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The safe arrival of the Dartmouth after a remarkably rapid passage of 81 days from Hong Kong, with 500 Chinese immigrants (436 men, 47 women, and children) imported at the instance of certain members of the West Indian Committee, inaugurates what we sincerely hope will prove to be the immigration system of the future. . . . Taking them as a lot, these new immigrants are just what they could be wished. Active, muscular, and healthy, most of them used to hard continuous labour in tilling the ground, they give the promise of turning out industrious and trustworthy labourers, such as are greatly required on the sugar estates. In the Hong Kong Agent’s letter to Mr. Ferris Grant, he says the people belong to a peculiar race of Chinese called Hakka, celebrated for their industry and hardiness. As soon as the vessel entered the harbour yesterday afternoon, the immigrants exhibited the greatest impatience and anxiety to put their foot on land. Some of them were carried away by this feeling to such a pitch that they jumped over board to swim the short distance between the vessel and the land, and the ship’s boats had to be lowered to their assistance. When this was reported to Mr. Crosby he at once sent a Chinese Interpreter on board to tranquilize the people and explain to them that they would not be detained on board a moment longer than would be necessary to make the arrangements between them and the estates on which they would be settled; and as soon as these arrangements were completed they would be able to come ashore and meet their countrymen. The people heard the Interpreter with every show of respect and at once consented to do as he had suggested. The Immigration Depot has been surrounded these two days with well-dressed Chinese waiting to receive their fellow countrymen and give them a welcome. Amongst the new arrivals are sixty-five Christians who expressed a desire to be located together on one estate, and this has been done as nearly as practicable under the system of allotment decided upon by the Planters’ Committee which fixes 50 as the number to be sent to an estate, the fiftieth man being a headman or ‘driver’ who, it is anticipated, will be able to exert a powerful and salutary influence over the 49 people under his charge. The people, we may mention, will be under no legal obligation to work upon an estate. . . . [Royal Gazette, 13 Feb 1879]
Allocation to plantations
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La Bonne Intention |
49 |
4 |
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Schoon Ord |
24 |
5 |
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Hampton Court |
50 |
4 |
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Lusignan |
51 |
8 |
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Windsor Forest |
54 |
3 |
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Anna Regina |
48 |
4 |
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Vryheid's Lust |
51 |
1 |
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Maryville (Leguan) |
31 |
4 |
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Great Diamond |
44 |
15 |
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Golden Fleece |
41 |
3 |
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Immigrants
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Allotted to |
Surnames of descendants (to the 4th generation) |
| 11 | Chuk a Zue | Schoon Ord | Chuk | |
| 19 | Chun Ann | Chun | ||
| 20 | Lum You (F) | Chun | ||
| 25 | Wong Sim Tak | Great Diamond | Wong | |
| 45 | Chun See | Chun | ||
| 54 | Yap She (F) | Great Diamond | Wong | |
| 95 | Cheung She (F) | Schoon Ord | Chuk | |
| 5996 | Chun Sui Kew | Chun | ||
| Chak Fook | Chak | |||
| Un Kin (F) | Chak | |||
| Chan A-san | Chan | |||
| Chin a Wun | Schoon Ord | Chin | ||
| Lim She (F) | Schoon Ord | Chin | ||
| Cheong a Fung | Maryville | Cheong | ||
| Luk Moi (F) | Maryville | Cheong | ||
| Chin Man | Chin, Lam, Lee, Pollard, Thorne, Persaud, Ting-A-Kee, DaCosta, Lowe, Chong, Henry, Croft, Dornellas, Gonzalves, Bone | |||
| Chu Quee | Chu | |||
| Chuck Fook | Chuck | Chuck | ||
| Low She (F) | Schoon Ord | Chuck | ||
| Chun a Foy | Chun | |||
| Chung Shu | Chung | |||
| Chuu a Hau | Schoon Ord | Chuu | ||
| Long She (F) | Schoon Ord | Chuu | ||
| Fung A Fat | Fung-A-Fat, Chin-A-Yong, Yhap, Woon-Shing, Yow, Mook-Sang, Kwok, Sue, Chan, Ng-A-Mann, Ng-See-Quan, Fung-On, Yong, Ng-A-Fook, Burch, Lee, Brown, Young | |||
| Fung a Quam | Great Diamond | Fung | ||
| Chun She (F) | Great Diamond | Fung | ||
| How She (F) | Chung | |||
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Hung Khui-syu |
30 |
Great Diamond |
Siung, Fung, Foong, Washington, Lewis, Alleyne, Tanker, Chen, Allum Poon, Denton, Wilkes, Yip Choy, Ifill, Clouston, Davies, Chang, Chin-A-Sang |
