DOW SAM

Description

Biographical informationDow Sam was born in about April 1864 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in December 1898. He was five feet three and half inches in height.

He was employed as a cook in the London Hotel, Albany, in 1903. He also leased property in Albany.

He travelled overseas from September 1903 to August 1904 (A). He left Western Australia permanently in August 1907 (D).Other nameDow Sam (differentiated name)Date of birthApril 1864

Dow Sam aged 33 in 1907 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1907/137)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1864

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateDecember 1898

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceAlbanyDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)London Hotel, AlbanySubject (place)AlbanySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1903NAA CEDT File 1907

Item information

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

UWA Collected

DOW SAM

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA