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Chinese Exclusion Act Case File, Interrogation Transcript of Yee Bing Quai Page 2 - Paper Son
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Written and performed by byron yee. Yee Bing Quai Interrogation Transcript Page 2 /. PDF of this Page. Index of Entire Interrogation. 2500/11904.2.June 15, 1938. A My mother told me that HIN Village, HPD, China was about 35 lis from. LEN MEE Village, SHD, China, but she did not tell me what direction it. Q Have you ever been back to LEN MEE Village, SND, China, since your family. Moved from there when you were 3 years old? Q Can you read? A Yes (Reads Chinese test card 1-C). Q To whom are you destined?
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Chinese Exclusion Act Case File, Interrogation Transcript of Yee Bing Quai Page 4 - Paper Son
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Written and performed by byron yee. Yee Bing Quai Interrogation Transcript Page 4 /. PDF of this Page. Index of Entire Interrogation. 2500/11904.4.June 15, 1938. Q What was the style of your paternal grandmother's feet? A She has released feet. Q How do you know that she has released feet? A When I saw my paternal grandmother walk, I saw that she had difficulty. In walking, and my mother told me that she had released feet. Q Do you know where your alleged paternal grandfather was born? Q Is she living?
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Chinese Exclusion Act Case File, Interrogation Transcript of Yee Bing Quai Page 3 - Paper Son
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Written and performed by byron yee. Yee Bing Quai Interrogation Transcript Page 3 /. PDF of this Page. Index of Entire Interrogation. 2500/11904.3.June 15, 1938. He sent to her a long time ago. She did not say just when he sent her. Q Did your alleged father ever have any brothers or sisters? A He has 3 brothers and 1 sister. Q What are their names, ages, and present whereabouts? A YEE THING; he would be 32 years old, if living; my mother told me that. A I do not know. Q Do you know if he has any family?
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Certificate of Identity for Yee Wee Thing - Paper Son
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Written and performed by byron yee. Yee Wee Thing Certificate of Identity /. The day after the interrogation, the US Immigration Service determines that despite some minor inconsistencies, Yee Wee Thing is the son of Yee Guey and he is admitted to the United States as the son of a native. On November 21st, 1916, Yee Wee Thing is issued this Certificate of Identity. He lists 830 Grant Street, San Francisco as his address. Yee Wee Thing File. Testimony at Angel Island. Yee Bing Quai File.
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FAQs - Paper Son
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Written and performed by byron yee. Q: What is a Paper Son? Affidavit claiming Yee Wee Thing is the son of Yee Guey, an American Citizen. Q: What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? Q: Why was the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 significant to Chinese immigration? San Francisco City Hall and the Hall of Records after the Great Earthquake and fire of 1906. Q: What is the Angel Island Immigration Station? Angel Island Immigration Station. The barracks are in the right center. Yee Wee Thing File.
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Trial of Dea Gin Foo - Paper Son
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Written and performed by byron yee. Trial of Dea Gin Foo /. The following appeared in the Arizona Record on December 11th, 1919:. DEA GIN FOO BRIBE CASE IS DISMISSED BY JUDGE SAWTELLE. COURT INSTRUCTS JURY TO RETURN VERDICT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT. Dea Gin Foo was represented by Attorney Charles Rawlins of this city and John L. McNab one of the leading attorneys of San Francisco. The case attracted unusual attention in view of the prominence of the Chinese and his long residence in this district.
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Investigation of Yee Wee Thing - Paper Son
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Written and performed by byron yee. Yee Wee Thing Investigation /. On September 13, 1919, H.B. Hannah, an Examining Inspector from the Tucson Office of the INS, interrogates Yee Wee Thing for a second time. The tone is very harsh and accusatory. He is sent alone to a place where he has no relatives and knows no one. He stays with a man named Dea Gin Foo who operates a laundry and a restaurant. Yee Wee Thing works in the restaurant. Yee Wee Thing File. Testimony at Angel Island. Yee Bing Quai File.
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Return to China by Yee Wee Thing - Paper Son
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Written and performed by byron yee. Yee Wee Thing Certificate of Return /. On September 13, 1923, Yee Wee Thing is issued this certificate allowing him to visit China and return to the United States. Yee Wee Thing returns to the United States on May 19, 1925 and states that he married and had a son. Later he claims that a second son was born to him after he left China. Yee Wee Thing never returned to China after that trip. He passed away on November 13, 1953 in New York City. Yee Wee Thing File.
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Affidavit of Yee Wee Thing - Paper Son
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Written and performed by byron yee. Yee Wee Thing Affidavit /. On June 23rd, 1916, Yee Guey (the photo on the left) files an affidavit stating that he is a citizen of the United States and was last admitted to the US from the SS AMERICA MARU on July 7th, 1907. (Just over a year since the Great San Francsico Earthquake.). That he has a son residing in China whom he is desirous of bringing to the United States. Yee Wee Thing File. Testimony at Angel Island. Yee Bing Quai File. Transcript - Page 1.
