Gordon Edward FRISQUE [1904-2006]

Submitted by moddsey on Thu, 06/13/2024 - 08:56
Names
Given
Gordon Edward
Family
Frisque
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Birthplace (country)
United States
Died
Date
Died in (town, state)
West de Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin
Died in (country)
United States

Gordon Edward Frisque was the Manager of Eastman Kodak Co.. He appears in the Jurors List from 1939 onwards.

Frisque arrived in Hong Kong around 1931, the youngest ever representative to be sent out by Kodak at that time to manage a foreign office. In 1934, he went back to the U. S. to get married and returned to Hong Kong later with his wife. Prior to the Japanese invasion, his wife and son were evacuated, leaving Frisque alone in Hong Kong.

Frisque was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States. His arrival on the Gripsholm was recorded in The Daily News Times, Neenah, Menasha, Wisconsin on 26 August 1942 here

After the war, the Frisque family returned to Hong Kong and finally leaving in 1952 for good to the United States. Aged 102, Frisque died in 2006.

Memorial/Obituary: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198513144/gordon-e.-frisque

Misc

1. Frisque is mentioned in a court case involving theft of a Kodak camera by an office boy at the Eastman Kodak Company's office in David House. Hong Kong Telegraph 9 May 1933 refers.

2. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/8041-frisque-gordon-edward/

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