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Lee Wah, James Emmanual Victor ('Victor') (1889 - 1945)

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    James Emanuel Victor and Violet Isobel Lee with two of their children, c. 1915, by Hodkinson, Stanley W., High St, Maryborough, courtesy of C. Lee (private hands).
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    James Emmanuel Victor Lee and Violet Isabel Lee (nee Rodwell) with four of their nine children, courtesy of C. Lee (private hands).
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    Wedding photograph of Violet Ah Gee (nee Lee Wah) with husband and descendants of James and Mary Victoria Lee Wah, c. 1915, courtesy of C. Lee (private hands).
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Born
17 December 1889
Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Died
1945
Melbourne?, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
train driver, radio dealer, hire car proprietor and factory inspector
Alternative Names
  • Le Wah, Victor (also used)
  • Lee Wah, James Emmanual Victor (full English name)
  • Lee, Victor (commonly used)

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James Emmanual Victor Lee Wah was known as Victor by the family. He married Violet Isabel Rodwell, known as 'Isabel' and had nine children. According to his descendants Victor was the first rail motor driver on the Mornington Penninsular, Victor having passed the Drivers Exam in 1 February 1924. He later ran a business in Frankston, Victoria as a radio dealer and managed a hire car service. While in Frankston Victor is said by his nephew to have established a radio station. He was Inspector of Beuafort Bombers at the Aircraft Factory when he died at 56 years in 1945.

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.

Prepared by: Chris Lee, independent researcher

Published Resources

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  • 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

Title
James Emanuel Victor and Violet Isobel Lee with two of their children
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1915 - c. 1920
Place
Australia - Victoria - Maryborough
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Title
James Emmanuel Victor Lee and Violet Isabel Lee (nee Rodwell) with four of their nine children
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria
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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?
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