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Sir George William Des Vœux GCMG was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of Fiji (1880–1885), Newfoundland (1886–1887), and Hong Kong (1887–1891).
He was the descendant of a French Huguenot who immigrated to Ireland in the early 18th century. His father was Reverend Henry Des Vœux who lived at the time of William's birth in Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation.
Father George H Bauer served the Maryknoll Mission in Kongmoon (Jiangmen), Kwantung (Guangdong), China. He went to China in 1925.
In 1942, Father Bauer was interned in Stanley Camp and later repatriated. He returned to China after the war and left at the end of 1950 back to the United States. Father Bauer died in 1973.
Source
1. Maryknoll Mission Archives: https://maryknollmissionarchives.org/deceased-fathers-bro/father-george-h-bauer-mm/
Business man
Born 27 Jan 1865, the brother of my grandmother
Birthplace: Münchberg, Germany
Died 29 Jan 1890
Cause of death, unknown. Probably died of the plague that swept through Hong Kong in 1890
Johann Karl Albert Jahreis was a German brewer who came to Hong Kong in the late 1880's to open a brewery.
Able-Bodied Seaman aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941. Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941. Prisoner at Sham Shui Po POW Camp. From San Francisco.
Heinrich Kirchmann, who anglicised his name to Henry in Hong Kong, was the much younger brother of Louis Kirchmann. He was license holder of the Rising Sun at the same time as Louis was license holder of The Land we Live In. He is named in Jarrett's "Old Hong Kong" in the list of license holders of Hotels and Taverns. He died in California aged 88, leaving a widow. Mrs. Johanne M.H. Kirchmann, three daughters and a son, also called Henry. (Gwulo contributor, Susann, who has been researching the Petersen and Kirchmann families, is the source of this information.)
"DEATH.
On Sunday night, the 3rd December, at the Government Civil Hospital, EMIL WIEWELS, a native of Trier, and late with Messrs Carlowitz & Co., Canton"
“The funeral of Mr. Emil Brand, chief petty officer in one of the vessels of the American squadron in the harbour, took place on Tuesday afternoon, the remains being interred in the Happy Valley. Deceased was a Mason, taking his R.A. degree a short time ago in St. Andrew’s Chapter, and a large number of local Masons, including several in the British naval and military services, attended the obsequies. The body was conveyed from the Praya in a hearse, which was preceded by the band of the Olympia, and the American flag.
A cook on board the German sailing vessel R.C. Rickmers who died tragically whilst saving a drowning colleague in Hong Kong.
“A Life for a Life
German merchant for Siemssen & Co. in Hong Kong
Baptised 28th June 1865 Thuringia, Germany
Departed Hamburg, Germany 21st April 1886 on board the ship Iphigenia for Hong Kong. He was living at Dresden at the time and his occupation was a merchant ('Kaufmann')
Married Maria Magdalena Spalckhaver at Lorenz, Lübeck. Germany 6th October 1896
He died in Hamburg, Germany in 1929