Research Priorities
Missing information and research needs for the Loui Family genealogy.
High Priority
Names & Dates
- Complete names for Jesse’s siblings (6 from mother, 2-3 from father’s first wife)
- Complete names for Betty’s two brothers (Happy Dreamers members)
- Jesse’s exact birth date and Chinese name
- Mother “Amma” full name and background
- Wallace Loui’s background and relationship with Florence (completed: obituary found)
- Japanese colonel’s name (Jesse’s WWII story)
- Samantha’s birth year/date (10/24/1997)
- Marriage date of Warren and Rose
- Birth dates for Nicholas and Ryan (Nicholas: 05/27/1990, Ryan: 12/28/1992)
- Nicholas and Graham’s marriage date (09/08/2023)
- Samantha and Drew’s engagement date and wedding plans
Current Status
- Jesse’s current status (deceased 08/09/2022, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial, Glendale, CA)
- When family moved from Taiwan to Los Angeles (exact year)
Extended Family
- Names of Rose’s siblings’ children (cousins to Nicholas/Ryan/Samantha)
- Meg & Peter’s children
- Louis & Iris’s children
- Michelle & Denis’s children
Medium Priority
Documentation Projects
- Extract detailed timeline from all newsletters (1994-2021)
- Create event pages for major milestones (births, marriages, moves, business ventures)
- Create place pages for significant locations (Santa Mesa compound, Taiwan properties, etc.)
- Document Jesse’s nightclub and real estate properties in Taiwan
- Chan family genealogy book details
- Educational backgrounds for all family members
Family History
- Warren’s father Wallace Loui’s background
- When Cardinal Rule Wines was founded
- When Ryan met Cameron (Cammie)
- Terry Loui’s brain tumor survival story details
- Florence Loui’s medical career timeline
- Betty and Jesse’s move to Los Angeles timeline
Lower Priority
Enrichment Tasks
- Create individual year source documents for each newsletter
- Add biographical narratives to person pages
- Create photo galleries
- Map family travel locations
- Cross-reference with external records (census, certificates, etc.)
Extended Research
- Document all Jesse’s siblings’ current status
- Document family members who stayed in China
- Details of ancestral village and Chan family home in Yong Qin, Fujian
- Happy Dreamers club other members
- Eastern Textile Factory board split details (1967)
When completing items, move them to the appropriate family member pages or create new source documents.