​​本总会前身为“余氏家塾”，是于1929年由建业，堂记，操中等诸位先贤为联系宗亲及照顾族人的福利而发起组织，会所设于摩士街，会员只限于四邑籍（即台山，新会，开平，恩平四县）的余姓人氏加入，当时以台山县荻海村余氏家族的人数最多。
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日本南侵时，会务停顿，大部份的文物档案都被烧毁，所以甚多事迹和活动都无法考查，只剩下一小部分家具由建业宗先生保存。战后，百业待兴，先贤们虽忙于生计，但还是非常热心重新组织。当时参与复兴工作者有建业、堂记、操中、中信、咏、余庆、立中、醒魂、泽华及森光等，曾借用宁阳会馆礼堂三次召开会议，后分头联络宗亲入者，竟达四百余人，宗亲的热烈响应令领导层极为感动，会所设于安祥山（俗称大门楼），当时会员中甚多是由中国只身南来，居无定所者，故于家乡的音信来往皆借用余氏家塾的会址，一些会员每晚皆须到会所来，盼等家书或互相介绍工作等，故此会所每晚闹哄哄的，或弈棋、品茗、玩纸牌、推牌九，或谈天说地，在欢乐笑声中，消除一天的疲劳。
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The Yee Clan Association was originated from 'Yee Clan Family Association'. It was founded by a group of Taishanese predecessors with the aim of taking care for the less fortunate and poor in the community. It also provided a meeting place for fellow members to interact, exchange views and promote brotherhood friendships among members. Initially, it recruited Taishan, Xinhui, Kaiping and Enping Cantonese as its members. Of these, majority was Taishan ethnic group. The office was located at Mosque Street.
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During the Japanese occupation, all clan's activities were suspended. Besides a few furniture, many ​historical and important documents and articles were lost or burnt away. As a result, many of our past events and pre-war activity records were unable to be traced. Immediately after the second world war, life had gone back to normal, trade and commercial businesses were in the midst of reorganisation or booming. In spite of these, our veteran pioneers were busy moving around to scout for the past members to reorganise the 'Yee Clan Family Association'. They used the hall of the Ninyang Hui Guang to hold three meetings with fellow Yee personnel to discuss the matters on reorganisation of the association. Fruitful result was paid off, when there were about 400 members recruited in the recruitment campaign.