Edith Eaton: Sui Sin Far (1865-1914) and the Birth of Asian North American Writing By Mary Chapman and Meghna Chatterjee
Edith Maude Eaton was born in 1865 in a silk-weaving town in Northern England. A few months after her birth,…
George “Georgie” Sang Kee (1895-1908): Dreaming Childhood in Early Chinese Montreal, By Camille Lopez
George Sang Kee was born on the 29th of September, 1895, to Ho (Haw) Sang Kee and Chu Shee, a…
Mr. Wong Cheeping: Business Man, Community Member, Transnational Figure, By Amanda Law
Described as a “well-to-do, well dressed individual” (“Girl Slave”), in Edith Eaton’s journalism of Montreal’s Chinatown in the 1890s, Mr….
Chu Shee (Mrs. Ho Sang Kee), 1873-1908 by Tom Playfair
The following was edited on 11 December 2025 to include corrections and additional information provided by a descendant of Chu…
The Grand Old Men of Chinatown: A Brief Look into the Lives of Moy Ni Ding and William Moy Ding, by Meghna Chatterjee
In the early 1870’s, Chinese immigrants to Boston flocked to Harrison Avenue in search of affordable housing and a…
Mr. and Mrs. Wing Sing: Stereotypes and the Lives of Early Chinese Residents of Montreal, by Ethan Xi Hao Eu
Very little is known about the early life of Montreal businessman Wing Sing (1860s-?). He was born in Canton (now…
Ho Sang Kee: At the Heart of Montreal’s Early Chinese Community, by Delaney Anderson
Ho Sang Kee (AKA Sang Kee, Haw Sang Kee, Sam Kee, San Kee, Charlie Hore Sang) was born in 1859…
Achuen “Grace” Amoy Eaton (1846-1922): Mui Tsai, Acrobat, Missionary, Writer, by Mary Chapman
Achuen “Grace” Amoy Eaton was born in China, probably Shanghai, soon after the Treaty of Nanking (around 1846) gave European…