Kelowna华人史.之五：黄姓家族 History of Kelowna Chinese: Part Five – The Wong Family

作者：谭仁先

一、黄姓家族的简要人物表 The Wong Family Key Figures:

Bat Wong：黄鸿心， 富有的商人。Bat Wong (Huang Hongxin): Wealthy businessman.

Sue Lee Ping Wong：李淑萍， Bat Wong的妻子，生育两个女儿。后嫁于Ying Wong，磨售豆腐为生。Sue Lee Ping Wong (Li Shuping): Bat Wong’s wife, later married Ying Wong, and supported the family by making and selling tofu.

Ying Wong：黄金英， Su Lee Ping Wong的第二任丈夫，两人育有九个孩子。Ying Wong (Huang Jinying): Sue’s second husband, with whom she had nine children.

Tun Wong：Ying Wong和 Sue Lee Ping Wong的孩子，后来Kelowna市财务负责人 Tun Wong: Child of Ying and Sue Lee Ping Wong, later became Kelowna city finance manager.

二、 Bat Wong 黄鸿心

黄鸿心生于 1885年，是华人社区的重要人物，建和公司杂货店的老板。他的事业蒸蒸日上，到 1930 年，他拥有两处房产和建筑物，价值 4,100加币，另外还有另一处房产和建筑物的股份。他被描述为“一个聪明的商人”，除其他外，他是洋葱的大买家和金鸡咖啡馆的股东。当大萧条到来时，他在为贫困的中国人筹集救济资金的努力中表现突出。 

大约 1930 年，Bat Wong 在包办婚姻中与来自温哥华的 Sue Lee Ping 结婚。 

1932 年 12 月 1 日，黄鸿心从商店回家时被谋杀。凶手是日本移民滨崎步，他在大萧条的艰难时期找不到工作而一贫如洗。动机是黄鸿心通常随身携带的一大卷现金（500到600加币)。

Huang Hongxin, born in 1885, was a prominent figure in the Chinese community and the owner of Jianhe Company grocery store. His business prospered, and by 1930, he owned two properties worth 4,100 CAD and had shares in another. Described as a “smart businessman,” he was a major buyer of onions and a shareholder in the Golden Chicken Café. During the Great Depression, he notably raised relief funds for impoverished Chinese.

Around 1930, Bat Wong married Sue Lee Ping from Vancouver in an arranged marriage.

On December 1, 1932, Huang Hongxin was murdered while returning home from his store. The murderer, Ayumu Hamazaki, a Japanese immigrant, was destitute due to the Great Depression and targeted Huang for the large amount of cash (500 to 600 CAD) he usually carried.

三、 Sue Lee Ping Wong 黄李淑萍

李淑萍出生于 1911 年的中山县，1918 年进入加拿大时才 7 岁。温哥华的一位温哥华华人富商叶永生 (Yip Wing Sang)愿意为她缴纳人头税，以换取她为他的孩子们做仆人。1930年当她约19岁的时候，她被送到基洛纳嫁给一位比她大24岁的中国富商 Bat Wong。 

Bat Wong 被谋害后留下了一大笔遗产，但李淑萍对他的生意一无所知，也不会说英语。她的资产被无良之人夺走。建和公司商店于 1934 年关闭，最终哈维大道南侧的房产因未缴税而丢失。并于 1937 年将其搬到了245 Leo Ave Kelowna，这是她花 100 加币买下的。

虽然中国传统强烈反对寡妇再婚，但李淑萍的困难压倒了习俗。1937年在第一任丈夫去世5年后与黄金英结婚。 

他们的房子后面加建了部分，一共700sqft,包含一个起居室，一个厨房，只有一个卧室，家人13人通铺挤在一起。此后又逐步加建用作豆腐加工。 

1960 年黄金英去世，黄苏丽继续靠制作并向华人和日本社区出售豆腐来养家糊口来养活全家 11 个孩子。这是一项对体力要求很高的任务。有时，她会在凌晨 4 点磨豆子。她使用的磨石现藏于基洛纳博物馆。她坚持让孩子们完成学业。 

黄李淑萍一直住在这所房子里，直到 1970 年，她搬到离儿子更近的地方。一年后，该建筑被出售，并于 1973 年被拆除，为停车场腾出空间。华人商店现已在基洛纳博物馆重建，是一项重要的遗产资源，其价值在于提醒人们基洛纳曾经繁荣、自给自足的华人社区的生活和习俗。该建筑作为基洛纳前唐人街的稀有或独特的幸存片段具有价值。 

黄李淑萍对所有人非常友善，经常提供茶点招待朋友，包括二战期间的日本人。她于1997年11月11日去世。

Sue Lee Ping was born in Zhongshan County in 1911 and entered Canada at age 7 in 1918. A wealthy Chinese businessman, Yip Wing Sang, in Vancouver paid her head tax in exchange for her servitude for his children. Around 1930, at age 19, she was sent to Kelowna to marry Bat Wong, a Chinese businessman 24 years her senior.

