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Robert Cyril REED [1903-1969]

Submitted by jill on Sat, 08/21/2021 - 02:05

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.

Sau-king YEUNG (aka 楊秀瓊, Yvonne TAN, YANG Xiuqiong) [1919-1982]

Submitted by C on Thu, 08/12/2021 - 19:03

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.

Reuben ABRAHAM [c.1883-1948]

Submitted by Andywp on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 17:46

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.

Ezra ABRAHAM [c.1880-1956]

Submitted by Andywp on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 17:29

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.

King Leung (Kwok-Hei) KWAN (aka Kwan Sum-Yin) [1869-1945]

Submitted by Deborah Jiang on Fri, 02/19/2021 - 14:57

I am researching my grandmother's side of the family, the Kwan Yuen Cheong, family of 15.   I would like to know where the couple resided and also where the second generation (each) lived.   My great-grandmother was raised by Daniel and Mary Ayow Caldwell and educated by Lady Ball (Dyer Ball's second wife).  A lot has been written about her and her dentist husband, who worked for the LMS print shop before apprenticing under an "American missionary dentist" (Rudi Butt's blog says that would be Varnum David Collins but I cannot find his sources nor reach the author).