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AH SUE Ivy Mary Gertrude (female)

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Muresk Market Garden, Northam

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AH SUE (4)

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Biographical informationAh Sue (4) (鐘亞蘇) was born in 1870 in Sun Wei, China (新會). He migrated to Western Australia in 1889.

He was husband to Ivy Mary Gertrude (nee Dale) and father of:
1) Douglas Roy Ah Sue (b. 1916, Northam)
2) James Albert Chung Ah Sue (b. 1918, Northam)
3) Ronney Mary Chung Ah Sue (b. 1920, York)
4) Lesley Margaret Ah Sue (b. 1922, Northam)
5) David Paul Chung Ah Sue (b. 1923, York)
6) Ivy Mavis Ah Sue (b. 1926, York) and
7) Uranie Merle Ah Sue (b. 1928, York).

He applied for a CEDT in January 1895 and stated that he had been 'in business as market gardener in Perth for 5 1/2 years'.

He had a shop in Fitzgerald Street, Northam, in 1914. He moved to Muresk in 1916 and started a market garden on land leased from Dempster.

In 1920 he moved to York and initially leased land for a market garden from M. Edwards. Shortly after he bought 10 acres of land at York and continued market gardening until 1941.

Ah Sue died in Perth in 1947.

Other nameAh Sue, 1870-1947 (differentiated name)CHONG AH SUE (also known as)CHONG DAI ZHOU [CHOU] (also known as)鐘亞蘇Date of death1947

Ah Sue in his garden at York, 1925 (source: State Library of WA, 089826PD).

Ah Sue in his garden at York, 1925 (source: State Library of WA, 089826PD).

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Family

SpouseAH SUE Ivy Mary Gertrude (female)ChildSUE Douglas RoySUE James AlbertSUE Ronney Mary (female)SUE David PaulSUE Uranie Merle (female)SUE Lesley Margaret (female)SUE Ivy Mavis (female)

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Subject (person)DempsterM. EdwardsSubject (organisation)Muresk Market Garden, NorthamSubject (place)Fitzgerald Street, NorthamMureskYorkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop keeperInter-racial marriageMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

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

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RelationPlace of birthPlaceSun WeiDate1870

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RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1889

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RelationTravelled toPlaceMureskDate1916

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RelationTravelled toPlaceYorkDatec.1920

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RelationTravelled toPlaceNorthamDate[date unknown]

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