My grandfather Pieter Marks was at that time employed by the Dutch East Indies Commercial Bank (the Nederlandsch-Indische Handelsbank) as well. My grandfather is the young man (30) 2nd from the right.
The page-boy, Master J.C. Woutman, referenced in the news paper clipping, may well have been Jacob Ruurd Woutman who was born on August 7th 1918 in Batavia in the Netherlands Indies. This as his brother, Ernst Erik Woutman, was born in Hongkong, Victoria, on January 14th 1923 as son of Martinus Hendrik Woutman and Adeline Josephina Maria Caland. Father Martinus had been working for the Netherlands Trading Society (Dutch: Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij) in the Netherlands Indies as well as in Hongkong. Both Jacob and Ernst, as well as their brother Maarten Hendrik (who was born in Bandung in the Netherlands Indies on January 16rth 1921) became members of the resistance during the German occupation (1940-1945) of the Netherlands. Jacob and Maarten did not survive German imprisonment and died on February 28th 1945 and April 3rd 1945 in Lahde and Wöbbeling in Germany respectively. Ernst was executed by the Germans on January 7th 1945 in de dunes in Limmen near Castricum in the Netherlands. Ernst's mortal remains now rest in the Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal in the Netherlands together with 372 other members of the Dutch resistance, including one woman, the famous Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft. His tombstone there is also in honour of his brothers Jacob and Maarten whose graves are in Germany. Lest we forget.
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This is St John's Cathedral
The China Mail of 10 September 1923 reported the following about this marriage:-
"The marriage was solemnised at St. John's Cathedral on Saturday afternoon, or Mr. C.J. Endert, of the staff of the Netherlands India Commercial Bank, to Miss J.G.A. Schabeck, daughter of Mr. S.J. Schabeck, civil servant, Netherlands Indian Government. The Chaplain of the Cathedral (the Rev. H.V. Copley Moyle) officiated at the service.
The bride, who was given away by her father, was attired in a gown of crepe de Chine richly emroidered with net, the bride's train also being embroidered, whilst her veil was surmounted with a wreath of orange blossoms. She was attended by a page-boy, Master J.C. Woutman, who wore a costume of white silk. The duties of 'best man' were fulfilled by Mr. P. Marks.
A reception, which was largely attended, was afterwards held at the Hongkong Hotel. The bride's going away costume was made of Shantung silk with a small red hat."