TAN Hay Kwan, 陳夏覌

Tan Hay Kwan's mainland Chinese roots may be traced back to his paternal ancestor Tan Cheng, a 7th-century governor of Chiang Chew in Fukien province during the early Tang dynasty.

As a young man, Hay Kwan was one of several brothers who sailed from Fukien across the 'Southern Ocean' (南洋 or Nanyang) in search of a better life. He became a junk owner who plied his trade between Macassar in the Indonesian Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Malacca, before finally settling in Malacca around 1770.

Putting down his own roots in Malacca, Hay Kwan eventually died there and was buried alongside his wife Lee Chye Neo at Bukit Temporong.

(Sources: C. Sanger, 'Malcolm MacDonald: Bringing an End to Empire', Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996, p. 304; S. S. Tan, 'Goh Keng Swee: A Portrait', Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2007, p. 25; and Tan family records, including 'A Biography of Mr. Tan Cheng Tiong'.)

Tan Hay Kwan came from Province f Fujian, District of Nam Cheng Kwi (南靖縣), Village of Teck Hong (竹黃) Siah in Chiang Chew (泉州) prefecture in Fujian province to Malacca betweem 1771 to 1781

Name: TAN Hay Name: TAN Hay Kwan Name: TAN Siat Hu Sex: M Birth: 1751 Death: 1801

Marriage 1 LEE Yoke Hui

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Marriage 2 LEE Chye Neo

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   Has Children TAN Tian Hock

   Has No Children TAN Tian Kee

   Has Children TAN Tian Chuan

   Has No Children TAN Lan Neo

   Has No Children TAN Thiam Neo

   Has Children TAN Choon Neo

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