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Pan Ah Shin family

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    Pan Ah Shin and Catherine Martin, c. 1857 - 1890s, courtesy of F. Anderson (private hands).
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    Mary Elizabeth Mahlook (1859-1955, nee Shin), c. 1947, courtesy of Chinese Museum.
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Pan Ah Shin married Catherine Martin in June 1857 at St John's Anglican Church in Melbourne. They had eight children.

Their children were:
Alice Anne (who married John Ah Sam);
Emily Matilda (who married William Le Sock);
Henry Thomas (who married Helena Lam Son);
Mary Elizabeth (who married John Mah Look);
Caroline Jane (who married Kong Fat);
William James (who married Sara Maud Ah Foo);
Frederick (who died in infancy)
Agnes Louise (who married Charlie Foo and then Henry Woods).

Sources used to compile this entry: Groom, Jocelyn, Chinese Pioneers of the King Valley, Centre for Continuing Education, Wangaratta, Vic, 2001; Twycross, James, 'History, heritage and identity', in Sophie Couchman (ed.), Secrets, Silences and Sources: Five Chinese-Australian Family Histories (La Trobe Asian Studies Papers), 2005, pp. 41-46.

Prepared by: Sophie Couchman, La Trobe University

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Books

  • Groom, Jocelyn, Chinese Pioneers of the King Valley, Centre for Continuing Education, Wangaratta, Vic, 2001. [ Details... ]

Book Sections

  • Twycross, James, 'History, heritage and identity', in Sophie Couchman (ed.), Secrets, Silences and Sources: Five Chinese-Australian Family Histories (La Trobe Asian Studies Papers), 2005, pp. 41-46. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

  • Groom, Jocelyn, 'How the family of Pan Thomas Ah Shin became settlers rather than sojourners', in Chinese in Australasia and the Pacific: Old and New Migrations and Cultural Change, 20-21 November 1998, New Zealand Conference of Association for the Study of Chinese and their Descendants in Australasia and the Pacific Islands (ASCDAPI), 1998, http://www.stevenyoung.co.nz/chinesevoice/ChinConf/Title.html. [ Details... ]

See also

  • Talbot, Diann, The Buckland Valley Goldfield: A Brief History fo the Rush for Gold, the Deaths, the Chinese Tragedy and the Rebellion that Culminated in the Famous Riot, Diann Talbot, Bright, Victoria, 2004. [ Details... ]

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Title
Pan Ah Shin and Catherine Martin
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1857 - 1890s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Mary Elizabeth Mahlook (nee Shin)
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1947
Place
Australia - Victoria - King Valley
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Created: 13 September 2004, Last modified: 13 April 2007