Descendant of YuanKeng Village

Yuan Keng Village, ChangBu town,
WuHua district, MeiZhou City,
GuangDong Province,China,

Pedigree of Tsen/Chen’s Family clan
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Yuan Keng Village begins with our earliest ancestor great (x5) grandfather Yi Zhao (奕兆) who married Lo’s and had 4 childrend, namely Shi Jun (世俊) , Shi Lun (世伦), Shi Wei (世伟) and Shi Ren(世任).

Among them, Shi Jun left the village and lost contact with the family.

According to our descendant record, great grandpa Yi Zhao’s sons were also named Fu Tong (复同), Fu Xing (复兴), Fu Ming(复明). Thus, Shi Lun also known as Fu Tong, but the other two names due to broken record after generation, we are not sure neither Shi Lun and Shi Wei’s which is Fu Xing nor Fu Ming respectively.

Our record begins with Shi Lun (世伦) great(X4) father,

Shi Lun(世伦) married Li Shou Zhen(李守真)
sons: Qi Guang (其光) daugther: Fu Qing (福清)

Shi Wei (世伟) married Zhang’s(张氏) with 3 sons :
sons: Qi Rong(其荣) , Qi Fang(其芳), Qi Lan(其兰)

Shi Ren(世任) married Zhang’s(张氏) with 3 sons :
sons: Qi Zhen(其桢) , Qi Xiang (其祥), Qi Li(其礼)

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Yuan Keng Village, ChangBu town,
WuHua district, MeiZhou City,
GuangDong Province,China,

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曾立祥牧师, Rev. Dr. Chen Lip Siong, P.O.Box 30196, Beverly Post Office, 88700 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Fax: 088-231152.

OR

Email to : chentsenfamily@yahoo.com

If you are our relatives in sabah, you may also contact the following personal directly.

Rev. Dr. Chen Lip Siong
H/P: 016-8262556, H/Fax: 088-231152, Email: lipsiongchen@yahoo.com

Mr. Joseph Tsen Lip Hon
H/P: 016-5552090, H: 088-223279, Email: josephtsenlm@yahoo.com

Mr. Richard Tsen Lip Chung
H/P: 016-8389100, H: 088-421688, Fax: 088-711066

Mdm. Chong Yu Moi
H: 088-429786

Pedigree chart

曾姓字辈

** ** The surname (or last name) of our family descendant has various English spelling after many generations, especially those who had migrated overseas. The spelling varies from Tsen, Chen, Chan, Tsang to Tse and etc…, but the Chinese character 曾 remains universal. For the purpose of easy reading, the word TSEN is used in the following article as the family's surname.

Genealogy is meant to study the links and trace the family tree, the order of family generations and histories.

The ‘given names’ (or first names) of the TSEN family clan consist of two Chinese characters; the first character demonstrates the order of generation in the family clan. By associating the Chinese character in the pedigree chart, we are able to trace the lineage and family tree of our ancestors; hence, we are able to determine which generation level we were born at.

The second character normally represents the distinct name or a person’s calling name, usually pronounced with the first character. Close or immediate relatives would avoid using the same given name once it is used by a new born.

In the ancient times, Chinese family clans that carry the same surname would look upon their pedigree chart earnestly and solemnly, particularly when recording their family’s genealogy.

During the time of Kangxi or K'ang Hsi, second Qing Emperor（1661-1722）， the TSEN family 63th generation begin to use the pedigree chart conferred by the Sheng Zu Ren Emperor ancestor. The Chart consists of 3 sentences with 15 characters.

宏闻贞尚衍，兴毓传继广， (昭)(宪) (庆) (繁) (祥)。
__given name that we use__ (其) (恩) (国) (立) (子)
(Qi)(En)(Guo)(Li)(Zi)

And we continue using the pedigree chart conferred by Xuan Zhong Cheng Emperor, which consist of two sentences with 10 characters..

(令) (德) 维 垂 佑，钦绍念贤扬。
(令)
Ling

During the year 1912, General Yuan Shi Kai (some record said it was granted by the 67th generation of Confucius descendant Ling Yi) granted the TSEN Family with another set of pedigree chart, which consist of 4 sentences with 10 characters.

建道敦安定，懋修肇彝常，蔚文焕景瑞，永锡世绪昌。

Before the TSEN family clan uses the common pedigree chart, TSEN in different area of china doesn’t have a reference for their order of generation. The Lung San (龙山) people, which is one of the ethnic group use ,

奎璧呈云瑞，人文焕国华；召衡思继武，鼎甲励承家。
一贯书绅永，千秋锡福遐；眙谋资燕翼，世业仰清嘉。

as their pedigree chart.

Each character in the chart represents a family generation, and the character was used to associate the level of linage in the family tree. This will allow us to determine whether we should address our relative as our elder, equal or younger generation.

Currently, by using the pedigree chart provided, we are able to trace back 8th generation of our family tree who originate from Yuan Keng Village.

Shi Wei (世伟公) descendant

We have limited informations on the english name spelling,hence most of the details are in chinese. The PinYin is used to illustrate the names.

Shi Wei (世伟公) married Zhang's (张氏)with 3 sons:
Sons：Qi Fang (其芳)、Qi Rong (其荣)、Qi Lan (其兰)

Qi Fang (其芳公) married 张尚真 had 2 sons and a daughter
sons:恩开、恩霖 daughter :恩贤

(I)The late 恩开 and 张仁娇 have 4 sons and 3 daughters
sons: 国良、国全、国平、国富
daughters: 碧英、梅英、静英

1)国良

2)国全 married 锺爱廉 have a son and 6 daughters
sons:立强
daughters : 惠群、惠宁、惠娟、惠球、惠清、惠完

3)国平 married 廖瑞娴 have 4 sons and 3 daughters
sons : 立华、立昌、立辉、立伟
daughters : 惠群、惠宁、惠娟、惠球、惠清、惠完

4)国富 married 于运荣 have a son and a daughters
son: 曾剑 daughter : 曾莉 (migrated to XinJiang 新疆)

(5) 碧英 married 阎振宣
(6) 梅英 married 田雷
(7) 静英 married 沈火南

(II)The late 恩霖 and 张纯廉 have 5 sons and 2 daughters
sons: 国纶、国基、国凯、国苏(decease in early year)、国立
daughters: 景霞、景云

1)国纶 married 张德招 have 2 sons and 3 daughters
sons : 立杞、立贵
daughters : 佩芬、佩珍、佩灵

2)国基 married 张春兰 have 3 sons and 3 daughters
sons : 立龙、立青、立生
daughters : unrecord

3)国凯 married 张福满 have 2 sons and 4 daughters
sons : 立来、立标
daughters : 碧连、秀连、惠连、清连

5)国立 married 徐连香 have 2 sons and a daughter
sons : 伟茂、伟德
daughter : 惠银

Qi Rong(其荣公) married 徐氏 have 6 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 恩福、恩寿、恩培、恩拯、恩彰、恩永
daughters : 恩英、恩添

(I) The late 恩福 married 刁新娇 have a son and a daughter
son : 国晃 , daughter 望苏

(1) 国晃 married ?? has a son 立德

(2) 望苏 married 霍盈之

(II) The late 恩寿 married ?? have a son
son : 国霖

(III) The late 恩培 married ?? have a son
son: 国光 married 周玲

(IV) The late 恩拯 married ?? had a son （生1子）
(1)国宁 married 亚兰 have a son

son : 立俊

(V) The late 恩彰 married 欧阳氏 have 2 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 国熙、国宪
daughters:淑道、淑媛

(1) 国熙 married 卓美贞 have 4 sons and a daughter
sons : 立华、立强、立康、立煌
daughter : 雪莹

(2) 国宪 married 杨淑媛 have a son
son : 立鸣

(3) 淑道 married 薛海贤
(4) 淑媛 married 刘毓海

(VI) The late 恩永 married 聂妙新 have 2 sons and 2 daughter
sons : 国棠、国棣
daughters : 淑道、淑媛

(1) 国熙 (国棠?)

(2) 国熙 (国棣?) married 乐美玉 have a son : 立侃

(VII) The late 恩英 married 卓新民 from Wu Hua City（五华城）
(VIII) 恩添 married ??

Qi Lan (其兰公) married 张尚真 have 3 sons and 3 daughters
Sons: 恩泉、恩洋、恩源

(I)恩泉 married 黄氏 have 7 sons
sons : 国苏、国标、国盛、国光、国华、国祥、国贤

(II)恩洋 married 翟氏 have 3 sons
sons : 国光、国华、国辉

（恩泉、恩洋 migrated to singapore and malaysia during the early years, family status unknown. ）

Shi Ren (世任公) descendant

We have limited informations on the english name spelling,hence most of the details are in chinese. The PinYin is used to illustrate the names.

Shi Ren(世任公) married Zhang’s(张氏) with 3 sons :
son: Qi Zhen(其桢公)、Qi Xiang (其祥公)、Qi Li(其礼公)。

Qi Zhen(其桢公) married 张承福 had 4 sons and 2 daughters
sons：恩和、恩平、恩深、恩华
daughters：恩招、恩贵

(I) The late 恩和 and ?? have 7 sons
sons：国栋、国柱、国文、国勋、国雄、国宝、国通

(1) 国栋 married 谢丽芳 have 2 sons 1 daughter
sons：立辉、立光 女：献真

(2) 国柱 married 张氏 have a son and a daughter
son：立耀 daughter：

(3) 国文

(4) 国雄 married 锺氏 have a son and a daughter
son: 繁辉 daughter: 祝英

(5) 国勋 married 李亲欢 have 4 sons
sons：锡炎、志辉、志伟、志明

(6) 国宝 married 姚好生 have 3 sons and 2 daughters
sons ：立兴、立业、立财
daughter ：美艳、美爱

(7) 国通 missing at the age of 14.


(II)恩平 married 林新华 have 3 sons
sons: 国彬、国育、国隆

(1) 国彬 married 黄乐英 have 2 sons and 4 daughters
sons：立虔、Thomas Tsen Lip Tet (立德)
daughters：眷英、眷美、眷容、眷芳

(2) 国育 married 1st wife 罗永贞 have a son and 3 daughters
son：立干
daughters:醒宜、宜靖、宜宁

国育 married 2nd wife 张玉珍 have 2 sons and 2 daughters
sons :Joseph Tsen Lit Hyung(立雄)、立志
daughters: Tsen Nee Fui (宜惠)、宜欢


(III)恩深 married 张玉兰 have 5 sons and 3 daughters
sons :国富、国兴、国耀、国仁、国芳
daughters: 素嫦、信嫦、习嫦

(1) 国富 married 锺国贞 have a son and 8 daughters
son : 立聪
daughters :Alice Tsen Len Yin (莲英)、Tsen Len Tsin(莲清)、
纯英、Tsen Tzu Yin (慈英)、碧云、美云、
秀梅、Annie Tsen Siew Mui (秀美)

(2) 国兴 married 陈爱珍 have 2 sons and 4 daughters
sons: 立恒、立汉
daughters: Tinia Tsen Fui Soon (惠纯)、玉容、桂容、美凤

(3) 国耀 married 宋丽容 have 4 sons and 2 daughters
sons: 立城、立洲、立山、立峰
daughters: 惠慈、惠娟

(4) 国仁

(5) 国芳 married 詹育云 have a son and 2 daughters
son : 沥康
daughters : 莉东、莉媚

(6) 素嫦 married 陈泉英
(7) 信嫦 married 何春荣
(8) 习嫦 married 徐氏


（IV)恩华 married 张信英 have 5 sons and a daughters
sons: 国香、国岳、国灵、国良、Tsen Kwet Seng@Tsen KetChen(国全)
daughter: 裕莲

1)国香 married 陈玉娇 have 6 sons and 4 daughters
sons : 立善、
Tsen Lip Chung 立忠、Peter, Tsen Lip Khiong(Chong) [立强(彰)]、
立辉、立祺、立瑞

daughters: 思云、惠云、Chan Mee Yun@Tsen Mui Yun(美云)、Lucy Tsen Siew Yun (秀云)

2)国岳 married 张丽珍 have 5 sons and 3 daughters
sons: 立仁、Chan Yun Thau(永道)、
Chen Lip Siong (立祥) 、Tsen Lip Vui (立威)、立振

daughters : 琼清、玉清、Grace Tsen Fui Tshin (惠清)

3)国灵 married 贺淑兰 have 2 sons
sons: 立德、立福

4)国良 married 彭新婉 (生1子)
son : 立鹏

5)Kwet Seng (国全) married 黄玉莲 have 3 sons
sons : Roger Tsen Lip Kiam (立谦)、立达、立文

6)裕莲 married 冯育冼 have 4 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 瑞明、瑞平、瑞光、瑞
daughters: 慧珍、慧清

（V)恩招 married 徐锡恩
（VI)恩贵 married 徐秀丰


Qi Xiang (其祥公) married 张氏 had 3 sons and 2 daughters
sons:恩明、恩俊、恩德、恩禄
daughters: 恩廉、恩球

(I)The late 恩明 and 张守廉 have 4 sons and 6 daughters
sons :国英、国模、国宏、国胜
daughters: 秀灵、惠灵、望灵、焕灵、信灵、善灵、

(1) 国英 married 黄谨贞 have 5 sons and 2 daughters
sons:立仁、立存、立豪、立钧、立圣、
daughters :士星、淑星

(2) 国模 married 1st wife 张菊香 and 2nd wife 林凤英 have 2 sons 5 daughters
sons : 立奇、立涛
daughters: 碧星、繁星、红星、瑞星、艳星

(3) 国宏 married 陈爱如 have 2 sons and 2 daughers
sons : 振辉、颂辉 daughters:卫星、煌星

(4) 国胜 married 陈爱和 have 2 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 立勋、立彬 daughters: 翠星、恒星

(5) 秀灵 married 李道华
(6) 惠灵 married 黄稻年
(7) 望灵 married 赖赞良
(8) 焕灵 married 张叔藻
(9) 信灵 married 邓国光
(10) 善灵 married 锺职廷


(II)The late 恩俊 and 廖氏 have 7 sons and 3 daughters
sons: 国权、国安、国维、国恭、国贤、国勇、国兴
daughters : 素灵、敏灵、思英

(1) 国权 married 徐张氏 have 2 sons and 3 daughters
sons : 立纪、立超
daughters : 淑欢、淑仪、淑婉

(2) 国安 married 李氏 have 5 sons
sons : 立志、立信、立明、立见、立邦

(3) 国维 married 张兰招 have 2 sons and a daughter
sons : 立尚、立亮 daughter :淑平

(4) 国恭

(5) 国贤 married 张氏 have 6 sons
sons : 立正、立朋、立尺、立元、立声、立川

(6) 国勇 married 张氏 have 2 sons and 7 daughters
sons : 立根、立新
daughters : 淑枚、秀枚、杏枚、尽枚、运枚、秋枚、冬枚。


(III)The late 恩德 married 1st wife 张宏英 and 2nd wife (张兰英) have 3 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 国康、国宁、国威
daughters : 新灵、思灵

(1) 国康 married 黄洁贞 have 4 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 立凯、立如、立夫、立芳
daughters : 爱华、爱芬

(2) 国宁 married 许恩兰 have 5 sons and 2 daughters
sons :立根、立志、立明、立君、立文
daughters : 爱云、爱英

(3) 国威 married 徐秀英 have a son and 2 daughters
son : 杏科
daughters : 杏珍、杏灵

(4) 新灵 married 张瑞廷

(5) 思灵 married 陈刚锐

(IV)The late 恩禄 married 叶氏 have 3 sons and 4 daughters
sons : 国浩、国旋、国旬
daughters : 静如、静美、静芳、静心

(1) 国浩 married 龚桂珍 have 2 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 立凯、Jeremy Tsen (立煌)
女：淑慈、淑和

(2) 国旋 married 陈惠琼 have a son and 2 daughters
son : 立宽
daughters : 淑懿、淑玲

(3) 国旬 married 古惠思 have 2 sons and a daughter
sons :立提、立扬
daughter: 淑婷

(4) 静如 married Michael
(5) 静美 married 植志强
(6) 静芳 married 杨桂林
(7) 静心 married 黄兴国

Qi Li(其礼公) married 张氏 had 2 sons and 4 daughters
sons: 恩拔、恩成
daughters:恩敬、恩志、恩玉、恩宠

(I)The late 恩拔 and 陈(徐)氏 have a son and 2 daughter
son : 国疆 daughters: 慕群、慕莲

1)国疆 married 张氏 have a son
son : 立中

(II)恩成 妣 张氏 have a son：
son: 国如

1)国如 married 廖氏 have 2 sons and 7 daughters
sons: 立焕、立宁
daughters:淑灵、淑娴、淑完、淑玲、淑芳、淑廉、淑英

Shi Lun (世伦公) descendant

We have limited informations on the english name spelling,hence most of the details are in chinese. The PinYin is used to illustrate the names.

Shi Lun (世伦公)(曾复同) married 李守真 have a son and a daughter
Sons : Qi Guang(曾其光) daughter : Fu Qing(曾福清)

Qi Guang(其光公) married 罗友恩 have 4 sons and 4 daughters
sons : 恩蔚、恩钦、恩崇、恩生
daughters : 恩惠、恩娇、清娇、玉娇

(I)The late 恩蔚 married 徐玉娇 have 3 sons and 4 daughters
sons : 国枢、国怀、国桴
daughters: 蒲倩、梅倩、习仪、菊芬

(1) 国枢 married 何宝钿 have 2 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 立基、立昆
daughters : 淑颜、淑薇

(2) 国怀 married 黄希伦 have a son and 3 daughters
sons : 立展
daughters : 淑谨、淑诠、淑安

(3) 国桴 married 张祝娥 have 2 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 立斯、立人
daughters : 淑丽、淑珊

(4) 蒲清 married 金文伦
(5) 梅清 married 夏永乐
(6) 习仪 married 王耀民
(7) 菊芬

(II)The late 恩钦 married 廖永华 have 7 sons and 3 daughters
sons : 国永（adopted）、国南、国均、国超、国凡、 国雍、国璜。
daughters : 秀莹、素娴、月云

(1) 国永 married 罗信廉 have a son and 5 daughters
sons : 立信
daughters : 淑银、淑莲、淑梅、淑美、淑招。

(2) The late Ket Nam ( 国南) married 贺顺恩 have a son and 5 daughters
son: Alfred Tsen Lip Siong (立祥)
daughters : 慕琼、Nancy Tsen Mu Tze (慕慈)、慕青、慕霞、慕新。

(3) 国均 married 邓瑞英 have 4 sons and 3 daughters
sons : 立强、立远、立靖、立康。
daughters : Tsen Shuk Lan (淑兰)、淑桃、淑孟。

(4) 国凡 married 张秀英 have 4 sons and 3 daughters
sons : Tsen Lip Wan(立万)、Tsen Lip Chung (立宗)、立章、立辉。
daughters : 淑洁、Tsen Sook Soon(淑逊)、Tsen Shuk Vun(淑雯)。

(5) 国超 married 贺玉容 have 2 sons and 5 daughters
Sons : 立三、立威。
daughters : 淑娟、淑惠、淑素、淑萍、淑燕。

(6) Tsen Kiat Yung (国雍) married 张英珠 have a son and 4 daughters
son : Tsen Lip Min (立明)
daughters :Elley Chen Shuk Tshin ( 淑清)、淑玲、淑芳、Wennie Tsen(淑纯)。

(7) Tsen Kiat Wan (国璜) married Chong Yu Moi (张友梅) have a daughter
daughter : Amenda (淑媛)

(8) 素娴 married 李文兴
(9) 秀云 married 徐恩光
(10) 月云 married 谢育贵

(III )the late 恩崇 married 张氏 have 2 sons and a daughter
sons : 国根、国煌 daughter: 梦云

(1) 国根 married 余氏 have 2 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 立新、立德
daughters : 素珍、素芳

(2) 国煌 married 张氏 have 4 sons and 6 daughters
sons : 立绨、立江、立强、立祥
daughters :秀英、秀莲、秀兰、秀云、秀玉、秀梅。

(3) 梦云 married 黄氏

(IV)恩生 married 张秀琼 have 3 sons and 4 daughters
sons : 国桢、国析、国勇
daughters : 佩云、佩纯、佩芬、佩瑶

(1) 国桢 married 黄惠容 have 3 sons and 4 daughters
sons : 立道、立维、立嘉
daughters : 立娟、立爱、立美、立芳

(2) 国析 married 刘爱贤 have a son and 3 daughters
sons :立雄
daughters : 立欢、立丽、美云

(3) 国勇 married 锺英兰 have 2 sons and 2 daughters
sons : 立辉、立康
daughters : 立仪、燕媚

(4) 佩云 married 郭佑康
(5) 佩纯 married 黄运发
(6) 佩芬 married 邹赐仁
(7) 佩瑶 married 许氏

(V)曾恩惠 married 张蔼堂 from WuHua, ChangBu, SeKeng (五华长布蛇坑)
(VI)曾恩娇 married 锺亚浪 from WuHua, KungMuDong(五华孔目洞)
(VII)曾清娇 married 刘氏 from WuHua, TanXia (五华潭下)
(VIII)曾玉娇 适 廖氏 (五华长布栋岭村)

Descendant in each Family Tree

General situation (migration) in each family tree

Qi Guang(曾棋光) had 4 sons :

En Wei (恩蔚)、En Qin(恩钦)、En Chong(恩崇)、En Sheng(恩生)



En Qin、En Chong、En Sheng migrated to North Borneo during 1902, their descendants were then migrated to other countries.

En Wei was called by the Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong in 1926, and transferred to Hong Kong for missionary work.

Since then, En Wei’s family had their base in Hong Kong and their descendants gradually migrated and settled at USA, Canada, Australia, and Malaysia.

One of the daughter Yu Jiao( 玉娇) married Liao’s （廖）from DongLing Village(栋岭村)，the Liao’s descendants were then migrated to Canada.



Qi Fang(曾其芳) had 2 sons

En Kai(恩开)and En Lin(恩霖)


The brothers settled at YuanKeng Village, some of their descendants had moved to nearby provinces, towns and cities, some as far as XinJiang( 新疆).

Those who moved to XinJiang are En Kai's sons and daughters.


Qi Rong(曾其荣) had 6 sons

En Fu(恩福)、En Shou(恩寿) 、En Pei (恩培)、En Zhen(恩拯)、En Zhang(恩彰)、En Yong(恩永)


The six brothers all migrated to Guangzhou, Mei Xian or nearby city like Hong Kong, some of their descendants had migrated oversea, some moved to XinJiang.


Qi Lan(曾其兰) had 3 sons

En Quan(恩泉)、En Yang(恩洋)、En Yuan(恩源)

En Yuan had move away from the family and lost contact, En Quan and En Yang migrated to Singapore and Malaysia, their descendants situation were unknown.



Qi Zhen (曾其祯) had 4 sons

En Fo(恩和)、En Pin(恩平)、En Shen(恩深)、En Hua(恩华)

En Foh left YuanKeng village and moved to nearby ZiJin Province(紫金县), he had been living at Singapore and Malaysia for a short while. Most of his descendants were reside at ZiJin, some moved to Hong Kong and oversea.

The other 3 sons En Pin, En Shen, En Hua migrated to North Borneo during the 1910s to 1920s, some of their descendants had then migrated to other countries as well.



Qi Xiang(曾其祥) had 3 sons

En Min(恩明)、En Jun(恩俊)、En De(恩德) 、En Lu(恩禄)

En Jun settled at YuanKeng village, his descendants had then moved to nearby villages, towns and cities.

En Min move to ZiJin province to make a living, his descendants had moved to hong kong , migrated to North Borneo and oversea countries.

En De at one time had brought his family to North Borneo, but later moved back and settled down at ZiJin province.

En Lu migrated to North Borneo, his descendants had then migrated to oversea and other countries.



Qi Li (曾其礼) had 2 sons

En Ba(恩拔|)、En Cheng (恩成)

Both the brother’s descendant settled at YuanKeng village, some had moved to ZiJin province to make a living.

One of Qi Li daughter’s name En Chong （恩宠）married Chen’s （陈氏）from ZiJin ZhongXinBa(中心霸).The family then migrated to North Borneo.

History of Church and YuanKeng

Taken from “Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong 150th anniversary” (基督教香港崇真会150周年纪念特刊) Special issue, starts from page 37 .

The Chinese PinYin is used to illustrate the Chinese name.

Reverend Li Li Ji (黎力基) learned that believers in Zhang's village (樟村) of Wu Hua District (五华县) were in sorrow of persecution, and thus, he decided to travel to the village to find out the exact situation.

In September of the year 1863, he started his journey from Hong Kong, along the way ,he passed by Gu Zhu（古竹），Zi Jin (紫金)，Zhong Xin Ba(中心霸)，Chang Bu(长布)，YuanKeng (源坑) ，Zhan Yuan (粘元)and arrived at Zhang Village(彰村).

His journey to Zhang’s Village marked crucial developments in missionary work at WuHua District. After his journey to Zhang’s Village, he travelled back to Hong Kong. He then wrote a letter to the body of missionaries, to seek funding for the costs to build a Church at Yuan Keng, as well as requesting a pastor to be stationed at Zhang’s Village (樟村).

