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James Francis SUMMERS (aka Frank) [c.1893-1917]

Submitted by jill on Mon, 2022-01-17 01:35
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Summers
Given: 
James Francis
Alias / nickname: 
Frank
Birth
Date: 
c.1893-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
1917-09-23
Cause of death: 
Active service at Ypres
Other
Other reference: 
St Michael's memorial

More detailed information on Frank Summers is given by annpake in the threads on his father Edwin Summers and his mother Celestina Summers. He was killed at Ypres, Belgium in WW1, fighting with the Australian army. He has a memorial in St Michael's Cemetery. His brothers were Alec and Charles Summers and his sister Eva Margaret Forbes.

 

Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
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WW1
Australia
Edwin Henry Sparks Summers
Celestina Summers
Eva Margaret Forbes
Alec Summers
Charles Summers

Eva Margaret FORBES (née SUMMERS) [????-????]

Submitted by jill on Mon, 2022-01-10 20:43
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Forbes
Given: 
Eva Margaret
Maiden: 
Summers
Other
Other reference: 
Evacuation

Eva Forbes was the daughter of Edwin Henry and Celestina Summers and sister of Alec and Charles Summers. She married Robert Fraser Forbes and was probably evacuated to Australia with her three children, as the Australian Electoral Roll puts her as living in Queensland in 1943. Neither she nor her husband appear on subsequent Electoral Rolls. Their children were Monica, Jean and Robert Forbes, who remained in Queensland. Many thanks to annpake for this research.

Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Tags: 
Edwin Henry Sparks Summers
Celestina Summers
Robert Fraser Forbes

Robert Fraser FORBES [1891-????]

Submitted by jill on Sun, 2022-01-09 01:14
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Forbes
Given: 
Robert Fraser
Birth
Date: 
1891-03-30

Robert Fraser Forbes was married to the daughter of Edwin Henry and Celestina Summers, whose name I haven't been able to discover. He appears in the Jurors List as working for Mustard & Co. His address is given as 7 Aimai Villas, Kowloon, which was also an address of E.H. Summers.

Birthplace (country): 
Scotland
Tags: 
Mustard & Co.
7 Aimai Villas
Edwin Henry Sparks Summers

Alexander William SUMMERS (aka Alec) [1906-1975]

Submitted by jill on Mon, 2022-01-03 01:59
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Summers
Given: 
Alexander William
Alias / nickname: 
Alec
Birth
Date: 
1906-05-16
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hong Kong
Death
Date: 
1975-12-04

Alec Summers worked for Thomas Cook. He was interned in Stanley Camp with his brother Charles. Their father, Edwin Summers, was one of the oldest foreign residents of Hong Kong when he died at Kai Tak in 1940. Their mother, Celestina, was evacuated to Australia and died in Brisbane in 1942. I think I have found their sister's husband, Robert Fraser Forbes as a salesman at Mustard & Co., living at 7 Aimai Villas, Kowloon in the 1923 Jurors List, but he has been entered as "'Fraser Forbes Robert". I haven't yet found their sister's own name.

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WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
Thomas Cook Co.
Edwin Henry Sparks Summers
Celestina Summers
Charles Henry Summers

Celestina SUMMERS (née LESBIREL) [????-1942]

Submitted by jill on Sun, 2022-01-02 21:11
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Summers
Given: 
Celestina
Maiden: 
Lesbirel
Death
Date: 
1942-02-11

Celestina Summers was the wife of Edwin Henry Sparks Summers and mother of Charles, Alec and Frank Summers. Her daughter became Mrs. R.F. Forbes. I don't know her maiden name. Celestina was "sponsor" at the baptisms of Leslie and Evelyn Warren, my uncle and aunt. Her father had worked as Assistant at the National Hotel after my great-grandfather John Olson retired.

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Edwin Henry Sparks Summers
Charles Henry Summers
Alec Summers
Frank Summers
Mrs. R.F. Forbes
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