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Shum Tseung Chim (birth name) Shum Yen Hoi (adult name) James Shum (baptised name)

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Date

c1871

Source

Windows on a Chinese Past - James Ng

Description

Shum Tseung Chim (birth name) Shum Yen Hoi (adult name) James Shum (baptised name) Original photo may have been taken on his arrival in Dunedin at the age of 18 years. This photo was published by the Rev. Alexander Don in the Presbyterian 'outlook; magazine of 13 Sept 1910. Around 1877, James Shum worked on gold claims in Smith's Gully, Nevis, Duffers, then later in Shepherds Creek.