AH HOW (1)

Description

Biographical informationAh How (1) was born in about 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1889. He was five feet, eight and three quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Peninsula Road, Maylands from before 1913 to 1919 (E).

He travelled overseas twice: March 1914 to April 1915; and January 1919 to June 1920 (D).Other nameAh How (differentiated name)AH MON (also known as)Date of birth1866

Document

AAC_Box-007-6_0302

Photograph of Ah How (1) aged 48 in 1914 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1914/39)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1866

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1889

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Peninsula Road, Maylands Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1918

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)

UWA Collected

AH HOW (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA