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Lim Kee, Queenie (c. 1902 - )

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    Queenie Lim Kee (left) and Alice Lim Kee (right), c. 1915, by Mendlesohn Studios, courtesy of Museum of Chinese Australian History (Chinese Museum).
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    Queenie Lim Kee, her husband Benjamin Poon and their two children, in China, circa 1930s, courtesy of Museum of Chinese Australian History (Chinese Museum).
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Born
c. 8 July 1902
Rutherglen, Victoria
Summary

Queenie Lim Kee and Alice Lim Kee were daughters of Ng Hock Lim. They were born in Rutherglen, Victoria. Some time in the 1920s they moved to Melbourne and at this stage (or earlier?) Queenie Lim Kee moved to China. She married Foon Tuck (Benjamen) Pon in Hong Kong on 27 April 1923. They had at least two children, the eldest was Eunice Vivian.

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Events

27 April 1923

marriage - Queenie Lim Kee married Foon Tuck (Benjamen) Pon. Location: Hong Kong

14 July 1927

left Australia - Left Australia on SS Changde with husband and child

8 July 1937

arrived Australia - Returned to Australia on SS Changde

Sources used to compile this entry: Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages; NAA B13/0 file 1927/15420; Museum of Chinese Australian History collection.

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Images

Title
Queenie Lim Kee (left) and Alice Lim Kee (right)
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1915
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Queenie Lim Kee, her husband Benjamin Poon and their two children
Type
Photograph
Date
1930s
Place
China
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Created: 17 March 2003, Last modified: 25 August 2005