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Hong Kong births 1931/2
« on: Sunday 16 January 22 14:11 GMT (UK) »
Hi, I'm looking for 2 births in Hong Kong, in 1931 and December 1932, a son called Sonny Toledo/Bone and daughter perhaps Dolores Janet. The parents were Rose Ida Bone or Toledo, and Herman Toledo. Herman was from the Philippines and Rose was born in Shanghai to a British father.

Are there any publicly available records that anyone could very kindly point me to? I haven't been able to find anything on Ancestry.

Many thanks
Colee

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Re: Hong Kong births 1931/2
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 16 January 22 14:27 GMT (UK) »
You could try the Hong Kong Weekly Press.  I don't know if they had birth announcements but I did find a 1908 marriage reported.  There are also some other English language newspapers online at the same Hong Kong Public Library site.

https://mmis.hkpl.gov.hk/web/guest/old-hk-collection?from_menu=Y&dummy=
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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Re: Hong Kong births 1931/2
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 16 January 22 14:33 GMT (UK) »
Very many thanks. Yes I did have a look there, but nothing came up. I was thinking there ought to have been some official registers, but maybe they're just not accessible online.
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Re: Hong Kong births 1931/2
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 16 January 22 14:48 GMT (UK) »
It's been a while since I searched for and found that marriage but my recollection is that the search function did not work well and I only found the marriage by going through issue by issue for 1908.  Fortunately, it was in one of the first issues I looked at.
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis


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Re: Hong Kong births 1931/2
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 16 January 22 15:20 GMT (UK) »
That's helpful thanks, yes I found that too. Ok I may have another look and focus on a more specific timeline.
Many thanks again
Colee