Daughter of Henrique Delfino de Noronha and Henriette Pages
Born 25 April 1901 in Hong Kong and baptised St Joseph 's Hong Kong 5 May 1901
Probate Index Ceilia Maria Leonor (sic) Bethell of Flat 7 Milibrook Court, Oakfield, Sale died 31 January 1989.
Buried 8 February 1989 Greater Manchester UK
Will Alfred Bethell 1952 Arthur Bethell pensioner of 9 Ankow Road Kowloon, to wife Cecilia Maria Elenor Bethell Adminstration Henrietta Guilhermina Noronha [Carl Smith Card]
Many years ago I escorted Bill Bethell and his wife, visiting Hong Kong from their home in the U.K., around sites which were known to Bill as a young lad growing up in pre-War Hong Kong.
We were also able to visit Stanley where Bill and his family were interned during the Japanese Occupation. I have written in greater detail of Bill's visit to Hong Kong elsewhere on this site.
Cissy was my Great Aunt. I am curious to know more from those that knew her and Bill in Hong Kong. Specifically, there is a member of my family who tells a story about her letting her shop to someone during the occupation. I don't understand why she would remain in HK as most of the family had Portuguese çedulas and fled to Macau.
I might be able to answer Macanese daughter's question. When I met Bill Bethell all those years ago in Hong Kong, he told me that he entered the camp with his mother, his British stepfather and his (slightly older) sister.
He went on to explain that his mother wanted the whole family to go into the camp together - on the basis that they would more likely to survive if they were together.
Cecilia, being Macanese, didn't have to go into the camp, but she very much felt it was for the best. Cecilia had sister(s) who were not interned, but who after the war were commended by the British Government for assistance which they had given Brits during the Occupation.
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Cecilia Maria Leonor Pages Bethell nee Noronha 1901 - 1989
Wife of Alfred Bethell
Daughter of Henrique Delfino de Noronha and Henriette Pages
Born 25 April 1901 in Hong Kong and baptised St Joseph 's Hong Kong 5 May 1901
Probate Index Ceilia Maria Leonor (sic) Bethell of Flat 7 Milibrook Court, Oakfield, Sale died 31 January 1989.
Buried 8 February 1989 Greater Manchester UK
Will Alfred Bethell 1952 Arthur Bethell pensioner of 9 Ankow Road Kowloon, to wife Cecilia Maria Elenor Bethell Adminstration Henrietta Guilhermina Noronha [Carl Smith Card]
Bill Bethell
Many years ago I escorted Bill Bethell and his wife, visiting Hong Kong from their home in the U.K., around sites which were known to Bill as a young lad growing up in pre-War Hong Kong.
We were also able to visit Stanley where Bill and his family were interned during the Japanese Occupation. I have written in greater detail of Bill's visit to Hong Kong elsewhere on this site.
Cecilia Forrest (later Bethell)
Cecilia Bethell ran the Cecilia Beauty Salon at Ho Tung Mansions at the junction of Hankow and Middle Roads.
She was previously known as Cecilia Forrest when she operated her pre-war beauty salon business. Her business was established in 1927.
A photo of her son, a young Billy Forrest appears in the China Mail here dated 4 February 1937.
In April 1948, Cecilia Bethell resumed her hair dressing business at 1 Hankow Road.
Cecilia Noronha
Cissy was my Great Aunt. I am curious to know more from those that knew her and Bill in Hong Kong. Specifically, there is a member of my family who tells a story about her letting her shop to someone during the occupation. I don't understand why she would remain in HK as most of the family had Portuguese çedulas and fled to Macau.
Bethell family in Stanley
I might be able to answer Macanese daughter's question. When I met Bill Bethell all those years ago in Hong Kong, he told me that he entered the camp with his mother, his British stepfather and his (slightly older) sister.
He went on to explain that his mother wanted the whole family to go into the camp together - on the basis that they would more likely to survive if they were together.
Cecilia, being Macanese, didn't have to go into the camp, but she very much felt it was for the best. Cecilia had sister(s) who were not interned, but who after the war were commended by the British Government for assistance which they had given Brits during the Occupation.