Everything tagged: Hong Kong

In 1920 Violet Capell became the first full time ballet teacher in Hong Kong. She had a working relationship with Daisy O'Keefe. At the beginning all her stduents were westerners but by 1937 about half of her students were Asians 

Source: Developing Dance Education in Hong Kong and the Mainland China by Pearl Chan 2011 

Mentioned in Betty Steel's Diary - impressions of an upbringing in 1920s Hong Kong

Anna Joaquina Maria D'Almada e Castro married Wilfred "Willie" Alexander Reed on August 21, 1939 at Rosary Church, Kowloon, and had one daughter, Angela, who was born in Macau.  Willie passed away on March 20, 1971 in Hong Kong at age 65.  Belle, as she was known, passed away on March 6, 2000 in Seattle, just a month short of her 91st birthday.  Angela resides in Kirkland, Washington.

“OBITUARY

F. Xavier D’Almada e Castro Dead

One of the best known of the Colony’s residents passed away at 1 a.m. to-day when Francisco Xavier D’Almada e Castro died at St. Paul’s Hospital.

Mr. D’Almada e Castro came from a family connected with Hongkogn ever since the occupation of the island by the British. He was of Portuguese extraction.

"DEATH

6.30 A.M., 24th June, 1872, the beloved daughter of BENJAMIN and ELIZA STANFORD, aged 10 months and 10 days. Funeral will take place this evening."

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.