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Tock, Joyce May (1895 - 1945)

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    Bland Holt with children, including Joyce May Tock, 1890s - 1900s, by Yeoman & Co, Bourke St, Melbourne, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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    Chun See (Leong Chuey Tock's wife) and three children, 1896 - 1898, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    George and Joyce May Lew Ton and their children (left to right) Reg, Laurence, Frances, Roy, Cecil, Shirley (baby), Mervyn., c. 1934, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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    George Lew Ton and Joyce May Lew Ton (nee Tock), by Yeoman, 116 Bourke St, Melbourne, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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    Joyce May Lew Ton (nee Tock) in Chinese costume, c. 1900, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Joyce May Tock, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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    Joyce May Tock in Chinese dress with fan, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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    Leong Chuey Tock with children Poy and Joyce and an unidentified young man, c. 1896 - c. 1898, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Mrs Leong Chuey Tock with Violet Tock and Joyce May Tock, 1910s - 1920s, by Yeoman & Co, Bourke St, Melbourne, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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    Students at Presbyterian Women's Mission School, including Joyce May Tock, 1890s, by Stewart & Co, 284-286 Bourke Street, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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Born
18 August 1895
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
1945
Bayswater, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
domestic servant
Alternative Names
  • Lew Ton, Joyce May (married name)
  • Tock, Joyce May (maiden name)
  • Tock, May (also used)

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Joyce May Tock was born in Melbourne in 1895. A photograph suggests she went to primary school at the Presbyterian Women’s Mission School before finishing her education at the Presbyterian Ladies’ College. Her marriage to George Lew Ton is thought to have been arranged. It is not currently known when they married. They had seven children: Frances Honora (1916-1988), Cecil Roland (1918-1978), Laurence Arnold (1920-2001), Roy (1923- ), Reginald George (1925-1972), Mervyn Noel (1926-1964) and Shirley Faye (1934- ).

Joyce and George Lew Ton’s Alien Registration forms completed during WWI indicates she was living with her family at 25 Latrobe Street, Melbourne in 1916. In 1921 they moved to Emerald for a couple of weeks before settling at Yarra Junction. Her occupation on the form was described as domestic. The birth places of her last two children suggest the family moved to Bayswater some time between the births of Reginald and Mervyn in 1925-1926. They were still living in Bayswater, in Canterbury Road in 1939

Sources used to compile this entry: Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages; Personal communication with Shirley Millard, 12 December 2004; Bendigo Golden Dragon Museum collection; NAA(Vic), MT269/1, VIC/CHINA/TON JOYCE; NAA(Vic), MT269/1, VIC/CHINA/TON GEORGE; NAA(Vic), B6531, DECEASED/1939 – 1945/LEW-TON JOYCE. Further information is held at the Bendigo Golden Dragon Museum about this family.

Prepared by: Sophie Couchman, La Trobe University

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Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History)

  • Shirley Millard collection; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

Images

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Bland Holt with children, including Joyce May Tock
Type
Photograph
Date
1890s - 1900s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Chun See (Leong Chuey Tock's wife) and three children
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1896 - c. 1898
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
George and Joyce May Lew Ton and their children (left to right) Reg, Laurence, Frances, Roy, Cecil, Shirley (baby), Mervyn.
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1934
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Bayswater
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Title
George Lew Ton and Joyce May Lew Ton (nee Tock)
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Joyce May Lew Ton (nee Tock) in Chinese costume
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1910
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Joyce May Tock
Type
Photograph
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Title
Joyce May Tock in Chinese dress with fan
Type
Photograph
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Title
Leong Chuey Tock with children Poy and Joyce and an unidentified young man
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1896 - c. 1898
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Mrs Leong Chuey Tock with Violet Tock and Joyce May Tock
Type
Photograph
Date
1910s - 1920s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Students at Presbyterian Women's Mission School, including Joyce May Tock
Type
Photograph
Date
1890s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Little Bourke Street
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See also

Title
Frank Tock
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1920
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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M. Pou
Type
Photograph
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Title
Mrs Therm [?] (school teacher)
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria?
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