CEM Connections - Shen Ke Shu

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Shen Ke Shu
1905 CEM Reunion, LaFargue Collection
Pinyin & Chinese characters	Shen Jiashu 沈嘉树¹
Variant Spellings & Other Names	Chin Kia Shu Shen Chia Shu
Other Chinese Name(s)
Detachment	3
LaFargue No.	90
Date of Birth	1864
Place of Birth	Baoshan, Jiangsu
Age at Departure for US	11
Date of Death	1933²
Place of Death
Place(s) of Residence in US	(1) Stratford, CT (3 years; transferred to Hartford) (2) Hartford, CT.
American Host Family/ies	(1) Rev. Edward B. & Ann (Lummus) Emerson, Stratford, CT (3 years; transferred to Hartford) (2) William H. & Belle B. C. Kellogg, Hartford, CT³
School(s), with dates	West Middle Public School, Hartford, CT ?-1879 Hartford Public High School, Hartford, CT 1879-1881⁴
Notable Activities/Awards in School
College/University, with dates	Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD⁵
Notable Activities/Awards in College
Degree/Diploma Obtained (date)
First Assignment in China	Assigned to Jiangnan Arsenal, Shanghai
Later Positions	Joined the Peking-Mukden (Beijing-Shenyang) Railway; appointed Paymaster and concurrently Chief Inspector of the Bureau.
Employment Sector(s)	Railway
Final Rank, if in Gov't Service
Father's Name
Mother's Name
Wife/wives
Family Relations w/ other CEM Students
Children's Names
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Notes and Sources	1. Shen’s personal name is written 家树 in Yung Shang Him (1939), p. 29, Yung Shang Him (10/1939), p. 253. Apparently by oversight, Shen is not listed in the register of CEM students compiled by Won Bing Chung (Wen Bingzhong 温秉忠 II, 36). 2. Rhoads (2011), p. 277, n. 120. 3. Residences and hosts: Rhoads (2011), p. 53, Table 5.1 (Stratford, Rev. Edward B. & Ann Emerson); U. S. Census 1880, Rhoads (2011), p. 141, Table 9.2 (Hartford, William H. & Belle Kellogg). Shen's transfer from Stratford to Hartford: Rhoads (2011), p. 72. William H. Kellogg (1853-1914) was a younger brother of Mary L. Kellogg, wife of Yung Wing. By 1880 he was serving as the American Secretary of the Chinese Educational Commission in Hartford. After the closure of the Mission in 1881, he acted as the local agent for the sale of the headquarters building. See Rhoads (2011), pp. 72, 81. 4. Schools: Rhoads (2011), p. 90, Table 7.1 (West Middle Public School); p. 96, Table 7.2 (Hartford Public High School). 5. Qian & Hu (2003), p. 109; Qian & Hu (2004), p. 117. Attendance at Johns Hopkins is uncertain; cf. Rhoads (2011), pp. 117, Table 8.1; 132.