Everything tagged: Hong Kong

Herself an Eurasian, she was the wife and then widow of Oswald Chan (1918-1946), Eurasian R.A.F. pilot.

Later married another Eurasian Edwin Johnsford Macomber Churn (1912-1991) on 20th January 1951

"DEATHS:-

SOARES. - At 27, Jordan Road, Kowloon, on February 15th, 1933, Carlos Maria Soares, aged 45. Funeral will pass the Monument at 5.15 p.m. to-morrow, (Macao and Shanghai papers please copy.)"

Hong Kong Telegraph 24 September 1949 

The death occurred this morning of Alfred P. Greaves, an old resident and prominent stockbroker before the war.

Aged 65 (?), he had been actively connected with the  stock market for over 30 years and was one of the founder members of the Hong Kong Sharebrokers' Association, now amalgamated with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He retired from business in 1947.

Entry in the 1940 Jurors List:

A H Potts described Captain Fox as the adjutant of the Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery.

Name and date of death from Hong Kong War Diary.

Tony Banham lists him as 2nd Lieutenant in group 'Unallocated' in A Company of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Scots Regiment, and notes he was killed on 19 Dec.

This page is for my great-grandfather, William Dinnen.

His son, my grandfather william h h dinnen was born hong kong in 1887 in kowloon i have found his mother mary dinnen living in hong kong they then showed up on a uk census 1891 but no record of my great grandfather i beleive he was buried in happy valley as he died of maleria in hong kong between 1887 and 1891 his name was william dinnen but i cant find no records in forgotten souls please can anyone help me kind regards stephen dinnen