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Peter Pak Foon YEE (aka 余伯寬) [1944- ]

Submitted by OldTimer on Mon, 2020-08-03 16:56
Status: 
Living
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Yee
Given: 
Peter Pak Foon
Alias / nickname: 
余伯寬
Birth
Date: 
1944-11-09
Birthplace (town, state): 
Maba refugee camp
Birthplace (country): 
China

Edward Davidovich BRASILEVSKY [1918-1997]

Submitted by David on Fri, 2020-06-05 14:53
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Brasilevsky
Given: 
Edward Davidovich
Birth
Date: 
1918-12-25
Birthplace (town, state): 
Harbin
Death
Date: 
c.1997-12-31 (Month, Day are approximate)

His Naturalisation Certificate, dated 10 May 1947, is held in the UK National Archives, their ref: HO 334/256/3891. It has the following information:

Birthplace (country): 
China

James HUNTER [1874-1937]

Submitted by seemex on Sat, 2020-05-30 13:04
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Hunter
Given: 
James
Birth
Date: 
1874-11-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hong Kong
Death
Date: 
1937-08-08
Cause of death: 
Unknown

James Hunter was my great uncle ( brother of my GF Tobias Hunter.) He lived at 11 Shelley Street and worked for S J David in 1917-1918. In 1919 he worked for my GF as a commision agent ( from HK Jurors List ). His wife Emma ( maiden name unknown) died in 1933 at 11 Shelley Street and his daughter Ellen Hunter( born 1899 ) alias Fok Shuk Wah, died also at 11 Shelley Street in 1944. She does not appear to have been interned at Stanley Camp which could be due to her Eurasian status ( maybe looked more Asian ). 

Birthplace (country): 
China

Elizabeth Jane BROWNELL [1927-2016]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2020-05-21 17:01
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Brownell
Given: 
Elizabeth Jane
Birth
Date: 
1927-12-26
Birthplace (town, state): 
Shunde, Guangdong
Death
Date: 
2016-01-07
Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: repatriated 1942 Asama Maru + Gripsholm

Roger Guy SEWELL [1937- ]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2020-05-21 16:58
Status: 
Unknown
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Sewell
Given: 
Roger Guy
Birth
Date: 
1937-09-27
Birthplace (town, state): 
Chantu
Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Daphne SEWELL [1935- ]

Submitted by Bob Tatz on Thu, 2020-05-21 16:57
Status: 
Unknown
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Sewell
Given: 
Daphne
Birth
Date: 
1935-06-13
Birthplace (town, state): 
Chungking
Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp

Elizabeth PITCAIRN (née ABRAHAM) [1879-1943]

Submitted by Andywp on Sat, 2020-04-11 19:43
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Pitcairn
Given: 
Elizabeth
Maiden: 
Abraham
Birth
Date: 
c.1879-01-10 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hong Kong, Kowloon
Death
Date: 
c.1943-10-10 (Month, Day are approximate)
Other
Other reference: 
Marriage 1907-11-10 St Johns Cathederal , Hong Kong
Birthplace (country): 
China

James MacKenzie JACK [1895-1944]

Submitted by jill on Tue, 2020-03-10 20:20
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Jack
Given: 
James MacKenzie
Birth
Date: 
1895-01-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hongkong?
Death
Date: 
1944-09-15
Cause of death: 
Beri beri and chronic peritonitis

James Mackenzie Jack inherited the engineering company W.C. Jack & Co. Ltd. from his father, William Jack, on his death in 1919. He was serving in Salonika with his brother at the time of his father's death. I don't know his brother's name, or if he returned safely to Hong Kong. When my uncle, Leslie Warren, had to wind up C.E. Warren & Co. in May, 1941, James Jack asked him to take over the Jacks branch in Penang while the then MD took six months leave. Jack became a POW and was in the fifth transportation to Japan, where he died in a POW camp on 15 September 1944.

Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
W.C. Jack & Co. Ltd.
WWI
HKVDC
pow camp
engineers

Lily LAFLEUR [1907-1982]

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Wed, 2020-03-04 05:18
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Lafleur
Given: 
Lily
Birth
Date: 
1907-09-17
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hong Kong
Death
Date: 
1982-05-17
Cause of death: 
unknown

Mrs Lily Lafleur was married with Franciscus Hubertus Joseph Alphonsus Lafleur; they had a son (Ah Tong) and daughter (Ah Kan, also known as Mary). Thanks to gwulo member annpake, more information about Lily Lafleur was found. In December 1951 she sailed from Hong Kong to London.

She passed away in 1982 and was burried at St Raphaels Cemetery Cheung Sha.

Via LinkedIn I found the granddaughter and son of Franciscus' brother in the Netherlands. Lily had visited her family in law a few years after WWII. A photo of the visit survived!

Birthplace (country): 
China

Rose LANDAU (née BRASILEVSKY, aka Rosie) [1912-1975]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2019-09-17 19:12
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Landau
Given: 
Rose
Maiden: 
Brasilevsky
Alias / nickname: 
Rosie
Birth
Date: 
1912-01-10
Birthplace (town, state): 
Harbin
Death
Date: 
1975-05-16
Birthplace (country): 
China

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