (aged 11 years)
11th President of the United States
James K Polk
March 4, 1845 (aged 15 years)
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849 (aged 19 years)
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850 (aged 20 years)
Birth of a son
Fong SooHoo
September 24, 1852 (aged 22 years)
14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
March 4, 1853 (aged 23 years)
Event
California Gold Rush
from January 24, 1848 to 1855 (aged 25 years)
Note: Source citation: California Gold Rush Wikipedia
Chinese Conflicts
Taiping Rebellion
from December 1850 to August 1864 (aged 34 years)
Note: Source citation: Taiping Rebellion Wikipedia
Note: The bloodiest civil war in history with upwards to 70 million killed, between the Qing empire and a theocratic Christian based society. The Qing had to seek help from France and the United Kingdom. This weakened the central Qing government and saw the rise of warlords.
Event
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Six Companies)
after 1851 (aged 21 years)
Note: Many reasons for these Associations to exist 1. insurance 2. protection 3. companionship 4. ancestor veneration
Chinese Conflicts
Punti–Hakka Clan Wars
1855 (aged 25 years)
Note: Source citation: Hakka Punti Clan Wars Wikipedia
Chinese Conflicts
Red Turban Rebellion
from 1854 to 1856 (aged 26 years)
Note: Source citation: Red Turban Rebellions Wikipedia
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857 (aged 27 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Second Opium War
from October 8, 1856 to October 24, 1860 (aged 30 years)
Note: The contestants were the Qing empire against a consortium of American and European powers. Again the Qing were defeated and lost port cities to the control of the western powers.
Note: Source citation: Second Opium War Wikipedia
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861 (aged 31 years)
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865 (aged 35 years)
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869 (aged 39 years)
Event
First transcontinental railroad
from 1863 to May 10, 1869 (aged 39 years)
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877 (aged 47 years)
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881 (aged 51 years)
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881 (aged 51 years)
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885 (aged 55 years)
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889 (aged 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
Rose Elizabeth SooHoo
June 16, 1890 (aged 60 years)
San Francisco, CA, United States
Birth of a granddaughter
Toy-tong SooHoo
October 4, 1892 (aged 62 years)
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893 (aged 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
Choy-ping SooHoo
December 13, 1893 (aged 63 years)
Chinese Conflicts
First Sino-Japanese War
from July 25, 1894 to April 17, 1895 (aged 65 years)
Note: Source citation: First Sino Japanese War Wikipedia
Note: This conflict represented failure of the Qing dynasty's military modernization versus Imperial Japan Meiji Restoration's military advancement. The result was ceding of Taiwan and Korea to Japan.
Birth of a granddaughter
Pearl SooHoo
about 1895 (aged 65 years)
Death of a granddaughter
Pearl SooHoo
about 1895 (aged 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
Yong-sin SooHoo
January 25, 1896 (aged 66 years)
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897 (aged 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
Kang-chee SooHoo
July 21, 1901 (aged 71 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Boxer Rebellion
from November 2, 1899 to September 7, 1901 (aged 71 years)
Note: Source citation: Boxer Rebellion Wikipedia
Note: An anti-foreigner rebellion of Chinese peasants and eventually the Qing empire against a consortium of western and Japanese troops.
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901 (aged 71 years)
Birth of a grandson
Kang-wing SooHoo
October 11, 1903 (aged 73 years)
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909 (aged 79 years)
China Government/Dynasties
Qing or Ching or Manchu Dynasty
from 1636 to 1912 (aged 82 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
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913 (aged 83 years)
Chinese American Events
Tong Wars
from 1800 to 1930 (aged 100 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 113 years)
Note: An official act legalizing discrimination against Chinese in the United States. Poster: 'Chinese Must Go'.
Note: Source citation: Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia
Chinese American Events
1906 San Francisco earthquake
April 18, 1906 (aged 76 years)
Note: Public birth records were destroyed in the subsequent fire, which allowed a new opportunity for Chinese to claim American citizenship.
China Government/Dynasties
Republic of China
from 1912 to 1949 (aged 119 years)
Note: Source citation: Republic of China Wikipedia
Global conflict
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 88 years)
Note: Source citation: World War One Wikipedia
Death of a son
Fong SooHoo
August 19, 1920 (aged 90 years)
San Francisco, CA, United States
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921 (aged 91 years)
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923 (aged 93 years)
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929 (aged 99 years)
Economic
1929 Great Depression
from 1929 to 1930 (aged 100 years)
Note: Source citation: Great Depression Wikipedia
Note: Worldwide economic downturn.
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