Person

Lee Shee (wife of Woo Sou Lum)

• 李雲芳
• 李氏
• 胡李氏

• Mrs. Woo Sou Lum

1899-1964

Her birth name was LEE Wun Fong. Records indicate she was born and raised in China in 1899, and there are indications that she spent time with her family in Hong Kong.

She married WOO Sou Lum in Hong Kong and was his second wife. Soon after the marriage, in 1920, she immigrated to Canada paying the head tax. She initially lived with Sou Lum in Revelstoke, BC but later settled with her husband in Vancouver.

The couple’s first child died. Their second child, WOO Lai Quon (also known as Ruby) also died as a teenager when the family moved to Vancouver. Their third child was a boy whom they named William WOO. He would be one of Lee Shee’s eight children who would survive into adulthood: William, Effie, Edith, Margaret, Helen, Hazel, Mary, and Dugald.

Stories have Lee Shee spending time socializing in the Chinatown area or travelling back to China to visit her family.

Her cooking skills were limited according to her children. However, she was fortunate to have her husband and children to help with the meals.

She died in 1964.

Woo, Ruby Lai Ken (1921-1934)

Woo, Sou Lum (1883-1961)

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