Bukit Brown Cemetery Free Guided Tour
Bukit Brown Cemetery is slated for redevelopment, so the more we must archive them in memory……..
INTRICATE carvings of dragons and phoenixes, and other Chinese mythological creatures decorate many tombstones lying in the Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery.
Not only that, the cemetery is also a storehouse of the history of prominent pioneers of the Chinese community here…. (Neo Hui Min, ST, 20 May 2002)
Starting time for the tour is 2 pm on 7 Apr 2007 (Saturday). Pick up point
is the Bus Bay in front of Newton Food court at 1.20 pm for those who don’t
drive. If you drive, then meet up will be at Bukit Brown Cemetery Gate itself at 2pm
Starting time for the tour is 2 pm on 7 Apr 2007 (Saturday). Pick up point
is the Bus Bay in front of Newton Food court at 1.20 pm for those who don’t
drive. If you drive, then meet up will be at Bukit Brown Cemetery Gate itself at 2pm
Tour highlights:
Rich and famous tombs:
Chew Boon Lay
Mrs Lim Nee Soon
Lim Chong Pang
Lim Chong Kuo
Ong Sam Leong (biggest grave in Singapore)
Ong Boon Tat
Tan Kim Ching
Cheang Hong Lim
Plus some of the oldest graves in Singapore, 2 in 1844, one in 1849,
several in 1850s, 1860s.
RSVP to charles@api.sg HP: 81272114
Radio 1003 Bukit Brown Cemetery Tour
On last April 7th, API & Radio 1003 jointly organised a Night Excursion to Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery.
This year, during the night of April 4th, 2008, API & Radio 1003 did it again…
Photo from left: Wenhong, Alvin, Kemin, Jianwen, Shaney, Timothy, Charles Goh, Raymond Goh
Bukit Brown: Living Museum of the Dead
The Bukit Brown Living Museum of the Dead Heritage Walk is lead by API Raymond Goh.
Free Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery DIY Tour
Date: 19 & 26 June, 2011
Time: From 8:30am to 11:30am
Location: Start Point at the Gates of Bukit Brown.
Nearest Bus Stop is opposite SICC, Lornie Road. Bus Stop Number 41149 (Bus service no. 52, 74, 93, 157, 165, 855)
For the next 2 Sundays (19 & 26 Jun), the Asia Paranormal Investigators (API) will be holding an free unguided tour of Bukit Brown Chinese Cemetery, where notable tombs will be hung with placards describing the person buried below and his/her notable achievements and contribution to Singapore’s history. Tombs of specific significance other than historical relating to Chinese customs, mythology, fengshui will also be highlighted.
There will be signs and directional tapes aiding the interested Explorer on this trail to discover Singapore’s history by trekking through the hills of Bukit Brown, Singapore only Living Museum.
You may explore on your own or purchase a map showing the locations of each tombs on that day.
For more enquries, please call 98788669 or email to events@api.sg
Pictorial Representation of Bukit Brown
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Please approach us (if we are there) or the tomb keepers in Bukit Brown if you need assistance to search for the tombs. They have many years of experience in searching for tombs. Take care of your safety first as some terrain may be difficult.
Free Map for DIY Tours to Bukit Brown
Draft Advance Release
Event: Remember Your Ancestors’ Day cum DIY/Guided Cemetery Tour
Bukit Brown – Burial ground of Singapore Pioneers
Date: 9 Oct (Sun) 16 Oct (Sun) 2011, from 9 am to 1 pm
Meeting point: In front of Bukit Brown Cemetery Gates at Lorong Halwa, off Kheam Hock Road
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Steps to find out if your ancestor’s graves in Bukit Brown Cemetery:
As Bukit Brown was a government cemetery, there is a burial register kept in the form of microfilm at the National Archives of Singapore at 1 Canning Rise.
The burial records were written in English and kept in burial sequence from the date of burial from 1922 when Bukit Brown was first opened up to the year 1960. The dates follow the Western Calender
1) First find out your ancestor name that you think could be buried in Bukit Brown. As the burial records are in English the names will have to be in English
2) Find out the date of death. Usually the burial date is a few days after the date of death. If you don’t know the exact death date, you would have to comb through the data which is in running sequence.
Remember there are more than 80,000 burials in Bukit Brown, so the closer you can pin down the date of death, the easier it is to find. Even knowing the month of burial will help.
3) Your ancestors’ families may have published the obituary notice in the English newspapers which include the date of burial and burial place. You can check out using the newspapers archives : http://newspapers.nl.sg/
4) Once you have the details of the names and date of death, go down to the National Archives in Canning Rise and ask for the burial register for that particular year.
5) You can find out the burial plot number from the burial register. The last known address of the deceased is also available. Please note that Bukit Brown cemetery is divided into Blocks and Sections. So you should obtain the Block and Section and the grave no.
With the grave plot no, Please go down to “Bukit Brown Cemetery – Remember your ancestors’ day “ on 9 Oct and 16 Oct from 9 am to 1 pm whereby there will be guides there to help them to look for their ancestors
Wear walking shoes and attires. While you look for your ancestors’ graves, you can enjoy the beautiful and serene natural greenery and wildlife that few places in Singapore offer now.
