Researching Quah Cheung
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Records of Quah Cheung on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Quah Cheung and the Cheung Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cheung Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cheung family tree.
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Cheung Genealogy Databases
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Cheung Forums
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Miscellaneous Cheung Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Quah Cheung. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Quah Cheung
Quah Chow Cheung
Quah Chow-cheung (Chinese: 柯昭璋, 8 June 1913 in Penang – 1965 in Hong Kong) was the Colony Commissioner of The Scout Association of Hong Kong from 1950 to 1953, succeeding Victor Halward. He was the first Chinese Colony Commissioner in Hong Kong Scouting. Before that appointment, he was appointed by Halward as one of two Chinese District Commissioner and cared the development of Scouting in Kowloon and south New Territories of Hong Kong.
During the Battle of Hong Kong in World War II, Quah was a Lance Corporal in Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. He was hurt in the defense of Stonecutter's Island and escaped the next attack by Japanese forces in Wong Nai Chung Gap in December 1941. After the surrender of Japan in 1945, he and Halward actively re-established Scouting in Hong Kong.
Source: Quah Chow Cheung, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cheung
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