Morgan & ? Bazaar [c.1841-c.1846]

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 06/03/2016 - 14:14
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There is another name on the 1845 map but I cant read it Ouch...

Friend of China 12.1.43 edition

The Canton Dispensary and Soda Water Establishment has removed from the Thirteen Factories in Canton to Captain Morgan’s Bazaar in Hong Kong w.e.f. 1st January 43 where it will be known as the Hong Kong Dispensary.

Sgd A Anderson and P Young. (This is the major competitor to Mr Alexander S Watson’s Dispensary)

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Another of the few firms that is as old as Hong Kong itself is A.S. Watson's. It is connected with the Canton Dispensary which operated from 1828 to 1858. The Hong Kong Dispensary was opened in a matshed at Possession Point by Doctors (Peter) F.H. Young, a naval surgeon, and Alexander Anderson. The latter became the first Colonial Surgeon of Hong Kong. Doctor John Morrison, son of Doctor Robert Morrison who founded the Canton Dispensary with Doctor Livingstone, was also involved. In July 1841, a bad typhoon destroyed the Dispensary's matshed at Possession Point as well as other structures in Hong Kong. The main purpose of Di Yeuk Fong (~k:M3) (big medicine shop as it was then called) was as a dispensary for soldiers and sailors. On 1st January 1843 it moved to Captain Morgan's Bazaar, and the same year a Doctor Samuel Marjoribanks, a surgeon, joined as a partner. In 1845 the dispensary moved to permanent premises, in Queen's Road, and Doctor James Hume Young (a relative of F.H. Young) became manager.  

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Confusingly a Captain Morgan bought for Jardines much of their initial land ansd also set up a market, called Jardines Bazaar.

 

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Canton Bazaar on the south side of the road opposite Fletche's' Godown.
1860

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Hello from Canada! 

Finding your site and your Fletcher related information fascinating! I was born in Scotland, my maiden name was Fletcher, and Angus Fletcher of Fletcher & Co is relative of mine. I wonder how I might learn more about his life and death in Hong Kong? A grave in Scotland has his name and death date inscribed but I am not certain that he is buried there. It simply says " Angus Fletcher late of China December 3, 1882 age 54". I think he was actually older than that. Are there death records for British people in Hong Kong in the 1800s? Thank you. :)

Mary Fletcher Harris

Thank you Annelisec,

I just purchased the full will for Angus Fletcher (1808 - 1882) from Scotland's People. I purchased one for John Downie Fletcher, his nephew. I learned that Angus died in Hastings, England. Neither man married or had children. However, Y DNA testing (male line) has uncovered a man born in 1855 with very close genetic ties to the male Fletcher of Glen Orchy, Scotland line. His grandson and my late father, also named Angus Fletcher, have some kind of genetic link through their male ancestry. Now, I am wondering if Angus (1808 - 1882) or John Downie Fletcher had a Chinese common law wife, or if this information can be found at all. 

Mary Fletcher Harris