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Quan, Joo
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- Quan, Yuen
- Quan, Joseph
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1889-1943
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QUAN Joo (QUAN Yuen) was born in China in 1889. He arrived in Canada in 1911 and became known as Joseph Quan.
He met and married Betsey LAW (1906-1999) and the couple settled in New Westminster, BC and ran a tailor shop. Together, they had four daughters and two sons.
When Joseph passed away in 1943, Betsey took over the tailor shop and eventually moved to Burnaby.
One of their daughters, Denise, studied ballet and moved to New York City. She performed in the Broadway production of the Flower Drum song in the dream sequence.
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