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Huatai was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China -
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
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Sigu was born in Shiqi, Chungshan, China. -
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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 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 -
Hoy was born in Shiqi City, Chungshan, China -
Sigu immediately went to work for the Lee Sang Company.
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Restriction continued until 1919.
Source: San Francisco Call, Volume 98, Number 141, 19 October 1905