The Ong Family

The Ong Family of Doung Moon Lei, Wu Lung, Hoiping, Guangdong, China

... Ong Jat ___

Ong Ney ___

Ong Yoon Pak

Ong Chong Fong

Ong Kwai Yuen

1st Son: Ong Yip Doy (b. 1860's)

2nd Son: Ong Yip Ding (b.1861-1942/44)

3rd Son: Ong Yip ?

Duong Moon Lei Village grew out of Wu Lung's original Ong Village called Guo Yuen (Fruit Orchard) Village. The first Ong of Wu Lung was most likely Ong Maan Ging (Evening View) whose name is still preserved in the Sew Hoy Ancestral Hall, which is now an elementary school near Doung Moon Lei.

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History of Ongs (by the Ong Ko Met Association)

The names Ong, Dong, Deng, Tang, Teng and Ung are all being used by those whose surname is represented by the Chinese character on the right.

The spelling of the name is based on whatever the translator heard at the time when the Chinese dialect was spoken.

The first Ong generation began with Ong Mon Kung. Ong Mon Kung was appointed by King Wu Ting in the Shang Dynasty in 1400 BC to be Chieftain in charge of the country of Ong in Nan Yang County located in today's Henan Province.

The Ongs did not establish their present identity with the name Ong Ko Met until the 47th generation. Prince Wong Mong rebelled against King Gong Mo during the Eastern Han period in 26AD. The rebels were badly beaten by General Ong Yu who defended West Fort, thereby saving the kingdom. A tall monument was created on a terrace called Wun Toy, translated Cloud Terrace, in honor of those heroic twenty-eight generals who defeated the rebels. At the age of twenty-four, General Ong Yu was the youngest general to be awarded with the highest honorary title, Marquis Ong Ko Met.

As time passed from dynasty to dynasty, the Ongs slowly migrated to other parts of China. In the Sung Dynasty, 1272 AD, the 92nd generation of Ongs conducted a mass migration toward southern China. Prince Ku Sze Tao had forced Chieftain Wuhan of the Ong Clan to move southward to Nanhung in Guangdong Province. In subsequent years, their descendents had spread to the Sunwui, Toishan and Hoiping Districts also known as the Pearl River Delta. Many of the Ongs that came to America originated from this delta area.

Doung Moon Lei Village, Wu Lung, Hoiping, Guangdong, China

Photos taken in 2005