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Gerard Hendrik VAN DEN POLL [c.1880-c.1960]

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-23 15:59
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
van den Poll
Given: 
Gerard Hendrik
Birth
Date: 
c.1880-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
unknown
Death
Date: 
c.1960-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Cause of death: 
unknown

Gerard Hendrik van den Poll worked at Holland-China Trading Company in Hong Kong as an assistant in 1918. He was photographed there and also at the Guangzhou office. He is listed in the 1918 Juror's list.

Birthplace (country): 
the Netherlands
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Holland China Trading Company
poll

De Jongh family residence, 2 Chatham Road [c.1900-c.1960]

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Thu, 2019-06-20 03:40
Date Place completed: 
c.1900-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished: 
c.1960-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Charles Gesner van der Voort's colleague Frans de Jongh started working in China much earlier than Charles, in 1919, in Shanghai, at Holland-China Trading Company. In 1930, Frans de Jongh and his wife moved to Hong Kong, and lived at 2 Chatham Road, where their daughter Anneke was born, in the same year. Later, they moved to Tianjin (Tientsin) and during WWII, they were interned by the Japanese in Weihsien camp. 

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Frans de Jongh
Holland China Trading Company

Petrus (Peter) STUYFBERGEN [1884-1946]

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-06-16 14:21
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Stuyfbergen
Given: 
Petrus (Peter)
Birth
Date: 
1884-09-17
Birthplace (town, state): 
Alkmaar
Death
Date: 
1946-08-13
Cause of death: 
unknown

P. (Petrus, probably Peter in daily life) Stuyfbergen was the manager of the the Guangzhou office, Canton in 1918.

Birthplace (country): 
the Netherlands
Tags: 
Charles in Shanghai
Holland China Trading Company
stuyfbergen
guangzhou

Cecilio Paulo PINTOS [c.1877-1940]

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Mon, 2019-06-10 13:14
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Pintos
Given: 
Cecilio Paulo
Birth
Date: 
c.1877-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1940-01-27
Cause of death: 
unknown

Cecilio Paulo Pintos worked for Hotz s'Jacob & Co from 1899-1903, and then, as the the company merged into Holland-China Trading Company in 1903, from 1903-1930 at that company. He appears in the jurur's lists on gwulo.com in between those years. If you happen to have more information on him, please contact me.

https://gwulo.com/jurors-list-1899

https://gwulo.com/jurors-list-1930

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Paulo
Pintos
hotz
s'Jacob
Holland China Trading Company
Charles in Shanghai

Lai Chuen J.P. TONG [c.1857-1922]

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2019-05-26 13:37
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Tong
Given: 
Lai Chuen J.P.
Birth
Date: 
c.1857-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Zhongshan (Heung Shan), Guangdong
Death
Date: 
1922-03-03
Cause of death: 
unknown

"MR. TONG LAI CHUEN, J.P., who occupies the post of compradore to the Holland-China Trading Company, is a native of the Hungshan district of China. His father, a well-known merchant both in that district and in the neighbouring Portuguese Colony of Macao, was for many years connected with the Yun Loong tea hong of the latter place. Mr. Tong Lai Chuen has resided in Hongkong for upwards of thirty-three years, and during that time has been actively connected with several companies.

Birthplace (country): 
China
Tags: 
Tong Lai Chuen J.P.
Charles in Shanghai
Holland China Trading Company

Frederik Bernard (Frits) S'JACOB [1872-1941]

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2019-05-25 01:25
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
s'Jacob
Given: 
Frederik Bernard (Frits)
Birth
Date: 
1872-08-13
Birthplace (town, state): 
Rotterdam
Death
Date: 
1941-07-04
Cause of death: 
natural

Ferdinand Bernard (Frits) s'Jacob (1872, Rotterdam-1941, London) was one of the founders of the company which employed Charles, Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC). 

Birthplace (country): 
the Netherlands
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Frederik Bernard s'Jacob
s'Jacob
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Holland-China Handelscompagnie

Molly Odell radio interview, Hong Kong Heritage Radio3

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Fri, 2019-02-08 15:05

Dear reader,

Molly Odell, featuring in my book to be publised, sent me a link to an interview she gave in January 2019 to Annemarie Evans of Hong Kong Heritage on Radio3 (HK). Molly lived in Shanghai at the time Charles Gesner van der Voort was interned in Chapei Civil Assembly Center (1943-45). If you want to hear the fascinating story of her life in Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Puerto Rico, please find the link at:

1900s-1930s Hong Kong photos

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Tue, 2019-01-22 05:22

Dear reader,

While compiling information for my book "Charles in Shanghai", many photos were shared with me, including photos from Hong Kong of the 1900s-1930s. You can find these at my page at Flickr.com.

https://www.flickr.com/people/161392673@N02/

Your help is requested to identify photos made in various places during a voyage from Europe to Hong Kong in the 1930s. Please have a look at:

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