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Hong Kong - Macau steamliner Fat Shan (1887-1933) in Hong Kong

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai; it also had offices in Hong Kong and Tientsin (Tianjin). One of its first directors, Mr. Willem Kien, worked in China from 1898. After HCHC was founded in 1903, he worked for the company in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1921, he left China and worked for the head office in Rotterdam, at Diergaardelaan 36, until 1948, when the company was obtained by Internatio.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Photo 1930s China voyage Hong Kong, Chefoo (?), Aden (?)

Charles Gesner van der Voort worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai; it also had offices in Hong Kong and Tientsin (Tianjin). One of its first directors, Mr. Willem Kien, worked in China from 1898. After HCHC was founded in 1903, he worked for the company in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1921, he left China and worked for the head office in Rotterdam, at Diergaardelaan 36, until 1948, when the company was obtained by Internatio. 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Photo wrapper 1930s China voyage Hong Kong, Chefoo (?), Aden (?)

Charles Gesner van der Voort worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai; it also had offices in Hong Kong and Tientsin (Tianjin). One of its first directors, Mr. Willem Kien, worked in China from 1898. After HCHC was founded in 1903, he worked for the company in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1921, he left China and worked for the head office in Rotterdam, at Diergaardelaan 36, until 1948, when the company was obtained by Internatio. 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Edwin George William Sait Newman SON OF MARY ANN WARNER SAIT NEWMAN & EDWIN SAIT [1867-1949]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
son of Mary Ann Warner Sait Newman & Edwin Sait
Given: 
Edwin George William Sait Newman
Birth
Date: 
1867-01-17
Birthplace (town, state): 
Southampton
Death
Date: 
1949-04-14
Cause of death: 
heart attack

Edwin G.W. Sait was a young boy when his widowed mother Mary Ann Sait travelled to Hong Kong to marry Edward Newman. I found Edwin, aged 4 as a boarder with a family in Southampton in 1871. I know Edwin was educated in England and remained there until about 1882.

I think I've found him in the Hong Kong Directory as E. Sait Newman at the Family Hotel Chefoo in 1888 and 1889. Was he there earlier? After or before his stepfather died?

Birthplace (country): 
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