Hui Fee Tak (許惠德)

Date of Death

Dec 1883

Chinese Inscription with translation:

Right Side:

會邑 (Huì yì) – Xinhui, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province

Middle (Main Inscription):

清 (Qīng) – Refers to the Qing Dynasty or maybe it is an honorific 惠德許 – surname is given last so should be 許惠德
公墓 – "Honored Tomb of"

Left Side:

光緒九年 (Guāngxù Jiǔ Nián) – 9th Year of the Guangxu Emperor (1883)
冬立 Erected in the winter (of 1884)

Plot:

Public Reserve 1; Plot 17 - Palmerston North

City Records:

https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/3003818a-e2b7-464d-bc15-9d92c1652b7f

Notes:

Market Gardener, former gold miner. Died a few days before 29th Dec 1883. Likely to be Taishanese so that might explain the anglization of his Chinese name. The Taishan dictionary 台山话 suggests Hui33* Fi32 Ak55

GNSS Coordinates:

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