CEM Connections - Chuck Yen Chi

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Chuck Yen Chi

Pinyin & Chinese characters	Zhuo Renzhi 卓仁志
Variant Spellings & Other Names	Cheak Yan Che Yan Che Cheak Choh Jin Che¹
Other Chinese Names	Tcheuck Tung²
Detachment	2
LaFargue No.	59
Date of Birth	1862
Place of Birth	Xiangshan, Guangdong
Age at Departure for U.S.	12 (Lunar Calendar)
Date of Death	Died young.
Place of Death	Shanghai: drowned in Suzhou Creek
Place(s) of residence in U.S.	(1) Greenfield, MA (2) Andover, MA
American Host Family/ies	(1) Rev. Aretas G. & Elizabeth M. (Bellamy) Loomis, Greenfield, MA (2) Mary A. Davis, Andover, MA³
School(s), with dates	Phillips Academy (Classical Dept.), Andover, MA, 1878-80; repeated "Middle Class" year (Classical Dept.), 1879-80⁴
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Notable activities/ awards in College
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First Assignment in China	Telegraph service in Shanghai.
Later Positions
Employment sector(s)	Telegraph service
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Descendants
Other	Chuck Yen Chi returned to China in the latter half of 1880, for unknown reasons.⁵
Notes and Sources	1. Springfield Daily Republican, 26 July 1873, 3. 2. Recorded only by Robyn (1996), p. 162. 3. U.S. Census 1880. 4. Data from Phillips Academy catalogs, 1879-1881, Phillips Academy archives (courtesy David Chase, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA). 5. Rhoads (2011), p. 136, Table 9.1; p. 162.