- Born
- 1878
- Died
- 1952
- Alternative Names
- Lee Chin (maiden name)
- Leong Tock, Rose (married name)
- See Chin (maiden name)
Details
Rose Tock/Lee Chin/See Chin is believed to be Leong Cheong Tock's second wife. She had six surviving children with him: Lily, Alice, Evelyn, Doris (Chin Mouy), Queenie (Chin goot) and Constance Jung. On Queenie's (Chin Goot) 1909 birth certificate lists eight children who were the 'previous issue' of her mother Rose. They are as follows: Ah Hee (dead), Cheong Poy (17 years), Cheng Len (15 years), Lin Hing (13 years), Lin Oy (dead), Cheong Yoon (9 years), Cheong Quan (8 years), Gen Ninc (6 years), Lin Harn (5 years), Ching Mouy (3 years). This list includes the children of both Rose and Leong Cheong Tock's first wife, Chun See/Chum Lee.
Sources used to compile this entry: Couchman, Sophie, ''Oh, I would like to see Maggie Moore again': Selected women of Melbourne's Chinatown', After the Rush: Regulation, Partcipation, and Chinese Communities in Australia 1860-1840 (Otherland Literary Journal), vol. 9, 2004, pp. 171-190; Victorian and New South Wales births, deaths and marriages, 1952 newspaper death notice. Thanks to Leonie Low and Shirley Millard for their invaluable assistance preparing this entry.
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Published Resources
Journal Articles
- Couchman, Sophie, ''Oh, I would like to see Maggie Moore again': Selected women of Melbourne's Chinatown', After the Rush: Regulation, Partcipation, and Chinese Communities in Australia 1860-1840 (Otherland Literary Journal), vol. 9, 2004, pp. 171-190. Details
Images
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- Title
- Wedding of Alice Tock and William Gee with bridal party
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 22 April 1918
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
Created: 13 October 2005, Last modified: 15 May 2012
