CEM Connections - Ting Kwai Ting

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Ting Kwai Ting

Pinyin & Chinese characters	Deng Guiting 邓桂庭
Variant Spellings & Other Names	Tang Kuei Lyng
Other Chinese Name(s)
Detachment	2
LaFargue No.	52
Date of Birth	1861
Place of Birth	Xiangshan, Guangdong
Age at Departure for US	13 (Lunar Calendar)
Date of Death
Place of Death	Kobe, Japan (at early age)
Place(s) of Residence in US	(1) Washington, CT.; (2) Hartford, CT, 21 Trumbull St.¹; (3) Greenfield, MA²
American Host Family/ies	(2) Mary B. Brownell, Hartford, CT¹ (3) Reverend A. G. Loomis, Greenfield, MA²
School(s), with dates	The Gunnery School, Washington, CT Holyoke High School, Holyoke, MA, ?-1879³ Hartford Public High School, Hartford, CT, January - June 1880³
Notable Activities/Awards in School
College/University, with dates	Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 1880-1881⁴
Notable Activities/Awards in College
Degree/Diploma Obtained (date)
First Assignment in China	Assigned to Fuzhou Naval School (did not stay to graduate)⁵
Later Positions	Torpedo Section, Dagu Fort 大沽⁶ Went into business in Japan.
Employment Sector(s)	Business
Final Rank, if in Gov't Service
Father's Name
Mother's Name
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Family Relations w/ other CEM Students
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Notes and Sources	1. U. S. Census 1880, as noted in Robyn (1996), p. 185; Rhoads (2011), p. 139, Table 9.2. 2. Leung (1988b), p. 403. 3. Holyoke High School and Hartford Public High School: Edward J. M. Rhoads, email 14 Oct 2008; Rhoads (2011), pp. 96 and 98, Table 7.2. 4. Rhoads (2011), p. 116, Table 8.1; p. 119. 5. Yung Shang Him (1939), p. 25, Yung Shang Him (10/1939), p. 249. 6. Shi (2000), p. 201.