MIDDLEBURGH PHOTOS
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YEP Family circa 1948 ?
photo scanned by D.MiddleburghI have photos of my grand and great grandparents. Until this one turned up in her mothers papers after her recent death, Rebeca had none. Not sure when or where this was taken. Is before 1948, possibly in Guangdong to where Rebecca's mother had fled when the Japanese had occupied Hong Kong and from where her father came. The photo shows Rebeca's maternal grandmather's, her parents and eldest brother and sister.
Rebaca's Mother
photo scanned by D.MiddleburghRebeca's mother - Chu Tai Mui/ Tsai Tai Mui -in her early 20's?. Although from a traditional family, I am told that it was she that set her cap at her husband. Apparently he was "educated" and therefore a catch!! and in the best traditions of Chinese romances , she walked miles to see him
YEP Maternal Grandmother
photo by scanned by D.MiddleburghRebeca's mother in latter years had her mothers eyes.I have only recently discovered that she had a sister living in Wan Chai (who does not have the same eyes!!)
Yep Paternal Granmother
photo scanned by D.MiddleburghWe are assuming this is Rebeca's paternal grandmother from the posing .. but she looks awfully young !! According to family papers his mother's name was Ng Sze (and her husband was Yep Kan Cun)
Rebeca's Father
photo scanned by D.MiddleburghYep Sheung Wing wasborn in Canton (Tung Koon Kwangtung) on 6 march 1920. In 1946 he temporarily "enlisted" in British Navy in HK claining to be a sailor from HK. (I understand that the RN recruited local chinese at end of the war to support restablish of British administration) Through 1954-9 he worked on contract in Malaya, BuneiNorth Borneo and Nauru as a Diesel Autofitter and Driver for the British Malayan Petroleum Company, Gammon (Malaya) Ltd and British Phosphate Commisioners .
My father circa
photo scanned by D.MiddleburghPhoto signed by my father. I only heard him play the violin a couple of times - I suspect my lack of musical skills is inherited and the scary thing is in the photo he looks the spitting image of me at the same age.
Daniel & Phyllis Middleburgh
photo scanned by D.Middleburgh1948 ? A tad grainy - blown up from a honeymoon or wedding photo - my mum and dad, Phyllis and Daniel Middleburgh
Au Bord du M.V. Gallus
photo scanned by D.MiddleburghDaniel and Phyllis Middleburgh taken on a day cruise on the M.V. Gallus off Nice, France in 1949 , Mum is about same age as my daughter is now give or take.!
Me & Mum at Brighton
photo by Dan MiddleburghI am almost 100% sure this was taken at Brighton - other photos in the same series show the boating pool which was near the pier
Barmitzvah Mum
photo by unknownMy barmitzvah was a big deal: Mum is/was 4 years older than Rebeca's mother
Middleburgh conquors Triglav
photo by Vasja's fatherI am the one on the right, Mum doesn't rembember that I had naturally curly hair !. Triglav is the highest mountain in the Julian Alps !! and there are some spectaular photos of mine in Dublin where I am looking down at the clouds (below me ) from near top of this mount !! (read the wikopedia article on Triglav)
Sarah Middleburgh
photo enhanced by D.MiddleburghThis set of photos has a theme of mothers, daughters and grandmothes - rebeca's grandmother and mother and my mother are included so it seems fitting there should also be a captured pictire of my daughter as well
posted by David Middleburgh on Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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