- Born
- 17 January 1892
Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- dressmaker
- Alternative Names
- Ah Gee, Violet Anna Victoria (married name)
- Lee Wah, Violet Anna Victoria (maiden name)
- Summary
Violet Anna Victoria (nee Lee/Lee Wah) is believed to have been born in Sandhurst). For some time she was known to have lived in Mildura, Victoria after her marriage to Frank Ah Gee. One of her descendants believes she was a dressmaker. She is the only known Lee Wah descendent to marry someone of Chinese descent. She had at three sons called Leonard (Len), Francis (Frank) and Alfred (Alf).
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Published Resources
Book Sections
- Lee, Chris, 'Unfolding the silence: James Lee Wah (1832-1909) Chinese goldfields miner and Anglican missionary', in Sophie Couchman (ed.), Secrets, Silences and Sources: Five Chinese-Australian Family Histories (La Trobe Asian Studies Papers), Asian Studies, La Trobe University, 2005, pp. 17-30. Details
Images
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- Title
- Wedding photograph of Violet Ah Gee (nee Lee Wah) with husband and descendants of James and Mary Victoria Lee Wah
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1915
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Maryborough?
- Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Lee, Chris, 'Unfolding the silence: James Lee Wah (1832-1909) Chinese goldfields miner and Anglican missionary', in Sophie Couchman (ed.), Secrets, Silences and Sources: Five Chinese-Australian Family Histories (La Trobe Asian Studies Papers), Asian Studies, La Trobe University, 2005, pp. 17-30.
Created: 11 December 2003, Last modified: 26 September 2005
