Yes – Doug’s advice agrees more or less with the answer I had from a
Chinese/Malay friend today. Put Soo as the surname, Yee Wan as the forenames,
and Annie as the alternative given name (often taken as a concession to
Westerners).
Bev
From: John Graham
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 9:00 AM
To: ryerson_index@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ryerson_index] Re: Help needed
Doug, you're pretty close to correct.
I put it to a Hong Kong native who once worked for me, and this is his reply.
Regarding the name that you asked, i would interpret Soo is the surname, Annie
is her first name, then Yee Wan is her given name. Hope this helps.
John
And that is precisely what just crossed my mind. The Chinese would
never put "Annie" between the two given names, so the most likely
answer is:
SOO, Yee Wan (Annie.)
Under what name was the notice sorted? Irrespective of correctness,
that is the best guide for a researcher.
Doug.
On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:06:10
+1000 "Dawn Montgomery" <billyblue1802@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Doug, where the surname goes in a message is entirely up to the
> inserter / publisher. There is no hard and fast rule that says a
> surname goes first in a newspaper notice.
> Dawn M
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> [mailto:ryerson_index-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Laidlaw
> Sent: Monday, 25 March 2019 8:08 PM
> To: ryerson_index@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ryerson_index] Re: Help needed
>
> The general rule seems to be that the first name is a surname and the
> other two are a given name and always used together, e.g. Lee Lin
> Chin, formerly of SBS. In her farewell, the speaker referred to her
> as "Lin Chin." But the notice really doesn't support me. Therefore,
> I would go along with Shari.
>
> Doug.
>
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019
> 18:42:54 +1100 Shari-Lei McLean <shari.darkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I did a quick google search and it appears "YEE WAN" is often a
> > surname. My guess would be "Soo" is the first name and "Annie" is
> > known as.
> >
> > YEE WAN, Soo (Annie)
> > But I may very well be incorrect.
> >
> > Good luck!
> > Shari
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 6:29 PM David and Sandra Bales
> > <sdbales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Any suggestions as to what is the surname and what is the given
> > > name/ names?
> > >
> > > There was no other matching item in the Ryerson Index ( that I
> > > could find) nor was there any further notice in the two following
> > > issues in a small weekly paper.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David
> > >
>
>
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