‘Doc Arculli’ = Hassan el Arculli (Hong Kong May 1885-Hong Kong 17th August 1945) was a doctor and uncle to Tubby el Arculli. His parents were Abdullah Fakira - later styled with surname ‘Arculli’ from May 1902 (Hong Kong 18th October 1857-Hong Kong 3rd September 1920) and Amina Ismail (Shanghai 1862-Hong Kong 4th February 1932)
Hassan was educated at Queens College, then at Aberdeen Street in the city of Victoria, earning academic distinctions during his tenure there. He studied medicine at Liverpool University with his cousin Jaffir Rumjahn (Hong Kong 8th Septmeber 1887-Whiston, Lancashire, UK 1st February 1961), also from Hong Kong, and was recorded living together as boarders in Anfield, Liverpool in the 1911 British Census.
Hassan qualified as a doctor on the 6th July 1912. He was a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (London), Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (England) (1913) and a diplomate in Public Health (Liverpool) and Tropical Medicine (Liverpool). Jaffir stayed on and practiced medicine in Liverpool and got married in England where he lived and died. Hassan practised as a General Practitioner in Liverpool for several years (he was the one family member who was not able to attend his father’s funeral in Hong Kong on 3rd September 1920 as he was in the UK) but eventually came back to live and work in Hong Kong. I have seen him regularly listed in the local newspapers as an attendee to a number of funerals in Happy Valley, Hong Kong when members of the local Indian Muslim community died from the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s.
There is a photo of him here at the bottom of the web page:
http://www.abdullahquilliam.org/miscellaneous-gallery/
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In the 1942 UK Medical
In the 1942 UK Medical Directory Hassan el Arculli was listed at the Whiteaway Buidling in Hong Kong.
Anybody know where exactly was the Whiteaway Building in HK? Presumably the same as Whiteaway, Laidlaw and Co. Ltd, a department store with branches in Calcutta, Malaya, Singapore etc.
Whiteaway Building
I think it was at 20 DVRC, see: https://gwulo.com/node/47780
RUMJAHN, Jaffir (8 Sept. 1887 in Hong Kong - died in 1961 in W
RUMJAHN, Jaffir (8 Sept. 1887 in Hong Kong - died in 1961 in Whiston)
http://www.seftonrugby.org.uk/SeftonDoctors.htm
Field Hockey (West Derby; Lancashire - 1928); Lawn Tennis (Liverpool University; Clubmoor); Rugby Union (Liverpool University)
Relations:
Son: EJ Rumjahn; Son: PU Rumjahn; Son: RM Rumjahn
Teams:
Liverpool Institute (Miscellaneous: 1903-1905);
J Rumjahn's XI (Miscellaneous: 1939)
married Amy Frances Hyde 1887 - 1972
Between Mrs A. A. McCann and Dr. Jaffir Rumjahn for the purchase of a medical practice at Liverpool Date: 18 Jan. 1917.
Any Connections for this history please"
Dr Iain Taylor
Hassan el Arculli and Jaffir…
Hassan el Arculli and Jaffir Rumjahn - both born in Hong Kong - were reported to be cousins. I don't have the exact relationship defined as documented records going back a generation or two from them are sketchy to come by. But it may involve another family line via the Ismail family, another South Asian Muslim family in Hong Kong.
I'm distantly related to Dr Jaffir Rumjahn as my maternal grandmother was from the Rumjahn family.
Jaffir Rumjahn
Mr Hassan, Thanks for getting in touch. JR made his home in Liverpool UK and had family there several of whom were outstanding athletes in the Liverpool Institute High School (see Wiki entry) in several sports. At least one became a a General Practitioner in Liverpool.
Iain Taylor - author of History of Lpool Institute (in progress).
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
I was last in contact with…
I was last in contact with Leslie and Jan, grandchildren of Jaffir Rumjahn about 6 years ago. Yes the Rumjahns seem to be talented with sports - even the HK branch had athletes that excelled in tennis, cricket and lawn bowls.
Rumjahns
See http://www.seftonrugby.org.uk/SeftonDoctors.htm
Iain Taylor