The 2nd Generation

This is the 2nd generation of our family in Taiwan - Song-Ho and Chen Je (李松侯/陳錐). Song-ho was a son of Li, Bo-Fa. He left his family for unclear reason when the children were still small.

More about 陳錐 ("Je/錐" means "cute" in Taiwanese)
She was the mother of Ma-ju (李媽助) and the wife of Song-ho. She lost her husband young due to unclear reason. It is said that since Song-ho joined some salt-trafficking business and had to escape to Wan-dan (萬丹, 屏東). He was remarried there with children before he eventually died there.

Life were harsh after the husband desserted the rest of the family. Ma-ju (the son) had several still-borns and was told that this is due to his father's unresting soul. He had to walk 1+ months to collect his father's relics and returned them back to Taipei (Ma-ju is about 40 years old at that time) . He assisted someone who took an examination(科舉) in Tainan with their luggages and thus earned his living through the trip. This event happened at the time Ge-Pai (李枝沛) was adopted as a newborn, some time between 1875~1878.


This is a branch of the 2nd generation. He was the 2nd son of Bo-fa (李伯發). Our direct ancestor is the 3rd son of Bo-fa - Song-ho (李松侯). Since San-yi (李三益) and Song-ho were both bureid here in Taipei, also that the younger brother of Bo-fa is here, we thus think Bo-fa is the direct ascendant of our family.