SAM BEEN Samuel

Description

Biographical informationSam Been Samuel was born in September 1873 in Hong Kong. He migrated to Western Australia in March 1889. He was five feet four inches in height "in boots". He was the nephew of Fong Lang.

He was employed by Fong Lang at Geraldton from at least 1893 when he applied for naturalisation which was refused (C). He was a member of the Methodist Church in Geraldton.

In 1912 he was working as a merchant in Geraldton. He was advised that having been born in Hong Kong he was regarded as a naturalised British subject. At this time his wife and three children, two boys and a girl, were living in China.

He travelled overseas from 1913 to October 1917. He moved to Carnarvon Street, Broome, in 1919 (B).

In 1928 he was a partner in Wing Lee & Co and James Wong & Co. He described himself as a licensed pearl dealer with business interests in the USA.

He left Western Australia permanently in March 1930 (C).Other nameSam Been (Samuel) (differentiated name)Date of birth12th September 1873

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0272

Sam Been CEDT 1913 (NAA Item ID: 1739849)

Sam Been CEDT 1921 (NAA Item ID: 1741614)

Sam Been CEDT 1929 (NAA Item ID: 1742843)

Sam Been File (NAA Item ID: 1610092)

Sam Been's Business Card Chinese (NAA Item ID: 1610092)

Sam Been's Business Card English (NAA Item ID: 1610092)

Person

FONG LANG

Sam Been aged 40 pictured in 1913 in his Certificate Exempting from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1913/90).

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHong KongDate1873

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate10 March 1889 (WA) per Australind

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceGeraldtonDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

Family

Other relativeFONG LANG

Connections

Subject (organisation)Wing Lee & Co., BroomeJames Wong & Co., BroomeSubject (place)GeraldtonCarnarvon Street, BroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaPearl dealerShop keeperMethodist ChurchMerchantRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT Extension File 1917NAA CEDT File 1921 unusedNAA CEDT File 1929NAA Immigration File 1911-1928NAA Immigration File 1920-1930 <Not digitised #4317577>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4307505>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

SAM BEEN Samuel

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA