"Bemfica", a large house with 11 rooms at No. 9 Robinson Road:
"Bemfica" No. 9 Robinson Road Hong Kong Daily Press page 4 6th November 1900, by eurasian_david
It appeared from other sources to have been spelt as "Benfica" as early as 1861. The spelling version "Bemfica" emerged from the late 1890s with an overlap of both versions in the late 1890s/early 1900s, with "Bemfica" as the preferred version from the first decade of the 1900s.
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From the 1924 map, this would
From the 1924 map, this would have been I.L. 712.
Benfica / Bemfica
"Bemfica", a large house with 11 rooms at No. 9 Robinson Road:
It appeared from other sources to have been spelt as "Benfica" as early as 1861. The spelling version "Bemfica" emerged from the late 1890s with an overlap of both versions in the late 1890s/early 1900s, with "Bemfica" as the preferred version from the first decade of the 1900s.
Mentions of Bemfica in the Jurors Lists:
1899 Jurors List
1900 Jurors List
1901 Jurors List
1902 Jurors List
1903 Jurors List
1904 Jurors List
1912 Jurors List
1913 Jurors List
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1896 Ladies Directory
1905 Jurors List
1907 Jurors List