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Thank you Tenerife Sun.
I have some of that info but not all so it was very helpful.
Many thanks
Gill

Have you got all the other info you require now? Matilda received an MBE. She lived with her husband Cyril Norman Rowe at 31 Brittania Square, Worcester this was in 1928. There are several crossings for Percy and wife Elsie to Canada. He was a bank clerk and later a banker.

Name: Percy Howl Nesbitt
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1894
Birth Location: Ningpo, China
Relative: David Nesbitt
Regiment Number: 129383

Next of kin David Nesbitt, 92 Pepys Road, New Cross, London.
Dated 14th September 1915

MarriageFinder™: David Nesbitt married Louisa Charlotte Howes [?]Name: NESBITT, David Consulate : ShanghaiCountry: ChinaYear: 1881-1885 Volume : 7 Page: 220 Spouse's last name: Not available before 1906 for GRO Consular Marriages (1849-1965) Record source: GRO Consular Marriages (1849-1965)

Name: HOWES, Louisa Charlotte County: China Year: 1881 Volume : 7 Page 220 Spouse's last name Not available before 1906 for GRO Consular Marriages (1849-1965) Record source: GRO Consular Marriages (1849-1965)
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Have you got David's death and Probate?

Nesbitt David of 60 Torrington Square, Middlesex died 21/06/1920 at University College Hospital, Middlesex. Probate London to Louisa Charlotte Nesbitt, widow.
Effects £711 19s 11d

1918 London Electoral Rools.

David and Louisa Charlotte Nesbitt were both living at 68 Wrottesley Rosd, Plumstead.

I think that David came home in 1913, he was a clerk. in 'country of future permanent residence' both England and Wales are marked.

Name: Mr D Nesbitt
Birth Date: abt 1859
Age: 54
Port of Departure: Yokohama, Japan
Arrival Date: 4 Jul 1913
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Kobe
[Shanghai]
[Colombo]
Ship Name: Tango Maru
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Shipping Line: Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Official Number: 9330

Hi Dea
Thanks for looking. I thought I may have missed them arriving. I think she sometimes called herself Lucy but mostly Louisa.
Thanks
Gill

I see she is back to Louisa Charlotte in 1911 - still no husband with her:

1911 census transcription details for: 118 Hurst Grove Bedford
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National Archive Reference:

RG14PN8874 RG78PN467 RD174 SD5 ED9 SN98
Reg. District: Bedford
Sub District: Bedford and Cardington
Parish: Bedford
Enum. District: 9
Address: 118 Hurst Grove Bedford
County: Bedfordshire
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
NESBITT, Louisa Charlotte Head Married F 45 1866 China Resident
NESBITT, Matilda Daughter Single F 18 1893 Dancing Student China Resident
NESBITT, Percy Howes Son Single M 16 1895 Bank Clerk China Resident

I cannot see any record of them arriving back in U.K. though.

Dea x

Are you sure about the mother's name? - On 1901 she is LUCY C ??

This is the 1901 for reference:

1901 census transcription details for: 59, Ashburnham Road, Bedford Western Ward St Paul, Bedford
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG13
Piece: 1493
Folio: 35
Page: 19
Reg. District: Bedford
Sub District: Bedford and Cardington
Parish: Bedford Western Ward St Paul
Enum. District: 10
Ecclesiastical District: Bedford Holy Trinity
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 59, Ashburnham Road, Bedford Western Ward St Paul, Bedford
County: Bedfordshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
ROSE, Thomas E Head Married M 53 1848
Paralysis Kings Lynn, Norfolk
ROSE, Kate E Wife Married F 49 1852
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
ROSE, Winter Son M 15 1886 Architects Pupil
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
NESBIT, Lucy C Boarder Married F 35 1866
China Shanghai British Subject
NESBIT, Matilda Boarder F 8 1893
China Shanghai British Subject
NESBIT, Percy H Boarder M 6 1895
China Shanghai British Subject
BIGGS, Rose E Single F 19 1882 Domestic Servant
Wootton, Bedfordshire

Dea x

Hello
My ancestors lived in Shanghai, China and I would like to know when they returned to the UK.
My grandmother, Matilda Nesbitt born 1892 was born there along with her brother Percy - born 1894.
Their mother was Louisa Charlotte Nesbitt born 1866 in Shanghai
So from Percy being born in 1894 they had retuned by 1901 because they are on that census.
I have looked and looked but cannot find their entry into the Uk which I would have thought would have been together as a family possibly with the father David Nesbitt born 1859.
Can anyone help me find them and possibly see if I have missed this. Many thanks.
Gill