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An American merchant and writer. Travelled to China in 1824. Employed by Thomas H. Smith and Son and later joined Russell and Company. Worked and lived in Canton and saw first hand the beginnings of the Opium War.
He penned "The Fan Kwae at Canton Before Treaty Days, 1825-1844" by an Old Resident and "Bits of Old China".
Appointed Assistant Superintendent of the Civil Aerodrome on 1 May 1934.
Left Hong Kong on leave in 1938.
William migrated to Hong Kong around 1886 and worked as a commission agent.
In 1891 he purchased/ bought into Brown Jones and Co funeral directors.
He had 9 children.
What I am looking for is the mother of the children / his wife. He was married in 1922 when he completed a passenger declaration into Canada and stated that his wife was home at Morrison Hill Road, Hong Kong.
He died in Government Hospital in 1934.
American wife (with Irish descent) of British shipwright Benjamin Robert Stanford (1843-1892)
An American, George Tyson was a partner of Warren Delano Jr. and various members of the Forbes family in Shanghai Steam Navigation Company in the 1860′s.
He worked for Russell & Co. as a Partner until 1867 and lived on Caine Rd, HK and was the father of George (Bartou), Sarah & Charlotte Tyson.
I have information about George Tyson but I am looking specifically for a photo//painting of him.
American Consul-General at the time of the Japanese invasion in 1941.
William Henry Latimer was born in St Paul, Minnesota, USA on 2 April 1889. His family moved to Canada and he attended school there. He studied law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto and was called to the bar in 1914. While in school he was active in a militia unit originally called the 9th Mississauga Horse, changing to the 15th LH, before becoming the 124BN in WW1. William joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and saw service as an officer in France.