Yeo Chang Seng and Khoo Puteh (Bukit Brown)

The information on the headstone reads;
In Loving Memory of 
Yeo Chang Seng
Age 78
Beloved Husband
Khoo Puteh
Erected by
Yeo Mary (Daughter)
Grandsons
Wee Cheng Hai 
Wee Cheng Chwee 
Granddaughters
Wee Poh Neo 
Wee Koon Neo

On the headstone, i see the following date;
民国廿三年 六月十九日 (19 June 1934)
On the altar table, i see another; Died on the 19th July 1955. 
Are Yeo Chang Seng and Khoo Puteh buried here. On the burial registrar, i did not find any matching names. 

Yeo Chan Seng and Khoo Puteh




Daughter: Yeo Mary / Mrs. Wee Seng Kiat 
Wee Seng Kiat passed away at the age of 53 on 8 June 1939. He is buried in Bukit Brown, Hill 4 Division C, plot 1142. The newspaper article states, Death of Well-know Chinese.  He was the sole proprietor of a liquor firm of Chop Chin Guan Hin, 277 South Bridge Road for over 40 years He was a familiar figure in city and count among a wide circle of friends amongst Europeans, Eurasians, Chinese, Indians and Ceylonese. He leaves behind a wife, 2 sons and 2 daughters. His last address was listed as No. 1 Kirk Terrace.

In an another article dated 12 June 1939, Mrs. Wee Seng Kiat (Yeo Mary) , 2 sons (Wee Cheng Hai and Wee Cheng Chwee) and 2 daughters (Wee Poh Neo and Wee Koon Neo) and sister of the late Wee Seng Kiat (Wee Peck Neo) thanked those who attended the funeral.



Grandson: Wee Cheng Hai
The engagement is announced on 12 July 1950 between Mr. Wee Cheng Hai (eldest son of the late Mr. Wee Seng Kiat and Mrs. Wee Seng Kiat (Madam Yeo Mary) and Miss Kwek Hoe Keow (third daughter of Mr. Kwek Noy Chia and the late Madam Tan Kim Kee). 

Granddaughter: Wee Poh Neo.
Enagagement was announced between Mr. Yeo Chuan Chye, second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Yeo Tiong Chin and Miss Wee Poh Neo, the eldest daughter of Mrs. Wee Seng Kiat (Madam Yeo Mary) and the late Mr. Wee Seng Kiat. Marriage to take place on Sunday, April 23, 2604 (1944).

Granddaughter: Wee Koon Neo
Engagement of Mr. Wee Beng Huat, only son of Madam Seet Seok Aik and the late Mr. Wee Sim Hoe to Miss Wee Koon Neo, the youngest daughter of Madam Mary Yeo and the late Wee Seng Kiat.

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