Jamsetjee, Limjeebhoy

Updated October 1, 2014

Limjeebhoy Jamsetjee, merchant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1846, He was a partner [tbc] in the mercantile firm, Pestonjee Framjee Cama & Co., in 1846.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.

Just, Leonard Jr.

Updated September 27, 2014

Leonard Just, Jr., watch and chronometer maker, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1846. D'Aguilar Street in 1846.

Just, Jr. went to Canton and then Macau in 1829 with his father, Leonard Just, from whom he had learned the craft of watch and chronometer making. He came to Hong Kong in 1846 with his father but started to run his own watchmaking concern with two assistants, Douglas Lapraik and George Saunders, who had apprenticed under his father.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.

Just, Leonard

Updated September 27, 2014

Leonard Just, watch and chronometer maker, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1846. Queen's Road was listed as his address in 1846.

Just went to Canton in ca.1829 and then Macau, where he carried on his watchmaking business under the name of Just and Son., although, it was said, that his son, Leonard Just, Jr., was only an apprentice of his. He came to Hong Kong in 1846. Just Jr. branched out in the same year and ran his business at D'Aguilar Street.

Selected Bibliography: Hong Kong University, University Hall [online]. Hong Kong's First [online]. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.

Jones, R.

Updated September 27, 2014

R. Jones, livery stables owner, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1846.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.

Jackson, John

Updated September 26, 2014

John Jackson, mercantile assistant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1846. He was employed by the mercantile firm, Jardine, Matheson & Co., as an assistant in 1846.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.

Jardine, Joseph

Updated October 5, 2014

Joseph Jardine, merchant, was a resident of Hong Kong from 1846 to 1848. He was a partner in the mercantile firm, Jardine Matheson & Co., in 1846.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850. Williams, Samuel Wells (Ed.), Chinese Repository, Vol. 17, January to December, 1848. Canton: 1848.

Jarvie, J

Updated September 23, 2014

J. Jarvie, mercantile assistant, was listed as a redsient of Hong Kong in 1846. He was employed by the mercantile firm, Gilman & Co., as an assistant in 1846.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.

Jones, Dennis G.

Updated September 23, 2014

Dennis G. Jones, business assistant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1846. He was under the employment of auctioneer W.H. Franklyn in 1846.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.

Just, G.S.

Updated August 9, 2014

G.S. Just, watchmaker, was listed as a resident of Hong kong in 1850. D'Aguilar Street was listed as his address.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Just, Donald

Updated August 9, 2014

Donald Just probably a watchmaker, was listed as a resient of Hong Kong in 1850. D'Aguilar Street was listed as his address in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Jones, Thomas

Updated September 23, 2014

Thomas Jones, merchant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1846 to 1850. He was a partner of the mercantile firm, Gibb, Livingston & Co. between 1846 and 1850. Aberdeen Street was listed as his address in 1850. He was a Justice of the Peace (non-official) in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Jones, William

Updated August 9, 2014

William Jones, shipwright, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was employed by shipbuilder, Ross & Perkins, in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Jones, Dashwood

Updated August 9, 2014

Dashwood Jones, British Army officer, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was a first lieutenant of the Royal Artillery.

Military records, British Army, Rank; First Lieutenant; Service: Royal Artillery.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Johnson, John

Updated September 2, 2014

The Rev. John Johnson, missionary, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1848 to 1850. He belonged to the American Baptist Missionary Union which sent him and his wife, Anna A. Stevens, to Hong Kong in 1848. Gough Street was listed as his address in Hong Kong in 1850.

Johnson was married to Anna A. Stevens. Born in Eastport, Maine in 1822, Stevens died in Hong Kong in June 1848.

Selected Bibliography: 34th Annual Report of the American Baptist Missionary Union, May, 1848. Lim, Patricia, Forgotton Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Johnson, Alexander R.

Updated September 25, 2014

Alexander R. Johnson, officer of the British Diplomatic Department, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1843 to 1850. He was the Secretary and Registrar of the Hong Kong Office of the British Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade between 1846 and 1850. He was an ex officio member of the Executive Council in 1850. He was a Justice of the Peace (official) between 1843 and 1850^[1]. He was a trustee of St. John Church in 1850. He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in 1850.

[1] He was one of the first 44 Justices of Peace ever to be appointed in Hong Kong. Their appointments were announced by Henry Pottinger on the fifth day after he had sworn in as the first Colonial Governor. The date was June 30 ,1843.

Selected Bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online]. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Jardine, Robert Junior

Updated August 9, 2014

Merchant.
HONG KONG. Address: East Point (present day Causeway) (1850).

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Jardine, Robert Senior

Updated August 9, 2014

Merchant.
HONG KONG. Address: East Point (present day Causeway)(1850).

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Jardine, David

Updated September 18, 2014

David Jardine, merchant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He was a senior partner in the mercantile firm, Jardine, Matheson & Co., in 1850. He was a Justice of the Peace (non-official) in 1850. He was the Treasurer of the Morrison Education Society in 1850. He was a member of the Board of Trustees and Managing Committee of the Seamen's Hospital in 1850. East Point was listed as his address in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Jamsetjee, Framjee

Updated September 23, 2014

Framjee Jamsetjee, merchant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1846 to 1850. He was the founder of the mercantile firm, Framjee Jamsetjee. He was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch in 1850. Queen's Road was listed as his address between 1846 and 1850; Spring Gardens was listed additionally in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.

Jamieson, William

Updated August 9, 2014

William Jamieson, master mariner, was listed as a resident of Hong kong in 1850. He was the captain of the river steamer Canton which was owned by the Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) 大英火輪船公司 in 1850.

Selected Bibliography: Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.