Master Tay Tow Seeh (9 years of age) and Miss Tay Poon Neo (7 years of age) lay buried side by side in Hill 1 Division B plot 423 and 424. They are the children of Mr and Mrs Tay Geok Hong.
On the burial records, Tay Tow Seeh (Tay Tow Si ) is listed as 12 years of age. Their residence address and cause of death is masked off from the online burial registrar. This two information would be useful to determine what was the cause of death (was it the same sickness that cause the siblings to die so young and their residential address would help confirm who their parents, Tay Geok Hong are.
The only information of Tay Geok Hong i could find was from the newspapers obituary of a Mr. Tay Geok Hong who passed away on 11 September 1928, where Mrs. Tay Geok Hong and Mr. Tay Geok Swee (brother of Tay Geok Swee) thanked staff of Fraser & Neave Ltd, Members of Straits Bachelors Physical Culture and relatives for their attendance. The deceased leaves behind 1 widow, 4 sons and his brother, Tay Geok Swee to mourn his loss. The funeral took place on 13 September 1928 from his residence at No 665 Geylang Road to Bukit Brown. (Malaya Tribune, 11 September 1928)
If we can link the address of Tay Tow Seeh and Tay Poon Neo to 665 Geylang Road, that will be better confirmation of the above. To find out who are the sons of Tay Geok Hong, we need to find Tay Geok Hong's tomb in Hill 2 Division G plot 123 to get this information.
Hopefully one day some of this information will be useful for future research and family tree researchers.
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| Tay Tow Seeh (Age 9 , 16 December 1926) |
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| Tay Poon Neo (Age 7, 15th December 1926) |
The only information of Tay Geok Hong i could find was from the newspapers obituary of a Mr. Tay Geok Hong who passed away on 11 September 1928, where Mrs. Tay Geok Hong and Mr. Tay Geok Swee (brother of Tay Geok Swee) thanked staff of Fraser & Neave Ltd, Members of Straits Bachelors Physical Culture and relatives for their attendance. The deceased leaves behind 1 widow, 4 sons and his brother, Tay Geok Swee to mourn his loss. The funeral took place on 13 September 1928 from his residence at No 665 Geylang Road to Bukit Brown. (Malaya Tribune, 11 September 1928)
If we can link the address of Tay Tow Seeh and Tay Poon Neo to 665 Geylang Road, that will be better confirmation of the above. To find out who are the sons of Tay Geok Hong, we need to find Tay Geok Hong's tomb in Hill 2 Division G plot 123 to get this information.
Hopefully one day some of this information will be useful for future research and family tree researchers.
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