The Johnston's at Ignatius Chew's museum |
She and her
husband Richard William Johnston and family comprising son William and 2
daughters Victoria and Alexandria were down for the holidays and had come by the
museum for a visit.
The Johnston's: William Pang Han Johnston, Yeoh Choo San, Richard William Johnston, Alexandra Chooi Gaik Johnston and Victoria Chooi May Johnston |
Choo San at the Yeoh display section in the museum |
Ignatius
gave them the grand tour of the museum and elaborated at the section reserved
for patriarch Yeoh Khuan Joo.
All
relatives who visit are required to sign in to the visitor’s book. This family
revealed an interesting fact. Their children had signed in indicating their western
name together with their Chinese name.
Alexandra and William sign into the Museum visitors book |
Choo San said the name was given by her father Datuk Yeoh Kian Teik. Robert added he had no objection as they were part Chinese.
I
subsequently inquired with another sister in the family Christine Yeoh also
married to a foreigner. She confirmed that she too followed their father’s
instruction.
“The boys
use the genealogical name of Pang and the girls Chooi. It followed the Zhao
Mu as tabulated by grandfather Yeoh Khuan Joo to indicate which generation they
belonged to” said Christine.
It was
reported that when Yeoh Khuan Joo first came to Malaya from China his
forefathers did not provide a list of characters known as Zhao Mu to be used by
future generations whereby he subsequently he formulated his own Zhou Mu.
JAG
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