Gee Hong Yet.
Originally named Chee Ah Yet (as on his Birth Certificate) but in Australia goes by the Chinese name of Gee Hong Yet (not sure why this is?). His Western name is Fred Gee. Other variations of his name are Chee Hong Yat & Hung Yet.
He was born in China on the 2 Jan 1894 and Died on 8 Oct 1975 in Darwin (?).
Family Details:
He had 3 wives.
The first wife was Fong Li Kim (Gee Yet).
They had 9 children.
1. William GEE. Born 1913.
2. Lena GEE. Born 25 May 1915. She died on 04 Jul 1996.
3. Ernest GEE. Born 1922. He died on 13 Dec 1961.
4. David GEE. Born 1925.
5. Doris Gee. Born 23 Sep 1928.
6. Maurice Gee. Born 1936
7. Edwina GEE (Winky).Born in ?
8. Glenda GEE. Born in ?
9. Virginia Gee. Born in ?
The second wife came from China (and may have ran away). [1]
The 3rd came from China but left he went blind. [2]
About:
Pop was a insulin dependent 'diabetic' and turned blind later in life. Pop also had bad execema. I remember him walking with a dark coloured cane. He was a man of few words and lived at Gee's Food Center. [1]
[1] Davids Recollections, [2] May/Sean's Recollections
[1] Davids Recollections, [2] May/Sean's Recollections
The following is gathered from:
Certificate of Exemption from Dictation Test - Gee Hong Yet (#1592195)
Character reference states: Birth certificate in name Ah Yet, Born 2/1/1894. Gee Hong Yet states he returned from China in 1911 under the name of Chee Ah Yet : this name appears on the passenger list of the 'Changsha" 9/3/1911
Applied to travel to China for 36 months on the 18 Dec 1916.
Aged 22 at time of departure. Birthplace Boonleera NT (or is it Roombera?)
Scar at base of each thumb, scar on each cheek near ear, scar back of head.
Departed 24/2/1916 to China, Returned 4 March 1918
Lived in Australia: Boonleera 2 years, Darwin 10.5 years, Wynhdam 0.5 years
Was absent from Australia: once 1901-1911 (10 years)
Occupation at time was Tailor. Previously 'Waiter Boy'.
Other forms on NAA site on Gee Hong Yet (sadly not available on-line)
Determination of Darwin Town Area Lease 883 - Northern Territory [17 pages]
(Location: Canberra, Date Range:1956-1957, #3439999)
Application for freehold
(Location: Canberra, Date Range:1931-1933, #1824534)
(Location: Canberra, Date Range:1931-1933, #1824534)
and the most intriguing document....
Possible Avenue for Smuggling Between Darwin and Wyndham - Store of Gee Hong Yet [Customs]
(Location: Perth, Date Range:1953-1956, #1533688 )
(Location: Perth, Date Range:1953-1956, #1533688 )
Hehe... was pops dodgy?
2 comments:
I wanted to just thank Ashley for all the work he has done for this project... I know that navigating the National Archive site is no fun and to make sense of it all is whole other problem.
does anyone know who it was that originally paid to have these files opened and therfore digitized and made public?
Hey thanks for the kudos jason.
I second your question... who was it that paid to have our files digitized??
it costs $16 to get a document put up and there is quite a few of them up there.
It occured to me last night that if it wasn't done by a Gee (or a Fong) then it may have been the writer that Lena Gee had working on her book?!
Apparently from her research she didn't think the project was interesting enough to persue... and she was probably sick of Lena's demands! :)
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