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John Vincent Braga

Born, 5 Seymour Terrace, Hong Kong, 25 September 1908; 

died, Edinburgh, 29 May 1981, aged 72.

Company Secretary and violinist. Owner of the Braga Stradivarius.

In December 1941, Rev. Bennett was the chaplain of the Royal Scots in Hong Kong.

More information: https://assets-global.website-files.com/578e2a2c6c449a8776ff311f/61828f…

The First Secretary of Housing from 1973 to 1977.

Bio of time in Hong Kong By Rudi Butt:

Anderson (b. April 16, 1809 (or 1810), Selkirk, Selkirk, Scotland – d. May 28, 1857, Jedburgh, Roxburgh) went to Macau in July 1834 (and thence onto Canton) as an assistant surgeon attached to the mission of William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier  (b.1786-d.1834), the first British Superintendent of Trade in Qing China. 

Nephew to John Graham Anderson.

He was the founder of the Shanghai Police Specials, which force he commanded for 4 years, Honorary Life Assistant Commissioner of The Shanghai Municipal Police and a popular personality in all Shanghai circles. He died in Shanghai at the age of 69 after a long illness.

Dates of birth and death from https://www.myheritage.com/research?s=1&formId=master&formMode=1&useTra…

From Carl Smith card 138603:

He was the 23rd Governor of Hong Kong from 1958 to 1964.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Black_(colonial_administrator)

He first appears in Hong Kong on the 1915 Jurors List:

He was a long-term resident, appearing in every Jurors List up to and including 1941. He continued working for the Dock Company, but there were minor changes in the lists that followed:

Mary Ann Dinnen nee Killah born 1859 king edward aberdeenshire scotland, parents william killah and amelia killah nee cruickshank who married in 1855 gamrie baniffshire scotland. Mary killah appears on the 1871 census records then aged 12 and then on the 1871 aged 22 and her employment was a domestic servant at the old parish school house gamrie. She then resurfaces in 1885 when she married HJ Dinnen in NSW australia i have the marriage certificate. She is then on a 1891 census in the UK AGE 32 as a boarder along with william h dinnen age 4 who was born in hong kong.