Lopes, Januario Joze

Updated October 19, 2014

Januario Joze Lopes, hotelier, was recorded as a resident of Hong Kong in 1844. He was the proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel which opened on March 1, 1844. The hotel was situated at #40 Queen's Road. Lopes previously owned and ran a high-class hotel (name unknown) in Macau before relocating to Hong Kong.

Selected Bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online].

Roskelly, Thomas

Updated October 2, 2014

Thomas Roskelly, innkeeper, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1846. He ran an inn named Hong Kong Inn & Boarding House, which was located in Queen's Road, 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.

Gabriel, Michael

Updated October 17, 2014

Michael Gabriel, hotelier, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1846. He ran the British Hotel, which was located at Graham Street, in 1846.

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.

Cockerell, John Thomas

Updated January 30, 2015

John Thomas Cockerell, inn-keeper, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1846. He ran the inn named Commercial Inn in 1846.

H.M.S. Plover and Young Hebe. The two vessels which surveyed the Coast of China from Shanghae to Hong Kong, under Capt. Collinson, RN CB and Lieut Bate RN in 1842-43-44-45, colored lithograph by [s.n.] Ackermann. Credit: National Maritime Museum, London.

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.

Winiberg, Henry

Updated August 16, 2014

Henry Winiberg, hotel-keeper, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He ran the British Hotel.

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.

Maclehose, J.

Updated October 19, 2014

J. Maclehose, tavern-keeper, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. He ran a tavern named Fortune of War in 1850. Queen's Road was listed as his address in 1850.

The Commercial Inn on Queen's Road that opened in 1844 was owned and run by a man also name Maclehose [first name unknown]. I wonder if the two were the same person. The Lane Hotel (1841-1843) was said to be the first hotel existing in Hong Kong.

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.

Ignacio, Pedro

Updated August 9, 2014

Pedro Ignacio, boarding House-keeper, was listed as a resident 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.

Emeny, William

Updated September 22, 2014

William Emeny, sail-maker, baker and confectioner, innkeeper, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1846 to 1855.  He ran the Phoenix Inn, which was located at Queen's Road. He was a common juror in 1854 and 1855. Queen's Road was listed as his address between 1846 and 1850.

One of the investors in Emeny's bakery was John Smithers, Clerk and Usher of Supreme Court.

Selected Bibliography: Hong Kong's First [internet]. 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.

Chavez, Mariano

Updated July 31, 2014

Mariano Chavez, boarding house-keeper, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong in 1850. Queen's Road was listed as his address in 1850.

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

Adnams, James

Updated September 20, 2014

James Adnams, saddler and hotel owner, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1845 to 1850. He was a partner in the Commercial Inn, Queen's Road, from 1845 to 1850. Stanley Street was listed as his address in 1846.

Adnams was probably the first saddler (and harness maker and coach trimmer) to have set up shop in Hong Kong. He started the business in 1845 in Canton Bazaar and later moved to Stanley Street. He was trained in London by Lawrie & Co. of Oxford Street.

Hong Kong's first ferriery was opened by George Dudell on May 27, 1848 and was situated in the corner of Wellington and Wyndham Street. The shop was manned by an English Horse Shoer and $1.5 was the cost per horse.

Selected Bibliography: Hong Kong First: Earlier Settlers, the Less Known [internet].