Wohlters, Andreas Wilhelm August (St. John's)

Updated March 25, 2015

[Steward, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]

Wohlters was born on August 10, 1842. He was also known by his anglicized name, Andrew. He ran the Lord Nelson Tavern. He died in Hong Kong on January 4, 1888 and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery. Wohlters was married to Maria da Cruz.

Selected bibliography: Find a Grave [online]. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2. Lim, Patricia, Forgotten Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011, p.460, 490.

Witchell, Samuel Job (St. John's)

Updated March 25, 2015

[Chaplain, St. John's Lodge 618 ([n.d.])]

Read feature article about Samuel Job Witchell: Job and James Henry Witchell: the Story of a Corrupted Police Inspector and His Son, a Briton Wanted in USA for White Slavery

Wells, L. (St. John's)

Updated March 25, 2015

[Secretary, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]

Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2.

Watts, F.W. (St. John's)

Updated March 25, 2015

[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1895)]

Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Watt, G. (St. John's)

Updated March 25, 2015

[First Steward, St. John's Lodge 618 (1909)]

Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation.

Vanstone, James (Perseverance, St. John's, United Service, Victoria, Zetland, Grand Lodges Hong Kong and South China, EC &SC)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Junior Warden, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883). District Grand Tyler, Hong Kong and South China, E.C. and S.C.; acted as Tyler in the following lodges: Perseverance Lodge 1165 (1904), St. John's Lodge 618 (1906, 1909), United Service Lodge 1341 (1905, 1906), Victoria Lodge 1026 (1903, 1904), Zetland Lodge 525 (1904, 1905, 1908)]

Vanstone was born in 1847. He came to Hong Kong in 1874. He was verger of St. John's Cathedral between 1904 and 1921. Vanstone was married to Rosina [s.n.]. The marriage bore two daughters, one of them was Lizzie Belle Vanstone who married David MacEwan Mills at St. John's Cathedral on September 27, 1909. He also had a son by his first wife, his son was employed as an engineer in British North Borneo. Vanstone died in Hong Kong on January 2, 1921 and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery.

Selected bibliography: The China Mail, December 29, 1903, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation; December 9, 1905, p.4, United Service Lodge; December 28, 1907, p.4, Zetland Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Daily Press, December 19, 1903, p.2, Masonic Affairs; December 28, 1904, p.2, Zetland Lodge; December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2; November 24, 1902, p.4, Victoria Lodge; December 9, 1904, p.4, United Service Lodge.. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, January 14, 1921, p.6.

Tyndale-Lea, C.J. (St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Senior Warden (1906); Worshipful Master (1907), St. John's Lodge 618]

Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Taylor, W.K. (St. Baldred, St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Member of St. Baldred Lodge 313. Founder and first office bearer (Inner Guard), St. John's Lodge 618 (1878)]

Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Taylor, A.K. (St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1919)]

Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Tarrant, J.A. (St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1902, 1904)]

Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Stephen, J. (St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1890).]

Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Smith, J. (St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1923)]

Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Skinner, J. (St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1939, 1947)]

Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Sim, G. (St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Junior Deacon (1906): Worshipful Master (1909), St. John's Lodge 618]

Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Sewell, T. (Victoria, St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Founder and first office bearer (Junior Warden), St. John's Lodge 618 (1878)]

Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Selby, J.A.R. (St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1938)]

Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Seath, William Petrie (St. John's)

Updated March 24, 2015

[Worshipful Master, St. John's Lodge 618 (1927, 1933]

Seath was a foreman of Taikoo Sugar Refinery.

Selected bibliography: The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Schmidt, W. (St. John's)

Updated March 24, 1015

[Senior Deacon, St. John's Lodge 618 (1883)]

Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Telegraph, December 12, 1882, p.2.

Robertson, W. (St. John's)

Updated March 23, 2015

[Junior Warden (1909); Worshipful Master (1911), St. John's Lodge 618]

Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 14, 1908, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation. The Skirret, Lodge St. John No.618 [online].

Ritchie, A. (Eastern Scotia, St. John's)

Updated March 23, 2015

[Treasurer, St. John's Lodge 618 (1906, 1909). Worshipful Master, Eastern Scotia Lodge 923 (1907).]

Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Daily Press, December 13, 1905, p.2, St. John's Lodge Installation; December 14, 1908, St. John's Lodge Installation.