Christine Thomas's Posts - Genealogy Wise2024-03-29T14:36:07ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomashttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2207116433?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.genealogywise.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3g956khbcrfnu&xn_auth=noThe Tea Planter's Photograph Albumtag:www.genealogywise.com,2020-02-25:3463583:BlogPost:7811082020-02-25T16:48:49.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
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<p>A few years ago it was my good fortune to be the winning bidder for an old photograph album for sale on eBay. Research showed that it featured Louis Gordon McIntyre and his wife Tryphena nee Hanney from around 1915 when they lived and worked on the Rangamati Tea Garden in Assam. Their story and some of their photos can be…</p>
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<p>A few years ago it was my good fortune to be the winning bidder for an old photograph album for sale on eBay. Research showed that it featured Louis Gordon McIntyre and his wife Tryphena nee Hanney from around 1915 when they lived and worked on the Rangamati Tea Garden in Assam. Their story and some of their photos can be found here:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p>Hong Kong Police 175th. Anniversary Projecttag:www.genealogywise.com,2019-10-07:3463583:BlogPost:7739392019-10-07T11:32:20.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">175 years ago today Inspector Charles MAY along with Sergeants Thomas SMITHERS and Hugh McGREGOR resigned from the Metropolitan Police Force in London and began their 5 month journey to Hong Kong in order to establish the Hong Kong Police Force. As the…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">175 years ago today Inspector Charles MAY along with Sergeants Thomas SMITHERS and Hugh McGREGOR resigned from the Metropolitan Police Force in London and began their 5 month journey to Hong Kong in order to establish the Hong Kong Police Force. As the senior officer Charles has found his way into the history books but Thomas and Hugh barely get a mention. As a personal tribute to these two officers I have today published pen pictures of their lives on my Hong Kong Police Ancestors Blog. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hongkongpoliceancestors.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hong Kong Police Ancestors</span></a></p>From Bristol Bobby to Hong Kong Copper in 1882tag:www.genealogywise.com,2016-08-23:3463583:BlogPost:7242912016-08-23T16:09:17.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232561919?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232561919?profile=original" width="157"></img></a> A night's drinking led to a constable's dismissal from the Bristol Constabulary in 1882 but opened the door for recruitment to the Hong Kong Police. For the story of HK Police Sergeant Daniel Hall (later in life Licensee of the Brewers' Arms in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire)…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232561919?profile=original"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232561919?profile=original" width="157"/></a>A night's drinking led to a constable's dismissal from the Bristol Constabulary in 1882 but opened the door for recruitment to the Hong Kong Police. For the story of HK Police Sergeant Daniel Hall (later in life Licensee of the Brewers' Arms in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire) please refer to my Hong Kong Police Ancestors Blog: <a href="http://hongkongpoliceancestors.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Daniel Hall 1853 - 1913</a></span></p>Hong Kong Policetag:www.genealogywise.com,2016-01-21:3463583:BlogPost:7136942016-01-21T14:00:00.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In the 19th. century constables for the European contingent of the Hong Kong Police were recruited from the UK. Most came from London's Metropolitan Police, Scottish Constabularies or the Royal Irish Constabulary but in 1882 the south-west of England was targetted with…</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In the 19th. century constables for the European contingent of the Hong Kong Police were recruited from the UK. Most came from London's Metropolitan Police, Scottish Constabularies or the Royal Irish Constabulary but in 1882 the south-west of England was targetted with the result that 13 officers were recruited from Bristol. The following link will take you to the story of Job Witchell who was one of these men:</span></p>
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<p><a href="http://hongkongpoliceancestors.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/job-witchell-from-bristol-bobby-to-hong.html" target="_blank">From Bristol Bobby to Hong Kong Copper</a></p>HONG KONG DEATH CERTIFICATEStag:www.genealogywise.com,2015-07-02:3463583:BlogPost:7048532015-07-02T15:58:31.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: times new roman,times;">Obtaining Hong Kong death certificates for anyone who died in the 19th. century is difficult, if not impossible. However, all is not lost if the individual was a British soldier - or was the wife or child of a British soldier. The answer lies in the Army…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: times new roman,times;">Obtaining Hong Kong death certificates for anyone who died in the 19th. century is difficult, if not impossible. However, all is not lost if the individual was a British soldier - or was the wife or child of a British soldier. The answer lies in the Army Chaplain's Registers held by the General Register Office in the UK. Back in the 1980s I spent weeks extracting Hong Kong related entries from the GRO indexes. The story of this task, plus a list of Hong Kong British Army Deaths 1860 - 1867 appears on my Hong Kong Family History Blog:</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hongkongfamilyhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/army-chaplains-returns-of-death-hong.html" target="_blank">Army Chaplains Returns of Death - Hong Kong</a></p>Hong Kong Water Policetag:www.genealogywise.com,2015-05-06:3463583:BlogPost:7019982015-05-06T14:45:41.