AH MOI Samuel

Description

Biographical informationAh Moi Samuel was born in about 1882 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was about five feet five and a half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Perth in 1910 (E). In 1912 he was working on a market garden in Frederick Street, Belmont. In 1917 he moved to Broome (B).

He travelled overseas four times: May 1910 to December 1911; June 1912 to September 1914; January 1915 to July 1916; and July 1922 to April 1924 (D).Other nameAh Moi (Samuel) (differentiated name)Date of birth1882

Ah Moi Samuel aged 33 in 1915 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/10)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceChinaDate1882

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Frederick Street, BelmontBroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1912 ?NAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1922NAA War Registration File 1916-1920

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH MOI Samuel

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA