Tong Chi Yao

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Circa 1876, LaFargue Collection

Pinyin & Chinese characters Tang Zhiyao 唐致尧
Variant Spellings & Other Names Tong Chi Yew1
Tong Shi Yew
Other Chinese Name(s)
Detachment 3
LaFargue No. 73
Date of Birth 1862
Place of Birth Xiangshan (Zhongshan), Guangdong
Age at Departure for US 13 (Lunar Calendar)
Date of Death
Place of Death Shanghai
Place(s) of Residence in US

 (1) Greenfield, MA
(2) Hartford, CT
(3) Westfield, MA2
American Host Family/ies

(1) Lizzie [Elizabeth] Clark, Greenfield, MA
(2) Helen E. Blakeslee, Hartford, CT
(3) William H. & Josephine S. Foote, Westfield, MA2

School(s), with dates
Notable Activities/Awards in School
College/University, with dates
Notable Activities/Awards in College
Degree/Diploma Obtained (date)
First Assignment in China
Later Positions Went into business; afterwards joined the Peking-Mukden (Beijing-Shenyang) Railway and the Tianjin Tax Bureau.
Employment Sector(s) Railways; Business; Government
Final Rank, if in Gov't Service
Father's Name
Mother's Name
Wife/wives
Family Relations w/ other CEM Students Related to other CEM students of surname Tong, particularly Tong Yuen Chan (Tang Yuanzhan 唐元湛 II, 53) and Tong Shao Yi (Tang Shaoyi 唐绍仪 III, 61), all three said to be natives of the same place, Tang Jia 唐家 in Xiangshan Xian 香山县 (modern Zhongshan Xian 中山县), Guangdong ⼴东; also related to Tong Kwo On (Tang Guoan 唐国安 II, 49), Tong Wing Ho (Tang Ronghao 唐荣浩 IV, 105), and Tong Wing Chun (Tang Rongjun 唐荣俊 IV, 106).
Children's Names
Descendants
Other
Notes and Sources 1. Signature: “Tong Chi Yew / Canton / China,” in autograph book (ca. 1875) of Yung Kwai (Rong Kui 容揆 II, 34) in Archives and Manuscripts, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT.

2. Residences and American hosts: Rhoads (2011), p. 53, Table 5.1 (Greenfield, MA; Elizabeth Clark); Robyn (1996), p. 146 (Hartford, CT; Helen E. Blakeslee); U.S. Census 1880, Rhoads (2011), p. 141, Table 9.2 (Westfield, MA; William H. Foote).