Benjamin Cutler RANDALL [1856-1930]

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Benjamin Cutler
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Randall
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There is an entry for him on Mundia:

http://www.mundia.com/cn/Search/Results?givenName=Benjamin+Cutler&birth…

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He is buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery. His gravestone inscription reads (see http://gwulo.com/node/8740):

12A--/04/09- In loving memory/ of/ BENJAMIN CUTLER RANDALL/ who passed away/ 20th sept. 1930/ aged 74.O Thou who changes not/ abide with me.In loving memory of ALBERT GATES RANDALL/ Born 25th June 1909/ Departed 1943.Brown Jones & Co. #9171
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Obituary of Benjamin Cutler Randall Sr.

Thanks to Henry Ching for sending in this copy of the obituary, which starts:

Hongkong loses one of its best known figures with the sudden death on Saturday of Mr B C Randall senior, a resident for more than 40 years. He died at his home, No 1, Prospect Place, Bonham Road, after a long illness.

Born in Rhode Island, USA, Mr Randall was 74 years of age and came to Hongkong as a master mariner. Until a few years ago he served as a skipper on boats round the China coast.

He leaves a widow, three sons, Messrs B C junior, H W, and A G Randall, and one daughter, Miss Rita Randall.

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Henry adds:

I have asked Gordon about his grandfather being a sea captain, and he says he was never told this. Gordon says his grandfather started his missionary work soon after arrival in HK and his marriage.  In a letter his grandfather wrote on 24th August, 1910 he says that he had opened a night school (perhaps in Canton) for foreign officials of the Imperial Maritime Customs and other foreign residents of Canton, teaching book-keeping, shorthand, algebra, trigonometry, engineering, hydrographical surveying and navigation.  So perhaps he did have a maritime background.

I attach a newspaper cutting of Benjamin Cutler Randall’s obit which also says he was a master mariner. It says that he was a resident for over 40 years, so he may have been a sea captain for the first couple of decades before taking up missionary work.  His missionary work seems to have comprised largely the sale of bibles.