Sam family fonds [textual record]

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Sam family fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1922-1943

Reference:

MG55/30-No166

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106579

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Sam family fonds
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Fonds includes:

1 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1922-1943

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.003 meter(s)

Language of material:

English

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Membership certificate for the Chinese Freemasons, Chinese head tax certificate, and wartime registration certificates. Originals, 9 pages.

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Sam (family), 1881

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Sam (family), 1881 : J.P. Sam, a member of the Mandarin class in Kwongtung, China emigrated to Canada in 1899. He worked as a court interpreter and established himself as an influential member in Toronto's Chinatown and the Chinese Freemasons Internal political disagreements lead to the family's moving to Wiarton, Ontario where Mr. Sam had established a restaurant business. He continued to act in legal matters concerning Chinese Canadians until his death in 1947.
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Freemasons - Ontario, [1922-1943]

Freemasons, Chinese, [1922-1943]

Chinese Canadians - Ontario, [1922-1943]
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Private

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MG55/30-No166
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