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A daughter of missionaries, Margaret Jaffray was born in the mission field in 1907. She received her early education at the Chefoo School in North China, a Christian British-style boarding school, and visited her parents during the winter months. Later, she attended high school in Toronto, completed a business course, and then returned to China to work as her father’s secretary, all while learning Chinese.
John Livingstone McPherson was a missionary with the Canadian Presbyterian Church whose life’s work was developing the YMCA movement in Hong Kong from 1905 to 1935.
[Updated 19/12/2025]
In the early 20th century, the Canadian Rev. Dr. Robert Alexander Jaffray had a long and illustrious career in Southeast Asia as a missionary to China, Indonesia and several other countries.
[Updated 30/12/2025]
Reverend Ernest Chalmers Mitchell and his wife Lena, served as missionaries of the Covenanter (Reformed Presbyterian) Church, North America early last century, in China.
Born, Macau 23 September 1902; died, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
7 February 1972, aged 69.
Married: to Muriel Williamson in 1938 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Children: One daughter: Edith Lynne Braga, born 27 July 1946
Lynne Braga wrote fully and frankly about her father’s life in Canada between 1946 and 1972, but she knew little about his earlier years. Accordingly, this account is supplemented by extracts from Stuart’s book, Making Impressions.
Florence Li Tim-Oi was a Hong Kong born Anglican Priest, and the first woman in the Anglican communion ever to be ordained (1944, by Bishop Ronald Hall).
Henry William Mills appears in the 1941 Jurors List as an assistant with the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd at Lai Chi Kok.
He was married to Thelma Mills. Both were interned at Stanley Camp.
Henry Mills died on 30 May 1967 in Victoria, B. C., Canada
Source
1. Carl Smith Card No. 126395 See here
William Henry Taylor was employed as a principal economist in the Division of Monetary Research of the Treasury Department in Washington D.C.. He had been appointed to the China Stabilization Board and was on official business in China and Hong Kong in December 1941.
After the fall of Hong Kong, he was interned at Stanley Camp and later repatriated in 1942.
Mary Cain was better known as Sister Mary de Ricci. She served the Maryknoll Sisters and was sent to Hong Kong in 1927. Prior to the Pacific war, Sister Mary de Ricci worked at Maryknoll Convent School in Kowloon and Holy Spirit School on Caine Road. She later became House Superior of Holy Spirit School.