Helene Wee - Puan Sri Tan Chin Tuan (Ah Mak)
Ah Mak's parents WEE Thean Seng (b 1868 - d 1950) and his 2nd wife HONG Buan Neo (b 1946) children included;
Wee Yew Neo (b 1883 - d 1980) - from WEE Theam Seng's first wife
Wee Swee Neo
Wee Inn Neo
Wee Ek Neo
Wee Kim Sian
Helene Wee (b 27 Jul 1907 - d 2 Dec 1995, Singapore)
The 6 daughters of WEE Theam Seng in turn married;
Wee Yew Neo married Kwa Siew Tee (b 1888 - d 1977)
Wee Swee Neo married Yeo Chiang Swee
Wee Inn Neo married Gaw Khek Swee
Wee Ek Neo married GawKhek Chiew
Wee Kim Sian (b 18 Dec 1901 - d 10 Dec 1990) married Lauw Pek Tjin (b 7 Aug 1898, Pasar Senen, Java - d 20 Jul 1989, Singapore)
Helene Wee married Tan Chin Tuan
Wee Yew Neo and Kwa Siew Tee had the following children;
Kwa Soon Hock (b 19913 - d 1936)
Cheah Geok Neo (b 1914 - d )
Kwa Soon Lock (b 1916 - d 1942) who married Regina Lee
Kwa Soon Siew (b 1918 - d )
Kwa Geok Lan (b 1919 - d ) who married Yong Nyuk Lin (b 1918 - d 2012)
- - Yong Siu Len
- - Yong Sin Li
Kwa Geok Choo (b 1920 - d 2010) who married LEE Kwan Yew (b 1923 - d 2015)
Kwa Soon Chuan (b 1922 - d )
Lau Geok Lian (b 1929 - d 1976) who married Earnest Lau (b 1929 - d 2011)
Kwa Soon Bee (b 1930 - d 2016) - who was Singapore's Minister for Health
Kwa Geok Eng (b 1935 - d 2013)
Kwa Soon Thay
Wee Swee Neo (d 1975) and Yeo Chiang Swee had the following children;
Yeo Oon Boon (d 1942, Singapore, Japanese Occupation) and Lewis Rowena Jessie (b 23 Dec 1917, Singapore)
- - Yeo Su Inn
- - Yeo Seng Hock, Denis (b 27 Jul 1942, Colombo, Ceylon) and Quek Swee Choo (b 14 Feb 1942, Singapore)
- - - - Yeo Meng Eng, Evangeline (b 30 Mar 1967, St Louis, Missouri, USA)
- - - - Yeo Meng Lee, Natalie (b 20 Dec 1969, Columbia, South Carolina, USA) and Fong Philip (b 1962, New York, USA)
- - - - Yeo Meng Ai, Ivanie (b 4 May 1971, Columbia, South Carolina, USA)
Yeo Kheng Sian (b Feb 1920 - d 23 Aug 2018, Singapore)
Yeo Oon Boo (b 15 Mar 1921 - d 6 Jan 2014, Singapore) and Koh Geok Tin
- - Yeo Lian Sim and Tan Edward
- - - - Tan An-Wen (b Jun 1987)
- - - - Tan An-Ren (b 1989)
Yeo Oon Chong (b 16 Mar 1922) and Chua Mary
- - Yeo Lian Choo
- - Yeo Lian Hua and Lingam Brian
- - Yeo Lian Bee and Kwok Kian Hoong
- - - - Kwok Martin (b 1990, Australia)
Yeo Kheng Neo (b 1922) and Tay Hean Tuan
- - Tay Keng Wah (b 29 Nov 1945, Singapore) and Coyle Roger (b 1940)
- - - - Coyle Paul Vincent, Eng Siang (b 20 Sep 1981)
- - Tay Keng Siew, Daniel (b 19 Apr 1947, Singapore)
- - Tay Keng Lock, David (b 22 Oct 1949, Singapore) and Lim Doris
- - - - Tay Jun Hoa, Darryle (b 16 Dec 1981, Singapore)
- - - - Tay Jun Jiak, Darius (b 29 Apr 1989, Singapore)
- - - - Tay yean Ching (b 29 Dec 1975, Singapore)
- - Tay Keng Hee (b 22 Sep 1954, Singapore) and Hsu Wei Fen
- - - - Tay Tze Ling, Beverly (b 10 Feb 1988, Singapore)
- - - - Tay Tze Chee, Paddy (b 18 May 1992, Singapore)
Yeo Onn Sian (b 1924) and Lam Lai Cheng (b 21 May 1928)
- - Yeo Seng Chong (b 1954) and Lim Mee Hwa (b 4 Jan 1954, Singapore)
- - - - Yeo Yuan Xin (b 26 May 1987, Singapore)
- - - - Yeo Yuan Jiang (b 9 Mar 1991, Singapore)
- - Yeo He Leng (b 1957)
- - Yeo Seng Beng (b 26 Jan 1960, Singapore) and Liew Geok Cheng (b 31 May 1967)
- - - - Yeo Yuan Kai (b 14 Nov 1992)
