Talk:Chun Afong

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 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48093928/death-of-c-afong-former-resident/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48093928/death-of-c-afong-former-resident/


 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094219/death-of-chun-afong-at-makao-announced/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094219/death-of-chun-afong-at-makao-announced/


 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094314/death-of-c-afong/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094314/death-of-c-afong/


 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48093740/death-of-c-afong/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48093740/death-of-c-afong/


 * The late C. Afong spent his declining years in Portuguese settlement of Macao...
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094609/afongs-safe-place/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094654/afongs-safe-place/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094609/afongs-safe-place/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094654/afongs-safe-place/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094654/afongs-safe-place/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094654/afongs-safe-place/


 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094987/by-a-cablegram-received-monday-by-mrs/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094820/local-brevities-afongs-death-and/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094464/c-afong-buried-yesterday/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094820/local-brevities-afongs-death-and/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094464/c-afong-buried-yesterday/
 * https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48094464/c-afong-buried-yesterday/



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 * LIST OF CHILDRENS
 * LIST OF CHILDRENS
 * LIST OF CHILDRENS





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In the Matter of the Estate of Chun Afong, Deceased
























HHS Sources



 * "In an interesting development, Chinese investors started to sell their plantations to new European or American owners beginning the 1860s. Reasons for this are unclear. We know that at least one plantation owner/businessman, Chun Afong, returned to China.J. S. Walker's 1879 survey shows a list of nine plantations, with only one still owned by Chinese investors. At that time, the Hilo planta-25tion center had about 2,390 acres planted in cane."
 * "In an interesting development, Chinese investors started to sell their plantations to new European or American owners beginning the 1860s. Reasons for this are unclear. We know that at least one plantation owner/businessman, Chun Afong, returned to China.J. S. Walker's 1879 survey shows a list of nine plantations, with only one still owned by Chinese investors. At that time, the Hilo planta-25tion center had about 2,390 acres planted in cane."

















Parts 1 - 7 Afong's emigration and early wealth

 * Family background, boyhood of Chun Ah Fong, marriage and son Chun Lung
 * Family background, boyhood of Chun Ah Fong, marriage and son Chun Lung


 * 1849 - Chun Ah Fong is taken to Hawaii with his uncle, a trader
 * 1849 - Chun Ah Fong is taken to Hawaii with his uncle, a trader


 * Arriving in Hawaii, registering as aliens, the customs official mistakenly changed his name to C. Afong
 * Arriving in Hawaii, registering as aliens, the customs official mistakenly changed his name to C. Afong


 * Chun Afong was an apprentice in his uncle's mercantile store in the area that would become Chinatown. He learned English, and dreamed of becoming acquainted with the important men of the kingdom.
 * Chun Afong was an apprentice in his uncle's mercantile store in the area that would become Chinatown. He learned English, and dreamed of becoming acquainted with the important men of the kingdom.


 * He opened a business named Ah Fong and Ah Fat. He branched out doing business with the large Chinese community of plantation workers in Hilo. Background on plantation owner Benjamin Pitman. Chun noticed the Chinese laborers under Pitman were successful enough to have their own businesses.  He also noticed the labor shortage on plantations.
 * He opened a business named Ah Fong and Ah Fat. He branched out doing business with the large Chinese community of plantation workers in Hilo. Background on plantation owner Benjamin Pitman. Chun noticed the Chinese laborers under Pitman were successful enough to have their own businesses.  He also noticed the labor shortage on plantations.


 * The 1851 onset of 5-year contracts for imported Chinese plantation labor. Afong's store burned down. He rebuilt it as Afong and Ahchuck
 * The 1851 onset of 5-year contracts for imported Chinese plantation labor. Afong's store burned down. He rebuilt it as Afong and Ahchuck


 * Afong becomes wealthy. 1856, Chinese merchants threw a celebratory ball for newlyweds Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma of Hawaii.
 * Afong becomes wealthy. 1856, Chinese merchants threw a celebratory ball for newlyweds Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma of Hawaii.

Parts 8 - 22 Julia Fayerweather

 * Afong sets his heart on marrying Julia Hope Kamakia Paaikamokalani o Kinau Fayerweather
 * Afong sets his heart on marrying Julia Hope Kamakia Paaikamokalani o Kinau Fayerweather


 * Hawaiian lineage of Julia Hope Kamakia Paaikamokalani o Kinau Fayerweather
 * Hawaiian lineage of Julia Hope Kamakia Paaikamokalani o Kinau Fayerweather


 * More on Julia's Hawaiian roots
 * More on Julia's Hawaiian roots


 * Captain George Charles Beckley, Julia's grandfather
 * Captain George Charles Beckley, Julia's grandfather


 * More on George Beckley
 * More on George Beckley


 * Who designed the Hawaiian flag? Beckley's descendants say he did.  Others say he didn't.
 * Who designed the Hawaiian flag? Beckley's descendants say he did.  Others say he didn't.


