New Year 2026 started with a memorable adventure with a request from a descendant to Raymond Goh to look for the tomb of Madam Yeo Chai Sim, Block 1 Divison E, plot 48. The area is now heavily forested, but working together and after almost 45 minutes of searching, we found plot 48, but there was no headstone ! The plot looked like it was exhumed but that being said, the mound behind doesn't seem sunk in so we were not sure. Fortunately, with some perseverance and actual digging around the area, Soh Ah Beng uncovered a piece of the headstone. With more digging, we found the headstone that enable to piece together that indeed it was the tomb of Madam Yeo. But it was broken in half with a key piece of the name of the daughter missing.
Digging the ground on the sides of the tomb, the key piece that made the identification and confirmation complete was rectangle stone in English that list all the names we needed to know ! It reads
In Memory of the late
Miss Yeo Chye Sim
Wife of Mr. Low Cheng Kiat
Died on 23th October 1924
Age 40 Years Old
Sons: Low Kin Huat & Low Tian Siang
Daughter: Low Hean Neo
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| Miss Yeo Chye Sim - wife of Mr. Low Cheng Kiat |
What a start to the new year with this find that enable us to meet the descendant request ! The amazing story doesn't end here. Check back this article in future as there will be further developments to this story.
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| There is a headstone underneath the dirt ! |
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| Broken in half with daughter name missing |
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| Finally finding the rectangle stone that has in English the names |
Location of tomb
Block 1 Division E, plot 48
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