Gon Lim Joe, 18581914 (aged 56 years)

Joe Gon Lim
Name
/周/簡廉
Given names
簡廉
Surname
Name
Gon Lim /Joe/
Type of name
phonetic spelling
Given names
Gon Lim
Surname
Joe
Name
Joe Gon /Shoong/
Type of name
anglicized
Given names
Joe Gon
Surname
Shoong
Name
/ZHOU/ JianLian
Type of name
pinyin
Given names
JianLian
Surname
ZHOU
Name
/JAU/ GaanLim
Type of name
Yale
Given names
GaanLim
Surname
JAU
Birth
Chinese Conflicts
Second Opium War
from October 8, 1856 to October 24, 1860 (aged 2 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 3 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Taiping Rebellion
from December 1850 to August 1864 (aged 6 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.
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865 (aged 7 years)
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869 (aged 11 years)
Event
First transcontinental railroad
from 1863 to May 10, 1869 (aged 11 years)
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877 (aged 19 years)
Birth of a son
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881 (aged 23 years)
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881 (aged 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandfather
about 1883 (aged 25 years)
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885 (aged 27 years)
Birth of a son
Death of a mother
1889 (aged 31 years)
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889 (aged 31 years)
Death of a father
about 1891 (aged 33 years)
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893 (aged 35 years)
Chinese Conflicts
First Sino-Japanese War
from July 25, 1894 to April 17, 1895 (aged 37 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.
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897 (aged 39 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Boxer Rebellion
from November 2, 1899 to September 7, 1901 (aged 43 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 43 years)
China Government/Dynasties
Qing or Ching or Manchu Dynasty
from 1636 to 1912 (aged 54 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 (0 after death)
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 (3 years after death)
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913 (7 years after death)
Chinese American Events
Tong Wars
from 1800 to 1930 (24 years after death)
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 (37 years after death)
Note: An official act legalizing discrimination against Chinese in the United States. Poster: 'Chinese Must Go'.
Note: Source citation: Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia
Adoption of a son
Adoptive parents: ZhouXiaoLian + … …
Adoption: Adopted by father
Birth of a daughter
Death
between 1906 and 1914 (aged 56 years)
Ancestral clan
Lung Tau Huan-龙头环(龍頭環)
Type: Ancestral Clan Village starting in Guangdong/Zhongshan
Note: 16世/generation from initiation of the village
Family with parents
father
mother
himself
Joe Gon Lim
簡廉
18581914
Birth: 1858
Death: between 1906 and 1914
brother
brother
brother
brother
Family with Chew Wong Shee
himself
Joe Gon Lim
簡廉
18581914
Birth: 1858
Death: between 1906 and 1914
wife
son
Joe Shoong
毓彥
18791961
Birth: August 30, 1879Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
Death: 1961
9 years
son
Joe Knox
英彥
18881956
Birth: July 24, 1888Guangdong, China
Adoption:
Death: August 24, 1956Washington City, DC, United States
daughter
Name
Name
Death
Ancestral clan
Media object
Joe Gon Lim
Joe Gon Lim
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JiZong FuKang GonLim Shoong Bio.jpg
JiZong FuKang GonLim Shoong Bio.jpg
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Wong Shee with grandchildren
Wong Shee with grandchildren
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Grandchildren
Grandchildren