FONG BEAN Andrew

Description

Biographical informationFong Bean Andrew was born in May 1877 in Canton, China, son of Fong King Oy and Wing Kum Foong. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet six and half inches in height. He was the nephew of Fong Yee.

He worked as a shop keeper. He leased a shop, Ah Key & Co, at 165 William Street, Perth, before travelling overseas in March 1902. He returned to Western Australia in February 1903. On his return he moved to Geraldton where he worked in the firms Wing on Woo & Sydney Fong & Co., in Marine Terrace.

He spent one year in Broome, 1916-1917, before returning to Perth and working for Wing Hing & Co, 207 William Street, Perth.

He travelled overseas three more times: January 1910 to June 1911, May 1917 to September 1919 and July 1926 to November 1927.

He died in Subiaco, Perth in 1942.Other nameFong Bean (Andrew) (differentiated name)BEEN FONG Andrew (also known as)BEN FONG Andrew (also known as)Date of birthMay 1877Date of death1942

Organisation

Person

Document

Fong Bean Andrew aged 39 in 1917 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1917/76)

Employment

Job titleShopkeeperDate employed[date unknown]

Family

Other relativeFONG YEE

Connections

Subject (organisation)W. Ah Key & Co., PerthSydney Fong & Co.Wing Hing & Co., PerthWing on Woo & Co.Subject (place)165 William Street, PerthMarine Terrace, Geraldton207 William Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop assistantShop keeperRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1902NAA CEDT File 1909NAA CEDT File 1917NAA CEDT File 1926NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102542>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1877

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RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

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RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

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RelationTravelled toPlaceGeraldtonDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

FONG BEAN Andrew

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