Biographical informationSoong Quong Rose (aka Lo Chan Ying) was born in about 1880 in Canton, China. She migrated to Western Australia in 1899. She was five feet four inches in height. She was the wife of Paul Soong Quong.
Rose and Paul were married in China sometime before June 1899, when they came to Western Australia. At a reception to welcome Paul Soong Quong back to Perth, Rose sang "a solo in Chinese, accompanied by the Rev. Paul Soong Quong".
(West Australian, 5 June 1899, p. 5.)
Rose and Paul had at least one child, Samuel Paul Soong, who was born in Perth in 1900 (BDM WA 1900/3595). On Samuel’s birth certificate, Rose’s name is recorded as Lo Chan Ying.
The family was living at 52 Stirling Street, Perth, in 1916.
She left Western Australia with her husband in July 1920.
A digitised file of her is hosted at the National Archives of Australia (NAA: K1145, 1920/124). This file includes her Certificate Exempting from Dictation Test dated 14 June 1920. According to this CEDT, Rose Soong Quong was 40 years old in 1920, so she was likely born around 1880. Other nameSoong Quang, Rose (differentiated name)Soong Quang, Lucy (also known as)Lo Chan Ying (also known as)Date of birth1880