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Joe Ah Chan (''Chan Hock Joe'') (1882–14 December 1959) was a New Zealand greengrocer, horticulturist and wine-maker. He was born in Guangdong Province, China on 1882.〔 ==Biography== Chan Hock Joe was born in 1882, at Ha Kei, Tsengshing (Zengcheng) county, in the Guangdong province of China. He emigrated to New Zealand around 1905, leaving his wife Yip Kue Sum in China.〔 Ah Chan worked in Wellington as a fruit and vegetable hawker. In about 1916 he sold the business and returned to China to help his wife learn English so that she could join him in New Zealand, returning in 1917. Kue Sum joined him in 1920 - they were married again in Auckland on 28 July 1920, as the New Zealand authorities did not recognise the marriage.〔 In 1923 Ah Chan, his wife and their two children, George and Daisy, moved to Thames, where their third child, Anne, was born. He established a market garden, grew glasshouse tomatoes, and later began growing tomatoes outdoors - Ah Chan became one of the first to grow them commercially in New Zealand.〔 He died in Auckland on 14 December 1959, and he was buried at Waikumete cemetery.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Ah Chan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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