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Of the following Bible Christian missionaries working in Yunnan Province in China:.

  • Harry Parsons[c.1902]
  • Dr Lewis Savin, his wife [the former Kate Howe], and their child,[c.1900]
  • [William] and Mrs Tremberth [the former Miss Bailey], and their three children
  • [c.1902]
  • Miss Bull [c.1900]

Notes .

  • Harry Parsons (1878-1952) was born in Barnstaple, Devon, and was raised in Plymouth. He entered the Bible Christian ministry in 1899 and joined the mission to China in 1902. Parsons served in China for twenty-six years, first as a colleague of the famous missionary Samuel Pollard and later as Superintendent of the work among the Montagnard Miao people of Yunnan Province. He was invalided home in 1928 and served the remainder of his active ministry in home circuits.. Source: Beckerlegge and M R, July 17th 1952, p.15
  • William Tremberth (d.1940) was born in Liskeard, Cornwall. He entered the Bible Christian ministry in 1889 and immediately offered himself for service in China, arriving in-country early the following year. In 1894 he married Miss Bailey and went on furlough to England in 1898. The outbreak of the Boxer rebellion the China mission in 1903. He returned to home-work in 1906, but had a further term of missionary service in China from 1922 to 1927. Source: Bourne, pp.505-507,523-524,527-529,531, Beckerlegge and M R, 8 February 1940, p.4
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Notes .

  • Harry Parsons (1878-1952) was born in Barnstaple, Devon, and was raised in Plymouth. He entered the Bible Christian ministry in 1899 and joined the mission to China in 1902. Parsons served in China for twenty-six years, first as a colleague of the famous missionary Samuel Pollard and later as Superintendent of the work among the Montagnard Miao people of Yunnan Province. He was invalided home in 1928 and served the remainder of his active ministry in home circuits.. Source: Beckerlegge and M R, July 17th 1952, p.15
  • William Tremberth (d.1940) was born in Liskeard, Cornwall. He entered the Bible Christian ministry in 1889 and immediately offered himself for service in China, arriving in-country early the following year. In 1894 he married Miss Bailey and went on furlough to England in 1898. The outbreak of the Boxer rebellion the China mission in 1903. He returned to home-work in 1906, but had a further term of missionary service in China from 1922 to 1927. Source: Bourne, pp.505-507,523-524,527-529,531, Beckerlegge and M R, 8 February 1940, p.4