Yeo Tiong Wee cluster (former Yeo Clan Telok Blangah Cemetery)

Yeo Tiong Wee passed away on 14 November 1924. The cortege left from 122 Albert Street to Senh Yeo Thiong Burial, Telok Blangah. I don't have much information about Mr. Yeo Tiong Wee other than the ones already highlighted that Yeo Tiong Wee was a poor chinese migrant who married a wealthy heiress, Tan Ja Dee Neo. They later moved to Singapore in the 1890's and set up a batik business in Arab Street. In 1932, Madam Tan Ja Dee was reported to have bought also the land and house of No. 172, Arab Street (1,105 sq ft) for $14,200. 

Yeo Tiong Wee, Madam Tan Dja Dee, Yeo Beng Teck and Yeo Hock Kiat 

Yeo Tiong Wee, Madam Tan Dja Dee, Yeo Beng Teck and Yeo Hock Kiat 

Wife: Tan Ja Dee Neo nee Mrs. Yeo Tiong Wee

Madam Tan Ja Dee Neo passed away at the age 86 at her residence, No 285 Jalan Besar on 24 September 1951 leaving behind; 

1 daughter, Mrs. S.K. Lim (Madam Yeo Ai Lin), 

1 son, Yeo Beng Teck, 

8 grandsons, Yeo Hock Thye, Yeo Hock Leong, Yeo Hock San, Yeo Hock Hye, Yeo Hock Chwee, Yeo Hock Peng, Yeo Hock Seng and Lim Hap Hin, 

3 grand daughters, 4 grandsons-in-law and great grandchildren. Funeral on 30 September 1951 to Heap Guan Suah, Pasir Panjang Road. 

Tan Ja Dee Neo nee Mrs. Yeo Tiong Wee

The Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association in 1951 received donations of $280 in lieu of wreaths in memory of the late Mrs. Yeo Tiong Wee (nee Tan Ja Dee Neo) of Jalan Besar. This was done at the request of the late Mrs. Yeo Tiong Wee's son, Mr. Yeo Beng Teck.

Son: Yeo Beng Teck

Yeo Beng Teck passed away on  24 March 1959 age 71

Madam Tan Nicolin Neo (Mrs. Yeo Beng Teck) passed away at the age of 80 on 12 April 1971 at her residence, 8 Swanage Road.

Yeo Beng Teck 

Daughter: Yeo Ai Lin 

Yeo Ai Lin was born in 1886 in Juana, a batik-producing town in Java, Indonesia. She is the daughter of a poor chinese migrant, Yeo Tiong Wee and a wealthy heiress, Tan Ja Dee Neo. Her parent's move to Singapore in the 1890's and set up a batik business in Arab Street in the 1910s. Yeo Ai Lin married Lim Dwan Inn (also from Juana, Java) and they had 2 children (Lim Hup Hin, Lim Swee Lian).  Lim Dwan Inn / Liem Dwan In passed away at the age of 37 on 12 June 1920.

5 years after the death of her husband, Madam Yeo A Lin (of 113 Bencoolen Street, only daughter of Mrs. Yeo Tiong Wee and the late Mr. Yeo Tiong Wee of 122 Albert Street) remarried to Dr. Lim Soon Kian / Dr. S.K. Lim, of Lim Dispensary, 36 High Street (eldest son of the Mr. and Mrs. Lim Cheng Wee) on 17 November 1925. It was also around this time she established her own batik shop near her mother's shop in Arab Street.

Yeo Ai Lin 

Yeo Ai Lin passed away at the ripe old age of 96 on 11 March 1981. She is survived by her children;

Son: Lim Hap Hin

Daughter-in-law: Chua Swee Lan

Grandsons: Lim Huat Chye, Lim Huat Ho, Lim Huat Guan

Granddaughters: Caron Lim Guek Choo, Lim Guek Nee, Lim Guek Poh,Lim Guek Eng, Rosie Wee, Betty Wee, 

Granddaughters-in-law: Michelle, Katherine, Poh Hong

Grandsons-in-law: Andy Goh, Karin Virabhak, Victor Sodhy, Yong Khee Ngean

Yeo Hock Kiat (age 5) -son of Yeo Beng Teck

Location of tomb 

The photo of this cluster of tombs of Yeo Tiong Wee, Madam Tan Dja Dee, Yeo Beng Teck and Yeo Hock Kiat descendants was taken when it was located at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery. However in 18 July 2017, a jointly issued statement by MND, NEA and SLA  required the exhumation of 45,500 Chinese and 35,000 Muslim graves for the Tengah Air Base expansion. This cluster of tombs no longer exist. 

Yeo Tiong Wee, Madam Tan Dja Dee, 

Yeo Beng Teck 

Further Reading 

Yeo Tiong Wee and Tan Dja Dee Neo. (website). Singapore Tombstones Epigraphic Materials 新加坡墓碑铭集录