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Kowloon Tong properties in the Jurors Lists

I have compiled a list of addresses in Kowloon Tong that are mentioned in the Jurors Lists between 1925-1935.  Currently, my list only contains the relevant address, the year in which that address was first mentioned in the Jurors List,  and who the occupant was for that year (occasionally I have also identified the person's position).  If a particular address is missing from my list, it is because I did not see it anywhere in the Jurors Lists for that 10-year period (but feel free to let me know if you find one that I missed, or notice any mistakes). I have not included addresses on Waterloo Road at this stage. I hope to add more details to this list later, time permitting. Several of the names are mentioned at least twice, as people seem to have changed address quite frequently within the development in the early years.

 

Kent Road                           First mentioned               Occupant

2                                              1931                                       Witchell, G.B.

3                                              1931                                       Pinguet, P.M.

4                                              1931                                       Pinguet, A.R.

5                                              1932                                       Dangerfield, L.

7                                              1931                                       Wong, J.C.L.

9                                              1932                                       Houghton, S.J.

10                                           1934                                       Striker, A.V.

14                                           1935                                       Forder, G.

15                                           1934                                       Winter, J.B.

17                                           1932                                       Gittins, W.M.

18                                           1935                                      Stephenson, E.

19                                           1935                                       Dreyer, H.

23                                           1935                                       Dudman, W.F.

29                                           1932                                       Strafford, C.                           Manager, CLP

 

Devon Road                       First mentioned                 Occupant

1                                              1933                                       Tan, K.T.                                 Manager, Paramount Films

6                                              1931                                      Leitao, E.I.R.

7                                              1931                                       Rapley, F.L.

9                                              1933                                      Basto, C.H.                            Architect, Little, Adams & Wood

18                                           1932                                       Tang, E.H.

 

Somerset Road                 First mentioned               Occupant

2                                              1935                                       Muskett, W.H.B.

6                                              1935                                      Berruex, M.

10                                           1935                                      da Roza, E.A.

14                                           1931                                       Jeffreys, A.C.

20                                           1931                                       Un Hew-Fan

22                                           1930                                      de Carvalho, Marcus Antonio               Assistant, Botelho Bros.

24                                           1931                                       Pinguet, E.L.

 

Suffolk Road                      First mentioned               Occupant

2                                              1933                                       Treskin, Vladimir                                      Bitzer & Co

3                                              1933                                       Landsbert, Albert Leslie                        Elec. Eng’r, Reiss, Massey & Co

4                                              1933                                       Yuen Wei-Yang                                          Manager, China Can Co.

12                                           1935                                       Mackenzie, A.

 

Dorset Crescent               First mentioned               Occupant

1                                              1933                                       da Roza, E.D.                       Accountant, Lowe, Bingham & Matthews; and
                                                                                                da Roza, E.A.                       Assistant, Arnhold & Co.

2                                              1932                                       de Carvaiho, A.C.H.         Assistant, G.U. da Roza

3                                              1931                                       Lawson, James W.            Assistant Sup’t Engineer, Jardines

5                                              1931                                       da Roza, Alfred W.            Principal, Roza Bros

8                                              1931                                       Curtis, W.S.V.                     Electrical Engineer, Duro Pump & Eng. Co.

 

Cumberland Rd                 First mentioned                Occupant

1                                              1930                                       Kew, A.J.

2                                              1934                                       Murray, G.R.                        Meter Sup’t, CLP

6                                              1932                                       Lo, Ming-Yue

8                                              1933                                       Shim, R.

18                                           1934                                       Osmund, L.A. & Silva, J.M.

21                                           1935                                       Zimmern, W.A.

22                                           1930                                       Dodd, R.V.

23                                           1931                                       de Sousa, M.A.

30                                           1931                                       Percy, V.

37                                           1933                                       Cave, L.J.

49                                           1931                                       Basto, Antonio H.                Architect, Rayen & Basto

53                                           1935                                       Buehner, W.A.

55                                           1934                                       Percy, V.

