Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
He is buried in St Michael's Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, with 8 other people named on his tomb-stone. So as his grandfather was my gr gr gr grandfather, I would like to find out more about him and them. I have found the burials dates from browsing FamilySearch, but this tells me nothing of the relationships, or lives. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
I know he was Clerk of Works from 1863 till his death in 1880.
I have been in HK for a few days, but have only found anything online as mentioned. Home is New Zealand.
Comments
A search here brings up a few
A search here brings up a few mentions of a W Prestage, he lived in the Gardner's cottage which is where the present day Albany building is.
His widow lived in Belilios terrace in 1904. She received a payout from the government in 1881 for service rendered by her husband
In 1880 Ward Prestage was the Honorary Secretary of the Vincent De Paul Society, a lay Catholic charitable organization
More information on the Prestage family here
A John Thomas Prestage appears in jurors lists at the end of the 19th Century working as a clerk for HSBC
Ward Prestage
Thank you very much for the links and the information. I've now left HK for Japan, so genealogy has taken a back seat, but it gets what time I can find.
I look forward to digging in these records to see what is there,
Kind regards
Sue