"Choo Foo Yun 徐夫人" is a formal way of saying "Mrs. Choo" or "Madame Choo" in Cantonese.
She was the second wife and first wife in America of the Old Chinatown leader and wealthy landowner Choo Ly 徐麗. Sadly, her name has been lost in history and her life is somewhat shrouded in mystery. She is not even mentioned in the U.S. census of 1880, despite the fact that her husband is recorded as married. According to an article published in the _Bakersfield Daily Californian_, September 7, 1893, Mrs. Choo had lived with her husband in Bakersfield since about 1866. If this information is correct, she was his wife for at least 27 years. She had no surviving children.
Another article, published the next day in the same newspaper, described Mrs. Choo's burial rites as "one of the largest funerals seen in Bakersfield in many a day." It also characterized her as someone "who had lived in this community an upright life."
While the presumption is that Mrs. Choo was buried in the Chinese cemetery, her name is not listed among those recorded in June 1958 by the local Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association on the memorial to those known to have been interred there. It is possible that her remains were eventually sent back to China, just as her husband's were in October 1908.
She was the second wife and first wife in America of the Old Chinatown leader and wealthy landowner Choo Ly 徐麗. Sadly, her name has been lost in history and her life is somewhat shrouded in mystery. She is not even mentioned in the U.S. census of 1880, despite the fact that her husband is recorded as married. According to an article published in the _Bakersfield Daily Californian_, September 7, 1893, Mrs. Choo had lived with her husband in Bakersfield since about 1866. If this information is correct, she was his wife for at least 27 years. She had no surviving children.
Another article, published the next day in the same newspaper, described Mrs. Choo's burial rites as "one of the largest funerals seen in Bakersfield in many a day." It also characterized her as someone "who had lived in this community an upright life."
While the presumption is that Mrs. Choo was buried in the Chinese cemetery, her name is not listed among those recorded in June 1958 by the local Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association on the memorial to those known to have been interred there. It is possible that her remains were eventually sent back to China, just as her husband's were in October 1908.
"Choo Foo Yun 徐夫人" is a formal way of saying "Mrs. Choo" or "Madame Choo" in Cantonese.
She was the second wife and first wife in America of the Old Chinatown leader and wealthy landowner Choo Ly 徐麗. Sadly, her name has been lost in history and her life is somewhat shrouded in mystery. She is not even mentioned in the U.S. census of 1880, despite the fact that her husband is recorded as married. According to an article published in the _Bakersfield Daily Californian_, September 7, 1893, Mrs. Choo had lived with her husband in Bakersfield since about 1866. If this information is correct, she was his wife for at least 27 years. She had no surviving children.
Another article, published the next day in the same newspaper, described Mrs. Choo's burial rites as "one of the largest funerals seen in Bakersfield in many a day." It also characterized her as someone "who had lived in this community an upright life."
While the presumption is that Mrs. Choo was buried in the Chinese cemetery, her name is not listed among those recorded in June 1958 by the local Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association on the memorial to those known to have been interred there. It is possible that her remains were eventually sent back to China, just as her husband's were in October 1908.
She was the second wife and first wife in America of the Old Chinatown leader and wealthy landowner Choo Ly 徐麗. Sadly, her name has been lost in history and her life is somewhat shrouded in mystery. She is not even mentioned in the U.S. census of 1880, despite the fact that her husband is recorded as married. According to an article published in the _Bakersfield Daily Californian_, September 7, 1893, Mrs. Choo had lived with her husband in Bakersfield since about 1866. If this information is correct, she was his wife for at least 27 years. She had no surviving children.
Another article, published the next day in the same newspaper, described Mrs. Choo's burial rites as "one of the largest funerals seen in Bakersfield in many a day." It also characterized her as someone "who had lived in this community an upright life."
While the presumption is that Mrs. Choo was buried in the Chinese cemetery, her name is not listed among those recorded in June 1958 by the local Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association on the memorial to those known to have been interred there. It is possible that her remains were eventually sent back to China, just as her husband's were in October 1908.
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