Choy Shiu Kong 1933–2022

Choy Shiu Kong, 1933–2022 (aged 88 years)

Ray Choy with cultivator. Market garden at San Souci. c 1960

Name 蔡少岡

Name: /蔡/少岡
Given names: /少岡
Surname: /蔡
Romanized name: /Choy/ Shiu Kong

Name Ah Kong …

Name: Ah Kong //
Given names: Ah Kong

Name Ray Choy

Name: Ray /Choy/
Given names: Ray
Surname: Choy

Gender Male

Events of close relatives
Birth	August 16, 1933 18 16 Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China — 槎崗, 回龙, 高要市, 肇庆市, 广东
Birth of a brother	Po Kin Choy March 5, 1935 (aged 1 year) Hong Kong
Birth of a brother	Kon Kee Choy March 7, 1937 (aged 3 years) Hong Kong
Birth of a brother	Hang Kin Choy October 29, 1938 (aged 5 years) Hong Kong Note: DoB noted from a family listing that Howard sent to his father.
Death of a mother	Lee Lai Ying July 3, 1943 (aged 9 years) Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China — 槎崗, 回龙, 高要市, 肇庆市, 广东 Note: Gaoyao(高要市), Zhaoqing(肇庆市), Guangdong(广东), China
Burial of a mother	Lee Lai Ying after July 3, 1943 (aged 9 years) Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China — 槎崗, 回龙, 高要市, 肇庆市, 广东
Birth of a brother	Dexter Choy August 31, 1945 (aged 12 years) Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China — 槎崗, 回龙, 高要市, 肇庆市, 广东
Education	1948 (aged 14 years) Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China ChoyShiuKong_Graduation
Immigration	June 8, 1949 (aged 15 years) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death of a maternal grandfather	Quong Tart Lee March 28, 1954 (aged 20 years) Age: 68 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia Cause: Rupture of the aorta Address: Corner of French and Moore St Kogarah
Naturalization	August 25, 1960 (aged 27 years) Note: Certificate EM(1) 98183 Certificate EM(1) 98183 issued 2/2/1961 Sydney
Occupation	Primary Producer between 1949 and 1975 (aged 41 years) Ray Choy with cultivator. Market garden at San Souci. c 1960
Burial of a maternal grandfather	Quong Tart Lee March 30, 1954 (aged 20 years) Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery Address: General Cemetery Chinese Section 3, Grave 1620 T_QuongTartLee_1.jpg
Residence	from 1959 to 1966 (aged 32 years) Address: 47 Civic Ave City: Kogarah State: NSW Country: Australia
Residence	from 1967 to 1986 (aged 52 years) Address: 20 Olola Ave City: Castle Hill Postal code: 2154
Death of a paternal grandfather	Ah Young … December 12, 1968 (aged 35 years) Newtown, New South Wales, Australia Note: NSW BDM Index: 40949/1968
Burial of a paternal grandfather	Ah Young … December 17, 1968 (aged 35 years) Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery Address: General Section Chinese 4 Grave 650 Headstone of Ah Young and Chu Moi
Residence	from 1987 (aged 53 years) Mannering Park, New South Wales, Australia
Burial of a mother	Lee Lai Ying October 15, 1991 (aged 58 years) Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery T_LaiYingChoy.jpg
Burial of a brother	Hang Kin Choy September 20, 1993 (aged 60 years) Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: Rookwood Address: General Cemetery, Chinese Section 5, Grave 199
Death of a paternal grandmother	Chu Moy … April 12, 1997 (aged 63 years) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death of a father	Kam Wing Choy August 16, 2003 (aged 70 years) Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
Death of a brother	Kon Kee Choy December 16, 2006 (aged 73 years) New South Wales, Australia
Burial of a brother	Kon Kee Choy December 20, 2006 (aged 73 years) North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Address: Macquarie Park Cemetery
Death of a brother	Po Kin Choy April 17, 2016 (aged 82 years)
Death of a brother	Dexter Choy December 30, 2017 (aged 84 years) Age: 72 Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia
Burial of a father	Kam Wing Choy Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery Address: Chinese Section 2 Grave 1513 T_KamWingChoy.jpg
Death	March 19, 2022 (aged 88 years)

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: August 10, 1915 36 16 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Marriage: before 1933 — China Immigration: September 30, 1967 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: News paper journalist Occupation: Shopkeeper Death: August 16, 2003 — Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lee Lai Ying Choy Shiu Kong Po Kin Choy Kon Kee Choy Hang Kin Choy Dexter Choy Family with spouse Wing Mui Chan Kam Wing Choy 蔡錦榮 1915–2003 Birth: August 10, 1915 36 16 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Death: August 16, 2003 — Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
mother	Links Birth: October 13, 1916 30 — Chenghucun, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Marriage: before 1933 — China Death: July 3, 1943 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Burial: after July 3, 1943 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Burial: October 15, 1991 — Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Kam Wing Choy Choy Shiu Kong Po Kin Choy Kon Kee Choy Hang Kin Choy Dexter Choy Lee Lai Ying 李麗芵 1916–1943 Birth: October 13, 1916 30 — Chenghucun, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Death: July 3, 1943 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China
Marriage	Marriage — before 1933 — China
8 months himself	Links Birth: August 16, 1933 18 16 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Education: 1948 — Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Immigration: June 8, 1949 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Naturalization: August 25, 1960 Occupation: Primary Producer — between 1949 and 1975 Death: March 19, 2022 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Choy Shiu Kong 蔡少岡 1933–2022 Birth: August 16, 1933 18 16 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Death: March 19, 2022
19 months younger brother	Links Birth: March 5, 1935 19 18 — Hong Kong Naturalization: August 18, 1967 Death: April 17, 2016 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Family with spouse Po Kin Choy 蔡步堅 1935–2016 Birth: March 5, 1935 19 18 — Hong Kong Death: April 17, 2016
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: March 7, 1937 21 20 — Hong Kong Death: December 16, 2006 — New South Wales, Australia Burial: December 20, 2006 — North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Kon Kee Choy 蔡子翰 1937–2006 Birth: March 7, 1937 21 20 — Hong Kong Death: December 16, 2006 — New South Wales, Australia
20 months younger brother	Links Birth: October 29, 1938 23 22 — Hong Kong Burial: September 20, 1993 — Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hang Kin Choy 蔡行健 1938–1993 Birth: October 29, 1938 23 22 — Hong Kong Burial: September 20, 1993 — Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia
7 years younger brother	Links Birth: August 31, 1945 30 28 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Immigration: December 19, 1957 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Naturalization: August 18, 1967 Death: December 30, 2017 — Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Dexter Choy 1945–2017 Birth: August 31, 1945 30 28 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Death: December 30, 2017 — Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia

