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Jane Bulkeley-
Their children :
Katie Johnson
Francis Johnson
Hilda Johnson
Charless Johnson
Ella Johnson
Hester Johnson
Evelyn Johnson
Francis worked for Jardine Matheson & Co., later Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd., (forerunner of today's Jardine Matheson Holdings) then a Far Eastern trading company founded in 1832 with Scotsmen William Jardine and James Matheson as senior partners. Trading in opium, cotton, tea, silk and a variety of other goods, from its early beginnings in Canton (modern day Guangzhou), in 1844 the firm established its head office in the new British colony of Hong Kong then proceeded to expand all along the China Coast.
Jane accompanied her husband in his overseas posts, and the children were born abroad.
The following list gives some indications of their wide ranging travels and relevant interests.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED
Francis Bulkeley Johnson, & Alfred James How, merchants, China, as regards Bowman, Ist July, 1859
The bill of sale of 36/64th shares in the British screw steamship 'Staunch' from Thomas Blake Glover of Nagasaki, merchant, to Francis Bulkeley Johnson of Shanghai, merchant, dated at the British Consulate, Nagasaki, 21 May 1870.
A manuscript letter from F.B. Johnson, Shanghai, to R. Jardine, London, 28 August 1875, regarding property at Shanghai and other matters, and enclosing a letter from Fred H. Bell, Shanghai, to Jardine, Matheson & Co., 24 August 1875, regarding the transfer of Lockhart's Hospital Lot to the firm. The envelope is numbered 9, and labelled 'Property at Shanghai: letter from Mr F.B. Johnson, 28 Aug 1875'.
Despatches received by Francis Bulkeley Johnson and William Keswick, Consuls General of Hawaii in Hong Kong, including information regarding coolie emigration to Hawaii.
The bill of sale of the screw steamship 'Dragon' from Francis Bulkeley Johnson of Shanghai to James Whittall of Hong Kong, dated Shanghai, 13 February 1873.
A manuscript letter from F.B. Johnson, Shanghai, to R. Jardine, London, 28 August 1875, regarding property at Shanghai and other matters, and enclosing a letter from Fred H. Bell, Shanghai, to Jardine, Matheson & Co., 24 August 1875, regarding the transfer of Lockhart's Hospital Lot to the firm. The envelope is numbered 9, and labelled 'Property at Shanghai: letter from Mr F.B. Johnson, 28 Aug 1875'.