{"id":725,"date":"2018-01-13T16:03:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T23:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/?p=725"},"modified":"2018-01-13T16:03:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T23:03:14","slug":"sahm-dai-gweilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/2018\/01\/13\/sahm-dai-gweilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahm Dai Gweilo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/collage-2017-12-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-726\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sahm Dai Gweilo &#8212; Google says the Cantonese word for three is Sahm. Depending on the context Dai might mean family generations. Gweilo translates as western men so I\u2019m hoping this is how you\u2019d represent my three generations of men &#8212; in China.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWalter Fearnley b 1911 joined the US Navy in 1927. Too young to enlist, his father accompanied and gave permission. Walter was awarded the Yantze Service Medal in 1933. Family lore: Walter patrolling on the Great Wall of China. <\/p>\n<p>Milton Ray Smith b 1937 joined the US Navy in 1953. Fresh from high school looking for a way to further his education, Milt sailed the world during his tour of duty including time exploring China. <\/p>\n<p>Gerrit Dean Smith b 2005 serving a church mission. Like great grandfather and grandfather, Gerrit, a teenager, is living in China. Gerrit was excited to follow in both his great and grandfather\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n<p><em>Author&#8217;s note: I put this together for a Roots Tech photo\/story contest. And yes, I know the picture of Milt is actually in Japan, but I thought this was more interesting than the church sign in Chinese. As a bonus, here is Gerrit arriving in Hong Kong this week:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Jan-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"490\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-729\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sahm Dai Gweilo &#8212; Google says the Cantonese word for three is Sahm. Depending on the context Dai might mean family generations. Gweilo translates as western men so I\u2019m hoping this is how you\u2019d represent my three generations of men &#8212; in China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-familynews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esmithy.net\/sparks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}