Everything tagged: Hong Kong

My father, Charles McConnell Sloan was born in Hong Kong in 1914, the son of John Sloan, an employee of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery.

A short biography of Marie Anne Victoria BAGLIN, prepared by her nephews Jean-Jacques and Jean Louis Lecoeur.

Born Marie Anne Victoria Baglin, as a young girl she was called Marie-Anne or “Fifi”, but in later years she was known as Vickie.

Born in Hong Kong July 7, 1937, daughter of Genevieve Baglin and Yoc Ma (a Chinese citizen, met in Paris as student).

Appearance: Eurasian, beautiful, dark skin, long hair.

Style: Business woman, strong minded.

Louis Kirchmann (1840-1891) born in the village of Bockholz in Eckernfoerde near Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein, was one of a group of tough early tavern keepers, who had Chinese wives. Kirchmann held the licence for The Land We Live In from 1871 until his death in 1891. He and the Swede, John Olson, licence holder of the National Hotel (1866-1885), were close neighbours in Ladder Street Terrace living in nos. 1 and 4 respectively.  Kirchmann’s countryman, C.F.W.

Ian Gill writes:

My grandfather's amazing life in China and how he found my mother

In 1916 in Hunan, Hong Kong-born Frank Newman took in an abandoned baby girl, much to the disapproval of his compatriots. Her son, Manila-based journalist Ian Gill, discovers that was just one of many surprises in the life of a most independent-minded man.

See story in South China Morning Post magazine:

DoB from John Black's list, which gives Miss Blackburn's occupation in 1941 as Secretary.