Notes:

or Faliszewska
Went to Canada where he became President of the Polish Credit Union

Stefan married Joanna Hardie-DouglasLancashire, England. Joanna (daughter of James Hardie-Douglas and Anastazja Kochalewicz) was born in 1917 in Poland; died in 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Polish ambassador in China in 1910
and/or possibly the consul in Harbin, China, 1931-1933. Or was this his son?

(Research):Possibly Jan Hardy Douglas, Probably born in 1870 who married Renata Elzbieta Franciszka Marass?
Born on September 7, 1884
died on February 26, 1948 , age: 63.

She was the daughter of:
Jan Ludwik Adam Marass? , PhD in law at the Jagiellonian University
Born on August 16, 1842
died on February 7, 1917 , age 74.

Maria Helena Karolina hr. Krukowiecka
Born on 5 July 1855 - Malcz
died on October 5, 1930 - Krak?w , age: 7



The city of Harbin in north-eastern China was co-founded around 120 years ago by Polish engineers who built the Chinese Eastern Railway. However, traces of this several thousand strong community have been disappearing quickly in recent years, which is why scientists want to document them.

Polish workers came to Manchuria at the turn of the 20th century. Tsarist Russia was buildig the Chinese Eastern Railway, which is a branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Alongside the Chinese and Russians, there were many engineers, technicians and workers from Poland. They were refugees, specialists, as well as people looking for a better place to live, including the intelligentsia.

The Polish community concentrated in the city of Harbin - the area for development was selected and plans for the city drawn by Eng. Adam Szydlowski - it was in his opinion the perfect place to reload goods due to the favourable location near the Sungari River. Earlier there was a village with the same name. According to one of the translations, Harbin in Manchurian means "a place of drying nets", which indicates that it was a fishing village. Currently, the city is one of the largest urban centres of Manchuria, a region in north-eastern China.

I can find no evidence that there was a Polish embassy in China in 1910, but a building of the Association "Gospoda Polska" at Glucha Street in Harbin was built with the contributions of the Polish community as a company with shares in the years 1912-1914. It housed a theatre stage, a primary school, clubs and associations, and in the years 1920-1936 it housed the consulate of the Second Republic of Poland on the top floor. The picture from 1932 shows members of the Polish Youth Association.

James + Anastazja Kochalewicz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles + Paulina Truszkowska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]