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Margaret MORRISON (née MCCOLM, aka Maggie) [1896-1981]

Submitted by colmans on Tue, 2022-05-03 00:54
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Morrison
Given: 
Margaret
Maiden: 
McColm
Alias / nickname: 
Maggie
Birth
Date: 
1896-06-30
Birthplace (town, state): 
Kircudbright
Death
Date: 
c.1981-04-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Cause of death: 
Natural Causes

Born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Married Robert Morrison in 1925 and gave birth to daughter Elsy in 1926. Emigrated to HK in 1928 and lived at 4 Inverness Terrace, HK Dockyard.

Evacuated to Brisbane with daughter during WW2

Emigrated to UK in 1960s

Paternal great grandmother of author

Birthplace (country): 
Scotland
Tags: 
Evacuated to Australia

Elsy COLMANS (née MORRISON) [1926-2017]

Submitted by colmans on Mon, 2022-05-02 21:09
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Colmans
Given: 
Elsy
Maiden: 
Morrison
Birth
Date: 
1926-10-02
Birthplace (town, state): 
Glasgow
Death
Date: 
2017-09-18
Cause of death: 
Natural causes

Daughter of Robert Morrison and Margaret McColm Morrison

Born in Glasgow, emigrated to HK in 1928

Married Louis Colmans and had 4 x children

Lived at 9 Braga Circuit, HK

Evacuated to Brisbane with her mother Margaret during WW2

1954 - lived at 4 Inverness Terrace, Kowloon Dock (Marriage Cert)

Emigrated to Southend on Sea, Essex in 1967

Author's Paternal Grandmother

Birthplace (country): 
Scotland
Tags: 
Evacuated to Australia

Dorothy HAYNES (née HARRIS) [????- ]

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2019-10-24 14:31
Status: 
Unknown
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Haynes
Given: 
Dorothy
Maiden: 
Harris
Tags: 
Evacuated to Australia

Betty JOHNSTON (née BONE) [????- ]

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2016-07-20 19:57
Status: 
Unknown
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Johnston
Given: 
Betty
Maiden: 
Bone
Tags: 
Evacuated to Australia

Eileen HARGREAVES (née GARROD) [????-????]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2014-12-09 16:02
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Hargreaves
Given: 
Eileen
Maiden: 
Garrod

Marjorie Stintzi writes:

Eileen Hargreaves, wife of John Hargreaves, evacuated from Hong Kong to Australia.  She and their two sons, Roger and Allan Hargreaves, lived in Yass, where she worked as Deputy City Clerk.  The family left Hong Kong after the war and moved to England, date unknown. Roger and Allan were born in Hong Kong.  Eileen was the daughter of Henry Garrod and younger sister of Marjorie Elston.  

Tags: 
Evacuated to Australia

Marjorie ELSTON (née GARROD) [????-????]

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2014-12-09 15:56
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Elston
Given: 
Marjorie
Maiden: 
Garrod

Marjorie Stintzi writes:

Marjorie Garrod was born in Hong Kong.  Her father Henry Garrod had joined the Colonial Government on 4-21-1898.  

Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Tags: 
Evacuated to Australia

Veronica Joyce BLAND (née WALKER, aka Ronnie) [1927-2013]

Submitted by Douglas on Fri, 2014-07-11 03:53
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Bland
Given: 
Veronica Joyce
Maiden: 
Walker
Alias / nickname: 
Ronnie
Birth
Date: 
1927-10-30
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hong Kong, French Hospital
Death
Date: 
2013-10-23

Daughter of Vernon and Doris Walker, wife of Douglas Bland, mother of Siobhan, Diarmuid, and Clodagh.

Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Tags: 
Evacuated to Australia
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