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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
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    Queenie Lim Kee, her husband Benjamin Poon and their two children, in China, circa 1930s, courtesy of Contact print created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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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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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