 

Stafford Road                    First mentioned               Occupant            

1                                              1932                                       Wong, P.S.

6                                              1933                                      Lam, W.Y.

10                                           1933                                       Lai, I.T.

12                                           1933                                       Knight, T.L.

14                                           1931                                       Ribeiro, L.M.V.

17                                           1933                                       Chung, S.K.

21                                           1931                                        Vieira, B.S.

25                                           1933                                       Chen, C.H.

29                                           1934                                       Simmonds, E.W.C.

 

Norfolk Road                     First mentioned               Occupant

2                                              1931                                       Jones, J.R.

3                                              1930                                       Knight, T.L.

6                                              1933                                       Lay, Kam-Fat

7                                              1930                                       Hall, George A.V.               Architect, Hall & Hall

8                                              1932                                      Bond, Charles                       Manager, Gande, Price & Co.

 

York Road                           First mentioned               Occupant

1                                              1931                                       Landsbert, Albert Leslie

2                                              1930                                       de Figueiredo (Jr & Sr), E.J.              Merchants, Hughes & Hough

3                                              1932                                      Hellwig, A.

5                                              1931                                       Labrum, G.B.                                               Printer, Ye Olde Printerie

6                                              1930                                       Barretto, C.A. & F.A.

7                                              1930                                       Starling, Jex

8                                              1933                                       Mackenzie, A.

9                                              1934                                     Tinson, A.C.

11                                           1931                                       Ho, War-Tong                                                Compradore, American Milk Products Co.

 

Lincoln Road                      First mentioned               Occupant

6                                              1931                                       Williams, W.G.                    Travel Representative, American Express

7                                              1935                                       Wong, J.C.L.

 

Rutland Quadrant            First mentioned               Occupant

2                                              1934                                       de Figueiredo, G.A.

4                                              1931                                       Bernardo, Joaquin N.       Assistant, Jardines

5                                              1931                                       Sequeira, A.D.

7                                              1932                                       dos Anjos Lopes, A.

 

Essex Crescent                  First mentioned               Occupant

2                                              1932                                       da Roza, G.U.

8                                              1935                                       Rocha, C.L.

10                                           1935                                        Howard, H.J.

13                                           1932                                        Harrison, C.G.

14                                           1932                                        Greenwood, S.

16                                           1933                                       Kam, M.W. James

20                                           1934                                       Pooler, John

22                                           1931                                       Gittins, W.M.

 

 

Earlier references to Kowloon Tong residents in Jurors Lists (where full street address not given) 

 

“Fernandez Bungalow”           1923-1933+           Fernandez, Menino            Liquidator, HK Mercantile Co. (from 1925-29, Sharebroker at M. Fernandez)
(‘Old Kowloon Tong’ in 1933 JL)

No. 6, Kowloon Tong              1927                        Bond, Charles                         Manager, Gande, Price & Co. (living at No. 106 in 1928-29; 8 Norfolk Rd in 1932)

No. 9                        1928                        da Roza, Eduarte                   Accountant, Lowe, Bingham & Matthews (living at No. 285 in 1929)

                                  1929                        Figueiredo, Eduardo Jose (Jnr.)             Assistant, Hughes & Hough (living at 2 York Rd in 1930)

No. 11                      1929-30   Ramsay, William Lysaught                     Assistant, Lane, Crawford Ltd

No. 12                      1927        Soltau, Bernhard                                    Assistant, Carl Bodiker & Co.

No. 14                      1928        Tsang, Yung-fook                                   Merchant, Oriental Commercial Co.

No. 19                      1930        Bernardo, Joahim Natividade                 Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co.

No. 20                     1929-30   Sequeira, Augusto Dario                         Assistant, Standard Oil Co. (living at 5 Rutland Quadrant in 1931)

No. 35                      1928-30  Ham, Charles Rutherford Chun              Assistant, S. T. Williamson

No. 37                      1929-30   Basto, Antonio Hermenegildo                 (see below)

No. 39                      1927-28   Treskin, Wladimir                                  Engineer, Carl Bodiker & Co. (living at 2 Suffolk Rd in 1933)

No. 40                     1929-30   O’Brien, John Henry                              Assistant, J. M. Rocha & Co.

No. 41                      1928        Rosario, Fernando Antonio Maria        Clerk, H.K. Electric Co.

No. 43                      1930        Gascon, Antonio                                       Merchant, Gascon Motor Co.

No. 44                      1929-30   Peters, William Henry                            Stenographer, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ltd

No. 45                      1929        Lin, Tiemmu K.                                        General Manager, Industrial & Commercial Bank

No. 59                      1930-32   da Cruz, Florencio Maria                        Assistant, Hongkong & Shanghai Hotel Ltd

No. 61                      1928        Ahwee, Henry William                            Merchant, Colonial Commercial Engineering Co.

No. 64                      1929        Kew, Arthur James                                   Assistant, Andersen, Meyer & Co. (living at 1 Cumberland Rd in 1930)

No. 67                      1928        Basto, Antonio Hermenegildo                 Architect, Raven & Basto (living at 49 Cumberland Rd in 1931)

No. 81                      1930        Spradbery, Ernest Joseph James            Assistant, HK. Rope Manufacturing Co.

No. 90                     1929        Barretto, Carlos Augusto                          Nederlandsche Indische Handelsbank

                                                Barretto, Frederico Alberto Maria            Clerk, Nederlandsche Indische Handelsbank (living at 6 York Rd in 1930)

No. 104                    1928-30  Vieira, Bernardino Senna                       Assistant, Dodwell & Co. (living at 21 Stafford Rd in 1931)

No. 105                    1927        Un, Hew-fan                                           Secretary, Bank of Canton (living at 20 Somerset Rd in 1931)

No. 106                    1928-30  Bond, Charles                                         Manager, Gande, Price & Co. (see above)

No. 110                    1929-30   Gutierrez, Joao Jose                             Bookkeeper, The Bank Line Ltd.

No. 112                    1928        Hyndman, Henrique Antonio              Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India

No. 120                    1930-31   Remedios, Oscar Peter                         Office Assistant, China Light & Power Co. (1918) Ltd

                                                    Witchell, George Bernard                       Engineer, W.S. Bailey & Co.

No. 121                    1929-30   Ribeiro, Lucio Maria Vieira                    Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India (living at 14 Stafford Rd in 1931)

No. 123                    1927        Lai, Im-to                                                Manager, Oriental Commercial Co. (living at No. 209 in 1928-29 and 10 Stafford Rd in 1933)

No. 126                    1927        Chan, Kwai-ping                                     Bookkeeper, Kowloon Tong and New Territories Development Co. (working for HK Excavation, Pile Driving & Construction Co. by 1928)

No. 143                    1927 & 1929               da Silva, Ricardo Crescencio   Assistant, H. M. H. Nemazee

                                1930        Gittins, William Minto                           Electrical Engineer, W. Jack & Co.

No. 147                    1928        Leitao, Edwardo Ignacio Read                 Assistant, China Underwriters, Ltd (living at No. 267 in 1929 and 6 Devon Rd in 1932)

No. 151                    1929-30   Mackenzie, John Murdo                         Stenographer, Marine Dept., Canadian Pacific S. S., Ld.

No. 153                    1928-30  Soo, Beng-tan                                         Merchant, Oriental Commercial Co.

No. 163                    1928-30  Basto, Carlos Henrique                           Principal, Little, Adams & Wood (name anglicised to Charles Henry by 1930) (see above; living at 9 Devon Rd in 1933)

No. 170                    1928        Urquhart, Alexander                             Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co.

No. 204                   1928        da Silva, Ricardo Crescencio                   (see above)

No. 209                   1928-29   Lai, Im-to                                                Manager, Oriental Commercial Co. (see above)

                                1930        Gan, Chu-liat                                          Managing Director, Oriental Commercial & Co.

No. 211                    1929        Dangerfield, Lewis Andrew                    Accountant, P. M. Pinguet & Co. (living at 5 Kent Rd in 1932)

                                                Saenger, William                                    Assistant, Keller, Kern & Co.

