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