Going Back - Gom Benn Scholarship Fund

Photo of Chi Tung in front of gathering at distribution of her 2022 Dong Genealogy.

Who Is Chi Tung?

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Post published:February 1, 2025
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Why family trees? And why Gom Benn’s family trees? Chi Tung For Chi Tung (董小琪), her Gom Benn research began not long after her daughter Diana married Chase Wong. Chase…

Gom Benn generational poem superimposed on image of newborn baby.

What’s In a Name? Our Generational Poem

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Post published:January 22, 2025
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A baby is coming. The due date is near. Have you picked a name? Go with a popular favorites: Liam, Noah, Oliver, James or Elijah? Or if a girl: Olivia, Emma,…

Listen to Linda Huang read her mother Fay Hing Lee Wong's Toisan proverbs, sayings and rhymes.

Part 9: Fay Wong’s Proverbs

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Post published:January 14, 2025
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Fay Hing Lee Wong and her daughter Linda Huang The following proverbs, colloquial sayings and nursery rhymes were told by Fay Hing Lee Wong to her children and grandchildren. They…

The montage show's Wong Toy Wing's family at a dinner: Son Albert, left, paper son Bing T., daughter Doris, wife Nguey Sum, Toy Wing, youngest son Hank and eldest daughter Tai Yeot. Not pictured is youngest daughter Judy. The map shows Chinatown in 1909. The Sam Sing butcher shop is on the left side of the image, to the right of the Plaza. The map is courtesy the Library of Congress.

The Butcher’s Wish for His Secret Child

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Post published:October 17, 2024
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Toy Wing Wong, a Chinese immigrant and butcher, sought to reunite with his secret daughter, Tai Yeot, left in China due to U.S. immigration constraints. Involved in the "Paper Son" system, he facilitated others' journeys too.