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Birth of Huatai 華太 Quock 郭
Huatai was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China -
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Taiping Rebellion
Radical political and religious upheaval that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. It lasted for some 14 years (1850–64), ravaged 17 provinces, took an estimated 20 million lives, and irrevocably altered the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12). Source:Britannica -
Birth of Sigu 泗古 Quock 郭
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Hua-Tai Quock immigrates to San Francisco
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Passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act
U.S. federal law that was the first and only major federal legislation to explicitly suspend immigration for a specific nationality. The basic exclusion law prohibited Chinese labourers—defined as “both skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining”—from entering the country. Subsequent amendments to the law prevented Chinese laborers who had left the United States from returning. Source: Britannica -
Hua-Tai Quock exported shrimp from San Francisco to Hong Kong.
Hua-Tai worked at a leased building at 20 Wentworth Place (Salty Fish Alley) for Lee Sang Company. This photo shows a view north up Washington Place, a.k.a. Washington Alley (“Fish Alley” to English speakers) or “Tuck Wo Gaai” (德和街) to old Chinatown’s residents.1895. Photograph by Wilhelm Hester (from the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections -
Birth of Hoy Quan Quock
Hoy was born in Shiqi City, Chungshan, China -
Sigu arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong.
Sigu immediately went to work for the Lee Sang Company. -
Exportation of shrimp prohibited.
Restriction continued until 1919.
Source: San Francisco Call, Volume 98, Number 141, 19 October 1905