Everything tagged: Hong Kong

The above details on the birth and death dates of Robert Cyril Reed, uncle of Angela Niles, were supplied by eurasion_david, who kindly copied his obituary from the SCMP:

"EX-TEACHER DIES

Mr. Robert Cyril Reed, a long-time resident, died on Saturday. He was 66.

Mr Reed was a teacher at the Moral Training School in Kowloon Tong.

He was a keen follower of hockey, cricket and lawn bowls.

Yeung Sau-king (nicknamed "Mermaid") was a famous Hong Kong swimmer and Olympian who was active in the 1930s. She represented Hong Kong in two Chinese National Games (1933, 1935), and represented China in the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games and 1936 Olympic Games. She broke multiple swimming records of Hong Kong, China and the Far East. She was a secret agent for China in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, and became a leader in life saving in the 1960s. There is a lot of false information about her on the internet based on untrue reports in 1940s tabloids.

Entry in the list of Civilian Internees:

Reuben is buried in Hong Kong Cemetery in plot 2J3.

According to the 1917 jurors list, he was a clerk at British American Tobacco Co. Ltd.

The 1922 and 1923 Jurors lists have him as a merchant at N.S. Moses & Co., located at 8 Torres Buildings.

A sailing manifest record in 1925 indicated him to be living at 4 Queens Road, HK.

A 1941 jurors list has him as a share broker at Tester & Abraham, which was his brother Ezra's company. He lived at 38 Kimberley Road Kowloon.

Joseph is buried in Hong Kong Cemetery Plot 2J2. He was either a bachelor or a widower by the time his mother died in 1929

Ezra is buried In Hong Kong Cemetery Plot 2H5, his wife Rose died on May 6 1969 age 86, is buried in plot 45/2/6.

According to the 1917 Jurors list, he was an assistant at Logan & Basto onIce House Street. The 1923 and 1923 Jurors list have him as a broker at Wright & Hornby and living at 4 Aimai Villas, Kowloon.

It is thought that Kathleen (Kitty) who died on November 23, 1965 may be buried (or perhaps her ashes) as her mother Kathleen in Hong Kong Cemetery in Plot 12A/11/12