Status

                      

JAMES CHUNG-GON

MARY LEE YING CHUNG-GON

Born in China

23.07.1855

Born in China

 07.07.1866

Married in China

1885   age  30yrs

Married in China

 1885 age 19 yrs

Arrived in Australia

     1873    "     18yrs

Arrived in Australia

 1891 " 25 yrs

Died in Tasmania

23.02.1952    "   97yrs 

Died in Tasmania

2.12.1918 " 52 yrs 

  

 

Their Children
 

Names

Status

Country

 Birth

        Death

Rose

 

Adopted - married - James Chuey

 

China

  08.04.1881

16.07.1953

Violet

 

marr'd -

Dang Loon

 

"

? 1886  

12.02.1965

Lilian (Lily)

marr'd

Joe Lai Choy

 Turners Marsh, Tasmania

29.09.1892

11.02.1987

 

Daisy (Amy)

 

-

 "

?  1894

13.08.1909

 

Harry

 

-

"

?  1896

 2 weeks old

Joe

(Joseph Tasman)

   Single

"

06.12.1896

24.10.1977

 

Albert

 

  Single 

"

? 04.1898

? 09.1968

Esther

 

marr'd -

Lowe Bing See   

Percy Wong  

 

"

10.10.1899

29.08.1989

Samuel (Sam)

  marr'd - Queenie Young (Yip)

 

"

05.05.1901

05.10.1977

 

Lucille Ann /  Lucy Ann

(known as Ann)

 

marr'd -

Sid Fong(widower)

 

"

26.10.1902

27.05.1999

Edward (Ted)

marr'd - Gladys Sym Choon

 

Elizabeth Street, Tas.   

01.06.1905 

04.11.1967

 

Doris (Dot)

 

  Single

"

 06.02.1908

30.07.1994

 

Descendants are living in Australia - (Adelaide, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Tamworth and Sydney)  NZ, New York and once, Firenze, Italy! (After 42 years moved back to Sydney in 2012)   Some are still temporarly living in HK, Munich and Singapore.  

 

We still have reunions from time to time.   The last one, was the reunion in Launceston 15-16 April 2023 to celebrate the 150 years of James Chung-Gon's landing on the Australian soil!   There was a large gathering of 109 blood relatives, including some 5th generations in Launceston, Tassie!

 

The attached documents (below) of  The War Precautions (Alien Registration) Regulations 1916 for James & Mary, was sent (23.03.2006) by Megan Neilson along with her personal comments....

 

This raises an issue that if Chung Gon's naturalization had occurred as indicated in Chin Kit's letter, (Megan's great grand-father) In the matter of "The Alien Act" and In the matter of Chung-Gon , 6th Dec.,1900, then why are he and Mary required to register as aliens?     

 

Her guess is that the letter was not accepted as sufficient evidence, or perhaps became insufficient with the advent of WWI.