MAY COME

Description

Biographical informationMay Come was born in about 1871 in China (exact location not specified). He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet five inches in height. He left his wife and son in China.

He worked as a laundryman in Perth. He owned a market garden (lot 2) at Swan Location 1052.

He travelled overseas between July 1903 and August 1906 (A).Other nameMay Come (differentiated name)Date of birth1871

Handprint of May Come in 1903 from his Immigration File - no photograph in file (source: NAA: K1145, 1903/48)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceChinaDate1871

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

Connections

Subject (place)PerthSwanSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1903

Item information

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

UWA Collected

MAY COME

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA