{"id":763,"date":"2024-07-13T07:52:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T07:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babanyonya.allwell.com.my\/?page_id=763"},"modified":"2024-12-11T22:03:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:03:02","slug":"the-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/bb\/the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"763\" class=\"elementor elementor-763\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aef1d22 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aef1d22\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb1914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6cb1914\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4595157 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4595157\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f849ec9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f849ec9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66f956c aux-appear-watch-animation aux-scale-down-2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66f956c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71867be elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71867be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 17-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE FAMILY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b183cea elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_divider\" data-id=\"b183cea\" 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class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-792\" alt=\"Chan Cheng Siew\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chan-cheng-siew.webp 198w, https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/chan-cheng-siew-9x12.webp 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bdd6e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0bdd6e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chan Cheng Siew, J.P.<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5497124 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5497124\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 17-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t(1865\u20131919)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e6068 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_divider\" data-id=\"19e6068\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<hr class=\"aux-divider-symbolic-square aux-divider-small aux-divider-align-center aux-symbol-align-center\" >\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-915355f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"915355f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Towkay Cermin Mata<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94d5586 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94d5586\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d043e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d043e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chee-gee-geo-neo.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4151\" alt=\"Chee Gee Geo Neo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chee-gee-geo-neo.webp 198w, https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/chee-gee-geo-neo-9x12.webp 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b425d6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b425d6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nyonya Chee Gee Geok Neo<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d9bffe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d9bffe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(1865\u20131933)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc3450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_divider\" data-id=\"0dc3450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<hr class=\"aux-divider-symbolic-square aux-divider-small aux-divider-align-center aux-symbol-align-center\" >\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29daa23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29daa23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarried to Chan Cheng Siew and was fondly known in the family as Fat Mother, <b>Mak Gemuk<\/b>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a48e980 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a48e980\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b264f10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b264f10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/family-chee-seng-kee.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-793\" alt=\"Chee Seng Kee\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/family-chee-seng-kee.webp 198w, https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/family-chee-seng-kee-9x12.webp 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3e2b54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3e2b54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Baba Chan Seng Kee<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c306498 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c306498\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(1895\u20131983)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0793f4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_divider\" data-id=\"0793f4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<hr class=\"aux-divider-symbolic-square aux-divider-small aux-divider-align-center aux-symbol-align-center\" >\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0d9d4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0d9d4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChan Cheng Siew&#8217;s only legitimate son\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c34cd58 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c34cd58\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47c0b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d47c0b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/family-ho-joo-suan.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-794\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/family-ho-joo-suan.webp 198w, https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/family-ho-joo-suan-9x12.webp 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1433ca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1433ca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nyonya Ho Joo Suan<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f077266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f077266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(1901\u20131987)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b427cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_divider\" data-id=\"8b427cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<hr class=\"aux-divider-symbolic-square aux-divider-small aux-divider-align-center aux-symbol-align-center\" >\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46fc8c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46fc8c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarried to Chan Seng Kee in 1917\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e25cdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2e25cdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c12465 e-con-full aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-right-1 e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c12465\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-470e6cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"470e6cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The family\u2019s earliest existence in Malacca dates back to the early 19th Century, with origins from Tong\u2019An county in Fujian province, Southern China; and has links to one of the last few Kapitans of Malacca. Today the family\u2019s descendants are the seventh generation.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 16.0016px;\">Chan Cheng Siew J.P (Justice of the Peace) was born 27th June 1865, and was a second generation Straits-born Chinese. He began his career as a planter and was commonly known in the estates as Towkay Cermin Mata (Boss with Glasses). He began his plantation growing gambier (a plant which was used for its medicinal purposes as well as for tanning leather, and was also commonly chewed with sireh). As the world awakened to an industrial age, Malacca was seen as a suitable location to grow rubber trees. Cheng Siew switched his crop plantation from gambier to rubber in order to meet the ever-growing demands of this new world.<\/span><\/p><p>Besides being a planter, Cheng Siew was also involved in many other social activities in Malacca. He served as a Justice of the Peace, managing trustee of several Chinese Temples and clan associations, a member of the Chinese Advisory Board and was a founding director of one of Malaysia\u2019s prominent ice-manufacturing companies, Atlas Ice. He was also a keen investor in properties, purchasing land in Malacca, Cameron Highlands &amp; Singapore.<\/p><p>In his townhouse, Cheng Siew was known to have held many a ronggeng night filled with wine, women and song. Cheng Siew died suddenly in 1919, at the age of 54, leaving his wife Chee Gee Geok Neo, three concubines and his son Chan Seng Kee, who became trustee to his estate.<\/p><p>Seng Kee did not have the same appreciation for living in a bustling town. Complaining of the incessant noise from the tok-tok mee man on the street at night, Seng Kee built a house by the seaside that was completed in 1932 and moved his family there to stay before and during the war.<\/p><p>Only after World War II did the family live in town again, somewhat briefly. As time moved on and the children went overseas or began their own families, the house was intermittently used by Seng Kee\u2019s sons as they found their footing, before moving on to their own homes. 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Going for picnics was a social event for many youth of Malacca.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Picnic by the Beach A bus was chartered, and off they went! 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(1865\u20131919) Towkay Cermin Mata Nyonya Chee Gee Geok Neo (1865\u20131933) Married to Chan Cheng Siew and was fondly known in the family as Fat Mother, Mak Gemuk. Baba Chan Seng Kee (1895\u20131983) Chan Cheng Siew&#8217;s only legitimate son Nyonya Ho Joo Suan (1901\u20131987) Married to Chan Seng Kee in [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-763","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/bb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/bb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/bb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/bb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/bb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":232,"href":"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/bb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4257,"href":"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/bb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions\/4257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.babanyonyamuseum.com\/bb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}