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Tsen A-lin |
25 |
Great Diamond |
Siung, Fung, Foong, Washington, Lewis, Alleyne, Tanker, Chen, Allum Poon, Denton, Wilkes, Yip Choy, Ifill, Clouston, Davies, Chang, Chin-A-Sang |
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Hung Ken-siung |
~4 |
Great Diamond |
Siung, Lewis, Allum Poon, Denton, Wilkes, Yip Choy, Debien, Scott, Lamb, Denaeghel, Norton, Shim,Haliwa |
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Hung Ken-tat |
~2 |
Great Diamond |
Fung, Allen, Tanker, Chen, Ifill |
| Lan Shee (F) | Chan | |||
| Hung Qui Sam | Great Diamond | Hung | ||
| Chun Yow Ming (F) | Great Diamond | Hung | ||
| Ku See Moi (F) | Chung | |||
| Lai Chung Moi (F) | Ho | |||
| Le a Chin | Le | |||
| Pun She (F) | Le | |||
| Lee a Fong (Charles) | Lee | |||
| Lee a Sam | Lusignan | Lee | ||
| Chuu a Choi (F) | Lusignan | Lee | ||
| Luck a Tu (F) | Chun | |||
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Luk Kim-hee |
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Luck, Lam, Yhap, Foo, Tang, Milner, Gillette, Lou-Hing, Cheong, Jager, Chung, Ammon, Ngui-Qui-Yen, Chang, Evelyn, Lee, Woon-Sam, Low, Chin, Herman, Kum, Chin-Ten-Fung, McKenzie, Ho-Chan, Freathy, Kitson, Akai, Choo-Shee-Nam, Robeiro, Reimer, Fermin, Fung, Thompson, Ramcharan, Stephens,Wallace, Edwins, Yong-Hing, Hew, Malcolm, Rajack, DeJunor, Chee-A-Tow, Hoffer, Smith, Sabbah, Arrizza, Jardim, Duggin, Wong, Milsom, Rutter, Querine, La March, Braithwaite, Clarke, Singh, Kranneburg, Wright, Harris, Glasgow, Reis, U-Ming, Soo Kaim, Duncalf, Hew, Kirkpatrick, O'Toole, Hosegood, McNeil, Cook, Mallalieu, Hai Chow, Wilson, Kealhofer, Hugh, Cabantan, Subianto, Luyt, Flett, Tahal, Halliwell, McKinley, Gradsky, Romero, Motro, Maxwell, Bussey, Le Page, Gonsalves, Fung-On, Powling, D'Arcieul, Coull, Lott |
| Nyk San | Nyk | |||
| Pang a Man | Anna Regina | Pang | ||
| Chan She (F) | Anna Regina | Pang | ||
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Pim-a-Min |
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Anna Regina |
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| Sam Un Kiw | Chuk | |||
| Soo On | Hampton Court | Soo | ||
| Tin Chu | Tin | |||
| Tong a Shue | Tong | |||
| Lim She (F) | Tong | |||
| Wah a June | Wah | |||
| Yap She (F) | Wah | |||
| Wong a Qui | Great Diamond | Wong, Leow, Fung, Haniff, Edun, Woo-Ling, De Sousa, Cho-Kim-Choy, Alberga, U-Ming, Yong-Ping, Gordon, Da Camara, Li, Chee-A-Tow, Bacchus, Low, Hing, Nicholson, Baptiste, Lashley, Allim, Chow-Wah, Hooper, Shinebourne, Rodgers, Romanin, Hassan, Lee, Lam, Man-Son-Hing, Christiani, Leung, Wharton, Cheong, Tiam-Fook, Dias, Pillai, Thompson, Bostic, Morrison, Bennett, Cox, Beaumont, Ten-Pow, Enright, Willems, Del Pino, Chow, Comacho, Rassini, Eason, Poichuk, Vaughn | ||
| Cow en Mung (F) | Great Diamond | Wong, Leow, Fung, Haniff, Edun, Woo-Ling, De Sousa, Cho-Kim-Choy, Alberga, U-Ming, Yong-Ping, Gordon, Da Camara, Li, Chee-A-Tow, Bacchus, Low, Hing, Nicholson, Baptiste, Lashley, Allim, Chow-Wah, Hooper, Shinebourne, Rodgers, Romanin, Hassan, Lee, Lam, Man-Son-Hing, Christiani, Leung, Wharton, Cheong, Tiam-Fook, Dias, Pillai, Thompson, Bostic, Morrison, Bennett, Cox, Beaumont, Ten-Pow, Enright, Willems, Del Pino, Chow, Comacho, Rassini, Eason, Poichuk, Vaughn | ||
| Wong a Tai | Great Diamond | Wong | ||
| Chow Shee (F) | Great Diamond | Wong | ||
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Wong Mook |
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Wong, Leung, Low Sang, Evan Wong, Yang, Hing, Luck, Ho, La Croix, Yelin, Andersen, Kraus, Meade, Dale, Bors, Chan-Choong, Ho, Freathy, Wallace, Nequist, Harris, Tario, Caygill, Whelan, Powell, Nichol, Gomez, Fung, Ho-Sing-Loy, Fung-Kee-Fung, Chee-A-Tow, Barclay, Fung-A-Fat, Wong Moon, Cozens, Maxwell, Stacy |
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Wong Yan-cheung |
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Wong, Leung, Low Sang |
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Wong Yan-sau |
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Evan Wong, Yang, Hing, Luck, Ho-A-Kai, La Croix, Yelin, Andersen, Kraus, Meade, Dale, Bors, Chan-Choong, Ho, Freathy, Wallace, Nequist, Harris, Tario, Caygill, Whelan, Powell, Nichol, Gomez, Allen, Woolaston |
| Wong (Sarah) |
| -- | Wong, Fung-Kee-Fung, Chee-A-Tow, Ho, Barclay, Boutin, Fung-A-Fat, Wong Moon, Cozens, Maxwell, Stacy | |
| Yap Fook | Anna Regina | Yap | ||
| Lee She (F) | Anna Regina | Yap | ||
| Young She (F) | Chung | |||
| Yow She (F) | Chun |
Other sites
You can take a closer look at some of the families, including their photos, at these other websites:
Luck family website: http://members.tripod.com/~Luck_Family_Online
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