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Hong Kong is a small island off the coast of South China. It’s northern shore is separated from the mainland by a sheltered stretch of water known as Hong Kong Harbour. The Star Ferry which crosses the harbour has been in operation since the late 1880s and their green and white steamers are now famous throughout the world. No trip to Hong Kong would be complete without a ride across the harbour – top deck or bottom deck the…</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Hong Kong is a small island off the coast of South China. It’s northern shore is separated from the mainland by a sheltered stretch of water known as Hong Kong Harbour. The Star Ferry which crosses the harbour has been in operation since the late 1880s and their green and white steamers are now famous throughout the world. No trip to Hong Kong would be complete without a ride across the harbour – top deck or bottom deck the choice is yours.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232560802?profile=original"><img width="300" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232560802?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">At the turn of the 19th./20th. centuries the harbour was also the home of boat people in their junks, wallah wallahs and sampans.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232561036?profile=original"><img width="150" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232561036?profile=RESIZE_180x180" width="150"/></a></span><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">When typhoons roared across the South China Sea the boat people were at peril and during the worst of storms the typhoon shelters were of little use. Hundreds if not thousands would perish in the waters.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">The Hong Kong Water Police formed an essential part of the HK Police Force and the story of one its members, Sergeant George BOOLE, who served from 1900 to 1911 can be found by following the link below to my Hong Kong Police Ancestors Blog:</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="http://hongkongpoliceancestors.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/stormy-seas-story-of-george-boole.html" target="_blank">Sergeant George A.W. Boole</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p>The Straits Settlementstag:www.genealogywise.com,2015-03-15:3463583:BlogPost:6986862015-03-15T15:25:04.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Research into my latest Hong Kong Police Constable came to a dead end in 1908 when he suddenly seemed to disappear. <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232588871?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232588871?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="250"></img></a></span> No longer could he be found within Hong Kong. Searches of the 1911 UK census failed to show that he…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Research into my latest Hong Kong Police Constable came to a dead end in 1908 when he suddenly seemed to disappear. <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232588871?profile=original"><img width="250" class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232588871?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="250"/></a></span>No longer could he be found within Hong Kong. Searches of the 1911 UK census failed to show that he had returned to his homeland so where was he? Clues came with passenger lists which recorded voyages from Singapore back to the UK in the 1920s and 30s. Further research uncovered the fact that he had spent over 20 years in The Straits Settlements (Singapore, Malaya etc.) between 1908 and 1931. As with all former British Colonies the vital records and archives remain in-situ and are not available for online searching but a surprising amount of information is available for the persistent researcher.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">The story of Bertie ELLY, Royal Marine, Hong Kong Police Constable, Prison Warder and SO much more can be found on my Hong Kong Police Ancestors Blog:</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="http://hongkongpoliceancestors.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/bertie-elly-saurian-slayer.html" target="_blank">Bertie Elly</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p>Hong Kong Police Historytag:www.genealogywise.com,2015-03-12:3463583:BlogPost:6985722015-03-12T12:46:04.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-3">Following the leasing of the HK New Territories to Britain in 1898 the Hong Kong Police needed to expand. Two large intakes of recruits at this time came from the Royal Marines – 12 men in 1899 and 40 men in 1900. Political correctness was unknown at this time and Hong Kong Society loved…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-3">Following the leasing of the HK New Territories to Britain in 1898 the Hong Kong Police needed to expand. Two large intakes of recruits at this time came from the Royal Marines – 12 men in 1899 and 40 men in 1900. Political correctness was unknown at this time and Hong Kong Society loved to allot nicknames. These two groups therefore became known amongst their colleagues as “The Twelve Apostles” and “The Forty Thieves” – with absolutely no irreverence meant or insult taken. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-3">Service records of Royal Marines can be found at The National Archives at Kew, London under the ADM (Admiralty) series. These records can be ordered and downloaded online on payment of a small fee. It is therefore possible to obtain much detail about the RM service of these men. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-3">Detail of their Hong Kong Police service is a matter of sifting through huge tomes of old Colonial Office correspondence in the hope of finding a despatch which mentions the name one is researching. A frustrating and time consuming endeavour. My latest research project has now identified most of the men from these intakes and I am in the process of writing up their stories on my Hong Kong Police Ancestors Blog. The first story, on HK Police Constable 99 James Edward NEW, has been published and can be found by following this link:</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://hongkongpoliceancestors.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/pc-99-james-edward-new.html" target="_blank">HK PC99 James Edward NEW</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p>Hong Kong Police Historytag:www.genealogywise.com,2014-09-05:3463583:BlogPost:6867442014-09-05T11:18:07.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232590935?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232590935?profile=original" width="376"></img></a> <span class="font-size-3">2014 is the 170th. Anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Police.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">The Governor of Hong Kong wanted experienced men and 3 officers from the East End of London were recruited from the Metropolitan Police in 1844. Their story - plus other 19th.…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232590935?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232590935?profile=original" width="376"/></a><span class="font-size-3">2014 is the 170th. Anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Police.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">The Governor of Hong Kong wanted experienced men and 3 officers from the East End of London were recruited from the Metropolitan Police in 1844. Their story - plus other 19th. century Hong Kong Police vignettes - will be told at a FREE talk "From British Bobby to Hong Kong Copper" at The National Archives (TNA), Kew at 2pm on Thursday 18th. September 2014</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">If you are interested in Hong Kong Police History</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">Please reserve a place via the link to TNA's webpage below:</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/events/hong-kong-copper.htm" target="_blank">From British Bobby to Hong Kong Copper</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p>Hong Kong Census - Colonial Ancestorstag:www.genealogywise.com,2014-08-22:3463583:BlogPost:6859562014-08-22T18:43:23.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232560148?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232560148?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200"></img></a> Annual population statistics were provided in Hong Kong throughout the 19<sup>th</sup>. and early 20<sup>th</sup>. century. Unfortunately, these do not provide the detailed information sought by today's genealogists.…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232560148?profile=original"><img width="200" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232560148?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200"/></a>Annual population statistics were provided in Hong Kong throughout the 19<sup>th</sup>. and early 20<sup>th</sup>. century. Unfortunately, these do not provide the detailed information sought by today's genealogists.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3">However, the 1911 UK census will help identify a large number of Europeans who were in Hong Kong at this time. Head on over to my Hong Kong Family History Blog for more information.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://hongkongfamilyhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/hong-kong-census.html" target="_blank">Hong Kong Family History - Hong Kong Census</a></strong></p>Colonial Ancestors - Hong Kongtag:www.genealogywise.com,2014-08-21:3463583:BlogPost:6860142014-08-21T09:21:06.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232560382?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232560382?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="181"></img></a> Do not give up hope if you ancestors were born in Hong Kong. Certificates are available although there are gaps in the records due to losses in the second world war. This link will give you further details: <a href="http://hongkongfamilyhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/hong-kong-birth-marriage-death.html" target="_blank">HK Birth, Marriage, Death…</a></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232560382?profile=original"><img width="181" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2232560382?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="181"/></a>Do not give up hope if you ancestors were born in Hong Kong. Certificates are available although there are gaps in the records due to losses in the second world war. This link will give you further details: <a href="http://hongkongfamilyhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/hong-kong-birth-marriage-death.html" target="_blank">HK Birth, Marriage, Death certificates</a></p>Hong Kong Cemeterytag:www.genealogywise.com,2010-08-06:3463583:BlogPost:2744542010-08-06T18:00:00.000ZChristine Thomashttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/ChristineThomas
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">From 1985 to 1995 whilst I was working in Hong Kong I spent my weekends in the cemetery transcribing and indexing the memorial inscriptions. During the typhoon season when the weather precluded outdoor activities I found other sources of information: burial registers; obituaries; government gazettes to supplement my index. My Hong Kong Cemetery Burial Index now contains over 12,000 entries for souls from the UK, Australia, USA, Europe etc. etc. etc.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><strong>Gone - but certainly not forgotten</strong>. The full story of my project plus some of the stories behind the graves can be found at <a href="http://hongkongcemetery.blogspot.com/">http://hongkongcemetery.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></font></p>