About Us
The Yee Fung Toy Association of Sacramento is a branch of the Yee Fung Toy
Family Association which began in San Francisco, California, over 100 years
ago. Today, there are at least 13 subsidiary associations across the United
States and more around the world (see www.yeefungtoy.org).
The purpose of the Yee Fung Toy Family Association is to provide kinship and support to the members of the Yee family through social gatherings, charity events and scholarships. Each year, a special tribute & token of appreciation is given to senior citizen members.
The Association is funded through private donations and is managed by annually elected officers who volunteer their time and effort to keep the Association going. The Yee Fung Toy Headquarters are located in San Francisco, California.
History of Yee Fung Toy in America
Excerpted from the San Francisco Yee Fung Toy Headquarters site
The first ancestor of the Yee Family was the Revered Yee Chung-Sheung, a prominent
personage of the North Sung Dynasty, named Jing as a child, On-Doh when grown
up, and Moo-Kai as a form of address. Fung Toy, meaning elegant demeanor,
originated from a congratulatory line of poetry by his contemporary Choy Sheung:
"Surely
your strategies benefit the Emperor's reign, and your elegant demeanor uplifts
spirits of court ministers."
Yee's immigrated to the USA years ago. In 1886, the 21st year of
Gwang-shui Emperor, Ching Dynasty, early Yee family members organized the Sheung-Shin
Hall Hundred Person Association, to cherish memory of ancestral virtues and
promote kinship. Funds were collected to purchase the property at
131 Waverly Place in Chinatown, San Francisco, to establish the Yee Family
Association, whereby family relations could show respect to ancestors and enjoy
family happiness, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake burned down the property.
In the winter of the same year, the Association reorganized the under the name Sheung-yik Hall Hundred-Person Association. They reconstructed the Fung Toy House, which exists as the four-story building as seen today, with the name Yee Fung Toy Moo-kai Headquarters. The building went through a renovation in 1958. A resolution was also passed at a general meeting to adopt the standard name the U.S. Yee Fung Toy Headquarters there after.
There are 13 Yee Fung Toy branches in the U.S. which are in New York, Sacramento, Detroit, Boston, Southern California, Chicago, Phoenix, Seattle, Cleveland, Salt Lake City, Houston, Stockton and Columbus respectively. Branches connect members within the surrounding areas. There are over 10,000 Yee's in the U.S.
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