Here is a picture of my great uncle, Sun Yeaw (San You) on Angel Island.
Statement of Applicant 10-3 Interpreter Louie Fon.
Sworn
Speaks See Yip dialect, Interpreter qualifed.
Admonished, if you do not understand the interpreter to immediately so state.
Q What is your name ?
A Sun Yew.
Q No other names?
A No other.
Q How old are you ?
A 15 years ( Inspector's note, Applicant appears to be about the age claimed.)
Q Date of birth?
A K.S. 29 ( October 1903) Sam Goong village, Dai Hai Gong.
Q What is your father's name?
A Jew Soong and Jew Pan Joong.
Q Where is your father?
A He is now in Los Angeles?
Q How old is he ?
A 62
Q When did you see him last?
A When I was about 2 years old.
Q What is your mother's name?
A Leong Shee.
Q How old is she?
A 35, natural feet.
Q Of what village is she a native?
A Ma Choong village, S.W. district.
Q Have you any brothers or sisters?
A One brother, no sister
Q Give me the name and date of birth of your brother?
A Jew Sun Teong (Choong). 13 years, born K.S.32(1906) 7-17.
Q Are you sure of the year?
A No , I am not sure , it is K.S. 31 or 32.
Q How much younger is he than you?
A I am two years older than he.
Q Therefore he must have been born in K.S.31 not in K.S. 32.
Inspector's note, the date of birth is Aug .17, 1905.
Q What is your paternal granfather's name?
A Jew Leung Kow. He is dead.
Q Have you ever seen him?
A No
Q What is your paternal grandmother's name?
A Lee Shee.
Q She living?
A No.
Q Ever seen her?
A No. she is dead.
Q Has your father any brothers or sisters?
A Three brothers and one sister.
Q Name of your father's oldest brother?
A He had an older brother that died many years ago, I never saw him.
Q Did he have any children?
A One son
Q What is his name?
A Jew Jeung.
Q Did he have another name?
A Jew Mun Jew, he is married.
Q Has he any children?
A Three brothers and one sister.
Q What are their names and ages?
A Jew Shun Lam about 14 years . Ah Gum , don't know her age, she is married. Tuey Sew, about so big, indicating with his hand, about 3 ft. high
Q Name of your father's next brother?
A Jew See, 51 or 52 years.
Q Where is he?
A At home in China.
Q Does he have any children?
A One boy and one girl.
Q What are their names and ages?
A Jew Sin Nam 17 years. Jew Mun Sui , a baby.
Q What is the name of your father's next brother?
A He is dead, I don't know his name . I never saw him.
Q Did he have any children?
A Son.
Q What is his name?
A Jew Fook . He is older than myself but I don't know his age and he is now at home.
Q What is your father's sister's name?
A I don't know her name. She is married.
Q She is living?
A She is living.
Q Where is she?
A Nam Loong, S.W. District
Q What is the location of your house in your village?
A 4th house 4th row from the head of the village.
Q Where does Jew Jeung alias Jew Mun Jew live?
A Lives in the same village.
Q Do they live in your row?
A No.
Q Toward the head or tail of your house?
A Toward the head.
Q First row in the head of the village.
A I can't say which row.
Q You don't know which row in the village?
A I can't say whetheer he lived in the 1st row or not.
Q Where did Jew See and his family live?
A Live in our house.
Q Which side of the house?
A They live in the right hand side of the house.
Q Where does Jew Fook live?
A He takes his meals at our house but sleeps anywhere, sometimes Ancestral hall and sometimes in club rooms.
Q Did he ever live in your house?
A No.
Q Did he ever live near your house ?
A Yes, he lives in a little house directly from my house.
Q Does it touch your house?
A No.
Q How much space divides them?
A About as far as that corner to that corner ( indicating distance of 12 feet).
Q Is it across the alley from your house?
A Yes.
Q Have you anything further to state?
A No.
Q Have you understood the Interpreter( thru Inspector Sawyer in Chinese).
A Yes.
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