GEE SONG

Description

Biographical informationGee Song (aka Chen Gee Song) was born in about 1877 in Hainan, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet three and a quarter inches in height.

He was working as a domestic servant at Perth in 1909. In 1926 he recorded his occupation as a canvasser and gave his address as the King Hai Club, Marquis Street, Perth (E).

Gee Song travelled overseas twice: February 1909 to August 1910; and September 1926 to February 1929 (D).

N.B. This is almost certainly the same person as Tan Gee Song.Other nameGee Song (differentiated name)CHEN GEE SONG (also known as)Tan Gee Song (may also be)Date of birth1877

Organisation

King Hai Club (Chinese Benefit Club), Perth & Fremantle

Photograph of Gee Song aged 47 in 1926 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1926/65)

Employment

Job titleDomestic servantDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)King Hai Club (Chinese Benefit Club), Perth & FremantleSubject (place)Marquis Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCanvasserDomestic serviceRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1909NAA CEDT File 1926

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHainanDate1879

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

UWA Collected

GEE SONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA