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Submitted by annelisec on Sun, 2016-05-29 00:50

I've created this page so we can identify which buildings were used for which mission and the various names used for each. e.g. Berlin and Basel missions were different.


 

Country Name Properties

Italian Convent

(Catholic)

Canossian Daughters of Charity (Canossian Sisters)

Italian Convent IL149

Rose Hill Extention IL148

French MISSION

(Catholic)

Société des Missions étrangères de Paris

Missions Etrangers

Bethanie

La Maison de Nazareth RBL 32

French CONVENT

(Catholic)

Les sœurs de Saint-Paul de Chartre

Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres Order

Asile de la Sainte Enfance

French Convent Compound Wanchai

ML23 & ML 24
 

- Anglo-French School / French Convent School

- St. Paul's Hospital / French Hospital

- Christ the King (Convent Chapel)

Causeway Bay Compound

 
 

- Le Calvaire / French Convent / St. Paul's Primary Catholic School

 

Happy Valley School

IL 1698

Spanish Mission

(Catholic)

Dominican Mission

The Procurator, in Hongkong, for the Dominican Missions in the Far East (Official Corportate Name)

Glenseskin

Dominiccan Mission Compound IL 576

Assets
-Station Hotel

-Lower Castle Terrace

American Mission

 

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission (Congregational)

 

American Board Mission - Congregational Church

 

English Mission

London Missionary Society (LMS)

- Church Mission House

- Ying Wa Girls School

- Nethersole Hospital

- Hop Yat Church

Beauregard

LMS Compound Bonham Road IL 590

English Mission

Church Missionary Society (CMS)

- Mission House

- Chapel

- Fairlea School

- St Stephen's Anglican Church

CMS compound - Bonham Road - IL 754

CMS Sanitorium - Mt. Kellett - RBL 25

Berlin Mission

(German)

Berlin Foundling Home

Findelhaus Bethesda

Bethesda Orphanage

(Lutheran)

Bethesda IL 607

Basel Mission

(Swiss, 
Germanspeaking)

(Protestant)

 

Basel Mission - High Street - IL 629

Tsung Tsin Mission
("Hakka Church")

Kau Yan Church

Rhenish Mission

(German)

(Lutheran - reformed)

 

Rhenish Mission

Chinese Rhenish Church - Bonham Road - IL 1924
     

 

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Submitted by christoph on Sun, 2016-05-29 14:10.

The Basel Mission was founded by reformed Protestants in Switzerland in 1815. It's strongest supporters and most of the missionaries came from the lutheran church in Württemberg - Swabia. The protestants in Suebia are basically lutherans with a reformed portion especially in terms of liturgy. Support came also from the united protestant church in Baden. Swabia and Baden are located in south west Germany being neighbours of Switzerland. So the Basel Mission is Swiss (Germanspeaking) and reformed originated. But Basel never took definite sides with one of the protestant denominations, lutheran or reformed or united.

Submitted by christoph on Sun, 2016-05-29 15:09.

The Rhenish Mission (Rheinische Mission) - German/reformed - commenced it's activities in southern China in 1847. Due to priodic riots in China their missionaries took shelter time and again in Hong Kong at the orphanage Bethesda. Today's Rhenish Church has it's origins in the Rhenish Mission. In 1914 the Rhenish Mission inaugurated their church at 86 Bonham Road. 

Submitted by annelisec on Mon, 2016-05-30 02:32.

David, where are the table edit buttons?

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2016-05-30 16:54.

It depends what you want to do, but try right-clicking into the table for starters and see if the menu gives you what you need. If not, please let me know what you want to do.

Submitted by annelisec on Tue, 2016-05-31 04:07.

Table edit.  I want to justify vertically, top, not center

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2016-05-31 10:10.

That's under cell properties, so:

  • select one or more cells you want to change
  • right click to get pop-up menu
  • choose cell > cell properties
  • set the vertical alignment
  • click OK then save your page

I've changed the first two rows as an example. 

Submitted by annelisec on Wed, 2016-06-01 01:46.

Stumbled on a workaround.  If the data in the first column is only one line, then carriage return at the end of the line.  Then the entire row is top justified. 

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2016-08-21 17:38.

From The foundation of the Catholic mission in Hong Kong, 1841-1894 (Xia Qilong 1998 HKU)

 

Italian

 

Lot 50, Pottinger Street 6 - mission house

Lot 50, Pottinger Street 4 - school

Lot 149, Caine Road 8 - convent

Lot 199, Queen's Road East 139 - shop

Lot 199, St. Francis Street 0 - hospital

Lot 199, St. Francis Street 2 - dwelling house

Lot 199, St. Francis Street 0 - hospital

Lot 349, St. Francis Street 2 - chapel

Lot 833, Battery Road 80 - reformatory

Lot 297, Ship Street 38 - dwelling house

Lot 297, Bach Lane 13 - dwelling house


 

French

 

Lot 119, Staunton Street 6 - mission house

Lot 23, Queen's Road East 34 - orphanage

Lot 24, Queen's Road East 36 - orphanage

Lot 24, Queen's Road East 38 -  orphanage

Lot 358, Caroline Hill - school

Lot 10, Praya Central 15 - dwelling & store


 

Spanish

 

