Southwest Chinese Journal (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1980 Page: 17 of 24
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& Southwest Chinese Journal
AUG 1980
JUNE DOVE LEONG SYMPOSIUM ' continued
appeal on her behalf - going to the civil authorities -
police - to the district attorney. However, with no
avail. People at that time were either not willing, or
not able to offer any aid.
Out of desperation, he went to the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and said to them,
"Listen, this little girl is a human being, and as
such is a member of the animal kingdom. Since she is
a member of the animal kingdom, she is entitled to your
protective services. The SPCA accepted that argument,
went to court on her behalf and was successful in re-
moving custody of her parents from her.
One year later the New York Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Children was established, and
ever since then more and more children have been
identified with the same problem.
In 1962, Dr. Henry Kemp of the University of
Colorado published a national survey of Child Abuse
Victims. In the period of one year's time, he recorded
a total of 7^9 cases of abused children. Out of these
78 of them had died, and 114 of them suffered
permanent brain damage. He gave this phenomena a name
- calling it the battered child syndrome - and ever
since then - slowly - society has become aware of child
abuse - and legislation has come a long way since then.'
Dr. Szeto illustrated, through a slide projector
on a screen, many current case histories, showing the
tragic results of parental neglect and cruel punish-
ment of innocent and helpless children. The Symposium
dinner meeting was held in the Texas Medical Center at
the Cathay House.
Dr. Szeto practices pediatrics at 7500 Beechnut in
Suite 114, next to the Southwest Memorial Hospital,
with a most capable nurse - his wife - Grace.
MORE DATA ON THE HISTORY OF
CHINESE IN HOUSTON
1 Chinese
Often married
tes whi Le his
all of the
by Dr. lid ward C.M. Chen
In this chronology, a family wi11 mean
husband and his wife and/or their children.
men would bring their son.; to the i.'ni t.e/1
wife remained in China. In tlv tin,'I 1 .•>;! ,
families up to 1950 will be f i>u! 1 i.
additional data, corrections or comments on Chinese Fam-
ilies in Houston, please send it. to m< at 4046 Durness,
Houston, Texas, 77025.
Prior to 19 30, there were <w : imilies, but there
were several clans. Tht first !an in Houston was the
Lee clan which arrived in I 180. he other clans and the
date of arrival are: Wing, 189 , .op and Dong, 1894;
Quong, Yee, Yan, and Hong, 1899; Gee# 1920; Cor, Eng, Li.m,
and Wong, 19 30; Chan, 1" ; : o, 1.9/11
i880
The first family in Houston was Mr. and Mrs. Lee(?)
Ah Gan, established in 1886. h y were no longer in
Houston in 1898 and had no children.
Th second family w;e Mr. and Mrs. (Savannah) C.G.
Hong, established in 1905. They were no longer in Hous-
ton in 1908 and had no children.
In 1922, Mr. Joe Ah Shem moved to Houston with his
wife, Fun Ng Shee and their son, Mon King. They had the
first six Chinese children born in Houston; Lucy, 1924;
Mon June, 1926; Lily, 1928; Mon Gum, 1931; and the first
twins born in Houston, Mon Foo and Mon Dock, 19 33. Mr.
Joe Ah Shem passed away in Houston in 1932.
1930
In 1930, there were 31 Chinese, one family , one
married woman, two girls and two boys.
In 1933, Mr. and Mrs. T.L. Ouang moved to Houston
to make two families.
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Southwest Chinese Journal (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1980, newspaper, August 1, 1980; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth273762/m1/17/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.