Organization: Library and Archives Canada
Year: 2024
Month: July
Request Number: A-2024-01971
Request Summary: Any Ottawa/Headquarters Chinese Immigration Case Files (possibly CH-1-XXXXX series) of brothers MAH Wing Shung (arrived in Canada in 1907), MAH Wing Him (arrived in Canada in 1917 as a merchant’s son), or WONG Fun Hor (C.I.28 #13347; father-in-law of MAH Wing Him). Case file number for MA Wing Shung (C.I.36 #18101) given as 47953 on the General Register of Chinese Immigration. Case file number for MAH Wing Him (C.I.30 #1493) given as 929213 on the General Register of Chinese Immigration. Possible cross references: MAH Wing Him applied for son MAH Yuen Gong aka Yun Kwong MA (1928-1973) to immigrate to Canada in 1952 - see attached Vancouver case file. His wife, MAH WONG Hang Chee (b 1904 - daughter of WONG Fun Hor, C.I.28 #13347 - Ottawa File 309029) immigrated to Canada in 1955, arriving on 24 July (unclear who sponsored her). Case file number for WONG Fun Hor (C.I.28 #13347) given as 309029 on the General Register of Chinese Immigration. Case file number 32010-CH (possibly Vancouver file) also written on C.I.44 form. **REDACTED** Possible additional references to locate files: - RG76, 1998-01077-5: Chinese immigration index cards - finding aids 76-26, 76-50, 76-51, 76-52 (nominal indices to Chinese Case Files). Potentially relevant accessions: RG76, 1983-84/348 GAD; RG76, 1984-85/041 GAD; RG76, 1984-85/527 GAD; RG76, 1985-86/265 GAD [note - names do not appear in these nominal finding aids], 2003-01034-3, 2003-00030-5, 2003-02032-2 and 2003-01012-2._Addition June 19, 2024: My hope is that immigration form 55(b) in release package A-2023-04867 might be the key to locating any other relevant files (if it was indexed and copied in any headquarters file). Similarly, WONG Hang Chee's later 1950s immigration might also provide another clue if her 55(b) form was indexed and included in a file somewhere.
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