The gospel was then spread from Zhang and Yuan Keng villages to the nearby areas within a short period of time. The gospel reaches to places like; Lung Chuan (龙川) ，ZiJin (紫金) ，Mei distrct (梅县) ，and XinNing (兴宁) 。

The mission’s focus of the body of missionaries in China has then shifted from BaoAn, Hong Kong (香港，宝安) to the north-east part of Guangdong province.

In Year 1857, Xu Fu Guang(徐复光), Zeng Fu Xing(曾复兴) and etc went to YuanKeng(源坑)and ZanYuan (粘元), they were then having Sunday service by rotation in each family’s home.

In Year 1857, Reverend Li Li Ji (黎力基) passed by Gu Zhu （古竹），Zi Jin (紫金)，Zhong Xin Ba(中心霸)，Chang Bu(长布)，YuanKeng (源坑) ，Zhan Yuan(粘元) and finally arrived at Zhang’s Village. He seeks the help from the officers to protect the believers; he then stationed at YuanKeng for a month.

In Year 1865, Reverend (毕牧师) who stationed at Zhang’s Village (樟村) ， nurtured the believers, as well as built YuanKeng’s hall and school.

In Year 1866， the gospel was spread progressively to nearby district by Reverend Bi (毕牧师) who stationed at YuanKeng. YuanKeng has its primary school, Lang Kou( 浪口 ) has its church, while GuZhu (古竹) has its own worship hall.

In Year 1868, Zhang’s Village (樟村) established CunZhen（存真） Girls School, while YuanKeng established its own secondary school.

In Year 1873, YuanKeng built a secondary school, while GuZhu (古竹) Church was found this year 。

In Year 1877, YuanKeng re-established its preaching hall.

In Year 1888, YuanKeng hold a mission festival, thousands turned up.

In Year 1889, YuanKeng and Li Lang (李朗) convened conference of the two places committees.

In Year 1907, YuanKeng Secondary school moved to GuZhu(古竹) and established a teacher’s college.

In Year 1916, YuanKeng hosted the 50th anniversary festival.

In 1927, YuanKeng Secondary School was closed.

In Year 1934, YuanKeng and GuZhu(古竹) churches manage independently.

Appendices：
After the year of 1864, the seeds of gospel has spread from Yuan Keng and Zhang’s Village (樟村) to the nearby areas, such as; Lung Chuan (龙川) ，ZiJin(紫金)，Mei distrct(梅县)，and XinNing(兴宁)。

The mission’s focus of the body of missionaries in China has then shifted from BaoAn, Hong Kong (香港，宝安) to the north-east part of Guangdong province.

About Us

Hello Everyone,



I am Samuel Tsen, the leading administrator of this website. This website was set up on the 16th of March 2009 and is currently maintained by the overseas descendants of YuanKeng Village from Sabah. If you would like to contact me, please feel free to drop me an e-mail me at chentsenfamily@yahoo.com or my personal e-mail, tzeeleong@yahoo.com .

I am one of the members among the overseas descendants from YuanKeng Village, currently residing at KotaKinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. I am the son of Alfred Tsen, grandson of Tsen Ket Nam, and great grandson of Tsen En Qing(恩钦). I am the third generation who were born in Sabah.

This website is inspired by Rev. Dr. Chen Lip Siong, whom is my uncle as well as son of Ket Yue(国岳), and grandson of the late En Hua(恩华). The main purpose of this website is to compile our overseas descendants’ information from Yuan Keng Village, ChangBu town, WuHua district, MeiZhou City, GuangDong Province, China.

Ever since the migration in the 1900s, our overseas descendants had almost lost contact with each other, and consequently do not know the root of their own family’s ancestry. For instance, I had no idea that my great-grandfather En Qing was actually the second group of overseas Chinese, who were recruited to volunteer in land reclamation by British Colonial government at North Borneo.

This information is crucial to our next generation, and therefore should be preserved in written records. An example of a written record is the pedigree chart that is used by our family in naming the next generation, which to my knowledge there are many Tzee (子) among our relatives, but I have no idea on its usage or the history of it. Our ancestors often used the following naming procedures when choosing a child’s name.

My sister, Tzee Mui who teaches at a university met a student whose name is Tzee (Nee - not actual name) but is not sure if we are actually relatives based on the key element “Tzee” from our pedigree chart or it may be just coincidence.

The records of our family’s genealogy are now online, and we wish to use this channel to keep in contact with each other. These records may also serve as references, or for tracing our ancestors and naming our next generation. The intention is to keep our genealogies of families from around the world updated as soon as we receive any information. We will use this website to announce any new additions, and also to inform of any deaths among our family members.

Most of the information published in this website was provided by my grand uncle, Ket Fu (国桴), son of the late En Wei (恩蔚), and grandson of the late Qi Guang (其光). He has taken almost 10 years to compile all information, mainly from speaking with relatives, the cultural practices by telling stories and passing down cultural information to the next generation. This was the way most of our ancestors received the stories of their elders before written language.