 * Beckley's children
 * Beckley's children


 * Abraham Henry Fayerweather
 * Abraham Henry Fayerweather


 * Abraham Henry Fayerweather partners with Theophilis Metcalf in the sugar industry
 * Abraham Henry Fayerweather partners with Theophilis Metcalf in the sugar industry


 * Fayherweather goes into the sugar business with Kuakini
 * Fayherweather goes into the sugar business with Kuakini


 * Fayerweather married Mary Beckley
 * Fayerweather married Mary Beckley


 * Julia Fayerweather is born
 * Julia Fayerweather is born


 * Julia and Chun Afong are married
 * Julia and Chun Afong are married


 * The house that Chun Afong built
 * The house that Chun Afong built


 * The garden at Afong's house
 * The garden at Afong's house

Parts 23 - 42 (Nov 1953)

 * Chun Afong has 50% in sugar plantation Pepeekeo at Hamakua on the island of Hawaii. Sends his oldest son Chun Lung (or Chung Lung) to study at Yale University. Son graduated with honors.
 * Chun Afong has 50% in sugar plantation Pepeekeo at Hamakua on the island of Hawaii. Sends his oldest son Chun Lung (or Chung Lung) to study at Yale University. Son graduated with honors.


 * Chun Lung graduates from Yale, enters into an arranged marriage with a Chinese woman, and joins the family sugar business.
 * Chun Lung graduates from Yale, enters into an arranged marriage with a Chinese woman, and joins the family sugar business.


 * Julia and Chun's children and home life
 * Julia and Chun's children and home life


 * Kalakaua's election and the courthouse riot.
 * Kalakaua's election and the courthouse riot.


 * Appointed to House of Nobles, resignation, wheel barrow of gold
 * Appointed to House of Nobles, resignation, wheel barrow of gold


 * Kalakaua's return festivities from his world tour; Afong's 1889 refusal to join the Wilcox Rebellion.
 * Kalakaua's return festivities from his world tour; Afong's 1889 refusal to join the Wilcox Rebellion.


 * Afong family social life; labor shortages on the plantations
 * Afong family social life; labor shortages on the plantations


 * The Afong children
 * The Afong children


 * Julia's American relatives come to visit in 1888
 * Julia's American relatives come to visit in 1888


 * Chicago Fayerweather kinfolk first impression of Chun Afong, who spoke perfect English.
 * Chicago Fayerweather kinfolk first impression of Chun Afong, who spoke perfect English.


 * Chicago cousins have a ball exploring the Afong house etc
 * Chicago cousins have a ball exploring the Afong house etc


 * More on the children cousins visiting. Chun Afong took them to his warehouse, and aboard the schooner Haleakala
 * More on the children cousins visiting. Chun Afong took them to his warehouse, and aboard the schooner Haleakala


 * E. E. Fayerweather relates the family history in the 1700s when English sea captain Benjamin Fayerweather sailed to Boston, and in the next century when the Fayerweathers went to Hawaii and China.
 * E. E. Fayerweather relates the family history in the 1700s when English sea captain Benjamin Fayerweather sailed to Boston, and in the next century when the Fayerweathers went to Hawaii and China.


 * The story of son Albert and the family Pueo.
 * The story of son Albert and the family Pueo.


 * Story about the Afong family attending a circus. Fayerweather children meet "little Princess Kaʻiulani", who would have been 12 or 13 years old at the time.
 * Story about the Afong family attending a circus. Fayerweather children meet "little Princess Kaʻiulani", who would have been 12 or 13 years old at the time.


 * The Fayerweathers are invited aboard the USS Pensacola, and meet Kalakaua.
 * The Fayerweathers are invited aboard the USS Pensacola, and meet Kalakaua.


 * Anti-Chinese movement in the islands, tried to get Kalakaua's cabinet to get the legislature to ban importation of labor from China. The cabinet refused.
 * Anti-Chinese movement in the islands, tried to get Kalakaua's cabinet to get the legislature to ban importation of labor from China. The cabinet refused.


 * Son Chun Lung (or Chung Lung or Chun Ling) dies in 1889. His daughter-in-law talks him into going back to China. His son Toney (by Julia) goes back to China with him. This story claims the daughter-in-law said he had "no reason to stay here", and he agreed because he felt old and tired.
 * Son Chun Lung (or Chung Lung or Chun Ling) dies in 1889. His daughter-in-law talks him into going back to China. His son Toney (by Julia) goes back to China with him. This story claims the daughter-in-law said he had "no reason to stay here", and he agreed because he felt old and tired.


 * Daughter Alice Lillian married dentist Ed Hutchinson and sailed to Yokohama on the boat with her father.
 * Daughter Alice Lillian married dentist Ed Hutchinson and sailed to Yokohama on the boat with her father.


 * Chuh Afong managed family investments in Hong Kong and Macao, with homes in both places. He was refused admittance in a "whites only" hotel in Macao, so he bought it.
 * Chuh Afong managed family investments in Hong Kong and Macao, with homes in both places. He was refused admittance in a "whites only" hotel in Macao, so he bought it.

Parts 43 - 47 (Nov 1953) Toney Afong

 * Toney Afong had attended Iolani School for Boys, and preferred the wealthy social life in Hawaii, to the plantation work his father wanted him to have.
 * Toney Afong had attended Iolani School for Boys, and preferred the wealthy social life in Hawaii, to the plantation work his father wanted him to have.


