Batu Pahat Connection : Chew Chai Pin 蒋才品 # 1253
Chew Chai Pin (b. 11 November 1911 – d. 13 June 1941) Among the 4,000 graves which will have to be exhumed to make way for the highway is that of Chew Chai Pin (# 1253) Chew Chai Pin was one of three founders of the Chinese High School in Batu Pahat. Unlike the other prominent Chinese men who contributed to the school, Chew was not well known then in the community. He held the concurrent position of […]
Sat 25 Jan & Sun 26 Jan Morning Walks
Meeting Point for all events at Lorong Halwa gates. We guide rain, shine or exhumations Sat 25 Jan, 2014: 9am- 12 pm with Fabian Tee (Facebook Registration Here) Sun 26 Jan, 2014: 9am- 12 pm with Yik Han & Zhi Hao (Facebook Registration Here) The Brownies will shine a light on the notable pioneers including revolutionaries, social reformers, bankers, war heroes etc and the historical context of their lives and times. They will also explain tomb architecture […]
Brownie Mobilization to Find an Ancestor
The Lim Hock Seng Family An update: On the morning of Sunday, June 22 ’14, Raymond Goh was on his usual weekend exploration of Bukit Brown when he came across the tomb of Ngo Kim Neo who died young at 22 years old in 1927. On her tomb was inscribed, she was the wife of Lim Hock Seng (see the original story below) and she left behind 4 children, Sons: Lim Cheng Chuan and Lim Cheng Ean; Daughters: Lim Khoon […]
Exhumed: Ong Kim Soon #508 @ Seh Ong
On 2nd January, 2014, June Tan witnessed and photo documented the exhumation of her grandfather, Ong Kim Soon. She also shared with us the testimonial of how a promise was fulfilled to carry on the lineage of another family. It speaks to men and women of honour and ties of kinship which live on till today. *** By June Tan My grandfather was an ordinary man. He worked hard to make ends meet and was an honest man of […]
Exhumed:Tan Cheng Moh #769 & Tan Siok Hwa #763
A personal account by Aylwin Tan who witnessed the exhumation of his grandfather and aunt at Bukit Brown on the morning of Wednesday, 8th January,2014. *** I received a phone call from the exhumation office about 1.5 hours after I had registered. Picked my Dad up and went directly to the gravesite. The green tentage is that of my aunt Tan Siok Hwa (aged 10) and the grey is my grandpa, Tan Cheng Moh. Both were killed during a […]
The Bukit Brown Tiles
The Art Nouveau (Peranakan) tiles of Bukit Brown have caught the attention of a French academic who helms an international research team. The team has embarked on a 4 year study of the tiles in Asia, under an MOU with the Unesco University and Heritage Forum. Professor Chantal Zheng together with her husband, Dr Zheng Shun-De, visited Bukit Brown recently, guided by our tiles expert, Victor Lim. The visit, so impressed them, they wrote to All Things Bukit Brown […]
Sat 11 & Sun 12, Jan : Morning Guided Walks
Meeting point for all guided walks : The gates of Bukit Brown on Lorong Halwa. Saturday 11 Jan 2014, Heritage Walk : 9am – 12pm Yik Han and Andrew will shine a light on the notable pioneers including revolutionaries, social reformers, bankers, war heroes etc and the historical context of their lives and times. They will also explain tomb architecture and the significance to the after life. Facebook registration here Sunday 12 Jan 2014, Tile Appreciation : 9 am […]
The Family of Ee Tean Choon
by Sugen Ramiah While exploring Hill 4, I stumbled upon a tomb of a young man, by the name of Ee Tean Choon.(E Tean Choon on tombstone) It was very unique because the tomb was of a modern design in marble. And so I started a little research on his family in early November 2013. It was on the 31st of December 2013, while strolling with brownies Peter and Ee Hoon, that I was told that there was another […]
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