RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1967
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A NOTICE OF THE SANON DISTRICT

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The temperature of the water varies at different times, and the several springs also differ in their temperature. The hottest of them is always of too high a temperature to allow of the hand being immersed in it, and at the time the traveller visited it, a thermometer immersed in it registered 108° Fahr. About twenty yards from its source is an artificial tank, which is used as a bath by people who are suffering from cutaneous diseases, who often return home cured.

Where the water is stagnant, deposits of sulphur are observed. The Chinese fancy that great treasures are concealed around these springs, and requested me to show them to them, they being of opinion that a foreigner is able to see several feet deep into the earth.

The inhabitants of the Sanon district are divided into the Pun-ti and Hak-ka; only a few speak the Mandarin or Hak-lo dialects. Some Hak-lo families are, however, employed in the imperial salt fields.

A list of the Sanon villages was made about 40 years ago, and they then numbered 854; of these 279 were inhabited by the Pun-tis, and 275 by the Hak-kas. Many of the villages mentioned in this list are now deserted or destroyed, but many new ones have also appeared, and we may fairly say that their numbers have rather increased than diminished.

The Hak-ka villages are in many instances small clusters of houses, whilst the Pun-ti villages sometimes number from 10,000 to 30,000 inhabitants. The Hak-kas dwell in the mountainous region of the eastern and more interior parts of the district, and are hence nick-named by the Pun-tis “Ngai-lu” ✯, or mountain-fellows; Pu-kakis the most important Hak-ka settlement; and in the western Hak-ka territory, U-shek-ngam #· a market-place at the foot of the Yeong-toi mountain, is of chief note.

The large plains previously noticed, are exclusively possessed by the Pun-tis. There are in the district forty places where markets are held; one-fifth of these only are possessed by the Hak-kas. Populous towns, such as Nam-tow, Sai-heong, and San-keaou, have spacious streets, where, every day, besides market days, large quantities of goods are exposed to sale.

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RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1988
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Table 1: Genealogy of the Chan Family

Chan Tak Youg (Violet's great grandfather)

Chan Jok Jun

George, Harry, Henry

Chan Jok Chiu (b. 1845) m (1) Au (Violet's grandparents)

(2) Leong

Yung Kam in Yim (First Paternal Aunt)

George Goon Hop (adopted) m (1) Auyoung

(2) Liu

  
    Gladys Yung Hoy m Lan Kwai
  
  
    Claudia in George Murphy
    David, Michael
  
  
    Calvin m Barbara
    Jennifer, Jason, Jeffrey
  
  
    Kwock Wah m Mona Lew
    Paula, Donna, Marcha, David, Jonathan
  
  
    Lorna (adopted) m
    Lawrence, Paul, Yolanda, Twila-dawn, Keith, Robin
  

Chan Ping Wing (First Paternal Uncle) m Ching (Concubine: "Small Aunt")

Chan Po Ling m (1) Auyoung

(2) Kan (Concubine: Kam)

  
    Linda, Judy, Lillian, Robert, Chi Fai, Anthony, m Dorothy (5 daughters)
  
  
    Rosita, m Robert Ting (1 child)
  

Chan Ping I (Second Paternal Uncle) m Auyoung

Toby in Louise Dung

  
    Melody m Johnson Chen, Carol m John Lee, Sonja in Tai Min Wan, Jade m Eddy Lin, Lloyd m Deborah, Lena m Jeffrey Lu
  

Helen m Tong

Charles (children)

Georgette m Lu Bing Leong (daughter) Moo Yun

Ting Cheong (2 sons, 2 daughters)

Moo Sau

Chan Ping Yip m Jong (Violet's parents)

Ruth

Violet m John Lew m

Me Yuk

  
    Helen m (1) Edmund Tin Wai Tong
  
  
    Edmund Yee Sing m (1) Susan Loui
    Kevin
  
  
    (2) Gertrude Kristiansen
    Syrilyn, Clayton
  
  
    (2) Tso-yu Fu
    Lynnette Wen-chu
  
  
    Russell m (1) Lila Kung
    Dora m Tso-chien Shen
  
  
    Eugene m Nancy Chun
    Wendell, Celia
  
  
    (2) Susan Carter
    Russell
  
  
    Gilbert m Christine Liao
    Warren, Tabitha
  

daughter m Leong Ting Bau (Second Paternal Aunt)

Yung Yik m Auyoung (Third Paternal Aunt)

Suk Jun, m So (4 sons, 3 daughters)

Suk Num, (3 daughters, 1 son), Suk Chiu, (2 sons, 2 daughters) Chan Ping Lim (d. 1903) (Fourth Paternal Uncle)

Chan Jok Sau

L-6 sons (including Dai Mec, Ngit Chiu and Dai Geng)

Chan Jok Sui

Ngit Chiu (adopted) d 1924 in Honolulu

Chan Jok King

Ju Dai, Dai Geng (adopted)

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