Arthur Paull Glanville

Male, ID #8216, b. 18 November 1895, d. 31 October 1955
FatherPhilip Richard Glanville (1863 - 1955)
MotherEdith Mitchell Paul (1865 - 1954)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Arthur Paull Glanville was born on 18 November 1895 at Bodmin, CON, ENG; registered Bodmin.
     He was baptized on 6 February 1896 at Lostwithiel, CON, ENG, parents named Philip Richard Glandville and Edith Mitchell Glandville.
     He married Mary Elizabeth Rowe after 1915 at Hong Kong.
     He died on 31 October 1955 at Penzance registered, CON, ENG, (when age calculated as 59); recorded age 59, cause of death : tuberculosis.
     He was buried in November 1955 at Parish Church, Ludgvan, CON, ENG.
     His estate was probated on 17 December 1955 indexed:
GLANVILLE Arthur Paull of 8a Godolphin-road Long Rock Cornwall died 31 October 1955 Probate Bodmin 17 December to Mary Elizabeth Glanville widow. Effects £1949 11s 6d.

Other information

     Arthur was married 2 times.
     On 1 January 1917 he engaged in the Royal Navy for a period of 12 years. Recorded 5ft 8" tall, 37in chest, brown hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion. He became an E.R.A. 3rd class. He purchased a discharge around 1921.
     Arthur Paull Glanville and Mary Elizabeth Rowe immigrated on 25 September 1925 to Plymouth, DEV, ENG, from Hong Kong China, on the vessel Macedonia, Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Company. His age recorded 29, hers 25.
     http://www3.hku.hk/cecampus/eng/enews/article.php?id=22 (Hong Kong University)
Arthur Paull Glanville – the former Engineer of the Elliot Pumping Station
Trained in the UK as an engineer, Arthur Paull Glanville joined the former Public Works Department in around 1920, after having served in the Royal Navy. He was first put in charge of Tai Tam-tuk reservoir and then the Elliot Pumping Station in 1933. Mr Glanville had three daughters, Joan, Betty and Muriel. The youngest, Muriel, was born in 1938, and left for Melbourne, Australia with her mother and sisters in July 1940, just prior to the Japanese occupation.
Mr Glanville was detained at the Stanley Internment Camp during the Japanese occupation. He was finally released under appalling conditions in 1945 and was reunited with the family in 1946 in the UK. Mr Glanville passed away in 1955, from tuberculosis.

Address(es), Census(es) & Occupation(s)

  • Arthur Paull Glanville appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at 1 Oak Villas, St Austell, CON, ENG; recorded age 5, living with his parents.
  • Arthur was at school on 2 April 1911.
  • He appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at 17 Penares Road, Penzance, CON, ENG; recorded age 15, living with his parents.
  • As of between 1920 and 1946, Arthur Paull Glanville lived at Hong Kong.
  • As of 25 September 1925, Arthur Paull Glanville lived at 17 Peanie Road, Penzance, CON, ENG.
  • Arthur was a waterworks engineer when arriving Southampton from Sydney on the Aquitania, quoting last residence as Hong Kong on 10 January 1946.
  • Arthur was a retired engineer, when granted probate on his mother's estate in 1954.

Family

Mary Elizabeth Rowe b. 8 Aug 1899, d. Oct 1982
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