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Identifying Information:
Identifying Information:
Name(s): POON, Lum; James RAMSAY; James Ramsay ALLUM
Birth: ABT. 1840 in China
Death: 6 FEB 1904 in St. Mary's Village, Oropouche District, Trinidad, West Indies
Spouse(s): 1. Unknown (China); 2. Anna WATTS (Trinidad)
Additional Information: Ancestry.com
University of Florida Digital Collection Clippings: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LoWtLsRypIIo5p-9qztJnRMxy2aIxWiT?usp=share_link
Chinese Characters
Chinese Characters
[林] Lum *
[林] Lum *
Definitions : Wiktionary
* Conjecture regarding what character may have corresponded to this Romanization based on the 1949 San Francisco Chinese Directory. The character for his first name may have been 林 or 霖. The former is a common family name, but I also discovered it to be the most prevalent character for "Lum" as a personal name found in a 1949 San Francisco Chinese Phone Directory, (six instances), with the exception of one instance that used the related but less common character, 霖. Given that the Chinese residents in San Francisco at that time came from the same Sze Yup (Si Yi) area of Guangdong as POON Lum, this seems like a reasonable source to base this supposition in the absence of any artifact documenting the Chinese character corresponding to "Lum".
Why "Ah" Lum?
Why "Ah" Lum?
I always figured that prefixing their name with "Ah" was just a clever way for the Chinese to make sure that they would always be first in line, (i.e., when everyone lined up alphabetically), but it turns out there's an alternative explanation:
I still like my explanation better.
Pictures
Pictures
Courtesy of Jean Gonsalves
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES RAMSAY ALLUMDIED FEB 06 1904 AGED 64 YEARSTHO LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY DEAR RIP
Store and ResidenceCourtesy of Jean Gonsalves
Death Certificate
Death Certificate
Courtesy of Desmond Allum
Last Will and Testament
Last Will and Testament
Last Will and Testament of James Ramsey Allum.pdfPage updated
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