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Khouw (surname)
Khouw () is a Dutch-based romanization of the Hokkien surname Xǔ (許) in West Java, Indonesia. In Central and East Java, Kho is a more common romanization. Several (unrelated) families of this surname include: * The Khouw family of Tamboen, part of the ''Cabang Atas'' or the traditional Chinese establishment of colonial Indonesia: ** Luitenant Khouw Tian Sek, a landlord in the Dutch East Indies and patriarch of the Khouw family of Tamboen ** Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Kee, a landlord ** Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, a landlord ** Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Po, a landlord ** Oen Giok Khouw, a prominent philanthropist and landowner in the Dutch East Indies ** Kapitein Khouw Yauw Kie, a bureaucrat and landlord in the Dutch East Indies ** Majoor Khouw Kim An, a high-ranking Chinese Indonesian bureaucrat, public figure and landlord in the Dutch East Indies * The Chinese-Indonesian millionaire Khouw Kim Goan's family of the late colonial era: ** Khouw Keng Nio Khouw Keng Nio was a colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokkien
The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages in Taiwan, and it is also widely spoken within the Chinese diaspora in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia; and by other overseas Chinese beyond Asia and all over the world. The Hokkien 'dialects' are not all mutually intelligible, but they are held together by ethnolinguistic identity. Taiwanese Hokkien is, however, mutually intelligible with the 2 to 3 million speakers in Xiamen and Singapore. In Southeast Asia, Hokkien historically served as the '' lingua franca'' amongst overseas Chinese communities of all dialects and subgroups, and it remains today as the most spoken variety of Chinese in the region, including in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and some parts of Indochina (part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khouw Tjeng Tjoan
Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, -titulair der Chinezen (; born 1808 — died in 1880) was a Chinese-Indonesian magnate and landlord. He was born in 1808 into the Khouw family of Tamboen, part of the 'Cabang Atas' or Chinese gentry of colonial Indonesia. Khouw was the oldest of the three sons of the landlord (died in 1843). From the mid-nineteenth century until his death, the younger Khouw and his brothers, and , were widely acknowledged as the wealthiest Chinese in their native hometown of Batavia (now Jakarta, capital of Indonesia). Prior to his Chinese lieutenancy, he had the hereditary title of ''Sia'' as the son of a Chinese officer. He was raised in 1856, together with his brother Khouw Tjeng Kee, to the honorary rank of ''Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen'', but without any of the entailed responsibilities in the civil administration. Khouw Tjeng Tjoan lived with his wife, ten concubines and twenty-four children at Candra Naya, one of the three mansions on Molenvliet belonging to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khouw Keng Nio
Khouw Keng Nio was a colonial Chinese-Indonesian heiress and businesswoman, best known as the first woman in both Indonesia and China to become a licensed pilot. Born in Java, Dutch East Indies, Khouw came from a wealthy ''Peranakan'' business family. Her father, the entrepreneur Khouw Kim Goan, founded '' N.V. Merbaboe'', a large livestock, milk and beverage conglomerate in late colonial Indonesia; and her mother was an indigenous Indonesian woman. Her better-known brother, Khouw Khe Hien (1907-1938), also a pioneering aviator, initially envisaged air transportation for the company's products as a more efficient alternative to land and sea transportation. This grew into a full-blown obsession, which ended with Khouw's brother causing an international sensation in 1935, when he flew his Indonesian-built aeroplane, Walraven 2, in a 20-day-long journey from Bandung to Schiphol, Amsterdam, and onwards to other European destinations. Around the same time, Khouw Keng Nio also cause ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khouw Kim An
Khouw Kim An, 5th Majoor der Chinezen (; 1875 – February 13, 1945) was a high-ranking Chinese Indonesian bureaucrat, public figure and landlord who served as the fifth and last ''Majoor der Chinezen'' ("Major of the Chinese") of Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta). The Chinese Mayoralty was the highest-ranking, Chinese government position in the East Indies with considerable political and judicial jurisdiction over the colony's Chinese subjects. The Batavian Mayoralty was one of the oldest public institutions in the Dutch colonial empire, perhaps second only in antiquity to the viceregal post of Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Family and background Khouw Kim An Sia was born in Batavia in 1875 to the ninth concubine of his father, Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, ''Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen'' (died in 1880). Khouw's father and uncles, Khouw Tjeng Kee and Khouw Tjeng Po, were the sons of the late eighteenth-century magnate, Khouw Tian Sek (died in 1843), patriar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khouw Yauw Kie
Khouw Yauw Kie, Kapitein der Chinezen (died 1908), also spelled Khouw Jaouw Kie, Yaouw Kee, was a high-ranking Chinese-Indonesian bureaucrat. He was the first scion of the influential Khouw family of Tamboen to serve on the Chinese Council of Batavia. Life Born in Batavia (Dutch East Indies), Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, Khouw was the second son of Khouw Tjeng Po, Khouw Tjeng Po, -titulair der Chinezen (died 1883), and the grandson of the tycoon Khouw Tian Sek, Khouw Tian Sek, -titulair der Chinezen (died 1843). He was also a nephew of the landlords Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, Khouw Tjeng Tjoan and Khouw Tjeng Kee, Khouw Tjeng Kee. His father, uncles and grandfather held the honorary rank of Kapitan Cina, ''Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen'', proper to Chinese officials in the civil bureaucracy of Dutch East Indies, colonial Indonesia, but without any of the substantive responsibilities. Khouw held the colonial hereditary title of Sia (title), ''Sia''. Khouw's family wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oen Giok Khouw
