CEM Connections - Chu Chi Shuan

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Chu Chi Shuan

Pinyin & Chinese characters	Xu Zhixuan 徐之煊¹
Variant Spellings & Other Names	Chu Che Suen Chi Chu Suen
Other Chinese Name(s)
Detachment	3
LaFargue No.	76
Date of Birth	1863
Place of Birth	Nanhai, Guangdong²
Age at Departure for US	12 (Lunar Calendar)
Date of Death	Died early
Place of Death	Dagu 大沽 Forts (drowned)
Place(s) of Residence in US	(1) Springfield, MA (2) Holyoke, MA³
American Host Family/ies	(1) _____ Miller (?) (2) Angelina Worswick³
School(s), with dates	Holyoke High School, Holyoke, MA ?-1881 graduated⁴
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First Assignment in China	Trained in mining at Tianjin
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Father's Name	Xu Renqiu 徐纫秋
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Notes and Sources	1. Personal name written 芝煊 in student list complied by Won Bing Chung (Wen Bingzhong 温秉忠 II, 36); and in Yung Shang Him (1939), p. 28; Yung Shang Him (10/1939), p. 252. 2. Xinhui 新会 in student list complied by Won Bing Chung (Wen Bingzhong 温秉忠 II, 36). 3. Residences and hosts: Rhoads (2011), p. 53, Table 5.1 (Springfield, MA; ___ Miller); 1880 U.S. Census, Rhoads (2011), p. 141, Table 9.2 (Holyoke, MA; Angelina Worswick). 4. Rhoads (2011), p. 97, Table 7.2.