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Kow You, Loola (1870 - 1951)

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    Lula Kow Yonn and her younger children, around 1913, in Tasmania, c. 1913
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    Lula Kow Yonn with Tutoy Chinn, Tue Gee Chinn and Len Heng, c. 1891
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    Lula Kow Yonn with youngest daughter Ruby (Tue Gnoak) Chinn and youngest son Arthur (Tung Chin) Chinn in Weldborough, Tasmania., c. 1910
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    Members of the Chinn family, c. 1903, courtesy of Copy print created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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    Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn with children of her friend, courtesy of Created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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    Ruby (Tue Gnoak) Chinn
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Born
1870
See Yup, Guangdong, China
Died
14 July 1951
Alternative Names
  • Chinn, Lula (also used)
  • Kow You, Loola (also used)
  • Lula, Mak (also used)
  • Mak, Lula (also used)
Summary

Kow You, Loola (aka Loola Chinn), mother of Frank Chinn, wife of Maa Mon Chinn. She came to Tasmania from Guangdong (probably See Yup district) in 1886. Around 1920 she moved to Melbourne with her family.

Images

Title
Lula Kow Yonn and her younger children
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1913
Place
Australia - Tasmania
Details
Title
Lula Kow Yonn with Tutoy Chinn, Tue Gee Chinn and Len Heng
Type
Painting
Date
c. 1891
Place
Australia - Tasmania
Details
Title
Lula Kow Yonn with youngest children Ruby (Tue Gnoak) Chinn and Arthur (Tung Chin) Chinn
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1910
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Weldborough
Details
Title
Members of the Chinn family
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1903
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Weldborough
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See also

Title
Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn with children of her friend
Type
Photograph
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Ruby (Tue Gnoak) Chinn
Type
Photograph
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Sources used to compile this entry: Museum of Chinese Australian History collection.