YEUN YuckLin, 18741962 (aged 87 years)

Name
/YEUN/ YuckLin
Type of name
romanized
Given names
YuckLin
Surname
YEUN
Name
/阮/玉莲
Type of name
traditional characters
Given names
玉莲
Surname
Name
/阮/玉莲
Type of name
simplified characters
Given names
玉莲
Surname
Birth
December 20, 1874
香山, 广东, China
Latitude: 22.01449 Longitude: 110.468
Marriage
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877 (aged 2 years)
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881 (aged 6 years)
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881 (aged 6 years)
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885 (aged 10 years)
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889 (aged 14 years)
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893 (aged 18 years)
Birth of a son
about October 1894 (aged 19 years)
Chinese Conflicts
First Sino-Japanese War
from July 25, 1894 to April 17, 1895 (aged 20 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 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
Address: also born in Long Tun Wan as per Kitlin Wong
Birth of a son
March 5, 1901 (aged 26 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Boxer Rebellion
from November 2, 1899 to September 7, 1901 (aged 26 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 26 years)
Death of a father
April 1902 (aged 27 years)
Birth of a son
August 3, 1905 (aged 30 years)
China Government/Dynasties
Qing or Ching or Manchu Dynasty
from 1636 to 1912 (aged 37 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 31 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 34 years)
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913 (aged 38 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
November 4, 1914 (aged 39 years)
Zhongshan, China
Latitude: 22.5222 Longitude: 113.37
Birth of a son
Birth of a granddaughter
November 15, 1915 (aged 40 years)
Zhongshan, China
Latitude: 22.52 Longitude: 113.3708
Global conflict
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 43 years)
Note: Source citation: World War One Wikipedia
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921 (aged 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923 (aged 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
Birth of a grandson
December 24, 1925 (aged 51 years)
Zhongshan, China
Latitude: 22.52 Longitude: 113.3708
Marriage of a son
Birth of a grandson
about 1926 (aged 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
about 1929 (aged 54 years)
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929 (aged 54 years)
Chinese American Events
Tong Wars
from 1800 to 1930 (aged 55 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.
Economic
1929 Great Depression
from 1929 to 1930 (aged 55 years)
Note: Source citation: Great Depression Wikipedia
Note: Worldwide economic downturn.
Chinese Conflicts
Mukden Incident
from September 18, 1931 to February 18, 1932 (aged 57 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 58 years)
Death of a husband
August 27, 1940 (aged 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
Chinese American Events
Chinese Exclusion Act
from May 9, 1882 to 1943 (aged 68 years)
Note: An official act legalizing discrimination against Chinese in the United States. Poster: 'Chinese Must Go'.
Note: Source citation: Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945 (aged 70 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Second Sino-Japanese War
from July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945 (aged 70 years)
Note: Some historians consider this the true start of World War Two. Japan's attempt to conquer China, after subjugating Manchukuo.
China Government/Dynasties
Republic of China
from 1912 to 1949 (aged 74 years)
Note: Source citation: Republic of China Wikipedia
World Conflict
Attack on Pearl Harbor
from December 7, 1941 (aged 66 years)
Note: Source citation: Attack on Pearl Harbor Wikipedia
Note: The date the United States enters WW2.
Global Conflict
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 70 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 74 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 74 years)
Chinese American Events
McCarthyism
from 1940 to 1950 (aged 75 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 71 years)
Note: Another example of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.
Death of a son
June 19, 1952 (aged 77 years)
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
Latitude: 22.5222 Longitude: 113.37
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953 (aged 78 years)
Chinese American Conflicts
Korean War
from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 (aged 78 years)
Note: Source citation: Korean War Wikipedia
Death of a son
about 1957 (aged 82 years)
Suisun, CA, United States
Latitude: 38.24302 Longitude: -121.9947
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961 (aged 86 years)
American Conflicts
Vietnam War
from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 (on the date of death)
Note: Source citation: Vietnam_War Wikipedia
Chinese Events
Cultural Revolution
from 1949 to 1976 (13 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 (2 years after death)
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.
Birth of a daughter
Zhongshan, China
Latitude: 22.52 Longitude: 113.3708
Death
February 6, 1962 (aged 87 years)
Family with parents
father
herself
Family with WONG Yin Hwa
husband
Yin Hwa WONG
燕華
18541940
Birth: estimated February 27, 1854龙头环-石岐-香山, 广东, China
Death: August 27, 1940
herself
Marriage MarriageChina
son
Robert Wong Sr
北流
18941957
Birth: about October 1894
Death: about 1957Suisun, CA, United States
4 years
daughter
Mary Shaken Joe
淑娴
18981997
Birth: October 30, 1898龙头环-石岐-香山, 广东, China
Death: January 27, 1997Los Angeles, CA, United States
2 years
son
BukWui Wong 王北會 2010
北會
19011986
Birth: March 5, 1901
Death: August 28, 1986Culver City, CA, United States
5 years
son
BaaLun WONG 王巴崙 2010
巴崙
19051952
Birth: August 3, 1905
Death: June 19, 1952Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
10 years
son
1942
北赞
19151969
Birth: March 15, 1915龙头环, 石岐, 香山, 广东, China
Death: March 18, 1969Vallejo, CA, United States
daughter
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YuckLin YEUN
YuckLin YEUN
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1929
1929