CEM Connections - Chin Mon Fay

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Chin Mon Fay

Pinyin & Chinese characters	Qian Wenkui 钱文魁
Variant Spellings & Other Names
Other Chinese Names
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LaFargue No.	28
Date of Birth	1859
Place of Birth	Shanghai, Jiangsu Province
Age at Departure for U.S.	14 (Lunar calendar)
Date of Death
Place of Death	Paris
Place(s) of residence in U.S.	1880 Hartford, CT
American Host Family/ies	Edward W. Kellog (1880 U.S. Census)
School(s), with dates	South Public School, Hartford, ?-1877 Hartford Public High School, Classical dept., 1877-79 HPHS, English dept., 1879-81 graduated¹
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First Assignment in China
Later Positions	Diplomat: Attaché, Chinese Legation, France
Employment sector(s)	Government (Diplomatic Service)
Final rank, if in gov't service
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Other	Prior to joining the CEM, Chin was attending the boys' boarding school established in Shanghai by the American Episcopal Mission and run by Lydia Mary Fay. New Shan Chow (Niu Shangzhou 牛尚周 I, 12) and Tso Ki Foo (Cao Jifu 曹吉福 I, 20) also attended the school before they joined the CEM. ²
Notes and Sources	1. Rhoads (2011), pp. 90, 96. 2. Rhoads (2011), pp. 33f.