Fritz Edward SHUSTER [1869-1904] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Fritz Edward SHUSTER [1869-1904]

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Submitted by anashuster on Thu, 2011-07-07 04:22
Names
Given: 
Fritz Edward
Family: 
Shuster
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1869-11-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1904-08-01 (Day is approximate)
Cause of death: 
Accident - fell from tram

He appears in the following Juror's Lists (at time of writing we've transcribed the lists for 1894-1909):

1894
cShusterFritz EdwardAssistantTaikoo Sugar Company   Quarry Bay
1895
cShusterFritz EdwardAssistantTaikoo Sugar Company   Quarry Bay
1896
cShusterFritz EdwardAssistantTaikoo Sugar Refinery   Quarry Bay
1897
cShusterFritz EdwardAssistantTaikoo Sugar Refinery   Quarry Bay
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Submitted by David on Thu, 2011-07-07 04:29.

Hi Ana,

You'll see I've created a 'Person' record for Fritz Edward Shuster. It's a way to gather information about a person together in one place.

Have you tried contacting the Swire Archive to see if they have any information? Swire used to be called Butterfield & Swire, and were the company that owned the Taikoo Sugar Refinery.

Regards, David

Submitted by anashuster on Fri, 2011-07-08 07:30.

Thanks, Dave. Just wrote Robert an email. Let's see whether I'm lucky.

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2011-07-17 05:17.

Added details of death from Ana's note:

Fritz Edward died in August 1904, 4 months before the birth of my grandfather, when he fell from the tram

Submitted by David on Wed, 2011-07-20 17:33.

I've added 1869 as his year of birth.

A couple of weeks back at the National Archive I used their free access to Ancestry.co.uk to look up the name, and found an entry for his birth in 1869, between October and December (they only give dates to the nearest quarter). The district given was Poplar, London.

A couple of siblings were also listed as born in Poplar:

  • Rebecca. Born 1865, died 1866
  • Alice Fritz. Born 1867.

Regards, David

Submitted by anashuster on Fri, 2012-04-27 14:32.

Hi David,

Thank you so much for all the info. With your help and of others here at the Gwulo page I manage to get some very interesting information. Wonder if and how I could put it here.

Regards,

Ana

Submitted by David on Mon, 2012-04-30 17:06.

Hi Ana,

Yes please, I'd love to hear more about your family's time in Hong Kong. I recommend that you add any notes about a person to that person's own page. We currently have pages for three different members of the family.

Regards, David

Submitted by annpake on Mon, 2018-04-09 21:52.

He was living at 1 Bedford Street Poplar with his mother Rebecca and sister Alice Fritz Shuster in 1871 (Census) His father was absent possibly at sea.

Rebecca Lumsdon Pearson married Jacob Fritz Shuster 30 May 1864 St Thomas Church Stepney London