Kan Family
A Brief History



Timeline [sample] -- i.e. most dates are guesses / i need help!

1897 Gan1 Jie4 Hou2 born in Shanghai
1907 Xi2 Wan3 Jin1 (Katharine Hsu) born in Beijing

1917 Gan1 Jie4 Hou2 graduates QingHua Daxue
1921 Gan1 Jie4 Hou2 graduates from University of Wisconsin with BA in ___
1924 Gan1 Jie4 Hou2 graduates from Harvard University with PhD in International Relations
1923 Katherine Hsia graduates Yen Qing Daxue
1928 Jie4 Hou2 meets Katherine Hsia at a dinner party in Shanghai
1930 Jie4 Hou2 & Katherine married in Shanghai

1932 Kan Chieh Hou appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in Chungking 1933 George Teh Pei born in Guangzhou
1935 David Teh Hou born in Guangzhou
1937 Loretta Teh ___ born in Guangzhou
193x Move to Hong Kong as Japanese forces advance
194x Escape to Guangzhou as Japanese realize Chieh Hou's role in GMT
1942 Kan Chieh Hou appointed Chief of Staff to Li Tseng Ren
1942 Move to Guilin with Li Tseng Ren
1942 Teh Mau born in ___________
1943 GanJieHou's parents sent to Yangshuo 1943 Move to Kunming with General Li Tseng Ren
1945 Phoebe Teh ___ born in ___________
1949 Move back to Hong Kong as communists advance

1949 Kan Chieh Hou, ROC Special Representative, meets with Dean Acheson
1950 Kan Chieh Hou appointed ROC United Nations Representative
1951 Emigrate to New York as communists defeat remaining GMT forces

1961 George marries Sylvia Bo Hing Fong
1964 David marries Sylvia Yee Loc Li
1965 Loretta marries San Fu Tuan and move to Honolulu
1966 David & Sylvia move to Los Angeles
1968 Phoebe marries Samuel Huang and move to Connecticut
1970 Teh Mau marries Irene ___

1974 Chieh Hou & Katherine, George & Sylvia move to Dobbs Ferry, NY

1984 Gan1 Jie4 Hou2 dies of Parkinson's Disease in Dobbs Ferry
1990 Katherine Kan dies of kidney complications in Dobbs Ferry



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