CEM Connections - Won Wai Shing

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Won Wai Shing
1890 CEM Christmas Reunion, LaFargue Collection
Pinyin & Chinese characters	Huan Weicheng 宦维城¹
Variant Spellings & Other Names
Other Chinese Name(s)
Detachment	3
LaFargue No.	80
Date of Birth	1865
Place of Birth	Dantu, Jiangsu
Age at Departure for US	10 (Lunar Calendar)
Date of Death
Place of Death	Tianjin
Place(s) of Residence in US	(1) Hebron, CT (2) Clinton, CT²
American Host Family/ies	(1) Miss Mary Jane Post, Hebron, CT (2) Henry A. & Phebe E. Elliott, Clinton, CT²
School(s), with dates	Morgan School, Clinton, CT, 1879-1881³
Notable Activities/Awards in School
College/University, with dates
Notable Activities/Awards in College
Degree/Diploma Obtained (date)
First Assignment in China
Later Positions	Went into business in Tianjin
Employment Sector(s)	Business
Final Rank, if in Gov't Service
Father's Name
Mother's Name
Wife/wives
Family Relations w/ other CEM Students
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Notes and Sources	1. Personal name written 维城 in Xu (1978), p. 41, and student list compiled by Won Bing Chung (Wen Bingzhong 温秉忠 II, 36); 维诚 in Shen Bao 申报 (6 August 1874), and student list compiled by Tong Yuen Chan (Tang Yuanzhan 唐元湛 II, 53). 2. Residences and hosts: Rhoads (2011), p. 53, Table 5.1 (Hebron, CT; Miss Mary Jane Post); U.S. Census 1880; Rhoads (2011), p. 140, Table 9.2 (Clinton, CT; Henry A. & Phebe E. Elliott). 3. Rhoads (2011), p. 96, Table 7.2.