Lok Sik Kwai — CEM Connections

Lok Sik Kwai
Circa 1876, LaFargue Collection
Pinyin & Chinese characters	Lu Xigui 陆锡贵
Variant Spellings & Other Names	Lok Sik-kwai Loh Sih Kain¹ Luk Sik Quai
Other Chinese Names	Lu Xianchen 陆显臣
Detachment	2
LaFargue No.	38
Date of Birth	1861
Place of Birth	Shanghai, Jiangsu
Age at Departure for U.S.	13 (Lunar Calendar)
Date of Death
Place of Death	Shanghai
Place(s) of residence in U.S.	(1) Hebron, CT; (2) Hartford, CT. (3) Clinton, CT
American Host Family/ies	(1) Miss Mary Jane Post, Hebron, CT² (2) James R. Stevens, Hartford, CT³ (3) George E. & Cornelia C. Elliott , Clinton, CT (U.S. Census 1880)
School(s), with dates	Hartford West Middle Public School; Hartford Public High School, Hartford, CT, for about one year; then left for the Morgan School, Clinton, CT⁴
Notable activities/ awards in school
College/University, with dates
Notable activities/ awards in College
Degree/Diploma Obtained, with date
First Assignment in China	Studied law at Tianjin.
Later Positions	Military service 军功 (unspecified)⁵ Tongshan Mining and Engineering Co.; secretary to Chief Engineer’s Department, Peking-Mukden (Beijing-Shenyang) Railway
Employment sector(s)	Mining; Railway
Final rank, if in gov't service
Father's name	Lu Qiutao 陆秋桃
Mother's name
Wife/wives
Family relations w/ other CEM students
Children's Names
Descendants	Great-Grandson: Jack Lu⁴
Other
Notes and Sources	1. Springfield Daily Republican, 26 July 1873, 3. 2. Rhoads (2011), Table 5.1, p. 52. 3. Robyn (1996), 145. Cf. Leung (1988b), 404: “C. J. Stevens.” 4. Information courtesy History Project, HPHS, Hartford, CT (emails from R. J. Luke Williams: 1 and 19 March 2008). 5. Shi (2000), 201. Uncertain: Shi gives his surname as Wu 吴, though his later job sectors match.