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Downtown, a retail area became known as Chinatown. In the 1860s, a close-knit Jamaican-Chinese community began to emerge with many living above, behind or somewhere near to their shops. George had told me about the Chinese indentured labourers who were sent to Jamaica, but explained that his father had migrated there by choice, together with two of his brothers.Īn article from an old edition from the Jamaican Gleaner yields a few clues about when they might have arrived in Jamaica. Richard died in 1931, as stated on George’s British citizenship certificate. It is thought that some of his 'magical paraphernalia' may be hidden in a cupboard somewhere on the island. Family members in Jamaica also remember Richard as a conjuror, although it is unclear as to whether he ever earned income from this. Because he could speak, read and write in both English and Cantonese, in the early days he took responsibility for recording the stock for other shopkeepers. Richard Pow (his English name) was described on George’s birth certificate as a grocer, and on our marriage certificate in 1982 as a 'proprietor, (grocery store)', born in Hong Kong. Pow Un Chun (left) and one of his brothers It seems reasonable to conclude that his Chinese name was actually Pow Un Chun and that he was named after his father. This information struck a chord with me, as George told me years ago that when he was young he had a Chinese name, which I remembered as being something like 'Pow Chun Hun'. She named the man on the left as Pow Un Chun. Peaches (pet name of Elaine) sent me this extremely old and faded photograph featuring Richard Pow and one of his Chinese brothers. Unfortunately her memory was somewhat blurred, as she was, at the time, approaching her ninety-sixth birthday. She talked with George’s sister, Bibby, the last person who knew Richard.

I asked the daughter of his brother Roy, Elaine McMasters, living in Jamaica, to send me information about the family. Nobody in the family now knows when they arrived there. He migrated to Jamaica with two brothers. Richard Pow, George’s father, was Cantonese. Ann’s Elementary School, Kingston and from 1942 to 1944 I was at the Kingston Technical School, where I was taking a course in Electrical Engineering until I volunteered to join the RAF in 1944.” George’s CV. At the age of five I attended the Chinese School in Kingston, where I stayed for three years, from 1932 to 1935. “I was born in Kingston, Jamaica on the 11th August 1926.

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