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Makers marks

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2014-05-24 20:12

See http://gwulo.com/node/19980 for details.

Round Box Marks

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Sat, 2014-05-24 17:32
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2014

Think this is the best I can do with the marks on the back of the round box mentioned below.

Anbody able to make anything out from the picture?

Thanks,

Sean

 

Round Box

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Sat, 2014-05-24 00:29
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2014

This is the round silver box for which some Maker's Marks are pictured earlier.

The box is around two and a quarter inches high by three and a half deep. The dragon motif continues around the sides.

 

Sean

Marine Lot 111

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Sun, 2013-12-15 20:31
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1912
Places shown in this photo: 
Marine Lot 111 [????- ]

The attached may help muddy waters further when it comes to Marine Lot 122! It refers of the application for a licence to process human hair.

Incidentally the granting of the licence to a Mr Lowe is interesting. At the time I believe he headed HK's largest accountancy firm. Subsequently one of his employees - John Fleming - an amazing man - was involved in the running Warren and Co Ltd after the death of Charles Warren.

Wanchai Road Numbers 2

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Thu, 2013-12-12 23:10
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1918
Places shown in this photo: 
Marine Lot 122 [????- ]

This is a scan of my great grandfather's death certificate. If you look closely he is shown to have died at 98B Wanchai Road.

Taken with the other document I have posted it would seem what nearly a century ago both A and B were places where both my great grandmother and my great grandfather laid their heads. 

I fail to see what difference a rent role would show and David has done a huge amount of research on where the site now is. 

Wanchai road numbers 1

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Thu, 2013-12-12 23:01
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1915
Places shown in this photo: 
Marine Lot 122 [????- ]

This  is a scan of my great grandmother's death certificate. If you look  closely you will see she died at 161 Wanchai Road as is attested by my great grandfather whose address is shown as 98A Wanchai Road.

William Oswald OLSON (aka Bill / Ossie) [1910-1992]

Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2013-12-11 16:29
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Olson
Given: 
William Oswald
Alias / nickname: 
Bill / Ossie
Birth
Date: 
1910-06-04
Death
Date: 
1992-08-26

Son of John Olson 2 and Annie Louisa Moore Burke.

For more details see: http://www.thehongkonglegacy.com/The_Family_Tree.html

Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Tags: 
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Birth certificate: William Oswald Olson

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Tue, 2013-12-10 15:13
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910

moddsey posted a 1966 image of Humphreys Avenue, Kowloon. It rang a bell with me but it has taken me until now to find out why.

Charles William OLSON [1888-1966]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2013-10-24 20:25
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Olson
Given: 
Charles William
Birth
Date: 
c.1888-02-18 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1966-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

From Sean's website we know that John Olson I had a son Charles William Olson, born in 1888.

Here's what we know about his working history:

Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Tags: 
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Chinese artists

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Sun, 2013-06-02 18:55
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1860

The pictures here were produced by Chinese artists working in the European style and date to the 1860s. They show two ships in similar positions off Hong Kong. It seems likely judging by the styles that these two pictures were painted by different artists.

Somewhere - I cannot remember where - I read there was a small industry at that time in the painting of ships for their owners or captains which visited Hong Kong. This was the time of tea clippers etc.. so may well have been a fairly thriving industry for a few talented painters.

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