GOH Siew Yan - Chinese name

Started by Private User on Thursday, February 23, 2023

Private User

2/23/2023 at 7:58 AM

I cannot read the Chinese inscription on the tombstone https://tombs.bukitbrown.org/2022/01/mrs-goh-tiang-soo-nee-cheang-g...

Private User

2/23/2023 at 4:15 PM

@Gavin KOH Kia Wee 許嘉威,

From what I can figure out, the lady is married to the Goh/Wu (吳). Her own surname is Cheang/ Zhang (章). Her posthumous (謚) name is Geok Neo/ Yu Niang (玉娘). Her husband’s ancestral place is ??/ Changtai(長泰).

In the above, the second part of each name quote Romanize name is in Pinyin
From what I can understand Changtai District (長泰區) is a District in Zhangzhou in southern Fujian Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located just outside Zhangzhou's central urban area.

Private User

2/24/2023 at 12:19 AM

The tombstone is of the mother. This lady is her daughter, Goh Siew Yan, and her Chinese name (for this entry) is at the bottom of the tombstone...I cannot make out the last character 吳綉⋯⋯is it 燕？

Private User

2/24/2023 at 6:23 AM

Look like this is a family full of lady birds. From right to left, they are:
綉鶯
綉鳳
綉燕
綉鸞
綉鵬

Private User

2/24/2023 at 6:31 AM

The birds as I have given to understand are:
鶯: oriole
鳳: phoenix
燕: swallow
鸞 : luan
鵬: peng

Private User

2/25/2023 at 1:03 AM

This is perfect, thank you!

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