AH WAY (1)

Description

Biographical informationAh Way (1) was born in 1857 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1893. He had a wife and two children in Canton. He was five feet two inches in height.

He worked a shopkeeper in Aberdeen Street, Perth from 1893 to 1903. In 1903 he also owned property at Lot #10 Guildford Road, valued at £40 (A).

He travelled overseas once: July 1903 to October 1904(D).Other nameAh Way, 1857- (differentiated name)Date of birth1857

Handprint of Ah Way (1) aged 46 in 1903 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1903/41)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1857

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1893 (WA)

Employment

Job titleShopkeeperDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Aberdeen Street, PerthLot #10 Guildford Road, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop keeperRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1903

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH WAY (1)

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