Biographical informationBorn 1824, arrived (Vic) 1854.
He married an English woman in Victoria, Louisa Elizabeth Myer (or Myers) in 1865 (BDM Vic 1840/1865).
They had eight children but Harriet and Edward died in infancy.
1867 Alice Martha SHING (BDM Vic 19479/1867)
1869 William Albert SHING, commonly known as Albert (BDM Vic 6169/1869)
1871 Frederick George SHING (BDM Vic 122/1871)
1872 Harriet WAH SHING (BDM Vic 24521/1869. Harriet died at the age of 4 months, BDM Vic 2382/1870. Confusingly, there is another birth certificate for Harriet, BDM Vic 13365/1872.)
1874 Edward SHING (BDM Vic 96/1874. Edward died at the age of two BDM Vic 1876/4005)
1876 Charles Joseph WAH SHING (BDM Vic 109/1876)
1877 Alfred Louis WAH SHING (BDM Vic 12667/1877)
1879 Ernest James SHING (BDM Vic 98/1879)
In 1899 he requested entry to WA as his wife had died and he had two sons, Albert and Charles, living in Perth. (Louisa had died in 1890, BDM Vic 16594/1890.) Approval was given and he arrived in WA in June 1900.Other nameWashing, George (differentiated name)WAH SHING