Reference codeSEK-8A-001Original reference numberJ.4-A-1Location codeE02/12TitleJ.E. Joseph Trust Fund for Shanghai Jewry & Estate 1Date1947-1956Start date1947End date1956Level of descriptionFileExtent & mediumfolderLanguageEnglishLevel of accessUnclassifiedOther notesJoseph Edgar Joseph (1882 - 1946) was a Baghdadi Jew who resided in Hong Kong. Soon after his death on 16 April 1946, Horace Kadoorie was designated Trustee of the J.E Joseph Estate. Files relate to legal matters and the allocation of money relating to the J.E. Joseph Trust Fund for Shanghai Jewry & Estate, established with the mission to help poor and infirm Jewish men, women and children in Shanghai of Ashkenazi and Sephardim descent and provide horticultural assistance in Hong Kong. The Loan Fund and Emergency Relief fund was subsequently established in Hong Kong in 1954 under J.E. Joseph Trust Fund Ordinance, to give aid to farmers’ cooperative societies and individual farmers. The title of the umbrella charity was later changed to the J.E. Joseph Charitable Fund in 1979.
