AH WEE (2)

Description

Biographical informationAh Wee (2) was born in about 1857 in Hainan [Hainan Island], China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1877.

He worked as a general dealer at Roebourne when he applied for naturalisation. It was approved on 20 December 1887 (C).

This is probably the Ah Wee who died on 9th October 1927 at the Hospital for the Insane in Claremont and who was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in the Chinese Section, BA A Plot 48.
[See Ah Wee (5)]Other nameAh Wee, 1857- (differentiated name)AH WEE (5) (may also be)Date of birth1857Date of death1927?

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0165

AAC-Box-007-6-0414

Ah Wee Karrakatta General Cemetery application

Employment

Job titleDealerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)RoebourneSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop keeperRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated itemAH WEE (5)

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHainanDate1857

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1877 (WA)

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceRoebourneDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

AH WEE (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA