AH YOUNG (7)

Description

Biographical informationAh Young (7) was born in March 1882 in KongMoon [Jiangmen], China. He migrated to Western Australia in June 1897.

He worked as a market gardener at Kalamunda in 1916. He moved to Perth and resided at 218 Roe Street in July 1918. He worked for Lapsley, Osborne Park, for a few months in 1919 before working on a market garden at Burswood. In February 1920, Ah Young became a shop assistant at Ah Ling's shop, 127 Barrack Street, Perth (B).

Ah Young (7) is probably the man ("Young Kim, aged 48", elsewhere "Young Yin aged 48") who was killed in September 1930 in East Guildford when his car stalled on a railway crossing and he was hit by a train. This person was a market gardener in Walliston and was driving vegetables to and from Perth. This would fit well with his working for Ah Ling & Co. who had a shop in Perth and market garden interests in the Walliston area. He would also have been 48 at this time, as stated in various newspapers.Other nameAh Young, 1882 March- (differentiated name)Date of birthMarch 1882Date of deathSeptember 1930

Document

Accidents. Level Crossing Fatality. Chinese Killed

Organisation

Ah Ling & Co., Perth (formerly Chew Youke & Co.)

Person

SHOM George

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)LapsleySubject (organisation)Ah Ling & Co., Perth (formerly Chew Youke & Co.)Subject (place)Kalamunda127 Barrack Street, Perth218 Roe Street, PerthOsborne ParkBurswoodSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningShop assistantRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceKongMoonDate1882

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJune 1897

UWA Collected

AH YOUNG (7)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA