Item
Identifier:
2023_17_01_003
Repository Identifier
Hundal children and grandmother Bishan Kaur in Hong Kong waitng for admission to Canada
Date
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
Studio portrait of Bishan Kaur with Hundal children in Hong Kong awaiting immigration admission to Canada. Hakam Singh Hundal’s family (Hakam’s grandmother, Bishan Kaur and children Atma Singh Hundal, Ikball Singh Hundal, Teja Singh Hundal, and Jerry Singh Hundal) originally tried to join Hakam in Canada in 1911. They sailed from Hong Kong to San Francisco but were refused entry in San Francisco and forced to sail back on the three week journey to Hong Kong. They stayed in Hong Kong while Hakam lobbied for permission to bring in his family with the aid of a lawyer. After almost two years of waiting in Hong Kong, the Hundal family was permitted to enter Canada in June 1913 through an Act of Grace issued by the federal government. Hakam's brother purchased Lot 24 in Port Grey in December 1912 and Hakam built a house on the lot shortly after. Hakam's children and his mother, Bishan, settled into their newly built house as soon as they arrived in Canada in June 1913. Hakam's wife, the children's mom, died in India shortly after Hakam came to Canada. Hakam's mother, Bishan Kaur, took over care of the children and came to Canada with them.
Location
Hong Kong
Language
English
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
Sikh families
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Portraits [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105182]
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