NAA: A1, 1916/31659
Lapp, Kathleen Lee
Digital copy - 35403
Occupation as written | wife |
Standardised occupation | DS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties |
Application received | 2 Dec 1916 |
Application status |
Denied |
Official | |
Date of approval or denial | 14 Dec 1916 |
If rejected, why? | husband alive (Chinese) |
Birthplace as written | Glasgow, Scotland |
Modern country | United Kingdom |
Age on application | 49 |
Age on arrival in Australia | 20 |
Port of Departure | Scotland |
Port of Arrival | Townsville |
Date of arrival | 14 Sep 1887 |
Name of ship | Jumna |
Voyage | Jumna (1887-09-14) |
Address in Australia | Rosewood Farm, Box 77, GPU, Bowen |
Address State | Queensland |
Time at address | 29 years |
Previous address 1 | Townsville |
Address State | Queensland |
Time at address | |
Married | Yes |
Children | Yes |
5: 4 boys and 1 girl |
Name of reference | Adam John Hall Scott |
Occupation of reference | Justice 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 attached | No |
Link to other applicant | |
Literate | Yes |
Reason | Vote |
Other information | Lapp to DEA, 6 November 1916, 'I want to be put on the Rolls' |
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