More information coming up!
Bukit Brown: Remembering Your Ancestors Day cum DIY Guided Cemetery Tour
Draft Advance Release
Event: Remember Your Ancestors’ Day cum DIY/Guided Cemetery Tour
Bukit Brown – Burial ground of Singapore Pioneers
Date: 9 Oct (Sun) 16 Oct (Sun) 2011, from 9 am to 1 pm
Meeting point: In front of Bukit Brown Cemetery Gates at Lorong Halwa, off Kheam Hock Road
—————————————————————————–
Steps to find out if your ancestor’s graves in Bukit Brown Cemetery:
As Bukit Brown was a government cemetery, there is a burial register kept in the form of microfilm at the National Archives of Singapore at 1 Canning Rise.
The burial records were written in English and kept in burial sequence from the date of burial from 1922 when Bukit Brown was first opened up to the year 1960. The dates follow the Western Calender
1) First find out your ancestor name that you think could be buried in Bukit Brown. As the burial records are in English the names will have to be in English
2) Find out the date of death. Usually the burial date is a few days after the date of death. If you don’t know the exact death date, you would have to comb through the data which is in running sequence.
Remember there are more than 80,000 burials in Bukit Brown, so the closer you can pin down the date of death, the easier it is to find. Even knowing the month of burial will help.
3) Your ancestors’ families may have published the obituary notice in the English newspapers which include the date of burial and burial place. You can check out using the newspapers archives : http://newspapers.nl.sg/
4) Once you have the details of the names and date of death, go down to the National Archives in Canning Rise and ask for the burial register for that particular year.
5) You can find out the burial plot number from the burial register. The last known address of the deceased is also available. Please note that Bukit Brown cemetery is divided into Blocks and Sections. So you should obtain the Block and Section and the grave no.
With the grave plot no, Please go down to “Bukit Brown Cemetery – Remember your ancestors’ day “ on 9 Oct and 16 Oct from 9 am to 1 pm whereby there will be guides there to help them to look for their ancestors
Wear walking shoes and attires. While you look for your ancestors’ graves, you can enjoy the beautiful and serene natural greenery and wildlife that few places in Singapore offer now.
More information coming up!
API DIY Tour for Bukit Brown this Sat 5 Nov
API DIY TOUR FOR BUKIT BROWN THIS SATURDAY, 5 NOV 2011
Hong Lim Park (Cheang Hong Lim), Boon Lay MRT (Chew Boon Lay), Yishun & Chong Pang Estates (Mrs Lim Nee Soon & Lim Chong pang), Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Tan Kim Ching‘s father), Gan Eng Seng School (Gan Eng Seng), Koon Seng Road (Cheong Koon Seng), Kheam Hock Road (Tan Kheam Hock), Eng Neo Avenue (Tan Eng Neo), Keong Saik Road (Tan Keong Saik), Bukit Ho Swee (Teh Ho Swee), Joo Chiat Place (Chew Joo Chiat), Sam Leong Road (Ong Sam Leong) Boon Tat Street (Ong Boon Tat), Seah Im Carpark (Ang Seah Im), Ean Kiam Place (Tan Ean Kiam), Ewe Boon Road (Mrs See Ewe Boon), Khoo Teck Phuat Hospital (Khoo Yang Tin‘s son), Goldbell Mansion (Tan Boo Liat), Tay Koh Yat Bus Company (Tay Koh Yat), Tan Cheng Siong (President Tony Tan Grandfather), Tan Bing Ching (Tan Tock Seng Grandson), Confucious 72nd Generation, Khoo Seok Wan, Lee Hoon Leong (Lee Kuan Yew Grandfather) …….
These are names you may be familiar with. There are many more.
Come take a stroll with API this coming Saturday, in the rolling greens of Bukit Brown, the final resting place of many of the Singapore Pioneers who lived, loved, and contributed to Singapore in so many ways.
Come learn about them, their lives and their families, and who knows, you might find your ancestors there too….
Time to meet: 9am.
Location: Gate of Bukit Brown.
For more information, refer to our previous Notice of earlier DIY Tour here.
Our Government is determined to demolish this place in the name of Development, just when we were beginning to learn more about Singapore’s past, in ways never possible before.
To participate in our discussion, join the Bukit Brown Facebook Page.
To follow the footsteps of Raymond Goh, ‘Guardian of Bukit Brown’, follow his personal blog here.
To help in the documentation of Bukit Brown, go here.
Bukit Brown Family Day 11 & 18 March
As the date creeps ever closer to end of Bukit Brown as we know it…
Let’s make one last stance, come with your family, friends, schoolmates, working mates, & celebrate the memory of Bukit Brown before it gives way to the unrelentless demolition of its heritage & legacy lost….
Come join us for the next 2 Sundays, 11 & 18 March, 8am to 1pm.
Free Guided Tours to explore this Living Museum & walk back in time to a Singapore forgotten by Most.
For more information, please visit Bukitbrown.com.