Mrs. Koh Kim Guan nee Madam Ong Chye Poh (Bukit Brown)

September 30, 2023 Block 3 Div B Died Young

Mrs. Koh Kim Guan nee Madam Ong Chye Poh passed away at No 439, Pasir Panjang Road (5th milestone) on 14 February 1932 at the age of 23. She leaves behind a son and 1 daughter.

Listed on her tomb are the name of her children;

Son: Koh Hock Kwan

Daughter: Ong Oh Lian

Mother: Mrs. Ong Hin Bin nee Madam Lim Ee Neo

Mrs. Ong Hin Bin nee Madam Lim Ee Neo passed away at the age of of 46 at her residence, No 439 Pasir Panjang Road on 4 April 1933. She leaves behind her husband, 3 sons, 3 daughters, 1 son-in-law, Mr. Koh Kim Guan and several grandchildren. She is buried in Senh Ong cemetery.

If we follow this branch, Madam Lim Ee Neo is the daughter of Lim Cheng Quee alias Lim Yoo who passed away at the age of 82 on 5 November 1924 at his residence, No. 439 Pasir Panjang Road. He leaves behind;

Son: Lim Ah Swee

Daughter: Lim Wah Neo (Mrs. Tan Hap Swee) and Lim Ee Neo (Mrs. Ong Hin Bin).

Son: Koh Hock Kwan

Unable to find much information, but a possible connection, with a mention on an article dated 27 October 1945 (post-war) of the results of the 1941 Cambridge examinations and one of the successful candidates from Raffles Institution was Koh Hock Kwan (not sure it is the same person, but based on timeline maybe possible).