Monthly Archives: May 2021

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Brian Beesley

Hong Kong Public Records and more The Hong Kong Government has a wonderful site that is also very user friendly. A simple search query will bring up three tabs as shown. The main two I use are the archives and … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 3, 2021 by Brian Beesley

 Going Dutch Back in January of 2020 I received a message through Ancestry.com from a DNA match in the Netherlands. My contact is the adoptive mother of a Chinese girl, born in 1996. Her daughter was adopted as an infant … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 3, 2021 by Brian Beesley

 I think they loved me then! As I’m mentioning my family members so much and just because I have this, I thought I’d add it to the blog. It was filmed by my aunt Nora Hunter in Hollywood, California about … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 2, 2021 by Brian Beesley

Ellen Hunter in WW2 Hong Kong My grandfather’s niece Ellen Hunter spent the war years in Hong Kong. She was the only child of his brother James Hunter and from what I can tell, she was born there, went to … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 2, 2021 by Brian Beesley

 News of deaths in Hong Kong! I’m sorry if I skip back and forth a bit, but sometimes questions come to mind. One such mystery for me, is why were certain deaths deemed “newsworthy” in Hong Kong.  Clearly after scanning … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 2, 2021 by Brian Beesley

Who gave us our Asian DNA? We started with four sources, James, George, Tobias and May. James’s line ended with his daughter Ellen in 1944. That left just the three lines we have today. George Hunter had two sons. Only … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 1, 2021 by Brian Beesley

DBS continued The Diocesan Boys School was originally located on Bonham Road and was later moved to Mong Kok, Kowloon. George Piercy was head until 1918 when Rev Feathersone took the reins. He would have been in charge when my … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 1, 2021 by Brian Beesley

How now, Foochow?  My family’s roots in China began in Foochow.  My great grandfather William Leyland Hunter arrived there from Manchester England on April 16, 1865. He was employed as a tea inspector with the W R Adamson Co. After … Continue reading →

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