Everything tagged: United States

Herman Priestly Stokes appears in the 1941 Jurors List as an engineer working for Marsman. H.K., China, Ltd.

Obituary/Memorial: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LVP4-49G/herman-priestly-stokes-1896-1972

A schoolboy at Diocesan Boys' School. Aged 7  in 1942. He and his mother were interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Obituary/Memorial: https://www.bishophastingsfh.com/obituaries/Donald-R-Stevenson-Jr?obId=26303672

1. http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison/nonuniformedcivilians.html#_Toc43367492

William Tillinghast (spelt Tellinghast in the Jurors List) Stanton appears in the 1941 Jurors List as an exchange broker. 

He was interned with his wife at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

1. The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45 by Phillip Cracknell. See here

Elsa Burgess was married to Frank Low Fearon. He died in 1921. She married William Tillinghast Stanton in 1933.

She was interned with her second husband at Stanley Camp and repatriated in 1942.

Obituary/Memorial: https://www.geni.com/people/Elsa-Stanton/6000000018513955761

Melvin Leonard Southwick appears in the 1940 Jurors List as an assistant working for Standard Vacuum Oil Co..

He was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.

Obituary/Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86281501/melvin-leonard-southwick

Irene Margaret Kelly was better known as Sister Dominic (formerly Mary St. Dominic). She served the Maryknoll Sisters and was sent to Korea in 1934. She appears to have been transferred to China in 1936.

In December 1941, Sister Dominic was in Hong Kong for a surgical operation and hospital care. After the fall of Hong Kong, Sister Dominic and other Sisters of the convent in Holy Sprit School on Caine Road were interned. They arrived in Stanley Camp on 21 January 1942. In camp, Sister Dominic worked in the clinic.

Beatrice Ann Stapleton was better known as Sister Matthew Marie. She served the Maryknoll Sisters and was assigned to Hong Kong in 1935 as teacher at Maryknoll Convent School.

During the fall of Hong Kong, she was stationed at Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloon Tong. On 8 February 1942, a group of eighteen Sisters of the school, including Sister Matthew Marie were interned at Stanley Camp.

Sister Matthew Marie left Stanley Camp in June 1942 and was repatriated to the United States. After the end of the Pacific war, she returned to Hong Kong to continue her teaching.

Mary Monica Coupe was better known as Sister Mary Eucharista. She served the Maryknoll Sisters and was transferred from the Philippines to Hong Kong in 1935.

During the Japanese invasion, she resided in the convent in Holy Spirit School on Caine Road. After the fall of Hong Kong, the Sisters at the convent worked at Queen Mary Hospital to help care for the wounded. On 21 January 1942, Sister Mary Eucharista and her group of Sisters from Hong Kong Island were interned at Stanley Camp. In camp, she worked in the library.

Claire Rita Furey was better know as Sister Mary Christella. She served the Maryknoll Sisters and was assigned to Hong Kong in 1936. 

During the fall of Hong Kong, she was stationed at Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloon Tong. On 8 February 1942, a group of eighteen Sisters of the school, including Sister Mary Christella were interned at Stanley Camp.  She worked as secretary in the diet kitchen.

Philomena Quinn was better known as Sister Mary Clement. She served the Maryknoll Sisters and in 1925 was assigned to South China and eventually to Hong Kong.