About Us
Xie 謝 (traditional) / 谢 (simplified) is a Chinese family name; it is estimated that there are about 2 million people with this surname, with most of them living in southern China. The spelling of the same Chinese character using Wade-Giles romanization is Hsieh. The spelling “Hsieh” is most commonly used in Taiwan and in older romanizations. “Hsieh” is mainly pronounced as “Shay”. However, other variations are pronounced “Sh’eh” and the spelling is sometimes modified as Shieh. … In Indonesia, the name is also spelt as Tjhia or Tjia. In East Timor, as a legacy of Portguese colonialism and lingua franca, Xie is also produced as Tchea , Tsia and Tcha. The greater majority of Xie members are also members of the Hakka subgroup of the greater Han ethnicity. (Taken from Wikipedia)
One of the large family in Indonesia and is the source of producing great leaders, smart and hard-working people in the world.
The Tjia family is taken from the last name of our Grandfather, Tjia Sio Khe. Grandfather (we call him Engkong) and Grandmother (Tjiam So Tien; we call her Ama) has 7 children and 6 of them got married. The children are:
- Tjia Mei Hoa
- Tjia Mei Lie (Wife of The Kunadis)
- Tjia Kim Hok (Husband of The Palits)
- Tjia Mei Liang (Wife of The Rumengans)
- Tjia Mei Lan (Wife of the Makmurs)
- Tjia Kim Seng (Husband of The Palits)
- Tjia Bie An (Wife of the Budiawans)
All of us are separated to cities, islands, and even countries. Some are located in North America, Australia, Singapore, and the rest in Indonesia.
Even though there are so many of us scattered around the globe, but we always make a time for family reunion just to keep our bonds as family.
This website/blog is intended to make a tighter bond especially for the younger generation of the Tjias.
