LAM CHEE FOO CHOW (female)

Description

Biographical informationLam Chee Foo Chow was born in about 1882 in Canton, China. She migrated to Western Australia in 1898. She was four feet, eight and a half inches in height.

She was married to Yee Wah. She had a step son, Ah Ming (3), a son, Meng Hen, and a daughter Ah Foong (2) with her in Western Australia when she travelled overseas with her husband from August 1904 to June 1905 (A). She went on to have at least four more children, all in Broome: Ken Yook in 1906 (BDM 1906/1100016), Ming Kwong in 1907 (BDM 1907/1100006), Ah Shue who died at the age of four months (BDM 1908/1100012 and 1909/1100014) and Yee Ming Chong in 1910 (BDM 1910/110009)Other nameLam Chee Foo Chow (differentiated name)Lee Shee Foo how (also known as)Date of birth1882

Person

AH FOONG (2) (female)

AH MING (3)

MENG HEN

YEE WAH

Photograph of Lam Chee Foo Chow in 1904 from her CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1904/27)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1882

Family

SpouseYEE WAHChildAH FOONG (2) (female)MENG HENOther relativeAH MING (3)

Connections

Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1904

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LAM CHEE FOO CHOW (female)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA