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 thought I might find a clue among them.
As can be seen there are a number of Choa Family members. I remembered my grandfather mentioning Choa and many occasions when I was young. It was always “Choa said this” or “Choa did that” I have no idea of the relationship they had but the name at least rand a bell. I checked Jurors Lists for Hong Kong and found Choa, Lip Chee as well as others.
J. D. Bush, I discovered, lived at 9 Shelley Street and was from a well respected American family who had also grown roots in China. Like my great uncle James Hunter, James Daniel Bush was also a teacher. He died in 1939 and is buried at Happy Valley Cemetery.
Lastly were the two Fathers, Maestrini and Alessis. The former was well known and passed away at 98 in Italy in 2006. A further clue may be in my mother’s 1928 Diary where there’s a mention of the “two fathers” being on their ship, when they returned to China from school in England. Could it have been the same pair?