 * Toney opened a school. Children love it.  Parents thought their children weren't learning anything.
 * Toney opened a school. Children love it.  Parents thought their children weren't learning anything.


 * In China, Toney successfully ran the family businesses, but relocated to Hong Kong after his father died.
 * In China, Toney successfully ran the family businesses, but relocated to Hong Kong after his father died.


 * Sun Yat-sen had become acquainted with Toney while attending school in Hawaii. Clarice B. Taylor speculates that Toney secretly helped finance Dr. Sun Yat-sen's political activities.
 * Sun Yat-sen had become acquainted with Toney while attending school in Hawaii. Clarice B. Taylor speculates that Toney secretly helped finance Dr. Sun Yat-sen's political activities.


 * Sun Yat-sen appointed Toney governor of the city of Canton and Kwangtung Province. His Yale-graduate sons Chun Wing-Sen and Chun Wing-Keu joined forces with Dr. Sen. Chun Wing-Sen died in service to Dr. Sen.  Chun Wing-Keu became VP of a Canton shipping firm.
 * Sun Yat-sen appointed Toney governor of the city of Canton and Kwangtung Province. His Yale-graduate sons Chun Wing-Sen and Chun Wing-Keu joined forces with Dr. Sen. Chun Wing-Sen died in service to Dr. Sen.  Chun Wing-Keu became VP of a Canton shipping firm.

Parts 48 - 69 (Dec 1953)

 * Toney (aka Chun Chick Yee) breaks with Sun Yat-Sen, resigned as governor 1930. Died Oct 18, 1936. Recounts Chun Afong's death and funeral.
 * Toney (aka Chun Chick Yee) breaks with Sun Yat-Sen, resigned as governor 1930. Died Oct 18, 1936. Recounts Chun Afong's death and funeral.


 * Jack London's stories of Chun Ah Chun in The House of Pride & Other Tales of Hawaii were based on Chun Afong.
 * Jack London's stories of Chun Ah Chun in The House of Pride & Other Tales of Hawaii were based on Chun Afong.


 * All the Afong children in Hawaii were raised with western culture, neither Hawaiian nor Asian.
 * All the Afong children in Hawaii were raised with western culture, neither Hawaiian nor Asian.


 * Chun Afong wanted sons, not daughters. Julia hanai-d her first daughter Emmeline "to her own kahu Keaka, wife of Haulelio." Gerrit P. Judd did not approve of that Hawaiian custom. He ordered Keana and Haulelio to return the baby, so they and the baby moved in with the Afongs. Chun nicknamed Emmeline his "Thousand Pieces of Gold".
 * Chun Afong wanted sons, not daughters. Julia hanai-d her first daughter Emmeline "to her own kahu Keaka, wife of Haulelio." Gerrit P. Judd did not approve of that Hawaiian custom. He ordered Keana and Haulelio to return the baby, so they and the baby moved in with the Afongs. Chun nicknamed Emmeline his "Thousand Pieces of Gold".


 * Emmeline married lawyer John Alfred Magoon. Emmeline returned to Hawaii and carried on the family business.
 * Emmeline married lawyer John Alfred Magoon. Emmeline returned to Hawaii and carried on the family business.


 * The Magoons has 7 children. Lawyer Magoon had a heart attack and died.
 * The Magoons has 7 children. Lawyer Magoon had a heart attack and died.


 * Nancy marries Francis Blately McStocker
 * Nancy marries Francis Blately McStocker


 * Mary Catherine Afong never married. After all the others married, Chun Afong's mansion was torn dow in 1902. The Chun property at Fort DeRussy Military Reservation now owned by the government.
 * Mary Catherine Afong never married. After all the others married, Chun Afong's mansion was torn dow in 1902. The Chun property at Fort DeRussy Military Reservation now owned by the government.


 * Marie married Abram Stephanus Humphreys
 * Marie married Abram Stephanus Humphreys


 * Henriette marries Admiral Whiting, Admiral Farenholt
 * Henriette marries Admiral Whiting, Admiral Farenholt


 * Julia marries Arthur Johnstone
 * Julia marries Arthur Johnstone


 * Arthur Johnstone writer, newspaper man
 * Arthur Johnstone writer, newspaper man


 * Helen Gertrude Afong
 * Helen Gertrude Afong


 * George F. Henshall, William Henshall
 * George F. Henshall, William Henshall


 * The 5 daughters still at home.
 * The 5 daughters still at home.


 * Annexation of Hawaii, and lots of American military to entertain
 * Annexation of Hawaii, and lots of American military to entertain


 * Caroline and Martha Afong
 * Caroline and Martha Afong


 * Beatrice Melanie
 * Beatrice Melanie


 * Albert Afong at Harvard
 * Albert Afong at Harvard


 * Albert Afong as a businessman
 * Albert Afong as a businessman


 * The Magoons
 * The Magoons


 * Son Abraham Henry Afong marries May Harvey. End of the series.
 * Son Abraham Henry Afong marries May Harvey. End of the series.