After Bat Wong’s murder, Sue Lee Ping, who knew nothing of his business and couldn’t speak English, lost her assets to unscrupulous people. Jianhe Company store closed in 1934, and the property on Harvey Avenue was lost due to unpaid taxes. In 1937, she bought a property at 245 Leo Ave in Kelowna for 100 CAD.

Despite traditional Chinese customs against widow remarriage, Sue Lee Ping’s hardships led her to marry Ying Wong five years after her first husband’s death in 1937.

Their house had an extension, totaling 700 sqft, including a living room, kitchen, and a single bedroom where the 13 family members slept together. They later added more space for tofu production.

Ying Wong passed away in 1960. Sue Lee Ping continued to support the family by making and selling tofu to the Chinese and Japanese communities. This labor-intensive task sometimes required her to grind soybeans at 4 AM. The grindstone she used is now housed in the Kelowna Museum. She ensured all her children completed their education.

Sue Lee Ping lived in the house until 1970, then moved closer to her son. The building was sold a year later and demolished in 1973 for a parking lot. The Chinese store has been rebuilt in the Kelowna Museum, serving as a significant heritage resource, reminding people of the once-thriving, self-sufficient Chinese community in Kelowna. The building is valuable as a rare or unique surviving fragment of Kelowna’s former Chinatown.

Sue Lee Ping was very kind to everyone, often offering refreshments to friends, including Japanese people during World War II. She passed away on November 11, 1997.

四、Ying Wong 黄金英

黄金英于1919年来到加拿大抵达基洛纳，在基洛纳格伦莫尔地区的里奇果园工作。1937年两人结婚后的接下来的十四年里，他们生了九个孩子，都是黄金英亲自接生的，因为他们买不起医院的设施。1960 年黄金英去世。

Ying Wong arrived in Canada in 1919 and worked in a peach orchard in the Glenmore area of Kelowna. After marrying Sue Lee Ping in 1937, they had nine children over the next fourteen years, all delivered by Ying Wong himself due to their inability to afford hospital facilities. Ying Wong passed away in 1960.

五、Tun Wong

Tun Wong 于 1942 年在基洛纳唐人街出生并长大，并在那里生活了 27 年。他有十一个兄弟姐妹。在 20 世纪 30 年代和40 年代，他们是基洛纳唐人街唯一完整的华人家庭，尽管该市在 20 世纪伊始就有 15% 的华人人口。Tun Wong在上学第一天就受到了两个白人学生的歧视，并因此而打架。在学校期间他一直面临欺凌并进行抗争，这种抗争也延续到校外和家庭。Tun Wong的足球等运动天赋而被大家接受。 

Tun Wong在10多岁后就开始在果园打临工一直做了9年。 

在Kelowna Senior high shcool期间，他的团队赢得了很多奖项，并被选举和担任学校体育协会主席5年。 

在Tun Wong高中的最后一年，他的父亲去世了。当Tun成年后，试图登记他的出生证明时，他被告知将其更改为英文名字以使其简单。他只是看着对方说：“这个名字是我父母给我起的。” 

高中毕业后，他一直努力学习，取得了注册会计师学位。1969年，他进入Kelowna市财政部门，一直提升为FinanceManager直到他退休。现在仍然居住在该社区。 

1971年他和Kathy结婚，并育有一儿一女。 

Tun Wong 一直支持非盈利组织，任Kelowna Football Club,Minor Hocky Association,Kelowna Traithlon等任理事。其他任职包括Okanagan Heritage Museum , Friends of Mission Creek任理事. 他也是Ben Lee 在1980年牵头成立Chinese Cultural Socity的坚定支持者，并常常在Folkfest活动的食品摊位售餐筹款。

Tun Wong was born and raised in Kelowna’s Chinatown in 1942 and lived there for 27 years. He had eleven siblings. During the 1930s and 1940s, they were the only complete Chinese family in Kelowna’s Chinatown, despite the city’s 15% Chinese population at the century’s start. On his first school day, Tun faced discrimination and fought two white students. He continued to face bullying throughout school but was eventually accepted due to his athletic talents, particularly in soccer.

Starting in his teens, Tun worked in orchards for nine years. At Kelowna Senior High School, his team won many awards, and he served as the school’s Athletic Association president for five years. In his final high school year, his father passed away. When he tried to register his birth certificate as an adult, he was told to change his name to an English one for simplicity. He replied, “This name was given by my parents.”

After high school, Tun pursued a Certified Public Accountant degree. In 1969, he joined Kelowna’s finance department and eventually became the Finance Manager until retirement. He still resides in the community.

In 1971, he married Kathy, and they have a son and a daughter. Tun has consistently supported nonprofit organizations, serving on boards such as the Kelowna Football Club, Minor Hockey Association, and Kelowna Triathlon. Other roles include the Okanagan Heritage Museum and Friends of Mission Creek. He was a steadfast supporter of Ben Lee, who founded the Chinese Cultural Society in 1980, and often fundraised by selling food at Folkfest events.

注：本文用于 kelowna华人历史记录工作组资料收集和线索整理阶段，以便后期使用。

Note: This article is used for the collection of information and sorting of clues by the Kelowna Chinese History Records Working Group for future use.