Father’s family with Wing Mui Chan
father	Links Birth: August 10, 1915 36 16 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Marriage: before 1933 — China Immigration: September 30, 1967 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: News paper journalist Occupation: Shopkeeper Death: August 16, 2003 — Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lee Lai Ying Choy Shiu Kong Po Kin Choy Kon Kee Choy Hang Kin Choy Dexter Choy Family with spouse Wing Mui Chan Kam Wing Choy 蔡錦榮 1915–2003 Birth: August 10, 1915 36 16 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Death: August 16, 2003 — Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
stepmother	Links Birth: February 14, 1922 — China Immigration: September 30, 1967 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: October 23, 2007 — Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Kam Wing Choy Wing Mui Chan 1922–2007 Birth: February 14, 1922 — China Death: October 23, 2007 — Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
half-sister	Private –
half-brother	Private –

Family with Private
himself	Links Birth: August 16, 1933 18 16 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Education: 1948 — Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Immigration: June 8, 1949 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Naturalization: August 25, 1960 Occupation: Primary Producer — between 1949 and 1975 Death: March 19, 2022 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Choy Shiu Kong 蔡少岡 1933–2022 Birth: August 16, 1933 18 16 — Zhagang, Huilong, Gaoyao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China Death: March 19, 2022
wife	Private –
son	Private –
daughter	Private –
daughter	Private –
daughter	Private –

Coming to Australia

WIP

Ray finished his middle school years in Zhaiqing in 1948. Shortly after this, he came to Australia to join his grandfather, Ah Young.

The trip from the village to Australia was in steerage

His original purpose to come to Australia was to continue education. He bagan some schooling in the form of English classes but he soon decided he would rather work at the market garden. His student visa was exchanged to become a replacement worker on the family market garden so Ah Young could retire.

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Immigration

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Naturalization	Certificate EM(1) 98183 issued 2/2/1961 Sydney
Note	Recollection: Family migrated south from Fuking province in 1273. Came to Gouyo to set up home. 16th generation in the family book of Shui Sin. (1383-1464) Born in the Sung dynasty in Fukien province(Hokkein province) Choy name goes back to Chou dynasty. Came from south of the river province. Family moved to Char Gong from Lai Char in 1899 . Village established by Choy and So families. Rent from some of the rice fields was dedicated to cemetery funds and regular feast for the descendants.
Shared note	The family leaves Hong Kong - 1941 Hong Kong fell to the Japanese Army on 25 Dec 1941. About 2 weeks after that event, Chu Moy … and her extended family fled the city. Kam Wing Choy as the oldest male had responsibility for arrangements. The group also included: Private Lee Lai Ying Choy Shiu Kong Kon Kee Choy Hang Kin Choy Po Kin Choy Private (Uncle 5) Lesley Choy Private Bernie Choy Private Ivan's sister (Private)(number 2 aunty) Lai Ying's brother (Private) Lai Ying's moi jai (girl servant) A professional traveller/guide A girl who was a friend of Kam Wing from Uni The group left Hong Kong by overnight ferry to Zhongshan, then to Heshan, and on to the village at Gaoyao. The trip involved a ferry, a boat, bicycles, sedan chairs and walking. Dad recalls it took 4 or 5 days.

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Education	ChoyShiuKong_Graduation
Occupation	Ray Choy with cultivator. Market garden at San Souci. c 1960
Media object	Ray Choy
Media object	raychoy.jpg
Media object	Ray Choy with cultivator. Market garden at San Souci. c 1960

Extra information

Last change

July 5, 2022 – 10:14:56

Author of last change: kerryc

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Family with parents
father Parents Ah Young … Chu Moy …	Kam Wing Choy 1915–2003
mother Parents Quong Tart Lee … …	Lee Lai Ying 1916–1943
himself	Choy Shiu Kong 1933–2022
younger brother Family Private Private Private Family Private Private Private	Po Kin Choy 1935–2016
younger brother Family Private Private Private	Kon Kee Choy 1937–2006
younger brother Family Private Private Private	Hang Kin Choy 1938–1993
younger brother Family Private Private Private	Dexter Choy 1945–2017

Father’s family with Wing Mui Chan
father Parents Ah Young … Chu Moy …	Kam Wing Choy 1915–2003
stepmother	Wing Mui Chan 1922–2007
half-sister Family Private Private Private	Private
half-brother Family Private Private Private	Private

Family with Private
himself	Choy Shiu Kong 1933–2022
wife Parents George Thomas Kwong Ellen Que Woo	Private
son Family Private Private Private Private Private	Private
daughter Family Private Private Private Private	Private
daughter	Private
daughter Family Private Private Private	Private

Descendants

Choy Shiu Kong(1933–2022)
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