He published the 1st ever copy of the family’s tree booklet in handwriting on November 1988. Hence, there may be some errors occurred. The information was later typed into soft copy by my aunt Grace Tsen in 2009, she is the youngest sister of Rev.Dr.Chen Lip Siong. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions on genealogy or historical information of our family, please do not hesitate to contact and share with us.

Thank you.

from,
Samuel.
27 March,2009.

How our ancestor believe in Jesus

In the early 1860s, the gospel spread through Yuan Keng Village. Our first ancestor Yi Zhao (奕兆公) had four children, one of them left the village.

Among the three brothers who live in the village, two of them has came to believe in Jesus, the other brother made his living by serving as a Fung Shui Master in the village.

One day, the buffalo that worked for the two brother’s paddy field fallen sick, after consuming some poisoned grass, it stomach got swollen.

The brothers felt helpless, they don’t know how to pray, but they knew a song that they learned from their pastor, and started singing. The title of the song is “耶稣先我往”.

The rhythm sound like this… “11⒎1 2— 1232 1-34 5432 3-2- 11232 1 ⒎1- ⒎— 11⒎1 2— 1232 1— ” (The author rewrote this in memory, it doesn’t match the music scroll)

The two brothers kneel down and sing it repeatedly and the other brother who was the Feng Shui Master laugh at them and said: “ If the buffalo would be heal by singing this song over and over again, I will dump all my Fung Shui instrument and follow you both to believe in Jesus.”

After a while, a hoarse sound came out from the back of the buffalo, releasing gases, the poisons gases inside the stomach of the buffalo had secreted outward, and the buffalo was healed completely.

The brother who was the Fung Shui Master had came to know the Lord after that incident, therefore three of the brothers had believed in Jesus and leads the entire villages to believed in Jesus too.

Servant of the Lord in each family tree

Preacher from each family tree (including their spouse)

（I）Qi Guang family tree (其光支派)

1. Reverend En Wei （曾恩蔚）from Tshung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong.
   He was transferred to Kau Yan Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong, Western Street, Hong Kong as a Senior Pastor in 1926.
   He also held the position as the Parish Pastor of Hong Kong.
   In the year 1951 to 1955, he severed at , Inanam branch and Tawau branch, Basel Christian Church of Malaysia.


2. En Sheng 曾恩生 （Preacher and Professor）served at Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong and Basel Church.


3. Reverend Guo Zhen (曾国祯) served at Tawau Anglican church.


4. Reverend 郭祐康 served at Kota Kinabalu Anglican church , he is the son in law of En Sheng (‘s daughter 佩云).

(II)Qi Rong Family Tree(其荣支派)

1. Reverend En Shou（曾恩寿）, severed at Tshung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong.


2. Reverend Tsang Lap Wah（曾立华）,
   
   Professor at Alliance Bible Seminary, Cheung Chau Hong Kong.
   
   
   
   1. ● B.Th., Alliance Bible Seminary, Hong Kong, 1968
   
   
   2. ● M.R.E., Covenant Theological Seminary, U.S.A., 1972
   
   
   3. ● Postgraduate studies, London Bible College, U.K., 1980-1981
   
   
   4. ● Th.M., China Graduate School of Theology, Hong Kong, 1988
   
   
   5. ● D.Min., Fuller Theological Seminary, U.S.A., 1993
   
   
   6. ● Staff, Fellowship of Evangelical Students HK Ltd., 1968-1970; 1972-1976
   
   
   7. ● General Secretary, Scripture Union of Hong Kong Ltd., 1976-1980
   
   
   8. ● Consultant Pastor, Western District Alliance Church, 1985-present
   
   
   9. ● Guest Professor, China Evangelical Seminary, Taiwan, 2005
   
   
   10. ● Guest Professor, Singapore Bible College, 2007
   
   
   11. ● Programme Facilitator, Langham Preaching Seminar, Langham Partnership International, 2008-present
   
   
   12. ● Alliance Bible Seminary, Hong Kong, 1981-present
   
   

(III) Qi Zhen Family Tree (其祯支派)

1. Zhang Cheng Fu 张承福（Wife of Qi Zhen), a missionaries from Basel church of Swiss spread the gospel in Hakka Area during the early days.


2. Pastor En Pin (曾恩平), from Tshung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong. Transferred to Basel Church in the year 1926.


3. Pastor Guo Bin(曾国彬), spread gospel to the native in Sabah.


4. Guo Yu (曾国育) Pastor of Basel church . He was then transferred to Anglican Church.


5. Thomas Tsen Lip Tet.( 曾立德) Professor of Sabah Theological Seminary.
   Ph.D (Doctor of Philosophy) in Pastoral Theology.
   Bishop of Basel Christian Church of Malaysia.


6. Dean Pastor Laura Susianty Hindrianto (林佩强, Wife of Thomas Tsen Lip Tet),
   Dean of Students at Sabah Theological Seminary.
   Master of Art(M.A) in Family and Youth Ministry.
   Master of Theology (M.Th) in Pastoral Theology.
   
   


7. 温敬仁（Honorary preacher）spread gospel to the native in Sabah.
   (Son in law of 国富’s daughter, Lian Yin’s (曾莲英）husband.)


