Moy Ni Ding: “The Grand Old Man of Chinatown”
Written by Colby Payne Moy Ni Ding was born in Taishan, Guangdong Province, China, between 1855 and 1859 [1]. Little…
Emma May Lee (1878-1962): Biracial Identity and Bureaucratic Legibility
Emma May Lee was born in Sydney, Australia in April 1878, to parents Lee Fee and Elizabeth Reynolds (“New York,…
Lee Chu, “le chef de la colonie chinoise à Montréal” (1862 – ?)
Written by Anna Navarro. Lee Chu appears on the Register of Chinese Immigrants to Canada as having landed in Vancouver…
Traces of a Life: Searching for Georgie Haw
Traces of a Life: Searching for Georgie Haw George “Georgie” Haw was born on September 29, 1895. While George is…
Lee Tong: Faith, Recreation, and Criminalization in Montreal’s Chinese Community
Researched and written by Aamna Rashid Edith Eaton, in her article, “Chinese Entertainment, at Which the Chinamen Did Their Share…
Moy C. Winn/Wing: A Pillar of Boston’s Chinatown at the Turn of the Century
Moy C. Winn was born on the 15th of February 1864, at 710 Commercial Street in San Francisco’s Chinatown to…
Wing Wah, a Chinese Laundryman in Montréal
Researched and written by Cal Smith In an 1894 unsigned article in The Montreal Witness, a presumed Edith Eaton describes…
“What Wing Sing Says” About Montreal’s Early Chinatown
By: Deanna Fitzgerald Wing Sing was a prominent member of Montreal’s early Chinatown. Born around 1880 and hailing from China,…
Evading the Exclusion Act: Lee Fee, New York’s “Chief Smuggler” of Thousands
Researched and written by Aiza Bragg Lee Fee (~1850–?) was a prominent member of New York’s Chinese American community during…
The Chinese Mission: Hop Wo, a Montreal Chinese Businessman and Christian
By: Alysha Li Hop Wo (Ju Ho) was born in Canton in southern China around 1858 [1]. While much of…