Nov 18 2012, Part 3, "Tsung Tsin Family Names"

Part 3

Dr. Oliver Lee's short history talk November 18

Tsung Tsin Family Names 

(Listed in the "old" Membership Book)

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Major Hakka Families in Honolulu and Their Counties of Origin in China

Data taken by Oliver Lee from Membership Registration of Tsung Tsin Association since the 1920s

              Family  Name         Counties in Guangdon Province

Please view the map below of Guangdong Province, showing all the Hakka Counties mentioned above, plus Zhongshan County, which was populated by both Punti and Hakka people.

The map shows Huizhou Prefecture, in which Huiyang is a County.

Meixian Prefecture, has seven Counties, with Meixian County being one of them, encircled by the rest.

The Pearl River Delta consists of the triangular body of water (Pearl River) wedged between Macao and Hong Kong, plus the several Counties on either side of the Pear River.

Taishan County is where the ancestors of most of the early Chinese immigrants on the U.S. mainland came from.