Person

Wou, Young Wing

[1889]-1974

In 1913, at the age of 24, WOU Young Wing left his home in 中山 Zhongshan, 廣東 Guangdong, China and boarded the Awa Maru in Hong Kong. After a month-long journey, he arrived in Canada at Victoria, B.C.

By 1923, he was living in Lethbridge, Alberta, working as a market gardener and residing on the farm of J. Brodie located about 5 miles SE of Lethbridge. He had a wife and child in China that he would travel back to visit.

By 1926, Wing was residing in New Westminster, B.C. where he owned and operated a successful grocery business in the downtown core for over 20 years. Subsequently, he moved to the Sapperton area of the city, where he operated another grocery store that he passed on to his family when he retired.

Some 60 years after he first set foot in Canada, Wing died on August 26, 1974 in Vancouver, B.C., leaving behind a loving family, the lasting legacy of a young man who left his birthplace to pursue his dreams in a new land.

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