Robert Stewart (Stuart) STEVENSON [c.1910-1946]

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Robert Stewart (Stuart)
Family
Stevenson
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
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Birthplace (town, state)
Glasgow, Scotland
Birthplace (country)
United Kingdom
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"DEATH

STEVENSON - On March 23, 1946, Robert Stewart Stevenson, of Taikoo Dock, aged 35 years. The funeral will take place today, Sunday, at the Protestant Cemetery and the cortege will pass the Monument at 4 p.m."

Source: Hong Kong Sunday Herald, page 2, 24th March 1946

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"DEATH

R.S. STEVENSON 

The death occurred suddenly at Taikoo yesterday of Mr. Robert Stewart Stevenson.

A foreman at the Dockyard, he had been in the Colony only a few months.

He was 35 years of age and leaves a mother and wife, both in Britain."

Source: Hong Kong Sunday Herald, page 4, 24th March 1946

 

Buried: Section 16F, Row 5, Number 18, Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong

Source: Courtesy of Patricia Lim: Forgotten Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery

Inscription on grave: 

16F--/05/18- In memory / Robert Stewart Stevenson / Glasgow / aged 35 years / died 23rd March 1946 / at Quarry Bay / Hong Kong

Source: Courtesy of Patricia Lim: Forgotten Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery 

Probate: Hong Kong Public Records hold files covering dates 5th June 1946-13th April 1949