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Frederick Cyril GABY (aka Cyril) [1906-2002]

Submitted by jill on Tue, 2022-03-08 03:45
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Gaby
Given: 
Frederick Cyril
Alias / nickname: 
Cyril
Birth
Date: 
1906-08-27
Death
Date: 
2002-05-06
Other
Other reference: 
Elsie Gaby

Cyril Gaby represents a long-standing tranche of the Hong Kong community - that is of seamen who would acquire a Chinese mistress in the city and set her up in an apartment. It was a convenient arrangement for men who came and went. In his autobiography, Gaby has described how he acquired his mistress through the time honoured "viewing" procedure at a tea shop in Ladder Street and recorded the price negotiated with the madam, which in his case in the early 1930s was a down payment of $500 and the purchase of a $2000 apartment in Wanchai.

Birthplace (country): 
New Zealand
Tags: 
chinese customs
Iris Warnes
Marjorie Cook
Daphne Cook

Elizabeth Ann WARNES (née OLSON) [1882-1917]

Submitted by jill on Wed, 2018-01-10 07:25
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Warnes
Given: 
Elizabeth Ann
Maiden: 
Olson
Birth
Date: 
1882-08-02
Birthplace (town, state): 
Hong Kong
Death
Date: 
1917-04-08
Cause of death: 
Cancer

Elizabeth Warnes was the second daughter of John Olson snr. and half sister to Hannah Warren. Her mother was Ching Ah-Fung. Her other siblings were John Olson jnr., Charles W. Olson and Ellen Melcher née Olson. She married Charles Aspinell Warnes at St John's Cathedral in 1905. Their children were Iris, Marjorie and Cyril. Iris's and Marjorie's descendants now live in Australia. They lost touch with their brother, Cyril, who is thought to have emigrated to Canada. Elizabeth is buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Happy Valley near her parents.

Birthplace (country): 
Hong Kong
Tags: 
Hannah Warren
John Olson snr
Charles Aspinell Warnes
Iris Gaby
Marjorie Cook
Cyril Warnes

Iris Gladys Aspinell GABY (née WARNES) [1906-1980]

Submitted by jill on Mon, 2016-06-06 07:20
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Female
Names
Family: 
Gaby
Given: 
Iris Gladys Aspinell
Maiden: 
Warnes
Birth
Date: 
1906-09-09
Death
Date: 
1980-03-30
Cause of death: 
Cancer
Other
Other reference: 
Canossian Convent, Repulse Bay Hotel

Iris was the eldest child of Charles and Elizabeth Warnes (née Olson) and grandchild of John Olson snr. Iris, Marjorie and Cyril Warnes were the half-cousins of my father, Reg Warren.

Tags: 
Charles Warnes
Elizabeth Warnes
Marjorie Cook
Cyril Warnes
Hannah Warren
John Olson snr

Divorce proceedings in Hong Kong and Macau

Submitted by jill on Mon, 2015-10-12 00:50

David has suggested I start a separate Forum thread, instead of tacking my question about divorce cases in post-invasion Macau http://gwulo.com/comment/33461 on to the end of McCaskie’s June 1942 report of conditions in wartime Macau. Although my question concerns a member of my Hong Kong family, I meant to ask a more general question about the possible transference of Hong Kong law suits to Macau after the Japanese invasion.

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