NAA: A1, 1916/31659

Lapp, Kathleen Lee

Digital copy - 35403

Details

Occupation as writtenwife
Standardised occupationDS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties
Application received2 Dec 1916
Application status Denied
Official
Date of approval or denial14 Dec 1916
If rejected, why?husband alive (Chinese)
Birthplace as writtenGlasgow, Scotland
Modern countryUnited Kingdom
Age on application49
Age on arrival in Australia20
Port of DepartureScotland
Port of ArrivalTownsville
Date of arrival14 Sep 1887
Name of shipJumna
VoyageJumna (1887-09-14)

Addresses

Address in AustraliaRosewood Farm, Box 77, GPU, Bowen
Address StateQueensland
Time at address29 years
Previous address 1Townsville
Address StateQueensland
Time at address

Family

MarriedYes
ChildrenYes

5: 4 boys and 1 girl

References

Name of referenceAdam John Hall Scott
Occupation of referenceJustice of the Peace, Bowen, Queensland
Marginalia description

wife 'of Lee Lapp, a native of China' written in pencil in a different hand in the space 'My occupation is that of'

Police report attachedNo
Link to other applicant
LiterateYes

Why are they applying?

ReasonVote
Other information

Lapp to DEA, 6 November 1916, 'I want to be put on the Rolls'

Further comments

Atlee Hunt to Mrs K Lee Lapp, 18 December 1916: 'It is contrary to the practice of this Department to act so that husbands and wives should be of different nationality, and your application cannot, therefore, be proceeded with.'

Chinese husband