Seo Sang Don (서상돈) of Daegu, Korea: revisiting my wife’s great great-grandfather
My wife and I spent a day in Daegu (대구), Korea retracing the steps and imprint of her great great-grandfather, one Seo Sang Don (1850-1913). Seo Sang Don (서상돈) was a born into a Catholic family of martyrs and started fairly destitute (as a result, I am guessing, of his family’s Catholic persuasion- generally frowned […]
Korean National Debt Repayment Movement (국채보상운동): Newspapers from 1907, Google Translate, and Digital (mini)Histories
To close out (hopefully) this thread of posts concerning 국채보상운동을, I leave you with a few newspaper images from the period (roughly 1907) that chronicle the National Debt Repayment Movement (and refer to my oft-mentioned in-law 서상돈 a bit). To see where these images were taken from, click on the image to go directly to […]
Seo Sang Don and the Korean National Debt Repayment Movement of 1907
This post is performing some double duty for me. It explains a bit more about my wife’s relative (서상돈), but also is a test to see if the scheduling function is working properly on WordPress. So there you have it. In keeping with previous posts about my wife’s great great grandfather found here and here, […]
Old photographs and family histories: The Seo (서 or 徐) Family of Daegu, Korea in the 1930s
In keeping with a previous post about my wife’s relative, 서상돈 (Seo Sang Don), here are a few more pictures for those interested in such things. These are from my wife’s family albums and they depict the Seo family in Daegu in the 1930s and 1940s. The family enjoyed some degree of status judging by […]
My Korean (in-law) Family tree: 서상돈(1850-1913) of Daegu
In the spirit of genealogy, families, and connectedness, I have turned my attention momentarily away from the pursuit of all things Gallagher and towards my wife’s distinguished family tree. My wife’s surname is Hyun (현 or 玄), but she is descended from the Seo (서 or 徐) family of Daegu, Korea. The Seo family was […]