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The children of Yap Ah Loy sued their mum in court (1898 - 1904)

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1957/0118652W In the Court of the Senior Magistrate at Kuala Lumpur Civil Suit No. 138 of 1898. In the matter of the Estate of Yap Ah Loy, deceased, between Yap Hon Chin (28) Yap Loong Shin (23) Yap Leong Soon (18) Yap Kim Neo Yap Leong Sem by his next friend Ong Chi Siew Yap Leong Fong Plaintiffs and Kok Kang Keow (48), otherwise called Kok Ngeo Nga who is sued as Administratrix of the Estate and Effects of Yap Ah Loy, deceased. On the tombstone of Yap Ah Loy, we were given the following list: 1 隆興 (b. 29 December 1869, d. 5 January 1933), 2 隆盛 (Loong Shin, b. 4 April 1875, d. <1925?), 3 隆顺 (Leong Soon, b. 6 March 1880, d. 8 December 1907, died when he was only 27.8), 4 隆發 (b. 10 August 1882, d. 21 September 1900, died when he was only 18...
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The Chinese students of Morrison and Milne

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In 1807, the London Missionary Society (LMS) dispatched Robert Morrison 馬禮遜 (b. 1782, d. 1834) to China to evangelize the Chinese. Morrison was working alone for many years before he was joined by other LMS colleagues. He was joined by William Milne (b. 1785, d. 1822) in 1813 and Walter H. Medhurst in 1817. Both Morrison and Milne were both students of David Bogue (b. 1750, d. 1825) at the Independent Chapel of Gosport, and they inherited Bogue's model, emphasizing that Christianity should be memetically diffused through education within the target community, rather than through mechanical conversion. Li Shigong 李十公, Chen Laoyi 陳老宜 and Robert Morrison 馬禮遜 Later, Morrison and Milne decided to use Melaka as their base because their activity in Guangzhou was severely constrained by Qing rules. In April 1815, William and Rachel Milne (b. 1783, d. 1819) brought woodblock printers named Tsae A-ko ...
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Yap Ah Loy asked the Selangor Government to be his guarantor (1876)

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Klang, 31 May 1876 In consequence of the failure of the firm of Messrs. Keng Yong Brothers of Singapore, I am quite unable to make arrangements for supplies of food and other necessaries for my miners in all about 10,000 men and I am sorry to inform you that unless I receive immediate assistance from the Salangore Government as represented by you, I shall be unable to carry on the work of mines. I believe that Messrs. Guthrie & Co. would make shipments to me against my tin if they had some guarantee from the Government and I must therefore request you will as early as possible make an arrangement with that firm to allow me to have a credit of $10,000 on the following terms. All supplies for my mines in Salangore to be obtained through Messrs. Guthrie & Co.: they charging 5% commission. All tin from my mines to be to Messrs. Guthrie & Co. for sale, they charging me 3%. ...
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J. G. Davidson's appointment (1875)

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No. 336 Colonial Secretary's Office 1 , Singapore, 20 January 1875 I am directed to inform you that the Governor has been pleased to appoint you, subject to the confirmation by the Secretary of State 2 , to be Her Majesty's Resident to the Sultan of Salangor, and to communicate to you the following instructions for your guidance in the duties of that office. His Excellency desires that you will proceed at once to Klang, where you will establish yourself at first, making such arrangements for your personal accommodation as the nature of the case will admit of, and proceeding as soon as possible to organize a Resident Guard and Police of such force as you may think proper under the circumstances, applying to the Inspector General of Police for a few men from Singapore or Malacca in the first instance as a commencement. His Excellency desires that you will at once publish notices far and wide, not only in Salangor, Klang, Lang...
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Deification of Captain Shin

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Part 1. How Captain Shin was killed by a tax kerfuffle in Sungai Linggi Yon (2013) listed 1 the following names as the holders of the office of Captain China in Sungai Ujong 芙 蓉 . Seng Meng Lee (d. 23 August 1860) 盛明利 Yap Ah Shak (d. 5 July 1889) 葉致英 Yap Ah Loy (d. 15 April 1885) 葉亞來 Wong Ying (d. 1890) 黃三伯 Hew Sam (d. ?) 丘國安 Ngoh Kim (d. ?) 吳長伯 Dèng Yòubó (d. ?) 鄧佑伯 Lee Sam (d. 1905) 李三 We can corroborate (48), (51) - (54) with the names found on a commemorative plaque in Fui Chiu Association in Seremban 森美蘭州惠州會館. The names were listed by Chin (2003) and they are given as follows: Shin On 盛大安 Wong Ying 黃三伯 Hew Sam 丘國安 Ngoh Kim 吳長伯 Dèng Yòubó 鄧佑伯 Chin was able to, after consulting Shin's descendants, convince himself that Shin On 盛大安 was physically identical to Seng Meng Lee 盛明利, but he was not ab...
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