Daily Archives: April 30, 2021

Diocesan Boys School  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 … Continue reading →

Choa, Chua, Choy, Choi I’ve found that the above names all have something in common. They are all basically the same character, 蔡 Cài, which is apparently not a widely used name in China overall, being something like 41st usage, but in … Continue reading →

 Who was at the funeral? 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 … Continue reading →

 11 Shelley Street 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 … Continue reading →

Fok Shuk Wah 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 … Continue reading →