| Plot Location |
4C6 |
| Surname |
Goldenberg |
| Given Name(s) |
William |
| Place of Birth |
Calcutta |
| Date of Birth (Eng) |
March 12, 1882 |
| Date of Death (Eng) |
March 16, 1954 |
| Date of Death (Heb) |
11 Adar II 5714 |
| Age at Death |
72 |
| Hebrew Name |
וליים |
| Spouse's Name |
Daisy Goldenberg (4C7) |
| Father's Name |
R. L. Goldenberg |
| Mother's Name |
Eva Goldenberg (4B18) |
| Sex |
M |
| Marital Status |
M |
| Other Family Data |
Children: 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 |
| Historical |
According 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. |
