A Partial Pictorial History of Chin Wee

Thematic view

Vital statistics

Official birthdate December 29, 1916, Guongdong Province, China.
Actual birthdate may have been January 15, 1916, or February of 1919.
Adopted by King and Suzon Mar as infant.
Married to Yim: religious ceremony May 24, 1936; civil ceremony April 17, 1947
Naturalized into U.S. citizenship, Seattle, WA, May 6, 1940.
Moved from Wichita, KS to Garland TX (1989?)
Yim died February 14, 1996, Dallas, TX
Chin died January 24, 1998, Dallas, TX

Family life

Chin and Yim Wee in Toishan, Guongdong Province, China,
with King, King's mom, and Suzon, shortly after religious wedding ceremony, May 24, 1936 .

Chin and Yim Wee in Hong Kong, 1947.
Proud new papa with infant Number One Son (Gene), and Yim.

Papa with Number Three and Number Four sons (Sam and Don) December, 1959

Younger brother-in-law Larry visits the Wee clan, 1962
(L to R: Kim, Yim, Chin, Ken, Larry, Suzon, Sam, King, Gene, Don)

The Wee clan, August, 1965

Christmas family "portrait", 1974

Family "portrait", 1978

Visiting in-laws (in California, 1979?)

Checking out San Francisco Bay area, 1979

Visiting family in New York, 1987

Moved from Wichita, KS to Garland TX (1989?) to live with son Kim

The Wees together in Evanston, IL, Thanksgiving, 1995
(L to R, seated: Adam, Yim, Chin, Rebecca, Damon; standing: Dee, Gene, Don, Siobhan, Kim, Sam, Ken, Elizabeth)

Work life

Served in the U.S. Army February 9, 1942 to January 20, 1944.

Enlisted at Ft. Leavenworth, KS.
Originally in 55th Infantry, Company A
Transferred to 21st Infantry, Company H when appendicitis prevented his shipping out with his unit
Discharged at McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, TX

Text of FCC Restricted Radio Telephone Operator Permit November 11, 1946.

Ran Hong Kong Cafe truck stop, 3110 block of N. Broadway Street , Wichita, KS

Worked for King at Pan American Cafe, 100 block of N. Market Street, in early 1950s

The Holly Cafe, 119 W. Douglas
which he managed in the late 1950s/early 1960s until Wichita's new Century II Civic Center displaced the restaurant.
Interior, and the boss at the front desk

The Silver Dragon Restaurant, (1964? - 1973?)

exterior,
interior arrangement for a large party,
visiting and helping relatives in front of interior artwork

Chef for the Wichita Club, Radisson Hotel, 100 block N. Market in late 1970s.

This file can be found at:
http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/mozilla/290/chinhstt.htm and http://homepages.luc.edu/~dwee/chin.

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