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Winifred Barker died in Hong Kong. Her grave is in the Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley:
| 12A--/02/07- | In loving memory of / WINIFRED BARKER / who died 9th Aug. 1928 / aged 54 years / Erected by her stepmother / Mrs KOMA BARKER. / B.J. & Co.#9022 |
I am his son Andrew. Sadly Dad died in 2020 aged 89, but my mother is still with us
Dad was born in Kowloon Docks staff accommodation, evacuated in 1941 to Aus then Glasgow, but returned to HK to work with HK Electric until he retired.
Married Francisco Maria Xavier. Had a child, Dorothy Maria Xavier. Francisco died after being released from a prison camp. Betty married a man with the surname Lloyd. In 1952 Betty and Mary travelled to the UK on the Dilwara. In 1955 Betty returned to Hong Kong on the Canton, leaving her daughter in Wales with her stepfather and that was the last time her daughter saw her. Her daughter who is now in her 80s would very much like to know when and how her mother died and if she has any Xavier relatives in Hong Kong.
My late wife's mother.
I am not sure where to start here, in spite of the fact that I have been looking through GWULO for some time now. I am hoping to be able to achieve three basic purposes here: contribute information for everyone's benefit; research my late wife's ancestry and, very important, to let any of my wife's friends from the 50s and 60s who are not aware of it that my wife of 55 years, Victoria (aka "VICKY") Frances Eleanor Sanchez, born in Hong Kong on 16th August 1945, passed away from breast cancer in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada on 17th June 2023.
Delfino Noronha
'Prestimoso e benemérito macaense'
Delfino Noronha was a leading figure in the Portuguese community in Hong Kong for more than half a century, and blazed a trail that others would follow with determination. He was perhaps 20 when about 1844 he set up in Hong Kong what would eventually become the colony's leading printery, which he ran until his death in 1900.
Reg was named for Sir Reginald Stubbs, who his mother had been introduced to as a 10 year old - the first little Russian girl at Central British School.
I was born in Hong Kong in 1936. Evacuated to Australia via Philipines in 1940 and ended up in Moree NSW. Taken to England 1945 and returned to Hong Kong 1948. School at KGV Graduated from Loughborough College and St Pauls as PE teacher but called up for NS so undertook a 5 year short service commission in the RAF. Posted to RAF Cosford, RAF Colerne and RAF Cranwell. Retired as Flt Lt.
After reading the excellent Fighting for Two Kings: Danish Volunteers in the Defence of Hong Kong 1941 by Frode Olsen I (being Swedish) started to think if there were any Swedes in Hong Kong during this time.
Buried in the Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley:
16Cii/06/02- In / loving memory / of / Frederick Henry Foster / entered into rest / July 12th 1924 / aged 45 years / Till the day breaks and the / shadows flee away