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George Benjamin DODWELL [1851-1925]

Submitted by eurasian_david on Mon, 2021-11-08 23:29
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Dodwell
Given: 
George Benjamin
Birth
Date: 
1851-12-03
Birthplace (town, state): 
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Death
Date: 
1925-10-09
Cause of death: 
Myocardial infarction

Merchant and Trading agent. In 1872 he joined the export/import business Adamson, Bell and Company in Shanghai. The company dealt in shipping, silk and tea. In 1875 it opened an office in Hong Kong and also started in insurance.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
La Hacienda
St John's Cathedral
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Adamson Bell and Company
Dodwell and Company

Wedding of Mary Neave and Norman Railton.jpg

Submitted by edwardalder on Mon, 2021-06-21 10:07
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1918

Wedding of Mary Neave and Norman Railton, St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong 8 July 1918

Left to right, standing:

Thomas Neave, b Scotland ca 1875, Superintendent, Hong Kong & Whampoa Dockyard Company, m Jane Pattison of Newcastle upon Tyne, father of Lillian, Mary, Florence, and Thomas, d Colwyn Bay, N Wales, ca 1923

Jane Neave, wife of Thomas

Florence Agnes Neave b 1907, m Gordon Alder, England 1934, d Hull, England 1978, mother of Geoffrey, Valerie and David, later of Kuala Lumpur circa 1946 to 1951, grandmother of Edward Alder

Vyvyan Henry Copley MOYLE [1872-1958]

Submitted by eurasian_david on Wed, 2021-01-06 07:01
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Moyle
Given: 
Vyvyan Henry Copley
Birth
Date: 
1872-04-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
Eston, Yorkshire North Riding, England
Death
Date: 
1958-03-10

Chaplain of St. John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong 1912-1928

 

"Back Here After 18 Years

 

In Hong Kong again after an absence of 18 years is the Rev. H. Copley Moyle, who is taking over temporarily the duties of the Very Rev. A.P. Rose, Dean of the Cathedral.

The Rev. H. Copley Moyle, who is 73, was Chaplain of St. John's Cathedral from 1912 to 1928, when he was succeeded by Dean Swann.

Birthplace (country): 
United Kingdom
Tags: 
St John's Cathedral
Chaplain
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