8. Reverend Chen Lip Siong(曾立祥), serve at Basel Christian church of Malaysia.


9. Pastor Tsen Fui Tshin (曾惠清)
   DIRECTOR OF FIELD EDUCATION (CHINESE) at Sabah Theological Seminary.
   B.Th. Alliance Bible Seminary, Hong Kong.
   M.A. Trinity Southeast University, USA (Ph.D. candidate)
   Denomination: Methodist
   Area : Archeology & Biblical History.

(IV) Qi Xiang’s Family Tree(其祥支派)

1. Reverend En Min (曾恩明) , Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong.


2. Reverend Guo Yin(曾国英)，Kau Yan Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong, Western Street, Hong Kong.
   Parish Pastor of Hong Kong.


3. Guo Mo（曾国模）（Educator cum Preacher）severed at Basel Church.


4. Pastor 李道华, En Min’s ( 恩明) son in law, . Xiu Ling’s (秀灵) husband.


5. Reverend 黄稻年, served at Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong.
   (Son in law of En Min, Hui Ling’s (惠灵) husband.)
   Held the position of Senior Pastor at Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong, To Kua Wan, Kawloon, Hong Kong.
   Served at Kudat branch, Basel Christian church of Malaysia.


6. Guo Yong(曾国勇)(Educator，Honorary preacher) served at Tshung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong.


7. Pastor En Lu(曾恩禄), severed at Basel Church.

Wedding/New born/Obituary

We would like use this blog to announce wedding/new born/obituary news in our family. Please do share with us the latest happening in our family.


The following format serve as a guild line to the announcement, you may compose it in your own style.

Marrige

Joyfully announce BRIDE (name) ( daughter of PARENTS ) and GROOM name (son of PARENTS ) will be married on (DATE) At (LOCATION ,CITY, STATE )

BRIDE and GROOM now reside at ( ADDRESS )

(Attachment of photo)


New addition in the family.

I , (your name) and my (name of spouse) would like to inform relatives that our family has a new addition on ( date time of baby born ) , She/He is ( weight of baby )kg.

After referring to our family’s pedigree chart, using the Chinese character (character use), we have name our baby ( name of baby), She/He is our ( order in family… 1st,2nd 3rd ) child in the family.

Please remember us in your prayer. (Can specify items to pray for)

(baby’s photos)


Obituary

Our family member ( Name of decease ), (age) , died on (date) at ( place)

He/She was born on (date of birth), (place of birth). He was the ( order in family) son/daughter of (father’s name, grandfather’s name )

( Name of decease ) is survived by (spouse, son(s) daughter(s)) . He is further survived by ( nieces, nephews, other relatives). In addition to(his/her parents) ,

he/she was preceded in death by ( immediately deceased family’s member(s) ).

His/Her funeral service will be held (date time and venue), followed by internment at (venue of burier).

( attachment of photos)



Please email to chentsenfamily@yahoo.com.

Latest News

03October, 2009

曾国岳 Elder Tsen Kok Gok now lay in peace at the 亚庇中华殡仪馆 Room F Likas.
A special evening service will be held on 20 Dec,2010 Monday 8 pm,
funeral service on 21 Dec,2010 Tuesday at BCCM Papar at 10 am.





03October, 2009
Tsen Lip min wife gave birth to baby girl 曾子倩 on Setptember 29, 2009

02 July, 2009

added photo album of Sabah descendant visited YuanKeng on 15th to 22nd July,2009

YuanKeng Village 2009

25 April, 2009

Our gathering on 12, March was published in the local Chinese Newspaper ( Oversea Chinese Daily News) on 27, March, 2009. The article was written by Tsen Ket Fu.

13 April 2009

A group of Sabah's descendant will visit YuanKeng Village this coming 15-22 April 2009, please remember them in our Prayer.

This is the second time Sabah's descendant visiting YuanKeng Village, the 1st time was on 28 October 1994 to 5 November 1994.

10 April,2009

I’ve learned that some relatives are having trouble open the downloaded family clan’s form.

When I design this blog, I uploaded the related files to an online sever (Fileden). The problem may be caused by the Microsoft security features, treated the file as unsafe, and thus blocking the downloaded documents.

If you are facing this problem, try use the mouse pointer select the file, right click and select “properties”, unblocked the document and open it.

If you are still having trouble, please email me at chentsenfamily@yahoo.com or tzeeleong@yahoo.com, I will attach the file to you through email.

Thank you.

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12 March,2009

The oversea descendant of YuanKeng Village in Sabah held its 1st family gathering on 12 March, 2009 after migrated for over 120 years.

There were about 100 attendees including Tsang Lap Wah from Hong Kong, who pay his 1st visit to Sabah.

The ancestor of 曾 family that reside in Sabah was the second group of overseas Chinese, who were recruited to volunteer in land reclamation by British Colonial government at North Borneo.

The event was published in the local Chinese newspaper and received many responses from party that carry the same surname requesting to set up an association.

Nonetheless, our organizing committee’s priority is to get in touch with relatives from YuanKeng Village.

For the time being, we are in an effort to gather as many relatives as possible who is the descendant from the village.