I am his son Andrew. Sadly Dad died in 2020 aged 89, but my mother is still with us
Dad was born in Kowloon Docks staff accommodation, evacuated in 1941 to Aus then Glasgow, but returned to HK to work with HK Electric until he retired.
Born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Married Robert Morrison in 1925 and gave birth to daughter Elsy in 1926. Emigrated to HK in 1928 and lived at 4 Inverness Terrace, HK Dockyard.
Evacuated to Brisbane with daughter during WW2
Emigrated to UK in 1960s
Paternal great grandmother of author
Daughter of Robert Morrison and Margaret McColm Morrison
Born in Glasgow, emigrated to HK in 1928
Married Louis Colmans and had 4 x children
Lived at 9 Braga Circuit, HK
Evacuated to Brisbane with her mother Margaret during WW2
1954 - lived at 4 Inverness Terrace, Kowloon Dock (Marriage Cert)
Emigrated to Southend on Sea, Essex in 1967
Author's Paternal Grandmother
Marjorie Stintzi writes:
Eileen Hargreaves, wife of John Hargreaves, evacuated from Hong Kong to Australia. She and their two sons, Roger and Allan Hargreaves, lived in Yass, where she worked as Deputy City Clerk. The family left Hong Kong after the war and moved to England, date unknown. Roger and Allan were born in Hong Kong. Eileen was the daughter of Henry Garrod and younger sister of Marjorie Elston.
Marjorie Stintzi writes:
Marjorie Garrod was born in Hong Kong. Her father Henry Garrod had joined the Colonial Government on 4-21-1898.
She married A H Elston on August 9, 1924 Marjorie Elston and her younger son, Jeremy, were evacuated to Australia prior to invasion. She worked as a government censor in Sydney. Jeremy was at Kings School, Paramatta, as a student/boarder. Both of their sons, Michael and Jeremy, were born in Hong Kong.
Daughter of Vernon and Doris Walker, wife of Douglas Bland, mother of Siobhan, Diarmuid, and Clodagh.