Lie Giok Lin on Dutch Dress, circa 1890s.
Lie Giok Lin, famously known amongst the people of Padang Panjang as 'Nona Gadang' / 'Big Lady', is my greatgrandmother, the mother of my grandmother Tjan Ang Kie Nio. As the eldest, Lie Giok Lin matchmade her own siblings' and children's marriages. She matchmade my grandmother to my grandfather, Lie Soei Pin, after being introduced by a relative in a road trip to Fort De Kock (today Bukittinggi).