Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
The following article appeared on the front page of The Hong Kong Telegraph, 1933-03-20:
LATE MR. KELLY SAYCE
LEAVES ESTATE OF $43,000
The late Mr. Kelly Sayce, alias Kadourie Cohen, bookseller, late of 18, Ice House Street, who died intestate on December l4th, 1932, left local estate sworn under $43,300.
Letters of administration have been granted to Mrs. Florence Haughland, of 6, East Point Terrace, sister of the deceased.
He is buried in the Jewish Cemetry in Hong Kong, see: https://jhshk.org/community/the-jewish-cemetery/burial-list/sayce-kelly/
Comments
"Kelly" was an alias for
"Kelly" was an alias for Kadoorie
Kelly was an alias for
I have tryed different ways of spelling his name and his fathers name, but I find it difficult to establish a contakt to any of the family trees.The last week I have been writing to many administrators but no luck. And I have not got an answer from the Synagoge. I have also written to some administrators in Israel but no luck there either. And I have a problem with the language, I speak English, German and Norwegian, and that is not a good match.
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You may learn more by getting
You may learn more by getting the original probate documents from the UK government.
I’m not sure how you do that though.
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I wil try to finnd a way to search for it an maybe one could get a copy or transcription.
Funeral attendees
You can also Google the names of the people who attended his funeral (see photos) to get a feel for his friends.
Documents
I have sendt a request to the UK Goverment asking how I can get a copy. No reply yet. I have also written to many of the administrators on MyHeritage, Geni and so on. No answers. It seems that they are not willing to share information. So, I think maybe I am at the end of the road now, and that's ok. All I wanted was too find out more abouth grandmother and mothers family, and I feel I have learnd a lot of new details.