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ZHOU GuangXiong

Name
/周/廣雄
Type of name
字 Zi
Given names
廣雄
Surname
周
Name
/ZHOU/ GuangXiong
Given names
GuangXiong
Surname
ZHOU
Marriage
楊 氏 — View this family
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16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861
Chinese Conflicts
Taiping Rebellion
from December 1850 to August 1864
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
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869
Event
First transcontinental railroad
from 1863 to May 10, 1869
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
Chinese Conflicts
First Sino-Japanese War
from July 25, 1894 to April 17, 1895
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
Birth of a son
Philip CHOW
1900
Chinese Conflicts
Boxer Rebellion
from November 2, 1899 to September 7, 1901
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
Chinese American Events
1906 San Francisco earthquake
April 18, 1906
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
China Government/Dynasties
Qing or Ching or Manchu Dynasty
from 1636 to 1912
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
Global conflict
World War I
from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918
Note: Source citation: World War One Wikipedia
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
Birth of a granddaughter
CHOW Wai Yee
1929
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
Chinese American Events
Tong Wars
from 1800 to 1930
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
Note: Source citation: Great Depression Wikipedia
Note: Worldwide economic downturn.
Chinese Conflicts
Mukden Incident
from September 18, 1931 to February 18, 1932
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
Birth of a grandson
CHOW Quon Lim
1934
Birth of a grandson
Bill Chow
February 15, 1937
Zhongshan, China
Latitude: 22.52 Longitude: 113.3708
Chinese American Events
Chinese Exclusion Act
from May 9, 1882 to 1943
Note: An official act legalizing discrimination against Chinese in the United States. Poster: 'Chinese Must Go'.
Note: Source citation: Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia
World Conflict
Attack on Pearl Harbor
from December 7, 1941
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
Chinese Conflicts
Second Sino-Japanese War
from July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945
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
Note: Source citation: Republic of China Wikipedia
Global Conflict
World War II
from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945
Note: Source citation: World War Two Wikipedia
Note: Western world's time period for World War II.
Chinese American Events
McCarthyism
from 1940 to 1950
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
Note: Another example of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.
Chinese Conflicts
Chinese Communist/Kuomintang Civil War
from August 10, 1945 to December 7, 1949
Note: This represented the defeat and withdrawal of the Kuomintang to Taiwan by Mao Zedong
China Government/Dynasties
People's Republic of China
1949
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953
Chinese American Conflicts
Korean War
from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953
Note: Source citation: Korean War Wikipedia
American Conflicts
Vietnam War
from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975
Note: Source citation: Vietnam_War Wikipedia
Chinese Events
Cultural Revolution
from 1949 to 1976
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
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 of a father
ZHOU YaoGui
Death of a mother
劉 氏
Death
yes
Ancestral clan
Lung Tau Huan-龙头环(龍頭環)
Type: Ancestral Clan Village starting in Guangdong/Zhongshan
Note: 17世/generation from initiation of the village
Family with parents
father
Marriage: China
Death:
Ancestral clan: Lung Tau Huan-龙头环(龍頭環)
Generational number: 16 十六世 WILLIAM
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree chart Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse 劉 氏 ZHOU GuangXiong
ZHOU YaoGui
周堯桂
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Death:
mother
Marriage: China
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree chart Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse ZHOU YaoGui ZHOU GuangXiong
劉 氏
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Death:
Marriage — — China
himself
Marriage:
Death:
Ancestral clan: Lung Tau Huan-龙头环(龍頭環)
Generational number: 17 十七世 WILLIAM
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree chart Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Philip CHOW Family with spouse 楊 氏
ZHOU GuangXiong
周廣雄
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Death:
ZHOU GuangXiong + … …
himself
Marriage:
Death:
Ancestral clan: Lung Tau Huan-龙头环(龍頭環)
Generational number: 17 十七世 WILLIAM
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree chart Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Philip CHOW Family with spouse 楊 氏
ZHOU GuangXiong
周廣雄
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Death:
son
Birth: 1900
Death: 1984
Ancestral clan: Lung Tau Huan-龙头环(龍頭環)
Generational number: 18世/龙头环(龍頭環)LTW
Generational number: 18 十八世 WILLIAM
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree chart Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse CHONG Chen Jun CHOW Wai Yee CHOW Quon Lim Bill Chow
Philip CHOW
周華炳
1900–1984
Birth: 1900
Death: 1984
Family with 楊 氏
himself
Marriage:
Death:
Ancestral clan: Lung Tau Huan-龙头环(龍頭環)
Generational number: 17 十七世 WILLIAM
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree chart Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Philip CHOW Family with spouse 楊 氏
ZHOU GuangXiong
周廣雄
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Death:
wife
Marriage:
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Descendants chart Family book Fan chart Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree chart Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse ZHOU GuangXiong
楊 氏
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Death:
Marriage — —
Ancestral clan