Rosalina MARQUES D'OLIVEIRA (aka Rosie) [1924-????] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Rosalina MARQUES D'OLIVEIRA (aka Rosie) [1924-????]

Names
Given: 
Rosalina
Family: 
Marques d'Oliveira
Alias / nickname: 
Rosie
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1924-08-11
Birthplace (town, state): 
Fuzhou (then Foochow)
Birthplace (country): 

Rosalina Marques d'Oliveira was in Hong Kong at the time of the Japanese attack in December 1941.

She accepted the offer of sanctuary to all Portuguese people made by the Macau Government and on March 10, 1942 was living at 5a, Rua de Penha, a property previously recorded as belonging to a Roman Catholic mission. She was unmarried at that time.

She was the half sister of Evelina Edgar.

She is believed to have emigrated to New Zealand at some point after the war.

Source:

Carl Smith Collection, Card No. 238359; Card No. 185599