Yes Barbara, she was Mara to my father and everyone in the family. Thank you so much for replying – I'm thrilled to have found someone who even knew of her!...
Thanks Tom - I'm off to Kew! No joy with the HK Archives. My mother told us that the Japanese had destroyed personal papers so at the end of the war when...
Jas. I'm wondering if you have seen this: http://thepeerage.com/p35761.htm#i357607 Tom ... -- *Tom Murphy* If you received this email in error, please notify...
Jas The Carl Smith card no. 92059 refers to Clifford Crofton and Tamara Jex as follows:Â CLIFFORD CECIL FREDERICK CROFTON;Â GERTRUDETAMARAÂ JEX 1939 92059 Â I...
REFERENCE Brian Fey,witness at wedding. Should read - Brian Cecil FAY,b 1916,arrived HK 24.11.1938 as Police Cadet,on 24.11.1940 appointed Assistant...
Hi Jas:  In Greg Lecks Camp List there is reference to Tamara Jex and her Uncle Thomas Carrick Jex but I did not see Starling Jex listed as an Internee ?...
Hi Jas: Â Further to my last email I see that Starling Jex is listed on Jurors List 1940 as Co Sec of Wallace Harper & Co with address given as 15, Jordan...
Hi David:Â ...........and sadly died according to Wright-Nooth by choking on a fish bone whilst in Spain and apparently had 25 teeth extracted whilst at...
Dear Jas, I must say that the response to your original request for family information has been wonderful and fascinating for all of us to read. I am sure you...
Geoff:Â I also looked in your book where you have a list of deaths comprised from research of internees buried in Stanley Military Cemetery but also did not...
I don't Jill unfortunately; but thank you very much for this bit of information. Best wishes, Jas. ... I don't Jill unfortunately; but thank you very much for...
Geoff/Philip, my apologies – no mystery intended. My full name is James Barry Lyster Denny; Shelagh is my sister. Thanks to my grandfather on the Denny side...
Thank you so much for this Philip. Is Greg Lecks Camp list available to view? if not does it have any further detail? I'm interested that Starling Jex is not...
Jas: Â Greg Leck wrote a huge book (over 700 pages) called "Captives of Empire - The Japanese Internment of Allied Civilians in China 1941-45". At the back is...
Jas, Yes, a most interesting story as Philip says. Of course most families are interesting and the more complicated they get, the more interesting! I have a...
Indeed; but thanks for this Philip Jas. ... Indeed; but thanks for this Philip Jas. On 2 Jan 2012, at 10:20, Philip Cracknell wrote: Jas: Greg Leck wrote a...
I see that in a recent book "Forgotten Souls a social history of the Hong Kong Cemetery"Â Patricia Lim cites four members of the Jex family as being buried...
Brilliant Philip, you've found a missing link for me! Yes, in talking to my sister Averil we know/believe Starling Jex (the elder) married a Chinese or half...
Glad to have helped a bit - I would he happy to revisit the Cemetery (a wonderful and peaceful place) and find the family graves and take pictures for you.I...
I think Starling Jex's  (senior) wife was Jane who bore three sons, Starling (junior), Thomas and Henry Carnet (Tamara's Dad). Best rgds, Philip ... From:...
Yes Philip, got that one – Jane Carrick. And I have Parents of those two also. Thanks! Jas. ... Yes Philip, got that one – Jane Carrick. And I have Parents...
Jas If you subscribe to Gwulo.com, Patricia Lim has put all the grave inscriptions on that site, but I can't see the right Mary. Starling's grave is 12A/06/10...
Thank you for this Jill. I have these inscriptions for the three Jex brothers, and Thomas's wife Mary. I also plan to contact Christine Thomas. Re the Carl...
Thank you, Jas. I do have a Chinese friend, but she has not been able to read the worn 19th-century characters. Don't worry. If there are as many as 16 Carl...
Dear All, Happy New Year. As stated below, many Hong Kong families seem complicated. As I've posted before, my husband's father, Norman Foster Tucker, was a...
I'll follow up your suggestion Jill. Many thanks Jas. ... I'll follow up your suggestion Jill. Many thanks Jas. On 2 Jan 2012, at 12:46, jill fell wrote: Thank...
Dear Glynis, This might not be quite what you're hoping for, but there's a long article on N. F. Tucker's appearance at a Magistrate's Court on a motoring...
One last thought - if Mary was a Catholic, she would be in St. Michael's, Happy Valley, not catalogued by Patricia Lim. Don't know if Christine Thomas has...
 HK Govt Gazette of 21st July 1939 -         H.E The Gov etc ,under instructions from the Sec/State for Colonies,please to appoint Norman Foster...
