AH YOU (11)

Description

Biographical informationAh You (11) was born in October 1879 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1899. He was five feet eight and a half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Wagin in 1910 (E) before travelling overseas from March 1910 to February 1912.

He was working as a hawker residing at 97 South Terrace, Fremantle before travelling overseas in April 1916. He returned to Western Australia in September 1917 and worked in Chen Hop's shop, Market Street, Fremantle.
Other nameAh You, 1879- (differentiated name)Date of birth1879

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0168

Photograph and slide

Ah You (11) in 1910

Ah You (11) aged 38 in 1917 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1916/90)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1879

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1899

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleHawkerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Chin Hop and Co., FremantleSubject (place)Wagin97 South Terrace, FremantleMarket Street, FremantleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaHawkerShop assistantMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1916

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH YOU (11)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA