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John Howell May died at 33 Caine Road in 1919 aged 83. The Rate Books also give him as the owner of the house during the first decade of the century when my great-grandfather, John Olson and his family were living there. He retired and returned to Hong Kong in 1911, the year that John Olson and his wife moved to 98a Wanchai Road, purchased by C.E. Warren & Co. the same date. John May joined the Chinese Imperial Customs in 1860 and subsequently became Harbour Master of Shanghai. May also bought nos.

Death reported in the China Mail 12 June 1900 at 26 Elgin Road. Retired civil servant and owner of various properties. Was clerk in the Colonial Treasurer's Office. He was additionally executor for John Steward, boarding house keeper of Queen's Road who died in 1877. He left bequests to his unmarried daughter, Zulaika Madar, to his sons, Solaiman and Omar Madar, to his married daughters, Sophia Moodeem and Mariam Ramjahn and also to his nephew and great-nieces. His brother was Ismail Pillay Madar.

I am relying on John Steward's gravestone 08/19/01 in the Colonial Cemetery for the correct spelling of his surname. His age at death was 55. His obituary notice giving 22 January 1877 in the Hong Kong Daily Press, which matches that on his gravestone, gives his name as John Stewart. Carl Smith switches backwards and forwards between "Stewart" and "Steward". The first entry in the Carl Smith cards gives "J. Stewart as Ist Officer on the Schooner, "Royalist" in 1849.

"BIRTHS.

On 3rd December, at "Bicton" The Peak, the wife of G.C. Moxon, of a daughter."

"BIRTHS.

At the Government Civil Hospital, on the 2nd December, the Wife of Inspector D.J. MCKENZIE, of a Son."

"BIRTH.

At Crossmyloof, Kowloon, on 10th Jan., the Wife of D.A. Purves, of a Son."

"BIRTH.

On the 20th November at the Government Civil Hospital, the wife of J.J. LYSAUGHT, of a son."

Elsie Gaby was possibly the natural daughter of Cyril Gaby.

He's mentioned in the list of Civilian Internees:

In John Charter's diary, Charter describes him as 'Captain Taylor of the Mercantile Marine'.