Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Angela Kwon Su Kyung

grave of Kwon Yul



portrait of Kwon Yul                             


Kwon Yul (1537 ~ 1599)

: He was a general of the Joseon.
In 1592, Japanese Invasion of Korea,
he made a significant contribution.
There was Siege of Haengju in 1593.
He won a victory.(This fact made him famous!)
He commanded a army for seven years.

So he recorded in history as a great general with admiral ‘Yi Sun-shin’

I can’t find any remarkable achievement of my progenitor(Kwon Hang).
So I investigated the most famous ancestor in our family clan.
I’m so proud of him because he fought bravely in the war.


"Pingu" Kim ji Hye

I introduce my surname.
My surname is kim.
Among kim, the kimhae kim is my family name.
The father of the kimhae Kim is Kimsooro king.
It is a very famous myth about him.
He was born in egg.
Among the six eggs, Kimsooro King was the first born.
He made ​​a gaya. gaya is country's name.
He ruled the country as well with wife.
Gaya people loved Kimsooro king
He died at the age of 158.
There are 4 million people who are having kimhae kim family name.
Thank you.

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Assignment

Send me an email at peterfredrickwsu@gmail.com about your family history.
You may include:
a photo with descriptions (who, where, when)
detailed descriptions of your ancestors, including names and dates
any other information you'd like to share about your family history or Korean history.
This is for a Korean history blog.
If you send an email, I will give you some extra credit if possible.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Child Welfare majors 2014 summer 2

I seem to have lost my last draft. Here is a fragment.

From Lee Mina

Teogye Lee Hwang is my ancestor.

In summary, respected for being the Western scholar Teogye Lee Hwang is shown on one thousand won


From Park Che Rin: (she used online translation-make of it what you will)

Very old fashioned, Near the old race now People achieve six villages Could live in peace.One day, the village headman is goheo Well below that of the Najeng mass production in the near They're a big egg boiler Got my, The boys came out in the notice.
 
Miraculously it was considered gilreot take her home, Know that era - like the Lagenaria leucantha Park sex and the whole world, which means balhira I built a name for hyeokgeose.
 
Then bakhyeokgeose grew up in a very intelligent and energetic, Mayor of the town of his birth to six are considered strange. Bakhyeokgeose 57 BC, and there he worshiped the king at the age of 13. and culture called the name of was Seorabeol, Geoseogan king called.
 
Bakhyeokgeose BC is 53 years on the throne Alyoung greeted the queen. Alyoung the alyoung shown in moryangri for the well that was born from his side, bakhyeokgeose be built character is well with the people and the ruled.
 
Thus, the Alyoung with bakhyeokgeose Reach a good rule of Silla, died at age 61.Now after the death of Tap-dong Gyeongju was buried in Ohreung. Ohreung consists of five small tomb.

From Kim YeSol:
Kim suro : king of gaya.
He is an ancestor of me.
From heaven came six egg. one of six is Kim Suro king
Because it was born from the golden egg, family name is Kim.
He became first king of Geumgwan gaya.
He was loved by many people.
He was married in Indian Princess Heo hwangok.
Two son of ten son had mother family name.
He dies at 157 years of age.
Now, Gimhea Kim people is a lot of people in korea.



Heo Ji Hyun's ancestor-

King married to an Indonesian princess. 5 of their 10 children received wife's family name "Heo". in the kingdom of KaYa. Kim Suro - the King. Heo Hwang Ok was the queen. 


Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Kang Su Kyoung Jennifer

Ancestor
Kang Kam-chan
¡948~1031
¡Goryeo general
¡He led to victory in Guizhou daecheop.
¡He defeated the enemy largely and 
prevented the invasion of the Kitan.
¡Book:




Kang Hee-an
¡1417∼1464
¡He is an artist.
¡He had a talent for landscape 
painting, portraits.
¡He was roughly and thickly painted 
landscapes. In contrast, he was drawn 
to the character of the short line.




Kang Ki-dong
¡1884~1911
¡He is an independent activist.
¡In Japanese colonial era, he has 
rescued many Koreans in Japan.
¡He is fighting with the Japanese 
and he was arrested and executed 
in Korea.

Ryu Dabin Kevin

Yu seong ryong
•Yu Seong-ryong (1542–1607), also often spelled Ryu Seong-ryong, was a scholar-official and Prime minister of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea


Ryu gwan sun
•Ryu, Gwan-Sun
  was an organizer in what would come to be known as the March 1st Movement against the Japanese colonial rule of 
Korea in South Chungcheong.[1]

 

Jokpo

In Korea, there is a national book of family history called "Jokpo." All of my students knew their family history from this book. Below are some of the descriptions I received.

Jennifer: My old ancestor is Kang Gam Chan, Kan i-sik. He was a general and he won the salsudaechop.

Viera: My family name is .... It was started at..... The first ancestor is son-in-law of the king in unified Silla. The most famous ancestor is...

Kevin Ryu Da Bin: 1. My old ancestor is Ryu Seong Leong, an old scientist. He developed many weapons for Korea, so the Korean government gave him a prize. 2. Ryu Gwan Sun.

Julia Kim Hyang Mi: King Kim Soo Ro and Kim Hong Do, who was a painter in Joseon times.

Kellen: King Kim Soo Ro and Queen Heo Hwang Ok, who was a princess from India

Annie: My family name is Gim Hae. My first ancestor is Kim Yu Sin. He wqas a famous soldier in Korea.

Jung Hee Joo: My family's last name is Jung. Our family comes from....The root of our ancestor is Naju.

Chloe: My name is Keunha Park. My family name, Park, is from Milyang. There is a fable related to my family name, but I don't have any information about family history.

Han Nari Bella: Chungju Han   origin Han Ran -- doesn't know about Jokpo history

Marinda: Family name is Lee. The place of origin is Zindo near Gong Ju.

Min Ji Hye: My family name is Min. The place of origin is Yeoju. The progenitor is Min Jin Do.

Jeung Eun Jeong: Family name Jin-joo Jeong, this family resided for generations in JinJoo

Lee 201210062: My first ancestor Lee Won Gye in Joseon dynasty. He is the brother of Lee Seong Gye, who founded the Joseon nation. I am his 26th descendant. He fought against Japan with Lee Seong Gye, but he disagreed with his plan about founding a antion.

Han Soo Min. My family name is Han. Cheong-ju is the region where my family started.

Yun See Won:My family name is Yun. A long time ago in the Joseon dynasty, our family was famous because many queens came from our family.