Lot 150, Caine Road 10 - mission house

Lot 635, Second Street 18 - shop

Lot 635, Second Street 20 - shop

Lot 635, Second Street 22 - shop

Lot 635, Second Street 24 - shop

Lot 635, Second Street 26 - shop

Lot 635, Second Street 28 - shop

Lot 635, Tuk Sing Lane 1 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Tuk Sing Lane 2 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Tuk Sing Lane 3 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Tuk Sing Lane 4 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Tuk Sing Lane S - dwelling house

Lot 635, Tuk Sing Lane 6 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Tuk Sing Lane 7 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Third Street 1 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Third Street 3 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Third Street 5 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Third Street 7 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Third Street 9 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Third Street 11 - dwelling house

Lot 635, Third Street 13 - dwelling house

Lot 90, Hollywood Ro4 29 - dwelling house

Lot 110, Hollywood Road 33 - dwelling house

Lot 65, Fraya East 1 - dwelling house

Lot 65, Queen's Road East 32 - dwelling house

Lot 40, Queen's Road East 76 - dwelling house

Lot 309, Jardine Bazaar 7 - shop

Submitted by Herostratus on Sun, 2016-08-21 17:38.

From The foundation of the Catholic mission in Hong Kong, 1841-1894 (Xia Qilong 1998 HKU)

 

CENTRAL

 

1842-1886 Church Wellington St, (Rebuilt in 1860) L. 50

1858-1879 Roman Catholic Seminary, Pottinger Street

1845-1852 Free school for Portuguese, Wellington St.

1860-1865 Chinese school for boys, Wellington St.

1860-1865 English school for boys, Wellington St.

1860-1865 Portuguese school for boys, Wellington St.

1866-1881 St Savior's College, Pottinger St.,

1860-1861 English School for boys. Staunton St.,

1860-1861 Portuguese School for boys, Staunton St.

1880-1896 Free Ragged School, Bridges Street

1887-1896 Free school,Bridges Street, by Sisters of Charity

1894-1896 Sacred Family’s Family Chapel, Bridge St.

1888-1895 Hollywood Road Charitable school

1883-1896 Victoria Portuguese School

1883-1896 Victoria School (Private Schools)


 

EASTERN

 

1846- French Convent, asylum for orphans, Queen's Road, ML. 23,23.

1848-1856 Free school in English & French by The Sisters of Charity

1860-1874 School for Chinese girls near Spring Garden

1860-1873 School for Chinese boys near Spring Garden

1874- Free school. Spring Garden

1881- Chapel at the "Asile de la St. Enfane”, Spring Garden

1850-1857 Roman Catholic Seminary, Queen's Road.

1859-1896 St. Francis' Chapel, St Francis's St. on IL No.349 .

1860- Italian Convent schools, asylum for foundlings, orphans and destitute women on Lot 149. (Queen's Road East)

1857-1873 St Francis Hospital IL No.199

1872-1874 School at St. Joseph's Convent, St. Francis St., for Anglo-Portuguese & Chinese

1860-1996 Magdalen Asylum

1875-1881 St Joseph Hospitium, Wanchai Free School

1880- All Souls Chapel at cemetery, Wongneichung Valley.

1847-1890 French Mission House on IL No.119

1852-1865 French Seminary for the Chinese students, Sookunpoo

1866-1870 Seminary, Caroline Hill 1860-1864 Chapel at Sookunpoo

1862-1887 St. Francis College, on iL No. 358 at Sookunpoo

1891- Shaukiwan


 

WESTERN

 

1846-1847 Free school at Western District, attached to the chapel

1848-1859 Freeschool in English & Portuguese by Rev P. Girard

1848-1859 Freeschool in Chinese by Chun Ayce

1850-1854 Free school, Taipingshan

1863- Chinese school in West point

1864-1896 Reformatory, West Point on IL No. 833.

1871- St. Lewis' chapel West Point

1878-1893 Sacred Heart Church, West Point

1892- St. Antony's Church, West Point


 

POKFULAM

 

1873- French Mission Sanitarium on Farm Lot No. 24.

1881- Chapel

1892- Nazareth Printing office.


 

MID-LEVEL

 

1860-1896 Spanish Mission House, IL No. 150.

1860-1869 Portuguese, Chinese and English school for girls, Caine Road

1867-1870 Pre-school & Week school, Caine Road

1871-1896 The "Italian Convent" Free School, Caine Road

1881-1896 Our Blessed Lady of Sorrow, Italian Convent, Caine Road

1886- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Caine Road, IL No.59

1891- French Mission House on IL No.151.

1872- St Joseph's Church, Garden Rd (Destroyed by typhoon in 1874. Rebuilt in 1876

1875-1885 St Joseph's College, Robinson Road, IL 94, under the Christian Brothers


 

STANLEY

 

1845- Church in Stanley (temporary)


 

ABERDEEN

 

1860-1889 Church, Aberdeen, on IL No. 1

1860-1865 Chinese school for boys in Aberdeen, by Fr. Stephanus Chu


 

KOWLOON

 

1891- Yanmati

1890- Holy Infant School

1891- Hunghom School

 

Submitted by annelisec on Mon, 2016-08-22 06:02.
Very interesting. Thank you. We now know where to place them on one of the maps. Information in the early days in the English language were always for the Church of England and the non-conforming church. I imagine there's a wealth of information in Italian, French in Spanish for the other organizations.