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Martha Kate More nee Reeves 1858 - 1938
Probate England and Wales Calendar
03 Mar 1939 • Martha Kate More of Lauriston Hotel Bowen Road Hong Kong Probate John Owen Hughes and Kenneth Sinclair Morrison merchants
She appears in my personal family tree. She married Andrew Charles More 8 March 1889 St Johns Hong Kong and was the proprietress of the hotel.
She appears in the Ladies Directory from 1890 onwards.
She was born in Clevedon Somerset England in 1958
She died in the War Memorial Hospital Hong Kong 23 June 1938.
Her daughter Phyllis Muriel More married Kenneth Sinclair Morrison
Mrs. More
South China Morning Post (1903-1941); Jun 24, 1938;
The widow of Mr. Andrew Charles More, who was for many years with Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Co's. Insurance Department, and later in the office of the Sugar Refinery.
The late Mrs. More took over "Lauriston" the private hotel at Bowen Road, in 1910, and relinquished it in 1934 prior to its demolition. Since then she had been living in retirement, and has been in failing health on account of advanced years.
She leaves two children, Phyllis, the wife of Mr. K. S. Morrison, and Mr. Geoffrey Robert More, late of the Union Insurance Society of Canton and at present in South Africa.
In her generation, Mrs. More was a prominent member of the Hong- kong A.D.C.
The funeral takes place this after- noon, at 5 o'clock.
Auction
PUBLIC AUCTION.
The Undersigned have received instructions from Mrs. More Proprietress of "Lauriston" private hotel at No. 1, Bowen Road to sell by Public Auction, TO-DAY Wednesday, 31st January, 1934, commencing each day at 10 a.m.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE comprising:- !
Teak hatstand,
couch and arm chairs, Teak
cabinet, Teak dining table, Teak
side board, Dinner waggon, Chairs,
Teak bedsteads with springs and
mattresses, Teak wardrobe with
bevelled mirror, Teak dressing
table, Chest of drawers, Bed linen,
Towels, Carpets, Cutlery, Crockery,
Glass ware, ornaments, Pictures,
Enamel bath, Porcelain wash
also
basin, etc., etc. Fine carved 'blackwood ware- One Piano
Fine mauritrics; Palms and plants.
On View from Sunday and Monday, the 28th and 29th January, 1934.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers.