Samuel Job WITCHELL [1858-1925] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Samuel Job WITCHELL [1858-1925]

Names
Given: 
Samuel Job
Family: 
Witchell
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1858-11-13
Birthplace (town, state): 
Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire
Birthplace (country): 
Death
Date: 
1925-08-12

Samuel Job Witchell was usually known as Job Witchell.

Rudi Butt has gathered a lot of information about Job Witchell in his article Job And James Henry Witchell. Here are some of the key events from that article:

  • 1858: Born in Chipping Sodbury, England.
  • 1882: Recruited to join the Hong Kong Police Force, arriving in Hong Kong in September with his new wife, Maud Mary Powell.
  • 1897: By then an Inspector in the police, he was accused of accepting bribes and sent to court. He was found guilty and sentenced to six months in prison with hard labour.
  • 1898: After completing his sentence he was released from prison, and went to work at the Hong Kong Pipe, Brick, and Tile Works at Deepwater Bay.
  • 1911-1915: Spent in Canada.
  • 1915: Returned to Hong Kong, and started work as manager of the King Edward Hotel.
  • 1925: Died of cancer at the Government Civil Hospital.
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