Harold CLARKE [1873-1904]
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Submitted by fossilized4you on Fri, 2018-09-07 19:34
Sex:
Male
Status:
Deceased
Harold was an engineer and partner at the marine surveying company Carmichael and Clarke.
He married his love Annie Gwenffa Smitho on March 17, 1903.
He passed away on August 17, 1904 after a long battle with pneumonia and then typhoid.
Harold is buried in Hong Kong.
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His death was announced and
His death was announced and reported on page 2 of the Hong Kong Daily Press, 1904-08-18:
DEATH.
On the 17th August at the Government Civil Hospital, HAROLD CLARKE, of Carmichael and Clarke. The funeral will pass the Monument at 6 p.m. to-day (Thursday).
DEATH OF MR. HAROLD CLARKE.
Mr. Harold Clarke, junior partner in the engineering firm of Messrs. Carmichael and Clarke, after lying ill in the Civil Hospital for nearly a week with typhoid, following an attack of pneumonia, died yesterday afternoon, aged 32 years. Mr. Clark was a Liverpool man formerly employed on the steamers Knight Companion and San Cheung. He was married here, and began business, about eighteen months ago. He was a popular member of the community, and his untimely demise is regretted by numerous friends. The funeral is fixed for six o'clock this evening.