George FENWICK [1851-1896] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

George FENWICK [1851-1896]

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Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2019-01-26 00:01
Names
Given: 
George
Family: 
Fenwick
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1851-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Brechin, Angus
Birthplace (country): 
Scotland
Death
Date: 
1896-05-05
Cause of death: 
heart problems

George Fenwick was the owner of a shipyard in the area of Queen’s Road East and Ship Street (Wanchai). 

He appears for the first time in the Jury List for 1877 as "Fenwick, George, Assistant, Inglis & Co.", and two years later as "Engineer" of the same company.

In the 1884 Jurors list he appears as Engineer of Fenwick & Co, living in the district Wantsai.

In the 1895/96 Jurors list he appears as Manager of Fenwick & Co, living in the Hongkong Hotel.  

The China Mail from 1896-06-16 reports that George Fenwick died in New York on May 5th 1896 after being ill for some time. His age is given as 45 years.

More about his company here.

 

Tags: 
wharf
wanchai
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Submitted by annpake on Tue, 2020-09-29 01:12.

Brechin Angus Scotland

Submitted by Klaus on Tue, 2020-09-29 03:09.

Thank you, corrected!