Rose Etta REITON (née FEMMER) [1886-1957] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Rose Etta REITON (née FEMMER) [1886-1957]

Names
Given: 
Rose Etta
Family: 
Reiton
Maiden: 
Femmer
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1886-10-03
Birthplace (town, state): 
Americus, Missouri
Birthplace (country): 
Death
Date: 
1957-07-25

Rose Etta Femmer married the Reverend Albert Kato Reiton in January 1913 in the United States. The couple came to Hong Kong that March to work as evangelists. In November 1914 they opened the Yaumati Peniel Misson in Kowloon.

She was in Kowloon with her family during the 1941 hostilities. After a period spent in hiding the were interned in Stanley Camp and repatriated in late June 1942.

She died in Hong Kong in 1957.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peniel_Missionary_Society

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/i/s/Lewis-J-Fisher/GENE4-0015.html