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Certificates of nativity and identity : Weaverville, Trinity Co., Calif., 1897-1912.
AAS ARC 2000/32
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Certificates of nativity and identity: Weaverville, Trinity Co., Calif., 1897-1912Chinese Historical Society of America collection
Creator/Contributor:
Yip, See., creatorAbstract:
Certificate of nativity for Yip See, dated Oct. 2, 1897, includes portrait. Affidavits, with portraits, for identity and nativity
for Chuey Hamilton, a son, to facilitate his re-entry into the U.S. following a trip to China, signed by R.L. Carter, A.C.
Meckel, Mary O'Neil, and other Weaverville residents on April 5, 1912.
Date:
1897 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChina (Steamship)
Chinese Americans -- California -- Weaverville
Immigrants -- California -- Weaverville
Chinese American families -- California
China -- Emigration and immigration
Note:
Forms part of: Chinese Historical Society of America collection.
Yip See was born in San Francisco in 1865, and married ca. 1880 in Weaverville to Che Sing, commonly known as Jo Hamilton,
a merchant, until his death on May 28, 1897. Mother of Gim Sun, Sooey Hang, Jung Hoe, Sooey Yee, Sooey Gung, and Sooey Len.
Departed from San Francisco on the steamer, China, Oct. 21, 1897.
Type:
biographyPhysical Description:
print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
AAS ARC 2000/32