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Mahlook family

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    L-R: Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn, Mrs Poy (who later married Mahlook) and Albert 'Moses' (Tung Yot) Chinn. with Ming Balintong (Dorothy's son) standing in front
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    John Mahlook seated (aged 72) and Mary Elizabeth (aged 58), c. 25 December 1916, by Vine's Studios, Wangaratta, courtesy of F. Anderson (private hands).
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    Mahlook family posed outside Mahlook homestead, King Valley, courtesy of F. Anderson (private hands).
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    Mary Elizabeth Mahlook (1859-1955, nee Shin), c. 1947, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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Summary

John Mah Look married Mary Elizabeth who was the fourth child of Pan Ah Shin and Catherine Martin.
Their children were:
Catherine Anne (who married Goon Sang);
Amelia Jane (who married William Robinson);
Ada Elizabeth (who married Frank Sam Goon);
Maud Caroline (who married James Chuck);
John William (who married Jessie Brown);
Henrietta May (who married Thomas Choong);
Agnes Mary (who married William Fosang);
Margaret Alice (who married Ernest Moy);
Edward Thomas (who married Louisa Poy);
Emily Francis (who married Arthur Lee Ack);
Alberta Evelyn (who married Thomas Shin); and
Elsie Veronica (who married Frederick Honey).

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Published Resources

Books

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

Images

Title
Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn, Mrs Poy and Albert 'Moses' (Tung Yot) Chinn with Ming Balintong
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
John Mahlook seated (aged 72) and Mary Elizabeth (aged 58)
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 25 December 1916
Place
Australia - Victoria - Wangaratta
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Mahlook family posed outside Mahlook homestead, King Valley
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - King Valley
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Title
Mary Elizabeth Mahlook (nee Shin)
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1947
Place
Australia - Victoria - King Valley
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Sources used to compile this entry: Groom, Jocelyn, Chinese Pioneers of the King Valley, Centre for Continuing Education, Wangaratta, Vic, 2001.