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Chinese Cemetery, Baker City, Oregon.

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Title

Chinese Cemetery, Baker City, Oregon.

Description

Application and Permit to disinter 22 men: Wong Ngum, Wong Ngep Ting, Wong See Tye, Dong Nging, Chin Ngon, Wong Forn, Huey Park, Louis Yuen, Lum Yun, Lore Park, Jue Park, Leong Deo, Chin Hong Teung, Fong Wing, Lee Guay, Lock Sin, Lock Tin Guay, Fong Toong, Fong Don Ging, Jung Jee, Wong Nging, Lock Ching; page of notes regarding the disinterment (text in Chinese).

Creator

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA).

Date

1948.

Language

eng
chi

Translator = Jindan Chen

Identifier

For a high resolution PDF version: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/22057

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Text

TRANSLATION page 1 of 6:

Top right: 22 human remains from Bijiabu.

Bottom left: Lock Mom (Chinese name of one deceased).

DESCRIPTION page 5 of 6:

Author: Fong Mao in Sacramento, California
Date: November 13, 1946

This is a letter from Fong Mao to Lishen(?) which was written on November 13, 1946. The general meaning of Fong Mao’s letter is to inform Lishen(?) the address which the remains of his brother, Fong Wing, was intended to ship to, and to ask Lishen(?) to send the address to Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. In this letter, Fong Mao mentions Fong Wing passed away over twenty years ago and his remains were buried in Oregon. Fong Mao wants to ship Fong Wing's remains back to his home town since at that time China just won its war with Japan and the ocean transportation from America to China was in operation all over again.

Note 1: the letter includes traditional, customary greetings

Note 2: Translated phonetically, Fong Mao is Kuangwu

Note 3: Translated phonetically, Fong Wing is Kuangrong

Citation

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA)., “Chinese Cemetery, Baker City, Oregon.,” Special Collections & Archives Research Center, accessed November 25, 2024, http://archives.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/items/show/6636.