Daily Archives: April 30, 2021

The Diocesan Boys School (DBS) was a boarding school/orphanage that began about 1870 in Hong Kong. While it did take in orphans, it was also a paid tuition school for the ex-pat community. I found my grandfather on the list … Continue reading →

I’ve found something in common with the names above.蔡 Cài, which  is apparently not a widely used name in China overall, being something like 41st usage, but in Fujian Province, as Choy it becomes 7th. As one moves south, the name … Continue reading →

When my great aunt Emma Hunter passed away in 1933 her funeral was posted in the newspaper. It seems to have been a well attended affair and as there were a list of attendees, I thought I might find a … Continue reading →

A change of tack. When I keep drawing blanks in my search for relatives, I turn to the neighborhood, the street, and the people who lived nearby for clues. Shelley Street was in the heart of a what was a … Continue reading →

The family name “FOK” is shown below. This is a simplified text version. This is an explanation of the name I received from a friend:  Both Fok and Huo refers to  the same Chinese surname 霍 only the spelling for Cantonese ( … Continue reading →