Researching Yap Loy
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 263 people with the Loy surname? In that year Loy was ranked number 3316 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Yap Loy on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Yap Loy and the Loy Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 628 people with the Loy surname in the UK? Loy is now ranked number 3447 for popularity in the UK. |
Loy Family Tree Databases
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Loy Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Loy surname in the USA? Loy is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Loy Databases
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Some Famous People called Yap Loy
Yap Ah Loy
Kapitan China Yap Ah Loy ( Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ya̍p Â-lòi); 14 March 1837 – 15 April 1885), also known as Yap Tet Loy and Yap Mao Lan, is an important figure of early Kuala Lumpur. He served as the third Kapitan China of Kuala Lumpur, and in this administrative capacity, played an important role in developing the city as a commercial and mining centre during the 19th century.
After the independence of the Federation of Malaya from the British Empire on 31 August 1957 and later the Formation of Malaysia in 1963, Kuala Lumpur became the capital of Malaysia. Today, there is a street named after him in the heart of Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur, known as "Jalan Yap Ah Loy" or "Yap Ah Loy Road".
Source: Yap Ah Loy, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Loy
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