This lady is Annie Hazel Asger who was I believe married to Abdulla Sewjee Alarakia and was the mother of his two sons Salomon and Alfred.

Annie referred to herself as 'Persian' but it seems she was also part Chinese and  it seems disowned by her own family for marrying a man outside of Islam.


The Hong Kong Telegraph has the following:—Engagements have been announced, and marriages will shortly take place, between Dr. Gregory Paul Jordan, nephew of Sir C. Paul Chater, Kt., C.M.G., and Mrs. Marion Josephine Daly (nee Ormsby) ; between Mr. Lennox Godfrey Bird, architect, of Messrs. Palmer and Turner's office, Hong Kong, and Miss Margaret Stuart Cockburn, now en route from borne in the s.s. Eitel Friedrich; between Mr. Henry Bone, of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service, and Miss Annie Alarakia, of Hong Kong, and between Mr. John Johnson, sergeant of the Naval Dockyard Police Force, and Miss Eliza Lyons, of Hong Kong.

 I will endeavour to elaborate as I unearth more. There is certainly a question as to wether Abdulla's and Annies son Salomon died young. I originally thought he had but then that pesky bit about him receiving a pension until he was eighteen put a doubt in my mind. I will get to the bottom of it one way or another.

Many thanks to Annies Great Great Grandaughter and Alfreds Great Niece Maria Tyson for informing me about her.


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