COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding China Mary
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 2566
Item Description:
China Mary - Biographical information Ah-Yuen, aka "China Mary"; "China Mary", Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 14, 1939, p. 8; no title, Evanston News and Advertiser, Jan. 17, 1939; "Uinta Countyh's Oldest Resident, 'China Mary', Found Dead in Her Hut", Uinta County Herald, Evanston, Wyo., Jan. 20, 1939; "Relic to Fort Bridger", Evanston News and Advertiser, Evanston, Wyo., Jan. 17, 1939
Date:
Undated
Notes:
born: ? in China
Notes:
buried: Evanston City Cemetery (Memorial ID: 57368331) at Evanston (Uinta Co., Wyo.)
Notes:
emigrated to America (1861) - prostitute (1874)
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resident in San Francisco (Calif.), Denver (Colo.) and Park City (Utah)
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arrived Evanston (Uinta Co., Wyo. - o/a 1879)
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married: some believe ". . . on three occasions" to Chinese men, 2 merchants and a gardner
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children: ". . . the mother of two or more children."
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". . . believed that she was a member of the chinese colony at Bear Town" (Uinta Co.) - a cook
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close friend: Lock Lang Choong, aka "Mormon Charlie"
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her watch found by Sheriff Fran Narramore -sent to State Museum at Fort Bridger (Wyo.)
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died: Jan. 13, 1939 (estimated: ". . . 104 or more" , in her one room hut at Evanston
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funeral: remains on display at Bryan Mortuary at Evanston - Presbyterian Church services
Type:
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