Im Family Tree (5 Generations)

(5) Soon E's paternal great grandfather

Im (임) Great Grandfather

born

died

Great Grandfather married Great Grandmother

born

died

Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother had at least 1 child

(4) Soon E's Paternal Grandfather

?. Im (임) Grandfather

born

died

Grandfather married Grandmother

born

died

Grandfather and Grandmother had at least 3 children

(3) Soon E's uncle

1) Im (임) Uncle

born

died 5-5-1950

Uncle married Kim Sun-rye (김 순럐)

born 12-20-1926

(3) Soon E's uncle

2) Im Eun-hyun (임), son

born

(3) Soon E's father

3) Im Song-hyuk (임 송혁), son

born 2-29-1919

died 6-01-1959 (Taejon Cemetery)

Song-hyuk married U Chom Hong (우 좀홍)

born 4-30-1921

Song-hyuk and Jeom-Hong had 3 sons and 3 daughters

Song-hyuk and a North Korean woman had 1 daughter

(2) Soon E's older brother

1] Im Hee-jung (임 히중), son

born 2-16-1940 (Taejon)

died 2-13-2003 (Seoul)

Hee-jung married Kim Kyoung-ok (김 경옥)

      (10-4-1968)

born 5-31-1941

Hee-jung and Kyoung-ok had 2 daughters and 1 son

1} Im Mi-jeong (임 미정), daughter

born

2} Im Mi-suk (임 명숙)

born 6-18-1970 (Seoul), daughter

3} Im Seong-ku (임 승구), son

born 1-14-1972 (Seoul)

(2) Soon E's North Korean half sister

2] Im Pyung-kyun (임븅균), daughter by

      North Korean woman

born

(2) Soon E's older sister

3] Im Seon-kyun (임 선균), daughter

born 12-16-1942

Seon-kyun married ??

born

Seon-kyun and ?? had 1 son

1} ??

born

(2) Soon E's middle brother

4] Im Keung-kyun (임 경균), son

born 11-02-1943

Keung-kyun married ??

born

Keung-kyun and ?? had 2 daughters and 1 son

1} Im Ji-yang (임 지양), daughter

born

2) Im Ji-won (임 지원), daughter

born

3) Im ?? (임), son

born

(2) Soon E

5] Im Soon-yi (임 순이), daughter

born 01-15-1952 (Taejon)

First Marriage

Soon-yi married Yi Hak-kun (이 하근)

      (4-29-1979)

born 5-1-1952

died 1-30-1986 (Seoul)

Soon-yi and Hak-kun had 3 daughters

(1) Soon E's daughters

1} Yi Kyong-in (이 경인) (Melissa Ying)

born 1-24-1979

2} Yi Hyun-mi (이 현미) (Mimi Ying)

born 10-29-1980

3} Yi Seung-hee (이 승히) (Ashley Ying)

born 11-3-1983

Second Marriage

Soon-yi married Yi Jae-cheol (이 재철)

      (3-??-1988)

born 11-14-1945

Soon-yi and Yi had no children

Third Marriage

Soon-yi married Edward Massengill

      (1-27-1994)

born 3-20-1937

Soon-yi and Ed had no children

(2) Soon E's younger brother

6] Im Won-kyun (임 완균), son

born 2-15-1955

Won-kyun married ??

born

Won-kyun and ?? had 2 sons

1} Im ?? (임)

born

2} Im ?? (임)

born

(2) Soon E's younger sister

7] Im Seon-e (임 선이), daughter

born 2-23-1956

Seon-e married Kang ?? (강)

born

Seon-e and ?? had 2 daughters and 1 son

1} Kang Je-yang (강 지완), daughter

born

2} Kang Hae-ryon (강 해련), daughter

born

3} Kang Kyong-u (강 경우), son

born

Korean Names

Korean names consist of
    Family Name (usually one syllable) and
    Given Name (usually two syllables)
The second syllable of the given name is usually a generational name.

Note that the family name comes first, e.g., Im Soon E (임 순이).

There are only a relatively small number of family names that have been passed down over the years. Most Koreans have one of three family names: Kim, Park, and Yi (Lee). A clan name, not part of a person’s formal name, distinguishes the various lines of a family name.

When a child is born, the father studies a large list of Chinese names and looks for a name that describes his hopes for the child. Except for very formal occasions, the Chinese characters are transcribed into the Korean alphabet.

For most people, these three syllables are derived from Chinese characters and written in the Korean alphabet.

Some children are given nicknames.

In general, a person's name is not used in conversation. The person is usually referenced by his or her position.

For example, a woman is usually referred to using the given name of her oldest child plus the two syllable Korean word 어마 (mother: pronounced aw-ma). The Korean name of Soon E’s oldest child is Yi Kyung In where Yi is the family name and Kyung In is her given name.

So a Korean friend of about the same age would ask Soon E, “Kyung In awma, would you like some tea?” not “Soon E, would you like some tea?”

A Korean woman of about the same age as another Korean woman who has the lay position in church of kwan-sa (deaconess) would address the other woman as kwan-sa-nim where the syllable nim is a term of respect. For example, “Kwan-sa-nim, would you like some tea?”

The above is true whether the two are conversing in Korean or in English.

Koreans do not have individual birth certificates. Rather, there is an official paper called the family register which records information about each person in the family.

The head of the family is in charge of the family register.

While alive, the father is the head of the family. If he dies, his oldest son becomes head of the family.

When a woman marries she does not take her husband's name but keeps her father's family name. And after marriage, her name is marked through in the family register and her name is moved to the husband's family register.

Thus, when Im Soon-e married Yi Hak-kun, her name remained the same. But their children all took Hak-kun’s family name.