Kam Peng Huat and family (Bukit Brown)

We cleaned up the tomb of Mr. and Mrs. Kam Peng Huat after hearing stories from the tombkeeper that this large tomb has been unmaintained and unvisited for the past 20 over years. Kam Peng Huat / Kum Peng Huat was a merchant with business in saw-mill located at 43 Mill Lane. He had a partnership in the Primrose Aerated Factory and possibly an Asiatic staff  of the East Asiatic Pte Ltd.  He was a Vice-Presidents for the Merrilads Musical Association (1931).

Kam Peng Huat passed away at the age of 60 at his residence, No. 32-B Meyer Road on 28 July 1941. 

Mr. Kam Peng Huat is survived by:
5 sons: Messrs. Kam Gim Hock (Jimmy), Kam Gim Lock (well known Chinese hockey player), Kam Hock Hye, Kam Gim Siew, Kam Gim Chuan, 

5 daughters: Mrs. Tan Puan Swee, Mrs. Ong Seow Kee, Miss. Kam Poh Lian, Miss. Kam Poh Kin

3 sons-in-law, 1 daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jimmy Kam, 1 niece, Mrs. Yeo Beng Swee and several grandchildren.

Tomb of Mr. and Mrs. Kam Peng Huat (after clean up)

Primrose Aerated Water Company

On 30 November 1918, Kok Tiong Yang (the late Proprietor of Primrose Aerated Water Factory) sold the business to Messrs. Chan Cheng Happ and Kum Peng Huat. The Primrose Aerated Water Factory was located at No. 464 North Bridge Road.

Son: Kam Gim Hock (Jimmy) / Jimmy Kam
I do not have much information about Kam Gim Hock and what happened to him. The below are possible photo that could be him and his spouse (but i cannot be sure for certain). 

 

Keramat Kusu Datuk Nenek

Kusu Island is one of the Sourthern Islands of Singapore accessible by public ferries from Marina South ferry terminal. A Chinese temple and three Malay keramat (shrine) on the island are the main attraction which draws pilgrims to pray annually. Kusu means “tortoise” or “turtle” in Hokkien. The shrine is popular with devotees seeking divine intervention from this Malay "saints" in the form of wealth, marriage, fertility, good health and harmony. Up 152 flight of steps are the 3 Malay Keramat or shrines of this "saints" dedicated to Syed Abdul Rahman while the other two are believed to belong to his mother, Nenek Ghalib, and his sister, Puteri Fatimah Shariffah. 

There are inscriptions in 3 languages (Chinese, Jawi and Malay) which describes the visit of Datuk  Nenek to Hoe Beng Whatt at his residence in 140 Rangoon Road in 1917 and the legend goes that it was a request for the construction of this shrine and in return, success in business will be granted. 

Whether this is true or not, Hoe Beng Whatt and other benefactors who contributed money included Tay Guan Kiat, Ong Chwee Tow, Tan Seng Chong, Kum Peng Huat, Yeo Wah Hin, Mrs. Tay Kim Neo.

Keramat Datuk Nenek 

Stone Inscription of the Benefactors

Variant Name
Kam Peng Huat also refers to Kum Peng Huat

Location of tomb

Mr. Kam Peng Huat  passed away at the age of 60 on 20 July 1941. The tomb is located at Block 1 Section G. plot 175
Madam Chan Geok Lew passed on 18 October 1925 at the age of 39 . The tomb is located at Block 1 Division G, plot 191