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Genevieve Pauline MADDISON (née BAGLIN) [1904-1982]

Submitted by besaigne on Sat, 2016-11-05 11:10
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Maddison
Given: 
Genevieve Pauline
Maiden: 
Baglin
Birth
Date: 
1904-07-18
Birthplace (town, state): 
Colombes, a suburb of Paris
Death
Date: 
1982-08-12
Cause of death: 
Liver Cancer

A short biography of Genevieve BAGLIN, prepared by her nephews Jean-Jacques and Jean Louis Lecoeur.

Genevieve Pauline Baglin was born on July 18, 1904 in Colombes, a suburb of Paris in France. Her parents had returned there from Russia.

Her first two years were spent in France, before the family moved to Durham in England in 1906. They moved to Clay Cross in 1907, spent 1907 to 1911 in Chesterfield, then moved to Sheffield. While in England she and her sister Helen attended a school run by nuns.

Birthplace (country): 
France

Paul Alphonse CHESSEX [1891-1944]

Submitted by brian edgar on Wed, 2016-02-10 22:32
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Chessex
Given: 
Paul Alphonse
Birth
Date: 
1891-01-01
Birthplace (town, state): 
Menton
Death
Date: 
1944-05-03

Mr. Chessex, a Swiss national, was manager of the Gloucester Hotel.

https://www.swiss-archives.ch/detail.aspx?ID=6863781 THis source gives his middle name as Alphone which aftre some googling I've assumed is an error.

Birthplace (country): 
France

Kleber Emile Marceau CAUDRON (aka Maurice) [1895-1973]

Submitted by Suziepie on Mon, 2014-01-27 10:53
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Caudron
Given: 
Kleber Emile Marceau
Alias / nickname: 
Maurice
Birth
Date: 
1895-05-24
Birthplace (town, state): 
Chauny, Picardie, Aisne
Death
Date: 
1973-09-12

Kleber E M Caudron, was known as Maurice Caudron and was the Proprietor of K Caudron & Co.  The company was trading with exotic goods between France and Hong Kong eg: textiles, perfumes, ornaments etc.  K. Caudron & Co. was registered in HK as a private company on 18 March 1964 and dissolved on 8 December 2005. 

Birthplace (country): 
France

Helene Marie BROOKS (née CAUDRON) [1919-2006]

Submitted by Suziepie on Mon, 2014-01-27 10:44
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Brooks
Given: 
Helene Marie
Maiden: 
Caudron
Birth
Date: 
1919-07-10
Birthplace (town, state): 
Ohain, Nord
Death
Date: 
2006-05-14
Cause of death: 
Old Age

My mother, Helene Marie Caudron Brooks, was the 2nd of the three daughters of Maurice (Kleber) and Marcelle Caudron.  She was born in Ohain, Nord, France and as a young girl went with her family to live in Singapore for a few years before moving with them in her teens to Hong Kong in the early 1930s where her  father set up a trading company operating between France and Hong Kong. He family retained their property in northern France and she travelled there often.

Birthplace (country): 
France
Tags: 
Evacuated to Australia in 1940
Horse Riding School
Evacuee
Sydney

Francois DREMEAUX [1980- ]

Submitted by fdremeaux on Tue, 2014-01-21 15:21
Status: 
Living
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
DREMEAUX
Given: 
Francois
Birth
Date: 
1980-06-29
Birthplace (town, state): 
Cholet, France
Birthplace (country): 
France

Louis Osmond Ferdinand REYNAUD [????-1943]

Submitted by brian edgar on Thu, 2013-12-05 18:54
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Reynaud
Given: 
Louis Osmond Ferdinand
Death
Date: 
1943-07-06

Louis Reynaud was appointed French Consul-General in Hong Kong on January 5, 1940.

He was consistently anti-Axis and after the Fall of France identified with the Free French - he was one of the few diplomats who managed to stay in post without swearing loyalty to the Vichy regime.  He co-operated as little as possible with the Japanese during the occupation.

He was already frail in 1940 and he died in the French Hospital in Causeway Bay on July 6, 1943 after a long illness.

Sources:

London Gazette, 1 March 1940, 1242

Birthplace (country): 
France
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