QUAN SING Kinwell (Kinevell) (aka Nugget)

Description

Biographical informationKinwell Quan Sing was born in 1904 (BDM 3570/1904). He was the sixth child of Quan Sing Yee Chun and Quan Sing Ah Wing Kimbly. He was known as Nugget. There were 13 Quan Sing children but two died in infancy. All 8 girls and 5 boys were born in Derby.

He was granted a CEDT to travel in 1918 but he did not use it (CEDT 1918/119).

He married Lily Leowe in 1937 and had three children: Colin (born 1939); Gary (born 1944); and Julie (born 1955).

In 1946 was working as a storekeeper in Carnarvon.

He died in Kalamunda at the age of 81 in 1985 (BDM 1400040/1986).Other nameQuan Sing (Kinwell) (differentiated name)Kinvers (also known as)Nugget (known as)Date of birth1904Date of death1985

Person

QUAN SING AH WING KIMBLY (female)

QUAN SING EAHO - Ena (female)

QUAN SING Ganae (female)

QUAN SING James

QUAN SING Kinton

QUAN SING Kinverns (aka Lanky)

QUAN SING Moyho (female)

QUAN SING Sideral (female)

QUAN SING Susy (female)

QUAN SING Winson

QUAN SING YEE CHUN

QUAN SING Yuanho - Una (female)

QUAN SING Zephyr Suithor (female)

QUANG SING Suyu (female)

Document

Letter to Winson Quan Sing, 1945

Photograph and slide

Quan Sing Family, c.1920

Kinwell Quan Sing aged 14 on his unused Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1918/119).

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceDerbyDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceDerbyDate[date unknown]

Family

ParentQUAN SING YEE CHUNQUAN SING AH WING KIMBLY (female)SiblingQUAN SING Yuanho - Una (female)QUAN SING Moyho (female)QUAN SING EAHO - Ena (female)QUAN SING Zephyr Suithor (female)QUAN SING Kinverns (aka Lanky)QUANG SING Suyu (female)QUAN SING JamesQUAN SING KintonQUAN SING Susy (female)QUAN SING Sideral (female)QUAN SING Ganae (female)QUAN SING Winson

Connections

Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1918 (not used)

Item information

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

UWA Collected

QUAN SING Kinwell (Kinevell) (aka Nugget)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA