George FENWICK [1851-1896]

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 01/26/2019 - 00:01
Names
Given
George
Family
Fenwick
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Birthplace (town, state)
Brechin, Angus
Birthplace (country)
Scotland
Died
Date
Cause of death
heart problems

George Fenwick was the owner of a shipyard in the area of Queen’s Road East and Ship Street (Wanchai). 

He appears for the first time in the Jury List for 1877 as "Fenwick, George, Assistant, Inglis & Co.", and two years later as "Engineer" of the same company.

In the 1884 Jurors list he appears as Engineer of Fenwick & Co, living in the district Wantsai.

In the 1895/96 Jurors list he appears as Manager of Fenwick & Co, living in the Hongkong Hotel.  

The China Mail from 1896-06-16 reports that George Fenwick died in New York on May 5th 1896 after being ill for some time. His age is given as 45 years.

More about his company here.

 

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