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Kobayashi, Alice Marill : A Jewish Student Refugee in 1939 by Eva Martinez Year of Arrival 1939 |
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Edited by Alice Kobayashi/Carol Kobayashi 06/06/12 On May 17, 2012, Eva Martinez interviewed Alice (Marill) Kobayashi over the phone about her family’s journey to the United States when they fled Hitler’s persecution of Jews. Alice current lives in retirement home in Atlanta, GA. |
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Lee, Bak Huen : Coming to America through The Angel Island Immigration Station by Lia Chang Year of Arrival 1937 |
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In recognition of my grandmother’s 90th birthday, I am sharing this article I wrote about her experience of being detained at the Angel Island Immigration Station, which appeared online in the September 19, 2000 edition of A. Media, Inc.
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Lee, Show Nam : “We were real, so there was no need to be afraid.” Lum Ngow’s Long Stay on Angel Island by Judy Yung Year of Arrival 1935 |
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On February 5, 1935, fifteen-year-old Lum Ngow and his mother Ow Soak Yong arrived in San Francisco from China on the President Taft. They had come to join his father Lum Bew, a merchant who ran Lung Kee, a Chinese poultry and deli in Oakland Chinatown. Family members of the merchant class were exempt from the Chinese Exclusion Act and they should have been admitted into the country. Instead, mother and son were detained on Angel Island for eighteen months, fighting a legal battle to prove they were in fact the son and wife of Lum Bew. |
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Lee, Charlie : A Family Profile of the Charlie Lee and Mary Sullivan Family by Marilyn Lee McConnell Year of Arrival 1911 |
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My name is Marilyn Lee McConnell, and I am a member of the Ng family. I grew up in Oakland, California, not knowing that I belonged to the Ng/Eng family. Why was that? |
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Lee, Don Yee Fung : My Journey from China to America by William Wong Year of Arrival 1939 |
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Adapted from an interview conducted by William Wong, edited by Jordan Yee and Eddie Wong |
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Lee Masters, Margaret : Margaret Lee Masters, M.D. (Lee Jee Jung): From Churches to Pediatrics by Larisa Proulx Year of Arrival 1900 |
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In the early fall of 1940, sixteen-year-old Lee Jee Jung (Margaret) left war-torn Hong Kong with her seventeen-year-old brother Lee See Jung (Philip) to go to America. Margaret’s father, Rev. Shau Yan Lee, had sent for them. Eleven years ago, he himself had gone to America to be a Baptist minister to the Chinese in Northern California and later, Mississippi and Texas. Initially, Margaret’s father did not intend on bringing her to America. However, due to the death of her oldest sister and brother in China from typhoid fever around the time of the Japanese invasion in Canton, and her second oldest sister being no longer a minor, she and her brother were selected to join their father in America. |
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Leong, C. Tony and May : The Journeys of C. Tony Leong and May Chung Leong to America via Angel Island by Tony C. Leong, Jr., Ph.D. Year of Arrival 1914 |
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Tony C. Leong, Jr. contributes a fascinating and detailed account of secrets uncovered in the tangled tale of paper sons so common among Chinese Americans. |
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Leong, Quong : From Immigrant to Flower Grower by Helen Leong Year of Arrival 1915 |
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A life of hard work as a gardener in San Francisco leads Leong Quong to become a prize-winning flower grower in Milpitas, California. |
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Li, Beleza : On the meaning of being Chinese by Daughter of Beleza Year of Arrival 1950 |
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Beleza was born and raised in Brazil, and has been living in the Bay Area for over seven years. As the daughter of Chinese immigrants in Brazil and an immigrant herself in the United States, she has witnessed the struggles and difficulties of newcomers. She has seen how cultural and language barriers prevent even the most hardworking from successfully adapting, and how broken immigration laws also prevent high-achieving students from becoming active members in society. Beleza's work towards social justice include teaching at-risk youth, writing for ethnic media, and mentoring immigrant students. |
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Lim, Fook Keung : Biography (January 3, 1909 – February 20, 1986) by Hazel Lim Hoshiko Year of Arrival 1923 |
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Daughter Hazel Lim shares the wide arc of her father’s life, who was detained on Angel Island at age 15, worked in San Francisco Chinatown restaurants in his youth, served in the Army-Air Force in World War II, and retired in San Gabriel as a grocery store owner. |
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Louie, Stephen : Chinese Interpreter by Jim Huen Year of Arrival Born in U.S. |
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Interview of Stephen Louie
Chinese Interpreter, 1949 to 1954, US Immigration Office, San Francisco Angel Island Immigration Station operated from 1910 to late 1940 when a fire closed the Station. The U.S. Immigration office then moved to a temporary location in San Francisco at 801 Silver Avenue and operated there until 1944 when a new permanent immigration facility was built and opened at 630 Sansome Street. It was also known as the U.S. Appraisers Building, housing other federal agencies. This facility is still an active immigration office under its current name United States Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Department of Homeland Security. Little has been written about these two San Francisco immigration facilities. |
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Low, Raymond : A Remembrance of Raymond Low by Arthur Low Year of Arrival 1938 |
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Arthur Low traces the life of his father from humble beginnings in Toisan. China to life in Sacramento, CA. Despite difficult times, Raymond Low worked hard at two jobs, bought a house and raised four children with his wife Yvonne. Today, his grandson, Evan Low is the Mayor of Campbell,CA. |
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Low, Dick (Ko Shew) : A Tribute to My Father, Dick Low, on his 90th birthday, 1995 by Kenneth Ko Low Year of Arrival 1921 |
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Ko Shew immigrated to the U.S. in 1921 under the name Dick Low. He worked hard throughout his life, starting out as a farm laborer and eventually becoming a department store manager. Kenneth Ko Low reflects upon the many gifts and life lessons his father bestowed upon him. |
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