Saturday, August 10, 2019

Samuel Lewis Shaw in Amoy and Foochow (Xiamen and Fuzhou)

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I just received a fascinating email from Chris S. about his great grandfather in Amoy and Foochow, also talking about the French attack on ...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Still Searching for Pastor Iap--China's First Chinese Pastor

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Ahoy from Amoy ! (Historic Xiamen Island) On Oct. 31 (Halloween!), 2016, I posted info about Emily, a descendant of Pastor Iap (Yap) se...
Saturday, March 4, 2017

Quanzhou, Zayton, Cayton--Why English Research on China is tricky

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Ahoy from Amoy! (Historic Xiamen , China). One reason it is so hard to research Chinese cities in Western historical texts is that foreig...
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Friday, February 24, 2017

In Search of Yeh Wen-lan (Yap)叶文澜: Amoy Electric, Foochow Arsenal, Amoy Foodstuffs, etc.)

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Ahoy from Amoy ! (historic Xiamen , China). I just received a fascinating email asking for sources on Yeh Wen-lan [叶文澜, or 叶清渠]. He die...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Betty of the Consulate (1860s Amoy, daughter of Amoy Consul Trowbridge)

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 Ahoy from Amoy (historic Xiamen , China). I just purchased a book written by Betty Trowbridge, daughter of the U.S. Amoy Consul in the...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Bamboo Church founder's descendent's letter

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Ahoy from Amoy ! (Historic Xiamen , China). I've just received a couple of interesting letters from a man who is a descendant of p...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Pastor Iap Han Chiong -- China's First Pastor (Amoy) 葉漢章牧師

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Ahoy from Amoy! (historic Xiamen, China). I received an interesting letter today from a 5th generation descendant of Pastor Iap Han Chio...

Talmage Tribute by Pastor Iap Han Chiong, 1st Pastor of Amoy's Bamboo Church

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Ahoy from Amoy! (modern Xiamen, China) I received an email today from Emily Cheng, 5th generation descendant of Xiamen Bamboo Church...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Edna Beekman, Amoy Missionary, Pioneer Chinese Women's Education

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Ahoy from Amoy (historic Xiame n, China). It looks like Gulangyu Islet will finally receive UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2017, b...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Doctor Andrew Bonthius in Amoy, China

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Ahoy from Amoy (historic Xiamen , China)! Great news! It looks pretty certain that Gulangyu ( Kolongsoo ) Islet will in 2017 be desig...