The 255 and 257 Bukit Timah Road enclave comprises “Four shop houses and eight barrack houses” as they were called on their 1928 site plan. It is not clear who commissioned or constructed them but they were owned by David … Continue reading 255/257 Bukit Timah Road
Joannes Ng Cheng Kooon (Joannes Ng Tscheng Kun), born in 1872, was the eldest son of Victoria Tan and Peter Ng Ah Soi. He was the eldest brother of David Wee Cheng Soon. Cheng Koon married Mathilda Thou Gek Hong … Continue reading Joannes Ng Tscheng Kun (1872-1920) & Mathilda Thou Gek Hong
Aunt Anastasia recalled that the Wee family had two Teochew speaking maids – Ah Lee and Ah Nap and in the Pasir Panjang Road home and they chanted prayers 24 hours when Regina died in September 1941. I hope someone has a photo of them. Below are photos of our helpers found among the photos shared by relatives whom I interviewed. Please share yours! Bey Family at Windsor Park (photo c/o Valentin Bey, son of Mary Wee) Paul Tan Khoon Tong Family at 2 Makepeace Road (photo c/o grand-daughter Irene Wee) Julia Tan at 186B Bukit Timah with Dutch mid-wife … Continue reading Tribute to Helpers in Tan Families
Home at 425/435 & 311 Pasir Panjang Road Family Seaside Vacations Bey home at Windsor Park / Vacations with Tay Family Low home at 5 Buckley Road Continue reading Wee Family Pics
These locations were mentioned in documents relating to the Tans, the Wee’s and other branches of the Tan family, from the 1850s. Where there’s no documentary evidence, I have deduced or estimated the years during which they were linked to … Continue reading Places linked to the Tan / Wee Families
Regina Lau, the adopted daughter of David Wee and Regina Tan, was born in Johore Bahru. In 1931, at the age of 17, Regina was married to widower Mr Joseph Ten Tschua Heng. Her bridesmaid was Mary Wee, an adoptive … Continue reading Regina Lau (1914-1993) & Joseph Tay Choon Heng (1901-1948)
Maria Elizabeth Wee Sai Cheng was David Wee and Regina Tan’s 5th biological child and 4th daughter. Mary, as everyone called her, was born in 1915 at Pasir Panjang Road and moved later to 257 Bukit Timah Road. Mary took … Continue reading Maria Elizabeth Wee Sai Cheng (1915-1976) & James Bey (1914-1992)
Regina, the eldest daughter of John & Magdalena Tan married David Wee Cheng Soon. This is her great-grandson’s account of the Wee family… David Wee Cheng Soon was born David Ng Tscheng Sun in 1875 in Singapore. His parent’s names … Continue reading David (Ng) Wee Cheng Soon (1875-1944) by Dr. Marc Rerceretnam
ReginaTan26Feb23 PhilipWee7March2023 Regina Tan Mui Liam / Liang, the second child and second daughter of John Tan married Catholic-Teochew philanthropist David Wee Cheng Soon (1875/86-1944), the son of Peter Ng and Victoria Tan, on 30 July 1901 at St Peter and Paul’s Church. The couple had six (6) biological children and two adopted children. Sadly, their 4th biological child and 3rd daughter Mary, died in 1915 at 3 Tank Road, of bronchitis. The five biological children who survived were: a) Cecilia (1902-84) who married Mr Anthony Low Hua Mong and had nine (9) children. They emigrated to Brighton, UK between 1947 … Continue reading Regina Tan Mui Liam / Liang (1875/9 – 1941) & David Ng /Wee Cheng Soon (1875/86-1944)
Tans of Makepeace Road : Family Stories Singapore from 1800's 