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Josephine BASSETT [c.1877-1900]

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Submitted by eurasian_david on Sun, 2021-10-31 06:53
Names
Given: 
Josephine
Family: 
Bassett
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1877-01-01 (Year is approximate)
Death
Date: 
1900-04-15

First wife of Sir Harry Halton Fox, of the Chinese Consular and Diplomatic Service.

"DEATH.

On Easter Sunday, at the Peak Hospital, Hongkong, JOSEPHINE, the dearly beloved Wife of Harry Halton Fox, of H.M. Consulat Service in China, aged 23 years."

Source: The China Mail, page 3, 16th April 1900

Tags: 
H.B.M. Consulate Shanghai
Peak Hospital
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Submitted by eurasian_david on Sun, 2021-10-31 07:19.

She married Harry Halton Fox, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Shanghai on 28th May 1896. She was a 19 year old spinster then residing in Shanghai, with no occupation and was the daughter of Thomas Bassett, Master Mariner. 

She was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery, Section 18, Happy Valley, Hong Kong 

18---/09/03- In loving memory / of my wife / Josephine Fox. who departed this life on Easter Sunday 1900 / aged 23 years / Her soul from it's body released like a bird / took wing and flew straight up to HeavenBJ & Co. # 6235