Frances Elizabeth DROWN (née LEAPER, aka Betty) [1904-1986] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Frances Elizabeth DROWN (née LEAPER, aka Betty) [1904-1986]

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Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-02-13 21:34
Names
Given: 
Frances Elizabeth
Family: 
Drown
Maiden: 
Leaper
Alias / nickname: 
Betty
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1904-12-24
Birthplace (town, state): 
London
Birthplace (country): 
England
Death
Date: 
1986-09-07

Barbara Anslow:

Mrs. Betty Drown was a talented pianist who played for us every Sunday evening in the Prison Officers' Club  aka American Club aka Central Recreation Club.

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WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
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Submitted by annpake on Tue, 2021-06-29 16:40.

Passenger List  Hong Kong to Liverpool arrving 27 October 1945

 Elizabeth Drown age 40 housewife Address in UK Costly Cottage South Devon

Passenger List London to Hong Kong departing 14 September 1946

Frances Elizabeth Drown 41 teacher

Passenger List London to Hong Kong departing 31 October 1952

Edward Charles Drown 47 civil servant Godwell Cottage Ivybridge

Frances Elizabeth Drown 47 musician

Probate Calendar 1985

DROWN Betty otherwise Frances Elizabeth of 112 Mill Road Burgess Hill Sussex died 7 September  1985

DROWN E C Lance Corporal HKVDC 2105

Edward Charles Drown birth registered Quarter 1 1905 Kensington London

Royal Navy Seamen Register

Edward Charles Drown Service 19 October 1924 - 7 November 1927

Marriage 1938 Plympton Devon Frances E Leaper to Edward C Drown

Frances Elizabeth Leaper born 24 December 1904 Registered Quarter 1 1905 Wandsworth

Submitted by annpake on Sun, 2021-06-13 16:30.

To hospital; hung over verandah while Mrs Drown's choir sang outside:  Happy Birthdays for the new baby born this morning - Janet Sallis, for Jimmy Barnes (medical staff), for one of the patients, and for Mrs Drown herself tho her birthday was yest.  Such a bright sunny morning.

Submitted by Paul Atroshenko on Sun, 2021-06-20 20:04.

The name "Betty Drown" certainly rings a bell for me. My brother, Viacheslav Atroshenko, was a very talented young pianist. I might be wrong but I think that he may have had piano lessons from Betty Drown in the late 1940s, or early 50s. Does anyone know if she gave private piano lessons in Hong Kong?

Submitted by David on Mon, 2021-06-28 12:28.

I can't be 100% sure that Betty Drown gave private piano lessons, but looking at the passenger lists above the 1946 list shows her as 'teacher' and the 1952 list shows her as 'musician'. Putting those two together, giving piano lessons seems very likely.