Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Looking for information about my great grandfather who worked for Hongkong Whampoa Dock Co from about 1890 to 1916.
His daughters born in Scotland both married Hong Kong Scots.
His daughter, my grandmother Florence Agnes Neave, was born in Hong Kong around 1900.
They called their house in England "Lei Yu Mun".
He features on a juror's list.
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Have you tried the resources
Have you tried the resources listed at:
How to research people who lived in Hong Kong
They should give you some more information.
Do you have any information about why he decided to come to Hong Kong for work, and how he ended up with the Dock Co.?
Regards, David
Thomas Neave
I don't know why he came. He trained as a sea farer in Newcastle and must have decided on a career in shipbuilding or repair.
Thanks.
Still here in 1924?
I've just put the 1924 Jurors List online, and it still shows a Thomas Neave:
Thanks
Thanks. The link to the Government records was interesting.
Thomas NEAVE
I have found a Thomas Neave in 1871 (Census) age 3 living with parents in Dundee Scotland . He is still with parents aged 13 in 1881 (Census). But in 1891 (Census) he is aged 23 living with his widowed mother at 112 Gainsborough Grove in Elswick Newcastle on Tyne Northumberland. His occupation is steam engine maker and fitter. Could this be him?
I have also found a Thomas Neave who died 1 November 1925 in Colwyn Bay Wales. Probate granted to widow Jane
Thomas Neave born Dundee travelled to Hong Kong 1925 with wife Jane Pattinson Neave born Newcastle on Tyne and daughter Florence Agnes Neave born Hong Kong.
Thomas Neave
Many thanks indeed. Yes that is him. Florence is my grandmother. Thanks for the cencus dates. The outward voyage you mention is interesting. It must have been from home leave.
Regards
Thomas Neave
The Censuses give his parents and siblings. Would you like to have the details?
Thomas Neave
Yes please. Very kind of you.
Thomas NEAVE 1867 - 1925
Parents Thomas Neave born Alyth Perthshire about 1839 died 1886 Newcastle on Tyne. He was a blacksmith and boiler inspector Married 1864 in Dundee to Mary Munro MacKay
Children born Dundee David Neave born 14 July 1865 died before 1872, Thomas Neave born 14 April 1867 Dundee died 1 November 1925 Colwyn Bay Wales, Agnes Munro Neave 2 March 1869, Peter Mackay Neave 4 September 1870, David Neave 9 May 1872, Mary Mackay Neave 25 March 1874, John Neave 1880, James Mackay Neave 11 October 1881 and Elizabeth Neave born Newcastle on Tyne about 1884.
Thomas Neave married Jane Pattison Hedley (1870 - 1949) in 1893 Newcastle on Tyne and their children were Florence Agnes Neave born Hong Kong 18 October 1907 and Thomas Neave born about 1911 ? Hong Kong.
I've added a page for
I've added a page for daughter Mary / Mollie: https://gwulo.com/node/40875#comment-43948
A search for Neave returns several more men in Hong Kong with that name. Do the family stories talk of any other relatives coming to Hong Kong to work?
Thomas Neave
Thanks. I have a photo of that wedding on my wall in HK.
By coincidence, there was another Thomas Neave active in HK, but much earlier. I have no idea whether he was related.
Thomas NEAVE 1867 - 1925
Was he Thomas Erskine Neave?
Thomas Neave
Yes.
Thomas NEAVE 1867 - 1925
Mary and Lily who accompanied Thomas Neave and Jane Pattison Hedley to Hong Kong in 1914 were both born before Thomas and Jane married in 1893. Lily and Mary Hedley are both recorded as living with Pattison Hedley and wife Annie as their children 1891 and 1901 censuses. In 1901 Lily Hedley is 10 and Mary Hedley is 2. Lily Hedley was baptised 3 March 1891 with Pattison Hedley and Annie as parents, Mary Hedley was baptised 20 September 1898 with Pattison Hedley and Annie as parents. There are no corresponding births of Lily and Mary with Thomas Neave and Jane Pattison Hedley as parents in UK. Could Thomas Neave and Jane Pattison Hedley be the uncle and aunt of Lily and Mary Hedley? When Thomas Neave and Jane left London for Hong Kong 3 October 1914 (soon after WWI started) they were accompanied by Miss L Neave schoolmistress aged 20, Miss M Neave daughter aged 12, Miss F Neave aged 6 and Master T Neave aged 3. Was Thomas Neave previously married?
Thomas Erskine Neave 9 June 1868 - 1 November 1925
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Born 9 June 1868 Dundee Scotland
Died 1 November 1925 in Colwyn Bay Wales
His wife Jane Pattison Hedley born 1870 Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland. She died 12 November 1949 in Northumberland