Goldenberg, William

Plot Location4C6
SurnameGoldenberg
Given Name(s)William
Place of BirthCalcutta
Date of Birth (Eng)March 12, 1882
Date of Birth (Heb) 
Date of Death (Eng)March 16, 1954
Date of Death (Heb)11 Adar II 5714
Age at Death72
Hebrew Nameוליים
Spouse’s NameDaisy Goldenberg (4C7)
Father’s NameR. L. Goldenberg
Mother’s NameEva Goldenberg (4B18)
Other Surnames 
SexM
Marital StatusM
Maiden Name 
Title (e.g., Dr) 
Religious Status (כ/ל/י) 
Cause of Death 
Other Family DataChildren: Alan Ezra Goldenberg (b. December 14, 1922, HK; d. August 2004, Bromley, UK) & Beryl Goldenberg (b. circa 1925). Granddaughters: Jo Goldenberg and Naomi Ozaniec.

Siblings: Annabella Goldenberg Oxberry (4C3), Charles Archie and Isaac Levy Goldenberg (4C4), Rose Christina Goldenberg Moses (4C5), Clara Thelma Goldenberg Forbes (4C8) and Minnie Pearl Goldenberg Mcrae (4C1).
Inscription (Eng)IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM GOLDENBERG
FATHER OF ALAN AND BERYL
BORN 12TH MARCH 1882
DIED 16TH MARCH 1954
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
Inscription (Heb)פה מצאב מנוח ה״מ וליים גולדנברג נ״ע נלב״ע י״א אדר ב’ תש״יד והיו ימיו ע״ג שנה תנצ״בה
Inscription (Other) 
HistoricalAccording to the 1902 jurors’ list, William was a clerk at Hongkong Hotel. On March 2, 1916, the SCMP reported that he was appointed to represent Mustard & Co. in HK. In the 1923 jurors’ list, he is listed as a merchant at N. S. Moses & Co., located at 36B Nathan Road, Kowloon. At the time of his wife, Daisy’s, death in 1938, he was a manager at N. S. Moses & Co. Ltd.

He was a Freemason with membership at Zetland Lodge in Hong Kong.

He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 26 October 1937. Exactly a year later, he was promoted to Lieutenant. Daughter (Beryl) was interned at Stanley Camp during the war.

Hebrew inscription says he was 73.

After the war, Beryl active as a leader in the Girl Guides. She left Hong Kong in the late ’50s/early ’60s to settle in England.

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