AH YOU (8)

Description

Biographical informationAh You (8) was born in about 1873 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1893. He was about just under five feet and four inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Guildford in 1910. He was recorded as a cook in 1928 (E).

He travelled overseas three time: from March 1906 to February 1908; May 1910 to January 1912; and May 1922 to April 1925. He left Western Australia permanently in 1928 (D).Other nameAh You, 1873- (differentiated name)Date of birth1873

Ah You (8) aged 55 in 1928 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1928/24)

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1893

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)GuildfordSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1928NAA CEDT File 1906NAA CEDT File 1922

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH YOU (8)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA