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Tom Lung (wife of Won Stephen Cumye)
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- Mrs. Won Stephen Cumye
- Mrs. Tom Lung
- Stella Thom Lung
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1876-1956
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TOM Lung was born in Hong Kong on November 15, 1876 and raised there. She arrived in Canada in January 1904 as the 27-year-old wife of Won Stephen Cumye. As a merchant's wife, she was exempt from paying the $500 head tax. In Canada, she would be known also as Stella Thom Lung.
By 1924, Stella was living at 2032 Main Street in Vancouver and was housewife over 6 children: a son named Fred and five daughters (Dolly, Olive, Esther, Mae and Bessie).
She died in October 1956 at the age of 79.
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