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Chinn, Tutoy (1888 - 1922)

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    Lula Kow Yonn with Tutoy Chinn, Tue Gee Chinn and Len Heng, c. 1891
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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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    The wedding of Tutoy Chinn and Charles Wong Hee, Launceston, 28.9.1904., 28 September 1904
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Born
16 May 1888
Weldborough, Tasmania, Australia
Died
2 October 1922
Alternative Names
  • Chinn, Tutoy (maiden name)
  • Wong Hee, Tutoy (married name)

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Tutoy Chinn was the eldest daughter of Maa Mon Chinn and Lula Kow Yonn. She was born in Weldborough and married Charles Wong Hee (ca 1873 - ?), in Launceston, in 1904. She was 16, he was 31. They had five sons, Norman Wong Hee, Keith Wong Hee, Reginald Wong Hee, Frank Wong Hee and Cedric Wong Hee, and two daughters, Thelma Wong Hee (later Thelma Cremin), and Judith Wong Hee.

Tutoy and Charles moved to Melbourne around 1915. At first Charles worked for the Department of Lands and Territories. Later, in the mid-1920s, Charles set up the Wong Hee fruit wholesaling business in Little Bourke Street.

Sources used to compile this entry: Museum of Chinese Australian History collection.

Prepared by: Paul Macgregor, independent researcher

Related People

  • Wong Hee, Anne

    Daughter of one of the sons of Tutoy Chinn and Charles Wong Hee.

Images

Title
Lula Kow Yonn with Tutoy Chinn, Tue Gee Chinn and Len Heng
Type
Painting
Date
c. 1891
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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Title
Members of the Chinn family
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1903
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Weldborough
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Title
Wedding portrait of Tutoy Chinn and Charles Wong Hee
Type
Photograph
Date
28 September 1904
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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