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Donald CHING, 1932–1970 (aged 38 years)

Name
Donald /CHING/
Given names
Donald
Surname
CHING
Birth
1932
Marriage
Pearl Ching — View this family
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32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a sister
Lena CHING
1935 (aged 3 years)
Birth of a sister
Frieda Wong
1937 (aged 5 years)
Death of a sister
Lena CHING
about 1939 (aged 7 years) Age: 4 y/o
Chinese American Events
Chinese Exclusion Act
from May 9, 1882 to 1943 (aged 11 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 Conflicts
Second Sino-Japanese War
from July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945 (aged 13 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 9 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 13 years)
China Government/Dynasties
Republic of China
from 1912 to 1949 (aged 17 years)
Note: Source citation: Republic of China Wikipedia
Global Conflict
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 13 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 17 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 17 years)
Chinese American Events
McCarthyism
from 1940 to 1950 (aged 18 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 14 years)
Note: Another example of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953 (aged 21 years)
Chinese American Conflicts
Korean War
from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 (aged 21 years)
Note: Source citation: Korean War Wikipedia
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961 (aged 29 years)
36th President of the United States
Lyndon B Johnson
November 22, 1963 (aged 31 years)
37th President of the United States
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1969 (aged 37 years)
American Conflicts
Vietnam War
from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 (5 years after death)
Note: Source citation: Vietnam_War Wikipedia
Chinese Events
Cultural Revolution
from 1949 to 1976 (6 years after death)
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
American INS program
Chinese Confession Program
from 1956 to 1965 (aged 33 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
1970 (aged 38 years)
Family with parents
father
Birth: about 1883 — 谿角, 中山, 广东, China
Death: about 1971
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Sek Hong Ching
劉锡康
1883–1971
Birth: about 1883 — 谿角, 中山, 广东, China
Death: about 1971
mother
Birth: March 16, 1912 — 龍聚環, 中山, 广东, China
Death: July 21, 2002
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Lai Mun Ching
杨丽文
1912–2002
Birth: March 16, 1912 — 龍聚環, 中山, 广东, China
Death: July 21, 2002
younger sister
Freida Wong
Birth: 1937
Death: February 17, 2020
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Frieda Wong
1937–2020
Birth: 1937
Death: February 17, 2020
younger sister
Private
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himself
Birth: 1932
Marriage:
Death: 1970
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Donald CHING
1932–1970
Birth: 1932
Death: 1970
4 years
younger sister
Birth: 1935
Death: about 1939
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Lena CHING
1935–1939
Birth: 1935
Death: about 1939
younger brother
Private
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younger sister
Private
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Family with Pearl Ching
himself
Birth: 1932
Marriage:
Death: 1970
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Donald CHING
1932–1970
Birth: 1932
Death: 1970
wife
Marriage:
Death:
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Pearl Ching
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Death:
Marriage — —
Marriage
Death