Yeo Besar Neo nee Mrs. Lim Tian Swee (Bukit Brown)

On 15th April 1925, Miss Yeo Besar Neo (eldest daughter of Mr. Yeo Peck Cheong) got engaged to Mr. Lim Tian Swee of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company (sixth son of Mr. Lim Quee Lim ) . The marriage took place on the 28th April 1925 at 49 Club Street. Mrs. Lim Tian Swee nee Madam Yeoh Besar Neo passed away at the age of 27 at her residence, No 28-D, Joo Chiat Place on 9th December 1931. She leaves behind her husband and 5 children. From her tomb in Bukit Brown, listed are the names of her children;
Lim Harry, Lim Ah Pian, Lim Cheng Cheng, Lim Geok Swee, Lim Mona

 

I believe (subject to confirmation) that Mr. Lim Tian Swee remarried again in 1958. In the article it mentions Mr. Lim Tiam Swee as an employee of Cable and Wireless Ltd) and Mrs. Lim is the former Miss Siow Siew Choo (daughter of Madam Tan Kim Kee of Pulau Tekong). 

Eastern  Extension Telegraph Company 

It is impossible to cover the entire history of  British Telegraphic companies and its cabling expansions under founder and Chairman, St. John Pender and it's eventual evolution to Cable and Wireless. Many historians and history enthusiast have covered that.  What i will do is to include some of this as references below. During the time when Lim Tian Swee was with the company, he was probably working at the office in Robinson Road. The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company building was later known as Cable and Wireless Building. In 1995, the building became the Telecommunications Authority of Singapore building, given conservation status in 2000 

Location of tomb

Madam Yeo Besar Neo tomb is located at Block 3 Division B, plot 608

References

The Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. New Premises on Raffles Quay. (1895, Noember 23). The Singapore Free Press, page 3 
Births, Marriages and Deaths. Announcement. (1925, April 15). Malaya Tribune, page 6
Death. (1931, December 10). Malaya Tribune, page 8

Wed in Serangoon. (1958, April 10). Singapore Standard, page 4  
LOOKING SOUTH-WEST FROM ROBINSON ROAD. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. (website) Archives Online. National Archives of Singapore.

Cable & Wireless plc. (website). Wikipedia

Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. New Premses on Raffles Quay. (website). History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications.

 

Sister : Lim Bee Neo (Mrs. Wee Soon Eng)