LEONG CHUCK

Description

Biographical informationLeong Chuck (aka Leung Chuck) was born in February 1891 in Canton, China. He arrived in Western Australia with his father, Ah Fun (1), in 1899. His father later returned to China. He was five feet four inches in height.

He worked as a shop assistant in Point Street, Fremantle from 1899 until 1906 when he moved to Wagin and worked as a house servant and gardener (G). In 1912 he was recorded as working as a shop assistant for Chen Hop & Co., 54 Market Street, Fremantle. He worked in Way Lee's store, 16 South Terrace, Fremantle, in 1916. He returned to Chen Hop's store in 1923 and was recorded as working there until at least 1930 (E). Just before World War II, he opened a vegetable shop in Petra Street, East Fremantle (N). Leong Chuck married in China in 1923 and had a son.

He travelled overseas four times: April 1915 to September 1916; March 1923 to September 1924; May 1930 to December 1932; and April 1936 to March 1939 (D).Other nameLeong Chuck (differentiated name)LEUNG CHEUK (also known as)YEUK (also known as)Date of birthFebruary 1891

Document

AAC-Box-2-0169

AAC-Box-2-0170

AAC-Box-2-0171

AAC-Box-2-0172

AAC-Box-2-0173

AAC-Box-2-0174

AAC-Box-2-0175

AAC-Box-2-0176

Person

AH FUN (1)

Leong Chuck, pictured aged 33 in 1923 on his Certificate for the Exemption from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1923/48)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDateFebruary 1891

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1899

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceWaginDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleShop AssistantEmployerChin Hop and Co., Fremantle

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Family

ParentAH FUN (1)

Connections

Subject (organisation)Chin Hop and Co., FremantleWay Lee's Store, FremantleSubject (place)Point Street, FremantleWagin54 Market Street, FremantlePetra Street, East FremantleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop assistantDomestic serviceShop keeperGreengrocerRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1923NAA CEDT File 1930NAA CEDT File 1936

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LEONG CHUCK

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA