Appendix 1 Chinese-European marriages in New South Wales to 1888 Appendix 1 provides a sample of 397 marriage registrations between Chinese men and white or European women in the colony of NSW between 1823 and 1888. The sample is taken from a larger database which was compiled during the course of research for this thesis. As well as couples legally married in NSW, the larger database includes couples who were resident in the colony but were either not married or had married outside of NSW. Appendix 1 gives basic details about the marriages of Chinese men and white women taken from the indexes of marriages compiled by the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. These indexes provide the following details about each marriage registered in the colony: surname and given name of husband and wife, the location and year in which the marriage was registered and the registration number. Unlike marriage indexes for some other Australian colonies, the NSW indexes do not give the birthplace of the husband and wife, so these details have not been included. In 2005, the NSW marriage indexes are available in three forms—the NSW Pioneers Index 1788—1918; as an alphabetical listing by name on microfiche and as a searchable database on CD-ROM; and an online searchable database available at URL: www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyhistory/searchhistoricalrecords. The marriages listed in Appendix 1 were located by searching for marriages of men with Chinese names in the alphabetical listing on microfiche. They have been cross-checked against listings in one or both of the databases. As the indexes are transcribed from original handwritten records, the spelling of names is sometimes problematic due to the difficulties of reading the handwriting of the original registers. Accordingly, the names that appear in Appendix 1 are those as given in the indexes and may differ from how the names appear in other records. Variations of names given in the indexes have been noted. 303 The sample of marriages in Appendix 1 is not a definitive list of marriages of Chinese men and white women in NSW before 1888, as it was not possible to ascertain the ethnicity or birthplace of brides and grooms other than from their names. In some instances, other sources could be used to confirm the groom’s ethnicity as Chinese and the bride’s as British or European, however in most cases such material could not be found. This reliance on names is problematic. Some ‘Chinese’ surnames are also English surnames (e.g. Lee, Chin), so where a given name or other source could not corroborate that men with such surnames were Chinese, they have been excluded from the sample. Other Chinese men used English given and surnames (e.g. Thomas Haines, John Peters) and while further research uncovered the presence of some of these men, others may have been unable to be identified as Chinese from the indexes alone. It is assumed that the women listed in the sample are of British or European descent, based on their names. Some, however, may be part-Chinese or of Aboriginal or other descent. 304 Husband Husband given Wife Wife given Wife name Registration Year Location Husband name variations surname name surname name variations number 1 1823 Parramatta Sheying John Thompson Sarah Jane V18233070 3B 2 1842 Parramatta Shying John Gillorley Bridget V1842369 26C 3 1852 Yass Atchin Lee Atcin Ratcliff Sarah V1852623 80 4 1854 Dapto / Wollongong Chin Chi John Leslie Lena V1854218 41B 5 1854 Sydney Kee John T Tankey Wells Catherine V1854186 100 6 1854 Sydney Wong Thomas A Wilton Emma V1854970 81 Clarence Town / Dungog 7 1855 Toseo Wilder Sarah V1855432 82 / Stroud 8 1855 Goulburn Ohlin William McPherson Margaret V1855414 101 9 1855 Sydney Whoo Wa Vaughan Margaret V185526 82 Chinese 10 1856 Brisbane / Moreton Bay Stayes Eliza Hayes 1193 signature 11 1856 Brisbane / Moreton Bay Teyoung Tucker Mary 1171 12 1856 Brisbane / Moreton Bay Wan Mitchell Mary 1207 305 13 1856 Chippendale Song Nim Nelson Mary 870 14 1856 Drayton Lee Kim Ah Tee, Ah Lee, Tee Kim Richardson Janette 1333 15 1856 Sydney Keong George Hoolahan Julia V18561599 73B 16 1856 Sydney Loona James Mooney Mary 691 17 1856 Sydney Sanling James White Marcella 93 18 1857 Deniliquin Sueh James Leech Margaret 1683 19 1857 Ipswich Sin John Hays Mary Ann 1864 20 1857 Patrick's Plain Leong John Hong Males Priscilla 2431 21 1857 Patrick's Plain Nee Charles Clifford Elizabeth 2415 22 1857 Sydney Ding Dee Wee Wilton Ann 274 23 1857 Sydney Jin John Lee Frances Ann 656 24 1858 Drayton Toe Toe Beal Elizabeth 1691 25 1858 Drayton Yeck Yab Richards Margaret Richardson 1687 26 1858 Dungog Shung San Jan Shung, Sanshung Bugg Eliza 1704 27 1858 Moama Leechong Thomas Nichols Eliza 2172 Husband Husband given Wife Wife given Wife name Registration Year Location Husband name variations surname name surname name variations number 28 1858 Murrurundi Lung Charles King Alice 2255 29 1858 Sydney A Shew Samuel Ashew, A Sheu, Ashue Knight Emma 957 30 1858 Sydney Hong John Cook Sarah 167 31 1858 Sydney Loowung Samuel McLeod Isabella Macleod 752 32 1859 Maitland Gowqua Lake Marian 2317 33 1859 Maitland Hon John Prince Rachel 2303 34 1859 Muswellbrook Kee James Holden Ann 2470 35 1859 Sydney Tanjo George MacIn Anne McIn 190 36 1859 Sydney Wongarchong John Glover Julia 781 37 1859 Wollongong Chi John Miller Margaret 3256 38 1860 Barraba Lo Soi King Elizabeth 1235 Seng Choi, Seng Chai, Sing Chai, 39 1860 Bathurst / Barraba Wee Suig Choi Price Hannah 1232 Wee Sing Chow 306 40 1860 Braidwood Aych Kelly Mary Agnes 1400 41 1860 Carcoar Loo At James Byrne Maria Jane 1498 42 1860 Glebe Chen Rhamin Dignaw Margaret 959 43 1860 Goulburn Yong Johnny Mooney Catherine 1688 44 1860 Hartley Tow Mow Charles Townrow Burrows Mary Jane 1766 45 1860 Sydney Ateak Chen Chen A Tek, Chin A Teak Bellett Eliza Aliza 867 46 1860 Sydney Li James MC Wilson Mary Ann 507 47 1860 Sydney Sue John Steve Agnes 700 48 1860 Wellingrove Sue James Battersby Margaret 2734 49 1860 Wellington Peters John Asgill Anne 2761 50 1861 Bathurst Pong Alexander Whittaker Rebecca 1336 51 1861 Goulburn Tang John Joseph Mooney Catherine 1792 52 1861 Paddington Cheu Lick Charles Lorey Margarette 1002 53 1861 Paddington Manchee John Baldwin Georgina 1004 54 1861 Sydney Lang Fo Thomas Dundass Mary Ann 721 Husband Husband given Wife Wife given Wife name Registration Year Location Husband name variations surname name surname name variations number 55 1861 Tambaroora Ar Hang Holmes Caroline Homes 2874 56 1861 Tambaroora Foo Ar Parker Euphemia Jane 2875 57 1861 Tamworth Aheaw William Leahy Mary 2888 McNalty, 58 1861 Wollongong Jui Dan John Dann, Danne, Huey Dann Macanalty Margaret 3107 McAnalty 59 1862 Bathurst Funn Lewis Maher Margaret 1468 60 1862 Braidwood O Son James Weldon Mary Ann 1604 61 1862 Concord Kiewin Thomas Bennett Rebecca 1129 62 1862 Manning River Kou Joh Mark Julian Mary Jane 2130 63 1862 Mudgee Chung Charles Batterby Caroline 2457 64 1862 Mudgee Mow William Grogan Mary Ann 2421 65 1862 Orange Aswo John Newbent Sophia 2612 66 1862 Sofala Chin A Peaus Sarah 3016 67 1862 Sydney Boy Long Pickman Elizabeth 350 307 68 1862 Sydney Sing Yung Young, Siun Mann Emma Marm 123 69 1862 Tamworth Chio Phing Maguire Mary Anne 3055 70 1862 Wollombi Fong Peter Sullivan Mary 3240 71 1863 Armidale Tancho James Perry Flora 1331 72 1863 Bathurst Sing Po McAlister Mary Anne 1383 73 1863 Sofala Ah Lee Cross Alice Ann 2903 74 1863 Sofala Loi Wong Hoi Wong Hoy Allcock Olive 2907 75 1863 Sydney Lam Peter Maguire Mary 299 76 1863 Tamworth Him Thomas [Unknown] Sarah 2939 77 1864 Braidwood Leaw Wee Hing We Sing Lea Robson Anne Helen 1678 78 1864 Braidwood Moy Thun Martin Margaret 1677 79 1864 Braidwood Son Liu Lamson, Henry Limson Morby Mary Ann Monty 1684 Amelia 80 1864 Goulburn Ah Sat Wong Wong Sat Hackney Cackney 2001 Elizabeth 81 1864 Macleay River Yammer John Yamma Wyatt Mary Ann Duckett 2285 Husband Husband given Wife Wife given Wife name Registration Year Location Husband name variations surname name surname name variations number 82 1864 Wellingrove Hu George Smith Sarah 3302 83 1865 Carcoar Sepwar Joseph Matthews Sarah 1932 84 1865 St George Chi William Edward Mason Hannah 1278 85 1865 Sydney One Chew William Hons Ann Cedy 580 86 1865 Tamworth Chinaman Hagan Gaward Maria 3230 87 1866 Bathurst Ah Tuck Wells Susan 1453 88 1866 Binalong Ah Kong Reynolds Bridget 1565 89 1866 Binalong Ah Tim Ward Mary Jane 1559 90 1866 Mudgee Ahthu John Williams Elizabeth 2507 91 1866 Richmond Twian William Brown Mary A 3019 92 1866 Sofala Sing Chong Jones Ellen 3108 96 1866 Sydney Ah Chi William Robertson Annie Anna, Hannah 183 94 1866 Sydney Hong Shane Fleming Mary Ann 185 308 95 1866 Sydney Kong Sin Mann Ellen 623 96 1867 Deniliquin Sing Jam Campbell Mary A 1912 97 1867 Patrick's Plain King Ig Michael Tolhurst Mary Sarah 2828 98 1867 Sydney Ah Ship Thorly Charles McCormick Ellen MacCormick 921 / 321 99 1867 Sydney Chong John W Hagan Jane 253 100 1868 Armidale Tan King Gallagher Jane 1518 101 1868 Bathurst Ah Chung Evans Mary 1714 102 1868 Inverell Ah John Stafford Eleanor 2403 103 1868 Maitland Labbayer Thomas Labbayu Coyl Mary Ann 2561 104 1868 Sydney Ah Sun Ah San Sheen Eliza 738 105 1868 Sydney Leong Chow Long, Leyoung, Ah Chow Park Susan 709 106 1868 Wagga Wagga Ah Kin William Ah Kinn Lamont Adelaide 3529 107 1869 Bathurst Lum Den Sum, Deu Hampton Lavinia 1731 108 1869 Carcoar Shing Tom Hong Sing Maroney Mary 2099 109 1869 Inverell Kim James Hibbet Catherine 2494 Husband Husband given Wife Wife given Wife name Registration Year Location Husband name variations