Albano Antonio Cordeiro, music teacher & piano tuner, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. Cochrane Street was listed as his address in 1850. He worked as a business assistant in the mercantile and management firm, Shewan, Tomes & Co., between 1896 and 1908[1].
[1] Corderio's name was mentioned in the Twentieth Century Impressions of Hong Kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China, page 221:
The firm [Shewan, Tomes & Co.] deals with the bulk of the articles exported from Canton, through Hongkong — raw silk, silk piece goods, tea, matting, fire-crackers, palm-leaf fans, cassia, cassia buds, cassia oil, rhubarb, aniseed, gin- seng, rattan, and preserves. This department is managed by Mr. A. A. Cordeiro.
Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, 1850.
0 comments:
Post a Comment