- 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)
Details
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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Archival Collections
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
- Details
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- Title
- George Lew Ton and Joyce May Lew Ton (nee Tock)
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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- Title
- Joyce May Lew Ton (nee Tock) in Chinese costume
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1910
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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- Title
- Joyce May Tock
- Type
- Photograph
- Details
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- Title
- Joyce May Tock in Chinese dress with fan
- Type
- Photograph
- Details
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- Leong Chuey Tock with children Poy and Joyce and an unidentified young man
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1896 - c. 1898
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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- Title
- Mrs Leong Chuey Tock with Violet Tock and Joyce May Tock
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1910s - 1920s
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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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
- Details
See also
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- Title
- Frank Tock
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1920
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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- Title
- M. Pou
- Type
- Photograph
- Details
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- Title
- Mrs Therm [?] (school teacher)
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Victoria?
- Details
Created: 3 April 2005, Last modified: 26 October 2005
