WEE FAMILY TREE

How much have you done before 30? The story of my Great Grandparents is both inspiring and mind blowing. Keep in mind all the following took place between 1919 and 1940.


Great Great Grandparents and kids


Great Grandparents Wedding


Great Grandparents getting ready to start work, in China.


last family picnic - what jokers and hams!


traveling cross country to the boat in SF, they visit the Grand Canyon


das boat! (pier 36, San Francisco)


"Farewell!!"


off to be missionaries and teachers in China


spending the long passage deck side!


stopping to see a 75ft Buddha. Kamakura, Japan


how you travel across China in 1920


sometimes you got to take a plane!


the scene of their new life


the caption reads,"Our house on a snowy morning 1927. This property belongs to General Chao who is a general in Feng Yu Huang's Army. We rent it for $22 American Money."


hmm, General Chao perhaps?


visiting the Great Wall, 1922


what's a missionary need a big gun for?


wild pig hunting of course!


my grandpa 2 days old


grandpa a year old in traditional Chinese winter garb


he still gets excited remembering when he got this bike!


growing up and pulling his sisters in a wagon around Ping Ding

During their time abroad, they had 4 children, came back to the states at least 5 times (with all the kids) and were the last missionaries allowed in China under the Red Regime. Amazing.

They also founded the first YMCA's in China and worked with a troupe of traveling actors. My grandfather lived in China until he was 16, at which time he was forced (along with all other Americans) to return back to the states. Here he finished high school and then attended college. He went on to teach Chemistry for over 35 years and still putters about giving out random bits of trivia, playing with his computer (he's had one since 1968) and holding my Grandma's hand when they walk to church.

* see I really do come from a family of photo happy nerds!!