No. 213                    1929-30   Pinguet, Ernest Lewis                             Assistant, P.M. Pinguet & Co. (living at 24 Somerset Rd in 1931)

No. 215                    1928-29   Un, Hew-fan                                           (see above)

No. 222                    1929-30   Franco, Francisco Maria Jr.                   Clerk, Messageries Maritimes

No. 230                   1929-30   de Carvalho, Fernao Henrique                Shipping Clerk, Andersen, Meyer & Co.

No. 231                    1930        Pinguet, Paul Maurice                            Merchant (see below)

No. 232                    1930        Saenger, Willy                                        Assistant, Keller, Kern & Co., Ltd. (see above)

No. 233                    1930        Wong, James Chang Ling                       Assistant Engineer, Holts Wharf

No. 236                    1930        Robinson, William George                     Assistant, Alex. Ross & Co., (China), Ltd.

No. 251                    1930        Castro, Antoine Piu                                Assistant, Standard Oil Co.

No. 252                    1930        Castro, Egydio Maria Henrickson           Assistant, HK Rope Factory

No. 256                    1930        Xavier, Paulo Maria                                Clerk, C. E. Warren & Co.

No. 257                    1930        Harper, Wallace                                     Managing Director

No. 258                   1930        Labrum, Victor Charles                          Master Printer, Labrum Ltd

No. 263                    1929-32   Smith, Arthur William                            Purchasing Manager, Hongkong & Shanghai Hotel Ltd

No. 267                    1929-30   Leitao, E.I.R.                                           (see above)

No. 285                   1929        da Roza, Eduarte Duarte                         (see above)

No. 286                   1930        da Roza, Alfred William                          Exchange Broker, Roza Bros.

No. 288                   1931         da Roza, Edward Albert                          Assistant, Reiss, Massey & Co.

No. 303                   1930        Lopes, Secundio Antonio                        Chief Clerk, HK Tramway Co.

No. 305                   1930        Curtis, Walter Shillito Vaughan              Electrical Engineer, Duro Pump & Engineering Co.

No. 323-4                 1929        Shank, Edward Dean                              Architect, HK Excavation, Pile Driving & Construction Co.

No. 324                    1930        Ribeiro, Julio Carmo Vieira                    Merchant, Maxim & Co.

No. 328                   1929        Pinguet, Paul Maurice                            Merchant, P.M. Pinguet & Co. (living at No. 231 in 1930, then at 3 Kent Rd in 1931)

No. 334                    1930        Osmund, Alberto Jose                            Assistant, Standard Oil Co.

Forum: 

Until 1930, the Jurors Lists referred to addresses in Kowloon Tong simply by a number, e.g. "106 Kowloon Tong" without a street name, probably because it was still a new development. I am not sure what the number referred to (perhaps the developer's original site plan?), but it does not seem to be the official lot number (e.g. N.K.I.L. 786). The numbers given in the 1927-1930 Jurors Lists range from 6 to 334 Kowloon Tong, whereas the official lot numbers (as viewed on a 1934 plan of the Kowloon Tong development) range from N.K.I.L. 683 to N.K.I.L. 926. In the 1930 Jurors List, numbered street addresses began to be used for some Kowloon Tong residents (e.g. 1 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong), but not others. Over the next few years, the Jurors Lists became more precise, and by 1933, numbered street addresses were used almost exclusively (for Kowloon Tong, at least).

One property that seems to have pre-dated the Kowloon Tong Garden Estate development was the 'Fernandez Bungalow', residence of Menino Fernandez from 1923 to at least 1933. Menino Fernandez was working as a liquidator for HK Mercantile Co. in 1923/24, and then as a self-employed sharebroker from 1925. No number or street address is given for his bungalow, but the 1933 Jurors List refers to it as being in 'Old Kowloon Tong'.