Kurrahjeen [1865-????]
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Submitted by annelisec on Sat, 2010-01-02 22:56
Current condition:
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed:
1865-01-01
Date completed is a guess, but the house was there in the photos of the 1860s.
Mr. & Mrs. John Martin Armstrong lived in Kurrahjeen for at least 15 years, from 1884 - 1896, and perhaps before and after.
J. M. Armstrong was a forwarding agent in 1855 (Armstrong, Lawrence & Co.) Three years later he was working for Hunt & Co., as a "store-keeper".
by 1876, he was a Government Auctioneer.
Photos that show this place
 1869 |
 1901 |
 1903 |
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Kurrahjeen - Armstrong Family
I previosuly reseached information about Mr J.M. Armstrong son John Henry William Armstrong and will be posting the findings of part of his prominent life in Hong Kong in seperate posts shortley covering the years c1890 to c1919.
Mr.J.M Armstrong died 3rd July 1897 at his family home "Kurrahjeen" in Peak Road, he was a Hong Kong Government principle auctioneer (and prior to that worked for Thomas Hunt & Co). As his obituary also noted in The Hong Kong Telegraph the same day of his death "he was 64 years of age, was a native of Scotland. He arrived in Hong Kong from Singapore in 1853 and for 30 years had discharged the duties of Government Auctioneer, he was not only the eldest resident in Hong Kong but was also the oldest member of Zetland Lodge.
His son was better known and recorded as Captain William Armstrong Hon. A.D.C (Aide-De-Camp to his excellancy the Governer Sir Matthew Nathan and to the Sir Francis May) and was also a Senior Captain of the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps.