Everything tagged: Colonial Cemetery

Anders Olson was the youngest brother of John Olson, the Swedish proprietor of the National Hotel and Tavern in Queen's Road. He arrived in Hong Kong ahead of his elder brother, Olof, but died of smallpox quite soon after his arrival at the Seamen's Hospital. His funeral is recorded in the register of St. John's Cathedral under the name "Andrew Olson". His grave is in the Colonial Cemetery as are those of his brothers and his infant nephew, John Olson. Anders and Olof are my great-great-uncles.

Bertie Warren was the first child of Charles and Hannah Warren and the first grandchild of John Olson, the retired Swedish tavern owner. The story handed down to later generations was that a Warren baby had died from being scalded in a bath. Bertie was a toddler rather than a baby. Hannah Warren had given birth to her second child, Leslie Warren, the day before his death. It is possible that an inexperienced amah had given Bertie his bath without testing the temperature. "Sunstroke" may have been given on the death certificate to avoid involvement of the law.

I am relying on John Steward's gravestone 08/19/01 in the Colonial Cemetery for the correct spelling of his surname. His age at death was 55. His obituary notice giving 22 January 1877 in the Hong Kong Daily Press, which matches that on his gravestone, gives his name as John Stewart. Carl Smith switches backwards and forwards between "Stewart" and "Steward". The first entry in the Carl Smith cards gives "J. Stewart as Ist Officer on the Schooner, "Royalist" in 1849.