- - - - Yeo Yuan Han (b 8 Dec 2000)
Yeo Oon Geok and Kuhn Ouduard Werner
Wee Inn Neo and GAW Khek Swee had the foll0wing children;
- - Gaw Synn Laye and Goh Joo Neo
- - - - Gaw Ellen
- - - - Gaw Letty
- - Gaw Synn Ghee and Nellie
- - - - Gaw Lip Sin and
- - - - - - son 1
- - - - - - son 2
- - - - - - son 3
- - - - Gaw Cheng Eng
- - Gaw Julian and Phoa Yong An
Wee Ek Neo and GAW Khek Chiew had the foll0wing children; - TBC;
Wee Chye Hin and Seow had the foll0wing children;
- - Wee Choon Siang and
- - - - Wee
- - - - Wee Bee Lim
- - Wee Swee Kheng and Koh
- - - - Koh Diana
- - Wee Swee Luan and Robert
- - - - Robert
- - - - Robert Lynn
Wee Kim Sian and LAUW Pek Tjin had the foll0wing children;
- - Lauw Yang Choon (b 23 Nov 1923 - d 25 Nov 2015) and Ortega Rosita Audrey(b 22 Jun 1928 - d 28 Dec 2013)
- - - - Lauw Valerie (b 22 Nov 1952) and Hutapea Hasudungan (b 23 May 1951)
- - - - Lauw Peter (b 11 Oct 1957) and Yap Mui Hia, June (b 6 Jun 1959)
- - - - - - Lauw Jonathan (b 23 Apr 1991)
- - - - Lauw Susan (b 21 Mar 1955) and Harmer Stanley George
- - Lauw Yang Chiew (d 1951, Malaya)
Helene Wee and TAN Chin Tuan (b 21 Nov 1907 - d 13 Nov 2005) had the foll0wing children;
Tan Keng Siong, Ken (b 10 May 1927 - d 29 Mar 2001, Florida, USA) and Tan Peggy
- - Tan Boon Beng, Kenneth and Karen
- - - - Tan Elizabeth
- - - - Tan Amy
- - - - Tan Rebecca
- - Tan Debbie
- - Tan Pattie and Philip Whittle
- - - - Whittle Ruth
- - - - Whittle Daniel
Tan Keng Siong, Ken and Barbara Chong
- - Tan Jacquline and Jones Gregg
- - - - Jones Jazmin Barbara
- - - - Jones Jordan Siong
- - - - Jones Jayda Jacquiline
Tan Kheng Lian and Chew Beng Keng
- - Chew Gek Khim and Yen Richard
- - Chew Gek Hiang and Soo Tat Koon
- - - - Soo Wen Zhen, Samuel
- - Chew Kwee San and
Tan Kheng Choo (b 10 Oct 1936 - d 11 May 2008, Singapore) and Campbell Donald Glover (b 1 Jul 1930 - d 16 Apr 2014, Singapore)
- - Chuan Campbell
- - Helene Campbell
As you can probably appreciate, growing up with so many Grand-Aunts, was like having lots of lovely extra grannies, however when introduced and re-introduced to them by Ah Mak and mother, they were refereed to as gok-i-poh, sa-i-poh, lak-i-poh, etc which only later in my teens did I discover was just a numbering system.....
At Chinese New Year when organised chaos reigned, what with all the various families, relatives, friends and business acquaintances (along with their families) coming to visit Mak and Kong, everyone more or less mother's age just became Uncle or Aunty, and anyone older were addressed as kong-kong (grand-uncle) and or poh-poh (grand-aunt).... I remember that the poh-poh's in Ah Mak's various mah-jong groups tended to had out the larger Ang-Pows!
That said kong-kong William 2 thumbs (I think his family name was Ow) always gave us at least SG$ 10 if not more, and Jacob Ballas probably to please Ah Mak would usually give us SG$ 20, this was in the 1970's and when I look back the guests really were the WHOs WHO in from Singapore's business and Social elite at the time, as grandchildren we would be very busy acting as greeters and this was a most enjoyable and rewarding task, and we would usually manage to collect between SG$ 2k - 3k over the fist 3 days of CNY !!'