In the 1940 Jurors List, Francis Xavier Lee worked as an assistant for Standard Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd..
He was present in Hong Kong at its surrender to the Japanese and interned at Stanley Camp. Francis X. Lee was repatriated with other Americans to the United States in 1942.
Maybelle Larsen was a former American Red Cross nurse during WWI. She and her husband, Charles F. Larsen were Seventh-Day Adventist missionaries. They were sent to China in 1926. Her role and responsibilities became heavier when Charles became pastor of the Pioneer Memorial Church in Happy Valley.
During the Battle of Hong Kong, she worked as a supervisory nurse caring for patients injured during the bombings. After the fall of Hong Kong, Maybelle Larsen and her husband were interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.
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Charles F. Larsen was an American missionary and the pastor of the Seventh-Day Adventist Pioneer Memorial Church on Ventris Road.
Charles Larsen and his wife, Maybelle were present in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion. They were interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942. By the time they left, the Larsens had served 15 years in China and Hong Kong.
Mary Soles Laird was a missionary nurse and served the Presbyterian Church. She was the wife of Clinton N. Laird, Vice Provost of Lingnan University in Canton (Guangzhou), China. Soles was her mother's surname.
Mary Soles Laird and her husband were present in Hong Kong during the battle of Hong Kong. They were interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.
Not long after her arrival in the United States, she passed away on 2 November 1942. She had hoped to return to China one day where she had served for 33 years.
Dr. Clinton Nevius Laird or better known as Clinton N. Laird was Professor of Chemistry and Vice Provost at Lingnan University in Canton (Guangzhou). He had a long tenure at Lingnan from 1905 to 1942.
In December 1941, Clinton N. Laird and his wife, Mary were present in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion. They were interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated to the United States in 1942.
Erwin Ferdinand Koch appears in the 1938 to 1940 Jurors List. He is listed as an attendant and in 1940 as an attorney for Standard Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd.. In 1954, he was the retired assistant to the Chairman of the Board of the Company. After WWII, he also served as Vice-President of The Philippine American Chamber of Commerce.
E. F. Koch was present in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion. He was interned at Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942. He died in 1974.
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1. Jurors List
Father Knotek belonged to the Maryknoll Mission and was ordained on 22 June 1941. He was assigned to Kweilin (Guilin), China. He and his group of newly ordained priests had arrived in Hong Kong just before the Japanese invasion and became trapped in the city and not able to proceed to their inland missions.
Arthur Russell Knipp was a Professor of Physics at Lingnan University, Canton (Guangzhou), China from 1910 to 1951. After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned at Stanley Camp with his wife and daughter. They were repatriated to the United States in 1942.
Obituary Memorial: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/GM33-17C/arthur-russell-knipp-1887-1974
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Marion Bailey King was the secretary of Dragon Motor Co., Ltd.. Prior to the fall of Hong Kong, he had been associated with the company since 1923. He was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.
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1. Jury Lists
George B. King worked for British American Tobacco Co., in Shanghai, China. In the early 1940s, he had been associated with the company for over 20 years. He was interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated to the United States in 1942.
In May 1944, he joined the Tobacco Section of the Office of Price Administration to assist in price control of cigarette leaf tobacco.
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1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/8626-king-george-b/
2. The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury
