Lim Teck Lay (Bukit Brown)

Lim Teck Lay passed away at the age of 51 at his residence in 163 Tank Road on 14 January 1941.
Listed on his tomb are the names of his children;
Sons: Lim Swee Tian, Lim Swee Chim, Lim Swee Cheng, Lim Swee Chye
Grandsons: Lim Hock See, Lim Hock Chye 

Lim Teck Lay 

Lim Teck Lay was the President of the Eng Wah Kok Association from the 1921-1923 period and was also associated with the the Straits Union Football Club. 

Family 

Wife: <name unknown as of publish>

From her union with Lim Teck Lay, the male child was Lim Swee Tian. 

Wife: Madam Boey Ng Moey

From her union with Lim Teck Lay, the male children are Lim Swee Chim, Lim Swee Cheng, Lim Swee Chye. 

Son: Lim Swee Cheng 

Lim Swee Cheng worked as a Clerk for the Straits Steamship Company and eventually retired as a shipping clerk. He was the one that submitted the Eng Wah Kok Association photo where his father was a prominent member and once President.  

Son: Lim Swee Chye / Thomas Lim

Thomas Lim (youngest son of Madam Boey Ng Moey) married Girlie Tan (second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Teik Guan). 

Mother: Tan Guat Neo

Madam Tan Guat Neo is the mother of Lim Teck Lay (tomb discovered in September 2023)

Eng Wah Kok Association

Eng Wah Kok is a Straits Chinese Association that was founded around 1917. The photo below was submitted by a Mr. Lim Swee Chiang to Straits Times in 1987. In it, was his father, Mr. Lim Teck Lay ( 30 years of age at that time) together with fellow Peranakans. One of its luminaries was Aw Boon Haw. Mr. Lim Teck Lay was it's President in 1921-1922. The picture was taken at Mr. Tan Tee Cheng's bungalow, Noel Villa at 100 Joo Chiat Road. Under than the grand bungalow, you can also make out the Eng Wah Kok Association flag on the left and a huge paper lantern on your right.

Lim Swee Cheng (then 59 in 1987) was a retired shipping clerk and son of Lim Teck Lay who sent in the prize-winning photo below. 

Eng Wah Kok Association (5 August 1923 -6th Anniversary Celebration)
(source: NewspaperSG) 

The association seem to exist for a period up to 1930's after which i found no more information on what happened to this association.

163 Tank Road 

Lim Teck Lay passed away at his residence at 163 Tank Road on the 14 January 1941 and the funeral to Bukit Brown was held on 16 January 1941. After Lim Teck Lay passed away on 14 January 1941, the Public Trustee put up and advertisement on 17 December 1941 seeking creditors and other persons who have any claims against the estate of the late Lim Teck Lay (formerly of 163 Tank Road, Singapore) to submit their claims before or on 20th February 1942 after which the administrator will distribute the assets. 

On 20 May 1941, there was a mentioned of a partnership existing between Madam Boey Ng Moey (w) and Mr. Chee Koon Cheong and carried under the style of The Malayan Bill Posting Co. at No 163, Tank Road, Singapore will be mutually dissolved on 31 May 1941. [Upon further checking, Madam Boey Ng Moey is the second wife of Mr. Lim Teck Lay]. 

One interesting thing (or puzzling thing to note): 163 Tank Road in similar timeline articles was listed as an Hotel (Sylon Hotel- 1942 , New Colombo Hotel - 1930. Was it the residence of Lim Teck Lay or a business residence or the address is somehow shared. I am not sure. 

[research still on-going]

Location of tomb 

Block 4 Section A, plot 1216 (just behind Tan Quee Lan cluster of tombs). 

References

Untitled. (1941, January 15). Malaya Tribune, page 10