Wilfred Vincent Millar Koch 1863

Wilfred was born about 1863, the son of Dr. Edwin Lawson Koch and Emmeline Miller, at Jaffna, Ceylon. Educated at St. Thomas' College, Ceylon, before moving to the U.K. for education; M.B., C.M. (1884), M.D. (1895, with highest honors, and gold medical); University of Edinburgh; medical officers in various hospitals in London and Sheffield (1884-1888); entered Colonial Medical Services (1889), held various appointments in Trinidad (1889-1903); Army Major in command of the Trinidad Artillery; Medical Officer, Medical Department (1903-1917); Superintendent, Government Civil Hospital (1914-1917); Member of the

Legislative Council (1926) and the Sanitary Board; Justice of the Peace; Vice President (1907-1908), British Medical Association Hong Kong And China Branch; District Surgeon, St. John Ambulance Overseas Brigade; Lecturer In Surgery (1905-1912), HKCMC; Lecturer In Surgery (1912-1917), HKU; Member Of The University Senate, HKU (1912); Member Of The Hong Kong Club; Publication "A research into the etiology of beri-beri, together with a report on an outbreak in the Po-Leung-Kuku", by William Hunter (1875-1909), and Wilfred V. M. Koch, (1906);

Ida Louise (Hunter) 1866-1936 (1^st Wife)

Louise was born about 1866, in Trinidad, British West Indies. She was first married to Mr. E. H. Hunter. I have not yet discovered her maiden name.
I have not identified any children.

Birth of Parents

Wilfred Vincent Millar Koch

b: abt 1863 Jaffna, Northern Provence, Ceylon
son of Dr. Edwin Lawson Koch and Emmeline Miller

Ida Louise (Hunter)

b: abt 1866 Trinidad, British West Indies

1881 Census	1881-290	4 April 1881	Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
22 Archibald Place
Isabella Tod Isabella Agnes C. John R. Augustus A Pochell W. V. M. Koch James Sime	Age 41 Age 17 Age 11 Age 14 Age 23 Age 18 Age 14	Boarding House Pupil Governess Scholar Scholar Student of Medicine Student of Medicine Scholar	Leith Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh Shrewsbury Lawhill Marins	Midlothian Midlothian Midlothian Midlothian Ceylon Fife	abt 1839 abt 1863 abt 1869 abt 1866 abt 1857 abt 1863 abt 1866

1891 Census	RG12-032	6 April 1891	Brompton, Kensington, London
20 Harrington Road
Ida Louise Hunter (M) Ida Violet (dau) Plus 4 Servants	Age 24 Age 3		Trinidad Trinidad	West Indies West Indies	abt 1866 abt 1887

1901 Census	RG13-651	1 April 1901	Penge, Kent
7 Haysleagh Gardens
Ida Hunter (Widow) Violet (dau) Wilfred V. Koch (Brother)** Plus 1 Servant	Age 34 Age 13 Age 38	Living on own means Doctor of Medicine	Trinidad Trinidad	West Indies West Indies Ceylon	abt 1866 abt 1887 abt 1863

** Brother ?, Do you think someone may be trying to hide something here ?

Passenger List
S.S. Admiral Schley, Arriving Philiadelphia, PA. USA,
16 Feb. 1903, from Port Antonio, Jamaica Koch, Wilfred V. M., Age 40, (Single), Doctor
In Transit to Hong Kong

Marriage

No Date
Wilfred Vincent Millar Koch
Ida Louise Hunter

1911 Census	(RG14-454)	3 April 1911	Horley, Surrey
Las Ping Shan, Church Street (9 Rooms)
Louise Ida Koch (M) Plus 1 Servant	Age 44	Private Means	Trinidad	West Indies	abt 1866

Passenger List
S.S. Empress of France, Arriving Quebec,
8 October 1927, from Southampton Koch, Wilfred Vincent Miller, Age 76, Colombo, Ceylon
Koch, Louise Ida (Wife), Age 63, Trinidad, B. W. I.
In Transit to Hong Kong

Death

Louise Ida (Hunter) Koch

Died 26 Nov 1936, Age 71, 1936 4Q Bath 5c 571

The Times, Monday, Nov 30, 1936 Death

KOCH - On Nov. 26, 1936, at The Circus, Bath, Louise Ida, dearly beloved wife of Dr. W. V. M. Koch. (Hong Kong and Trinidad papers, please copy)

BRISTOL 12 Dec 1936 Probate

KOCH. Louise Ida, of 7 The Circus, Bath, (Wife of Wilfred Vincent Miller Koch), died 26 November, Probate, Bristol, 12 December, to the said Wilfred Vincent Miller Koch, M.D., and Ida Violet Helliwell (wife of John Percival Helliwell). Effects £446 3s. 1d.

Ellen Eliott-Drake Briscoe 1900-1983 (2^nd Wife)

Ellen was born on 12 December 1900, the daughter of Reverend Henry Meyrick Eliott-Drake Briscoe and Louisa Mary Robinson, at Trinidad, British West Indies.
I have not identified any children.

Birth of New Wife

Ellen Eliott-Drake Briscoe

b: 12 Dec 1900 Trinidad, British West Indies
daughter of Reverend Henry Meyrick Eliott-Drake Briscoe and Louisa Mary Robinson

Marriage

12 Dec 1938
Wilfred Vincent Millar Koch 75
Ellen Eliott-Drake Briscoe 38

Passenger List
S.S. Indrapoera, Arriving Southampton,
3 April 1939, from Lisbon, Portugal Koch, Wilfred Vincent, Age 76, Doctor
Koch, Ellen Elliott Drake, Age 38
Address in U.K., Barton House Hotel, Barton on Sea

Death

Wilfred Vincent Miller Koch

Died 28 Aug 1939, Age 76, 1939 3Q Bath 5c 756

The Times, Tuesday, Aug 29, 1939 Death

KOCH - On Aug. 28, 1939, Dr. W. V. M. Koch, of Buckland Lodge, Lansdown, Bath, late of Hong Kong, beloved husband of Ellen E. D. Koch. (Hong Kong and Trinidad papers, please copy)

BRISTOL 20 May 1940 Probate

Koch, Wilfred Vincent Miller, of Buckland Lodge, Lansdown, Bath, died 28 August 1939, at Forbes Fraser Hospital, Bath, Probate, Bristol, 20 May, to Westminster Bank Limited. Effects £3,752 9s. 9d.

Death

Ellen Elliott-drake (Briscoe) Koch

Died 28 Jan 1983, Age 82, 1983 1Q Norich Outer 10 2306

The Times, Saturday, Jan 29, 1983 Death

KOCH - On January 28th, at a nursing home, Ellen Elliott-drake, late of Barton-on-Sea. Funeral service St. Faiths Crematorium, Norwich, on Friday, February 4th, at 3 p.m.. No flowers. Interment of cremated remains at East Carlton Church, at a later date.