Tan Soo Wha (Bukit Brown)

Mr. Tan Soo Wha alias Tan Peng Yam passed away at the age of 60 on 21 July 1939.

Tan Soo Wha alias Tan Peng Yam / 陳炳 炎

Estate of Tan Soo Wha alias Tan Peng Yam 

From the newspaper article, i gotten insight that Tan Soo Wha alias Tan Peng Yam passed away at No. 24 Pearl's Hill Road Singapore on 21 July 1939. The executor of the deceased estate was Yeo Yeow Ching. 

Tan Soo Wha alias Tan Peng Yam estate

Tan Soo Wha is long associated with the Amateur Sporting Association where some meetings were even held at his residence in 1921. 

Gemini AI Translated

Central Columns (The Deceased)

祖 (Zǔ): Ancestor

考 炳炎 陳公 (Kǎo Bǐngxìn Chén Gōng): 

公/Gong is a respectful title for a male elder).

Chinese characters: 陳炳 炎 / Chen BingYán

Teochew Romanization: Tan Peng Yam 

妣 耀清 楊氏 

楊耀清 / Yang Yaoqing

Teochew Romanization: Yeo Yew Cheng

墓 (Mù): Tomb / Grave.

Right Side Wing (Hometown & Date)

潮安 菴埠 (Cháo'ān Ānbù): Chao'an, Anbu. This indicates their ancestral origin in Guangdong Province, meaning the family is of Teochew descent.

民國廿八年六月初五日 (Mínguó Niànbā Nián Liùyuè Chūwǔ Rì): Year 28 of the Republic of China, 6th lunar month, 5th day. This dates the tomb's erection or burial to 21 July 1939.

Location of tomb

Block 4 Division C, plot 1651 

From the burial registrar, his dialect is Teochew. 

Tan Soo Wha alias Tan Peng Yam estate tomb in Bukit Brown 

References

Advertisements. (1941, August 20). The Straits Times, page 2

Untitled. (1921, October 11). Singapore Free Press, page 6