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patriarch of the 27th generation
descendants, bearing the designated
word-line of Tsu.
He was born between 9.00 and
11.00am on the 8th day of the 9th
moon in the 31st year (1766) reign of
Emperor Chien Lung (1736-1794)
and passed away between 9.00 and
11.00pm on the 3rd day of the 2nd
moon a year before (1860) Emperor
Tung Chih (1862-1874) ascended to
the throne. He was interned at
Chang Lin cemetery.
He married his legal wife Pao of
the Chen clan of whom, on her death,
was awarded a posthumous title of
Shen Tzu. She bore to her husband
a son and a daughter to carry on the
family's name. The male heir was
named Yan Shih Ken tablet name
Ancestor Chun Hou. His word-line
was Wu.
His youngest brother, Yan Pei
Hsiao was without any male heir
issue and he adopted his elder
brother's son, Yan Shih Ken, as joint
heirs and the male progenitors for
both branches of the family tree.
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Yan Shih Ken was appointed by his
father and uncle as their joint-heirs
and successors to begin two new
lines of descendants. He was given a
non-de-plume or secret name of Kuei
Hou, formal name Tun Wu and
stylistic name Chun Hou.
Father and son were engaged
throughout their lives in a catering
business in their village. He
was born between 1.00 and 3.00pm
on the 20th day of the 6th moon in
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My Great Grand Father
the 27th year (1847) rule of Emperor
Tao Kuang (1821-1849); and passed
away between 11.00 and 1.00am on
the 1st day of the 11th moon in the
25th year (1899). He was buried at
Fu Hsun Han.
A marriage alliance was sealed
with the Lin clan when he took lady
Chao to be his lawful wedded wife.
She was born between 5.00 and
7.00am on the 12th day of the 4th
moon in the 31st year (1855) rule of
Emperor Tao Kuang (1821-1849);
and passed away between 3.00 and
5.00am on the 7th day of the 12th
moon, slightly less than six months
after her husband's death. She was
honoured with a posthumous title as
Tuan Yi and buried at Fu Hsun Chen
Hsing Shan, clos by to her husband's
grave.
From this marriage, she
produced two sons and two
daughters into the Yan family. The
male heirs were respectively named:-
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1. Yan Wen Yuan , tablet name
Ancestor Hsiao Yi and
2. Yan Wen Tan (Gan Boon Tam) ,
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tablet name Ancestor Hsiao Chi.
The eldest daughter was given in
marriage to the ward of Chen Nuan,
residing in Shih Tien Chien hamlet,
and the second daughter to the ward
of Su Chu at the same hamlet.
Soon, forefather Yan Wen
Yuan (Gan Boon Ean) was to leave
his village behind to seek his fortune
and travelled to Malaya and
eventually found his way to
Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, to begin
a new life. When his business