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… CHENG, 1868–1948 (aged 80 years)

Name
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Surname
CHENG
Birth
1868
Marriage
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18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869 (aged 1 year)
Event
First transcontinental railroad
from 1863 to May 10, 1869 (aged 1 year)
Death of a paternal grandfather
ZHENG YaoShun
December 1, 1869 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a brother
CHENG Gum Ting
1872 (aged 4 years)
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877 (aged 9 years)
Birth of a brother
CHENG Bou Ting
January 30, 1879 (aged 11 years)
Birth of a sister
… CHENG
1879 (aged 11 years)
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881 (aged 13 years)
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881 (aged 13 years)
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885 (aged 17 years)
Birth of a brother
CHENG Gin Ting
September 18, 1885 (aged 17 years)
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889 (aged 21 years)
Birth of a brother
Harry Jang Lowe
October 1892 (aged 24 years)
大龐頭, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
Latitude: 22.52 Longitude: 113.3708
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893 (aged 25 years)
Chinese Conflicts
First Sino-Japanese War
from July 25, 1894 to April 17, 1895 (aged 27 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 brother
CHENG Mou Ting
May 9, 1895 (aged 27 years)
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897 (aged 29 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Boxer Rebellion
from November 2, 1899 to September 7, 1901 (aged 33 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 33 years)
Chinese American Events
1906 San Francisco earthquake
April 18, 1906 (aged 38 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 41 years)
China Government/Dynasties
Qing or Ching or Manchu Dynasty
from 1636 to 1912 (aged 44 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 45 years)
Global conflict
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 (aged 50 years)
Note: Source citation: World War One Wikipedia
Death of a father
CHENG Sei Kou
1919 (aged 51 years)
Death of a mother
FANG Shi
1921 (aged 53 years)
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921 (aged 53 years)
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923 (aged 55 years)
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929 (aged 61 years)
Death of a brother
CHENG Gin Ting
February 24, 1930 (aged 62 years)
Chinese American Events
Tong Wars
from 1800 to 1930 (aged 62 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 62 years)
Note: Source citation: Great Depression Wikipedia
Note: Worldwide economic downturn.
Chinese Conflicts
Mukden Incident
from September 18, 1931 to February 18, 1932 (aged 64 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 65 years)
Death of a brother
CHENG Mou Ting
May 24, 1943 (aged 75 years)
Chinese American Events
Chinese Exclusion Act
from May 9, 1882 to 1943 (aged 75 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 77 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 73 years)
Note: Source citation: Attack on Pearl Harbor Wikipedia
Note: The date the United States enters WW2.
Death of a sister
… CHENG
1942 (aged 74 years)
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945 (aged 77 years)
Global Conflict
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 (aged 77 years)
Note: Source citation: World War Two Wikipedia
Note: Western world's time period for World War II.
Chinese American Events
Internment of Japanese Americans
from February 19, 1942 to March 20, 1946 (aged 78 years)
Note: Another example of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.
Death of a brother
CHENG Gum Ting
1947 (aged 79 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Chinese Communist/Kuomintang Civil War
from August 10, 1945 to December 7, 1949 (1 year after death)
Note: This represented the defeat and withdrawal of the Kuomintang to Taiwan by Mao Zedong
China Government/Dynasties
Republic of China
from 1912 to 1949 (1 year after death)
Note: Source citation: Republic of China Wikipedia
Chinese American Events
McCarthyism
from 1940 to 1950 (2 years after death)
Note: Source citation: McCarthyism Wikipedia
Note: An example of memes and slogans during this time was 'better dead than red' and the Domino theory
Death
1948 (aged 80 years)
Family with parents
father
Birth: 1843 — Dai Pong Tou, Guangdong, China
Marriage: China
Death: 1919
Generational number: 22世
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CHENG Sei Kou
鄭世球
1843–1919
Birth: 1843 — Dai Pong Tou, Guangdong, China
Death: 1919
mother
Birth: 1853
Marriage: China
Death: 1921
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FANG Shi
方 氏
1853–1921
Birth: 1853
Death: 1921
Marriage — — China
elder sister
Birth: 1862
Marriage:
Death: 1942
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… CHENG
1862–1942
Birth: 1862
Death: 1942
7 years
herself
Birth: 1868
Marriage:
Death: 1948
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… CHENG
1868–1948
Birth: 1868
Death: 1948
5 years
younger brother
Birth: 1872
Death: 1947
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CHENG Gum Ting
1872–1947
Birth: 1872
Death: 1947
7 years
younger brother
Birth: January 30, 1879
Death: June 14, 1959
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CHENG Bou Ting
鄭朝贊
1879–1959
Birth: January 30, 1879
Death: June 14, 1959
11 months
younger sister
Birth: 1879
Death: 1974
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… CHENG
1879–1974
Birth: 1879
Death: 1974
7 years
younger brother
Birth: September 18, 1885
Death: February 24, 1930
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CHENG Gin Ting
鄭雲间
1885–1930
Birth: September 18, 1885
Death: February 24, 1930
7 years
younger brother
Harry Jang Lowe
Birth: October 1892 — 大龐頭, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
Death: May 1972 — Berkeley, CA, United States
Generational number: 23世
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Harry Jang Lowe
鄭靄廷
1892–1972
Birth: October 1892 — 大龐頭, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
Death: May 1972 — Berkeley, CA, United States
3 years
younger brother
Birth: May 9, 1895
Death: May 24, 1943
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CHENG Mou Ting
1895–1943
Birth: May 9, 1895
Death: May 24, 1943
Family with … YOUNG
husband
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… YOUNG
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Death:
herself
Birth: 1868
Marriage:
Death: 1948
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… CHENG
1868–1948
Birth: 1868
Death: 1948
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