Ah CHUNG and Ann Jane HYNE

[western1]

Hello,

I am looking for any information on and the descendants of AH CHUNG and Ann Jane HYNE. Ann was the illegitimate daughter of Jemima thingyburn HYNE. She was born in Scotland in 1850 and arrived in Australia aboard the Signet in 1853 as Ann KILGOUR the daughter of Jemima's sister Cecelia Brown HYNE and her husband John KILGOUR who travelled with Jemima and Ann and their own two daughters Janet and Catherine.

Ann married Ah CHUNG on 4 November 1886 in Fitzroy. According to the marriage certificate, Ah CHUNG was born about 1836 in Canton, China and his parents were Y QUNG, a rice planter and Ah TAY. Their address was 5 off Little Bourke Street, Melbourne. Ann was a housekeeper and Ah Chung was a storeman.

Annie Ah CHUNG died aged 35 from phthisis at Little Bourke Street on 21 October 1886. Her husband was the informant. It states that her parents were James HENDERSON, miner and Jemima maiden name unknown. Jemima may have later married James HENDERSON as she had more illegitimate children after Ann and they were in the indexes twice as HYNE and HENDERSON.

According to the death certificate, Ann had one daughter Elizabeth 15 years and 7 children dead. I have not been able to find any details of any of these children. I have not found the death of Ah CHUNG as there are quite a few in the indexes and I can't work out which, if any was him.

I am hoping that someone may have some information on this couple and their family or maybe advise me how I can find out more. I would appreciate any help or information.

Regards
Wendy In Queensland

[helen]

Hi Wendy, Looks like you have already done a lot of research already. The hardest part is still to come. As Ah Chung was an employee, it makes it that much harder to look. Was there any Chinese associations that he may have belonged to?

It is a possibilty that Ah Chung may have left Australia and returned back to China.

Try posting you query here as well - under Australia.

www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,299.0.html

[geoff]

Hello Wendy,

I'm also researching my chinese ancestors who worked & lived in Little Bourke St Melb. Could you please advise the current location of "off Little Bourke St", if known?

I used the Melbourne Sands & McDougall directories (on microfische at NSW State Library in Sydney) to find the name of great grandfather's business in Little Bourke St. I knew 2 different addresses & dates from birth certs. In the directories each address has business name or occupant & there's a listing A-Z. Sometimes a personal name may have a number of variations so indexed not where one expects to find it. I knew my ggfather's name (from his children's birth cert) but he was buried in Melbourne General Cemetery under a slight variation in 1898. MGC also advised that he was exhumed & sent back to China. This matches request from China to send money to bury him. I later bought death cert which lists his wives & children & my gfather was 1st child born in Aust.

Geoff


Sydney Aust.

[geoff]

Hello Wendy,

You say " Ann married Ah CHUNG on 4 November 1886 in Fitzroy. According to the marriage certificate, Ah CHUNG was born about 1836 in Canton".
Later you say" Annie Ah CHUNG died aged 35 from phthisis at Little Bourke Street on 21 October 1886". Are the dates correct as Annie's date of death precedes her marriage date?

You say "According to the death certificate, Ann had one daughter Elizabeth 15 years and 7 children dead". Have you checked with the cemetery where Ann was buried if her 7 young children were also be buried there? Was Ann buried at Melbourne General Cemetery? My ggfather's young children were buried at MGC, no headstone to view, just registered there.

Geoff