Khouw Tjoen | |
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Born | |
Died | 1831 |
Occupation(s) | Shipowner, businessman |
Years active | Late eighteenth |
Children |
Khouw Tian Sek, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (son) Khouw Tian Ho (son) Khouw Tay Hien (son) Khouw Kang Nio (daughter) |
Parent |
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Relatives |
Khouw Kek Po (grandfather) Khouw Shio (brother) Khouw Soen (brother) Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (grandson) Khouw Tjeng Kee, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (grandson) Khouw Tjeng Po, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (grandson) Khouw Kim An, Majoor der Chinezen (great-grandson) O. G. Khouw (great-grandson) Khouw Yauw Kie, Kapitein der Chinezen (great-grandson) |
Khouw Tjoen (died in 1831), styled Khouw Tjoen Ko, was a prominent, late eighteenth-century Chinese-Indonesian ship owner and businessman, best-known now as the founder of the Khouw family of Tamboen, one of the most prominent dynasties of the ' Tjabang Atas' or Chinese gentry of colonial Indonesia. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Born in the mid-eighteenth century in Fujian, Qing Empire, Khouw Tjoen was the son of Khouw Teng, and a grandson of Khouw Kek Po, who hailed from the landowning Chinese scholar-gentry. [3] [4] Around 1769, Khouw Tjoen left China for Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) with two of his brothers, Khouw Shio and Khouw Soen. [1] The brothers settled down in Tegal, Central Java, where they engaged and prospered in business, including in shipowning and pawnbroking. [1] [3]
After a time, Khouw Tjoen relocated to Batavia (present-day Jakarta), capital of the Indies, where he established himself and his family. [1] [3] By a woman of Peranakan background, he had two sons, Khouw Tian Sek and Khouw Tian Ho, one daughter Khouw Kang Nio, and adopted his brother Khouw Shio's son Khouw Tay Hien. [4]
Khouw died in 1831 in Batavia. [5] His eldest son, Khouw Tian Sek, succeeded him as head of the family, and was awarded the prestigious honorary title of Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen. [1] [4] The substantive version of this title came with executive and judicial authority over the Dutch government's Chinese subjects in the Indies and was part of the Dutch colonial system of ' indirect rule'. [2] While his eldest son's title was honorary, and thus came with no administrative responsibility, it marked the elevation of his family to the ranks of the Tjabang Atas. [3] [4]
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Khouw Tjoen | |
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Born | |
Died | 1831 |
Occupation(s) | Shipowner, businessman |
Years active | Late eighteenth |
Children |
Khouw Tian Sek, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (son) Khouw Tian Ho (son) Khouw Tay Hien (son) Khouw Kang Nio (daughter) |
Parent |
|
Relatives |
Khouw Kek Po (grandfather) Khouw Shio (brother) Khouw Soen (brother) Khouw Tjeng Tjoan, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (grandson) Khouw Tjeng Kee, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (grandson) Khouw Tjeng Po, Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen (grandson) Khouw Kim An, Majoor der Chinezen (great-grandson) O. G. Khouw (great-grandson) Khouw Yauw Kie, Kapitein der Chinezen (great-grandson) |
Khouw Tjoen (died in 1831), styled Khouw Tjoen Ko, was a prominent, late eighteenth-century Chinese-Indonesian ship owner and businessman, best-known now as the founder of the Khouw family of Tamboen, one of the most prominent dynasties of the ' Tjabang Atas' or Chinese gentry of colonial Indonesia. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Born in the mid-eighteenth century in Fujian, Qing Empire, Khouw Tjoen was the son of Khouw Teng, and a grandson of Khouw Kek Po, who hailed from the landowning Chinese scholar-gentry. [3] [4] Around 1769, Khouw Tjoen left China for Java in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) with two of his brothers, Khouw Shio and Khouw Soen. [1] The brothers settled down in Tegal, Central Java, where they engaged and prospered in business, including in shipowning and pawnbroking. [1] [3]
After a time, Khouw Tjoen relocated to Batavia (present-day Jakarta), capital of the Indies, where he established himself and his family. [1] [3] By a woman of Peranakan background, he had two sons, Khouw Tian Sek and Khouw Tian Ho, one daughter Khouw Kang Nio, and adopted his brother Khouw Shio's son Khouw Tay Hien. [4]
Khouw died in 1831 in Batavia. [5] His eldest son, Khouw Tian Sek, succeeded him as head of the family, and was awarded the prestigious honorary title of Luitenant-titulair der Chinezen. [1] [4] The substantive version of this title came with executive and judicial authority over the Dutch government's Chinese subjects in the Indies and was part of the Dutch colonial system of ' indirect rule'. [2] While his eldest son's title was honorary, and thus came with no administrative responsibility, it marked the elevation of his family to the ranks of the Tjabang Atas. [3] [4]
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