Khouw Oen Giok Sia (1874 – 1927), later more popularly known as Oen Giok Khouw or O. G. Khouw, was a philanthropist and landowner in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). He gained notoriety for acquiring Dutch citizenship, thus breaking down the race barriers of colonial society. Today, he is best remembered for his extravagant mausoleum in Petamburan, Jakarta. Family Born in 1874 in Batavia (now Jakarta), he was a scion of the Khouw family of Tamboen, part of the ''Cabang Atas'' or the Chinese gentry (''baba bangsawan'') of colonial Indonesia. His father, Khouw Tjeng Kee, ''Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen'' (died in 1883), was a prominent landlord and community leader. Khouw's father and uncles, Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Tjoan and Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Po, were the sons of the late eighteenth-century magnate, Luitenant Khouw Tian Sek (died in 1843). The Chinese lieutenancies of Khouw's father, uncles and grandfather were honorary appointments without any of the entailed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khouw Tjeng Po
Khouw Tjeng Po, -titulair der Chinezen (born in 1838 — died in 1882) was a Chinese-Indonesian magnate and landlord in Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Khouw was the youngest son of Khouw Tian Sek, ''Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen'' (died in 1843), a Batavia magnate and patriarch of the Khouw family of Tamboen. He was part of the ''Cabang Atas'' or the Chinese gentry (''baba bangsawan'') of colonial Indonesia. He had two elder brothers, Khouw Tjeng Tjoan and Khouw Tjeng Kee, and two sisters, Khouw Giok Nio and Khouw Kepeng Nio. Khouw, his father and brothers held the rank of ''Luitenant der Chinezen'', awarded to high-ranking Chinese officials of the civil bureaucracy in the Dutch East Indies. The title had been granted on an honorary basis without administrative responsibilities. Prior to his Chinese lieutenancy, he had the hereditary title of ''Sia'' as the son of a Chinese officer. From the mid-nineteenth century until the end of colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khouw Tjeng Kee
Khouw Tjeng Kee, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (born in 1832 — died in 1883) was a Chinese-Indonesian magnate and landlord in Batavia (Dutch East Indies), Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Khouw was the second of three sons born to Khouw Tian Sek, Khouw Tian Sek, ''Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen'' (died in 1843), a Batavia magnate and patriarch of the Khouw family of Tamboen, part of the ''Cabang Atas'' or the Chinese gentry (''baba bangsawan'') of colonial Indonesia. He had two brothers, Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Tjoan and Khouw Tjeng Po, Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Po, and two sisters, Khouw Giok Nio and Khouw Kepeng Nio. Khouw, his father and brothers held the rank of Kapitan Cina, ''Luitenant der Chinezen'', proper to high-ranking, Chinese officials of the civil bureaucracy in the Dutch East Indies. In their case, however, the title had been granted on an honorary basis without administrative responsibilities. Prior to his Chinese lieuten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu (surname)
Xu can refer to the following Chinese surnames that are homographs when Romanized using their Mandarin pronunciations: * Xu (surname 徐) * Xu (surname 許) * Xu (surname 須) The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone diacritics are omitted then both surnames would be spelled Xu in pinyin, and Hsü in the Wade–Giles Wade–Giles () is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Francis Wade, during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert A. Giles's '' Chinese–English Dictionary'' of ... system or Hsu if the diaeresis is also omitted. {{DEFAULTSORT:Xu (surname) Chinese-language surnames Multiple Chinese surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khouw Tian Sek
Khouw Tian Sek, der Chinezen (died on November 17, 1843), popularly known as Teng Seck, was a Chinese Indonesian landlord in colonial Batavia (now Jakarta, capital of Indonesia). He is best known today as the patriarch of the prominent Khouw family of Tamboen. He was born in Batavia in the late eighteenth century. His father, Khouw Tjoen, was a successful, Chinese-born merchant, who had migrated around 1769 from Fujian to Tegal on Java's north coast, thence to Batavia. Khouw Tian Sek succeeded his father in the family business upon the latter's death. He significantly reinvested the family fortune away from moneylending and pawnbroking to landownership, which was seen as more respectable. Among his acquisitions was a great deal of land along the Molenvliet canal, a semi-rural area immediately south of old Batavia, which became the city's most prestigious business district in the mid-nineteenth century. As Arnold Wright points out, ' is reasubsequently increased so enormousl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabang Atas
The Cabang Atas (''Van Ophuijsen Spelling System'': Tjabang Atas) — literally 'highest branch' in Indonesian — was the traditional Chinese establishment or gentry of colonial Indonesia. They were the families and descendants of the Chinese officers, high-ranking colonial civil bureaucrats with the ranks of ''Majoor'', ''Kapitein'' and ''Luitenant der Chinezen''. They were referred to as the baba bangsawan Chinese gentry’in Indonesian, and the ba-poco in Java Hokkien. As a privileged social class, they exerted a powerful influence on the political, economic and social life of pre-revolutionary Indonesia, in particular on its local Chinese community. Their institutional control of the Chinese officership declined with the colonial Ethical Policy of the early twentieth century, but their political, economic and social influence lasted until the Indonesian revolution (1945-1950). Origin of term The phrase 'Cabang Atas' was first used by the colonial Indonesian historia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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