Chang Woo Gow

[liverpool annie]

I came across this looking for something else .... I thought it was interesting especially since his wife was from Liverpool !! 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=638824&GRid=20278195&

Annie 

[liverpool annie]

While in Australia, after the death of his first wife, Chang met Catherine Santley who he later married. According to research by Philip Bramble, Chang met Catherine (Kitty) through his associate, Mr John Rodgers, Secretary of the Sydney School of Arts Hall, where Chang had appeared. They married in the Congregational Church in Sydney, by Rev. John Graham (apparently at his house at the corner of Stanley and College Sts). Catherine Santley was born in Liverpool, Lancashire in the United Kingdom in June 1847. She was the daughter of Edwin Santley and Margaret Booley.

They had two children - Edwin (born c1877 in Shanghai, China) and Ernest (born c1879 in Paris, France). Chang returned to China around 1877-1878 and then the family lived in England. The 1881 census shows Catherine and her two sons (Chang was not present on either census night) living in Manchester but by the 1891 census they are recorded as living in Bournemouth. The family apparently moved to Bournemouth to help cure Chang's suspected tuberculosis.

http://www.chia.chinesemuseum.com.au/biogs/CH00090b.htm

http://www.ashleighhotel.com/chang.html

[Richard Knott]

Yes, interesting.
Next time I'm sitting at the traffic lights by the entrance to the cemetery I shall have something to tell my passengers!

Richard