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Working the Upper Yangtse
Jan 2nd 1922, Brisbane C INLAND CHINA WORKING THE UPPER YANGTSE. THE STEAMER LOONG MOW. RIVER GORGES ANO BRIGANDS. “The finest country in the world, were it not for the internal political and mili- tary troubles that are a drawback to progress,” ¡s Captain Hall’s comment on China. Captain Hall is captain and lieu- tenant-commander of the steamer Loong Mow, which has made history by being the first vessel to trade on the. upper reaches of the Yangtse River and to open up to commerce the rich inland province of Szechuan....
read moreHouse labels
Just musing about the labeling on the photos of the houses … if this album did belong to E.L.C., wouldn’t he label his brother’s house something like “Lewis’s House”, and then E.L.C. House would be “Our house in Peking” (although that would be kind of long). So, as someone previously said, it is either a naming convention used by E.L.C., or the album was labeled by someone who knew these people, but was none of them.
read moreAlbum timeline
I believe the Zalewski album belonged to the Cockell’s and spans the time frame from 1920 to 1935. Here’s my reasoning. I’ve been looking through the album pictures just now as if through the eyes of ELC, and I can see how he could have labeled his own house in China as ELC house. It’s not quite as impersonal as you might think, especially since he referred to the houses of other’s with their three initials. They don’t say “ELC’s house” or “WAA’s house”, but rather ELC house and WAA house, almost as if...
read moreConnection between the Boyds and Cockells
All we do know for certain is that Evelyn traveled on the same ship with the Cockell’s. Whether or not they were related is still a mystery.
read moreCollins and Co., in London and China
From Karen’s notes: Mr. Charles Robert Morling and Mr. Edward Lawrence Cockell have been admitted partners in the firm of Collins and Co., in London and China Collins and Co. Ltd. London Classification: Trade ; Finance ; Insurance Place index: London, City of Period covered: 1900 – 1969 Notes: Insurance...
read moreWAA born Argent not Ansell
Now we know for certain he was born an Argent. It could be that his father was trying to be a bit incognito and Wilfred just grew up thinking Ansell really was his last name. Still can’t find a marriage record for him and Beatrice though under any name.
read moreWho really owned the album?
If we can discount Slim as being the original owner of the album, then it is quite possible that Clarence Zalewski who was a POW during WWII is our Clarence Zalewski. If he wasn’t the photographer, but rather a young soldier in the Army, the fact that he was born in 1919 doesn’t seem to be as much of an issue.
read moreMusings about the players
Well I do hope we can somehow confirm some sort of connect between more of the parties. I feel that the Argents were connected with the Cockells and Boyds. And, of course, for Zalewski to know of all those houses, one would think he would have known all the people. Perhaps CCS will be able to help out when we find his identity. Odd how nothing seems to give a clue who he was.
read moreCaptain John Theadore Boyd
Seems that Captain John Theodore Boyd has a g-g-g-grandson who was 10 in 2002, making him about 16 now. Surely he or his father would know more about Kirby Cosmo Boyd!? On the afternoon of April 14, during the launch of Brenda Niall’s book, The Boyds, at the National Trust property, Glenfern, in East St Kilda, there was what Niall calls ”one great moment”. Ten-year-old Thomas Boyd, great-great-great grandson of Captain John Theodore Boyd, who acquired Glenfern in 1876, slipped without fuss into the drawing room, sat at the...
read moreKirby Montague BOYD
Not helpful, but interesting…. Kirby Montague BOYD Pedigree Sex: M Event(s) Birth: 1873 —————————————————————————– Parents Father: Captain John Theodore BOYD Pin #4964885 Mother: Lucy Charlotte MARTIN Pin...
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