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William S. Chin, 1959
My maternal uncle
William Bo Shang Chin 陳寶瑺
was born in the Oakland, California on January 5, 1931, to
Chin Pak Yick 陳伯釴 and Lee
Moon Yee 李滿意. He was the youngest of their 11 children. Moon Yee died in 1933 a month
before William's 3rd birthday. Pak Yick re-married in 1936, and William has
two half-sisters (including my mother) and four half-brothers from that
marriage.
Uncle Bill made the following submission for a project called "Memories of Growing Up in Oakland, California: Lincoln School Alumni". The project, published on September 24, 2010, encapsulates both family and
school photos, individual memories, newspaper clippings and more covering 1370
pages. William's brothers Morris and Allen and sister-in-law Diane
Lee (Chin) also had individual submissions.
* The Lincoln School is one of the oldest schools in the Oakland Unified
School District. The first Lincoln School was created in 1874 when the
Harrison Primary School at 10th and Alice Streets was renamed. It was the main
primary school for generations of students from Oakland Chinatown and the
surrounding area. It has had several incarnations and occupied different
buildings. It was a 1-8th grade school during the time William's father
attended in the 1910's and a K-9th grade school by the time William attended
in the 1930s and 40s. The current Lincoln Elementary School teaches
kindergarten through 5th grade students, and is located at 225 11th Street in
Oakland, California.
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