Bukit Brown Cemetery

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    A story of one tomb and a grand wedding

    So many stories to discover at Bukit Brown...

    Here is one tomb of Lim Mah Seang,  second son of Lim Kek Chuan,
    co-founder and first President of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

    (Kek Chuan road in Penang is named after him).  He is also related to Tan Kheam Hock as the two families intermarried.

     

    Tomb of Lim Mah Seang, who died at the age of 48, formerly of 176, Neil Road

     

    Limmahseang1

    One of his daughters Chin Choo has a grand wedding in Penang as reported by ST on 18 Sep 1939
    wearing $100,000 worth of jewellery at that time

    The bride and bridegroom

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    Click here to download:
    A_story_of_one_tomb_and_a_gran.zip (131 KB)

    • 4 September 2011
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    9 months ago taovictor responded:
    taovictor
    And we have a Kheam Hock Road in Singapore, is this related? And it leads to Bukit Brown!
    9 months ago Raymond Goh responded:
    Raymond Goh
    Yes, I have already post Kheam Hock's grave, which is in front of this tomb
    4 months ago taovictor responded:
    taovictor
    Thanks to Vicky, here is one lead:

    http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/Cemeteries/Singapore_Memorial/Unmaintainable...

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