Thursday 27 July 2017

Chew Boon Juan - The Start of A Generation In Malaya.


Chew Boon Juan was born 1875 in China. He came to Malaya in 1892 at age of seventeen where he made his wealth.

During his life in Malaya, Chew Boon Juan took four wives who gave him six sons and ten daughters.


Chew Boon Juan with 1st wife Ang Hae

Chew Boon Juan with 2nd wife Goh Lean Kee

3rd 'Um Mah' and 4th 'Ah Hup'
His 6 sons.



10 daughters




He semi-retired in 1912 and shifted to Penang where he resided at 4, North Beach Road / Gurney Drive occasionally living at his bungalow in Ipoh at Chamberlain Hulu Road (now Raja Perempuan School)


Above. His seaside bungalow at 4, North Beach Road / Gurney Drive
His Ipoh house at Chamberlain Hulu Road ...

.... now Raja Perempuan School
He died in 1951 in Penang. 

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