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In re: Application of TUNG LIN Leong for return
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February
19, 1929
F. O. Seidle, Inspector in Charge. B. G. Barber, Stenographer, Mrs. Agnes Haviland, Acting Int'p (Duly Sworn). |
APPLICANT and WITNESS, Quan Bing Leong, Duly Sworn (Testifies in English)
Q. What are all
your names?
A. Quan Bing Leong.
Q. Have you any
other names?
A. Just Bing L.
Chong
Q. Any others?
A. No.
Q. How old are
you and when and where were you born?
A. 29, born January
17, 1900, in Madera County on a ranch.
Q. Have you ever
had your native status determined by the Immigration Service?
A. No.
Q. What is your
present occupation and address?
A. Farmer at Isleton,
Calif.
Q. How long have
you been farming at Isleton?
A. About eight
years going on nine.
Q. What are the
names of your parents and where are they?
A. See Chong,
my mother, and my father's name is Lee Chong Leong and Leong Ah Bow.
Q. Where do your
parents reside?
A. My mother lives
with me. My father is dead.
Q. When and where
did your father die?
A. In Madera County
in 1902.
Q. Have you any
brothers and sisters?
A. Yes, I have
two sisters and four brothers.
Q. Name your brothers
and sisters giving their ages, dates of birth and present whereabouts?
A. My oldest brother,
Quan You Leong, age 40, born Jan. 21, 1889, in Madera County near a station
they call Borden. He is now working for E. L. Shelly near Ryde.
Quan
Chew Leong, age 36, born Oct. 3, 1893 in Madera County near Borden.
Quan
Sam Leong, age 31, born Jan. 10, 1898 in Madera County on a ranch near
Borden, he is now farming with me at Isleton.
I
am next.
Quan
Look Leong, age 27, born July 1902 in Madera County on a ranch near Borden,
he is now farming with me.
Those
are my brothers, my sisters are Chun Mooey Leong, age 38, born April 17,
1891 in Madera County in Borden I believe. She is now down on the
ranch with me.
Tung
Lin, age 34, born December 25, 1895 in Madera County, I think in Borden,
she is living in Sacramento.
Q. Are any of your
brothers and sisters married?
A. Yes, my oldest
brother is married and both my sisters are married.
Q. When, where
and to whom was your oldest brother married?
A. In 1913 at
San Francisco to Miss Look. My eldest sister was married about 1907
to Sun Kow in Fresno. My youngest sister was married to Chin Tai
Oy, 1912 in San Francisco.
Q. How long did
you continue to reside in Madera County?
A. Up to 1910.
Q. When where did
you go?
A. To San Francisco.
Q. How long did
you continue to reside in San Francisco?
A. About three
years.
Q. Where is San
Francisco did you reside?
A. One address
was on Sacramento Street in Chinatown.
Q. Where did you
go when you left San Francisco?
A. We went to
a ranch near Isleton.
Q. Who moved with
you from Madera County to San Francisco?
A. All my brothers
and one of my sisters, the youngest one.
Q. Where was your
older sister living at the time?
A. In Coulterville.
Q. Did you go to
school in Madera County?
A. Yes.
Q. Where did you
attend school?
A. In a country
school.
Q. Who was your
teacher?
A. Mrs Wren.
Q. Did you have
more than one teacher?
A. Yes, but I
don't remember - I had a man teacher, I think Mr. Conner or Mr. Bailey.
Q. How long did
you attend school in Madera County?
A. About two or
three years.
Q. What did your
father do in Madera County?
A. Mother told
me he was a merchant for a while then he went into farming.
Q. Where was he
a merhant?
A. At Borden.
Q. On how many
ranches did you live in Madera County, if you know?
A. I was born
on the Dorn ranch and then we lived on the Emma ranch and from there we
moved to Roberts ranch.
Q. When did you
move to Roberts ranch?
A. I don't remember.
Q. Who was your
nearest neighbor when you lived on the Dorn ranch?
A. I don't remember.
Q. Do you remember
any of your school mates in Madera County?
A. There was one
boy, Willie Rowe.
Q. Do you know
how many Chinese families lived in Borden?
A. I don't know.
Q. Do you know
how many Chinese families lived in Madera?
A. I don't know.
Q. Did any Chinese
children aside from your own brothers and sisters attend school with you
in Madera County?
A. No, none.
Q. Did you ever
go to school any place else besides Madera County?
A. Yes, in San
Francisco.
Q. Any place else?
A. Yes in Sacramento.
Q. How long in
Sacramento?
A. About five
or six years.
Q. Where did you
reside at that time?
A. With my sisters,
Mrs. Chin Oy.
Q. Did any of your
other brothers go to school in Sacramento?
A. Yes, my youngest
brother Quan Look Leong attended school with me in Sacramento.
Q. How long did
he go to school in Sacramento?
A. About the same
time.
Q. Do you know
if any of your brothers registered during the world war?
A. Yes.
Q. Did any of them
see any service?
A. No, they were
exempted from service.
Q. Do you know
how they registered?
A. No, I don't.
Q. Has your mother
any brothers and sisters?
A. Yes, she has
a brother and sister in China, I believe.
Q. Do you know
her parent's names?
A. No.
Q. Have any of
your brothers or sisters ever made any trips to China?
A. No, sir.
Q. Have you ever
before made application to the Immigration Service for a return certificate
as a native born citizen of the United States?
A. I believe there
was a paper made when I was small at the time when the whole family were
going to visit China.
Q. Have you that
paper?
A. Yes, that is
the paper that was presented this morning by my sisters. (Referring
to affidavit hereinbeforementioned to which is affixed photograph of the
applicant.)
Q. Have you always
known Sun Ho as your own mother?
A. Yes.
Q. When did you
first vote?
A. Whe I was 21.
Q. Where?
A. In the Isleton
District.
Q. Do you own any
property?
A. No.
Q. Were your father's
remains ever shipped back to China?
A. I don't know.
Q. Do you know
where he was buried?
A. He was buried
near Borden in a Chinese Cemetery.
Q. Did you ever
visit the cemetery with your mother?
A. I think once.
Q. Did you ever
have any brothers or sisters who died?
A. No.
Q. Have you always
resided in the United States to the best of your knowledge and belief?
A. Yes.
Q. Are there any
further statements you desire to make?
A. No.
BK's 13401 Pg's 145-154
and 13399 Pg's 45-53.
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