Valmai was born in Shek-Kai China in 1923 and came out to Australia at the age of eleven with her mother, sister Norma and brother Clifford. Her earliest memories were of being in boarding school at Springwood with her sister Norma and encountering bullying. Valmai was both sister and mother to her younger siblings. She worked in her fathers tobacconist shop and met Mervyn Gee through her brother Cliff who was one of Mervyns "mates". They married in 1951 and bought a new home in Staples St Kingsgrove. They had three children Trevor, Beverley and Rhonda. When her three children went to school she worked at a sandwich shop owned by her friend Joan Leung and then for many years at Campsie cake shop. She loved tennis and golf and in her later years played bridge and bowls. Mervyn died in 2007. Valmai lived at 16 Staples St Kingsgrove till her increasing difficulties with Alzheimer's saw her hospitalised then moved to Shangri La Nursing home at the end of 2009. She died in May 2014.
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Mervyn
Mervyn was born in the Haymarket Sydney on 10 January 1925, in the top floor of a building called Lee Sangs. He was the second eldest of five children. His father, Charles Gee (Ng Jay Gee), jumped ship at Sydney. Called Mr Gee but his family name, as is traditional in chinese culture, was Ng. Charles had a produce stall selling potatoes in the Haymarket. The shop was called Gee Hop. Mervyn's mother was known as Ruby but this was not her real name as she arrived on a bought birth certificate. Mervyn attended Sydney Boys on a scholarship. He partially completed an electrical course at TAFE but had to leave to work in the family business. The business was called Gee Hop and they were potato merchants. The family business was selling potatoes in the Haymarket. He retrained in 1972 and then worked for Sydney City Council. Mervyn retired in 1990. He enjoyed fishing, reading, cooking and he got involved in learning mandarin at Sydney University and helping others to speak. He died in Sept 2007.